Blank Paper Meditation

Colorful Meditation emphasized elemental affinity. During meditation, it focused on capturing free-floating spirituality compatible with one's own elemental attributes, making it suitable for Spiritual Apprentices with high elemental affinity.

Bedrock Meditation absorbed free-floating spirituality at an average speed, but made up for it with stability, making it a good match for Duke's talent.

Vortex Meditation focused on quantity. It was highly suitable for Spiritual Apprentices with high spiritual absorption efficiency.

Blank Paper Meditation had the lowest difficulty, but its effects were also the worst. It was more suitable for Spiritual Apprentices who couldn't concentrate their thoughts.

Field Meditation imitated all things to absorb free-floating spirituality, making it suitable for geniuses with exceptional comprehension.

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

"Hm?" Willgang was somewhat surprised. "Can't you concentrate? Normally, anyone who can use drugs to open their Spirit Sea has at least made up for their lack of perseverance and concentration... Forget it. If you want to choose Blank Paper Meditation, then choose it. If you feel it doesn't suit you, you can come back and change it, though that will waste some effort."

"I understand."

After choosing Blank Paper Meditation, Duke was taken to a special room. He then stood atop a large, specialized machine and put on a special helmet.

Next.

He felt himself enveloped by mysterious energy. His thoughts emptied, and he began meditating without realizing it.

During meditation, he felt as if he were a blank sheet of paper. Flecks of spiritual particles from outside were drawn onto the paper, with every particle clearly visible.

He did not know how much time had passed.

The blank sheet had been completely filled with spiritual particles, and he also awoke from his meditation.

"All right. Blank Paper Meditation has already been imprinted into your Spirit Sea. You'll be able to cultivate it on your own once you return." The person operating the machine spoke gently. "I wish you an early advancement to the first ring."

"Thank you."

Carrying a Spirit Card and a mind full of Blank Paper Meditation, Duke left the Spirit Tower.

With no mood for sightseeing, Duke took Tram Route Seventeen back to the West Station in the outer district. It was already late, and there were no routes to Snakehead Town. He could only find a hotel to stay in.

Then he impatiently began cultivating Blank Paper Meditation.

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

"I did."

"Can you cultivate it?"

"Please wait, Master. Xiao Yi is debugging."

The reason he had not chosen the more compatible Bedrock Meditation, but instead selected the meditation method with the lowest cultivation difficulty, Blank Paper Meditation, was to prepare it for Xiao Yi and see whether she could cultivate it in his place.

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

If it succeeded, that would mean Xiao Yi could help him cultivate Blank Paper Meditation every moment of every day.

And he himself would be freed up to do whatever he wanted.

After waiting anxiously and expectantly for half an hour, Duke finally felt his body making contact with the outside world. It was as if something minuscule passed through his body and entered his Spirit Sea.

"It's free-floating spirituality!"

"It worked!"

Duke was overjoyed.

Xiao Yi really could cultivate Blank Paper Meditation in his place. Even though this meditation method had the worst effects, Xiao Yi could cultivate it twenty-four hours a day without interfering with his ability to do other things.

"Xiao Yi, how are the results?"

The sensation of absorbing free-floating spirituality suddenly stopped. Xiao Yi said, "With Xiao Yi devoting all her effort to maintaining it, she can barely keep Blank Paper Meditation running, but she has no attention to spare for anything else. Once Master gathers Qi into liquid, Xiao Yi may be able to maintain the meditation while communicating with you."

Duke was now a One-Star Spiritual Apprentice. The mark of one star was—gathering Qi into liquid.

The free-floating spirituality absorbed through meditation was condensed into liquid Spirit Liquid, which could be mobilized and released at any time, thereby granting mastery over supernatural power.

"How long will it take?"

"At the current meditation efficiency, you should be able to gather Qi into liquid in approximately one hour."

"All right. I'll go out for a walk and grab dinner while you devote yourself to cultivating Blank Paper Meditation." Unable to suppress his excitement, Duke simply went out to stroll around.

The area around West Station was a mixed bag, and hygiene was atrocious.

But it was genuinely bustling. Street stalls were everywhere, hawking all kinds of goods at the tops of their voices. Duke had little interest in mundane products. He was most interested in things related to spirituality.

"How much for this Four-eared Hound pup?" At a peddler's stall, he saw quite a few fluffy puppies.

"Fifty silver dragons."

"That expensive?"

"The Four-eared Hound is a 0-Ring Spirit Beast, and its bloodline is excellent. With proper cultivation, it can advance into a 1-Ring Six-eared Spirit Dog. Fifty silver dragons is already the lowest market price." The stall owner was not very enthusiastic. Perhaps he felt Duke was young and unlikely to become a buyer. "If you think that's too expensive, I also have Silver Skin Dogs. You can get one for seven silver dragons. They're 0-Ring Spirit Beasts too."

Silver Skin Dogs looked somewhat like Shar-Peis. Duke did not think much of them.

But he was reluctant to spend fifty silver dragons on a Four-eared Hound either. His wages as an apprentice had previously been only five and a half silver dragons a month. It would take him a year of saving to buy one.

After watching for a while and taking the opportunity to pet the fluffy puppies twice, Duke rose and walked toward the next stall.

It was a bookstall.

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

He had started out as an apprentice Card Master and worked at Little Sam's Card Shop. Moreover, the owner had already made him a full-time employee, allowing him to continue learning the Card Master's craft from Old Sam.

Therefore, he would follow the Card Master path from now on, ensuring that he would not starve during his Spiritual Apprentice stage.

"The Spiritual Arcana system is broad and profound. Card Makers, Spirit Artifact Masters, Contract Masters, Alchemists, Puppeteers, Potion Makers... There are too many fields worth delving into. But without a doubt, a few paths such as Card Makers and Potion Makers have the broadest employment prospects... I'll start out as a Card Master, then naturally transition into a Card Maker later."

After picking through the books, Duke found eleven or twelve related to Spirit Cards at the bookstall.

Detailed Explanation of Spirit Cards, Introduction to Card Making Craftsmanship, A Thousand-Year History of Spirit Card Development, Universal Spirit Card Technology, Ring of Skills, Detailed Explanation of Card Mending Combat, and more...

He spent quite a bit of money—four silver dragons in all, equivalent to four hundred copper coins.

The stall owner had rarely encountered such a big customer and even threw in a bonus book. "Young man, you definitely have a limitless future ahead of you. This Sagnu's Dialogue with Himself is also about Card Making. Its author, Sagnu, was a renowned Card Making Sage, so I'll give it to you for free. I've been selling books here year-round, and I'm much cheaper than the bookstores. Come visit again next time."

"Thank you, boss."

Duke carried a large pile of books, ate dinner at a roadside stall, and only then returned to the small hotel.

By then, Xiao Yi's voice also rang out in his mind. "Master, Xiao Yi has cultivated Blank Paper Meditation for one hour and thirty-four minutes and successfully helped Master gather Qi into liquid. Your Spirit Sea now contains its first drop of Spirit Liquid. Xiao Yi can now maintain the meditation while communicating with you through thought."