Chapter 234

The production of the [Lei Zhenzi] card has loosened Ye Ning's strength at the peak of the Sunlight Realm to a certain extent.

The next day, Huang Yuetian suddenly told Ye Ning that the selection round for the 47th Beijing New Card Creator Competition was about to begin.

This news dispelled Ye Ning's plan to make a direct breakthrough.

There are two major groups in the 47th New Card Creator Competition in Beijing, one is the junior group and the other is the youth group. These two major groups are divided into three groups each according to their strength.

A card maker can only participate twice, that is, once for each group.

The restriction condition for the youth group is the Three Lights Realm, and the three groups are also divided according to the Three Lights Realm. This is actually a condition prepared for some special geniuses from aristocratic families. Some people have stronger mental talents and do not need to go through a unified talent awakening to be qualified to practice.

They can start training as card makers before entering high school, and quickly enter the Starlight Realm, so that they can directly participate in Starlight Realm competitions.

The most popular group in the youth group is the Starlight Realm, because this is the group where many talented young people gather.

The second most popular group is the Moonlight Realm group, because occasionally there will be extremely talented geniuses who can enter the Moonlight Realm in less than a year. In this way, they will miss the qualification to participate in the Starlight Realm group because there are no competitions in the Starlight Realm.

Although the Sunlight Realm group is the strongest group among the youth group, it receives the least attention. Most of the time, this is because most of the youths who are talented but not that strong try to avoid the Starlight Realm and Moonlight Realm groups which are full of geniuses in every major competition, until they are forced to participate in the Sunlight Realm group competition. After all, there is a restriction in the competition that one cannot be over 20 years old.

It is a bit too much to call yourself a teenager when you are over 20 years old.

Of course, it is said that men remain young until they die, but I'm sorry, the organizing committee of the Rookie Card Creator Competition does not agree with this.

Huang Yuetian told Ye Ning that although theoretically he could continue to participate in the junior group if he made a breakthrough, if some old guys interfered and Ye Ning could only participate in the youth group, then it would be a waste of an opportunity.

The material rewards of the competition are quite rich. The most important thing is that the top ten will have a chance to refine a special secret treasure.

This secret treasure is called [Transformation Pool], and it can affect both cards and the card master himself.

For cards, the [Transformation Pool] can make substantial modifications to the core of the cards. This effect can prevent some cards that were made in the early stages due to insufficient depth in the Yantian Space and poor abilities from falling behind.

Even better, you can even use higher-quality original cards from the same source to replace the original low-quality original cards, thereby significantly improving the core potential.

After all, although the card maker can upgrade the cards, these are all based on the original cards. If the foundation is too poor, it will be difficult to reach a high level no matter how the card is upgraded.

Speaking of which, it is a bit similar to Ye Ning's [Quenching Card], but its strength is far stronger than Quenching Card. It's just that it is not as good as Quenching Card in terms of long-term effect.

Just like Ye Ning's [White Bone Lady], although Ye Ning has been tempering her with skeleton beads and bone powder, her foundation is still somewhat insufficient even now.

Although Ye Ning uses it the most, at present, her strength is not high in the entire deck.

After all, the original card used to make [White Bone Lady] is only the lowest-level [Skeleton Monster] card. If it can be replaced with a more powerful skeleton-type original card, then [White Bone Lady] will have a stronger foundation.

For card makers, the [Transformation Pool] can strengthen the card maker's physical and mental strength, and can also slightly improve their potential.

The [Transformation Pool] can be used a limited number of times each year. The Card Maker Competition is one of the only two options for ordinary people to get a chance. The other one is the Card Maker Battle Competition.

Of course, you are only allowed to participate in one of these two competitions. After all, card makers already have a dedicated track, and it would be a bit too much to compete with other card makers.

The most crucial reason why Huang Yuetian asked Ye Ning not to rush to break through is that the number of times this [Transformation Pool] can be used is based on the major realm, and it can be used once for each major realm.

If Ye Ning breaks through directly, the opportunity to receive the baptism of the [Transformation Pool] in the Three Lights Realm will not be accumulated. Even if Ye Ning obtains the opportunity to receive the baptism of the [Transformation Pool] through other means, it will be meaningless.

Since he couldn't break through, Ye Ning reduced his usual training time and stopped making cards for the time being.

Instead, he used this time to read some books and sort out his own star power and spiritual consciousness.

There is no breakthrough in star power, but there is no limit to mental power.

Huang Yuetian meant to take advantage of this opportunity to try to truly comprehend mental energy in advance. She heard from Chu Mo that Ye Ning seemed to have the rudiments of mental energy, and he had also actually felt the power of his own mental energy in the [Land of the Stone Tablet].

It is almost impossible for others to comprehend mental energy in the Sunlight Realm, but because of Ye Ning's own conditions and special opportunities, he can definitely give it a try.

Mental energy.

A very simple word.

This word is not exclusive to this world. In fact, Ye Ning had seen introductions to mental energy in many places in his previous life.

It’s just that the mental energy from the previous life is just a conceptual thing, and it emphasizes a concept that exists on the spiritual level.

In this world, things that were originally just concepts have been materialized, and mental energy is a special energy that can truly be possessed.

The special energy born from the core of the human soul is called anima.

It is very difficult to comprehend something from nothing. For the Three-Phase Realm card masters, they can temporarily extract their own consciousness from the soul and attach it to their own Dharma image, so as to condense the special energy in the soul through the unique perspective of the Dharma image.

As long as the first ray of mental energy is born, the card master can directly mobilize the power of the soul based on this ray of mental energy to continue to condense more mental energy, without having to use the extremely dangerous method of escaping consciousness.

Ye Ning had felt the power of mental energy, and had also felt the process of extracting energy from the soul and transforming it into mental energy.

Therefore, as long as he reaches the Three Phases Realm, there is no need to withdraw consciousness. He can directly condense mental energy according to the previous feeling.

Huang Yuetian told Ye Ning that if he could condense mental energy before reaching the Three Phases Realm, then when he broke through, the mental energy would be advanced along with the condensation of the Dharma Phase, and the connection with the Dharma Phase would be closer, which would be able to more effectively amplify the effect of the Dharma Phase and enhance its power.

This advancement effect will appear when entering the Venerable Realm and every breakthrough thereafter. Once completed, Ye Ning will have one more opportunity to advance his mental energy than ordinary people.

The effect of this improvement will become stronger as time goes by.

To put it bluntly, it is powerful across versions.

If the card master and the card system are likened to a sophisticated computer, the card master itself is the host, and the cards are various peripherals including the monitor, then mental energy is equivalent to the graphics card of the entire computer.

Before the Sanguan Realm, all graphics cards were core graphics cards, so just use what you have.

When you reach the Three Phases Realm, you can start adding independent graphics cards. Ordinary people start with 1060, and some geniuses can only use 1080 at most. The subsequent upgrades can only be 1080Ti at most. But if Ye Ning can comprehend the mind power in the Sunlight Realm, it is equivalent to directly replacing it with 1080 when everyone uses the integrated graphics card. When normal people enter the independent graphics card 10 era, he will directly upgrade to 2080 or even 2080Ti!

The gap between them is huge.

It is very difficult to reach this level, but Ye Ning can try.

Without entering the Three Phases Realm, Ye Ning would definitely not be able to try to separate his consciousness from his soul.

Moreover, without a carrier such as the Dharmadhatu, even if there is a way to consciously separate from the soul, it will be easy to get lost and then suffer from amnesia.

Therefore, if we want to comprehend the power of the mind, we have to start from other ways.

The most suitable method for Ye Ning is probably meditation.

Empty your mind through meditation, then visualize the power of mental energy that you have felt before, and then slowly guide your soul to find that state.

This method may seem a bit abstract, but it is also the most suitable for Ye Ning's current situation.

So for three consecutive days, apart from occasionally refining the star power in his body and improving his mental strength, Ye Ning spent the rest of his time in meditation.

Through constant meditation, Ye Ning's understanding of mental energy became deeper and deeper.

In the previous [Land of Stone Tablets], Ye Ning's feeling of mental energy came from the additional power. It was a very special state, and he would use it because it existed.

[Summoning Spirits] is an extremely special secret skill. Even Ying Bugui himself is not aware of some of its core contents. After all, this ability consumes vitality when activated, so he will not use it unless it is absolutely necessary, which also leads to insufficient development of this secret skill.

But from Ye Ning's perspective, after he left the state of [Summoning Spirits], although he retained the memories and feelings of that time, he could not master how to use it and how to condense this process.

There is nothing that can be done about it. If it was so easy to master, Ying Bugui would not have kept the [Summoning Gods Technique] as his trump card, but would have used it as a powerful enlightenment skill to upgrade the "graphics card" of future generations.

But Ye Ning is different from others.

He really did have a time when the embryonic form of mental energy appeared.

That was not Chu Mo's illusion.

In fact, what Ye Ning didn’t know was that the appearance of the prototype of mental energy was actually due to that white jade bead.

Although the origin of the White Jade Bead itself is unknown, its purpose is to make Ye Ning stronger. What Ye Ning doesn't know is that in addition to the special spiritual intelligence at its core, the entire White Jade Bead is actually constructed with the special energy inside his soul.

And this special energy is exactly the kind of special energy that can be condensed into mental energy.

Ye Ning was able to feel the embryonic form of mental energy because some of the remaining energy after the appearance of the white jade bead was unconsciously swaying in Ye Ning's body. Without the restraint of the white jade bead, this energy would instinctively condense into mental energy.

However, it cannot be condensed due to insufficient energy and lack of active control.

After three days of meditation, Ye Ning slowly felt the special energy in his body.

He naturally didn't know that these special energies came from the white jade beads.

In his opinion, these were the remnants left after the strength in the [Land of Stone Tablet] was restored.

In fact, it can be said that this is completely correct. After all, when the White Jade Bead "stole" those powers, it did intercept a lot of real mental energy.

These mental energies are now stored in Bai Yuzhu's body and cannot be stored in Ye Ning's body for the time being. Only when Ye Ning breaks through can they be integrated into his body in a special way.

Of course, because of the intercepted mental energies, some of the aura naturally remained in Ye Ning's body. These auras mixed with the residual energy of the white jade bead itself, allowing Ye Ning to finally realize something.

The mental energy has not been condensed yet, but after three days of meditation, he has truly come up with the prototype of mental energy.

The emergence of this prototype of mental energy greatly enhanced his control over his mental power.

The most intuitive manifestation is that at this moment his mental power is vaguely about to have a real entity!

He didn't even need any cards and could barely use the standard fantasy spell "Hand of the Mage" that he often saw in novels in his previous life.

In this world, should it be called the Card Master's Hand?
Looking at the vague outline of a hand, Ye Ning smiled.

This is certainly not the point. Having stronger mental power is good, but at the moment his mental power has not yet reached the peak of the fifth level.

There is still some time before a breakthrough.

The emergence of the prototype of mental energy did not bring much change to the nature of mental power, but this was not the case for Ye Ning's use of cards.

Originally, when Ye Ning was at the peak of the Sunlight Realm, the number of cards he could use at the same time was limited.

But at this moment, because of the appearance of this prototype of mental energy, there is basically no limit on the number of cards he can have.

And the cooldown time required for activation no longer exists.

The only thing that can limit his use of cards is star power.

As long as he has enough star power, he can activate it directly and at the same time!
This is the power of the embryonic form of mental energy. Once Ye Ning can truly comprehend mental energy, it will also trigger a special and powerful amplification for cards.

In the absence of Dharmakāya, the increase will be slightly reduced, but for the Sunlight Realm, this increase is already strong enough.

And once Ye Ning is able to break through into the Three Phases Realm and possess the Dharma Phase, with the blessing of the Dharma Phase, his mental energy will be able to provide an even greater increase.

For card masters, mental energy is an amplifier of combat power.

There is a huge gap between the Three Phases Realm and the Three Lights Realm. A card master at this realm has the power to crush anyone of the same level, whether it be a strange beast or a demon. In the Three Phases Realm, the strongest person of the same level will always be the card master!
For card makers, mental energy is a special energy that can make card making easier.

(End of this chapter)