184: Chapter 184 The Outrageous Su Bai

Thirty seconds.

One minute.

Two minutes.

The core group chat, which had been extremely lively just a moment ago, suddenly seemed as though all sound had been sucked out of it.

Su Bai finished a cup of tea in the living room.

There were still no new messages on Li Qingyue's communication interface.

Her expression began to change.

Were these people all just pretending to understand earlier?

Right at this moment, Qi Yuan sent a message.

[Qi Yuan: I have a question.]

[Qi Yuan: What on earth is the seventh-layer circuit responsible for?]

After this sentence appeared, the group chat fell into a dead silence once again.

Li Qingyue blinked.

Qi Yuan was still at the testing center just now and should have already seen the outermost public structure of the Stand Card.

Why would he ask such a question?

Could it be that he didn't understand it either?

Thirty seconds later, someone finally replied.

[Grandmaster Jinyan: I thought you knew.]

Qi Yuan: "..."

The next second, the group chat completely exploded.

[Qi Yuan: What do you mean?]

[Grandmaster Jinyan: Didn't you just say that the seventh-layer circuit returns to simplicity?]

[Grandmaster Jinyan: I thought you had already figured out its specific functions.]

[Qi Yuan: I just thought it looked like it returned to simplicity.]

[Grandmaster Jinyan: Me too.]

[Grandmaster Hanyuan: I thought I was the only one who couldn't understand it.]

[Grandmaster Tianheng: So none of you understand it either?]

[Grandmaster Gumu: Wait, everyone's analysis just now was all a guess?]

The group fell quiet once more.

This time, there was a bit more awkwardness mixed into the silence.

The grandmaster who had just praised the ninth group of formulas for being filled with the aesthetic of spiritual materials quietly recalled three messages.

Unfortunately, recalling them was already too late.

[Qi Yuan: What about the ninth group of formulas then?]

[Grandmaster Hanyuan: I don't know.]

[Grandmaster Tianheng: I don't know either.]

[Grandmaster Jinyan: I only understood the six outermost auxiliary patterns.]

[Grandmaster Gumu: I didn't even completely understand all six of them.]

[Qi Yuan: ...]

For the first time in the Tier 9 group chat, such a long ellipsis appeared.

Li Qingyue stared at the screen, suddenly feeling a certain emotion that had been weighing on her chest slowly dissipate.

She had originally been worried.

As Su Bai's master, would she appear too incompetent if she saw the theory designed by her disciple yet couldn't completely understand it?

If even she couldn't understand it, what qualifications would she have to guide Su Bai when he brought out even more profound systems in the future?

Now it seemed.

The problem didn't seem to lie with her.

The Stand theory designed by Su Bai was simply not something a normal person could directly understand.

Even Qi Yuan could only start his research from the six outermost auxiliary patterns.

Moreover, those six patterns came from Qi Yuan's own renowned thesis.

As for the core structure of the Stand, I'm afraid no one in the entire Truth Sanctuary truly understood it.

Li Qingyue quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, she felt something was still not quite right.

Since everyone couldn't understand it, what on earth did all those praises from earlier mean?

She sent this doubt into the group chat.

[Time-Space Supreme · Li Qingyue: Since you all couldn't understand it, why did you say it touched upon the realm of the gods earlier?]

This time, the replies came very quickly.

[Grandmaster Jinyan: Because it looked very similar.]

[Grandmaster Hanyuan: And since you sent it out, you must have already understood it.]

[Grandmaster Tianheng: I thought you were testing us.]

[Grandmaster Gumu: I didn't dare admit that I couldn't understand it.]

[Qi Yuan: ...]

Li Qingyue looked at these messages and fell into a long silence.

The Emperor's New Clothes.

This group of Tier 9 grandmasters who had lived for over a hundred years actually staged an unprecedented version of The Emperor's New Clothes in the group chat.

Everyone thought that others understood it.

Everyone was unwilling to be the first person to admit they didn't understand it.

In the end, everyone praised that non-existent piece of clothing together.

Li Qingyue raised her head to look at Su Bai.

"Disciple."

"Hmm?"

"What do you think of this theory?"

Su Bai thought about it seriously for a moment.

"It is currently just a preliminary framework."

"If we can use the philosophers stone to complete the Stand Awakening Arrow, it can truly be considered complete."

"Then do you think the other Tier 9 grandmasters can understand it?"

"They probably can."

Su Bai said it very naturally.

"They are Tier 9 Card Creators after all."

Li Qingyue lowered her head to take a look at the group chat.

The group was already discussing how to organize a joint research effort.

Everyone was expressing their willingness to undertake a portion of the work, yet no one was willing to be responsible for explaining the seventh-layer circuit.

Qi Yuan had even proposed using three months to rebuild the outer structure of the Stand Card.

Li Qingyue suddenly felt that it was better not to tell Su Bai the truth.

Just in case Su Bai found out that the entire Truth Sanctuary couldn't understand it and turned around to design an even more absurd set of things, those old fellows would probably collectively doubt their lives.

She closed the communication interface.

"Overall, it's passable."

"There is still room for improvement in some details."

Su Bai nodded.

"I thought so too."

Li Qingyue's expression suddenly stiffened slightly.

She suddenly developed a question.

Did the "some details" Su Bai mentioned refer to the resonance network she pointed out earlier, or did it refer to those core structures within the Stand System that she completely didn't understand?

"Master."

Su Bai suddenly leaned closer.

"If Qi Yuan joins the research, what do you think he should be put in charge of?"

Li Qingyue thought about it.

"Let him handle those six auxiliary patterns."

"He is most familiar with that part."

"Good idea."

Su Bai nodded.

"But with only six patterns, wouldn't it be too few?"

Li Qingyue's expression remained as usual.

"Too few?"

"I think we can expand it a bit more."

"For example?"

"Have those six patterns be responsible for the first layer of filtration during Stand awakening, and add spiritual pollution isolation, soul wavelength adaptation, and reality coordinate correction."

Su Bai picked up the blank card paper on the table and casually drew a few strokes on it.

Li Qingyue looked down.

The auxiliary patterns, which originally only had six, instantly gained thirty-seven more nodes.

Several of those nodes even subtly echoed the seventh-layer structure she had discussed in the group chat just moments ago.

Li Qingyue's pupils contracted slightly.

However, Su Bai had already stopped writing.

"This should be about right."

"What do you think, Master?"

Li Qingyue stared at that piece of card paper.

A few seconds later, she raised her head, revealing her usual calm expression.

"It works."

"There is indeed still room for improvement, but like this, it's already enough."

"Alright."

Su Bai put away the card paper.

"Then I'll go prepare the materials needed for the philosophers stone secret realm first."

He turned and left the living room.

Li Qingyue watched Su Bai disappear at the stairwell, then slowly lowered her head to look at the card paper from earlier.

The parts she could understand were a bit more than the other Tier 9 grandmasters in the group.

And that was just a bit more.

At the very least, she already knew to completely give up trying to catch up and instead accept reality.

Su Bai's growth speed was simply too fast.

As his master, the only thing she could do was Stand by his side whenever Su Bai needed her.

As for how profound the theory actually was.

Just let Su Bai continue moving forward on his own.

Anyway, no matter where he went, she would follow.

Even if one day Su Bai truly walked to the end of the world's laws, she would still Stand at the starting point of that road, waiting for him to turn back.

Meanwhile, in the Truth Sanctuary core group chat, Qi Yuan sent the final message.

[Qi Yuan: This old man has decided to apply to become the chief peripheral researcher of the Stand System.]

[Grandmaster Jinyan: Supported.]

[Grandmaster Hanyuan: Supported.]

[Grandmaster Tianheng: Supported.]

[Grandmaster Gumu: Supported.]

[Qi Yuan: In addition, regarding the specific function of the seventh-layer circuit, has anyone figured it out yet?]

The group chat fell silent once more.

Half a minute later.

[Grandmaster Jinyan: I thought you knew.]

[Qi Yuan: ...]

[Grandmaster Hanyuan: What about the ninth group of formulas then?]

[Grandmaster Tianheng: I thought you knew.]

[Grandmaster Gumu: ...]

Li Qingyue sat in the living room, watching the messages pop up continuously.

She finally confirmed one thing completely.

Her disciple Su Bai was indeed a bit too outrageous.

At least for now, there was no longer anyone inside the sanctuary who could teach him.