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Chapter 370: The First Magic Power Borrower (6000+)
Chapter 370: The First Magic Power Borrower (6000+)
"Ding dong!"
"Come in!"
Hearing the doorbell ring, Jerry, who was studying Taoist Alchemy, glanced at the time and realized that Li Xiaolang, Sakura, and the others had come to learn Magic.
"Huh, there's an extra person!"
Waving to open the door, Jerry noticed that in addition to Sakura, Tomoyo, and a somewhat dejected-looking Li Xiaolang, there was an additional girl with two buns in her hair, who bore a resemblance to Li Xiaolang.
"Sir, this is my cousin, Li Meilin. She just arrived from Xiangjiang yesterday!"
Li Xiaolang introduced the girl beside him to Jerry with a lack of energy. He was caught off guard by his sister's sudden arrival and her transfer to his class, but it wasn't that he disliked her; she was just a bit clingy.
Jerry's heart skipped a beat as he immediately recalled that in the story, Li Xiaolang indeed had a childhood friend who always liked him, though he hadn't noticed that she was actually his cousin.
"Hello, sir, I'm Li Meilin, and I'm also Li Xiaolang's fiancée!"
The girl released Li Xiaolang's arm, bowed to Jerry, and deliberately emphasized the word "fiancée", giving Sakura a challenging glance as if declaring her claim.
"Fiancée?"
Sakura and Tomoyo exclaimed in surprise.
They were all elementary school students, still in the innocent stage of crushes. Why were they so advanced, already at the point of being engaged?
Jerry also raised an eyebrow.
He found it odd. If Li Xiaolang and Li Meilin were cousins, it would be impossible for them to be engaged. If they were second cousins, it might be more plausible, considering the tradition of such marriages in ancient times. In a family like the Lis, with traditional elders, it wasn't entirely out of the question.
But cousins? That was unheard of even in ancient times. Could the Lis have some peculiar notions about blood purity?
"Meilin, that was just a game we played as kids. How can you still remember that!"
Li Xiaolang rubbed his forehead in exasperation. He and his cousin had grown up together, so they naturally played games like house, and the "fiancée" thing was just a childhood promise, not a real engagement.
Li Meilin hugged Li Xiaolang's arm and lifted her chin.
"I don't care. I love Xiaolang the most, and I'm your fiancée. No one can take you away from me!"
"Alright, enough of this. We can discuss your personal matters later. Here, we only talk about Magic!"
Jerry, uninterested in the emotional entanglements of the elementary school students, raised his hand to quiet them and then handed the "Time" Magic Card back to Sakura.
Sakura then pulled out a new Magic Card and handed it to Jerry.
"Brother Jerry, this is the 'Battle' Card I just captured yesterday!"
Although Sakura wasn't as obsessed or diligent with Magic as Li Xiaolang, she had the powerful Magic Power inherited from Clow Reed, so even without the power of the Clow Cards, her Magic skills were quite impressive.
With the help of the talented Tomoyo and the increasingly strong Li Xiaolang, who combined Eastern and Western techniques, the Clow Cards were usually defeated within minutes whenever they appeared.
"Thank you. Go study your books. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me."
Jerry took the "Battle" Card and smiled.
By now, the group had a solid foundation in Magic, so they studied according to their interests. They would discuss and solve problems among themselves and only come to Jerry if they were really stuck.
So even when Sakura and the others came over, Jerry mostly continued with his own work.
After dismissing the four with a Sealed Beast, he temporarily set aside his study of Taoist Alchemy and began to research the "Battle" Card.
Taoist Alchemy, like Witch Alchemy, is a complex and extensive knowledge system involving many aspects that cannot be mastered quickly.
The "Battle" Card, created by Clow Reed, combines all the world's martial arts techniques into a single Magic Card.
The card's feature is that even someone completely ignorant of martial arts can become one of the world's top martial artists upon using it. Whether it's Muay Thai, Karate, Judo, Sanda, Boxing, various Chinese martial arts, or the eighteen weapons, they would all be at their fingertips.
For Jerry, this Magic effect was somewhat useful.
Although he was a martial arts enthusiast and his combat skills were not weak in Superman Mode, he still fell short compared to true top-tier experts.
With his physical abilities greatly enhanced by the first Witch Enhancer, combining this with the "Battle" Card's Magic would complement each other well.
Jerry actually quite liked Magic that enhanced his own abilities.
As a Mage, sometimes you might face a difficult situation where your opponent has exceptionally high magic resistance, making your Magic ineffective. In such a case, you could be overwhelmed by close combat.
With a "Strength" Magic to boost strength, a "Battle" Magic to enhance combat skills, and a transfiguration spell to create a weapon, he could instantly transform from a Mage into a top-tier close combat warrior.
Moreover, his current foundation is already strong. If he were to truly transform into a melee warrior, he might even be able to pin Hulk down and give him a few good rubs.
Given Jerry's current Magic level and his previous experience studying the Clow Cards, it didn't take him long to understand the majority of the Magic principles contained within the Battle Card.
He estimated that in just a few days, he could use his unique methods to transform it into Magic that suits his own style of casting.
However, while he was focused on his research, a small figure quietly approached him.
"Is there something you need, Meilin?"
Jerry retracted his Magic Power and suddenly looked up at Li Meilin, who stood in front of him with a conflicted expression.
Although he had dedicated 99% of his focus to deciphering the Magic array of the Battle Card, he still kept 1% of his attention on the surroundings.
So, of course, he was aware of Li Meilin's stealthy approach.
"Ah, I just have a question for you!"
Seeing Jerry suddenly look up, Li Meilin was startled.
"Go ahead."
Jerry put away the Battle Card and nodded.
Li Meilin, being straightforward and not shy, immediately spoke up when Jerry agreed:
"I heard from Xiaolang that your Magic strength is very powerful, even surpassing the elders at home, and possibly only second to Clow Reed. I wanted to ask if someone like me could still learn Magic?"
She had grown up with Li Xiaolang, and this time she came because she missed him and wanted to help him collect the Clow Cards he had always cherished.
However, upon arriving, she discovered that Li Xiaolang wasn't collecting Clow Cards anymore and was instead dedicated to studying Western Magic, aspiring to become a powerful Mage on par with Clow Reed. He also held a high regard for a Mage named Jerry Carmen.
With Li Xiaolang no longer collecting Clow Cards and focusing on Magic, she, who had no aptitude and was only skilled in Martial Arts, felt completely useless.
Moreover, when she saw Li Xiaolang, Sakura, and Tomoyo discussing Magic, she could only watch helplessly, which made her want to ask this guy, whom Li Xiaolang considered the strongest Mage in the current Magic world, if there was any chance for her to learn Magic too.
After all, even an ordinary person like Tomoyo had learned Magic, so maybe there was a tiny possibility for her as well.
Jerry carefully examined Li Meilin, then took her wrist and scanned her body with his mental energy. Finally, he shook his head:
"You don't have the aptitude to learn Magic. You can't absorb Magic Power, so you can't use Magic!"
Li Meilin's situation was different from Tomoyo's. Although Tomoyo was an ordinary person, her high intelligence gave her excellent Magic aptitude, allowing her to learn Magic.
Li Meilin, on the other hand, was similar to her sister Aisha. Both had good physical attributes but lacked the intelligence required to learn Magic.
Hearing this, Li Meilin couldn't help but feel disappointed and turned to leave. She had been tested by the elders at birth and found to have no aptitude for Taoist Alchemy, only suitable for Martial Arts. She had merely hoped to try again.
After all, Jerry Carmen, the Mage Li Xiaolang spoke so highly of, seemed so extraordinary, but the result was still the same.
Seeing Li Meilin's back, Jerry's heart suddenly stirred:
"However, it's not entirely impossible!"
"What do you mean?"
Li Meilin immediately turned around, her eyes full of surprise, and rushed back to Jerry. Li Xiaolang, Sakura, Tomoyo, and the sealed creature Kero were also drawn over by Li Meilin's voice.
"Impossible. Even the great Clow Reed couldn't teach someone without Magic aptitude. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so few Mages in the world!"
Kero, who had been halfway through a cake, stuffed the rest into his mouth, his cheeks puffing up as he explained.
Li Xiaolang, too, was somewhat skeptical. In his deeply ingrained beliefs, someone without the aptitude for Taoist Alchemy could never learn it. This was a truth confirmed by the Taoist sect over thousands of years, and no one had ever broken it.
Jerry Carmen's Magic strength was indeed profound, but the idea that he could break such an ironclad rule was hard to believe.
Sakura, on the other hand, was confused. She had only been in contact with Magic for a short time and was not very clear about this.
Tomoyo, standing beside Sakura, seemed less concerned about the topic. Seeing Sakura's puzzled face, she found it adorable and skillfully took out her camera to capture the moment.
Jerry, noticing everyone had gathered around, rubbed his chin and smiled:
"I can't change someone's Magic aptitude, but making someone capable of absorbing Magic Power and learning Magic is not entirely impossible."
Transforming someone without Magic aptitude into someone who can absorb Magic Power and learn Magic was something Jerry couldn't do right now.
The Bloodline Enhancer No. 1 he was researching was specifically for Witches and only worked on those with a Witch bloodline. If an ordinary person without a Witch bloodline were injected with it, the result would be one and only one:
They would burst into pieces and die.
Maybe in the future, once he acquires more advanced biological knowledge, he might be able to create a potion that can grant ordinary people Witchblood. However, that’s not possible for now.
The method he truly thought of actually came from the sorcerers in the Main World of the Marvel universe, who borrow magic power from Dimensional Demons to learn and cast magic.
With very few exceptions, all the sorcerers in the Main World do not have the innate qualifications to be mages. They can cast magic because they borrow magic power from the corresponding Dimensional Demons.
Jerry’s goal has always been to become a being as powerful as the Dimensional Demons.
But relying solely on his own cultivation, even if he continuously improves the bloodline enhancer to increase his bloodline concentration and make his cultivation techniques more efficient, it’s hard to say how long that would take.
He has also seen genuine Dimensional Demons when the Ancient One took him on a tour of the multiverse.
At that time, the magic power emitted by Dormammu, who controlled the dark dimension, was so vast compared to the magic power he currently possessed, it was like the difference between the ocean and a drop of water.
Therefore, to more effectively increase his magic power, he needed to find another way.
Now, seeing Li Meilin, who lacks the qualifications for magic but wants to learn it, he thought of the common method Dimensional Demons use to grow their power.
By using a special contract, ordinary people can borrow his power to cast magic, and then they repay it with double the effort in cultivation, which increases his total magic power.
It’s like a bank loan in the ordinary world. The more people borrow, the more loans there are, and the bank can earn a fortune without doing anything.
Jerry now wants to study the Dimensional Demons’ method of exploiting others, create a similar system, and lend magic power to those who want to use it.
In the past, his magic power wasn’t even enough for himself, so he couldn’t afford to do this. Now, with the first bloodline enhancer, his total magic power has significantly increased.
He can now set aside a portion of his magic power for lending, and with his daily cultivation, as long as he doesn’t lend too much at the beginning and gradually increase it, he can weather the initial phase.
Once he gets through the initial stage, his magic power will increase exponentially in the later stages.
Of course, fully understanding this lending process is not an easy task, and he needs to ensure his strength is sufficient to control those he lends to, otherwise, encountering someone like the Ancient One could be problematic.
Fortunately, he had access to many of the Ancient One’s private books at Kamar-Taj, which provided insights into the methods different Dimensional Demons use to lend magic power. He can use these insights for reference.
Li Meilin can be his first lending subject, allowing him to conduct an experiment and gradually improve his method.
"What should I do? What exactly should I do?"
Li Meilin, seeing Jerry’s confident tone, became excited.
Jerry thought for a moment and replied:
"For now, you need to start learning some basic magic or Taoist alchemy techniques from Li Xiaolang and Sakura. The process of acquiring magic power will take time, so don’t expect it to happen quickly.
However, remember to come here every day with Li Xiaolang and the others. I need to conduct some tests."
Thus, time passed day by day.
Li Xiaolang, Li Meilin, Sakura, Tomoyo, and Kero would almost always come to Jerry’s Magic House after school to learn magic or hand over any new Clow Cards they discovered and collected.
Jerry, on the other hand, found himself busy 24 hours a day.
Most of the time, he would use astral projection, allowing his physical body to meditate and strengthen his magic power, while his soul studied Taoist alchemy, analyzed new Clow Cards, and attempted to create his own lending system.
The most challenging part was learning Taoist alchemy. Since Li Xiaolang is young and doesn’t have much knowledge in this area, he couldn’t offer much useful advice.
So, Jerry’s study of Taoist alchemy was a process of starting from scratch, and many of the specialized terms in Taoist alchemy were difficult for him to understand just by reading books.
This naturally slowed his progress. Although he could simple create some small items, achieving his desired results was not easy.
Therefore, he gradually reduced the time spent on alchemy studies and planned to visit Xiangjiang or the mainland at some point to seek advice from alchemy masters, which would be more efficient.
The simplest task was analyzing the new Clow Cards. For example, the "Wheel" card involves spatial magic principles, connecting two spaces to form a closed loop, which can be used to trap people.
The "Sleep" card has an effect similar to a Sleeping Charm, but while a Sleeping Charm is a single-target magic attack, the "Sleep" card can put a wide area of targets to sleep.
The Voice Card can mimic any sound, and the Shrink Card can reduce the size of any object or person, similar to a shrinking spell.
By analyzing the Magic principles behind these new Clow Cards, Jerry gained new insights and improvements for his own Magic.
Additionally, he spent the most time on how to safely and effectively lease his Magic Power.
After studying the lending methods of multiple Dimensional Demons and with Li Meilin's cooperation, it took him over a month to develop an initial plan.
First, this method of leasing Magic Power is a type of Contract Magic. It involves signing a contract, borrowing Magic Power, and then repaying it. Violating the contract would result in punishment.
However, considering the vast difference between his Magic Power and that of the Dimensional Demons, Jerry specifically limited the maximum peak of Magic Power that could be borrowed.
This means the borrowed Magic Power can never exceed one-fifth of his current total Magic Power.
For example, if he currently has 100 units of Magic Power, the maximum anyone can borrow is 20 units.
If he is in battle or using Magic, and his Magic Power drops to 50 units, the maximum anyone can borrow would then be 10 units.
This ensures that he won't be left without Magic Power during a fight due to multiple borrowers, which would be highly awkward.
Additionally, his contract standard is one-to-one repayment. For every unit of Magic Power borrowed, two units must be returned to meet the contract requirements; otherwise, the borrower will face punishment.
Don't think that a one-to-one repayment is a high interest rate. In reality, compared to the Dimensional Demons, this is quite favorable.
Many Dimensional Demons require a one-to-two, one-to-three, or even a one-to-ten repayment.
Worse still, someone like Dormammu can, if he wishes, pull you into his dark dimension and turn you into his eternal slave, extracting Magic Power to strengthen his dark realm. This is essentially a one-to-infinite repayment.
However, apart from madmen or those unaware of the consequences, most people wouldn't dare sign a contract with Dormammu to borrow his power.
Of course, if you can escape the contract's punishment or Dormammu's pursuit, borrowing his power wouldn't be an issue.
"Alright, Meilin, focus on this Magic Array and repeat the incantation after me."
In the Magic Room, Jerry placed the Contract Magic Array he had created in front of Li Meilin and began teaching her the incantation.
As Li Meilin finished the incantation, the Binding Array suddenly emitted a blinding light. A Magic symbol, the letter 'J,' appeared on her forehead and then gradually faded.
"How was it? Did it work?"
Li Xiaolang and the others, who were watching closely, asked eagerly.
Jerry nodded:
"It worked perfectly. Now, we'll see how effective it is."
He then handed Li Meilin a bracelet and said:
"Meilin, put on this Carmen Ring. It will help you sense Magic Power more easily, and you can try casting the Magic you recently learned!"
Li Meilin nodded excitedly, put on the Carmen Ring, and recited the incantation:
"Lumos!"
To everyone's amazement, a faint light appeared at the tip of her finger.
"I can finally cast Magic! I can finally cast Magic!"
Seeing the light from her fingertip, Li Meilin jumped up and down in joy.
Jerry smiled in satisfaction and reminded her:
"Remember to meditate and restore your Magic Power after using Magic. Otherwise, you might not be able to use it again next time."
In reality, the Carmen Ring helps Li Meilin more easily sense Jerry's Magic Power and borrow it through the Magic Power channel opened by the contract, similar to the suspended ring of Kamar-Taj.
However, even with the contract and the Carmen Ring, Li Meilin cannot borrow as much Magic Power as she wants. It also depends on her mental strength and Magic ability.
For example, some mages from Kamar-Taj can only cast one or two spells before exhausting their power, while others can cast dozens and borrow large amounts of Magic Power at once.
After using Magic, Li Meilin must spend time meditating, using her mental strength and the power of the Binding Array to capture surrounding Magic Power and return it to Jerry's body through the Magic Power channel, doubling the amount.
To Li Meilin, it feels like she is storing Magic Power in an unknown place during meditation.
(End of Chapter)
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