Chapter 221 - 9: The Secret Technique to Break Through to the 1st Spirit Ring (Part 2)

Chapter 221: Chapter 9: The Secret Technique to Break Through to the 1st Spirit Ring (Part 2)

Of course, that was assuming your mind could keep up.

Pen Control, on the other hand, required a physical Ink Tube Pen, an inherent limitation that severely restricted writing speed.

Most Apprentices learned this Trick because they were temporarily unable to master the Magic Pen Technique.

As for newcomers, almost no one was willing to put in the effort.

They were busy working to earn Black Tower Points, busy studying Basic Divination, and busy increasing their Spiritual Strength. Who had time to research a Trick for something you could just do by hand?

Only Mo Ning, who had both the money and the free time, added it to his list of things to learn.

With a slight twitch of his right hand, the Ink Tube Pen rose on its own, its tip hovering over a blank sheet of scale pattern paper.

He glanced at the first question on the paper, and the answer immediately surfaced in his mind.

The Ink Tube Pen began to move swiftly, its tip pouring out one neat Secret Spirit Text after another in a fluid, continuous stream.

Flower watched the rapidly flowing Secret Spirit Texts with an unseen gaze, her stream of consciousness stirring in the void:

’Yesterday, Mr. Mo Ning was writing eighteen Secret Spirit Texts per second. Today, he’s already up to twenty. His rate of improvement is just staggering.’

She had witnessed firsthand how her young master was growing at a rapid, tangible pace every single day.

If it had only been for a day or two, it wouldn’t have been surprising.

But for this to continue daily for over three months, with no signs of slowing down—in fact, only getting faster—was enough to leave even an Artificial Soul feeling a little shocked.

Before he had even finished his breakfast, the Ink Tube Pen had already filled eight sheets of scale pattern paper, answering his two teammates’ questions with perfect clarity.

As usual, he not only provided logically sound answers but also included a great deal of "additional insights."

For example, with a given formula, he would specify its other applications and explain its greater significance within the field of Divination.

It was no exaggeration to say that the course instructors’ depth and breadth of understanding on these topics likely paled in comparison to Mo Ning’s.

Gazing at the manuscript, Flower couldn’t help but marvel inwardly, ’Mr. Mo Ning’s prowess in Divination has truly surpassed what Lord Martin’s was at his age.’

Once breakfast was over, the dishes were immediately cleared away by an invisible hand.

Flower would clean them and pack them back into the food container.

A thick, massive tome floated off the bookshelf and came to a steady hover in front of Mo Ning.

A line of text was written on the cover: Starlight Resonance Secret Skill Research.

This was the very Secret Technique Mo Ning planned to use to forge his first Spirit Ring.

Because he had consumed several Magic Potions that permanently increased his Spiritual Strength, some residual Spirituality had been left behind in his Spiritual World.

Flower had once offered an insightful piece of advice: clear out the residual Spirituality first, then form the first Spirit Ring.

The Artificial Soul’s original words were as follows:

"When you form a Spirit Ring, your Spiritual World undergoes a violent transformation. The residual Spirituality will take advantage of this to seep into the depths of your Spiritual World.

"With every future Spirit Ring you form, the residual Spirituality will burrow one layer deeper. Trying to clean it out then will be far more difficult.

"Worst of all, if the amount of deep-seated residual Spirituality reaches a certain threshold, it will become a major obstacle to your future advancement to Grand Divination Master.

"Your choice of Starlight Resonance Secret Skill Research was excellent. This Secret Technique can effectively clear out residual Spirituality. I recommend you master it as soon as possible."

The term "Grand Divination Master" was another name for a Fourth Level Wizard.

This was undoubtedly a valuable piece of wisdom left behind by the former dean, Lord Martin.

For an ordinary Wizard, advancing to a Third Level Wizard was already a pipe dream, let alone reaching the lofty heights of a Fourth Level Wizard.

Mo Ning was one to take good advice, so he made this Starlight Secret Technique a top priority in his studies.

A gentle pulse of Flower’s power reached out, thoughtfully turning the book for him to page 398, exactly where he had left off the day before.

The book had a total of 412 pages, meaning he was very close to finishing it.

Spending only one to two hours a day on it and still not being finished after three months might seem like slow progress.

But Flower didn’t see it that way at all.

Her gentle voice filled the empty living room. "Mr. Mo Ning, you are the only person I have ever known to be on the verge of mastering the Starlight Resonance Secret Technique while still a newcomer."

Although the library marked it as "available to newcomers," that was only "theoretically" possible.

In the current Era of Secret Divination, every Secret Technique in the academy’s collection was inextricably linked with Divination.

The level of Divination involved in the Starlight Secret Technique was far beyond the grasp of an ordinary newcomer. Under normal circumstances, only an Apprentice could truly comprehend it.

Mo Ning, however, had turned theory into reality.

Flower continued to explain the background of this Secret Technique:

"The vast majority of those who borrow this Secret Technique are Second Level Apprentices. Their Spiritual Strength has already reached ten points, and they wish to increase it to prepare for forging their third Spirit Ring.

"They typically already possess the required level of skill in Divination, as well as the financial means to support the costs of using the Secret Technique.

"Because the Knowledge of Divination related to the Spiritual Domain is quite esoteric, it typically takes a Second Level Apprentice more than a year to master this Secret Technique, with the average time to mastery being two years and three months."

The implication was clear: his progress was astonishing.

Her words also highlighted the greatest difficulty of Spiritual Secret Techniques: the learning time required was immense.

Mo Ning nodded gently.

He understood, of course, that Flower’s words weren’t merely praise; she was also imparting some common knowledge to him.

If he were casually chatting with a First Level Apprentice in the future who was lamenting their low Spiritual Strength, and he suddenly piped up with, "The Starlight Secret Technique is pretty good. I’ve learned it, and it’s really not that hard."

Wouldn’t that be taken as a deliberate taunt?

Of course it would!

Even a genius couldn’t go around antagonizing everyone; sooner or later, it would provoke a public backlash.