Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 829 Spirit Breath Cultivation Method and Time-Limited Reading
In the dormitory of the Golden Crown Mountain True Knowledge Institute, Locke looked at the information materials transmitted by the witch Catherine through the water hyacinth network; there were two documents in total.

Both are encrypted magic books.

Locke looked at the first document, which was the Spirit Breath Breeding Method.

Locke sat at his desk, waved his hand, and a magic lamp lit up. At the same time, he said to the wood elf servant in the room, "Prepare some cold-brewed bluefish tea for me."

Herring tea can help maintain a high level of mental focus, allowing you to better acquire information.

Especially this spiritual cultivation method, these magical texts that put pressure on the soul just by reading them.

If a wizard apprentice were to read such a magic book, it would easily corrupt his soul.

The wood elf maid looked troubled.

“I’m sorry, my master. It’s not that I’m unwilling to serve you, but I’m unable to make you cold-brewed herring tea.”

Locke frowned, suddenly realizing that this wood elf maid was merely a mortal servant assigned to him by the academy free of charge. Asking her to brew tea bags prepared by the tea master according to a fixed procedure was fine for an apprentice-level tea, but asking her to brew first-level Qingyu tea was asking too much of her.

Locke said to her, "I understand. Go and clean up."

No wonder many formal wizards like to enslave their apprentices, making them do chores.

Indeed, some mortal servants simply cannot do things that only wizard apprentices can do.

He went to the kitchen himself and found the place where the herring tea was stored.

Second-circle wizards at True Knowledge Academy enjoy a host of perks, mainly in terms of daily life. For example, they receive magic rice every month, and a certain amount of magic tea is allocated to their dormitories each month.

I receive a certain number of grass carp tea bags every month.

Of course, there are only five in total. This approach is very clever because after using Wizard Tea for thinking, people will develop the habit of drinking Wizard Tea when thinking about difficult problems, and then they will develop a consumption habit.

This is probably what Chad, the wizard's senior brother, meant by cultivating the wizards' consumer values.

Locke extracted the tea bag with cold water, brewed himself a cup, and took a sip of the herring tea. The aroma filled the air, and his mind cleared up.

Locke returned to his study and began reading the Spirit Breathing Method.

I already knew what spiritual energy was; its other names were breath soil or void soil.

If plant roots take root in rocks and create soil, then imaginary roots take root in the imaginary sea and create various kinds of "breathing soil".

Locke learned from reading the literature that the high-level breeders have proven one thing: the four elemental realms of each plane are basically formed by the accumulation of spiritual energy.

“Spiritual energy is an evolution of spirituality, but it is not simply spirituality. Just as soil is peeled off from broken rocks, it is not simply soil. Soil also contains a large number of microorganisms and humus. Similarly, spiritual energy contains various natural magical structural components that can only be secreted by the surface of the imaginary root.”

Locke knew that the imaginary root was a biological structure, so it was not a magical artifact. Unlike magical artifacts, the imaginary root had countless pores, allowing it to interact with the internal and external environment.

The Imaginary Root is rooted in the Imaginary Ocean, not only drawing spiritual energy from it, but also actively secreting various natural magical structural components, and even modifying the Imaginary Ocean to a certain extent.

Locke rubbed his temples; acquiring this knowledge put a lot of pressure on his soul.

Because this is not a simple second-level document in essence, for some reason, when Catherine the Witch wrote the special document for herself, she mixed in some of her unique interpretations, which made it more stressful for me to acquire this knowledge than to read Ling Hongxue's documents.

"Groudon is a special world, inhabited by many Pandaren who have developed their life energy to an extreme degree, calling themselves the Air Masters. In their world, the number of high-level magical plants is extremely large, with a large number of second-level magical plants simultaneously fishing for the Imaginary Sea, resulting in the generation of a large amount of high-level spiritual energy. This spiritual energy has the property of overlapping, that is, the spiritual energy attracts and superimposes on each other, thus creating a unique realm in Groudon—the Pandaren Asgard Realm."

"In the Dragonlance Great World, there is a powerful magical plant called the Creation Mushroom, which has the largest known imaginary root system in the world. The mushroom fished out the imaginary sea and generated a large amount of spiritual energy. After countless tens of thousands of years of accumulation, it created a special realm - the Dragonlance God Realm."

"In the world of Atlanta, the underwater magical plants have been fishing for the spiritual essence of the imaginary sea for hundreds of thousands of years, creating a special Dharma realm - the Caspian Sea Dharma realm."

Locke immediately realized that spiritual energy had the ability to raise one's [level].

However, a little bit of spiritual energy is probably not enough. A large amount of spiritual energy needs to be accumulated to deepen this ability to enhance the [level] of life forms. Only then can the magical plants that grow on it be upgraded in [level].

"That's why magical plants in a world are so important. The quantity and level of magical plants in a world will directly affect the evolution of that world."

"But it seems that the rank wasn't raised."

Locke saw the annotations that Catherine the Witch had specifically given him.

"The Dharma Realm generated by spiritual energy, or what some people call the Spirit Realm, elevates not the level of power, but the level of life."

"Most breeders believe that the Dharma realm formed by spiritual energy can elevate the life level of demonic plants. Therefore, the essence of the spiritual energy cultivation method is to use the characteristics of spiritual energy to strengthen and breed demonic plants."

"Most second-ring breeders believe that the entire second-ring breeding method has two core elements—spirituality and spiritual breath."

"Breeders at this stage can directly see the power of the planes and the flow of spirituality with their naked eyes. Therefore, they can directly see the spirituality in all five previous stages of cultivation. This leads to the strengthening of the five cultivation methods. For example, in the grafting cultivation method, because breeders can see the flow of spirituality, they can use a more in-depth grafting method."

“When using hybridization breeding methods, multiple types of pollen can be donated to a single pistil.”

"Using the cutting propagation method, we can produce tissue culture seedlings that are free of impurities and possess a unique quality..."

"The Magical Resonance Cultivation Method and the Finite Element Single Component Analysis Cultivation Method have also been enhanced accordingly. As for the Spiritual Breath Cultivation Method, specific spiritual breath can be used to specifically enhance magical plants using the five cultivation methods, or the Spiritual Breath Cultivation Method can be used for individual cultivation."

A scene appeared before Locke's eyes: a second-ring breeder using a large amount of spiritual energy and various magical plants to create a small world, which was filled with selected spiritual energy.

Then, a magical plant grew in this small world. Because of the spiritual energy, it could directly affect the characteristics of the magical plants that grew out of this small world.

It can become stronger and grow best within the same group.

It can also alter some plant factors to create a new set of plant essences.

The key point is that the imaginary root and the spiritual energy complement each other. The spiritual energy appears because of the imaginary root, and the imaginary root evolves because of the spiritual energy.

Therefore, a skilled second-ring breeder can use the Spirit Breath Cultivation Method to evolve the Imaginary Root, or to give the Imaginary Root of a magical plant special characteristics, making it the kind of special Imaginary Root that Locke had seen before.

"Huh? Only the first half?" Locke was completely engrossed in the story when he suddenly realized it had abruptly ended, leaving him somewhat disappointed.

However, it was discovered that the latter half seemed to be about the in-depth application of the Spirit Breath Cultivation Method, while the first half introduced the past and present of the Spirit Breath Cultivation Method, as well as its basic applications.

It was clear that Catherine the Witch believed Locke was not yet ready to learn the second half of the text.

Locke rubbed his temples and said, "The teaching materials written by the teacher are excellent. But this must be a private teaching material written for the sect. It couldn't have been written just for me, could it? I have to keep this teaching material. I can look at it often in my spare time and gain a lot of insights. It might also be useful when I teach others in the future."

Locke first skimmed through the entire magic book, but only got a general overview. Now he was going to begin reading it more carefully.

Locke looked back at the previous content.

A day later, Locke noticed that the witch Catherine had two major differences in her understanding of the Spirit Breath Cultivation Method compared to ordinary second-ring breeders.

Locke read aloud, “Ordinary second-ring breeders believe that the core of breeding at the second-ring stage is spirituality and spiritual breath, but I believe that the core of the second-ring stage is only one thing, and that is spirituality. By mastering the precise understanding of spirituality, one can learn the breeding method well.”

"Too many breeders waste a lot of time on identifying spiritual energy (breath soil), which is completely meaningless. The types of spiritual energy are inexhaustible because new magical plants are born in this world every day, and the spiritual energy transformed from the imaginary roots of each magical plant is slightly different."

“The spiritual energy is inexhaustible, because new and subtle spiritual energy is generated every day.”

“The current methods of learning spirituality are a complete mess, upside down and confused. They only waste people’s time and yield nothing. Breeders should focus their main energy on the understanding of spirituality.”

Locke saw a special method for training eyesight that the witch Catherine had taught him.

It seems that it will cost quite a bit of money to buy a complete set of tools.

It basically involves buying a large number of spiritual samples and then studying and practicing them every day using the picture books.

At first, you can identify samples by referring to the picture book. In the end, you should be able to see the sample and directly describe its general characteristics and the specific range of the sample.

No need to rely on image catalogs.

The witch Catherine explained that this was how she trained herself during the second stage of the training.

This is a little trick for learning the spiritual breath cultivation method. It's just something she uses personally and may not be suitable for everyone, so it's only recommended to herself and not mandatory.

The learning requirements for the traditional spiritual breath cultivation method are also mentioned above: first, use the five basic spiritual breaths to create a small world, and then begin practicing.

It's like practicing to improve your skills; you do it first and then practice, learning through practice.

Another thing is to learn the basic theoretical knowledge of spiritual breathing.

However, following this traditional method requires a lot of time and money, and there's still a chance of not being able to learn it at all.

Locke looked at the spellbook and read Catherine the Witch's second unique perspective.

"The place where spiritual energy gathers—the Dharma Realm—does not elevate life levels. I think most third-ring wizards are wrong on this point."

“I call it lift volume.”

"What is capacity? The more water a cup can hold, the greater its capacity. The Dharma Realm does not fundamentally change the status of demonic plants, but only alters their total demonic pressure and certain characteristics."

"The life level of the magical plant has not changed much; it's just that its ecological niche may have changed."

"The description of raising one's life level is like entering the Dharma Realm, where one's life can be sublimated, and the life level of demonic plants in the Dharma Realm will undergo a fundamental change compared to that of demonic plants outside. This description is incorrect; I think describing it as raising one's capacity is more appropriate."

"A small error can lead to a huge difference."

In her book, the witch Catherine warned: "In my opinion, the reason why many breeders struggle to enter the realm of second-circle breeding is likely because they misunderstand the role of spiritual energy. Spiritual energy can only enhance the capacity of magical plants, not elevate their life level." "And once this is misunderstood, serious errors will occur in the structure of the spell model. At the same time, the true function of the spiritual energy cultivation method will be completely misunderstood."

Locke realized that the teacher's so-called "lifting capacity" should refer to the special effect produced by cultivating magical plants using the Spirit Breath Cultivation Method.

However, by simply reading this magic book, I have never been able to fully understand this part of the content.

Locke gulped down the bluefish tea, his brain racing, but he still couldn't make sense of this part of the story.

"It seems that only through practice can one understand the relationship between the cultivation method of spiritual energy and one's capacity."

"The focus of learning the Second Ring Cultivation Method is on spirituality, while the spiritual energy enhances the capacity of the demonic plant. This seems to be the teacher's unique understanding, not the common understanding of Second Ring Breeders. But I'll still follow the teacher."

Locke thought for a moment and said, "The teacher's understanding should be better."

After all, the teacher is about to become a fourth-circle wizard.

Her level of expertise as a breeder clearly surpasses the general understanding of ordinary second-tier breeders.

I only learned these things because I became her student.

Locke glanced at the magical mechanical clock in his study and realized that he had been reading this document for 30 hours using the Water Hyacinth System.

Locke stood up and stretched. Suddenly, a notification popped up on the Water Hyacinth System: [Reading time remaining: 270].

Locke paused for a moment, then quickly closed the virtual spellbook.

"The teacher actually set a time limit for my reading. This means that I can only read her magic book on the cultivation of spiritual energy for 300 hours."

Locke's expression changed slightly, because the content of the Spirit Breath Cultivation Method was simply too vast.

For a novice breeder, it was like discovering the world.

To create a small world, just to cultivate a magical plant.

This approach is truly amazing.

The witch Catherine only gave herself three hundred hours to read this level of magic book.

why?
Locke sat down and began to think calmly. First, he immediately recalled what he had just memorized and found that much of it had become blurred due to the pressure on his soul.

He immediately sat down, used advanced meditation to enter a state of no-thought, tried hard to recall it, and wrote it on magic paper with a magic quill.

Locke wiped his forehead and wrote down the most important training methods of traditional spiritual cultivation and the training methods of the Catherine the Witch's spiritual cultivation.

There are also two unique perspectives from the witch Catherine the Great on the cultivation of spiritual energy.

"In that case, I need to cherish every moment I have to read the magic book the teacher gives me. And every time I read it, I need to memorize it."

"Ideally, I should find a way to memorize the entire magic book. That way, I'll essentially get a great textbook from her for free. I can read it myself and share it with others."

"But the contents of this magic book are too profound. Even if you force yourself to memorize it without understanding it, you will forget it due to the pressure on your soul. Even if you use advanced meditation techniques to enter a deep meditative state, you will not be able to fish it out."

"Therefore, I need to understand it before I can memorize it and write it down from memory. The difficulty is unimaginable."

Locke frowned. Was his teacher being far too confident in his own talent?
He realized that this was a unique educational method for geniuses, a method that might be tailored to him based on his past performance.

Forget it.

When the time comes, all I can do is try to pass this test from the teacher.

"In other words, if I don't understand this magic book to a great extent, it will be difficult for me to memorize it directly."

Locke said, "No wonder you only gave me half of it. I've already struggled with the basics of the first half. If you gave me the second half, I would only be able to look on in despair."

Locke pondered for a moment.

"I've already read it through once. Before I read it a second time, I can go to the library and read a lot of related literature to improve my understanding. I can also do some practice and hands-on exercises."

"It deepened my understanding of the Breath of the Spirit Cultivation Method."

"at the same time……"

Locke's mind was racing. "I can drink some wizard's tea to improve my condition before reading this spellbook. By the way, if I use botanical magic while reading this spellbook, I can use the Root Realm to elevate my rank."

"This can reduce some of the pressure on the soul."

Locke looked at the second book, "Light Element Inversion Mutation Cultivation Method," and tentatively clicked on it. Sure enough, the Water Hyacinth System popped up that he only had two chances to read it, and each chance lasted only 24 hours.

Locke gave a wry smile.

"It seems that the threshold for inheriting the teacher's breeding knowledge is indeed not low."

Locke thought, "So it seems that the Zeno wizard also passed these tests to inherit the Light Element Reverse Infusion Mutation Cultivation Method. No wonder none of the other second-ring researchers inherited their teacher's breeding method."

"If he can pass, I'm sure I can too."

A glint of confidence flashed in Locke's eyes.

It's man-made.

With hard work and proactive efforts, one can certainly inherit the second-circle cultivation method of the Catherine Witch.

Locke packed his things and got up. He was going to contact Hussein and the old pirate, as it was time to set off on the interdimensional exploration.

……

At the boundary between darkness and light, a golden dynasty.

This is a magical land. There are abundant gold mines on the land where darkness and light meet. Even the sand kicked up by walking contains a lot of gold particles.

Even the bricks used to build the houses here contain a considerable amount of gold.

As a member of the golden aristocracy here, Alaric was adorned with dazzling gold ornaments from head to toe, which were as common as clothing.

At this moment, after reading Locke's letter to him, Alaric was completely dumbfounded.

Alaric gave a wry smile.

“Brother Augustine, although I did say you could come to the border between darkness and light to find me, and I would host a banquet for you, what level am I, and what level is the Golden Throne?”

"I can't even strike up a conversation with the teacher myself."

Alaric was speechless. He usually only saw his nominal teacher from afar during group meetings, and he couldn't say a word at other times.

Locke, on the other hand, asked him to put in a good word for him and deliver a letter to the throne.

At this moment, a catwoman, a first-class wizard apprentice with a neck full of gold rings, who was serving Alaric, was seductively licking Alaric's chest with her tongue.

“Lord Alaric, since things are so difficult, let’s just ignore him.”

"What an impolite person."

"You already have enough useless friends like this."

Alaric's gaze turned slightly cold; at this moment, the cat-woman witch was unaware of Alaric's disdain for her.

"This is a letter written to me by the Second Ring Grand Wizard."

The catwoman witch froze instantly, automatically moving away from Alaric, and asked incredulously, "A letter from the Second Ring Archmage?"

She knew she had spoken out of turn.

In Yunze Wetlands, a second-ring wizard is nothing special, but in the border area between darkness and light, a second-ring grand wizard is already a well-known figure, someone who commands respect wherever they go.

Alaric was only a wizard in the crystallization stage, yet he held a very high position in the Golden Dynasty.

Alaric snorted coldly, not bothered by this unique witch raised in the Qionghua Enclave.

They were nothing more than playmates in his absurd life.

Since ancient times, the Enclave of Qionghua has provided witches to the border between darkness and light. This tradition has never been interrupted for thousands of years. Even now, the absurd wizard nobles of the Golden Dynasty are still indulging in the gentle embrace of witches, and Alaric is no exception.

Although the Golden Dynasty did not have a wizard monarch, it did have a regent and wizard nobles.

The White Wizarding Association tolerated the existence of the Golden Dynasty simply because there was no wizarding monarch, and considered the Golden Dynasty to have undergone modern reforms and required no further changes.

Alaric pondered, "I've finally made a friend who's a second-circle archmage, so I can't ignore his request. After all, he's my teacher. Maybe I can find an opportunity to talk to him during the group meeting tomorrow?"

"Hmm, maybe if I send a witch to my senior brother, I can find an opportunity."

(End of this chapter)