The Checklist

Lake was not only a top student but also possessed considerable magical talent. Not only did attending Plato Academy cost him nothing, but he even made money from it.

What Suye envied Lake for most was his photographic memory talent, the most powerful talent in the category of memory. A mage generally had to reach the Legendary level and combine various powers before barely gaining the ability to remember anything at a glance.

Just as Suye was thinking this, Lake closed his book and stood up. "I'm leaving first. See you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow."

Suye knew without thinking that Lake would head to the cafeteria first to get food, half of which was for his younger sister. He did the same at noon.

Before coming to Plato Academy, he had made one request: he wanted to be allowed to take an extra serving of food home.

Suye felt that he could communicate more with Lake in the future. After all, among the seven people at the Fifth Table, only he and Lake seemed relatively normal.

Plato Academy offered quite a few benefits. One of them was that students could eat dinner at the academy before going home.

Suye saw that Pallas was still studying and was about to remind her, but then thought that reminding her once was enough. If he did it too often, she might misunderstand, so he went to the cafeteria by himself.

After dinner, Suye went to take another look at the arena.

Hote had been beaten into a giant Pig Goblin, yet he was enjoying himself so much that Suye could hardly bear to watch.

Jimmy was running long-distance laps and had already left the Third Year students running with him half a lap behind.

After wandering around for a while, Suye carried his Magic Book and headed home.

On the way, Suye did not waste any time. Instead, he practiced walking meditation, also known as walking Zen.

As he walked, Suye almost completely abandoned his awareness of the outside world and stopped thinking. He focused all his attention on his steps and legs, feeling himself walk and sensing his body.

Suye did not enter deep meditation. The streets were full of pedestrians and carriages, and before this, he had only practiced walking meditation in a park without any carriages.

By the time he got home, the sky was completely dark.

After practicing walking meditation, Suye's energy had recovered, and his mind was also more refreshed.

The first thing Suye did after entering was apologize to the Three Divine Statues, move them back to their original positions, and then stay away from the Living Room.

Suye returned to his bedroom, opened the Magic Book, and began writing on the White Paper.

Evening Checklist.

1. Recall and extract what Teacher Niedern taught about meditation, then make a simple Mind Map.

2. Read through the meditation textbook once, identify the important keywords, and gain a preliminary understanding.

3. Meditate and rationally choose my own Divine Light.

4. Preview tomorrow's lessons.

5. Review the Mind Map of the key points from mathematics class.

Suye really wanted to briefly review the other subjects from last year, but during one class today, the teacher had briefly covered the content of several subjects from last year. He had not understood what the teacher was saying at all and could only study on his own at the time. He would have to wait until tomorrow to properly attend the lessons.

Suye looked over the checklist again and examined it.

A small trick when making a checklist was to begin each item with a verb whenever possible. That allowed one to act immediately and improved execution. It was a basic time-management technique.

When making the Mind Map for the meditation class, Suye did not look through the notes he had taken during the day. Instead, he directly used the recall-and-extract method, repeatedly recalling the knowledge from the lesson and recording it bit by bit on the Mind Map.

Only when he truly could not remember any new points did Suye look through the keyword notes he had written earlier and complete the Mind Map.

The recall-and-extract method was actually a dual method of memorization and learning. Although it was exhausting, it was highly effective.

The reason he recorded only a very small number of keywords when taking notes, leaving out much of the content, was not only to save time. More importantly, it was to train his brain. Combined with the recall-and-extract method after class, the results were even better.

He recorded keywords merely because he was afraid of forgetting the important points.

There were several points he did not understand, so Suye directly sent Teacher Niedern a Magic Letter to ask about them, then worked on the Mind Map for the meditation class.

After finishing the Mind Map, Suye went to read Niedern's letter again. After reading it once, he found that all his questions had been answered. He wrote back to express his thanks and included three things he had gained.

Suye flipped to the page with the evening checklist and brushed his finger across the first line. The words were immediately blacked out, indicating that he had completed the first task.

After that, Suye quickly skimmed through the meditation textbook, extracting a large number of unfamiliar keywords until his head felt dizzy and heavy.

After extracting the keywords and interpreting and explaining them in his own words, Suye had originally intended to make a Mind Map, but he found that he lacked the energy. After thinking it over, he stopped forcing himself and began to meditate.

Meditation was a miracle cure for restoring energy. After returning home from work, Suye would usually find a way to meditate lightly for twenty or thirty minutes so that he could gather his strength to study. After meditating, his energy would recover considerably, ensuring the effectiveness of his evening studies.

If he was especially tired, Suye would give up meditation. Excessive fatigue was not suitable for meditation; it was better to rest properly or sleep.

Thinking of the dangers facing him, thinking of his goal, and thinking of that nightmare-like "55," Suye decided to reduce his rest and begin meditating to restore his energy.

However, before meditating, Suye opened the Magic Book and skillfully selected Master Plato's three-dimensional Magic Image, placing it by the door.

"Master, bless me."

After saying this, Suye returned to his chair and entered meditation with practiced ease.

Just as before, Suye's spirit transformed into a small figure of light and flew continuously beneath the deep-blue Realm Barrier.

In the spiritual world, it was impossible to sense the passage of time.

Suye focused only on finding the farthest strand of Divine Light.

After browsing through the meditation textbook, Suye learned that the divine realm also had different levels.

The place one entered at the beginning of meditation was the lowest level of the divine realm, the one closest to the human world.

The deeper one went, the closer one came to the source of the divine realm, and the stronger the power one could obtain.

Most importantly, each person could choose only one strand of Divine Light in their entire lifetime. It could not be changed, not even by a god.

The accomplishments of those exceptionally powerful mages were not all determined by their Divine Light, but choosing a strand of Divine Light from a deeper region would make their power grow noticeably faster.

In Suye's heart, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and the others held status and fame no lower than that of the gods. Therefore, Suye was certain that even if these people did not understand any advanced meditation techniques, they must have chosen the Divine Light from the deepest region.

Suye had completely forgotten that this meditation session was supposed to be for rest. He flew toward the farther reaches with all his strength.

"Other people begin learning magic or Combat Skills at the age of six or seven. I started nearly ten years later than they did, so the Path of Magic will be a hundred times more difficult for me. From now on, I have to seize every opportunity with all my might and repeatedly reinforce every foundation that can help me grow. Although this first strand of Divine Light cannot determine everything, it will have a major influence on my entire life."

"Even if my first strand of Divine Light can't compare to the Three Sages of Greece, it can't be too much worse than theirs!"

After an unknown amount of time, Suye suddenly saw a strand of white light and hurriedly flew toward it.

Ordinary Divine Light was extremely thick. The diameter of the beam was at least a thousand times Suye's height as a Spirit Body.

But this strand of Divine Light was very thin. Its diameter was ten times Suye's current height, making it thinner than every strand of Divine Light he had seen before.

This light was also more dazzling than all the others.

Even without touching it, merely looking at it allowed Suye to sense an indescribable power contained within.

Suye hesitated for several seconds, then gritted his teeth, went around the light, and continued deeper.

Time slowly passed, but Suye completely lost all concept of time as he continued flying toward the depths.

After who knew how long, Suye suddenly froze for a moment, then accelerated once more and stopped before a pillar of light.

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