Cultivating the Meditation Method

The people in the caravan worked from afternoon until night before they finished unloading the carriages. Seeing that everyone was exhausted, Green told them to rest first and continue cleaning the next day.

Green went to the top floor of the manor villa, drove everyone downstairs, and instructed them not to come up unless he came out himself. After thoroughly locking the doors and windows, he sat on the bed, held his breath, focused his mind, and adjusted his condition. When he felt ready, Green brought up the records stored in the Chip.

[Chip, instill the Meditation Method.]

[Host command received. Beginning instillation.]

[Basic Meditation Method detected. It contains special information; receiving it may cause unknown harm to the brain. Continue?]

[Continue instillation.]

As the Meditation Method was transmitted, Green began meditating according to its procedures.

The Meditation Method from White House Academy was very simple. By meditating on special runes, one could increase one's spiritual power.

These runes were named Basic Runes by White House Academy. They were a set of special three-dimensional cubic structures, and their construction was exceptionally complex. During meditation, the meditator had to build the basic structure of these runes within their mind. Once a rune was completed, it would become fixed in the brain.

The reason apprentices required quiet surroundings was also because rune construction could not withstand outside interference. The slightest disturbance or lapse in concentration could cause the rune's construction to fail. If one was prepared, the rune's collapse would not have much effect. But if it was destroyed by external force and one's spiritual power scattered, the rune's collapse would damage one's spiritual power.

However, Green differed from everyone else. Ordinary apprentices needed dozens of days to understand a rune's structure by studying the contents of books before they could construct it in their minds. Green was completely different. The Chip had already completed its analysis of the runes. Green only needed to imitate its guidance and construct the runes in his mind accordingly.

As the Chip transmitted the information, the template for the first rune entered Green's brain. A simple horizontal line appeared before his eyes. Yet its surface contained countless intricate patterns and three-dimensional images. When Green stared at it for too long, he even began to feel dizzy.

Green slowly closed his eyes.

Within his mind, Green followed the Chip's instructions and began constructing the first rune.

Focused on building the rune, Green did not know that as it gradually took shape, some invisible energy in the surrounding air was drawn toward him and slowly entered his body. A rune gradually formed in Green's mind.

The clock in the room ticked away. At three in the morning, Green's tightly shut eyelids began to tremble slightly. His teeth clenched and his brows furrowed, only to relax from time to time, as though he were enduring something.

Who knew how much time had passed. In the sealed room, a ray of morning light slipped through a gap in the closed window and slowly fell across Green's face.

As if disturbed, Green's eyelids slowly opened.

"This is different from what I imagined. Meditation is actually this exhausting." After meditating through the entire night, Green's eyes were bloodshot, and his head felt as though it were about to explode.

Green had thought meditation would be a relatively easy task, but it was almost like fighting. Constructing runes in his mind produced intense dizziness. At one point, Green felt as though he had motion sickness like in his previous life; the entire world spun around him. And as the rune progressed, the dizziness only intensified.

"Fortunately, I've already completed the fixation of the first rune. It should be easier from now on." According to the Basic Meditation Method, once a rune had been constructed and fixed, meditating on that fixed rune would greatly reduce the dizziness. The effect was somewhat worse, though, and could not compare with continuing to construct new runes. Once more runes were fixed later on, one could even restore spiritual power by meditating on the runes already formed.

[Chip, examine my physical condition!]

[Ding. Physical condition scan in progress.]

[Host's mental activity has increased. Brain cell activity has risen, and all bodily cells have entered an excited state!]

[Warning. Unknown energy has entered the body. Minor changes detected in brain cell structure. Continued exposure may cause unknown effects.]

[Ding. Life Seed activity has increased. Unknown energy has combined with the energy converted by the Life Seed within the body. Host's physique has increased in all aspects. Host's genetic limit has increased. Energy enhancement state has disappeared. Spiritual power attribute increased. Detailed attributes are as follows.]

[Strength: 5.4]

[Speed: 5.1]

[Constitution: 5.4]

[Spiritual Power: 3.2]

[Special Status: Life Seed breathing accelerated, activation increased]

[Genetic Limit: 5.5 in all attributes]

Green looked at his spiritual power. Generally speaking, fixing a single rune should result in a spiritual power value of one. However, after practicing the Breathing Method, the essence of Green's life had undergone certain changes. His spiritual power had continuously increased, giving him a much stronger foundation. This was also why Green could complete rune fixation during his first meditation. He already possessed a larger bucket, so naturally, filling it with less water was very easy.

"What a pity. The Basic Meditation Method only contains meditation techniques and does not provide any basic spells. Otherwise, once I become a Third-Class Apprentice, I could start learning sorcery ahead of time." Green looked at the Basic Meditation Method, shook his head, and spoke regretfully.

In the Basic Meditation Method, each completed rune fixation was considered an increase of one point in spiritual power. According to its contents, a Third-Class Apprentice needed to complete six rune fixations, a Second-Class Apprentice needed twelve, and a First-Class Apprentice needed eighteen.

"Still, the effects of my first meditation were very good. I barely felt any stagnation. My talent should be fairly good." Green had obtained the Basic Meditation Method through the Chip's powerful analytical abilities, not because it had been activated by talent. However, according to the Basic Meditation Method's description, his talent should rank around the Second-Class or Third-Class level, which was already above average.

"It's time to rest. According to the Meditation Method, I must rest properly after every meditation to avoid placing a burden on my body."

Looking at the window already glowing with morning light, Green ultimately paid it no attention. He removed his outer clothes, lay on the bed, relaxed his mind, and entered a deep sleep.