nyslfriends Chapter 137 The Etheric Veil and the Spring
Chapter 137 The Etheric Veil and the Spring
Chapter 137 The Etheric Veil and the Spring
After they finished eating and drinking, Gebu pulled the woman aside and gave her a few instructions.
"I don't know what Thornton is thinking. Be careful. If he does anything suspicious, wake me up immediately," Gebu whispered. "Most importantly, protect me—in meditation, I have no sense of the outside world. I'm counting on you."
The woman with the sword seemed somewhat touched by Gebu's trust and nodded to him. "How would you like me to wake you?"
"Anything is fine. You can call my name in my ear—that way, subconsciously I can feel someone calling me in the real world, and I will end the meditation."
The swordswoman thought about the scene of herself whispering her name in the goblin's ear and felt a little nauseous; it gave her goosebumps.
"—I'd rather slap you across the face."
"—Please be gentle, my fragile neck can't take your strength."
After giving his instructions, Gebu stayed in the room where the crystal had been found, sending the others to the disc room. The swordswoman rested by the doorways of both rooms, keeping watch.
Geb sat cross-legged in the center of the platform on the steps, placing the crystal at the far end of the circular pedestal with his wizard's hand. The chaotic energy within the resonant crystal had stabilized considerably after absorbing a ring of magic. Geb watched the surging undercurrents within the crystal, feeling the magical energy within his own body also surging.
I've been busy plotting lately, so my cultivation progress has been a bit slow, and I'm stuck at the awkward point of 5/6.
Busy! I can't even find a moment to spare for a whole night. Dulin's unexpected arrest forced Gebu to accelerate his plans, but unexpectedly, he was forced into this godforsaken place to get his IUD upgraded.
First, break through the bottleneck, then see how to upgrade to the second ring. I have a feeling that the crystal contains some kind of magical power; maybe it can help me. Just like the solidified ether I got in the Deep Well Raid, this kind of item containing powerful magical energy might be able to bypass the normal process and help me level up quickly.
Thinking too much was pointless, so Gebu cleared these unnecessary thoughts from his mind and began to meditate.
Come, Book of Sand, my old friend—
The moment Gebu opened his eyes in the meditative world, he was startled.
The once starless sky was now reflected with golden images, a sight that left the goblin in disbelief.
The dome of this world is like a semi-transparent curtain, revealing the full view of another world on its outer shell.
It's as if Geb is trapped inside a giant glass sphere, looking out at the refracted and expanded world through the glass.
A magnificent world—majestic mountains, a vast black ocean, and boundless golden plains—
Could it be the Golden Continent? That burning forest reflects the same amber color as the goblin's pupils—is it the Kingdom Forest?
After a moment, Gebu finally came to his senses, looked away from the sky, and sought answers in the Book of Sand.
"The Ether Veil is the wall that separates the etheric plane from the material plane. It is made of pure etheric energy. You can imagine it as a fine web woven from spider silk. Etheric energy can pass through it, but physical matter cannot."
"Wizards can project their spirit into the etheric plane through meditation, creating a private space near the edge of the veil. Therefore, the meditative world actually exists within the etheric plane. Understanding this allows for a better understanding of how the microscopic laws of etheric flow are placed within the macroscopic etheric tide."
"Physical location is very important. The etheric plane is the shadow of the material plane, separated by an etheric veil. In some places, the etheric energy that makes up the veil is sparser, magic is more active in these places, wizards have a more accurate perception of the ether, and the effect of meditation is better."
"However, the magic in these places is also more unstable. In extreme cases, it can even directly affect the physical laws of the material plane and the metabolism, body, mind, and spirit of living beings."
Such a place is called: [Etheric Spring].
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Advanced Ether Theory: Intermediate Meditation
Written by Imint.
Hey, it's that guy again. You're everywhere! Gebu figured he'd have to meet this old man sooner or later, maybe even learn from him secretly—this wizard is too amazing.
Therefore, I am in a so-called "spring," no wonder the manticore was infected with wild magic.
This evil god certainly knows how to pick a location; this temple was built right above the spring.
All coincidences are inevitable. Geb thought to himself.
Meditation here is twice as effective with half the effort, so Gebu quickly had the Book of Sand pull up the spell list and swiftly selected two first-level spells:
[Detection Magic] (Ritual) and [Thunder Wave]
[Detection Magic]: Consumes 10 grams of gold and takes 10 minutes to cast a ritual. Within 10 minutes, it detects etheric fluctuations within a 10-meter radius. The caster can distinguish the glow left by the etheric fluctuations within the area and identify the school and strength of the spell.
[Thunder Wave]: Releases a shockwave of thunder from the caster, knocking back objects and creatures within five meters and dealing sonic damage.
These two spells were ones that Geb had looked at before, but he skipped them because there were more suitable options available. Now he's coming back to learn them.
Detection magic can help you discover magical items and traps in your vicinity—if you have this, you won't be so passive when facing manticores and disc puzzles.
Thunder Wave is a close-range spell for both survival and damage. Currently, Gebu's biggest fear in fights is being caught in close combat; if a Burning Hand doesn't kill him, he's doomed. This spell provides double protection.
Detection magic is a divination spell, while Thunder Wave, like Burning Hand, belongs to the Evocation tree.
Lei Mingbo didn't put in as much effort as Feigebu in learning magic, but detection magic was different; this was his first time encountering divination spells.
"The prophetic school focuses on detecting/predicting changes in the material plane by studying the flow of ether."
In the eyes of a wise prophetic wizard, there are no coincidences in the world; everything is destined to happen.
"The moment the world was created, everything that would happen in the endless river of time was already decided. All we can do is experience it all."
"Prophetic wizards are prone to despair: if everything is predetermined, what's the point of trying?"
"At this point, what I often do is remind them: the exploration of so-called destiny is itself a meaningful thing: being able to discover a corner of that great truth in our brief existence is already the most sublime thing that we mortals can pursue."
"All this talk is so mystical, but he's just a charlatan, no different from an old shaman," Gebu scoffed.
By distinguishing the aura left by different spells, Geb quickly found the knack for detecting magic: spells from different schools leave auras of different colors, the strength of the magic determines the intensity and size of the aura, and the runes and whispers remaining in the air can help identify the name of the spell: of course, spells that one has already learned are the easiest to identify, lower-level spells are easier than higher-level spells, and so on.
Node breakthrough 6/6!
Get [Detection Magic] and [Thunder Wave]!
As the rune completed a circle beneath his feet, Geb lightly touched the Book of Sand, waiting for it to tell him the requirement to advance to level 2.
Waiting and waiting, the Book of Sand still didn't respond. Geb was getting a little impatient. What was going on? In a place as magically abundant as the Ether Spring, the Book of Sand was not working?
He took two steps forward, grabbed the book—as if the book was deliberately avoiding the goblin, it flicked its pages and flew into the air.
Hey! Come back here!
Gebu jumped up to reach the book, and they played a back-and-forth game. The Book of Sand flew half a circle in the air, flipped backward, and then flew behind him.
The goblin wizard turned around, and there was someone in front of him! The Book of Sand obediently fell into that guy's hands.
Gebu was startled and looked closely.
Curling hair.
sunglasses.
Elf ears.
A smug smile.
"Long Live Chaos I"
"Why is it you again?!"
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