Meanwhile, as Xiao Huo endured the pain of the Power of Fire Element burning his internal organs, Su Yu mobilized the Power of the Stars, merging it into Xiao Huo's Fighting Qi, simultaneously tempering his meridians along with the Power of Fire Element.
Ah!
Be a human!
Xiao Huo cursed in his heart.
Though knowing this might be more efficient, it was really too painful!
Su Yu once again mobilized the Elemental Power from the outside world, transforming it into the Power of Life.
On the Yangguang Continent, there is no separate Life Attribute; only the Light Attribute can manifest the characteristics of the Life Attribute.
Of course, life as a property is the fundamental of the world; even if there is no elemental power of this attribute, the attribute itself exists.
Su Yu mobilized many elemental powers, directly transforming them into the Power of Life with a near-rule ability.
The Power of Life entered the body, instantly nourishing the meridians that had just been burned and tempered.
However, for Xiao Huo, it was torture.
Just as he was about to lose consciousness from the pain, the integration of the Power of Life healed the injuries and improved the meridians, making his sensations even more acute.
Especially the relief felt during the healing process of the Power of Life, which magnified Xiao Huo's perception of the corresponding parts.
...
A month later.
"Hmm, you see, enduring bitter hardships leads one to become a superior person."
Under Su Yu's guidance, Xiao Huo overcame the problem of not being able to cultivate, and within just a month became a Tier One Warrior.
Then, using the Power of Fire Element refinement in his meridians, combined with the Power of the Stars for tempering, and supported by the Power of Life, he achieved a breakthrough within a short month.
Now, he could be considered an Advanced Warrior.
The cultivation of a warrior is actually not simply a breakthrough in realm; it relies on mastery of martial skills to distinguish levels. Being able to perform martial skills of a certain level defines the corresponding level of a warrior. Of course, to perform martial skills of a certain level, the Fighting Qi must be sufficient, and the physique must meet the standards; this is equivalent to a classification.
The same applies to a mage, whose level is judged by the level of magic they can perform. Similarly, being able to perform magic of a certain level indicates the level of one's Spiritual Power and the accumulation of magic power.
An Advanced Warrior means that Xiao Huo's physical quality and Fighting Qi level now allow him to perform martial skills of an advanced warrior level.
After cultivating for over ten years, unable to study magic due to the lack of magic power, Xiao Huo has nonetheless studied martial skills.
Unfortunately, the martial skills he can study are only of advanced warrior level; higher-level martial skills aren't something a child unable to cultivate can easily access, and the Xiao Family wouldn't easily pass on martial skills to family disciples.
What use is advanced martial skill to someone who can't cultivate?
To leak the family's martial skills?
...
"Senior, can I start cultivating magic now?" Xiao Huo, now an Advanced Warrior, still looked forward to becoming a mage.
"Not yet; you are only beginning to enjoy the effects of the Power of Fire Element body tempering and just started to adapt to the Power of Fire Element." Su Yu shook his head.
Xiao Huo was disappointed, but Su Yu said, "However, it's not that there's no way to let you cultivate magic."
Hmm?
Xiao Huo's eyes instantly brightened.
What way?
Although he had a premonition from Su Yu's expression and words that there might be some kind of bug-exploiting method, being able to cultivate was a good thing.
"Aren't you capable of forcibly mobilizing the Power of Fire Attribute Element with Fighting Qi? Use Spiritual Power to perceive the Elemental Power, and use Fighting Qi to mobilize the Power of Fire Attribute Element. Combine with your spells; there might be a way to perform magic."
Listening to Su Yu's unreliable statement, Xiao Huo immediately frowned.
Can this work?
"Don't worry, as long as your understanding of magic is thorough enough, even using the force of Fighting Qi should theoretically allow for the performance of magic."
Su Yu activated the Spirit Rune, enhancing Xiao Huo's perception.
"Feel carefully."
After speaking, he forcibly extracted the external Elemental Power with Xiao Huo's Fighting Qi, used Fighting Qi to operate Elemental Power, even without chanting spells, nor any other operation.
The entire process allowed Xiao Huo to clearly perceive.
Boom!
A fireball with a diameter of one meter slowly coalesced, its terrifying heat and light illuminating Xiao Huo's face, reflecting his astonished expression.
"This, so magical!"
Magic!
At this moment, Xiao Huo felt he had touched the essence of magic.
Surprisingly, no spell was needed; just directly operating Elemental Power realized the performance of magic.
Moreover, the power was not lacking at all.
Though, even with Su Yu triggering the special state after activating the Spirit Rune for him, allowing Xiao Huo to clearly perceive that process, he still couldn't comprehend the entire process.
Exiting that state, he couldn't even recall a tenth of the entire process.
Even entering that state, he couldn't record the entire process.
Let alone complete the whole process.
"See, this is the level of understanding of magic; reaching my level, one can perform it effortlessly."
Xiao Huo listened carefully to Su Yu's explanation, not missing a single detail.
He devoted himself to understanding Su Yu's words, forcibly committing them to memory.
He could feel this was definitely the essence of magic.
"What is magic? Is it only magic triggered by magic power, chanting spells to perform something like the Fireball Technique considered magic? Doesn't the magic I just performed count? So, what is magic?"
Xiao Huo fell into contemplation.
In this view, using Fighting Qi to trigger, doesn't the approach Su Yu just mentioned count as martial skill?
"Senior, then what do you consider magic, and what is martial skill?" He humbly asked.
Su Yu nodded.
Initially, he did want to experience the cultivation environment here through Xiao Huo's cultivation process, to feel this cultivation system.
Simultaneously, the various methods he thought up to help Xiao Huo cultivate also benefited his own insights.
However, as he continued to nurture Xiao Huo, he gradually adopted the role of a teacher.
Even on the Douluo Continent with Bai Feng, Su Yu never provided such detailed guidance for two consecutive months.
Nonetheless, Bai Feng's growth was perfect, and Su Yu's plans were most suitable for him, without any shortcomings due to lack of guidance.
Instead, Su Yu's fundamental guidance towards Bai Feng's cultivation provided significant insight and experience expansion.
Perhaps in growth speed, Xiao Huo's progress is remarkable, but Bai Feng's overall potential surpasses Xiao Huo's, even though Douluo Continent cannot break through to Divine Level.
"According to my understanding, magic is the mobilization of external Elemental Power to perform moves, while martial skill's core is the self."
One seeks externally, the other internally.
"Is it so?"
Combining his own knowledge, Xiao Huo firmly remembered Su Yu's statement.
"I see, magic is the mobilization of external Elemental Power, martial skill is the reinforcement of the self with Fighting Qi for explosive attacks."
Even upon reaching a certain realm, performing martial skills requires the mobilization of elemental powers from heaven and earth; the ultimate core remains the warrior themselves.
Seeing Xiao Huo almost assimilated it, Su Yu continued, "Therefore, magic performed using magic power along with spell-guided Elemental Power is magic, and what I just did, simply operating Elemental Power and endowing it with characteristics, is also magic."
"Just, having the assistance of magic power, along with the guidance of spells, makes realizing magic easier."
"What I did just now is more difficult, requiring each time to use one's power to mobilize the operation of Elemental Power."
"If you could create a template that solidifies the path of operating Elemental Power, needing only to activate the template to allow Elemental Power to circulate in it when performing magic, it would be more convenient and easier."
With Su Yu's explanation, Xiao Huo felt his outlook expanding infinitely.
So, this world is about the utilization of Elemental Power.
However, why does he feel a strange familiarity when hearing the senior's mention of the template...
Xiao Huo frowned, thinking carefully.
Then, he widened his eyes, looking at the glowing rune suspended in front of him.
Hiss~~~
He took a deep breath.
"Senior, is the 'Spirit' Rune the template you referred to?"