"Not fun. I'm done." Asuna put away her sword and turned to leave. She didn't want to keep fighting Li Yu anymore. It was so boring.
"What do you mean, surpass myself? I'm not even that strong yet, so how am I supposed to surpass myself? And Li Yu keeps learning my moves. How am I supposed to get ahead of him? There's no way!"
Thinking this, Asuna went to the bottom of the school building and lightly leaped up to the second floor. She put her weapon back at her seat.
Li Yu found it a little amusing, but didn't say anything. He returned to the classroom, put away his weapon, then went back to the field to get more familiar with the magic.
As time passed, more and more people gathered on the field. Their classmates quickly mastered the spell, and soon people were bouncing around all over the place.
Everyone was enthusiastically testing out the new magic they'd just learned, like children who'd just gotten a new toy.
The magic teacher stood on the third floor, watching the students below. After a moment's thought, he called down to Li Yu. "Li Yu, come over here for a moment."
Li Yu was puzzled by the teacher's sudden call, but hurried over anyway. He was just about to ask what was going on when the teacher spoke.
"Come with me. I'll teach you some magic." With that, he turned and walked into the classroom. Li Yu's eyes lit up, and he quickly followed.
Did this count as a special lesson? Li Yu hadn't expected there to be a perk like this. He was always happy to learn new magic.
"Your talent is related to learning, unlike the other students'. I'd like to know: if you see a spell cast once, can you learn it?" Once they were in the classroom, the magic teacher asked Li Yu.
"Yes. I can usually learn it after watching once or twice." Li Yu nodded without hiding anything. It was no secret at school anymore.
"Good. In that case, I'll cast a few spells for you to study. They should also help you on your Dungeon trip next week." After hearing Li Yu's answer, the teacher didn't hesitate and began demonstrating.
"This is a Protection Barrier. It can serve as an early-warning system." The magic teacher crouched and placed one hand on the ground. A Magic Array quickly took shape.
It wasn't very large, only a little over two meters in diameter. Seeing how small the barrier was, Li Yu couldn't help feeling surprised.
The teacher continued, "If you want to expand its range, just release more magic power."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Magic Array on the ground suddenly expanded, instantly covering the entire classroom before fading away.
A faint barrier had now formed around the classroom, enclosing the whole room.
Li Yu watched the entire spellcasting process and understood how to do it.
"I'll explain how this spell works!" After finishing the demonstration, Teacher Li began explaining the principles behind it.
About five minutes later, he looked up at Li Yu. "How is it? Have you learned it? Do you want me to explain it again?"
At the teacher's question, Li Yu nodded. "I've learned it. It's pretty simple—not very difficult."
As he spoke, Li Yu crouched down and cast the spell himself. A barrier one meter in diameter didn't cost much magic power. By his estimate, if he went all out, he could probably make one more than ten meters across.
After all, the larger the range, the more magic power it took. And the spell couldn't last very long; it would disappear completely after a few hours.
Watching Li Yu cast it, Teacher Li nodded in satisfaction. He was quite pleased.
"Very good. Since you've got it, let's move on to the second one!" Students like this were such a breeze to teach. They learned every spell as soon as he showed them.
Even if they might drain him dry, he loved students who learned this quickly. It saved time and effort.
Next, Teacher Li taught Li Yu several more common spells, such as a sensing spell and the Healing Technique. They were all simple but practical.
Li Yu learned every one of them. The teacher demonstrated each spell once and explained it, and Li Yu got it. This gave Teacher Li a profound understanding of Li Yu's talent for learning.
After teaching him all those spells, Teacher Li said, "All right, we'll stop here for now. Get familiar with them, and they'll come in handy later."
At that, Li Yu immediately said, "Teacher, could you teach me some elemental magic? Those spells are all for support. Teach me some offensive ones."
How was this enough? A chance for a special lesson didn't come along every day, and Li Yu wasn't going to pass it up. He'd learned some elemental magic before, but he felt he didn't have enough options.
If he was going to learn, he wanted to learn more. He loved the feeling of knowledge pouring into his mind. He was eager to improve.
"Elemental magic? Have you tested your magical affinity?" Hearing Li Yu ask that, the teacher couldn't help asking.
Elemental magic required the corresponding affinity; you couldn't just learn whichever kind you wanted. What's more, elemental magic wasn't actually part of the school curriculum.
They only taught this kind of magic at university. There were classes for different magical affinities, and students could simply attend the relevant classes if they wanted to learn.
"I've been tested. I have an affinity for every element!" Don't ask. The answer was every element. Affinity didn't matter to Li Yu anyway—if he saw a spell, he could learn it.
Teacher Li was clearly startled by that. This was ridiculous. Was even his magical talent this incredible? After marveling at it for a moment, he thought it over and decided to agree.
"Then come with me. I only specialize in wind and water magic, so there isn't much I can teach you." As he spoke, Teacher Li headed out of the classroom. Elemental magic couldn't be practiced in here; it would damage the room.
Li Yu eagerly followed him. They went downstairs and headed to the field, where quite a few people were practicing their Lightness Technique.
When they saw Li Yu and the teacher come down, everyone instinctively stopped. But Teacher Li didn't call them together. He found a spacious, empty spot and began demonstrating for Li Yu.
The students understood as soon as they saw this: the teacher was giving Li Yu a special lesson, and in elemental magic, no less! The whole class became interested.
Nobody minded that the teacher was giving Li Yu a special lesson. Li Yu could learn these spells, but they might not be able to; they simply weren't strong enough yet.
With the amount of magic power they had now, they'd probably be out of magic after casting just one elemental spell, right? There was a reason the teacher wasn't teaching them!
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