Unlocking New Knowledge (2 years later)

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Man, that was so fucking tiring. At last, after two years of torture, I completed carving my last rune. The moment I finished carving the runes in my astral plane. I had a huge dome of energy enveloped the entirety of my astral plane. One of the functions of this dome is that it allows me to know if anyone intrudes my mind. Now I will be at a bit of ease, knowing that my mind is secure from creepy mind rapists. So after all the tiring shit, I went through I could finally master Level three of occlumency.

Everything is going just like how I envisioned. The past two years were very productive for me. I have completed reading all the materials relating to the five subjects that my father asked me to. Now I can officially say that the Runes is my favorite subject. I will ask my "father" to provide me access to some advanced books on runes. In two more days, I will be seven. Can't wait for the next set of rituals.

To further venture into mind arts, I have this fucking test by Eye of Astral to crack. I can't deny that I am excited. How can I not be excited? When I know I will get the remaining knowledge to master mind arts. Now let's get on with this. According to the book I have to place the Eye of astral before me and put a drop of my blood on the gem which sits on the top of the artifact. Following the instructions in the book, I took a needle and pricked my thumb and let the drop blood fall on the gem.

The gem absorbed the blood and suddenly started to glow. I immediately felt a presence trying to pass through my shields. So I willed myself to repel it and responding to my command the dome immediately repelled the Legilimency probe. The moment I pushed back the attack. The glow on the gem dimmed down and The book on mind arts which I kept beside me started vibrating. After a few seconds, the vibration also stopped. And I knew that I passed the test.

So with a bit of excitement, I took hold of the book and opened it and just as I thought the book had some new information in it. The more I read through the book the more excited I became. By the end of my reading, I started laughing like a maniac with a sugar rush. After a few moments, I calmed down and read the book again to make sure I am not daydreaming. I couldn't even imagine in my wildest dreams that mind arts can make one capable of achieving such feats.

I have to say the remaining three levels of occlumency are super over overpowered. Before I master these levels, I have to make my astral plane take complete control of my mind. Hmm, let's summarize on what these three levels of occlumency entail,

Level four: Ability to Open multiple thought process channels.

According to the book, the number of thought channels that I can cultivate depends on my mental capabilities. If I can master this level, I can make full use of my Brain's potential. Now the next level is what really excites me.

Level Five: Time Dilation.

I am literally drooling just imagining the use of it when I am in a battle. If I can master this level 5 and coupled with my enhanced physical and magical powers, I can wipe the floor with my opponents. It only draws back is the requirement of a large amount of magic. If I used this for a prolonged period, there is also the danger of damaging my brain. Now the last level is the most mystical and cryptic part in mastering occlumency.

Level 6: Creating an Astral body.

I think I understand what this is. When I enter my astral plane. I don't have any shape. I am like a spirit. It is like how one plays a first-person game. Now if I can master this level, I will have an astral body living in the astral plane. But the exciting part is that this astral body will provide a wizard with one unique ability. According to the book, the ability varies from person to person. The book mentioned that you can either get TELEKINESIS or FORCE SHIELD. Among these two abilities what I will get is something I am definitely looking forward to. Now, let's move to Legilimency.

It seems my wait for learning Legilimency is definitely worth it. Mastering this art will come very handy. There are around 4 levels.

Level 0: Using the spell "Legilimens" to enter one's mind.

Level1: Casting this spell non verbally and also wandlessly through eye contact.

It's mentioned in the book that If one has an astral body, it is effortless to master this level.

Level 2: Predicting body movements.

I have to say, combining this level 2 of Legilimency with level 5 of occlumency can be very useful in a Battle. Now let's see the next one.

Level 3: Ability to implant or change or completely erase memories of the target.

I guess this level is much more on the shadier side of mind arts. Well, definitely useful to do some dirty work. The last level brought a smile to my face, and I never thought mastering Legilimency can be this enticing.

Level 4: Telepathy.

Now I am really hyperventilating. WTF did I have gotten my hands on? First that ability that the astral body can provide and now "TELEPATHY"?. One thing is for sure is that If I can master mind arts, I can for steamroll my opponents. I should not waste this opportunity and master the mind arts before my Hogwarts letter arrives. After that, I can fully concentrate on other branches of magic.

In two more days, I will be seven years old. I will get a new set of Ritual along with a "practice wand." I don't know if I will get any new mind-enhancing rituals. If I get one, it will further enhance my mind. Only after that, I will start level 4 of occlumency as it depends on the practitioner's brain capacity to decide the number of thought channels one can cultivate. So I think it will be wise to practice occlumency after that ritual. As it may increase my chances of having more thought channels.

Now I don't see any reason not to practice Legilimency. According to the book, the Eye of Astral will help me practice Legilimency. It can construct a virtual brain with virtual memories in its gem to help me practice. So I will practice only Legilimency until I have finished my next set of rituals.