Wizards: Starting as a Potions Master!

Chapter 54 Zen of the Mind and True Magic

Nighttime, the drill ground in the center of the castle.

Su Nan fell into deep thought, because the super werewolf butler Wolf Three had no way of confirming the exact location of the two 'invisible men' who had intruded into his territory.

Moreover, the wolf pack moved out again throughout the territory today, but still found no trace of the so-called wizard's remains.

Su Nan also entered the secret realm again to search for the group of wizard ruins, but still found nothing.

Before leaving the secret realm, Guardian Or asked Su Nan, "Why couldn't it be that cultist who lied to you before he died?"

Tonight, it is another night of a full moon.

The castle stood quietly in the tranquil moonlight.

"Is it a lie?" Su Nan shook his head. "No. Before he died, I used my super hearing to test his heart and my super sense of smell to smell his body."

"He showed no signs of lying."

"It is impossible to deceive the sense of smell and hearing of the super werewolf Blom without long-term, brutal and rigorous secrecy training."

"Even if you haven't been trained for a while, your physical functions may become lax, and you can't hide it from a super werewolf's five senses."

Su Nan issued a second order to the wolf pack: "Search all rivers within the territory, including natural underground caves and hidden rivers."

Meanwhile, on the castle roof, the ten gargoyles that had just been moved up and placed on their bases that afternoon began to stir.

On the castle rooftop under the moonlight, they seemed to have gained a vitality that didn't belong to them.

A silvery-white magical aura surrounded the castle.

This magic gradually wrapped around the ten gargoyle statues, and inside the hollow chests of the gargoyle statues were ten bottles of Sacrifice Stone Gargoyle Statue Potion, emitting a pale green light and gradually forming a Sacrifice Stone Core, causing the hollow chests of the statues to begin to be covered with plaster.

Su Nan finally understood that this protective magic was considered white magic.

Because it contains virtually no malicious intent.

The presence of malice is one of the key differences between white magic and black magic.

The reason why the werewolf curse transforming potion is malicious is because it is malicious towards the natural laws of life and death.

Originally, everything that is born must die, everything that has form must decay, and everything that rises must fall.

However, Su Nan used magic to link werewolves with the full moon, creating a triple immortality that defied the laws of nature, which was undoubtedly the greatest desecration of the rules of life.

The only difference is that the curse of the sacrificial stone transforming into a potion is that the latter is merely a protective spell, so this is actually white magic.

Su Nan sensed the white magic within him because the ten gargoyles were acting strangely.

His soul now contains both black and white magic.

Su Nan didn't know whether this was a good thing or a bad thing, but it could be seen as having both black and white magic at the same time...

The ten low-cost versions of the sacrificial stone golems were finally successfully transformed. One by one, the pure white plaster gargoyles stretched out their wings and flew gracefully above the castle.

The castle under the full moon is like a dream.

The AI ​​provided individual panel data for these gargoyles.

【Gargoyle】

【Strength: 1】

【Speed: 2】

[Physical Fitness: 1]

[Racial Ability 1: Flight]

[Racial Ability 2: Ignore Mental Damage]

[Racial Ability 3: Plaster Body (Different from the weaknesses of a flesh and blood body, but not necessarily much stronger.)]

[Special ability of the Sacrificial Stone: Recombination.]

Weaknesses: Blunt force, strong acid

This data panel isn't particularly impressive, but considering its flight capabilities and cannon fodder role, it's more than sufficient.

Each gargoyle has a cavity inside that can hold 1-2 bottles of potion. In other words, if the enemy destroys these gargoyles, it's the same as destroying the potion, allowing them to complete a self-destruct type of mission.

Moreover, due to their unique regenerative abilities, these gargoyles have a high probability of being resurrected...

At the same time, under the full moon, Su Nan transformed into a super werewolf leader.

He could feel that as his magic spread to the ten gargoyles and the angel statue soldier number one next to the fountain at the entrance, they were once again connected by magic.

Su Nan said, "AI, begin testing the new wolf pack effect after being programmed."

[Yes, please issue explicit commands to the gargoyle and angel statue soldiers who have joined the new wolf pack effect, once every thirty seconds. After five such commands, issue commands once every twenty seconds, then once every ten seconds, and so on, until a command is issued once every half second.]

This is a test of the reaction speed and communication speed of the new wolf pack effect.

Su Nan continuously issued commands to the gargoyles and Statue Soldier No. 1 through the wolf pack effect, and they all obeyed them as if they were his own limbs.

Moreover, Su Nan sensed that the magic within them could be transferred to him at any time, or to any other unit he had designated that had joined the wolf pack.

This is southern Jiangsu, where the wolf pack has been upgraded through secondary programming, based on the werewolf leader's expertise in handling the wolf pack effect.

Because ordinary wolf packs can naturally incorporate non-wild wolves into their packs through adoption.

In addition, the Wolf Pack Effect command system was so useful that Su Nan tried to have the AI ​​continuously reprogram the Wolf Pack Effect, and recently the progress bar was finally completed.

In this way, all potion-converting units can be incorporated into the Wolf Pack Effect command platform.

I just wonder if wizards in the orthodox wizarding world have a similar command system.

Su Nan reverted to his human form and reset the stone statues and angel statue soldiers. Then, as a celebration, he drank a bottle of Flame Claw potion on the spot, so that he could have a pair of flaming wolf claws after transforming into a werewolf.

Of course, this is a spell-like ability, and you don't have to use it if you don't need it.

At the same time, Su Nan drank a special version of the Mental Strength Enhancement +2 potion. Instantly, the surrounding moonlight turned into photons, all of which shot into Su Nan's soul like lasers, strengthening his mental strength.

In the darkness, his body emitted a faint silvery-white light.

Your mental strength has increased to 19.

Even without the AI's prompting, Su Nan knew that his mental strength had increased dramatically once again. At the same time, as his mental strength surged, Su Nan vaguely saw countless stars enveloping him, and it seemed that countless mysteries were hidden deep within those stars.

Whispers seemed to float into my ears.

It seems to exist but isn't.

Even the smallest ant, when gazing at the sky, can see the shimmering depths of the endless stars.

The enemy of truth is never ignorance, but the lack of debate and discussion.

Do not be bound by the dust and shackles of the ground; you should explore a deeper world.

Su Nan realized what was happening; the illusion before his eyes vanished, along with the whispers in his ears. "Something interesting happened after my mental strength approached 20."

"When I used the wolf pack effect to get close to level 20, my mana began to show signs of becoming semi-material."

"Guardian Or told me that the difference between a first-class wizard apprentice and a second-class wizard apprentice, besides the difference in the total amount of spiritual power, also lies in accepting one's own inner desires, that is, knowing clearly who one is."

"What are my own pursuits? What is my own research direction? This is the first step in cultivating my mind."

"This marks the beginning of my magical path, the first true construction of the essence of my magic."

"That's why wizards value secret realms. Some wizards who are unable to meditate or whose mental strength is insufficient must rely on secret realms to directly subdue their minds through physical means. Of course, that seems to have hidden dangers."

It seems I need to stay in the secret realm for a while.

However, before that, we still need to complete the previously planned potion project and then conduct preliminary research on the next generation of potion formulas.

Anyway, it won't take more than a few days.

Moreover, my mental strength hasn't even reached 20 yet.

The minimum requirement to enter true Zen of the Mind is a wizard's mental strength of at least 20.

The next moment, Su Nan chose to enter the secret realm from his own castle, inquired about the relevant knowledge from Or, and told him about the scene he had seen.

Currently, Or is the person I can contact who has the deepest relationship with the wizards.

In the desolate wilderness of the secret realm, Orl looked at Su Nan with surprise. "Subduing the mind? Understanding the essence?"

"Lord Su Nan."

"Even more than two thousand years ago, only a portion of wizards could truly understand themselves through meditation. After all, understanding oneself is difficult for many people."

"Furthermore, if you rely on taming your own mind and finding your own magical essence, it means that you cannot inherit the magic of formal wizards and first-class wizarding apprentices more efficiently."

"Because if you already have your own inherent magic, you can't completely follow someone else's path."

"So more than two thousand years ago, most wizard apprentices would follow their mentor's magical path, using various special secret spells to forcibly subdue their true selves in the secret realm and copy their mentor's magical path into their hearts."

"It's good to go your own way, but it will be very difficult. The result may not be better than others, and may even be worse."

"Of course, I've heard—in legend, those truly powerful wizards who reach the pinnacle all possess their own magic."

Su Nan sighed and joked, "That's good, they really do have a magical heritage to inherit."

"So far, I don't even have a mentor."

(End of this chapter)