Chapter 716: The Idea of Self-Generated Magic
After some small talk, I arrived at Instructor Belika’s side.
At this moment, Instructor Belika and the others were working on the spellbook, specifically the “Hatching Rebirth” Resurrection Spell we had previously left behind.
According to Sister Belika, it would take a few more days to complete this spellbook.
After all, this is essentially a brand new derivative resurrection spell, but it seems somewhat lacking compared to the Reincarnation Rebirth Spell.
“Xiao Han~ Look at how big your laboratory is, you wouldn’t mind if we conducted some small experiments here, right?” At this moment, Belika took the opportunity to ask me in between her work on the spellbook.
“Uh? Sister Belika wants to do experiments in our lab? May I ask what kind of experiments?”
“Oh, just some small experimental projects, nothing too troublesome for you. It’s just some research topics. I noticed that you don’t seem to utilize this laboratory much, so I thought it would be a waste.”
“Ah? So it’s because Sister Belika will be held up for a long time while making the spellbook that she has to resort to this?”
“Thinking too much! I simply didn’t get a reservation for the laboratory and wanted to borrow some space. As Principal Mei would say, I’m just a terrible spellbook maker, and my topics hold no value, others have researched them already—it’s better to watch old videotapes… Is it wrong for me to want to recreate it myself?”
“Um… then okay, Sister Belika, feel free, as long as you don’t mind if we disturb you here.” I awkwardly agreed to Belika’s proposal.
Earlier, Yi Rui said she thought they were joking about not being able to reserve the laboratory with their instructor, but it turned out to be true…
“This is your laboratory; how could you possibly disturb us? Don’t worry~ During this time, I won’t take advantage. After all, I am a knowledgable extraordinary witch. If you encounter anything you don’t understand, you can ask me directly. If you want to create any spells for the spellbook, you can also come find me. I specialize in making spellbooks!”
“Okay, I’ll trouble you then, Sister Belika.” I quickly replied.
However, I couldn’t help but slightly complain inside, wasn’t she just saying she was a terrible spellbook maker?
But those details can be overlooked.
After quickly dividing the laboratory area so that we wouldn’t interfere with each other, the research on self-generated magic finally restarted because of my presence.
At this moment, everyone was full of motivation.
Even so, we still spent quite a long time organizing the materials we were currently researching.
The current progress was still at the starting point of the “Hatching Rebirth” spell.
The derivative hatching rebirth spell aimed to better and more conveniently complete the process of body reshaping.
However, self-generated magic was obviously not as simple as body reshaping. Back then, I completed my transformation through the shedding hatching process because of self-awakening body cultivation. Self-awakening body cultivation had deeply involved the essence of life in the body’s reshaping; I completed this feat by coincidence.
So even if I recreated the means to simulate the shedding hatching process, without a way for the experimenter to directly connect to their own life essence, it would just be imitation.
Moreover, there was one key point worth noting that I had always regarded as a breakthrough point.
When I first developed the ability of self-generated magic, I could produce… a single strand.
But now, my body was continuously generating magic power, which was being absorbed and assimilated by the magic source.
If the magic power I emitted freely ran rampant, it could cause very serious consequences.
As for what those consequences were…
I vaguely remembered Principal Mei telling me that witches relied solely on self-generated magic to control magic power before the topic of magic sources was developed, which often led to their own magic power leaking and causing disasters, hence witches were generally regarded as sources of calamity.
Therefore, the leaky magic power was inherently dangerous.
Just like how leaking fire elements could cause a fire disaster.
And what is magic power?
Magic power is the highest energy level of extraordinary energy that void life can control, and the consequences are unimaginable.
“Xiao Han, I’m not trying to pry, but you are conducting research on self-generated magic, right?”
At this moment, Instructor Belika looked at me thoughtfully and couldn’t help but interject.
“Um? Yes, Instructor Belika, do you have some insights?” I was somewhat surprised that Instructor Belika was talking to me at this moment.
“In fact, regarding this research, there have been witch groups among witches who studied it. At least before I came to the Main World, I saw some sisters who had an idea to study self-generated magic.”
“Seriously?!” I widened my eyes, not expecting that witches had studied this! This seemed a bit different from what Principal Mei had said. “Were there any results?”
“None~ If there had been results, it would have been long known in the void, and you all might have already used them.”
“I see…” Honestly, I felt a bit disappointed. “So that does make sense.”
“I was curious at the time and participated a bit to learn some things, but later they dispersed. It’s certainly a pity.”
“May I ask why they suddenly dissolved? Since witches have long lifespans, shouldn’t they be able to stick with it? And they were doing something so great; if they had succeeded, it would have been supreme honor.” I asked with some confusion.
“That’s certainly not wrong~” Belika scratched her head, seeming to recall. “Sorry, the memory is a bit distant now. The reason for the dissolution… seems to be related to their own abilities, as they had no way to start researching self-generated magic.”
“The existence of self-generated magic seems like a talent that automatically generates after becoming an extraordinary witch, and to study it is like trying to open a box with no openings. They determined that if they couldn’t acquire self-generated magic aside from automatic generation, they would never have the qualification to study it.”
“So that’s how they thought?” After hearing Instructor Belika’s words, I suddenly understood why Principal Mei believed I might manage it because I accomplished it through means other than automatic generation. Had Principal Mei previously researched self-generated magic like this group of witches?
But thinking about it, self-generated magic is an ability at the foundational level of the witch race, and it has already been popularized throughout the entire witch race. To research this thing is like an ordinary person studying a national treasure.
This analogy… suddenly makes the difficulty seem much higher.
“Yeah, they did say that. I hope this inspires you, after all, I know your self-generated magic was not automatically generated due to the talent of the extraordinary witch, but relied on other means. Maybe you really can create miracles.”
“Thank you for the encouragement, Sister Belika. I also believe we can succeed.”
“No problem~ It’s just my experience, hope it helps you. Oh! I remember some things. Just listen and take it as a reference; don’t take it too seriously since all my experience comes from summaries of the failures.”
“It’s okay, Sister, just say it.” I said nonchalantly.
“Although they couldn’t approach self-generated magic, they could still conduct tests on this ability, so from the beginning, their hypothesis about self-generated magic was that if one was to give birth to it, the process must be gradual and not like the type of sudden acquisition upon becoming extraordinary.”
“Gradual?” I repeated these words. I had to say, this seems to make sense; I also think it should be like this.
Witches are a race that naturally possesses self-generated magic, with such a high upper limit that research on lower aspects becomes exceedingly difficult. It isn’t that their abilities are lacking, but they have no process or experience; they cannot imagine that kind of process.
So it seems they had no way to approach it.
But my existence once again lowered this threshold; I went directly from having the initial state of self-generated magic to the entire process before becoming extraordinary.
I can firmly state that this is a gradual process.
From the original strand of magic to the current continuous flow.
This indeed completed the ability of self-generated magic from “having” to “complete.”
Extraordinary witches progress from “complete” to “higher.”
But now the process trapping me is from “nothing” to “something.”
Like those extraordinary witches, I am trapped at a threshold without experience.
Extraordinary witches have reached the initial “complete” platform of self-generated magic upon becoming extraordinary, while I reached the platform of “having” self-generated magic through self-awakening body cultivation.
Thus the process from “nothing to something” must be hidden within the power of self-awakening body cultivation.
So… let’s boldly speculate whether the process from nothing to something can also be regarded as a gradual process?
Having and not having, although they are stage changes, there must also be an accumulation process within, which leads to stage changes.
So what is this change?
This is something I have been contemplating, but right now I feel very confused. I keep looking for causes and inspiration within myself, but I shouldn’t be doing this!
If I treat myself as a unique case, then how do ordinary people possess self-generated magic?
Accumulate magic sources; becoming extraordinary is enough!
Moreover, it leapfrogs over all the intermediate processes!
But what I need to do is refine this distinction and enable a person to possess this ability in advance.
So, what fundamentally drives this entire process?
It’s witch transformation.
Witch transformation is a body cultivation system, so self-generated magic cannot bypass this path.
Witch transformation’s body cultivation system acquires self-generated magic, and self-awakening body cultivation is not a hard requirement, so the acquisition threshold flies up to extraordinary.
However, I obtained self-awakening body cultivation, which lowered this threshold.
Therefore, the one who incorporated the ability of self-awakening body cultivation into the witch race system, the “Truth Witch,” must also be viewing it from a higher perspective for compatibility.
Perhaps extraordinary is not the only threshold, but it is definitely the most cost-effective threshold; becoming a witch grants self-generated magic, and the lower limit for witches is precisely extraordinary, making research below extraordinary a thankless task for the Truth Witch.
No wonder Principal Mei said that if the Truth Witch were persuaded to research self-generated magic below extraordinary, she might be killed; perhaps there was this consideration.
But with such thoughts, I feel like I am getting closer to the correct answer.
I just need to find the correct mindset and methods, and everything will fall into place.
Moreover… I still have one thing that has not been moved.
That is the totem born from the essence of my life, self-awakening body cultivation, and self-generated magic…
Yes, that totem is still only half.
Half belongs to self-awakening body cultivation, and the other half belongs to self-generated magic.
I have enough reason to suspect that the ability constructed from these two parts is the root of the totem’s birth.
But unfortunately, no one can teach me how to learn and understand totems.
However, if I want to fully showcase the complete totem, maybe it could reveal some clues.
“By the way, Sister Belika, your experiments haven’t started yet, right?” After coming to this conclusion, I suddenly asked.
After all, the totem is too big an issue, and if I’m not careful, it could tear apart the Void Rifts. Who can handle that?
“Of course, we haven’t started yet; we’re still helping you perfect this spellbook~ Moreover, we haven’t prepared the equipment and materials for the experiments yet. We wouldn’t dare prepare everything without your consent, right?” Belika replied.
“Okay, well, I’m going to experiment with something later that might propel our upcoming experiments, but this experiment might be quite noisy, just like when I was in the Expanding Realm.”
“When you were in the Expanding Realm?”
Belika asked with confusion, as she hadn’t been to the Expanding Realm and wasn’t clear about it.
But Yi Rui and the others were different.
At that time, they recalled Xiao Han roughly saying something similar.
Then… it led to such a big commotion that even caused a standoff among several schools!
They would never forget that scene.
“So you mean, I might cause Void Rifts later, and it will be a bit noisy.”
“Void Rifts? What do you want to do, Xiao Han… wait, are you going to use the totem? Oh, you mean that matter!” Belika quickly reacted, though she wasn’t very clear about what happened in the Expanding Realm, she still knew that Xiao Han’s mastery of the totem and the disturbance caused in the Expanding Realm were somewhat familiar to her.
“Right, it seems Sister Belika knows a few things.”
“Of course, that’s a totem!” When it comes to totems, there was a glimmer of envy in Belika’s eyes. “But Xiao Han… does that totem have anything to do with the research on self-generated magic? Do you really have to experiment with this?”
“Oh, my totem might be related to both self-awakening body cultivation and self-generated magic. I suspect that this totem is most likely born from these two abilities, so I want to seek a breakthrough from here in a different way.”
“Well then, do you need my help? Void Rifts are no joke; one wrong move could lead to total destruction.”
“It’s okay~ I won’t d*e that easily.” I waved my hand and smiled, after all, with the Soul Dream, if something happened, even if my body couldn’t be kept intact, my soul could hide within the Soul Dream.
By the way… mentioning the Soul Dream, I thought of other things.
The two abilities my soul essence carries along with the totem… I wonder if I can experiment within the Soul Dream?
But such a dangerous and unknown behavior should not be recklessly experimented with; that would be irresponsible to myself.
“Forget it, I’ll just stay on the side to guard. After all, if you get into trouble, we won’t be able to use this lab.” In the end, she found some excuse to stay with me.
“Then… thank you, Sister~”
