The Astronomical Clock has been completed; the next step is to learn the " Star-Praying Meditation Technique and Star-Sensing Method."
As one of the sources of power in this world, the stars are far less dazzling than the sun and the moon, but many Transcendent have still noticed their special nature. Driven by their desire for power, many schools of thought began to Star-Chasing, and different schools of thought gradually emerged from this pursuit.
The Mithril Clock School was originally called the Clock School hundreds of years ago. At that time, it did not involve the perception and application of Alien Star power. However, after the Named One Abelid successfully obtained some of the clock's power, the school introduced the study of Alien Star power.
As a type of Aspect Power, the Alien Star "appeared very early, even earlier than the Blazing Sun and the Phantom Moon," but it was only during the Fourth Era, the Star Beast Era, that they truly displayed their power and a large number of Alien Star "level creatures" appeared.
The Primal Beast, gazing at the stars, gained wisdom from the starlight and gradually grew stronger, becoming the overlords of that era. Then, in the Sixth Era, the Fairy defeated the Primal Beast, corrupting them. All beings with the Primal Beast Aspect Power were demoted and transformed into Beast Fang Aspect Power.
Meanwhile, in order to suppress the descendants of the Primal Beast and prevent them from becoming powerful again, the Fairy began an extremely grand project: they pieced together the countless islands floating throughout the world and planted the World Tree, using its vast root system to unify all the lands.
In that era, the sun and moon were controlled by Fairy, and the enormous canopy of the World Tree also obscured the starry sky, causing the sun and moon to pass beneath it. Without the enlightenment of starlight, the wisdom of most beasts declined again, becoming ignorant and savage, while the Fairy entered their most prosperous and glorious period.
And so it went, until the distant depths of the ocean, beyond the reach of the World Tree's canopy, when the " Serpent-Lizard " that roamed the deep sea finally emerged—
In the Eighth Era, the great war triggered by the arrival of Alien Star finally subsided. Some powerful beings from other worlds remained in this world, becoming stars embedded in the World Wall. Compared to the dangerous and unknown stars of other worlds, these stars in the sky were safer, and thus the Star-Gazing School, which studied how to guide their power, was born.
This school divides these stars into different Star Palace and selects the twelve most powerful Star Palace as their main stars. When a member of the school enters the third tier, they will choose one of these Star Palace, inscribe it on their Core Card, and receive its Star Palace. They will then be able to draw upon and unleash its power at any time in the future.
The Star-Gazing School once flourished, spreading their methods of observing stars and determining calendars. However, this flourishing also ultimately aroused the disgust of the Hour, since the calendar system was the authority of the Hour. Furthermore, those stars were ultimately beings from another world, and if the Star-Gazing School expanded, it would inevitably make the life forms of these otherworldly stars stronger, threatening the foundation of this world.
After that, the Star-Gazing School suffered a huge blow, and many traces of its existence were erased. The reason why Sylutia knew about this was because the Astronomical Clock Page described this history in detail and warned the Mage studied this path.
Currently, the attitude of the Hour towards these otherworldly stars is that they hope these Star Palace will serve as a barrier to the world, isolating the intrusion of otherworldly forces, but they also do not want them to become powerful and out of control. Therefore, the Hour will not interfere too much with research and application on a small scale, but once it is expanded, it will attract the suppression of the Hour.
No wonder she rarely heard of schools of thought that focused on Alien Star " Aspect Power." It's likely that the Mithril Clock school was able to inherit this system because it had reached some kind of agreement with the Hour.
The Star-Praying Meditation Technique " is a secret technique left behind by the Star-Gazing School. It has now been improved by the Mithril Clock School and made safer. It can use starlight to train one's mental strength, making it stronger and enhancing resistance to Alien Star "erosion".
Many Alien Star Aspect Power carry the aura and power of another world. If one is not careful, one will be corrupted by them. At best, one will be confused and disoriented; at worst, one will Impact information from another world, Distortion one's worldview and causing one to become insane and chaotic.
After learning about the Star-Praying Meditation Technique," Sylutia came to the back garden of the Black Rose Palace on a cloudless night. She found a stone slab, cleaned it, and then slowly sat down, closed her eyes, and focused her mind, sensing the vast and distant starlight in the night sky.
It is said that the most difficult part of this Meditation Technique is establishing a connection the first time, and many people have always struggled to grasp that ethereal, wispy starlight power.
A few minutes later, Sylutia felt her mental world completely quiet down, and she began to immerse herself in the dark and vast night sky.
Gradually, some twinkling starlight appeared and she sensed it. According to the guidance, she should now choose one of the starlights and continuously deepen the connection with it until she finally establishes a stable connection with it. This would allow her to proceed to the next step: using the starlight to temper her spirit.
But...
Sylutia discovered a star in the night sky, like a giant searchlight, that seemed to resonate with her, its massive form faintly visible behind it.
Those are the stars of the Lion Palace, and faintly emerging from within the Star Palace is the image of Griffin.
Should she choose it? Sylutia was actually a little reluctant to choose it because her name was already too closely associated with Lion Sylutia, and this was the Mage Alliance.
However, ignoring the other party's overtures seemed like a betrayal of their feelings. After hesitating for a few seconds, Sylutia finally sensed the star.
A shooting star streaked across the sky.
Within the space of consciousness, the same Stars streaked across the sky, its scattered starlight bringing a refreshing coolness to the girl's consciousness, and subsequently making her mental will seem even clearer and more lucid.
( The Star-Praying Meditation Technique " cycle has been completed, with a completion rate of +240).
[ Star-Praying Meditation Technique Lv.1] ( Alien Star ): Sensing starlight, allowing starlight to bathe oneself, gradually tempering the spirit. (Mental Strength Tempering +3, Alien Star Erosion Resistance +1)
Opening her eyes, Sylutia checked her senses. The effect of the Star-Praying Meditation Technique " was about three times that of the "Basic Meditation Technique." However, according to the description on the Astronomical Clock Page, the " Star-Praying Meditation Technique " did not have any advantage over the Basic Meditation Technique in the early stages. In fact, it was more difficult and slightly less effective.
This is because most beginners can only sense and draw upon faint starlight, far less than those Meditation Technique on the Aspect Power aspects of the lunar element;
In various Meditation Technique, the Moon-Attribute Three Aspects is also more powerful.
The Star-Praying Meditation Technique requires a level of 3 or higher to surpass the Basic Meditation Technique, and only at level 6 can it catch up with the training effect of the Intermediate Meditation Technique. After that, it will have a slight advantage over other intermediate Meditation Technique.
The true advantage of the Star-Praying Meditation Technique lies in its other effect: it enhances resistance to Alien Star invasion. This means that Mage practice this Meditation Technique can use the ritual to summon Alien Star creatures to fight for them, such as the Morning Star Octopus summoned by student Xavier during the opening ceremony.
If other Mage directly summon Alien Star creatures, they are easily corrupted by the Alien Star's power, and their minds are affected.
It might be due to the influence of the Lion Palace, since it's generally impossible for Mage to sense and establish a connection with those powerful Star Palace in the early stages.
After finishing her training, Sylutia estimated her condition and estimated that it would take about three days to fully digest the starlight power she had drawn before she could practice the Star-Praying Meditation Technique again.
During this time, she will learn how to construct the Title Page using the "power of the Secret Speech," and finally, the Star-Sensing Method.
"It'll be soon," the girl thought.
Next week she will be able to officially begin her advancement ceremony.