Is the person you sculpt as cute as me?

However, it's not like the enchanter couldn't use it: "It should be useful when making special inks, so I'll keep it for now."

But this scene, in the eyes of the little girl next to him, was quite strange: "Hey, why did Big Brother hide my bath water..."

"...Alas." Yu Man was unable to refute or even explain.

"But, Eel, what can you do in the ninth level area?" asked the deer, but his eyes never left the free fish at the bottom of the pond.

"We can use the magic tower to gather excess magic power here, which means the upper limit of the materials we can cultivate has increased. Slowly accumulating, it can produce ninth-level materials, which makes a huge difference."

However, it is difficult to control what materials are produced unless there is a culture medium for specific materials.

Another point--

He wanted to repay the Ice Prison Dragon, but also wanted to stop her from looking at suspicious people.

Yu Man coughed lightly and said, "Xiao Bing, your brush doesn't look very sharp."

"Yeah, that neat blue brush was taken away by my big brother..." She sighed, "Alas, it took a long time to grow back."

"No, no, no, I'm not stealing it. Go pull it out now and use it to your heart's content. Call me when you're done showering or using the brush, and I can restore it to its original state—and you'll have an indestructible brush! That's what befits the immortal Ice Prison Dragon."

Yu Man patted the magic book. The Ice Prison Dragon was quite familiar with the skill contained in it.

"Ah!" Her clever little head figured it out instantly.

In an instant, the little dragon who was taking a bath dropped everything.

Extremely excited——he pounced on the weak magician, hugged her and licked her face.

"Wow, I couldn't bear to lick it, how dare you--"

The traveler standing by suddenly started shouting as if he was about to commit a murder.

She ran up and tried to separate them, but once again she was no match for the dragon's tongue and unfortunately became its victim.

……

Later, Yu Man discussed several things with the Ice Prison Dragon.

After she possessed the Immortal Brush, other minerals lost their meaning of existence.

Yu Man could take whatever he wanted without being hated by the Ice Prison Dragon as a bad brother who stole the brush.

Furthermore, the Ice Prison Dragon, for the purpose of bathing, was naturally endowed with a high-level mining ability. She could break or gnaw on any of these resources, and she was happy to collect them for Yu Man.

However, to process them into semi-finished metal bars and then into finished products, high-level metallurgists and corresponding craftsmen were needed. Unfortunately, Yu Man didn't have such a wide network of contacts. For now, he could only pile the ore in the Mage Tower for show.

And there is——

Yu Man's equipment exploded again, unfortunately, but he was already used to it.

……

For the rest of the day, Yu Man was in the wizard tower manipulating magic and planning the island.

This is the job of an island owner, a wizard tower master, and a high-level magician.

It is much more troublesome than I imagined.

The island's ecology is too special, and its magic is too vast and strong, so there are many overflows and contradictions.

In other words, their cycles have a lot of clutter and waste.

It's like a country that's been around for a long time but is still functioning. It's full of contradictions and problems, and its deep-seated inefficiency and resistance to resolution are leading to its downfall. But its immense magic still forcibly pushes the island to function normally.

What is needed more than organization is reconstruction and reform.

Fortunately, the magicians didn't have their own clever ideas or whims. They wouldn't resist, wouldn't reject Yu Man's control, and wouldn't commit suicide, cause trouble, go on strike, or rebel for no apparent reason.

Yu Man has a profound understanding of magic. It is troublesome, but when the new order she wrote begins to take effect and the magic powers dance along new routes - this efficient cycle will benefit everything.

"Employer, I feel like I've become lighter." Even the dull Xiang Xiang felt the change.

"Well, the magic concentration was too high before, and the circulation was not smooth. I made some changes."

There was no trace of complacency towards her, just words that were taken for granted, which made Xiangxiang feel uncomfortable.

In Xiang Xiang's view, Yu Man is a special and contradictory existence.

She's incredibly beautiful, but has a horrible personality... and she's incredibly mean to her sincere employee, Xiang Xiang! But I have to say... she's truly a great magician.

"——Employer, what are you doing again?" While sighing, Xiang Xiang found that Yu Man was doing something that he couldn't understand again.

She made two ice cans in the house and then placed them on the floor with the lids open.

Yu Man did not hesitate to explain——

"After tuning, the island can generate a huge amount of magic power - a huge amount! Holy shit, I wonder how many people Xiaobing's ancestors killed to create such a huge amount of magic power..."

Part of the magic power was directed by Yu Man to the frozen cave, where he used extremely high concentrations of magic power to cultivate unknown ninth-level materials.

Even so, there's still a lot of magic left with nowhere to go—

"I just let them come here, and they will build themselves to suit my needs."

Yu Man pointed at one of them——

"They will become magic crystals in here. The concentration and purity will be exaggerated, and they will serve as a reserve of magic power."

By then, you will be able to use it with confidence, whether it is used to cast large-scale magic or to create or repair something.

Besides--

"The other portion of magic power will flow into this and transform into elemental spirits. I plan to cultivate a powerful island guardian... After all, I'm sure I'll have more and more enemies, and players will come to bother me."

As an extremely rare mount, the Ice Prison Dragon will probably often fly around with Yu Man.

The island is empty, so there must be some high-level being in charge... Then, just raise it.

……

night--

After fishing all day, the little deer, who was so unconscious after catching so few fish, suddenly heard a fourth sound besides the waves, the ridicule of the fishing god, and the empty rod.

"Gu--Ao--"

The sound of some bird.

She looked up and saw a metal bird made of magic flying sharply towards the wizard tower.

Then, the bird dismembered itself, leaving behind only a few lines of strange spells, entangled in the night.

155·Start from the First Step

It wasn't an enemy attack, nor was there any malicious intent—

After tuning Lumana Seti, Yu Man could feel the magic more keenly.

Sitting in the Mage Tower, she had sensed the arrival of the metal bird long before, and had recognized its magical power.

"It's 'Rust Remover', it's okay." Yu Man privately chatted with Xiaolu, and the communication between players was very convenient.

"Who is the Rust Remover..."

"Brother, have you forgotten who made your weapon?"

"Oh shit, it's that blacksmith with the afro and the big furry tail."

Yu Man smiled and ignored her. He just walked to the top floor of the Mage Tower. In the open space and starry night, he carefully counted the magic words scattered before his eyes.

This is a letter.

This is a covenant.

At that time, the two of them worked together to rob two ships of cargo worth 10,000 gold coins from the "Youshi Chamber of Commerce".

The "Rust Remover", who also benefited, agreed to give Yu Man a magic.

Ancient magic that directly constructs life and soul into equipment.

Now, it came. The spells that revealed ancient mysteries, set against the backdrop of the starry night, were read by the master of the wizard's tower.

"It's just as I thought. It's indeed about reconstructing the magic cycle and severing the nodes that symbolize life..."

These structures, written in Old World, are both spells and rituals.

Each of their lines, each syllable, and each symbol has a different combination and arrangement.

But it's not that difficult.

"Density? I see. So, if you want to shape it into some equipment, just increase the density of the magic power and make it form other materials... It's quite controllable."

Do not--

Rather, this isn't some magic that turns life into equipment, but rather a more basic manipulation of density.

Deconstruct the magic structure and rearrange it in terms of density to transform it into other material expressions that you need.

But the strange thing is——

According to the spelling, only by making it into equipment can the material be preserved... that is, the experience and abilities of life and soul.

Make it displayed on the finished equipment in the form of "skills".

"Hmm... the principle and function aren't difficult. The key is how to obtain the permission to rewrite the magic..."

Yu Man began to read the most core part.

That line of text was the faintest, as if cursed, its brilliance swallowed up by the stars in the night sky.

"It's truly an ancient magic used in warfare. As long as you win and the opponent surrenders, it will work. So simple and brutal."

Now, Yu Man has learned this skill: "Evaluate Life".

This is a bit like obtaining a skill gem, which can be embedded in equipment to gain skills. The difference is that this skill can only be obtained after you fully understand the principle and write it on the equipment.

"Come here, let me——"

Of course she wouldn't use it on Xiang Xiang - Yu Man wanted to make a joke, but she didn't expect the treasure chest monster to have already slipped away.

Alas, it’s worthy of being my treasure chest monster, it has a good brain.

As for where "valuing life" should be used, Yu Man has thought it through clearly.

"It seems that from now on, my enemies won't die—they'll end their lives in another way."

……

The next day——

"Brother, is this all you caught?"

"Don't shout, buddy is depressed and numb."

Despite having such a perfect island with almost unlimited fish resources and numerous fishing spots, the deer spent a whole day but had little success.

A small fish, a medium-sized fish, that's all.

And they are all low-level fish, not valuable and not very delicious.

The deer walked back to the Mage Tower dejectedly, threw his fishing gear aside, and lit a fire outside the tower, ready to eat his troubles. Yu Man walked over, ready to comfort her by saying, "It's already amazing to be able to catch a real fish."

But a fifth-level traveler, a perfect fishing spot, and the fishing gear seemed correct...this little catch was indeed not right.

"Lu, do you want me to check your body to see if you have any curse buffs? It feels like the ocean hates you."

"...There's such a setting?"

Yu Man didn't know whether it existed or not, but the old world was so big and complex, so it wouldn't be surprising if it existed.

If not, Yu Man could only think of another reason——

"Miss, have you never fished before? Don't you know that you have to wait for the bite before pulling the hook?"

This question was tantamount to humiliation, and Xiaolu was filled with anger. "I, I've never fished in real life! But I've played various fishing simulators on Steam... so I know the basics."

"...Miss, you bought this kind of game?" Yu Man was a little surprised.

But the little deer asked back with a strange look on his face: "I bought them all."

"You've already bought fishing games? No wonder you chose Traveler."