Starting with Proficiency Panel-Chapter 703: See the real - tomorrow morning (new book content)

Luo Rui was taken aback when she saw Li Qing's face, "Brother Qing, when did you become so avant-garde? Did you give yourself smoky eye makeup?"

Smoky eye makeup?

Li Qing instinctively touched his eye sockets, "Is it that bad? I didn't sleep well last night..."

"Stayed up late last night?"

Luo Rui's face showed a hint of a teasing smile, "Was it because..."

Li Qing chuckled speechlessly, "What exactly is going through that little head of yours? Last night... hmm, I got so absorbed in studying that by the time I snapped back to reality, it was already dawn."

Li Qing checked his phone. It was nine fifteen, with fifteen minutes left to spare.

Luo Rui frowned slightly, "What a shame."

She thought there might be some gossip to listen to. In the six months since she joined the company, although Li Qing enjoyed joking with colleagues, he hadn't found a girlfriend.

All the while, Luo Rui continued to chatter non-stop beside him about the issues with her work yesterday, which caused her to work overtime until seven o'clock and blabber on for a while, before asking Li Qing to check her computer at the workstation.

Li Qing agreed casually while recalling last night's practice of the 'Basic Meditation Technique' according to its first step.

Once he got into the elevator, clocked in at the company, Li Qing went directly to his small office cubicle in the server room and slouched in his chair.

That's right, thanks to this company setting up a local server room, his workstation was moved into a small alcove in the server room. A single-person cubicle, although the servers were constantly humming, the soundproofing was good, so he couldn't hear much noise.

After performing his routine system maintenance, confirming there were no anomalies with the servers, and solving several minor computer problems for colleagues, he lay on his desk staring fixedly at himself in the mirror.

He couldn't help but be taken aback at first glance.

The reflection showed him wearing glasses with a terrifyingly pale complexion, and eye sockets as dark as if he applied black smoky makeup, looking extremely exhausted.

So much so that when he went out to solve issues earlier, many colleagues saw him and laughed.

"Does it consume that much spirit?"

Li Qing blinked, finally placing the mirror to one side, and after resting for the entire morning recharging, having lunch and idly resting for two hours, he finally restored his spirit.

He once again spread open the paper roll and started reading 'Magic Origin' attentively.

This book explained the basic structure of magic very clearly, and Li Qing judged that it was entirely crafted for a beginner.

Magic is derived from the so-called gods, similar to Western myths and legends. The gods observe all things in the world, transforming the insights gained into a book, thereby creating the mysterious magic book of 'Primordial Magic'. Subsequently, humans like Adam and Eve, driven by greed, stole this magic book, leading magic to spread throughout human society.

However, according to the elderly mage scholars in archaeology, although this legend is still somewhat unreliable, it can serve as one of the pieces of evidence.

There are many Magic Holy Artifacts existing in the current world within this legend.

Another legend resembles Prometheus, who, feeling sympathetic to humans' harsh life on the Barbaric Land, stole fire and spread it. Hence, humans, upon obtaining Extraordinary Power, began constant exploration, creating an extremely prosperous era of magic, which has been passed down to this day...

Li Qing read with great interest, unconsciously reaching the six o'clock end of work time.

Returning to his senses, Li Qing swiftly packed up, clocked out, and left.

After leaving the company and casually finding a fast-food restaurant for dinner, he excitedly returned home, set the alarm and immediately lay on the bed to sleep.

The 'Basic Meditation Technique' had made it clear that if spirit is overused, sleeping is the best method of recovery.

Already exhausted beyond limits, Li Qing fell asleep as soon as he touched the bed.

"Beep beep beep... beep beep beep..."

Li Qing instinctively pressed the phone's volume button, turned off the alarm, and flipped over to sleep again.

In this manner repeatedly, until nine-thirty, Li Qing groggily climbed up, then went to the bathroom to wash his face and wake up, before lying back in bed to begin Meditation with closed eyes, sketching lines.

Three minutes later, Li Qing opened his eyes with a somewhat peculiar expression. Although there were fewer distractions today than yesterday, distractions still came flooding in, making it difficult for him to settle his mind.

No wonder Taoism emphasizes controlling the Monkey Mind; Meditation and Taoism's sitting meditation have much in common.

Li Qing instinctively touched his lower back, feeling it could still support a few rounds, then swiftly opened a hidden folder on the computer.

Nineteen minutes later...

Li Qing appeared calm and content, in a state of a saint with no desires and no wants, he lay flat on the bed, started the subtle yet not empty Meditation state sketching lines from the Meditation Image.

As long as a complete line is sketched out, then this Meditation line seemingly becomes completely settled and solidified.

If there are no obstacles, Li Qing estimated he could only accomplish about thirty percent before the Gray Magic Academy starts.

However, if the sketched Meditation lines effectively enhance the spirit, he would have additional spirit to hasten the sketching process.

'Basic Meditation Technique', as its name suggests, should be the simplest and most easy-to-understand entry-level Meditation method of Gray Magic Academy.

The second line sets off again from the original point, slowly sketching outward, bit by bit, in an extremely precise manner continuously emerging from the void...

After the second line was sketched and solidified through repeated contemplation, Li Qing slowly opened his eyes, then closed them to rest for a while, confirming he had no splitting headache, only felt his head somewhat fuzzy, which made him involuntarily brighten his expression.

It seemed his speculation was correct; with the increasing sketching of lines, his spirit would become increasingly resilient, which was a fairly evident process.

On the third day, Li Qing still couldn't properly commence Meditation, and eventually, he had no choice but to unleash a trump card.

Seventeen minutes later...

Li Qing completely sketched out two lines, with quite gratifying progress. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

On the fourth day, Li Qing once again deployed his trump card.

Sixteen minutes later...

Swiftly entering the Meditation state, then sketched three lines.

On the fifth day, Li Qing skillfully employed his trump card.

Fifteen minutes later...

On the sixth day, fourteen minutes later...

Right up until three days before school started, the true man Li Qing had completely sketched all three hundred and sixty-five white lines of the 'Basic Meditation Technique', forming a very smooth sphere, identical to the pattern on the Meditation Image.

His cheeks had sunken, eyes deeply hollowed, and emaciated physique made him seem almost ready to collapse, as though a gust of wind could blow him over; however, what caught people's attention were those bright eyes, like a pair of light bulbs, looking full of spirit.

Unfortunately, regarding the body...