Above the mage!

Chapter 177 Rapid Progress
An indescribable chill swept across Gode's body along the skin.

At first, it just felt like there were countless tiny ice threads moving on the surface of the skin, bringing a feeling of coolness.

Immediately afterwards, this feeling slipped into his body through the pores of his skin.

After this cool feeling gathered in Gaode's body, it rushed straight into Gaode's mind.

There was a bang.

There seemed to be a sound like thunder in my mind.

Gao De felt that the top of his head became clear in an instant.

And his thinking became unusually active at this moment.

Countless thoughts surged in my mind, but they were not messy, and every thought was extremely clear.

Gao De was shocked by the sudden clarity in his mind.

He tried to get used to the feeling.

But new changes have already occurred in the next moment.

Gao De felt that his spiritual power was like a barren land that had been nourished by the rain from heaven. It had actually undergone subtle changes and was beginning to improve slowly.

Although he was extremely shocked by this change, he knew that now was not the time to be shocked.

Now or never.

Gao De decisively began to practice the apprentice meditation technique, and began to try to materialize the illusory lotus that emerged from meditation in the depths of his consciousness.

The lotus had a total of sixteen petals, but Gaode soon materialized eleven of them.

This is his current progress in meditation practice.

In the past, when he reached this point, Gaode's mental strength would have been close to its limit.

But today, he obviously still has some strength left.

Gao De took a deep breath, and with the help of the strange power brought by the "Soul Deep Sea Water", he focused his attention completely on the lotus.

He pushed his nourished spiritual power to materialize the five petals that had not yet taken shape.

At first, they are like flowers in the mist and the moon in the water, vague and elusive.

But under the influence of Gode's mental power, the illusory outline gradually became clear.

Gao De's mind was completely immersed in it, and beads of sweat had already appeared on his forehead unconsciously, but he was completely unaware.

The twelfth petal slowly took shape.

Then the thirteenth petal slowly bloomed.

Next comes the fourteenth piece, and finally the fifteenth piece.

It was also at this time that the cool feeling brought by the "Deep Sea Water of the Soul" completely dissipated.

The sense of transparency also disappeared.

The rain from heaven stopped.

In the bathtub, Gao De, who had his eyes closed, suddenly opened them.

His heart was filled with unspeakable joy and shock.

Fifteen petals!
Gao De never thought that he would be able to break through four levels of his apprentice's meditation technique in one day and reach the point where he was only one step away from perfection.

Slowly exhaling the foul air in his chest, Gao De stood up in high spirits, letting the water drip down his body.

The originally dark blue liquid has now turned into the original clear water color.

Obviously, some of the strange substances contained in it have been completely absorbed and consumed by Gaode.

For 99% of the mage apprentices in the world, the progress of practicing the guidance method is much faster than that of meditation.

But now Gaode has turned the other way.

The Guidance Method has only reached the 14th level of magic, and there are still six small levels to break through before reaching perfection.

However, his meditation technique was only one step away, and his guidance method fell behind.

"Next, I just need to try my best to advance the progress of the Guidance Method practice. Before the apprentice's Guidance Method practice is completed, the meditation technique must be completed at least." Gao De said secretly.

With this first prize, the time for him to be promoted to a first-level wizard was advanced by at least one year.

"Perhaps, I can really reach the level of a third-class mage apprentice this year and try to be promoted to a first-level mage." He roughly estimated his current practice progress in his mind and came to the conclusion.

The joy in my heart immediately reached a new level.

Green Leaf Month, 2nd.

Library.

After seven months, Gaode visited the second floor again.

The great breakthrough in meditation allowed Gaode to be promoted to a first-level mage much earlier.

This is of course a good thing, but at the same time, Gao De had not been very eager to expand his spell library, but now he has to put it on the agenda. He already has a lot of spells.

But there is still a big gap from his expectations.

In the hall on the second floor, there was still the old and frail wizard.

"Buy spell formulas." Gao De handed over his identity badge with ease.

"You again?" Obviously, seven months had not made the old wizard forget Gao De. He asked in surprise, "Have you mastered all the seven spell formulas I bought last time?"

Even in the academy, there were very few wizard apprentices who came to buy seven spell recipes at one time, so the old wizard was deeply impressed by Gaode.

"Almost." Gao De answered tactfully.

The old wizard glanced at Gao De in surprise and said, "You are quite talented in magic."

Gao De smiled shyly.

In the old wizard's opinion, he spent seven months mastering seven tricks.

Although in reality Amap spent much less time than this, Amap certainly cannot reveal the actual situation.

Seven months is just right.

It can appropriately demonstrate one's talent in magic without being too exaggerated.

"24 credits. The spells you can buy are still the same as last time. You need to have more than 30 credits to open up more spell formulas."

The old wizard took Gaode's identity tag and said this after verifying it on the alchemy machine.

Fortunately, in order to compete with Youlan for the first place in freshman credits, I took a few more courses, Gao De said secretly.

Otherwise, under normal circumstances, if you want to reach 30 credits, you have to wait until the third year.

Anyway, before the end of the first academic year, his credits will definitely reach 30 points.

"As for the spells from last time, I want the spell formulas for these four tricks: Primal Strike, Dancing Lights, Sparks, and Ignite."

These were the four fish that escaped selection last time due to financial difficulties. This time, Gaode directly caught them all.

The old wizard nodded. After knowing Gaode's talent in magic, he no longer said as much as last time.

He stood up and took out the four spell formulas that Gao De needed from the library at the back and handed them to Gao De.

Spell recipes +4.

Gold coins - 24.

However, after the 100 gold that Master Lal "paid" for the purchase of the Spiritual Water last time, even after this large expense, Gaode still had 116 gold and 8 silver in his savings.

After leaving the second floor of the library with satisfaction, Gao De returned to the dormitory and opened the four newly acquired spell formulas.

[Dancing Lights] (Evocation, 0-level):

Creates four torch-sized sources of light within range (120 feet).

For the duration of the spell, the light source can appear as a torch, lantern, or orb that remains suspended in midair.

It is also possible to combine four light sources into a blurred shadow of a medium-sized humanoid creature.

Regardless of which method you choose, each light source casts dim light in a 10-foot radius.

You can cause these lights to move up to 60 feet within range.

Each light source must be within 20 feet of another, and lights that leave this range are immediately extinguished.

[Primal Strike] (Transmutation, Level 0):

Make your own teeth or nails long and sharp so that you are ready to deliver an acidic blow.

Make a melee spell attack against a creature within 5 feet of you. On a hit, the target takes acid damage.

After you perform this attack, your teeth or nails return to normal.

[Spark] (Evocation, 0 level):

Can set an unheld flammable object on fire.

This spell functions just as if you were using flint and iron, but you can take less time to ignite an object in any weather.

[Fire Spell] (Conjuration, 0th level):

A flickering flame appears in your hand.

The flames last for the spell's duration (10 minutes), and cannot harm you or your equipment.

The flame provides bright light in a 10-foot-radius around it and dim light up to 10 feet beyond that.

You can attack with fire to end the spell.

When you cast this spell, you can throw the fire at a creature within 30 feet of you and launch a ranged spell attack against it. If it hits, the target will suffer fire damage.

(End of this chapter)