Chapter 758: Three-in-One 'Self'

After returning to her shelter, Lan Qingyou immediately spread out a ten meter by ten meter square white paper.

And then quickly sketched down everything she had just seen on it.

Whether it was the symbols she saw, or the rings, or other connecting lines, she recorded them all without missing a single one.

This was originally a massive undertaking.

So it wasn't until that night that Lan Qingyou roughly recorded everything she saw.

Although the entire magic array was currently still in a state of excavation.

And there were still many places that hadn't been excavated yet.

There might still be symbols like [Fire Wine].

But for Lan Qingyou, as long as there was even a tiny bit of speculation, it was highly worth researching.

After finishing the drawing, Lan Qingyou entered into research.

This time's research was still using paper to tentatively draw magic arrays.

But two days later... this attempt was also declared a failure.

"Why is that?"

Sitting on her magic desk, Lan Qingyou crossed her arms and looked at the largest magic array in front of her, falling into deep thought.

In these past two days, she had tried quite a few more.

But without exception, they all failed again.

She originally thought her previous line of thought was very interesting and might be a breakthrough point.

But it was very clear that this thought was highly likely not a breakthrough point.

Or rather, even if it truly was a breakthrough point, it wouldn't let her break through so easily.

But now she had run out of ideas.

She had absolutely no idea what to specifically do next.

This was the most fatal part.

"Sigh..."

Lan Qingyou sighed, then reached out and picked up a piece of paper from beside her.

Drawn on the paper was the latest version of the magic array she had just attempted.

But upon activation, the magic paper was directly burned through, thus explaining the failure of this attempt.

The reason the magic paper would exhibit a burning phenomenon upon failure was because the paper's carrying capacity was limited.

Let's say if the things drawn on it were normal and could operate freely, then the input mana would circulate back and forth between the magic circuits according to the cycle.

This way, the paper naturally wouldn't have any issues.

Conversely.

If it couldn't operate normally, then the input mana would definitely stagnate at a certain node, thereby causing a blockage.

Ultimately forming a mana vortex in that place.

Reflected on the magic paper, it would be scorched by mana.

"But compared to the previous few versions, this version only burned a small hole. This can already be considered a massive improvement, right..."

Lan Qingyou raised the magic paper in her hand, then placed the burned-through hole in front of her eyes.

Closing one eye, she looked outward through this small hole.

Not gonna lie, this perspective was quite novel.

So, feeling slightly playful, Lan Qingyou looked back and forth at the large magic array on the floor through the small hole.

Looking left and right, her gaze ultimately still stopped on that V-shaped [Fire Wine].

After all, this was the focal point of her research over the past two days.

Taking a few extra looks would never hurt.

However, with this one look, Lan Qingyou immediately felt something was a bit off.

And the point that felt off lay in the [Fire Wine] symbol itself.

Previously, she hadn't thought too much about it.

Because she had to overlook the overall situation, Lan Qingyou had thought about the problem from a holistic perspective.

But now, seeing this single symbol independently, the feeling instantly changed.

And it was seen through this small hole.

Or to put it more accurately, seen from within a 'circle'.

This [Fire Wine] symbol represented the self.

It was a three-in-one existence of life, soul, and flesh.

If one didn't think deeper towards the magic array and linkages, and just looked at this symbol itself, the direct translation would simply mean 'throwing oneself into the magic array'.

It sounded like nonsense, but it wasn't completely impossible.

After all, things like this weren't rare in this magical world.

Let alone other things, just speaking of alchemists, there were those who directly used their own blood as a primer.

So things like 'forging a sword with one's body' were theoretically fine.

The problem lay in how to throw oneself in.

One had to know that compared to those guys making magical items who directly added their flesh and blood into the furnace, a magic array didn't have a place where one could be thrown in.

She couldn't possibly sever her soul out, right.

No way! No way!

But if not that, then was there any other meaning?

This left Lan Qingyou somewhat in a bind.

After all, for someone like her whose literature skills weren't very good to begin with, she truly wasn't adept at things like reading comprehension.

Exactly which fool came up with this magic array? Couldn't they make something that actually makes sense?

Lan Qingyou sighed.

Subsequently throwing away the paper in her hand, she immediately began floating up.

Because she could control her weight, Lan Qingyou floated as if lying on a bed, with the back of her head resting on her hands, looking at the ceiling while floating and thinking.

For her, there were actually still many things she had to do.

However, because of the Throb Grass, she had to make a breakthrough on this hurdle.

Otherwise, whether it was her going to the Karim Continent later, or abyssal monsters coming across the sea, it would be hard to deal with.

After all, the effects of the Throb Potion were truly excellent.

Of course.

If she really could develop time magic, then the usefulness of the Throb Potion would naturally diminish.

But this also meant that no matter which path she took, she had to thoroughly understand this magic array first.

Otherwise, neither potion nor magic could be achieved.

This was the hardest part.

The starting point of everything.

No...

If she went by the normal process, then for Lan Qingyou, hers wasn't the hardest yet.

Because at any rate, she wasn't starting from scratch.

There was the Time Magic Array of the Curse Corridor, and the massive ancient magic shield array in the sky.

Just having these two, she could be considered at the level of going from 0.8 to 1.

It was just that crossing this 0.2 was slightly troublesome.

Should I go out again?

Maybe I could have some new discoveries, or inspiration, train of thought, and the like...

Thinking of this, Lan Qingyou flipped over.

Reaching out her hand, she performed a telekinetic grab, catching the magic broom placed beside the magic desk in her hand.

Swoosh—

Sitting on the magic broom, Lan Qingyou flew out towards the window she had opened with her mind.

However!

At the instant she flew out, those blueprints on the floor were swept up by the strong wind, flying everywhere inside the alchemy workshop.

"Tsk... I still have to come back and clean this up..."

Glancing back at the room, Lan Qingyou muttered.

After all, something like this was already commonplace for her.

Sometimes she would tidy it up herself, but sometimes she would also have Diana call people over to clean up.

But just as Lan Qingyou was about to turn her head and leave, she suddenly saw that the magic arrays flying in the air overlapping together actually produced a peculiar effect...