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Although there are only a dozen or so magic power flow nodes afterward, Li Qing believes that a lot can be streamlined.

At least two hours later, after reducing two nodes, the Mage's Hand not only did not weaken in power but also became even stronger.

Three days later, Li Qing, looking exhausted but gratified, observed the two fan-sized transparent hands he controlled in front of him. These could expand and contract according to his mind; if he activated the magic power output, they could even grow to the maximum size of three meters. Though Li Qing couldn't sustain the extreme state for long, such efficiently streamlined magic power flow nodes were more than enough for him to lavishly use them for an hour.

"I have a Fairy Wand, it becomes big, becomes small, becomes beautiful..."

Humming a random tune, Li Qing lay beside the Alchemy Platform, surrounded by scattered A4 papers, looking quite tense.

He was conducting a very important mod-loading experiment right now; successful completion would indeed mean a cheat of sorts.

Cautiously placing 'Basic Meditation Technique' into the loading option, he selected a loop operation and clicked.

Bang!

Li Qing fell straight down.

Eight hours later, when the spiritual operation reached the limit, unable to maintain system operation, Li Qing barely woke up.

With a martial artist's head aching intensely, struggling and groaning on the floor for a while, Li Qing eventually leaned against the wall to sit up, spent half the day recovering, before wobblingly getting up to drink a glass of water.

It won't work; this mod loader can't achieve this level yet, with many functional defects.

Magic release was acceptable, but operations similar to meditation cultivation were quite difficult.

It requires multitasking or adding an auxiliary cultivation function so he could meditate while engaging in normal activities; otherwise, once the meditation skill runs, he'd collapse until reaching the spiritual limit, unable to sustain system operation before halting.

This meditation approach was indeed much more efficient, at least improving by fifty percent compared to his own meditation.

But it's hard to endure, as moderate meditation can fill Essence, Qi, and Spirit, but excess leads to a feeling of emptiness.

Enhancing spiritual power and refining magic power consume a lot of physical strength.

Overall, the mage profession appropriately adheres to the law of conservation of quality; at least without external energy supplementation, energy transformation must rely on physical stamina.

So his recent meditation cultivation was mainly completed in the safe house at Gray Magic Academy, where there are energy elements available for absorption, allowing the light clusters that scatter from his mind during meditation to bring back spiritual enhancement, refining and condensing magical energy.

Li Qing was very curious about what kind of energy was brought back and why it couldn't be discovered in the real world.

As a result, to recover physical stamina, he now has a large appetite, seeming lean but with a small tummy.

The full image of a middle-aged, greasy uncle.

No, he needs to study how to load without affecting normal activities; if he resolves this issue, the system will truly be his greatest bug, as adjusting cultivation frequency would allow twenty-four-hour non-stop cultivation to infinitely elevate magic power.

Over time, it's terrifying.

Due to headaches, Li Qing lay lethargic in bed for a day and a night before recovering.

Setting a timed cancellation function for the system, he entered a four-hour meditation. Upon waking, Li Qing regained his masculine vigor.

After carefully attending to his personal hygiene, he looked at his handsome self in the mirror, helplessly patting his face.

Lately seemed to have gained weight; his face began to round a bit more, really needing to find time to exercise.

Only three more days until vacation ends.

Looking at the calendar, Li Qing casually picked up his phone to glance at recent messages, finding only junk messages and texts from Chen Chencheng.

A series, not eager to read, as since knowing Chen Chencheng completely regarding him as a research subject, he'd lost interest; with such a woman, he'd have to sleep with one eye open should they ever share a bed, for who knows what she'd do.

"I'm currently in seclusion and meditation, do not disturb!"

Casually replying, Li Qing no longer paid attention to the incessant phone vibrations, and booted his computer to carefully study the source code of the mod loader for Skyrim Five, along with ideas for other modifier plugins, eventually clarifying initial thoughts on the last night's deep contemplation.

It's not really multitasking but setting an auxiliary loading feature, distinguishing primary and secondary, placing Basic Meditation Technique in the secondary loading option, then adjusting meditation frequency accordingly.

Though losing at least half of the cultivation efficiency, in exchange for twenty-four-hour continuous meditation without affecting daily activities, it's worthwhile.

Furthermore, confirming that simultaneous magic casting wasn't impaired, Li Qing believed he added himself a permanent beneficial buff.

One that could still be continuously upgraded.

After vacation ended, besides his daily routine of slacking off and studying magic, Li Qing put buying property and exercising on his agenda.

Among the magical knowledge accessed thus far, the only magic confirmed to enhance the mage's body is the First-Ring Magic 'Mutation Skill,' part of the Transformation Series, though it's limited to monster creation.

Beneficial Magic only exists within the Second or Third Ring, excluding converting one's profession to a devout priest or worshipping god, only in the case of Druids does beneficial magic exist initially.

Gray Magic Academy's magic books elegantly warned that attempting this under divine watch would result in being turned to dust.

Li Qing wasn't overly curious to attempt, as though tutors within Gray weren't well-intentioned, they'd adhere to academy rules, setting language traps and exploiting rule loopholes; as long as curious tendencies were curbed, survival would last longer.

Adhering to personal conduct rules in line with school policies, there was nothing to worry about.

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"Mr. Li, this neighborhood was established in 2003, is well-equipped, convenient for shopping and groceries, plus it's a school district property, and most importantly, only a ten-minute walk to the subway. Moreover, being the top floor provides a loft of equivalent size, with an attic exit leading to a small rooftop terrace. With such layout, priced under six hundred thousand, it's completely a steal!"