Chapter 7: The Pain of the Soul

There was no time to rejoice, Leo hurriedly continued to study seriously.

Soul Plane Meditation, as the name suggests, each person's soul is a plane that belongs only to him, and there is a vast space in it that cannot be accessed by outsiders.

The first thing a learner should do is to make his spiritual power enter the soul plane, and then control his spiritual power to transform the soul according to the signs of the structure diagram. In this process, the spiritual power will also be tempered and grown.

When the first layer of the structure diagram, the base of the entire structure, is completely inscribed in the soul plane, the first stage is considered complete, and the mage apprentice can begin to try to advance to the first level mage.

However, if you want to advance, you must rely on special magic potions to assist and set up a magic circle. Only in this way can the base of the magic vortex be completely stabilized, integrated with the soul, and also make the soul qualitatively transformed, and can carry the second layer of the magic vortex structure, so that it can cast more powerful magic.

This soul structure is called the Magic Vortex.

"Well, this structure is so complicated, just the first layer, I don't know how long it will take to complete. And in addition to these two layers of structure, there seem to be more structures that have not been listed, and it is really not so simple to become a mage and be able to cast magic. Leo thought with a frown.

However, he was soon pleasantly surprised to discover that he didn't have to wait until the entire structure was completely complete to learn magic.

As long as they can inscribe the "outer outline of the pedestal" in their souls, the magic apprentice can begin to try to extract the energy from the outside world, that is, the magic in the mouth of the mages, to complete the spell.

According to the book, this energy is the basis of a qiē, flowers and trees, the sun, moon and stars, and even the gods and the entire universe, but in a different form. And ordinary fighters also feel this kind of energy and improve their strength, but they do not directly control the energy, but use it to strengthen the body. As for the bloodline, they also rely on this energy to improve the integrity of the bloodline and obtain more bloodline abilities.

At this point, it took as many as twelve pages for the Soul Plane Meditation Method to be completely described, and the structure legend alone and the detailed explanation of the promotion magic array accounted for more than half of the space.

In addition to the overall structure, there is also an exploding diagram of the first layer of the Mana Vortex. Every direction of spiritual power, every inscribed step, was carefully marked, and even if Leo Wan couldn't understand how the magic vortex worked, it didn't prevent him from trying to meditate.

At the end of the "Meditation Beginner's Guide" is the specific way to cast magic, no matter what kind of meditation method the learner practices, the four steps of casting magic are constant: using mental power to extract magic from the outside world, forming magic components, arranging and combining them, and projecting them.

Eight magic factions are listed, as well as the most basic and simplest level zero magic in a general system for apprentices to practice, and more advanced magic is required to obtain a spell book on your own.

Of course, Leo was very curious about magic, so he read them all, namely:

scleroderma of the protective system;

Acid splashing of spells;

Enchantment-based stuns;

Flashing of the plastic energy system;

The silent portal of the Illusion Department;

The frailty touch of the necromancy;

Change is the hand of a mage;

Prophecy detection magic;

The arcane sigil of the general system;

Each magic has a whole detailed introduction, as well as model examples, and if you learn it step by step, it should not be difficult.

But Leo hadn't even started his meditation yet, so he had to put his magic aside for the time being.

Looking out the narrow window, the moon had risen, and the pale blue moonlight poured in, making his heart feel peaceful.

"If you don't want to be a mage, it's not bad to be a Luna believer. ”

Leo certainly knows that the moon in this world is different from the earth. That is actually the divine plane of Thea, one of the main gods of Gaia, the goddess of moonlight and hope, and it is also the only divine plane that can be seen with the naked eye on the main material plane of Gaia.

Seeing that the time was not early, and he still had to work tomorrow, Leo hesitated a little.

But after all, he still couldn't resist the stronger **, and he happened to have a peaceful state of mind, so he decided to try meditation.

"Professor, turn off the virtual personality and unleash my mental power. He commanded.

Leo actually wants the professor to keep the state active, maybe he can record the situation during the meditation, but with his current mental power, if the professor takes up more than half, then the chance of success in meditation will be infinitely close to zero.

To prevent false start, set the operation password. The professor responded.

"It's so troublesome. Maybe it was because of the thoughts just now that Leo remembered the blue planet he used to be in, and he couldn't help blurting out: "Then set it to Earth." ”

As soon as the words fell, Leo felt his head buzzing, and the headache recurred, obviously the virtual personality had been turned off, and the long-term low mental power had risen a lot, making him unable to adapt at all.

Leo couldn't help but have no worries, but became happy, the symptoms were so intense, it only showed that his mental strength was quite considerable, and the chances of success were naturally much greater.

Taking a deep breath and trying to let go of his distractions, he began to follow the guide's instructions, maintaining a long rhythm of breathing, allowing his mental power to drift away.

Slowly, my mind became empty, and the headache faded. Leo felt that he had entered some kind of wonderful realm, and his heart was dusty, and he also had some experience of how to control his mental power.

This is the process that everyone who wants to learn magic must go through, enter the ethereal state, and try to control their mental power. However, very few people succeed on the first try. As for why Leo can do it, it is probably due to the fact that he has been suffering from headaches for many years and has already learned how to control his spirit.

"Then it's about reining in the mental power and compressing it inward. Leo silently told himself.

Feeling the spirit floating out slowly gather, and finally merging into a point, before he began to compress, he suddenly felt an unbearable sharp pain.

"Ahh

"It's not the head, it's not the back, it's not any part of the body, what the hell is hurting just now?" Leo scratched his head, a little inexplicable.

"Is it the pain of the soul?" he secretly guessed, and then became more and more affirmed: "It should be, if you want to enter the soul plane, you must break a certain point of the soul, and it is strange if it doesn't hurt." ”

"I can't bear this pain, so why talk about gaining strength!" Leo grinned, "but I'm an expert at pain." ”

Regained his mental strength, and the severe pain came as scheduled.

Leo gritted his teeth, not letting his mind relax in the slightest, and stubbornly controlled his mental power and compressed it inward.

Cold sweat ran down his forehead, wet his clothes, and his whole body was trembling, this kind of pain beyond the flesh was simply unbearable for ordinary people.

But Leo is not an ordinary person after all, in addition to controlling his mental power, he now has only one thought in his heart: "It's not enough, compress, compress some more!"

Just when Leo felt that he was about to pass out, his mental power suddenly shook, and then he found himself entering a gray world, and the sharp pain from his soul disappeared.

"I ...... Succeeded?"

Leo looked at this wonderful world through his spiritual power, there seemed to be no end, but it seemed that he could only accommodate a little of his own consciousness, which was his soul plane.

In the soul plane that seemed empty, the spiritual power could not spread at all.

Leo felt it carefully, only to find that it was indeed full of soul energy as described in the guide. What he has to do now is to control his spiritual power, leaving an eternal imprint in these energies, forming a vortex of magical power.

However, compared to entering the soul plane, it is more difficult to control the spiritual power here to engrave traces. Soul energy is neither a gas, nor a liquid, nor a solid, but a composition that Leo completely cannot comprehend, and which also has the property of limiting mental power. It took him a lot of effort to barely carve a little trace.

"Alas, it seems that it is really a water mill to complete the magic vortex. And if you want to advance, you need some other materials, and I don't know how to get them at the moment. Leo was a little disappointed, but he also knew that he couldn't be too anxious about anything.

However, it is not mentioned in the book that learning the Soul Plane Meditation Method normally requires extremely high talent, and just compressing the spiritual power requires more than a month of practice, let alone entering the Soul Plane.

Each mentor will point out to the apprentice that forcing one's way into an unstable soul plane without adaptation can cause permanent damage to the soul, and that anyone who can do so within three months is considered an excellent achievement.

Therefore, for Leo, it is indeed quite fortunate that he successfully entered the soul plane in his first meditation and has not broken his soul. Of course, this has something to do with the fact that he has never received any guidance, and has suppressed headaches all year round, and is already quite proficient in mental control, otherwise there would definitely not be this shocking miracle today.

If any mage who specializes in soul plane meditation learned about Leo's actions, he would definitely be surprised to close his mouth and take him as an apprentice while scolding nonsense.

Controlling his spiritual power to advance to the depths of his soul, Leo did not feel that his spiritual power was consumed, on the contrary, he found that his spiritual power was growing little by little under this kind of exercise.

"Is this the effect of the Soul Plane Meditation Method, through guò this way, to exercise mental power. With this realization, Leo was even more determined to continue.

Inscribed a standard ring in the soul can be somewhat difficult for others, and even require many attempts. But for Leo, there are no such problems.

After all, when he was in school, his geometry was still good.

Find the center of the circle and divide the spiritual power into two bundles, the weaker one is fixed in the center of the circle, and the other bundle is engraved along the center of the circle, which is equivalent to building the spiritual power into a compass. The circles drawn are naturally extremely accurate.

He didn't know that this method of inscription, called Lacey's inscription method by the Ravington School of Magic, was a new school of magic theory that had only recently emerged, and had not yet been included in some backward guides.

Before he knew it, the sky was already bright, and a low bell rang, and Leo slowly recovered from his meditative state, stretched his waist, and suddenly felt refreshed and comfortable. Even the headache has been reduced a lot, and it seems that this method will not only exercise mental power, but will also be able to achieve some kind of balance with the body.

After all, high-level mages all have strong spiritual power, and if they can't fully adapt, their heads will probably be broken long ago.

"It's not bad, the ring is complete, is the next step to consolidate, or to learn magic?" he hesitated.

"Even if you learn magic now, I'm afraid the effect won't be too good, so let's continue to engrave the ring and stabilize the structure. Having made up his mind, he commanded in his mind: "Professor, restart the virtual personality, the password is Earth." ”

But in a moment, the professor's voice came: "The activation is complete, the professor is honored to serve you again." ”

Leo immediately found that his spirit had dropped a lot, and it took a while for him to fully get used to it, but in order to use several functional modules, he could only endure it.

"Check how I'm doing now. ”

"Your current indices are as follows: Strength 0.72, Dexterity 0.81, Stamina 0.79, Stamina 0.85, Health 67%. In general, please refrain from strenuous exercise during back injury repair. ”

As soon as the professor's voice fell, Leo, who had always been calm and indifferent, also became excited: "I remember that I tested it the day before yesterday, and the peak of my spirit was 0.77, and I just started meditating, and my spirit has increased so much, which is quite good." ”