Chapter 125: Do You Understand the Value of the Papers Collected in the Witch World?
Time passed quickly in the Dream World.
Although I was merely observing a spellbook created in a dream using Spirit Vision, I had never experienced the convenience brought by Spirit Vision so effortlessly.
The mysteries of the spellbook unfolded like a book for me to manipulate!
Moreover, this is a dream; if I can’t see clearly, I can arbitrarily magnify the spellbook!
This way, I could see much clearer.
Teacher Ji watched from the side to prevent any accidents. Until I reached out and enlarged the spellbook in the dream to a size comparable to a bedroom, countless expressions of confusion and shock flashed across her eyes.
Isn’t the control authority of this dream in her hands?
Teacher Ji stared blankly at the authority in her hands; what was going on? Xiao Han autonomously grasped the authority of the dream?
But she hadn’t taught the other person how to manipulate dreams; the other was even an Extraordinary Witch without a registered identity in the dream realm, and even lacked a dream information panel…
However, Teacher Ji quickly brushed this matter aside because the existence of dreams was the work of the Primordial Witch. No witch would dare to say she understood dreams as well as the Primordial Witch!
Maybe Xiao Han figured it out on her own; a genius who could quickly master the Witch Meditation Method must have some privileges, which she couldn’t bring herself to envy.
“Alright, we can’t continue like this; your physical state is critical. Hurry and exit Spirit Vision!”
Teacher Ji glanced at my physical information in reality and hurriedly interrupted my excited research state.
“Huh?”
I raised my head, looking at Teacher Ji with slight confusion. I felt great… wait! This is a dream!
Then my real body… Upon realizing this, my seemingly tireless spirit began to dwindle.
“Stop being confused; if it weren’t for me, you’d eventually play yourself to d*ath. Right now you also don’t have a means to return on your own. Next time you want to enter the dream, you’ll need to set a time for forced return.”
Teacher Ji wrapped her arm around my waist. Before I could react, my mind turned chaotic, and the vision of the dream gradually shattered.
When I regained my senses, I realized I was lying in the dream sleep pod.
“Um… I… this is…” I struggled to lift my eyelids, feeling as if a truck had run over my entire body.
“Welcome back to reality. How was it? How did the first experience in the dream feel?” At that moment, Teacher Ji’s figure appeared in my line of vision.
Her words successfully reminded me of the memories of just now.
It seemed I had completely analyzed the spellbook in the dream?
But… I seemed to have forgotten a lot… I instinctively pressed my hand against my forehead, trying to recall those memories.
“What? Is it exhausting? It’s normal. Using Spirit Vision so intensely in the dream, did you think your body wouldn’t pay the price?”
“Sorry… I didn’t notice…”
“Don’t apologize to me; while it’s still fresh, record your understanding of that spellbook. How much do you remember?”
“Uh… to be honest… I’m almost forgetting half…” I felt quite ashamed as I spoke this, after all, I had put in so much effort, yet ended up remembering so little.
“You can still remember a small half? Not bad, keep it up.” Teacher Ji rarely encouraged me, but soon she pushed a panel of the Earth Vein System in front of me. “While the memory is still vivid, write something down.”
“Um…” I nodded weakly. Right now, my body was very weak and needed rest. Lying in the dream pod seemed quite nice; this soft gel chair was indeed suitable for relaxation.
I took over the panel before me and continued the section from the morning, beginning my next performance.
I still remembered many things from the dream. Those novel insights were expanding my limited knowledge. Looking back at the text I had written in the morning, I realized it lacked too much.
But I didn’t have the time to revise; I could only quickly jot down what I still remembered.
Just like that, I became busy for several hours. Constant thinking was also quite exhausting.
Although I had been sitting and resting, I hadn’t rested well, and fatigue was continuously battling with me.
Teacher Ji rarely stayed by my side, explaining that fatigue was a common aftereffect of entering the Dream World.
During my first round of keyword recording, Teacher Ji didn’t interrupt or disturb me.
When I began to add descriptions in my second round, Teacher Ji directly joined me in discussion.
Though it was called a discussion, it was actually more about Teacher Ji listening to me, occasionally correcting my statements.
After all, although her Spirit Vision level was not as advanced as mine, she was still an Extraordinary Witch. Her understanding of the spellbook was far beyond what a newly registered student could compare to.
Even if she couldn’t personally thoroughly research all the information and secrets of a spellbook, she stood on the shoulders of giants. The vast research achievements of the Witch World had long covered nearly all studies related to spellbooks, even the process of the spellbook’s creation, from nothing to something, she could trace.
This is the perceptual vision of an Extraordinary Witch; the Witch World is her most solid shield.
Moreover, this was merely a spellbook composed of a very simple Fireball Spell.
At this moment, I also gained a new understanding of the spellbook. Although I could no longer reach that state of “limited omniscience” in the dream, having experienced it was still invaluable. Understanding the principles of the spellbook is merely the first step; the second step is figuring out the practical application of the spellbook’s internal principles.
After all, practical application is the ultimate goal; theoretical principles are the foundation that supports practical application, guiding its direction and development.
Otherwise, aimless exploration… I had to admit that this was also a rapid extension method, but it also bore unknown risks.
“Perfect. I must say, aside from the unstandardized formats and grammatical errors, the research content you expressed has already reached the level of a paper written by a typical Extraordinary Witch after normal research on a spellbook.”
After Teacher Ji saw that I had completely perfected this content, she couldn’t help but clap her hands. However, she didn’t mention that some of the content in this log might be even more thorough than those superficial papers.
Is this the level of Spirit Vision at the Floating World?
Just using Spirit Vision for simple observation reached conclusions that an Extraordinary Witch might take a long time to derive.
“Thank you, Teacher, for your praise. If it weren’t for you by my side…”
“Stop saying those unnecessary things; your achievements are to be recognized by you.” She interrupted me and corrected me.
“I originally thought analyzing a spellbook would take a lot of time.” Teacher Ji shook her head, her lips curling into a smile, then glanced at the time, seeming to realize it was almost evening.
Then Teacher Ji walked to the experimental table and grabbed the spellbook for Fireball Spell, but she did not rush to return the spellbook to her body.
Instead, she walked over to me with a smile.
“Today, I’m very satisfied with your performance.” Teacher Ji explained to me, but she was even more pleased with my Spirit Vision. “Consider this spellbook a reward for your hard work today.”
As she spoke, she stuffed the spellbook into my body before I even reacted.
“Huh?”
Although this process wouldn’t be painful and wouldn’t provoke any significant sensation, I was still quite surprised that a spell was just given away so casually, isn’t that a bit extravagant?
Even though this was just a Fireball Spell’s spellbook, such an offensive spell is still quite valuable!
“Take it; you deserve to keep it. Right now, you have one Fireball Spell and one Protection Spell in your body, so you roughly have a means of attack and defense.” Teacher Ji smiled contentedly. “By the way, it’s getting late, and today’s temporary research project can be considered completed. Organize this analysis report; then come to my office with it.”
“Um, okay.”
I watched Teacher Ji leave, but soon I realized, wait, how am I supposed to bring the logs from the Earth Vein System to your office?
However, at that moment, Teacher Ji left decisively… There’s no choice; I’ll just get this analysis report organized first.
After spending some time on it, I looked at the time, and it was already evening!
Unknowingly, I had even grown hungry. It seemed I needed to hurry; I wanted to have a good meal tonight, then get a good night’s sleep!
With that, I carried the panel out of 8401 and walked straight toward Teacher Ji’s office. Looking back at the panel faithfully following me, I couldn’t help but marvel at how impressive this thing was. Despite being quite a distance from the research table, it hadn’t disconnected?
But I didn’t need to worry about that; I just needed to find Teacher Ji in the office.
When I arrived at 8405, there was a dedicated display frame next to it, featuring a mature woman with a posture resembling Teacher Ji’s by eight parts.
In the name column, it wasn’t simply “Ji Niang” but rather “Ji Niang (Xi Lan).”
“Come in! Do you like looking at my personal information that much?” At that moment, Teacher Ji’s voice came from the office, startling me, making me shiver.
So I quickly pushed open the office door.
“Um, Teacher…”
“It’s nothing; I saw you standing outside without coming in, and I thought something happened. What? Were you looking at my personal profile?” Teacher Ji asked with a smile, raising the corner of her mouth.
“Uh… yes…” I lowered my head and admitted. I swore I just glanced at it out of pure curiosity, given she was my tutor and would guide me for many years; I felt I should know a bit about her.
“Those are very outdated details; so long ago that I wasn’t an Extraordinary Witch then, so that information has no reference value. Did you see the name Xi Lan behind my name? Guess which is my former name, Ji Niang or Xi Lan?”
“Uh… Xi Lan?” I ventured to ask, considering it was in parentheses.
“It’s Ji Niang. When I became an Extraordinary Witch and left this world, Xi Lan was my officially registered name in the Witch World. However, for some reasons, I returned to my original world, which is here, so the name recorded here is still Ji Niang. Therefore, I continued to use it. That phrase in parentheses, Xi Lan, I engraved privately.” Teacher Ji joked about it herself.
Then she directly took over the panel before me.
“I will help you organize this analysis report into a paper and publish it on the Witch Academy’s official paper network. It might even be included by some institutions in the Witch World, although the probability is low.” Teacher Ji swiped her finger, and the log appeared on her desk’s panel. This operation indeed amazed me.
“Eh? Can this still be published as a paper?”
“Of course, there’s no problem with the academy publishing it. Don’t underestimate yourself; strictly speaking, you want to be among the top of the current Spirit Vision levels, so your achievements are limitless. As for the papers collected by the academy, they will later be uploaded to the Witch World. As long as the similarity rate is not 100%, they will be included.”
“Ah?” At this moment, I was shocked. As long as it’s not 100%, it can be included; what kind of divine rule is this?
“What? Are you surprised? You haven’t seen the sheer volume of papers collected by the Witch World, nor the large number of witches. If you write a paper randomly and check for duplicity, most will be 100%.”
“Oh, right. This check for duplicity refers to the originality of research results, not text duplicity. Now do you understand the value of this duplicity check? Any paper that is not 100% duplicated represents an area that previous witches have not fully explored and has value for inclusion.”
“Is that so…” I nodded, realizing I had been quite ignorant. I thought it would be a textual duplicity check, which would be terrifying.
But if this method of duplicity-checking is too much water, wouldn’t it lack a duplicity rate? After all, if the entire paper lacks any practical research results, isn’t that the same as being non-existent?
“I will fill in my name as your guiding teacher, and your name will come after mine. Do you have any objections? If so, I can place your name first since this paper was a collaboration, and you played a crucial role in it.”
“No, no, this is fine,” I quickly refused, after all, this research analysis report was based on the materials provided by Teacher Ji, including the spellbook, which was provided by the teacher, and even the guidance on utilizing the dream to study, and subsequent corrections on some content.
If I were to take the first place on this paper, I might feel overwhelmed since it was my first time. It’s better to let the teacher bear the pressure in front.
Anyway, my prior mental expectation didn’t regard this as a paper for publication, and the teacher would also help me with formatting, which is truly hard work.
“Xiao Han is truly sensible. It’s getting late; you should head back early. Time always seems to fly for you all.” Teacher Ji smiled. “By the way, there will be a class gathering tomorrow morning. Just in the morning; the academy system will forcefully release the message. After you return, check which students haven’t received it and remind them in the group.”
“Okay, I will.” I nodded in agreement. “Um, Teacher, if there’s nothing else, I’ll head back first.”
“Wait a moment; there’s something I still need to give you.” At this point, Teacher Ji stopped me again.
“Hmm? What else is there?”
“Here, take this.” Teacher Ji casually handed me a neat stack of printed papers from the side. “These are papers related to spellbooks that I organized, which will be very beneficial for you. There are five pieces about the Fireball Spell and another five analyzing other spells; these will help you understand spellbooks better.”
“Thank you, Teacher!”
I solemnly accepted this heavy stack of papers; this was incredibly important.
I knew I couldn’t build a wall by myself. Although I possessed formidable Spirit Vision skills, I still needed to see others’ interpretations. In others’ worlds, what spells represented is vital.
