Chapter 816: The Gap Between Extraordinary
The training ground temporarily changed to the experimental site, and soon I wouldn’t need to be busy here anymore.
I personally felt that staying here a little longer was somewhat in the way.
So after seeing that Sister Bai and the witch Daniel were almost done chatting, I took the opportunity to say goodbye to Witch Daniel and then left.
“Sister Bai~ Why did you suddenly come over today~” I asked, feigning ignorance to start the conversation.
“Of course… it’s to see you, Xiao Han~ There’s been quite a stir these past two days, so I couldn’t help but come check on you. This trip was worth it,” Sister Bai said with a smile.
“Worth it? What do you mean?” I quickly caught onto the meaning behind Sister Bai’s words and asked.
Could there really be some sort of instability here?
This made me instantly recall the topic Witch Daniel had mentioned to me, about that group of witches who did not want preparatory witches to master self-generated magic, meddling in the powers of extraordinary witches.
“Of course, it’s the literal meaning,” Sister Bai said with a smile, then pulled me into the instance realm.
Although my instance realm is only accessible to me, it has been marked by Sister Bai, so I was brought in easily.
This also indirectly proved that if there were other people’s spatial markers left in the instance realm, then this place could practically be considered that person’s private garden!
“Hi~ Xiao Han, and Little Bai~”
As soon as I entered the instance realm, I heard Ling Yi’s voice.
At this moment, Ling Yi had already settled on the large tree named He Ya Tree. Under the careful nurturing of my extraordinary crystal and wood elemental sprites, the tree had grown very quickly and healthily.
The Xiao Han and Little Bai she referred to were me and Sister Bai.
“Ling Yi~ We’re back~ You look like you’re just fine; it seems you’re quite leisurely?” I joked with Ling Yi.
“Not at all! I have very important things to do; there are so many plants in this area that need my care. If only my sisters were here before… sigh… let’s not talk about it,” Ling Yi replied.
“Really? So Ling Yi works hard every day? Here, let me reward you with a fruit~” I took out a sprite fruit and tossed it over. The fruit wasn’t big, and Ling Yi caught it steadily in mid-air.
“Wow! Thank you, Xiao Han~ Hehe, then I won’t disturb you anymore~” Ling Yi hugged the fruit and flew straight into her tree hole.
After spending these days together, Ling Yi also understood that Sister Bai and I often needed some private space. So whenever she saw us enter together, she would discreetly leave.
Occasionally, she would also receive a feeding of my extraordinary fruits.
Of course, as considerate as she was, we naturally rewarded her with quite a bit as well, such as seeds for rare extraordinary fruits that she had been cherishing a lot lately. Unfortunately, these seeds didn’t grow as quickly as the He Ya Tree.
Pushing open the door to the small house on the island, the atmosphere inside had already taken on a warm, homely vibe.
Most of the time, Sister Bai and I rarely went to the villa to rest, instead choosing to live here.
Moreover, it felt safer in the instance realm, and there wouldn’t be any betrayer witches showing up unexpectedly.
Returning here gave me a slight sense of safety as if I were home.
I undid the first button of my collar and casually sat on the lounge chair.
“Sister Bai should finally tell me, who exactly is plotting against me over there?”
“If I say it’s that Witch Daniel, would you believe me?” Sister Bai casually sat on the edge of the bed and spoke.
“I would believe it.”
I nodded, then seemed to pause for a moment, ultimately feeling relieved.
Witch Daniel gave me a good first impression. To be honest, she was quite similar to other witches I’ve interacted with before, rather familiar, like Witch Chris.
However, during our conversation, I must say she did give off an odd feeling, but my heart sense perception did not feel as bad as I had anticipated.
“Xiao Han actually blindly accepted my answer that way?”
“Of course~ Sister Bai wouldn’t lie to me on this matter, would you?”
“Isn’t there a hint of hesitation?”
“Maybe… from that instinctual feeling, at least I didn’t sense any malice from her with my heart sense,” I explained.
“Is that so? I feel the same,” Sister Bai said frankly.
“So… how did Sister Bai come to this conclusion?”
“Well… how should I put it?” Sister Bai said, looking a bit troubled. “Although it sounds a bit forced, the topic that Witch Daniel is involved in is the Betrayer Witch Topic.”
“Betrayer Witch Topic?!” Upon hearing this, my voice suddenly rose a considerable bit!
After all, this answer is astonishingly shocking!
I really should have taken the risk to use the Earth Vein Identification Technique back then; otherwise, I wouldn’t be so clueless about the other party.
“It’s just the Betrayer Witch Topic, not every witch on the Betrayer Witch Topic has the title of Betrayer Witch. There are many standards, and not every witch who walks this path qualifies to be called a Betrayer Witch.”
“I know! There are still many other standards, and one of them is to k*ll a betrayer witch to officially be recognized as a member of this group,” I added.
“It seems you remember very well, Xiao Han. Witch Daniel is such a witch; she hasn’t obtained the title of Betrayer Witch yet, but her level of danger is actually no less than a Betrayer Witch.”
“No less than a Betrayer Witch…” I recalled that Betrayer Witch named Sheril; it seemed there really was no comparison between the two…
“Xiao Han! Don’t underestimate any extraordinary witches. I know that in front of the Betrayer Witch named Sheril, Witch Daniel is completely incomparable, but no matter how she falls short, she is still an extraordinary witch! The gap between extraordinary and non-extraordinary is not an insurmountable chasm; instead, it is an uncrossable canyon!”
This time, Sister Bai’s voice was somewhat serious, and her expression was very earnest, no longer lighthearted, and definitely not joking.
“Uh… I understand.” Seeing Sister Bai so serious, I quickly nodded. It seemed this matter was indeed somewhat serious.
“As long as you understand~” Sister Bai’s tone softened at this moment, no longer as serious as before. “Now, Xiao Han, tell me what Witch Daniel was chatting about with you earlier.”
“Chatting about… um…” I thought for a moment about what we talked about earlier and summarized it a little, eventually realizing that what I described was quite scattered. “She was interested in what I have experienced since joining up to now; I just roughly described a bit to her. Many details I couldn’t just tell her without reservation.”
“Is that all you talked about?”
“Also, she mentioned some things to be cautious about, namely that if I were to promote self-generated magic, I might face obstacles from extraordinary witches,” I added.
“She even mentioned this?” Sister Bai seemed surprised that I suddenly brought it up.
“Yeah, Sister Bai, you’re an extraordinary witch. Is it true that in the Witch Academy, there are witches who don’t want self-generated magic to be promoted to non-extraordinary levels?” I curiously inquired.
I was very curious about this question. No matter how I thought about it, as long as I had a hint of malice in my foresight, then this statement would hold water.
But in this group of witches… could there really be no malicious intent lingering among witches?
I found it hard to imagine such an existence, and this form of race made it difficult for me to speculate.
“There are… but definitely not many. At least I haven’t heard such opposing voices thus far, but such thoughts definitely dwell in the depths of some witches’ hearts, unwilling to expose themselves.” Sister Bai first nodded, then shook her head and said.
“So what does Sister Bai think about the promotion of self-generated magic? Is it a good or bad thing for the witch race?”
“It’s definitely a good thing…” Sister Bai said somewhat instinctively. “Maybe even I don’t know the answer. My understanding of the witch race doesn’t surpass yours by much. Much of my awareness about the witch race comes from feelings and instinctive feedback. However, self-generated magic is your effort; I certainly think it’s a good thing.”
“When did Sister Bai start looking at problems from such multiple perspectives?” I asked with a smile.
“Isn’t it learned from you? Objectively viewing issues, giving objective responses, and then providing my subjective answers based on my understanding is quite interesting… responding this way often leads to completely contradictory answers…”
“Alright~” I sat up straight from the lounge chair and looked at Sister Bai. “It seems things are far more complicated than we anticipated… Do you think a witch will trip us up during this experiment, Sister Bai?”
“During this experiment, many witches are secretly paying attention. After all, that place is not restricted to the experimental area, so it’s absolutely impossible for any witches to pull any tricks.”
“In that case, I’m actually quite safe, huh?”
“But that doesn’t mean you can let your guard down!” Sister Bai also reminded me accordingly.
“I know~” I nodded, then seemed to think of something. “By the way, Sister Bai~ Speaking of which, it seems I haven’t actually dealt with the targeting and pressure from extraordinary-level enemies. Could you let me experience what it’s like to battle against extraordinary-level enemies?”
“Battle against extraordinary-level enemies?” Sister Bai repeated this sentence, puzzled.
“Yeah~” I nodded. “Just trying it out in advance~ That way, I could gain some experience in dealing with them. I absolutely trust Sister Bai, so please let me give it a try~”
“Alright… it seems that if we don’t try this, you really won’t give up…” Sister Bai shook her head at my eagerness.
But this was indeed a good suggestion; the current situation was genuinely not safe at all.
Although Bai Yu clearly knew Xiao Han had means to survive below the extraordinary level, if one is careless and makes mistakes without experience against the extraordinary, it could lead to an irretrievable tragedy!
……
The next day.
After finishing my daily meditation and training, I arrived early at the experimental site.
Yesterday, Sister Bai and I returned early, and in the end, I proposed the idea of competing with Sister Bai.
And Sister Bai allowed me to do just that.
Additionally, we held the competition within the instance realm.
According to Sister Bai, such weak world fragments of the instance realm couldn’t withstand her full extraordinary power during the display, but that didn’t matter.
Sister Bai did not intend to use her powers; she would only use the most conventional methods.
The purpose of doing this was to show me that even an extraordinary witch who does not use the magic source, does not have a spellbook, and knows no body techniques, merely relying on her extraordinary level, can be terrifyingly powerful!
And as it turns out, it indeed was just as Sister Bai had said: the extraordinary formed a chasm, separating the extraordinary from the non-extraordinary into two categories of existence.
Sister Bai merely exhibited the life pressure of the extraordinary level, and I found my self-awakened body cultivation power hard to contend with!
And this was just the initial clash; everything came to an end.
Even if I used fields to reshape space into my order, Sister Bai’s extraordinary pressure still prevailed, ultimately overpowering me.
Even when Sister Bai did nothing and allowed me to attack, while I was a bit reluctant to strike, I ultimately discovered… the undying nature of the extraordinary level and that of the non-extraordinary level are completely different things!
I had faced off against many enemies of teaching assistant level with undying abilities and had fought them but had never lost.
However, facing Sister Bai… I lost.
Moreover, Sister Bai unabashedly demonstrated everything before my eyes, even willing to let me observe the extraordinary life level built on the foundation of “real time”…
It was precisely because I couldn’t reach true real time that I fundamentally had no means to k*ll enemies at the extraordinary level.
It was as if two-dimensional lives existed; Sister Bai was situated between real time and false time, her life freely structured on real time, while I was forever in false time, unable to touch the true essence of life.
Only my spirit vision talent allowed me to glimpse a corner of that real time.
The so-called power, the so-called magic, the so-called means were rendered ineffective before I couldn’t touch them.
And this was the lower limit of the extraordinary level; even an extraordinary-born infant can be very deadly to those below the extraordinary level.
This lesson was taught by Sister Bai, reminding me to calm my restless heart.
Only the level determines height.
While I may accumulate and release power to soar, until I reach the extraordinary, I am still an ant.
This was also the reason why Sister Bai desperately hoped I could ascend to the extraordinary; there is nothing more important than ascending to the extraordinary.
Sister Bai understood my talent, but simply basking in the strength brought by that talent advantage is all false strength. Only by ascending to the extraordinary will everything become the most lethal means.
My ascension to the extraordinary wouldn’t become a burden of those talents; those talents would only make me more feared by enemies!
So… starting today, I became a bit more reserved; perhaps it was because I so intuitively felt the gap that I needed to move forward discreetly.
And today is the day for the small-scale promotion experiment of self-generated magic. Even Tan Han, due to progress issues, is also here with Yi Rui to conduct the “refinement ceremony” revision.
But today’s main characters are destined to be the 147 experimental subjects.
They arrived here with full expectations!
