The Wizard's Secret Journey

Chapter 22 Meditation Method (4.5k chapter)

The next day, early in the morning.

Lin En, who was squatting beside the bed, twisted his neck, stood up, exhaled slightly, and put the draft paper about meditation method in his hand aside.

"This thing feels harder than advanced mathematics. Without a good understanding of the theory and sufficient previous knowledge, it is not easy to understand it."

'Also, I have to get a set of desks and chairs. It's not a good idea to always squat by the bed to write.

"After getting a set of tables and chairs, it would be a problem to continue practicing White Crow Swordsmanship in the shed... The area of ​​this shed is really too small."

Lynn sighed, looked down at the muddy ground in the shed, lifted up his deerskin boots that were covered in mud and could no longer be seen in their original form, and looked up at the hole above his head.

'Also, the roof needs repairing. During the day, I can use the light from the hole to read and save some money on oil lamps.

'It would be fine if it didn't rain, but when it rains it's really heavy rain outside and light rain inside.

"The most uncomfortable time is not when it rains, but when the sun comes out after the rain... When the scorching sun shines, the house is filled with steam, it is terribly hot and humid, and the ground is all muddy."

Lin En shook his head, but the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and it was obvious that he was in a good mood.

Since he traveled through time, he has been busy trying to survive and has no time to take care of these trivial matters.

But now Bai Ya's swordsmanship has reached a proficient stage, and his realm will soon be improved to the perfection of both arms. The two thugs were even dealt with by him yesterday.

His own savings amounted to 6 secondary magic stones, and he also had the skills to make magic films, so he no longer had to worry about the school's debts.

Everything is getting better!
Lynn's heart finally felt lighter, and thus she had more sensitivity to life.

However, despite being in a light-hearted mood, Lynn did not slack off. He got up early today and took advantage of the time when his brain was the clearest of the day to study the meditation method of Horsens apprentice.

He still hadn't forgotten the feeling of climbing up the wooden house easily and running quietly on it yesterday. He could still vividly remember the powerful force that suppressed Bathory and the other two with a single hand in the wooden house that day.

White Crow's swordsmanship was enough to surprise him.

What changes can the Horsens meditation method, which is several levels higher than the White Crow swordsmanship, bring to him?
Lynn is looking forward to it.

……

Black Alley Market.

"You have nothing else besides the mental shock film?"

Garland asked as he stood in front of Lynn's booth.

“No more adults.” Lynn shook her head.

Perhaps it was fate, the first person to come to the stall to ask the price this time was the young wizard apprentice, Garlan, who had taken care of his business last time.

"So you only know how to make films like mental shock?"

Garland picked up a piece of French paper, looked at it and asked again.

"Yes, sir," Lynn continued to answer patiently.

Garland nodded, stroking the high-quality French film, and suddenly asked:
"Your craftsmanship is so good, have you ever thought about joining a faction?"

Lynn glanced at Garland, shook his head calmly, and suddenly became a little alert.

It can be seen from the income from making crystal films that this is not a low-end profession.

In Cuilin City, some forces' main industry is selling crystal magic tablets.

Lin En heard that they would employ a group of people who specialized in making crystal tablets.

Or rather, slaves.

Those people generally signed harsh contracts, were kept in captivity somewhere, worked all their lives, but did not receive any deserved benefits.

They will just be squeezed to death.

So after hearing Garland's words, Lin En couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Could it be that the wizard apprentice in front of him was targeting him?

Just as Lin En was trying to use the fact that he was a candidate apprentice who was eliminated by the school, he heard Garland say with regret:

"Don't you want to join some force?

"It's good. At least I have enough freedom."

Lin En breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly felt that he was making a big deal out of nothing.

After all, the profit from the Mental Shock Crystal Spell Tablets was not that high, not enough to attract the covetousness of a wizard apprentice.

Garland seemed to just want to use this as an excuse to complain about something. He continued in a half-melancholy, half-sighing tone:

“Many times, when you live in this world, you cannot be free.

"Many things have thresholds and circles. If you don't get in, you won't get anything..."

Shaking his head, Garland picked up all the French tablets and finally said:
"I want all of this."

At the cuff of his outstretched sleeve, Lynn glimpsed a badge that she hadn't seen last time.

Oval in shape, made of brass, with a gold-plated human-shaped misty figure in the middle.

This seems to be the symbol of the Golden Shadow Gang.

……

In any case, Garland's incident was just a close call.

However, this also made Lin En more determined to prioritize improving his long-term strategy.

"A bottle of sweet vanilla essential oil for calming the mind, a bottle of seven flower bud honey dew for relieving physical fatigue, Cheng Hui 5 gold dragons."

At the counter, the boss handed the goods to Lin En with a smile.

He had two bottles of medicine and a complimentary aromatherapy burner.

The thumb-sized spherical glass bottle contained a lavender liquid, which was sweet vanilla essential oil.

The other one was slightly larger, but not much larger, and was elongated in shape, filled with light green seven-flower bud nectar.

As for the aromatherapy burner, it’s better not to mention the things that come with it.

Lin En paid the bill with a bit of pain in his heart and strode home.

5 gold dragons, equivalent to half a secondary magic stone.

I hope these two things can help me restore my own energy.

……

at dusk.

Lynn sat quietly in the shed and sighed.

To his left is an aromatherapy device that is being heated and released slowly.

Sweet vanilla essential oil does have a calming effect, and it works pretty well.

At least - when he found out that the essential oil worth 3 gold dragons was of no use to his own energy, he was not too excited.

Then look at the Seven Flower Bud Honeydew on the right.

An hour ago, Lynn had already taken a sip.

However, just like the sweet vanilla essential oil, the honey dew, apart from making him feel physically comfortable and relieving most of the fatigue from sword practice, did not play any role in restoring his own energy.

'It seems that I can't speed up the recovery of my own energy for the time being.

'At least not with these things.'

……

A few days later, in the evening.

After dinner, Lynn chatted with Gigos in the open space outside the shed.

Suddenly I got a strange news from him.

"You mean, another classmate was robbed by two vicious men?"

Lin En, whose figure had obviously become taller and stronger, asked doubtfully.

“Yes, this time it’s more serious.

"Remember Jason? He was the one who suffered this time. It is said that Jason resisted like you, but the end result was that his right hand was broken." said Gigos.

Jason is a tall and hot-tempered teenager among their batch of prospective apprentices.

When I was young, because I grew fast, I would sometimes follow a bad-tempered bully and bully other children.

Of course, it wasn’t until Lynn was 10 years old that a bullied boy successfully became a wizard apprentice and killed the bully whose name Lynn had even forgotten. Then Jason became much more honest and never bullied anyone else again.

"Maybe those two thugs learned from your experience, so they became more brutal this time." Jigos teased with a smile.

He did not doubt what Lynn had said, after all, Mrs. Carter was there to testify.

“Maybe he’s not as lucky as me, and someone helped to call the manager.” Lin En agreed with a smile, but he suddenly became alert in his heart.

Two more men... There is no way Bathory and Chidi could come back to life, so these are obviously two new men.

For some reason, Lynn thought of Ellison and Dole.

It’s not that I think those two men are them, but I feel that those two men must be related to them.

"Have you seen Butler Ellison recently?" Lynn asked.

"...No." Jigos thought about it carefully and shook his head. Lin En fell into deep thought, but soon relaxed his brows and turned to Jigos and asked:
"Speaking of which, how is your extraordinary transformation going? Where is Leona? Why didn't I see him today?"

"We have to wait a few more days. That gentleman is not free recently." Jigos replied with a smile on his face. "As for Leona, he is making preparations for his extraordinary transformation."

"So, the person you finally drew lots for was Leona?"

"Correct."

“…I wish you success.”

"Thank you."

……

Back in the shed, Lynn took out the sweet vanilla essential oil and added it to the diffuser.

Another 5 days have passed, and it's time to take a look.

After a moment, a sweet aroma that was sobering and peaceful wafted out, licked by the candle flame.

Lynn looked at himself again.

Points of golden light gather together.

[Name: Lynn Kent]

【Age: 16】

[Realm: White Crow Swordsmanship·Both arms (100/100)/Both legs (35/100)]

[Skills: Preparation of Spiritual Shock Crystal Slices (Proficient); White Crow Swordsmanship: Remnant (Proficient)]

[Source energy: 0.1 (self); 0 (world)]

The 5 gold dragons I spent a few days ago were not wasted.

Although the Seven Flower Bud Honeydew cannot restore one's own energy, Lin En later unexpectedly discovered that it is very helpful for practicing the White Crow Swordsmanship.

With its assistance, the White Crow swordsmanship that was tailor-made for him made great progress in just five days.

The arm part was completed in just three days, one day ahead of schedule, and the leg part has also reached almost half of the progress.

Moreover, what made Lin En most happy was——

He could vaguely feel that the total amount of his own source energy seemed to have increased due to the increase in his own strength.

It just hasn't reached a qualitative change yet, so it can't be reflected in the light curtain.

The changes in these data are reflected in reality as Lin En's physical strength now exceeds that of ordinary people.

A simple jump will allow you to reach the roof of the shed.

The sword weighing about 800 grams seemed as light as a straw in his hand.

Every time he danced with the sword, it was like silver flowers splashing, giving a feeling of "flocks of white crows flying fast in the night" as described in the sword technique.

If Lin En had not already made up his mind, he would have wanted to continue to observe the White Crow swordsmanship this time!
Looking away, under the effect of the aromatherapy, Lin En's mind gradually became clear, and his complicated thoughts gradually faded away.

He closed his eyes, took out a secondary magic stone and held it in his hand, and began to observe the meditation method of the Horsens apprentice.

Knowledge like this that has been memorized by heart does not need the help of a physical carrier and can be understood only in the mind.

The talent of peeping into the truth is activated.

Lynn entered a state of ecstasy again. He felt himself being infinitely lifted up and infinitely falling down, with all his consciousness wandering in the ocean of mystery.

……

"The core of a wizard is the spirit."

"Spirit is the only thing that can control the source of energy in the world. It is also the key for wizards to master extraordinary powers!"

"The spirit of a mortal is like a spark, which will be extinguished if blown. If you want to become a wizard, the first thing you need to do is to increase the strength of your spirit."

Counselors have told them this countless times over the past nine years.

But it is not that easy for ordinary people to enhance their mental strength.

There is naturally a layer of spiritual fog shrouding the spiritual consciousness of mortals.

This protects mortals from being easily contaminated by the real world, leading to alienation and death.

But at the same time, it also caused most external objects that could enhance mental strength to lose their effect on them.

The remaining external objects that can enhance spiritual strength are all cherished, except for one thing -

Magic power.

Since the spirit can affect magic power, magic power can also affect the spirit in turn, and even enhance the spirit.

The so-called meditation method, its essence is to use magic power to grow the spirit, and then use the grown spirit to control the magic power.

In reality, it is easy to use magic to strengthen the body, and it is also easy to reach the upper limit - for example, the White Crow Sword Technique is essentially to use movement and breathing in coordination with the spirit to roughly guide magic to strengthen the body. The upper limit is only the level of an ordinary second-class apprentice, and there are many limitations.

But it is not so easy to enhance the spirit through magic power.

The complexity of this process is at least a hundred times higher than strengthening the body!
This also led to a serious problem:

"A weak spirit cannot finely mobilize the magic power, and if you cannot finely mobilize the magic power, you cannot strengthen your spirit.
"If the spirit is not improved, it will be impossible to finely mobilize the magic power..."

This is an endless loop, also known by wizards as:

[Extraordinary Pass].

This is also the reason why, in the ancient times, only a small number of people with extraordinary talents or who had obtained some kind of rare treasure could possess extraordinary powers.

But later, the birth of meditation successfully solved this dilemma.

Mortals can rely on meditation to create complex meditation runes in their brains, allowing their originally weak spirits to have a powerful effect.

Thus, you can break the vicious circle and embark on the path of wizardry!

The logic sounds simple, but it is not that easy to create a meditation rune that can make the spirit have a powerful effect.

……

After a long time.

Lin En opened his eyes, his face showing the paleness that was unique to those who had just seen the truth.

But perhaps because he gradually adapted, compared to the first time he collapsed on the bed, his condition after treatment was much better now. At least it was not difficult for him to sit steadily.

Summon the light curtain.

As Lin En expected, there was no new text in the skills column.

'However, this time of peeping was not completely useless. At least I have roughly understood the structure of the meditation runes of the Horsens apprentice's meditation method.

'As the instructor said, this is a meditation rune that tends towards 'recovery' and 'stability'.

'If you rely on it to advance, the spiritual and magical energy that grows in the future will also show the same characteristics.

'To put it more specifically, the recovery speed of mental and magical energy after consumption will be faster, and the growth of mental strength will be more stable.'

Lin En lowered his eyes and looked at his own source energy which had returned to zero, and sighed slightly.

Overall, the effect of this peeping was about what he had imagined, and not as surprising as the White Crow swordsmanship.

It is estimated that it will take at least seven or eight times, or even more than ten times, before I can successfully construct the meditation rune.

'If you can always keep looking into the truth.

"Or, it would be nice if the effect of each peeping could be improved..."

Thinking of this, Lin En stared at Bai Ya's swordsmanship with his eyes flashing.

……

A few days later, it was still dark in the morning.

Lynn hasn't even gotten up yet.

Leona and the other two had already packed their things and gathered outside Jigos's shed, ready to go to the Wuhuan gathering for transformation.

In the hazy mist, the three young men didn't speak, but there was nervousness and anticipation in their eyes.

Among them, Leonard was particularly nervous. He kept clenching his fists, stamping his feet from time to time, and exhaling softly.

"Hey, look at me, Leona." Gigos tapped his chest with his hand and stared at him. "Don't be nervous, okay? Relax a little."

"If you're scared, I'm willing to trade with you." Ant said suddenly from the side.

"Of course that's impossible." Leona took a deep breath and finally said, "Let's go."

The sun slowly rose, the first ray of sunlight illuminated the earth, and the figures of the three young men had disappeared at the alley entrance.

In the shed on the other side, Lynn got up.

After a simple wash, he did not study meditation as usual, but practiced White Crow Swordsmanship.

After a few days, the progress of White Crow Swordsmanship - Double Legs has reached 92/100.

If nothing unexpected happens, perfection can be achieved today.

Lin En had a premonition that his own source of energy would undergo a qualitative change by then!

(End of this chapter)