Chapter 11

For the rest of the time, the conversation between the two was much more relaxed and casual.

Amy continued to share various gossip and the plight of new apprentices she heard in the canteen, while Jie Ming listened and perfected his academy map and character relationship spectrum without changing his expression.

They chatted very happily, and it wasn't until the flow of people in the canteen gradually decreased that they realized it was getting late.

"Alright! I'm going back to the dormitory to continue studying my meditation method, if I don't draw the first pattern, I won't sleep well!" Amy stood up and stretched, revealing a cat-like stretching movement.

"I'll stop here today too, go back and try again." Jie Ming also stood up.

"Good! See you tomorrow! Hope we can all enter the door early!" Amy waved her hand lively and walked toward the alchemy department dormitory building.

Jie Ming watched her back until she disappeared from his field of vision, the smile on his face gradually faded, replaced by a deep gaze.

"Interesting."

He recalled Amy's cunning eyes and her seemingly unintentional "testing."

"She came to find me, it must also be a kind of testing. She knew my level six talent, wanted to evaluate my potential, and wanted to see if I saw through the academy's set... very smart, and very pragmatic."

Jie Ming shook his head, and a hint of emotion rose in his heart.

"It seems there are few simple people who can enter the Logistics Department with their own ability. Amy, hope she is a good partner."

After all, he really needed an extra source of information, and someone like Amy was very suitable.

At the same time, Amy, who was walking back, also gradually restrained the smile on her face.

She whispered to herself: "Jie Ming... level six talent... smarter than he looks, every sentence has a sense of proportion, the questions asked all hit the point... and, he seems to have seen through the academy's tricks. Hmm, this person... is the type who likes to hide things. But his ability should be much stronger than that guy who likes to show off. Must keep a good relationship with him."

It had been several days since entering the Plane Nuolun Academy talent assessment.

A few days passed, and Jie Ming felt the time was about right.

According to the information collected over the past few days, most level five talent apprentices were close to success, and as a "little genius" with level six talent, he naturally had to succeed a little earlier than these people.

Tonight, he decided to let his "hard work" get "rewarded."

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Jie Ming sank into his mental sea again.

He skillfully started to depict the last main body pattern, his mental power like a pen, fluently outlining every complex line in the mental sea.

He felt his mental power flowing and condensing according to a specific trajectory; this pattern structure was exceptionally exquisite, seemingly compatible with some kind of deep cosmic law.

He didn't make any more flaws, and the last stroke fell steadily, perfectly connecting with the starting point!

Boom—

As if a silent thunder exploded in the mental sea!

The entire mental sea space shook violently, but this vibration was no longer the backlash of failure, but a kind of vibrant, reshaping power!

The truth rune that had just been completed instantly erupted with dazzling light, and the light spread outward, as if opening up a brand new area in the mental sea.

Jie Ming could clearly feel that this pattern seemed to be closely connected with his soul and mental power, becoming an... anchor point in his mental sea!

Accompanied by the complete stabilization of the entire pattern, a realization naturally surged into his heart—he "saw" the deeper structure of this pattern.

He understood in his heart that the last pattern was completely different from the concepts of the other four patterns.

The entire truth rune was composed of four patterns on the periphery and a fifth pattern located in the very center, forming that abstract triangular pyramid shape.

The truth runes related to the basic meditation method actually only had those four patterns on the periphery, mainly constructing most of the effects with these four small runes.

And the fifth pattern located in the center, Jie Ming felt a kind of inexplicable familiarity—that kind of line, that kind of structure... He compared it with the description of basic alchemy runes in the "Basic Alchemy Manual," and instantly understood in his heart.

That fifth pattern was actually one of the most basic core runes of alchemy!

It represented the concept of "transformation," and it was also the key to opening energy interaction with specific fields in the first truth rune!

Thinking of this, Jie Ming immediately took out the basic alchemy manual and basic meditation method to compare them.

Sure enough, the core patterns of the second and third truth runes of the basic meditation method were the "fusion" and "refining" runes in alchemy.

No wonder Mentor Clark emphasized entering the meditation method as soon as possible, and no wonder the academy actually had to forcibly divide into many schools for apprentices to choose.

It was not only because learning a school would consume a person's massive energy, but also because the distinction had already been drawn from the initial meditation method.

As the first truth rune stabilized in his mental sea, Jie Ming vaguely felt a kind of brand new connection—a weak but never-before-perceived connection with the outside environment.

Following the guidance of the subsequent parts of the meditation method, Jie Ming focused his consciousness on the pattern that had just been completed, and tried to use mental power to "pull" that vague connection.

The next moment, wisps of weak but exceptionally active energy particles were actually attracted by that pattern, slowly gathering from the outside environment and pouring into his mental sea!

This kind of energy particle was the "elemental power" that wizards talked about; they were active, diverse, and carried different properties.

Once the elemental power poured into the mental sea, it was attracted by the truth rune, slowly merging into his mental power, nourishing and strengthening his mental sea.

Massive amounts of elements gathered next to the truth rune, forming an energy shape similar to flames.

"So this is igniting the fire of spirit, no wonder..."

He could feel his mental power becoming more active and resilient in a way different from the cultivation of spirit in cultivation.

Jie Ming felt the elemental energy slowly pouring into his body, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind.

The internal circulation technique operated to the limit, closing the internal state of the body to ensure it would not be probed by others.

Jie Ming tentatively operated the technique, using the mutual interference of the three treasures of essence, Qi, and spirit in the refining essence into Qi method to guide a portion of the poured elemental power toward the true essence system constructed by internal circulation in his body.

The refining essence into Qi and internal circulation technique of the cultivation system were essentially the mutual transformation of "essence," "Qi," and "spirit" in the body, forming a self-sufficient circulation in the body.

So when those elemental powers from the outside world entered his internal circulation system, his true essence system could "digest" and "transform" them.

Jie Ming could clearly feel that his true essence had a slight increase without refining blood!

Those originally mixed elemental energies, under the filtering and refining of the internal circulation system, were actually transformed into pure true essence bit by bit!

Although the conversion efficiency didn't seem high, far less fast than directly absorbing spiritual energy, it did succeed.

Jie Ming's inner ecstasy was almost hard to suppress!

This meant that he had finally found the "fuel" for the energy required by the cultivation technique in this spirit-extinct world!

The meditation method of the wizard system had unexpectedly opened a door for him to absorb external energy.

More importantly, this discovery completely solved another of his problems: he no longer needed to rack his brains to disguise his meditation cultivation speed.

By adjusting the proportion of elements converted into true essence, he could make his meditation progress slow, so as to fit the persona of a "level six talent apprentice."