Chapter 344: Focus Training, Timing Magic

After dinner, Jibu and Qiaoqi came over to report the situation, and Xia Duo told them about the arrangements for training with Magic Items.

They would not need to pick only two to participate like on Mai Er Si's side; everyone here would participate in the training, and later they would be gradually eliminated, with all those who could not learn becoming second-line personnel.

Ordinary soldiers without Magic power are truly too fragile for a Spellcaster; although Xia Duo is a Spellcaster, just like other Spellcasters in this world, many of his thoughts and methods are aimed at Spellcasters themselves.

It feels a bit like betraying one's class, but in reality, this is the true thinking of a Spellcaster; after all, the ones who understand Spellcasters best are Spellcasters themselves.

There is another reason, which is that a powerful, centralized Spellcaster regime has not been formed, and there are no strict protective measures for Spellcasters; if there were, then most Spellcasters would not need to study these things.

There would certainly be Spellcasters similar to military police to do these things specifically.

Of course, to form a powerful, centralized Spellcaster regime, it would require that one day some kind of easily popularized external object could overwhelm the Spellcaster's own strength, making people ignore the gap between the strong and the weak.

Similar to the appearance of machine guns on Earth, Xia Duo feels that this day should be infinitely far off.

Therefore, the best choice for a Spellcaster is still to develop towards being an all-rounder, just with more emphasis on certain areas.

……

After Qiaoqi and Jibu left, Xia Duo began to review the detailed report on the Territory that Laidun had handed to him previously; Laidun had recorded everything, big and small, one by one.

What Xia Duo cared about most was the population and the progress of the development; the latter could be seen at a glance when landing earlier, but for the former, with the 200 households previously allocated by Niya, the current Daxia Territory already had several hundred people.

It was already a small society.

This is also the reason why he officially confirmed the name Linshui Village as soon as he arrived.

Now the residential area has been roughly cleared, and it only remains to build houses and settle down; in this process, it will continue to expand outward, and what gives Xia Duo a headache now is the wood that increases every day.

Now the straight main logs can almost be said to be piled up like a mountain, not to mention that trees do not only consist of main trunks; on the contrary, the parts other than the main trunks take up more space.

In addition to using the mud from digging the river to fire bricks, Xia Duo also wants to make paper; although wood-based paper cannot yet be used to make Magic Scrolls, it might not be the case in the future, and once paper can be produced cheaply, it will be conducive to the popularization of Knowledge.

Perhaps it would not be strange for civilian Mages to appear in the future.

Mages are productivity, and they are also military force!

This is a measure that can greatly enhance the strength of the Territory.

Besides firing bricks and making paper, this timber can also be used to manufacture daily furniture, simple tools, and the like; it has many uses, but in this era, unless it has a special function, timber can be said to be the least valuable material.

Just walk two steps outside and find a tree to cut down; there is no help for it, as there are simply too many forests.

While calculating the future arrangements for the Territory, he was also thinking about issues regarding Spells; this is not because Xia Duo does not care about work efficiency, but rather that this method is actually a form of Focus Training.

It is similar to reading under the Lieyang, but this goes a step further.

And the degree of focus is related to the difficulty of perceiving the Soul; the more focused one is, the easier it is to perceive the Soul, a training method Xia Duo saw in the book "How to Perceive the Soul".

Xia Duo is very curious about his own Soul, because on Earth, it is generally believed that the Soul is only a metaphysical existence, or it is more appropriate to simply call it "consciousness".

Earthlings do not have a substantial Soul; of course, this is very difficult to prove or falsify. Xia Duo is very curious about what his Soul looks like—is it a transparent human shape, a point of light, a shadow, as described in various novels, or something else?

The books related to the Soul do not have specific descriptions of the Soul, only saying that the Soul is shrouded in a layer of spiritual light, which is related to individual cognition.

It is just that this kind of distracted Focus Training is very difficult; Xia Duo sometimes doubts whether his brain is turning fast enough that it seems like he is thinking about two things at once, when in fact it is still one thing.

And behind this Focus Training, there are several other trainings; completing them in sequence can improve focus and reach the level of perceiving the Soul.

Training of the spirit and consciousness is much harder than physical training; one is tangible, the other is intangible, and with the slightest slack, sometimes one cannot even discover it oneself, and then continue to slack off, thinking one is doing very well!

Therefore, Xia Duo must remind himself from time to time whether he has slacked off during this period; if so, correct it, and if not, encourage himself. For this reason, he even specifically found a Timing Magic.

This is the original Principle of the blue Timing Rune at the top of the Tower of Time.

This is a 1st Circle Spell that uses the inherent fluctuations of the Magic Net to determine a certain duration; if combined with the duration of a day and then evolved, it can become a timing Spell.

This initial 1st Circle Spell is recorded in the Tower of Time as 【Echo Perception】, meaning to perceive the "echo" of the Magic Net, not the perception of sound.

The timing Spell is 3rd Circle, called 【Weave Moment】; as long as it is cast, it will directly yield a specific time, accurate to the minute.

Generally, when asking the Tower Spirit for the time inside the Tower of Time, the Tower Spirit will answer based on the time displayed by the constant 【Weave Moment】, which is also the most direct source of the timing rune at the top of the Tower of Time.

Xia Duo does not need a timing Spell as complex and clock-like as 【Weave Moment】; he only needs something like an alarm clock, so he modified 【Echo Perception】 into a 2nd Circle Spell.

He did not give it any strange name; he just called it 【Alarm Clock】, simple and clear.

This is a Transmutation Spell; after casting the 【Alarm Clock】 Spell, one will obtain a specific perception of the Magic Net, which can be set by oneself, and it will issue a reminder after a period of time.

It can last for a total of less than 4 hours, but for Xia Duo, it is enough and very practical; he does not need to train continuously for 4 hours right now, as that is truly unbearable.

Of course, if a longer time is indeed needed, it is possible to continue to develop a higher-circle version; Xia Duo still has that ability.

Soon, the Spell 【Alarm Clock】 reminded him that the time was up; Xia Duo recalled whether he had slacked off during this period, and only after reflecting did he fall asleep peacefully.

Just like that, the first day of Xia Duo's return to Daxia Territory passed.

……

Just like that, time passed day by day, and the remaining 450 river-digging workers promised by Saier Town Mayor were delivered to Daxia Territory one after another, including 80 soldiers, food, and specially forged Iron tools.

The north side of Linshui Village completely became a construction site that never stopped.

Watching the speed of clearing trees from the river channel increase day by day, Xia Duo was happy in his heart, while also looking forward to the brick kiln being built as soon as possible.

This way, not only can a large amount of wood be consumed, but it can also cooperate with the construction of Linshui Village to implement the brick flooring.