Chapter 580: Enlightenment Meditation Technique, the Most Useless Spell?
In discussing modifications to the Box of Books with Natalie, some minor issues didn’t actually take up much of her time.
Despite the lengthy conversation, my significant time was wasted on testing the order and extraordinary characteristics of “Knowledge Power.”
From the design of the Box of Books to its completion, I didn’t present many constructive suggestions because, at that time, I had no urgent need or clear purpose; acquiring the weapon was merely because I could.
But now, my goal has become clear.
Natalie’s design of the “annotations” technique for the Box of Books is an inspiration for the development of Knowledge Power.
I want to perfect this technique along this line, using the Box of Books as a medium; this is not just an application and development of Knowledge Power but also an attempt and refinement of using my mastered power across different fields.
That’s why this communication process consumed so much of my time.
However, what I lack the least right now is time.
Earlier, when discussing further refinements for the Box of Books, Natalie also mentioned the Heart of Cold Wave I possess and casually asked if I intended to embed it into my Box of Books.
But I directly refused.
What a joke, the Heart of Cold Wave is a huge hassle.
If it gets associated with my Box of Books, I’d fear the Box of Books would no longer want me.
The reason I’m still keeping it is that after the unfinished auction, the Vice President of the All-Purpose Association contacted me and discussed this Heart of Cold Wave.
They didn’t mention any words like “return” or “gift.”
Because this Heart of Cold Wave is my trophy, captured from an enemy they couldn’t win against, naturally, there’s no talk of returning it, and they have no right to say it was a gift.
I must say, the people from the All-Purpose Association see things very clearly; they really don’t provoke those they can’t afford to offend, a notion that is reflected in various small details.
Of course, the All-Purpose Association isn’t a charity organization, and at the time, they didn’t hesitate to support Liliana’s arrival when they wanted to test my strength intelligence.
However, looking at the final discussion, the All-Purpose Association was also eager to acquire this Heart of Cold Wave, but I didn’t agree immediately.
Yet they managed to gain my promise not to casually give this thing away, like… giving it to Tan Han and the others.
Perhaps they think it would be easier for them to obtain it if it’s in my possession rather than in Tan Han’s.
What they think doesn’t concern me.
I’m just a bit interested in this thing, also waiting for the weather to get hot to use it as free air conditioning.
As for researching it?
Come on, I currently have two Great Spellbooks, Body Cultivation strength, and the usual spell derivatives to keep me busy; where would I find the energy to study this?
Unless I hit bottlenecks in all areas and can no longer advance, then I might consider researching it to see if I could find new inspiration through indirect connections, but the probability is low, and it won’t happen soon.
After saying goodbye to Natalie, I also started planning to enhance my Great Knowledge Tree.
The Box of Books would be left with Natalie, waiting for a “major overhaul,” as fully integrating a completely new power system is certainly not a small project.
After informing Principal Mei, I began my plan for the Great Knowledge Tree enhancement.
Before formally starting, I also took some time to adjust; initially, I planned to fine-tune my condition, but reality is… plans can’t keep up with changes.
The cause was… I took some time to learn about the Enlightenment Meditation Technique.
The Enlightenment Meditation Technique is a spell I refined from a spark of inspiration. After continuous tests through Fool Dream and the cooperation of the Witch Sisters, its abilities have nearly been fully tested.
As for why I tapped into the Grand Wisdom Enlightenment Spell derivative right before planning to enhance the Great Knowledge Tree, it’s mainly due to “Knowledge Power.”
Knowledge Power isn’t merely a product of the Great Knowledge Tree, but a product of two Great Spellbooks after refining the “dual-tree structure.”
If before I only looked at Knowledge Power separately, now I am considering it together with the two Great Spellbooks and Body Cultivation strength, as it represents the order manifestation among the combined domains of the three.
Understanding this concept allowed me to transform the “idea” of using Knowledge Power to enhance the Great Knowledge Tree into a traceable “line of thought.”
Therefore, attempting a deeper understanding of the Grand Wisdom Enlightenment Spell is beneficial for improving the Great Knowledge Tree.
Now, the testing information for the Enlightenment Meditation Technique is nearly organized.
Simply put, the Enlightenment Meditation Technique has completely replaced the “Fool Dream Drink Meditation Method” in effect and is more convenient to some extent.
After all, casting spells is easier to grasp than practicing techniques.
Furthermore, there were no significant phenomena of intersection with my Dream World during the tests of the Enlightenment Meditation Technique with the witches’ help, even though they had the Great Knowledge Seed and the Grand Wisdom Enlightenment Spell’s dual-tree structure; there wouldn’t be any special situations like the Fool Dream.
This ultimately can only be attributed to the uniqueness of the Fool Dream race.
Of course, regarding the precondition for learning the Enlightenment Meditation Technique — “learning to formulate the Fool Dream Drink” to obtain specific runes — it has also been simplified by the idle witches.
For this, they centered the formulation method of the Fool Dream Drink around runes and rituals, launching more different styles of Fool Dream Drinks, even collaborating with Teacher Deina from the Witch Cat Café.
The key is that these peculiar Fool Dream Drinks are very appealing to the Fool Dreams. Thinking about it… it’s not surprising, because Fool Dreams essentially aren’t pursuing the taste of the Fool Dream Drink, but rather the extraordinary rituals within the drink.
Back to the main topic.
Through multiple attempts with the Enlightenment Meditation Technique, a peculiar “characteristic” has been summarized.
That is, as a spell, the effect of the Enlightenment Meditation Technique manifests periodically, and the mental power it consumes… is permanently consumed.
When I saw this test result, I was completely stunned!
Within the vast Knowledge Tree, I have learned of some very peculiar spells where the mental power consumed in casting is permanent, yet their effects are either very strong or very unique.
However, the Enlightenment Meditation Technique consumes mental power without additional extraordinary energy.
This results in no threshold to use this spell because it doesn’t require extraordinary energy; even in a situation utterly devoid of extraordinary energy, this spell can still be employed.
But this doesn’t help!
Looking at the effect after casting this spell… it restores mental power, and the restored mental power is also perpetual…
The effect of this spell displays periodic characteristics; if defining the consumed mental power in one cycle as one unit, then the mental power restored in that cycle is also one!
It’s as if there’s no middleman profiting from the difference!
Staring at this effect, I was left completely dumbfounded.
Since that time in Ninglan New City, my self-created most useless spell “Dream Rewriting Spell” is about to be replaced, at least that spell can function in a specific dream and reality overlapping environment.
But this Enlightenment Meditation Technique… is useless in any situation, right?
If the effects of this spell were described, sending it as a gift would probably not gather any interest.
I feel like I could contest for the title of the most useless spell of the year!
If such a contest truly existed, perhaps this spell could win the champion…
After learning this test result, the witches were also extremely shocked!
Of course, they weren’t surprised this spell was useless but were astonished that a spell could actually raise the upper limit of mental power!
Although its usage requires the upper limit of mental power to be consumed… yet this breaks their understanding of multiple spells and cultivation.
Permanent enhancement is a term exclusive to cultivation, not a property of a spell or spell technique.
If this spell could derive, even a slight permanent increase or decrease in mental power, with its no-threshold usage, this would undoubtedly shatter everyone’s perceptions of limits in magical training!
Such a discovery undoubtedly sent shockwaves throughout the Witch Academy.
And this is one of the reasons I wanted to understand the Enlightenment Meditation Technique before enhancing the Great Knowledge Tree, as this matter had escalated to a level I could no longer ignore.
Its significance is too impactful; without addressing it, I can’t even begin the enhancement of the Great Knowledge Tree.
However, as of now, the derivation related to the Enlightenment Meditation Technique has been quite unfruitful.
Even when I authorized it to be shared for free to all extraordinary witches for research, so far, no positive news has come back.
While all witches have yet to reap anything from cleverly training their mental power, we have received unexpected joy regarding this spell’s testing.
That is, after casting the Enlightenment Meditation Technique, it might actually lead to the possibility of “Enlightenment of Wisdom”!
Initially, all witches didn’t pay attention to what other benefits this spell might bring between consumption and restoration, but for powerful extraordinary witches, any slight improvement cannot evade their perception.
It wasn’t until one witch found something off while using this spell that she began to notice.
Although there’s no significant change in mental power per se, it does bring about a slight transformation in other aspects.
So now, the Enlightenment Meditation Technique seems no longer like a useless spell but rather a gradually accumulating permanent enhancement spell.
Currently, the witch who relayed this test news has stated that while they haven’t figured out the upper limit of this spell’s enhancement, the effect is significantly evident in increasing wisdom.
This is specifically manifested in the aspect of active thinking, providing essential relief from mental rigidity.
Just this point alone has attracted many witches.
Let’s not forget that witches have long lifespans; the longer they live, the more likely they can become stagnant in thought due to either overexposure to knowledge or outdated information; active thinking is indeed a “cure” to help them regain vitality.
Not to mention, practicing the Enlightenment Meditation Technique slightly enhances learning ability, communication ability, decision-making ability, comprehension ability, etc.—all of these abilities seem to be effects bundled with active thinking.
Because of the Enlightenment Meditation Technique, the time I originally set aside for refining the Great Knowledge Tree was forced to extend for several days.
Due to this matter, various witches frequently visited my villa to “check in.”
Even Principal Mei came for this.
The plan to compile this spell into a spellbook has been finalized, and its promotion at the witch level will definitely be realized; as for promotion at the Witch Academy student level… I believe it won’t take long.
“You really have to explain how your little head works!” Principal Mei said while rubbing my head, her tone featuring unabashed admiration and exclamation.
“This… I didn’t do much… Didn’t you give me the research material of the Grand Wisdom Enlightenment Spell? I simply added some inspiration based on that.”
“Xiao Han, you’re still so humble; excessive humility can be a form of arrogance, you know?”
“How can that be…”
“Xiao Han, do you think your ability to achieve such a feat is due to inspiration or something else?”
“Uh…” Suddenly being asked like this by the Principal, I froze for a moment, and I eventually gave my own answer: “It should be… inspiration, after all, inspiration and ways of thinking really decide a lot.”
“Really? Is that what you think, Xiao Han?”
“Is there something wrong with that?” I asked tentatively.
“I do not deny your viewpoint,” Principal Mei said with a smile, but usually, when someone opens with such a phrase, it indicates that they are about to express their own opinion, “However… looking at it from another angle, the void is vast, and there are many geniuses.”
“There are many geniuses, and it also means that inspiration isn’t a scarce commodity in an era of brilliance; perhaps in this field, there are more insights than you can currently imagine, even more profound and advanced. I can say that the achievement you have accomplished now may have been proposed a long time ago, and there are more perspectives you cannot even imagine; those fantastical ideas might make you feel inferior.”
“…”
“Xiao Han, do you think I’m preaching to you, trying to make you realize the reality, telling you that you are not a genius?” Mei Linde smiled and asked again, noticing my silence.
“Isn’t that so…”
“No, quite the opposite, you are a true genius!” Mei Linde shook her head and said firmly, “I just wanted to tell you that there’s no lack of inspiration in this world, but there’s a lack of people capable of realizing it—‘inspiration’ and ‘realization’ are a gulf that separates the ordinary from the genius; taking action and realizing it!”
“The witch race never lacks self-proclaimed geniuses; they have limitless ideas, and their inspiration is astonishing, yet they still remain ordinary witches.”
“The traces of the witch race are scattered throughout the void, so numerous that you can’t imagine, but there are only a handful of witches who can bear the title of Truth Witch. Why? Because they have built a floating tower among the airy dreams of inspiration; they are the great individuals who have crossed the chasm between ‘thinking’ and ‘doing.’”
At this point, Mei Linde paused, and the busy witches around also stopped their work, turning to look at me and the Principal while listening to Mei Linde’s words.
“Look at these witches willing to work hard with you; they’re not simply convinced by the ideas you pursued.”
“During this time, you should have noticed that they sometimes come up with many ingenious ideas, right? Game platforms, streaming platforms, etc. Many fantastical ideas they haven’t even shared with you because they cannot realize them and also fear these divergences might influence your ideas; though they can’t achieve it, they can construct their inspiration using the existing academy network, but those ideas are not presentable.”
At this point, some witches awkwardly lowered their heads or glanced away to relieve the current awkwardness.
How could their inspiration and ambition be merely described with terms like game platform or streaming platform?
It’s simply that their abilities do not support their ideas.
“They simply lack the ability to realize this inspiration, but they can see that you have the ability to bring your inspiration to life; even if they don’t think your ideas are the best, they are indeed the ones you can most effectively put into action and realize!”
“Really… is that so?” I scratched my head, a little taken aback by the Principal’s praise…
“Of course, take the Enlightenment Meditation Technique for example; the concept of this spell has long been proposed by witches, yet they lacked the theoretical foundation and ability to implement it, but you accomplished it…”
“But this time it was all built upon your…”
“Yes, those are all materials I studied, but I didn’t achieve it; you did. That is your ability, not mine. Without you, I wouldn’t know that the research material on the Grand Wisdom Enlightenment Spell could do such a thing,” Principal Mei firmly interrupted my question, “The eruption of discovery and inspiration complements each other; a mere burst of inspiration while disregarding foundational ability is delusional, or shall we say… dreaming?”
“In any case, regarding the Enlightenment Meditation Technique, you have already taken a solid first step, so countless witches will follow in your footsteps, advancing, improving, and deriving along the path you have opened; the subsequent trivialities need not wear out your energy.”
“Your plans should return to the right track; don’t you have other plans? I’m very optimistic about your upcoming Great Knowledge Tree enhancement plan; don’t let me down… well, let’s not add pressure to you; just adjust your mindset well.”
At the close of her statement, Mei Linde pulled out something resembling a keycard and handed it to me, “I have another matter to tend to with my clones soon; I’m giving you this before I leave.”
“Let’s say Xiao Han, you are also a notable figure who has made outstanding contributions to the Witch Academy; it wouldn’t be good to always stay in the villa doing research, so this is a laboratory I applied for you. You can blow it up there without caring, good luck~”
