Chapter 243: Constructing the Sealing Magic Array

Tower: "Which one of you has something like volcanic ash cement on hand?"

High Priestess: "What are you trying to do?"

Tower: "Dig a dungeon to store the Eye of Cthuya."

Justice: "The Eye of Cthuya?"

Sun: "It is the dungeon boss from the previous instance."

Emperor: "You should call it the ultimate boss."

Star: "Huh? I haven't heard about this!?"

Tower: "Well, now you have, haven't you?"

Moon: "Are you saying you are keeping a dungeon boss as a pet?"

Tower: "Although I have not figured out exactly how to use this boss's output yet, judging from the appraisal results, it can be used in Alchemy."

Moon: "Being able to bring a boss out of a dungeon... I have to admit, that is very interesting intelligence."

Tower: "It is pretty normal, right? After all, it seems a lot of people are keeping pets these days."

After sending this message, Lan Qingyou smiled without saying a word.

Keeping pets was indeed a growing trend.

Although others did not possess a Contract Magic Circle like Lan Qingyou, many still utilized her previous methods of keeping captive creatures.

On one hand, it increased their combat power; on the other, it helped stave off loneliness.

Even though it seemed many people were starting to band together—which greatly increased survival rates—the sheer size of the population meant that a significant number still chose to live alone.

Under these circumstances, the trend of keeping pets was naturally born.

Bringing a boss out of a dungeon might sound like a simple concept, and truth be told, the actual execution was not complicated either.

Of course, there was a necessary prerequisite.

And this prerequisite was something all Transmigrators were intimately familiar with: the Fettered Treasure Chest.

That was right, the box used to contain the Stone of Sun Glory was the very same magical item, the Fettered Treasure Chest, that all Transmigrators encountered when they first arrived in this world.

The only difference was that the Fettered Treasure Chest Lan Qingyou found this time had no time limit and could be used indefinitely.

Lan Qingyou even suspected that this particular chest might be the original prototype for all those other Fettered Treasure Chests.

And it was precisely because of this chest that Lan Qingyou was able to smoothly extract the eye that had been securely imprisoned within it.

Otherwise, even though the Salt of the Sun had a certain suppressive effect, it would have been absolutely impossible to hold down an SS-rank existence.

The Mana Tide arrived right on schedule, but this did not have much impact on Lan Qingyou.

After obtaining the cement made from volcanic ash, Lan Qingyou immediately began her architectural designs.

Because of the sheer power of this entity and its dark history of being sealed away, Lan Qingyou was fully aware of its terrifying destructive potential.

Therefore, Lan Qingyou simply started excavating right under the main tower—directly beneath the giant tree where she slept.

It just so happened that the Ark of the World Tree previously possessed the wood attribute, making the space beneath the roots of the giant tree an excellent location for constructing such a prison.

Naturally.

Since the entity was something the ancient people of Kalim had to lock away, Lan Qingyou took the excavation process extremely seriously.

After all, with such a high-level creature, if it ever escaped, it would undoubtedly bring widespread disaster to the region.

Thus, after digging out the dungeon, she simply brought out all the Sealing Magic arrays she had studied back in the dungeon.

As for the core of the Sealing Magic array, that was naturally the Stone of Sun Glory placed above and the Stone of Rest placed below.

Using the Stone of Rest to serve as the "dark side" was far superior to relying on the Ark of the World Tree to represent "darkness".

Jokes aside, this setup was strictly selected by the great mentor Albert, alright?

Although its tier could not quite compare to world-class items, the members of the dungeon group had already begun to harbor suspicions about item tiers, even if they had not explicitly mentioned it yet.

After excavating a space large enough for the Eye of Cthuya to recover half of its size, Lan Qingyou started plastering the walls with the volcanic ash cement.

Although carving the Sealing Magic array directly onto the tree roots would have been perfectly fine.

Since it would inevitably require upgrading later on, she decided to go all out and complete the full package at once.

Moreover, volcanic ash had a distinct advantage: it generated trace amounts of fire elements, filling the surrounding air with a fiery aura.

For the water-elemental Eye of Cthuya, this was the absolute perfect counter.

'Wait a minute, wouldn't it be a bit of a waste to do it this way?'

While lighting a fire in the dungeon to dry the cement, Lan Qingyou sat at the entrance, frowning as she pondered.

After all, if she only extracted the entity's tears—which she still did not completely know how to use—it would be a massive waste. Would it not be better if she could exploit its resources more reasonably and efficiently?

So Lan Qingyou took out her notebook containing the records of the Sealing Magic array and began to study it intently.

Eventually, she came up with a brilliant idea: connecting the Sealing Magic array directly to her Five Dragons Reincarnation Magic Array.

It was worth noting that the Eye of Cthuya possessed a four-digit amount of Mana Points. If she did not thoroughly exploit it, would she not exhaust herself just by manually drawing its tears?

Oh, having the Humanoid Magic Puppets extract them at scheduled times every day? That could work too, she could hook them up and give it a try.

Anyway, her absolute top priority was to strengthen, reinforce, and further upgrade her "mountain-guarding grand array". There was no such thing as over-reinforcing it.

Having formulated an idea, it was time to begin experimentation and verification.

After all, compared to the intricate complexity of a Sealing Magic array, a standard Teleportation Array was completely incomparable.

But who was Lan Qingyou? An S-rank Alchemist, alright? Was a magic array of this level not just a piece of cake for her?

It only took her a mere two days to complete the improvements and seamlessly put them into practice.

Buzz— Buzz—

The exact moment the Sealing Magic array was activated, Lan Qingyou could clearly feel the earth trembling slightly, emitting a low hum she had never heard before.

"I have been playing with magic arrays for a month, and this is the first time I have actually heard one make a sound."

Lan Qingyou casually complained, treating the event as nothing out of the ordinary. She then tossed out the massive, adorable eye from the Fettered Treasure Chest, which had been folded up neatly like a blanket.

She watched as the entity slowly inflated, gradually transforming from a flat blanket into a shriveled form, and then from shriveled into a perfectly round sphere.

The entire process took a full two and a half hours.

Although its perfectly round form was currently only the size of a soccer ball, it was evident that in this dungeon carefully prepared by Lan Qingyou, the entity could still steadily recover its mana.

That single point was enough.

After all, Lan Qingyou was not an overly greedy woman.

She locked the newly crafted iron bars, which were heavily engraved with Magic Circuits and Runes, and left the dungeon under the watchful gaze of two unarmored magic puppets holding empty syringes.

With the matters below successfully resolved, there were still plenty of tasks left to handle up on the surface.

For example, the magic puppets.

Previously in the dungeon, Lan Qingyou had acquired over six thousand Soul Crystals from humanoid monsters.

These crystals were more than enough to completely replace the cores of all the Humanoid Magic Puppets under her command, granting them an epic-level enhancement in the process.

After all, with matching Soul Crystals, the capabilities of the magic puppets would rise by at least a full tier.

However, when Lan Qingyou flew back up to the surface, she was met with a sight that left her absolutely dumbfounded...