The Truth of Magic

Chapter 166 Summoning Ceremony (33)

Hearing what the old mage said, Zhao Xu couldn't believe it. He turned around and glanced at the thousands of bookshelves.

"Isn't that too much?" Zhao Xu said.

Just walking over the bookshelves one by one and glancing at the titles of the books, he might not be able to finish it all afternoon.

Not to mention finding the tome leading to the "Legend Library" from it.

This is totally a bit of nonsense.

After hearing Zhao Xu's words, the mage, who was too old to move, just lowered his head and recalled, "Every mage who arrived here for the first time had this idea."

"It's just that if you can't prove your potential, why does the association want you to have access to the 'Legend Library'?"

At this time, Zhao Xu stopped probing, and concentrated on thinking about every word the old man said.

"Then I want to ask, what is the legendary library like?" Zhao Xu asked.

"It holds many ancient knowledge and secrets of this world."

"Go find it directly. If you can't find it within three hours, it proves that you don't have this fate, so you can go back by yourself by the elevator. Cough cough." The old mage couldn't help coughing a few times.

Zhao Xu knew that there must be a shortcut.

At this time, Zhao Xu also began to take the bookshelves on this floor seriously. He no longer focused on every book on the bookshelf, but directly looked at the bookshelves one by one.

After reaching the bookshelves on the next few floors, Zhao Xu realized that the themes of those books were no longer the original and evil rituals. Many other genres began to appear, such as "God and Divinity", "Theory of Godhead", "Three Magical Crisis", "Poetry of the Dragon" and other classics began to appear.

Zhao Xu also understood that the books in this abandoned library were not just taboo and evil elements, but varied.

It's just that Zhao Xu was quite confused when he looked at the titles of the books. The titles of some of these books do not seem to be outdated at all, so why would the old man say that most of them are invalid.

When Zhao Xu walked through one third of the bookshelves, he discovered that the books on this floor also corresponded to the more than ten kinds of knowledge and skills.

And the books on this level seem to be more advanced and practical.

Just as Zhao Xu kept bending down to check the books on the shelves step by step.

The old mage looked at Zhao Xu with bright eyes, as if examining him.

It took Zhao Xu two hours to barely walk through the nearly thousand bookshelves on this floor, and it was even more difficult to count when counting the classics stacked close to the ceiling on each bookshelf.

But in the process, Zhao Xu noticed something. There was a book on the teachings of the goddess of magic in the library.

Although Zhao Xu was an incompetent level 1 priest, he still possessed some basic skills, and he had read all the teachings of the goddess.

The style of that classic book, Zhao Xu can be sure, is not currently released by the church, nor is it even any version that has ever been released.

But the style of the holy emblem on that book is indeed the latest. That was the holy emblem reissued when Sisilvina, the goddess of magic, received a new priesthood three years ago.

So according to the holy emblem, Zhao Xu was sure that the history of that classic book would never exceed three years.

According to the church's principles of the Goddess of Magic, they will not apply magic to automatically change the holy emblems on all the tomes. In their view, to do so is to betray history.

So Zhao Xu was sure that the book would not be put in for more than three years.

This is contrary to the thick layer of dust on all the classics here.

Zhao Xu stood on the wall with his hands behind his back, scanning the entire library. The old mage was standing on the other side of the end, lowering his head and cleaning his glasses.

Suddenly, Zhao Xu's mind trembled.

He understood that the old man said that most of the classics here are invalid.

I am afraid that this sentence hides a verbal trap.

Although Zhao Xu didn't check it carefully, he already knew that there were many classics on the introduction ceremony here.

Ritual, strictly speaking, is another kind of more primitive magic. And they can be cast by non-spellcasters.

They don't use any spell slots, and they don't need to be prepared in advance, and there is even no limit to the number of rituals that can be performed every day.

The only trouble is that the rituals take a long time to perform, and even have to be performed at a specific time to be useful, and the materials are also complicated.

For example, Antinoya once gave Zhao Xu the awakening expertise and even the "wisdom spellcaster" ability, all of which were performed through rituals.

The "caster level + 1" necklace that Wang Ningwei owns was created using rituals.

The old mage's words were not true, which meant that the ceremony here was useful.

"I want a list of all the books and classics." Zhao Xu shouted at the old man at this moment.

After the old mage heard Zhao Xu's words, he didn't say much, but pointed behind Zhao Xu.

When Zhao Xu turned around, he found that the titles of books began to emerge on the whitewashed wall at the end of the abandoned library.

At the same time, those book titles all stretched out lines, pointing to a common bookshelf number.

"The entrance to the 'Legend Library'." Zhao Xu opened his mouth with a gambling mentality.

However, the titles of those books were unmoved, and they just kept coming up with new titles, crowding the entire wall a bit.

He really thought too much.

"Summoning ceremony." Zhao Xu continued in a low voice.

Suddenly, the ink-like rune lines on the entire wall were instantly shattered, and then reassembled one by one.

"Looking for objects, one hundred and forty-four rituals of summoning", the title of the book immediately caught Zhao Xu's eyes.

After he wrote down the number, he went directly to the bookshelf and picked out the book.

At the same time, Zhao Xu also pulled out the hanging key and inserted it into the lock to unlock it. The whole process was smooth and smooth, without any delay.

Without feeling any movement from the book, Zhao Xu began to read the book carefully.

It's just that this classic book is a kind of big open book, like a picture book, and there are very few illustrations in it, and the words are densely packed together.

If Zhao Xu and the others wanted to perform the ceremony, they would not be able to spend any more time reading this book.

And he must immediately retrieve the ritual he wants from this tome without a catalogue.

Zhao Xu smiled on the spot after thinking about it for a while. Others might not be able to do anything about it, but he happened to have mastered too many spells.

Level 1 Spell—Scholar's Touch.

This spell can allow the caster to roughly read a book from beginning to end, but this level cannot reach intensive reading, and it cannot be used for some special magic books.

So this spell is not a very common spell for the caster.

But now Zhao Xu only needs to know where the ritual he is going to use is in the book, and this spell is enough.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xu immediately took out the spell-casting equipment "thin crystal disc" and the spell materials "parchment" and "tinder" for this spell in his backpack.

The equipment, the crystal disc and the parchment Zhao Xu had, but it was the "tinder" that made Zhao Xu frowned.

When entering an academic library, everyone is still required to store flammable materials, even though there are various fire prevention measures in the library.

Zhao Xu stored his tinder and alcohol in the cabinet at that time.

Now if Zhao Xu went to the first floor to get back the spell materials, he couldn't guarantee that he would be able to come back to this floor again. The words on the parchment that Antinoya gave him had disappeared.

If Zhao Xu had mastered the "supernatural spell" ability of the spell guardian, he could cast spells without materials.

Even if he masters the "Spellcasting Material Free" feat, he can save these materials that are less than 1 gp.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xu turned his attention to potential points. He could use potential points to simulate expertise.

After reaching level 3, Zhao Xu had regained 5 potential points. In this way, he can spend 1 point of potential to simulate the specialty of "casting spells without materials".

However, Zhao Xu had more means at this time.

After thinking about it, Zhao Xu waved his hand directly, and in the blink of an eye, a piece of tinder appeared in the air and landed lightly on his hand.

The first-level arcane "summoning spell materials" can conjure inexpensive spell materials, avoiding the dilemma of spellcasters without spell materials.

Zhao Xu didn't expect that he, who had completed the spell material package, would be able to use this spell one day.

After completing these, Zhao Xu immediately used the summoned spell materials to cast the "scholar's touch" spell.

After he came into contact with that classic, the contents of the book, like a movie, kept flashing through Zhao Xu's heart.

After getting the feedback, Zhao Xu directly opened the 312th page of "Finding Items, 144 Rituals of Summoning", and read through the 39th Ritual above.

Thinking of the urgency of time, Zhao Xu hurriedly found an open space, and then began to draw mysterious symbols with the charcoal pencil in his hand according to the content in the book.

After a total of sixty-seven, Zhao Xu sketched out a star map, and then used the classics as a medium to start chanting mantras.

Compared with the spell that only takes less than 6 seconds, the chanting time of this ceremony is as high as 45 minutes.

Zhao Xu was already rushing for the last few minutes.

After seeing Zhao Xu's actions, the old mage just nodded silently without saying anything.

At the last minute, after Zhao Xu finished reciting the last incantation of the ceremony, a powerful mysterious force poured into his body from the void.

Zhao Xu shouted on the spot: "Look for the books in the 'Legend Library'."

Suddenly, a white light emerged from Zhao Xu's fingertips. Zhao Xu understood that the place where the light was pointing to was the location of the book.

He hurriedly looked along the light, but found that the light was pointing directly at the old mage in front of him.

In other words, the incarnation of the legendary library is the old man in front of him.

At this time, the old mage had turned around, and slowly looked up at the bookshelves, "The current legendary library is actually just a fragment of time."

"The 'Library of Legends' was first built by the second generation of Goddess of Magic. She tried to gather all the knowledge and mysteries of the world in it. Unfortunately, it was destroyed in the battle of gods."

"After that, the third-generation goddess of magic took pity on the difficulty of the 'Legendary Library', and she also gained a lot of knowledge in it, so she used divine power to restore it."

"Spellcaster Zhong Xia, I now make a contract with you. From now on, you can visit the 'Legend Library' once a week. But you must make an oath not to reveal the secret. Are you willing?"

The old man, who was also the incarnation of the will of the "Legendary Library", said while looking at Zhao Xu.