Chapter 719: Yang Yunhan Under Scrutiny
After resting for a night, the next day, I immersed myself in research.
Meanwhile, the happenings within the academy continued to ferment.
First, the news of the restricted opening of the Expanding Realm was announced. Many teaching assistants who had initially hoped to make a profit after the joint examination hunting found that they no longer had the opportunity to enter the Expanding Realm.
However, the academy still promised to uphold the contents of the contract, as this was stipulated within it.
Those who were no longer associated with the Witch Academy had no right to rely on this contract to enter the Expanding Realm. After all, witches were experts at contract negotiations and would not write useless details into a contract.
The contract was specifically for the teaching assistants; if you were not a teaching assistant… what qualification did you have to access the resources of the Expanding Realm?
It could be said that the Ninglan Realm within the Expanding Realm had truly preserved resources for its local inhabitants.
The ultimate interpretation of the contract would lie solely in the hands of the witches. Whatever the academy wanted to accomplish, it would inevitably be done. If you had the means to profit, that was your own capability; if not, don’t claim that those things belong to you.
Everything… belongs to the Witch Academy.
However, one noteworthy aspect is that this time, a loose organization known as the “Xiao Han Support Club” was permitted to enter the Expanding Realm during the holiday period to complete the final asset transfer.
Many were questioning why the deceased teaching assistant Yang Yuelan’s assets could undergo a final transfer.
Was it to be inherited?
However, the Witch Academy was too lazy to respond to these individuals.
During this time, I had been closely monitoring the situation.
As for why I suddenly focused on this matter, firstly, this support club was closely related to me; secondly, although this large loose organization was not under my absolute control, a considerable portion of its assets belonged to me, which I had entrusted to Millien for management and development.
Thirdly… I was keeping an eye on Millien.
I wanted to see how she would respond to this sudden situation.
Without a backing, would she abscond with funds, or would she embark on some unexpectedly different development?
This was not a test of loyalty; at least, I did not define it that way.
Whatever she did would be “human nature,” considering her own interests. How could a living person be constrained by the “dead”?
Most ordinary people would make such a choice; it was impossible to compel them otherwise.
However, if in this misunderstanding, she displayed a brilliant point that caught my attention, perhaps I would change my view of her.
Ultimately, this was still a threshold test.
Moreover, she had already passed the stage where she could not survive without me.
It is said that after a person has passed the crises of basic needs and survival, they will tend to pursue higher values and make choices that transcend the framework of interests.
Just like I already possessed the talent of a Self-Generated Magic Physique, yet I was still willing to expand its limits so that more people could have it.
You could say I was making it hard on myself for little reward, or that I was seeking benefits unknown to the average person, but from others’ perspective, this behavior would likely be equated to foolishness.
Setting those matters aside.
Now, other extraordinary academies outside were spreading another piece of news.
“That little witch Yang Yuelan, who died during the joint examination hunting, has a younger brother, and he has participated in this college entrance examination.”
This news quickly attracted a lot of attention and became a hot topic, though this information and rumors avoided one question: this younger brother has no bl**d relationship with Yang Yuelan.
If it weren’t for the deliberate words, who would even think about how relatives could lack a bl**d relation?
The reason this rumor spread was mainly due to colliding with the annual “traditional skills” of extraordinary academies.
That is, new students grabbing people.
This is an activity passed down from the Witch Academy, which has been developed and carried forth by various extraordinary academies.
This activity has developed to the point of having many implicit “rules.”
For instance, one should not grab people prematurely.
By hitting upon this topic, and paired with some “unnamed witches” deliberately guiding it, many academies had already turned their attention to the boy called “Yang Yunhan.”
In fact, many academies had a clear understanding of this boy’s intelligence, specifically… that he had no bl**d relation with the little witch Yang Yuelan.
This point, for example, the Aphhemia Academy had known for a year, and even… the elf student named “Yao Beijuan” had publicly mentioned it during the exchange competition.
However, this matter was not given much attention.
Among ordinary people, there is no difference or distinction in bloodlines. The changes for those who step into the extraordinary realm are far greater than the differences between people of different bloodlines.
What they value is family; that “terrible” family could “nurture” a Yang Yuelan, so it might also give rise to a second one.
Even if there are disparities between the two, it doesn’t matter.
It’s just a “big gamble.”
They only need the qualification for a big gamble.
The college entrance examination’s volunteer filling, recruiting, and admission are all part of the big gamble, and the aura ceremony of the college entrance examination is designed to filter out a batch of people who are not destined to be geniuses.
Don’t mention how many geniuses this method might miss; it’s still more convenient to filter out the dirt than to search for gold amidst mud.
Thus, once the reputation of this person who found himself in the crossfire spread, he gained additional value that far exceeded his own worth.
Meanwhile, with the knowledge of this information, I remained engrossed in the laboratory.
The completion of the resurrection spellbook’s incubation was faster than I had anticipated, so I entrusted the study of this spell entirely to Yi Rui and the others, mainly to familiarize themselves with the characteristics of this resurrection spell.
Then, I would try to derive this spell.
During this time, Yi Rui and the others also began to formally engage with the power of body cultivation.
When I returned, I had discussed this with Sister Bai, who was very willing to hold an extra private teaching class during the holidays to help Yi Rui and the others get acquainted with the power of body cultivation.
Meanwhile, I was organizing matters related to Self-Generated Magic.
I now had a general direction, especially after gaining some understanding of totems.
Totems indeed serve as a means to break through the threshold for gaining Self-Generated Magic qualifications in the non-extraordinary realm.
The issue I needed to solve had now transformed into “formulating” a body cultivation promotion system similar to witch transformation.
Using my Self-Awakened Body Cultivation as a template.
This would fill in the gap of the process “from nothing to something.”
Of course, I already had some idea about this system; I planned to use the existing “framework” of Magic Source as a base.
After all, I must clarify that those who walk this path are inherently driven by the goal of “eventually becoming a witch.” Therefore, this body cultivation system must inevitably connect with witch transformation, ideally modeled on this framework.
What cannot be overlooked in this process?
Without a doubt, it is “Magic Source.”
So I intend to center the construction around Magic Source, create a step-by-step “promotion system,” and limit the involved Magic Source to within ten thousand pieces.
Because a person without a Self-Generated Magic Physique can only rely on the Earth Vein Shackles to carry Magic Sources, and the upper limit is ten thousand.
At first glance, this method seems to follow a similar process to the current promotion of Extraordinary Witches using Magic Source, but from another perspective, it represents a simplified process.
The significance of this simplification is to have Self-Generated Magic before promoting to Extraordinary.
Doing so actually offers many benefits.
Firstly, the quantity of Magic Source before becoming Extraordinary would not be limited to ten thousand. Secondly, once a foundation of Self-Generated Magic is established, the threshold for crossing into the extraordinary will be lower.
Moreover, with the physique of Self-Generated Magic, researching topics related to witches will become easier.
“This is…”
In the laboratory, Yi Rui looked at a preliminary proposal I put forward and seemed a bit confused.
“Am I supposed to use Magic Source to… actively cultivate?”
“Yes, to reverse cultivate relying on Magic Source.” I nodded in agreement with this statement.
Being familiar with the technique of condensing Magic Sources, I had a good understanding of their structure.
My idea was simple; based on the framework of Magic Source, perform reverse cultivation, and the cultivation system would be framed around body cultivation, evolving from the base of “witch transformation body cultivation.”
Generally speaking, Self-Generated Magic should lead to the condensation of Magic Source, yet I would operate in reverse, relying on Magic Source for cultivation to lead to Self-Generated Magic.
In fact, this idea is simple and has no threshold, but the “goal” that needs to be achieved requires a high threshold.
I needed to reverse-analyze Self-Generated Magic through this method, and this analysis could only be accomplished by me.
Splitting it down, the process is as follows: use Magic Source as the cultivation medium to walk a path within a unique body cultivation system, reach the level of Self-Awakened Body Cultivation, and then construct Self-Generated Magic based on Self-Awakened Body Cultivation.
This is a method only I can achieve, and only by successfully traversing this path can I attempt to lower the threshold of “Self-Awakened Body Cultivation” to the level of “ordinary body cultivation.”
Then, by continuously refining the body cultivation path to match its effects, I could bypass the threshold of Self-Awakened Body Cultivation and reach Self-Generated Magic.
This was my initial thought.
However, on top of this initial idea, I constructed more “practical and feasible methods,” which would then represent a workable pathway.
Never expect to achieve everything in one step; no matter how difficult or winding the road may be, as long as the path is traversed, one has the qualification and confidence to explore better paths.
“Relying on Magic Source for cultivation… this is really… a first experience.” Yi Rui took out a Magic Source from her body and began to attempt according to my method.
The initial attempt was essentially to convert the “witch transformation body cultivation” path into an “active cultivation” model and improve the efficiency of cultivation.
The effect of this was equivalent to the process of using a high concentration of magic to catalyze the body transformation into a witch during the initial experiments, but the current method was more “gentle” and “systematic.”
Only when the first phase, the “one Magic Source” mode, succeeded, would I be qualified to discuss relying on Magic Source as a cultivation node, gradually initiating the discussion on “from nothing to something.”
The “method” of this cultivation originated from the totem of Self-Generated Magic.
I discovered that totems also served as a reverse “template,” illustrating the results of the extraordinary from another angle. To reverse-engineer the effects of the totem, an equivalent understanding is required. Only after comprehending it can one express it concretely through runes or ceremonies.
What I served as was a “transfer station for understanding and conversion,” which was something only I could do as the person who grasped totems; others could not help me even slightly.
“Ugh… ah… it failed…”
Yi Rui tried several times but ultimately failed, as her existence form was different from that of Magic Sources; Magic Source could not become a medium in her body cultivation system.
This conflicted with my initial assumptions.
The essence of body cultivation is self-growth and transformation; even witch transformation is merely a catalyzed self-growth utilizing the magic of Magic Sources.
Thus, Magic Sources could not become a part of body cultivation. Moreover, Magic Sources are suited for extraordinary witch physiques.
They have no compatibility with would-be witches.
So… at this point, the incubation resurrection spell would need to be integrated.
Although incubation rebirth cannot help a person reach the level of Self-Awakened Body Cultivation directly or convert to the Self-Generated Magic Physique in one step, it can lead to a continuous “derivation,” evolving oneself into a “physique” compatible with Magic Sources.
This compatibility does not accept Magic Sources like Self-Generated Magic; rather, it allows ordinary people to cultivate using the modified body cultivation system.
For now, let’s name this body cultivation system “Magic Source Body Cultivation Method.”
After all, in my conception, this body cultivation is practiced using Magic Source as a medium.
As for why this troublesome method is necessary for body cultivation… it is because Magic Source serves as an excellent medium for ritual nodes.
The entire “Magic Source Body Cultivation” is designed to analyze the “composite ritual” that generates the physique talent of Self-Generated Magic.
It represents a mode equivalent to “pseudo-Self-Awakened Body Cultivation” and can only give birth to the specific derivative of “Self-Generated Magic.”
Now, two difficult problems await us to solve.
One is the issue that Yi Rui and her group need to resolve: relying on the incubation rebirth to successfully cultivate the “Magic Source Body Cultivation” method and summarize a universal method for this, laying the groundwork for indiscriminate promotion.
As for me, I need to parse the ritual structures that give rise to Self-Generated Magic through my grasp of Self-Awakened Body Cultivation.
As long as I complete this analysis and grasp that ritual and structure, then that ritual will quickly synchronize into Yi Rui and their practice of the “Magic Source Body Cultivation” method.
Logically speaking, Yi Rui and the others would be able to cultivate the initial state of Self-Generated Magic through this method.
That is, the state of Self-Generated Magic that I could initially generate, which was just a trace of magic.
As long as the “from nothing to something” process is completed, the subsequent “from something to completeness” would no longer be a problem!
……
As a phone rang.
“Hello, who is this?”
“Hello, is this student Yang Yunhan? I am an instructor from the Holy Angel Academy admissions office. First, congratulations on being accepted to our Holy Angel Academy…”
“Wait, wait… my college entrance exam scores haven’t come out yet, have they?”
“I understand your concerns, but it doesn’t matter. The Holy Light Church has already assessed you earlier and confirmed that you are qualified to enter our Holy Angel Academy. We are one of the three top academies, possessing the finest…”
“Alright, alright… um…” Yang Yunhan held the phone in a daze, nodding along with what the other person was saying.
No matter how grandiose the words were, all he could hear was, “The Holy Light Church values you because you are my younger brother, not because you are so excellent!”
So, the more tempting their words were, the more it represented how outstanding his older brother… sister was, rather than how sought after he personally was.
Just after he hung up the phone, it rang again, from an unknown number.
“Hello?”
“Hello, is this student Yang Yunhan? I am an admissions instructor from Aphhemia Academy, first, congratulations on becoming a pre-enrolled member of our academy…”
“Aphhemia… Academy?!”
