Shocking the World

Chen Cheng was also a bit curious about this, and couldn't help but tilt his head to take a look.

When he saw that it was inscribed with Chaos Magic, Chen Cheng's eyes lit up and he said:

"Count, you're also a Chaos Mage. I wonder if I can ask for your help in the future."

Chen Cheng's words made Peng Bes and the other person feel curious.

"It's no use asking me. For the thing around your neck, you'll have to rely on the young lady beside you," Hui Dun teased.

However, Chen Cheng waved his hand and said:

"It's not because of that. I've seen this Chaos Magic of yours in the Codex of Magic Elements. Chaos Magic is the magical energy closest to the magic factors in nature. I just want to ask Count to provide some magical energy assistance for my experiment when you have time."

If they were surprised before because he could use Super-class Magic, hearing now that he was still conducting magic experiments made the two of them even more astonished. Especially since his experiment required Chaos Magic, which was closest to the magic factors in nature, to help.

Peng Bes was also a magic research enthusiast. The best transformation spell he had developed was now available on the market. Therefore, he also became interested in Chen Cheng's experiment.

"Good boy, quickly tell me about your magic experiment. Perhaps this old man can offer some suggestions."

However, Chen Cheng just smiled foolishly at him at this moment, while Hui Dun beside him wanted to bury his face in his hands, feeling like crying without tears. It was obvious that this was a very important experiment for Chen Cheng, and such experiments were usually kept extremely secret. Even if a professor like Peng Bes asked, most people would naturally not reveal their research just like that.

Seeing that Chen Cheng didn't reply, Peng Bes, the old man, remembered that Chen Cheng was not his student now, and it would be considered bullying if he asked like this.

Peng Bes beckoned, and a piece of parchment flew from the bookshelf into his hand.

"This is a secret contract. After signing this contract, this matter will absolutely not be leaked from me."

Then Peng Bes handed the parchment to Chen Cheng. From this, Chen Cheng could also see that this professor was truly a magic research fanatic, and he also highly respected mages with lower ranks than him. Otherwise, with his status, if he had really used means to force Chen Cheng, no one in the academy would have been able to stop him.

Chen Cheng did not hesitate. He directly opened the scroll and looked at it, then compared it with the contract scroll graphics he had seen in the library. After that, he nodded.

When the two were about to sign their names, Hui Dun spoke up:

"I think I should sign it too."

Hui Dun was not an unreasonable person and knew that Chen Cheng's research should be very important to him. Moreover, he remembered that Peng Bes had said before that Chen Cheng's future in magic cultivation had been crippled, and his current research might be a lifesaver for him in the future. Because in this world, most research-oriented mages were Platinum Rank masters. They possessed domains and their understanding of magic surpassed that of ordinary people, so they achieved great success in magic research. It was also because of people who researched magic that Magic Artifacts, Magic Gems, and magic potions appeared. With these things, ordinary people could also use magic. Therefore, the rewards and protection for such talents were very high in all countries.

After the contract was signed, the parchment spontaneously combusted without fire, and the three souls could faintly feel the existence of the contract. If it were violated, the power of the contract would instantly devour the soul of the violator.

With the danger of leakage removed, Chen Cheng explained his experimental concept. His concept could be described as ambitious. He wanted to engrave the magic rune corridors he had discovered, which could form a system, together, and then connect them using his variable structure. When he needed to use a certain magic, he just needed to use Variable Magic to control those magic markings to combine on their own. This would greatly shorten the time it took for a mage to engrave magic rune corridors, which was the most time-consuming part of a mage's cultivation.

Of course, the number of various elemental magics involved would be astronomical. To make this super grand magic function, the only magical energy required would be the disordered magic factors in nature. However, the process of sorting out these disordered magic factors was too enormous, so Chen Cheng thought of Chaos Magic. Initially, this was just a concept in his mind, because the magic styles he had learned were only a drop in the bucket compared to the current magic system. However, seeing Peng Bes, a professor who researched magic simplification, and Hui Dun, a rare Chaos Mage on the entire continent, join in, Chen Cheng boldly proposed his concept.

After listening to his concept, the two people in front of Chen Cheng looked at him as if he were a madman. They couldn't imagine what would happen if one day a weapon or a person could instantly cast all kinds of super magic of various systems and elements. That would truly be like the God of Magic himself was present.

Peng Bes swallowed and then said in a very low voice:

"This is impossible. Just engraving these magic rune corridors would cause the object or person being engraved to be blown apart by the formed magic."

Peng Bes wanted to use his knowledge to dissuade Chen Cheng from this somewhat shocking idea.

However, Chen Cheng replied:

"This is actually very simple. We don't need to truly complete the engraving of the magic. We only need to engrave the different runes and corridors that constitute it. As for its subsequent use, that will be handled by my Variable Magic."

Hui Dun, on the side, grasped the key point and asked:

"What is this Variable Magic you speak of? Why have I never heard of it?"

Peng Bes also realized at this moment that the most crucial part of Chen Cheng's concept was that Variable Magic.

Chen Cheng looked at the two people in front of him. If he hadn't felt the sense of security brought by the soul contract, Chen Cheng would never have shared his greatest research achievement so easily with others.

Chen Cheng knew that talking alone was empty. He got up and went to the room where Peng Bes conducted experiments, then rummaged through the table there.

He intended to use the mithril to draw out his yet-to-be-improved Variable Magic, showing the two of them.

"The mithril is in the clay pot on the left."

Peng Beisi spoke up to remind him.

Chen Cheng found the clay pot containing the mithril and then picked up a clay tablet for experimentation from beside it.

He placed the items in front of him, then picked up a brush, dipped it into the mithril powder from the clay pot, and began to sketch out magic runes and pathways on the tablet.

Peng Beisi, with his extensive knowledge, immediately understood that what Chen Cheng was drawing were the magic runes and pathways that formed the foundation of magic in different systems.

However, Chen Cheng had intentionally not connected these elements together at this point, so they currently appeared as merely some rather exquisite patterns.

After finishing these patterns, Chen Cheng began to sketch out a strangely shaped pattern, unlike anything Peng Beisi had ever seen before, lacking any magical aesthetic.

But before Peng Beisi could react, the tablet, which had been somewhat disordered, instantly became perfectly organized.

Then, Chen Cheng picked up the tablet and, facing Hui Dun by the wall, said:

"Count, you can now try injecting your Chaos Magic into it and attempt to activate the magic within."

Hui Dun was also somewhat excited internally, his hands trembling slightly as he gently touched the tablet.

The tablet remained as cold as before, but after he injected Chaos Magic, several different options appeared within his consciousness.

He touched the fire option, and then saw the runes on the tablet light up. Several sets of magic runes and pathways that could form a Fireball spell were guided by the strangely shaped Variable Magic, and thus, they truly combined to form Fireball Magic.

A small fireball was then released.

Upon seeing the small fireball, Peng Beisi waved his hand, and the fireball was extinguished.

When they looked again, they saw that the magic runes on the tablet had returned to their previous disordered state.