"Eternal youth... immortality!"
Roland's eyes lit up.
"Achieving that is far too difficult."
Ovesto sighed again.
"We human mages rely on acquiring knowledge and experience to continually reshape our minds, strengthen resonance, and elevate our souls.
But human lives are short. Most people cannot learn enough knowledge and mysteries to bring about a qualitative transformation. They need something that embodies the underlying principles, with a high density of information and rich meaning."
This explanation deepened Roland's understanding of Oracle's value, while also stirring a faint sense of self-importance, as though he bore a great responsibility.
Whether this was the so-called "Legendary Destiny" remained unknown for now.
But at least one thing was certain: everything he had done so far had been meaningful.
As a Grand Mage, Ovesto possessed exceptional memory, comprehension, and self-discipline.
Within just a few days, his spoken language was already taking respectable shape.
All Roland needed to do was explain the characters and their meanings to deepen his understanding.
As the saying went, teaching and learning benefited each other. Teaching others was also an excellent way to reflect on and consolidate one's own knowledge.
During this process, Ovesto offered plenty of valuable feedback as well, and Roland gained a great deal from it.
He suddenly realized that the "meaning" within many characters had yet to be truly expressed.
They were like flowers planted in pots, exquisite yet fragile.
For instance, mechanically importing loanwords such as sofa, salon, and romance would raise questions.
How did combining sand and hair produce something to sit on?
What did sand have to do with a mighty dragon?
And how did waves washing over something describe love between men and women?
Likewise, expressions such as yesterday's news, a rumor repeated often enough becoming truth, ritual cauldrons, and Hetu and Luoshu had