Li Zheng quickly broke away from the group of flowers, returned to his senses, and asked the terminal, "This butterfly diagram actually complents the Hundred Flowers Painting. How did you do it?"
The effect of the Hundred Flowers Painting was too weak for him. Compared to his vast spiritual body, it was so weak that he couldn't feel it at all.
Now, with the addition of the butterfly diagram, Li Zheng still couldn't feel any change in his spiritual power, but he knew that the Hundred Flowers Painting must have been strengthened significantly.
The terminal was also confused: "I'm not sure either... you know building blocks, right?"
"..." Li Zheng's face darkened: "I'm your clone, treating like an idiot is treating yourself like an idiot."
What's there not to know about building blocks?
No need to ask?
"You can think of the brushstrokes on the diagram as small blocks. I just dismantled what was originally one whole set of blocks and reassembled them into another whole set. It turns out that the blocks I assembled could just fit with the previous ones to form a bigger set." The terminal said a long string as if it were a tongue twister, then asked, "Do you understand now?"
"A bit convoluted, but I understand." Li Zheng pondered for a mont and said, "Then is it possible that the brushstrokes used to create this pattern aren't limited to what we've seen, or that... there might exist more small blocks in places unknown to us, and as long as we find these blocks, we can further complete the set we currently have?"
The terminal agreed, "In theory, it's feasible, provided that we can acquire more small blocks."
Hearing this, Li Zheng's expression changed slightly.
Where to get more blocks?
Isn't it up to the Treasure Chest to deliver?
But does the Treasure Chest play along?
It doesn't!
It's been a month!
A whole month!
All Wish Stone Fragnts!
"Let ask you a question."
"Ask away."
Li Zheng pondered for a mont and asked, "Did the Treasure Chest System ever give you an empty one when you had it?"
"Empty?" The terminal exclaid, "The treasure chests could be empty?"
"Seems not." Li Zheng nodded and asked again, "Then did it ever give you sothing that seed useful but was actually completely useless?"
"It did!" The terminal replied gloomily, "The item that caused the Emotion Storm in the past was exactly that!"
"..." Li Zheng was silent for a while: "Besides that one?"
The terminal tried to recall for a mont, then shook its head: "That's it. Sotis I'd get so low-tier trinkets, which I'd throw into the Matrix."
Li Zheng asked perplexedly, "You didn't get Wish Stone Fragnts?"
"...Wish Stone?" The terminal was equally puzzled: "Are there such superstitious things in the treasure chests? Everything I got was technology-side products."
"Well then..." Li Zheng said, "Maybe my previous guess was right — most of the items in the treasure chests have been taken by you, so now all I get are Wish Stone Fragnts as consolation prizes."
"It's possible." The terminal said, "After all, I've opened countless treasure chests. Even if it were the legendary King's Vault, I estimate I've emptied tens of thousands of them, so the contents of the treasure chests are decreasing, which makes sense."
He felt a bit smug: "Haha, I guess my luck wasn't any worse than yours. It just so happened that the Treasure Chest System was transferred to you when it was almost emptied."
"What's there to be happy about?" Li Zheng's face turned dark as he complained, "So it turns out it's not that I'm unlucky; it's that soone took too many things before , leaving with just Wish Stone Fragnts now."
"No one likes to admit their luck is worse than others'." The terminal pointed at the butterfly diagram and said, "Take that thing with you, and leave one of those Wish Stone Fragnts you ntioned, so I can study it."
Li Zheng casually grabbed a handful of fragnts, taking the butterfly diagram while placing them on the counter: "Don't just give one or two, take a handful and play around with them."
He occasionally dumped out the fragnts when bored and attempted to piece them together but found that very few could be assembled; most were separate fragnts that couldn't connect.
After trying several tis, Li Zheng gave up.
Because it was really boring and quite hypnotic.
With the butterfly diagram in hand, the terminal escorted Li Zheng out of the Central Hub.
Returning to the rented room, Mirel asked, "What did the terminal want with you? Couldn't even finish your morning routine?"
"Nothing urgent." Li Zheng took out the butterfly diagram and recounted the events.
Mirel looked at the scroll with surprise: "You should wash your face and brush your teeth first. Co out for breakfast later; I'll check out this diagram first."
"Just rember to tell about its effect after you finish." Li Zheng handed both the Hundred Flowers Painting and the butterfly diagram to Mirel and walked toward the bathroom: "You have to look at both diagrams for the effect. My spiritual power is so strong that it's hard to discern the extent to which these improve it."
As he entered the bathroom, Mirel unfolded both scrolls and began to examine them seriously.
Soon after, her eyes turned dreamy, and her mind seed elsewhere.
She clearly entered into the sa state as Li Zheng.
She was surrounded by a sea of flowers, exuding a scent identical to the flowers, and various butterflies fluttered around her. Occasionally, several butterflies landed on her, treating her as a mber of the flower sea.
anwhile, her spiritual power was also growing slowly.
Eventually, the rate of growth stopped when it matched the initial boost from the Hundred Flowers Painting, and she erged from the sea of flowers, returning to her senses.
Just then, Li Zheng finished his routine, and she said, "The effect is equivalent to the Hundred Flowers Painting. It probably needs regular observation to maintain. Do you want to see inside my Spiritual Realm?"
After examining the Hundred Flowers Painting, Mirel's Spiritual Realm had blossoming flower gardens.
Now, having looked at the butterfly diagram, she felt there should also be butterflies fluttering in her realm.
"No need to look, as long as it works." Li Zheng waved his hand and sat down at the dining table, where Sakura was eagerly eating with two Red Polis helping her. One Poli held a deep-fried dough stick to Sakura's mouth for her to bite, while the other held a bowl of porridge, ready for her to sip after each bite.
anwhile, her hands weren't idle — one held chopsticks picking kimchi, the other occasionally wiped her mouth with a napkin.
Her little face was puffed up with un-swallowed food, resembling a hamster storing food.
"Slow down, no one's competing with you." Li Zheng couldn't help but scold her: "You're eating like you're starved."
"Mm-mm-mmm!" Sakura's mouth was too busy, so she humd to express protest.
Mirel also sat down at the table, returned both diagrams to Li Zheng, and spoke for Sakura: "Her true form is the Blood Patterned Black Dragon; you've seen the scene where the Black Dragon Race's ancestor reveals their true form. Sakura's true form might not match the Black Dragon ancestor's, but it's surely much bigger than her current appearance, so it's normal for her to eat more."
She picked up a pancake and placed it in Sakura's bowl, doting: "Here, have another pancake."
"You're just spoiling her!" Li Zheng sighed helplessly.
"A child who eats well is blessed; it's a saying I learned while studying Chinese." Mirel remarked, "By the way, besides the increase in spiritual power from looking at the butterfly diagram, I think I've also grasped so... hmm... special applications for spiritual power."
"Oh?" Li Zheng paused his actions and said: "Tell in detail?"
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