Chapter 5 Rubik's Cube
Chapter 5 Rubik's Cube
Fang Yu returned to the dormitory before the door was closed, said hello to his three roommates, turned on his computer and sent an email.
He sent a group message to all his students, explaining that he was no longer working at Chaoyue and that he would contact other coaches for subsequent courses. Then he turned on airplane mode, took off his socks, got into bed, drew the curtains, and took out the basic meditation book from under his pillow.
After he left the dormitory in the afternoon, his three roommates showed no interest in this thing.
Anyway, I have already broken up with Sun Yang, so I don’t have to go to the gym to work part-time tomorrow.
Fang Yu planned to spend one night on it to see if he could at least pass the first level of the basic meditation method.
Before that, Fang Yu would read the book carefully again to see if there were any tricks that he had missed.
"In the early stages, if beginners are unable to enter meditation smoothly, they can use a meditation guide to guide their meditation so that they can quickly enter a meditative state. The method for making a meditation guide is as follows..."
Just by flipping back a few pages, Fang Yu found this sentence.
A meditation guide?
Fang Yu's eyes lit up and he began to seriously study how to make this thing.
"The core is made of a Dream Jadeite Crystal Bead with a diameter of at least 3 centimeters and 8 impurity-free transparent natural crystal prisms with a diameter of 5 centimeters and a height of 25 centimeters."
"Place it on a base made of obsidian to form a focal point. The placement is as shown in the figure below... (The Dream Jade Crystal can be replaced by a 20 cm diameter amethyst ball, but its effectiveness is halved)"
"Sprinkle the sapphire powder evenly around the eight prisms, and connect each prism with pure silver wire. The connection method is as shown in the figure below..."
"Sixteen pieces of moonstone are set around the base in this way..."
"Once it is made, place it under a full moon for one night to activate its guiding power."
"When using it, you should place it at the center of the meditation space and touch each crystal prism with your hands and adjust your breathing. After entering meditation, focus your attention on the conductor while continuing to outline the magic network nodes in your mind..."
Except for the Dream Jade Crystal which is an unknown thing, the other raw materials are actually substances that can be found on Blue Planet!
Moreover, Dream Jadeite can be replaced by Amethyst!
Fang Yu couldn't help but cheer up. He took out his cell phone and started checking how much these things cost.
"Oh my god, why is it so expensive!?" Fang Yu couldn't help but be amazed when he saw the four numbers marked behind the natural crystal prisms that met the specifications on Taobao.
Crystal itself is not expensive. You can buy an average quality crystal for just a few dozen dollars. But if you want something that is pure natural, free of impurities and completely transparent, then it will be too expensive.
Not only is the transparent crystal prism hard to find, the amethyst ball, which is the core, cannot be obtained for just a few thousand dollars if it meets the requirements.
Fang Yu finally found two items that met his requirements on Taobao. When he looked at the prices, he found that the prism was 8,000 yuan each, the amethyst ball was 23,000 yuan, and with the other raw materials, the total cost was nearly 100,000 yuan.
If you look carefully for the right channel, you will definitely find something cheaper than Taobao, but you can’t say how long it will take.
If it was half a month ago, although this amount of money was not small, Fang Yu could have taken it out, but he had just spent all his savings on some things last month, and now he really didn't have that much money in his pocket.
Moreover, I had a falling out with Sun Yang again today. If I want to find a part-time job in a gym again, it will take more than a day or two to see the benefits. In the short term, the finances will definitely be a bit tight.
Artificial quartz crystals are much cheaper, but I don’t know if they are useful, Fang Yu thought to himself.
"Old Huang, lend me one hundred thousand yuan." Fang Yu shouted while lying on the bed and pulling open the curtains.
Huang Xiang’s family may not be the best in the dormitory, but his family gives him the most living expenses.
Huang Xiang's monthly living expenses are as high as 404 yuan. If Fang Yu hadn't earned a lot from his part-time job, Huang Xiang would definitely be the richest man among the .
Huang Xiang was playing World of Tanks on his laptop. He shuddered when he heard Fang Yu's words and was accidentally hit by a cannon.
"Are you crazy? Where can I find 100,000 yuan for you? Why do you need so much money? Are you being scammed?"
Fang Yu snorted, "Don't give me that crap. When you were admitted to the National University last year, the bonus your family elders gave you was more than this amount."
"It's not safe to keep so much money with you. Leave it with me and I'll keep it for you."
Huang Xiang: “…”
"No, I won't lend it to you. If you want to use money, go to Huabei." Huang Xiang picked up the mouse again in a bad mood, ready to start another game.
Fang Yu said lazily: "I don't need Huabei."
Huang Xiang was curious: "Why? Afraid of the high interest rate?"
Fang Yu shook his head: "No, that thing has to be returned."
Huang Xiang: “Fuck!”
Since her children were unfilial, Fang Yu had no choice but to turn her attention back to Taomao.
Since natural crystal is too expensive, try buying an artificial quartz prism first. Theoretically, artificial quartz is purer than crystal and may have better effects.
I checked the balance on my card and found that there was only over 8,000 yuan left. If I bought it, I would be starving for the next month.
Since I can’t afford anything now, I might as well practice on my own.
Fang Yu reviewed the meditation method again, then closed the book and began to adjust his breathing.
While Fang Yu was breathing according to the requirements of the meditation method, his mind couldn't help but think about making money.
It was not difficult to send Sun Yang in, but the gym still owed him one month's commission, so he had to find a way to get the money back.
Looking at the account balance on the text message, Fang Yu pondered.
Even if I don't make this meditation guide, I will have to spend a lot of money in the future, so I still have to think of a way to make money. Fang Yu's family background is not bad. In fact, few students majoring in finance at the National School of Economics come from very poor families. After all, this is an industry that consumes resources.
Fang Yu has been trained in financial management by his father since he was a child. His father has never confiscated his New Year's money. Starting from the fifth grade of primary school, his father used his New Year's money and various rewards over the years to open a financial management account for him.
Fang Yu can operate this account by himself. If the investment is profitable, he can use the profit at will. If the investment fails, his father will make up the difference for him.
Fang Yu started trading stocks in high school, and he earned his own tuition and living expenses of 4800 yuan a year in college.
"If I change gyms to work as a personal trainer, I have to start all over again to accumulate clients. Even if some of my students can follow me to the new gym, it will take at least half a year to recover my previous income."
"Besides, even if I can restore my previous income, an income of 20,000 to 30,000 a month sounds like a lot, but if I can practice arcane magic, my future expenses will definitely not be less. I still have to find a new way to make money."
"Or I can just invest in stocks..."
"The stock market is not good this year. Technology stocks have fallen too sharply. Can I buy at the bottom? It's hard to say. Next year is an election year, and the volatility is expected to be relatively large..."
"How about doing Big A? Forget it..." Fang Yu couldn't help but shiver.
Huh? How many breaths have you taken now?
Fang Yu suddenly discovered that his breathing seemed to have adapted to the rhythm required by the basic meditation method.
It should have been five or six minutes from now on, and I can still maintain the breathing rhythm required by the basic meditation method.
Fang Yu was delighted, but his mind was a little confused, and he delayed his breathing for a second.
Although he only repeated five sets this time, it was still a big improvement, indicating that his proficiency had increased. Fang Yu was greatly encouraged and began to adjust his breathing according to the requirements of the meditation method again.
Perhaps it was because practice makes perfect, Fang Yu found that he was becoming more and more accustomed to this strange breathing rhythm, and he could hold on for longer and longer each time.
One set of breathing took 82 seconds. I don't know how many times he failed along the way. When Lu Xuechang, who was the longest-lasting sleeper, began to snore, Fang Yu finally completed sets of breathing without missing a single one.
I am a genius indeed! What the hell is a meditation guide? You can still get started without me~
Fang Yu suppressed his excitement of saving 100,000 yuan, carefully controlled his breathing, and tried to enter the sea of consciousness to outline the nodes of consciousness according to the method introduced in the basic meditation method.
It is obvious that the giant tower world has done very in-depth research on human spiritual consciousness.
The methods recorded in the basic meditation method allowed Fang Yu to quickly enter the sea of consciousness. This feeling is difficult to describe in words.
If I have to make an analogy, Fang Yu felt like he was looking at a naked-eye 3D picture.
People who don’t know how to see will never be able to tell the difference, but people who know how to see can just squint a little and see a completely different 3D image in the colorful world.
The same is true for the method of entering the sea of consciousness in basic meditation. In Fang Yu's opinion, this is more like a method of self-hypnosis. Once you master the trick, it is not very difficult.
Of course, entering the sea of consciousness is much more difficult than watching naked-eye 3D images.
However, with the previous preparation, Fang Yu successfully began to outline the first node in the sea of consciousness with just a little attempt.
In fact, Fang Yu didn’t know that for most of the arcane apprentices who had not yet entered the world of the Giant Tower, this step was the most difficult.
Outlining the nodes requires the meditator to have very good spatial imagination.
You need to imagine out of thin air what kind of image a complex shape will form when it rotates in space along different axes, and solidify this image in your consciousness.
Countless geniuses who have participated in the assessment of arcane apprentices in the Giant Tower World will fail at this step.
But for Fang Yu, who participated in the annual examination of the Great Zhou Dynasty, this was the basic skill of solid geometry.
Almost there, almost done. A drop of sweat seeped out of Fang Yu's forehead. Fortunately, after entering the sea of consciousness, he no longer had to maintain that strange breathing rhythm. Fang Yu took a deep breath and drew the final stroke in his mind.
Phew, I can finally outline the second node. The second node is more complicated, and I don’t know if I can outline it.
Wait! What's going on?
The moment the first node was outlined, before Fang Yu could outline the second node, he felt his brain nerves twitching, and five lines of mental power were automatically pulled out from the nodes.
Fang Yu could feel that as more and more mental power lines were drawn, his mental power was also rapidly lost.
The five lines of spiritual power extended downward along the predetermined route. After reaching a certain area, they each split into three lines.
Various lines crisscrossed, and in a flash, 12 mapping nodes suddenly appeared in the sea of consciousness!
This is twice as many as the 6 mapping nodes described in the basic meditation method!
The most important thing is that the other nodes appear automatically without being outlined by me!
This is completely different from the process explained in basic meditation methods.
This, this is...
With the condensation of all nodes and the connection of the lines of consciousness, the nodes in the sea of consciousness form a clearly distinguishable three-dimensional figure.
The lines of mental force continuously fill in the three-dimensional figure composed of twelve nodes.
As the thread of consciousness was pulled out bit by bit, Fang Yu felt his spirit getting worse and worse, and his head hurt more and more.
it hurts!
Just when he thought he was about to faint from the pain, the pattern in his brain was finally filled in by the line of consciousness.
The moment the filling was completed, the twelve consciousness nodes turned into twelve vertices, and a 20-hedron shining with golden light appeared in Fang Yu's sea of consciousness.
The Rubik's Cube! The Rubik's Cube that mysteriously disappears after it's been solved!
(End of this chapter)