Chapter 1 Feeling the Elements

Zhou Jing felt the elemental vision and found it quite novel, like experiencing severe astigmatism.

At this moment, a glimmer flashed in Roman's eyes as he also entered elemental vision, explaining from the side:

"Entering this state allows you to sense the various elements in the world. The Spirits of Nature are special existences within the elements, generally appearing in places rarely visited by humans."

Hearing this, Zhou Jing turned his head to look, suddenly stunned.

In the elemental vision, Roman's whole body shone with three colors of light: a jumping red light, a rich yellow light, and a stern cyan light... It was as if he had neon lights installed on his body, making one feel that he would start dancing at any moment.

"What is this..."

"You see it, right? These are the Flame, Rock, and Gale Spirits of Nature within me." Roman smiled. "Fusing with the Spirits of Nature will be exposed in the elemental vision, so it is difficult for a wizard to hide in front of another wizard."

Zhou Jing's heart stirred.

No wonder Roman has been in power in the court for so long and still believes that he has not been exposed. It turns out that as long as a wizard enters the court and meets him, the two can immediately detect each other's specialness.

The fact that wizards live in seclusion away from the group, without organization, may also be because they do not want to be found by their peers.

"Is there no way to restrain this characteristic?" Zhou Jing asked curiously.

"Yes, but it's difficult. Only when deliberately controlled can one make their own elemental characteristics less conspicuous, unless one's mental strength is high enough, otherwise it can't be done."

After Roman finished speaking, the light on his body slowly dimmed, almost imperceptible, but there were still some signs.

Seeing this, Zhou Jing was a little worried.

Only wizards in the Alien Beast World can enter elemental vision, but in the main world, similar effects can probably be achieved with instruments such as spectral analysis and special energy monitoring.

There's no way around it; technology is advanced.

If the ability is difficult to hide, then transferring it to the main body will also make it easier to be discovered... But speaking of which, the main body is still waiting to go to school, so it's very safe, and there doesn't seem to be much need for concealment.

Zhou Jing calmed his mind and curiously asked: "Then what should we do now? After entering elemental vision, can we fuse with the Spirits of Nature? How exactly do we do it?"

"Of course, it's not that easy. Sensing elemental vision is just the necessary first step. If you can't even do this, it means you don't have the qualifications to become a wizard... Of course, you definitely have it."

Roman waved his hand and continued to explain:

"Next, it's about finding your matching element through elemental vision."

"What do you mean?" Zhou Jing blinked.

Roman raised his hand, a flame appearing in his palm, then he flipped his hand and extinguished it, slowly saying:

"People's physiques are different, and there are differences in the intensity of sensing different elements and their suitability. By going to places with different dense elements, you can experience your own feelings. If you feel relaxed and happy, it proves that you are suitable for this element, if the opposite is true, it means that an element does not match you... Like me, the element that matches me best is fire."

...Good lord, how did you discover this in the first place, making yourself in the fire?

I don't quite believe this statement. If you run to a snowy place and still feel happy, I don't know if the elements match, but you're probably about to freeze to death.

Zhou Jing suppressed the complaints in his heart, decided to maintain a dialectical method to look at the experience of the witchcraft system, not blindly believing in "folk remedies," coughed, and asked:

"After finding the matching element, then what?"

"Then, in this kind of element-dense place, you can carry out meditation exercises, temper your tolerance to this element, and your own spirit. When you feel ready, you can look for the Spirits of Nature to fuse. The Spirit of Nature is an aggregate product of a certain element in a region. It will only be born when a certain element concentration reaches a certain level, so it generally appears in the area corresponding to the element, such as the Flame Spirit of Nature, which generally appears in high-temperature and hot areas, and the Flowing Water Spirit of Nature, which generally appears in rivers and streams... That's why you have to go deep into the wilderness to find it. It's very wonderful, right."

So that's how it is. The element concentration in different terrains is different. For example, a large number of water elements gather next to a water source. It's really wonderful. It's the first time I know... Bah, isn't this nonsense!

I don't need elemental vision to know this!

Zhou Jing secretly rolled his eyes, adjusted his emotions, and pretended to worry: "If the fusion fails, will there be danger, like an Alien Blood Warrior dying violently?"

Roman shook his head and patiently explained:

"Alien Blood Potion, the change to the human body is extremely rapid and dramatic, which is against common sense, so it will lead to violent death. But the Spirits of Nature are gentle. Fusion is only the first step. After success, you need to slowly refine, digest, and develop, and gradually enhance your own strength. Even if the fusion fails, it will only waste the Spirit of Nature, and at most, you will feel tired, but there is no danger to life."

Understood, Alien Blood Potion is equivalent to gambling everything, winning means getting everything, losing means losing everything. The Spirit of Nature is equivalent to submitting resumes everywhere to find a job. As long as you can pass the interview and officially start working, you can get paid steadily...

"Then how do you submit... Cough, fuse with the Spirit of Nature? Is it to find it and swallow it in one gulp?" Zhou Jing opened his curious big eyes.

In fact, when he used the Jason Apostle, he had read the method in Lynn's witchcraft remnants, but with Roman, an expert, in front of him, he might be able to ask for some new knowledge points.

However, Roman's answer was no different from what was in the book: use some specific auxiliary items, and then meditate while grasping the Spirit of Nature in the elemental vision.

At this time, Zhou Jing's eyes turned, and he asked with great interest:

"Does that mean the more Spirits of Nature you fuse, the stronger you are? Are you considered powerful among wizards?"

"Of course, I am a powerful wizard." Roman chuckled: "What you want to ask is how to judge the strength of a wizard. Having fused many Spirits of Nature only means you can control more elements, but it doesn't represent power, and it may not be better to have more."

As he spoke, Roman gestured, explaining it to Zhou Jing.

Wizards are not like Alien Blood Warriors. There is no clear strength division that strengthens by one level for each additional enhancement. Because of the small number of wizards, limited inheritance, and extremely low organization, a clear level system has never been formed.

The strength of a wizard mainly comes from their own mental strength and the development of the Spirit of Nature. These two will affect the intensity of the wizard's control over the elements... And the core ability of a wizard to control the elements is called "Mind Convergence." Zhou Jing had already seen this in the witchcraft remnants.

Mind Convergence with the element corresponding to the Spirit of Nature in the body allows you to control the target. For example, if Roman Mind Converges with a real bonfire, he can control it and greatly enhance the power of the flame according to his own development of the Spirit of Nature and mental strength level.

When there is no objective substance around to Mind Converge with, the wizard will not lose combat power and can stimulate the Spirit of Nature in the body to produce corresponding elements, but the consumption is far higher than Mind Converging with objective substances... So just because there is no fire around, Roman can't set fire. He can become an arsonist at any time, which is very criminal.

Therefore, wizards are more dependent on the environment. Having a home field advantage allows them to exert the greatest power with the smallest consumption.

As for the number of Spirits of Nature, Zhou Jing combined Roman's words to understand and found that it can probably be compared to a "skill tree" – that is, fusing a Spirit of Nature of a new element is equivalent to having one more skill tree, which can derive various forms of application of this element.

The level-by-level abilities of the skill tree need to be slowly cultivated to unlock, and the powerful abilities at the bottom of a skill tree require more effort to develop.

Therefore, the number of Spirits of Nature does not represent strength. It is useless to have many skill trees. The most important thing is the depth of development of one skill tree... Like Roman, he mainly majors in the Flame Spirit of Nature, and the other Rock and Gale are just involved to enrich his methods.

In this regard, Lynn, whom Zhou Jing knew, went into a misunderstanding. This person thought that the reason why he had not made any progress was that he had not acquired a new Spirit of Nature.

This is the disadvantage of the self-taught, without a teacher to explain the tricks.

"I understand." Zhou Jing nodded, this time he really understood.

In this way, the strength of a wizard is difficult to directly judge... But he has [Detection], which directly sees the other party's attributes.

The practice of wizards will eventually be reflected in attribute changes, so he still has a way to directly judge the strength of a wizard.

At this time, Roman paused and said, "What you have to do now is to find the element that matches you and then train accordingly. When you are done, I will take you to find the Spirit of Nature."

"This should take a long time, right?"

"It mainly depends on how long you need to prepare. Finding the Spirit of Nature is very simple for me. I know many places where the Spirit of Nature exists. Which element do you need, I will take you there." Roman shrugged.

Hearing this, Zhou Jing secretly took a breath.

If he were to look for it himself, he would most likely be clueless and would not encounter the Spirit of Nature until the year of the monkey.

But Roman, as an experienced great wizard, remembers many locations and does not need to turn around like a headless fly to try his luck.

It feels so good to have someone lead the way!

This sucker... Cough, this sworn brother is worth it!