Tree of Life Meditation Method

Wizard World, Life Academy.

Chen Chuan took a deep breath and closed the villa door.

The automatic lights inside slowly came on, and the vines and glowing mushrooms gave off a soft, warm light.

He went to the bedroom and found that the bed had already been made automatically with some kind of soft plant fiber, which gave off a faint, fresh scent of vegetation.

Chen Chuan took off his coat and lay down on the bed, feeling the changes in his body.

The green markings on the back of his left hand flickered in the darkness, maintaining a faint connection with the mother tree in the distance.

He closed his eyes and tried to sense the Seed of Life inside him.

The seed seemed to perceive his intention and began to pulse faintly inside him, sending a warm current spreading through his body.

Chen Chuan felt his spiritual power grow more active, as though he could sense the life energy flowing through his surroundings.

"Is this the starting point of life magic?" Chen Chuan murmured.

He recalled what Ailin had said: the Tree of Life Meditation Method could help him better control this power.

Tomorrow, he would be able to collect the precious cultivation method from the library.

As Chen Chuan thought about it, his consciousness gradually grew hazy, and before he knew it, he fell asleep.

In his dream, he found himself standing in an endless forest, surrounded by trees so tall they were suffocating.

In the distance, an ancient tree that towered above the others radiated a dazzling light that seemed to be calling to him.

Chen Chuan walked toward the ancient tree involuntarily. With every step, he could feel his power growing.

When he finally stood before the ancient tree, a vague figure suddenly appeared on its trunk.

"You've finally come, inheritor."

An ancient, gentle voice sounded in his mind.

"The Mother Tree of Life has been waiting for you for a long time."

Chen Chuan tried to speak, only to find that he could make no sound.

Just then, a sudden, intense pain jolted him awake.

He opened his eyes and found himself still lying in the villa's bed, the green markings on the back of his left hand flickering faintly in the dark.

Cold sweat beaded on his forehead, and his heart raced.

"What kind of dream was that?" Chen Chuan sat up, panting, and felt the power still pulsing inside him.

He looked out the window. The sky was gradually cooling, and the mother tree in the distance still radiated a soft green light in the night, as if protecting the entire academy.

Chen Chuan touched his chest, where that awe-inspiring aura from the dream seemed to linger.

After getting up and washing, Chen Chuan picked up his student card and followed Ailin's directions to the library. When he passed a dining hall, he grabbed breakfast on the way. Incidentally, the dining halls here were divided into ordinary and high-class ones.

Food at the ordinary dining halls was free, but the dishes they served were only enough to fill one's stomach.

The high-class dining halls required magic stones, which made them far too extravagant for Chen Chuan as he was now.

The library was a huge spiral building, its exterior covered in thick vines and moss that blended perfectly with the surroundings.

Chen Chuan stepped inside and was immediately awestruck by the sight before him—a huge, glowing ancient tree stood in the center of the hall, with countless books hanging from its branches like fruit. Some of the pages even swayed gently in the faint light.

"New students, please register over here." An elderly man wearing wooden glasses looked up from behind the counter and greeted him with a smile.

Chen Chuan stepped forward and handed over his student card. "I'd like to collect the Tree of Life Meditation Method: Elementary Part."

The old man took the card and scanned it with some kind of device. Then he took a book radiating green light from the ancient tree and handed it to him. "This is the elementary part of the meditation method. I wish you success in your cultivation."

"Thank you." Chen Chuan took the book and felt a warm power flow from it, resonating with the Seed of Life inside him.

Chen Chuan returned to his dormitory with the Tree of Life Meditation Method.

He couldn't wait to open the book that radiated green light.

Its pages were made from some kind of tough plant leaves, smooth and warm as jade to the touch.

The characters flowed slowly across the pages, constantly changing shape like living things.

He concentrated and tried to begin meditating according to the book's instructions.

Chen Chuan found it unusually difficult to guide his spiritual power against the resistance.

An hour later, Chen Chuan opened his eyes. He found that at his current pace, it would take him around three months to get started.

It was indeed a meditation method with an extremely high threshold for beginners. From what he knew, it took around ten days to get started with an ordinary meditation method.

But what Chen Chuan didn't know was that the other students at Life Academy generally needed at least a year to get started with the elementary part of the Tree of Life Meditation Method.

With a thought from Chen Chuan, Light of Wisdom began its analysis.

All-Spell Analysis: Can analyze the spells and specialties of any target and "compile" them for the user's own use. [Available analysis slots: 1/3]

Analysis target: Tree of Life Meditation Method: Elementary Part (time remaining: 12 hours 55 minutes)

It would take less than thirteen hours. It was simply terrifying.

At that thought, Chen Chuan decided to get some sleep first, since he still wasn't feeling well after the previous night's dream.

As his breathing gradually steadied, the Seed of Life inside him began to pulse faintly.

Time passed, and when Chen Chuan woke up, it was already three in the afternoon.

He decided to look at his class schedule first.

Chen Chuan picked up his student card from beside the bed. The card glowed faintly, and the schedule appeared in the air.

He ran a fingertip lightly across it, and the names of various courses appeared one after another: basic botany, life magic theory, basic herb identification, elementary meditation techniques, introduction to elementary animal communication...

"Life magic theory... animal communication..." Chen Chuan was thoughtful. Perhaps these courses could help him master the power of the Tree of Life more quickly. His gaze lingered on "elementary meditation techniques." The course seemed likely to speed up his cultivation.

Class times were not fixed, but students had to be at least Third-Class Apprentices to attend.

It seemed he could only attend classes after the analysis was complete and he had learned the Tree of Life Meditation Method.

Chen Chuan put down his student card and glanced over several other options on the schedule.

Basic botany and herb identification seemed better suited to beginners, but the animal communication course caught his interest.

During wilderness survival training, he had dealt with all kinds of animals and knew their behavioral patterns and language, but actual communication was another matter.

"Maybe I can go to the library first and find some related material to study on my own," Chen Chuan said to himself, a hint of resolve flashing in his eyes.

The books here also hung from branches, but each one was wrapped in a thin layer of moss that felt warm and smooth to the touch.

"The foundation of animal communication lies in understanding their language..." Chen Chuan pulled out a book with a bird's claw on its cover and opened it. To his surprise, the words flowed across the pages at the speed he read, as if they were alive.

He stood before the bookshelf, immersed in the world of the book.

The book described how to establish contact with different kinds of animals through specific sound waves, body movements, and even mental fluctuations. Chen Chuan noticed that complex runes occasionally appeared on the pages, seemingly representing techniques that could only be mastered through practice.

"These basic theories are easy enough to understand, but putting them into practice probably won't be so simple."

Chen Chuan closed the book and pulled out several more on the subject, intending to take them back to his dormitory for further study.

Just as he was about to leave the library, he caught sight of an apprentice in a red robe standing in the shadow of a tree in the distance, apparently watching him. The person's face was indistinct, but their gaze was sharp as an eagle's. When they saw Chen Chuan notice them, they turned and disappeared around a corner of the spiral corridor.

"Red robe... a First-Class Apprentice?" Chen Chuan frowned.

Just then, out of the corner of his eye, he glimpsed something strange in the mirror in the corner of the dormitory. Behind his reflection, a vague figure seemed to flash past, like an illusion.

Chen Chuan whipped around toward the mirror, only to see his own startled expression and the empty wall behind him.

"Was it an illusion?" Chen Chuan frowned in confusion.

He turned to rest, but his gaze inadvertently swept past the mother tree outside the window. In that instant, he seemed to see a pair of eyes watching him from within the mother tree's enormous shadow.

Chen Chuan's heart jolted. He quickly rubbed his eyes and looked again. The mother tree still stood quietly in the night, radiating a soft green light, as if everything just now had been an illusion.