Above the mage

Chapter 175 Inheritance

Green Bud Month, 7th.

Gao De successfully visualized the 11th petal of the meditation technique in his mind.

At this moment, he is only 5 petals away from achieving the perfect 16-petal lotus of meditation.

The further you progress in meditation, the longer it takes to improve.

It took Gaode 83 days to go from manifesting 9 petals to manifesting 10 petals.

Even with Gao De's talent in meditation, it took a full 149 days to go from 10 petals to 11 petals.

This is far from the speed he predicted.

The main point is that, before this, the progress of meditation techniques had never taken so long.

Compared to the previous improvement, this time it has almost doubled.

Based on this calculation, it may take more than two years for all five petals to fully materialize.

Gaode Maps has a vague feeling that something is amiss.

The following day, after the "Basic Teachings for Dharma Masters" class, he asked the instructor about this question, while also appropriately revealing his progress in spiritual practice.

Compared to the so-called "silent until the moment of triumph," the improvement of "taking one step at a time" has more benefits than just being able to show off.

Firstly, it is more acceptable and trustworthy to people, and secondly, it will not arouse unnecessary suspicion and prying.

"The meditation technique you practice is the apprentice meditation technique, right?" As expected of an experienced instructor, Bo Weiyi immediately guessed the question as soon as Gao De asked it.

Gaode nodded.

"Every meditation technique at the apprenticeship stage has a bottleneck, but they are all different."

"The transition from 10 petals to 11 petals is a major bottleneck in an apprentice's meditation practice. At this stage, all practitioners of this method will be stuck for a period of time."

Bovi patiently explained, "Once you get past this bottleneck, the apprentice's meditation practice efficiency will return to normal."

"However, normally, the person who teaches you this meditation method should have told you about this when you first start practicing," he asked curiously.

"Maybe he forgot," Gao De replied after thinking for a moment.

Of course, it wasn't that he forgot. In Master Seda's eyes, these apprentices wouldn't live long enough to reach a bottleneck in their meditation practice, so there was absolutely no need to explain these things to them.

"How could you forget this? How come you don't forget to eat?" Bovi commented sharply on Master Seda with dissatisfaction.

Rune Workshop.

"Very good," He west said, putting down the rune diagram that Gao De had just submitted. "You have completed this stage of your studies."

Looking at his prized disciple, Gao De had mastered all the requirements that the composite rune could fulfill after a period of "setting questions" and "solving questions".

Logically, the next step should be to move on to the formal training content for rune masters.

That is, to form a complete magic circle by combining runes.

However, Gao De's mage level is only second-class mage apprentice.

"Logically, the next step should be to teach you how to draw magic circles."

"However, to draw a complete first-order magic circle, the minimum mage level requirement is a first-circle mage," He west said slowly.

Gao De was taken aback.

This was something he had never expected before.

Because neither potion masters, alchemists, nor any other professions have this kind of restriction.

"Do you know why?" He west asked.

Gao De shook his head.

"Because when a runemaster draws a magic circle, he doesn't simply draw it according to a blueprint."

"Drawing magic circles and runes is a highly technical task."

"If you simply draw a magic circle according to a blueprint, you're not a rune master, you should be called a copyist. And, even if you make an exact replica, the magic circle won't be successful. As for the reason..."

Gao De thought for a moment, recalling the "Six Basic Rules of Runes" he had seen on his first day, and suddenly had the answer:

"Because different types and sizes of magic-conducting materials have different theoretical robustness values, even if the same magic circle is so precise that there is no error at all, it will result in one success and one failure when using two different magic-conducting materials."

"Yes." He west looked at Gao De with an appreciative gaze.

"All the master diagrams of magic circles are just templates. There is no such thing as a standard size. Even if they are drawn on the same magic-guiding material, they will end up with two completely opposite results because of the different areas of the magic-guiding material."

"Therefore, every time a runemaster draws a magic circle, it is a completely new creation, rather than a copy of an old magic circle."

"To do this, a runemaster must master an ability called 'rune tuning.'"

"Through rune tuning, rune masters adjust the composition, arrangement, position, and connection of the runes that make up the magic array according to the different properties and sizes of the magic materials and the different needs of the magic array, to confirm whether these runes can form a magic array."

"Through rune tuning, rune masters can perceive whether the threshold of the runes drawn on the magic material exceeds the threshold that the magic material can withstand. This is the robustness value mentioned in the six basic rules of runes, and make corresponding adjustments in a timely manner."

"To achieve both of these through rune modulation, one needs extremely strong perception and control, which are all part of mental power."

"All the tests and all the precedents show that one must be at least a 1st-ring mage, and only with the mental strength of a 1st-ring mage can one achieve these two things."

"In fact, that's not all. The rune tuning of a second-tier magic circle also requires at least a second-circle mage to have sufficient mental strength to support it, and the same applies to higher-level mages."

"This is the hierarchy of runic literature."

"But..." Gao De recalled the six fundamental rules of runes and asked in confusion, "According to the six fundamental rules of runes, it is entirely possible to design the magic circle before drawing it, and then calculate whether the magic circle can be successfully constructed on the magic-guiding material to be drawn."

"If the build fails, make the necessary adjustments and then recalculate the robustness value."

"Then why bother with rune regulation?"

"Because these six basic rules are not currently universal rules. They," He west looked deeply at Gao De, "are just rules that I summarized myself, just a conjecture."

"After studying runes for a while, I discovered that the design of runes in magic circles follows a logical pattern, and whether or not they can be successfully constructed can potentially be calculated."

"Later, I spent the rest of my life summarizing six basic rules."

"Is this what a genius is?" Gao De thought with endless admiration.

Although he is currently only a beginner in runic literature, he fully understands the significance of the six basic rules of runes to the entire runic literature system.

This is a theorem that, if established, could break the current state of "hierarchical clarity" in runic literature.

And these six fundamental rules, which have such significance, are actually the work of He Xi alone?

"However, they are not perfect. As you saw at the beginning, the magic arrays that can be successfully constructed can be calculated using the six basic rules, but in practice, there have been instances of failure."

"I've been searching for the reason until you told me the answer."

"Interference constant," Gao De said softly.

"Yes, a disturbance constant is missing."

"During this period of time, I have been calculating and deriving this interference constant, but this is a very large project and cannot be accomplished overnight."

Gao De nodded slightly; he understood the workload involved perfectly.

For a theorem to be rigorous, the disturbance constant cannot be an approximate value; it must be an exact value.

Because the larger the number of runes in the magic array, the more significant the difference will be after complex calculations, even a tiny error in the interference constant will result in a huge discrepancy.

"I haven't derived the interference constant yet, so I can't teach you how to construct a magic circle by bypassing the 'rune tuning' through the six basic rules for the time being."

"And you're still far from being a 1st-ring mage, so I can't teach you the traditional 'rune tuning' method."

"So, I have nothing left to learn in runic literature?" Gao De opened his mouth.

"Of course not," He west laughed.

"Next, you will learn a brush technique from me."

(End of this chapter)