Soil Tilling Technique and Dew Technique get (Seeking recommendation votes!)

Because they were far apart, Mason, Ron, and Edith only nodded to acknowledge each other as a form of greeting.

Seeing Ron, Mason already recalled the other party mentioning that he would be coming to the Magic Academy to study soon. Since Professor Hicks was away today, it was reasonable for Edith to provide the instruction.

"They're looking over here!"

"Edith just looked at me! She even nodded at me!"

"Bullshit! She was clearly greeting me!"

"Huh? Who was it that said Ilya was the best just a moment ago?"

Mason rolled his eyes and barked a couple of reprimands, which finally got the students to settle down a bit.

Ron followed Edith to the open training grounds and stood still on the empty patch of land.

Edith turned to face Ron, demonstrating the technique while explaining the basic essentials of the Soil Tilling Technique.

Ron could clearly feel the magic power surging within Edith, flowing along fixed meridians before finally drawing upon the surrounding earth elements to unleash the magic!

The soil on the ground began to churn, and a patch of earth about the size of a bed undulated like waves, leaving Ron amazed.

Come to think of it, having transmigrated here for over half a month, this was the first time Ron had seen real magic.

With his mental energy sensing the active earth elements within the churning soil, Ron felt a rare sense of joy belonging to this other world.

"Would you like to try?" Edith stopped and said in an encouraging tone, "This first-tier magic only requires you to circulate your power along three fixed meridians. As long as you control the sequence of the flow, you can basically complete the casting."

"Of course, since it's your first attempt, failure is perfectly normal. The vast majority of mages need at least a week of serious training before they can successfully release their first spell," Edith added in a comforting tone, wanting to prevent Ron from losing confidence due to failure.

Ron nodded and began to circulate his Magic Seed.

In the distance, the group of students who had just promoted to first-tier mages were still attempting the Soil Tilling Technique over and over, occasionally stealing glances toward Edith.

Whenever Mason wasn't paying attention, they would continue to whisper to each other.

"Is Edith using the Soil Tilling Technique?"

"What are they doing over there?"

"That guy seems to be learning the Soil Tilling Technique?"

"Damn! Who is that guy? How did he get Edith to teach him personally?"

"Exactly... why is it a dwarf uncle teaching us?"

"If Edith taught me hand-in-hand, I'd definitely nail it on the first try!"

"Save it... you can't even kick up any dust yet..."

"That's still better than that pretty boy over there, right? I bet he can't even circulate his magic power smoothly!"

"...You should look at the situation over there before you talk."

Ron controlled his magic power, letting it flow along the three fixed meridians; guided by his mental energy, everything went smoothly.

The earth elements received Ron's command and obediently gathered into the soil in front of him.

Soon, a mud ball the size of a human head rolled out from the ground, and it gradually showed signs of expanding.

Edith watched this scene with a look of astonishment. Realizing Ron was still controlling the Soil Tilling Technique, she quickly regained her composure and said in a soft tone, "Very good, just like that. Try to sense the speed and manner in which the magic power flows through your meridians, then try to make some minor adjustments to see if you can enhance the effect of the Soil Tilling Technique."

Ron was focused on his control and did not respond to Edith, but he had already begun to experiment according to her instructions.

As time passed, the range of the Soil Tilling Technique gradually grew, slowly expanding to the size of a crate.

Finally, because Ron's mental focus slipped, the Soil Tilling Technique came to an abrupt halt.

"Why is he so proficient at this..."

"This definitely isn't his first time casting magic!"

"Isn't that obvious? It's good enough to kick up some dust on a first attempt."

"Damn! And Edith is guiding him so gently?"

"Am I seeing a fake Edith?"

"Look at the scale of that; do you think it could be fake?"

Hearing the students' conversation veer off-topic again, Mason sighed with a headache and coughed twice to make them quiet down.

As for Ron successfully releasing the Soil Tilling Technique?

Mason saw nothing to be surprised about.

Although he knew this was Ron's first attempt at casting magic, given the magical talent Ron possessed—which even Professor Hicks found astonishing—a mere first-tier spell was not worth making a fuss over.

However, Edith, who did not know that Ron had created an Elemental Ocean Vortex while condensing his Magic Seed, was just as shocked as the students, her heart even trembling slightly.

Even among the elves, who possessed superior magical talent, not everyone could be as successful as Ron on their first attempt at casting magic.

Looking at it this way, Ron must have an incredibly high talent for Earth Magic.

Otherwise, even if one managed to cast a spell on the first try, there would be no reason to sustain it for so long, let alone control the Soil Tilling Technique to expand its scale.

Even she, the Saintess of the Elf Race, could not have achieved this level on her first try back then.

"To be honest, this is the first time I've seen a situation like yours," Edith remarked, "Your talent for Earth Magic is absolutely off the charts."

"I suppose it's alright..." Ron felt a bit embarrassed by the praise.

Ron possessed the Natural Meditation Method provided by the system, which could subtly improve his affinity for water and earth elements.

On top of that, he had learned the Seed Germination Technique from the system, for which the prerequisite spells were the Dew Technique and the Soil Tilling Technique.

Although he had never learned those two prerequisite spells, which prevented him from casting the Seed Germination Technique, the knowledge imparted to him by the system's enlightenment still provided some assistance in casting the Soil Tilling Technique.

At the very least, the three fixed meridians required for the Soil Tilling Technique were already among the nine meridians needed to cast the Seed Germination Technique.

This gave Ron a significant boost, allowing him to bypass the slow trial-and-error process others had to endure and achieve success in one go.

Edith assumed Ron was just being modest, thinking to herself that the Seventh Prince was truly humble; even with such outstanding talent, he remained reserved and not the least bit ostentatious.

Following this, Ron practiced for a while longer, and his use of the Soil Tilling Technique became increasingly proficient.

At Ron's request, Edith taught him how to cast the Dew Technique, and the result was once again incredibly smooth and effortless, which left Edith feeling amazed yet again.

After Ron had mastered the Dew Technique and the Soil Tilling Technique, he felt satisfied and proceeded to try out the Fireball Technique and Wind Blade under Edith's guidance.

To Edith's relief, Ron did not succeed on his first attempt this time; instead, it took him over ten tries to successfully cast the Fireball Technique and Wind Blade, and his control over them was also severely lacking.

It appeared that Ron was a mage specializing in the water and earth dual elements, and he did not possess any particularly outstanding talent for fire and wind magic.

Since the word count has reached one hundred thousand, I will resume the schedule of two updates per day starting today. If the contract is signed successfully, I will definitely have to slow down the update speed while waiting for the editor to arrange a recommendation slot for me. If everything goes smoothly, I will likely launch the book in early May, at which point the word count will be at least 300,000.