Chapter 426 – Two Solutions

The skies above the Black Forest were still quite safe.

Over the past few days, Mo Lan and her companions had never encountered any danger from the air.

On top of that, the feign-death spell concealed their life auras, and the flying carpet’s invisibility shield hid their forms, making things even safer.

Standing outside the tent had been quite cramped for the group, but once they stepped inside, it opened up dramatically.

The moment they saw the big, plush sofa in the living room, they couldn’t hold back.

They rushed over and collapsed onto the sofa one by one.

“This method is wonderful!” Vasida said. “So much more comfortable!”

For the past few days, they’d either been sitting cross-legged or standing bolt upright, never able to stretch out this comfortably.

Mo Lan: “…”

If Vasida hadn’t insisted on making egg fried rice on the spot, she never would have thought of joining two flying carpets together!

“If only the flying carpet could be a bit bigger — big enough to hold the tent on its own,” Sylph said.

“That’s impossible!” Lilith said. “I thought of that when I first modified the broom, but it simply can’t be done. The flying carpet’s current size is already the limit of the broom’s Transfiguration function. At its core, it’s still a broomstick — no matter how you stretch or reshape it, there’s a limit. The carpet form is already the largest flat surface configuration that our predecessors ever managed to develop.”

“If you want to put a tent on a flying carpet, it’s not like there’s no way at all.” Mo Lan was buried entirely in a throw pillow, her words muffled and unclear.

Lilith, Vasida, and Sylph perked up instantly and dug Mo Lan out from the pillows. “What way?”

“There are two solutions,” Mo Lan said.

“The first solution: buy a small-space {Spatial Tent Card}.

The reason our tent looks so large on the outside is because we’re all using the largest-space {Spatial Tent Cards} available.

A {Spatial Tent Card} — the kind that, once deployed, forms a connection with the outside world and allows living beings to enter — is fundamentally different from a {Spatial Card} or {Spatial Ring Card}, which are purely storage spaces.

The space inside a {Spatial Card} or {Spatial Ring Card} is completely isolated from the outside world, entirely dependent on the spatial magic materials. It’s essentially an independent space, unaffected by the size of its vessel. No matter how large the space, it can be made into a single card or a tiny ring.

However, the spatial laws within that kind of space are incomplete — it can only be used for storage and cannot sustain living beings.

A {Spatial Tent Card} is different. Its internal space is tightly interlocked with its vessel, connecting to the main world through the vessel, and the spatial laws inside approach completeness.

When deployed in a world with complete rules, living beings can enter.

But at the same time, this means it’s heavily influenced by the vessel’s size.

The larger the vessel, the larger the internal space can be.

The spatial difference between the vessel’s size and the internal space is determined by the energy and quality of the spatial magic materials used.

Given the quality of spatial magic materials currently cataloged in the Book of Cards, and my current level of Alchemy Magic, a tent with an internal space this large requires a vessel of this size.

But switching to a smaller tent would work just fine. If you get a {Spatial Tent Card} of around thirty square meters with a single floor, the size should be just right to fit on a flying carpet.”

“Thirty square meters! And only one floor?” Lilith shook her head. “That’s way too small. What’s the second solution?”

Vasida and Sylph also felt that wouldn’t be enough.

Ever since they’d bought their {Spatial Tent Cards}, they’d been living in tents of several hundred square meters!

“The second solution is to wait until I figure out a way to get my hands on a supreme-grade spatial gem.”

Mo Lan said, “Right now, the best spatial-type cards use advanced-grade spatial gems as their material. If we switch to supreme-grade, the spatial difference between a {Spatial Tent Card}’s internal space and its vessel could be stretched far beyond what’s currently possible. That way, for the same space capacity, the vessel could be much smaller.”

“A supreme-grade spatial gem! Didn’t you unlock the material upload function? Upload one sample of a material and you can buy it at the original price forever — hasn’t any witch uploaded a supreme-grade spatial gem?” Lilith asked.

“Unfortunately… no,” Mo Lan said. “Natural supreme-grade spatial gems — who knows how many years it’s been since one appeared on the Continent of Valen? As for supreme-grade spatial gems enhanced by Spatial Witches… perhaps the senior Spatial Witches, like Lady Celia, simply haven’t returned to the Witch Council in recent years!”

“That’s not necessarily the reason,” Lilith sighed. “When you all went to the Witch Title Evaluation Office last time, you were in such a rush that you didn’t look carefully at the title registry. From the founding of the Witch Council to the present, excluding Sorceresses, only one witch has ever received the Spatial Witch title. And that witch was a predecessor even to the Sorceress seniors — she passed away hundreds of years ago.

Right now, among all witches, those with Advanced-level Spatial Magic are probably just you, Moira, and three Sorceresses.”

“In reality, there should be a few more than what’s listed in the registry. Because a witch’s title badge is only useful on the Continent of Valen.

In fact, Beyond Peak witches can still improve their magic talents in the Well of the Sky! Even if their Spatial Magic reached Advanced level, they probably wouldn’t care much about getting a title.

Take Madam Amisha, for example — she’s a Beyond Peak-level Omnipotent Witch! All her All-Element Magic has surpassed Peak level!

But the gap between an advanced-grade spatial gem and a supreme-grade spatial gem is as vast as the difference in the spatial power contained within them — worlds apart.

To enhance an advanced-grade spatial gem into a supreme-grade one, you not only need Advanced-level or higher Spatial Magic, but also an enormous amount of time.

Typically, once someone manages to enhance one, they’ll craft it into a magic item for their own use. Few would stockpile them, so it’s perfectly normal that no witch has uploaded one.

Ever since I obtained my advanced-grade spatial gem, I’ve been using Spatial Magic to enhance it without missing a single day.

But after nearly a year of enhancement, that gem is still nowhere close to supreme-grade — not even remotely!”

Mo Lan took out the advanced-grade spatial gem she’d been enhancing all this time and showed it to them.

“It really does seem… like hardly any change at all!” Lilith said.

Sylph nodded. “No matter how you look at it, it’s still just an advanced-grade spatial gem.”

Vasida pulled out an advanced-grade spatial gem she’d bought — a {Material Card — Advanced Spatial Gem} — and compared the two side by side. “There’s barely any more spatial power in it!”

“Exactly! Going from low-grade to intermediate, the enhancement didn’t even take a full year,” Mo Lan said.

“Looks like a {Spatial Tent Card} made with a supreme-grade spatial gem is a lost cause for now. Let’s just buy a smaller {Spatial Tent Card} as a backup!” Lilith opened the Card Shop.

Hearing this, Sylph couldn’t sit still anymore. “Moira, where’s a good place to do Alchemy in here?”

She hadn’t studied Alchemy Magic in days, and both her broomstick and wand were still the original versions!

Fitting a Spatial Tent onto a flying carpet was not something she needed to worry about just yet.