Although this book was called the Beginner’s Meditation Manual, its tent was far from "beginner-level." Instead, it was extremely plex and fragmented.

  When Lynn and his group first received this book, they were all ecstatic. After all, being a wizard was their ultimate dream.

  However, when they opehe book, their initial excitement quickly turned into fusion and frustration.

  The tent was scattered and disanized, seemingly introdug the basics of wizardry but filled with tless obscure terms and information.

  Without a teacher’s guida was impossible to make sense of it, let alone uand its secrets.

  But Lynn was different.

  He possessed the "Heaven Rewards Diligealent, whisured that as long as he put in the effort, he would iably reap rewards.

  Even though, at first, Lynn was just as lost as the others when reading the Beginner’s Meditation Manual, he didn’t give up.

  Thanks to his talent, Lynn discovered that as long as he tinuously studied the book, even if he didn’t fully uand it at first, he would gradually us mysteries and grasp its secrets.

  Since receiving the Beginner’s Meditation Manual, Lynn had immersed himself in studying it day and night.

  Uhe influence of "Heaven Rewards Diligence," he had already mastered about 35% of the book’s tent.

  The core purpose of the meditatiohod was simple through meditation, one could tinuously enhaheir mental power.

  And the growth of mental power was the first step oh to being a wizard.

  The fact that Lynn and the other youths had passed the Furnace’s initial sing proved that they all had the potential to bee wizards.

  As long as they learhe meditatiohod and used it to increase their mental power, they could officially step onto the path of wizardry.

  Based on what Lynn had learned so far, there were three stages to cross from being an ordinary person to being a full-fledged wizard the Apprentice Wizard stage.

  This stage was further divided into three levels:

  First-Level Apprentice Wizard, Sed-Level Apprentice Wizard, and Third-Level Apprentice Wizard.

  The Beginner’s Meditation Manual rimarily designed for these three levels of apprentice wizards.

  In other words, mastering the tents of this book could potentially allow oo smoothly progress through the Apprentice Wizard stage.

  However, Lynn had only grasped about 35% of the tent so far, whicluded the plete knowledge of the First-Level Apprentice Wizard and part of the Sed-Level Apprentice Wizard’s tent.

  In the world of wizards, a First-Level Apprentice Wizard was the lowest tier of wizardry. pared to ordinary people, they only had slightly stronger mental power and some resistao spells, but otherwise, there wasn’t much differenbsp;

  The standard for being a First-Level Apprentice Wizard was the ability to meditate owenty-four letters of the wizard’s unique writing system.

  The writing system used by wizards was unique, sisting of twenty-four a and mysterious letters.

  These letters weren’t just ordinary characters; they were a symbolic system deeply ected to mental power.

  Only by being able to meditate on all twenty-four letters clearly and pletely could one prove that their mental power had reached the minimum standard to bee a First-Level Apprentice Wizard.

  Beyond that, the core of the meditatiohod taught wizards how to use their mental power to sehe various energies present in the world.

  These invisible energies existed in every er of the world, and wizards used specific methods to harhem, allowing them to perform a wide variety of spells.

  "How far am I from being a First-Level Apprentice Wizard…"

  Lynn decided to test his mental power.

  He had already familiarized himself with the forms and structures of the twenty-four letters during the previous training.

  Now, he closed his eyes and began strug these letters one by one in his mind, testing whether he had met the standard.

  The key to being a First-Level Apprentice Wizard wasn’t just the ability to meditate on all twenty-four letters.

  It also required that the letters be clear and solid duriation and that one wouldn’t fet the previous letters while meditating on the .

  Lynn focused his mind, free from distras, and trated on the meditation.

  First… sed… third…

  Time passed unnoticed, and as the number of letters increased, Lynn’s face gradually turned pale a sign that his mental power was being heavily drained.

  However, a faint smile began to form at the er of his mouth.

  Finally, whewenty-fourth letter took shape, Lynn pleted the entire meditation.

  At that moment, Lynn couldn’t hold baymore a out a ugh, startling the Earth Rhinoceros Beast that had been dozing beside him. The beast looked at its master, fused.

  Not only had Lynn successfully meditated on all twenty-four letters, but he also felt that his mental power still had some reserves. Perhaps he could eveate on one or two more letters.

  Without a doubt, Lynn’s mental power had reached the standard of a First-Level Apprentice Wizard!

  "It must be because of my transmigration…"

  Lynn fell into thought.

  He recalled the Furnace’s initial sing. At that time, his "former self" had no special qualities he merely possessed the potential to bee a wizard.

  If he had already possessed the mental power of a First-Level Apprentice Wizard back then, he would have undoubtedly drawn special attention from the Furnabsp;

  "Could it be that my soul devoured the former soul… and that’s why I gained such stroal power?"

  Lyned in his heart.

  But no matter what, this was undoubtedly a fortuurn of events for him.

  The "legacy" of his former self had allowed him to skip the initial stages and bee a true First-Level Apprentice Wizard!

  While Lynn was engrossed in his meditation and studies, the atmosphere in the tral area of the beast arena was pletely different.

  A few figures had gathered together. They were noticeably taller and more robust thaher youths, clearly ing from extraordinary backgrounds.

  Although all the examinees had passed the Furnace’s initial sing, their backgrounds varied greatly.

  These tall youths were clearly from noble families.

  One of them, a blond-haired youth, looked rexed as if he had some insider knowledge about the Furnace’s operations. He smiled faintly, but his tone carried a hint of ess:

  "The Furnace hasn’t goo war ien years. The resources for wizards are already stretched thin. This year’s death quota for the examination is set quite high."

  Another youth snorted coldly, his voice ibsp;

  "This year, only ten apprentice wizards will be accepted. Seven were already admitted in the first half of the year, leaving only three spots. roup is here to pete for those three spots."

  A third youth leaned zily against a rge rock, arms crossed, his eyes filled with mockery as he spoke in a disdainful tone:

  "It’s just our luck that this year’s examination task involves raisih Rhinoceros Beasts. It’s going to take time, and the final three spots will be decided based on rankings."

  "If it were st year’s examination task, we wouldn’t have to gh all this trouble…"

  Another youth sneered, his eyes filled with pt.

  The blond-haired youth narrowed his eyes, a cold smile spreading across his face as he let his killing i show:

  "I don’t want to waste time. Instead of waiting through several rounds of evaluations to determihe final spots, it’s easier to just kill the others. In ten days, the three of us will ehe inner Furogether!"

  The three of them exged ghen burst into low, sinister ughter.

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