After Xu Yi turned them down, Elder Elusia and Elder Lysania did not bring the matter up again for some time. Instead, they focused on helping him master the elves' special meditation method.
After more than a month of patient, meticulous instruction, Xu Yi finally mastered this special meditation method, which differed greatly from those used by human mages.
The elves had originally been humanity's teachers in magic. Although their race had declined over the past few thousand years, their magical research had remained well ahead of humanity's. Combined with the knowledge they had accumulated over the preceding ten thousand years, this gave them many outstanding and unique strengths in magic.
This special meditation method was one of them.
After mastering the elves' special meditation method, Xu Yi tried meditating with it once and could clearly tell that both his mana recovery and growth were much faster than before.
Although some of this was due to his body becoming better suited to the circulation of mana after the two elders had jointly "cleansed" it several times, the special meditation method undoubtedly deserved most of the credit.
At his previous rate of steady improvement, Xu Yi would probably have had to pass forty before his mana became strong enough to wield space magic and truly enter the ranks of Great Mages.
With this new meditation method, however, his mana grew much faster, allowing him to cut that time by nearly half at the very least.
With a more optimistic outlook, Xu Yi might even raise his mana to the level of a Great Mage shortly after turning thirty-five.
As for his study of magic, that would depend on his own understanding.
Yet this was precisely the issue that gave Xu Yi the greatest headache, and one that left Great Mage Camilla