Chapter 3

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Walking on a dam not far from home, Andrew looked quite relaxed and pleased. He even greeted his acquaintances kindly.

“Long time no see, Bryan. I heard you’ve made a breakthrough recently, right?”

“Yes, Andrew. You seem to be more energetic than you were a few days ago.”

The neighbors saw Andrew’s current state and were a little amazed.

Andrew did not tell others that he was not a beginner mage anymore, but everyone knew it and could see his uneasiness and tenseness over the past month.

The neighbors saw that Andrew seemed to have gotten over his dark period so they were all happy for him.

After all, they had known the Smith family for more than 10 years. They knew how hard it was for Andrew to raise two children.

Andrew had no time to care about the enthusiasm of the neighbors. He walked straight to a shop selling low-level magical items.

He picked a trinket randomly and then bargained with the shop owner.

Tim and Topa saw this scene and could not help but heave a sigh of relief.

“It looks like my father is not as nervous as before,” Tim said with a smile.

Since his wife’s missing, Andrew had been the backbone of the family. When Tim saw that Andrew was in a better mood, he was also delighted.

…

“Little brat, did you think that I didn’t notice you?”

A shadow of a smile touched Andrew’s mouth as he murmured. Then he leisurely walked back home.

Although he was just a magic apprentice, with his hundredfold talent, he had more spiritual power than a beginner mage. Tim thought that he was secretly observing Andrew, but in fact, Andrew was clear about it.

When Andrew got home and opened the door, he found that Mary had not returned home, so he walked straight to the study.

“I can continue to strengthen my spiritual structure.”

Andrew could sense that the cracks on the pentagram-shaped crystal had been completely repaired, and it was as smooth as jade.

He took out the parchment, which he had been keeping with him, and looked through it. It contained many high-level and complicated methods to reshape his spiritual structure.

“Four-leaf clover structure enables me to gain additional inspiration when I cast prophecy magic.”

“This is too exotic.”

“The seven-pointed star structure is just an upgraded version of the pentagram structure. Its potential is far from enough.”

“Simple structure …”

He looked through the parchment for a while and found that the spiritual structures recorded on it were not satisfactory. In the past, Andrew would have been ecstatic if he could gain these high-level spiritual structures.

“I have a hundredfold talent now. Perhaps I can find something better, right?”

Andrew muttered to himself. Suddenly, his eyes brightened.

After the talent system was activated, his memory become extremely strong. He remembered a structure that he knew before he transmigrated to this world.

He thought of diamonds. The special arrangement of carbon atoms made diamonds the hardest substance in the world.

‘If I change my spiritual structure into a diamond spiritual structure, then I’ll have the densest spiritual structure and the strongest power.’

‘Moreover, based on the characteristics of the diamond, it is also easy to create such a structure.’ 

The more Andrew thought about it, the more excited he was.

After successfully establishing the spiritual structure, a magic apprentice could draw the magical power in the air into his body. Once the accumulated magical power could be used to release a basic spell, he would officially become an official mage.

The magical power that was drawn in could not be all retained. A lot of magical power would overflow and escape from the gaps and cracks of the spiritual structure. The more complex the spiritual structure was, the less magical power would escape, and the faster the cultivation would be.

‘But if my assumption is correct, a diamond spiritual power to imitate will enable me to perfectly lock all the captured magical power in my body.’

‘Then, my cultivation will be unbelievably fast!’

Andrew immediately began to reshape his spiritual structure.

To be honest, it was not a pleasant process at all.

Through meditation, Andrew turned the newly formed spiritual power into a hammer. Then he forcefully hammered his pentagram spiritual structure, trying to hammer it into a new shape.

Every hammering on his solid spiritual power would bring him a splitting headache.

However, he did not say a word and endured it. 

The pain continuously tore through Andrew’s consciousness.

An indeterminate amount of time passed. As he was still recovering from the pain, he suddenly realized that the original structure had become an exquisite one.

Its volume had shrunk by about five times, revealing a crystal clear four-sided polyhedral body. On the section, there was a slightly protruding special structure, and it could be used to absorb the new spiritual power.

‘According to the structure of the diamond, as long as there is sufficient pressure, it can be infinitely increased in size.’

“I’ve… succeeded?” Andrew said, still in a daze as he opened his eyes and left the meditative state.

He had just gone through unspeakable torment.

As soon as he got up, Andrew felt something wrong.

Even though the study still looked the same as before, he easily captured the details that he had neglected before. The pages of the books on the bookshelves were coated with specks of dust, and more dust motes floated in the air.

There was a hidden ant nest by the side of the wall and insects were crawling out. Andrew could even see the bottom of the bed clearly without lying on the ground.

Besides, Andrew also found that his five senses had undergone a huge transformation. He could hear the sounds of children playing outside and smell the fragrance of food from a stall a hundred meters away.

…

The huge amount of information made Andrew stunned for a moment.

‘After the establishment of the spiritual structure was completed, my perceptive ability would be increased to a certain extent…’

‘But this … is too amazing.’

Andrew was both surprised and happy.

‘So…Let me see what else I can do,’ Andrew thought.

The strength of the spiritual structure was mainly reflected in three aspects: increased perceptive ability, the ability to absorb magical power, and the ability to resist the spiritual impact.

The increase in the perception ability was terrifying. As for absorbing magical power, Andrew was mentally exhausted from the establishment of the spiritual structure, so he could only delay the use of it for the time being.

He wanted to test how strong the resistance of his diamond-structured solid spiritual power was.

“I remember that the most common method should be like this,” Andrew thought.

He made up his mind and fiercely hurled his diamond-structured spiritual structure toward the boundaries of his consciousness.

This was the most convenient method to test the spiritual structure’s resistance.

If he did this with his previous pentagram spiritual structure, it would be smashed into pieces in one go. Of course, the damaged spiritual power would still be in his body, and it was not difficult to repair it.

The diamond-like structure was thrown out like a meteor.

However, what surprised Andrew was that his diamond-structured spiritual structure was still intact after it hit the boundary. Instead, the edge of his consciousness was repeatedly jolted, and it shook for a long time.

“How could it be?”

Andrew was stunned.

He had never seen such a scene in his life! Nobody’s spiritual structure could remain unharmed after crashing into the boundaries of consciousness.

There was even a piece of news two years ago that a supreme mage hit his consciousness with his spiritual structure and as a result, his spiritual power shattered and his strength dropped drastically.

The scene that had just happened was impossible!

“Could it be that I’ve remembered the wrong method?”

Andrew suddenly had a doubt.

‘I’ll go to Magical Apprentice Hall tomorrow and test it with the help of the proper equipment.’

Andrew felt a little helpless..