Chapter 177

An indescribable chill swept through Gao De's entire body along the skin on his surface.

At first, it was just as if there were countless tiny ice threads wandering on the surface of the skin, bringing a burst of cool feeling.

Immediately after, this feeling had already slipped into his body through the pores of his skin.

After this cool feeling gathered in Gao De's body, it rushed straight toward Gao De's mind.

Boom.

A muffled thunder-like sound seemed to ring in his mind.

Gao De felt that his crown was transparent at this moment.

And his thinking also became exceptionally active at this moment.

Countless thoughts surged in his mind, but they were not messy, and every thought was incomparably clear.

Gao De was shocked by this sudden transparency in his mind.

He tried hard to adapt to this feeling.

But a new change happened in the next moment.

Gao De felt that his mental power was now like a barren land, encountering rain from the sky, getting nourished, and it actually underwent a subtle change, beginning to slowly improve.

Although he was incomparably shocked by this change in his heart, he knew that now was not the time to be shocked.

Opportunity knocks but once.

Gao De decisively began to operate the apprentice meditation technique, trying to manifest the illusory lotus that was meditated out in the depths of his consciousness.

The lotus with a total of sixteen petals was soon manifested by Gao De with eleven petals.

This was his current meditation technique cultivation progress.

In the past, reaching here, Gao De's mental power was close to the limit.

But today, he clearly still had energy to spare.

Gao De took a deep breath, and with the help of the strange power brought by the "Water of the Soul Deep Sea", he focused his attention entirely on the lotus.

He pushed the nourished mental power to manifest the five petals that had not yet taken shape.

At first, they were like flowers in the fog, the moon in the water, blurry and elusive.

But under the action of Gao De's mental power, the illusory outline gradually became clear.

Gao De's mind was completely immersed in it, and fine beads of sweat had unconsciously seeped out on his forehead, but he was completely unaware.

The twelfth petal slowly condensed into a solid form.

Immediately after, the thirteenth petal slowly bloomed.

Followed by the fourteenth, and finally the fifteenth.

It was also at this time that the cool feeling brought by the "Water of the Soul Deep Sea" dissipated completely.

The feeling of transparency also disappeared.

The rain from the sky stopped.

In the bathtub, Gao De, who had his eyes closed tightly, suddenly opened his eyes.

His heart was filled with indescribable joy and shock.

Fifteen petals! Gao De had never thought that he would break through four levels of the apprentice meditation technique in one day, pushing it directly to the point of being one step away from perfection.

Slowly exhaling the turbid air in his chest, Gao De stood up with high spirits, letting the water drip from his body.

The originally deep blue liquid had turned into the color of clear water at this moment.

Obviously, some peculiar substances contained in it had been completely absorbed and consumed by Gao De.

For 99% of magic user apprentices in the world, the cultivation progress of the guidance method is far faster than that of the meditation technique.

But now for Gao De, it was reversed.

The guidance method had only reached the 14-cantrip level, and there were still six small levels to break through before perfection.

But his meditation technique was only one step away, instead leaving the guidance method behind.

"Next, just try my best to push the cultivation progress of the guidance method. Before the apprentice guidance method cultivation is perfect, the meditation technique will be perfect anyway." Gao De secretly said.

With this grand prize, the time for him to be promoted to a 1st-circle magic user was brought forward by almost a year.

"Perhaps, I can really reach a third-rank magic user apprentice this year and try to be promoted to a 1st-circle magic user." He roughly estimated his current cultivation progress in his heart and reached a conclusion.

The joy in his heart immediately went up another level.

Green Leaf Month, 2nd.

Library.

After seven months, Gao De visited the second floor again.

The great breakthrough in the meditation technique brought forward the time for Gao De to be promoted to a 1st-circle magic user significantly.

This is of course a good thing, but similarly, the matter of expanding the spell library, which Gao De was not very urgent about before, had to be put on the agenda. He already mastered a large number of spells.

But there was still a significant gap from his expectations.

In the lobby on the second floor, it was still the same old magic user.

"Buy spell formulas." Gao De handed over his identity badge familiarly.

"It's you again?" Obviously, seven months of time did not make the old magic user forget Gao De, he said in surprise: "Mastered all seven spell formulas purchased last time?"

Even in the academy, there are very few magic user apprentices who come here to buy 7 spell formulas at once, so the old magic user had a deep impression of Gao De.

"Almost." Gao De replied tactfully.

The old magic user glanced at Gao De in surprise, "You are quite talented in spells."

Gao De smiled shyly.

In the eyes of the old magic user, he spent seven months mastering seven cantrips.

Although Gao De actually spent much, much less time than this, Gao De definitely couldn't reveal the actual situation.

Seven months is just right.

It can appropriately show his talent in spells without being too exaggerated.

"24 credits, then the spells you can buy are still the same as last time. You have to reach 30 credits or more to open more spell formulas to you."

The old magic user took Gao De's identity badge and said this after verifying it on the alchemy machine.

Fortunately, in order to compete with Yilan for the first place in freshman credits, I took a few more courses... Gao De secretly said.

Otherwise, under normal circumstances, to reach 30 credits, one would have to wait until the third academic year.

Anyway, before the end of the first academic year, his credits would definitely be able to break through to 30.

"Just those spells from last time, I want the spell formulas for these four cantrips: 【Primal Savage Strike】, 【Dancing Lights】, 【Spark】, and 【Fire Burning】."

These were the four fish that slipped through the net that he didn't choose last time due to financial embarrassment. This time, Gao De wiped them all out.

The old magic user nodded. After knowing Gao De's talent in spells, he didn't talk as much as last time.

He got up and took the four spell formulas Gao De needed from the library behind and handed them to Gao De.

Spell formula +4.

Gold coins -24.

However, after the 100 gold coins "paid" by Master Lale for the purchase of Soul-Ascension Water last time, even after this large expenditure, Gao De's savings still had 116 gold and 8 silver.

Leaving the second floor of the library with satisfaction, Gao De returned to the dormitory and opened the four newly acquired spell formulas.

【Dancing Lights】 (Evocation, 0-circle):

Create four torch-sized light sources within the spell range (120 feet).

During the spell duration, the light sources can appear in the form of torches, lanterns, or light orbs and hover in the air.

You can also combine the four light sources into a blurry light shadow of a medium-sized humanoid creature.

Regardless of the method chosen, each light source can emit dim light with a radius of 10 feet.

You can make these light sources move up to 60 feet within the spell range.

Each light source must be within 20 feet of another light source, and light sources that leave the spell range will immediately extinguish.

【Primal Savage Strike】 (Transmutation, 0-circle):

Make your own teeth or nails long and sharp, preparing to launch an acid-corrosive strike.

Make a melee spell attack against a creature within 5 feet of you. If it hits, the target takes acid damage.

After you make this attack, your teeth or nails return to normal.

【Spark】 (Evocation, 0-circle):

Can set an unheld flammable object on fire.

The effect of this spell is the same as using flint and iron, but you can spend less time to ignite an object in any weather.

【Fire Burning】 (Conjuration, 0-circle):

A flickering flame appears in your hand.

The flame exists for the duration of the spell (10 minutes) and will not harm you or your equipment.

The flame provides bright light within a 10-foot radius around it, and dim light 10 feet beyond that range.

You can use the flame to launch an attack, thereby ending the spell.

When casting this spell, you can throw the flame at a creature within 30 feet of you and make a ranged spell attack against it. If it hits, the target will take fire damage.

(End of chapter)