Jia Xiu understood one principle very clearly: never mistake those who came before for fools.
They might have been limited by the constraints of their era and unable to discover certain things, but that did not mean they were truly stupid.
He could not mistake the advantages brought by progress in the environment for his own brilliance.
So, before immediately setting about building a paper system for storage, searching, and duplicate checking, Jia Xiu decided to first look into whether anyone in the past had researched similar functions.
Logically speaking, with so many spellcasters graduating every year, and so many Mage Towers and research institutions in operation, all under pressure to produce results, there should be no shortage of people studying even the most obscure little corners.
Besides, a field serving academic papers should not count as something terribly niche.
Thus, Jia Xiu borrowed every relevant article from the Association's archives.
Since he had cast such a wide net and borrowed anything even remotely related, they were not even delivered through the conduit in the end. Instead, someone pushed over a small cart stuffed to the brim.
Since this might take some time, he sent the most beloved demigod Justina off to show her face in whichever screening hall she liked and hand out some souvenirs or something.
In simple terms, she was going to make herself familiar.
That was how "traffic idols" worked. Even when they had nothing to do, they had to find ways to brush up their presence before the public. Otherwise, they would be easily forgotten. And being forgotten before producing a true "representative work" meant the end for traffic.
While she still had some heat, Justina needed to quickly consolidate her fame. It would be best if she could turn a few casual fans into