Comprehensive network wizard, magic emperor.

Chapter 93 The Truth about the Advanced Level of Flow Control

At night, the lighthouse becomes quiet.

Still wearing the illusory skin of a baboon, Iron Guard came to the kitchen to make coffee. Its image was very eye-catching. Every time a visitor came, it would provide several judgments on the proficiency of the mantra illusion.

Now, Lin Bo has tasted and recorded the medicinal properties of various plants and mineral herbs in the surrounding forests, so the morning's medicine search work can come to an end, and he has more free time for alchemy experiments.

Lin Bo is considering opening up the underground space of the lighthouse and building his own alchemy workshop.

Although the kitchen utensils are barely enough to carry out basic alchemy experiments, as the difficulty of the recipe increases, more and more professional equipment is needed, and the kitchen space is seriously insufficient.

Not only does the equipment need to be upgraded, but a dedicated alchemy workshop also needs to be set up with magical rituals to guide the flow of magical energy and assist in the transformation of matter.

The most basic magical ritual is to transform magical energy into alchemical fire, in order to achieve destructive and corrosive power that ordinary flames cannot achieve.

This is also the furnace fire that is essential for alchemy. Without the furnace fire, some minerals that do not produce volatile gases will not be able to emit elixir energy. The "Smell the Fragrance to Know the Marrow" chapter will also be useless.

Lin Bo knew that his foundation in magic knowledge was still too weak, so his focus every night was still on reading and studying, while construction workshops and alchemy experiments were scheduled in the morning.

Next to the desk on the second floor, Lin Bo formed a sword finger seal with his hands, chanted the true name of steel, and controlled an iron ball to hang behind him.

In the past, when I practiced the "Bound Mind and Thought Exercise", I had to keep the iron ball within my field of vision at all times and follow it with my peripheral vision. Now, there is no need to keep it dangling in front of my eyes.

Lin Bo felt that practicing the "Bound Mind and Thought Exercise" was much easier than usual. The resonance between his body and mind and the steel was very strong. Just like the neurons in the limbs would constantly transmit their status to the brain, the suspended iron ball would also silently convey its presence to Lin Bo.

Even if left alone, as long as the resonance state is maintained, it will not fall.

This means that the practice of "Bounding the Mind and Acting" can be taken to a higher level.

Lin Bo began to control the suspended iron ball to move in the air, slowly drawing circles. It felt like unconsciously spinning a pen while reading, and the difficulty level wasn't high.

After becoming proficient, he then let the iron ball draw more complex patterns, such as squares, stars, and human figures. The difficulty increased suddenly, and Lin Bo had to concentrate on reading and memorizing, so the trajectory of the iron ball became crooked and intermittent.

His attention was pulled back and forth between the book and the Mantra Control Technique, and his learning efficiency dropped sharply, so he changed his practice method.

He took out his reading notes, then took out his pen, and used the imperial technique to control the pen and write. The iron ball floating behind him imitated the trajectory of the pen, tracing the words in the air.

Although he now has to read, control the pen and copy at the same time, which is three things at once, his attention is rarely distracted. He only needs to think about how to write, and his mind is focused on it, so there will be no chaotic state of fighting between the left and right hemispheres of the brain.

This is what is called "restraining the mind". Even if you are doing many things at the same time, your mind should be correct and your thoughts should be smooth and clear.

Lin Bo gradually immersed himself in the book, writing and drawing with the floating pen, recording his scattered thoughts, and re-examining the contents from the perspective of the True Name Mage.

In the resonant state, the pen can transmit a faint touch, which helps him better control the weight of the pen and greatly increases the fluency of writing.

Unlike in combat, where one pursues extreme lethality, the techniques used on paper are all small tricks.

With each stroke of his pen, his mind shifted and shifted, feeling as if he were sailing among the mountains, watching the river meander around the cliffs and crash into the rock walls, creating a turbulent current.

In the spare time of writing, Lin Bo quietly savors the fun.

Flowing water is soft, yet its undercurrent is as strong as bones. The flow control technique is similarly deceptively light, yet its skeleton is built on an urgent and pressing conviction.

This belief pushes things to speed up and also pulls things to slow down. The change in force is straight forward, unlike the natural rotation and deviation of flowing water after impact.

"Flowing water is invisible, but strength is visible. Can I use the art of controlling life to reshape the form of strength?" He suddenly daydreamed.

Lin Bo, holding onto his true name, walked to a small open space on the second floor, controlled his body, raised his hands, and punched forward.

To avoid injury, the punches are not thrown quickly.

However, he successfully captured the kinetic energy converted from the cursed power, which is the hidden power of the flow control technique.

This kinetic energy didn't come from the contraction and explosive force of skeletal muscles. Rather, it was the True Name Mage's incantation propelling his fist out. Since unlocking the Listener of All Things trait, Lin Bo had rarely used his real name, and only now did he realize that the power had always been there.

After unlocking the power of resonance, his perception extended outward, and even when manipulating steel, he could vaguely capture this force, but he had not paid attention to it during the previous dungeon battles.

The power comes from the flow control technique, and all kinds of mantra control techniques are ultimately the secrets of using the spirit of words.

In the past, Lin Bo had also tried to perform two techniques simultaneously, making the steel deform while moving. This was just the simplest combination method.

Now, he wants to use the life control technique as the bones and the flow control technique as the skin to see what changes can be achieved.

Lin Bo raised his hand, grabbed the iron ball, and shot it out of the window with a flick of his finger, letting it fly in the vast atmosphere under the night sky and above the sea.

The speed of the iron ball is getting faster and faster, the power contained in it is becoming more and more powerful, and the feeling transmitted to the mind is becoming clearer and clearer.

Like a galloping horse, like a flying star, like a straight string.

He controlled this force firmly and concentrated his mind, as if putting a bridle on a galloping horse or tying a comet tail to a flying star.

Immediately, Lin Bo's hands hung down and he inadvertently hooked his index finger.

His belief in the art of controlling others changed from an urgent and relentless pursuit to an overflowing burst of imagination. He imagined the straight string-like force bending into a ring.

The cursed power emanating from the rune of his real name in his mind instantly boiled over, following the resonance connection and projecting the mage's will onto the distant steel.

At the same time, the iron ball speeding under the night sky suddenly rose up, drew a huge arc, reached the highest point, and dived down, outlining a standard circle with a diameter of 200 meters in the air.

The fierce roar of steel tearing through the atmosphere turned into the wind, drifted to the lighthouse, and whispered softly in the mage's ear.

The wind was celebrating, he had succeeded.

Lin Bo felt the spell power being depleted rapidly. This was the true way of performing two magic arts at the same time. Even further, it was the combination of the two magic arts into one.

In just ten seconds, he felt exhausted.

The cursed power dimmed, the resonance was broken, and the iron ball that continued to circle in the air lost control and was thrown out by inertia and fell far into the sea.

Lin Bo sat on the edge of the bed, and a large number of prompts appeared on the comprehensive network information board.

[Skill judgment successful, [Mantra Control - Flow] basic proficiency +1]

【Exquisiteness coefficient × 2 (accidental discovery)】

【Health status coefficient × 1.6 (excellent)】

[Inspiration Proficiency +3 (The road ahead is now open!)]

Final calculation result: [Mantra Control - Style] proficiency +6.2

[…[Mantra Bending - Raw] Basic Proficiency +1]

【…】

[Inspiration proficiency +2 (Benefits of analogy)]

Final calculation result: [Mantra Control - Raw] proficiency +5.2

As expected, he thought to himself, Level 2 Flow Control was all about harnessing hidden power. The synergy between Flow Control and Life Control allowed him to see a much higher perspective.

Lin Bo drank a bottle of whale oil potion, waiting for the effect to relieve the dull pain in his head. He daydreamed that maybe one day, he would be able to combine all the mantra control techniques into one. He wondered what that would be like.

(End of this chapter)