I, a cultivator, have ended up in the wizarding world.

Chapter 23 Purple Aura and Concepts

Jemin's gaze pierced through the window, looking towards the distant sky.

The moment his gaze focused, a strange and indescribable feeling welled up in his heart.

To the naked eye, it was just ordinary dawn sunlight.

If one were a wizard, one would likely see dense energy particles and rays with brilliant colors.

But in Jemin’s newly awakened and exceptionally sharp senses, at the core of that gradually dazzling ray of sunlight, he actually saw a trace of… barely perceptible purple!

That shade of purple was very faint, as if it were the condensation of some kind of energy deep within the sunlight.

It floated there quietly, carrying an ancient and mysterious aura.

Auspicious purple clouds are coming from the east!

Jemin was suddenly jolted!
There are indeed records about "purple aura coming from the east" in the Great Dao Book Pavilion.

That refers to a specific celestial phenomenon where, at sunrise, the core of the sun releases a trace of extremely pure primordial energy, which is of immense benefit to cultivators.

This thing only exists for a fleeting moment when the sun rises; it is extremely rare, and even capturing a glimpse of it is a tremendous stroke of luck.

He originally thought that this kind of thing with a strong "cultivation concept" only existed in that cultivation world that he didn't know where.

Unexpectedly, in the wizarding world, in the laboratory of Norren Academy, at the moment the sun rose... he also "saw" this wisp of purple aura coming from the east!
Before he could think about the reasons, the cultivator's instinctive craving for this innate energy made him subconsciously start circulating his cultivation technique.

The newly formed Qi Refining Level 2 True Essence within the body circulated according to a specific method, drawing in the wisp of purple Qi from the east that was suspended in the sunlight.

The faint purple aura that was about to dissipate seemed to be drawn by some invisible force, penetrating the laboratory walls and windows, and slowly drifting towards Jemin's direction.

It was not hindered by the isolation array, nor did it even trigger a reaction from the monitoring array, as if it did not exist at all!
But when the purple energy entered Jemin's body, he could immediately feel the effects of the energy coming from the east.

The purple aura almost instantly melted into Jieming's true essence, circulating continuously throughout his body as the true essence circulated.

It refines the true essence, making it more condensed and pure!
It refined his body, giving the newly-broken-in-the-breakthrough-inducing Jemin an unprecedented sense of clarity and lightness!

What surprised Jemin the most was that this wisp of purple energy was also purifying his spiritual power!
Nourished by the purple aura, his spiritual sea became clearer and brighter, some subtle spiritual impurities were stripped away, and his spiritual power became purer and more active.

Purifying mental energy... In the wizarding world, this is practically an unparalleled divine object that can increase innate talent!
A wizard's talent rating largely depends on the "purity" of their soul and the "depth" of their spiritual sea. How could the Eastern Purple Qi enhance such a fundamental aptitude?!
Jemin was shocked.

What's most terrifying is that obtaining this thing... is almost effortless!
All you need to do is circulate your energy and absorb nutrients when the sun is about to rise each day; it's practically a free opportunity.

But it is completely incomprehensible why the Eastern Purple Qi, which was originally thought to exist only in the world of cultivation, could exist in the wizarding world.
He subconsciously thought of the refined gold he had extracted before. When he used the cultivation method to extract it, a large amount of gold disappeared into thin air, but in the end, it condensed into a substance that contained the concept of "eternity and immutability".

This seems to completely contradict the law of conservation of mass-energy, and is more like refining something invisible and intangible.

With this question in mind, Jemin sent a mental inquiry to the Great Dao Library.

The Great Dao Book Pavilion responded quickly, and in the blink of an eye, three streaks of light appeared in front of Jieming.

"The Record of the Ashes of the Mortal Realm, The True Explanation of the Profound Pivot: A Preliminary Exploration of Concept Extraction and Form Condensation, The Return to the Origin of the Artifact: Concept Attachment and Low-Spirit Artifact Refining Techniques... What the hell is this stuff?"

Jieming quickly flipped through the books. The last two were alright; they were all about weapon crafting.

As for the first book, it is generally considered to be a biography or memoir of a Mahayana cultivator known as "Chen Jiezi".

"It seems that Chen Jiezi was born in the Dharma-ending Age, when resources in the cultivation world were completely exhausted. At that time, spiritual energy was almost non-existent, and traditional spiritual materials and immortal herbs had become legends. Under such circumstances, how could cultivation in the cultivation world not be interrupted, but instead become even more vigorous?"

After careful reading, Jieming finally confirmed that the three books given by the Great Dao Book Pavilion had indeed resolved his doubts.

"The cultivation system is not simply about energy refining." The knowledge flow from the library unfolded in his mind. "According to this memoir, in the later stages of the cultivation system, with the scarcity of resources and a deeper understanding of the world, the 'raw materials' used for cultivation and crafting items gradually changed from specific 'spiritual materials' to more abstract 'concepts'."

“Refining gold is not essentially about compressing the physical mass of gold, but rather about stripping away all concepts of ‘mundane’ and ‘change’ from the gold through the guidance of true essence and divine consciousness, and condensing the concept of ‘eternity and immutability’ contained within it onto a small part of the substance, giving it a similar unchanging property. The lost ‘mass’ is those ‘mundane concepts’ that have been stripped away and dissipated.”

"The same is true of the purple aura from the east. It is not a specific energy, nor is it a gas. In essence, it is the manifestation of a grand concept that permeates the world at the moment when the sun is about to rise, yin and yang are in harmony, and the old gives way to the new. The purple aura from the east that cultivators absorb is essentially acquiring this concept to refine themselves."

"However, in order to make it easier for cultivators to perceive and absorb, the cultivation techniques have gradually modified and perfected the method of absorbing this 'concept' over hundreds of millions of years of development, so that it can be materialized through a special 'perception' (that is, the 'purple aura' seen) and absorbed using true essence as a guide."

After closing the three books, Jieming's heart remained unsettled for a long time.

This explanation was like a thunderclap, completely overturning Jemin's understanding of the cultivation system and the wizarding world!

Cultivating immortality, and they're already playing with "conceptual refinement" during the Qi Refining stage?
So even in the wizarding world, it's possible to materialize "Eastern Purple Qi" by absorbing concepts?!

Jemin felt his brain was working wildly, with countless new possibilities exploding in his mind!

If that's the case, theoretically he wouldn't be limited by raw materials at all.

By extracting concepts, not only gold, but even the most common air and soil can be refined to obtain super materials that far exceed other people's imagination!
In that case, the things he will be able to do in the future will far exceed everyone's imagination!
Jemin took a deep breath, suppressing the overwhelming joy in his heart.

He looked out the window at the sun, which had fully risen, his eyes shining brightly.

(End of this chapter)