Above the mage!

Chapter 5 Extraordinary Things
Gao De sat cross-legged on the bed according to his memory.

He kept his chin parallel to the floor, his eyes closed, his back straight, and his hands on his knees, palms up, fingers relaxed.

In this meditation posture, the whole person will feel very comfortable and relaxed, and then enter a meditative state better.

Of course, for experienced mages, it is easy to enter a meditative state and begin practicing in almost any posture and any environment, without the need for these "aids".

But Gao De is still just an apprentice among apprentices, so he naturally follows the procedures strictly.

After taking deep breaths for several minutes, Gode finally got into the state. In his consciousness, he seemed to be in a dark universe.

There are countless stardust floating in the universe, wandering in an irregular manner, beautiful and charming, emitting starlight.

This is the magic that exists in the world and the cornerstone of the world's power.

It is abundant and powerful, and endless.

The so-called guiding technique is to use one's own mental power to guide these magical powers, let them enter one's body, and refine them into magic power.

Gode ​​began to try to use his mental power to guide these magic stardust.

These magical powers followed the control of his spirit and mind, entered his body along with the breath inhaled into his mouth, and then descended all the way to the position of his belly button before beginning to settle.

This is not the end. After feeling that the magic stardust has settled down, Gaode still needs to manipulate his spirit and thoughts, follow the rhythm of his breathing, and continue to polish the magic until it turns into his own magic power.

To be honest, the whole process is not very efficient.

Because the guidance method and meditation technique practiced by Gao De have a unified name - Apprentice Guidance Method and Apprentice Meditation Technique.

As the name suggests, it is a training method specially designed for mage apprentices. It is the most basic thing. Its disadvantage is that it is basic, and its advantage is that it is basic enough. It has reached perfection in terms of laying the foundation, but its efficiency is definitely not that high.

Gao De was immersed in his first practice until he began to feel tired. The efficiency of guiding the magic stardust dropped by about 30% compared to the beginning, so he stopped.

He knew that the consumption of his mental energy had reached the critical point of 40%, and the next step was to start practicing meditation.

Gao De adjusted his posture, adjusted his breathing for a moment, closed his eyes as required by the apprentice meditation technique, and began to practice meditation.

The practice of meditation is similar to the visualization method often mentioned in Buddhism in previous lives. It is to outline certain strange and mysterious things in the mind to enhance mental strength.

The apprentice's meditation technique manifests a lotus with sixteen petals, and the number of lotus petals that manifest is proportional to the progress of practice.

Once all sixteen petals of the lotus can be materialized, then this apprentice meditation technique can be considered to have been practiced to perfection.

However, Gaode's current practice progress is far from perfection.

If he remembered correctly, his predecessor had only been able to materialize five petals after practicing so far, and that was because his predecessor had an extremely good talent for mental power.

This progress is not bad. One should know that the apprentices in the same batch as Gao De, and even those who started practicing earlier than him, have only reached the level of one or two petals so far.

As his mind was immersed, Gao De clearly sensed the existence of mental power.

In the endless darkness of consciousness, a lotus slowly rotated, existing in his mind.

It's just that this flower does not have a physical entity, but is just an outline drawn by some dotted lines.

The purpose of practicing meditation is to fill these dotted lines with mental power and fully materialize the real lotus.

Gao De was just about to start materializing the lotus as he remembered, but at this moment, he suddenly realized that there seemed to be something extra in the depths of his consciousness, and it was shining.

Subconsciously, his heart moved, and his mental strength and attention were simultaneously focused on the point emitting light.

Deep in the space of consciousness, it is still dark.

But in addition to these, there are countless irregularly wandering stars and two groups of spell models composed of stars that resemble galaxies but are actually fixed.

Those are the two tricks that Gode has mastered.

Overall, the depths of the consciousness space look like a sea of ​​stars.

Therefore, this place is also called the Magic Star Sea.

However, today, in addition to stars and spell models, there is one more thing in the magic star sea.

Something that shouldn't exist.

It was a crescent moon.

It floats quietly and steadily in the center of the magical sea of ​​stars, motionless, emitting a pure white light.

To be more precise, it should be a crescent-shaped gem.

Its appearance is very similar to that of a magatama, with a wide and round head and a pointed and thin tail. The whole thing is white, but not milky white, but the whiteness of the moon.

The gem is crystal clear without a trace of impurities, and there are complex and beautiful patterns and designs on its surface, like some strange symbols.

Yes, it is growth, not implication.

Because there was no trace of processing at all, these patterns and designs were integrated with the gemstone, and they looked natural. Gao De stared at the crescent gemstone that existed in his mind, and he couldn't believe it.

"Isn't this the pendant I always wore around my neck?"

This is a family heirloom of his Gao family, strung into a pendant by his father and passed down to him.

Gao De has worn this pendant for more than ten years and has never found anything unusual about it.

But now, this item, which did not belong to this world, actually traveled to this world with him.

It also changed from a real existence to an illusion, taking root in his magical sea of ​​​​stars.

Even time travel has happened, so having another gem in the head doesn't seem to be something difficult to accept.

But why this gem?

This shows that there must be something special about it.

Gaode tried to stay calm and recall the information about the gem.

Then he discovered that when his father passed this gem to him, he did not explain its origin in detail.

Gao De only knew that this gem must be worth a lot of money. He was sure that it was not a handicraft made of agate, talc or the like, but a natural gem.

Because it is so exquisite, so exquisite that it doesn't look like it is man-made.

Only the magic of nature can forge such a work of art.

Gao De observed carefully for a while, but found nothing unusual.

"It's an extremely rare and extraordinary item." He made a tentative judgment on the origin of the gem based on his understanding of this world. "And the fact that it was able to travel with me to this world is enough to prove that its grade is definitely not low."

Gao De carefully directed his mental power towards the crescent gem.

This was the most common way he could remember of activating "supernormal things".

Gode ​​tried to stimulate this "supernatural thing" to find out its function.

However, as soon as his mental power touched the gem, it was like hitting a wall, and it was immediately bounced back.

Gao De thought about it and stopped being so cautious. He mobilized all his mental strength to try to activate "it" again.

Once, twice, three times.
Until Gaode felt a little tired, the "crescent moon" was still suspended there, without any change or movement, "unmoved".

He was shocked.

At first he thought he was just too cautious and therefore failed to activate the magic item, but later on, even though he had already tried his best, he still failed.

Gao De carefully observed the gem again, trying to find some mechanism.

The end result was still nothing.

Now Gao De was worried. There was such a "foreign object" in his mind, but he didn't know what it was used for. Who could be willing to accept this?

But the problem is, this thing is like a nail house, it has settled down in his head, his mental strength is not enough to shake it at all, and he can't drive it away.

No matter how unwilling he was, he couldn't change anything.

"It's most likely because my current mental strength is too weak, so I can't activate or shake it." Gao De guessed.

"Never mind." Gaode, which had no other choice but to give up, finally decided to give up.

At least it is certain that this gem that inexplicably followed him through time and space will not cause any harm to his body.

that's enough.

So, Gaode withdrew his attention from the gem, took a while to calm down, and then re-entered the state of meditation.

The lotus composed of dotted lines in his consciousness gradually solidified under Gaode's meditation.

The lotus pedestal became a physical entity, and the five petals on the pedestal were gradually materialized by Gao De.
Nearly two hours later.

Godard opened his eyes.

A deep feeling of fatigue came over me.

The mental energy previously consumed in practicing the guiding method has been restored as meditation progresses, but the restoration of mental energy does not mean that fatigue can be eliminated.

On the contrary, according to the memories left by the previous incarnation, a good night's sleep after practicing meditation would be the most effective.

Amy finished her practice earlier than him and had already fallen asleep, with a slight snoring sound coming from her.

Gao De also took off his coat quietly and lay down on the bed, recalling what he had seen and heard since coming to this world, thinking about how he should get out of this situation and more.
(End of this chapter)