Chapter 3: The Importance of Mental Power
The slight shaking sensation made Ethan a little uncomfortable, and he had finally adapted to the life of the non-stop shaking on the ship, and because he had a good rest on land for a few days, he was a little back to his original shape.
"Anyway, I'll get used to it again in a few days. ”
It is foreseeable that the days at sea will be very long in the future, and through this shuttle, Ethan understands that his golden finger has a lot of limitations.
"Let's tidy up what we have first. ”
Looking at the empty left hand, and the right hand carrying a large bag, Ethan confirmed a lot of things through this back and forth.
The package he was touching in his left hand did not come back with him, but the package he picked up with his right hand and the things he was carrying behind his back came back with him. ”
From this, it is concluded that the shuttle circle can only bring back what it can 'take away', but it cannot be brought back by simple touch.
"It's a pity, but if you can bring back what you encounter, your life will be much better. ”
Ethan's body has just turned seventeen years old, because the family is not wealthy, so the nutritional intake is not abundant, even if the thin young man has been working for many years, his strength is very limited - it is already the limit to be able to carry dozens of pounds of things, and it is impossible to pick up too heavy things. Even if you take into account the instantaneous explosive power that can pick up some heavy objects of about a hundred pounds, it is far from meeting Ethan's needs.
"I was thinking about getting a boat. ”
The boat prepared by Ethan's father was a very ordinary small wooden boat, with a single mast and an old sail, less than ten meters long in front and back, and the wooden barrels for storing food and drinking water did not even have a shelter to cover them, so they could only be stored with covers.
It's such a simple little wooden boat, Ethan thought that driving this to sea was to send him to death, and he started the wind casually, and the boat would capsize if the waves were a little bigger, so he didn't negotiate.
But as many days passed, he was surprised to find that this sea area was calm and strange, not only did he not see the sea turn deep blue for a long time, but the fluctuations in the climate were also very small, and when the waves were strongest, they were only slightly more vibrating, which made him feel dizzy.
"There's a lot of this world that I don't know. ”
After putting together the things he brought back from the Marvel world, Ethan put the anchor away, hoisted the sails, and set off in any direction.
He originally wanted to use the light ball pointer to find another direction to move forward, and in the absence of a clear destination, finding the next place where space-time energy existed was the most reliable way to replenish supplies.
However, after he urged his spiritual power to summon the pointer, he found that this time there was no familiar arrow in the ball of light, but a row of words appeared: Searching......
"It seems that the energy of time and space is not something you want to have......"
Putting the pointer away, Ethan could only think to himself about what to do next.
"I want to be able to see the land...... The world can't really be all seawater, right?
Originally, he didn't believe this, and at first he only regarded it as the ignorant remarks of those 'countrymen', but during the days of going to sea, although it was not enough to prove that there was really no land, some unusual places also made him fully aware that this is really not the earth, and a lot of 'common sense' may not be common here.
Thankfully, the water-making technique he learned from the Ancient One solved the problem of drinking water.
"Considering that I don't know when I will be able to replenish my supplies, I need to save some food for the next few days...... Try to drink as much water as possible. ”
Not wanting to die at sea for no apparent reason, not wanting to pin his hopes on the energy of time and space that he may not find at any time, and not knowing what world he will be teleported to, Ethan began to plan his next 'behavior'.
How much you eat each day to maintain enough mobility. At the same time, the books that the ancient one gave him were also sorted out by him, and then he began to read them in the order suggested by the ancient one.
"Don't be in a hurry to eat fat in one go, the ancient one said that my qualifications are average, which proves that I may need to study this basic introduction for a long time, so the rest can be put aside first......"
In this way, Ethan lived a regular and boring life.
Wake up every morning and eat something to sustain the day's stamina, and then control the boat to continue in a fixed direction - he doesn't know how to divide east, west, north and south, so he can only move in one direction.
After choosing the angle and fixing the sails and rudders, you will start studying and practicing every day.
He used the water-making technique every day, and as he practiced it more and more, he used this little spell better and better. From the beginning, you could only gather one wooden spoon of water at a time, but now you can gather half a bucket of water at a time.
"When I first started studying, I could only gather a large droplet...... It stands to reason that my mental power can't be improved so quickly, so this effect is really because of the abundance of water elements here. ”
With Ethan's proficiency in water-making, he not only has enough water to drink, but he can even take a simple shower every once in a while, making this boring and monotonous seafaring life a little less uncomfortable.
As for the introduction to the foundation of mental power, the first thing to do was the way of mental power training and meditation - very mysterious, anyway, Ethan didn't understand what he was talking about for a long time at first, and he couldn't even understand the first paragraph of the opening article for three days, which caused him to have serious doubts about his IQ.
It wasn't until three days later that he inadvertently mobilized his mental energy while reading, and finally discovered the 'right way to open the introductory article', otherwise he would still be living in self-doubt.
"Is this a test that the ancient one left for himself?"
Ethan, who has found the right way to open it, has one more thing to do every day, meditate to recover his mental power after practicing the water making technique, and then use his mental power to read that weird introductory article to improve his mental strength.
And as his spiritual power slowly improved, he gradually came into contact with some of the hidden information in this book.
According to the book, no matter what faction of mages, spiritual power is the core of spell casting. The strength of mental power is directly related to the strength of the mage's magic power, the degree of control of the magic power, and so on.
Even a mage with strong mental power can inflict fatal damage on the enemy with his strong mental power even if he does not use his magic power - but it is rare for a mage to directly attack the enemy with mental power, and this is briefly explained in the book.
Because spiritual power is too important, it is almost directly connected to the 'origin': such as the soul, and attacking the enemy with spiritual power is also equivalent to exposing one's own 'origin' in front of the enemy, and it is very easy for some enemies to take advantage of the weakness and cause great damage.
Therefore, when a mage casts offensive magic, he will try to choose to control other energies - the so-called magic.
Mana is just a general term, not just a certain kind of energy, according to the information Ethan got from the book: water can be regarded as magic, fire can also be used as magic, arcane energy is of course magic, and even extreme energy such as holy light and evil energy are also a type of magic in the eyes of mages;
Therefore, the scope of magic power is very wide, and the specific ability to use and which one is good at using will vary according to the individual's qualifications and cultivation situation.
For example, the ancient one, the magic she used was very miscellaneous, and according to the movie plot that Ethan saw in his previous life, the ancient one also extracted a large amount of negative energy from some darker planes to maintain his existence and cast spells, which is a typical mage style - as long as it is energy, it can be used as magic.
But the premise of all this is that you have strong enough spiritual power, otherwise even if you find infinite ownerless energy, you are not qualified to use powerful magical power.
In Ethan's view, the theory emphasized in this book is that magic is a tool, and mental power is the hands that use tools. Hitting someone directly with both hands can hurt your hands, so the mages who are desperate for their lives refuse this method of self-harm, and attacking the enemy with tools can minimize this risk.
As for the brewing, birth, extraction, storage, and so on of magic, although Ethan knew about these things, this tome did not give him the details, and it seemed that he was not qualified to know these things now.
"Am I being despised by this book?"
Putting away the tome casually, Ethan no longer thinks about those messy knowledge, he just needs to understand these things, according to the theory in the book, he can't even perfectly control the least magic power now, because his mental power is barely a little stronger than ordinary people, and he doesn't have the qualifications to become a mage at all.
So if you want to become stronger, what you have to do now is to exercise your mental power honestly, and wait until your mental power is stronger before thinking about the problem of magic power.
"Huh, that's a storm?"
It had been dozens of days before and after going out to sea, and it was the first time Ethan had seen the endless sea in the distance.
The endless black clouds and the torrential rain like a city wall fully demonstrated the power of nature to Ethan, a 'rookie'.
"No, we have to turn around quickly. ”
Seeing this, the fool continued to move forward, and his little broken boat did not need to enter the range of the storm, as long as he got a little closer, the waves several meters high could overturn his ship.
Just as Ethan was about to turn the ship around and quickly leave the place, he vaguely seemed to hear someone shouting for help.
"Auditory hallucinations?"
Ethan stood up and picked up a pair of binoculars that the Ancient One had given him. With the help of a telescope, Ethan quickly found his target.
"Plank wreckage, is it a ship that was shipwrecked in a storm?"
After searching for a moment near the wreckage of the plank, Ethan saw two people holding the plank and waving. Seeing this, Ethan no longer hesitated, adjusted the direction of the boat slightly, and sailed towards the two people who had fallen into the water.