Chapter 61: Between the Stars

Carefully locking the door, Luo En also pulled the heavy curtains on the window, ensuring no one could peek into the situation in the room.

He took out a set of defensive runes; this was a standard defensive kit purchased from the school's material store, which could isolate the leakage of spiritual power fluctuations to a certain extent.

Following the instructions, he pasted the rune kit on the four corners of the room, and he also lit a few special incenses; these incenses contained trace amounts of ingredients that stabilized the spirit, which could alleviate the discomfort that might appear when first contacting advanced meditation methods.

"First follow Lady Ailan's suggestion to ensure environmental safety." Luo En whispered in his heart, his fingers carefully adding the last stroke of the activation rune on the edge of the magic array.

Accompanied by a faint energy fluctuation, the array was activated, emitting a faint blue halo, gently isolating the area where he was from the outside world.

Everything was ready; Luo En took a deep breath and sat cross-legged in the center of the array, adjusting to the most comfortable posture.

"Knowledge all has weight..." He recalled Lady Ailan's warning, secretly cautious in his heart.

The more advanced the meditation method, the greater the risk it contained.

Just like that famous ancient saying in the Wizard World—"True knowledge is a heavy burden, wisdom often accompanies madness."

Basic meditation methods only guide the running path of spiritual power, just like swimming in a safe small stream;

While "Whispers of the Star Eater" introduces the practitioner's spiritual power into an unknown ocean, facing boundless possibilities, its danger is self-evident, and there is no room for half a mistake.

"Let's start with stabilizing the spiritual field..."

Closing his eyes, Luo En entered the familiar meditation state.

Basic meditation runes naturally formed in his consciousness space; those three arcs intertwined, forming a stable structure.

But this time, he didn't stop at this stage, but attempted to build the more complex rune taught by Lady Ailan on this foundation.

This was a difficult process.

The complex structure intertwined by dozens of basic runes was far more difficult to control than he imagined.

Every time he attempted to add a new part, the original structure would start to become unstable, almost collapsing.

But thanks to the spiritual power value increase brought by transferring to 【Wizard Apprentice】, Luo En barely controlled that precarious rune structure.

He didn't get discouraged, continuing to attempt, again and again.

As time passed, he gradually mastered some tricks; the key to its construction wasn't in forced piecing together, but in understanding the correlation between various parts of the runes, letting them naturally fuse together.

It was like solving an extremely complex equation, needing to find that key variable that opened everything.

Finally, after countless attempts, a blurry but relatively complete "Whispers of the Star Eater" rune formed in his consciousness space.

The "Whispers of the Star Eater" rune formed in Luo En's consciousness space, and he felt a power he had never felt before surging in his body.

But the stability of the rune was still very fragile, like a castle on the beach, ready to be washed away by the tide at any time.

At this time, he recalled another instruction from Lady Ailan:

"When attempting advanced meditation methods for the first time, you can use that bottle of artificial star dew I gave you to assist; this can alleviate spiritual pressure and increase the success rate... and if any accident occurs, perhaps it can protect you."

Luo En opened his eyes and took out the artificial star dew gifted by Holt from his bosom.

In the transparent bottle, the silver-blue liquid flowed slowly like a living thing, emitting faint starlight.

"Perhaps now is the best time to use it."

He carefully pulled out the stopper, and a cool fragrance carrying some mysterious aura immediately permeated.

This scent reminded one of the night sky, stars, and those unreachable cosmic mysteries.

Luo En took a deep breath and drank the artificial star dew in one gulp.

The cold liquid slid down his throat, instantly turning into a strange energy flowing throughout his body.

He felt an unprecedented sense of clarity, as if his brain had been thoroughly washed by some power.

【Artificial Star Dew effect activated!】

【Spiritual power stability increased】

【Meditation efficiency increased slightly】

【Special effect triggered: Spiritual Shield (can effectively resist spiritual pollution information)】

Closing his eyes again, Luo En found that the consciousness space had become abnormally clear.

That once precarious "Whispers of the Star Eater" rune was now much more stable, and the connections between various parts had become clearer.

Under the effect of star dew, he could understand the internal logic of this complex rune from a brand-new perspective.

Those parts that once confused him now seemed so natural, as logical and expected as breathing.

【Skill "Whispers of the Star Eater" detected as entered】

【Additional trait—Spiritual Flow activated!】

【Basic meditation EXP will be directly converted into "Whispers of the Star Eater" EXP】

The effect of artificial star dew made his speed of breaking through to the entry stage so fast that it was unbelievable.

【Current Progress: "Whispers of the Star Eater" (Entry 1/100) → "Whispers of the Star Eater" (Proficient 1/300)】

【Additional trait acquired: Empowerment (has a certain probability of obtaining special inspiration during meditation, glimpsing a bit of "Truth")】

【Inspiration currently triggered, please maintain high caution!】

The consciousness space suddenly expanded, and the original dark background was torn apart like thin paper, revealing the heart-stopping scene behind it.

Boundless starry sky unfolded before his eyes, thousands of stars pulsing like living things, and the distances between them were constantly changing, as if the entire universe had fallen into some chaotic wild dance.

Most unsettling was that those stars seemed to have their own will; they "watched" Luo En in a way that was hard to describe, making him feel an discomfort like being stripped naked and examined.

"Is this the true face of 'Whispers of the Star Eater'?" Luo En exclaimed in his heart, and at the same time, a sense of inexplicable fear arose for no reason.

Lady Ailan's explanation suddenly had practical meaning at this moment.

This so-called "Whispers of the Star Eater" was not just a meditation method, but more like a brand-new worldview, a reinterpretation of the essence of spiritual power, a... challenge to human cognition.

In a trance, he heard a strange sound, not heard through the ears, but ringing directly in the depths of his consciousness, as if someone was whispering in his brain.

It was a sound that could not be described by any human language; it was neither language nor music, but a combination of both.

More accurately, this was a sound that shouldn't be heard by humans, because they contained information and concepts that exceeded the capacity of ordinary brain domains, and every "syllable" carried information weight enough to pierce the sanity of ordinary people.

"Whispers..." Luo En immediately understood the origin of the name of this meditation method.

Although the content of the sound information couldn't be fully understood, it carried a strange rhythm, as if telling the deepest secrets of the universe.

As he listened, the content in the whispers gradually became clear.

They were telling an ancient story, about the death of stars, the decay of galaxies, and the awakening of some ancient existence in the universe.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 62 =====