Spell Return: The Wheel of Time

Chapter 402 Past and Future

"Otsutsuki, do you understand the nature of the curse?"

"Well... it should be that people use the existence of curses. Curses originate from people's emotions or 'hearts', and then the original sorcerers hypnotize themselves through rituals and other methods to bring out this power.

Therefore, the spells and seals that came later, including the now rare dances and music, all exist to exert this kind of psychological suggestion, so... the essence of spells, should it be said that it is the power of the mind?"

Otsutsuki's answer was quite standard, and it should be said that it is the general understanding of sorcery in the current sorcery community. Of course, this does not include ordinary sorcerers who don't even read books or have no conditions to understand it. After all, sorcery is called superpowers in some small places.

However, Shen Yuanyi does not completely agree with this view. Of course, strictly speaking, this view is not wrong, but the level it involves is still limited by human cognition.

"I think spells are a miracle. We are weak humans who can't even get rid of gravity with our own strength and are limited by our flesh and blood. But when we come into contact with some unknown rules, we 'understand' and master them from a human perspective, and thus a miracle is born!"

Shen Yuanyi casually used his cursed power to roll up a small insect from the light and shadow dappled forest where they were. Under his superb control of the cursed power, not even its fragile elytra were damaged.

Shen Yuanyi let the insect crawl in panic in the palm of his hand. After a moment, it spread its wings and waved its afterimage rapidly, trying to escape from his palm.

However, under the gaze of the two, the insect was "trapped" in a small space the size of a palm. Every time it crossed an invisible boundary, it would instantly return to Shen Yuanyi's palm.

The poor flying insect's brain capacity was simply unable to comprehend such a phenomenon. It just followed its instinct to take off and return to its original place. During this time, it stopped flapping its tentacles out of 'confusion', but eventually it was trapped in this cycle.

"Look, time is just a concept given by humans, but it has been materialized. There is also Satoru's limitless skills, Maki's sister Zenin Shin's construction technique, and your technique, Otsutsuki. In a sense, they all break all the common sense of human beings."

Otsutsuki was a little confused: "But isn't the curse itself a very idealistic power? It can't be considered scientific, right?"

"Do not……"

The insect in Shenyuan's palm suddenly underwent some changes. Its shell began to shrink and disappear, and a layer of wrinkled skin was woven out of nothing, eventually wrapping it up completely.

The changes on the insect's body, which soon turned into a cocoon, had not yet ended. This layer of skin completely disappeared in the blink of an eye, and in the end, what was left was the juvenile form of the unknown beetle - a fleshy insect.

After placing it on the tree trunk and letting it crawl away, Shenyuan looked at Otsutsuki with a strange expression and said, "No, sorcery is exactly the opposite. It is very 'scientific'. It is scientific to the point where sorcerers can pass it down step by step. Although their achievements are different, it is just like the difference between ordinary people and people like Einstein. Their different achievements do not affect objective existence."

"I know that many sorcerers believe that creating things out of thin air, controlling thoughts, changing the laws of physics, and even tampering with time like me are extremely incredible things. Only superpowers or even miracles can explain them. The predecessor of all spells in Neon is Onmyoji, and in the predecessor of the neighboring East Country, they call it monks.

However...it is actually not something difficult to understand. It's just that people from the past to the present cannot understand it. If you go back to the past and talk to people from the past about the most cutting-edge achievements in physics and mathematics today, do you think they will be able to understand?

Do they view those things in the same way that we view the incredible things that magic can accomplish?"

Otsutsuki was speechless. He had received education in an ordinary school, and after reaching the Jue High Realm, he also taught himself a lot of knowledge in his spare time, so he also understood the huge gap between different eras brought about by this technological development.

For a moment he was somewhat convinced. If he thought about it carefully, it was not impossible. The way people today view spells might not be much different from how people in the past viewed today's people flying into the sky, moving mountains and filling the sea.

Will there be a day when spells are analyzed more deeply, just like the explosion of technology, and at some point people's understanding and mastery of spells will be much more profound? And at that time, will spells really still be limited to the group of sorcerers?
Many cursed tools can actually be used by ordinary people without the need for cursed power, and recently it was said that Ye Moth-senpai's cursed corpses have entered mass production, and their operating standards have been lowered again and again.

If things continue to develop in this way, will it be possible that one day in the future ordinary people will also be able to have pets that can protect them from some low-level curses and use spells through cursed tools?
Just like people nowadays use mobile phones, computers, cars, airplanes, etc., and strictly speaking, even ordinary people have cursed power. Only those who are extremely rare like Maki who are restricted in their cursed power will have no cursed power at all.

When you think about it this way...it seems that kind of future is not impossible!
"In fact, the art of sorcery is a discipline that can be constantly improved. The most obvious example is Otsutsuki, which is the same essential techniques that have appeared in the history of sorcery.

I once met a powerful sorcerer. Her technique was the same as that of Maki's sister, Zenin Shinji, both of which were construction techniques. However, the depth of their application of the techniques was worlds apart."

Shen Yuanyi seemed to be lost in memory and continued, "Also, for the curse families like Gojo, Zenin, and Kamo, even with continuous inheritance and experience, the same spell can have surprising differences in the hands of different people."

"Is this a difference in cursed power or talent? Perhaps, but it won't be that big. For example, the Kamo family's Red Blood Manipulation Technique, just from the effect point of view, it is far less powerful than the Unlimited and Ten Shadow Techniques, right? But in fact, this technique also has an extremely powerful side."

At this point, Shenyuan's eyes had an inexplicable glow, which was the result of being immersed in a field that he was very interested in and could activate his mind and body. "So! I think... there is no absolute distinction between strong and weak techniques or spells, because they themselves represent the contact with certain rules. For example, Mingming's Black Bird Manipulation Technique, I think this technique should not be called this name, but should be called - Mind Control!"

"Her technique can control some small animals to fight for her or assist her. The reason why she chose the crow is because its size is just right and it is within the control range of the technique. It also has the ability to fly, which makes it very suitable for scouts and even launching attacks."

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Shenyuan clapped his hands, then pointed his finger at Otsutsuki: "Then the question is, the technique cannot be limited to Mingming's technique to only control crows or other specific species, so the real effect of her technique should be able to control animals!
As for humans! Although we claim to be the most intelligent creatures, from a biological point of view, we are also a kind of animal. So theoretically speaking, Mingming's magic should be able to control and hypnotize humans!"

Otsutsuki was a little stunned. He didn't know why, but the sorcerers' understanding of the technique was quietly limited to it being some kind of talent with rule-like abilities. Just like Mr. Nanami's technique, hitting the target's 37th point node would cause an excellent attack with a critical hit effect.

But why is it a 3:7 ratio? Why not 19, 55, or other ratios?
The answer is I don't know. This is how the technique works. After the technique is awakened, the general ability of the technique will actually appear vaguely in the mind of the practitioner, just like a baby does not know what a "hand" is after it is born, but understands that this thing can be waved, but it cannot be separated from the body.

Such questions were meaningless in the past. Who would think about such boring questions? Instead of wasting time on this, it is better to spend more time practicing spells and physical skills.

But today, during a casual chat with Kami Genichi, Otsutsuki suddenly realized a problem. What if Mr. Nanami's technique is the same as Miss Meimei's technique mentioned by Mr. Genichi?

In fact, the 3:7 ratio of the 'Ten Stroke Spell' is not important, it is just a self-psychological suggestion. So, in this case, the true nature of Mr. Nanami's technique should be an offensive spell that can cause additional damage and effects?
"So, can the technique 'evolve'? No... if we follow your guess, Genichi-sensei, it should be said to be a return to the origin?"

The surprised Otsutsuki also became a little excited. He told the example of Nanami Kento that he was thinking about: "Perhaps Mr. Nanami's technique could have allowed him to cause great damage to the enemy with every strike, but due to some limitations, it has become necessary to hit the nodes of 37 points to trigger it!"

Seeing that Otsutsuki had learned by analogy, Shen Yuanyi was also very satisfied, but he still wanted to correct some of Otsutsuki's ideas: "Yes, why is the Gojo family's No Lower Limits so famous and powerful? Isn't the original performance of this technique just to repel external things away from the practitioner? But you can also see that nowadays No Lower Limits has developed so many moves, and among them is the role of the Gojo family's six eyes. They can use the six eyes to "see" the deep-level spells that ordinary sorcerers cannot see, so they can promote their own ancestral techniques to the present level.

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However... not all spells or sorcerers can do that. It's like giving you a computer. Some people can only use it to play games, but some people can create a 'world'."

"The life span of an individual is too short. Among the billions of people in this world, more than 99% of them cannot change the direction of the world in their entire lives. However, the major nodes that drive the world's waves seem to be due to a very small number of individuals, but in fact they are inseparable from the entire group."

Shen Yuanyi looked at Yuta Otsutsukota and said something meaningful: "Otsutsukota, when cattle and sheep are trapped on the grassland, it is impossible for them to cross the sea and mountains and go to other unfamiliar places.

At this time, a disaster is needed, perhaps a snowstorm, a drought, or perhaps the original grassland is eaten up by them, so as to force them to think and find solutions, and then break through difficulties and obstacles to get a "grassland" that is better than before. "

……

"Teacher Yuanyi, I think I understand you..."

Perhaps thinking can really transcend time. At this moment, many things flashed through Otsutsuki's mind. He thought of the conversation he had with Kamiganichi... and also thought of the 'essence of spells' that the two had discussed.

According to that theory, his technique actually didn't deviate too much. Other people's techniques were just a partial contact with the rules, so his technique was to imitate and copy how others controlled that part of the rules.

And he had indeed evolved, or returned to the origin. In the beginning, imitating the technique required the body parts of the object to be imitated, and there were other harsh restrictions. But now, it seems that the body parts are not a necessary condition. The body is just a carrier of the technique. Then maybe one day he only needs to fight a battle to obtain the opponent's technique?
However, that certainly depends on the difficulty of the object of the imitation technique. When I copied the Wheel of Time, it took a long time of trying with the cooperation and guidance of Master Genichi before I succeeded. Now that I can achieve similar time acceleration and reversal, I have also gone through efforts and insights that ordinary people may not be able to achieve in their entire lives.

"So... my technique can be done. Genichi-sensei, you said that there is no limit to the power of magic, and it is the people who shackle it. But I also want to say that people also have no limit!
There are no gods in this world. Those so-called "gods" that have been solidified into symbols are just people's own minds. The only thing that shackles us is the "present"!"

Wheel of Time: Reverse!
There seemed to be some unknown changes in Yuta Okkotsu. His figure seemed to become blurred at that moment, but then bigger changes occurred on the field.

First of all, Kujukuyuki, who should have died in her own ritual, stood there intact, but the destroyed ground and other things around her proved that her previous activation of the limit of Star Wrath was not an illusion.

The second most important thing, which is also their goal at this stage, is that Tianyu Yuzhan was destroyed!
But Shen Yuanyi didn't seem to care too much about the destruction of his own Tianyuyuzan. His eyes were now on Otsutsuki, and there was a mixture of surprise, relief and other emotions in his eyes.

"Haha, I'm already surprised that Kei and Satoru were able to break through their own shackles. I didn't expect that you, Otsutsuki, could go one step further after all those improvements..."

"You... have touched the 'future'."

(End of this chapter)