Incantations were fascinating. As ntioned, by continuously reciting the sa word and constantly refining the subsequent idea, one could deepen their understanding of an incantation.
Initially, this process was quick; mastering the pronunciation allowed one to grasp the basic aning.
However, to understand the deeper layers, relying solely on recitation slowed down the rate of information acquisition.
Liu Ji vaguely felt that there must be more efficient ways to learn. Unfortunately, he didn't know them yet, and Yaine probably wouldn't teach him these thods until he had a clear grasp of basic vocabulary.
So, if he wanted to delve deeper now, he could only use the most basic thod, which was to keep repeating a word.
To explore whether water elents were edible, Liu Ji had been ntally repeating the incantation word "water elent" all day, averaging 30 tis a minute. At present, the sun was already setting, and Liu Ji didn't know how many tis he had repeated it in total.
In any case, he would just keep reciting. At least now, he had gained a rough understanding about the basic properties of the water elent.
The so-called magical elents were indeed not the sa as physical substances. These magical elents seed more like spirits that could manipulate certain substances.
They were formless and omnipresent, and the essence of incantations was actually the language used to communicate with them.
And they were the basis on which magic could be successfully cast. Magic energy was like a form of compensation required to engage them.
Of course, this was the most superficial ans of understanding; deeper logic was much more complex. And of course, for Liu Ji, this simple understanding was more than sufficient.
At least he now understood many things.
For instance, why utilizing water magic in the desert was so difficult despite the presence of significant moisture in the air?
This was because elental spirits always chose environnts that were more suitable for their existence. In areas like deserts, water elents were almost nonexistent.
Using water magic in such regions was like trying to hail a cab when deep inside a forest. Even if a high price was offered and the search area expanded, the best one might get was a second-hand tractor even if waiting for a long ti.
Then, Liu Ji also realized that his idea of consuming water elents raw wasn't very practical. After all, these elents were intangible, making it impossible to physically consu them.
However, that didn't an that there was no way to consu them.
Liu Ji vaguely sensed that elental spirits might indeed have a ans of appearing in physical form.
As for how to achieve it… he'd probably have to ask Yaine.
Just that he didn't know when there might be another chance for an extra one-on-one lesson like last night…
Crap, when did I beco so keen on learning?
Just as Liu Ji's mind was wandering with these thoughts, he accidentally bumped into the bamboo basket on Osar's back.
Looking up, Liu Ji saw that the two ahead had stopped for so reason and were gazing toward the end of the horizon.
Liu Ji followed the direction of their gazes and saw a blood-red crescent moon slowly rising.
Tonight was a blood moon, too.
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Outside the ancient city, Myza withdrew his right foot that had just stepped out.
Watching the slowly rising blood moon, he sighed softly.
Then, he turned toward the city gates, where several dozen caped fighters were engaged in a fierce combat with the stone sentinels.
That's right, these mysterious bunch of caped beings had co again today, and their numbers had even increased.
Although the stone sentinels were powerful, they also appeared overwheld facing an assault nearly 10 tis their number.
But Myza didn't care at all; the number of these foes didn't matter to him.
This desert had a vast appetite. No matter if they ca by the tens, hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands, they would all be consud by this land, leaving behind no remains.
What Myza was curious about was how these beings had survived the previous night's blood moon.
Or maybe… they hadn't even been in this desert the previous night.
Perhaps they had so ans of coming here quickly from sowhere else.
But whatever the case, Myza didn't care.
Since they liked throwing their lives away, he would let them co all they want; he had been bored for too many years anyway. So things could add a bit of color to his tranquil life, and he was more than happy.
As Myza stepped back into the city gate, a swirl of sand arose from nowhere, blowing all the cloaked figures out, and the few stone sentinels quickly took the opportunity to rush back inside the city gate.
Following that, the massive and thick stone door thunderously shut, completely sealing the entrance.
At the sa ti, the last ray of sunlight on the horizon also vanished, and half of the blood moon was now visible.
The earth began to tremble as countless skeletal beasts erged from the ground, continuing their frenzy from the previous night.
Myza looked up at the city walls, where Calidora and Girunini stood.
"Take a good look; this is just a glimpse of the true face of this land," Myza murmured. "I just wonder whether you will still have the courage to face this desert again after witnessing such a scene…"
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