Chapter 5 Extraordinary Things
Gaode sat cross-legged on the bed based on his memory.
He kept his chin parallel to the floor, closed his eyes, straightened his back, put his hands on his knees, palms upward, and relaxed his fingers.
In such a meditative posture, the whole person will feel very comfortable and relaxed, and then enter a better state of meditation.
Of course, for senior mages, they can easily enter a state of meditation and start practicing in almost any posture and in any environment, without these "assistance".
But Gaode is still just an apprentice among apprentices, so he naturally follows the procedures strictly.
After taking a deep breath for a few minutes, Gothe finally entered the state. In his consciousness, he now seemed to be in a dark universe.
There are countless stardust floating in this universe, wandering irregularly, beautiful and charming, emitting little starlight.
This is the magic that exists in the world and is the cornerstone of power in the world.
It is abundant and powerful, endless.
The so-called guidance technique is to use one's own mental power to guide these magic powers, let them enter one's body, and refine them into magic power.
Gothe began to try to use his spiritual power to guide these magical stardust.
These magic powers followed the control of his spirit and thoughts, and entered his body as he breathed into his mouth, and then descended all the way down to the position of his belly button. settle down.
This is not the end. After feeling that the magic stardust has settled down, Gothe still needs to control his spirit and thoughts, and continue to polish these magic powers according to the rhythm of his breathing until it turns into his own mana. .
The whole process, to be honest, is not very efficient.
Because the guidance method and meditation technique practiced by Gothe have a unified name - apprentice guidance method and apprentice meditation technique.
As the name suggests, it is a practice method exclusively for mage apprentices. It is the most basic thing. The shortcomings are the foundation, and the advantages are also basic enough. For laying the foundation, it has reached the point of perfection, but the efficiency It's definitely not much higher.
Gothe was immersed in his first practice, and he didn't stop until he began to feel tired and the efficiency of guiding magic stardust dropped by about 30% compared with the beginning.
He knew that the consumption of his mental power had reached the critical point of 40%, and it was time to start practicing meditation.
Gaode repositioned himself, breathed evenly for a moment, closed his eyes according to the requirements of the apprentice meditation technique, and began to practice meditation.
The practice of meditation is similar to the visualization method commonly used in Buddhism in previous lives. It outlines some strange and mysterious things in the mind to enhance spiritual power.
Apprentice meditation manifests itself as a sixteen-petal lotus. The number of petals manifested is directly proportional to the progress of practice.
Once you can manifest all sixteen petals of the lotus, then this apprentice meditation technique will be considered to be perfect.
However, Gaode's current cultivation progress is far from perfection.
If he remembered correctly, his predecessor had only been able to manifest five petals since he had practiced so far. This was because his spiritual talent was extremely good.
This progress is not bad. You must know that the apprentices in the same batch as Gothe, and even the apprentices who started practicing earlier than him, are only one or two petals away.
As his mind was immersed, Gaode clearly perceived the existence of spiritual power.
In the endless darkness of consciousness, a lotus flower slowly rotated and existed in his mind.
It’s just that this flower does not have an entity, but is an outline outlined by some dotted lines.
The purpose of meditation practice is to fill these dotted lines with spiritual power and fully realize the real lotus.
Gao De was about to start to realize the lotus as in his memory, but at this moment, he suddenly realized that there seemed to be something extra in the depths of his consciousness, shining with light.
Subconsciously, his mind moved, and his mental strength and attention were simultaneously focused on the point that radiated light.
In the depths of the conscious space, there is still darkness.
But in addition, there are countless irregular wandering star particles and two sets of spell models composed of star particles that are similar to galaxies but are actually fixed.
Those are the two tricks that Gothe has mastered.
Overall, the depths of consciousness space look like a sea of stars.
So this place is called the Magic Star Sea.
However, today, in addition to the stars and spell models, there is one more thing in the magic star sea.
Something that should not exist.
That is a "crescent moon".
Quietly and steadily suspended in the center of the magic star sea, motionless, exuding a pure white light.
To be more precise, it should be a crescent-shaped gemstone.
Its appearance is very similar to magatama, with a wide and rounded head end and a pointed and thin end. The whole body is white, but it is not milky white, but the pure white of the moon.
The gemstone is crystal clear without any impurities, and there are complex and beautiful patterns and patterns growing on the surface, like some strange symbols.
Yes, it is growth, not eternity.
Because there is no trace of processing at all, these patterns and gemstones are integrated and natural. Gothe stared blankly at the crescent moon gem that existed in his mind, in disbelief.
“Isn’t this the pendant I always wore around my neck?”
This is an heirloom of his Gao family, strung together by his father The pendant was passed to him.
Gaode has been wearing this pendant for more than ten years and has never found anything unusual about it.
But now, this item that did not belong to this world actually traveled with him into this world.
And it also changed from a substantial existence to an illusion, taking root in his magic star sea.
Even time travel has happened, and having another gem in my head doesn’t seem to be an unacceptable thing.
But why this gem?
This shows that there must be something special about it.
Gothe tried to stay calm and recalled the information about this gem.
Then he discovered that when his father passed this gem to him, he did not introduce much about its origin.
Gaode just knew that this gem must be valuable, and he was certain that it was not a handicraft made from agate, talc or the like, but a natural gem.
Because it is so exquisite, so exquisite that it doesn’t look artificial.
Only the uncanny workmanship of nature can create such a work of art.
Gothe observed carefully for a while and found nothing unusual.
“An extremely rare extraordinary thing,” he tentatively made a judgment on the origin of this gem based on his knowledge of the world, “and it can travel with me and come to this world. Just this The points are enough to prove that its grade is definitely not low."
Gothe carefully probed the crescent moon gem with his spiritual power.
This is the most common way to activate "extraordinary things" in his memory.
Gothe tried to inspire this "extraordinary thing" to learn its function.
However, as soon as his mental power touched the gem, it was like hitting a wall. After hitting the wall, it was immediately bounced back.
Gaode thought for a while, no longer being cautious, and mobilized all his mental power to try to activate "it" again.
Once, twice, three times.
Until Gaode felt a little tired, this "crescent moon" was still suspended there steadily, without any changes, nor Move even a little bit, "no oil or salt will enter".
He was shocked.
At first, he thought he was just too careful and failed to activate this magical object. But later, he had already tried his best, but he still failed.
Gaode carefully observed the gem again, trying to find some mechanism.
The ending is still nothing.
Now Gaode is worried. There is such a "foreign thing" in his mind, but he still doesn't know what it is used for. Who can be willing to do this?
But the problem is, this thing is just like a nail house. It just settled in his head and settled down. His mental power can't shake it at all, and he can't even drive it away.
No matter how unwilling he is, he can't change anything.
"Nine times out of ten it's because my current mental power is too weak, so I can't activate it or shake it." Gothe guessed.
"Never mind." Gaode, who really couldn't do anything about it, could only choose to mess it up.
At least he can be sure that this gem that followed him through time was not harmful to his body.
That's enough.
So Gothe withdrew his attention from the gem, and after taking a while to calm down, he re-entered the state of meditation practice.
The lotus composed of dotted lines in the consciousness gradually solidified under Gaode's meditation.
The lotus platform turned into reality, and the five petals on the lotus platform were gradually materialized by Gaode
Nearly two hours later.
Gothe opened his eyes.
A deep feeling of exhaustion came to my mind.
The mental power previously consumed by practicing the Guidance Method has been restored with the progress of meditation, but the recovery of mental power does not mean that fatigue can be eliminated.
And on the contrary, according to the memory left by the predecessor, the best effect is to have a good sleep after practicing meditation.
Amy's practice ended earlier than him, and she was already asleep at this moment, with a slight snore coming from her.
Gaode also took off his coat lightly and lay down on the bed, recalling what he had seen and heard since coming to this world, thinking about how to escape and more.
(End of this chapter)