In Sumeru, pretend to be a scholar

After a brief inspection by the warehouse manager, Dolly led Wang Yan and the other two into the warehouse area.

The huge warehouse area is divided into individual spaces of varying sizes.

Wang Yan noticed that many places had various chamber of commerce signs hanging on them, indicating that Dolly wasn't the only one renting warehouses there.

“Okay, this is it, the extraordinary materials storage warehouse, the monthly rent is 50,000 Mora.” Dolly pointed to a small warehouse of about 50 square meters.

Wang Yan didn't reply. Instead, he checked the warehouse first before nodding and saying, "Okay, you can deduct the money as you see fit."

Then, ignoring Dolly's gleaming eyes, she waved to Ying and said, "Please put the stuff in the warehouse."

Ying nodded, stepped forward, and took out the materials from the Dust Song Pot one by one.

Dolly, who had been happily chuckling to herself, suddenly narrowed her eyes, as if she saw a bunch of Mora swaying back and forth in front of her.

As a successful businesswoman, Dolly could get a general idea of ​​what was going on even if she didn't recognize the materials.

Putting everything else aside, they're all valuable items!

Unfortunately, Wang Yan did not give her a chance to speak. With a slight thought, "Seventy-two Xuanming" nimbly moved among the piled-up materials, sorting and placing each material in its proper place.

Kavi had already done a meticulous sorting and preliminary processing, categorizing all kinds of elemental crystals, metal tablets, and special bone materials, which greatly saved time.

Wang Yan only needed to guide the "Seventy-Two Xuanming" to perform the final check and return to their positions, and soon, all the materials were neatly stacked in a corner of the warehouse.

"Alright, give me Kavi's commission form." Wang Yan reached out and asked Ying for the commission form.

After all, he received the goods, so he should at least write a receipt.

Ying also quickly took it out.

Although Kavi had already paid, the commission form was part of the Adventurers Association's process, and it still had to be done.

After signing the form and handing it to Ying, Wang Yan asked the two of them, "What are your plans for the future?"

Pai Meng's eyes lit up immediately.

She remembered that after Wang Yan asked them that question last time, he took them to eat and shop in Xiaoshi for two days.

"Hehe, I don't think so." Paimon looked at Ying.

Ying nodded slightly: "Nothing major has happened since we returned from Mondstadt."

After the Lantern Festival, they received a letter from Jean inviting them to visit Mondstadt.

The two went to Mondstadt, experienced the witch's magical bubbles, and obtained some information about the Abyss from the witch, namely, that [the Abyss is where nothing can survive].

Then I received Wang Yan's commission to collect photos of the [Engraved Inscription Seal] for him and also sent him the materials.

My schedule is packed, and I haven't received any more invitations.

"Then how about... you two, as acquaintances of Nordkalley, introduce me to your friends and show me the sights of Nordkalley? As for the benefits... I'll cover the food expenses. How about that?"

Wang Yan said with a smile.

Through Ying and Paimon's connections, he was able to get in touch with and become acquainted with various people in Nordkalley.

Especially those who may still be the angels of Nordkalley, the witch N. Nicole.

As for Colombia... although you can still see her in the Silver Moon Court in the game, she should be on the moon by now.

However, with the help of the Doctor opening a gap in the False Sky, Nico, Arecino, and the others pulled the moon back into the Teyvat world. Theoretically, the moon is no longer an unreachable place.

Therefore, it's not impossible to encounter the moon goddess descending to earth.

"Hehe, food included! Ying, let's say yes, it's been a long time since we've had any fun eating, drinking and having fun." Paimon tugged at Ying's clothes again, looking very tempted.

Ying considered for a moment and asked, "Won't eating, drinking, and having fun with us affect your trip to Nordkal?"

She remembered that Kavi said Wang Yan came here to look for some kind of material.

Wang Yan smiled and said, "On the one hand, I have already entrusted it to the secret service. On the other hand, the people you know in Nordkal are all important figures. They might have the materials and information I need."

"Oh, so that's why Wang Yan wanted us to introduce you to our friends," Paimon said, suddenly realizing.

Wang Yan nodded: "That's right, Paimeng is really smart, he figured it out right away."

"Hehe, I'm not that smart." Paimon scratched his hair sheepishly.

She was rarely praised for her intelligence, especially by a scholar from the Academy who appeared to be very accomplished.

Ying smiled and nodded as she watched this scene: "Alright, let's play together for a few days then."

"Then let's go find Demian to prepare a room, then rest for a day, and start playing tomorrow!" Paimon cheered.

"Take Wang Yan to see Aino tomorrow."

"Wang Yan, do you know Aino? She's an incredibly talented scientist, and she's still a child."

Paimon chattered on.

The three left the warehouse area, ignoring Dolly, who was staring blankly at Wang Yan's warehouse.

……

Back at the tavern, Ying and Paimon quickly booked a room, right next to Wang Yan's.

Then the three of them had dinner together, strolled around the square in Xia Town, and went back to their rooms to rest when it got dark.

When Wang Yan returned to his room, "Seventy-Two Xuanming" flew out and prepared water for him to wash up.

Wang Yan walked to the desk and took out the photo with the [Engraved Inscription Seal] that Ying had sent.

The [Engraved Inscription] is essentially the crystallization of Dragon Clan technology and phlogiston technology. In the eyes of the Dragon Clan, phlogiston is a kind of "computation element", and the engraved inscription is the product of recording information on phlogiston atoms through special language weaving.

Therefore, it can be used not only as a key and mechanism, but also to control dragon creations, manipulate phlogiston, and even record messages from ancient civilizations.

For example, the photo in Wang Yan's hand, after being interpreted, actually means "open the door".

Any place that uses phlogiston technology and involves the concept of a "door" should be able to be opened by this "engraved inscription".

"...engraving language and information onto phlogiston..."

"It seems like there's no more phlogiston environment in Teyvat after leaving Nata?"

Wang Yan frowned slightly.

Teyvat's energy actually went through several stages.

After Teyvat was born, the planet gave birth to its first life, Nibelungen, the Dragon King, who represented the planet's inhabitants and embodied its will.

Afterwards, he divided the power of the source light into seven parts, creating the seven primordial elements. These seven elements are all light realm forces, also known as the seven wild elements.

These forces of light are distributed throughout Teyvat, and each elemental dragon is born from its own primordial element; for example, the water dragon is born from the primordial ocean (source water), and the fire dragon is born from phlogiston (source fire)...

Therefore, according to the original Nibelungen world setting, other places in Teyvat may have less phlogiston, but as long as the concept of fire exists, there will still be some.

Unfortunately, as we all know, later our great King Phanes came and used Spikes to reshape the world.

Teyvat, whose power was concentrated in the Light Realm (holy earth), was wiped out by the Archmage with a single click.

The seven wild elements were divided into seven gentle elements, and the dragons degenerated as a result…

Getting back to the point, in Teyvat right now, only Nata still retains a sufficient phlogiston environment to support the [Engraved Mark] ability.

Without sufficient phlogiston, the entire [Engraving and Marking] encoding system loses its editable environment.

Of course, it doesn't mean that the [Engraved Inscription] product can't be used outside of Nata.

In fact, phlogiston, as a high-level light force, is compatible with elemental forces.

Using the secret mechanism edited with the [Engraved Inscription] or the Dragon Clan's intelligent consciousness, after leaving the phlogiston environment of Nata, it can still be used or... well, it's just not as good as it seems.

For example, Enoch's family, Ineff.

Her core is the eleventh dragon lord, [Mirror of Dawn].

After the core ended up in Nordkal, it was picked up by Eno and used to create the Ineff family.

"So... is it possible to use the [Elemental Amplification Device] to reunite the seven separated elements into [Light Sphere Power]?"

Another idea popped into Wang Yan's mind.

As he pondered, he reached out and summoned the "Seventy-Two Cyclones" from the side. Runes shimmered on each of the small cubes, forming a small subspace elemental domain around them.

Then, following Wang Yan's will, one by one [Elemental Resonance Chambers] appeared.

“Elemental amplification…is achieved by using the constraints of subspace and the vibrations of the [Elemental Resonance Cavity] to continuously accumulate an additional force for elemental power, thereby unleashing power tens or even hundreds of times greater.”

"So, how do we convert elemental power into light force?"

"The relationship between elemental forces and the forces of light is like light being divided into seven colors through refraction... So how can the seven colors of light be transformed back into the original light?"

"Refraction? I remember there was a prism at the center of the element amplification device, right?"

A flash of inspiration struck Wang Yan; he seemed to have an idea, but he couldn't quite grasp it.

If he hasn't misremembered the knowledge he learned in his previous life.

When sunlight (white light) passes through a prism, it is "dispersed" into seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet because different colors of light have different refractive indices.

The simplest way to bring the seven colors of light back together is to take another identical prism, place it upside down behind the first prism, and let the scattered seven colors of light pass through it again. The light rays will then reunite into a beam of white light.

So, if sunlight works this way, can the power of the light realm, which represents the source of light, also be operated in the same way?

If we had to put it in perspective, the relationship between the power of light and the seven elements is actually quite similar to the relationship between sunlight and the seven colors of light.

"So, to refract the seven colors of light, all you need is a prism. Then, what kind of mirror can refract the seven elements?"

Wang Yan couldn't help but fall into deep thought again.

"If I use angelic language and angelic authority to command the elemental forces to revert to their ancestral form, will that work?"

After thinking about it, Wang Yan laughed at himself. It was the same as ordering a mediocre student to get into a top university.

It's not entirely impossible, but it's practically impossible.

It's not easy to force someone to do something they don't want to do, and it's equally not easy to force elements to do something they don't want to do.

Thinking about it, Wang Yan suddenly paused, his gaze falling on the surrounding elemental domain, or rather... the subspace that restrained elemental power and formed the domain.

Can space refract elemental forces?

"Shouldn't that be okay?"

Wang Yan felt a surge of excitement and anticipation.

In theory, for refraction to occur, the medium must first be transparent.

When light passes through substances like glass or water, it is distorted, causing the light to travel in a different direction. This is called refraction.

"So, if I use spatial runes to construct a curved spatial prism and then let the seven elements pass through it, can I change the form of the seven elements and recombine them into [Light Sphere Force]?"

Thinking of this, Wang Yan waved his hand, dispersing the surrounding elemental domain and leaving only the subspace field formed by the spatial runes.

"Let me see what combination can form the space prism I need."

Chapter 172 Rebellion [Light Sphere Power]

In a room at the tavern.

With a slight turn, "Seventy-two Radiant Stars" deployed an elemental isolation array of address block g.

Wang Yan didn't command it; it just felt that its master was conducting some experiments and shouldn't be disturbed or noticed by outsiders, so it did just that.

Wang Yan merely glanced at it and paid no attention to the "Seventy-Two Xuanming"'s self-righteous claims.

Or rather, Wang Yan's mental energy was completely occupied at this moment.

He was figuring out how to use spatial runes to build a spatial prism that would allow elemental forces to pass through.

Still seated in the metal chair, Wang Yan frowned slightly, his fingertips shimmering with light as spatial runes appeared, disassembled, and reassembled like stardust in the subspace field.

He tried dozens of arrangements, from simple triangles to complex polyhedra, but when the element flowed through, it either scattered chaotically or remained unchanged.

Why is that?

Wang Yan frowned, pondered for a moment, then his eyes suddenly lit up: "It's a structural problem, isn't it? Just like prisms are made of countless glass fibers, only glass with a perfect internal structure, no bubbles, no impurities, and sufficient transparency can be used to make prisms..."