Chapter 3: Firm Foundation Make the Building Strong
The sky is already dark when Xue Xin finished sorting his thought.
Xue Xin set aside healing his injuries, it already been attended to some extent so he didn't feel the hurry to do more as his wound won't be a threat to his life.
Xue Xin was sitting meditating to sense mana from the air. he is as someone that once was a master magician didn't need someone to help him sense mana in the air, where usually a new candidate magician that never sense mana need someone to trigger them by infusing mana.
It needs him only two hours to start grasping the mana around him. he sighing at the fast rate remembering in the past he needs around a month just to sense a speck of them.
Xue Xin didn't waste any time as he immediately guiding the mana based on the best skill for excavating mana that he knows. but to his surprise, before he can chant silently in his mind, his head jolted and knowledge about a new skill entering his mind.
The skill he acquired named <<Seven Elemental Converging>>, the skill is so amazing that give a shock to Xue Xin, he is very elated about getting this skill. Xue Xin knows immediately that it was likely the skill comes from those pearls, as he didn't remember another thing that affects him beside the pearl.
Xue Xin didn't even need to think twice as he starts sensing the mana again and starts using <<Seven Elemental Converging>> to excavate his mana pool.
His previous skill <<Wing of Flame Scripture>> could be considered trash compared with the new skill he got. <<Wing of Flame Scripture>> can only excavate 2 mana pool every layer and get addition 1 mana pool every 3 layers. a magician can excavate until 9 layers at pool forming state so his previous mana pool only summed to 27 mana pool. that already considered a lot and his skill enhance his fire magic a lot giving him more effect when cast fire element magic.
However this new skill he got excavate 7 mana pool every layer. if he succeed in this skill he can get 63 mana pool. that amount of mana almost the same when a magician condensing his first mana heart filled to the brim.
Sunlight entering his room by the window. Xue Xin opens his eyes and seeing the sun outside he smiled widely, unexpectedly he already excavated his first mana pool in just a night. now he just needs to wait for mana entering from mana channel to fill his mana pool to full, then he can excavate his next mana pool.
There are many channel ' holes' on a human body that can be opened. there are some that easy to open and some are very hard, even Xue Xin in the past not open all his channel yet. mana channel can be considered as auto recovery mana because there is only two way to fill mana in the pool that already excavated. one was, of course, the mana channel. the second is by meditating and gathering mana manually.
Mana channel cannot be seen but can be felt on. currently, Xue Xin estimate there is already 5 or so mana channel in his body. that already quite good.
Xue Xin didn't want to fill his mana pool by meditating because based on the book once he read <Foundation of Increasing Mana>, filling mana by meditation for the pool that just formed have a chance to harm the pool so the best course is just letting it filled naturally from these channels. opening more channel also cant be done at pool forming stage as it also carries the same danger. that's why he didn't do meditation or opening more of his channel, even though that way will make him form his pool faster.
Based on his experience he only needs several hours to make his pool filled.
Creak!
The door opened again. but this time there is someone behind Grandpa Wei. its a girl around the same age as his current body.
"How is it your condition now" ask Grandpa Wei when I'm still looking at the little girl.
"Its already on my peak" smiled brightly answer me shifting my eyes to Grandpa Wei
"This is ?" ask me to Grandpa Wei while looking to the little girl.
"This is my Granddaughter. her name is Tang Ying" answer Grandpa Wei while smiling placing his hand on the little girl head.
"Grandpa you are messing my hair" pouting the little girl.
"Ha ha ha" Grandpa Wei only laugh it off. as I can only smile too.
Grumble!
I can only smile wryly as stomach grumbling. it dawned upon him the kid hasn't eaten anything.
Counting the day he drowned in the river it must be already long since he didn't eat.
"Let us go eat. I initially here to ask you to eat" beckoning Xue Xin like an elder to follow him.
The little girl blinked several times looking at him before following her grandfather out.
"Haa..." he can only sigh seeing Grandpa Wei treating him like a kid. what can he do now, he can only follow outside as he was indeed hungry. he still needs to call the other party Grandpa Wei now that had already called him that the first time they met.
Outside his room, Xue Xin following Grandpa Wei past the lawn to the dining hall.
In the room, there is a table full of food.
'The food look good' swallowing his saliva Xue Xin calming himself, although he wants to eat so badly he kept his manner as polite as possible.
"Come, take a seat" Grandpa Wei pointing to a seat across, he is giggling seeing Xue Xin acting so rigid
"You sit here beside Grandpa Little Ying" Grandpa Wei waving his hand to her granddaughter that still standing.
I also sit in the seat pointed by Grandpa Wei
'Damn it, so embarrassing. I'm more and more like a kid now' thought Xue Xin.
Indeed Xue Xin is not accustomed to eating with other people.
its been dozen of years since he ventured outside and he rarely met people at that period, moreover most of the people he met was either bandits, robbers or someone that lost in the ruins. even when he is back home Xue Xin holing himself in the lab, for food he also ordered them.
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