Blue sky, white clouds, clear weather.
At this moment, it was late morning, and Huapei district was bustling with people as always.
Similarly... the secluded Liye Holy Street in the southern part of the district was as desolate as ever.
"Sigh—!"
A brown-black coach slowly stopped in front of a courtyard at some street corner.
Colin opened the carriage door, stepped down slowly. He had just returned from school.
It had been ten days since he had moved into this courtyard, Nado had succeeded in cultivation and was beginning to take shape.
Some ivy had started to entwine around the black wooden door, and unknown small flowers, yellow and white, were blooming. The gentle breeze made them sway lightly, adding a bit of charm to the plain wooden door.
However, the Xi flowers still needed some more days to grow, so he still needed to use a key to unlock the door when entering his house now.
He stepped into the courtyard.
There was a grey slate path in front of him, flanked by carpet-like fresh green lawns, and nothing else.
The flowers and some shrubs and large trees had not been planted yet.
Renee was not at home... She must have gone to continue buying plants and trees.
With a soft sigh, Colin hurried back to the Meditation Room, feeling a bit restless.
Sitting cross-legged on a plush cushion, Colin's expression solidified as he called up the Golden Paper.
[Name: Colin Leonard]
[Rank: Advanced Wizard Apprentice (8/100); Ultimate Knight (98/100)]
[Meditation Method: Apprentice Circulation Meditation Method II↑ (100/100); Tin Saint Meditation Method (Apprentice) (1/100)]
[Breathing Skill: Sunlight Breathing Method II (96/100); Yili Breathing Method (43/100)]
[Witchcraft: Zero Level Tricks: Brief; Zero Level witchcraft: Steel Temperature Resistance Field (16/100); Golden Arrow Shooting Skill;; Fireball Skill II (15/100); Swift Skill I (87/100); Flying and Diving Skill (68/100); Silent (30/100); Traceless (31/100); Detect Evil I (18/100); Purification Evil Power I (20/100)]
[Skill: Basic Level Magic Crystal Making— (Bright Crystal Making (Golden); Image Capturing Crystal Making I (66/100); Blood Pattern Transformation Skill I (36/100)]
[Talent: Strong Life I (4/100)]
[Limit Breaking Point: 0]
In the past ten days, only the progress of some witchcraft, Knight Level, and Breathing Skills had changed... But there had been no change in progress at the Wizard Level.
It wasn't because he had hit a bottleneck... It was simply because he hadn't practiced any meditation method during these days.
The reason was none other than what Leva had told him.
If he wanted to switch to the Tin Saint Meditation, he had to abandon the Circulation Meditation first and change his Magic Power.
Generally speaking, the modification of Magic Power is permanent, and even if the meditation method is discarded, many aspects are irreversible.
To put it simply, Magic Power cannot be completely transformed; there will always be residuals.
These residuals will react peculiarly with the humanity and knowledge tainted by the Tainted babbling.
Ultimately, this could reduce his success rate in advancing to an Official Wizard by about ninety percent.
Ninety percent... it indeed was too much.
No wonder the various schools on Bananka Island generally did not recruit Wandering Wizards.
Swoosh—
Pale golden particles slowly faded from his view.
Colin slowly stood up and began to practice the two recently acquired witchcraft skills, Silent and Traceless.
Starting with Silent.
Dazzling hand gestures accompanied by the bizarre syllables he uttered began to move.
The air began to subtly ripple, and Magic Power surged within him.
Colin deftly cast Silence while continuing to ponder.
He hadn't completely believed Leva's words from the start.
So, with caution, he had taken the time to consult Mentor Atbolde and visited the school's library to look up related material.
But in the end, both the answers from the mentor and the information he found corroborated Leva's words...
Moreover, it's worth mentioning that,
Throughout these days of research, he developed a deeper understanding of human nature, spiritual light, and the tainted babbling that overwhelmed the world.
The quality of human nature and spiritual light, aside from individual factors, were also affected by the environment.
And the quantity of tainted babbling varied depending on the location.
Regrettably, when he wanted to learn more, he found that he didn't have the necessary permissions.
The more specific essence, he feared, could only be known once he became an Official Wizard...
As he thought, the witchcraft for Silence in Colin's hands was nearly complete.
Hum—
A moment later, as he uttered the last syllable, an invisible ripple flashed by.
The sounds of his clothes rubbing, his heartbeat, his breathing, and so on—as if hindered by something invisible—were all contained within his body.
Colin tried jumping.
His actions were as clumsy as a wild bear, yet when he landed, there was absolutely no sound, as if tricked by sight; a spirit cat landing, not a wild bear.
Unfortunately, this sound erasure had its limits; internal noises like the heartbeat, speaking, or even shouting could be almost entirely erased.
However, sounds made in contact with the external world had a lower limit. For example, running, jumping, walking, and the rustling of clothes were not a big issue.
But if he were to kick a wall or step on a large pile of dry leaves, the large deformation of objects in these cases essentially couldn't be erased.
Thankfully, with Golden Paper Limit Breaking, the future held promise.
After practicing Silence several times, Colin started practicing another witchcraft—Trace Erasure.
Since he also hadn't achieved instant casting, he still needed the aid of lengthy spells and casting gestures.
The spell was about to take shape; Colin pondered for a moment and directed it toward a burning incense stick by his side.
This witchcraft, unlike Silence, which only acted upon humans, could essentially act upon any object, even an entire area.
Swoosh—
The effect of Trace Erasure was immediate.
It could erase traces of magic power and scents.
On the incense stick, its effect was to make its fragrance suddenly disappear.
But only for a moment before the scent of the incense emanated again... Witchcraft Trace Erasure did not maintain its effect continuously and was unsuitable for items that continuously emit scent or magic fluctuations.
It was more suited for one-time post-factum trace removal.
As for its effect on erasing magic power, at least by his abilities to perceive, he couldn't detect any residual magic power or witchcraft fluctuations after eradication.
Thus, Colin alternated practicing the two spells in the Meditation Room until noon, having lunch made by Renee, who had returned at some unknown time.
He hurriedly went out, came to the roadside, and prepared to look for a public coach.
He didn't plan to buy a coach like he had on Blackstone Island.
After all, in Neustadt City, there were plenty of public coaches, and the cost of riding them was much cheaper than maintaining his own coach.
"Sir, where would you like to go?" the weather-beaten coachman asked on the public coach.
"Copper Rose Street." Colin replied indifferently, stepping onto the coach.
Regarding the Meditation Method, he hadn't given up on finding other techniques...
Now, his trip to Copper Rose Street was exactly for that purpose!