Chapter 781: The First Thread of Magic Power
Yi Rui stepped aside, and at that moment, Tan Han was sitting on a medical chair.
I could feel the magic fluctuations caused by the self-generated magic shaping ritual without even looking.
However, these fluctuations of magic are all emitted from the magic source nodes of the shaping ritual, not magic generated from “self-generation.”
I have studied self-generated magic for a long time, even tracing it back to its origins, just to figure out where this kind of magic actually comes from.
The magic source is merely a technique that utilizes magic; the magic itself is naturally born within the witch’s body, and the self-generated magic physique… can also be shaped, so what does this indicate?
It indicates that self-generated magic is not the “source” of magic.
But as the saying goes, a name cannot be wrong; I believe the witch who named this talent must have seen something more essential, which is why it is described as “self-generated.”
Although the magic source is a technique that emerges from self-generated magic, there are many similarities between the magic source and self-generated magic.
That is the naturally born magic.
In the natural environment, there is almost no extraordinary energy like magic; self-generated magic can give birth to magic, and the magic source can do the same.
The magic source allows prospective witches who do not have self-generated magic to slowly recover after exhausting their magic.
From this perspective, the magic source is basically a mobile, tradeable, weakened version of self-generated magic!
However, self-generated magic accumulates quality and has a unique talent, whereas the magic source can be infinitely stacked up to the individual’s carry capacity!
This was the critical point that made me feel that these mutual structures could ultimately achieve each other.
The great topic of witches describes the self-generated magic physique talent as key to the magic source; self-generated magic is crucial for shaping the magic source.
And now the magic source is also key to witch transformation, meaning that the magic source can also contribute to the self-generated magic physique talent.
This is a mutually reinforcing relationship.
Now, looking back at Tan Han’s situation.
If I were to describe her situation, it would be that she is eager to try despite her foundation not being solid yet.
But it’s not that I want to blame Tan Han; any path to success considers foundation as one of the important influencing factors, but certainly not the only one.
“It’s okay… have you already started to look for the framework points while trying the shaping ritual?” I asked.
“Yes, but we find it somewhat unclear regarding the concept of the witch race and the information of bloodlines. Not just Little Tan, but we’re also a bit confused right now.”
“I understand…” I nodded. There are many things that cannot be described in simple language; many specialized terms in experiments exist to resolve this communication problem.
But if one does not understand something, those specialized terms are just the creator’s self-indulgence.
I have used the mind communication magic to bypass the language layer and reach the understanding level directly; though it had some effect, it was not very significant.
Now… there was only one way left.
Since we cannot understand the deeper principles, it is enough to comprehend the appearances and behaviors…
Once I made this decision, I seemed to empathize; I felt something.
I felt the “Ritual Architecture.”
A ritual is a special method that perhaps involves a certain structure, specific rune arrangements, or particular actions, sounds, resonances, etc., to achieve another thing. The concept of “ritual” has not been classified under the “mystical” pseudo-mystical domain.
Perhaps a ritual is a kind of extraordinary skill that cannot be passed on with language, yet it has been transmitted in this systematic form.
Including “runes” themselves belong to the scope of rituals; thinking this way… might totems also be a similar existence to runes, but they cannot be passed on and learned in the same way as runes.
“Next, I will demonstrate the architecture ritual of self-generated magic. This is a ritual similar to the shaping ritual and is also a ritual that needs to be constructed together.” I said in a very plain tone, without any sign of annoyance from repeating myself.
“I know you may not comprehend the concepts of the witch race and bloodline information, but if you follow my lead, I will outline the points of the ritual while you remember them according to the normal mystical ritual framework.”
“Wait? Has it reached the intensity of the mystical domain this time?” one sister quietly asked nearby.
“I’m just asking you to understand it through the mystical ritual method. I haven’t had much exposure to the mystical domain, but that’s what it means.” I explained patiently to them.
After addressing some of their questions and resolving their confusions, I began the formal demonstration.
“Now we will officially begin. Currently, there are a total of 8,000 magic sources within Tan Han’s body. She has constructed a complete self-generated magic shaping ritual using the micro-manipulation resonance method and has already paired it with the magic transformation ritual battle to solidify this ritual framework…”
“The architecture ritual is what I will focus on explaining next; it differs from the shaping ritual. Just from the names, you can hear that one is creating and the other is placing, both completed on your soul material…”
Due to the different essences of life, I am a soul, and they are soul materials, leading to deviations in the form of understanding regarding the architecture ritual.
But that doesn’t matter; I was already prepared for failure.
What matters is still the method.
Then I directly started to explain how the ritual steps should be carried out, without accompanying explanations of the principles behind them.
This concise way of narration made it easy for Yi Rui and the others to remember quickly, but such a method also left them somewhat unaccustomed.
Previously, when I explained each step, I would include lengthy explanations of the principles, which, although lengthy and somewhat dull, allowed them to take notes and slowly comprehend. Furthermore, articulating a point would take a considerable amount of time before moving on to the next point, making the overall connection hard to keep up with.
Now, although the rhythm was smooth, they knew what they were supposed to do but completely lost understanding of why they were doing it.
Although… this is indeed the way of teaching in the mystical domain, describing methods, explaining logic, discussing taboos… but regarding why it should be done this way, it’s unclear. Even if there are explanations, they would only aid memory through another coherent method, not through the principles of the mystical domain.
“When we reach this final step, it is also the key moment. The shaping ritual is at its last step, and this stage requires constant attention to Tan Han’s feedback.”
Currently, the experiment is a cooperative experiment in which Tan Han controls the shaping ritual, while I control the architecture ritual.
Communication and feedback with her are necessary to accurately understand the coordination of the ritual, which is important for Yi Rui and others.
As for me… I can directly control the rhythm, not only because I have a strong spirit vision talent as a foundation but also because I possess a vast theoretical knowledge of self-generated magic shaping.
However, demonstrating is still necessary to explain; it’s like a teacher in class saying to pay attention to precautions but not adhering to them themselves while warning students not to follow their example.
Because I have a higher level of “error correction” and “safety net” ability, that’s why I have this kind of capital to be willful.
As I communicated with Tan Han and corrected her expressions, all these needed to be recorded since correct expressions could reflect accurate information.
“The final ritual will be arranged with this rune sequence, and then guide the architecture over the concept of the witch race. If misunderstood, think of it as an architecture over the soul material; if the ritual fails, the ritual itself will not collapse, it will simply have no effect.”
“Next, I will demonstrate to verify the success of the self-generated magic physique talent. Self-generated magic is a type of talent based on the essence of life, feeding back onto the body to give birth to magic; however, it is essentially an existence based on the concept of race. If successful, it is nearly impossible to break through in ordinary ways.”
Thus, in general cases, even if extraordinary witches fall from the extraordinary to become little witches, it merely signifies that their concept of race shatters and the power of bloodlines depletes.
Because extraordinary witches start as extraordinary, only those who reach the real time of the extraordinary qualify to construct a complete concept of the witch race and bloodline information. If they fall, it means the concept of race shatters as well, but the self-generated magic constructed on it still exists.
Hence, the verification method is simple; I set up a special “filtering ritual” to screen the life essence of the experimenters.
If the self-generated magic physique talent is not born, this filtering ritual can operate normally.
If the ritual architecture goes awry or directly collapses, it indicates that the self-generated magic physique talent has not been filtered through and has even caused the filtering ritual to collapse.
This ritual is a very rudimentary detection method, almost harmless to the essence of life.
So there is no need to fear that this method would harm the essence of life or destroy the self-generated magic that has just emerged from its architecture.
“This testing ritual is very simple; it operates using these runes within this framework.” I said while condensing the runes in my hand, then formed the ritual array that will penetrate through the tester’s body.
“I will demonstrate using myself; this test is to provide you with a clear view of the feedback situation after encountering self-generated magic.”
The rune ritual constructed a one-person-high interface; after passing through my body, it suddenly collapsed.
My self-generated magic physique talent is powerful enough that it directly shattered this filtering ritual.
“My self-generated magic talent is quite strong, so the noise of this ritual collapsing will be more pronounced. If it is someone who has just birthed this talent, this detection ritual would only show ritual deviations and a certain degree of instability, so precise calibration is needed when constructing this ritual.”
“Or directly connect this ritual to the Great Knowledge Seed information detection display, which would present a more intuitive image through text and graphics.”
As everyone listened to my explanation, they nodded, all paying serious attention.
“Now, let’s use Tan Han as an example to test.”
After I finished speaking, all eyes turned to the currently lying Tan Han.
“Um… is there anything I need to cooperate with?” Tan Han asked.
“Maintain a calm mind and steady breathing; no small movements, such as casting spells or meditating, not even resonating the magic source within you.”
“Okay, I’m ready.” Tan Han took a deep breath and released it, then said.
“Great, let’s begin.”
As I reconstructed the ritual again, I moved slowly to let more people see, carefully passing through Tan Han’s body.
“Uh… was there a slight anomaly just now?”
“There was indeed a response, Tan Han… did it happen?!”
“This… it can’t be a coincidence, right?”
With this sudden discussion, I did not silence them, as I, being the constructor of this ritual, naturally knew whether there was any disturbance in the ritual.
I pulled up the information monitoring graph from the Great Knowledge Tree, then connected it to the filtering ritual, sweeping over Tan Han’s body once more.
Now, the information detection data of the ritual anomalously became more intuitive!
“It’s real! There is indeed an anomaly!”
“Really? The first demonstration, and it’s already a success? Is that possible?!”
As this intuitive disturbance was presented before everyone, it instantly sparked discussion among them.
“This is… a success?” I also mumbled in disbelief to myself.
The self-generated magic talent is constructed upon the essence of life.
Regardless of whether I used spirit vision or other means to observe, it requires the other party to unconditionally release their soul for me to observe. Otherwise, I can only verify through other methods, or else I wouldn’t have gone through the trouble to create a filtering ritual.
It’s precisely because of this difficulty that I said the success rate is low.
At the moment all evidence proved success, I was surprisingly calm. To confirm whether it truly succeeded, there is a more direct way: observing whether there exists a pathway for magic to be born outside of the magic source within Tan Han!
Thus, I directly unfolded the Heart Realm Field, using the method I had only recently mastered, feeling and resonating with “Magic Affinity Perception.”
As the technique of Knowledge Power activated, the depletion effect directly suppressed the energy fluctuations in the laboratory environment, subsequently preparing the temporary sealing art to seal the eight thousand magic sources within Tan Han.
“Tan Han, cooperate a little; let’s see if you are the lucky one who succeeded on the first attempt!”
“What do I need to do?” At this moment, Tan Han completely trusted me and was also very excited, asking.
“Let down your guard; do not resist at all.” After all, the magic sources I want to seal are still within Tan Han, and I need to remove all interfering factors to create an optimal observation environment.
The most apparent characteristic of self-generated magic is the ability to create magic without a magic source.
I recalled the moment I first experienced it, capturing that first thread of magic fluctuation and witnessing the birth of my self-generated magic!
At this moment, everyone in the laboratory fell silent, including the witches’ mentors like Belika standing nearby, quietly witnessing this memorable moment.
Everyone seemed to hear their own breathing become heavy, their heartbeats starting to quicken.
In an environment devoid of magic and interference from extraordinary energies, I felt the unique fluctuations of magic.
Until…
I extended my hand to gently brush past the empty space before Tan Han, then pinched lightly with my thumb and index finger.
An invisible magic instantly condensed into a nearly imperceptible thread, flickering past, then completely collapsing.
This was a magic fluctuation that couldn’t even constitute a single strand of magic, weaker than the first magic I had experienced.
But no matter how weak it was, its existence proved one thing!
Tan Han succeeded…
“Tan Han has succeeded.” I spoke calmly, as if announcing an unremarkable event.
But as my voice echoed, the laboratory, silent for a second, suddenly erupted into thunderous cheers and applause!
They succeeded!!
