Chapter 5: Spell Models
Early the next morning.
Kyi led his troops out of the city in a flurry, embarking on a grand hunt for the Blackscale Lizards.
Sunan, as always, remained in his room, engrossed in his own pursuits.
In the tightly closed study, the bright yellow candlelight flickered and danced.
Sunan sat cross-legged on the floor, his eyes closed.
After about two hours, he finished meditating and opened his eyes.
On the panel, the proficiency of the Star Ring Meditation Technique increased by another 5 points.
His spiritual power also increased by 0.01.
"At this rate, it will take about half a year to construct the first star ring."
Sunan's eyes flickered slightly.
According to the description in the enlightenment book, without external assistance, it would take most wizard apprentices two to three years to construct the first star ring.
Wizard apprentices with outstanding aptitude could shorten this time to about a year.
From this point of view, even excluding the enhancement effect of the Silvermoon Flower Essence, his 'aptitude' was considered quite outstanding.
After all, in most games, players with data panels were all peerless geniuses compared to the natives.
However, Sunan was still not satisfied.
It would take more than half a year to construct the first star ring, and the second and third star rings would only take longer.
In total, it would probably take three or four years to be promoted to a second-level wizard apprentice.
Wouldn't it take ten or twenty years to be promoted to a third-level wizard apprentice?
What about being promoted to a formal wizard?
Hundreds of years?
It was important to know that the lifespan of a wizard apprentice was not much longer than that of an ordinary person.
Without physical modification, it would not exceed two hundred years at most.
Only by being promoted to a wizard and breaking through the shackles, could one's life essence be sublimated and one's lifespan be greatly increased.
Sunan's goal was to be promoted to a wizard before his lifespan ran out, so that he could live to see the elemental recovery a thousand years later.
"I still need to further improve the efficiency of meditation."
Sunan got up and went to the bookshelf, taking out the "Compendium of Zero-Order Potions".
This book recorded a total of eighteen zero-order potion formulas.
In addition to the Dragon Blood Potion, there were also Brute Force Potion, Healing Potion, Swiftness Potion, Light Perception Potion, and so on.
Among them, the one that interested Sunan the most was a zero-order potion called the Inferior Activity Potion.
The effect of this potion was similar to that of the Silvermoon Flower Essence, both increasing mental activity, but the effect was much stronger than the latter, and it could be considered an upgraded version of the Silvermoon Flower Essence.
"If I had the Inferior Activity Potion to assist with meditation, I could be promoted to a second-level wizard apprentice in a year or two at most."
Sunan's heart was filled with excitement.
However, when he saw the materials needed to make the Inferior Activity Potion, his excitement cooled down.
Although materials like the Pure Heart Grass, Dragon Eye Mint, and Black-Spotted Python Bone Powder were precious, as long as he was willing to spend time, he could always find them.
But the sap of the Mind-Clearing Tree was a headache.
In Sunan's limited game memory, it seemed that the Mind-Clearing Tree only existed in the territory of the Azure Gold Empire in the south.
Thousands of kilometers away, there was no way for him to obtain the sap of the Mind-Clearing Tree.
"I can only try to see if I can use the Silvermoon Flower Essence as a substitute."
The main function of the Mind-Clearing Tree sap was to increase mental activity, similar to the Silvermoon Flower Essence.
Using the Silvermoon Flower Essence as a substitute had a high feasibility.
The key was that the Silvermoon Flower was not a particularly precious item.
One silver coin could buy one flower.
However, whether it was feasible or not would have to wait until the other materials were collected before further experimentation.
In addition, among the zero-order potions, the Inferior Activity Potion was also one of the most difficult to make.
Sunan estimated that he would need at least level 2 potion making to be able to make it.
Otherwise, the success rate would definitely be ridiculously low.
"I'll use the Inferior Dragon Blood Potion to increase my proficiency for now. When the materials are collected, my potion making should be almost level 2, and then I can experiment."
Sunan put down the "Compendium of Zero-Order Potions" and took out a few spell model books from the cabinet.
There were only four types of spell models left by his predecessor.
They were Mage Hand, Acid Splash, Sleep Curse, and Flash.
All of them were the lowest level zero-ring spells.
But they also happened to fit Sunan's current situation.
If it were a first-ring spell, it would be basically impossible for him to master it with his current spiritual power.
Sunan opened the pages, which were filled with dense text and various complex and profound models.
Spell models were the foundation of mastering spells.
To cast a spell, one needed to first weave the corresponding spell model with spiritual power, and then use the model to mobilize energy particles and release them in a special way, which was the so-called spell.
Simply put, a spell model was a CPU processor that converted energy particles into various spells.
However, this processor was extremely precise and complex, and the dense spell circuits and spell nodes were enough to make one's scalp tingle.
Even the simplest zero-ring spell model was far more complex than ordinary people could imagine.
And each spell model involved several subjects.
Take Mage Hand as an example. It involved energy circulation and force field energy conversion. To master Mage Hand, one also had to find books related to these two subjects, study them, and integrate them.
Therefore, the time it took for a wizard apprentice to learn a spell was often measured in years.
However, Sunan, with his cheats, was an exception.
With his player panel, he didn't need to understand the knowledge in the books, nor did he need to master the prerequisite knowledge. As long as he read the spell books, he could increase the learning progress of the spell.
—Even if he couldn't understand it at all!
Similarly, he didn't need to painstakingly construct complex spell models in his mind.
As long as the learning progress was filled up, he could instantly master the spell, and the related knowledge involved would also be instantly integrated.
This was the advantage of being a player.
Opening the spell model book for Mage Hand, Sunan began to read attentively.
About half an hour later, a line of text slowly appeared in front of him.
[Reading "Mage Hand Spell Model", 'Mage Hand' learning progress +0.08%]
In the following days, Sunan spent his time meditating and reading spell books every day.
Occasionally, he would take time to deal with the Blackscale Lizard corpses sent by Kyi, drawing blood and making Inferior Dragon Blood Potions.
As his skill proficiency increased, his potion-making skills became more and more proficient, and his success rate gradually increased.
Later on, he could make one Inferior Dragon Blood Potion with an average of three portions of sub-dragon blood.
Half a month later, he had accumulated eleven Inferior Dragon Blood Potions.
When Kyi returned to the council hall of the inner castle of Blackrock City, dusty and weary, he saw Sunan and the potions neatly arranged on the table.
"Are these the potions you mentioned that can enhance physique?"
Kyi picked up a potion and looked at the bright red liquid shaking in the transparent glass bottle, his face filled with amazement.
The surrounding knights also craned their necks to look at the potions on the table, their eyes burning with eagerness.
After all, according to Sunan, these po
tions were also effective for formal knights.
Who didn't want to become stronger?