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Chapter 156 The Nature of Magic and the Origin of Strangeness

After teaching Xiao Xian how to use the Eye of Agamotto, Ancient One gave him a magic book.

"Here are the basic spells that a Supreme Sorcerer needs to know. Take a look. If you don't understand anything, you can ask me."

"Read it now?" Xiao Xian said in surprise as he picked up the magic book. Does Gu Yi think so highly of his magical talent?
"You are the Lord of Dimension. Try to sense the magic casting process from the perspective of the Lord of Dimension." Gu Yi looked at the surprised Xiao Xian and said
"I have removed your dimension from the Kamar-Taiji shielding list and added it to the whitelist. You can now easily sense your dimension."

"Well, let me try." Xiao Xian opened the magic book. The first page was the teleportation spell. Casting the spell required a hanging ring, but the hanging ring was used to facilitate communication with the dimensional demon who bestowed this spell on the wizard. Xiao Xian tried to modify the spell to direct its target toward himself.

While circling his hands in front of him, he sensed the hell space. Just as Gu Yi said, Xiao Xian could now sense his own hell space easily.

After paying a sum of world origin, the rotating portal in front of Xiao Xian opened. Looking at the laboratory opposite, Xiao Xian raised his eyebrows.

"The essence of magic is exchange?"

Through the induction of dimensional space, Xiao Xian discovered that the origin of the world he borrowed from himself flowed to this world, and then the world opened a portal for him.

In essence, this is no different from the principle of Xiao Xian making his wishes come true in the center of his own dimensional space, except that the charges in this world are much higher. For the same portal, it is much cheaper for Xiao Xian to open it in his own dimensional space.

"That's right. The essence of magic is exchange." Ancient nodded. "It's not just the exchange between magicians and dimensional demons, but also the exchange between dimensional demons and the world, or the multiverse."

"Isn't this similar to making your wishes come true in the dimensional space?" Xiao Xian asked.

"It's similar for other people, but different for you. You have the highest authority in the dimensional space. Whether it's elemental matter or time and space, as long as you have enough world origin, you can control and play with it. But in the real world, what you can achieve through transactions depends on what permissions the world has opened up. It has developed spatial permissions, so you can teleport through trading world origins. If it doesn't open permissions, even if you are willing to give up the world origin, it will not lend you the relevant permissions."

Gu Yi reminded Xiao Xiandao

"You can also set these things in the dimensional space. Remember not to grant too many permissions, otherwise others will be able to do whatever they want after entering your dimensional space."

"If I turn them all off, then other magicians who enter my world won't be able to use their magic, right?" Xiao Xian's eyes lit up when he heard this and he immediately thought of it.

"That depends on the magician's level. It's true for weak mages, but it won't be so effective for powerful mages. For example, if some basic laws are turned off, it's difficult for the world to even keep running. A truly powerful magician can use these permissions that are difficult to turn off to perform many spells. In addition, spells for trading with the multiverse can also be used normally and are not affected by this." Ancient One smiled and said
"Also, some mages are also dimensional lords, or have deals with dimensional lords. They can directly summon part of another dimensional space. If the two spaces are adjacent, they can use their authority in that space to cast spells."

"Is that so?" Xiao Xian nodded when he heard this. It was indeed different when a big boss taught him.

"There are pros and cons to the dimensional demon god learning magic. The disadvantage is that many magics are exclusive magics. You can understand it as the dimensional demon god signing an exclusive agreement with the world or the multiverse. This magic can only be used by him or the magicians he authorizes. Magicians like you cannot use it." Gu Yi nodded.
"Many of the Supreme Sorcerer's signature high-end spells are Vishanti's exclusive magic. For this reason, you can't learn them unless you can sign a cooperation agreement with Vishanti. But as a dimensional demon, you can also sign your own exclusive magic with the world or the multiverse. Of course, you have to negotiate and develop it yourself."

"But I can pirate it, right?" Xiao Xian pointed at the portal in front of him and said, "For example, if this portal is a special magic, the world will not let me use it, but I can sign an agreement with the world for a square portal, so I can bypass the restriction, right?"

"Yes, that's right. If he didn't sign the exclusive permission, it would be like this. But the square portal consumes much more energy, so I don't recommend you to do it. In addition, the source code of this basic magic is public, so you can easily change or pirate it. The advanced magic source code is stored in the Dimension Demon God. All you can do is send him your requirements and he will run it for you in the background."

Gu Yi nodded, very satisfied with Xiao Xian's reaction. A rigid person can never become a magic master. Xiao Xian's shameless behavior is very suitable for being a magician.
"In addition, many dimensional demon gods' exclusive spells will sign exclusive agreements with the world at key stages in order to increase the difficulty of piracy. Some will even sign exclusive rights. For example, if you sign a color domain rights agreement with the world, the color domain-related spells of this world can only be used by you or the person you authorize. Others cannot use them. Of course, this is very difficult, and most big worlds will not sign it."

"I understand." Xiao Xian nodded. It seems that the Dimension Demon also attaches importance to intellectual property rights.

"By the way, those people outside will definitely not obey your discipline after I faked my death and escaped. Can you handle them?" Gu Yi looked towards the direction of the hall outside and said, "If you really can't handle it, I can help you clean them up."

"No, I can handle it myself. They are free labor before they rebel. Even if they rebel, the souls of magicians are much more valuable than those of ordinary people." Xiao Xian shook his head and rejected Gu Yi's offer of help. Besides, maybe he could get some tasks after this, which felt pretty good.

"Compared to this, you said that the Supreme Mage's mission is mainly to prevent the invasion of dimensional demons and deal with weirdness. I understand the dimensional demons, but what is the weirdness in this world?" Xiao Xian continued. Compared to the mages outside, Xiao Xian cared more about weird things.

"Weird things are things that don't conform to common sense. Most of the weird things happen because the world swallows other worlds or dimensions and is temporarily unable to swallow the absorbed parts." Gu Yi gave an example.

"For example, your girlfriend, Tomie, is a regular aggregate that was born after our world devoured a world full of weirdness. She is a completely irrational existence in our world, but in the original world, she is one of the cores of the world. In the same batch as it is a whirlpool monster that can replicate itself, but because that whirlpool has such a great impact, I trapped it in a closed space and waited for the world to slowly digest it. And Sadako, who Superman encountered, was also created after our world devoured a small world. Sadako is also one of the cores of their world."

"Don't worry. As long as the weirdness doesn't affect the balance of the world, you don't need to care about it most of the time. In fact, it's useless to care about it. As long as the world doesn't completely devour their part of the rules, they will be resurrected even if they die. For example, Sadako, who was destroyed by Wonder Woman with the help of the Holy Flame of Olympus, is about to be resurrected now."

(End of this chapter)