Above the mage!

Chapter 4: The Master's Practice

As soon as Gao De walked out of the door, an undisguised hostility rose in his eyes.

"In the face of absolute strength, being clever is useless. Even trying to maneuver is a struggle."

He recalled his encounter with Master Seda. In addition to the unspeakable humiliation, he also felt a sense of luck that he had escaped death. "Although I got away with it this time, it was also due to luck."

Gao De didn't know the specific effect of the spell that Master Sedda had just cast, which was like thorns growing out of the palm of his hand, but he could guess that if he was lying, Master Sedda would definitely be able to sense it.

Fortunately, Master Seda’s question was “Do you really feel that there are no changes in your body?”
——In fact, after he woke up, he did not find anything unusual in his body.

It is highly likely that all the effects of the potion were borne by its predecessor.

It seems that the effect of the potion made by this old guy is for the spiritual aspect.
Godard deduced.

Otherwise, as he inherited this body, he should not have any physical discomfort.

The not-so-tall wizard Seda brought pressure to Gao De that was unprecedentedly huge in his past and present lives.

With lingering fear, he touched the neck that had just been pinched by Master Seda.

There weren't any wounds there.

But just now, the unbearable pain was real.

This is the magic of magic.

Even if it's just a trick.

It is not a pleasant feeling to have your life and death controlled by someone else's thoughts.

Although Master Seda was just a stranger to Gode whom he had only met once, Gode's hatred for him had reached its peak at this moment.

Gaode also knew that he was too weak now and could never be a match for Master Seda.

The opponent is very powerful, so he must be patient and look for opportunities in secret.

The question is, how much time does he have?

Gao De didn't know that he actually only had one month left.

But he knew that Master Seda attached great importance to the unknown potion. Even though he had never succeeded in mixing it over the years, he kept trying again and again, which showed his persistence.

Now that Master Seda has discovered that he is still alive after testing the medicine, he must feel that the preparation of the potion is close to success.

Therefore, in a short period of time, Master Seda will definitely try to prepare the potion again.

There is a high probability that he will be the one testing the medicine then.

After all, he is the only person who has “not died” after trying the drug so far.

"God, you're finally back!" When God returned to his room, Amy immediately came up to him and asked, "What did Master Seda want you to do?"

Gao De told the truth, "Master Seda asked me how I felt after taking the medicine."

"That's what I guessed. Master Seda's potion was finally made successfully. We are going to have a good life!" Amy was very excited.

"Maybe." Goder did not break Amy's fantasy.

"By the way, I just met Yilan." He pondered for a moment and spoke casually.

"Why, is he bothering you again?" Amy's expression changed when she heard that and she asked nervously.

"That's about right, but it's no big deal. At most he can embarrass me with words, but he can't really do anything to me." Gao De said indifferently.

"That's not what I meant!" Amy was more concerned than God. "Yilan has been with Master Seda the longest, so he can have a say in front of Master Seda. I heard that the reason you went to test the medicine this time was because of him."

"Really? I don't have any grudge against him, why would he do this?" Gao De "couldn't believe it".

"He is a narrow-minded person and is jealous of talented people. He is already unhappy to see that you are so talented. And you don't like to pay attention to him. How can he not hate you?"

"Besides, you are so good at mixing potions so quickly. Ilan must be afraid that if this continues, Master Seda will value you more and more, until you replace him in Master Seda's position."

"You can't afford to offend him now, so you'd better pretend to be nice to him first." Amy advised tactfully.

Gao De's eyes narrowed slightly, and after thinking for a while, he said, "I understand."

Amy thought that Godard had listened to her advice, and she breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good."

"Ilan's job is to deliver goods for Master Seda?" Goder asked casually.

"Yes, his job is the easiest. He usually needs to ship out goods once every four or five days, and he can also take this opportunity to go for a stroll in the city. We are not like us who work so hard all day in the medicine garden." Amy felt a little indignant when she said this.

"Like this." Gao De's eyes were vague, thinking about something.

Afterwards, he learned a lot of information about the medicine garden from Amy through various topics, intentionally or unintentionally, and gained a basic understanding of the current environment.

"Oh!" Amy slapped her head, as if she remembered something, and said hurriedly: "Let's go eat quickly. If we go later, there will probably be nothing left."

He pulled Gao De to the restaurant and took credit for it, "I missed the meal time because I was waiting for you to come back."

It's dinner time.

In the medicine garden of Master Seda, there are three meals a day, namely breakfast, lunch and dinner.

If we exclude the drug testing, this place is actually a paradise for most apprentices who were born as beggars. Because most civilians only eat two meals a day.

Under Amy's guidance, Goder came to the restaurant where the apprentices ate.

It is called a dining room, but the space is only slightly larger than their bedroom. There are three square wooden tables, each with a candle lamp made up of three candlesticks, and a fireplace, so it is called a dining room.

It was already quite late when Gao De and his friends arrived, and there were only two or three apprentices left in the restaurant.

Amy glanced nervously at the large plate by the fireplace, and was relieved to see that there were still two long black loaves of bread left there.

Next to the large plate, there is a clay pot stew pot.

Gao De, who had not eaten anything except water for a long time after waking up, felt a little hungry and followed Amy.

There were some tableware stacked next to the big plate. Gode picked up a small plate from it, then put a long loaf of bread into his own plate, picked up a small bowl, and looked at the stew pot.

The stew pot is filled with pea soup made from a kind of pea, a local specialty.

After filling their spoons with pea soup, Gold and Amy chose an empty table to sit down.

Rye bread + pea soup.

This is the daily food for these apprentices.

Meat, forget it.

Although it is called bread, it is completely different from the bread that Gaode knows.

These rye breads do not have yeast added, so they are extremely hard when baked. They definitely don’t taste very good and are extremely difficult to chew.

Of course, it is not without its advantages.

Cheap.

Four pounds (about 4 kilograms) of rye bread cost only six copper coins.

Gao De converted it in his mind and it was equivalent to 3.5 copper coins per kilogram of rye bread.

The cheapest meat cost 450 copper coins per pound (about 7 grams).

The value for money of rye bread is self-evident.

Amy used a knife to cut the long rye bread into slices and placed them on a plate. Then she poured pea soup on the slices of bread one spoonful at a time and put the slices of bread into her mouth.

This is the correct way to eat rye bread. Soak the bread slightly while drinking soup, otherwise you will choke if you eat it dry!
Of course, soaking bread slices directly in the soup is also a very common way of eating.

Following Amy's example, Godard picked up a knife and cut the rye bread into several slices. He then soaked the slices in pea soup and put them into his mouth.

The next moment, he couldn't help but frown.

Even though he was mentally prepared, the difficulty of swallowing the food was beyond his expectation.

There was no seasoning at all in the pea soup. The bread slices soaked in the pea soup were just a little softer. If I had to describe the taste, it would only be slightly better than sawdust.

For Gode, such food was undoubtedly extremely horrible, but for other apprentices, having this kind of bread to eat was already very good.

But Gode had no choice now. The hunger in his stomach made him frown and swallow the rye bread with difficulty.

So he had one more reason to rebel against Master Seda.

——If you can only eat food like this every day, what’s the difference between that and being dead?
After dinner, it was time for the apprentices to practice.

The apprentices in the medicine garden have a very regular daily routine.

They are busy with their work during the day, and have a fixed three to four hours of practice time at night.

After returning to the room, Amy seized the opportunity and quickly entered a state of meditation.

Gao De first reviewed the mages' practice methods in his mind.

The two most important basic indicators for a mage are mana and mental power.

Mana is the energy consumed when casting spells, also known as the "blue bar", and is the cornerstone of all a mage's power.

Mental strength is related to controlling spells and learning spells. It determines a person's spellcasting skills, the stability of continuous casting, the changes in spells, and even the speed of learning spells.
The growth of magic power and mental strength depends on boring and repetitive practice day after day. There is absolutely no room for laziness and there are no shortcuts.

"To begin the guidance, first, enter a meditative state."

The method of cultivating magical power is called guidance, and the method of cultivating spiritual power is called meditation.

The two are separate and cannot be practiced at the same time, and the order is usually to practice the guiding method first, and then the meditation technique.

Because the process of practicing guidance techniques also consumes mental energy.

Once the mental strength is consumed by more than 40%, continuing to practice the guidance method will be ineffective.

For Gaode, this is not difficult to understand, just like studying - the learning effect is definitely the best in the first few hours, but towards the end, when you are mentally exhausted, your learning efficiency will naturally be low.

Practicing meditation after practicing guidance can not only quickly restore the consumed mental power, but also enhance the growth of mental power.

According to Gaode's own understanding, this is like exercise. Constantly repeating the process of "consuming physical strength - restoring physical strength" can better stimulate physical strength growth.

(End of this chapter)