Chapter 525: Bai Yu’s Love Course Learning
“Witches are truly magical beings. Witches in romantic relationships are hard to change unless they feel love, so… I propose that you should never attempt to change your partner, no matter how good your intentions are. In the end, she will not change for it. This kind of self-righteousness will only worsen your relationship…”
Listening to the witch on stage, Bai Yu was also studying earnestly.
This class about the outlook on love for witches was not only for the students but also for extraordinary witches, so even during the holiday period, many informal courses like this continued to be offered. After all, as long as there is demand, there will be witches to satisfy it. The element of romance is quite popular even among extraordinary witches.
For the long-lived witches, their extended lifespan has led to a constant differentiation in their views on love. The two most mainstream perspectives are, one, the “uniqueness” centered on fidelity, and the other, the “hedonism” focused on seeking excitement.
These two groups are also the ones that cannot stand each other the most, but these are just their choices regarding the reality of their prolonged lifespans.
Some witches have a firm belief in fidelity, which leads to increasingly high expectations for their partners due to their long lifespan.
On the other hand, some witches feel that life is for enjoyment, and being tired of one witch is an inevitable occurrence. Maintaining good relationships is the norm, and pursuing freedom is their right. Their expectations for a partner only require an adequate connection; the other party’s existence is merely for fleeting pleasure.
They regard this as a form of philanthropy, believing it to be part of life experiences rather than everything, and think that witches who accompany only one person throughout their lives do not understand the joy of enjoyment.
These two different cognitions are doomed to be irreconcilable, especially for witches who think with their emotions.
Of course, aside from this perspective, the interaction patterns between witches are still quite harmonious.
Because of the diversity of perspectives, there are distinct classifications of courses on witches’ outlooks on love at the Witch Academy.
Perhaps shortly after this class finishes, another class will be teaching how to charm those pure witches and take them to bed.
So, most of the not-so-right relationships among witches are likely due to an unresolved emotional debt between the two.
However, it was clear that Bai Yu was not attending a course like the latter; she could only regard Xiao Han as her one and only.
Bai Yu was trying to confront the things that emotions could not face during this course. She needed to be the one who accommodates above that emotion, and this downward-compatible relationship destined that she must think more rationally about why.
They say that in love, there must be one smart person and one fool; this dynamic allows the relationship to last. Bai Yu made such a choice.
“When it comes to emotions, if you try to offer rational suggestions, no matter how good the starting point is, you can’t escape the subjective definition of the other party. That is, your suggestion will be interpreted as criticism by the emotional side. Don’t find this strange; after all, love requires setting aside the brain. What does giving a suggestion entail? It is an error-correction behavior, indicating that you are saying the other party is wrong. In love, there is no room for error, only tolerance.”
“Of course, if you encounter such a situation, you must have an internal self-judgment. If you really cannot accept the other party’s values, I still suggest not continuing to be together, unless you have a reason to stay with them or… you are tolerant enough of the other party…”
The witch on stage continued to speak, like a master of emotions, sharing her concepts and viewpoints with the audience below, while also attempting to analyze some issues rationally.
In response, Bai Yu was naturally taking notes very seriously. Regardless of right or wrong, she needed to understand and recognize everything. Only by personally understanding could she form her own judgment.
“In a romantic relationship, do not have too many assumptions, and it is best not to be disturbed by external discussions and opinions. For example, do the proactive party really have to give gifts? Is giving gifts an obligation? No, how could it be? Obligation only cheapens this sentiment.”
“You must understand that your romance is for yourself, not for others. Do not let romance be plagued by unhealthy practices. Of course, what I am saying is a normal perception that the party in love should have; I believe this is a concept and quality that a normally cognizant witch should possess, but it does not apply to all witches.”
“Next, let’s talk about a typical group of bad witches. The existence of this group tarnishes the witch race’s construction of love concepts, making a sacred process of interaction cheap and letting pleasure dominate the mind…”
After the criticism of another type of witch began on stage, many witches started to listen attentively. Some couples nestled together also looked toward the instructor, their eyes filled with a hint of gossip.
At that moment, a witch beside Bai Yu took the initiative to speak to her.
Originally, Bai Yu didn’t want to engage with her until she called out her name.
“Sister, why aren’t you responding? By the way, are you the one… Bai Yu?” The witch clearly asked with some curiosity.
“Yes, what can I do for you?” Bai Yu asked, slightly surprised, as the other party could call her name while she did not know much about her, which was obviously problematic, so she instinctively used Earth Vein Identification Technique to understand the other’s situation.
However… the other party was also an extraordinary witch, and the records in the Earth Vein about her were sparse, but she quickly gathered basic information about her name.
“I heard you and Xiao Han have that kind of relationship; is it true?”
“Um? Yes, is there a problem?” Bai Yu replied without hesitation, but seeing the other party’s gossipy expression, she felt that the other was thinking something strange.
“Really! Can we be friends?” This witch, after her surprise, quickly wanted to connect with Bai Yu, “I’ve admired Xiao Han for a long time, hehe…”
“You could’ve said that a bit less obviously.”
“Okay, okay～ Don’t hold too many biases against me. It’s just that running into one of the central gossip witches makes me genuinely excited, so I couldn’t help but come over to talk. But… why are you attending this class? Is it because you feel lost in emotions since Xiao Han is so outstanding now?”
“Perhaps…”
“I understand～ To be honest, Xiao Han has become a shining star lately, but I didn’t expect, wow, that you would take the initiative! I must say, sister, your taste is really good. I heard you graduated not long ago and came back to the Main World; you must have started courting her since your student days～”
“You know quite a bit; are you all this bored?” Bai Yu asked helplessly.
“Well～ mainly because I’m bored; otherwise, I wouldn’t be here listening to lectures～ I still don’t have a girlfriend now, and I think I should broaden my horizons. Do you think I should find a student…”
“The Witch Academy does not advocate student-teacher relationships.”
“Eh? So you and Xiao Han… oh, Xiao Han is a teaching assistant. Wait! I seem to have discovered something significant… no wonder Xiao Han is so eager to become a teaching assistant!” At this moment, she seemed to discover some truth, excitedly speaking, but then stopped, “Forget it, forget it, I probably don’t have the fate for that, and those little ones don’t suit my taste. I prefer more mature big witches, preferably the kind that seems to be… just waiting to be summoned～”
“Good luck with that.”
“Thanks for your kind words～”
She laughed, but her gaze intentionally lingered on Bai Yu. After all, among most witches here, the standard for partners is typically another witch, so the sudden appearance of an “outsider” like Bai Yu naturally piqued her interest to tease a bit.
It was like finding someone whose partner is in elementary school among a group of couples who are similar to each other… that was probably the feeling.
It was hard not to attract the attention of witches, but with Xiao Han becoming a Little Witch in front of so many witches, it was not entirely unacceptable. After all, for long-lived witches, age is not an issue.
“By the way, I also want to ask about that Great Knowledge Seed; as Xiao Han’s girlfriend, you must have it, right? Can you show me?”
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“Xiao Han～ your production of Great Knowledge Seeds is quite worrisome. Is there really no way to speed it up a bit?”
“Yeah, with the current efficiency, who knows how long it will take to promote it among the student body.”
“I’m still thinking of ways, but why do I feel like you all seem more anxious about the promotion of Great Knowledge Seeds than I am?” I asked suspiciously.
After all, I was the biggest beneficiary of the promotion of Great Knowledge Seeds; they shouldn’t really have a direct benefit, so why the urgency?
Moreover, they also knew that the derivative promotion of Great Knowledge Seeds indirectly meant working for me, but they seemed completely unbothered by it.
Additionally, due to the recent shortage of Great Knowledge Seeds, I had been cultivating Great Knowledge Seeds at full speed in the past few days.
As the base number of Great Knowledge Seeds spread increased, it had also become much easier for me to obtain useless knowledge and information, which was used as nutrients to become the best nurturing material for Great Knowledge Seeds.
This significantly improved the efficiency of the condensation of Great Knowledge Seeds, as the raw material supply issue had been resolved, many things naturally fell into place, and to further increase efficiency, the only methods remaining were to shorten the nurturing time and increase the cultivation limit.
However, shortening the condensation time isn’t something that can be achieved overnight; unless there is a significant breakthrough, it can only rely on practice makes perfect. After all, the condensation process is essentially the spell-casting process, with Knowledge Seeds being the spell effect derived from Great Knowledge Seeds. Naturally, the casting time can be compressed through becoming skilled, but this kind of improvement is very limited unless there are special skills related to spell-casting, which depends on luck.
However… with the growth of the Great Knowledge Tree, the number of Great Knowledge Seeds that can be nurtured at once is also continually increasing. It can be foreseen that in the future, it may even become possible to complete the cultivation of tens of thousands of Great Knowledge Seeds with a wave of my hand, which would be spectacular.
But such things cannot be rushed. While I was studying the Great Knowledge Tree, I also discovered a very peculiar kind of “application.”
That is, I unintentionally touched upon the “interconnectivity” of dreams!
Instances from the Primordial Dream World proved that dreams can connect individual consciousnesses, which corroborated the notion of dream interconnectivity.
This discovery was unexpected.
As I understood more concepts and things, I also realized what I had unwittingly touched upon in the Sea of Dreams.
This incident was related to the Fool Dream; it happened at night. Fool Dreams do not reduce their necessity for sleep as I do; their bodies are destined to follow regular biological norms and require periodic rest.
While Fool Dreams were resting, I happened to be exploring the stability of the dual-tree structure in the Sea of Consciousness and the Sea of Dreams.
I followed my instincts, connecting with a thread of the dual-tree structure, and I actually observed Fool Yun trapped in a “dream” within the Sea of Dreams!
To be precise, it was Fool Yun; her consciousness was in the dream.
Perhaps because Fool Dreams wield the effects of two Great Spellbooks, it subconsciously allowed her to form a connection with me, and thus I was able to observe her!
This discovery suddenly opened up a whole new door for me. I then proactively sought out information related to dreams, ultimately focusing on the knowledge of dream interconnectivity.
I planned to find those three Fool Dreams to cooperate with me in experiments, for if this attempt succeeded, it would allow the completion of communication of consciousness through dreams. At the current stage, I had already achieved outer consciousness observation. As long as observation is possible, interference is achievable. If interference is possible, then information can be transmitted. What does transmitting information represent… is naturally self-evident.
And achieving this level… would allow Fool Dreams to genuinely become my “spokespersons!”
Of course, if it were merely about passing messages, it wouldn’t be a particularly astonishing discovery. After all, there are many means of conveying information, and it doesn’t necessarily need to be this complicated. The crucial point is… this relationship significantly holds the possibility of interconnecting consciousness entering my Sea of Dreams!
Fool Dreams are dream creatures; their so-called sleeping is essentially the return of consciousness to the dream world. More accurately, it’s the return of the individual to the dream, so leveraging the interconnectivity of dreams implies that if Fool Dreams return to the dream in a special way, their bodies can appear in my Sea of Dreams.
And since my Sea of Dreams and Sea of Consciousness have been unified, this indicates… that my Grand Wisdom Enlightenment Spell and spells related to the Great Knowledge Tree can affect the Fool Dream individual. If, upon returning to her body, the spell’s effects still endure… then Fool Dreams would become the medium for me to release spells beyond sight!
All of this merely requires testing… If it fails, I’ll just chalk it up to overly optimistic assumptions. If it succeeds… hehe, then in the future, it will be “Open the door, Fool Dream brings you warmth!”
Having thought of this, I no longer hesitated and directly proposed my idea to the busy witches at that moment.
“I’ve discovered a new approach that requires collaboration with Fool Dreams. Regarding some other related research, I may need to put that aside for now.”
“Have there been any new discoveries?”
My sudden words instantly piqued the interest of many witches since, for most witches, research related to Great Spellbooks is always prioritized, representing the opening of new paths. As long as the path is opened, they have confidence to continue down it.
Therefore, the key is always about finding the road; that’s akin to the role of a “navigator,” which is far more precious than that of a knowledgeable senior witch.
At this moment, many witches seemed to discover a frightening fact about Xiao Han—that she might very well become a super academic witch who balances being a “navigator” and being “knowledgeable”!
At least now, they saw such shadows in Xiao Han.
