Chapter 593: Obtaining Advanced Meditation Method and Virtual Roots, Imaginary Magic |
After Locke returned to his dormitory, he calculated his current savings.
In the past two months, he had spent a lot. Only then could his magic pressure increase speed rise, while his combat power sharply increased.
Moreover, he had a pile of things on hand that could make money later, just waiting for him to develop further. As long as they were developed well, they could be converted into resources.
"Recently, scattered expenses added up to a total of 6.05 million magic stones." Locke said, "I currently have 450,000 remaining in savings, plus the 200,000 magic stones I just received last month."
His original total monthly income was 160,000. The Hydra and Five-Headed Snake on the Arthas platform still had some scattered orders. Although not as much as earned on True Love Festival day, in a month they also brought him approximately 40,000 magic stones in income.
Therefore, he currently still had 650,000 magic stones in savings.
Moreover, he had prepaid and cleared the 500,000 principal owed to the Goblin Family Bank, plus 25,000 in interest.
As long as one could pay the annual settlement interest in one lump sum, wizard banks had no reason to refuse prepayment of all principal plus interest.
"The development of Type 2 Tyrant Element still requires Teacher Yekaterina to help me make connections and negotiate with those high ring wizards." Locke thought.
He was already a wizard with astonishing utilization efficiency.
So currently with his savings, he shouldn't think about developing a second Tyrant-ized magical plant project. Moreover, he didn't need to use his own money for this.
Just wait to cooperate with high ring wizard research groups. Perhaps he could even attract some horizontal investment for himself.
Not only would research not lose money, he might even earn some money!
Although this was very counterintuitive, the Type 2 Tyrant Element development project, as long as he operated it well, truly had this capability.
"Use the remaining money to purchase some resources to enhance my strength." Locke wrote a list on his desk. On it were various purification-type potion medicines, as well as some potions to replenish his magical energy.
Then, Locke shook the wizard bell at his desk, summoning the half-dragon maid Ginny that Witch Yekaterina had given him.
Locke looked at Ginny with surprise. "You've reached the vaporization stage?"
Ginny hadn't expected that Locke's mental power sensitivity was now so high. Just being in the same room and looking at her once, Locke could perceive her magical power changes.
Ginny said, "Respected young master, recently the master bestowed upon me a Dragon Yuan Treasure Qi, enhancing my bloodline power. That's why I could become a First Circle vaporization stage bloodline study wizard."
Locke nodded slightly, just somewhat surprised that Witch Yekaterina would suddenly bestow a reward on Ginny.
"Dragon Yuan Treasure Qi is a product of true dragon breath combining with elemental power, but must be created by Third Circle stage true dragons. For bloodline study wizards and races like you who are primarily dragon bloodline, it is indeed a rare treasure."
But it was useless to him.
The level of dragon bloodline in his body was not low. Using other same-level dragon bloodline auras would pollute his own bloodline, instead causing himself constraints.
Locke handed the list in his hand to Ginny, saying, "Go purchase the supplies on the list. This is the corresponding magic crystal card."
Locke had long been familiar with most of the supply lists in Dragon Blood Market. Moreover, Ginny was Witch Yekaterina's vassal race, part of Witch Yekaterina's Grand Magic. She basically couldn't possibly embezzle for personal gain.
Ginny looked at the list in her hand and found they were all high-value magical items. Outside Cloud Marsh Wetland, forget about buying them, just hearing about them was difficult.
"Dream Tear Essence, Barrier-Breaking Witch Porcelain..."
"I understand, master."
After Locke saw her leave, he also tidied up, mounted the cloud whale, and prepared to go to Witch Yekaterina's place to receive the advanced meditation method.
Soon, he sat on the white cloud layer, arrived at the Origin Academy castle, entered the seventh floor, and walked in the corridor with volcanic bottom styling.
Locke paused for a moment before the Red Demon God at the end of the corridor. The Red Demon God that had once completely attracted his desires, causing him to nearly die, was still powerful at this moment. Transformed into a black-red rose, it continuously stimulated his desires, especially his thirst for knowledge.
But Locke used the flow state learned from Peach Bow Thorn Arrow magic, falling into spiritual blankness, and was never affected by it.
"It's said that Second Circle magical plants have essential differences from First Circle magical plants. First Circle magical plants possess revolutionary wood element crystal clusters, turning each plant cell into a high-pressure energy reactor, thereby breaking through the first limit, reaching First Circle stage from apprentice stage."
"And Second Circle magical plants, in order to obtain more energy, evolved special virtual roots."
Locke looked toward the root part of the Red Demon God before him. In the lava, there were some of its normal roots, but beyond the normal roots, there were also some roots that could only be observed using Spiritual Vision, existing only on the spiritual level.
Locke used two types of Myst's Power to guard his soul, only then able to observe the virtual roots at the bottom of the Red Demon God up close.
"Plant evolution, essentially, is repeated acquisition and utilization of energy, and innovation in utilization methods."
"From the vascular bundles of mundane plants, to seeds, to flowers, to fruits, obtaining photosensitive pigments, every plant evolution creates a batch of new plants."
"Second Circle magical plants need to solve the problem of insufficient energy acquisition efficiency."
"Traditional plant roots, no matter how they change, cannot support the huge energy required by Second Circle magical plants. So, plants found a correct evolution path—virtual roots..."
"Virtual roots have many varieties, but imaginary numbers that don't exist in the physical world (the imaginary axis perpendicular to the real axis from negative to positive numbers; in three-dimensional models it can be the rotation axis, serving as the third number axis) can exist in the spiritual world. Virtual roots are powerful roots that can simultaneously absorb the real number world and imaginary number world, two types of energy from the same world."
"Therefore, magical plants possessing virtual roots have the possibility of evolving into Second Circle magical plants."
After carefully observing the Red Demon God once, Locke turned and pushed open the conference room door.
This was what he had learned from Second Circle-related magical plant literature he had borrowed from the library.
With his current level of knowledge, his understanding was definitely not comprehensive.
For example, why did magical plants merely possessing virtual roots result in their wood element crystal cluster cells being strengthened?
Also, he only had a conceptual understanding of virtual roots. He just knew such a thing existed. As for the specific mechanisms and principles, he knew nothing.
Even, this thing was equivalent to being able to extract sufficient energy from thin air from the same area.
For his current self, it was basically creating something from nothing.
Truly incomprehensible.
Moreover, from the perspective of deducing process from results, when wizards chose to advance to Second Circle stage, for unknown reasons they didn't reference the advancement route of magical plants, but instead chose the Grand Magic route.
They didn't choose what books called the imaginary magic route.
From a historical perspective, for a period of time, imaginary magic and Grand Magic were parallel.
But over a long time, those wizards who chose imaginary magic one by one all chose to switch to learning Grand Magic, and the once flourishing imaginary magic was lost.
However, these things could only be explored further after he became a Second Circle wizard.
Inside the conference room, Witch Yekaterina wearing an elegant red silk dress, without wearing her lord crown but with hair loose, was spraying water mist on a pot of dragon blood coral.
Locke looked with surprise at this so casual Witch Yekaterina, saying, "Teacher, according to the time you appointed, I've come."
"Do I need to go out for a bit to let you groom yourself?"
Witch Yekaterina waved her hand, saying, "No need."
"Locke, why didn't you come in immediately before? You stood in the corridor for quite a while."
Locke said to Witch Yekaterina, "Teacher, I was observing the Red Demon God's virtual roots."
"I'm very sorry for keeping you waiting."
Witch Yekaterina nodded slightly. "No, quite the contrary. Not only do I not feel angry, but I'm very gratified that you've made tremendous progress in this half year."
"Do you remember when you first came to my office? At that time you nearly fell into the Red Demon God's trap, so much that you didn't dare look at it again. But now, you can carefully observe it, even observe its spiritual-level magical plant organ, the virtual roots."
"This is very good. You've shown me your growth."
Witch Yekaterina didn't have Locke demonstrate Peach Bow Thorn Arrow magic to test whether he truly learned it or not, but directly said to Locke, "Here is the catalog of Golden Crown Mountain's advanced meditation methods. According to the station contract that Director Morrison negotiated for you, you can choose from among them."
Locke took the document with anticipation and began reading.
Golden Crown Mountain had a total of twenty-one advanced meditation methods.
The name of each was written in advanced magical script. For ordinary First Circle wizards, just wanting to remember text written in this magical language required some effort.
"Heart of Nature Advanced Meditation Method, Crown of Flame Advanced Meditation Method... Mountain of Potions Advanced Meditation Method..."
Witch Yekaterina said, "Whether ordinary meditation methods or progressive meditation methods, essentially they're just simplified versions of advanced meditation methods."
"In the ancient wizard world, they originally learned advanced meditation methods directly. Advanced meditation methods, also called original meditation methods, these meditation methods were the first batch of meditation methods. Later meditation methods were either their simplified versions, namely ordinary meditation methods and progressive meditation methods, or their advanced versions."
Locke looked at Witch Yekaterina with surprise.
Witch Yekaterina said, "However, wizards gradually discovered that having those wizards directly learn advanced meditation methods had consequences that were too severe. Wizards who could learn them numbered less than one in ten. Advancement was simply too difficult, too difficult. Therefore, simplified versions of advanced meditation methods gradually appeared, simplified twice in total."
"If the first two meditation methods had you visualize certain mythological existences and obtain magical power growth through analyzing and imitating them, then what true meditation methods now require is not visualizing them, but visualizing yourself."
"That is, entering a state of No-Thought. By forcing yourself to enter a No-Thought state, visualizing yourself, excavating power from within yourself, visualizing the rules of the corresponding primal world."
Locke was stunned.
Witch Yekaterina said, "Golden Crown Mountain has a total of twenty-six advanced meditation methods, all original meditation methods passed down from ancient times to increase mental power. Five of them were taken away by Lu Xuqiao, so you can only choose from among these twenty-one."
Locke hesitated, then inquired, "Teacher, what meditation method would you recommend I learn? After all, I truly don't understand."
Witch Yekaterina said, "This depends on yourself. If you want to be a complete plant study wizard and breeding study wizard, choosing the Heart of Nature meditation method is most suitable."
"If your ambition is larger, you can choose the Eye of the World meditation method. This meditation method itself also leans toward natural power, and also requires sinking into your own heart, visualizing the source power of the Natural Plane to obtain the Natural Plane's power."
"Actually, advanced meditation methods and progressive meditation methods are the same. Both are ways wizards use primal planes to strengthen their mental power."
"Just no longer visualizing mythological creatures, but directly through the method of visualizing oneself, visualizing that primal plane's underlying power."
"Just that there are slight leanings in the observation methods and directions of various advanced meditation methods. So the nature of magical power obtained varies somewhat, but these influences aren't very significant."
Witch Yekaterina said, "Obtaining magical power is most important. The Heart of Nature meditation method will increase your compatibility with nature somewhat, while the Eye of the World meditation method will also increase compatibility with nature, just not as deeply, but will also simultaneously increase compatibility with other magic."
"Similarly, this Horn of Sacred Beast meditation method can visualize the planar source of the Divine Primal Plane. The Crown of Flame meditation method can visualize the planar source of the Fire Primal Plane... The Claw of Flame meditation method can also visualize the planar source of the Fire Primal Plane, just with different emphasis, so the magical power characteristics obtained are slightly different..."
"Even advanced meditation methods can only visualize the planar source of one primal plane according to one focus point."
Locke pointed at one called Heart of Ten Thousand Beasts Advanced Meditation Method, asking, "Then teacher, which primal plane does this meditation method visualize?"
Witch Yekaterina glanced at it, saying, "That visualizes the Soul Primal Plane."
"Primal planes are like suns, radiating worlds in the endless void, spreading energy. We wizards use meditation methods to obtain this energy to replenish our magical power."
"However, so-called meditation methods are just one way to obtain magical power and increase magic pressure."
Witch Yekaterina raised her left index finger. Immediately flames appeared in the void, gathering on her left index finger.
At the same time, powerful magical tide energy poured over. "When using advanced meditation methods, you can simultaneously obtain the magical tide power of the wizard world and the world primal force of a certain primal plane."
"But for instance, this wizard tower beneath my feet, I can also use the energy from the wizard tower's elemental fission well, gathering it in a wizard's body to help them obtain magic pressure growth, just with very low efficiency."
Locke had a flash of inspiration. "So, for high ring wizards, meditation methods aren't the only way to increase magic pressure?"
Witch Yekaterina reminded him, "Yes, and no."
"Because even low ring wizards, even wizard apprentices, don't have only one way to increase magical power. You drink potions, eat certain special world wonders, these are all alternative ways to increase your magical power, just not lasting."
"Currently, visualizing primal planes to obtain primal plane primal force power is the most mainstream and most efficient way for wizards to increase magical power."
Witch Yekaterina said, "This is also a characteristic of our wizard civilization. Primal planes are one of the main energy sources in the void, but generally only worlds can transform primal plane energy, using it to form new planes in the void, or to grow and maintain planes themselves."
"The energy radiation of major primal planes mainly serves those planes that independently form in the void."
"Almost all civilizations cannot utilize primal planes, or can only indirectly utilize energy radiated by primal planes. But high ring wizards of our wizard civilization, through the method of visualizing worlds—meditating on oneself—understanding all things, successfully managed to convert primal force into their own energy."
"In a sense, we wizards are helping the wizard world increase the absorption efficiency of various types of primal force radiated by major primal planes from the void. Our wizard civilization to a great extent is feeding back this world."
"This is also one of the main reasons the wizard world grows increasingly powerful."
Locke nodded. He finally had a relatively clear understanding of advanced meditation methods.
Locke inquired, "Teacher, what is your advanced meditation method?"
Witch Yekaterina thought for a moment, then said, "Too much time has passed. Asking me this has no meaning. How to make a choice, you must make the choice yourself."
Locke nodded, saying, "Then teacher, I choose the Eye of the World Advanced Meditation Method."
His basic priority targets were just two, one was Eye of the World, one was Heart of Nature.
Both meditation methods visualized the Natural Plane.
Just with different emphasis.
All along his journey, he had invested most in the Natural Plane. Moreover, he had a pile of things on him related to the Natural Plane. Naturally there was no need to give up.
Heart of Nature leaned toward being a complete pure plant study wizard. Likely even its creator was a pure plant study wizard.
Eye of the World was relatively comprehensive.
Based on his research and investment in potion studies and archaeology, most suitable for him was definitely the Eye of the World Advanced Meditation Method.
Moreover, as his teacher said, increasing magical power was the most important function of advanced meditation methods.
Other so-called magical power characteristics, those differences truly weren't significant.
So, no need to hesitate too much in this aspect.
Witch Yekaterina's lips curved up. "Mm, the characteristics of advanced meditation methods actually don't have severe influence. Unless two advanced meditation methods respectively point to completely different primal planes."
"Then the impact of wrong choice becomes relatively large."
"For instance, you as a plant study wizard using an advanced meditation method of the Fire Primal Plane. Although it can also increase magic pressure..."
Locke said with surprise, "It can also?"
Witch Yekaterina nodded. "Actually it can. As long as it's an advanced meditation method, all can help wizards continue increasing magic pressure, and even after becoming Second Circle wizards, can still help them increase mental power. This doesn't matter."
"Just that it would be very mismatched. Even if you could barely operate it, it would affect your future."
Locke nodded. Roughly hardware and software didn't match, but wanting to forcibly use it should still work.
Witch Yekaterina supplemented, "A plant study wizard using Fire Primal Plane-related advanced meditation methods, even if becoming a Second Circle wizard, will be restricted in the future, finding it increasingly difficult to advance, unless switching meditation methods. When visualizing, essentially it's also a time of learning."
"If daily visualizing the Fire Primal Plane, there will be a lack of much knowledge and insight related to the Natural Plane. Also, one's own magic pressure nature won't be suitable for studying plant studies, and will also miss many sudden flashes of inspiration due to this advanced meditation method."
Yekaterina fell into contemplation. "However, everything has exceptions. Currently at Golden Crown Mountain, one vice dean, a Fourth Circle wizard, in his youth was in the Eastern Border Zone's Salt Sand Dead Sea wizard land. Because resources were scarce, he could only learn whatever was available. Therefore, as a bloodline study wizard, he learned an advanced meditation method connecting to the Wind Primal Plane."
"This caused him great trouble. But he still overcame these difficulties, ultimately still becoming a Fourth Circle wizard."
Respect filled Witch Yekaterina's tone. "Alright, if you need it in the future, you can also find ways to obtain other advanced meditation methods for reference. In any case, this is the Eye of the World Advanced Meditation Method."
"By the way, this was also the meditation method I chose during First Circle crystallization stage."
Witch Yekaterina recited a spell. A small black hole appeared between the two of them. Then from that black hole erupted a magic book composed of spiritual presence.
That spiritual magic book transformed into a flowing light, flying into his forehead.
The next moment, countless spiritual runes flew out from that magic book, falling toward his consciousness sea.
Locke only felt his thinking forcibly carried away. Immediately after, his mind fell, suddenly with a thousand thoughts and concerns. The scenes before his eyes were bizarre and strange.
He seemed to be crashing toward the Natural Plane in the endless void.
Locke subconsciously wanted to control his mind and break free from the advanced meditation method's influence, but it was somewhat difficult.
Countless thoughts seemed to suddenly appear in his mind.
The advanced meditation method had him directly visualize the world, so an uncontrollable thought jumped out in his mind—
'I am not me!'
'I don't exist at all!'
'I this person don't exist. I am the world, the world is me. I am the Natural Plane!'
The next moment, Locke thought this was bad. He immediately used his remaining attention to consolidate his consciousness, not letting himself be assimilated by the world within the advanced meditation method.
Then, he thought of the flow state of Peach Bow Thorn Arrow.
He forcibly transformed his spiritual presence into a blank state. Then without a single thought, without a single emotion, in this process, he saw himself.
Confirmed his own existence.
Cast aside wild thoughts, and under the influence of those world powers, could still be clearly distinct from other things.
Because his own spiritual presence was blank, while those world powers were chaotic and disorderly, naturally as obvious as black and white!