Chapter 746: The Outlook on the Pseudo-Infinite Magic Physique Talent
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I glanced at the date; this holiday had already passed for more than half.
In a short while, the new students’ opening ceremony would also begin. It felt like time was passing a bit too quickly, or perhaps it was just because the things I was researching were too time-consuming.
During the halfway point of the holiday, those Body Cultivation Witch sisters, led by Sister Bai, studied body techniques related to the Magic Source with me, and by now, a new type of body technique had begun to spread within the academy.
Although the body techniques in the form of manifestation spells weren’t what I needed, that didn’t hinder my continuing research into the structure of Self-Generated Magic.
Moreover, those Witch sisters had also said they would help me complete what I needed. Although many were still exploring according to the mode of manifestation spells, there were indeed plenty willing to help me.
“Xiao Han, are you sure this is the type of body technique you want?” one of the Witch sisters asked hesitantly.
“Yes, the main purpose of the body technique I desire isn’t for offense or other effects; I need it to achieve something on another level,” I nodded and replied with a smile.
Body techniques are methods and means of Body Cultivation practice. This differs from Magic Cultivation, which mainly involves meditating mental power, i.e., practicing through meditation methods.
In contrast, Body Cultivation directly practices body techniques, achieving self-improvement.
However, whether in Magic or Body Cultivation, there is one common point: they can continue to be subdivided.
For instance, in Magic Cultivation, practicing different meditation methods with varied forms of mental power and spells will give birth to different branches such as Psychic Mentors, Energy Shaping Mages, Summoning Mages, and Mystical Magic, among others.
The same goes for Body Cultivation; varying theories and methods will lead to different paths.
For example, the ranger training methods of elves, the bl**d battle techniques of orcs, or the voodoo symbiotic immunity methods of wizards, which can also provide a certain degree of immunity to toxic interference, etc.
Even Witches have their passive Witch Transformation Body Cultivation methods. While their effects may differ in emphasis to some extent, all these Body Cultivation paths exist to achieve specific purposes.
The means used to reach these goals are varied.
This validates my thoughts; at the time, the ritual battle dance body technique practice was an inspiration. Body techniques are basically the most cost-free method, yet not the only one.
The training method of elves is, in essence, a form of body technique training.
Orcs’ bl**d techniques also require body techniques in conjunction and continuous instinctive combat, alongside strict dietary rules; bl**d foods are somewhat akin to potions or supplements, or even more primitive bl**d and meat consumption.
Wizards are even more extreme; body techniques have even become auxiliary, with voodoo preparation and symbiosis forcibly affecting the body’s essence of life. Wizards use wisdom to leverage the extraordinary means, which is equally reflected in the realm of Body Cultivation.
And Witches… have even altered the Body Cultivation model, completely abandoning body techniques and utilizing the Magic Source to fundamentally alter the essence of life, subtly and without any additional consumption. Although this comes at the cost of a body tempering effect that is average, anything that is cost-free is still a profit.
It was because I understood the Body Cultivation methods of Witches that I was very clear that without the body technique model, or interference from other means, the Magic Source Body Cultivation method was just another approach to the old path of “Witch Transformation Body Cultivation.” It couldn’t possibly pull the threshold for achieving Self-Generated Magic down to below the extraordinary level.
Unless I inscribed the structure of Self-Generated Magic into the Magic Source Body Cultivation method and expressed it through body technique training.
Had I accomplished this?
I could barely say I had.
I have now mastered nine branches of the Body Cultivation secret tome’s techniques, and completed rune resonance, which has been faster than I initially expected.
Of course, this also owes a lot to the guidance of those Body Cultivation Witch sisters around me.
The Body Cultivation secret tome techniques are actually quite famous; at least, the Body Cultivation Witches present have generally practiced them. I wouldn’t dare say all of them completed the training, but at least they choose branches they excel in to learn and reference.
Thus, with their guidance and my exploration, I progressed quickly and, in their presence, completed the resonance of the nine Body Cultivation runes.
This truly opened the eyes of many Witch sisters, considering that Body Cultivation runes aren’t something one can easily master.
I can only say I mastered the method of learning body techniques along with a bit of cheat assistance.
Nine branches of Body Cultivation runes, plus a ritual battle dance rune, have given me a preliminary deeper understanding of Self-Awakened Body Cultivation.
And this understanding also melded with the totem, akin to symbiosis, presenting the structure of Self-Awakened Body Cultivation alongside Self-Generated Magic clearly for the first time under my observation.
However, this understanding of Self-Generated Magic stems from the totem; this means it is an understanding that cannot be expressed directly.
I need to transcribe this cognitive understanding in another way, whether through runes or ritual structures. While they represent concrete knowledge and understanding, expressing them relies heavily on metaphysics.
Fortunately, I have long prepared a carrier for such knowledge that cannot be expressed.
That is the Magic Source Body Cultivation method.
It is closely related to “Self-Generated Magic.” The Magic Source, as a carrier node, can transform into a ritual, and when the Magic Source connects with the body, it can act directly on the body, indirectly affecting the essence of life.
As long as I use the Magic Source as the ritual structure to complete the prototype of Self-Generated Magic, then practicing the Magic Source Body Cultivation method can “subtly” construct Self-Generated Magic concerning the essence of my own life.
Yes… theoretically speaking, this should lead to the most perfect result.
I recognized the initial structure of Self-Generated Magic and utilized it. The Magic Source Body Cultivation method also, as I predicted, became a medium for transforming the essence of life.
Now all that remains is to conduct clinical trials to see if the theoretical success can be replicated in reality.
But… this is somewhat different from what I envisioned. In this case, those practicing the Magic Source Body Cultivation method to ultimately obtain Self-Generated Magic physique talents would still not understand the principles, only knowing that doing so can yield this kind of physique.
But this is not too damaging.
At least, as the one who created it, I know very well what the reasons are.
However, this is still insufficient, far from enough. Is my understanding of Self-Generated Magic just to know how to give birth to it?
Knowledge needs to be transformed into practical benefits to be considered usable and functional.
Simply understanding is of no use.
That is why I asked Sister Bai to find me topics on magic and the Magic Source.
I now need to understand many questions. For instance… where does magic come from?
It seems there is almost no naturally existing magic in the natural environment. The Witch Academy has a slight magical presence in its environment, which is due to many witches unconsciously dissipating their magic, but beyond the Witch Academy, including the Expanding Realm, there has never been any “natural magic.”
Also, the various extraordinary crystal mining areas formed from the plummeting energy levels of extraordinary crystals in the Expanding Realm are not naturally occurring “magic crystals.”
Another question is that magic is known as the highest energy level that life can grasp, and it is also the extraordinary energy exclusive to the Witch race.
As for why… I don’t know.
But I do know why only Witches can wield the power of magic, because the peculiar nature of magic brings about unique Witch transformation.
Thus, life that undergoes Witch transformation will eventually become a Witch.
But… why does simple energy bring about such complex racial transformations?
This makes me think of the mutated beasts in the Expanding Realm.
Witches begin at the extraordinary level; before the extraordinary, life afflicted by magic will undergo “Witch transformation.” Can this transformation be seen as a type of mutation?
And Witch transformation is a consistently stable “mutation,” or rather, there is a specific guidance involved, namely the guidance of the “Witch Transformation Body Cultivation system.”
So… is it possible that magic is not a form of standard extraordinary energy found in the natural environment, but a force born from cultivating the extraordinary path?
Just like the bl**d techniques of orcs.
But… if magic is a body cultivation power, why can it cast spells?
And from this, a glorious spell system has developed for the Witch race?
Could it be that the explanation can only rely on the saying “there’s nothing impossible in the extraordinary”…
At least, with my current limited understanding, this is the conclusion I can draw.
However, I also have the topic materials that Sister Bai provided me.
Magic, Magic Source… these are quite similar to what I initially heard from Principal Mei.
The original Witch race had not yet grasped the Magic Source, so their bodies became the storage carrier of magic. This led to Witches being imbued with magic wherever they went, bringing about disasters. The Witches also became associated with calamity during that period.
At that time, it seemed that after blending with other life forms, magic would also induce “Witch transformation.” However, that period was more primitive. Rather than calling it Witch transformation, it would be better termed mutation. From this point, it seems the term “Witch transformation” was defined by later definitions.
Those mutated by magic who lacked the potential to ascend to the extraordinary were destined to become monsters, unable to become Witches. Hence, these mutated monsters became known as “magical beasts,” “magical creatures,” and so on.
The initial magic topics mainly aimed to teach Witches how to master and utilize magic.
The topics describe that the original Witch meditation method was more or less born around that time. However, the meditation methods of those Witches were just ordinary meditation methods. The original Witches did not have the power to slice and anchor the primordial dream realm nor to forge the primordial dream realm.
Regrettably, the materials in the magic topic seem to lack explicit descriptions regarding the specifics of how magic was born. Self-Generated Magic appears to be the “racial talent” of Witches, a subconscious understanding from that distant time that had not yet been broken into the Witches’ view.
It seems that subsequent research on Self-Generated Magic began with recognizing this talent of the Witches.
The development of Self-Generated Magic directly impacted the process of Witch transformation.
After all, the earlier “Witch transformation” led to “magical beasts” and “magical creatures” that could not ascend to the extraordinary.
Only after researching the Self-Generated Magic physique talent did the subjective intervention of “transforming into a Witch” truly emerge, rather than relying solely on primitive methods and random probabilities.
Previously, Witches would witchify an entire group, turning them into magical creatures, and under such a base, there might be a possibility of birthing a sister. However, this was only a possibility; in most cases, there would be nothing to show for it.
This was the former method for Witches to increase their kin, after all, since Witches are all girls… there was no other way.
Until the birth of the Witch breeding topic, this put an end to the Witch wars to create their kin through Witch transformation.
Moreover, the emergence of the Witch breeding topic… is rumored to be related to the Abyss Demons, to be precise, with the Abyss Succubi.
At that time, the energy of the extraordinary was still referred to under the concept of “magic” belonging to the demonic race.
Later, “magic” was officially updated to be the exclusive term for the power wielded by Witches.
As for the reason… one can probably guess where the “Succubi Witches” in the Witch race originated, thereby understanding.
Additionally, the Witch breeding topic is also rumored to be connected with the birth of Succubi witches.
I have to say that the topic materials Sister Bai organized for me are indeed extensive. It feels like she is even bringing over prehistoric historical documents of Witches for me.
I wonder why the material for one topic also needs to be compressed and packaged with the great knowledge-sharing technique…
However, it cannot be denied that within the Witch race, each topic bears its historical development, representing the winding paths that the Witches have walked.
Whether it’s the magic topic or the Magic Source topic, they all belong under the grand topic of Witches, forming the foundation of the Witch race that must not be shaken or undermined.
The emergence of the Magic Source changed the ways Witches controlled, used, and constrained magic. In theory, the Magic Source belongs to the subtopic of the Magic grand topic.
After all, it represents a re-innovation and utilization of magic.
However, it is strange that the Magic Source topic and the magic topic are the same level of subtopics under the grand topic of Witches.
Thus, the importance of the Magic Source is no less than that of the pure magic topic.
According to my understanding, aside from the fact that the Magic Source has essentially replaced the form of existence of magic, it primarily strengthens the form of the Magic Source, improving the Witch transformation model and… giving this form of Witch transformation a new definition.
That is to utilize Witch transformation to complete Body Cultivation, namely the Witch Transformation Body Cultivation method, which is intrinsically linked to the Magic Source.
Furthermore, the Witch transformation Body Cultivation method has further perfected the birth of the Self-Generated Magic physique, enabling lifeforms that are non-Witches to achieve the status of Extraordinary Witches upon ascending to the extraordinary.
Rather than being unable to shape Self-Generated Magic, thus being unable to rise to the extraordinary and turning into “magical creatures” beneath the extraordinary level.
Perhaps… the so-called Preparatory Witches, in the eyes of Extraordinary Witches, are just “magical creatures” still retaining the aesthetic of Witches.
Thus, having obtained Self-Generated Magic in advance is equivalent to having obtained a passport to become an Extraordinary Witch early, which is why I received the honorary title of Little Witch.
So… this means that even if an Extraordinary Witch falls from the extraordinary to become a Little Witch, the Self-Generated Magic physique talent does not disappear; it’s just that their final outcome will differ between being “able to ascend to extraordinary again” and “unable to ascend to extraordinary again.”
The Self-Generated Magic physique talent is related to the essence of life but is not significantly related to life levels.
I continued to sift through the relevant topic contents, also gaining insights into the history and development of Witches.
At least for now, I have not seen the content I truly hope to see.
That is the concept that the Self-Generated Magic physique talent is related to the rate of magic birth.
If the efficiency of magic recovery is much higher than the burst consumption level, then should we still call the talent of Self-Generated Magic by that name?
Perhaps it should be called “Pseudo-Infinite Magic” physique talent.
Isn’t this also the potential that the Self-Generated Magic physique talent can look forward to?
