Four months had passed since Year 3784 of the New Continental Calendar. Even in the north of the continent, it was already early spring, and the cold weather was long gone.
And in the Principality of Constantine, which was located in the south of the continent, there was even a trace of heat at this time.
Traces of sweat seeped out of Xu Yi's forehead before converging into a stream and finally condensing on his chin. It turned into a drop of sweat that fell onto the experiment table in front of him, wetting a small area.
Evita beside him took a towel and carefully helped him wipe off the sweat on his forehead and face. Her eyes were full of concern and worry.
If it were any other time, Xu Yi's emotions would have been somewhat affected by Evita's actions. But at this time, he didn't spare any attention for Evita at all. All of his attention was focused on the magic array on the experiment table, and he didn't even blink his eyes.
After staring at the magic array for a long time, Xu Yi slowly reached out his hand. Evita immediately handed over the magic array materials that she had prepared beforehand.
Xu Yi took the magic array materials and circulated the mana in his body, refining them in an instant. Combined with his surging mana, a ball of azure light condensed on the magic wand in his right hand.
Xu Yi's hand reached down slightly, and the ball of light came into contact with the magic array that was already half set up on the experiment table. Azure light immediately circulated on every line of the magic array and instantly lit up the entire magic array.
The magic wand moved slightly on a section of the magic array and drew out a brand new line, expanding the magic array a little.
As Xu Yi's hand continued to move back and forth, lines of magic array were drawn at the tip of the magic wand, making the magic array more complicated little by little.
Evita looked at the focused Xu Yi and her heart was full of admiration.
Although this wind magic array was only a level-seven magic array and wasn't particularly high level, she could still successfully draw it with her current level of skill.
But she definitely couldn't do it as smoothly as Xu Yi. Moreover, there wasn't a single mistake from the beginning, and every line of the magic array was exactly the same as on the blueprint.
And from the surging mana flowing through Xu Yi's body, it could be seen that his level of mana had far exceeded that of an ordinary magus of the ninth rank.
Even if Great Magician Camilla said that he hadn't reached the level of a Great Magician, Evita thought that he wasn't far from it.
And Xu Yi wasn't even thirty-five years old yet. According to his speed of improvement, it shouldn't be a problem for him to become a Great Magician before the age of forty.
According to what Evita knew, in the history of Sines, there had never been a magician who had become a Great Magician before the age of forty.
If Xu Yi really became a Great Magician before the age of forty, he would have already made history.
Moreover, Xu Yi had never truly spent all his time on magic research. On the contrary, magic research only took up a very small portion of his time, so small that Evita found it somewhat unbearable.
But even so, his magic level still improved so quickly.
It had to be said that this was the difference between talents.
But Evita had to admit that researching magic machines could also increase a mage's understanding of magic.
Not to mention the researchers of the Academy of Magic, just Evita herself.
When she entered the Academy of Magic, she was only a normal Fourth Grade Magician.
But now that she had entered the Academy of Magic for three years, she was already close to the Seventh Grade Magician level.
She was certain that even if she spent all her time and energy on researching magic, she wouldn't be able to reach this speed.
Evita didn't understand why this was, but a conversation she had with Xu Yi answered her doubts.
Xu Yi had told her that magic was just a process of a magician using magic to arrange the magic elements.
Researching magic machines required precision, logical thinking, and an extremely high understanding of spatial structures. If one grasped this knowledge, it would be much easier for them to arrange and combine the magical elements to form the corresponding magic spells.
Evita confidently researched Xu Yi's words and found that this explanation wasn't wrong at all.
While researching magic machines, she had learned all kinds of strange knowledge from Xu Yi.
This didn't just include spatial geometry, high level algebra, basic physics, and the aerodynamics that she needed to study the Magic Airship. She also learned logical reasoning, reverse thinking, and other methods that could improve a person's logical thinking.
As she researched magic machines, Evita felt that it was much easier for her to learn and grasp new magic compared to before. It was also much clearer and more thorough.
Moreover, her magic level was low before, so she only learned Low Grade Magic. Now she was learning High Grade Magic and it was much easier for her compared to Low Grade Magic, it had to be because of this.
But when she thought of this problem, Evita admired Xu Yi even more in her heart.
The strange knowledge in Xu Yi's mind, Evita could guarantee that no one in Sines could grasp it.
But he naturally had this knowledge, it could be seen that he was a very outstanding genius.
At least in terms of magic machines, Evita felt that she was far from Xu Yi's level.
For example, the "Stage Variable Wind Array" that Xu Yi was currently drawing, it was a Magic Array that Evita had researched to allow the Magic Airship to have multiple speeds.
But during her experiments, Evita found that no matter how she adjusted the Magic Array, she couldn't perfectly fuse the Magic Airship with the Magic Array. She couldn't change the speed of the Magic Airship at will.
In order to solve this problem, Evita had asked Great Magician Camilla how to modify the Magic Array.
But even after Great Magician Camilla modified the Magic Array, Evita still couldn't satisfy her. So in the end, Evita could only ask Xu Yi for help.
It had to be said, no matter how the researchers of the Academy of Magic and the magic machine development center improved, in terms of combining magic and machines, there was no one who could compare to Xu Yi.
After accepting Evita's request for help, Xu Yi immediately saw the problem with Evita's design and quickly gave a solution.
The two studied it for a week before finally deciding on this Magic Array.
Because this Magic Array was too complicated, Evita wasn't confident in finishing it all at once, so she gave the first drawing to Xu Yi.
After around twenty minutes, Xu Yi finally stopped and let out a long sigh.
Evita quickly came over and raised the towel in her hand, wanting to wipe the sweat off his forehead.
Xu Yi didn't react at first, but when Evita's hand touched his face, he suddenly woke up. He quickly took the towel from Evita's hand and forcefully wiped his face a few times.
A trace of disappointment flashed in Evita's eyes before her attention fell onto the Magic Array.
After carefully looking it over and confirming that there was no mistake with the Magic Array, Evita reached out a finger to tap it.
With the infusion of magic, the entire Magic Array lit up with a deep blue glow and there was a gentle breeze that came from the Magic Array.
Xu Yi was blown by the breeze and instantly felt much cooler. He looked at the Magic Array and nodded to Evita, "Try changing gears."
Evita gave an un sound. Her right hand kept inputting magic and her left hand made a small adjustment on the Magic Array, causing the wind coming out of the Magic Array to change.
Following this, Evita made several adjustments and with each adjustment, the wind coming out of the Magic Array would become stronger.
In the end, the wind coming out of the Magic Array even caused the bottles of magic materials on the table to sway.
"Very good, it's a success!" Xu Yi laughed as he signaled to Evita to stop inputting magic.
"Evita, you just need to fuse this Magic Array with the Magic Airship."
"Yes, thank you for your help, Sir President." Evita smiled.
Evita said with a faint smile, "If it wasn't for you, I don't know when I could solve the problem of this Magic Array."
Xu Yi shook his head, "No, even without me, I believe that you would be able to solve this problem sooner or later.
Actually, I wasn't willing to solve this problem for you because you know that I always encourage you to find your own problems and solve them.
But I hope that you can speed up the development of the Magic Airship, so I agreed to your request. "
"I understand."
Evita nodded before asking with a bit of doubt, "But sir chairman, you clearly have a better level of magic machines than all of us, so why are you participating less and less in research?
I feel that if you were willing to participate in research like before, the development of our new products would greatly increase. "
"I said it just now, I hope that you can find your own problems and solve them.
Because I am only a single person, it's impossible for me to participate in that much research.
What I hope to see the most is that you can develop your own products and I just need to be lazy and enjoy the results. "Xu Yi said with a smile.
"In the end, this world can't be changed by me alone, right?"
"You don't care about the matters of the Lampari Kingdom because of this?" Evita asked.
Xu Yi was silent for a bit before giving a sigh, "It can be said like this.
But the matters of the Lampari Kingdom are more complicated, so it's not something that I can do as I wish. "
Seeing that Xu Yi wasn't willing to discuss this topic, Evita tactfully changed the topic. She began discussing the Magic Array with Xu Yi again.
After the discussion was over, Xu Yi left Evita's lab and came to the Xinfei Farm. Looking out the farm to the east, he saw a Magic Armoured Transport Car rolling up a cloud of dust in the distance.