Wudang: Legends Of Qi Earth 185 Mana Attributes

Alex took a deep breath as he stepped through the massive double doors of the Academy's library. There was a sort of pressure felt by the sheer action of stepping through it's threshold. Simple out this was he largest repository of knowledge on the entire earth, no one and no where else can boast the same amount of information as the academy, and quite frankly it was quite daunting.

 As for testing what his Mana element was, Alex knew exactly where to go. The library had many sections and each sections had divisions. But the two main sections were the sections for Qi and Mana, the entrance of the Mana section was to the east of the especially massive library, it took Alex all of five minutes to walk until he found the Mana section, and right in front of this section was a counter that had a single mounted crystal ball.

Basically the crystal recorded what kind of Mana you had, and gave you a directory of books you can pick from.

All the books were copies of copies of copies, however they are all accurate.

The books could be borrowed from the library indefinitely, but you couldn't borrow a book for anything longer than three months, and it would cost you.

The section was not that inhabited, never the less everyone pretty much ignored Alex as he walked towards the crystal ball and placed his hands on it.

At first there was no reaction all of a sudden there was a vibration stretching from the crystal ball all the way into his body. Alex wanted to resist,. It this was a part of the process so he was able to hold himself back and let it continue. The Crystal ball suddenly became smoky as it rose into the air, releasing a thick column of wind that formed into a small tornado above Alex's head. 

But it wasn't over yet, as the earth beneath his feet, pushed up out of the marble floors of the library, and formed into tiny metal balls that seemed to be floating around the tornado. The phenomenon grabbed the attention of a bunch of people as they stood there watching while Alex just raised an eyebrow in surprise at the light show that was currently taking place. Eventually tiny vines began to grow out of the tiny metal marbles that was floating above Alex's head, seemingly wrapping around the tornado that Alex now noticed was crackling with blue, white and golden lightning.

And then just as quickly as it had started, the phenomenon came to an end as a set of words appeared above his head in a smoky script. The answer to what Mana attribute or rather attributes he had was answered rather quickly, some answers were pretty much obvious, but in the end none of them were what Alex had expected.

Name: Alexander Zhang Xiao Feng Alé

Age: 15

Discipline: Qi, Mana, ????

Mana Attributes: Wind Variation: Lightning/ Earth Variation: Metal/ Life

Rank: Apprentice Mage

The information shown up here wasn't really complete, but this was a stat sheet for Mana part of his abilities rather the whole sum, so not everything was shown here. Honestly Alex felt his talent with Mana was pretty lackluster and honestly he was right. He might have variation elements, but some times they're not so practical as they're always harder train. But just because you have a variation doesn't mean you can't use the element that it's a variant of.

So there was no danger as Alex could just stick to learning Wind and Earth element spells, though they wouldn't be as strong as the variations in the end. Alex turned his focus back to the crystal ball, as a list of spells were given to him to chose from. Now normally a cultivation or rather in the case of Mana, a visualization manual would be given to help cultivate their Mana, but as he has learnt so far, Qi cultivation was quite adaptable, and the Wudang Heart Sutra could help him in training his Mana, it would just be much harder and difficult as the technique was tailored for Qi.

It was hard picking the spells needed, but Alex it shouldn't matter much which one he picked, the bottom line of the matter was that he had to master three basic spells and be as to use them at least 8 times each within the span of three minutes. By then he should be in the first circle and can properly learn first circle spells, for now he could only learn 0 circle spells.

Alex chose his three spell books and was given a third book, which was a basic overview over mage cultivation. Alex wasn't sure he needed it right now, but at the very least too much information and understanding can never be a bad thing. He quickly left the library, sure as hell that the fact he could also use Mana would spread across the entire academy like wild fire during a very hot season.

He made his way back to the tower avoiding everyone until he was behind his desk and in his room. His desk was clustered with a lot of plans, blueprints, manifest, maps, information, sheets on wards and arrays, business deals and information about a lot of his competitors. He's been really busy over this past month, and was actually burning himself out just to take his mind off a bunch of things. But Alex ignored all that as he opened the basic introduction to mage craft and began reading.

All of the information that was there was something that Alex already knew, with the except a few things that helped him a bit. But still he was still able to properly Understand the basic theory behind mage craft. First of all, the importance of spells and how you had to be careful when choosing your first spell model.

An apprentice mage must learn three basic spells, basically we're talking 0 circle spells that could be considered as basic home spells. But those spells would serve as the foundation for the higher circle spells you would get to learn. If a fire mage learnt conjure fire, which is basically just summoning flames in your hand, you could Branch out to fireball at tier one, but if it's candle flame, a more controlled version of the conjure fire, you could learn flame arrow an be well on your way to becoming a mage capable of shaping your element.

At tier one you need four spells built upon the basic three you've chosen, some mages only have a single element, but they still have to go through the same process. Either way by learning only four, you get to decide your main spell as the basic spell with more blocks placed on it would find out the strongest. Of course before they make the advance to second circle, some mages hold back their advancement just so that they could completely build up on their basic spells, giving them more options.

Alex understood all that, even though he had not chosen his three basic spells as carefully as possible, he wasn't too worried. All. Roads lead to Rome, plus Mana was the least discipline that had his focus out of all the three he was proficient in. He was learning now because he needed enough Mana to inscribe and activate wards, which was important as he has been holding back on forging his swords because he wanted to make something powerful enough to handle his Mana, Qi and spirit energy. It would take (Nameless) a long time of growing, killing and surviving with Alex, before the spirit weapon becomes fully capable of utilizing all three energy sources.

But for now, Alex already noticed a bit of a lag and resistance when he used (Nameless), in the end Alex was a swordsman, his achievements with the spear were amazing, but he still preferred his long swords. Either way back to the matter at hand, to learn spells of any sort, you have to be able to memorize their spell model, basically it's wards that serve as the natural trigger for the spell.

You imprint this spell models in your head, and then pour Mana into it from your heart, and then not would be activated out in the real world through you. It was basically the same principle with arrays and wards, making this quite easy for Alex to understand. As for memorization, he had that down to a T, he couldn't stress enough the brain power of someone in the spirit commander realm, apart from his insane 20 kilometer perception, something that had increased in clarity and range Within this month, Alex never forgets what he's seen, be it pictures or words. Learning spells this way would be much to easy.

None the less he paid attention to the three 0 circle basic spell models on his desk, obviously it was time to work. The three that Alex had chosen were, (Earth Element Variation: 0 Circle Metal Spell: Magnetize) (Wind Element Variation: 0 Circle Lightning Spell: Spark) (Life Element: 0 Circle Life Spell: Conjure Thorns). Alex looked at them and said.

"So! Who goes first?"

Chapter end