Chapter 88: Philosopher

The final Seven Stars were also defeated, and the Key Holders could finally relax a bit.

Professor Chronos was immensely proud this time, because the card Tiancheng Guang had desperately drawn to reverse the duel was the "Waste Fusion" he himself had purchased—it was the first time he genuinely felt involved, and he experienced a sense of shared honor.

But what annoyed him was that, in the end, the usually timid Professor Dadesi had the audacity to tell him in person to take good care of the students.

How dare he look down on him!

Judai and the other Red Dorm students were mostly in low spirits; Judai himself remained unusually quiet for several days straight.

Having never experienced separation before, the sight of familiar, kind people dissolving into nothingness before his eyes was a crushing blow to him.

Yet this, too, was a crucial, perhaps even the most important, growth for him—so even the two heroes could only offer weak comfort; aside from Feathered Chestnut Ball, no being could make him smile again in these days.

The only one who might still be carefree was Tian Tian Shangyuan Chui Xue, who had re-entered a Dark Duel and been instantly defeated by Professor Dadesi—yet this carefree man spent his days strumming his guitar, boasting he'd played against top-tier duelists, so Marufuji Ryo no longer needed to worry about him; his health was excellent, he could even wear a mask and freely use Red-Eyes Black Dragon.

This was another point different from Tiancheng Guang's memory of the original story.

In the original, even after escaping the mask's control, to use Red-Eyes Black Dragon's power again, one had to don the mask once more and endure pain to borrow the power of darkness.

But in this world, Chui Xue could wear the mask at will and use Red-Eyes freely—the dark essence had completely detached from the mask.

He had unearned three "Super Rare Cards," and Chui Xue was actually quite grateful to Professor Dadesi—if only he hadn't slapped him so hard during the duel.

Tiancheng Guang had free time now, maintaining his usual routine in the Fusion Department, while reading the "Emerald Book" left behind by Master Professor Dadesi.

Strictly speaking, this "Emerald Book" should be called the "Professor Dadesi Book"; it bore no resemblance to the original story's "Emerald Book," which Professor Dadesi had sought as a symbol of cosmic truth. This appeared to be a completely new volume rewritten by Professor Dadesi based on his own knowledge and experiences—the reason it still bore the name "Emerald" was simply that Professor Dadesi never changed it.

The book recorded vast amounts of knowledge and practical experiments personally compiled by Professor Dadesi, including even the "Method for Constructing a Dimensional Gate via Alchemy." Additionally, it listed numerous "Interdimensional Coordinates," leaving Tiancheng Guang dizzy with confusion.

It seemed that if he solved the alchemical puzzles in the book, he could unlock the interdimensional coordinates—and if he learned how to build a dimensional gate himself, he wouldn't even need to rely on the school's dimensional gate anymore!

Moreover, the book contained a key—the key to the "Artificial Dimension" Professor Dadesi had previously dragged them into. As long as Tiancheng Guang used the book's power, he could enter that interdimensional space—extremely convenient.

This item was extremely useful to Tiancheng Guang.

Leaving aside other matters, the genuine "real artifacts" left behind by Professor Dadesi throughout the entire alchemy workshop alone were an incalculable fortune.

For example, even if the furnace in the hands of Xu Gou from "Black Monkey" was the best, it still couldn't compare to Taishang Laojun's Eight Trigram Furnace!

The simple tools Tiancheng Guang had bought with his own money, no matter how enhanced, could never match the quality of Professor Dadesi's genuine artifacts!

Not to mention this massive furnace, occupying half a classroom's area—something Tiancheng Guang could never possibly install in the school!

"Your teacher left you quite a few good things, didn't he?"

Tierra appeared naturally in the workshop, carefully scanning the surroundings, then turning to Tiancheng Guang's deck: "Hmm, I observed this before—this dimension is an artificial interdimensional space created by your teacher, an subspace attached to your school's spatial fabric. Whenever your school uses a dimensional gate, he can forcibly pull you into this workshop through a backdoor."

"That's already happened—no need for you to explain it again…"

"My point is, when you're not dueling, your spirits can use the book to directly come and reside in the workshop." Tierra kept staring at his deck, thought for a moment, then snapped her fingers lightly, "Alright, all of you, come out."

At her words, Bai Jing was the first to be startled out, followed by the Golden Heresy God, One-Eyed Duelist, and Wan Rong the Alchemist; the Flame Sword Brothers appeared slowly only after asking Tiancheng Guang's permission.

The workshop's space was large enough, but a crowd of spirits gathered together still felt cramped.

To be honest, seeing so many spirits together stirred a surge of pride in Tiancheng Guang.

"Hmm, this isn't bad," he mused. "Normally, you all just wait inside your cards for me to summon you. If you can stay here in the workshop, you'll have more space and greater freedom to move around."

These were all companions who shared his ideals; giving them a place to gather and breathe freely was a good thing.

"This artificial dimension is vast—the planets floating in the sky aren't real-sized, but they're habitable," Tierra continued. "By the way, you, the alchemist over there—stop staring at the machines. If you want to try something, ask your holder."

"Ah!" Wan Rong the Alchemist jumped, snapped back to attention, and looked at Tiancheng Guang with excitement.

So that's how it was.

Tiancheng Guang roughly understood Tierra's meaning. If Wan Rong could forge items for him in this world—even just ordinary Normal Monster cards—it would be quite useful.

After all, the more sources of cards, the better.

Plus, he could help him experiment with other things and prepare in advance.

Tiancheng Guang nodded to Wan Rong.

"Alright, we've finished with these small matters. Come on, human—let's search together!"

"Search? For what?"

"Of course, the core—or perhaps… a card?" Tierra raised her staff, twirling it slightly in the air, tilting her head uncertainly. "Just hurry up and search."

She flew off with unrelenting enthusiasm; Tiancheng Guang hurried after her.

He didn't know what had suddenly possessed Tierra, the Star-Creating God—but he knew two things: one, he couldn't let her act on whims; two, this was Master Professor Dadesi's workshop—what if she damaged it?

He followed Tierra for a while until she stopped before a platform resembling a control panel, pointing excitedly at the object: "Hey, human! Right here!"

Her fingers trembled with excitement—Tiancheng Guang had never seen such emotion from her, not even when she first possessed Midrash's body and awoke from ancient slumber.

Tiancheng Guang walked over, opened the casing, glanced inside—and his eyes widened.

It was a card.

A green card.

A card inscribed with "Philosopher's Stone—Sabahil"!

As he read its description, his breathing grew heavy.

Pay half your Life Points: this card allows you to swap it with any card you own (including cards not in your deck), then immediately return to your hand. You may use it at most three times total in all duels.

Pure power.

Absolute power.

"This…" Tiancheng Guang's eyes widened as he swallowed repeatedly.

"Of course!" Tierra exclaimed, striking her left palm with her right fist. "I knew it—no human, no matter how brilliant, could create an artificial interdimensional space by hand!"

"Well, human?" Tierra's voice dripped with temptation. "Shall you touch this power?"

Hearing her voice, Tiancheng Guang couldn't help swallowing again, his hand instinctively reaching out—yet just before contact, he halted, drew a deep breath, swallowed once more, and opened his dry lips to ask: "There must be more to it, right?"

"Hmm… Tiancheng Guang, you're interesting," Tierra wore an indescribable smile. "Then… let me continue."

"This artificial dimension far exceeds your expectations."

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