Chapter 215

Returning to the "Venomous Snake and Mouse" inn along the original path.

Gao De first borrowed the kitchen from the middle-aged woman at the front desk.

This didn't cost extra money, so she wasn't too black-hearted.

Turning on the fire, Gao De spent half an hour stewing the materials he bought into a small bottle of 【Skating Spell】 potion liquid.

Subsequently, he returned to the room and drank this bottle of liquid, which finally appeared pale green, in one gulp.

The cool medicinal liquid, after entering his mouth, rushed straight to his crown, turning into a cloud of mist in the sea of magic stars, floating around the four 1st-circle spell models he had constructed.

On the way to Ailahaimu, Gao De had already mastered the three 1st-circle spells: 【Understand Language】, 【Endure Environment】, and 【Shield Spell】.

—Although the nodes of 1st-circle spell models had increased, his mental power had also been greatly improved, so the difficulty of constructing spell models, at least for Gao De, hadn't increased much.

On average, every six or seven days, he could construct a 1st-circle spell model.

Actually, after being promoted to a 1st-circle magic user and possessing the ability of precise perception, in Gao De's eyes, his own physical condition had become an extremely precise digitized state.

For example, his current state was: Mana: 20 drops.

Mental power: 100—this is the best state.

Generally, when starting to practice 【Qingmu Changsheng Jing】, mental power would begin to decrease at a rate of -1 every three bells.

That is to say, once the practice duration reached two hours, Gao De's mental power consumption would reach the critical point of 40%, entering a stage of half the effort for twice the result.

Stopping to rest at this time, he only needed to rest for six hours and forty minutes, and his mental power would automatically recover to its best state.

After being promoted to a 1st-circle magic user, another biggest feeling was that the progress of practice began to become almost imperceptible.

Gao De, after leaving the practice room and without having selected a holy object for 【Qingmu Changsheng Jing】 for the time being.

From the 23rd of the Fog Frost Month to the 26th of the Ice Seal Month now, a full month and three days, the progress toward condensing a new drop of liquid mana was not even one-tenth.

Although at the formal magic user stage, magic user levels are only divided into three small levels: early, middle, and late.

But the gap between each small level is also pulled very wide.

Just promoted to the early stage of a 1st-circle magic user, the total mana is 20 drops of liquid mana.

To break through to the middle stage of a 1st-circle magic user, the mana amount needs to reach 40 drops of liquid mana.

The late stage of a 1st-circle magic user is 60 drops of liquid mana.

Just based on the current practice progress, Gao De would need more than twenty years to break through to the middle stage of a 1st-circle magic user.

To break through to a 2nd-circle magic user, in an ideal state, it would take more than fifty years.

This is still considered good.

How many magic users, throughout their 150-year lifespan, are just stuck at the 1st-circle magic user stage.

From this situation, Gao De was infinitely glad that he firmly chose 【Qingmu Changsheng Jing】.

Although he was not an impatient person, more than fifty years was still too long for him.

And as a civilian magic user, high-rank practice rooms or long-term drinking of mana potions were too luxurious for him.

Only by relying on the practice acceleration brought by 【Qingmu Changsheng Jing】 was it the most realistic by comparison.

Having gone through this in his mind, Gao De sat cross-legged on the bed and entered meditation, starting to construct the spell model for 【Skating Spell】.

For the next four days, Gao De strolled around Ailahaimu during the day.

First, as a tourist—Gao De, who hadn't been abroad in his past life, was very interested in this small city full of exotic customs, similar to Northern Europe.

At the same time, he could also take the opportunity to learn and inquire about techniques and precautions for climbing snow peaks.

Second, Fuluola assigned him a task: collect tree seeds. According to Fuluola, after planting in Yujia Te Xila and sprouting into seedlings, the more types and higher the rank of the trees planted around it, in addition to the quantity, the faster Yujia Te Xila's growth speed would be.

So the work of collecting different tree species could be started early.

But the fact was, at the foot of this kind of snow mountain, there were very few tree species that could survive.

Gao De strolled around Ailahaimu several times, and even paid extra to entrust the few hunter gangs in the city to help collect them, but only found about ten kinds of tree seeds for Fuluola.

All were pine seeds, cedar seeds, and birch seeds.

There weren't many types, but Fuluola was already visibly beaming, happily putting all these tree seeds into her "small portable space".

As for the night, Gao De focused on constructing spell models and practicing 【Qingmu Changsheng Jing】 in the room.

Before selecting a holy object, 【Qingmu Changsheng Jing】 had nothing special compared to other practice methods, but this was not a reason to neglect his studies.

He couldn't just stop practicing for a day because Yujia Te Xila wasn't planted for a day, right? Occasionally, Gao De would also go to the underground tavern next door to join in the fun.

It is worth mentioning that on the second day after he checked into the inn, the cold youth in Room 201 across the hall had already left.

It seemed he had prepared everything and set off to challenge Dandong Snow Peak.

Gao De didn't understand what the other party's purpose for challenging Dandong Snow Peak was.

But for some people, it seems that not everything needs a purpose, especially fanatical climbers.

Challenging the limit of climbing itself was enough to make them feel happy.

Gao De automatically understood that youth as this type of person.

The last day of the Ice Seal Month.

Gao De successfully constructed the spell model for 【Skating Spell】 in the sea of magic stars.

【Skating Spell】 (Transmutation, 1st-circle):

Touch a creature or yourself; within the spell's duration (1 hour), the target can move on difficult terrain formed by ice or snow without additional physical exertion.

In addition, when the target acts on difficult terrain formed by ice or snow, the movement speed will be slightly increased.

A 1st-circle spell with extremely strong functionality; at least for Gao De's plan to cross the Eryinlaya Range, 【Skating Spell】 could save him a lot of time.

And after entering the northern realm, there would still be places where it could be used.

Having successfully mastered 【Skating Spell】 and confirmed that both the spell model and the spell potion formula were correct, Gao De couldn't help but think of that strange youth again.

Giving away a 1st-circle spell formula just like that—such a person is truly hard to see in this world.

Since he had mastered 【Skating Spell】, Gao De didn't delay any longer, packed his equipment, checked out at the counter, and headed straight for Dandong Snow Peak.

Although Ailahaimu is said to be a city located at the foot of Dandong Snow Peak, in fact, there is still a considerable distance from Dandong Snow Peak.

After leaving the city, Gao De walked along the inland river flowing down from the snow peak for another hour before arriving at Dandong Snow Peak.

As soon as he arrived at Dandong Snow Peak, he could immediately feel the mysterious charm of this snow peak that could open one's mind.

Looking around, Dandong Snow Peak stood proudly amidst the surrounding mountains, between heaven and earth, in a majestic and magnificent posture.

Vast white snow extended all the way to the sky, like a huge white blanket spread out between heaven and earth, pure and flawless, yet deep and unfathomable.

Under the sunlight, the snowflakes sparkled with crystal-clear and dazzling light, like hundreds of millions of tiny diamonds shining brightly under the azure sky.

With the extension of his gaze, this boundless snow scene seemed to connect with the sky, merging into one.

Until his gaze was obscured by the white mist, he still hadn't seen the peak.

(End of chapter)