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Chapter 15 Failed Spell Attempts
Inside the house, after briefly examining the magnificent and precious ornaments, Loon, as usual, entered a meditative state and began to study the spells.
What he was studying was the spell called "Levitation" among the few spells left behind by the old man.
Once this spell is cast, one can break free from the effects of gravity, stand in mid-air, and move with the wind. Although it is not as good as flying, it is still extremely mysterious.
After confirming the effect of the spell, Loon devoted all his energy to it.
However, compared to the highly compatible spell of hiding in the clouds, this levitation spell was not compatible with him and Luo Ang at all.
I don't know if it's because of this difference in compatibility.
In short, Luo Ang found the levitation technique extremely difficult to study.
—Both are level zero spells, but the levitation spell only has fourteen spell nodes. Although it has two more nodes than the twelve nodes of a normal level zero spell, the eighteen spell nodes are hidden in the clouds. Loon completed the construction of the spell model and solidified it in one go.
However, Luo Ang had been pondering this levitation technique with only fourteen nodes since he boarded the ship, and even now, after seven full days, he still hadn't grasped its essence.
When facing the scroll, the nodes of the levitation spell became clear before Loon's eyes, and the lines passing through the nodes were distinct.
But as soon as the scroll was thrown away, the spell model of levitation in my memory immediately became shrouded in a layer of mist, hazy and difficult to control.
When the mental energy began to trace along that hazy node, it was also extremely awkward, just like a car that should have been traveling on a highway but instead crashed into a rocky mountain road.
With each stroke, one couldn't help but wonder if the direction of the spiritual energy and the delineation of the nodes were wrong—although in the end, Luo Ang was still able to complete the construction of this spell model, this stumbling construction obviously could not be considered as having learned the spell.
This kind of stumbling and difficult construction is fine if you practice alone, but if you fight against an enemy... before you can even start stumbling, the enemy's spells will have already covered you.
"What could be the reason?" Luo Ang stopped meditating, stood by the window looking at the waves outside, and traced the model of the levitation spell in the air with his finger.
When not using mental energy, the sketching is completely natural and smooth.
"What exactly is missing?"
He recalled the feeling of using the Concealment in the Clouds and the Thunderclap spell.
Whether it's hiding in the clouds or using the Thunderclap Technique, the execution is always natural and smooth, like water flowing from top to bottom, without any difficulty.
But it's precisely this levitation technique...
"Could it be that I don't have much of a compatibility with this spell?"
"The introduction only says that spells with low compatibility are not suitable as fixed spells, but it doesn't say that spells with low compatibility will have this problem when learning and casting them," Luo Ang said in a low voice.
"How about we try getting entangled in the grass and trees again?" A thought suddenly popped into Luo Ang's mind.
Compared to the levitation technique, the compatibility between the plant-covered body and Luo Ang himself is quite high—second only to the concealment in the clouds and the thunderbolt technique.
If learning and using the entangled plant spell is not as awkward as the levitation spell, then it is mostly a matter of compatibility. Otherwise, it is a wizard's spell, or some other mysterious things not mentioned in the wizard's introduction.
"I hope it's the latter," Loon thought expectantly—if it were the former, a wizard's talent would not only determine how far he could go, but also severely limit what he could learn, making the path of a wizard far too difficult.
In my previous life, there was a division between arts and sciences, and the distinction between sports students and art students was something that happened after high school. By analogy, it was a choice made when one became a formal wizard. How could everything be so rigidly limited when one was still an apprentice?
In the blink of an eye, Luo Ang returned to the bedside, first restoring his mental strength through meditation, and then took out the scroll covered with grass and trees and began to decipher it.
This is a complex spell, as elusive as a hidden cloud, and it also has eighteen spell nodes.
This spell is easier to learn than levitation, but slightly more difficult than hiding in the clouds.
Luo Ang tried more than ten times before he was able to trace the spell's model in the air with his fingers without using his mental power, thus becoming completely familiar with the spell's model.
"Then, the next step is to use mental power to build a model of this spell." Luo Ang concentrated his attention and then raised his hand to draw in the air.
With the aid of hand gestures, his mental power also had a basis and a reference, moving with the gestures and building a model of the spell in his mind, thereby triggering a mysterious echo.
This is the purpose of spellcasting gestures—when a wizard is sketching a spell model, if he relies solely on his own understanding, there will inevitably be some minor deviations. After all, there is always a gap between human imagination and reality.
The spell-casting gesture serves as an anchor point and constraint for mental energy, preventing it from straying too far when constructing a spell model. At the same time, it is also a form of self-suggestion during spellcasting, allowing the wizard to concentrate their mental energy more effectively and be less susceptible to interference.
Some powerful wizards can even multitask, instinctively casting simpler spells to entangle their opponents while simultaneously using hand gestures and hints to cast another, more complex and powerful spell that can decide the outcome.
Guided by the gesture, Luo Ang's mental energy followed the finger's movement, like a dragon chasing a dragon ball.
"Here it comes!" As the first node took shape under the mental drawing, the familiar awkwardness also became apparent.
Mental power can sense the omnipresent mystery, but it is difficult to manipulate that mystery and integrate it into the constructed model.
Luo Ang felt like he was fishing alone, watching the pond teeming with fish of all sizes, but his hook couldn't catch a single one!
"It's highly likely that something is missing!" Luo Ang stopped the Grass and Tree Entanglement he was casting, and then, with a thought, cast Concealment in the Clouds and Mist again.
This time, the communication with the mysterious entity and its response went exceptionally smoothly.
The casting of spells was also incredibly natural.
"What exactly is missing?"
Luo Ang compared the situation when he cast the spell, but he couldn't find any difference between the process of casting the Concealment in the Clouds and Mist, the Entanglement in the Grass and Trees, and even the Levitation Technique.
What exactly caused the latter two spells to be so difficult and awkward to cast, and so hard to evoke any mysterious response?
"Knowledge, oh knowledge." Loon shook his head, stopped testing the spells, and turned his attention to meditation.
The foundation of a wizard lies in their spiritual power—whether it's the soul school, the flesh school, or the balance school, their core lies in their own spiritual power.