8: Chapter 8 The First Meditation

Returning to that luxurious room, Byron lay on the bed, eyes closed, pondering what Eliza had just said.

'White Wizard, Dark Wizard, Dark Wizard, Dark Eclipse Wizard Academy, Cold Shadow Wizard Academy, White Tower Wizard Academy, Wizard Continent, Plane Great Expedition, Plane...'

Although Eliza's explanation solved some of Byron's questions, it was followed by more doubts and confusion.

But that wasn't the point now; the point was that the Eye of Omniscience was about to complete its analysis of the first rune of the Basic Meditation Method.

[Analyzing... Estimated time: 6 seconds.]

Watching the remaining six seconds, Byron just watched, waiting quietly.

Five... four... three... two... one.

As the time hit zero, the prompt from the Eye of Omniscience changed.

[Analysis complete, establish Mental Sea channel to transmit target rune 3D structure?]

Seeing the prompt appear before him, Byron felt stirred, his heart beating violently involuntarily.

At this moment, he could finally knock on the door of the Wizard World, full of mystery and knowledge.

However, the closer it got, the less anxious Byron was; he didn't rush to have the Eye of Omniscience transmit it.

After taking a few deep breaths and calming his stirred emotions, Byron finally let the Eye of Omniscience begin the transmission.

Boom!

There was no imagined excruciating pain, but a vast, precise, and high-dimensional 3D information, like a waterfall, instantly poured into his mind.

At this moment, it was no longer dry, abstract textual descriptions recorded in books, but a twisted geometric figure similar to α, appearing in his mind in a stunning 3D holographic projection.

Every texture of the rune, every pause and turn of the nodes, was displayed in front of Byron without reservation, clear to the smallest detail, as if all its veils had been stripped away.

While accepting the Basic Meditation Method, Byron had actually tried to carve this rune on his own.

But the result...

It was like trying to copy 'Along the River During the Qingming Festival' with eyes closed; one slight mistake meant all previous efforts were wasted.

But now, it was equivalent to Byron holding a transparent tracing paper, even with an auxiliary aiming System.

It really is addictive to cheat once, and always addictive to cheat!

Without hesitation, he got to work; Byron began his first formal Meditation according to the records in the 'Basic Meditation Method'.

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Byron slowly closed his eyes, relaxed his body, emptied his thoughts, and perceived himself.

As his thoughts emptied, Byron felt his body sinking, and he felt dazed.

Just at this moment, a sound like a stone dropping into water suddenly came from the depths of his mind.

Next moment.

He felt his spirit suddenly shake, that confusion all dissipated, his spirit returned to clarity, and his thoughts became extremely active.

Faced with this situation, Byron had no panic; he knew in his heart that this was entering the state of deep Meditation.

So, Byron did not hesitate and began to carve the first rune recorded in the Basic Meditation Method.

Under the perfect template provided by the Eye of Omniscience, the whole outlining process, although extremely raw and consuming huge energy, had no deviation.

Outside, Byron was sitting cross-legged on the bed, eyes slightly closed, breathing evenly and lightly, as if asleep.

But around his body, there were light spots of various colors.

A transparent thread swayed in the air, one end connected to Byron's body, the other end constantly capturing certain specific light spots around him, dragging them into his body.

Time passed bit by bit. I don't know how long it had been, Byron's eyelids trembled slightly, and he opened his eyes again, full of fatigue.

'Omniscience, how long did I meditate just now?'

[Checking records... Analyzing... From closing eyes to opening eyes, total time: 2 hours 32 minutes 51 seconds, mental state exceptionally active time: 1 hour 23 minutes 22 seconds.]

Seeing this, Byron nodded slightly. No wonder he was so tired; it turned out he was reaching the limit of Meditation time.

Meditation wasn't something you could do for as long as you wanted; there was a time limit.

Excessive Meditation would not only fail to improve Mental Energy but would lead to the depletion of Mental Energy.

Generally, this time limit was around one to one and a half hours.

If this limit was reached, one had to wait for the spirit to recover before continuing Meditation.

And the method of recovery, according to the books, was most cost-effective by sleeping.

Byron: 'Eye of Omniscience, scan my changes.'

[Analyzing... Analysis complete.]

[Brain cell activity increased, neural synaptic connections strengthened, whole-body cells strengthened...]

'Digitize it.'

[Target: Byron Augustus]

[Age: 14]

[Physique: 1.31]

Looking at the panel in front of him, Byron secretly thought: 'I didn't expect the effect of Meditation to be so significant, and this is just the change in the body.'

'I'm afraid the improvement in spirit will be even greater, but it's a pity that Mental Energy cannot be digitized, otherwise it would be clearer.'

Byron could clearly feel his Mental Energy getting stronger, but he didn't know how much stronger; this was very uncomfortable for him, as if a cat was scratching in his heart.

'Sigh... It seems I still need to keep collecting knowledge to digitize Mental Energy as soon as possible.'

'But the most important thing now is to sleep first.'

Thinking of this, Byron had the Eye of Omniscience record and archive all his thoughts before closing his eyes.

In less than three seconds, he fell into a deep sleep.

...

A month later, in the dining hall.

"Eliza, with such good Aptitude, you must have engraved more than half of the runes, right?"

In the dining hall, Gray looked at Eliza, who was sitting opposite him eating elegantly, full of envy.

"Sigh, unlike me, even if I struggle in my room every day, I barely managed to stabilize two runes in my Mental Sea! Even the improvement of Mental Energy is surprisingly slow."

"I really don't know when I will be able to become a First-Rank Wizard Apprentice!"

Listening to Gray's complaints, Eliza smiled and comforted him.

"Gray, you don't need to worry so much. Your Aptitude is not bad. When you get to the academy, find a powerful mentor to give you some guidance, and maybe you will catch up with me soon."

Gray sighed. Although he was simple-minded, he could tell that Eliza was comforting him.

Eliza also looked at Byron and changed the subject.

"Byron, how about you? How is it now? Your Aptitude is only a little worse than mine, so it should be about the same as mine."

Byron waved his hand: "Eliza, don't flatter me. Although Aptitude looks like it's only a little worse, it's actually a lot worse."

"Although I am better than Gray now, I am far behind you."

Looking at Eliza's "you think I believe you" expression, Byron didn't continue to argue, just smiled.

I have to say, Eliza is very accurate at judging people.

In fact, in the past month, because there was no new knowledge to learn, Byron had put all his attention into analyzing Meditation Runes and Meditation.

Most of his time every day was spent in his room, and except for eating or occasional gatherings, he had never stepped out of the room.

As a result, with the blessing of his Aptitude and the Eye of Omniscience, his improvement was also very rapid.

Not only was his Mental Energy improving rapidly, but the engraving speed of the runes was also running wildly like a wild horse losing its reins.

Byron had now engraved six runes in his Mental Sea, and he only needed one more month to be sure of a Breakthrough.

To become a real First-Rank Wizard Apprentice.

But this raised a problem: with such rapid improvement, wouldn't it be obvious to tell others that he had a problem?

That...

Just at this moment, a burst of cheering and exclamations suddenly came from outside.

"Continent! Look! It's the continent!"

"Is that really the continent? We have arrived at the Wizard Continent!"

"Is this true?"

"..."

Hearing this movement, the three of them looked at each other and quickly got up, walking briskly toward the deck.