“An impressive technique.”
Lanier lowered his hand. Although he did not fully understand it, his perception of magic power as a High-level Transcendent allowed him to feel the stability of the unconventional Magic Circle at Tyr's heart.
“Father, I can give you the cultivation technique.”
Over the past seven years, Tyr had also been constantly refining his cultivation method.
As time passed and he gained a deeper understanding of his Magic Circle, he realized that his actions back then had been far too reckless.
His success in condensing the Taiji Magic Circle was largely thanks to his own understanding of Taiji concepts.
This was an innate advantage unique to him—knowledge from another world.
If someone who knew absolutely nothing about Taiji tried to condense a Taiji Magic Circle based on its shape alone, they would likely end up blowing themselves up due to the conflict between the two opposing magic powers.
“No. Once you reach my realm, your path is already clear. Changing paths midway is not a wise choice.”
“Besides, whether a cultivation path is strong or not ultimately depends on the person walking it.”
The dual-magic Magic Circle was indeed stunning, but that did not mean Lanier believed his own understanding and strength in magic power were inferior to Tyr's.
Moreover, at his level, if he could not fully believe in his own path and wavered on his magical journey, he could forget about ever breaking through to a Demigod in this lifetime.
“Here, take this.”
Tyr pulled out a booklet and handed it to Lanier.
Ever since learning that becoming a god required sufficient mental energy, Tyr had wanted to ask Ao Chen for a secret technique to cultivate mental energy for his parents.
Although he had already mastered the cultivation method of the 《Primordial Dragon Soul Refining Technique》, it was, after all, a closely guarded secret of the dragon clan.
No matter how casually Ao Chen had spoken about it before, Tyr would not share it without Ao Chen's permission.
Fortunately, Ao Chen had not refused Tyr's request for a secret mental energy cultivation technique for his parents.
He had given Tyr a technique called the 《Soul Refining Technique》, which Ao Chen had created himself.
As a former Immortal-level Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, this was not difficult for him.
Tyr suspected that if Ao Chen hadn't been unable to use spiritual energy when they first met, he probably would have whipped up a technique on the spot for him as well.
After all, to determine whether a technique could function, one had to use spiritual energy or magic power.
And at that time, Ao Chen was sealed in a crystal, and he happened to have neither magic power nor spiritual energy.
However, although this 《Soul Refining Technique》 was inferior to the 《Primordial Dragon Soul Refining Technique》, an inheritance from an Immortal Dragon was still undoubtedly a masterpiece.
“What is this?”
Lanier took the 《Soul Refining Technique》 from Tyr's hand and flipped through it.
He was quickly drawn in by the contents.
Tyr did not disturb Lanier, waiting quietly to the side.
A moment later, Lanier looked up.
“This is actually a manual for cultivating mental energy.”
Lanier's voice was filled with wonder. Before this, their understanding had always been that mental energy was innate.
Some were born with strong mental energy, making it easy for them to become Mages or Spirit Masters, while those with low mental energy could only choose professions like warriors or swordsmen.
Although mental energy would increase as one's realm improved, those with low innate mental energy could never surpass those born with high mental energy.
Although the Heronia family and the Kairos family had methods to increase mental energy, they only did so by brewing potions with various magic plants, and the improvement was extremely limited.
But after seeing this cultivation manual Tyr had given him, Lanier saw another possibility.
“Did you figure this out yourself too?”
Though he asked, disbelief was written all over Lanier's face.
Although dual-magic cultivation was deemed impossible, there was at least a vague direction. But he had never even heard of a cultivation method for mental energy.
This was creating something out of nothing, which was many times harder than dual-magic cultivation.
“No, I found it in a Mage's ruin while I was out on a mission.”
Tyr did not plan to reveal Ao Chen's identity just yet, so he simply fabricated a "miraculous" experience.
In this world, some Mages indeed created ruins before their passing, storing their lifetime's acquisitions inside to wait for a destined successor.
It was much like the inheritances left behind by powerful figures in fantasy novels.
“I found it in the meditation chamber of that Mage's ruin.”
“And I read his research notes. The reason no one on the Elan Continent has ever been able to become a god is because their mental energy isn't strong enough.”
“The mental energy of those Demigods didn't meet the standard required to become gods, which is why they couldn't take that step forward.”
“I originally wanted to bring the research notes back to the Sword Prison, but unfortunately, they seemed to be imbued with some kind of magic. As soon as I finished reading them, they turned to ash.”
To prevent Lanier from asking him to produce the physical evidence, Tyr claimed the items were gone.
Not just the research notes, but the entire ruin and everything inside had vanished; only this mental energy cultivation manual remained.
“Is that so?”
After listening to Tyr's little story, Lanier gave him a skeptical look, then looked back down at the book in his hand.
“But it looks very new.”
Lanier rubbed the 《Soul Refining Technique》 with his fingers. Its texture didn't feel like a book that had been stored for ages; it felt more like it had been written just recently.
It didn't feel like an ancient relic; it felt like it was made last week.
“Uh, it might have been placed under time magic. After all, everything else inside had been eroded by time and turned to ash, yet this was perfectly preserved. It was clearly under some kind of time-stop magic.”
Tyr's mind raced, picking a suitable excuse from the thousands of web novels he had read in his past life.
“Is that really it?”
Lanier had a sneaking suspicion that his son was hiding something from him, but he had no proof.
“Absolutely. Otherwise, how could it have remained perfectly intact after so many years?”
Tyr nodded vigorously, making sure there were no loopholes in the story he had just spun.
“Fine, let's go with that.”
Unable to make sense of it, Lanier simply dropped it. In any case, he knew Tyr would never harm him.
Besides, he was a Ninth Circle transcendent. If there really was an issue with this cultivation manual, it would be much safer in his hands than in Tyr's.
“We're done here. Go back and get some rest.”
“I should head back to the bedroom as well. Your mother must be waiting.”
Lanier put the 《Soul Refining Technique》 into his storage bracelet and left the study.
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