Watching Emerson leave, Tycho gently shook his head. In one hand, he held the glowing crystal ball containing the recorded Star Chart; in the other, the gray crystal ball Emerson had given him. Narrowing his eyes, he said, "Don't worry, arrogant Mr. Emerson. I definitely won't waste the time you spent.
"What I'm about to do is far more important than you think. The reason you can't see it is because you're only used to paying attention to what's around you, leaving you unable to see higher, farther things—your self-righteousness has made you blind and deaf."
After speaking, Tycho pressed his lips together, his expression turning solemn. He fiercely brought the crystal balls in his hands together.
"Bang! Crash!"
The two crystal balls collided heavily. Their shells remained completely undamaged, but the things contained within them flew out.
The glowing crystal ball naturally contained dense points of light, while the gray crystal ball contained clumps of dark mist. The two merged and intertwined, resembling a nebula in the starry sky—a rather beautiful sight.
Tycho watched with narrowed eyes for quite some time. Then, under high heat, he melted the two crystal balls into a palm-sized diamond-shaped crystal and drew the "nebula" into it.
Tycho gripped the diamond-shaped crystal, his lips trembling slightly with excitement. He knew very well that it contained a composite of the "Star Chart" and the "High Spirit Chart," and that meant something entirely new.
"Star Spirit Mirror," Tycho murmured. More than two years ago, it had been one of the things Richard had described to him that had drawn him into staying in Shalin. After so long, it had unexpectedly truly succeeded.
If the "Star Spirit Mirror" could succeed, then many of the seemingly unbelievable things Richard had described to him might also succeed. They merely