Chapter 39: A Brand-New Cultivation System — The Campione! World, Cultivating Magical Power!
The meal was finished amid laughter and cheerful conversation.
Li An handed the tasks of clearing the table and washing the dishes to little Yingcao, while he himself began to formally teach Zen'in Maki and Kurasaki Kyoko magic.
First, he explained the basic knowledge of magic from the "Campione!" world.
As Li An explained, the expressions on Zen'in Maki's and Kurasaki Kyoko's faces grew increasingly shocked.
Because the magic Li An taught them wasn't just foreign Cursed Technique under a different name — it was an entirely new system that had never appeared before!
This system was just like the magic found only in novels and manga — utterly miraculous!
This also gave Zen'in Maki hope: if she learned magic, she would surely be able to become stronger.
She was even fantasizing about how powerful it would be to combine the mighty body of "Heavenly Restriction" with magic in combat!
After Li An selected some important parts of the basic knowledge of magic and compressed them into a single explanation, he began to teach the two women how to refine magical power.
To distinguish it from the Cursed Energy of the other world, Li An directly called the Cursed Energy of the "Campione!" world magical power.
In the Dragon Nation of the "Campione!" world, magical power is also called Qi, and magic is called Fangshu.
Magical power is the source of both magic and Authorities.
"A mage whose magical power reaches the purest realm can restore their own body to a state of rejuvenated youth, and the degree of rejuvenation for women is even greater." To give the two women some motivation, Li An revealed a benefit of cultivating magical power.
When Zen'in Maki and Kurasaki Kyoko heard this, their eyes lit up even more.
Rejuvenation — this was an ability no woman could refuse!
"Before refining magic, you must sense the location of the dantian below your navel. That is the most vital part of the human body — Cursed Energy and Qi are generated from there!" As he spoke, Li An placed both hands on top of the two women's heads.
"Don't resist. I'll guide you through all the meridians, acupoints, spirit pivots, and dantian of your entire body. Feel them with your heart and memorize every location!"
Hearing this, the two women immediately closed their eyes and began to sense the changes within their bodies.
Then, Li An channeled a wisp of divine power into the two women's bodies, helping them open up the meridians and acupoints throughout their bodies. He then controlled the divine power to circulate through their meridians and acupoints several times, widening their meridians while simultaneously generating their own magical power.
Soon, magical power began to form in the dantians below the two women's navels.
Li An guided the magical power to circulate through the two women's bodies several more times. Once the magical power could circulate on its own, he withdrew his divine power.
The two women quickly opened their eyes, expressions of pleasant surprise on their faces.
"So this is magical power — it feels so powerful!" Kurasaki Kyoko said happily.
"That's right, this power doesn't conflict with my 'Heavenly Restriction' at all!" Zen'in Maki was equally thrilled.
After being ordinary people for so many years, today they could finally step into the supernatural.
She was already impatient to become stronger, so that those people of the Zen'in family would come to regret it!
"You've only just cultivated magical power. If you want to become stronger, you'll need to spend a great deal of time cultivating more of it. You should know that magic consumes a lot of magical power — to use powerful magic, you must first have enough magical power." Li An said this to the two women with a smile.
"Don't worry, we'll work hard!" Zen'in Maki said with a firm expression.
"Mm!" Kurasaki Kyoko also nodded.
"Alright, since you've both cultivated magical power, let's begin learning your first magic. For the beginner stage, we'll start with the simplest magic. I'll teach you the 'Art of Seeing Demons' first — once you've learned it, you'll be able to see ghosts, curses, and the like." After saying this, Li An told the two women the accompanying spell words.
After memorizing the spell words, the two women began to chant.
As they chanted, they felt the small amount of magical power they had just cultivated being drawn out and consumed, merging into their eyes.
A faint glow suddenly emanated from both women's eyes, and their vision clearly improved several times over.
Zen'in Maki took off her cursed tool glasses, went to the balcony, and looked outside.
This time, with nothing but her own eyes, she could see ghosts and curses!
"Finally, I don't have to wear glasses anymore." Zen'in Maki showed a smile, but there was a hint of bitterness in it.
What had all her years of effort been for?
Wasn't it just to make those stubborn old fools in the family look at her differently — to prove she wasn't useless?
But only she knew that no matter how hard she tried, she could never reach the highest realm.
Because she was just an ordinary person, even if she possessed "Heavenly Restriction" and a powerful body.
But her "Heavenly Restriction" was incomplete, unable to bring out the power that "Toji" should have had.
She was like a waste — no good at scholarship, no good at martial arts!
But Li An's appearance changed all of that.
She could now possess supernatural power, and could see ghosts and curses without relying on cursed tools.
The magic system had shown her another path to the top!
Seeing Zen'in Maki's state, Kurasaki Kyoko also sighed.
She still knew about Zen'in Maki's experiences.
After all, they both came from great families of the Sakura Nation. Even though they belonged to different systems, the upper circles were only so large, and there were no secrets between them.
Li An came to Zen'in Maki's side, patted her shoulder, and said: "Alright, let's start the second magic!"
"Mm!" Zen'in Maki nodded, and the bitterness in her smile vanished.
At that moment, she had cast all her previous unpleasant memories out of her mind.
Next, Li An taught some other low-level minor magics.
Such as transformation, unlocking, summoning, healing, concealment, invisibility, and the like.
What surprised Zen'in Maki was that within the magic system, healing magic was actually a low-level minor magic.
One should know that within the Cursed Technique system, only "Reverse Cursed Technique" could heal.
Moreover, "Reverse Cursed Technique" generally could only heal oneself. To heal others required deeper research and mastery of "Reverse Cursed Technique."
Currently, among all the sorcerers of the Sakura Nation, only Ieiri Shoko could achieve this step.
Even someone as powerful as Gojo Satoru could only use "Reverse Cursed Technique" to heal himself, unable to heal others.
But the low-level minor magic Li An taught could heal not only oneself, but also others.
The gap was simply too great!
Li An seemed to read Maki Zenin's surprise and explained with a smile, "Different cultivation systems pursue different ideals. Magecraft is an all-around type, while Cursed Technique leans toward destruction. Moreover, within magecraft, healing arts are also divided into grades."
What I'm teaching you is only the lowest-grade healing art, which can only treat some superficial wounds. But the Cursed Technique system's 'Reverse Cursed Technique' can actually regenerate severed limbs — that alone is enough to rival the top-tier healing arts of magecraft."
"I see!" Maki Zenin nodded in understanding.
Even so, she wasn't disappointed.
A low-grade healing art can still treat some superficial wounds — having it is better than having nothing, right!
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