After the internet was disconnected, I connected to the magic world.

On the cloud bed in the core of the demiplane, Lin Ze's fingertips swept across the magic network interface, and countless job categories flashed before his eyes.

Previously, he was busy building the world framework, deploying players, and dividing birth locations, so he only gave the Western Continent a very basic bloodline spellcasting system and didn't have time to delve into the high-level professions in the magic network.

Now, the wizards of the Western Continent have figured out the basic path on their own, and the countries in the real world have also begun to compete.

He was finally able to calm down and properly ponder the fundamental rules of this world.

He can't just copy the existing things in the Magic Network forever.

The magic network belongs to the Goddess of the Magic Network, not to him.

His world of Kyushu must have its own principles and rules; it cannot forever imitate others.

He scrolled through the job list: mage, warlock, wizard, arcane mage, alchemist, magician...

The wide variety of professions dazzled him. At first, he thought they were just different spellcasting styles, like different professions in a game.

It wasn't until he spent a hundred magic coins to consult a Saint-level arcane mage that he realized it wasn't like that at all.

The arcane mage named Vincent remained silent for a long time after hearing his question before replying with a few words:

"You think different professions are just about different skills? You're wrong."

It's just that we see the world through different eyes.

"We arcanists see the world as mathematics, physics, and precise rules."

What is the temperature of the fire? What is the speed of the wind? How do atoms collide? How is energy transformed?

We analyze these cosmic laws into the most precise runes, and combine them into spell models like building blocks.

Given sufficient computing power, we can analyze the runes of nuclear bombs, the runes of burning stars, and even models of the entire universe.

"But this path is too difficult. You need mental strength comparable to that of a supercomputing core, and you need to understand mathematics, physics, chemistry, astrology..."

Out of ten thousand arcanists, perhaps only one might be able to analyze third-order spells. Without that kind of intellect, one can't even get to the basics.

Lin Ze looked at the passage thoughtfully.

No wonder arcane magic sounds powerful, but not many people study it; it's simply not something ordinary people can do.

The computational power required to analyze runes alone is beyond the capabilities of ordinary people.

We can't expect all players to get a PhD in physics before they start cultivating immortality, can we?

That's outrageous.

He flipped to the alchemist's introduction, his eyes growing brighter with each page he read.

Unlike the materialistic perspective of arcane mages, alchemists follow a path of syncretism between mind and matter.

In the eyes of alchemists, all things in the world, whether mountains, rocks, grass, trees, wind, rain, thunder, lightning, or souls, spirits, and karma, are all composed of the most basic runes.

They do not pursue precise calculations, but rather observe all things with their hearts.

Feel the "qi" of all things and extract your own unique alchemical runes from them.

These runes are not fixed.

You see, the fire is dancing, and your fire rune is dancing.

I see fire as scorching, and my fire runes are scorching. There is no right or wrong, only different understandings of the principles of heaven and earth.

They used these runes to concoct potions, and by incorporating the runes into the potions, they achieved various magical effects.

They used these runes to forge magical artifacts; once runes were engraved inside, these artifacts possessed earth-shattering power.

They even refined runes into their own bodies, eventually merging with the heavens and earth.

Upon seeing this, Lin Ze's heart skipped a beat.

This perfectly aligns with the philosophy of Taoism in the East!

Taoism says that all things in heaven and earth are born from qi.

Qi practitioners gather the Qi of heaven and earth for their own use, refine essence into Qi, refine Qi into spirit, and refine spirit to return to emptiness.

Refining treasures, refining pills, and refining the body—isn't this the same path they're all following?

He then looked at the descriptions of other professions: warlocks rely on bloodlines, mages rely on magic networks, all of them depend on external things.

You either rely on your ancestors, or on God, or on the readily available internet; none of these can compare to the alchemist.

Rely on your own insights, refine your own runes, and walk your own path.

While arcane magicians are powerful, their skill ceiling is too high, making them unsuitable for widespread adoption.

Alchemists are different; they don't care how smart you are or whether you have a bloodline, they only care whether you have comprehension.

If you have the right mindset and a deep understanding of the universe, you will be able to comprehend your own runes and progress step by step.

This is the system most suitable for the Nine Provinces world! This is the path he has been searching for!

Lin Ze became more and more excited as he thought about it, and directly opened the Magic Network Shop, buying all the books related to alchemy.

He spent tens of thousands of magic coins without even blinking.

Countless pieces of knowledge flowed into his mind as he immersed himself in the world of alchemical runes.

The more I look at it, the more mysterious it seems.

It turns out that runes aren't static, they're dynamic.

Just as there are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people's eyes, there are a thousand different runes in the eyes of a thousand alchemists.

Someone spent ten years observing the clouds by the mountainside and finally deciphered the runes of the clouds.

Someone spent his whole life firing pottery by the fire and finally figured out the runes of fire.

Some people, upon seeing the signs of spring's birth, summer's growth, autumn's harvest, and winter's storage, have deduced the runes of the four seasons, realizing that there is no fixed number at all.

He used to think that runes were fixed characters, but now he knows he was wrong.

Runes are the manifestation of principles, and people's understanding of the world.

He sat on the cloud bed, closed his eyes, and the mountains and rivers of the Nine Provinces world flashed through his mind.

He wanted to create his own alchemical runes, runes that belonged to the Nine Provinces.

The principles of Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, the Eight Trigrams, and the Book of Changes, as well as the Tao of the East, are all incorporated into alchemical runes.

These runes constitute the rules of the entire Kyushu world.

Mountains have mountain runes, water has water runes, wind has wind runes, thunder has thunder runes, every blade of grass and every breath is a flow of runes.

This will be an extremely long process.

It might take him hundreds or even thousands of years to complete the runes of the entire world.

But he has players.

When players cultivate to a high level and want to break through the innate realm and touch the rules of heaven and earth, they must comprehend the runes of heaven and earth.

They will learn their own runes from the runes he laid down and forge their own path.

At that time, he will only need to collect the insights of these players to continuously improve his rune system and make the rules of the Kyushu world more and more perfect.

It becomes increasingly realistic, eventually evolving from a half-plane into a true, vast world.

And all kinds of arcane arts, magic, fighting spirit, and witchcraft will eventually be integrated into his alchemical rune system. All methods return to the same source, and in the end, they are all part of his Dao.

Thinking of this, Lin Ze opened his eyes, and a faint golden light appeared on his fingertips.

He mentally rehearsed the process countless times before finally condensing his first rune.

It is a seemingly simple character for "life," yet it contains the principles of the growth of all things and the flow of spiritual energy.

He pointed his finger, and the rune gently disappeared into the core of the demiplane beneath his feet.