Good news: he had figured out a direction for his research.
Bad news: he had no idea how to proceed with it yet.
Jia Xiu sat in the laboratory, zoning out.
When he'd first studied Bubu's Fairy magic, he'd thought it worked by accessing different rune libraries in a unique way.
He hadn't expected it to use the same method to produce different effects.
Now that was magical.
He'd oversimplified things. He'd thought that once he learned Bubu's Fairy Runes, he'd be able to use Fairy magic.
But now he'd discovered that there weren't just different runes—different races could also use the same runes and produce different effects.
How was he supposed to find out exactly what was in each race's rune library?
If he started worshipping the God of Magic now and somehow became a bishop, would the God of Magic appear and let him look at the documents for each race's rune library?
It didn't seem very likely.
There was no shortage of people who worshipped the God of Magic, and there were plenty of bishops. Yet the issue of magic's uniqueness still hadn't been solved. There was a very good chance that nobody could access the "official magic rune documentation."
What was he supposed to do...
"Boss!"
The laboratory door swung open. Bubu came in, wobbling as it walked. Jia Xiu couldn't help feeling that its steps needed the sort of sound effects you heard in cartoons.
"Mentor said registration for the Five-School Tournament is about to start. She told me to come tell you to hurry up and sign up, Boss."
"Okay, got it."
"Boss, you don't look very happy."
"Your boss has been stumped by a complicated problem."
"What problem? Bubu will solve it!" Bubu put its hands on its hips and declared confidently.
"It's