The days were longer now than the last time Charlie came.While the skies darkened by noon before, it was still bright now at 4 pm when they arrived at the royal chalet in Lyngen.However, Charlie was worried that they had less time to see the aurora if the skies were too bright.Vera understood that, and whispered, "Don't worry—if we're talking about the bigger auroras, it would stretch on over a thousand miles. We just have to stay on top of it to prove our theory anyway."Charlie nodded. "We're here anyway, so let's just wait until evening. It'll get dark soon."As the convoy arrived at the hilltop chalet, the escort let them off outside the gates as instructed."Mr. Wade," the valet said politely. "Her Majesty insisted that we leave from here. Please proceed from here."Charlie nodded as it was Helena's arrangement, so once he and the others got off, the convoy didn't wait to leave.Helena was at the front door waiting to receive them, having been informed.She was dressed

Vera then said, "Magic is basically cultivation manifesting in a different packaging. The logic is the same—manipulating Reiki in your body and projecting it into different techniques. Like how they have pizza here while we have our fortune cookies."Charlie blurted in surprise, "You've seen magic?"Ruby and Penny turned to Vera too, curious about what she would say as they knew that she had lived for 300 years and was far more knowledgeable.Vera nodded, her tone casual, "Many domains are not completely exclusive to the East or West. For example, the East uses the Book of Changes and the Eight Diagrams for divination, while the West has astrology, tarot cards, and crystal balls. "It's hard to say which is more advanced, and things have changed drastically across the globe with modernization and industrialization. The West bet fully on their Industrial Revolution, so such esoteric knowledge wasn't passed down amongst them. For example, soothsayers in the past could provide accurat

Sitting cross-legged, Charlie's hands moved rapidly to cast the eight hand seals he had learned from the aurora before. And just like before, once he was done, the Reiki inside him started to drain out rapidly. Charlie hence wasted no time to whip out two Cultivating Pills, ready to take them when he was at his limit. That was when the golden pagoda—barely 4 inches tall—appeared in his sea of ​​consciousness and slowly rose from the surface. It was identical to the Four-Sided Treasure Tower, if not a perfect miniature replica. Just like last time, it was rapidly absorbing all the Reiki from his sea of ​​consciousness. However, Charlie himself couldn't feel any connection to it—or the Reiki draining from his body through his sea of ​​consciousness. Just as he felt like he reached his limit and was going to swallow a Cultivating Pill, the golden pagoda flashed, bathing his entire sea of ​​consciousness in golden radiance. Suddenly, Charlie's Reiki stopped draining away,

At first, both Penny and Ruby were stunned.Like Charlie, they weren't hoping for anything this miraculous.As they exchanged glances, neither was really certain that the Reiki had appeared out of thin air, and they began another sequence of hand seals.Ruby's comprehension, skill, and experience far surpassed Penny's, so she finished it much faster than Penny.When she felt the swell of Reiki within her again, she quickly realized that it did appear out of thin air and burst instantly into tears of joy. She felt like a person who had to rely on others for water, suddenly finding a well.The process was slow, but it was a huge step in progress!Overwhelmed with emotion, she immediately got up and walked to Charlie, prostrating herself as she cried, "Thank you for this blessing, Mr. Wade!!!"Charlie was himself relishing in the miracle when he heard her.Seeing her on all fours, tears rushing down her cheeks, he knew she must have noticed the Reiki swell as well and smiled. "Y

Later, he taught Ruby and Penny the first set of hand seals he ever learned.To avoid triggering the hand seals from draining his Reiki again, Charlie made sure to jumble the sequence. Then, when the ladies mastered each gesture, he would teach them the correct sequence.Since there were eight hand seals for the first time, he taught them in the sequence of 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 7, 6, 5.However, as soon as he reached the fourth, the golden pagoda in his sea of consciousness already shot out of the surface impatiently, ready to drain his Reiki.But when Charlie's fingers cast the reversed sequence, its golden radiance faded instantly, and plunged under the waters again violently, as if sulking and frustrated.Charlie nervously demonstrated the rest of the hand seals sequence, and was sighing in relief when he noticed no change in the Reiki within his body.Then, he asked Ruby and Penny, "Have you both memorized the hand seals?"Both women nodded. "Yes."Charlie nodded in turn. "Now b