Taliyah's Surprise

Looking at Taliyah in front of him, Yuan Chen's face also showed a hint of helplessness.

The fact that Talia became Yasuo's apprentice was quite a coincidence. In terms of attributes, Yasuo was actually not suitable to be Talia's teacher - Yuan Chen had some knowledge of the Wind Sword Technique and had even sparred with Yasuo's master, Elder Suma.

Putting everything else aside, Yuan Chen is certain of at least one thing: the Wind Technique is essentially a form of wind Elemental Magic, directly influencing elements within a specific elemental domain through the resonance of spirit and magic.

Yuan Chen only recently confirmed this. The existence of elemental domains had always been a mystery until Qiyana initiated the inheritance of the Elemental Ruler, which confirmed Yuan Chen's belief that elemental domains truly existed.

In this context, whether it's Wind Technique, Wind Elemental Magic, or the Atmosphere Axiom... they are all essentially ways to directly connect with the wind elemental realm of the spiritual domain through different methods and techniques, thereby Spellcasting.

In this process, it doesn't matter whether the medium for Spellcasting is a spell, Axiom Wheelblade, a staff, or a samurai sword.

Ultimately, powerful mages can Spellcasting directly through their consciousness, even without any medium—this can be seen from Oshirresh's manipulation of Water Element and Malphite's manipulation of earth and rock.

The Wind Technique itself reveres destruction and is an extremely lethal elemental sword style. This is different from Taliyah's own personality and the characteristics of Earth Element magic—"generosity," "heaviness," "gentleness," and "maternal instinct."

But regardless, Taliyah's encounter with Yasuo was crucial... More like friends than master and apprentice, they learned from each other's strengths on their journey. Taliyah learned how to communicate with the elements and how to travel alone. Yasuo, in turn, learned Taliyah's gentleness and kindness...

If each region has its own protagonist, then Taliyah is the protagonist of Shurima, and Yasuo is the protagonist of Ionia.

The storylines that have evolved from these two elements have even extended to other, more expansive regions of Runeterra.

Thinking this, Yuan Chen looked at Taliyah and said with a hint of helplessness, "The guidance you want is with Yasuo. It's not a good thing for me to be your teacher... because I'm not an elemental mage myself, and I'm not even a dancer yet."

As he spoke, Yuan Chen extended his palm, gesturing for Taliyah to explore.

Upon seeing this, Taliyah was taken aback at first, then her expression became serious and earnest.

Instead of rashly trying to touch Yuan Chen's palm, she stared at Yuan Chen a while, then glanced at his palm, and said, "Is this alright?"

"It's okay... Some things are hard to express clearly just by talking, so it's better for you to see them for yourself."

Upon hearing this, Taliyah nodded in understanding, but a hint of embarrassment still lingered between her brows.

For mages, the simplest way to sense a person's state is to use magic to sense their Mana Circuit —in Ionia, this is also known as meridians.

Because the side effects of detection magic are too great, even those weaker than oneself can retaliate with magical counterattack after sensing something amiss. However, magical perception is different.

Because the essence of magic perception is to inject one's own magic into another person's body to perceive them, even if the other person retaliates, in the end, only oneself will be harmed.

Even so, opportunities to use magical perception are extremely rare. This is because humans possess their own mental realm. As long as there is a sense of rejection at the mental level, magical perception cannot function as intended.

More often than not, the scenario in which magic perception is used is when the opponent is seriously injured and unconscious. At this time, the mages will sense the opponent's Mana Circuit in a way that is similar to that of an old Chinese medicine doctor taking a pulse.

Under normal circumstances, who would allow others to see their Mana Circuit so easily?

If someone records or leaks this information—for example, through dark magic like memory extraction—then your strengths, habits, and even weaknesses will become known to outsiders. On the battlefield, you might not even know how you died.

Now, looking at Yuan Chen's calm face, Taliyah hesitated for a moment, then took a deep breath and said with a serious expression:

"I, Taliyah, swear to the Weaver! I will never reveal any information related to the Master's Mana Circuit! If I do, then I will... I will..."

Having never sworn an oath before, Taliyah was momentarily at a loss for words to utter in a "solemn and solemn" manner. A slight blush crept onto her tanned face as she racked her brains, contemplating the consequences of a slip of the tongue...

Seeing Taliyah's embarrassment, Yuan Chen chuckled and shook his head.

That's why the Desert Thimble is so special; it uses its kindness and perseverance to connect almost the entire storyline of Shurima...

Thinking it over, Yuan Chen simply took Taliyah's hand and placed it on his arm, saying, "No need to be so formal, just start sensing directly."

Hearing this, although she still felt a little strange, looking at Yuan Chen's calm face in front of her, Taliyah finally mustered up her courage and began to use her magical perception.

This realization was significant; soon, a look of horror and disbelief appeared between Taliyah's brows.

Looking at Yuan Chen, her amber eyes were filled with surprise, as if... as if she had seen a dead person come back to life. Her preconceived notions were being torn apart and then rapidly reassembled.

Thinking it over, Taliyah opened her mouth and said with some doubt, "Sir, are you... really alive?"

It's not that Taliyah was wrong to ask such a rude question so abruptly... it's simply that Taliyah genuinely couldn't be sure whether what she was perceiving was real.

In Shurima... or rather, in the understanding of the Taliyah tribe, the number of Mana Circuit in a person's body is a talent woven by the nomadic guardian goddess "Weaver" through the loom and spindle that weaves destiny.

In this context, Taliyah perceived the Mana Circuit within the human body as an intricate network of interconnected "nets."

Yuan Chen in front of me... was like a net that had been completely shredded and then glued back together in a rather crude way.

Let alone Spellcasting, under such circumstances, simply mobilizing one's own magic power could cause one's "net" to overload and turn into a bomb, destroying oneself from the inside out!