Chapter 690: The o*al Report to Principal Mei
In the end, the crowd that covered the Sixth Refuge dispersed.
After the totems within my field finally became “quiet,” I was safely brought back by the witches.
Including Yi Rui and the others, they left with us.
After all, we had caused such a commotion here, and it was unreasonable for Yi Rui and the others to stay.
More importantly, they had witnessed the extraordinary mentors from various extraordinary academies behaving inexplicably towards the Witch Academy.
They didn’t know if they would become targets for provocation, so it was safer to leave.
Although all the attendees were the powerless clones of extraordinary mentors, a fight didn’t break out in the end, but what happened in the Sixth Refuge today would inevitably cause a huge uproar.
Ordinary students wouldn’t understand why things developed this way; at least, they didn’t have the qualifications to touch that answer for now.
Looking back at those extraordinary mentors.
Even though they faced the Witch Academy’s firm attitude and said nothing in the end, not all mentors from other extraordinary academies lacked insight; some recognized what it truly was.
The totem.
It was precisely because they recognized it as a totem that they felt a severe headache.
Extraordinary beings who had studied or understood totems naturally knew how difficult it was to learn about totems, or rather, it wasn’t a matter of whether one could learn it at all.
Now, suddenly, a student emerged who could wield such power, even to the point of tearing open void rifts from the moment of its birth!
They couldn’t even fathom the source of such power. Void rifts… even the Great Spellbook, formed with Extraordinary Knowledge, could barely open such a thing, yet this totem could tear like fine threads of void simply by manifesting its form…
This indicates that the potential for the development of that power in the future would likely not be weaker than that of the Great Spellbook.
But speaking of countermeasures, they couldn’t snatch it away, and killing… they had no confidence in killing someone among those witches.
It was truly a headache.
The other side was a little witch who possessed two Great Spellbooks and a domain; her eventual promotion to extraordinary would undoubtedly lead her to sainthood. What does this represent?
It means that once she is promoted, her combat power will be significantly stronger than that of ordinary extraordinary beings!
And now she also mastered the totem; such talent made them envious! They felt like they would love to k*ll her at once.
…
At this moment, surrounded by a group of witch sisters, I returned to the safest Witch Academy.
Yi Rui and the others also took this opportunity to prepare to return to the academy since they hadn’t been there for a while.
Upon returning to the Witch Academy, the clone of Sister Bai who was with me faded away, and the real Sister Bai was there to welcome me.
The clones of the other witch sisters returned to the Wanlian Main Network Tree laboratory.
After all, the business of supporting the scene was done, and naturally, they had to return to normal.
Though I had returned, I needed to provide an explanation for my actions.
After all, I had almost triggered an extraordinary conflict between various extraordinary academies, and I couldn’t just be let off like that, right?
So… I received a call from Principal Mei right away and was summoned to her office.
However, Principal Mei only called me as the “culprit”; Yi Rui and the others were not implicated.
“Xiao Han, how do you plan for me to explain your situation? What were you doing in the Expanding Realm? Let’s hear it,” Principal Mei’s clone looked at me helplessly and finally let me explain the situation first.
“Um… doesn’t Sister Mei blame me?”
“Blame you for what? Witches never blame witches who can create a huge stir, except for troublemakers.”
“Alright…” I glanced at Sister Bai beside me, and after getting confirmation, I finally calmed that slight worry within me.
“The commotion this time was mainly caused by the power of the totem. Although I don’t know whether it is a real totem, based on the characteristics of the totems I currently understand, they all match well.”
“Totem…” Mei Linde silently stared at me.
She remembered that not long before, Xiao Han had just come into contact with the concept of totems, right?
What kind of development is this… wishes coming true?
Are totems that easy to grasp?
“Can you demonstrate it?” Eventually, Principal Mei managed to utter this question.
“Sure.” I nodded in agreement.
Then I struck the initial pose of body cultivation, and a force emerged from deep within me.
Immediately, the mark of the body cultivation totem manifested from within me.
Once I mastered that totem, I understood that the totem should be considered a “derivative” of a certain primal power, and not existing independently.
The totem is not an independent system like runes, so it cannot be learned.
The totem I have mastered originally stemmed from Self-Awakened Body Cultivation and Self-Generated Magic; later, I used the power of Self-Awakened Body Cultivation to reach it, which ultimately led to the previous “tragedy.”
And now, the power of this totem seems to be perfectly integrated with my Self-Awakened Body Cultivation power.
Yes, the source of the totem currently displayed comes from Self-Awakened Body Cultivation.
Moreover, I discovered that this totem might not be complete; it might be missing the other half, which is its other half that birthed it—Self-Generated Magic.
Both combined might represent the complete form of the totem.
As for why the totem could relate to my domain… that’s because the foundation of the Heart Realm Field is derived from Self-Awakened Body Cultivation.
“This is… the body cultivation totem?!” Clearly, Mei Linde recognized this power of the totem.
“Uh… it might be the totem of Self-Awakened Body Cultivation; I can sense that this totem’s power originates from my Self-Awakened Body Cultivation…” I said.
“Alright… it’s the same, but I apologize; I don’t have experience in teaching you this knowledge, so the research and exploration regarding totems will likely need to be conducted by you gradually.” Principal Mei sighed, seemingly expressing a sentiment or some other feelings.
“Hmm, I am prepared for that mentally.” I nodded, indicating that I accept this challenge.
After all, previously, Sister Mei had also told me that she had studied totems but was not specialized in this area; perhaps the power of my body cultivation totem might be something entirely new for them.
“Since you figured out the reason why this happened, then… tell me the cause. Didn’t you go out to supervise the college entrance examination recently? You returned so quickly yet stirred up such a huge matter in the Expanding Realm; I don’t believe you were thinking about totems from the start. You must have been doing something else, right?” Principal Mei questioned.
She was well aware that the more one forces something like a totem, the less likely they are to obtain it, so the power of the totem was most likely a “byproduct” from Xiao Han doing something else.
She could perfectly use the Earth Vein Identification Technique to gather information, but she didn’t do that; it would be better for Xiao Han to recount it personally.
Listening to Xiao Han perform in front of her… well, it could also increase her psychological resilience.
“Alright, I can’t hide this from the principal…”
“Tell me, what kind of genius inspiration prompted you to do this?” Principal Mei leaned back against the chair behind her, preparing to enter the listening mode.
“This matter… um… stems from the technique I recently grasped for condensing the Magic Source.”
“Oh? You started engaging with this?” Principal Mei raised an eyebrow, glancing at Sister Bai, who nodded to indicate that it was indeed what she taught.
“Exactly, because I recently learned that forming a complete domain requires one hundred million points of Magic Source, so I planned to learn this technique in advance, accumulating little by little…”
“The Magic Source is not a threshold for further improvement after promoting to extraordinary. Xiao Han, you are a bit anxious this time.”
“Yes, Sister Bai has also told me this, so the Magic Source I’ve condensed thus far is only a handful and has stopped because I thought of something else.”
“Hmm, carry on.” Upon hearing my explanation, Principal Mei sensed that the matter was about to enter a ridiculous phase; she even had a hint of expectation about what inspiration Xiao Han had derived from the technique of condensing Magic Sources to act so irrationally.
“Um… it is related to the Self-Generated Magic Physique.”
“Self-Generated Magic Physique, oh… and then?” Upon hearing this, Principal Mei was somewhat taken aback.
This answer was surprisingly plain; after all, condensing Magic Source indeed cannot be separated from Self-Generated Magic, a unique talent of witches.
“Then I thought, can this talent of Self-Generated Magic be widely promoted among those below the extraordinary level? Is there a technique that can endow this talent to any prospective witch?”
“Hmm?!”
At this moment, Mei Linde felt grateful that she wasn’t drinking tea, or else she would have spat it out!
Xiao Han was actually thinking of summarizing Self-Generated Magic into a technique to promote it among the prospective witch community?
Mei Linde instinctively wanted to refute but forcibly held back; honestly, was this idea terrifying?
Terrifying.
Could it be possible to achieve?
Possible.
Because Xiao Han was the best example!
At that time, she submitted this successful case to the Grand Library of the Witch World, which caused a huge uproar!
But the only regret was that Self-Awakened Body Cultivation… was truly too rare!
Moreover, the experimental subjects weren’t extraordinary witches; even if you wanted to grab one for experiments, they might not cooperate.
“How do you plan to do it? You know very well how high the threshold for such experiments is.” Mei Linde’s tone naturally became steady, entering a scholarly discussion state.
“One of the thresholds is the Self-Awakened Body Cultivation.” I replied.
“No, the Self-Awakened Body Cultivation is not the only threshold. Xiao Han, the successful experiment on you was actually largely coincidental; many details in the research process, you might not understand. You don’t comprehend what Self-Generated Magic truly is…”
“Hmm… is that so? Sister Mei, I actually have some guesses about Self-Awakened Body Cultivation; can I ask you?”
“Of course.”
“Is there a connection between the Self-Generated Magic of the Witch Race and the power of Body Cultivation? Also, does Witch Transformation count as a passive, derivative power system of the Witch Race related to Body Cultivation?”
“……” Upon hearing my two questions, Principal Mei fell silent. After a long time, she slowly spoke, “Is this an insight of your own, or did someone tell you?”
“Hmm… I can sense some correlations between the power of Self-Awakened Body Cultivation and Self-Generated Magic, so I inferred that the concept of Witch Transformation is primarily based on the foundation of racial transformation and… after promoting to extraordinary, the innate talent of producing Self-Generated Magic from one’s body, and I also found that Witch Transformation has a power that passively enhances physical qualities, so I speculate that it relates to Body Cultivation…” Of course, the main reason is that the mode of Witch Transformation is similar to Body Cultivation, both enhancing the life level.
“To be honest, Xiao Han, except for some slightly immature expressions, your thoughts don’t have much error. Frankly, I’m ashamed; although I understand this concept, it was a senior I know who told me, not something I discovered myself.”
Principal Mei sighed, cheerfully admitting her shortcomings. It appeared that Xiao Han’s rate of development was far faster than she had anticipated, and the only limit she faced… seemed to be just the extraordinary threshold.
“Xiao Han, you previously said that you wanted to summarize the talent of the Self-Generated Magic Physique into a technique that can be endowed and promoted; now I somewhat believe you can do it. How is your progress now?”
“Uh… just getting started? After all, since this technique cannot bypass the power of Self-Awakened Body Cultivation, I’m merely researching the power of Self-Awakened Body Cultivation, and… that’s it…”
“Just getting started… I see. Since you are back, then focus on your research at the academy. I will apply for an independent laboratory for you; just let me know what you lack.”
At this point, Principal Mei waved her hand and applied for a specialized laboratory for me.
Witches encourage those with ideas and will provide certain help. Even if the final result is failure, for witches, it is just a failure; what they fear most is the absence of ideas, as well as the capability and execution to realize those ideas.
Thus, Principal Mei’s questioning of me was virtually over; she didn’t need to concern herself with further details. She was very busy, at least at this stage. Otherwise, she wouldn’t only have a clone in the office.
But even a clone needed to handle a large amount of paperwork.
“By the way, Sister Mei, can I ask one more question? The last question.”
“Still have questions? Ask away.” Principal Mei picked up a document beside her and spoke.
“Hmm… I just want to know if there are any existing, mature techniques related to the one I’m currently researching within the Witch Race?”
“There aren’t, at least I’ve never heard of one.” Principal Mei directly shook her head simply.
“But… self-generated magic is one of the most important foundations of part branches in the major topics among witches. The Witch Race has so many witches… and even there’s the Truth Witch on the topic… uh…”
“Xiao Han, do you have any misunderstandings about the Truth Witch?” Principal Mei raised her head to speak.
“Hmm? The Truth Witch can’t do it either?”
“I don’t know if they can do it or not, but considering the faith witches have in the Truth Witch, I believe they can achieve such things. However… even the Truth Witch are still witches. Even if their lifespans are infinite, they don’t have infinite energy. They explore the frontiers of the extraordinary field but are not omniscient. If you were to suggest a Truth Witch to research the technique of endowing Self-Generated Magic for a group of prospective witches, you might get killed.”
“Uh… is it that serious?”
“Every witch has their own path and sacrifices. The Truth Witch is responsible for continuously forging unknown paths, while our mission as latecomers is to constantly repair, expand, and derive this path. So… Xiao Han, I have faith in you. If you truly achieve this, you might garner the attention of the Truth Witch.” Principal Mei said while giving me a thumbs-up.
“Uh… thank you for your trust, Sister Mei. I’ll take my leave now.” I turned to Sister Bai, who had been silent throughout, took her hand, and prepared to leave.
Now, with this conversation with Principal Mei, I can go all out again!
Of course, this conversation was not just an o*al report; it was also a clarification.
I had previously been uncertain about my thoughts because I believed that the Witch Race lacked geniuses, and this matter couldn’t have only occurred to me. Moreover, Principal Mei did indeed say that it was possible to do, for example, the Truth Witch, but they didn’t have the time to do so.
Since that’s the case, then let me fill in the gaps!
