The Heartbeat of the Cruel Elves

"Then...we..." He blinked his eyes and struck while the iron was hot.

"Why are you in such a hurry?" The giant dragon Saga rolled her blue pupils upwards and gave him a cold look. "Let me rest for a while."

"Besides, this isn't a suitable place for giving lectures."

"I'll do whatever you say. I'll do whatever you say." Li Yin immediately nodded like a chick pecking at rice, with a smile on his face.

After lying on the stone mountain for a while to rest, Shaka flapped her wings and flew high into the sky.

Li Yin, who was lying at the bottom of the stone mountain, heard the noise and quickly ran out of the gap. He looked up in the direction of Shaka and ran as fast as he could, shouting, "Master Shaka, wait for me!"

"Just pretend!" Saga's voice came from high in the sky, not without complaint, "Follow me."

After saying that, it not only did not slow down, but flew even faster.

Nearly another hour later, they arrived at the center of the dark elf city ruins, the broad square.

During this process, at Li Yin's request, they returned to the place where the "game" started and took Du Feiya with them, because they were afraid that Du Feiya would wait there for too long without seeing anyone and would be too worried.

Shajia squatted on the podium at one end of the square. The huge rectangular obsidian platform, set against its even larger body, was like a small stool, firmly pressed under its buttocks, which was very suitable.

Li Yin and Du Feiya stood in the center of the square, with the dark elf time pillar behind them that had been extinguished for who knows how many years.

"Well, let's start now," Shaka squatted on her obsidian stool, opened her mouth wide, coughed twice, and announced in a loud voice, "Great dragon, Master Shaka's basic psionic class is officially open!"

"Um," Du Feiya raised her hand and said stiffly, "Master Shaga, do you think I need to step aside?"

After all, it was Li Yin who made the bet with it, not the two of them.

The Sapphire Dragon lowered its huge head, looked at the tiny female dark elf on the ground, and fell silent.

Du Feiya thought she had asked a question that she shouldn't have asked, and she felt uneasy. How could she be so tactless? She thought, I shouldn't have asked this unnecessary question, I should have just walked away.

However... she just felt that it would be impolite to just walk away, so she asked symbolically. Unexpectedly, this dragon...

Chapter 191: Inspiring Psychic Power (Part 2)

Shaka was indeed a little surprised. To be honest, if this little female dark elf hadn't spoken, she would have almost forgotten her existence.

"No need." Just as Du Feiya moved her feet slightly, preparing to take the opportunity to leave and wait patiently in an alley nearby, the dragon Saga suddenly spoke in a rumbling voice.

"You're not a psychic, why do you need to avoid me?"

"What we are going to discuss next is like a fairy tale to you. Of course, if you are impatient to listen and want to be alone, I will allow you to stay or leave as you like."

"But..." The dragon paused for a moment, and then its eyes sparkled, as if it had thought of something interesting. "To put it another way, if you really awaken your psychic powers by listening to my profound psychic theory, that would be a good thing."

When Li Yin and Du Feiya heard this, they were stunned and then looked at each other.

Without telepathy, they could read each other's thoughts from the similar shocked looks in their eyes.

——The generosity of this dragon is simply beyond expectation, it seems that it can really be called a “great dragon”.

So generous... Li Yin even found it a little weird.

There won't be any traps here, right?

"What are you thinking about?" The giant dragon Saga was surprisingly perceptive. Looking at the changeable expressions of the two little insects, it immediately understood what was going on.

"Especially you, little dark elf bug," it looked at Du Feiya, "please don't use your evil thoughts to speculate about the great Master Shaga."

"You are my servants now," it said confidently, "If you can become stronger, you can naturally help Master Shaga do more things. Isn't this a natural thing?"

"Could it be that I, the Lord, would have any bad intentions towards the servants who serve me?"

Li Yin and Du Feiya thought it made sense after hearing what it said. So they nodded and apologized, saying that they had judged others by their own standards, and asked the dragon to be magnanimous and not to take it to heart.

The giant dragon was very easy to talk to. After hearing what they said, he did not dwell on this issue any further. Instead, he turned to look at Li Yin and asked:

"Human bug, can you please introduce yourself first? What is your psychic foundation?"

Li Yin thought for a moment and decided to tell the truth. The gap in psychic powers between him and the dragon was too great, so there was no need to hide it.

"I now have a psychic power that can charm creatures, a psychic power that can make the body lighter, a psychic power that can make the body bigger, and..."

The dragon interrupted him impatiently, "Stop, stop, stop. I asked you to introduce your basics. Do you understand the basics?"

Li Yin was confused: "What is the foundation? Isn't this the foundation?"

"The basics, of course, are the basic principles of psychic power and the introductory knowledge of the major psychic power schools. How much do you know about these? Tell me about it." The dragon rolled his eyes at him.

"Psychic power actually has principles—" Li Yin couldn't help but sigh, "and it is divided into schools, just like the arcane..."

The dragon's pupils widened: "Is it possible that you don't have any basics at all!"

Li Yin nodded.

"What a loss," the dragon said with regret, "So, those psychic powers you mentioned earlier were all awakened by your instincts, not acquired later in life?"

Li Yin nodded again. Although the abilities of Feather Fall, Giant Transformation, and Scorching Metal were not "Instinct Awakening", there was no need to point it out at this moment.

"If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have taught you a psychic power."

"In order to teach you this psychic power, I have to start from scratch and teach you all the basic knowledge of psychic power..."

“This alone will take quite a while.”

"Not to mention," it hung its head, with frustration on its crystal dragon face, "after that, there is the specific psionic ability teaching that I promised you."

The more bitter Shaka's expression became, the brighter Li Yin's face became.

He hadn't expected that this bet that he had always dreamed of could be so profitable!

"Master Shada," he called her by her honorific name for the first time from the bottom of his heart, smiling, "thank you for your help."

"Don't worry, I will study hard and try to finish my studies as soon as possible so as not to waste your time."

"Hmph," Shaka glared at him unhappily, but after a moment of silence, it organized its words and began to teach Li Yin as agreed.

"Psionic power, as the name suggests, is the power generated by the mind of intelligent creatures. It is completely different from the arcane arts of deconstructing and imitating the formula of the universe's creation, and the divine arts of begging gods for rewards. It is a magical power rooted in the intelligent creatures themselves..."

"Wait," Shaka paused, "Speaking of the mind, considering your knowledge base, do you know anything about the four sources and four elements of magic?"

Li Yin shook his head, but tried to save his face and prove that he was not an unlearned person at all: "I have only received systematic arcane training."

He placed emphasis on the word "system".

But the dragon completely ignored his hint.

"Well," Shaka stretched out a paw and rubbed her forehead, "It seems that my work will become more difficult..."

...It took three days to explain the basic principles of psychic power and some other common sense knowledge. Of course, only half of these three days was spent on teaching, and the other half was spent on the chess game between Rein and Shaka.

On the fourth day, Shaka introduced the six major schools of psychic power to Rein, namely the prophecy school that enhances perception and strengthens the caster's insight; the creation school that creates objects; the transformation school that converts psychic energy into other forms of energy, such as flames and ice; the self-shaping school that changes the properties of objects; the teleportation school that allows the caster to cross time and space; and the enchantment school that detects and affects the minds of intelligent creatures...

In Li Yin's opinion, many of these six factions can be found in the eight major schools of arcane magic, so it is not difficult for him to understand. When he expressed this point to Shaka, Shaka also agreed.

"Everything is inherently connected," Shaka said. "Arcane magic studies the formula for the creation of the universe and the birth of all things. And we ourselves, our bodies, souls, minds... are originally part of this 'creation'."

"Your foundation in arcane magic will help your psychic training. Conversely, the enhancement of your own mental power will also promote your observation and understanding of the laws of the universe."

"In fact, if you insist on walking on the path of spiritual and spiritual dual cultivation in the future, you will find that your experience on either side will help you achieve twice the result with half the effort on the other side..."

The dragon's voice is deep, grand, distant and ethereal, like a magnificent piece of music formed by the intersection of stars at the beginning of the universe.

It flapped its wings and raised its upper body. On its two large claws, one was glowing with a silver light that symbolized the arcane, and the other was glowing with a purple light that symbolized psychic powers. The two balls of light expanded and converged like two beating hearts, and finally condensed into shape in its palms, floating up and spinning around it like two stars, rising straight up to the rock dome above their heads, and then dissipated into the darkness...

Li Yin's heart surged, and his two yellow and green eyes sparkled. It was as if he saw a road of truth interwoven with arcane magic and psychic magic unfolding before his eyes...

"Okay," the dragon's huge voice interrupted his reverie.

"Stop talking nonsense," it covered its mouth and yawned, seeming a little tired.

"Now we can finally start our formal class."

"I will teach you a psychic power as agreed."

“Finally…” Li Yin’s expression brightened.

"First, let's take a closer look at the Mind Creation System—"

"Oh? The School of Psychic Creation," Li Yin began to be fascinated, "This is the faction of creating objects. It has many similarities with the School of Conjuration in Arcane Magic, etc. -"

He was suddenly startled.

How come I can go straight to the Mind Creation Department? This shouldn't be the case—

"Um, Master Shaga?" He raised his hand a little awkwardly and asked carefully, "Why did you go directly to the Department of Psychic Creation? I thought... you would let me choose."

Shaka raised her eyebrows slightly: "This dragon has hundreds of psychic powers. If I ask you to choose one by one, wouldn't it be annoying?"

"Oh," Li Yin responded sullenly, and then said unwillingly, "At least the faction—"

At the very least, he wanted to decide which faction the psionic power he was about to learn came from.

"No need to bother," Shaka waved his giant claws and said crisply, "This great dragon has already planned for you."

"You should learn the first-level psychic power of the Psychic Creation Department, the Astral Construct."

Hearing what it said, Li Yin looked embarrassed.

Had he planned this long ago? This... cunning dragon had already thought of a way to deal with his failure? Would he deliberately use a useless magic to fool him?

Shaka looked at the bitter face of the human bug and immediately understood what it was thinking.

"What are you thinking about?" It said dissatisfiedly, "I repeat, this dragon is generous and righteous, and I keep my promises. I am not like you humans and dark elves, who are like those flowery insects."

"The psychic power I chose for you is one of the most powerful psychic powers among the first-level psychic powers. It is not only the creative psychic power, but also the most powerful psychic power among all six major factions!"

It argued confidently and was filled with righteous indignation, as if complaining that its kindness was being misunderstood.

As soon as Li Yin heard the word "most powerful", his eyes immediately lit up again.

"Master Shada, you are right," he nodded repeatedly and said in a resounding voice, "I judge others by my own standards, I am narrow-minded..."

At the same time, he reflected deeply and felt ashamed. He had indeed gone too far in this matter. People taught him with good intentions, but he repeatedly guessed their intentions.

Shajia nodded reluctantly and said sullenly, "Don't do it again!"

"Sure! Sure!" Li Yin promised repeatedly.

Shaga took a few deep breaths to calm down her anger, and soon the class was back on track. She first introduced to Li Yin some of the unique characteristics and abilities of the Psychic Creation School, and then began to explain in detail the principles of the psychic power of "Astral Constructs". Li Yin did not say a word, but listened attentively, afraid of missing any small details.

According to Shaka, the psychic power of creating astral constructs is mainly divided into three steps. The first step is to use psychic powers to extract a basic substance, astral matter, from the astral plane. The second step is to shape the extracted astral matter into a construct in the plane they are currently in. The third step is to use the astral matter to create a logic core and an energy core for this lifeless form, and after editing the action instructions and injecting magical energy, place it into the construct.

The first step was simple. Rein followed Shaka's method and succeeded in his first attempt. Relying on his psychic power, he extracted a mass of "star matter" from the astral plane. According to Shaka's description, this substance is not only used in astral constructs, but also in many creative powers. So if he wants to continue on this path in the future, it will be very helpful for him to learn how to use this substance.

However, looking at this semi-solidified gelatinous object that was one foot square, milky white and translucent, with sparkling stars in the middle, Li Yin suddenly felt a sense of déjà vu.

"This!——" He suddenly realized, not only him, but also Du Feiya beside him couldn't help but parted his lips, "It was us in the square——"

Before they finished speaking, they both turned their heads. Behind them, the corpses in black helmets and armor were still scattered around the square, not moving.

Viewed from this angle, a thin layer of milky white and faint flashes of light could be seen through the gaps in their pitch-black armor.

"Yes," the dragon said in a natural and graceful voice, "Their bodies are made of ectoplasm."

"They are the so-called 'astronomical constructs'."

"How is it?" Li Yin turned around and saw the dragon's two blue eyes flickering at him. His tone was deep and elegant, "Do you still want to learn this spiritual power?"

"I want to learn! I want to learn!" Li Yin said loudly with his eyes shining and an extremely excited look.

Shaka grinned, smiled slightly, raised her head and said loudly: "Then, let's get started."

Three days later, Li Yin had initially completed the production of a humanoid construct. Due to the limited amount of star matter used, this construct was similar in appearance to him, but only half his real size.

According to Shaka, the astral constructs can be shaped into a myriad of shapes, and there is no limit to the shapes. But that will only happen after Rein becomes proficient. As it is just the beginning, Rein should choose the shape he is most familiar with. Because psychic power is a direct reflection of the psychic's own mind, at the beginning, he should choose the shape that exists in his mind most deeply and is most familiar to him, which will make it easier to grasp and easier to make.

Chapter 192: Star-Material Construct

And generally speaking, the deepest and most familiar image in a person's heart is, of course, himself, or at least, his own race.

Four days later, in the square in the center of the dark elf city, Li Yin commanded a humanoid astral construct that was about the same height as his waist, and took the first step, the second step, the third step...

"I did it," Li Yin shouted excitedly.

He raised his head and looked at the dragon excitedly, hoping to get affirmation. Who knew that the dragon just said calmly:

“But it’s only just beginning.”

Indeed, the current logic instructions of this construct are very simple, just walking, and its energy is also very weak, which can only support it walking. Also, it is not known whether it is a problem of the energy core or the logic core and the body adapting, it can't even walk properly, just like a baby who has just learned to walk, trembling, not only can't take a big step, but also may fall at any time.

However, this was the first time that Li Yin had made an object that could move and seemed to have life. Therefore, his enthusiasm was not suppressed by the dragon's indifference. He ignored the dragon and lowered his head, looking at the creation he had just made with the same excited and passionate eyes as a mother looking at her newborn child.