Chapter 483: The Concept of Life Levels
“That’s right, Xiao Han, you don’t even know this—so… should I talk to you about it? Do you want to understand life levels… or suppression?”
“I want to know both.” I replied without hesitation.
“Oh? So greedy?”
“One is a concept, and the other is a derivative application, right? If you clearly explain what life levels are, it’s equivalent to clarifying what the so-called suppression of life levels is.” I said, as at least for me, if I understood a concept, I was confident I could derive corresponding techniques.
“That’s true—but Xiao Han, do you know? Knowledge has its value. What do you plan to use to exchange for this knowledge?”
“I respect the value of knowledge. If you plan to monetize it in this way, then I’ll choose my own way to take it for free.”
“Oh dear—I’m just joking, just joking! How could I use this to harm our friendship? Such fundamental knowledge is something that any devoted student preparing to advance to an Extraordinary Witch will acquire.” Li Feiya quickly brushed off her previous statement as nonsense.
“Then could I trouble you, Senior, to explain it to me? After all, you did say earlier… if you knew, you’d definitely tell me.” I didn’t mind what she had just said; after all, it was something Li Feiya could do.
If I had to wait until after the joint exam to ask Sister Bai, that would be somewhat troublesome, and my curiosity about the concept of life levels would also affect my mood.
“Right! I did say that earlier.” Li Feiya said seriously, “So… returning to the initial question, Xiao Han, how much do you know about the concept of life levels?”
“I’ve only heard about it and know it’s the key to advancing to an Extraordinary Witch; beyond that, I don’t know much else. Oh, and that the Magic Source seems to subtly promote the elevation of life levels.” I pondered my understanding of life levels, ultimately finding only these descriptions.
“Oh? You know quite a bit?”
“Wait, is that already not a little?” I asked in confusion.
“Yes, do you want to research deeper aspects of the concept of life levels? That’s not something we should be studying. We just need to know that the Magic Source can elevate life levels and allow for transformation; that’s about it. Understanding its function is to help us seize the opportunity for advancement. Oh, I almost forgot, there’s also the potential for the essence of life to transform the soul. Xiao Han, do you understand the concept of the soul?”
“I do.” I nodded; I seemed to have been certified by the Academy Head regarding my soul essence, so this was not something I needed to worry about.
“You actually know? So, you’ve looked into the Soul Great Topic, right?” Li Feiya asked in surprise.
“Right…” I nodded, not denying it, as I had indeed looked into the Soul Great Topic a little.
“That’s good. I won’t talk about the soul; let’s discuss life levels instead. Isn’t that what you wanted to understand? Life levels, to put it simply, are how long you can live.”
“?”
Listening to Li Feiya’s explanation, I silently raised a question mark.
“Don’t look at me like that… I’m explaining it to you in my own way. Life levels just divide the degree of life into many layers, right? But life can’t be described using numerical values, so this is just an abstract metaphor; as long as you understand, it’s fine. If you want to hear it in detail, I can’t help you…”
“Alright, you continue, but before that, I’m curious about how life levels are categorized?” I asked, not too fixated on it since the extraordinary levels were inherently complex.
“I also asked my instructor about this, but she told me that life levels are just divided into Extraordinary and Non-Extraordinary. It sounded like nonsense. However, within the Academy, there’s a system of self-classification passed down from previous senior students, which refers to the general classification of Non-Extraordinary levels. Because the transformation of life levels doesn’t have very obvious characteristics, it’s only for reference.”
“Summary of experiences accumulated over the years? Interesting, can you tell me about it?” I naturally had no doubts about that and even felt some sense of resonance, wasn’t the spellbook classification in the Witch Academy similar to this?
“Of course.” Li Feiya, riding on her broom, took the opportunity to explain a bit while they were on the dark sea.
“The classification of life levels needs to start from the external characteristics of life, such as life activities, energy, physical strength, resistance, adaptability, and anti-d*ath ability, etc. These are the external manifestations of life levels.”
“The initially defined life level is called ‘Ordinary Person.’ You should have some concept of the energy, physical strength, and resistance of an Ordinary Person, right?”
“Yes, I know those. So, does the elevation of life levels indirectly represent the enhancement of these abilities as well?” I continued to ask.
“Of course! After crossing the first level of Ordinary Person, you enter the Extraordinary level, which is the second level.”
“The description of the second level is relatively vague because individual differences make pure and precise numerical definitions less meaningful. Therefore, the description for the Extraordinary level is that energy, physical strength, resistance, etc., are greatly enhanced, specifically manifested as being full of energy, able to stay up for several days with no problem, having great strength, being able to lift very heavy things, and some basic diseases would almost be extinct in us unless interfered with by spell effects; otherwise, our Extraordinary-level lives would hardly get minor illnesses.”
“Oh…” I nodded, understanding this; I was roughly at this level, able to stay up for days with no issue, and had never been sick. Strength… I hadn’t paid attention to that since I was still focusing on body cultivation, so that reference was not very significant.
“So what about adaptability and anti-d*ath ability, especially anti-d*ath ability?” I kept asking about this topic I was very interested in.
“Adaptability is simple; it’s the capacity to adapt to external environments. Survival requires many things, such as food, water, rare elements, air, etc., which are basic needs. Adaptability does not purely mean not needing these external things, but rather the methods of acquiring them.”
“But externally, it generally means not needing to consume too many of those things to maintain vital signs. In the Extraordinary level, our demand for these things doesn’t change much; at most, we can withstand heat and cold and can hold our breath for a long time. Going without food or water, we can still be active for quite a long time at that level.”
“What about anti-d*ath ability?” I continued to inquire about this topic that concerned me greatly.
“Literally, the enhancement of life levels allows formerly ordinary people to suffer fatal injuries, while for an Extraordinary person, it’s merely a serious injury. The major factor is the enhancement of the body’s self-healing and demand abilities; in simple terms, it becomes harder to k*ll, and the chance of survival increases.”
“Oh…” I nodded. They say witches like to court d*ath, and it seems there’s some reason for that; all Extraordinary Witches start at the Extraordinary level, making them generally seem to enjoy courting danger and fearlessness of d*ath.
But I was curious about why other Extraordinary races didn’t have such rumors about courting d*ath.
Even if they hadn’t reached the Extraordinary level and were merely at the Non-Extraordinary level, they already began developing resistance to d*ath, so shouldn’t the Extraordinary level reach an incomprehensible degree?
“The enhancement of life levels is a comprehensive enhancement; I’ve only mentioned a few very obvious characteristics for you to reference.” At this point, Li Feiya collected her thoughts to continue explaining, “The names of the levels beyond the Extraordinary level use the typical features of that stage to name them, for example, the level after Extraordinary is the Aura level, which is what you call pressure. This life level is a long process, during which you will still experience comprehensive enhancement, including physical attributes and even mental power will be passively enhanced. You’ll gradually transform this aura into an instinct, allowing you to suppress anyone with a lower life level than yours at the slightest thought.”
“Oh? Is this what is meant by application? Directly using it as an instinct?” I asked in disbelief; it seemed so simple and… effortless?
It was simply coincidental to an incredible degree!
“Of course, what else do you want?” Li Feiya retorted, “Don’t doubt this kind of thing; it’s like asking why meteorites always fall into craters; I don’t know how to explain such self-evident matters.”
“Sorry, my understanding hasn’t caught up. So what about after the aura level?” I quickly organized my thoughts and continued the topic.
“After the aura level is the Immortal level.”
“Ah? Wait, why the sudden leap?”
“I just said— the aura level is a long accumulation process; during this time, there aren’t any noticeable qualitative transformations in any abilities. Don’t tell me we should create another level for being stronger or having a stronger self-healing ability? That would be too troublesome and meaningless.”
“That’s true, please continue.”
“The Immortal level isn’t literally immortal; it’s just close to immortality. I heard that a certain senior once had an instructor use a Resurrection Spell as a safety net to test the limits of the Immortal level. It was too bloody; I heard the Academy unilaterally halted it. However, that senior didn’t d*e to the point of needing resurrection until it was stopped.”
“Ah, that… is too reckless…”
“This is called a lack of reverence for life!” Li Feiya corrected sternly. “Anyway, I wouldn’t dare to do that; you just need to know that reaching such a life level is quite bizarre.”
“Mm…” I nodded, recalling the Ninglan Qiuyu I met in Ninglan New City. After receiving the blessing of the Abyss… it couldn’t be killed; perhaps reaching the Immortal level of life was about that level.
But can life really be brought to such an extent?
After reaching that extent, can it still be called life?
Thinking of this, I slightly shook my head to deny this idea; after all, I also studied the process of Life Interpretation in the Void and should not limit the definition of life to past or even former life’s established thinking.
“As for the final level, that’s the Pseudo-Extraordinary level. This level is quite interesting; even the Academy has adopted this term, because Pseudo-Extraordinary levels start to really touch upon the Extraordinary. I can’t describe the specifics very well; you just need to know this stage. By the way, do you know Real Time?”
“I do.”
“You even know that concept? Um… the brightly illuminated area in front is probably where the Witch Academy is located, right? I won’t elaborate on it; in summary, this life level is likely related to Real Time. If you want to understand more, you can learn from your instructor; she certainly knows much more than I do.”
Finally, as Li Feiya saw that we were approaching our destination, she appropriately ended her explanation.
Because her own insights into the Pseudo-Extraordinary level were limited, or rather, most teaching assistants were also exploring at this stage. If one thoroughly understood this, who would still be a teaching assistant?
It was almost possible to directly delve into their research subjects and apply for advancement to Extraordinary.
“Thank you. Knowing just this much is enough for me.” I expressed my gratitude.
After all, my desire to understand stemmed from satisfying my curiosity. Once that curiosity was satiated, I could later discuss this issue with Sister Bai; after all, the temptation to advance to an Extraordinary Witch was significant.
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“Oh, look! My main body has synchronized a lot of information to me again. Hmm—this is really explosive! I think this will help you understand the current situation greatly.”
At this moment, a faint light was beginning to brighten on the horizon; the darkest hour of the night had passed. Tan Han had naturally not slept, and even now, she felt little fatigue.
She was currently consolidating the information acquired and planning for the various difficulties that might be encountered next, preparing to formally launch an attack on the main island tomorrow.
She suddenly felt that having a subconscious clone to help her solve troubles was really nice.
But at that moment, this clone suddenly became cheeky, speaking strange words and adopting a teasing tone.
This change caught her slightly off guard; she quickly realized it was Xiao Han who had returned!
After a moment of surprise, she realized she had to keep her composure and quietly continued with her tasks.
However, her inner joy was undeniable, and she was curious about how her preliminary planning for the joint exam appeared to Xiao Han. It wasn’t that Tan Han admitted she was inferior to Xiao Han in this regard, but she could clearly understand that sometimes intelligence is much better than a clever mind. A devastating blow from intelligence could completely undermine the efforts of a smart person.
At this moment, Tan Han chose to directly get up. She needed to discuss her invasion plan with others.
Of course, from an outsider’s perspective, it seemed like Tan Han was discussing the feasibility of the plan with her friends. However, she knew she was merely using that form to discuss with Xiao Han, after all, doing the whole act perfectly.
“Sister Tan Han, is the new plan finalized? What has been changed?” Upon seeing Tan Han come out of the tent, a few others who couldn’t sleep while keeping watch immediately approached.
“Minian, you haven’t slept yet?” Tan Han greeted upon seeing her. “Perfect timing, let’s go over the plan together.”
As Tan Han spoke, the Earth Vein Operating System appeared, revealing a sand table map of Bobapop Islands.
The earlier paper map had already been used for drafts and kept as an emergency backup, so she had taken advantage of the ample time at night to utilize the Earth Vein Operating System to create a 3D map model and sand table, making it look more intuitive.
“Sister Tan Han, you actually brought this? How convenient!”
“Yes, just a tool. Before the sun officially rises, let’s review it together again.” Tan Han stated.
