Chapter 462 Disappointment

Perhaps the heavy rains in the past few days consumed the summer rainwater reserves in advance.

From the Tieraime Plain to Neustadt, Colin saw sunny skies all the way, the sky was as clear as a sapphire and the wind was gentle.

The haze that the gods had previously shrouded the Siya continent seemed to have disappeared for a short time...

Arriving at the city of Neustadt, he passed the city entrance inspection with ease. Colin stepped into the city. His status as the supreme councilor allowed him to continue flying in the air.

Looking down towards the ground, I saw a peaceful and peaceful scene.

During the years of the war, wizards throughout the Siya continent showed a tendency to gather in the City of Miracles.

However, at this time, the number of people on the streets of Neustadt was slightly less than in the previous two years. Although there were few pedestrians, most of them were in high spirits, and the overall atmosphere on the streets was lively.

While passing by the Watt neighborhood closest to the city gate, Colin suddenly noticed that many wizards were gathering in front of a special building on the street, forming an obvious group.

After flying forward for a moment, the same building appeared in Colin's field of vision again.

There are also a large number of wizards gathering in front of this building.

It hadn't been too long since the last time Colin came to Neustadt, but he clearly remembered that there were no such black buildings in Neustadt when he came last time.

Most of these black buildings are not big. Judging from their location, they should be renovated on the basis of the original shops on both sides of the street. They are painted black and have no signboards. However, there is a huge iconic black stone monument standing outside the door, with projections on it. With a light blue light screen, it is very conspicuous.

Slowing down a little, Colin focused some of his attention on those buildings.

Due to the obstruction of the crowd, he could not see the specific content on the light screen, but he could hear the conversations coming from the wizards.

"Battle report on May 3rd, the wizard troops won again, killing the divine bishop Sanming, and a few remaining believers, and successfully occupied Dobilon Island." A wizard read while looking at the black standing sign.

"I think the gods have lost their battle, and the wizard is about to win the final victory!"

"Where are we now!"

"No matter what, at least the wizard side is unstoppable now, and it is just around the corner to regain all the sea areas. It is a good time to take advantage of the opportunity to go to the front line to kill the enemy and earn military exploits!"

"Yes, no matter what your background is, whether it is a wild wizard or a wizard from a school, as long as you have military merit, you can go to the Supreme Council or even various university sects to exchange for the knowledge you want!"

"Oh, don't mention it. A friend of mine sent news yesterday that he has successfully redeemed the qualification to join the Xisheng School! From now on, he will be a distinguished wizard of the school! When I think about it, I feel like there are ants biting me. I am really envious. Extremely!"

‘It turns out that this is a place where frontline intelligence is announced, but it seems to be a recruiting office? ’ Colin stopped and took a closer look at the black stone tablet. On the light screen above, there was also a recruitment process guide scrolling.

"The battlefield is ruthless, it's not that easy to gain military merit!" The discussion at the recruitment office continued, and it seemed that not everyone was optimistic.

"That's true. Although your military exploits are good, you still have to live to enjoy them!" A wizard agreed.

"Ha! I think you are just cowardly. Wild wizards like us, if we don't fight, will be destined to live a mediocre life! What's more, even if we hide for a while, what's the use? If no one wants to join the war , when the war fails, then everyone will not be able to escape death!"

A wizard with a beard snorted coldly, then turned his head and looked around and said loudly:

"I don't want to do this. I plan to sign up to join the war now and have a bright future! Is there anyone who wants to join me?"

"good!"

"I am coming too!"

As soon as the voice fell, wizards responded one after another.

Colin looked back.

'Have the Supreme Council and various university sects actually opened up ways to obtain knowledge... Although the contribution points or military exploits obtained on the battlefield in the past can be exchanged for some benefits such as knowledge at the Supreme Council, they have a certain influence on one's origin. Require. ’

‘If you are not a school wizard, but just an ordinary wild wizard, then the knowledge that can be exchanged for contribution points will be limited. There are many powerful witchcrafts that cannot be exchanged, let alone the qualifications to join the school. ’

'But now that everyone can join the school based on their military exploits, I think there should be a lot less restrictions in other aspects. ’

‘The channels for the circulation of knowledge have been opened...’ Colin felt a little emotional.

As the bearded wizard behind said, for those wild wizards, now is the best time to have a bright future!

With this in mind, Colin stopped delaying and came to the Supreme Council Hall in the center of the city.

The purpose of coming here this time is very simple, that is to redeem the fourth-level meditation method!

Walking into the first floor of the auditorium, the place was also enveloped in a warm atmosphere of recruitment.

On the wall of the lobby on the first floor facing the entrance, there is a huge propaganda light screen, with shimmering white fonts displaying various military recruitment policies in detail.

However, unlike those recruitment offices located on ordinary streets, the propaganda screens here mainly target members of parliament.

Colin glanced at it slightly and was a little stunned.

As long as members of the Supreme Council actively participate in the frontline war, they can receive a large amount of resource subsidies, including even exchange quotas for the blood of gods!

Don't look at the fact that he has received the blood of gods twice in succession before, but that time he was rewarded for saving the Tireme farmland and indirectly saving the city of Neustadt, and the second time was for discovering the gods by his own ability. of blood.

If ordinary members want to redeem the blood of gods, it is almost impossible unless they have an extremely powerful senior member like Noyes!

The blood of the gods is usually divided among the wizards who kill the true clones of the gods first, and only when they don't need it will the places for exchange be released.

And this kind of quota will also give priority to the more powerful senior members. Unless the senior members do not need it and there are excess exchange quotas, they will be further delegated to ordinary members.

‘The Supreme Council has really spent a lot of money this time. ’ After being surprised, Colin felt inexplicably worried.

Perhaps his worries were unfounded, but whether it was the recent good news coming from the front line, the enthusiastic atmosphere of participating in the war in the city, or the generous subsidies given by the parliament and the school, not only did he not relax a little, but he became more worried.

Colin let out a long breath, suddenly shook his head, and continued to move forward.

'If you think about it carefully, the essence of these worries actually stems from your own weakness... or not being strong enough. ’

Come to the parliamentary library.

With his status as a councilor, Colin easily redeemed himself for the fourth level of the Tin Saint Meditation Method.

For reference purposes, he also exchanged all the meditation methods that could reach the fourth level that he could redeem, and then embarked on the return journey.

Perhaps it was because he was returning home so quickly that when he was returning, Colin always felt that the journey seemed even further away.

Fortunately, after galloping all the way, he managed to get back to the Golden Wheat Ear before noon.

"I need to retreat for a period of time, which can be as short as a few days or as long as a month. During this time, Ti Laimei will be temporarily handed over to you, mentor."

After explaining to Atbold and others, Colin plunged into the meditation room.

…

In the meditation room.

The bright crystal wall lamp on the gray wall was emitting a faint white light. Colin sat cross-legged in the center and couldn't wait to take out the copy of the meditation method that was printed this time.

The first is the fourth-level part of the Tin Sage Meditation Method.

Putting the crystal to his forehead, Colin carefully read its contents.

"The essence of a wizard's cultivation lies in the continuous sublimation of the spirit... At the first level, the seeds of talent are planted, and when the talent is born, the spiritual sea is also opened up. At the second level, new talents are developed based on the first level, and the spiritual sea is further strengthened. The soul is also initially revealed.”

"These two steps are also called the basic part of soul sublimation, because at this point, the spiritual sea has been successfully opened and the soul has begun to take shape."

"And then, from the second level to the third level, it is also when you truly become a high-level wizard, and your soul will truly usher in its first sublimation.

Starting from the third level, the soul will become more real. Not only can it leave the body freely, but it will also be difficult to distinguish it from the physical body with the naked eye. When it reaches the peak of the third level, complex structures will naturally form inside. By this time, ordinary people The detection witchcraft will also be unable to distinguish the difference between the soul and the body due to the influence of the aura outside the soul. "

"As for the fourth level..." Colin breathed out softly and continued to look down with some expectation.

"As for the fourth level, it is when the soul ushered in its second sublimation!"

"At this time, the wizard will refine the essence of the body and integrate it into the soul. From then on, the soul will be completely free from the shackles of the body!

In other words, the body will forever become...a thing of the past? "

Colin was stunned for a moment, and his expression slowly turned ugly.

He continued to look down, and after ten minutes, by flipping through the fourth-level parts of various meditation methods, he finally understood roughly what the so-called refining of physical essence was all about.

This is an extremely genius idea. Refining the essence of the body can turn the body into reality and perfectly integrate with the soul.

Originally, the soul must need a sustenance such as the body to exist for a long time, but after such sublimation, it no longer needs it. In addition, the aura of humanity and knowledge that originally existed on the surface of the body and was produced by the joint action of the soul and the body also It will be perfectly preserved in the soul after sublimation.

However, putting such a genius idea on Colin meant one thing - he needed to give up his knighthood.

In other words, refining the essence of the body means destroying the body, but no matter what, the knight's blood is always carried by the body. If there is no body, then the blood will definitely not exist.

Magic power can also be attached to the soul, and every move of a fourth-level wizard can mobilize the magic power of the surrounding environment, so there is no shortage of magic power at all.

But knights are different. Their powerful abilities are all based on their bodies...

Colin frowned deeply and continued to flip through the crystals.

…

Two days later.

"You came out so early?"

Lilian looked at Colin walking out of the meditation room with a surprised look on her face.

"Yes." Colin nodded slightly, with undetectable tiredness in his eyes.

In the past two days, he had read through all the meditation methods without sleep, and thoroughly understood the process of refining the essence of the body that needed to be completed when advancing to the fourth level.

However, the deeper he understood, the more disappointed he became.

Two days of sleepless nights were nothing to Colin now. This disappointment was the fundamental source of his exhaustion.

The wizard's original path has reached the fourth level, and it is completely opposite to the knight's path that he also practiced, and is not compatible at all - at least this is indeed the case from the perspective of those meditation methods.

"What's wrong with you? Is the retreat not going well?" Lilian noticed the fatigue in Colin's eyes and asked with concern.

"It's not a big deal." Colin shook his head slightly and said with a smile.

Lilian nodded and looked at him carefully. In the end, she didn't ask any more questions. Instead, she thought about it and said with a smile, "Now that you are out of seclusion, I have some good news for you."

"Oh, what's the good news?"

"The first flour production line developed by Shelley has been officially put into use. After training, 30% of the idle serfs passed the assessment and became the first batch of employees of the factory."

"I have to say, that production line is really easy to use. I don't know how you came up with it."

"There is also the textile machine. The Truth Society is said to have developed a sample, and it should not be long before it can be officially put into production."

Lillian kept talking, and the knowledge from the earth in Colin's mind brought huge changes to Ti Laimi.

Colin smiled, with a hint of joy in his heart.

‘The industrialization of the Tiramei Plain has officially begun. ’

However, this joy only existed for a moment, and then quickly disappeared.

"Whether it is wheat harvesting machinery or production lines, these industrialized ideas are just small seeds. They may indeed grow into towering trees in the future, but that is still far away..."

‘The most urgent task now is to solve the constraints faced by our own strength. ’

Colin sighed silently in his heart, chatted with Lilian for a while, and then said: "I will go to Neustadt City for a few days... Well, I should be back in a week at most. During this time I have to continue to work hard on you and the instructor."

"Are you going again?" Lilian was slightly startled. She looked at Colin and didn't ask why, but just said: "Be careful along the way."

"I will."

Colin nodded and immediately left the Wizard Tower and headed to Neustadt.

His purpose of going to Neustadt again was simple, that is, to go to the Supreme Council to check the information and see if he could find a solution to his dilemma.

Unfortunately, a week later, Colin still came back disappointed.

The foundation of the wizard's cultivation system is to sublimate the soul, and this has been the case since ancient times.

The first wizard was like this, and every wizard up to now is like this. In the end, they all need to give up their bodies.

The body is just a temporary refuge for the soul when it is not strong enough.

Even if the body is strengthened before advancing to the second level, it is only to provide a better place for the growing soul to live, so that it can grow better.

And when the fourth level is reached and the soul has completed two sublimations, it no longer needs the backward shelter of the body...

Sitting cross-legged in the meditation room of Golden Wheatshear, Colin lowered his eyes and fell into deep thought.

'For ordinary third-level wizards, the body has gradually failed to keep up with the strength of the soul and has become a constraint. Fusion of it with the soul is an inevitable choice. ’

'But for me, the way forward... doesn't seem to be completely cut off...'