Translator: Legge
‘Oh, sea, you’re just filled with water!‘
This was essentially the only thought in Ren Xiaosu’s mind as he stood on the threshold of the doorway.
As he walked through the palace, he was thinking that this should not be all there was to his inner world of ditation.
Although the palace was huge, it was nowhere near the mountain-sized leaf of that great sorcerer.
But now, he realized his true inner world was the vast sea beyond the door.
In other words, this was his inner spiritual world.
It was no wonder his steam locomotive was way better than Wang Congyang’s. It was no wonder his black saber could slash through practically everything. If ntal strength were the highest caliber of weapon humanity had in the face of danger, then his willpower was probably the highest caliber one among all superhumans.
However, Ren Xiaosu was a little puzzled. Didn’t lgor say there should only be a single item in one’s inner world? And that thing should be representative of the sorcerer himself?
But Ren Xiaosu felt that sothing was wrong in his inner world. Weren’t there also clouds floating in the sky? Although clouds were, strictly speaking, just water vapor, it sohow did not feel right to him.
With a thought, the floating palace in the sky quickly flew off into the distance.
Ren Xiaosu stood on the threshold as the raging wind blew in his face.
The palace soared over the blue sea for several hours. Just as Ren Xiaosu thought the sea was boundless, he suddenly saw land.
Ren Xiaosu looked ahead in a daze. The mountains and vegetation were dense, but there were no birds or land animals in sight.
Therefore, his inner world was actually not the sea but a complete world.
“Let’s end it here,” Ren Xiaosu muttered to himself. After that, he turned around and walked out of the palace, bringing his ditation to an end.
At this mont, lgor was probably still doing his ditation. Ren Xiaosu peeked through the gap in his tent and could see the flickering campfire and a figure sitting cross-legged in their tent.
Actually, when Ren Xiaosu saw lgor ditating a few days ago, he thought it was a sorcerer’s way of resting. After a session of ditation, he would appear a hundred tis more energetic.
But today, lgor explained that a sorcerer’s ditation could not substitute for sleep. Although one’s ntal state would be great after ditating, their bodily functions still required deep sleep to recover.
When a sorcerer ditated, their bodily functions remained active throughout, so ditating was not a replacent for sleep.
In lgor’s opinion, it was rather tiring to ditate because he had to coordinate that with his sleep schedule.
But Ren Xiaosu was hardly affected. To be honest, he did not even know if there was any point in ditating. After a long ditation session, he might only gain an additional drop in the sea, but that would be just a trivial improvent overall.
It was not that Ren Xiaosu was lazy, but he felt he could make use of this ti to do sothing more aningful. For example, he could sit at the campfire and read the?Introduction to Sorcery?to see if its author had ever expressed any aningful insights.
Before Ren Xiaosu could page through the book, he saw lgor ending his ditation and walking out of his tent.
lgor did not seem to have expected Ren Xiaosu to still be reading. “Why aren’t you asleep?”
“Oh, I’ve just finished ditating.” Ren Xiaosu said, “But I couldn’t sleep yet, so I wanted to read a bit more so that I can quickly beco a sorcerer.”
“Any results from your ditation? Did you get to see your inner world of ditation?” lgor asked.
Ren Xiaosu’s acting chops as the Northwest’s best actor was put into use once again. He shook his head and said in a dejected tone, “Maybe it’s just as you said. It’s better not to waste ti ditating if I don’t have the Eye of True Sight. But I’m still very curious. What’s the scale of most sorcerers’ inner worlds when they first start ditating?”
lgor laughed. “Actually, the majority of sorcerers are the sa. When they first start ditating, they might only see a small puddle or a small stone in their inner world. Only a few are talented enough to see a river at the beginning. So if you really manage to find an Eye of True Sight soday and only see a pebble in your inner world, you don’t have to feel disheartened. That’s how it is for most people.”
Ren Xiaosu thought to himself, ‘If I were to tell you what I saw, I’m afraid that all of the sorcerers in the magus order would get depressed….‘
Of course, it was more likely that they wouldn’t even believe him.
Ren Xiaosu suddenly said, “Then if I want to search for an Eye of True Sight, how should I go about looking for it? I heard from the sheeple that I can find it in a river. Can I go to that river and search for the rocks there?”
lgor started laughing. “They lied to you…. Wait, what are you doing?”
lgor looked at Ren Xiaosu in surprise as he turned around and went over to the two servants’ tent. Then he woke them up and gave each of them another punch before returning to the campfire.
Ren Xiaosu said to lgor, “Please, carry on.”
Li Chengguo and Liu Ting’s wails could be heard coming from the tent next to them, leaving lgor speechless. What the hell!
Initially, lgor wanted to tell Ren Xiaosu, “Actually, I was only ssing around by getting you to read the?Introduction to Sorcery.”
But looking at Ren Xiaosu’s attitude, he was starting to feel apprehensive about confessing!
He was clearly a sorcerer, so how could he be afraid of a boor like him? However, lgor felt extrely guilty.
When Ren Xiaosu saw that lgor did not say anything, he asked again, “What did they lie to about?”
“Strictly speaking, they did not lie to you.” lgor hesitated for a mont before saying, “It’s true that the stones can be found in a river, which is due to the accumulation of ore that’s been washed into the river over tens of thousands of years. However, the river has long been controlled by the archmages’ power in the secular world, so you can’t find any Eyes of True Sight in the river anymore. There’s only one way for anyone to beco a sorcerer, and that’s to buy one!”
Liu Ting’s bitter voice ca from the tent. “Lord lgor, can you finish your sentences in one breath?!”
lgor raised an eyebrow. “He didn’t even let finish speaking before he beat you two up! How can you bla for that!”
Li Chengguo said in pain, “You should at least speak faster!”
lgor and his two servants suddenly felt that the atmosphere in the group had slowly turned strange ever since Ren Xiaosu joined them.
If it were the past, these two sorcerer servants would not have dared to shout at lgor like that, though this was also probably related to Li Chengguo and Liu Ting getting beaten up.
But for so reason, lgor suddenly felt there was no need to be so strict in their group.
Before becoming a sorcerer, lgor was just a normal young man who visited small taverns with his friends to drink and brag. But ever since he beca a sorcerer, his friends started showing him more respect. He was no longer a normal person.
anwhile, he had paid a huge price to beco a sorcerer.
lgor suddenly said to Ren Xiaosu, “Do you rember what I told you? So people waste their entire lives in pursuit of their sorcerer dreams.”
“I rember,” Ren Xiaosu said.
“Therefore, my heartfelt advice is that you don’t pursue this sorcerer dream any further.. Because you’ll end up losing more than you’ll gain.”
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