YumNovel Chapter 742 : Chapter 742
Chapter 742 : Chapter 742
Chapter 742: Only Success Can Scrutinize the Meaning of Failure
This celebration lasted for a very long time, nearly until dawn, so we had no choice but to arrange for them to stay at the hotel nearby.
Fortunately, I had said that the next day would be a holiday; otherwise, given this state, very few would have been able to crawl out of bed on time the next morning.
It seemed the pressure had been too great after all.
After all, they were the ones who used their own bodies for experiments every so often; ordinary people wouldn't have that kind of courage.
After settling them in for the night, I followed Big Sis Bai back.
Since it was a day off, even I felt somewhat lazy.
However, I didn’t indulge my body as they did; at most, I simply had a profound yet simple exchange on the subtle use of finger dexterity with Big Sis Bai in bed.
The next day.
After completing the cultivation of the Witch Meditation Method, Enlightenment Meditation Method, and Realm-Heart Insight, a wonderful day began once again.
It was currently morning, nearing noon.
But this was unavoidable; after all, I went to sleep quite late last night and stayed in bed for a while this morning.
After getting up, I performed the three types of cultivation as usual.
Even if each one took at least half an hour, the time spent was upwards of an hour and a half.
After finishing the breakfast Big Sis Bai specially made for me, I prepared to head out.
“Bye Big Sis Bai, I won’t be back for lunch.”
Opening the door, I turned slightly to look at Big Sis Bai and spoke with a smile.
“Xiao Han, you should still pay attention to regular meals.”
Big Sis Bai advised but said nothing more.
This was because Bai Yu knew that Xiao Han had teleportation spells, so coming back to eat wasn’t really an issue.
Since she wasn't coming back, she was either ordering takeout or... just didn’t have time to eat.
“I know, I know. Then I’ll head over to the laboratory first. If you have time, Big Sis Bai, you can come over too, though there probably won’t be many people there today.”
I said.
After bidding farewell to Big Sis Bai, I arrived at my laboratory once again.
Although Mentor Belica and the others had also been invited by us, it was clear that yesterday’s meal hadn’t affected the research progress of the several Transcendent Witches.
As soon as I arrived, I saw their busy figures gathered in a section of the laboratory specifically partitioned for them.
After greeting them to signal my arrival, I went over to our experimental area.
“Oh? Yi Rui? I really didn’t expect you to be in the laboratory, especially since I said today was a holiday.”
I looked at a figure inside the lab.
I felt a sense of illusion, as if I had gone to secretly outwork someone else only to find that they had already started outworking everyone.
“But didn’t you come here today as well?”
Yi Rui asked back with a smile.
“Aiyaya, I am the general person in charge, after all. For such an important successful experimental case, I naturally needed to come again to confirm the experimental records and process.”
I scratched my head and said with a laugh.
And this was indeed what I thought.
Cen Tan’s success was indeed worth celebrating.
Her success also unveiled the subsequent outlook for the Magic Power Source Body Cultivation Method.
But success was merely success; it was only the success of Cen Tan alone.
We could only rely on the experience of her success to find the secrets and patterns that could lead to success for others.
Of course, that was the worst-case scenario.
If it were a good outcome, then it should mean that this method is universal.
“Is that so? But if it’s just organizing this data, it probably won’t be of much use, right? Actually, my main reason for coming today was to try it out for myself to see if I can succeed, to pave the way for a continuous stream of experience so that everyone can succeed in the future.”
“I’ll assist you.”
I nodded, effectively acknowledging Yi Rui’s current persistence.
Whether one succeeded or not truly required constant practice to yield an answer.
Originally, I thought the experiments would only take place tomorrow, which was why I wanted to fully digest the theoretical aspects today so that I wouldn’t waste too much time thinking tomorrow.
But Yi Rui’s appearance instantly moved many of my pre-conceived plans forward.
“Thank you to have you personally assist me, Xiao Han, can be considered my honor.”
Yi Rui said with a smile.
Finally, she looked at me, and then at the clones following behind me.
In Yi Rui’s view, perhaps Xiao Han alone could be an entire research team!
However, she wasn't discouraged; they were also a team, weren't they?
Yi Rui and I organized the laboratory slightly and then began the preparations for the experiment, as well as the protective measures for any sudden experimental accidents.
I picked up the contained Metamorphic Incubation spellbook... No, it wasn't called that anymore.
“Witch-transformation Reconstruction Metamorphic Spell... what do you think of this name?”
Yi Rui asked.
This name was something everyone had thought of together yesterday, fueled by the wine, the atmosphere, and the emotions.
If there was any deep meaning to this name... not necessarily, but it was the name we finally decided upon after a round of discussion.
Actually, the first part we finalized was the suffix.
This derived spell of ours had actually somewhat broken away from the category of a Resurrection Spell; it had even begun to become something that wasn't necessarily for the dead, but for the living.
Turning a living person into a different state—how could that be called a Resurrection Spell?
So we defined the suffix as “Metamorphic Spell.”
A method that utilized special techniques, much like an insect molting, to interfere with the essence of life to thoroughly modify a person’s “constitution.”
However, this modification had its limits.
It couldn't become a channel to modify the essence of life in a single step; otherwise, I could directly use this method to construct Self-generating Magic Power upon the essence of life.
But this was ultimately just a spell.
To be able to permanently interfere with the essence of life to influence a person’s constitution was already its limit.
If one wanted to go further... it was likely that only a Grand Spellbook with eternal spell effects could achieve it.
And the prefix “Witch-transformation” was taken from that technique of reconstructing the torso during the initial Magic Power Source Witchification.
And this was also a crucial link.
What was required to be consumed for the casting of this spell wasn’t just magic power, but also a Magic Power Source!
We had currently successfully broken through the limit of one magic power, which meant that the caster currently using this spell needed not only to maintain the spell's consumption but also to consume an additional Magic Power Source.
However, this level of consumption was nothing to me.
After all, I had already mastered the condensation technique for the Magic Power Source.
Moreover, this “consumption” was essentially use; currently, we hadn't reached the point of destroying the Magic Power Source.
The “Witch-transformation Reconstruction Metamorphic Spell” merely treated a Magic Power Source as a casting material.
Even if it failed, the Magic Power Source would still exist.
And if it succeeded, then this Magic Power Source would establish an initial relationship with the recipient.
The Magic Power Source was merely establishing a connection with oneself in another way.
After briefly reviewing the birth of this name, Yi Rui and I had more or less completed all preparations before the experiment.
I, as well as Yi Rui, both picked up a spellbook.
Every experiment was essentially a process of autonomous spellcasting.
Those on the outside were responsible for recording experimental data and communicating the test subject’s own condition through the Great Seed of Knowledge and Great Knowledge Sharing Technique.
Now that the number of spellbooks was plentiful, I also picked one up just in case an accident occurred.
After this spellbook was incorporated into my internal spellbook shelf, I fully sensed the bloat of this “Metamorphic Spell.”
After the success of this experiment with Yi Rui, it seemed that streamlining these five spellbooks would be imperative.
This bloated posture even somewhat affected my ability to exert the effects of this spellbook; I even had to be cautious when using it.
But this only affected it.
What spellbook hadn’t I used?
I had similarly derived spellbooks with bloated structures and had played around with and blown up many spellbooks, so I was also very clear about the limits of a spellbook.
Soon, as Yi Rui lay down in the experimental pod, her attempt began.
I studied Cen Tan’s successful case while analyzing what the node of success was, while simultaneously observing Yi Rui’s experimental progress.
My clones, meanwhile, kept a constant eye on the normalcy of the data inside the experimental pod.
If there were abnormal data, they would inform me immediately, and if there was a sudden accident, the experiment would be terminated urgently.
After all, if the experiment failed, that would be a body collapse and death caused at the essence of life, requiring a Resurrection Spell to perform resurrection and reconstruction.
But if the experiment was terminated, then only emergency first aid would be needed to recover; there was no need to experience the pain of physical death.
As a surge of magic power enveloped Yi Rui’s shell, the most important modification process of the entire experiment began.
At this stage, it was best not to have external interference; if possible, it was optimal to let her make the adjustments herself.
As I waited, I had the clones keep a close eye on Yi Rui’s status.
Meanwhile, I was performing tests on the Magic Power Source Body Cultivation Method using this opportunity.
Cen Tan’s success meant that her body had currently obtained a metamorphosis, a metamorphosis that could directly establish a connection with the Magic Power Source.
However, this change couldn't yet allow her own torso to carry the Magic Power Source.
But I could do it.
Therefore, there were no thresholds for me to perform the Magic Power Source Body Cultivation Method itself, only fundamental errors in the guiding ideology of the Body Cultivation Method.
However, after trying the Magic Power Source Body Cultivation Method, I quickly discovered a problem: the Magic Power Source Body Cultivation Method lacked a widely disseminated way or rather, form.
Any ordinary Body Cultivation that didn’t rely on Self-awakened Body Cultivation could only touch the realm of Body Cultivation by relying on physical arts.
Therefore, it was far from enough for the Magic Power Source Body Cultivation Method to use the Magic Power Source as its architectural foundation.
It still lacked a... type of physical art that could be constantly cultivated and utilized.
But physical arts weren't just an idea; they couldn't be created just because one wanted to.
Each type of physical art was like the spell corresponding to spell cultivation.
A spell required spell runes, spell rituals, spell architecture, guiding theories, and so on.
What about physical arts?
Physical arts were also more or less the same.
It wasn't just throwing some punches and putting some combos together and calling it a so-called physical art.
From the fact that physical arts practice reached perfection and resonated with a Martial Path Rune, one could clearly know that physical arts similarly had a strict physical art architecture.
Even evolving the Martial Path Rune through the torso, the moves of physical arts were the physical art rituals.
It could be said that runes, rituals, and architecture all existed.
What about the Magic Power Source Body Cultivation Method?
In what way should the physical arts under this system be created?
It should be noted that the primary purpose of this type of physical art wasn’t to kill enemies, but to mold Self-generating Magic Power.
Much like the “Ritual Battle Dance” I practiced back then, its enhancement of combat power wasn’t high; its main focus was to rapidly improve physical constitution in a more obvious way.
The Ritual Battle Dance also gave me a brand-new line of thought.
Perhaps a physical art could also utilize alchemical equipment as an aid to achieve a certain effect.
The practice of the Ritual Battle Dance required something like a body-forging ring to see obvious results.
So what about the Magic Power Source Body Cultivation Method?
Perhaps the mindset didn’t have to be so restricted; alchemical items, potions, or even elixirs—any of these techniques seemed feasible.
Time passed minute by minute.
Waiting in the laboratory was a very long process.
At this stage, the number of times I had simulated the Magic Power Source Body Cultivation Method using Self-generating Magic Power had reached ten thousand Magic Power Sources.
The entire process was very smooth, and ten thousand was also their theoretical limit.
However, for those like Yi Rui who didn't have Self-generating Magic Power yet, it was estimated that this would be a very long road to travel.
The purpose of my going through it was merely to prove one thing: that this road is a viable one.
However, while I was practicing the Magic Power Source Body Cultivation Method, I also discovered some things.
That was, I had gained some inspiration regarding the physical arts under this system.
Could the Magic Power Source also be harnessed by this type of physical art, becoming a means of attack for the physical art?
This was an innate advantage!
Lest it be forgotten, among the nine physical arts branches of the Secret Manual of Body Cultivation, there was one type of physical art for utilizing transcendent energy.
Although I said it was somewhat similar to Body Cultivation Energy, its essence was still about harnessing transcendent energy.
And the Magic Power Source itself was a form of transcendent energy!
Furthermore, it was one of the highest energy levels of transcendent energy that life in the void could harness.
It was hard to believe how fierce this energy would be when turned into a physical art attack!
Wait... according to the fact that the Magic Power Source can Witchify non-transcendent life, doesn't that mean this type of physical art... would be one shot, one kill?
However, that would be somewhat like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
Looking at it now, after going back, perhaps I can begin to try practicing the “Heaven-Shattering Force” from the Secret Manual of Body Cultivation to see exactly what kind of physical art this is that utilizes transcendent energy.
Perhaps it can serve as a reference and inspiration for my Magic Power Source physical arts.
As I was thinking like this, Yi Rui also concluded this experiment within her long metamorphosis.
Currently, there were no ripples in the progress.
Originally, I thought Cen Tan’s success had characteristics unique to her, but looking at it now, this method of metamorphosis that reached directly into the essence of life was nearly universal.
After all... everyone was an ordinary person who hadn't yet promoted to Transcendent, and they were all life forms with a soul-substance essence.
There might be differences between individuals, but the impact was not large.
While success seemed most important when there were no successful cases before, now that the second case had succeeded, the things we pursued also changed.
We began to pursue failure.
And there was only one reason for pursuing failure... and that was to confirm the boundaries of failure.
What we wanted to make was a universal technique, a technique that could be promoted.
What was needed wasn’t just success; there were many more things that needed testing.
“Congratulations, you’ve succeeded as well.”
I looked at Yi Rui, who had stood up from the experimental pod.
At this moment, she was somewhat weak, and I picked up the laboratory-grade special recovery potion from the side and handed it over.
“Thank you...”
After taking a moment to recover, Yi Rui took the potion and drank it in one go.
“I should... count as having succeeded, right?”
“Yes, you’ve succeeded. The second success.”
I nodded and acknowledged this fact.
“But this is still merely a beginning for the research into Self-generating Magic Power.”
“I understand... next, we should explore higher levels...”
“No, let’s build a good foundation first. After all, something destined for success only requires a dispassionate investment of time. We need to invest our initial passion and energy into the foundation now. For the third experiment, let’s begin to seek how to fail.”
“How to... fail?”
Yi Rui was stunned for a moment, and then she seemed to understand.
“Yes, Xiao Han, you’re right. We should indeed go and explore failure now... Only from the perspective of success is failure a meaningful thing!”