Volume 1 Departure Chapter 21 It's good to be literate and knowledgeable
Early the next morning, Fang Qiuling woke up just as the sun had just risen.
Continuous early workouts seem to have fixed the wake-up body clock at this time.
Raising his waist greatly, Fang Qiuling jumped up from the bed. After a brief freshening up and changing into light clothes, he began his usual morning jog.
It was a rough morning, overcast and seemed to rain at any moment.
A number of hotels have already opened in Traders Square. Most of the hotels operate a meal service, and breakfast is also an important part of the day's income, so hot bread and fragrant bread are delivered out one by one. The main objects of supply were the caravans that were waiting for the town gates to depart as soon as they opened.
The caravan was ready to leave early, and the merchants were checking the wagons one by one. From time to time, they pushed a few times on the carriage to confirm the stability of the goods and whether they would fall off; Or count the goods item by item so that nothing is missed.
Having lived in the other world for more than a month, Fang Qiuling has gradually adapted to Elune's life. The daily morning jog has gone from being tired like a dead dog at the beginning, to not even breathing faster now. The body is no longer the big belly poop when I first came, and the abdominal muscles have also faintly taken shape.
When I returned to the hotel after my morning run, it was already raining lightly.
"Canvas! Quick, get the canvas! ”
"Cover up! Cover them all! ”
The already noisy Trade Square is now even more noisy. The men of the caravan took out the canvas that had been prepared from the shelves under the carriage and hurriedly covered the goods so that they would not get wet. The caravans, which had not yet set up, set up tents to shelter from the rain, and they had to take care of not only the wagons with the goods, but also the open-air stables in the square to calm the horses.
In the midst of the busyness, Fang Qiuling also saw a few slightly familiar figures-kitten people. Kill the cat charms saved by the goblins last night.
The kitten people are not tall, but they are extremely agile. They quickly set up their tents by jumping up and down, and then began to help the other wagons around.
"Good morning, Mr. Norn. How was your sleep last night? ”
The chubby boss saw Fang Qiuling returning from running and greeted him very warmly. There were also two diminutive figures on the side, one a boy and the other a girl. Judging by the similar appearance, it is clearly the child of the fat boss.
"Good morning!"
The two children were also very energetic and said hello loudly.
"You're up early!"
"Hello, good morning." Fang Qiuling rubbed the little heads of the two children with his hand, "Please prepare a meal at noon and send it to the room at night." It's pretty much the same as last night, thank you. ”
"Great! No problem. Mr. Norn, do you need rain gear? This rain ...... It shouldn't be able to stop for a while. ”
In just a few words, the drizzling rain gradually became heavier.
Glancing at the gray sky, Fang Qiuling shook his head: "No, I won't go out today." I bought some books, and I'll be in the room today to read a book. ”
"Oh! I didn't expect you to be a scholar, what a slack! I have a letter here, could you please read it for you? ”
"Okay, no problem."
The fat boss hurried back to the back hall, and after a while he hurried back with a beige envelope.
Fang Qiuling took the letter and first skimmed through it: "This is written by Aunt Mo Luda, and the content is that her daughter gave birth to a healthy boy. ”
First briefly explained the contents of the letter, and then read the letter word by word.
The good news of the family Tianding made the fat boss smile.
"Thank you so much, thank you so much! By the way, you haven't had breakfast yet, have you? I'll deliver directly to your room! ”
“…… Okay, trouble. By the way, that mushroom from last night tasted good, is there any excess? I want to buy some. ”
"Of course, of course, I'll send it to you later?"
It's a good sign that business comes to your door early in the morning! The fat boss laughed a little hard.
"Thanks, sorry for your trouble. I also need some potatoes, tea and oil, and salt. Can you help with the preparations? ”
"No problem, no problem, you're so polite."
Bidding farewell to the fat boss, Fang Qiuling did several sets of stretching movements to consolidate the exercise, and then went to the backyard of the hotel to get a bucket of water to wipe his body. Back in the room, the fat boss brought hot dough and vegetable soup, and he thanked him again before leaving.
After eating the breakfast sent by the fat boss, Fang Qiuling lit the oil lamp, took out the scroll, and started the first day of study.
When I opened the scroll again, the first thing that caught my eye was the seven-pointed star that surrounded the text of Rum. The seven-pointed star emitted a faint glow under the light of the oil lamp, and this discovery made Fang Qiuling slightly surprised.
The first time I opened the scroll, the seven-pointed star was indistinguishable from the other words on the scroll. How could there be a faint light overflowing at this moment?
In order to confirm whether there was really light overflowing, Fang Qiuling immediately extinguished the oil lamp on the table. But the answer obtained is yes, and there is indeed a light overflowing. Carefully unfold the scroll completely, and every word on the scroll shines brightly. The light in different positions is deep and faint. The first spell model, in particular, emits no less light than an oil lamp.
- The phenomenon of energy gathering, the phenomenon of autonomous charging of magical items.
Mana, which exists in a free form in space, will actively attach itself to a magic item when encountered, and will gradually be absorbed by the magic item. This phenomenon is often referred to as "accumulation energy" and occurs whenever the concentration of the free form of mana in space exceeds the standard value.
In fact, the phenomenon of energy gathering is the reason why many non-disposable magic items have a "cooldown". If you think of a magic item as a battery, then the act of using the magic item is equivalent to discharging, and the electrical energy in the battery is converted into other forms of release. When the battery dies, the magic item enters a "cooldown period", which requires a period of recharging, i.e., absorbing the free form of Mana through the phenomenon of concentrating. When the "cooldown" of one cycle has passed, the electricity is fully charged and the magic item can be used again.
Elune is a high magic world, and except for a few magical death fields, magic items will have energy gathering in most areas. In a few areas, due to the extremely high concentration of free form of mana, there is even a phenomenon of energy gathering tides.
Fang Qiuling quickly found the corresponding explanation in his mind. This is the information that players will be given when they first encounter a non-one-time Magic item in the game.
When I read this information at the time, I just thought that the system was really annoying, but it was just a regular routine of fantasy games, so there was a lot to say. But now it seems that this setting should be foreshadowing, a rehearsal to enter the real world of Elune. If so, are the other settings also foreshadowing?
Fang Qiuling quickly remembered that the old players had been emphasizing in the forum that they should not use the Enlightenment Scroll directly after they got it. Instead, you have to wait for a while before using the reel's icon with a circle of golden boxes. In this way, the role of the Enlightenment Scroll can be fully played.
The reason for this operation is said to be because the Enlightenment Scroll is also a magic item, and it is a high-level magic item. High-tier magic items take on different forms depending on how much Mana has in stock, and the Scroll of Enlightenment is no exception. When fully charged, the Scroll of Enlightenment will give you more proficiency and XP gains.
Of course, there are also players who oppose this. They emphasize that scroll items are undoubtedly "magical items", but scrolls can only be used once, so they cannot be defined as magical items in the conventional sense. Charged or uncharged, has no effect on the use of scroll-type items.
However, since there are no two identical scrolls in the game, even the NPC scroll dealers will always sell slightly different scrolls of the same name. So there has been no clear answer to this argument.
Regarding this problem, Fang Qiuling believes that ordinary scrolls that can be used once should not be regarded as magic items in the conventional sense, but enlightenment scrolls that can be used repeatedly should be classified as magic items.
The Enlightenment Scroll is about knowledge. The carrier of knowledge can be words or graphics. Words and graphics have magic in their own right, and the older the words, the more magic they have. Written in mysterious script, it can be used over and over again, which undoubtedly has the characteristics of a magical item. It's just that it's just that it's not reasonable to exclude it from magic items because it's a scroll.
And the materials used to make the scroll alone are worth more than 10,000 gold coins. With such a high cost of investment, it is even more problematic that the scroll made is not a magic item. The phenomenon of gathering energy on the Enlightenment Scroll is not strange at all, it is normal.
After calculating the time slightly, the enlightenment scroll could not be found ten days ago, and I opened it as soon as I got it. At that time, the scroll's mana reserve was not much, if not zero, and was therefore dim. Now, after almost ten days, the scroll has collected a lot of free mana due to the phenomenon of concentrating, and then gradually entered the state of charging.
The Inspired Scroll of Charged status is definitely different from the original. Will there be any surprises?
Fang Qiuling couldn't wait to start looking for answers on the scroll.
The answer was also quickly found, with a little more content in the space between the spell details and the spell model. The content is simple:
- Meditate through the scroll to project the spell model directly onto the Magic Crystal. After completing the projection, you can directly use the magic crystal to open the door to the otherworld.
Fang Qiuling was directly shocked! Not because it's difficult, but because it's too easy.
Meditate that he won't. But literally, meditation means to empty your mind and use your mind to perceive and explore the world. As long as you are focused enough, it is not difficult to enter this state for a short time. Focusing your attention on the scrolls, observing and reading with your mind, this is meditation through the scrolls.
I don't know how to do it, but I can guess: first draw a vision of the magic crystal in my mind, and then build the magic model into the magic crystal little by little.
As long as you complete these two parts, you can get the magic crystal that can open the door to the other world? With so much knowledge about spell principles, details, and operations on the scrolls, don't you need any of this?
Taking out the magic crystal from the storage bag, Fang Qiuling immediately began to try.
Close your eyes, feel the Enlightenment Scroll in front of you with your mind, and draw the Magic Crystal in your mind......
The first time he tried meditation, Fang Qiuling didn't know how to do it. However, when he emptied his mind and restrained his attention, the golden light poured into the sea of consciousness little by little. I didn't open my eyes, and it wasn't because of the touch of my skin and my ears, but everything around me became "visible".
The golden Tree of the World Phantom first unfolds before you, followed by the quaint Book of Destiny. The book of fate is opened, and the pages are windless and automatic. Two tiny bookmarks fall out of it, and one card with black stripes on a gold background depicts a blonde girl holding a staff alof. The other card is a gold stripe on a silver background, depicting a black-haired girl standing with a sword.
Turning his mind to the table in front of him, the unrolled scroll was glowing with gold. From time to time, an indescribable color flashed in the golden light, which was beautiful and agile, and the beauty was full of mystery.
- Eighth color.
Such a term suddenly flashed through my mind. Fang Qiuling didn't capture the reason for the noun's travel, but he immediately identified with it.
- This does not belong to any of the seven visible lights, so it is called the "eighth color", which means "indescribable color", which is the original and original color of Mana.
Just as he was about to observe the scroll for himself, he was awakened by a sudden knock on the door.
- Meditation interrupted.
Hurriedly retracting the Enlightenment Scroll and the Magic Crystal into the storage ring, Fang Qiuling opened the door with a bit of resentment.
"Who!"
The two children I had only seen in the morning were standing outside the door with large plates.
"Mr. Norn, the meal you ordered. There are also largemouth mushrooms, potatoes and tea avocados that you want. ”
"Oh, okay. Thank you ......."
Meals and stuff prepared by the fat boss early in the morning. But he only sent it at noon, so now it's here?
"There are also some freshly picked red moko, give them to you to try."
"Thank you...... What time is it, no, what time is it now? ”
"It's noon!" The boy spoke first.
"It's a bad day so I can't see the sun." The same is true for girls.
“…… Ok thanks. "Why is it noon in a while? Fang Qiuling was a little puzzled, but it was not easy to explore the reason in front of the two children, "You don't need to send the evening meal, I will come down to eat." But it will be a little later."
"Okay!"
"You can just leave your stuff outside the door after your meal, and we'll clean it up"
Putting the plate down on the table, the two little ones ran downstairs with a bounce.
Fang Qiuling closed the door, opened the window with a little confusion and grasped it outward. But as the girl said, the weather is gloomy today, and although the rain has stopped now, there is still no sun to be seen.
"When...... Dangdang ......"
In the distance, a bell rang out, the clock that chimeed at noon. Fang Qiuling's stomach also sounded at the same time.
It's really noon, and time flies!
- The passage of time in meditation is inconsistent with the passage of time in reality.
Silently writing down this "knowledge point", Fang Qiuling began to eat lunch.