Refining the Heavens 2 (炼天二)

Chapter 71: The Crystal Valve

Two hours later, Kairos is walking around the perimeter with a Stratagem book in hand. Jones had convinced him that it would help them gain valuable time that they sorely lacked and he could probably succeed in learning the art quickly. Even if it eventually ends in failure that would merely result in them losing a few items.

Now that they had cleaned out a major treasury from the Phrixus palace, a few losses would not be any issue at all.

Seeing no reason to decline, he continued trying to understand the odd instructions written in the book, but reading through it a few times, he realised that it wasn't something easy to pick up.

He flipped through the pages filled with detailed explanations, but without a basic knowledge on the subject, it is no different from trying to figure out an unknown language.

"Gah... I can't do this" he muttered, on the verge of giving up.

Yes you can~

An unexpected reply came from Aisa, within his mind and when he did not respond, she continued explaining.

Kairos just make eyes golden~ things will become clear

"G...golden? I've heard that before, but how do I do it?"

It's easy~ Just with a bam or a boom!

"That's not helpful at all..."

Oh...

The little dragon sounded sad for a moment, then chirped,

Why don't Kairos try asking?

"Asking... who..? You mean... like, pose the question in my mind?"

Aisa who is near bounced over with her short legs and nodded. Her large, determined, eyes made her ridiculous advice somehow cuter.

With a sigh like he was putting up with a child's notion, he closed his eyes and tried.

"Alright, here goes... I want to create a Stratagem. No... I want to understand how to create a Stratagem!" He said mentally to no one in particular, but when he opened his eyes, both of his irises turned dimly golden. Then, he looked once again, at the book in his hands.

Just like before, the explanations within confused him. He did not notice yet that his eyes have turned colours and he felt a deep disappointment in his heart as he flipped through pages after pages with no improvement to his understanding.

But just as he was about to close the book, he landed on a page with a full diagram of a Stratagem array.

The title of this particular formation reads:

The Infinity Trap.

Information of Stratagem: Creates an infinite loop for your foes. Keep them in the area you want them to.

When he observed the diagram, the connecting lines and their purposes seemed to leap off the page into his mind, and something instantly connected.

"Aisa, you're right! It worked!" He told her excitedly.

Kairos quickly poured through all the diagrams in the book, every Stratagem diagram becoming clear and made perfect sense to him unlike before.

Seeing his success, the small dragon happily exclaimed,

Yay~ Looks like Kairos has learned how to activate it. Aisa is such a genius~

"Haha, yes, Aisa good job!" He praised her with an unreserved laugh. The ability to understand Stratagem is too much of a gem to uncover, and they can have huge improvements in the future. Once he learned them, the Stratagems could be deployed at his dorm, in his shop, and even during combat. If course, the requirement is to survive this situation first.