Murphy Continent, Cultivating the Meditation Method

"Fire-Earth School..."

Mara frowned slightly. "This composite school is very unpopular, and cultivating a composite school is far more complicated than a single one. Are you sure you want to choose it?"

In his view, multi-element schools were too unstable. Most of their inheritances were incomplete, so there was no point in them being powerful.

It was better to specialize in one school. With a complete inheritance, at least one's path ahead would not be blocked.

"I'm sure." Lohr nodded firmly. To become a Space Wizard, he had to switch schools.

There would be so many dangers in the future. Staying alive was what mattered most.

Even the opening of the Planar Grand Era had been brought about by Space Wizards messing around.

"All right, I'll look for a Meditation Method for you." Mara did not try to persuade him further and instead turned to search through the bookshelves.

In the end, he had only offered a few extra pointers because he found Lohr agreeable.

As for whether Lohr listened, he did not particularly care.

"Hmm, found it."

Mara pulled a parchment scroll from the shelf, patted the dust off it, and handed it to Lohr. "Here. The Fire-Earth Meditation Method you wanted."

"Thank you, Wizard Mara." Lohr accepted the Meditation Method and hurriedly thanked him.

"Mm." Mara nodded. "If you want to find a Fire-Earth School mentor, there is only one Wizard Tower on our Murphy Continent that has one. I'll send you there directly."

"Mur... Murphy Continent?" The faint smile on Lohr's face suddenly froze.

If he remembered correctly, this seemed to be the continent that would be destroyed by Faith Wizards ten years later.

"Yes." Mara looked at Lohr in confusion. "What's wrong?"

Even if he had not known that the continent had a name, or that other continents existed, there was no reason to be this shocked.

"N-Nothing."

Lohr shook his head and forced a smile. "It's just that I've encountered too many new things today. I'm not used to it yet."

"All right."

As Mara walked out of the library, he said, "Come with me. I'll take you to your cabin."

"For the next twenty days, you'll be staying there. You can get all three meals from the hall downstairs at any time."

"Okay." Lohr answered somewhat absentmindedly.

After following Mara around several more corners, they arrived before a cabin with the number 5 written on its door.

"This is your cabin. I'll notify you when it's time to get off the airship." Mara tossed Lohr a key, then turned and left.

"Click—"

Lohr opened the cabin door and walked in, looking around.

The room was not large, only around seven square meters.

Inside were a bed, a table, and a chair. A mechanical clock hung above the table, while an elemental lamp was embedded in the ceiling. It looked very simple.

But considering that this was on an airship, having a private room was already quite good.

"If I want to cross the continent within ten years, aside from getting acquainted with a Third-Circle Wizard and having him take me to another continent, the only option is to become a Second-Circle Wizard and save enough Magic Stones to buy an airship, right?"

Lohr dropped onto the bed, rubbing his brow as his head throbbed.

Getting acquainted with a Third-Circle Wizard would be very difficult.

And getting someone to spend half a year, or even a full year, taking him to another continent would be even harder.

As for saving Magic Stones to buy an airship while advancing to Second Circle, that was not much easier than the first option.

The later one went, the more points the panel required.

Those players in his past life had also spent hundreds of years in the game before using the power of faith to produce several Sixth-Circle Faith Wizards.

As for the other schools, even their strongest members had only reached Fourth Circle.

"No matter which method I choose, it'll be difficult." Lohr sighed. "I should wait until I reach the Wizard Tower before making plans."

Having made up his mind, he no longer agonized over it. Instead, he picked up the Fire-Earth Meditation Method and began reading it carefully.

When he flipped to the end, he found that it had three reserved sorcery construction models.

These three sorcery models represented Fireball, Rock Wall, and Wall of Flame.

They were basic bonuses included with the Meditation Method.

"The Meditation Methods of the Elemental School are truly very different from those of the Bloodline School."

After reading for a while, Lohr was somewhat astonished. "Even when wizard civilization had flourished to that extent in my past life, the Bloodline School's Meditation Methods did not seem as precise as the Elemental School's are now."

Although players mainly relied on adding points, and once they acquired a Meditation Method, they could not even open or read it, only slap it onto their foreheads.

Having personally experienced how Bloodline Meditation Methods operated, Lohr could still discern the difference between the two.

"Bloodline Meditation Methods focus on cultivating the body, emphasizing efficiency and the conversion rate of magic power. They construct all kinds of magic patterns within the body to house different Bloodlines."

Lohr pondered. "Elemental Meditation Methods, on the other hand, focus on cultivating the Sea of Consciousness. They use natural runes to expand the Sea of Consciousness and accommodate more spell models."

"Now that I can open an Elemental Meditation Method, I should try to get started on my own. That way, aside from adding points, I'll be able to cultivate independently in the future. More options mean more paths."

"As for Charge Points, I'll add them after I manage to get started on my own."

After reading the entire Fire-Earth Meditation Method from beginning to end, Lohr slowly closed his eyes, focused all his consciousness within his mind, and began constructing an extremely complex three-dimensional rune model.

On his first attempt, he only reached ten percent before drawing one stroke slightly crooked.

"Boom—crack!"

The rune, which had only been drawn with one hundred and twenty strokes, suddenly collapsed, producing a deafening roar within Lohr's Sea of Consciousness.

"Mm, failing once only makes my head a little dizzy. It's not a big problem."

Lohr rubbed his dizzy head and could clearly feel his Sea of Consciousness gradually recovering its clarity on its own.

This was one of the advantages of high-level meditation talent. It did not matter if one failed while cultivating a Meditation Method; after a while, one would recover.

But if those with first- or second-level meditation talent failed once, they would be muddleheaded for a day at best and bedridden for two days at worst.

Moreover, the further they progressed, the more severe the consequences of failure became. Without Potions, every cultivation attempt could be considered a gamble with one's life.

It was already this difficult just to get started. There was no need to mention what came after.

"Whew—"

About ten minutes later, his Sea of Consciousness had completely recovered its clarity, though Lohr still felt somewhat regretful.

If his meditation talent had reached level six, he would not even have felt this slight dizziness.

He closed his eyes again and continued constructing runes in his Sea of Consciousness.

This time, he became much more cautious, taking roughly ten seconds to draw each stroke.

Soon, his progress surpassed the first attempt's ten percent and continued to increase.

Twenty percent...

Thirty percent...

"Boom—crack!"

An even louder explosion rang out within Lohr's Sea of Consciousness.

He slowly opened his eyes, seeing afterimages before them.

"That stroke still wasn't precise enough. Not having the Sea of Consciousness Microscope Sorcery Model is troublesome."

Lohr rubbed his ears, trying to ease the buzzing that lingered after the explosion in his Sea of Consciousness.

Half an hour later, once he felt his Sea of Consciousness had become clear again, Lohr resumed drawing the runes.

With the experience of the first two attempts, Lohr was much more proficient this time.

He no longer needed to wait ten seconds between each stroke.

Now, he dared to draw the next stroke in at most five seconds.

The inscription's progress rose steadily, soon surpassing the previous thirty percent and advancing toward forty percent.

Fifty percent...

Seventy percent...

"Click—click—"

Suddenly, after Lohr completed a stroke, several faint cracks appeared in the three-dimensional rune model within his Sea of Consciousness.

But perhaps because the complete rune already had a rudimentary form, this mistaken stroke did not cause the rune to collapse outright.