Wizard: Starting from the Skill Tree

Chapter 867: Chapter 776: Extracting the Automatic Meditation Trait

Duke stood up and paced across the wilderness of the Divine Court, silently calculating in his mind.

An Energy Well can increase proficiency by over a thousand points, and the market price of a Level 1 Energy Well ranges from twelve million to eighteen million Magic Stones.

To cultivate the Elemental Holy Body to the second stage alone, requires seven to eight Energy Wells.

The Light God Court produces two Energy Wells annually; relying solely on these two wells is certainly not enough. Additionally, five to six more Energy Wells are needed to reach the second stage.

Five to six Energy Wells mean sixty to seventy million Magic Stones, and the 150 million Magic Stones in his pocket, which once seemed abundant, suddenly feel insufficient.

Because after the Elemental Holy Body reaches the second stage, the effect of Level 1 Energy Wells becomes very limited, and by then Level 2 Energy Wells will be needed.

Moreover, Level 2 Energy Wells are considered high-spec Energy Sources, even strategic resources.

If Duke remembers correctly, the price of a single Level 2 Energy Well used to be over a billion level 1 Magic Stones, fundamentally in a different league compared to Level 1 Energy Wells.

Although it’s not yet time to need a Level 2 Energy Well, Duke is certainly planning ahead.

With his current income level, dividends from Black Sail and Giant Rock Commerce Association are no longer sufficient to meet future demands.

Six-Ring Tower can also exchange contribution points for Energy Wells at one thousand points per well.

He now has over two thousand contribution points left, enough to trade for two wells, a drop in the bucket.

Moreover, using contribution points to exchange knowledge is more worthwhile; Energy Wells can be bought outside for money, but knowledge cannot necessarily be purchased even if one has money.

Using contribution points to exchange for Energy Wells, it’s too wasteful.

Not enough money.

This is the first time since he advanced to Level 2 Mage that he truly felt poor.

Back when he was with Black Sail, a few million Magic Stones was a huge sum to him.

Later, dividends from Blood of War and other Magic Potions gave him a fortune over a billion, and he thought he was already very wealthy.

But now, with the bottomless pit like the Elemental Holy Body in front of him, he suddenly realizes that his savings are far from sufficient.

Furthermore, the Elemental Holy Body is just the beginning; the resources he will need in the future will only grow more expensive and rare.

With each rise in power level, the more resources he needs, as in the future many resources will be unavailable through ordinary market means.

By then, aside from bartering with others, the remaining means would be plunder.

This is one reason Wizards are keen on Plane wars, as plundering is always the most direct and fast way to obtain resources.

However, this cannot solve Duke’s problem right now. What he needs is a stable and sustainable income source.

Magic Potions, still Magic Potions.

The best thing Duke currently has is the Level 1 Potion of White Mist Forest.

To be precise, it’s the feature of the White Mist Forest, Automatic Meditation.

Duke takes out a bottle of White Mist Forest from the Space Ring and rotates it in his palm.

The liquid swirled slightly in the crystal bottle, exuding a cool herbaceous fragrance.

He has consumed countless bottles of this potion, from Wizard Apprentice all the way to Level 2 Mage.

He knows its effect very well and understands its value even more.

Automatic Meditation.

During the duration of the potion’s effect, the consumer can automatically enter a meditation state without actively operating the Meditation Technique or expending Spiritual Power for guidance.

What does this mean? It means a Level 1 Mage can continuously increase Spiritual Power during combat, travel, or even sleep.

Though the efficiency isn’t the highest, it wins by never stopping.

Twenty-four hours a day, meditating at every moment.

Previously, Duke didn’t dare to reveal this feature; back then he was merely a Level 1 Mage. Though he was somewhat famous in Black Sail, he was nothing on the scale of the entire Wizard Plane.

Once Automatic Meditation is made public, it will inevitably attract countless covetous eyes.

Those major powers and great families would target him with various means, beyond what he could withstand.

The Wizard Plane may appear orderly, but in essence, it’s still a place of survival of the fittest.

Rules are meant to constrain the weak.

As long as the profit is large enough, naturally, someone will break the rules.

But now it’s different, he is already Level 2.

His name has already appeared on the leaderboard of the Central Islands, seen by major forces in the entire Wizard Plane.

More importantly, he has the opportunity to become a formal member of Six-Ring Tower, and that identity itself is a protective charm.

The time has come.

Duke puts the White Mist Forest back into the Space Ring, closes his eyes, and sinks his consciousness into the depths of his soul.

The silhouette of the Skill Tree emerges in the Spiritual Sea, branches intertwined, leaves lush.

He finds the branch of the White Mist Forest, which has already become woody, with deep green leaves and a plump fruit hanging at the top.

The fruit is pale gold, semi-transparent, with faint light specks twinkling inside.

Duke probes his Spiritual Power into the fruit and begins to spend energy points to extract features.

He no longer lacks energy points now; in the Divine Court, there is an abundance of Power of Faith. Besides developing the Divine Court itself, he can transfer a portion anytime he needs enough for use.

In an instant, Duke’s Spiritual Sea trembles slightly.

A vast stream of information surged from the fruit like a breaking flood, rushing into his consciousness.

It was not text or language, but a more direct, instinct-like comprehension, a complete implementation plan for Automatic Meditation.