Chapter 41
Finally, the elemental particles dissipated.
Du Mingna recalled the position where he had just sensed the flow of elemental main currents.
He suddenly opened his eyes, and his fingers lightly slid along the surface of his body.
Why did he feel that the flow of elemental main currents was so similar to the "meridians" in his vague memory?! In his past life, there was a theory of meridians in traditional Chinese medicine.
In this life, there is also knowledge related to meridians.
However, both worlds have a similar understanding of meridians, considering it as something that may not necessarily exist.
In Du Mingna's past life, the theory of meridians was believed in traditional Chinese medicine, and the theory was used to treat diseases, but Western medicine always lacked strong evidence to prove the existence of meridians.
In this life, some practitioners proposed that the human body has a spiritual sea, a blood sea, and possibly also an "energy sea," which should be able to control the body's meridians.
However, the existing practice models of the spiritual sea and blood sea have no relation to the energy sea or meridians.
For example, magicians need to solidify certain magical circuits within their bodies, which cannot be considered in terms of meridians.
According to the theory of meridians, the human body's meridians are fixed, so how can they support complex magical circuits? The theory of meridians has become a niche school of thought, with only a few people continuing to study it.
Du Mingna does not have a deep understanding of the meridians from his past life.
He can roughly say how many meridians there are, their starting and ending points, but he cannot describe the detailed pathways.
In addition to the twelve meridians, there are also the eight extraordinary vessels.
He cannot fully apply his past life's experience.
He has some experience that he can apply.
As for the theory of meridians in this life, he is equally unfamiliar.
It can be said that what he knows best is that the theory of meridians is most popular on the Northern Continent, with the headquarters of the meridian theory school located in the Northern Continent's Beiding Territory.
That is already the extreme north of the Northern Continent.
Going further north, there is a vast ocean, and then a desolate snowy plain with rare human habitation.
It is like the Antarctica of Du Mingna's past life, where there are hardly any permanent human residents.
However, there may be other surviving creatures there.
Du Mingna cannot go to the Northern Continent.
He cannot find any knowledge related to the theory of meridians here.
He only has two people he can try to consult with, and a system that may or may not provide the urgently needed information.
Oke seems to be only interested in matters related to shrubs, not much else.
Old John might know a little about everything, but Du Mingna feels that the theory of meridians is too obscure for Old John to be aware of.
He thought about trying to guide elemental particles into his body again to see if he could actively direct them in the directions where he remembered the flow of elemental main currents, slowing down the dispersion of elemental particles.
However, his mental energy has been depleted, and he no longer has the energy to do this.
He also considered sleeping first, but he was too excited after just finding a cultivation method, making it difficult for him to fall asleep.
Du Mingna lay on the bed for a few minutes and still couldn't fall asleep.
He summoned the system panel to check his latest gains.
This was the reward he received after completing the public class side mission this afternoon.
Teaching Aid Gift Box *1 is not something urgent, so he did not open it immediately.
Since he couldn't sleep now, he decided to open it and take a look.
A golden light gathered at the opening of the gift box.
In no time, Du Mingna saw a blackboard-like object lying quietly in the middle of the box, with a slot below it for chalk.
The gift box disappeared.
The item that appeared in the system's inventory after being struck by a critical hit turned into a brand-new item.
[Blackboard (Reproductive?): Have you ever hoped that everything could take root and sprout like a seed, planting one in spring and harvesting thousands in autumn? Although it's not that powerful, as long as you don't hang it on the wall, use it immediately, and prevent it from reproducing peacefully, it can give birth to a small blackboard for you every day! Comes with fifty reproductive chalks!]"Only white chalk is available, no colored chalk provided for now.
The new chalk will only appear with the new blackboard.
Please use it carefully.
" Du Mingna stared at the items appearing in his backpack and read the detailed descriptions.
Once again, he began to doubt the seriousness of the system.
What exactly are reproductive blackboards and reproductive chalks? Although they are quite practical.
Is this asexual reproduction or hermaphroditism? Is it mitosis or meiosis? But he had to admit that the items provided by the system solved his urgent needs.
After establishing the school, if there were no blackboards and chalks, relying solely on literacy boards would not be good for teaching more people at the same time.
Blackboards are long-lasting items.
As long as there is a blackboard in the classroom, it can be used for a long time without needing to be replaced daily.
Chalk is consumed a bit faster, but not to the extent of using fifty pieces in a day.
These items will definitely accumulate more and more.
What can the surplus be used for? Du Mingna thought about this question seriously.
Fighting? He silently called out to the system.
When he received the ruler before, he had considered making the ruler suddenly appear above the enemy.
However, the system did not answer his questions in that regard at the time, and he did not conduct any corresponding experiments.
This time with the blackboard, he would ask again! "...
The host can make items appear within the host's mental or visual range, but please note that the farther the item appears from the host, the higher the mental power required by the host.
" Du Mingna's eyebrows raised.
High mental power requirement for him?! Does that mean...
it will consume a large amount of mental power like recruiting? After recruiting Oke, he still hadn't fully recovered, so he didn't attempt a second time.
In normal circumstances, he was fine, but when he practiced, consuming about sixty percent of his mental power, he started to feel a headache and something stirring deep in his brain.
In the past, he had to consume at least ninety percent of his mental power before feeling a headache.
He also wouldn't feel something unfamiliar in his brain.
Therefore, he wanted to wait until he recovered or his mental power increased before recruiting again.
The completion of the task may be slightly lower, but it's better than harming himself.
But what about trying to control the location where items appear? Du Mingna glanced at the blackboard in his backpack and then at the ruler.
His mind moved.
The ruler appeared in his hand.
He felt no consumption.
His mental power was not fully restored yet.
At this moment, it was easier to perceive the flow of mental power during experiments than at other times.
The ruler disappeared from his hand.
The ruler reappeared.
At the head of the bed, a few centimeters away from him.
Still no feeling.
At the foot of the bed.
Still nothing.
But considering that he was lying on the bed, if the system judged based on his skin position rather than his body's center of gravity or brain position, the ruler was not that far from him.
Du Mingna extended his mental power, covering the entire stone room.
The living room, which was also a temporary classroom, and the table.
No feeling.
Outside the stone door, still no feeling.
Du Mingna expanded the range of his mental power coverage.
This time, he needed to be careful not to accidentally cover Oke's side with his mental power.
However, in his current state, he estimated that his mental power could not reach that far.
Oke occupied a piece of land by the mountains.
That place was far from the Gray Rope Village, with a bunch of large and small stones.
Even if the stones were cleared and the soil underneath was examined, only sandy and stony barren soil could be seen.
This was of no use to the villagers.
Du Mingna didn't plan to use such land for construction.
Oke took it and planned to plant shrubs...
Du Mingna didn't know what methods Oke would use to improve the soil and ensure the survival of the shrubs, but that was Oke's business.
Du Mingna only needed to make sure not to cover the area with his mental power to avoid misunderstandings with Oke.
The location where the ruler appeared was getting farther and farther away.
Du Mingna also didn't know if Old John had secretly been paying attention to what he was doing.
The villagers certainly didn't know, and even the most perceptive among them, Judd, didn't have that ability.
But Du Mingna didn't really care if Old John found out some of his secrets.
Oak had signed a confidentiality agreement with him and would keep things to himself.
Old John, well, he was a zealous believer in self-strategy.
Du Mingna was now certain that no matter how unusual his actions were, Old John would firmly believe they were related to the Goddess Relic, and therefore consider everything to be natural.
Old John would even ensure that he could safely reach the Goddess Relic and hide any abnormalities.
So, he wasn't really afraid of letting Old John know some things.
Besides, the things he was using for experiments now had to be brought out.
How could he hide them from the people he spent his days with? The ruler was like this, and so was the blackboard.
Du Mingna had been experimenting for quite a while.
The ruler had already appeared outside the village, but he still didn't feel any difference in mental energy consumption.
Next, Du Mingna retrieved the ruler and controlled the appearance of the blackboard.
It had to be said, the system's products were really reliable.
The blackboard was large, hard, and heavy.
The compartments for chalk were sturdy and wouldn't let the chalk spill out.
Following the principle of gradual progression, Du Mingna first had the blackboard appear in his own room.
The blackboard was so large that it could barely fit in his room.
Despite the appearance of a large object, Du Mingna's mental energy consumption didn't increase much.
He just keenly perceived the difference between the blackboard and the ruler with his mental energy.
The ruler was relatively light, so it didn't feel like a burden on his mental energy.
The blackboard, on the other hand, made his mental energy feel heavy.
Size wasn't really a problem.
Mental energy was different from human hands.
Humans only had two hands, and there was a limited distance for contact between hands and objects.
Mental energy, on the other hand, could extend into any shape.
As long as there was enough mental energy, it could completely envelop an object, achieving 100% surface contact.
Therefore, moving things with mental energy wouldn't have the difficulty of exerting force based on the appearance of the object, like using hands to move things.
Du Mingna put away the blackboard and then controlled it to appear outside the stone house, outside the village.
He only did three experiments this time before completely retrieving the blackboard into the system's backpack.
He was about to close the panel when he saw a small countdown appear in the lower right corner of the backpack grid for the blackboard.
23:59:56 Du Mingna squinted.
This is...
a blackboard reproduction countdown? It felt strange, but if the system said so, he would use that term for now.
Did the countdown start only after he took the blackboard out of the backpack, or was it a reset? Soon, the system provided an answer.
It was a reset.
Du Mingna understood.
It seemed that the first blackboard was only suitable for being kept in the backpack all the time.
Not to mention hanging it on the wall, even just taking it out after using it as a real blackboard would disturb it, and it would need to reset before it could reproduce the blackboard.
After a few more experiments, Du Mingna finally felt tired.
He closed his eyes and fell asleep peacefully.
There were still plenty of things to do during the day.