Justice: "Fine, I can give you the materials, but you have to send some photos after the upgrade so I can see the situation. After all, this is a massive amount of resources, and I need to explain it to the other council members."
Although Chu Yuan currently held significant authority within the Supreme Council, it wasn't a dictatorship yet; he couldn't just do whatever he pleased.
The Tower: "Deal."
Justice: "Also, can that magic circle of yours be sold?"
The Tower: "Sold? Well, if you're planning on having people learn it, I'd suggest only letting witches do so."
Justice: "Why? Didn't you say anyone can learn?"
One had to realize that witches were currently a scarce resource.
Out of the hundred from before, each council member only had a few under their command.
Furthermore, they were all currently busy learning potion-making. Where would they find the manpower to study magic circles?
The Tower: "Cartography, Runology, Enchanting, Astronomy, Mysticism, Mana Circuits, Mana Resource Recycling, Mana Conversion, and Magic Circle Drawing."
Justice: "?"
The Tower: "Those are the subjects required to create the Five Dragon Reincarnation Protection Magic Circle."
...
Looking at that long list of disciplines, Chu Yuan fell silent for a moment.
Justice: "You... learned all of these?"
The Tower: "I wouldn't say I've mastered all of them, but most are at C-grade or higher now."
...
Justice fell silent once again.
Good lord, in just four months, not only had she read so many books, but she actually understood them well?
It was common knowledge how difficult it was to learn the knowledge of this world.
This was exactly why so many people were eager to evolve into new races that provided knowledge-related bonuses.
Witches were the best example of this.
Women who previously had no talent for alchemy or potion-making and couldn't even understand the books provided were suddenly able to not only read them after evolving into witches but also integrate the knowledge quite well.
What about Lan Qingyou?
With the Witch race correction, the title bonuses, and the enhancement from a world item, her level of knowledge must have reached an incredible height, right?
If one reached a certain height in one subject, did it make learning other subjects easier?
Chu Yuan made a mental note of this.
There was also the matter of the world item. Hadn't someone mentioned before that they crafted one themselves?
He would have to ask about that later.
Wheel of Fortune: "No wonder you wanted to borrow my books on Astronomy. It seems magic circles are a very profound discipline."
While Chu Yuan was lost in thought looking at his card, Wheel of Fortune, who rarely spoke, posted a message of admiration.
The Tower: "No, what's profound is this specific magic circle. After all, beyond just looking good and resisting the interference of the mana tide, quite a bit of effort went into its design."
So said Lan Qingyou.
Justice: "How so?"
The Tower: "Did you see the star patterns, the sun, the moon, and the five trees on the perimeter?"
The Tower: "They can automatically absorb ambient mana and the tidal forces of the celestial bodies, converting them into energy to power the entire magic circle. In other words, as long as this circle exists, no one will ever need to stand by the core to manually add energy again."
High Priestess: "What!"
Empress: "Is that for real?"
Righteousness: "Just here to watch."
The Star: "Now that is impressive."
Chariot: "Suddenly, I want to learn this."
The Fool: "It's very troublesome; it wouldn't suit you."
Magician: "Using celestial tidal forces to counter the mana tide... an interesting approach. In a way, it's a form of counter-balancing."
Hierophant: "Finally, a way to get a good night's sleep during a mana tide."
Everyone's interest was piqued the moment Lan Qingyou mentioned the magic circle could automatically absorb ambient mana.
According to their own research, the mana concentration in the air of this world was already very high. This meant the magic circle could reach a defensive level just by absorbing air.
Not to mention the energy from celestial tides.
The tidal forces generated by the movement of celestial bodies could reach terrifyingly high values.
Borrowing even a tiny fraction of that to counter the mana tide would be more than enough.
There was no problem at all.
Justice: "I recognize the others, but what does Mysticism involve?"
The Tower: "Probably the relationship between Yin-Yang and the Eight Trigrams."
Lan Qingyou gave a casual reply based on her own guess.
Wheel of Fortune: "Is there some specific meaning behind it?"
The Tower: "It's mainly to reach a point of equilibrium. Celestial tidal forces... those aren't exactly things you can borrow casually. If we accidentally pull down a meteorite, things will get real interesting. Heh."
...It was not a 'heh' moment.
At this moment, the silence of everyone in the villa was deafening.
Accidentally pull down a meteorite?
How could she say something so reckless?
But the problem was, she was an expert in the field.
With that magic circle standing there, who would dare treat her 'joke' as a joke?
The fact that even the 'expert' in Astronomy, Wheel of Fortune, didn't reply suggested that pulling down a meteorite might not be such a difficult task after all.
Or perhaps there were many meteorite belts in the low-Earth orbit of this planet, Kalim?
Seeing that no one was speaking, Lan Qingyou found it a bit strange, so she decided to add some fuel to the fire.
How?
By sending the data on the meteorite crucible into the group.
Hiss—
When everyone saw the information, they all sucked in a breath of cold air in unison.
A crucible made from a meteorite?
Fine, fine, fine. She had even brought out physical proof; what else was there to doubt?
Lan Qingyou did this to make Chu Yuan, the council member, understand the pros and cons of her magic circle.
It was perfectly reasonable for him to want to gain benefits through this magic circle.
However, Lan Qingyou had to make these things clear.
If Chu Yuan still wanted it after this, it meant he had already considered how to bear the consequences.
Wanting the benefits without taking any of the risks?
Sorry.
Kalim didn't house idle people.
Chu Yuan was now feeling quite conflicted.
It was definitely a good thing, but the potential side effects were also massive.
Lan Qingyou dared to do this because she had many bonuses and a high knowledge level; she could build however she wanted.
But he couldn't let the witches under him replicate her magic circle.
Even setting aside the somewhat absurd meteorite talk, given the current knowledge level of the council's witches, it was fundamentally impossible.
At the very least, they would need four months of specialized study before even considering it.
After all, Lan Qingyou had spent four months studying while putting it into practice.
While those witches certainly wouldn't reach Lan Qingyou's height, if quality was lacking, they could make up for it with quantity. There was always a way.
Having made up his mind, Chu Yuan explained the situation in the Supreme Council channel.
Along the way, he also shared his vision of 'establishing settlements and forming villages through magic circles.'
The other council members thought it was a great idea.
Thus, the matter was handed over entirely to Chu Yuan to handle.
At the same time, they approved the Level 6 upgrade materials for Lan Qingyou.
After all, this was a matter of a signed contract, and they also wanted to see what Lan Qingyou's shelter, combined with the magic circle, would look like after the upgrade.
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