From Prisoner to Si Chen

Its opening chapter says:

"The degree of a person's madness and abnormality depends on the degree of divergence between his personality and his essence."

"The closer a person's understanding of himself is to his true self, the more enlightenment he will have. The greater the difference between his imagination of himself and his true self, the crazier he will be."

"People have never really seen their souls, nor can they see their souls, but they can try to understand the appearance of their souls by feeling other aspects of themselves, especially the "passion" in different situations, and thus face the truth."

"Genius is the vision of imagination. People's cognition of everything in the world comes from their understanding of themselves. If this understanding is too shallow, it will limit the improvement of gnosis."

"..."

Gilan kept flipping through the book "Dream of Ten Thousand Flowers".

Its profoundness is far higher than "Iron Thorn Meditation Method". It is a set of meditation methods summarized by Pala with his profound knowledge, combined with theories related to magic and soulology.

Because it is too obscure and difficult to understand, Gilan found it very difficult to read.

The practice of "The Dream of Ten Thousand Flowers" requires meditation assisted by a specific magic circle. Starting from the perspective of imagination, one can look at oneself in a lucid dream, and thus use oneself as a "prism" to reflect all things in the world.

When emotions change, the observed scene will also change accordingly. The more intense the change, the more obvious the spiritual knowledge improvement effect obtained through this meditation method will be.

It has a total of four stages.

They are "Multi-faceted", "Snowflakes", "Fireworks" and "Cycle".

Jilan roughly estimated.

The meditation efficiency of the first stage "Multi-faceted" of "The Dream of Ten Thousand Flowers" is actually not as good as the "Twelve Thorns" of "Iron Thorn Meditation Method", which is about equivalent to "Eight Thorns".

However, once it reaches the second stage "Snowflakes", the meditation efficiency of "The Dream of Ten Thousand Flowers" will exceed "Twelve Thorns", and even open up a considerable distance.

If it is the third stage "Fireworks", it is almost equivalent to several times the efficiency of "Twelve Thorns", which is very powerful.

As for the final stage "Cycle", it is not mentioned in the notes, but Jilan just thinks about it and feels that it will definitely reach an outrageous level.

After all, meditating once on the third stage "Fireworks" is equivalent to meditating three or four times on the "Twelve Thorns"!

Wow.

After a brief glance, Jilan closed the notebook, put it down, and picked up the last one.

This notebook records a secret sword technique.

It is called "Universe Sword".

"Jilan, this is a secret sword technique that I created after mastering the 'Gerald Bloodletting Sword' and studying the secret techniques of several schools, and finally combined with astrology."

Pala sat upright on the chair and said.

"It is not like the 'Bloodletting Sword', which has the effect of stimulating one's own potential and curing others' illnesses. It is a sword used to kill enemies... At the same time, after practicing to a high level, it will also have a large-scale offensive means with amazing destructive power."

"When I used the 'Philosopher's Sword', I used this secret sword technique... or it should be said that only it can fully exert the power of the 'Philosopher's Sword'."

"I see..." Jilan was a little surprised.

He calmed down and continued to read "Universe Sword".

This secret sword art is divided into three major stages, namely "Star Chapter", "Galaxy Chapter" and the last "Universe Chapter".

Among them, each major stage contains four sword skills that symbolize the four elements of the universe, corresponding to defense, offense, killing moves and surprise moves.

Of course, it can also be further subdivided into dozens or hundreds of changes in each sword skill, which are specific and detailed, and even complicated.

After a moment.

He put down the black notebook, stacked the three books together, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank you for imparting knowledge to the teacher."

Jilan bowed his head slightly and said in a deep voice.

Pala smiled and waved his hand.

"Since I accepted you as my only student, I will naturally not keep it privately... I don't have much time to live, I just hope that before that day comes, you can try to learn enough from me."

"By then, you can also replace me and stand up."

As he said, he pointed to the three black notebooks.

"These three pieces of knowledge are full of my hard work. The threshold and upper limit are not low. Even with your current foundation, it may take some time to get started."

"I will not go into details today. After you go back, read them all and have an impression. Tomorrow I will explain to you the key points of getting started and some precautions for practice."

"Yes, teacher." Jilan agreed respectfully.

"Go back. Tomorrow is still eight o'clock in the morning. Don't be late."

Pala nodded slightly and said softly.

Jilan stood up from the chair and took off his hat to the teacher.

Immediately, he urged his "Knight Chess" to open the door of "Chessboard Manor" and walked away from here.

The white-haired old gentleman still sat on the chair, looking at the direction where the golden light dissipated, with a distant look.

He sighed softly:

"I hope you can master all these as soon as possible."

…

…

The next morning, before eight o'clock.

On the 70th floor of Triumph Building, a cry of surprise came from the chairman's office.

"You...what did you say?"

The white-haired old gentleman in a neat black suit stood up from the leather chair and looked at the blond young man opposite the curved desk in surprise.

"You all succeeded in entering?!"

Parra Celsus asked in disbelief.

"Yes, teacher."

Gilan nodded and said in a casual tone.

He seemed not to notice the old man's surprised expression, and said to himself:

"I tried practicing last night. As a result, I learned the physical training, meditation and secret sword techniques in one go. They are all in the first stage now."

"this……"

Parra opened her mouth, but in the end she said nothing.

He quickly calmed down his emotions and took a serious look at the blond young man in front of him. After noticing that the other party didn't look like he was joking, Parra took a deep breath and sat down again.

Immediately, he stretched out his hand to signal.

"sit down."

"Okay, teacher." Gilan sat down obediently like a good student.

Parra looked at him, and after a few seconds, said in a deep voice:

"good very good!"

The old man's eyes seemed to be shining brightly, and the smile on his lips could not be suppressed at all.

"These three knowledges were created by me personally. No one knows their difficulty better than me... I know that you have a good talent in mysticism, but even so, I originally made an estimate and left you two months to get started.”

"I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it, Ji Lan, you gave me another big surprise! In just one night, you got them all!"

"Maybe it's because I'm more in tune with them."

Gillan smiled slightly.

Although he said this, he was secretly sighing in his heart. If it weren't for the help of "Banlan", I'm afraid the result would be almost as expected by the teacher, and it would take a month or two to get started.

There is no other reason than that, those three branches of knowledge are too profound!

It's like asking children in kindergarten to learn quantum mechanics. Let alone understand it thoroughly, I just can't understand it and am completely confused.

After he returned yesterday, he immediately took out the "Alchemy Formation Card" that Ms. Crow had given him at the last secret sect gathering, and used it to call an exclusive hotline.

After accepting the entrustment and seeking two weeks of preparation time, Ms. Crow said that she would send the compiled intelligence files later.

Ji Lan then hung up the phone and started the "self-study" as instructed by the teacher.

He did read through all three black notebooks, but with little success, and he basically didn't understand much.

Simply relying on his extraordinary memory, he imprinted every word, symbol and even hand-drawn drawing in his mind.

But when it comes to the degree of mastery, it means that seven orifices are understood, six are understood, and none is understood.

In view of this, Jilan tried to use mysterious points to speed up the learning process through "color".

The "2808" points accumulated for a long time have finally been put to use.

However, these three knowledge points are all "big points". Among them, the body-building technique "Life Star Path" is only the first stage of entry, "opposition", and it consumes a full 500 points of mysterious energy.

But correspondingly, after Jilan instantly understood the essence of this body-building technique, after just two hours of practice, he found that his body had been greatly enhanced.

It is equivalent to about 30% of the original basis, which is a multi-faceted improvement in strength, speed, perception, flexibility, anti-hit ability, etc.

At the same time, he also found that he suddenly gained 3 or 40 pounds, reaching an exaggerated weight of more than 200 pounds. But his height and body shape have shrunk a bit, from the original 1.9 meters to 1.89 meters, and the muscles on his body have also become much tighter.

He speculated that this was due to the increased density of his own muscles and bones.

The meditation method "Ten Thousand Flowers Dream" consumed 300 points of mysterious energy, allowing Jilan to successfully enter the first stage of "multi-faceted".

However, since the effect of this stage was not as good as the "Iron Thorn Meditation Method", he once again invested 600 points of mysterious energy and directly entered the second stage of "Snowflake".

By using this meditation method to refine gnosis, the efficiency will be greatly improved, completely replacing the "Iron Thorn Meditation Method" and becoming the "main force" of Ji Lan's practice of mysticism.

As for "World Sword", the first chapter "Stars" swallowed up 800 points of mysterious energy that Jilan had worked so hard to accumulate.

At this point, he only has a few "608" points left.

While Ji Lan felt pain, she was also secretly excited. She felt both pain and happiness... After all, this was another obvious improvement in strength.

But without actual combat, we don’t yet know what specific changes there will be. But Jilan believes that at this stage, he is more than a little stronger than before.

"Jilan, since you have already started, let me try to talk about the second stage today."

Parra smiled at the blond young man.

"It's best if you can understand it. If you don't understand it, I will go back and review the previous knowledge with you until you understand it."

"Okay, teacher, I'll trouble you."

Ji Lan retracted his thoughts and said seriously.

Parra waved her hands and smiled:

"Let's start with the "Star Trajectory of Life"... The second stage of 'square phase', its meaning in astrology, is the 90° phase of two stars in opposite trajectories, resulting in inevitable friction."

"If the 'opposition' of two stars is compared to an opponent, then the 'square' is a natural enemy. This also symbolizes the relationship between our human body and the celestial phenomena. Only through this difficult process can we move forward." Conjunction's big threshold..."

The early morning light fell from the sky and fell into the office, making it warm.

In a quiet environment, the white-haired old man softly explained the secrets of knowledge, and the young man listened attentively with a serious look on his face.

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Time passed quietly, and two weeks passed in the blink of an eye.

In the past ten days, Jilan's daily study and practice life has been quite regular and unshakable.

After getting up at four o'clock, he would use a white wax pen mixed with silver powder to carve the magic circle of "Ten Thousand Flowers Dream" on the wooden floor of the master bedroom, then smear "lava ointment" all over his body and sit cross-legged in the center to meditate.

After tempering his spiritual knowledge, he would turn on the "crazy owl state" to perceive his own metabolism with the body-building principle of "Life Star Track", constantly adjust his breathing, heartbeat, blood flow and even sweating, and then practice the four sword skills of "Star Chapter" of "Universe Sword".

After doing all this, it was dawn.

When Jilan washed up and went downstairs, the old housekeeper Charles would wait by the stairs as usual, and asked the cook Paula to prepare breakfast in advance for the young master to eat.

After eating breakfast elegantly, Jilan drove alone for more than ten minutes to the chairman's office on the 70th floor of Triumph Building to study with Pala.

During this period, Jilan's progress in the three cultivation knowledge was not smooth. Even with Pala's meticulous teaching and explanation every day, progress is slow without using "Colorful".

But fortunately, the "extreme training" of "Crazy Owl State" has yielded good results. Now he can keep this state for nearly half an hour, greatly improving his sustained burst ability.

At the same time, because of the dual improvement of spirituality and physical strength, Jilan's current strongest trump card "Wang Lin" has also been extended from only 20 to 30 seconds to 3 minutes.

And Jilan has also developed other uses of "Wang Lin" in constant exploration, that is, partial transformation.

This use is very clever, and the pressure on the body and mind will be much less. "Wang Lin" that can burst out with full force for 3 minutes can be turned into about 10 minutes.

Jilan is very satisfied with this.

Dawn AD 1927, the end of January.

On the 26th, after Jilan finished the day's mysticism course, Pala called him.

"The head of state has approved the document of 'going to the Kingdom of Fosaka'. Gilan, you will lead the team as the executive minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Bremen Empire."

"Okay, teacher." Gilan raised his eyebrows. The practice life during this period was so full and tight that he almost forgot about it. "When do we leave?"

"The day after tomorrow morning."

Pala said, taking out a folder from the drawer and handing it over.

"This is the specific plan document and the list of envoys. Don't worry, the accompanying diplomats and your secretary Lanis will handle the trivial matters. You just need to listen to their reports."

"In addition, the folder also includes some information about the Kingdom of Fosaka... On this trip, the head of state has given you great autonomy. Whether it is resource allocation or cooperation conditions, you can decide it yourself."

"Thank you for the trust of the head of state and teacher."

Gilan stood up and took off his hat to the old man.

Pala smiled and nodded.

"Go back, and don't forget Ms. Crow's commission."

"Yes, teacher."