Chapter 29: Meditation Breakthrough, [Wizard Apprentice]

The ventilation grille of the confinement room was very small, only allowing a line of daylight to penetrate.

But for Luo En now, this was enough.

In this stone room of only about ten square meters, there was only a simple wooden bed, a bucket for excrement and urine, and a tilted wooden table with one leg missing.

But this simple environment allowed him to focus more on practice.

"It's a good place for quiet practice." Luo En smiled self-deprecatingly.

The law enforcement team's management of confined personnel was fairly loose, and he didn't know if it was because Holte was secretly exerting force.

The confinement room had a sufficient meal delivered on time every day, and they were even allowed to keep some personal belongings—of course, these items were strictly checked to ensure they wouldn't bring safety hazards.

Luo En took out Darren's notebook from his bosom and studied it carefully by the dim light.

Now he had a deeper understanding of the sonic spell conception.

Especially through the realization of "rhythm" during this period, he saw many details he hadn't noticed before.

[Sonic Tremor (Embryonic Form) Experience +3]

[Current Progress: Sonic Tremor (Embryonic Form 87/100)]

"The key is here..."

He finally understood why Darren had hit a bottleneck in his research.

In fact, the idea of using musical notes to perfect the sonic spell at the beginning was undoubtedly correct, but this process was clearly a long-term effort.

After hitting the wall repeatedly, the urgency of time made Darren try to use external force to enhance the output of mental power.

Because he lost the correct train of thought at the beginning, he finally caused a tragedy because he went to the extreme.

Just like the "Corona Breathing Method" imitating the operation of the sun, this sonic spell should also find its own rhythm.

Putting down the notebook, Luo En began his daily meditation.

In this environment isolated from the outside world, his spirit reached unprecedented focus.

[Basic Meditation Started]

[Triggered Special Effect: Extreme Focus—This meditation effect increased]

[Basic Meditation Experience +1]

[Basic Meditation Experience +1]

[Basic Meditation Experience +1]

[Current Progress: Basic Meditation (Entry 93/100)]

In the consciousness space, the basic rune composed of three arcs became more and more clear.

Different from the stiffness in the past, the rune now seemed to carry a certain lively rhythm.

Every flow of mental power became exceptionally smooth, as if it had found the most suitable path.

Luo En could feel that he was not far from breaking through.

………………

On the penultimate day of the confinement room, Luo En completed his routine morning meditation.

Nearly two weeks of isolation had brought his mental power improvement to an unprecedented new height.

In this barren and closed environment, it allowed him to focus more on the exploration of the inner world.

When he sank into the consciousness space, the basic rune composed of three arcs had become exceptionally clear, almost having a substantial feeling.

Every arc was trembling slightly, and every node was emitting a soft light.

Luo En could feel that he was standing at a certain critical point, and only needed to push gently to break through that invisible barrier.

He took a deep breath and focused all his attention on the rune.

Different from the mechanical control in the past, this time, he tried to resonate with the rune and let his consciousness completely merge into it.

At that moment, Luo En suddenly understood—the essence of the basic meditation method is not to control the rune, but to become the rune.

With this realization, the rune in the consciousness space began to vibrate violently, emitting unprecedented light.

Mental power was like a flood breaking a dam, surging and galloping.

[Basic Meditation Breakthrough!]

[Basic Meditation Experience +1]

[Basic Meditation (Entry 99/100) → Basic Meditation (Proficient-max)]

[Obtained Additional Characteristic:

Mental Flow (When changing to a higher-level meditation method, experience points can be directly retained to the proficient level)]

For basic meditation, it seems that reaching the proficient level is the limit, he felt a little regret in his heart.

But the breakthrough did not stop there. Luo En felt that the mental power in his body was undergoing a qualitative change like never before.

Those mental powers that were originally scattered like loose sand were now spontaneously reorganizing according to certain mysterious laws, forming a more stable and purer energy structure.

In the consciousness space, streams of light began to gush out from the rune, weaving into a net in his consciousness world, forming a brand-new mental power field.

This change did not only happen internally, Luo En's perception ability was also improving rapidly.

Every detail of the confinement room, and even the faint energy fluctuations outside the wall, were clearly reflected in his perception.

[Mental Power Qualitative Change Completed]

[Spirit: 1.6 → 2.0]

[Strength Level Improvement: Knight Attendant → Primary Apprentice]

The mental power value crossing the threshold of 2.0 meant that he had officially reached the standard of a primary apprentice.

The change was not just numerical growth, but a qualitative leap in strength.

His consciousness became exceptionally clear, the speed and breadth of his thinking were greatly improved, and even his perception of the outside world became unprecedentedly sharp.

What was even more surprising was that Luo En suddenly found that he could feel a kind of unprecedented ability...

—Mental power was no longer just energy circulating in the body, but could be presented in a wave shape extending outward, causing substantial influence on living bodies.

Is this the mental interference ability Marcus used on him that day?

Luo En tentatively released a small strand of mental power outward, feeling its flow in the air.

That feeling was wonderful and strange, as natural as breathing since birth, but full of freshness.

Under his control, mental power easily formed a weak interference wave radiating to the surroundings.

"So that's it..."

Luo En whispered to himself. This ability actually didn't need to be learned deliberately, but was an instinct that would naturally be mastered after mental power reached a certain level.

Just like babies don't need to specifically learn how to swallow, wizard apprentices will naturally learn how to release mental power outward.

Instinctive mental interference ability is extremely terrifying for most extraordinary professionals who don't cultivate mental power, enough to easily disturb the other party's thinking.

But for opponents who are also apprentices, the specific effect depends on the gap in mental power between the two sides.

In the space in front of him, a semi-transparent information panel also floated out automatically at this time:

[Mental Power reached 2.0√]

[Basic Meditation reached Proficient√]

[Unlocked Combat Profession - Wizard Apprentice (One and a half stars) Job Change Information]

[Wizard Apprentice (One and a half stars)]

[Job Change Conditions:

1. Mental Power reached 2.0√

2. Basic Meditation reached Proficient√

3. Master a proficient-level spell]

[After Job Change:

1. Attribute Growth:

Magic Growth (Two stars)

Physique Growth (One star)

Mental Growth (Two and a half stars)

2. Open Profession Basic Skills—Spell Construction, Mental Interference

3. Special Bonus:

Spell skill experience acquisition speed slightly increased

Mental power improvement speed slightly increased

Magic capacity and recovery speed slightly increased]

(End of chapter)