Blank Paper Meditation

Colorful Meditation focuses on elemental affinity. When meditating, it emphasizes capturing free-floating spirituality that aligns with one's elemental attributes, making it suitable for spiritual apprentices with high elemental affinity.

Bedrock Meditation absorbs free-floating spirituality at a moderate pace but is stable, which is quite compatible with Duke's talent.

Vortex Meditation prioritizes quantity, making it highly suitable for spiritual apprentices with high spirituality absorption efficiency.

Blank Paper Meditation has the lowest meditation difficulty but also the worst results, making it more suitable for spiritual apprentices who struggle with concentration.

Field Meditation imitates all things to absorb free-floating spirituality and is suitable for geniuses with very high comprehension.

After Rixi's introduction, Duke quickly communicated with Xiao Yi in his mind and then chose the meditation method he wanted. "Mr. Willgang, I choose Blank Paper Meditation."

"Hmm?" Willgang was a little surprised. "You can't concentrate? Logically speaking, anyone who can open their Spirit Sea with medicine must have some willpower and focus to compensate... Never mind, if you want to choose Blank Paper Meditation, then choose it. If you feel it's not suitable, you can come back and change it, but it will delay your progress."

"I understand."

After selecting Blank Paper Meditation, Duke was taken to a special room, where he stood on a large, special machine and put on a dedicated helmet.

Then.

He felt himself enveloped by a mysterious energy, his mind emptied, and he unconsciously began to meditate.

During meditation, he felt like a blank piece of paper, and then tiny spiritual particles from the outside were adsorbed onto the paper. Each particle was clearly visible.

After an unknown amount of time.

The blank paper was completely filled with spiritual particles, and he woke up from his meditation.

"Alright, Blank Paper Meditation has been imprinted into your Spirit Sea. You can cultivate it yourself when you get back," said the person operating the machine kindly. "I wish you an early promotion to the First Ring."

"Thank you."

Clutching a Spirit Card and with Blank Paper Meditation filling his mind, Duke left the Spirit Tower.

Not in the mood to wander, Duke took the Route 17 tram back to the West Station in the outer city. It was late, and there were no flights to Snakehead Town, so he had to find a hotel to stay in.

Then he impatiently began to cultivate Blank Paper Meditation.

"Xiao Yi, did you record Blank Paper Meditation?"

"Recorded."

"Can you cultivate it?"

"Please wait a moment, Master. Xiao Yi is adjusting."

The reason he didn't choose the more compatible Bedrock Meditation but instead chose the meditation method with the lowest cultivation difficulty, Blank Paper Meditation, was to prepare it for Xiao Yi, to see if Xiao Yi could cultivate it on his behalf.

Blank Paper Meditation required very little human intervention, making it suitable for AI assistance.

If it succeeded, it would mean Xiao Yi could help him cultivate Blank Paper Meditation at all times.

And he himself would be free to do whatever he wanted.

He waited nervously yet expectantly for half an hour, and finally, Duke felt his body establishing a connection with the outside world, as if something subtle was passing through his body and entering his Spirit Sea.

"It's free-floating spirituality!"

"Success!"

Duke was overjoyed.

Xiao Yi could indeed cultivate Blank Paper Meditation on his behalf. Even though this meditation method had the worst effect, Xiao Yi could cultivate it twenty-four hours a day without him having to do anything else.

"Xiao Yi, how is the effect?"

The sensation of absorbing free-floating spirituality suddenly stopped. Xiao Yi said, "Currently, Xiao Yi is maintaining it with all its effort and can barely ensure Blank Paper Meditation operates, but it has no time for anything else. Once Master achieves Gathering Qi into Liquid, Xiao Yi might be able to communicate while meditating."

Duke was currently a One-Star Spiritual Apprentice. The mark of a one-star was Gathering Qi into Liquid.

This involved condensing the external free-floating spirituality absorbed during meditation into a liquid form, Spirit Liquid, which could be mobilized and released at any time, thus mastering supernatural power.

"How long will it take?"

"Based on the current meditation efficiency, it will take about an hour to achieve Gathering Qi into Liquid."

"Okay, I'll go out for a walk and grab some dinner. You focus on cultivating Blank Paper Meditation." Duke's excitement was irrepressible, so he decided to go out for a stroll.

The area around West Station was a mixed bag and very unsanitary.

But it was undeniably bustling, with street vendors everywhere, loudly hawking various goods. Duke wasn't very interested in mundane commodities; he was most interested in things related to spirituality.

"How much for this Four-eared Hound puppy?" he asked at a vendor's stall, where he saw many fluffy puppies.

"50 silver dragons."

"So expensive?"

"Four-eared Hounds are 0-Ring Spirit Beasts, and this one has good bloodline. If trained properly, it can evolve into a 1-Ring Six-eared Spirit Dog. 50 silver dragons is the lowest market price." The stall owner wasn't very enthusiastic, perhaps thinking Duke was too young to be a buyer. "If you think it's too expensive, I have Silver Skin Dogs here. You can get one for 7 silver dragons. They are also 0-Ring Spirit Beasts."

The Silver Skin Dog looked a bit like a Shar-Pei, and Duke wasn't interested.

But he was reluctant to spend 50 silver dragons on a Four-eared Hound. His apprentice wages were only five and a half silver dragons a month; he'd have to save for a year to buy one.

After looking for a while and petting the fluffy puppies, Duke got up and moved to the next stall.

It was a bookstall.

Duke's eyes lit up, and he began searching the stall.

He started as an apprentice card mender at Little Sam's Card Shop, and the boss had already promoted him to a full-time employee. He could continue learning the card mender's craft from Old Sam.

Therefore, he would follow the path of a card mender, ensuring he wouldn't starve during his time as a Spiritual Apprentice.

"The Spiritual Arcana system is vast and profound: Card Makers, Spirit Artifact Masters, Contractors, Alchemists, Puppeteers, Apothecaries... there are too many industries to delve deep into. But among them, professions like Card Maker and Apothecary undoubtedly have the broadest employment prospects... I'll start as a card mender first, and then naturally transition into a Card Maker later."

After carefully selecting, Duke found eleven or twelve books related to spirit cards at the book stall.

Detailed Explanation of Spirit Cards, Introduction to Card Making Craftsmanship, History of Spirit Card Development Over a Thousand Years, Universal Spirit Card Technology, Ring of Skills, Detailed Explanation of Card Mending Combat, and so on...

It cost quite a bit, a full four silver dragons, equivalent to four hundred yuan.

The stall owner, rarely encountering such a big customer, even threw in an extra book: "Young man, your future is bound to be limitless. This book, Sagnu's Dialogue with Himself, is also about card making. The author, Sagnu, is a famous Card Making Sage, so I'll give it to you for free. I've been selling books here for years, much cheaper than bookstores. Welcome to come back next time."

"Thank you, Boss."

Duke carried the large stack of books and had dinner at the roadside stall before returning to the small inn.

At this moment, Xiao Yi's voice sounded in his mind: "Master, Xiao Yi has cultivated Blank Paper Meditation for one hour and thirty-four minutes, successfully helping Master gather qi into liquid. There is now the first drop of spirit liquid in Xiao Yi's Spirit Sea. Xiao Yi can now maintain meditation while communicating with Master mentally."