Chapter 11 Getting Started
In the following time, the conversation between the two became much more relaxed and casual.
Amy continued to share the gossip she heard in the cafeteria and the difficulties faced by the new apprentices. While listening, Benjamin quietly improved his own academy map and character relationship chart.
They chatted happily until the number of customers in the cafeteria gradually decreased and they realized that it was getting late.
"Okay! I'm going back to the dormitory to continue studying my meditation method. I can't sleep well until I draw the first pattern!" Amy stood up and stretched, showing a cat-like stretching posture.
"I'll stop here for today. I'll try again when I get back." Benjamin also stood up.
"Okay! See you tomorrow! I hope we can all get started soon!" Amy waved her hand lively and walked towards the Alchemy Department dormitory building.
Jieming looked at her back until she disappeared from his sight. The smile on his face gradually disappeared, replaced by a deep gaze.
"interesting."
He recalled Amy's cunning eyes and her seemingly unintentional "testing".
"Her coming to me was definitely a test. She knew about my level six talent and wanted to assess my potential. She also wanted to see if I had seen through the academy's tricks... She's very smart and pragmatic."
Benjamin shook his head, feeling a little emotional.
"It seems that it's not easy for people to get into the logistics department on their own. Amy, I hope you'll be a good partner."
After all, he did need an additional source of intelligence, and someone like Amy was perfect for it.
At the same time, Amy, who was walking on the way back, gradually lost the smile on her face.
She murmured to herself, "Jereming... a sixth-level talent... is much smarter than he looks. Every word he says is measured, and his questions are to the point... Moreover, he seems to have seen through the academy's tricks. Hmm, this guy... is the kind who likes to hide things. But his abilities are probably much stronger than that guy who likes to show off. I need to maintain a good relationship with him."
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Several days have passed since entering the talent assessment at Norn Academy.
A few days passed and Benjamin felt that the time was almost right.
According to the intelligence collected in the past few days, most of the apprentices with level five talent are close to success. As a "little genius" with level six talent, he will naturally succeed earlier than these people.
Tonight, he decided to make his "hard work" pay off.
Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Jieming sank into the sea of spirituality again.
He skillfully began to carve the final main pattern, his mental power like a pen, smoothly depicting each complex line in his spiritual sea.
He felt his mental power flowing and condensing along a specific trajectory. The pattern structure was extremely exquisite and seemed to be in line with some deep cosmic laws.
He did not make any more mistakes, and the last stroke fell steadily, connecting perfectly with the starting point!
Boom——
It was like a silent thunder exploding in the sea of spiritual consciousness!
The entire spiritual sea space shook violently, but this shaking was no longer a backlash of failure, but a kind of dynamic and reshaping force!
The rune of truth that had just been completed instantly burst out with dazzling light, and the light spread outward, as if opening up a whole new area in the sea of spirituality.
Jieming could clearly feel that this pattern seemed to be closely connected with his soul and mental power, becoming an...anchor point in his spiritual sea!
As the entire pattern became completely solidified, a sense of enlightenment naturally came to his mind - he "saw" the deeper structure of this pattern.
He knew in his heart that the concept of the last pattern was completely different from that of the other four patterns.
The entire rune of truth is composed of four patterns on the periphery and a fifth pattern in the center, forming the abstract triangular pyramid shape.
There are actually only four truth runes related to the basic meditation method, the outermost ones. Most of the effects are mainly constructed by these four small runes.
As for the fifth pattern in the center, Benjamin felt inexplicably familiar—the lines, the structure… He compared it with the description of basic alchemical runes in the Basic Alchemy Manual and instantly understood.
That fifth pattern is actually one of the most basic core runes in alchemy!
It represents the concept of "transformation", and it is also the key in the first truth rune to open the interaction with the energy of a specific field!
Thinking of this, Benjamin immediately took out the Basic Alchemy Manual and the Basic Meditation Method to compare them.
As expected, the core patterns of the second and third truth runes of the basic meditation method are the "fusion" and "refining" runes in alchemy.
No wonder Instructor Clark stressed the importance of learning meditation as soon as possible, and no wonder the academy had to forcibly divide the school into many schools for apprentices to choose from.
It's not just because learning a school of thought consumes a lot of one's energy, but also because the differences have been made from the very beginning of the meditation method.
As the first rune of truth became established in his spiritual sea, Jermyn vaguely felt a new kind of connection—a faint connection with the outside world that he had never perceived before.
Following the instructions in the subsequent part of the meditation method, Jemin focused his consciousness on the pattern he had just completed, and tried to use his mental strength to "pull" that vague connection.
The next moment, streams of weak but extremely active energy particles were actually attracted by the pattern, slowly gathered from the external environment, and poured into his spiritual sea!
These energy particles are what wizards call "elemental forces". They are active, diverse, and have different properties.
As soon as the elemental power poured into his spiritual sea, it was attracted by the rune of truth and slowly merged into his spiritual power, nourishing and strengthening his spiritual sea.
A huge amount of elements gathered next to the rune of truth, forming an energy shape similar to a flame.
"So this is what ignites the spiritual fire. No wonder..."
He could feel that his mental power was becoming more active and resilient in a way that was different from cultivating immortals and refining the spirit.
As Benjamin felt the elemental energy slowly flowing into his body, a light bulb suddenly flashed in his mind.
The inner circulation method is operated to the limit, sealing the body's internal state to ensure that it cannot be detected by others.
Benjamin tried to practice the technique, using the mutual interference of the three treasures of essence, energy and spirit in the method of refining essence into qi to guide a part of the influx of elemental power to the true essence system constructed by the internal circulation in his body.
The method of refining essence into qi and internal circulation in the immortal cultivation system is essentially to transform the "essence", "qi" and "spirit" in the body into each other and form a self-sufficient cycle in the body.
Therefore, when the elemental forces from the outside world enter his internal circulation system, his true essence system can "digest" and "transform" them.
Jieming could clearly feel that his true essence had increased slightly without refining his qi and blood!
Those originally mixed elemental energies were actually transformed into pure true essence bit by bit through the filtration and refining of the internal circulation system!
Although the conversion efficiency does not seem to be high and is far slower than directly absorbing spiritual energy, it did succeed.
Benjamin was so ecstatic that he could hardly contain himself!
This means that he has finally found the "fuel" to obtain the energy needed to cultivate immortality in this world of absolute spirituality!
The wizard system's meditation method unexpectedly opened a door for him to absorb external energy.
More importantly, this discovery completely solved another problem of his: he no longer had to rack his brains to disguise the speed of his meditation practice.
By adjusting the ratio of elements converted into true energy, he could slow down his meditation progress to fit the character of a "level six gifted apprentice."
(End of this chapter)
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