If there was any drawback to the ability Jia Xiu had gained from the Sect Master, aside from occasionally pulling off some strange stunts, it was that it took effect rather suddenly.
It was truly sudden.
The moment Jia Xiu decided to obtain Arcane Comprehension, his perception of magic power changed completely.
It was a difficult feeling to describe, as though he had suddenly gained another sense—a sense utterly unimaginable before he truly acquired this ability. From that moment on, he had gained another dimension from which to observe magic power.
The abrupt change left Jia Xiu somewhat dazed. The amount of information flooding in at once was simply too great, and he needed time to process it.
"Hey! Jia Xiu, what's wrong?" Odysseus asked from beside him. "If you can't learn this thing, then you can't learn it. It's not like you make a living off it. Don't act like you've lost consciousness."
From the Red Bronze Dragon minister's perspective, what was happening to Jia Xiu was quite strange. After asking about Enid's talent, he had fallen into a state that looked like a system crash.
Is this kid really that fragile? Don't tell me he realized he was lacking in some area and got so upset he couldn't accept it. That kind of mindset won't do for research.
In a sense, the path of scientific research was a process of constantly realizing one's own insignificance.
The more one studied, the more one discovered just how vast the unknown was—and how there would always be people whose talent and brilliance were impossible to reach.
The less someone had learned, the more likely they were to swell with self-importance.
Logically speaking, Jia Xiu should not have been like this. Could it be that Enid being so young had dealt him