Do ratmen dream of the sacred tree of spirits?

Chapter 52 Attempt

"I'm sorry, Mr. Victor, but I still don't quite understand." Fafnir, after listening, still only had a vague understanding of the rat people's theory of constructing a spiritual cycle.

"Hmm... these theories are indeed a bit difficult to understand, Fafner, little one."

To put it another way, the "empty space" of a Rat person is a kind of spiritual "sieve," which allows you to "store" a much larger capacity for spirituality.

But if you don't address it, it's almost impossible to build a spiritual cycle, because you can't retain spirituality; it will leak out through the sieve's holes.

Therefore, you can block some of the "sieve holes" to prevent some of the spiritual energy from leaking out.

In this way, a spiritual cycle can be built within the repaired 'sieve' that does not leak spirituality;

Of course, you can also choose to block all the 'sieve holes,' haha, then your spiritual storage capacity will be extremely large.

It's not just about spiritual storage capacity; it means that the space where you build spiritual cycles can also be very large and complex.

A perfect spiritual cycle can rapidly elevate you to extraordinary levels in all aspects.

Of course, it's impossible for one ratman to block all the 'sieve holes,' not to mention how much resources would be wasted, his body couldn't handle it either.

Fafnir basically understood what Mr. Victor was saying, but he still didn't understand one thing:

"Then, Mr. Victor, how can we plug the 'sieve holes'?"

"Yes, Fafnir, you've asked a very important question. Let me give you an example."

Mr. Victor continued, "Do you remember those spirit ambers we seized before?"

"Remember."

"Those spirit amber pieces, as top-tier second-order spiritual materials, can have their inherent spirituality released through special methods—a large amount of stable and high-level spiritual energy."

Such spirituality can fill these 'sieve holes'.

"Of course, it's not really about filling in the gaps, it's like... um... I need to think about it carefully." Mr. Victor paused for a longer time.

"Like an egg, yes...an egg," Mr. Victor continued:

"As you know, before an egg is fully cooked, the egg white and yolk are runny. As liquids, they have relatively large 'gaps' (spaces).

Just like an unprocessed "empty space," the spiritual energy that passes through will leak out.

However, when eggs are cooked at high temperatures, the egg whites will coagulate.

Just as the 'gaps' between solids are small, so too are the 'empty spaces' that have been treated, preventing spiritual energy from leaking out of the body.

The high-level spiritual energy released by those amber-colored spirits was like the high temperature that turns an egg into a solid.

So, little Fafnir, do you understand now?

Haha, yes, that's right, I think that's a very apt analogy!

By the way, that 'empty space' can be called a 'spiritual gap' or a 'dark gap'.

Actually, the "Spiritual Rift" is not exclusive to the Rat People.

Other races, or rather every individual, possess subtle "spiritual gaps" to varying degrees, but these do not affect the construction of spiritual cycles.

Moreover, none of them are as large as the Ratmen's "spirit rifts," so large that they form numerous holes.

Fafnir thought that a large amount of high-level spirituality made the "spiritual gap" stable enough to allow for spiritual circulation?

Mr. Victor's egg analogy is somewhat like "protein denaturation"? Oh, I've completely forgotten about that...

"Thank you, Mr. Victor, I understand." Fafnir bowed slightly.

"Haha, it's alright, my little Fafnir. Filling the 'Spiritual Rift' requires a complex magical structure for guidance, but I'm quite familiar with it."

In addition, the process of filling the "spiritual gap" also carries risks.

First, the filling process can be quite painful.

Secondly, if a mistake occurs during the filling process, such as filling with too much spiritual energy, the "spiritual gap" will be irreversibly damaged. For instance, if the "spiritual gap" is damaged and cracked to a certain extent, it cannot be filled no matter what.

In that case, a spiritual cycle can never be formed, at least not with current technology.

Furthermore, filling the "spiritual gap" causes fluctuations in the overall spiritual energy; this happens every time it's filled.

During that time, you might not be able to cast spells, and even your spiritual vision might be difficult to use. Of course, these are all normal phenomena, and things will return to normal after a while...

Mr. Victor explained many things to Fafnir in detail, and Fafnir remembered them carefully.

"Alright, that's enough for today, little Fafnir. It's getting late, let's go eat together at 'Old Mud Pit' tavern, it's on me, don't refuse! Let's go now, I'll help you fill the 'Spirit Rift' tomorrow morning."

"Okay, Mr. Victor, thank you."

……

Fafnir was already very hungry when the dwarf brought over the tray.

On the tray were two large bowls of thick soup, a basket of white bread, and the stewed meat was still in the kitchen; the dwarf said it would take a while.

"Eat first," Mr. Victor pushed a bowl of soup toward Fafnir. "Drink slowly."

Fafnir tore off a piece of bread, dipped it in the soup, waited two seconds, and then popped it into his mouth.

The soup was very thick, with chicken, condensed milk... corn? and a little bit of spices and salt all simmered in. Fafnir thought it was very good, and the bread soaked up the soup.

The stew was served, drizzled with dark brown gravy, and piled with potatoes and carrots on the side.

"Eat more," Mr. Victor said with a smile. "Tomorrow morning will be tough."

Fafnir knew he was referring to filling the gaps in the spirit world...

Fafnir wiped the last bit of sauce from the bottom of the stew bowl with bread and popped it into his mouth.

Are you full?

"Yes, I'm full, thank you."

Victor took a copper coin out of his pocket and placed it on the table.

……

The next morning, at six o'clock the prayer bell rang, and Mr. Victor had already knocked on Fafnir's dormitory door.

"Good morning, Fafnir, I'll go wait for you in the open space."

"Okay, sir, I'm sorry to bother you for a moment, I'll be right there."

After Mr. Victor saw Fafnir arrive at the clearing, he took out several small orange crystals, about the size of a fingernail, from his robe. These crystals gleamed with a warm luster in the morning light.

"Spirit Amber?" Fafnir asked.

"That's right, these are scraps from spirit amber. These are the leftover pieces after cutting; the purity is the same, just in smaller quantities."

Mr. Victor said, "Little Fafnir, take this. Try it out first. It's a small amount, so even if something goes wrong, I can help you stabilize the situation."

Fafnir reached out to take it, but Victor pulled his hand back.

"Wait a minute, let me finish explaining the steps."

First, enter a meditative state.

Second, use your spiritual vision to focus on your "spiritual gap".

Third, activate the "Fill the Spiritual Gap" guiding technique I created for you.

Fourth, follow the guidance of my spiritual threads and fill it.

Mr. Victor paused for a moment:

"You can only fill one 'spiritual gap' at a time; you absolutely cannot be greedy and fill more."

Once a "spiritual gap" is filled, you need to give it time to stabilize, at least three days. Only after three days can you fill the next one.