Chapter 742: Only Success Can Examine the Meaning of Failure
The celebration lasted for a long time, almost all night, so we arranged for them to stay close at a hotel.
Fortunately, I had mentioned that there would be a holiday the next day, otherwise, very few of us would be able to get up on time in the morning, given the circumstances.
It looks like the pressure was just too great.
After settling them down for the night, I followed Sister Bai back because after a whole day off, I felt quite lazy myself. However, I didn’t indulge my body like they did; at most, I just had a light exchange with Sister Bai about the cleverness of finger techniques while we were in bed.
The next day.
After completing the practices of the Witch Meditation Method, Enlightenment Meditation Technique, and Realm Heart Insight, a wonderful day began anew.
The time was now morning, approaching noon.
But this was unavoidable since I had slept quite late last night, and after lounging in bed for a while this morning, I ended up doing three types of practices again, each at least half an hour long, which totaled up to over an hour and a half.
After finishing the special breakfast prepared by Sister Bai, I intended to head out.
“Bye, Sister Bai, I won’t be back for lunch!” I said, opening the door and glancing back with a smile.
“Xiao Han, you still need to pay attention to regular meals,” Sister Bai advised but did not say anything further because Bai Yu understood that Xiao Han had a teleportation spell, so it wouldn’t be a problem for her to return. If she didn’t come back, it meant she either ordered takeout or simply didn’t have time to eat.
“Got it, got it! I’m off to the laboratory now. If Sister Bai is free, you can come over, but I doubt there will be many people there today,” I replied.
After bidding farewell to Sister Bai, I made my way back to my laboratory.
Although Instructor Belika and the others had also been invited, it was obvious that the dinner yesterday hadn’t affected the progress of several extraordinary witches.
As soon as I arrived, I saw them busy in a designated area in the laboratory. After greeting them to indicate my arrival, I made my way to our experimental area.
“Oh? Yi Rui? I didn’t expect you to show up in the laboratory today, especially since it was announced that we would be on holiday,” I remarked, spotting a figure in the lab.
It felt like discovering someone had already started preparing for something you intended to do in secret.
“But you came over anyway, didn’t you?” Yi Rui smiled back.
“Oh come on! I’m the project leader! Such an important successful experiment requires me to check the records and processes once again,” I scratched my head and replied with a smile.
And that was indeed my thought.
Cen Tan’s success was worth celebrating as it opened up prospects for the Magic Source Body Cultivation Method.
But success is just success. It was the success of Cen Tan alone, and we could only rely on her successful experience to find the secrets and patterns that might work for others.
Of course, that was the worst-case scenario; if the outcome turned out well, it would mean this method was universal.
“Is that so? But if it’s just about organizing the data, wouldn’t that be of little use? Actually, I came here mainly to try it out and see if I could succeed, to lay the groundwork for everyone’s future success,” she pointed out.
“Let me assist you,” I nodded, acknowledging Yi Rui’s determination.
Success or failure indeed requires continuous practice to obtain answers. I originally thought I wouldn’t be able to conduct the experiment until tomorrow; that’s why I intended to grasp all the theoretical aspects today, so I wouldn’t waste too much time thinking tomorrow.
However, Yi Rui’s appearance prompted me to advance several of my planned ideas.
“Thank you! Having you personally assist me is quite an honor,” Yi Rui replied with a smile.
After a final glance at me and then at the clones following behind, she thought perhaps Xiao Han alone could function as an entire research team!
But she wasn’t discouraged; they were also a team, weren’t they?
Yi Rui and I tidied up the laboratory a bit, then began preparing for the experiment and the necessary protective measures for unexpected situations.
I picked up the spellbook containing the rebirth spell… no, it no longer had that name.
“Demon Transformation Transmutation Technique… what do you think of this name?” Yi Rui asked.
This name was thought up by everyone the previous night amidst the atmosphere fueled by alcohol.
If there’s any significance to this name… it’s hard to say, but it was the result of a discussion that led us to finalize it.
The suffix was actually the first decision we made.
The current derived spell somewhat departed from the category of resurrection spells. It even began to indicate that it might not only be applicable to the deceased but also to the living.
Transforming a living person into a different form, how can that be called a resurrection spell?
Thus, we defined the suffix as “Transmutation Technique.”
It refers to a method that utilizes special skills similar to the metamorphosis of insects, interfering with the essence of life to completely transform a person’s “constitution.”
However, this transformation has its limits; it cannot be an instant channel to fundamentally alter the essence of life, otherwise, I could directly build self-generated magic at the essence of life level through this method.
After all, it is just a spell.
To permanently interfere with the essence of life to affect a person’s constitution is already its limit; if we wish to go further, it seems only the eternal effect of the Great Spellbook can achieve that.
The prefix, “Demon Transformation,” derives from the technique of initially transforming the body during the magic source’s witch transformation.
This is a crucial aspect.
The spell requires not only magic power but also a magic source!
We have currently successfully broken through a limit of magic, meaning that using this spell requires not only maintaining the magic cost but also an additional consumption of a magic source. However, this level of consumption isn’t much of a concern for me.
After all, I have already mastered the art of condensing the magic source.
Moreover, this “consumption” is fundamentally about usage; we have not yet reached the level of destroying the magic source.
The “Demon Transformation Transmutation Technique” merely treats a magic source as a spellcasting material; even if it fails, the magic source still exists.
And if successful, that magic source establishes an initial relationship with the recipient, meaning the magic source merely builds a connection in another form.
As I reflected on the birth of this name, Belika and I almost finished all the preparations required before the experiment.
Both Yi Rui and I picked up a spellbook; each experiment is essentially a process of autonomous spellcasting, with the outside personnel responsible for recording the experiment and communicating the subject’s conditions based on the Great Knowledge Seed and Great Knowledge Sharing Technique.
With an ample number of spellbooks available, I picked one up to keep on hand for emergencies.
Once this spellbook was integrated into my internal spellbook shelf, I sensed the “Transmutation Technique” weighing heavily.
After this experiment with Yi Rui, it seemed imperative to streamline these five spellbooks.
This cumbersome state even somewhat hindered my ability to effectively utilize the spellbook; even using it might require extra caution.
Yet this was only an influence; I had used all kinds of spellbooks before, and I had also derived structurally cumbersome spellbooks, so I knew well the limits of a spellbook.
Soon, when Yi Rui lay in the experimental chamber, her attempt commenced.
While I analyzed Cen Tan’s successful case, pondering what made it work, I simultaneously observed Yi Rui’s experimental progress.
My clones kept a close watch on the data within the experimental chamber. If any anomalies occurred, they would notify me immediately; in case of an unforeseen event, we would halt the experiment urgently.
After all, if the experiment fails, it results in a collapse and d*ath of the physical body from the essence of life, necessitating a resurrection spell for revival.
However, if we terminate the experiment, it merely requires urgent rescue to recover without the need to experience the pain of physical d*ath.
As a wave of magic enveloped Yi Rui’s form, the critical transformation process of the entire experiment began. It’s best to avoid external interference at this stage; if possible, she should make adjustments on her own.
While I waited, I had my clones monitor Yi Rui’s state constantly.
Meanwhile, I relied on the test conducted during the Magic Source Body Cultivation Method.
Cen Tan’s success signifies that her physical body achieved a transformation that allowed for direct contact with the magic source, but this change still couldn’t allow her body to bear the magic source.
However, I could achieve that.
Thus, undergoing the Magic Source Body Cultivation Method has no threshold; only there were some principle errors in the ideologies of body cultivation.
After attempting the Magic Source Body Cultivation Method, I quickly recognized a problem: it lacks a widely disseminable means or form.
Any general body cultivation that doesn’t rely on the Self-Awakened Body cultivates only through body techniques to access the realm of body cultivation.
Therefore, merely constructing the foundation with a magic source in the Magic Source Body Cultivation Method is far from enough; it also lacks a body technique that can continuously cultivate and utilize it.
Yet body techniques are not merely an idea; they cannot just be created at will.
Each body technique resembles how spell techniques correspond with magic.
Magic requires spell runes, spell ceremonies, spell frameworks, and guiding theories, and what about body techniques?
Body techniques are similar as well.
This isn’t just about throwing punches and defaults pieced together into a body technique.
From perfecting body technique cultivation to resonating martial arts runes, it is clear that body techniques also have strict frameworks; the techniques themselves are basically their ceremonies.
So it stands to reason that runes, ceremonies, and frameworks all exist.
And what about the Magic Source Body Cultivation Method?
What kind of method should it use to create body techniques within this system?
Importantly, the primary aim of this body technique is not for killing opponents but for cultivating self-generated magic, just like when I practiced “Ceremonial Battle Dance,” where the enhancement to combat effectiveness was not high; primarily, it rapidly improved physical attributes in more evident ways.
And the Ceremonial Battle Dance provided me with a new perspective – a body technique could perhaps achieve certain effects with the aid of alchemical equipment; practicing the Ceremonial Battle Dance requires something like a body-forging ring to see significant results.
So what about the Magic Source Body Cultivation Method?
The concept perhaps could be less restricted – alchemical items, potions, even magical potions, etc., seem to all fit.
Minutes ticked by.
The wait in the laboratory is a lengthy process.
At this stage, I’ve simulated the number of magic sources in the Magic Source Body Cultivation Method, which has reached ten thousand.
The whole process was very smooth, and ten thousand is theoretically their upper limit; however, for Yi Rui and the others who haven’t yet achieved self-generated magic, it might be a long journey ahead. My journey so far only aimed to prove that this path was feasible.
While I practiced the Magic Source Body Cultivation Method, I realized something else.
I gained some inspiration regarding the body techniques within this system.
Could the magic source also be guided by body techniques to become a means of attack?
This is an inherent advantage!
Let’s not forget that among the nine branches of body techniques within the Body Cultivation Secret Manual, there’s one that utilizes extraordinary energy.
Though it may resemble body cultivation and energy, at its core, it’s all about harnessing extraordinary energy.
And the magic source itself is a form of extraordinary energy!
Moreover, it is the highest energy level that life in the void can control, making it hard to believe just how devastating an attack mode this energy might turn into through body techniques!
Wait… if the magic source can transform non-extraordinary life into a witch, doesn’t that mean this body technique… could hit exactly every time?
But that might be an excessive use of talent.
It seems I could start attempting to practice the “Breaking Heavens Force” from the Body Cultivation Secret Manual when I return to see how this body technique utilizes extraordinary energy.
Maybe it could inspire my techniques related to the magic source.
As I pondered this, Yi Rui concluded her long transformation within the experiment.
Currently, the progress showed no fluctuations; initially, I thought Cen Tan’s success had unique characteristics, but it seems this method of transformation that directly affects life essence is nearly universal.
After all… they are all ordinary people yet to ascend to the extraordinary, and they all share the essence of soul material life.
There may be individual differences, but the impact is not significant.
When there weren’t any successful cases, success appeared as the most crucial element, but now, after the second success, what we pursue has changed.
We have begun to pursue failure.
And the reason for pursuing failure is simple… to confirm the boundaries of failure.
What we need to do is to develop a universal skill, one that can be promoted, requiring not just success but also more elements to be tested.
“Congratulations, you succeeded too.” I watched as Yi Rui stood up from the experimental chamber, currently feeling a bit weak, and I handed her a specially formulated recovery potion from the laboratory.
“Thank you…”
After recovering for a bit, Yi Rui took the potion and drank it down in one gulp.
“I suppose this counts as… a success for me, right?”
“Yes, you succeeded, the second one to do so.” I nodded in acknowledgment of the fact, “However, this is just the beginning of self-generated magic research.”
“I understand… next, we should be exploring higher levels…”
“No, first establish a solid foundation. After all, a destined success requires nothing but the time invested without emotional attachment. Right now, we need to channel our initial enthusiasm and energy into the foundation; for the third experiment, we should begin seeking how to fail.”
“How… to fail?” Yi Rui was momentarily taken aback, then seemed to grasp the idea, “Yes, Xiao Han, you’re right; we should indeed explore failure now… only from the perspective of success does failure become meaningful!”
