Chapter 47

Weekend arrived.

The two days of rest were extremely important for the Newbloods who had just undergone an extremely intense practical exam.

For Lin Ke, whether he rested or not made no difference.

As long as his body wasn't tired, mental/psychological fatigue could be promptly regulated by operating the "Brain Seal Technique".

On Saturday morning, he unusually didn't go straight to the Library to study; instead, according to plan, he hunted for equipment in the Living Services Building.

Enrik's thrown self-exploding fire thunder gave Lin Ke inspiration.

A gentleman's nature is not different; he is good at borrowing from things.

Since he could think of buying a law-breaking sleeve crossbow for self-defense, why, after obtaining magic stones, did he not think of buying a few similar high-burst weapons like self-exploding fire thunder when purchasing a vest, boots, and cloak?

Powerful, easy to carry, easy to use.

What a perfect offensive weapon!

Perhaps his long peaceful life in two lifetimes has unconsciously lowered his aggressiveness.

He only thought about concealment, shifting, and defense, forgetting that offense is the best defense.

If he just killed all the enemies, wouldn't everything be fine?

The impact of killing Enrik on Lin Ke's mindset was truly huge.

A door was pushed open.

After searching for a long time, Lin Ke finally spent seven standard first-grade magic stones.

Two self-exploding fire thunders cost four magic stones;

One net gun cost one and a half magic stones, capable of firing a three-meter-diameter capture net; the net has magic-sealing function, able to temporarily nullify magic activity within its covered area;

Three incendiary grenades cost one and a half magic stones, capable of producing magic fire that can ignite extraordinary plants, regardless of dry or wet.

Self-exploding fire thunder used for firepower output, net gun provides control, incendiary grenades clear the area, large-scale offense.

The combination isn't perfect, after all funds are limited.

Adjustments can be made anytime later.

Returning to the dormitory, Lin Ke designed several usage plans for his abilities and equipment under different scenarios, practicing each one.

During the process, he repeatedly pulled at details, constantly adjusting, striving for perfection.

After much fuss, having roughly figured it out in his mind, Lin Ke then stopped.

After a brief rest, with nothing to do, Lin Ke pondered the third layer of the "Water-Wood Mutual Growth Meditation Method".

As a meditation method suitable for apprentices with affinity for water and wood elements, the "Water-Wood Mutual Growth Meditation Method" consists of four layers, progressive in order.

Upon completing the first layer, one advances from commoner to First Grade Wizard Apprentice; the meditation method's rune structure is an equilateral triangle.

Upon completing the second layer, one advances from First Grade Wizard Apprentice to Second Grade Wizard Apprentice; the meditation method's rune structure is a hexagon and its circumscribed circle.

The hexagon is formed by two inverted equilateral triangles.

Upon completing the third layer, one advances from Second Grade Wizard Apprentice to Third Grade Wizard Apprentice.

Upon completing the fourth layer, after imprinting one's innate witchcraft in the Sea of Consciousness and completing life leap, one advances from Third Grade Wizard Apprentice to Official Wizard (First-Level Wizard).

Lin Ke meditates daily using the second-layer meditation method to increase and temper his mental power, preparing to study the third layer.

The third layer of the meditation method requires constructing nine runes; the difficulty is greatly increased compared to the first and second layers.

Among the nine runes, six are located at the six intersection points of the upright and inverted equilateral triangles.

The three left intersections from top to bottom are marked Left1, Left2, Left3; the three right intersections are marked Right1, Right2, Right3.

The rune at Left1 is the elemental rune "Water Element Convergence"; at Left2 is "Water Element Amplification"; at Left3 is "Water Element Purification".

The rune at Right1 is the elemental rune "Wood Element Convergence"; at Right2 is "Wood Element Amplification"; at Right3 is "Wood Element Extraction".

The other three runes lie on the vertical line passing through the center of the hexagon's circumscribed circle.

From top to bottom, they are sequentially marked Rune A, Rune B, Rune C.

Rune B is located at the center of the hexagon's circumscribed circle; it is the will rune "Ascension", whose function is to improve the quality of mental power, akin to turning frivolous qi into light qi, or saying turning iron into steel/alloy.

The distance between Rune A and Rune B equals the radius of the circumscribed circle of a hexagon, and is the Will Rune "Derivation".

The distance between Rune C and Rune B also equals the radius of the circumscribed circle of a hexagon, and is the Will Rune "Refinement".

When all nine runes are successfully constructed, one achieves the third layer of the "Water-Wood Mutual Growth Meditation Method".

Among these nine runes, the unfamiliar ones are only the Water Element Amplification, the Wood Element Amplification, and the Will Rune "Sublimation".

Lin Ke wondered whether he could apply the construction method of the wizardry model to familiarize himself with the structures of these three runes in advance, so that once his spiritual power had grown sufficiently, he could directly construct the runes, saving time.

Considering the importance of the sea of consciousness, Lin Ke did not dare to try it casually.

He took out his Portable Smart Brain and first searched for related clues on the "Forum".

Unfortunately, he found nothing.

Lin Ke then left the dormitory and headed to the Library.

In the reading room.

Lin Ke used his Portable Smart Brain to enter the Advanced Literature Repository and browsed relevant documents on the meditation method.

The wizard world has a long history; the Ruowosuosi Biological and Medical College was established nearly 1800 years ago, and its exploration of the meditation method has never ceased, yielding abundant results.

Lin Ke's idea had also occurred to many predecessors, who had conducted various experiments.

Aside from some documents that only had a catalog index and could not be viewed in full, Lin Ke carefully read every other document related to that idea.

The gains were enormous!

Although the elemental rune is a common rune used in both the meditation method and the wizardry model, its construction method during meditation and spellcasting (the construction of the wizardry model) is essentially different.

As is well known, meditation is divided into deep meditation and shallow meditation.

Shallow meditation can only restore consumed spiritual power and mana, without any growth or tempering effect on spiritual power and mana.

Deep meditation is the only harmless way for wizard apprentices and wizards to increase and temper their spiritual power and mana.

Its special feature lies in that when wizard apprentices/wizards perform deep meditation, the state they enter—'hazy and vague, distant and deep'—is extremely special; it is when the intangible, immaterial mental power is most condensed.

Comparing the sea of consciousness to a stone tablet, and runes to carvings,

Then,

Deep meditation is carving, permanently etching the carvings onto the stone tablet,

Shallow meditation is tracing, smearing over the etchings of the carvings on the stone tablet,

Casting is like dipping a brush in water and writing on the stone tablet; when the water dries, the carvings disappear.

Lin Ke can first adopt the wizard model's construction method, familiarizing himself in advance with the structure of three unfamiliar runes.

Based on this, Lin Ke again recalled that idea of further developing and utilizing his special sea of consciousness. (See Chapter 20)

Could he keep the wizard model beneath the lake surface, then move it onto the lake surface when needed to cast, completing the virtual-real conversion?

Just as characters can be written, they can also be printed.

Thus achieving the effect of releasing skills while playing a game.

When in use, a light touch suffices; no need to construct the wizard model on the spot.

"That's promising!"

The more Lin Ke thought about it, the more excited he became.

If successful, wouldn't he be able to have several more pseudo‑natal wizard arts than others?

Thanks to the tip from reader 20230201200742329, thank you!

(End of chapter)