Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 595 Obtaining Advanced Meditation Techniques and Imaginary Root Imaginary Magic
After Locke returned to his dormitory, he calculated his current savings.

In the past two months, I have spent a lot of time and effort to increase my magic pressure and combat power.

Moreover, they have a bunch of things that can generate revenue later, just waiting for them to develop them. If they develop them well, they can be monetized into resources.

“I’ve spent a total of 605 million magic stones recently,” Locke said. “I currently have 450,000 in savings and 200,000 magic stones that I just received last month.”

My original total monthly income was 160,000. I also had some scattered orders from Hydra and Hydra on the Arthas platform. Although I didn't earn as much as I did on Love Festival, it still brought me about 40,000 magic stones a month.

Therefore, I currently have 650,000 magic stones in my savings.

Moreover, he had already paid off the principal of 500,000 and the interest of 25,000 owed to the Fairy Family Bank ahead of schedule.

As long as the annual interest can be paid in full at once, the Wizard Bank has no reason to refuse to pay the entire principal plus interest in advance.

"The development of Tyrant Essence No. 2 still requires Professor Ekaterina to act as a go-between and discuss it with those high-ring wizards," Locke pondered.

At his level, developing a single project would require around a million magic stones, and the cost would skyrocket for slightly larger projects.

I'm considered a wizard with an amazing utilization rate.

Therefore, with my current savings, I can forget about developing a second Overlord Demon Plant project, and I don't need to use my own money to do it either.

Collaborating with the High Ring Wizard's research group might actually bring him some external investment.

Doing research not only doesn't lose you money, but you can actually make some!

Although this is counterintuitive, the development project of Tyrant No. 2 does indeed have the capability if it is managed properly.

"I'll use the remaining money to buy some resources to improve my strength." Locke wrote a list on his desk, which included various purification potions and some potions to replenish his magical energy.

Then, Locke shook the wizard's bell on the table, summoning Ginny, the half-dragon maid that the witch Catherine had given him.

Locke looked at Ginny in surprise. "You've reached the vaporization stage?"

Ginny hadn't expected Locke's mental sensitivity to be so high. Just by being in the same room with her, Locke could sense the change in her magical power with just a glance.

Ginny said, "My esteemed little master, you recently bestowed upon me a Dragon Essence Qi, which enhanced my bloodline power, enabling me to become a Bloodline Wizard at the first stage of Qi Transformation."

Locke nodded slightly, though he was somewhat surprised that the Catherine the Witch would suddenly bestow a reward upon Ginny.

"Dragon Essence Qi is a product of the combination of the breath of a true dragon and elemental power, but it can only be created by a true dragon at the third ring stage. For bloodline wizards and races like yours who are primarily of dragon blood, it is indeed a rare treasure."

But it's of no use to me.

The level of the dragon bloodline within me is not low. Using the aura of other dragon bloodlines of the same level will pollute my own bloodline and instead create a constraint for me.

Locke handed the list to Ginny and said, "Go and buy the supplies on the list. These are the corresponding magic crystal cards."

Locke was already familiar with most of the supplies list at Dragonblood Market. Besides, Ginny was a member of Catherine the Witch's kin race and part of her great magic, so it was highly unlikely that she would embezzle any of it.

Ginny glanced at the list in her hand and found that it was full of high-value magical items. Outside of Yunze Wetlands, it was difficult to even hear about buying them, let alone buy them.

"Dream Tears Vitality, Barrier-Breaking Witch Porcelain..."

"I understand, Master."

After watching her leave, Locke tidied himself up, boarded the cloud whale, and prepared to go to the witch Catherine to receive the advanced meditation method.

Soon, he sat atop the white clouds and arrived at the Shinchiin Castle, entering the seventh floor and walking along the corridor styled after the base of a volcano.

Locke paused for a moment before the Crimson Demon at the end of the corridor. The Crimson Demon, which had once completely captivated his desires and nearly caused his death, was still powerful, now transformed into a black and red rose, constantly stimulating his desires, especially his thirst for knowledge.

However, Locke, having learned the flow state from the Peach Arch Thorn Arrow magic, entered a state of spiritual emptiness and remained unaffected by it.

"It is said that second-ring magical plants are fundamentally different from first-ring magical plants. First-ring magical plants possess revolutionary wood element crystal clusters, which turn each plant cell into a high-pressure energy reactor, thus breaking through the first limit and reaching the first-ring stage from the apprentice stage."

"In order to obtain more energy, the second-ring demonic plant has evolved a special imaginary root."

Locke looked at the roots of the Red Demon God before him and saw some of its normal roots in the magma. But beyond the normal roots, there were also some roots that could only be observed with the [Spiritual Vision] and existed only on the spiritual level.

Locke used two Myster powers to protect his soul, which allowed him to observe the imaginary root at the bottom of the Crimson Demon God up close.

"The evolution of plants is essentially a series of acquisitions and utilizations of energy, as well as innovations in the ways in which they are utilized."

"From the vascular bundles of ordinary plants, to seeds, to flowers, to fruits, and finally to the acquisition of photosensitive pigments, each evolution of plants creates a new batch of plants."

"The problem of insufficient energy acquisition efficiency needs to be solved for the Second Ring Magic Plant."

"Traditional plant roots, no matter how they change, cannot support the enormous energy required by second-ring magical plants. Therefore, plants have found a correct evolutionary path—imaginary roots..."

"There are many kinds of imaginary roots, but imaginary numbers (the imaginary axis, which is perpendicular to the real number axis from negative to positive numbers, can be the axis of rotation in a three-dimensional model, serving as a third number axis) do not exist in the physical world, but they can exist in the spiritual world. Imaginary roots are powerful roots that can absorb both the real and imaginary worlds simultaneously, the same world, two kinds of energy."

Therefore, only magical plants possessing imaginary roots have the potential to evolve into second-ring magical plants.

After carefully observing the Red Demon God, Locke turned around and pushed open the conference room door.

This is what I learned from reading the literature about magical plants related to the second ring in the library.

With my current knowledge, my understanding is certainly not comprehensive.

For example, why do magical plants, which only possess imaginary roots, have their wood element crystal cluster cells strengthened?

Furthermore, I only have a conceptual understanding of imaginary roots; I know that such a thing exists, but I have no idea about the specific mechanisms and principles behind it.

In fact, this thing is equivalent to being able to extract enough energy from the same area out of thin air.

For me right now, it's basically creating something from nothing.

It's really incomprehensible.

Moreover, looking at the process of regression, it's unclear why the wizards, when choosing to advance to the second ring, didn't refer to the advancement path of magical plants, but instead chose the path of maximum magic.

I did not choose the imaginary number magic route described in the book.

Historically, there was a period when imaginary number magic and maximum magic coexisted.

However, over a long period of time, those wizards who had chosen imaginary number magic all switched to learning maximum magic, and the once-popular imaginary number magic was lost.

However, these are things that can only be explored after one becomes a second-circle wizard.

Inside the meeting room, Catherine the Witch, dressed in an elegant red silk gown, was not wearing her main crown but had her hair down, and was spraying water mist onto a pot of dragon blood coral.

Locke glanced at the casually dressed Catherine the Witch with surprise and said, "Teacher, I have arrived at the time you agreed."

"Should I go out for a bit so you can freshen up?"

The witch Catherine waved her hand and said, "No need."

“Locke, why didn’t you come in immediately? You stood in the corridor for a long time.”

Locke said to the witch Catherine, "Teacher, I am observing the imaginary root of the Red Demon God."

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

Catherine the Witch nodded slightly. "No, quite the opposite. I am not angry at all; on the contrary, I am very pleased with the great progress you have made in the past six months."

"Do you remember when you first came to my office? You almost fell into the Red Demon's trap, so much so that you dared not look at it again. But now, you can observe it closely, even its spiritual magical plant organs, the Imaginary Roots."

"That's great, you've shown me how much you've grown."

Instead of having Locke demonstrate the Peach Arch Thorn Arrow spell to test whether he had truly learned it, the witch Catherine directly addressed Locke, saying, "Here is the catalog of advanced meditation techniques from Mount Golden Crown. You can choose from it based on the entry contract that Director Morrison negotiated for you."

Locke picked up the document with anticipation and began to read it.

There are a total of twenty-one advanced meditation methods at Mount Jinmian.

The name of each book is written in advanced magical script. Even an ordinary first-ring wizard would have to put in some effort just to remember the words written in this magical language.

"Advanced Meditation Technique of the Heart of Nature, Advanced Meditation Technique of the Crown of Flames... Advanced Meditation Technique of the Potions Mountain..."

The witch Catherine said, "Whether it is ordinary meditation or advanced meditation, they are essentially just simplified versions of advanced meditation."

"In the ancient wizarding world, the original method of learning meditation was advanced meditation. Advanced meditation, also known as primitive meditation, was the first batch of meditation methods. Later meditation methods were either simplified versions of these, namely ordinary meditation and advanced meditation, or advanced versions of them."

Locke looked at the witch Catherine with surprise.

The witch Catherine said, "But wizards gradually discovered that the consequences of directly teaching advanced meditation techniques were far too severe. Less than one in ten wizards could learn them, and advancement was extremely difficult. Therefore, simplified versions of advanced meditation techniques gradually emerged, and were simplified twice in total." "If the first two meditation techniques involved visualizing certain mythical beings and gaining magical power through analysis and imitation, then the true meditation technique now requires not visualizing them, but visualizing yourself."

"That is, to enter the state of 'no thought,' by forcing oneself into the state of 'no thought,' to visualize oneself, to draw power from within oneself, and to visualize the rules of the corresponding primal world."

Locke paused for a moment.

The witch Catherine said, "There are a total of twenty-six advanced meditation methods on Mount Golden Crown. They are all original meditation methods that have been passed down from ancient times to increase spiritual power. Five of them were taken away by Lu Xuqiao, so you can only choose from these twenty-one."

Locke hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Teacher, which meditation method would you recommend I learn? After all, I really don't know anything about it."

The witch Catherine said, “That depends on you. If you want to become a full-fledged botanical and breeding wizard, then choosing the Heart of Nature meditation method is the most suitable.”

"If you have bigger ambitions, you can choose the Eye of the World meditation method. This meditation method itself is also biased towards the power of nature. It also requires you to sink into your own heart and visualize the root power of the natural force plane in order to obtain the power of the natural force plane."

"In fact, advanced meditation and advanced meditation are the same. They are both ways for wizards to enhance their mental power by utilizing the Force plane."

"It's just that instead of visualizing mythical creatures, you directly visualize the underlying power of that Force plane by visualizing yourself."

"There are slight differences in the methods and directions of observation among the various advanced meditation techniques. Therefore, the nature of the magical power obtained is different, but these effects are not significant."

The witch Catherine said, “Gaining magical power is the most important thing. The Heart of Nature meditation will increase your affinity with nature, and the Eye of the World meditation will also increase your affinity with nature, though not as deeply, but it will also increase your affinity with other magic.”

"Similarly, the Sacred Beast Horn Meditation Method allows one to visualize the plane origin of the Sacred Force Plane; the Flame Crown Meditation Method allows one to visualize the plane origin of the Fire Force Plane... The Flame Claw Meditation Method also allows one to visualize the plane origin of the Fire Force Plane, but the focus is different, so the magical properties obtained are slightly different..."

"Even with advanced meditation techniques, one can only focus on one aspect to visualize the plane origin of a Force plane."

Locke pointed to an advanced meditation technique called "Heart of All Beasts" and asked, "Teacher, which Force plane does this meditation technique visualize?"

The witch Catherine glanced at it and said, "That is the Visualization of the Soul Force Dimension."

"The Force plane is like the sun, radiating energy across the endless void. We wizards use meditation to obtain this energy to replenish our magic."

"However, the so-called meditation method is just a way to obtain magical power and increase magical pressure."

The witch Catherine raised her left hand, and flames immediately appeared in the void, gathering on her left hand.

At the same time, a powerful surge of magical energy poured in. "When using advanced meditation, you can simultaneously receive the magical tidal power of the wizarding world and the world force of a certain Force plane."

"But for example, with this wizard tower beneath my feet, I can use the energy from the elemental fission well within the tower to gather within a wizard's body and help him gain an increase in magical pressure, although the efficiency is very low."

Locke had a sudden inspiration. "So, for high-level wizards, meditation isn't the only way to increase magical pressure?"

The witch Catherine reminded him, "Yes, and no."

"Because even low-level wizards, or even wizarding apprentices, don't only have one way to increase their magical power. You can drink potions or eat some special world artifacts; these are all alternative ways to increase your magical power, they just don't last."

"Currently, the most mainstream and efficient way for wizards to enhance their magic power is to visualize the Force plane and obtain its power."

The witch Catherine said, "This is also a characteristic of our wizarding civilization. The Force plane is one of the main sources of energy in the void, but generally only the world can convert the energy of the Force plane to form new planes in the void, or to grow and maintain the planes themselves."

"The energy radiation of the major primal force planes mainly serves those planes that are formed independently in the void."

"Almost all civilizations cannot utilize the Force plane, or can only indirectly utilize the energy radiated from the Force plane. But our high-ring wizards of the wizarding civilization have successfully converted the Force into their own energy by visualizing the world, meditating on themselves, and understanding all things."

"In a sense, we wizards are helping the wizarding world increase its absorption efficiency of various types of Force radiating from the Void and the various Force planes. Our wizarding civilization is, to a large extent, giving back to this world."

"This is also one of the main reasons why the wizarding world is becoming more and more powerful."

Locke nodded; he finally had a clearer understanding of advanced meditation techniques.

Locke asked, "Teacher, what is your advanced meditation method?"

The witch Catherine thought for a moment, then said, "That was too long ago. It's pointless for you to ask me that. How to make the choice is up to you."

Locke nodded and said, "Then, teacher, I choose the Eye of the World Advanced Meditation Method."

My primary goals are basically two: the eye of the world and the heart of nature.

Both of these meditation methods involve visualizing the planes of natural primal forces.

The only difference is the focus.

Having invested the most in the natural force plane along the way, and possessing a multitude of things related to it, there's naturally no need for me to give it up.

The Heart of Nature leans towards purely botanical wizards, and its creators were probably purely botanical wizards.

The World Eye, on the other hand, is more comprehensive.

Based on his research and dedication to potion-making and archaeology, the most suitable method for him is definitely the Eye of the World Advanced Meditation Method.

Moreover, as the teacher said, enhancing magical power is the most important function of advanced meditation.

Other so-called magical properties are really not that different.

Therefore, there is no need to hesitate too much in this regard.

The witch Catherine curled her lips into a smile. "Well, the characteristics of advanced meditation techniques don't actually have a serious impact. Unless it's two advanced meditation techniques, each pointing to a completely different Force plane."

"The impact of making the wrong choice will be quite significant."

"For example, you're a botanical wizard using advanced meditation techniques from the Fire Force plane. While this can increase your magical pressure..."

Locke asked in surprise, "Is that possible?"

Ekaterina nodded. "Actually, it's possible. As long as it's an advanced meditation technique, it can help a wizard continue to increase their magical pressure, and even after becoming a second-circle wizard, it can still help them increase their mental strength. It doesn't matter."

"But that would be a terrible mismatch. Even if it could barely function, it would affect your future."

Locke nodded. It was probably a hardware and software incompatibility, but if they wanted to force it to work, it should be usable.

The witch Catherine added, "Botanical wizards who use advanced meditation techniques related to the Fire Force plane will face limitations and find it increasingly difficult to progress, even if they become second-circle wizards, unless they switch to meditation. Visualization is essentially a form of learning."

"If you meditate on the Fire Force plane every day, you will lack a lot of knowledge and insights related to the natural force plane. Also, your own magical pressure nature is not suitable for studying botany, and you will miss many sudden flashes of inspiration that may occur due to this advanced meditation method."

Ekaterina fell into deep thought. “But there are always exceptions. One of the current vice-principals of Mount Golden Crown, a fourth-circle wizard, spent his youth in the [Salt Sand Dead Sea] wizarding land in the Eastern Boundary. Due to the scarcity of resources, he could only learn whatever he could find. Thus, this bloodline wizard learned an advanced meditation technique that connects to the plane of wind power.”

"This caused him a lot of trouble. But he overcame these difficulties and eventually became a fourth-circle wizard."

The witch Catherine spoke with respect. "Alright, if you need it in the future, you can try to obtain other advanced meditation techniques and learn from them. In short, this is the Eye of the World Advanced Meditation Technique."

"By the way, this is also the meditation method I chose during the first crystallization stage."

The witch Catherine chanted a spell, and a small black hole appeared between the two of them. Then, a magic book made of spiritual energy spewed out from the black hole.

The spiritual magic book transformed into a stream of light and flew into the space between his eyebrows.

The next moment, countless spiritual runes flew out of the magic book and fell into his sea of ​​consciousness.

Locke felt his thoughts being forcibly carried away, and then his mind plummeted. In an instant, a thousand thoughts were jumbled up, and the scene before him was bizarre and grotesque.

It was as if he were crashing into a plane of natural forces in the endless void.

Locke subconsciously tried to control his mind and break free from the influence of the advanced meditation technique, but it was somewhat difficult.

Countless thoughts seemed to suddenly appear in my mind.

Advanced meditation techniques allow one to directly visualize the world, and then, an uncontrollable thought pops into one's mind—

'I am not myself!'

'I don't exist!'

'I do not exist; I am the world, and the world is me. I am the plane of natural forces!'

The next moment, Locke realized something was wrong and immediately used his remaining attention to strengthen his consciousness, preventing himself from being assimilated by the world in the advanced meditation.

Then, he thought of the flow state of the Peach Bow Thorn Arrow.

He forced his spirituality into a blank state, then had no thoughts, no emotions, and in the process, he saw himself.

It confirmed its own existence.

Having abandoned wild thoughts, and under the influence of those world forces, one can still clearly distinguish oneself from other things.

Because of the emptiness of one's own spirituality, the chaotic forces of the world are naturally as clear as black and white!
(End of this chapter)