Chapter 5 Rubik's Cube
Fang Yu returned to the dormitory before the access control, said hello to his three roommates, turned on his computer and sent an email.
He sent a group message to all his students, explaining that he was no longer working at Chaoyue and that he would contact other coaches for subsequent courses. Then he turned on airplane mode, took off his socks, went to bed, drew the curtains, and took out the basic meditation book from under his pillow.
After he left the dormitory in the afternoon, his three roommates showed no interest in this thing.
Anyway, I have already broken up with Sun Yang, so I don’t have to go to the gym part-time tomorrow.
Fang Yu planned to spend one night intensively to see if he could at least pass the first level of the basic meditation method.
Before that, Fang Yu wanted to read the book carefully again to see if there were any tricks that he had missed.
"If beginners have trouble entering meditation smoothly in the early stages, they can use a meditation guide to guide their meditation so that they can quickly enter a meditative state. The method for making a meditation guide is as follows..."
After just flipping through a few pages, Fang Yu found this sentence.
A meditation guide?
Fang Yu's eyes lit up and he began to seriously study the method of making this thing.
"The core is composed of a Dream Jadeite Crystal Bead with a diameter of at least 3 centimeters and eight pure, transparent natural crystal prisms with a diameter of 5 centimeters and a height of 25 centimeters."
"Place it on an obsidian base to create a focal point, as shown in the diagram below... (The Dream Jadeite can be replaced with a 20cm diameter amethyst ball, which will be half as effective)"
"Sprinkle the sapphire powder evenly around the eight prisms and connect each prism with pure silver wire. The connection method is as shown in the figure below..."
"Sixteen moonstone pieces are set in this way around the base..."
"Once crafted, place it under a full moon for one night to activate its guiding power."
"When using it, you should place it at the center of the meditation space and touch each crystal prism with your hands while adjusting your breathing. After entering meditation, focus your attention on the guide while continuing to outline the magic network nodes in your mind..."
Except for the Dream Jade Crystal, which is an unknown thing, the other raw materials are actually substances that can be found on the Blue Planet!
Moreover, Dream Jadeite can be replaced by Amethyst!
Fang Yu couldn't help but cheer up, took out his cell phone and started to check how much these things cost.
"Oh my god, why is it so expensive!?" Fang Yu couldn't help but be amazed when he saw the four numbers marked behind the natural crystal prism that met the specifications on Taobao.
Crystal itself is not expensive. You can buy a piece of average quality crystal for just a few dozen dollars, but if you want pure natural, impurity-free and transparent crystal, it will be too expensive.
Not only is the transparent crystal prism hard to find, the amethyst ball that serves as the core cannot be obtained for just a few thousand dollars if it meets the requirements.
Fang Yu finally found two items that met his requirements on Taobao. When he looked at the prices, he found that the prisms were 8,000 yuan each, the amethyst balls were 23,000 yuan, and with the other raw materials, the total cost was nearly 100,000 yuan.
If you look carefully for the right channel, you will definitely find something cheaper than Taobao, but you can’t say how long it will take.
If it was half a month ago, although this amount of money was not small, Fang Yu could have taken it out, but he had just spent all his savings on some things last month, and now he really didn't have that much money in his pocket.
Moreover, I had a falling out with Sun Yang again today. If I want to find a part-time job at the gym again, I won’t see any income in a day or two. In the short term, the finances will definitely be a bit tight.
Artificial quartz crystals are much cheaper, but I don’t know if they are useful, Fang Yu thought to himself.
"Old Huang, lend me 100,000 yuan." Fang Yu shouted while lying on the bed and pulling open the curtains.
Huang Xiang's family may not be the best in the dormitory, but his family gives him the most living expenses.
Huang Xiang's monthly living expenses are as high as 5,000 yuan. If Fang Yu hadn't earned a lot from his part-time job, Huang Xiang would definitely be the richest man in the 404 class.
Huang Xiang was playing World of Tanks on his laptop. He shuddered when he heard Fang Yu's words and was accidentally hit by a cannon.
"Are you crazy? Where can I find 100,000 yuan for you? Why do you need so much money? Are you being set up?"
Fang Yu snorted, "Don't try to be ridiculous. When you were admitted to the National University last year, your family elders gave you a bonus much more than this."
"It's not safe to keep this much money with you. Leave it with me and I'll keep it for you."
Huang Xiang: “…”
"No, I won't lend it to you. If you want to use the money, look for Huabei." Huang Xiang picked up the mouse again in a bad mood, ready to start another game.
Fang Yu said lazily: "I don't need Huabei."
Huang Xiang was curious: "Why? Afraid of the high interest rate?"
Fang Yu shook his head: "No, that thing must be returned."
Huang Xiang: “Fuck!”
Since his children were unfilial, Fang Yu had no choice but to turn his attention back to Taomao.
Since natural crystal is too expensive, try buying an artificial quartz prism first. Theoretically, artificial quartz is purer than crystal and may produce better results.
When I checked the balance on my card, I found that there was only over 8,000 yuan left. If I bought it, I would be starving next month.
Since I can’t afford anything now, I might as well practice on my own.
Fang Yu reviewed the meditation method again, then closed the book and began to adjust his breathing.
While Fang Yu was breathing according to the requirements of meditation, his mind couldn't help but think about making money.
It was not difficult to send Sun Yang in, but the gym still owed him one month's commission, so he had to find a way to get the money back.
Looking at the account balance on the text message, Fang Yu pondered.
Even if I don't make this meditation guide, I will have to spend a lot of money in the future, so I still have to find a way to make money.
Fang Yu's family background is not bad. In fact, few students majoring in finance at the National School of Economics come from very poor families. After all, this is an industry that consumes a lot of resources.
Fang Yu has been trained in financial management by his father since he was a child. His father has never confiscated his New Year's money. Since the fifth grade of elementary school, he has opened a financial management account for him using his New Year's money and various rewards from previous years.
Fang Yu can operate this account by himself. If the investment is profitable, he can use the profit at will. If the investment fails, his father will make up for it for him.
Fang Yu started speculating in stocks in high school, and earned his annual university tuition and living expenses of 4,800 yuan by himself.
"If I switch to a new gym to train, I have to start all over again to accumulate clients. Even if some of my students can make it to the new gym, it will take at least six months to recover my previous income."
"Also, even if I can recover my previous income, an income of twenty to thirty thousand a month may sound like a lot, but if I can cultivate the arcane arts, my future expenses will definitely not be less. I still need to find a new way to make money."
"Or I should just trade stocks..."
"The stock market hasn't been good this year, with tech stocks plummeting. Is it time to buy the dip? It's hard to say. Next year is an election year, so the volatility is expected to be quite significant..."
"How about doing Big A? Forget it..." Fang Yu couldn't help but shiver.
Huh? How many breaths have you taken now?
Fang Yu suddenly discovered that his breathing seemed to have adapted to the rhythm required by the basic meditation method.
It should have been five or six minutes from now, and I can still maintain the breathing rhythm required by basic meditation.
Fang Yu was delighted, but his mind was a little confused, and he delayed his breathing for a second.
Although he only cycled five sets this time, it was still a great improvement, indicating that his proficiency had increased. Fang Yu was greatly encouraged and began to adjust his breathing according to the requirements of the meditation method again.
Perhaps it was because practice makes perfect, Fang Yu found that he was becoming more and more accustomed to this strange breathing rhythm, and he could persist for longer and longer each time.
One set of breathing took 82 seconds. I don't know how many times he failed in the middle. When Lu Xuechang, who could stay up late the most, also started snoring, Fang Yu finally completed 30 sets of breathing without any error.
I'm a genius! What the hell is this meditation guide? You can still get started even without me.
Fang Yu suppressed his excitement of saving 100,000 yuan, carefully controlled his breathing, and tried to enter the sea of consciousness to outline the nodes of consciousness according to the method introduced in the basic meditation method.
It is obvious that the Giant Tower World has conducted very in-depth research on human spiritual consciousness.
The methods recorded in the basic meditation method allowed Fang Yu to quickly enter the sea of consciousness. This feeling is difficult to describe in words.
If I have to make an analogy, Fang Yu felt like he was looking at a naked-eye 3D picture.
People who don’t know how to see will never be able to tell the difference, but people who know how to see can just squint a little and see a completely different 3D image in a sea of colorful images.
The same is true for the method of entering the sea of consciousness in basic meditation. In Fang Yu's opinion, this is more like a method of self-hypnosis. Once you master the trick, it is not very difficult.
Of course, entering the sea of consciousness is much more difficult than watching naked-eye 3D images.
However, with the previous preparation, Fang Yu successfully began to outline the first node in the sea of consciousness with just a little attempt.
In fact, Fang Yu didn’t know that for most arcane apprentices in the Giant Tower World who had not yet entered the world, this step was the most difficult.
Outlining the nodes requires the meditator to have very good spatial imagination.
You need to imagine out of thin air what kind of image a complex figure will form when it rotates in space along different axes, and solidify this image in your consciousness.
Countless geniuses who have participated in the assessment of arcane apprentices in the Giant Tower World will fail at this step.
But for Fang Yu, who had participated in the annual examination of the Great Zhou Dynasty, this was the basic skill of solid geometry.
Almost there, almost done. A drop of sweat seeped out of Fang Yu's forehead. Fortunately, after entering the sea of consciousness, he no longer had to maintain that strange breathing rhythm. Fang Yu took a deep breath and drew the final stroke in his mind.
Phew, I can finally outline the second node. The second node is more complicated, and I don’t know if I can outline it.
Wait! What's going on?
The moment the first node was outlined, before Fang Yu could outline the second node, he felt his brain nerves twitching, and five lines of mental power were automatically pulled out from the nodes.
Fang Yu could feel that as more and more mental power lines were drawn, his mental power was also rapidly lost.
The five lines of spiritual power extended downward along the predetermined route. After reaching a certain area, they each split into three lines.
Various lines crisscrossed, and in a flash, 12 mapping nodes suddenly appeared in the sea of consciousness!
This is twice as many as the 6 mapping nodes described in the basic meditation method!
The most important thing is that the other nodes appeared automatically without me even drawing them!
This is completely different from the process explained in basic meditation methods.
This, this is...
With the condensation of all nodes and the connection of the lines of consciousness, the nodes in the sea of consciousness form a clearly distinguishable three-dimensional figure.
The lines of mental power continuously fill the three-dimensional figure composed of twelve nodes.
As the thread of consciousness was pulled out bit by bit, Fang Yu felt that his spirit was getting worse and worse, and his head was getting more and more painful.
it hurts!
Just when he thought he was about to faint from the pain, the pattern in his mind was finally filled in by the thread of consciousness.
The moment the filling was completed, the twelve consciousness nodes turned into twelve vertices, and a 20-hedron shining with golden light appeared in Fang Yu's sea of consciousness.
The Rubik's Cube! The one that mysteriously disappears after you solve it!
(End of this chapter)
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