Chapter 875: The Secret Realm of the Great Ice and Snow Throne Technique’s Initial Creation
With the incident of this dream experiment, rumors of the Witch Academy’s significant breakthrough in the research of the Primordial Dream have now been confirmed.
However… even so, Headmaster Mei Linde kept her lips tightly sealed and did not disclose such an important matter.
Yet, this did not stump those gossiping witches. The laboratory where the incident occurred was right in front of them. The witch who stirred up such a big commotion must be among these few witches; it couldn’t possibly be anyone else.
First, they excluded the principal who had come over as a clone, then the onlooker Xiao Lian, along with her girlfriend Bai Yu.
After all, many witches who knew a bit about Bai Yu had classified her as a talent in body cultivation, rather than in academic research.
Then… they found exclusions were no longer effective.
The remaining witches seemed to be scholarly witches who had conducted research in the Primordial Dream.
To this, Mei Linde naturally let them guess, knowing that they wouldn’t figure it out anyway.
With the headmaster stepping in, the incident from the experiment soon calmed down.
And I returned to my usual experiments.
As for Sister Bai, after she initially completed the construction of the Dream Realm Order, she no longer needed to work as hard as before. She only needed to further improve herself to enhance her mastery of the Dream Realm.
So Sister ultimately stayed in the laboratory.
Initially, Headmaster Mei had suggested that Bai Yu expand those areas, but in the end, it was agreed upon for her to continue staying in the laboratory.
Because Bai Yu had mastered a special Dream Order, she already had enough foundation to step into the research realm of the Primordial Dream.
In fact, thanks to this advantage, even casual research could yield some results.
This mode was reminiscent of when I, with the Spirit Vision at the Floating World level, first encountered the Fireball Spell.
The Fireball Spell was a magic that had been thoroughly studied by countless witches.
However, not every witch had experienced the framework of floating world-level magic constructs and ritual structures.
Of course, as a witch with no foundation in the Primordial Dream, Sister Bai wouldn’t immediately choose to go solo. She prepared to rely on this ability and explore the essence of the Primordial Dream together with a few other witches.
Such research would also enhance her understanding of the order within the Primordial Dream, serving as a way of self-improvement in another aspect.
Meanwhile, I continued to focus my energy on purifying the dream-state soul.
With both the “Nurturing Purification Method” and the “Information Sedimentation Method” advancing together, I seemed to foresee the possibility of final success.
When the laboratory got back on track, my identity “Yue” also served as my will within the academy.
After all, for some time to come, I would be somewhat tied to the laboratory.
Thus, I shifted the focus of handling trivial matters to this clone, Yue.
Millien also stopped bothering me with the grand knowledge, and instead connected directly with Yue.
At this moment, Millien and I were right here in the Baking House.
For a rare occasion, Millien did not choose a café or the Witch Cat Café.
Choosing to meet here was certainly for other reasons, such as… the Baking House had, in name, become part of the “Xiao Cheng Support Group.”
“Store Manager, did you really agree so readily? After all, the Baking House should be the fruit of your labor.”
“Labor… it’s not exactly labor though. If it weren’t for the Baking House, I wouldn’t know what I should do every day. It seems like I’m full of energy every day, but in reality, I go through life in a haze.”
“I agree with that.” Senior Ying Shiqian, who was goofing off on the side, interjected.
Today, the Baking House was not open for business.
With Tan Man shining brightly in the arena, the once quiet Baking House suddenly filled with too many people, and they weren’t here to buy things.
Even Shali had somewhat looked down on the money earned from the bread.
Therefore, the Baking House simply paused operations, and that state had lasted quite a while.
For a rare moment, the little Baking House had almost all of its main members gathered.
The store manager Shali, two members: Senior Ying Shiqian and Senior Tang Yihan, plus another core club member, Tan Man.
Along with my clone and Millien representing Xiao Han’s support group.
The exquisite sweets and cakes that were usually displayed sat here as decorations, like they were free.
Since they were all part of the same club now, there was no need to skimp on the club’s characteristics.
Today, everyone in the club was gathered, and there were naturally matters to discuss.
And most importantly… it was about the transformation of the support group.
From now on, the support group would change to the Baking House, which also meant shedding the shackles of the name “Xiao Han.”
At least Millien felt that if she wanted to become a useful follower to Xiao Han, she must first discard that self-deceptive title and face the identity of who she was following.
And those who were still willing to follow her would be the initial “core” under Millien’s leadership.
Later, Millien would gather like-minded students from the academy to grow this group.
I knew this would be difficult; perhaps such a club would collapse following my ascension, even gradually becoming distorted, but I still wanted to pursue this.
“Xiao Se… is the philosophy of such a club too idealistic?”
“So you also think this plan is meaningless?” I looked at Tan Jun, who raised this question. Compared to before, she now had more poise and confidence.
Of course, strong abilities really can change a person’s demeanor.
“No… I think this idea is feasible, but executing it will be very difficult. The simplest question is, how do we distinguish suitable members? Moreover, the nature of this club… feels more like a learning club I once joined in university. Is it really purely reliant on self-discipline?”
Furthermore, Tan Jun hadn’t mentioned something—the lack of an environment for clubs like learning clubs even existed in a world-class top academy like the Witch Academy. Isn’t that sad?
How many of those students who enrolled actually aimed for graduation?
When did they give up on such ideals and become enamored with the easily attainable extraordinary powers?
“I’ve certainly thought about this, but there’s never been a rule in the academy about what a club should look like. Those who run clubs as tools for the academy’s financial gain and talent digging do so because those clubs reflect family wills. Since we pursue something different, there’s no need to follow their way of thinking. There’s no rule stating that a club should have as many people as possible, right?” Millien responded.
“So… will the Baking House follow an elite member route in the future?” Tan Jun inquired.
“Not just that. If possible, the Baking House may even abandon plans to recruit freshmen from lower grades. The academy has many stages to showcase students, from the new student competitions to the upcoming monthly exams and final exams. These are actually tools to help us filter through.”
“But this will face another problem, which is why would such people choose our club?”
“Because our club can help them achieve the extraordinary.” This time, I replied to Tan Jun.
“Just like that? People are inherently profit-driven…”
“Isn’t this just a second screening? If one fails to see through the essence of benefits, they naturally can’t become who they want to be. Our club won’t make anyone rich; all we need to do is build ourselves into the most eye-catching platform, a ladder that helps in ascending to the extraordinary. Then, the people who come will naturally be the ones we expect.”
“That’s indeed a great idea… but being so superior to other clubs makes it easy to be targeted. Xiao Han, I understand those people don’t dare target you now, but—if you establish such a club, then they will have more means to target it.”
“Isn’t there still me? My existence is to solve these troubles for Sister Xiao Han.” Millien immediately stood up and said.
“…” Tan Jun glanced at Millien beside her and didn’t continue. She understood very well how significant the problems this club would face.
It might even be that Millien couldn’t handle it appropriately, but questioning it now was pointless.
“It seems I cannot stop you from doing this. I hope you don’t misunderstand; my words just now weren’t a challenge.”
“That’s fine. If even your questioning can’t be dealt with, then I should give up on this naive idea earlier.”
“Then… may I ask what your original intention for doing this is?”
“Original intention?” I looked at Tan Jun in surprise but quickly provided my answer, “Maybe… it’s simply a desire to leave some of my traces before I leave.”
“Is it that simple?”
“Yeah, it’s that simple,” I nodded.
Actually, it mostly stems from my belief that in the main world, I shouldn’t be like this, as I cannot assist in completing the tasks you request.
Bridge rail spoke.
“It seems she finds you difficult to deal with?” I responded with a smile.
“Obviously, after stirring up trouble with several teaching assistants in the arena, no one dares to fight me in unrestricted matches anymore.” While saying this, Tan Man glanced at me; unexpectedly, there seemed to be a flicker of eagerness for battle in her eyes.
“So what did they tell you?” I ignored Tan Man’s gaze and continued asking.
Currently, I had no thoughts of battling with anyone.
After all, I could easily crush those beneath me now, even Tan Man, who had also mastered her self-generated magic power to a high degree, could not compare.
“They told me about [Extraordinary Knowledge], and revealed secrets I had never heard of before.”
“They haven’t given up yet?” Hearing Tan Man mention this, I was somewhat surprised.
Unknowingly, such a long time had passed; I was almost about to forget the so-called Heart of Cold Wave, which I still kept with me.
“That’s only natural,” Tan Jun nodded.
From Tan Jun’s previous tone, I detected surprise within my words. That tone was almost as if questioning, “With this broken thing, you’ve been fighting over it until now?”
“Also… I learned that the predecessor of this [Extraordinary Knowledge], the Great Spellbook, is called… the Great Ice and Snow Throne Technique.”
“And then? Since they laid it all out for you, how did things develop afterward?” I curiously inquired.
“How should I put it… when they found me, there weren’t just the All-Purpose Workshop, but another club as well, called the Witch Secret Society.”
“Huh? It’s indeed possible to hear about these two legendary clubs everywhere~ So what did they tell you afterward?”
“The Witch Secret Society manages and operates witch secrets on behalf of the Witch Academy. The types of these secrets are numerous, some provide challenges for students, and others are… secrets from extraordinary mentors.” Tan Jun spoke solemnly, as if preparing for what was to be said next.
“So?”
“The Witch Secret Society holds the secrets of the experiments that initially formed the Great Ice and Snow Throne Technique, which has been acknowledged by the mentors. This secret pertains to the experimental area where that group of mentor teams conducted the research on the Great Ice and Snow Throne Wood back in the day.”
After hearing Tan Jun’s description, my immediate thought was of when Headmaster Mei researched the Great Wisdom Enlightenment Wood, thus creating the Fool Village secret.
As for the Great Ice and Snow Throne Wood, I had heard Headmaster mention it before, but had never inquired about the process of its creation.
I didn’t know it was born from within the Witch Secret.
“Now this secret has been relaxed by the academy, handed over to the Witch Secret Society to handle independently. Rumor has it that this secret contains the complete research data on the Ice and Snow Throne Wood.”
“Huh? Is that for real? Such important things… just released like that? And let the society handle it?” I frowned and asked.
Yang Yuelan
