"We could have a good communication, why do we have to use force," Ian said, looking at the stiff Zi Yuan.
I have to admit that she is indeed a beauty. It is a pity that she has kept her virginity for her husband for two thousand years, otherwise he would really want to flirt with her.
He raised his wand and pointed at her head. "Legilimency."
Ian began to look through her memories, trying to find the whereabouts of "Oracle Bone Scripture". However, as soon as he started, he saw nothingness in her mind, and the sound of Sanskrit chanting echoed in her ears.
No matter how he tried, he could only hear this sound.
"Is this the spell in Oracle Bone Scripture?"
According to his memory, he knew that Zi Yuan was proficient in Sanskrit, and it was in Sanskrit that he cursed Dragon Emperor and his army, turning them into Terracotta Warriors.
Obviously, she learned a Sanskrit spell to protect the brain from that book. After more than two thousand years of study, she is obviously very knowledgeable in this area.
Ian removed the wand from Zi Yuan's head, walked towards Lin who fell on the ground, and tried to read her memory. Like her mother, she also had spell protection in her mind.
However, although she has lived as long as her mother, her attainments in this area seem to be far less sophisticated than Zi Yuan. In addition, she is in a coma and her resistance is greatly reduced.
After a few minutes of searching, Ian found what he was looking for.
In a secret compartment, he found many books, and the Oracle Bone Scripture was placed in the middle.
"These are the books in Turpan Temple?"
In the movie, Zi Yuan once told Dragon Emperor that she did not have the secret to immortality, but she knew there was a place where it was, and that was Turpan Temple. There, she discovered Oracle Bone Scripture and used it to curse Dragon Emperor.
Ian originally planned to go there, but now it seems there is no need. Zi Yuan probably moved all the books there.
Skipping other books, he opened Oracle Bone Scripture and started reading.
This book contains countless spells, but they are recorded in the languages of different civilizations around the world, covering various civilizations that have ever existed on the earth.
Ancient Chinese, Ancient Egyptian, Sanskrit, ancient Greece language, Sumerian, Mesopotamia language, etc.
Some of these spells come from ancient tribes from BC, whose languages have long since become extinct.
The thing about Luck is that these languages are the same as the original world of Ian, Earth, and Empire has a huge database containing all of these languages.
Empire archaeologists can apply to use the "Time Rewind" spell to recreate past scenes to learn or restore these ancient languages.
As for those who cannot use Time Rewind, as long as a small part is discovered, it is not difficult to deduce the remaining language rules with the help of a supercomputer.
In addition, there is Language Comprehension's spell that can translate all languages, although this method occasionally fails when facing some special languages.
Therefore, Ian can translate 90% of the content in this book.
As for the remaining 10%, he has to wait until Morgana returns to its full glory before he can crack it.
So he began to read and translate the book.
During the reading process, he would try to recite the spells in the book to test the effect, thereby slowly building up a basic understanding of the magic system of the universe.
"It seems that the magic system of this world is a combination of the warlock and priest in DND (Dungeons and Dragons), Marvel's arcane mage, and <The Dragon Prince> magic."
Just like warlocks and priests in DND, mages in this world need to borrow the power of gods or other mysterious entities.
By using True Name these entities, rituals, and even contracts, people can borrow their power to cast spells.
Imhotep is a typical example. As a priest and believer of Bleach Anubis, all his power comes from Anubis. This is why in the second movie, Anubis can easily take back his magic power and turn him back into a mortal.
This kind of magic is also similar to the mage in Marvel Universe. Although it is only briefly mentioned in the movie, in the comics, this is the norm.
As for the magic of <The Dragon Prince>, its power comes from the six sources: sun, moon, sky, earth, ocean and stars.
The world follows a similar system.
For example, Dragon Emperor controls Five Elements Power. The fire element comes from the sun, the earth element comes from the earth and mountains, etc.
The water element comes from the ocean, the wood element comes from the forest, and the gold element comes from both the underground ores and the magnetic field surrounding the planet.
Another example is the chief of the Pukamichuna Tribe. The curse he placed on Frank and Aguirre originated from the jungle where their tribe lived.
In short, people in this universe can cast spells by borrowing the power of gods, mysterious entities, and nature.
Of course, that's not all.
In Oracle Bone Scripture, he found what Imhotep called "Forbidden Witchcraft".
According to the book, this is a kind of magic that does not rely on external objects, but relies on its own inner strength.
Only a handful of people have the talent to awaken and use this magic.
After reading this, Ian understands that the so-called Forbidden Wizards are actually those people in this universe who are born with magic power in their bodies and can cast spells independently.
The gods prohibiting this kind of magic just shows that they want to monopolize the supernatural power of this world and do not give human beings a chance to rely on themselves.
However, Ian did not pay too much attention to this. What excited him was the magic system of this universe itself.
"Gate of Truth Alchemy" allows people to control a variety of different energies: solar energy, lunar energy, earth energy, etc.
But its weakness is that it cannot exert the characteristics of these energies and is mainly used to provide power for basic material transformation.
Unless the life energies in Alkahest Alchemy are thoroughly studied and used for healing, these energies themselves have no unique skills or properties.
But things are different now. By studying the magic system of this universe, he can use Gate of Truth Alchemy to mobilize different energies to cast various spells.
The energy of the sun is used for fire spells, the energy of the moon is used for healing and breaking curses, the energy of the ocean is used for water spells, the energy of the forest is used for plant spells, and so on.
In addition, Ian also discovered a new energy from this book.
The theme of this universe seems to be closely related to the undead.
Whether it is Frank and Aguirre, or those the Mummy, or Terracotta Warriors, they are all undead creatures.
There are a lot of spells about the undead in <Black Book of the Dead>, <Golden Book of the Sun> and <Oracle Bone Scripture>.
To cast these necromancy spells to Resurrection the dead or create undead, you need to borrow the power of Anubis or King Yama in Eastern mythology.
In the process of trying to cast these spells, Ian discovered an energy that he called "Negative Energy", or in Eastern terminology, "Yin Energy".
Using Negative Energy to cast necromancy spells seems to be very effective.
After reading this book, Ian sighed, and his heart was filled with excitement.
With these new energy application methods, the Arcanist profession he created will become truly versatile.
From now on, even if the magic power in Arcanist's body is exhausted, they can still use various energies in the surrounding environment to cast spells.
In this way, they can adapt to any environment and will not become useless because of losing their magic power.
If one day they travel to a universe without magic at all, they can still use the energy of that world to show extraordinary power.
"You finally woke up."
Ian looked around and found that many places around him had been destroyed, and traces of elemental power bombardment remained on the ground. More importantly, there were a bunch of corpses lying on the ground - obviously the experimental subjects he summoned.
"How long has it been?"
"A week," Hermione replied.
Suddenly, a strong sense of hunger and fatigue hit Ian. Without a huge magic reserve, Battle Aura's body protection, or drinking any potions, he had been studying and casting spells for a whole week, and his body was already overstretched.
"I need to take a break," Ian murmured to himself, "How is the situation over there?"
"I have comforted the mother and daughter and explained some things to them. We even reached an agreement."
"Okay, tell me after I have rested," Ian said with a yawn.