Chapter 250 - 18: Watched by a God, Aurora Spirit Ring (Part 2)

Chapter 250: Chapter 18: Watched by a God, Aurora Spirit Ring (Part 2)

Second—place a Low Level Magic Resonating Crystal in her master’s right hand.

She then saw her master quickly activate the Crystal. Faint ripples of Magic Power emanated from it like tidal waves, one after another.

One by one, stars lit up on the Crystal’s surface, each corresponding to a Nebula.

In less than half a second, all 148 stars were shining—a sign that the Secret Technique’s Casting was a success.

It was, without a doubt, a perfect Casting.

Flower breathed a small sigh of relief, praising him silently. ’As expected of my master.’

This was the most difficult step.

Countless Apprentices had to try again and again, burning through hundreds of Black Tower Points. It was an agonizing process just to barely advance the Secret Technique to this stage.

Flower observed her master carefully for a while, confirming that his consciousness had entered the "Star-like Realm Wanderer" state.

The true Star Realm was an extremely dangerous world. Only top-tier Strong Persons, Fourth Level Grand Divination Masters and above, could explore it while guaranteeing their safety.

That was why the Secret Technique had to include the prefix "Star-like" for distinction.

The Artificial Soul thought happily to herself, ’In another half an hour, I’ll get to witness Master’s Spiritual Strength successfully break through the critical threshold of 1.0!’

「Just four months ago.」

Her master’s Spiritual Strength had been at an extremely low 0.52, and he was believed to have only a one percent chance of ever condensing his first Spirit Ring.

「And today, four months later.」

Her master had already increased his Spiritual Strength by nearly 0.5, an improvement that far outpaced all other new recruits from his cohort.

She also knew that her master had long since finished reading the profound classic, *Mysteries of the Spirit Ring’s Divination Art*, and had written over 500 pages of notes, making the most thorough preparations for condensing his first Spirit Ring.

In contrast, the vast majority of Apprentices only decided to tackle the esoteric work when it was time to condense their second Spirit Ring, in pursuit of a stronger ring and a deeper Magic Pool.

’Master is a genius!’

The utterly sincere praise flashed through Flower’s consciousness.

「Half an hour passed quietly.」

Mo Ning opened his eyes.

The hundreds of clouds floating in midair had exhausted their Spiritual Power and completely dissipated.

The glow of the Magic Resonating Crystal had also dimmed somewhat from the consumption of Spirituality.

"Congratulations, Master! You’ve accomplished something amazing—succeeding on your very first time Casting the Starlight Secret Technique."

Flower’s pleasant voice floated cheerfully around the wooden cabin.

She didn’t forget to add a fun fact. "Not even one in a thousand Apprentices can pull that off."

Mo Ning blinked.

He honestly didn’t think it was that difficult, but he said nothing. After all, saying so would sound like he was mocking others.

Feeling his unusually full spirit, he silently recited, ’Open attribute panel.’

A holographic panel flashed into existence:

[Name: Mo Ning]

[Spiritual Strength: 1.01]

[Physical Strength: 0.33]

[Spiritual Resilience: 0.37]

[Gao Lei Factor (Divination Calculator operational factor): 1.76]

Mo Ning was slightly surprised.

He had expected his Spiritual Strength to increase by 0.03, but it had actually gone up by 0.04.

His Spiritual Resilience had also risen by 0.01.

Mo Ning said softly, "The Effect of the Starlight Secret Technique seems to be a little better than I expected."

Flower cleared up her master’s confusion in a single sentence:

"In most cases, the Casting of the Starlight Secret Technique has certain flaws, which affects the final Effect. The book’s author, therefore, recorded the median value, whereas your Casting was perfect."

Mo Ning finally understood.

He found it a little funny. He prided himself on being clever, yet he’d made such a basic mistake.

He immediately made a significant revision to his previous estimate. ’Using a correction factor of 1.33, the increase in my Spiritual Strength for the first year should be 0.86.’

To be honest, he hadn’t been too satisfied with the original figure of 0.65. ’All that hard work for a whole year, and for what? Just for that much?’

The revised figure was, at last, somewhat comforting.

Eager to enrich her own knowledge base, Flower curiously inquired about the details of the Casting. "Mr. Mo Ning, what did you feel during the ’Star-like Realm Wanderer’ state?"

Mo Ning’s expression turned a little strange. "At first, I was soaring through a Stellar Ocean, but before long, I fell into a deep sleep and had a dream."

Flower went, "Ah! That’s so strange."

According to the classic texts, most casters would roam the Star Sea, and a few would even encounter strange creatures, but the phenomenon of "dreaming" had never been recorded.

Mo Ning began to describe his dream:

"The dream is a bit blurry, with a lot of missing details, but I remember the gist of it.

"I dreamed I was playing with a black cat on a beach. Many stars twinkled in the seawater, like a brilliant river of stars.

"I kept splashing around in the water, but the splashes I kicked up were an eerie black. They landed on the black cat and were absorbed by it..."

As he said this, he suddenly trailed off.

An elusive flash of Spiritual Light suddenly shot through his mind. He felt like he had grasped something, but it was just out of reach.

Flower was still trying to analyze it. "This is a dream induced by the Starlight Secret Technique. Everything in it is essentially a projection of Spiritual Power, so it must hold some kind of meaning..."

When Mo Ning heard the word "projection," he finally caught that glimmer of Spiritual Light.

He blurted out, "I understand!"

A black cat had randomly appeared in his dream, and there was also a black cat in his Meditation World.

Was it a coincidence?

Obviously not!

He immediately took out the Thunder Shadow Leopard Fang Pendant that Lord Budi had given him.

During the sixth general assessment two days ago, the Leopard Shadow summoned by the pendant had performed an invaluable service.

If it hadn’t been darting in and out of the caves to scout the monsters, the Battle Banner Legion would have surely suffered casualties. They also wouldn’t have been able to destroy 18 Monster Tribes and break the academy’s historical record.