Chapter 88 Breakthrough
It’s just that in this “white forest”, there is an indescribable silence. Apart from the endless giant silver mushrooms, there are no signs of other life activities.
"Among the followers of the Moon Wolf, there seems to be no punishment beast related to fungi." Because of his previous experience of encountering the giant toad Kux, Lucian did not dare to underestimate the mushroom forest in front of him, for fear that he would He accidentally attracted some kind of extremely terrifying monster.
While Lucian was observing this "mushroom forest", other wizard apprentices and half-elves gradually came to this mushroom forest area from the original garden.
"This...these are actually Kuka! They are so big!" After a relatively young half-elf came in, he couldn't help but exclaimed when he saw the mushroom forest in front of him.
"Kuka?" Lucian heard this unfamiliar term and guessed that it should be the name of a certain kind of mushroom. It seems that these mushrooms here should also exist in the outside world, but the size may not be as exaggerated as the mushrooms here.
However, just to be on the safe side, Lucian still tried to identify these mushrooms.
[Item]: Kuka
[Positioning]: Fungi·Edible fungi·Giant individuals
[Explanation]: The edible mushrooms improved and cultivated by the goblins have become huge due to the special planting environment. It is said that some powerful goblins often use this fungus to feed some domesticated monsters.
[Details]:
1. Kuka can be eaten directly except for the spores. The texture of raw food is somewhat similar to bread, but you need to be careful not to take too much at one time, otherwise it will produce a drunken effect. Effect.
2. Kuka's spores have a certain ability to transform. They can parasitize on nutrients and transform them into their own hotbed through transformation-like spells. At the same time, Kuka's spores are also a common auxiliary casting material for transformation-type witchcraft.
3.……
"I found traces of the building, but I need to go through this mushroom forest!" Under the command of Bennett and the goblin leader, three half-goblins or wizard apprentices who are good at detecting witchcraft from a long distance all used their own methods, and Soon, they shouted one after another and pointed to the south of the mushroom forest.
Bennett and the goblin leader looked at each other and tacitly chose to maintain their current status as companions. After all, both sides are now slightly short of manpower. Before entering the real place of inheritance, it would be beneficial to both parties to join forces.
As a sign of sincerity, the goblin leader also told some basic information about Kuka.
After a short rest, both parties cautiously entered the mushroom forest and slowly explored forward. However, in this "forest", everything seems to be uniformly peaceful. The team advanced in the forest for nearly a day, and the scenes they saw were all similar. Except for being a little boring, they did not encounter other creatures, let alone dangerous ones.
At night, the team dispersed into small circles of twos and threes, keeping a safe distance from each other.
Carly took two pieces of baked dry food from the campfire, and then handed the larger piece to Lucian. "Teacher Lucian, here it is."
To be cautious, even the group of half-goblins who were accustomed to eating kuka did not collect the giant mushrooms here, but used some of the food they had brought for emergencies.
Lucian waved his hand, but took out the Song of the Deep Sea that he had previously exchanged for the ritual badge.
He wanted to take this bottle of natural magic potion directly to qualitatively improve his mental ability. However, when he saw Lilia not far away who was meditating with her eyes closed to restore her mental strength, Lucian couldn't help but feel a little wary. He was a little worried whether this guy whose mind had been distorted by the rag doll would deliberately cause any damage.
After thinking for a moment, Lucian looked at the giant Kuka mushroom on the side.
Although it may be a bit risky, according to the system appraisal results, the risk should be within the controllable range...
Lucian quickly weighed the pros and cons in his mind, then gritted his teeth, opened and closed his mouth slightly, and started a quick conversation with Carly through his mental power.
"Ah?" Carly, who was still holding the dry food and eating happily like a little hamster, heard Lucian's message. Her eyes widened obviously, and then she seemed a little panicked, but then she became a little eager to try. got up.
The corner of Lucian's mouth twitched, but he still carefully peeled off some gray-white immature spores from the hyphae on the ground that looked like heavy roots...
Not long after, the preparation plan was over. Lucian did not hesitate to unplug the Song of the Deep Sea, and then quickly swallowed this precious natural potion.
Although Song of the Deep Sea is said to be a natural alcohol, it feels cold and sweet in the mouth, without the spicy feeling of alcohol. Instead, it feels like drinking from a cold natural mountain spring.
But soon, Lucian felt the "burning sensation" of the strong liquor from Song of the Deep Sea. After the liquor began to spread throughout his body, he felt that his body became light, and the spiritual sea in his mind But it began to heat up rapidly, and the spiritual vortex in the central area of the spiritual sea began to spew out a large amount of pure spiritual power like an undersea volcano.
"The spirit is burning, but the consciousness is extremely clear, and the thinking is extremely active." Lucian's consciousness was immersed in the spiritual sea, feeling light and airy, but he felt that he was full of infinite possibilities at this time. "Instead of calling it the Song of the Deep Sea, it would be more appropriate to call it an undersea volcano." However, at this time, he also seized the time to quickly refine the spewing spiritual power.
However, the changes in Lucian's body also caused some movement. At this time, several apprentices who were meditating felt the strange movements of the magic elements around them. A large number of free magic elements seemed to be pulled by something and began to move in one direction. Migrate at scale.
Lilia was the first to open her eyes, stood up and looked in the direction of Lucian.
She recognized this breath immediately. It was the special wave produced when taking Song of the Deep Sea.
She originally thought that Lucian asked for this unit of magic potion to prepare for his promotion to an official wizard in the future, and she also thought that she could get it back from Lucian at some cost later. But I didn't expect that he would use this magic potion so extravagantly!
"Lucian" glanced at Lilia indifferently, snorted slightly, and then closed his eyes again.
Lilia looked at Lucian, her chest rose and fell slightly, and her right hand holding Adeline tightened slightly.
"Teacher, calm down, now is not the time, and there are those goblins..." Gagarin seemed to see Lilia's restlessness. He boldly reminded her, and at the same time, Lilia looked at those people who seemed to have faces on the side. A half-elf with expectations.
"Huh." Lilia sat down heavily, and then looked at the group of half-elves indifferently.
At this time, "Lucian" nervously grabbed a handful of the mycelium under him with his own hands.
Carly felt like her heart was about to jump out of her chest just now. After all, this was her first time confronting a third-level wizard apprentice!
Although Lilia did not use her mental power to oppress Carly this time because she suffered a loss in the last mental conflict with Lucian, the simple confrontation with Lilia made Carly feel a little nervous just now. If the confrontation lasts for a while longer, Carly may not be able to maintain her expression.
Fortunately, the simple transformation witchcraft arranged by Teacher Lucian is quite bluffing... Carly secretly rejoiced in her heart, and at the same time looked at "herself" aside, silently praying that Teacher Lucian's meditation would end soon. .
At this time, Lucian's consciousness was fully stimulating the spiritual vortex in the spiritual sea to refine his mental power, and he only maintained a trace of mental power in the outside world to stay vigilant.
But at this time, he could feel that with the blessing of Song of the Deep Sea, his mental power level was increasing at an exaggerated rate.
If [Moonlight Praise] is a relatively mild potion with a slightly slow effect but no major side effects, then Song of the Deep Sea is a more domineering potion.
Under the influence of the Song of the Deep Sea, Lucian felt that a large amount of spiritual power was poured out of his spiritual sea all at once. This spiritual power was so huge that his spiritual vortex did not even have time to completely purify it. He was "squeezed out" of the vortex by the subsequent influx of mental power.
Even the little moonlight on the mental whirlpool caused by taking Moonlight Praise before was now transformed into less pure mental power under the simple and rough squeeze of Song of the Deep Sea, and was squeezed out of the spirit. swirl.
This kind of spiritual power obviously contains impurities, is relatively frivolous, and its purity is significantly reduced. If he wanted to have a solid foundation, Lucian would have to find a way to hone these mental powers in the future.
Although it has its drawbacks, Song of the Deep Sea also has a huge improvement in the increase of mental power. A large amount of mental power is condensed into spiritual runes under Lucian's control and is embedded in Lucian's spiritual sea.
Not long after, Lucian's spiritual sea began to vibrate slightly. Under this vibration, the mental power vortex also began to transform, and the spiritual sea also began to slowly expand for the second time.
According to the description of Gray Bones Meditation Method II, at this time, Lucian was officially promoted to a third-level wizard apprentice, and his mental power also improved significantly due to this expansion.
Rumble——
Lucian's consciousness was roaring slightly, but compared to the previous transformation, the magnitude of this transformation was much milder. The expansion of the spiritual sea has only increased by about one-third, but the surrounding membrane walls have become extremely thick and tough, increasing the endurance of Lucian's spiritual sea by several steps.
"Huh?" Lucian suddenly felt a physical "urge".
This is the body's instinctive desire to be promoted to a higher-level life form, and with Lucian's induction, he also felt "perfection" on the spiritual level.
As long as he is willing, he can now try to break through the third-level wizard apprenticeship to the official wizard level. He does not need any pharmaceutical assistance, nor does he need to arrange any rituals to increase the chance of promotion. He only needs to "lift his legs" slightly, and his Mental power can easily break through the bottleneck, allowing one's mental power to transform and sublimate again.
(End of chapter)