Chapter 386 Digestion
It begins with:
“The degree of madness and abnormality of a person depends on the degree of divergence between personality and essence.”
“ The closer a person's understanding of themselves is to what they really are, the more enlightenment they can have. The greater the difference between their imagination and what they really are, the crazier they are."
"People never really see it. You can't see your own soul through your own soul, but you can figure out what your soul looks like by feeling other aspects of your own characteristics, especially the 'passion' in different situations, so as to face the truth head-on."
"Gnosis is the vision of imagination. People's understanding of everything in the world comes from their understanding of themselves. If this understanding is too shallow, it will limit the improvement of gnosis."
"..."
Jilan kept flipping through the book "A Dream of Ten Thousand Flowers".
It is much more profound than the "Iron Thorn Meditation Method". It is a set of meditation methods summarized by Parra based on his profound knowledge and combined with theories related to magic and soul science.
Because it was too obscure and difficult to understand, Ji Lan had a hard time reading it.
The practice of "Ten Thousand Flowers Dream" requires meditation through specific magic circles, starting from the perspective of imagination, and looking at oneself in a lucid dream, so as to use oneself as a "prism" to reflect everything in the world.
When the mood changes, the observed scene will also be different. The more intense the change, the more obvious the gnosis enhancement effect obtained through this meditation method.
It has four stages in total.
They are "Many Faces", "Snowflakes", "Fireworks" and "Loop".
Gilan made a rough estimate.
The "multi-faceted" meditation efficiency of the first stage of "A Dream of Ten Thousand Flowers" is actually not as good as the "twelve thorns" of the "Iron Thorn Meditation Method", and is approximately equivalent to the "eight thorns".
However, once the second stage "Snowflake" is reached, the meditation efficiency of "Ten Thousand Flowers Dream" will exceed that of "Twelve Thorns", and even widen the distance.
If it is the third stage of "Fireworks", it is almost equivalent to several times the efficiency of "Twelve Thorns", which is very powerful.
As for the final stage of "circulation", the notes didn't mention it, but just thinking about it, Gillan felt that it would definitely reach an outrageous level.
After all, one meditation on "Fireworks" in the third stage is equivalent to three or four meditations on "Twelve Thorns"!
Wow.
After briefly browsing, Gillan closed the notes, put them down, and picked up the last one.
This notebook contains a secret sword technique.
It is called "The Sword of the Universe".
"Gilan, this is a secret sword technique that I created after mastering the 'Gerald Bloodletting Sword', then studying the secret techniques of several schools of martial arts, and finally combining it with astrology."
Para sat on the chair and spoke.
“It is not like the 'bloodletting sword', which has the effect of stimulating one's own potential and curing the illnesses of others. It is a killing sword used to defeat the enemy... At the same time, after practicing to an advanced stage, it will also have the ability to A large-scale attack method with astonishing destructive power."
"When I used the 'Philosopher's Sword', I used this secret sword technique...or it should be said that only it can fully exert the 'Philosopher's Sword'. 'The power."
"That's it..." Jilan was a little surprised.
He calmed down and continued to read "World Sword".
This secret sword art is divided into three major stages, namely the "Star Chapter", the "Galaxy Chapter" and the final "Universe Chapter".
Among them, each major stage contains four sword skills that symbolize the four elements of the universe, corresponding to defense, offense, killing moves and strange moves.
Of course, it can also further subdivide the changes in each sword skill. There are dozens or hundreds of them, which are specific, detailed, and even complicated.
After a while.
He put down the black notebook, stacked three of them together, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank you, teacher, for imparting knowledge."
Jilan lowered his head slightly and said in a deep voice.
Para smiled and waved her hands.
“Since I have accepted you as my only student, I will not hide it secretly...I don’t have much time to live. I only hope that you can learn as much as possible from me before that day comes. "When the time comes, you can stand up for me."
As he spoke, he pointed to three black notebooks.
“These three knowledges are full of my hard work. The threshold and upper limit are not low. Even with your current foundation, I am afraid it will take some time to get started.”
“Today I I won’t go into details for the time being. When you go back, read them all and get an impression. Tomorrow I will explain to you the basics of getting started and some precautions for practice.”
“Yes, teacher. ." Ji Lan respectfully agreed.
“Go back, it will still be eight o’clock in the morning tomorrow, don’t be late.”
Parra nodded softly and said softly.
Gilan stood up from the chair, took off his hat and saluted the teacher.
Immediately, he activated his "Knight Chess" to open the door of the "Chessboard Manor" and walked out of here.
The white-haired old gentleman was still sitting on the chair, looking in the direction where the golden light dissipated, his eyes distant.
Sigh softly:
"I hope you can master all these as soon as possible."
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Early the next morning, it was less than eight o'clock.
On the 70th floor of the Triumph Building, an exclamation came from the chairman's office.
"You...what did you say?"
The white-haired old gentleman in a straight black dress suddenly stood up from the leather chair and looked at the blond man opposite the curved desk with a surprised look on his face. youth.
“Have you successfully entered the game?!”
Para Celsus asked in disbelief.
“Yes, teacher.”
Ji Lan nodded and said in a normal tone.
He seemed not to see the old man's surprised expression, and said to himself:
"I tried to practice some last night, and I got started with the physical training, meditation and secret sword techniques in one go. , are all in the first stage now."
"This..."
Para opened her mouth, but didn't say anything in the end.
He quickly calmed down his emotions and took a serious look at the blond young man in front of him. After noticing that the other party didn't look like he was joking, Parra took a deep breath and sat down again.
Immediately, he stretched out his hand to signal.
"Sit down."
"Okay, teacher." Like a good student, Gilan sat down obediently.
Pala looked at him, and after a few seconds, he said in a deep voice:
"Okay, very good!"
The old man's eyes seemed to be shining, and the smile at the corner of his mouth could not be suppressed at all. "These three knowledges were created by me personally. No one knows their difficulty better than me... I know that you have a good talent in mysticism, but even so, I originally made an estimate and left you two Months are spent on getting started.”
“I didn’t expect it, I really didn’t expect it, Jilan, you gave me another big surprise in just one night! Get started!”
“Maybe it’s because I’m more in tune with them.”
Gillan smiled slightly.
Although he said this, he was secretly sighing in his heart. If it weren't for the help of "Banlan", I'm afraid the result would be similar to the teacher's expectation, and it would take a month or two to get started.
There is no other reason. Those three knowledges are too profound!
It’s like asking children in kindergarten to learn quantum mechanics. Let alone understand it thoroughly, I just can't understand it and am confused.
After he returned yesterday, he immediately took out the "Alchemy Formation Card" that Ms. Crow had given him at the last secret sect gathering, and used it to call an exclusive hotline.
After accepting the entrustment and seeking two weeks of preparation time, Ms. Crow said that she would send the compiled intelligence files later.
Jilan then hung up the phone and started the "self-study" instructed by the teacher.
He did read all three black notebooks intensively, but with little success, and he basically didn’t understand much.
Simply relying on his extraordinary memory, every word, symbol and even hand-drawn drawings are imprinted in his mind.
But when it comes to the degree of mastery, it means that seven orifices are understood, six are understood, and none is understood.
In view of this, Jilan tried to use mysterious points to speed up the learning process through "color".
The "2808" points accumulated for a long time have finally been put to use.
However, these three knowledges are all "big points". Among them, the body-building technique "Life Star Path" is only the first stage of "opposition", but it consumes a full 500 points of mysterious energy.
Correspondingly, after Jilan instantly understood the essence of this body-building technique, after just two hours of practice, he found that his body had been greatly enhanced.
It is equivalent to about 30% of the original basis, which is a multi-faceted improvement in strength, speed, perception, flexibility, anti-hit ability, etc.
At the same time, he also found that he suddenly gained 3 or 40 pounds, reaching an exaggerated weight of more than 200 pounds. But his height and body shape have shrunk a bit, from the original 1.9 meters to 1.89 meters, and the muscles on his body have also become much tighter.
He speculated that this was due to the increased density of his own muscles and bones.
The meditation method "Ten Thousand Flowers Dream" consumed 300 points of mysterious energy, allowing Jilan to successfully enter the first stage of "multi-faceted".
But because the effect of this stage was not as good as the "Iron Thorn Meditation Method", he invested 600 points of mysterious energy again and directly entered the second stage "Snowflake".
The efficiency of tempering gnosis with this meditation method will be greatly improved, completely replacing the "Iron Thorn Meditation Method" and becoming the "main force" of Jilan's practice of mysticism.
As for "World Sword", the first chapter "Stars" swallowed up 800 points of mysterious energy that Jilan had worked so hard to accumulate.
At this point, he only has a few "608" points left.
While Jilan felt heartache, he was also secretly excited. He felt both pain and happiness... After all, this was another obvious improvement in strength.
It’s just that it hasn’t been put into actual use yet, so I don’t know what specific changes there will be yet. But Jilan believes that at this stage, he is more than a little stronger than before.
"Jilan, since you have already started, let me try to talk about the second stage today."
Parra smiled at the blond young man.
"It's best if you can understand. If you don't understand, I will go back and reorganize the previous knowledge with you until you understand."
"Okay, teacher, then I'm sorry to bother you."
Jilan retracted his thoughts and said seriously.
Pala waved her hands and smiled:
"Let's start with "The Star Trajectory of Life"... The second stage of 'square phase', its meaning in astrology, is that the trajectories of two stars with a 90° phase are in opposite directions, resulting in inevitable friction."
“If the 'opposition' of two stars is compared to an opponent, then the 'square' is a natural enemy. This also symbolizes the relationship between our human body and the astronomical phenomena. Only through this difficult period can we Only through the process can we reach the threshold of 'conjunction'..."
The early morning light fell from the sky and fell into the office, making it feel warm.
In a quiet environment, the white-haired old man softly explained the secrets of knowledge, and the young man listened attentively with a serious look on his face.
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Time passed quietly, and two weeks passed in the blink of an eye.
In the past ten days, Jilan’s daily study and practice life have been quite regular and unshakable.
After getting up at four o'clock, he would use a white crayon mixed with silver powder to draw the magic circle of "A Dream of Flowers" on the wooden floor of the master bedroom, and then apply "lava balm" all over his body. , sitting cross-legged in the center and meditating.
After practicing some gnosis, when turning on the "crazy state", use the exercise principle of "Life Star Track" to sense your own metabolism, and constantly adjust your breathing, heartbeat, blood flow and even excretion. Khan, let’s practice the four sword skills in the “Star Chapter” of “World Sword” again.
After doing this, it was daybreak.
When Gilan washes up and goes downstairs, the old housekeeper Charles will wait by the stairs early as usual, and instruct the cook Paula to prepare breakfast in advance for the young master to eat.
After finishing breakfast elegantly, Gilan drove alone for more than ten minutes to the Chairman's Office on the 70th floor of the Triumph Building to study with Parra.
During this period, Jilan’s progress in the knowledge of the three spiritual disciplines was not smooth. Even with Parra's careful teaching and guidance every day, progress was slow without using "Beautiful".
But fortunately, "Crazy Owl State" has achieved good results from his "extreme training". Now, he can continue to activate this state for nearly half an hour, greatly improving his long-lasting burst ability.
At the same time, due to the dual improvement of spirituality and physical fitness, Jilan's current strongest trump card "Wang Lin" has been extended from 2 or 30 seconds to 3 minutes.
Gilan is also constantly exploring and has developed other uses of "Wang Lin", which is partial transformation.
This usage is very clever and puts much less stress on the body and mind. "Wang Lin" can turn a 3-minute full-out burst into about 10 minutes.
Gilan is deeply satisfied with this.
Dawn 1927 AD, end of January.
On the 26th, after Gilan finished his occult course that day, Parra stopped him.
"The head of state has approved the document of 'mission to the Kingdom of Fosaka'. Gilan, you will lead the team there as the executive minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Bremen Empire."
"Okay, teacher." Jilan raised his eyebrows. The practice life during this period was so fulfilling and compact that he almost forgot about it. "When will we leave?"
"The morning after tomorrow."
Pala said, taking out a folder from under the drawer and handing it over.
"This is the specific planning document and the list of envoys. Don't worry. The accompanying diplomats and your secretary Lenis will take care of the trivial matters. You just need to listen to their reports."
"In addition, the folder also contains some information about the Kingdom of Fosaka... During this trip, the head of state has given you great autonomy. Whether it is resource allocation or cooperation conditions, it is up to you."
"Thank you, the head of state and the teacher for your trust."
Gilan stood up and took off his hat to the old man.
Pala smiled and nodded.
"Go back, and don't forget Ms. Crow's request."
"Yes, teacher."
(End of this chapter)