magic high school

Chapter 149 The Theory of Spiritual Balance

Time flies, years pass quickly, and before we know it, it's already...

It's only been a few days.

The school seemed quiet on the surface during this period, but Li Ge could actually tell from many details that things seemed different from before.

For example, the executive department is starting to experience staff shortages.

For example, recently the academy's training and courses have become more rigorous.

Many details suggest that the academy has entered a state of near-war preparedness. They seem to be preparing for something, and perhaps even planning to deal with something.

However, none of this has much to do with Li Ge; at most, it just means that his training volume has increased during this period.

This includes virtual arenas, which used to be just there for anyone to play, but now it's mandatory to enter and perform simulated tasks.

After a few days, even those who had gotten used to the structured life at school started to feel the pressure.

To be honest, the school is incredibly demanding. If traditional mages from other worlds saw this level of intensity, they'd probably think these guys were crazy. But this is actually because the school provides ample nutrition and doesn't sacrifice sleep, allowing them to quickly recover from the intense training thanks to sufficient nutrition and sleep.

There won't be a situation where you overwork your body.

Today, it was Abaddon's turn to be discharged from the hospital.

When Li Ge and the others arrived at the entrance of the mental hospital, they saw Abaddon, who had been full of energy, walk out with a sullen face. He was not only not radiant, but also lifeless.

"What's wrong? Is your injury still not healed?" Li Ge asked.

Abaddon rolled his eyes at him, said nothing, and walked slowly away, saying, "I have lost myself on the path of life."

Li Ge: "————"

Can't you speak like a normal person?

However, he already knew what kind of person this guy was. Even though he had been a professor for many years, the man's neurotic nature hadn't changed; in fact, one could say that his mental age was probably even younger than his own.

I'm a second-year middle school student, he's a second-year junior high student.

The two walked and bought things as they went.

Abaddon disliked going to the canteen; in his own words, he would rather eat fast food than eat the canteen's pig feed.

Although Li Ge also thought the school cafeteria wasn't great, the nutrition was definitely plentiful. In other worlds, this would be considered a high-nutrition meal consisting of elven fruits, tree spirit rice, and a large amount of monster meat—a treatment many people would probably dream of receiving. It certainly wasn't pig feed.

To his surprise, Abaddon rolled his eyes at him and said, "Pig feed is also very nutritious."

Li Ge:

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That seems to make sense.

In short, while Abaddon was complaining about how the school managed to make such a huge amount of top-quality natural ingredients taste so bad, the two returned to their familiar laboratory.

After making do with a meal there, Abaddon suddenly asked, "Have you been neglecting your spiritual energy training lately?"

"Ugh—" Li Ge almost choked on the noodles in the self-heating meal.

Not only recently, but it seems that ever since reaching the second tier, I have gradually slowed down my spiritual energy cultivation and focused my main energy on my domain.

He even slacked off in escape training, physical training, and intelligence training, and reduced his efforts to climb the ranks in the virtual arena, resulting in a significant drop in his ranking.

But in his field, his progress was so remarkable that even the vice principal was amazed.

After all, Li Ge has now basically completed the construction of his mental world; all that's left is to learn how to use his domain to erode the real world.

You could say that he used to be a pure-blooded battle mage, a fierce warrior of the Noble Phantasm style, but now he's half Noble Phantasm user and half mystic, even though he hasn't learned any mystical rituals or sacrifices, only specializing in his own field.

However, he already has a nominal position in the Mysterious Academy.

Actually, double degrees like this are not very rare. The most common double degree is the combination of Noble Phantasm and Traditional Studies.

After all, the Noble Phantasm Department itself is a branch of the Traditional Department. While training in combat skills and Noble Phantasms, it is also very necessary to learn some basic Traditional Department spells.

After all, in actual combat, suddenly throwing a flashbang at the enemy can be quite intimidating.

However, mysticism is too detached from both traditional sciences and the science of Noble Phantasms. It can be said that mysticism is a completely different system that is not on the same wavelength.

If Li Ge were to offer her evaluation, both the Traditional Arts and Noble Phantasm Arts are quite materialistic, relying on spiritual energy to be converted into power for combat. Whether it's converting it into temporary enhancements to the body and equipment, or converting it into output power through spells, it's all quite in line with materialistic characteristics.

But the mysticism is something I really think about.

When Li Ge had nothing to do at Abaddon's place, he would sometimes take a look at other books on mysticism and then wonder what they were all about.

Why does your ritual, arranged this way, guarantee success? What's the underlying principle? Why?

Abaddon simply said, "I don't know, it's none of your business. Anyway, the ritual has to succeed; not a single mistake can be made, not even the slightest misalignment. If you want to get to the bottom of this, I can only say go ask the gods; maybe they really do know why."

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So let's just focus on learning the relevant field; the other rituals are really just abstract and nonsensical.

Although the realm is also very abstract, and it is a world constructed by one's own heart and mind, at least Li Ge can understand it.

The conversation returned to Abaddon asking Li Ge if he had neglected his psychic training.

"Yeah, it seems like after I reached the second tier, I didn't even have time to learn the advanced psionic enhancement techniques. Whenever I had free time, I would go back to the Domain Red Stone —" Li Ge sighed.

"Then you should focus on psionic powers. I've noticed that your generation seems to have gotten one thing wrong," Abaddon sighed. "Everything is based on psionic powers. If your psionic powers are insufficient, no matter how exquisite your techniques are, they'll be of little use."

"The power of a mage lies in the strength of their psychic power. In other words, whether it is the field of Noble Phantasms, traditional arts, or mysticism, the main focus is on psychic power, which is the foundation of everything. Other things, such as Noble Phantasms, spells, or domains, are merely icing on the cake."

Abaddon slurped up a mouthful of noodles and lectured.

Li Ge: "————"

Then, he seemed to realize that talking wasn't enough, so he used his fork to carve on the table: "A senior once proposed a theory called the Spiritual Magic Balance Theory, which states that a mage's optimal state is when spiritual energy and spells are in balance."

"While I don't entirely agree with this viewpoint, there's some truth to it. I've always felt that traditional techniques focus too much on skill, while Noble Phantasm techniques focus too much on spirit. But right now, your skill far surpasses your spirit, which is why, despite learning a bunch of random things, your actual combat strength hasn't improved much."

Abaddon used a fork to carve the characters for "spirit" and "art" on the table, and explained.

"Do you guys even have abstract thinkers who specialize in theoretical research?" Li Ge complained, thinking that everyone in the school was a pragmatist.

"Yes, there are many. But most of them are just amateur scientists seeking fame and fortune, the kind who don't dare publish in journals." Abaddon chuckled dismissively, then pressed, "Did you understand?"

"I didn't understand completely ——————"

"Simply put, your mana bar and skills need to be matched. Right now, you have too many skills, they're too varied, and they consume too much mana, but your mana bar is too low. Do you understand now?" Abaddon continued to explain in even simpler terms.

"I understand—" Li Ge nodded, then asked curiously, "By the way, how many papers have you published?"

"One hundred and eighteen chapters, and I also compiled two systematic magic books."

Wow!

Li Ge then realized that although this guy seemed unreliable, he was indeed an academic expert, after all, he was the only one in the entire school who could develop his field.

Then, after searching for Abaddon in the library, Li Ge immediately looked troubled.

One hundred and eighteen papers, all on the subject. Two magic books, also related to domain cultivation.

The number of times it was searched and seen was in the single digits.

It seems that the Realm of Inherent is truly an extremely niche field. I guess I wouldn't have studied this Realm if it weren't for my desire to fight against the world's consciousness.

Perhaps another point is that domains are purely techniques, offering virtually no improvement to psionic abilities. Furthermore, the training and improvement of domains are far too abstract, unlike the training in the Noble Phantasm department, where one can tangibly see their own progress. For example, Li Ge can now perform escape and physical training in a six-times gravity field; this improvement is immediately apparent.

Unlike traditional mages, who make significant progress with each new rune they learn, this one doesn't offer the same advantages.

The domain truly represents the pinnacle of techniques, but it's simply too extreme.

After finishing his domain training for the day, he was kicked out by Abaddon, who said it would be best if he didn't come to the next few God Sundays and went back to the Noble Phantasm Department to solidify his spiritual energy foundation first.

When she went out, she ran into Mishair and her group. After greeting them, who left school on time every day and went home right on time, Li Ge walked back to the student dormitory.

After that, Li Ge will focus on psionic training for a period of time, learn psionic enhancement, improve his basic mana bar, and then advance to the next domain. This is Li Ge's next plan.

Speaking of which, Valerie also advanced to Tier 2 a few days ago. They are all Tier 2 now, but Li Ge is the only one who hasn't learned psionic enhancement yet.

In reality, psychic enhancement isn't complicated. Essentially, it's about manipulating psychic energy to cover specific parts of your body, stimulating bodily activity. More advanced applications involve full-body coverage, or even covering with enhancement items.

It can be said that only after the psionic enhancement did the little mage gain basic combat ability, and the improvement in physical and weapon stats was obvious.

Even for high-level mages, in intense battles, psionic enhancement is the most basic skill. Without this foundation, you won't even have a chance to fight against others.

Just as he was preparing to play a few rounds in the virtual arena while there was still plenty of time,

The senior student from the executive department found him again: "Junior Li Ge, we've finally waited for you!"

"The school is researching something taboo and wants to borrow your eyes temporarily to see if we can get some unexpected information from some unusual angles."

Li Ge: "————"

Li Ge: "?"

Researching forbidden topics? Could it be divine blood?

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