Chapter 109: Two harmonious figures (2/2)

“I always focused single-mindedly on training during these few days, I haven’t thought about it at all, haha. Rinloran, really worthy of a high-level elven bloodline, you actually condensed arcane particles so fast.”

“I started my foundation exercises much earlier than you, the time I spent on condensing arcane particles must be more than twice longer than you. It’s nothing to be proud of.” Rinloran turned around. “Alright, you need to train the trick of controlling your arcane particles on your own. Let us talk about the second reason now. Do you see that tree branch?”

“What?” Ayrin followed Rinloran’s line of sight. He saw a small tree branch in front of them, only as thick as a thumb.

Rinloran didn’t answer immediately. He merely walked toward that tree branch.

“What!”

Ayrin shouted in disbelief. He saw that tree branch faintly swaying, and also bending downward, looking as if it could break at any moment, but it unexpectedly didn’t break. Rinloran unexpectedly stood on it, fine and dandy.

“How are you doing that?” he couldn’t help but shout.

“In fact, a branch like this isn’t as weak as you imagine, and your body isn’t as heavy as you imagine.” Rinloran looked at Ayrin, saying calmly and patiently, “Both of us got rid of arcane master weights today, this tree branch is absolutely fine bearing our weight.”

“If it can’t bear it, it’s because you did this.” Rinloran suddenly crossed a step forward when he said that.

This small branch broke with a snap when his foot landed, though it didn’t seem as if he put much strength in it. He landed on a branch below.

“This is?” Ayrin looked on foolishly. He couldn’t understand what the difference was, because previously, Rinloran had also stepped straight on it in the same way.

“That’s because I put a little more strength when I stepped on it.” Rinloran lifted his head and continued to explain, “That’s why the branch couldn’t bear it. Other than the weight of our bodies, it can’t endure the force of our impact. What it can’t bear is the strength erupting from inside our bodies.”

Ayrin understood then. He nodded repeatedly.

Rinloran added, “I did that to make you directly observe and understand the importance of controlling your strength reasonably. Sometimes, there’s no need for us to use as much strength as we imagine when we need to halt, or maybe to suddenly change directions, or to dodge. If you use even a tad more strength than necessary, you’ll first have to eliminate the reactive force from the excessive strength you used when you make your next movement. Also, if you use too much force for one movement, then you might not put enough strength in the next. You have to know when to release your strength, and you also have to know when to restrain and control it. We are about at the same level in arcane particles, and your physical strength is much higher than mine, but I’m more adept at using my strength appropriately.”

“You try walking on a branch that can barely bear your weight. Try to perceive how to control your strength, how to walk on it but not to cause it to break.”

“As long as you can attain a very good control over a suitable amount of arcane strength under your feet, as long as you can master the appropriate amount of strength to use in every movement, you’ll definitely be faster than me. More than a level faster than me!”

…

Not far away, on another huge tree, Carter, Ciaran, Donna, Rui, and the others quietly watched Rinloran and Ayrin.

“There really are many special things about high-level elves. These sound so simple. But if you want to reach the level of these people with high-level elven bloodlines, that’s really too difficult. Even we can’t hope to do it.”

“I bet Ayrin can come close to or surpass Rinloran’s level.”

“Carter, no matter what you’re staking, no one is going to bet with you. If not for their situation being just right at the moment, I’d be itching to see Donna teach him Fire Embers, see whether he can learn this arcane skill people call one of the hardest arcane skills to learn.”

“No wonder you guys have the confidence to return to the finals. Aren’t there really too many monsters among your freshmen?”

“No matter what, you guys look at Rinloran teaching Ayrin right now. Doesn’t it look like a strict teacher guiding a studious student?”

“A teacher that’s also a friend, that’s a very good situation. They’ll boost each other more easily this way, make each other progress faster.”

Ayrin and Rinloran’s silhouettes under the sunlight made these mighty arcane masters of the kingdom remember many happy things from the time of their youth.

“There’s only Stingham, he gives me too much of a headache,” Carter couldn’t resist saying.

“No matter how high the talent, no one can possibly sail smoothly all the way through. Something will happen to him sooner or later, something that makes him change,” Rui slowly said.