Above the mage!

Chapter 175 Inheritance
Green Bud, 7th.

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

At this moment, he was only five petals away from completing the 16-petal lotus of his meditation technique.

As you progress through the stages of meditation, the time required to improve becomes longer and longer.

It took Gaode 9 days to materialize 10 petals and 83 petals.

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

This was far from the speed he had predicted.

The main reason is that the progress of meditation has never taken such a long time before.

Compared with the last increase, this time it almost doubled.

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

Gaode felt that it was a little unreasonable.

The next day, after the "Basics of Mage" class, he asked the instructor about this question, and at the same time appropriately revealed his own progress in practice.

Compared to the so-called "if you don't make a sound, you will make a big splash when you do", the improvement of "taking one step at a time" actually has more benefits, except that you can't pretend to have that wave.

First, it will be more acceptable and trustworthy to others, and second, it will not cause unnecessary suspicion and prying.

"The meditation technique you practice is the apprentice meditation technique, right?" The teaching instructor, Bo Weiyi, is worthy of being an old instructor. Gao De only asked his question, and he immediately guessed what the problem was.

Godd nodded.

"Every meditation technique at the apprentice stage has a bottleneck, but they are different for each one."

"From 10 petals to 11 petals, this is the bottleneck for apprentices in meditation practice. At this stage, all those who practice this method will be stuck for a period of time."

Bo Weiyi patiently explained: "Once you get over this bottleneck, the efficiency of the apprentice's meditation practice will return to normal."

"But this thing, under normal circumstances, the person who teaches you this meditation method should tell you when you start practicing." He asked curiously.

"Maybe I forgot." Gao De thought for a moment and replied.

Of course, it’s not that they forgot. In the eyes of Master Seda, it’s impossible for these apprentices to live to the point where their meditation practice reaches a bottleneck, so there’s no need to explain these to them.
"If you can even forget this, why don't you forget to eat?" Bowie commented sharply to Master Seda with dissatisfaction.

Rune Workshop.

"Very good," He Xi put down the rune diagram that Gao De had just submitted and praised him, "You have completed all the studies for this stage."

He looked at his favorite disciple in front of him. After this period of "setting questions" and "solving problems", Gao De had already mastered all the needs that compound runes could meet.

Logically speaking, the next step should be to enter the formal learning content of the Rune Master.

That is, through compound runes, a complete magic circle is formed.

But Gaode's mage level is only a second-class mage apprentice.

"Logically, I should start teaching you how to draw a magic circle next."

"But, in order to draw a complete first-level magic circle, the minimum wizard level requirement is a first-ring wizard." He Xi said slowly.

Gao De was stunned.

This was something he had never thought of before.

Because whether it is a potion master, an alchemist, or any other profession, there will be no such restriction.

"Do you know why?" He Xi asked.

Godard shook his head.

"Because when a rune master draws a magic circle, he doesn't just draw it according to a blueprint."

"Drawing magic arrays and runes is a highly technical job." "If you simply draw a magic array according to a blueprint, you are not a rune master, you should be called a copyist. And, it is not that you can succeed if you make an exact replica. As for the reason..."

Gao De thought about it and thought of the "Six Basic Rules of Runes" he saw on the first day, and suddenly he had the answer:

"Because magic conducting materials of different properties and areas have different theoretical robustness values, even if the same magic array is accurate to the last millimeter, one will succeed and the other will fail when using two different magic conducting materials."

"Yes." He Xi looked at Gao De with admiration.

"All the magic array diagrams are just templates. There is no so-called standard size. Even if they are drawn on the same magic conducting material, they will have two completely opposite results due to the different areas of the magic conducting material."

"So every time a rune master draws a magic circle, it is a brand new creation, not a copy of the old one."

"And in order to do this, the rune master must master an ability called 'rune adjustment rate'."

"Through rune adjustment, the rune master adjusts the rune composition, arrangement, position, and connection method of the magic array according to the different properties and sizes of the magic-guiding materials, as well as the different requirements for the magic array, to confirm whether these runes can form a magic array."

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

"And to achieve both of these at the same time through rune adjustment, you need extremely strong perception and control, which are all part of mental strength."

"All tests and precedents show that one must be at least a first-level mage. Only with the mental strength of a first-level mage can one achieve these two things."

"In fact, it's not just that. To adjust the runes of a second-level magic circle, you also need to be at least a 2nd-level magician to have enough mental strength to support it. The same is true for higher levels."

"This is the hierarchy of runes."

"But." Gao De thought of the six basic rules of runes again, and said puzzledly: "According to the six basic rules of runes, it is entirely possible to design the array before drawing it, and then calculate whether the array can be successfully constructed on the magic-conducting material to be drawn."

“If it doesn’t work, we adjust it accordingly and recalculate the robustness value.”

"Why do we need rune adjustment?"

"Because, these six basic rules are not universal rules at present. They are just the rules I summarized myself, just a guess." He Xi looked at Gao De deeply.

"After studying runes for a while, I discovered that the rune designs in magic circles are logical, and whether they can be successfully constructed can also be calculated."

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

Is this a genius? Gao De felt deeply moved.

Although he is currently only a beginner in runes, he can fully understand the significance of the six basic rules of runes to the entire rune system.

Once this theorem is established, it will break the current "hierarchical" status quo of runes.

And these six basic rules with such significance were actually created by He Xi alone?
"But they are not perfect. Just like what you saw at the beginning, the magic array that can be successfully constructed by calculation based on the six basic rules has failed in the actual process."

"I kept looking for the reason until you told me the answer."

"Interference constant." Gao De said softly
"Yes, there is a missing interfering constant."

"During this period, I have been calculating and deriving this interference constant, but this is a very large project and it will not be accomplished overnight."

Gao De nodded slightly. He understood the workload very well.

If it is to become a rigorous theorem, then this interference constant cannot be an approximate value, it must be an exact value.

Because the larger the magnitude of the runes in the array, a slight error in the interference constant will lead to a huge difference after complex calculations.

"I haven't derived the interference constant yet, so I can't bypass the 'Rune Adjustment Rate' through the six basic rules to teach you how to construct the array."

"And you are still far from being a 1st level mage, so I can't teach you the traditional 'rune adjustment' method."

"So, there is nothing left for me to learn in runes now?" Gao De opened his mouth.

"Of course not." He Xi smiled.

"Next, you will learn a brushstroke from me."

(End of this chapter)