Chapter 678: The Time-Sensitive Body Cultivator, Terrifying Indeed!
After leaving the examination site, I found myself appearing in the Witch Academy.
It seemed like a lot happened during this journey, yet it also felt like I didn’t experience much at all. However, one thing I can confirm is that I certainly gained something.
But along with the gains came more questions, such as those regarding the field.
I also learned something else this time: if there’s nothing to do, it’s better not to suffer needlessly.
Yet sometimes, I don’t want to blindly develop a dependency, which would lead to a lack of personal exploration, so my current state is the most suitable.
I brought my own answers to confirm their correctness, which is far more acceptable to my inner self than directly demanding answers without knowing anything.
However, after returning to the Witch Academy, the first witch I encountered—not even counting—who came looking for me was Trix, that Fortune Alchemist who had found me before.
“Hi~ Xiao Han, it’s been a while. I heard you took the initiative to find yourself some things to do this time?”
“Yeah, that’s right.” I nodded, not surprised by the sudden appearance of this witch. I guessed she might have come to find me because she felt she was close to achieving what she wanted.
“So… what decision have you made…”
“I’m sorry, Sister Trix. I’m very sure I’ve let go of my past, but after making that decision, it didn’t undergo a complete transformation, nor did it complete the final alchemical ritual.” I took out the coin crafted from the shadow of the Fortune Seed and said regretfully.
“Is that so? Am I being too impatient?” Trix received the coin I pushed forward with some hesitation. She examined it carefully, but her gaze didn’t show any disappointment.
“Hmm~ It’s clear that Xiao Han, you must have made a significant decision in your life. However… this has nothing to do with the coin… such a pity… its completion is already close to perfect. You should be able to sense the flow of fortune within it, right?” Trix pushed the coin back to me.
“Yes.” I nodded to indicate I could.
Currently, all the shallow threads of fortune on me had been transferred to this Fortune Coin.
Although that doesn’t mean I’m not influenced by fortune, I have already detached myself from the influence of those shallow threads of fortune.
What can affect me now is merely the push of some deeper luck rather than the pull of the threads.
This feeling is quite refreshing and straightforward.
“However, this half-finished product can’t be considered perfect. I’m not really in a hurry; in fact, I came here ready just to observe the progress. But I didn’t expect Xiao Han you to be so efficient; it’s a bit beyond my expectations.”
“So… does it still lack something?” I asked, picking up the coin.
“Honestly, I don’t know what it lacks. I can only say to go with the flow, but generally speaking, when reaching the final step… based on my experience, it likely lacks a fulfilled promise or a decisive choice. After all, I do call it the choice of fate~”
“Is that so…” Trix’s reminder suddenly made me think of Yang Yunhan.
He was a hurdle from my past that I still couldn’t cross, and I had promised that I would go find him on the day I scored.
But… it was merely going to find him to see if he could be relied upon.
I’ve always had a hesitant mentality about bringing him to the Witch Academy; perhaps this implies a choice?
Maybe when I actually meet him, if I still haven’t found my answer, then I’ll use this coin to decide.
Flipping a coin… it’s a very convenient way to make decisions.
I heard that when the coin is tossed and hasn’t landed yet, the uncertain answer will appear in one’s heart, though I don’t know if that’s really true.
“It seems Xiao Han, you already have the answer in your heart. In that case, I won’t continue to disturb you~” Trix said, satisfied with my expression.
She really liked children like Xiao Han: obedient, sensible, efficient, and possessing outstanding talent and ability. Such children are truly likable.
Of course… Trix also knew something else.
Some special things do not relate to one’s own strength. Some prodigies shine even if they are not extraordinary yet, while those who are merely mediocre remain so even after attaining the extraordinary. Many things are already predetermined from the very beginning; powerful strength is just a mindless accumulation, and different thinking is what forges the birth of a genius.
Thus, she felt that Xiao Han was still a genius who had not yet completed his accumulation.
“Oh~ I almost forgot…” At this moment, Trix seemed to think of something and suddenly handed over a storage card. “This is a reward I pre-ordered for you, as a phase payment for this Fortune Coin. After this coin is fully completed, I will give you another reward that will definitely satisfy you~”
“Huh? This…”
“Quickly take it; consider it my sincerity.” Trix smiled at me.
But inwardly she was thinking about other matters… If it weren’t for Mei Linde suddenly finding her and demanding an explanation, she wouldn’t have this behavior now.
Therefore… her plan to benefit without cost was dashed.
“Thank you, Sister Trix.” Glancing at Trix’s demeanor that made it hard to refuse, I ultimately expressed my gratitude. After all, I also recalled what Principal Mei had said to me—that she would help me seek some form of reward.
After seeing Trix off, I began contemplating my next plan.
Should I go find Principal Mei or seek other channels to understand matters regarding the field?
If I were to find Sister Bai, she would surely share all her understanding and insights with me. If she were unwilling to speak, she would certainly provide a very convincing reason.
Or should I find Principal Mei?
Sister Mei is the type who basically answers every question, and she certainly knows much more than Sister Bai. Besides, she’s the kind who… um… can’t keep her mouth shut?
Let’s skip making such comments behind Sister Mei’s back.
Moreover, Sister Mei should be quite busy lately. Although I don’t know what she’s busy with, the fact that even setting up a totem secret realm for me has been postponed to after the semester proves she truly doesn’t have time.
So… it’s better to have a chat to strengthen my rapport with Sister Bai~
But before that, I plan to first look at the good items Sister Trix gave me. I feel like I’ve been receiving gifts quite a lot lately, but this should also reflect my own worth…
I fondly recall how I became famous during the exchange competition; the mailbox in the dormitory was filled with congratulations and invitations from many clubs and teams in the academy. But now… it seems I rarely receive their congratulations.
Perhaps in their eyes, I have already become an unapproachable presence.
Choosing to build relationships… isn’t something that can just be recognized by writing a letter or giving a gift.
Of course, it’s also possible that they don’t know where to send the letters. After all, whether it’s the original dorm villa mailbox or my current independent villa mailbox, I haven’t organized them in a long time. Moreover, I don’t usually write letters, so I often overlook such trifles.
Putting these thoughts aside, I checked the storage card Trix gave me. The card contained many items, and the most eye-catching one was undoubtedly the Magic Source. After a simple count, there were approximately a thousand pieces. Adding these thousand, my current total number of Magic Sources, if counted precisely, has reached 16,728.
Just this number alone feels like it has long reached the limit of non-exceptional individuals in the academy. Merely speaking of this figure would shock many, as those who haven’t broken the Earth Vein Shackles have an upper limit of only ten thousand. However, I have transcended this limitation.
Leaving aside the Magic Sources, I also found some spellbooks in the storage card, which is better than nothing. I placed all these spellbooks into the Spellbook Rack for safekeeping. As for the remaining precious materials, I also stored them in my own storage equipment.
Afterward, I stacked this storage card with another pile of storage cards. I must say, I’ve also become someone who doesn’t lack storage cards now. Looking at these cards, which are of uniform size except for their different seals, it seems they are all made from the same type of craftsmanship.
However, while pouring out those materials, I discovered something that surprised me: it was a data storage card from the academy’s Earth Vein Operating System!
After simply identifying it with the Earth Vein Identification Technique, I confirmed that the content within is related to Rune Literature!
“As expected…”
Seeing the information stored in the card, I was a bit moved. I didn’t expect my interest in Rune Literature to have spread this far!
Just as I was thinking about this, I suddenly felt a jolt in my heart…
A different kind of perception seemed to suddenly erupt from a distance, making me stand up.
But when I looked around at the passing students, none of them displayed any shocked expressions or noticed anything unusual, as if nothing had happened at all. Yet I felt it clearly!
That was a special power capable of resonating with my heart sense. I looked toward the direction from which the feeling of palpitations came; there didn’t seem to be any obvious disturbance there, maybe just some minor commotion, but something must have happened there.
“Let’s go see… perhaps it was one of the witches failing an experiment?” With this thought, I took out my flying broomstick and soared into the sky. Only after rising high did I realize that this direction… seemed to be Sister Bai’s residence?
After all, usually, when I’d go anywhere, I’d directly teleport for convenience. But now that I flew high up and saw the full view, it indeed seemed to be the area where Sister Bai lived.
“Is it really so close to Sister Bai’s? Or maybe… it really is Sister Bai?” I mumbled to myself while flying over, as I intended to find Sister Bai and casually check out the commotion.
However, my intuition told me… it might be Sister Bai because I sensed a familiar feeling.
It felt somewhat like my sense of time but had distinctly different characteristics. My sense of time is still merely in its infancy, but the movement from there gave me a sense of oppression that could influence me.
As I approached, I noticed many witches were also heading in that direction.
When I arrived at the scene, looking at that figure standing in the air, I was momentarily dazed to realize it was indeed Sister Bai!
“Oh? Is that Xiao Han? Xiao Han, are you here for the excitement too?” Right then, among the extraordinary witches, the witches who arrived like me discovered me, an “Little Witch” obscuring their vision, which piqued their curiosity.
“Yeah, good to see you, sister.”
“It’s nothing~ I didn’t expect Xiao Han to feel this kind of fluctuation too… oh dear, I almost forgot, you’re her girlfriend, right~”
“Yeah.” I nodded repeatedly; it’s something I didn’t feel I couldn’t admit.
“Wow, she’s called Bai Yu, right? I didn’t expect her to grasp the Body Cultivation field so soon after advancing to the extraordinary witch and even touch upon the sense of time.”
“Oh? Sister, are you into Body Cultivation too?” I curiously inquired; otherwise, if one isn’t into Body Cultivation, they shouldn’t know too much about concepts like the sense of time.
“I only practice Body Cultivation on the side, but my field isn’t the Body Cultivation field, it’s the Spell Field. However, as both are fields, I can sense the unique commotion that occurs when a field undergoes transformation.”
“Sense of time…” I looked at Sister Bai at that moment, and my inner shock was hard to conceal, but alongside that shock was joy!
Sister Bai had also mastered the sense of time!
But at this moment, Sister Bai stood there as if she were an ordinary person, her eyes closed. It seemed she was still comprehending, or perhaps reminiscing about insights, a formless power enveloping the surroundings, which was Sister Bai’s Body Cultivation field.
I could sense that the unfolding of this field was fundamentally different from my own.
And having this comparative gap made me more convinced that my own field lacked the intervention of energy and even more the control of energy!
At this moment, I also noticed that the villa beneath Sister Bai had already shattered, and this destruction even affected the surrounding villa buildings. Perhaps she couldn’t control her power earlier, and after sensing the damage her strength caused to the buildings, Sister Bai chose to fly up to reflect.
I surmised that the earlier not-so-large commotion was also the sound of the villa collapsing, but it was not an explosion, hence the noise wasn’t that loud.
A short while later, Sister Bai slowly opened her eyes, the joy in her gaze could not be concealed at this moment.
And this expression also conveyed success to all the witches, while those nearby offered the most sincere blessings to Sister Bai!
Amidst this fervent applause, Sister Bai didn’t get lost in the celebrations. She subconsciously glanced at the building below that was affected by her uncontrolled power, then looked into the vast crowd of witches and spotted me.
She smiled at me, then extended her hand, seemingly performing a special demonstration. However, her posture appeared to manipulate time; this motion… resembled the stance I had when I oscillated the timeline of the earth vein…
In the next moment, the damaged building seemed to be moving backwards in time, whether it was the broken walls, fallen stones, or even the drifting dust, it appeared as if the rewind button had been pressed, restoring everything to its original state.
Until the house, including everything inside, regardless of whether it was damaged or displaced, all returned to its original form without a trace of piecing!
This casual demonstration left the witches watching on the sidelines in awe!
“Wow… a Body Cultivator with a sense of time! How terrifying!” At that moment, a witch in the back gasped and couldn’t help but express her ignance.
“Is it too late for me to switch to Body Cultivation now?”
“Hmm… it seems to rival my time system spell field~”
“Ah? Even those capable of casting time spells are paying attention to this?”
It’s worth noting that in the extraordinary domain, the concept of time belongs to an objectively unproven existence. The definition of time will always be just this moment; time travel is impossible.
But precisely because of this, a time-based spell that defines the concept of time has appeared, and the witches who can walk this path must be extremely gifted individuals, often possessing extraordinary thinking; they are generally not people to provoke.
Because their moves are something that all the non-time spell researchers cannot comprehend, the inability to comprehend signifies a lack of defense and countermeasure.
Likewise, being a Body Cultivator with a sense of time… now also makes one an existence that ordinary strong individuals can’t afford to provoke!
And this newly advanced extraordinary witch, with her rapid rise, has reached a height in many witches’ hearts of being “not to be trifled with”!
Meanwhile, an inner note was taken of the name “Bai Yu.”
Some witches vaguely recalled that this Bai Yu witch… seemed to also have a Little Witch girlfriend?
