Alchemy Principles of Type-Moon World

"They keep saying they're searching for the roots, but they spend their lives doing nothing. They're complete fools. Especially those fools who want to kill everyone because the mysteries that their backward mage base relies on will be diluted by public knowledge."

"Remember this: modern magicians who talk about pursuing the roots are the most incompetent. They know the further they go down the mystical path, the further they stray from the roots, yet they refuse to give up. Pretending to be diligent in their exploration, while actually achieving nothing, is laughably short-sighted."

"Look at the Wandering Sea. Does the changed environment have any impact on them? They haven't stopped updating the Magic Base even after the Age of Gods ended. Even if the True Ether is gone, they're still beating those useless losers who suck on the Ether pacifier. Not to mention Atlas Court."

"Wait, what is the Clock Tower, and what are the Wandering Sea and Atlas Courtyard?"

"The magic organizations, Clock Tower and Wandering Sea, have one thing in common: I've challenged them all. The difference is that Wandering Sea's ideals are far superior to the mediocre people in Clock Tower. I haven't argued with them. As for Atlas Academy, getting them to fully share their knowledge is harder than killing them all."

"Doesn't that mean you can only beat up these three magic organizations by pressing the Clock Tower?"

"These are the basics of magic and sorcery. You don't need to understand too much about the rest. You won't be able to use them anyway." Newton ignored Xing Qingfeng's complaints.

"Oh, I totally understand." Xing Qingyu crossed his arms and nodded.

↑This guy actually only understood the general idea.

"Continue. In this world, everything has its origin. And that origin determines that you will become an existence like the origin."

"This world? Ah... wait..."

"Don't worry, I'll tell you later. It's so obvious you're not from this world, even Zelrich would be surprised to see you."

"In short, just understand it as the direction of human destiny."

"Then there are attributes and magic circuits. Attributes determine the properties of the magic a magus uses and the magic it's most compatible with. Magic circuits, on the other hand, are the organs that extract mana. Without them or if they're blocked, there's no mana left."

"But more importantly, the magic circuit is your path to the magic base. If it's completely blocked or nonexistent, you can't connect to the base and use magic."

"Oh, attributes determine the available specializations, and magic circuits determine damage output and function as Wi-Fi antennas. I completely understand."

"Then what are your attributes and magic circuits, Lord Niu?"

"Attributes, before my attributes were transformed, I should have possessed all five elements. I haven't paid attention to these things for a long time."

"I forgot about the magic circuits. After all, they're not important to a true alchemist. Besides, my first subject was the Jade Code, so after that, the magic circuits were meaningless to me. How can a natural body compare to an acquired intellect?"

"Ah, I remember now." Newton patted his head. "My magic circuits are absolutely inferior in both quantity and quality. So inferior that they don't even qualify for a rating. The arrangement is so simple that it can't even be called a structure."

"Even Newton isn't considered a genius in the world of magic..."

"If I'm not a genius, then no one in this world is qualified to be called a genius. If someone is called a genius simply because of the talent in their blood, it only proves that they have a tumor on their head."

"Anyway, you don't have to worry about these, because——"

"Oh, there's really no need to worry about it. After all, Lord Niu, you didn't rely on talent. As expected, the magician's bonus still depends on intelligence."

"—Your destiny does not belong to this world, and your origins are not within this world."

"Your soul does not belong to this world, and your attributes are not recognized by this world."

"To sum up, considering that you don't even have any magic circuits..."

"...Xing Qingfeng, from a magician's point of view, you have nothing to do with magic."

"what?"

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Volume 7: The Alchemist's Apprentice from the Fourth War: . The Nature of Magic

"So, magic is just this kind of boring thing." Newton ignored Xing Qing's disappointment, which was almost overflowing. "Innate attributes can negate acquired thinking. Even one's entire life will be anchored by 'origin'."

"Hey, do you know what they said when I cracked the Jade Code?"

"They say that because my origin is 'immortality,'" Newton continued without waiting for Xing Qingjiu's response. "Therefore, it is inevitable that I will master the Jade Method."

"..."

Newton suddenly fell silent.

Xing Qingfeng wanted to say something, but he could discern that Newton wasn't in a good mood. Even though he'd just been told he had no talent for magic, since Sir Niu had promised to teach him, he knew it wasn't just empty talk. Thinking of this, Xing Qingfeng decided it was best to keep quiet.

"Xing Qingjiu, in your world, do things like magic and sorcery exist?"

"I haven't heard of it." Xing Qingwu thought for a moment and continued, "It might be the same as this place, it's so well hidden that I haven't heard of it."

"Is that so? Judging by the nature of your soul, I guess these things don't exist in that world. How wonderful." Newton pondered for a moment, then continued, "Well... in your world, there is also a great man named Isaac Newton, right?"

"That's incredible! He laid the foundation for modern science, the greatest scientist of all time."

"When did he die?" Newton quickly asked a slightly strange question.

"Probably... the same as here? Around the 18th century, I think." While Newton's name is a household name, asking Xing Qingfeng when he died is a bit tricky. It's like asking everyone how and when Kobe Bryant died—everyone would probably be able to answer that question quickly.

But if you ask him what model of helicopter he was riding in before his death, I'm sure most people wouldn't be able to answer.

"Really..." Newton stared at the videotape playing on the TV quietly. After a long silence, he continued, "You remember this, you remember this."

"Remember this: the soul of Isaac Newton died on March 1727, 3."

"In this world, Isaac Newton had no last wishes and died on March 1727, 3. There is no possibility of resurrection or continuation."

"Oh, oh... I remember." Xing Qingfeng was a little surprised. Newton before him seemed lost in some memory, trapped in fragments of the past. But the era he was in was hundreds of years in the future, and the person he was facing was from the future.

For the first time, Xing Qingwu felt so clearly that he was actually facing a ghost.

The Newton before him had blended effortlessly into this era, showing no surprise at any technology far superior to his own. Or rather, nothing in the modern world was beyond his comprehension, making him seem anything but a historical figure who had been dead for over two hundred years.

But now, Xing Qingfeng clearly sensed a certain obsession within the undead. Perhaps it was this obsession, which Newton himself had rejected and refused to allow the Holy Grail to fulfill, that allowed him to be summoned by the Holy Grail.

"Oops, sorry for the loss of composure." Newton's tone changed, losing all his seriousness. "I was supposed to be teaching you magic, but suddenly I remembered something stupid I did in my life. Sorry."

Although Newton said sorry, Xing Qingwu did not feel any apology at all.

"Where were we talking just now? Oh, you are naturally incompatible with magic."

"There's no need to emphasize this a second time..."

"Well, you're naturally incompatible with magic." Newton didn't know if it was intentional, but this was the third time he had hurt Xing Qingqi's heart. "But there's a chance. Now, let me repeat the essence of magic I just told you."

"Encapsulating what is humanly possible, a trick to skip the process?"

"Correct, but who is this deception intended to deceive?"

Xing Qingyu shook his head. If this conversation happened when he was in high school, he would probably understand it quickly.

It's a pity that he is now a useless college student.

"Using human wisdom to deceive the laws of nature, without violating the laws of things, deceive and encapsulate them so that the process of completion is compressed as much as possible."

"I sort of understand..." Xing Qingfeng continued, crossing his arms and nodding. "To put it simply, as long as it doesn't violate the laws governing the development of the objective world, the relationship between subjective and objective reflections can be reversed."

"It is possible to make the objective world partially reflect the subjective world. However, reversing the reflection relationship cannot change the primary nature of matter. Therefore, even if the objective world is made to reflect the subjective world, it cannot go beyond the scope of human ability."

"Fuck, I can't even imagine how crazy the philosophers in this world are."

"Not entirely correct. What you're saying can be understood as the principle of the mental world." Newton shook his head. "Magic, and even the spirit, can actually be included in the transformation of matter. Everything has its origin. Matter and spirit are not first or second, nor can their primacy be converted into each other. One cannot exist independently of the other; their development must rely on objective laws. This is also part of what the Jade Law explains—the materialization of the soul."

"I'm happy to discuss magic with people who have never been exposed to it. It allows me to look at the world from a new perspective." Newton yawned, his tone and expression completely inconsistent with what he said. "But you need to remember one thing -"

"—Don't be superstitious about epistemology. Epistemology is the tool we use to understand the world. Perhaps in your original world, materialism conforms to the laws of world development, and therefore materialistic epistemology is correct. Perhaps this is why you have no origin or attributes."

"How wonderful it is to live in a world without magic," Newton sighed again as they chatted. "I'm sure the truths in that world will be simpler and more elegant."

"However, here, so-called idealism and materialism are equally important. Aside from those who believe in agnosticism, they're just a bunch of mediocre people. These pathetic souls, frightened by the vastness of the world and willingly bound by gravity, are ugly."

"Hmm... so what does this have to do with me?" Xing Qingfeng saw that Newton's thoughts were about to wander elsewhere, so he quickly tried to bring the subject back. "Or rather, is there something special about me?"

"Encapsulating the changes of things, using humanity as the shell of a black box, and inscribing them on the land or the world is the foundation of modern magic."

"The foundation of magic from the Age of Gods was closer to an imitation of divine power. However, after the end of the True Aether in the Western calendar, some mediocre people—ah, mainly referring to the mediocre people in the Clock Tower—found it difficult to make any progress on the foundation of magic from the Age of Gods."

"That's why Qi Lingba Qia Si and Lu Baqi abandoned them and instead clung to the more basic modern magic." Newton said slowly, "Just because you're unfamiliar with this kind of magic doesn't mean you can't use it. Mature techniques are never discriminating."

"Your soul doesn't belong to this world, and its origins cannot be recognized by the Origin Vortex. Originally, your spirit couldn't interfere with matter, but I've used the materialization of your soul as a bridge to bridge this gap. If you were to be resurrected and your original soul restored, you might be limited to science."

"Your destiny is not within the vortex of origin, and your soul cannot be properly recognized by this world. Therefore, your spirit cannot normally interact directly with the material world. However, correspondingly, the difficulty of encapsulating the changes in things will be greatly reduced."

"That is, when you use your mental world to erode the real world, you're hardly ever corrected by the real world. Otherwise, you would have gotten out long ago."

"Could it be that I am a cancer cell from some other world?!"

"It's more like a virus that's tricked the immune system. From now on, you can call yourself the scabies of the world." Newton pondered for a moment, then drew on his newly acquired modern knowledge to offer a beautiful analogy. "To put it simply, other people perform magic by connecting magic circuits to a magic base, then simply pressing the control buttons on it. It's a fool's errand."

"You need to normalize an inherent barrier, then use your mind to communicate with your own mental world, completing the magic within it. After that, use the inherent barrier to connect the mental world with the real world, and release the constructed magic."

"..." Xing Qingyu tried to understand Newton's words, but he found that he could not keep up with Newton's excited thoughts at all. "Lord Niu, how about you give me a few magical instruments?"

"I've been working on this topic since my lifetime," Newton said enthusiastically. "But since the origin of all things is linked to the Origin Vortex, individual will is limited by that Origin and Origin. Therefore, creating a magic base and recording it in the world requires the medium of humanity. Achieving it independently is practically impossible."

"And the magic of the Age of Gods was based on the power of the gods. After the Age of Gods ended, the dissipation of the True Aether and the retreat of the gods resulted in the loss of a necessary link. It is impossible to use this method to create a new foundation."

"Because it's almost impossible to create a perfect foundation that encompasses everything, I changed my approach and summarized and created the foundation of science. It's not about encapsulation but about dismantling it, pursuing principles rather than phenomena, pursuing material rather than spiritual."

"But now, I think I know how to complete this project." Newton patted Xing Qingqi's shoulder and comforted him, "Don't worry, if the project is successful, then theoretically, you can do anything that is humanly feasible—"

"--In other words, in this era, you can do whatever you want with magic other than magic."

"Am I a guinea pig?!"

Volume 8: The Alchemist's Apprentice from the Fourth World War: . The pie that Lord Niu draws is big

"Xing Qingyu, you are an indispensable aid in the implementation of my great theory." Newton looked at Xing Qingyu with eyes that almost sparkled. "How about joining my project?"

"I don't really..."

"As long as you complete this project, both the money and the fame will be yours. I'm just a ghost, I don't need such things."

"I'm actually quite willing to do so!" Xing Qingfeng said firmly, crossing his arms. "I completely understand."

↑This guy agreed without understanding anything.

It's no wonder Xing Qingfeng didn't understand. This was as absurd as someone with no prior experience in magic having to repeatedly open and close their magic circuits every day, as if they were dying. Even more absurd was that after learning Enhancement and Projection, this person, who had no prior experience in magic, learned the Inherent Boundary technique.

This is opening a magic circuit, this is strengthening, this is projection. Do you understand? Very good, next question: release an inherent barrier.

What Xing Qingjiu had to do was even more outrageous - he needed to normalize an inherent barrier without being able to use any magic.

"Don't worry. Although it's difficult for your spirit to interact with the material world," Newton shrugged and said complacently, "I'm the last alchemist of mankind."

"So-called alchemy, apart from the foolish schools of modern alchemy, is all about understanding the principles of the world, studying the composition and changes of matter, and its relationship to the soul and spirit."

"In other words, alchemists are often born with an objective perspective on the world. Although the first element is matter, the second is soul, and the third is spirit..."

"But whether it's the binary theory of sulfur and mercury or the ternary theory of sulfur and mercury salts, they all regard these as the flow of matter equally."

"Then Lord Niu, when can we start?" Xing Qingyu stood up and asked impatiently, "I think now is the best time."

"Hmm..." Newton, who was in high spirits, calmed down. He patted Xing Qingjiu and motioned him to sit down. "It seems that the materials and funds are not enough... Although the Jade Method can obtain infinite magic power, so that it can become a perpetual motion machine, the output is not enough. It takes seven days to obtain enough magic power... I can't just sweep away other people's souls on a large scale. That would be too embarrassing."

"Ah, there's a way." Newton clapped his hands. "I'll see if I can tamper with the Holy Grail's system and capture a few Servants' souls."

"Wow, secretly cutting off someone's financial resources? Do we really have to do this?" Xing Qingfeng felt his mischievous spirit begin to emerge. "Hehehe, let's sneak into the village without firing a gun."

"Hehehe, we can't possibly be asked to personally participate in this magic ritual, can we?" Newton, influenced by Xing Qingjiu's aura, smiled sinisterly. "What's our status? The Emerald Magician and his companions, what kind of magic ritual is this? It's just a degraded version of the Emerald Law."

"Then they'll be beaten to a pulp."

“We’re just sitting back and reaping the benefits.”

The television in the corner provided the only dim light in the room, casting the two's shadows on the wall. A sinister grin filled the blind spots of the room, and together with the swaying shadows, it trapped the dim light from the screen in a small area, barely making out the greedy, twisted smiles on the two faces.

"Click, click, click, click..."

Xing Qingwu pulled the chandelier cord a few times and found that the room was still extremely dark.

"Master Niu, the light bulb seems to be burnt out, do you have any solution?"

　"Huh?"

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It's already noon, and I woke up before 1:00 p.m. today. I got up really early.

Rising from the sofa, Xing Qingjiu headed to the kitchen to prepare lunch and set up his stall for the afternoon. Newton had already left, claiming he was going to personally locate the Holy Grail and tamper with the system. The project could only officially begin after Newton successfully tampered with the system and obtained a Servant's soul. Before then, due to insufficient mana, Xing Qingjiu couldn't be further modified. However, it wasn't as if he was doing nothing during this period—

——Xing Qingyu looked at the pile of books in his bedroom, which were basically all books related to aerospace. Thinking of what Newton had asked Xing Qingyu last night if there was a spacious and secluded place, Xing Qingyu probably guessed what Lord Niu wanted to do.

He hadn't seen much of the surrounding mountains, and he'd heard there were wealthy people's manors there, so it wasn't exactly hidden. So Xing Qingfeng thought about it and told Newton that Dongmu Wharf was a good option.

Newton must be planning to advance another of his research projects, Xing Qingfeng thought. But why did he have to bring food and drinks, preferably some low-alcohol liquor?

Could it be that Lord Niu read in a book that Soviet astronauts had the habit of sneaking alcohol into space and was planning to follow suit?

After a quick lunch, I glanced at the time and saw that the students were almost dismissed. Japanese schools are so relaxed! They're already dismissed before 4 p.m. Xing Qingfan sighed as he swiftly packed up the ingredients and loaded them onto his food cart, ready to set up his stall.