The Rebirth of the Prince: Starting from Not Being a Doglicker

"Do you want to take over some of the affairs of the Marquis' Mansion?"

After returning to the Marquis' Mansion, Su Wan looked at Su An and asked.

After all, the future of the Marquis' Mansion belongs to the prince Su An. If Su An wants to take power and handle some affairs of the Marquis' Mansion, Su Wan is willing to give up power.

"Forget it." Su An shrugged. "You know me, I'm used to being idle, and I don't know how to deal with these things."

"Besides, I have to study at the Guanwen Palace and I am planning to read more books on the art of martial arts. I don't have time."

Su Wan nodded slightly and said no more.

In her previous life, after Su Wan dropped out of Zhaowu Academy, she stayed at home and managed the huge marquisate in an orderly manner. She was very good at management. With Su Wan around, Su An never thought of interfering in this matter.

As for whether this will affect Su Wan's progress in swordsmanship, all we can say is that her talent in swordsmanship is underestimated.

It was already afternoon when Su An returned to the Marquis' Mansion, and he went into the study.

The study room in the Marquis Shenwei's Mansion is a confidential place with strict guards, and it is difficult for ordinary people to get close to it.

This is where Su Wan usually handles the affairs of the Marquis' Mansion and reads books.

The study room houses many precious military books and martial arts classics. For Su Wan, a sword practitioner, the sword techniques and sword manuals in them can meet most of her needs, but for Su An, it is very difficult.

The books on Taoism and magic in the study are either common ones or basic ones that are not very valuable.

Only a family of practitioners like the Zhou family would have a collection of vast and priceless books on magic.

In his previous life, Su An followed the path of sword cultivation. Although some people said that he had a natural talent in magic, he was busy playing around in his previous life and never practiced magic seriously.

Therefore, even though Su An had a lot of experience fighting with magic practitioners in his previous life, he knew their general methods.

However, he had no idea about how to practice magic or how to improve his realm.

If Su An continues to practice martial arts in this life, he will be very successful with the sword skills he learned from his previous life.

But he had his reasons for having to practice the art of martial arts. Of course, this did not mean that he would give up the way of the sword. What he wanted was for both to go hand in hand.

For other people, even if they are geniuses with outstanding talents in both martial arts and magic, it is a fantasy to practice both at the same time.

In the early stages, sword cultivators can make progress by relying on time and resources. In the later stages, even if one is a sword master, if he wants to make further progress, he needs to keep searching until he gains something.

It is very likely that an ordinary sword cultivator will be stuck at a certain bottleneck throughout his life and make no progress until his death.

Although Su An didn't know much about magic, the way of magic was definitely not much easier than the way of swordsmanship.

It was only because Su An had already practiced swordsmanship in his previous life and a master of magic had praised his talent in magic that he dared to consider practicing both at the same time.

Su An began to search for books on Taoism in the study room full of bookshelves. In a corner, he found what he wanted.

Several rows of bookshelves are filled with books on the art of magic.

Su An didn't know much about the art of magic, but he knew roughly that the practice of magic was inseparable from books and knowledge.

Su An picked and chose among them, and after a while, he picked out some books about basic knowledge of magic cultivation.

Manual of Spell Repair

Fire Element: The Source of Heat and Light

Thunder: Harnessing the Might of Heaven

The Melt: A Song of Ice and Fire

"Basic Talismans Outline"

"Basic Formation Outline"

Basic Alchemy Outline

"Beast Tamer: A Complete Guide to Beast Ear Girls"

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Su An stacked the books together and carried them to a large sandalwood desk next to the red window.

Sitting comfortably on the cushioned sandalwood chair, Su An opened the first volume of the "Manual of Magic Practice".

This is a popular science book that introduces the art of cultivation.

The first sentence of the preface is a soul-searching question: What do you think magic cultivation is?

Below is the author’s own answer.

A practitioner of magic can let his spirit travel, reaching Beihai in the morning and Cangwu in the evening.

The practitioner of magic can borrow the power of heaven and earth to command the earth, fire, water, wind, thunder and lightning.

The practitioner of magic can discard the filthy body and carefully cleanse the noble soul.

They explore the mysteries of the world and elements, communicate with nature and heaven and earth, they are good at magic, talismans, alchemy, formations, elixirs, and beast control, they are noble and elegant, and knowledgeable...

What follows is just some meaningless boasting from the cultivator.

After reading the preface, Su An flipped back and found that the book had several major chapters, all of which introduced basic knowledge related to magic cultivation.

The classification of levels of magic practitioners, magic power, spirit, and spiritual consciousness.

Elements, talismans, alchemy, formations, elixirs...

Su An watched with great interest and was immersed in it. Before he knew it, the sun had set and the moon had risen.

When Su An finished reading and closed the book, he realized that the sky outside the window had changed from afternoon to evening.

"I've actually been watching for so long?"

Su An was also stunned for a moment, stretched, and began to summarize his findings.

According to the Manual of Magic Cultivation, the magic power of magic practitioners corresponds to the qi of martial arts practitioners, and both are generated in the body by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

The practice of magic cultivates spiritual awareness and the soul, while the practice of martial arts tempers the body and hone martial arts.

In terms of ability, magic is the core killing method of magic practitioners. Through the use of elements, they can command the earth, fire, water, wind, and thunder to form a variety of killing moves.

In addition, talismans, alchemy, elixirs, formations, etc. are other important abilities and means for practitioners of magic. Usually, practitioners of magic will choose one of them according to their own talents and preferences.

The cultivation levels of magic practitioners are the same as those of martial arts practitioners, with a total of nine realms, divided into the upper three realms, the middle three realms and the lower three realms.

Among the lower three realms, the first realm contains meaning, the second realm contains spirits, and the third realm is the sea of ​​consciousness.

The first realm is to contain meaning. “Yun” means to contain and nourish, and “yi” means spiritual consciousness. To contain meaning is to nourish spiritual consciousness.

The "Handbook of Magic Practitioners" explains that this realm is meant to enhance the strength of the magic practitioner's spiritual awareness, laying the foundation for perceiving the elements, arranging formations, engraving talismans, and refining elixirs.

The magic practitioners at this level have no combat capability at all. The only difference between them and ordinary people is that they have sharp ears and eyes, are easier to concentrate, and are less likely to fall asleep.

But the importance of this realm is self-evident. Spiritual awareness is the foundation of a practitioner's career. A practitioner with weak spiritual awareness cannot even condense a decent technique.

Not to mention the pursuit of other abilities such as talismans, alchemy, formations and alchemy.

The second realm is to absorb the spiritual energy, which means to allow the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to enter the body and form magic power. The magic practitioners at this realm have the ability to use magic to defend against the enemy.

The third realm is the sea of ​​consciousness, as the name suggests, is to open up the sea of ​​consciousness. The significance of this realm is to open up the sea of ​​consciousness, gain more spiritual consciousness, and better store and release spiritual consciousness.

"Magic cultivation is no easier than sword cultivation."

Su An sighed.

The practitioner of magic needs to learn the characteristics of various elements, their reactions with each other, the principles of various magic techniques, and also cultivate spiritual consciousness and increase the body's magic power capacity.

These alone are not simple.

There are also talismans, formations, etc. The "Manual of Magic Practice" only gives some simple introductions. To conduct in-depth research is another huge project.

Regarding nurturing spiritual consciousness, the book mentions two mainstream methods: one is meditation, and the other is studying.

For practitioners of magic, sitting in meditation, visualizing objects, or swimming in the ocean of knowledge and constantly acquiring new knowledge can all improve their spiritual awareness.

"In other words, nurturing spiritual consciousness requires constant use of the brain."

Su An muttered to himself.

Meditation or studying are actually processes that use the brain.

"No wonder storytelling and knowledge are so important to practitioners."

In addition, there are some precious spiritual medicines, such as the Cemetery Spirit Orchid, which can help the first-level cultivators enhance their spiritual awareness without causing damage to the weak body of the cultivator.

This kind of elixir is rare.