In the pitch-black void, a point of white light appeared.
The white light slowly rotated.
If its trajectory were drawn, it would be a continuous circle, constantly expanding outwards.
It was like a mosquito coil that was growing larger.
During this process, scattered, colorful specks of light emerged from the edge of the void, merging into the rotating trajectory of the white light.
Round and round and round.
After an unknown number of rotations, Luo Nan opened his eyes.
At this moment, Luo Nan felt particularly invigorated, as if he had enjoyed a wonderful, full sleep, waking up refreshed, his mind exceptionally clear, and his thoughts moving at an unusually fast pace.
“Did it succeed?”
Luo Nan’s lips moved slightly, a suppressed joy on his face.
It had indeed succeeded.
He had already sensed what was described in the Basic Meditation Technique: a lively, transparent current of air seemed to be in his mind, difficult to describe, yet truly present.
That was the so-called Mind Power.
Being able to sense the existence of Mind Power proved that Luo Nan’s first meditation was very successful, and he had officially entered the path.
“Thank you.”
Luo Nan was in a pleasant mood, reaching out to stroke the small characters of “Soul” carved on the bed board, softly murmuring.
For this successful meditation, the small characters beneath his hand were “indispensable.” Luo Nan planned to find something tomorrow to clean out the dust and grime accumulated in the indentations of the characters, and look at them every day from now on to warn and encourage himself.
As he thought, just as he was about to get out of bed to pour a glass of water to moisten his throat, Luo Nan suddenly felt something flash quickly before his eyes.
It was like an insect had suddenly flown into his eye.
He blinked hard, wanting to squeeze the thing out, but unexpectedly, the light at the corner of his eye twisted violently a few times, followed by a pale blue light screen that popped out.
【Name: Ronan Damien】
【Age: 16】
【Talent: No Elemental Affinity】
【Strength: Level One Wizard Apprentice (86%)】
【Skill: Basic Meditation Technique (Initiate 1/100)】
“Uh…”
Luo Nan was completely dumbfounded.
He suspected he was seeing things, rubbing his eyes hard, but the light screen in front of him remained motionless.
A thought crossed his mind, and the light screen immediately disappeared.
When the thought returned, the light screen reappeared.
After repeating this several times, he realized that it was controlled by his own mind.
“This is… a character panel from a game?!”
Was it a golden finger that came with his transmigration, or was the current world he was in actually an incredibly realistic game world?
Luo Nan thought about it and felt that the former guess was more reliable.
Or rather, he leaned more towards the first guess.
Of course, no matter which possibility, the outcome was not important, because he could not go back now; what was truly important was how to use the panel in front of him to live well here and make his life better.
After the shock, Luo Nan suppressed the joy in his heart and began to study the various pieces of information displayed on the panel.
“So I have No Elemental Affinity…”
According to the common knowledge about Wizards left by his predecessor, No Elemental Affinity should mean that practicing any school of Wizard spells would have no bonus, and correspondingly, no hindrance.
This was actually not a good thing.
Because if Luo Nan now had Fire Elemental Affinity, then he would find it easier to practice fire-element spells than the average person, and the power of the fire-element spells he cast would also be enhanced.
Although practicing other types of spells would be more difficult and less powerful than for a normal person, this disadvantage could be avoided by choosing the correct main spell direction.
At Hordam Wizard Academy, choosing any spell course allowed for a free Elemental Affinity talent test, but unfortunately, after paying the tuition and buying four Inheritance Wizard books, his predecessor had almost spent all his magic stones and had no money left to enroll in any spell courses.
As a result, Luo Nan only now understood his Elemental Affinity talent.
It was false to say he wasn't disappointed, but he couldn't choose to restart, so he could only accept it.
The strength column on the panel showed Luo Nan’s current realm, Level One Wizard Apprentice, and the 86% afterward should be his progress within the current realm.
Reality once again dealt Luo Nan a heavy blow; his predecessor had been in Hoddadam Wizard Land for nearly half a year.
Even if there was no one to guide him and he had to grope his way, making entry difficult, after meditating for so long, his Mind Power was still some distance from reaching the standard of a Second-level Apprentice Wizard, which was enough to show that his talent was truly quite ordinary.
“I heard that some Wizard seedlings with good talent can increase their Mind Power to Second-Level within a few weeks, or even days, after mastering meditation techniques.
It’s truly infuriating to compare oneself to others.”
Luo Nan now recalled the small characters carved on the bed board, feeling only irony in every word.
“Given the huge gap in innate aptitude, is acquired effort really useful?”
Luo Nan asked himself self-mockingly, inevitably feeling a bit disheartened.
But his gaze fell on the panel, and suddenly a glimmer of hope emerged.
“Perhaps.”
He continued to look down.
There didn’t seem to be much else to see.
A bare skill bar, with only the Basic Meditation Technique, which he had just initiated, included, and its proficiency was a pathetic 1.
No wonder he couldn’t feel his predecessor’s memories when he tried to meditate before; it turned out they were directly cleared after his transmigration.
“Forget it, it doesn’t matter. Start from scratch, start from now!”
“At least I’m a man with a cheat by my side now. Practice hard, and anything is possible!”
Luo Nan cheered himself on. Having just completed a meditation, he was now full of energy and didn’t feel like sleeping at all.
He decided to burn the midnight oil, flipping through the remaining books while studying the golden finger he had just awakened.
Unconsciously, the fireflies in the illuminating gauze bag above his head stopped flying, and the faint light dimmed.
“Chirp, chirp, chirp—”
The dawn and the birdsong awakened the sleeping forest.
On a tall, dense old oak tree with gnarled vines, a dusty little wooden house opened its door with a creak.
A young man in a gray robe walked out of the small house.
The young man was of medium build, with slightly curly chestnut hair, and his eyelids and cheeks looked a bit swollen, giving him a somewhat weak and puffy appearance, but his spirits were good.
It was Luo Nan, who had stayed up all night and come out for some fresh air.
“Hah—”
Luo Nan yawned, then poured the chamber pot he was holding, which had accumulated urine all night, down from the tree through a gap in the old oak tree’s branches.
Then he went back into the house and came out with another, slightly smaller clay pot, and began collecting the morning dew that had accumulated on the leaves, like tree leaves.
Actually, Luo Nan wasn't very sleepy.
He had studied Wizard books all night, and when he felt tired, he would meditate in bed. Although it couldn't completely replace sleep, it was much better than the state of pulling an all-nighter.
It was just that…
Luo Nan always felt a dull, faint pain in his chest.
His limbs also felt a bit weak, and he almost fell from the tree while collecting the morning dew.
He felt as if his body was a little weaker than yesterday.
Perhaps it was because he hadn't eaten anything all night and was hungry.
Or perhaps…
Was something wrong with his body?!