"Emmm..."
After working for half an hour, he gave up.
It was not because he was lazy. The Swordlight Thunder and Swordlight Bullets were too dangerous. Chen Shu had thought the Swordlight Thunder had a five-second delay after activation, so he could toss it into the Crystal and let it go off. But while trying to crack it, he quickly discovered that what he was doing was not normal activation. If something went wrong and the spiritual energy inside was disturbed, it might bypass the delay and detonate immediately.
He would work on it when he got back to school.
The Ancient Cultivator Academy provided laboratories and testing grounds specifically for its Spell Principles Studies students. It was safe there.
Besides, although the academy had said they would have to pay for damaging public property, as long as it happened during legitimate research rather than through deliberate destruction, a university of Yujing University's stature would not give a student trouble over such a small sum.
The sky gradually darkened.
Someone outside was setting off fireworks again, the explosions rolling on without end.
Today was the last day large fireworks were permitted in the city. Many Cultivators were rushing to enjoy themselves while they still could.
Starting tomorrow, setting them off would earn them a public-security penalty.
Fireworks Spell might not be very lethal, but it could still cause harm, and it made a great deal of noise. The city was normally monitored. Whenever a powerful spell went off somewhere, police would soon arrive to investigate. Allowing Fireworks Spell without restriction would make spells harder to police: officers could not quickly and reliably distinguish it from far deadlier spells, giving criminals a chance to fish in muddy waters.
There had even been a slim chance of Chen Shu being detected when