Chapter 50
On his way ho, excitent enveloped Garrett.
He even braved the night to fetch a few buckets of water, split firewood, took a proper hot bath, using up half of the stored wood at ho. Ancient life was quite a hassle. If only there was running water, a water heater, or heck, if he knew magic, he could just use it to heat bathing water directly...
Sigh, even to elevate his living standards, he needed to beco a mage apprentice quickly!
Garrett sighed while soaking in the tub. Regardless of the hassle, bathing was necessary. To enhance the success rate of ditation, bathing and changing were essential processes. He cleaned himself up, climbed into bed, and sat cross-legged.
This body's flexibility is an issue! At just 16, he couldn't manage to cross his left leg over his right, right leg over left, the proper lotus position!
Though... even though 'Basic ditation' doesn't ntion sitting in the lotus position, as a Chinese person, not trying this posture before starting ditation always felt unsettling, like a -5, -5, -5 in success rate...
Garrett tried crossing his left leg over his right, struggling repeatedly, but to no avail. He attempted relaxing his feet, forming a loose quadrilateral shape, but he couldn't maintain balance. Trying to straighten his legs into a triangular shape resulted in him tipping backward.
With no other choice, he collapsed onto the bed, rolled against the wall, propped himself up, legs extended.
Ah, comfortable.
Now, closing his eyes, clearing his mind. Inhale... exhale... imagine being in total darkness, shutting off sight, sound, sll...
Following the steps outlined in 'Basic ditation,' Garrett ntally prepared himself. Quiet down... be still... relaxed... serene...
Perhaps due to self-hypnosis or maybe a result of crossing into this world, he seed to have gained so boost for learning magic. When he focused his mind, much like casting a healing spell, there seed to be an actual light in the darkness.
What's this?
Neither above nor below, left nor right, inside nor outsidethis is... ?!
Garrett trembled violently, nearly losing the current state of clarity. He shut his eyes, struggling to calm himself for a while before finally steadying his mind once more. Into ditation, and then the next step!
According to 'Basic ditation,' to train ntal power, one needed to construct a virtual 'self.' Then, draw in external forces, steadily solidifying this 'self.' After reaching a certain strength, ntal power could be emitted, starting to influence the external world...
At this thought, the pinpoint of light in the darkness began to change, following the illustrations in 'Basic ditation.' A small figure with limbs, a head, facial features, muscles, and flowing blood depicted by points of light and lines, silently stood in the void.
In the next mont, like a stone dropped in water, concentric ripples emanated from the light figure, spreading into the darkness and quietly reverberating back. With each feedback, the light-ford figure beca a bit more solid.
Is this ?
Is this illusory light figure my ntal power?
Garrett felt a bit bewildered. As if so connection inford him: Yes, this is you, this is your ntal power. It condenses based on your physical form, fluctuates with your will, and when it becos strong enough, it can nurture the physical body and intervene in the present world!
But, this light figure, the details are off!
Muscles are off!
Blood flow isn't right! No separation between arteries and veins, no depiction of left atrium, left ventricle, right atrium, right ventricle, or blood ejection direction!
Nerves! Lymphatic system! Capillaries! None of these are depicted!
Garrett grew irritated. The illustrations in 'Basic ditation' were too crude, missing many details, and depicting many things inaccuratelystake his honor as a dical student, he could easily find seven or eight, even a dozen errors!
This won't do! Garrett focused his energy, starting to recall anatomical diagrams from his previous life. Unknowingly, the light-ford figure began to change with his recollections:
206 bones, linked from bottom to top via over 300 joints, firmly and flexibly connected;
640 muscles, attaching to bones via tendons or directly connected to other muscles;
The heart beat powerfully, pumping blood into arteries, recovering it through capillaries, then returning it to the heart through veins;
Nervous system, respiratory system, digestive, urinary, endocrine, lymphatic immune, reproductive...
In the end, the skin covered everything, hair grew, nails erged...
Every detail, even if he hadn't personally dissected or treated, he had studied, drawn, and morized countless tis. At this mont, these mories were crystal clear.
It's just like this, even in an alternate world, the structure of human beings must be like this. Garrett thought firmly.
He had healed patients himself, opened abdons, stopped bleeding at the liver, cut into the trachea, pierced the chest cavity. Every successful treatnt assured him that his understanding was not wrong!
When he snapped out of it, the light-ford figure in the void had beco infinitely more refined than the illustrations. Upon closer inspection, it was exactly like the human anatomy he had studied in his previous life.
The heart made of white light beat strongly. Thump, thump, thump, one after the other. With each beat, an intangible halo emanatedyet this newly constructed figure, its emitted halo was more than twice as powerful as before!
Is that so?
Does ntal power need to closely align with the body to resonate maximally, receive support, and simultaneously provide feedback to the body?
Garrett wasn't sure. But he had an inexplicable feeling: his ntal power was significantly stronger than when he first constructed it.
So, the next thing to attempt would be to perceive this world with ntal power... How would the world appear to his ntal power?
Following 'Basic ditation's' instructions, Garrett actively controlled the ripples emitted by the light-ford figure, extending them outward. Then, under the perception of ntal power, the entire world... changed.
Steady, solid power, bearing this world;
Light, ethereal power, free and joyful, never resting for a mont;
Fiery, restless power, unconstrained yet bringing the greatest force;
Gentle, dense power, quiet and nourishing, silently spreading vitality...
"Earth, water, fire, wind? The four major elents?" Garrett was extrely surprised. With his fluctuating emotions, the light-ford figure in his ditation environnt shook violently again, almost dissipating:
"This... is the world perceived by my ntal power?"
After the initial shock, Garrett was ecstatic:
"According to 'Basic ditation,' being able to faintly sense the four major elents ans my ntal power has reached the level of a mage apprentice?"
"From today onwards, can I start deciphering magic!"
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