Chapter 34: Boring journeys and isolation always make people do all kinds of boring things
Ever since Darwin left the caravan, Mo Cheng felt a lot more at ease. The caravan didn't encounter anything that delayed the journey along the way. Even if some magical beasts appeared occasionally, they were just a snack for the mercenaries accompanying the caravan.
They did stop along the way, but according to the route, the places they stopped at were all small villages, where they stayed for supplies and rest for about a day before leaving.
There was no fighting, no injuries, not even the slightest accident. After walking halfway through the journey, Mo Cheng felt like he was going insane from being idle.
Troubled by boredom, Mo Cheng simply began to teach Lilia some [common sense].
Well, it’s common sense for players from the foreign land.
"By the way, didn't your introductory course explain professions and levels?"
Mo Cheng flipped through all of Lilia's textbooks. Apart from some common sense stuff, there was only a detailed explanation of the introduction to meditation. There was not even any explanation on how to construct magic. The only was a shield constructed purely by mental power.
Although Mo Cheng knew that the Principality of Aundair was spreading education to border towns in order to produce more spellcasters, after all, the Principality of Aundair was famous for the number of spellcasters, and the country's development once relied on spellcasters.
In this environment, it is understandable that education is used to try to cultivate spellcasters, but this tutorial seems strange no matter how you look at it.
Lilia shook her head, her small eyes filled with confusion. "No, in addition to the normal courses in school, the meditation class teaches us how to enter meditation faster and better, and which of the three basic meditations is more suitable."
"What kind of basic meditation did Lilia use? How far did she get?"
"Palace-style meditation, two floors have been built, and the furniture is still being worked on."
Water drip meditation, campfire meditation, and palace meditation are three basic meditation methods for spellcasters.
The dripping method transforms the spirit into drops of water, collecting each drop to make it bigger and bigger, a cup, a basin, a bucket, the amount keeps increasing until it finally forms a stream of everlasting living water .
Campfire meditation is more difficult. It involves transforming the spirit into flames to light firewood, first matches, then torches, constantly refining the mental power, and eventually forming a campfire that can burn all night long.
The dripping style focuses on the accumulation of quantity, the campfire style focuses on the purification of quality, and the palace style meditation represents both.
The palace style requires meditating on bricks one by one, and then placing and gluing them together, starting from a small house, the second floor, the third floor, and finally forming a palace complex. At the same time, the furniture decoration inside the house also requires the meditator to carefully carve and place it.
The upper limits of the two meditation methods, dripping water and bonfire, are not high, and most of the people who finally come out become spellcasters. The palace meditation method is the trial used by the College of Winterhold to select outstanding wizards.
Being a mage is a profession that requires talent. It does not rely on hard work and diligence. Only on the premise of having talent can you reap the fruits of your labor.
“Second floor, no wonder.”
At Lilia's age, she has already mastered the second level of meditation, which puts her in the category of "Excellent Talent". No wonder Winterhold College directly issued her an admission letter.
"Okay, okay, let me think about what I should teach." Mo Cheng scratched his head. Almost half a month of boredom had made him prefer to find Lilia to play the teacher-student game. "First, let me tell you about the universal level division."
The levels of the continent of Khorvaire are generally divided into nine levels. Each country or each profession has a different name, but for players in [Foreign Lands], they simply use the first to ninth levels as a common name.
The first step, also known as apprenticeship, is the starting point of all professions. It involves training the body or meditating the spirit to lay the foundation for one's own transcendence.
The second stage is the birth of extraordinary energies such as fighting spirit, magic power, etc., and their control.
At the third stage, warriors begin to use the Four Fluids Theory, which combines blood, black bile, yellow bile, and mucus in different proportions to create unique properties when combined with fighting spirit. Mages begin to try Astral Projection, linking individual small sources with environmental large sources, and begin to explore the mutual influence between magic and the environment.
The fourth stage begins with the transcendence of single organs in the human body, including muscles, bones, nervous system, lymphatic system, and even the brain.
The fifth stage is a qualitative change. Warriors gain [Heart Light Body], which greatly enhances resistance to external damage and magic, while mages gain [Spell Brand], which engraves a spell in their bodies to obtain at least three features: reduced consumption, no chanting, increased duration, increased level, and enhanced effectiveness. Whether it is a warrior or a mage, their shortcomings will be supplemented.
The sixth stage is to continue to make human organs extraordinary, forming a simple maintenance system. Warriors are mostly the heart - bone marrow, emphasizing self-recovery and regeneration. Mages are the brain - nervous system, not too concerned about self-protection, but tend to strengthen magic research.
Of course, a very important point about the sixth level is that there is no precise limit to the extraordinary transformation of human organs. In theory, the whole body can be transformed. It's just that the resources, energy consumption, and talent required are so many that it's terrifying.
At this point, Mo Cheng stopped talking and said, "That's about it. You are now at the first step. Try your best to finish decorating the furniture of your two floors before you go to the capital."
"Didn't they say there were nine levels? Why did they only say six?"
Glancing at Lilia who seemed to be enjoying the story, Mo Cheng closed the introductory textbook and said, "Because according to your current trainee level, it is enough to know six levels. The school will teach you the rest. And the way I address you is quite different from the school, so you won't make a fool of yourself when I hear you."
Lilia asked without giving up: "What level are you, big brother?"
"Me?" Mo Cheng pointed at himself and said after a long pause, "As for me, my pure level is probably at the fifth level."
The dragon bloodline was upgraded from [Young Dragon] to [Young Dragon]. Although it was only an upgrade of one level, it was a leap from three to eighteen years old. In terms of his own attributes and physical fitness, Mo Cheng was already close to the first echelon of the fifth level.
As for combat effectiveness, it is not impossible for Mo Cheng to challenge opponents of higher levels by relying on the skills he has drawn.
Mo Cheng was also very curious about what it would look like if the dragon bloodline continued to upgrade.
The first two levels are Juvenile Dragon and Young Dragon, so what comes after that?
Adult dragons, middle-aged dragons? Very old dragons and great ancient dragons?
When obtaining golden skill points, Mo Cheng saw new instructions on the skill column. The general skill level was capped at level four, and the ultimate skill was capped at level three, but there were exceptions.
Aghanim's Crystal Enhancement can upgrade the skill to LV 5 and gain talent enhancement.
The Aghanim's Scepter can upgrade the skill to LV MAX.
However, Mo Cheng only took a glance at these two items. No matter whether it was the magic crystal or the magic wand, he didn't know how long it would take to collect them according to the equipment rewards of the system task.
It's like a carrot dangling in front of a donkey, a pie in the sky that can only be looked at but not eaten.
