Luciel followed the chip's instructions and closed his eyes.
The first step in meditation practice is to perceive one's own spiritual power.
Luciel's will was three times that of an average person, which was quite impressive. This made the task relatively simple for him. At the same time, he could sense several colorful light spots surrounding his body.
The spots of light were not abundant, resembling fireflies flitting around.
These were the magical elements floating between the heavens and the earth.
To practice magic, Luciel needed to use his mental power to capture these magical elements and draw them into his body.
However, Luciel's magic perception was quite poor, making this task difficult.
Luciel dismissed the distractions in his mind and focused on controlling his mental power, extending it toward his arm.
"Start with the fingers."
His mental power slithered like a cold serpent toward the tip of Luciel's index finger.
Suddenly, a tingling sensation shot through his fingertip, akin to an electric shock.
Then it moved to the middle finger, the thumb, and soon spread to the palm, then up his arms, across his body, and even to his head.
Luciel used his mental stimulation on every part of his body, and three hours passed in the blink of an eye.
His eyes felt exhausted, and his head throbbed as if he had gone without sleep for three days and nights. But despite the fatigue, his body felt remarkably refreshed—an indescribable relaxation akin to just having taken a hot bath.
"After completing the exercise, strength, speed, and physical fitness are estimated to increase by 45 times, and approximately 384 exercises are needed to awaken fighting spirit."
"Does it really take nearly four hundred repetitions to awaken fighting spirit?" Luciel thought, feeling a little disappointed.
This new training method, a fusion of mage meditation and the knight breathing technique, was called "spiritual stimulation training."
However, the results seemed unsatisfactory.
"Teacher Julian once said that fighting spirit is cultivated through life-or-death experiences. It is shaped in the face of great horror, making one's will resolute and fearless..."
Luciel paused, reflecting. "It seems my mental power is still too weak. If I want to break through more quickly, I need to improve my mental power first."
Luciel thought for a moment before speaking to the chip: "Analyze the effects of different levels of will."
"Under analysis..."
"When will reaches 4, it is estimated that 22 exercises will increase strength, speed, and physique, and 185 exercises will awaken fighting spirit. Each practice lasts 1 hour and 35 minutes."
"When will reaches 5, it is estimated that 10 exercises will increase strength, speed, and physique, and 90 exercises will awaken fighting spirit. Each practice lasts 45 minutes."
"When will reaches 6, it is estimated that 5 exercises will increase strength, speed, and physique, and 40 exercises will awaken fighting spirit. Each practice lasts 25 minutes."
"..."
"When will reaches 9, it is estimated that 1 exercise will increase strength, speed, and physique, and 5 exercises will awaken fighting spirit. Each practice lasts 5 minutes."
Sure enough!
Luciel's eyes lit up with joy.
The results of the spiritual stimulation training were directly tied to the strength of one's mental power. The stronger the mental power, the shorter the time required for each practice.
Currently, with his mental power at a level of 3 will, it took him three hours to practice each time. Even with meditation to restore the mental power consumed, he could only practice three to four times a day—far too few.
"So, I must focus on improving my mental strength first."
Luciel's magical talent was rather lacking, making it unrealistic to rely solely on meditation to gradually enhance his mental power. Instead, he needed to use auxiliary materials.
"Analyze the formula for low-level psychopharmaceuticals!"
"Analyze the composition of the materials and identify anything that could enhance willpower. Alert me if any are found!"
Luciel was able to access the auxiliary materials for mental training by analyzing the psychopharmaceuticals.
The ingredients included Fire Snake Leaves and Bitter Fruit.
Fire Snake Leaves, also known as Fire Tongue Leaves, were extremely spicy when chewed, making the tongue feel as though it were on fire.
Bitter Fruit, from the Bitter Tree, was so bitter that it could make even the toughest of people question their will to live. Neither humans nor animals were inclined to eat it.
The cost of these two materials was surprisingly low, far below Luciel's expectations.
But upon reflection, Luciel realized that mental power was, indeed, the easiest attribute to improve among the four basic attributes—provided one could endure the mental torment.
Luciel had endured numerous painful experiences in the past to increase his willpower, including the excruciating Blue Orange Fruit and the unbearable steel cones that exploded. Each time he had used such materials to aid his training, his willpower unknowingly improved.
"For the sake of cultivating fighting spirit as soon as possible!" Luciel thought.
He gritted his teeth and stuffed both the Fire Snake Leaves and Bitter Fruit into his mouth at the same time.
Instantly, the two overpowering and contrasting tastes exploded in his mouth.
Luciel resisted the intense pain, closed his eyes, and focused on meditation...
Meanwhile, news of Luciel spread like wildfire across Orland College, like a bombshell that swept through the two colleges with the force of a hurricane...