Since this is Hogwarts + My World + Thaumcraft 4 + Thaumcraft 6, there will be some modifications. Just giving you a heads-up.
He ran his hand over the book page that resembled a starry sky until he touched the brightest star within it.
With a soft hum, an image of a glass lens with golden edges appeared in the starry sky. He tapped it, and the stars began to ripple in the next instant.
A crafting recipe appeared: four gold ingots, with a glass pane in the center. Below it was a line of small text.
Magic Lens: Helps you glimpse and obtain the truth of the world.
Kayson hugged the arcane manual and studied it for quite a while. Forgive him, but before crossing over, he had only heard of the famous Thaumcraft mod and did not know much about it.
After parsing every word and combining it with the context, he finally figured out the passage and the true purpose of the Magic Lens.
Judging from the text in the arcane manual, it should have been some sort of observation tool. But with the added word "obtain" afterward...
This tool might not have been limited to observation. It might also have included extraction, such as the four fundamental elements of alchemy: earth, water, wind, and fire.
The Magic Lens could be aimed at a corresponding object for three seconds to extract that fundamental element.
"It's been years since I last used a Crafting Table." Kayson muttered as he placed one in the corner of his office and took out four gold ingots and a glass pane.
Of course, he was not going to stupidly place the corresponding blocks directly into the corresponding slots. Since he had taken out a Crafting Table, he had to be scientific about