Chapter 4 The Practice of the Master
As soon as Gao De went out, there was a trace of anger in his eyes that could not be concealed.
"In the face of absolute strength, cleverness is of no use, even dealing with one or two is laborious."
He recalled the contact he had just had with Master Seda. In addition to the unspeakable humiliation, he also felt a bit lucky to have escaped death. : "Although I got through this time, it was also due to luck." Gothe didn't know the specific effect of Master Seda's spell that looked like spikes growing out of his palms just now, but he could guess that if he was lying just now, Master Seda would definitely be able to sense it.
Fortunately, Master Seda's question is "Do you really feel like your body hasn't changed at all?"
——In fact, after he woke up, he did not notice anything strange about his body.
There is a high probability that all the effects of the potion will be absorbed by its predecessor.
It seems that the effect of the potion made by this old guy is for the mental aspect.
Gothe deduced.
Otherwise, he should not have any physical discomfort after inheriting this body.
Mage Seda, who is not tall, puts great pressure on Gaode that he has never experienced before in this life.
He touched the neck that had just been pinched by Master Seda with lingering fear.
There are no wounds there.
But just now, the unbearable pain was real.
This is the magic of magic.
Even if it's just a trick.
This feeling of life and death being controlled by someone else's thoughts is not pleasant.
Although Master Seda is just a stranger whom Gothe has only met once, Gothe's hatred for him has reached the extreme at this moment.
Gothe also knows that he is too weak now and cannot be an opponent of Master Seda.
The opponent is powerful, so he must be patient and look for opportunities secretly.
The question is, how much time does he have?
Gaode didn’t know that he actually only had one month left.
But he knew that Master Seda attached great importance to the unknown potion. Even though he had never successfully prepared it for so many years, he tried it again and again, which showed his persistence.
Now that Master Seda found out that he was still alive after testing the medicine, he must have felt that the preparation of the medicine was close to success.
Hence, Master Seda will definitely try to prepare the potion again in a short period of time.
The person who tests the medicine will most likely be him again.
After all, he is the only person so far who "did not die" after trying the medicine.
"Gothe, you are finally back!" When Gothe returned to his room, Amy immediately rushed up to him and asked: "What does Master Seda want from you?"
Gothe told the truth, "Master Seda asked me how I felt after taking the medicine."
"That's what I guess, Master Seda's potion has finally been successfully refined, and we are going to have a good life!" Amy was very excited.
"Maybe." Gothe did not break Amy's fantasy.
"By the way, I just met Yilan." He pondered for a moment and then said casually.
"What, is he causing trouble for you again?" Amy's expression changed upon hearing this, and she asked nervously.
"Almost, but it's not a big deal. At most, he can only embarrass me with words, but he can't really do anything to me." Gao De said nonchalantly.
"That's not what you said!" Amy was more concerned than Gothe. "Elan has been with Master Seda for the longest time, and he can more or less talk in front of Master Seda. I heard that the reason why you went to test the medicine this time is because of him."
"He is inherently petty and jealous of talents. He is not happy with your outstanding talents, and you don't like to talk to him. How can he not bear grudges against you?"
"Besides, you are so good at mixing potions. Hurry up, Ilan is definitely afraid that if this continues, Master Seda will value you more and more until you replace him in Master Seda's position. "
"You can't afford to offend him now, so it's better to be gentle with him on the surface." Amy advised tactfully.
Gothe's eyes narrowed slightly, he thought for a moment, and said, "I know."
Amy just thought Gothe had listened to her advice, and she breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good."
"Yes, his job is the easiest. He usually only needs to ship out goods every four or five days, and he can also take this opportunity to go shopping in the city, unlike us who work tirelessly in the medicine garden all day long." Speaking of this, Amy felt a little angry.
"Like this." Gothe's eyes were wandering, thinking about something.
Hence, he learned a lot of information about the medicine garden from Amy through various topics, intentionally or unintentionally, and gained a basic understanding of the current environment.
"Oops!" Amy slapped her head, as if remembering something, and said hurriedly: "Let's go to dinner quickly. If we go later, there will probably be nothing left."
He pulled Gao De and rushed to the restaurant, while not forgetting to take credit, "I missed the meal time just to wait for you to come back."
It's dinner time now.
In Master Seda's medicine garden, there are three meals a day, namely breakfast, lunch and dinner
If you exclude the matter of testing medicines, for most of the apprentices who were just beggars, this place is actually a paradise.
Because most civilians actually only eat two meals a day, morning and evening.
Under the leadership of Amy, Gothe came to the restaurant where the apprentices ate.
It is said to be a dining room, but the space is slightly larger than their bedroom. There are three square wooden tables placed, each wooden table is placed with a candle made of three candlesticks, plus a fireplace, it is called a dining room.
Gaode and the others arrived relatively late, and there were only two or three apprentices left in the restaurant.
Amy glanced nervously at the large plate placed by the fireplace, and was relieved when she saw that there were two long black loaves left there.
Beside the big plate, there is a stew pot made of earthenware pot.
Gothe, who had not eaten anything except a drink of water after waking up for so long, also felt a little hungry at this time, so he followed Amy.
There were some tableware stacked next to the big plate. Gothe picked up a small plate, then put a loaf of bread into his plate, then picked up a small bowl and looked at the stew pot.
The stew pot was filled with pea soup made from a local specialty pea.
After filling themselves with pea soup with a spoon, Gothe and Amy chose an empty table to sit down.
Rye bread + pea soup.
This is the daily food of these apprentices.
Meat, forget about it.
It is said to be bread, but it is also very different from the bread in Gaode's cognition.
These rye breads do not have yeast added, so they are extremely hard when baked, the taste is definitely not good, and it is extremely difficult to bite.
Of course, it is not without its advantages.
Cheap.
4 pounds (about 1.8 kilograms) of rye bread only costs 6 round copper coins.
Gaode converted it in his mind, which is equivalent to 3.5 copper coins per kilogram of rye bread.
The cheapest meat costs 7 copper coins per pound (about 450 grams).
The cost-effectiveness of rye bread is self-evident.
Amy took a table knife and cut the long rye bread into slices, placed it on a plate, then poured pea soup on the slices of bread one by one, and stuffed the slices of bread into her mouth.
This is the correct way to eat rye bread. Soak the bread slightly while drinking the soup, otherwise you will choke if you eat it dry!
Of course, it is also very common to eat slices of bread directly in the soup.
Gothe followed Amy's example, picked up a table knife and cut the rye bread into several slices, then soaked the slices in pea soup until soft, and then stuffed them into his mouth.
The next moment, he couldn't help but frown.
Even though he was mentally prepared, the food was still harder to swallow than he expected.
There is no seasoning at all in the pea soup. The bread slices soaked in the pea soup are only slightly softer. If I have to describe the taste, it is a little better than sawdust.
For Gothe, such food is undoubtedly extremely terrifying, but for other apprentices, it is good to have this kind of bread.
But Gothe had no choice now. The hunger in his belly made him frown and swallow the rye bread with difficulty.
So he had another reason to resist Master Seda.
————If you can only eat this kind of food every day, what is the difference between it and death?
After dinner, it is time for the apprentices to practice.
The apprentices in the medicine garden have a very regular schedule every day.
They are busy with their own work during the day, and have a fixed three to four hours of practice time at night.
After returning to the room, Amy seized the time and quickly entered a state of practice.
Gaode first reviewed the practice methods of the mages in his mind.
A mage has two most important basic indicators: mana and spiritual power.
Mana is the energy consumed when releasing spells. It is also the so-called "blue bar" and is the cornerstone of all the power of the mage.
Mental power is related to controlling spells and learning spells. It determines a person's spell-casting skills, the stability of continuous spell casting, the change of spells, and even the speed of learning spells
The growth of mana and mental power relies on boring and repetitive practice day after day. There is absolutely no laziness, and there are no shortcuts.
"To start guiding, first of all, you must enter a state of meditation."
The method of cultivating mana is called guidance, and the method of cultivating spiritual power is called meditation.
The two are separate and cannot be practiced at the same time. Generally, the guidance method is practiced first, and then the meditation method is practiced.
Because the process of practicing the Guidance Technique also requires the consumption of mental energy.
Once the mental power consumption exceeds 40%, continuing to practice the guidance method will achieve twice the result with twice the result.
For Gaode, this is not difficult to understand, just like learning - the learning effect is definitely the best in the first few hours, but when you are mentally exhausted later, the learning efficiency will naturally be low.
The practice of meditation after the practice of guidance can not only quickly restore the consumed mental power, but also increase the growth of mental power.
According to Gaode's own understanding, this is like exercise. Repeating this process: "consuming physical strength-recovering physical strength" can better stimulate physical growth.
(End of this chapter)