Chapter 8 Meditation

After thinking about it for a long time, Benjamin finally sorted out his thoughts and sat at the table to count the things in the box.

"Although I've passed the first hurdle, I still can't let my guard down. I can't guarantee there aren't any wizards monitoring the dormitory, so I still have to be careful. At least for the time being, I can't openly engage in anything related to cultivation..."

Since I can't cultivate immortality, I can only learn something else.

Considering that Clark only gave ten days, the most urgent task was to master the most basic practice method of the wizard system, "Basic Meditation Method".

Only by igniting the spiritual fire can one officially embark on the path of a wizard.

Benjamin found a comfortable position to lie on the bed and took out the thick book that recorded the meditation method.

The pages looked like they were made of some kind of metal, and the text was concise, but each word held a strange energy.

After flipping through it roughly, Benjamin understood that the core of "Basic Meditation Method" lies in "visualization" and "portrait".

It guides practitioners to empty their minds, restrain their mental power, and then use their mental power to "depict" and "construct" a certain geometric pattern in their own spiritual sea.

The book says that these patterns are not randomly combined. They are the result of countless years of research by wizard predecessors. They are a simplified form of the "Runes of Truth" that are highly compatible with the energy system of the wizarding world.

By successfully carving these patterns in the spiritual sea, one can guide the free energy particles from the outside world into the spiritual sea, nourish the spiritual power, and build one's own "spiritual circuit". This is the entry point to the wizard system.

The first meditation pattern in "Basic Meditation Method" is composed of five main bodies, which roughly form an abstract triangular pyramid shape when combined.

The book suggests that beginners should first depict the five main patterns one by one, and then try to combine them after becoming proficient.

Benjamin closed his eyes, put the book under his head, and cleared his mind of the outside world.

If an ordinary newcomer wants to enter a meditative state, he needs to put this book under his head for assistance for the first few times. The book "Basic Meditation Method" is so thick not only because it is rich in content, but also because it contains a large number of magic arrays to assist in practice, which can help newcomers quickly immerse themselves in the spiritual sea.

Of course, Benjamin doesn't need any assistance. He does this just to be on the safe side, so he does it for show.

His consciousness skillfully sank into his own spiritual sea, where he could feel his spiritual power that had been honed through practice and was extremely condensed.

Following the guidance of meditation, he tried to use his mental power to "depict" the prototype of the first main pattern.

It was a strange feeling, the mental power was like a tentacle, carefully outlining lines in the sea of ​​​​mind.

Unexpectedly, the process went exceptionally smoothly.

Perhaps because of his many years of experience in cultivating immortals, Jieming's control over his own mental power has reached an incredible level. For him, using mental power to draw patterns is as easy as a mortal using a pen to write on paper.

The lines carved out by his mental power were smooth, stable, and precise. The pattern quickly took shape in his mind, and only the last stroke was needed to complete it perfectly.

However, just as the last stroke was about to be made and the first main pattern was about to be successfully constructed, Jieming suddenly had an idea.

"etc!"

He suddenly stopped the stroke and then deliberately drew it crooked where it was about to fall.

boom!

The perfect pattern was destroyed when it was about to be completed. The spiritual power gathered during the construction process lost its guidance and went out of control in an instant!

An invisible spiritual shock erupted from within his spiritual sea, shaking his entire consciousness.

Benjamin groaned and felt dizzy, as if his spiritual sea was violently stirred by a huge hand.

Although it was painful, he immediately calmed himself down and quickly assessed the impact of this "failure".

This feeling of being impacted by his own mental power... although uncomfortable, it was just a slight shock to him and did not cause any substantial damage.

"It was really dangerous. I almost forgot the difference in control." Benjamin felt a little scared.

After so many years of practice, although Jieming's cultivation level is not high, his ability to control his mental power is definitely not comparable to those rookies who have not yet started.

His true portrayal ability and control of mental strength are definitely not at the level that a level six talented apprentice who has just started meditation should have.

On the other hand, unless one is gifted, it should not be so easy for a normal apprentice to carve the Rune of Truth.

So, he had to pretend.

Pretending to be a beginner, you will encounter difficulties, fail, and need time to explore.

"It's not just the difference in control. If the Truth Rune fails to carve, will it actually release all the spiritual power stored within, causing a mental shock to the spiritual sea... In this case, we also need to pay attention to the issues of tolerance and recovery."

Benjamin's current mental strength and related attributes are equivalent to those of an apprentice with eighth-level talent who has not practiced, which means that his feelings are the same as those of apprentices with eighth-level talent.

But...what if the apprentice was even less talented?

His current disguised talent level is level six, so in addition to control, other manifestations after enduring mental shock should also be paid attention to.

Fortunately, during the previous test, he had deliberately paid attention to the mental strength corresponding to each level of talent.

Benjamin did his calculations quickly.

The intensity of the mental backlash caused by failure is fixed, so the mental shock that is insignificant to him will undoubtedly be painful or even dangerous to a low-talent apprentice with a fragile spiritual sea.

According to Benjamin's calculations, apprentices with a talent level lower than level five would experience a significant shock to their spiritual sea after suffering such a mental shock, and it would take a considerable amount of time for them to recover and try to meditate again.

Conservatively speaking, even if you work day and night, you can only try six to eight times a day at most, and every failure is a torture.

As for me, who outwardly appears to be a level six talent, although the backlash just now was uncomfortable, as long as I rest for about an hour, my spirit sea will recover and I will be able to try again.

As for those geniuses at level eight and level nine... their mental strength and soul foundation must be stronger, and their ability to resist backlash is also stronger.

As long as they don't fail continuously, one or two backlashes may just be a tickle for them.

Talent is not only reflected in the speed and potential of cultivation, but also in the cost of trial and error and the tolerance rate!

Apprentices with high talent can withstand more failures and make more attempts, so they can naturally get started and improve faster.

"The advantage of talent is still very obvious in the early stages... It seems that getting started within ten days is not an easy task for even those apprentices with low talent."

(End of this chapter)