Insufficient balance
Ouch, it hurts so much! I was deep in thought (asleep) when something unknown attacked me.
Dazed and confused, I opened my eyes to find a serious face in front of me.
"Old devil!!" I couldn't help but exclaim loudly.
"What? What did you say?" Ms. Hsiu, who had just returned, looked at me with a gloomy gaze.
"Oh, nothing, Teacher Xiu is back, I've missed you so much!"
"Really? What's with that old devil?"
I broke out in a cold sweat. "Oh, I just had a nightmare, dreaming of many devils pouncing on me, not you, you're such a kind teacher, how can you be called a devil! Xixi"
"Oh, really?" Teacher Xiu looked at me with a puzzled expression.
"I leave you here to ponder, but instead you're putting me to sleep. You're good, aren't you? By my authority as Shi Yu, I command you, Guang Ying, to heed my call and appear before me, my servant Guang Hu. Longbow, go out and run errands for me at once."
"No, teacher, I've been working really hard lately, thinking deeply. Just now, I was just exhausted and took a short nap." I couldn't tell him that I was lying down to think deeply, who would believe that sleeping can be a way of practicing?
"Really? Then I'll have to check it out. Come here."
"Oh!" I walked up to Teacher Xiu.
Teacher Xiu took out a magic stone for identifying magic power from his subspace (a space that can store items, intermediate wizards and above can use it, the capacity depends on the size of the wizard's magic power) and handed it to me.
"Follow me and recite with my name, element of light, heed my call and gather into the object before us."
"In my name, element of light, heed my call and gather into the object before me."
As the incantation ends, the light elements gather at my brow and merge with the energy sphere of light within me, then surge towards the magic stone in my hand. The magic stone emits a faint glow, which gradually intensifies as I continuously channel my internal magical power into it until the inputted magical power and the condensed magical power from my brow reach equilibrium. The radiance of the magic stone illuminates the entire room, revealing every detail, almost comparable to the effect of my illumination technique.
Teacher Xiu was stunned, "You really didn't slack off, I truly didn't expect that your magical power would reach the level of a primary magician in just three months. It seems you spend at least one hour every day contemplating, no, even if you contemplated for 24 hours it wouldn't be possible to have such good results."
On the mainland, generally speaking, even diligent practitioners need to meditate for more than a year before they can go from being unable to practice magic to becoming an elementary magician.
"It seems you're indeed a genius at practicing light system magic!"
"Of course I am! I'm incredibly clever! Haha!" I couldn't help but feel proud too.
"What's there to be proud of, this doesn't count, we'll see how you do later. Having magical powers is useless if you don't know how to apply them." Teacher Xiu immediately poured a bucket of cold water over my proud expression.
Teacher Xiu sent back Guang Hu, I secretly wiped a cold sweat, this pass is considered over, it seems my sleep wasn't in vain, hehe. (These days, I've been treating lying down and thinking as sleeping, feeling much more comfortable than sleeping before.)
"It's getting late now, hurry back home. Starting tomorrow, we'll begin learning elementary light magic, don't forget to bring that book on elementary light magic I gave you."
"Goodbye, Teacher Xiu." I ran out of the classroom like a gust of wind.
Watching me leave, Teacher Xiu revealed a faint smile, 'It seems this child is quite suitable for learning light system magic.'...
"Good morning, Teacher Xiu!" Because I completed my task perfectly yesterday and thought that I didn't have to run anymore, I'm in a particularly good mood today, so I came early.
"It's early enough today, did you bring your book?"
"It's brought."
"Alright, today we're going to start learning the elementary magic of the Light System. Many intermediate and advanced light system magics are derived from these elementary magics, so it's very important to learn them well. Today, let's start with the first one - Light Shield."
"Light Shield?"
"Yes, having learned the basics of magic, you should know that primary and intermediate light system spells are basically used for defense and recovery, and Light Shield is the most basic defensive spell in the light system."
"In the name of Shi Yu, I summon the power of light! Gather before me and block all evil!" A faint transparent glow appeared in front of Teacher Xiu. "The Light Shield can block general primary magic attacks, the duration depends on the caster's magical power, you try it."
"Oh! By my longbow. Wei's name, great light element, gather before me, block all evil!"
"No, you're reading it wrong, it should be 'listen to my call', ah, how could..."
A thicker light shield than Xiū teacher's appeared in front of me and blocked Xiū teacher's words at her lips.
"You're reciting it wrong, how can the effect be better than the correct spell?"
"I don't know, I just feel that the light elements are like my elders, taking care of me, so I shouldn't speak to them in a commanding tone, that's why I recited it that way."
Teacher Xiu tried it according to my spell, but the result was still the same as what he used just now, and he was also at a loss.
Actually, the light elements acknowledged me and were more willing to help me because of my respect for them, so this situation occurred. Teacher Xiu is a great magician, but first of all, he doesn't specialize in light magic, and secondly, he hasn't been recognized by the light elements either, so naturally, he can't achieve the effect I released.
"Okay, now let's try out the effect of this light shield"
"In the name of Shi Yu, gentle waters, heed my call and gather before me, eliminating all life in sight—Water Bullet." (When a magician reaches the rank of Great Magician, they can use any type of elementary magic.) A 5cm-diameter water bullet shot towards me, I couldn't help but close my eyes in fright. I felt my released light shield vibrate, but there was no pain. When I opened my eyes again, the water sphere had vanished.
Haha, looks like my light shield is still quite powerful!
Teacher Xiu saw the situation and started his primary magic attack on me. Various primary magics kept hitting my light shield, initially it was just a vibration, but gradually, my magic recovery speed couldn't keep up with the consumption of the light shield. When I was close to the critical point, I shouted "Teacher, teacher, I can't hold on anymore, please spare me!"
Teacher Xiu finally ended his magical attack.
"It seems that your light shield effect is quite good, much stronger than usual. However, there are also some techniques to using the light shield." Then, Teacher Xiu began teaching me how to use the light shield, such as: unless it's an all-around attack spell, try to dodge if possible, and only use the light shield when you can't dodge, which can greatly reduce magic consumption.
Here is the translation:
So I started learning my first light system elementary magic. For over 10 days, Teacher Xiu used various elementary magics to attack me every day, letting me gradually get familiar with using the light shield. But it was exhausting for me, and I once tried to ask Teacher Xiu to change his teaching method. Teacher Xiu didn't say anything, but summoned his light tiger. I immediately said that the original teaching method was better. Indeed a devilish teacher! It's not easy to get through this hurdle, but it seems that my fate is sealed - I won't be able to slack off under his guidance. However, fortunately, no matter how much magic power is consumed during the day, as long as I lie down and meditate at night, I'll be full of energy again the next day. Moreover, it feels like my magical power has increased faster than before.
The great Son of Light began his long learning career.
