Visualization Technique

Half an hour later.

Although Zhao Nan had exhausted his mental energy, he had not yet managed to outline a complete image in his mind.

However, in just this half hour, Zhao Nan discovered that his mental energy had actually increased slightly.

The increase was not large, but Zhao Nan was still very happy; there was no other reason than the fact that his method was clearly correct.

Afterward, Zhao Nan began to continuously recover his mental energy and test it again.

During the very last test, Zhao Nan attempted to use his mental energy to outline a Saint-level Magical Beast he had seen before.

It was precisely this time that Zhao Nan suddenly discovered that using mental energy to outline such powerful creatures intensified the consumption of his mental energy.

After recovering from this intensified consumption, his mental energy would experience a significant increase.

Zhao Nan was very curious about this situation, but before he could delve deeper into it, the other three people in the dormitory had already returned.

Seeing his three roommates return, Zhao Nan stopped his cultivation and followed the three of them to Bishui Paradise for a grand meal.

At the dining table, Zhao Nan recounted his experiences from this trip.

However, Zhao Nan did not mention taking Linley as his apprentice, instead sharing stories about the Magical Beast Mountain Range as recorded in the original work.

The four of them enjoyed the meal together, and after As settled the bill, they strolled slowly back toward the dormitory.

At this moment, a hint of emotion stirred within Zhao Nan.

His three roommates were also heading to the Magical Beast Mountain Range tomorrow for training.

Zhao Nan did not stop them, because to become a powerhouse, one must constantly undergo training.

As for telling them to be careful, Zhao Nan did not say much; after all, if he could return from the Magical Beast Mountain Range alone, how could the three of them together not be able to return?

One must know that although Zhao Nan possessed a system, compared to his three roommates, his talent was only slightly better, not overwhelmingly so.

After all, this was the Ernst Institute, a gathering place for geniuses!

Only fifth-year students were allowed to go for training, which meant that all three of them were already Level 5 mages.

The next day!

Zhao Nan had just woken up when he saw the breakfast left on the table and a note informing him that they had gone to the Magical Beast Mountain Range for training.

Zhao Nan put the note away, finished his breakfast, and then once again immersed himself in his research.

This time, Zhao Nan did not attempt to depict other patterns, but instead outlined a Level 9 Magical Beast.

During this attempt, Zhao Nan only felt his mental energy increase slightly, without any significant growth.

Subsequently, Zhao Nan once again outlined that Saint-level Magical Beast, and the same situation from yesterday occurred again.

At this moment, Zhao Nan had a rough guess: this surge in mental energy must be related to the profound laws possessed by Saint-level Magical Beasts!

Having read the original work, Zhao Nan had wondered at the time what would happen if one began to comprehend profound laws before reaching the Saint level.

Why was it that on the Yulan Continent, so few people could comprehend profound laws before the Saint level?

The Saint level meant one had already comprehended a portion of the profound laws.

Becoming a god meant successfully comprehending a complete profound law.

Therefore, his method of training mental energy must have triggered the profound laws possessed by the Saint-level Magical Beast, thereby causing his mental energy to surge.

Although Zhao Nan was not sure of the exact reason, he did not dwell on it too much.

Not to mention anything else, Zhao Nan was currently only a Level 7 mage; how could he understand such profound circumstances?

Thus, Zhao Nan did not pay it any mind. In any case, he had successfully developed a method for training mental energy, no longer letting Doehring Cowart have all the glory, and this method of training mental energy...

Furthermore, it was not like the "flat-blade" style of Doehring Cowart, which could only be used by Earth-element mages.

However, Zhao Nan did not rest easy; instead, with a thought, he prepared to find more Saint-level Magical Beasts to experiment with.

If there were indeed no errors, this mental energy training method of his would be considered completely finished.

But Saint-level Magical Beasts were not cabbages that could be found just by looking.

Zhao Nan knew very well that if he went into the Magical Beast Mountain Range to search, he might become a meal for a Saint-level Magical Beast the moment he entered!

But where was this place? This was the Ernst Institute.

As an academy under the Radiant Church, how could it not have a few Saint-level Magical Beasts?

Having made up his mind, Zhao Nan stood up, walked out of the dormitory, and began to seek out his mentor to inquire about information regarding the Saint-level Magical Beasts in the academy!

After learning the information about the Saint-level Magical Beasts, Zhao Nan went to find them.

As a fifth-year student at the Ernst Institute, although Zhao Nan was not as talented as Linley would later prove to be, he was still a decent genius.

When he expressed his desire to witness the might of a Saint-level Magical Beast, the academy mentor naturally did not refuse; after all, he was only looking at the Saint-level Magical Beast, not asking for one.

Moreover, the mentor had seen such things many times, so he did not have the slightest suspicion!

After Zhao Nan observed three more Saint-level Magical Beasts, he bid farewell to the academy mentor, walked back to his dormitory, and began to meditate slowly.

But during this meditation, Zhao Nan discovered a problem.

This time, Zhao Nan saw a total of three magical beasts, but only one of them was of the earth attribute, while the other two were a water-attribute and a lightning-attribute Saint-level magical beast.

After visualizing them three times, Zhao Nan discovered that he could only significantly increase his spiritual energy when visualizing that earth-attribute Saint-level magical beast, whereas the water-attribute and lightning-attribute Saint-level magical beasts did not provide him with much of a boost in spiritual energy.

Upon discovering this, a thought rose in Zhao Nan's mind once again: his method of cultivating spiritual energy should correspond to the attributes he possessed.

Of course, this was just Zhao Nan's guess, and he did not consider it absolute.

Even so, Zhao Nan was already very satisfied; after all, with this method of spiritual energy cultivation, he would be able to reach the level of an eighth-rank magus much faster.

One must know that Linley was currently six years old, but when he turned eight, he would find the Coiling Dragon Ring and simultaneously face his first life-or-death crisis.

Although in the original story Linley passed through it without any danger and even activated the Coiling Dragon Ring, who knew what would happen now that he had joined the mix.

What if, by some accident, Linley encountered a life-or-death crisis?

Therefore, Zhao Nan had already set a goal for himself: to reach the realm of a ninth-rank magus within two years.

Only in this way could he ensure that, two years from now, Linley would absolutely not face any life-or-death crisis.