Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

"So, expanding the consciousness space into a consciousness world, and creating a magic pool within that consciousness world, is the condition for a normal apprentice to advance to a formal wizard."

Serafina's voice softened slightly, and after a pause, she added:

"As for... what we often call the ultimate apprentice, there is a strict condition."

Upon hearing this, Hughes became interested and his ears perked up immediately.

He was aware of the first two conditions, as they were common sense. As for the Extreme Apprentice, the outside world had not discussed them much.

Serafina didn't hesitate and immediately answered the curious Hughes's question:

"To become a master apprentice, the first step is to learn a meditation method with solidified magic—to put it bluntly, it has to be at least an intermediate meditation method."

Hughes was shocked when he heard this; this condition alone would eliminate most of the apprentices.

After all, intermediate meditation techniques are only available in higher academies, and these techniques were obtained from the prime plane.

At the same time, Serafina paused for a moment, then continued:

"For ordinary wizard apprentices, they rely on detonating a few mental energy runes to unleash their mental energy."

"I'll redraw it after I'm promoted to a full-fledged wizard."

"As for the ultimate apprentices, they expand their consciousness space by using spatial barriers driven by mental energy runes."

"The consciousness world expanded in this way will be more stable, and the quality of mental power will be higher, because those mental power runes will remain and automatically become fixed points, reinforcing the consciousness world."

"As for why we need the intermediate meditation method, it's because this method requires a certain number of mental runes, and—solidified sorcery runes, which are mental runes."

"I see..." Hughes muttered to himself.

Unexpectedly, there is another way to expand the space of consciousness.

But then he frowned and asked in confusion:

"But if these mental runes separate and become fixed points, wouldn't the solidification spell become ineffective?"

Upon hearing this, Serafina's lips curled up slightly, as if she had been waiting for Hughes to say those words.

She nodded slightly and said:

"That's why we often say that the Limit Apprentice has already learned the knowledge of a formal wizard."

"For level zero sorcery, you only need to outline the sorcery runes, or simply arrange the runes in a straight line."

"Formal wizard-level witchcraft not only involves several times more spell runes, but also requires their complex arrangement."

"But the fixed spells of meditation are relatively complex even at level zero because this set of spells is a system that can be upgraded."

"To become a master apprentice, one must first redraw the original solidified sorcery runes, namely the mental runes of meditation, before activating these mental runes, and then solidify them oneself."

"But why do you say that a Limit Apprentice can advance to a full-fledged wizard with a 100% success rate?" Hughes asked.

He listened very carefully, but Serafina's words did not seem to address the issue.

"Before I explain, you need to decide whether you want to become an apprentice at Extreme Training?"

Serafina's tone suddenly turned serious.

"The hardest part of becoming an Ultimate Apprentice is solidifying the knowledge of witchcraft, because the solidification of witchcraft by meditation is done by meditation itself, and now it is up to you to solidify it yourselves."

"But because of the lure of a 100% chance of advancement, many ordinary apprentices have exhausted their magic stones to buy intermediate meditation techniques and spent half their lives solidifying their sorcery."

"It's not worth it, you need to be prepared."

As soon as she finished speaking, the cabin fell into a brief silence. Serafina sat upright in the flower bud chair, quietly waiting for Xiu Shen to decide whether to take the path of the Ultimate Apprentice.

"Then let's choose the 'Frosty Heart Meditation Method,' Teacher Serafina."

A moment later, Hughes made his decision. He raised his head, his tone firm.

This is an intermediate meditation method with solidified sorcery from the academy, signifying that Hughes is preparing to join the ranks of the ultimate apprentices.

Of course, what Hughes will be practicing is the current "Gap Anchoring Meditation Method".

In fact, he had already considered becoming an extreme apprentice after hearing Serafina's introduction.

He was just making a prediction about whether he could become a Limitless Apprentice before the Five Crown Trials arrived.

Upon hearing this, Serafina on the other side nodded slightly, a hint of approval flashing in her eyes.

"A wise decision. I also advanced from the Extreme Apprentice level, and these are some insights I gained during my advancement. You don't need to go to the academy to exchange them."

As soon as she finished speaking, she lightly tapped her fingertip, and a soft green light flashed in the air. Then, a green knowledge talisman condensed in the air.

It contains her experience in promoting runes and solidifying witchcraft back then.

Without hesitation, Hughes slightly moved his mental energy and took the runes in front of him into his consciousness space.

"Okay, then I'll explain to you what people are saying about this."

As she spoke, Serafina raised both hands, and in the blink of an eye, several pale green runes appeared out of thin air.

As Hughes gazed at the runes, he sensed a massive amount of spiritual power emanating from each one.

The next moment, Serafina moved her hands, and the runes, as if guided, arranged themselves into a geometric shape.

"These are the magical runes I solidified back then. They are actually the spiritual runes that meditation is meant to create, right?"

"right."

"At the same time, in my world of consciousness, there also exist the same mental runes that have been fixed in place."

"Twice the amount of coexisting spiritual runes..."

Looking at the runes arranged in geometric shapes, Hughes's eyes suddenly froze, and he muttered to himself.

"That's right... Solidifying magic is not only to preserve the magic bestowed by meditation, but also to retain another copy of the mental energy rune."

"Even if I fail to advance, the mental energy runes will still exist, allowing me to continue trying to expand them."

"Furthermore, thanks to the two sets of mental energy runes, the expanded consciousness space can be maintained and will not collapse due to deformation."

"Therefore, even if a master apprentice spends several years expanding his space time and time again, he will eventually be able to expand into a world of consciousness."

"Similarly, with twice the number of runes, their mental strength is also stronger during their apprenticeship."

"Of course, it won't be twice as strong. After all, mental strength is related to the soul. Adding more only pushes your mental strength limit to the limit, hence the name 'Limit Apprentice'."

Hughes' Adam's apple bobbed slightly, and he remained stunned by the words for a long time.

He hadn't expected that the "100% promotion" of the Extreme Apprentice program was actually a mechanism that was almost a "guarantee".

Of course, this is on the premise that one can solidify the witchcraft.

……

"Crunch—"

With the crystal ball given to him by Serafina, Hughes returned to his dormitory. His room was now completely bare, with not a single piece of furniture.

The academy will need to review the application for a while before sending someone to repair the dormitory, mainly because the magic array in Hughes's room is damaged.

Normally, the academy would ask the apprentices why the room was damaged, but fortunately, Hughes was a young, low-level potion master, and moreover, the Potion Masters Guild had a record of the blood-replenishing potion recipe he modified.

Many people now try to curry favor with him, so his process is naturally different from that of other apprentices.