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

Chapter 8 Meditation

After thinking wildly for a while, Jieming finally sorted out his thoughts and sat down at the table to take stock of the contents of the box.

"Although we've passed the first hurdle, we still can't let our guard down. We can't be sure there aren't any wizards monitoring the dormitory, so we still need to be careful. At least for the time being, we can't openly engage in anything related to cultivation..."

Since I can't cultivate immortality, I can only learn something else.

Considering that Clark only gave us ten days, the most urgent task is to master the most basic cultivation method of the wizarding system, "Basic Meditation".

Only by igniting the fire of the spirit can one formally embark on the path of a wizard.

Jemin found a comfortable position on the bed and took out the thick book that recorded meditation techniques.

The pages appear to be made of some kind of metal, the text is concise, but each word contains some strange energy.

After flipping through it, Jemin understood that the core of "Basic Meditation Method" lies in "visualization" and "description".

It guides practitioners to empty their consciousness, concentrate their spiritual power, and then use their spiritual power to "draw" and "construct" a specific geometric pattern in their own spiritual sea.

The book says that these patterns are not random combinations; they are the result of countless years of research by ancient wizards, and are simplified forms of "truth runes" that are highly compatible with the energy system of the wizarding world.

By successfully inscribing these patterns in one's mental sea, one can guide free-floating energy particles from the outside world into the mental sea, nourishing one's mental power and constructing one's own "mental circuit," which is the entry point into the wizarding system.

The first meditation pattern in the "Basic Meditation Method" consists of five main elements that, when combined, roughly form an abstract triangular pyramid shape.

The book suggests that beginners should first draw each of the five main patterns individually, and then try combining them after they have become proficient.

Jemin closed his eyes, placed the book under his head as a pillow, and emptied his senses of the outside world.

If a beginner wants to enter a meditative state, they should place this book under their head for assistance during the first few times. The reason this book on basic meditation is so thick is not only because it contains a wealth of content, but also because it contains a large number of magic arrays to assist in cultivation, which can help beginners quickly immerse themselves in their spiritual sea.

Jemin certainly didn't need any assistance; he was just doing this as a precaution, so he was just going through the motions.

He skillfully immersed his consciousness into his own spiritual sea, where he could feel his spiritual power, which had been refined and honed through cultivation, becoming exceptionally concentrated.

Guided by meditation, he attempted to use his mental power to "draw" the initial form of the first main pattern.

It was a strange feeling, as if mental energy was like tentacles, carefully outlining lines in the sea of ​​consciousness.

Surprisingly, the process went exceptionally smoothly.

Perhaps due to his years of cultivation experience, Jieming's control over his mental power has reached an unbelievable level. Drawing patterns with mental power is as easy and natural for him as writing on paper with a pen.

The lines drawn with his mental power were smooth, stable, and precise. The pattern quickly took shape in his mental sea, and it was only one stroke away from being perfectly completed.

However, just as the last stroke was about to be made and the first main pattern was about to be completed, Jemin suddenly had an idea.

"and many more!"

He abruptly stopped the stroke, then deliberately drew it crooked where it was about to land.

boom!
The perfect pattern was destroyed just as it was about to be completed. The spiritual energy gathered during its construction lost its guidance and went out of control in an instant! An invisible spiritual shock erupted from within his mental sea, shaking his entire consciousness.

Jemin groaned, feeling dizzy and lightheaded, as if his mind had been violently stirred up by a large hand.

Despite the pain, he quickly regained his composure and assessed the impact of this "failure."

The feeling of being impacted by his own mental power... although uncomfortable, was only a slight shock to him and did not cause any substantial damage.

"That was dangerous. I almost forgot about the difference in control." Jemin felt a wave of fear.

Having cultivated for so many years, although Jieming's cultivation level is not high, his ability to control his mental power is definitely not comparable to those novices who have not even entered the field.

His true ability to portray characters and his control over mental power are definitely not at the level that a sixth-level talent apprentice who has just come into contact with meditation should have.

Conversely, unless one is exceptionally gifted, a normal apprentice should not be able to inscribe the runes of truth so easily.

Therefore, he had to pretend.

Pretending to be a beginner will lead to difficulties, failures, and require time to learn and grow.

"It's not just a difference in control. When the inscription of the Truth Rune fails, it actually releases all the mental energy stored inside, causing a mental shock to the mental sea... In that case, we also need to pay attention to the issues of endurance and recovery."

Jemin's current mental strength and related attributes are equivalent to an apprentice with an eighth-level talent who has not yet cultivated, which means that his feelings are the same as those of apprentices with eighth-level talents.

But... what if it were an apprentice with even less talent?
His current disguised talent level is level six, so in addition to his control, we also need to pay attention to his other performance after enduring mental shocks.

Fortunately, he had paid special attention to the mental strength corresponding to each level of talent during the previous tests.

Jemin quickly performed the calculations.

The intensity of the mental backlash from failure is fixed, so what is an insignificant mental shock to him is undoubtedly painful or even dangerous to a low-talented apprentice with a fragile mental sea.

According to Jemin's calculations, apprentices with a talent level below level five will experience significant mental shock after such an attack, requiring a considerable amount of time to recover before attempting meditation again.

Conservatively speaking, even if you work day and night, you can only try six to eight times a day at most, and each failure is torture.

As for himself, whose outward manifestation is a level six talent, although the backlash just now was uncomfortable, his mental sea would recover to the state of trying again after resting for about an hour.

As for those level eight and nine geniuses... their mental strength and soul foundation must be even stronger, and their ability to resist backlash is also stronger.

As long as they don't fail repeatedly, one or two setbacks might just be a minor inconvenience for them.

Talent is not only reflected in training speed and potential, but also in the cost of trial and error and the margin for error!

Highly gifted apprentices can withstand more failures and make more attempts, which naturally allows them to learn and improve more quickly.

"The advantage of talent is still very obvious in the early stages... It seems that mastering the basics within ten days is not an easy task for apprentices with low talent."

(End of this chapter)