Chapter 939: Ming Xueming’s Change of Stance
After Principal Mei understood my thoughts, she decided to personally have a conversation with the three Body Cultivation Witches.
After all, this is an experiment that requires the cooperation of those three.
One must never underestimate all witches or make assumptions.
It must be said that the existence of the Witch Academy is managed too loosely regarding the Extraordinary Witches; if one were to say it’s an academy, it is technically more like a gathering place for idle witches.
It can rival even the Witch Tea Party.
However, it incorporates an ability for the transformation and education of prospective witches.
But there is no one who can dictate what an academy must look like.
It’s like how the wizards’ world cannot comprehend why the concept of “compulsory education” exists within education.
To wizards, knowledge can be learned if desired; precious knowledge that costs money to obtain should not be forced upon them for free. Isn’t that just using live witchwood materials as consumables?
Witches are similar; they have their own perspectives on education and their weaknesses.
After Principal Mei left, I planned to spend some time collaborating with a few Witch Sisters to perfect the Qi Instrument.
Then I would have time to deal with the next phase of the Dream Realm.
Although it may seem troublesome to address one matter after another, some things must be done. Only by doing them can one liberate oneself from those issues once and for all.
In this world, there are always those (witches) who are willing to endure hardships that you cannot even bear.
The adjustments to the Qi Instrument in the later stages were quite leisurely. While also balancing some Fool Dream concerns, I spent my spare time focused in the Ice Snow Throne Secret Realm.
You can’t blame me for multitasking and handling so many things.
The temptation of the Ice Snow Throne Secret Realm was simply too great!
The life composition of the Ancient Ice Remains helped me understand life, and the rituals involving the Great Spellbook fragments aided my understanding of the characteristics of Extraordinary Knowledge.
During my research, I could even sense the Void Rifts that could tear apart at any moment!
Thus, my current research on the fragments has stagnated at the threshold of assembly.
After all, this is not the best time to allow this secret realm to explode.
At this moment, the All-Purpose Workshop had completed a new president election after two days of fierce competition.
Of course, due to the tight timeline and the union of various family powers within the club, Ming Xueming had stepped down from the president position.
Nicola became the temporary president.
However, to fully stabilize this position and remove the “temporary” title, she would have to undergo a probationary period.
Nonetheless, Nicola expressed substantial confidence in this.
After nearly two or three days of turmoil, things have settled down.
These past few days really kept the club busy, such as changing notifications and preparatory stages. Had it not been “long planned,” it would not have been possible to complete it so quickly.
Adding to this were nominations, elections, and public announcements, all completed in just two or three days, which was indeed a remarkable speed.
In fact, changing a president in a club isn’t that troublesome, but when a club becomes large enough, some processes for the masses become inevitable.
However… even if they moved quickly, it was frustrating that this time was wasted.
Heaven knows how difficult it has been for those maintaining the core of the Ice Snow Throne secret realm these days.
First, Tan Jun and company ran away, and whether or not they would be held responsible is still undecided.
Soon after, those exploring the Laboratory Ruins were all driven out; all pieces were confiscated, and some bodies were left in the secret realm without anyone daring to retrieve them.
Then, there were the irregular and continuous jumps in the secret realm’s stability over these few days.
They also did not know why these events occurred.
Additionally, at one point, the secret realm’s critical point was about to exceed its stable limits, on the verge of collapse. The maintainers of the secret realm fled, only to later find that it stabilized for some unknown reason.
As for the cause of this near-limiting breakdown… it was due to my initial attempt at the Master Spellbook fragments, which nearly tore apart the Void Rifts!
If not for being stopped in time, this secret realm would have genuinely been unable to contain itself.
Afterwards, the All-Purpose Workshop, upon the conclusion of events, submitted a joint application with the Witch Secret Realm for the transfer of the secret realm’s core.
I must say—after being completely embarrassed for two or three days, the efficiency of those witch mentors left them speechless.
However, in the end, they still helped to get this matter resolved.
It wasn’t that witches were tolerant of such matters; rather… it was all just part of Principal Mei’s assignment.
When transferring the secret realm, the academy also issued some announcements and notices, as per usual.
Once the secret realm left the walls of the Witch Academy and entered the outside world, this simple action immediately caught the attention of all the Extraordinary Academies!
Especially the three top academies, which quickly focused on it.
After all, they had sent their students to clear out the Ancient Ice Remains, only to end up with nothing, and instead birthed the king of the Ancient Ice Remains!
It must be said that other academies were doing a great job with intelligence.
They even had detailed knowledge of the conditions of the Ancient Ice in the secret realm, allowing them to deduce that the king of this clan had not yet reached the peak level, nor had he achieved true life.
They also learned that the Ancient Ice did not possess all the fragments, and other intelligence.
Thus, the current situation could barely be considered… temporarily safe.
However, the witches had placed this item outside the academy, truly like a thorn in their side.
Moreover, the area in which this secret realm was located fell within the range of the Witch Academy’s influence, an unplanned and unoccupied area.
And it was right at the border.
If they recklessly dealt with this secret realm, the Witch Academy would surely use it as an excuse to go after them.
If not handled, having it right under their noses was also uncomfortable.
Furthermore, no one knew how the last fragment would be gathered.
Regarding the witches’ actions, other Extraordinary Academies held some speculations.
They believed that witches might have mastered techniques or means that were harder to predict than ever before, awaiting the birth of the king of the Ancient Ice Remains to grasp the world’s pulse.
Although this claim is absurd, and even some less professional Extraordinary individuals could refute it with examples, they feared what might happen if they were wrong.
Who would have thought back then that witches were capable of replicating a race and cheating with the fate of species?
At this stage, no one expected that witches could research techniques to restore the world.
This round of probing has gradually increased the pressure on them.
It must be said that the three top academies were already quite weary from this.
Even the Abyss Demons, who claimed to be the fourth top academy, had started to distance themselves from them.
There were even hints of leaning towards the witches.
However, demons are a group of tight-lipped beings; until the last moment, they would not play the subordinate role to witches.
Moreover, being a subordinate to witches? That would truly be madness!
They could turn you into their little sister in the blink of an eye.
Regarding the Witch Academy’s confusing maneuvers, some Extraordinary individuals felt that this was a sign that the witches were running out of tricks, knowing that such tactics would not work and deliberately trying to irritate them.
And thus use it as a trigger.
Nonetheless, regardless of anything, other Extraordinary academies remained very unsettled about all this.
Moreover, one point made them uneasy regarding the Primordial Dream aspect.
Although the Dream Catastrophe occurred in the Expanding Realm, the advent of the Primordial Dream in the Expanding Realm was truly alarming to them.
So many Extraordinary individuals permanently lost within the dreams at once.
If witches had mastered such means, wouldn’t they be in trouble?
However, they had not received any news of the witch race making significant breakthroughs in the Primordial Dream dimension.
Thus, whether self-deception or otherwise, they could not believe that witches possessed such terrifying capabilities.
Moreover, they didn’t dare to aggressively push forward research in the realm of Primordial Dreams.
One encouraging push, and the witches would swiftly advance on the Fourth Life Interpretation and Soul Task right in there.
If the wizards were to taste the sweetness of Soul Essence, then under overwhelming circumstances, they would inevitably embark on the path opened by witches!
The threats above the Soul Task and the Primordial Dream are simply unsolvable conspiracies!
Yet in any case, in the end, the witches still placed this secret realm in the vicinity of the intersection between the Witch Academy and the top Extraordinary academies.
Although it would cause a lot of trouble for the academy’s students to enter the secret realm, it did not hinder their determination to “repeat the secret realm.”
During Nicola’s attendance at the ceremony to become president, Ming Xueming did not appear.
After stepping down from the president position, she still needed to face various investigations within the club.
Before that, she could not become a senior member of the club.
If there was no involvement from Nicola in this, Ming Xueming would not have believed it.
However, that was not achievable.
Perhaps the academy’s rules do not have such accountability, but the club can stand in for that; and even if the club can’t, the family can.
Everyone is bound by their families, which ensures they act under these game rules while having sufficient restrictions on their behavior.
In the Primordial Dream Laboratory.
As I was receiving their arrival, I encountered an unexpected situation.
It was a clone.
After I sent this clone to the game world, I created a brand new clone, which was the one that had previously assisted Tan Wei and them.
And I informed Millien about it.
This clone was more like a liaison for receiving regular reports from Millien; however, it was impossible since Millien could not enter this level of the Primordial Dream Laboratory.
If it were the previous Self-Generated Magic Power Laboratory, I could naturally grant authorization, but this place involves many critical Extraordinary topics, certainly not accessible to just any student.
Additionally, I described the situation surrounding the academy’s war to Millien.
As for Tan Wei and others, I could only say I wouldn’t guarantee anything, but for Millien, I made it clear.
This battle is just the beginning.
Before that, the academy would open the mutual passage to the Expanding Realm.
In any case, the Expanding Realm also belongs to the Witch Academy. Once the war starts, witches can directly enforce a blockade on the Expanding Realm.
Moreover, the academy intends to develop the Ninglan World into a “second Magic Capital” like the Core Realm.
What does this mean?
It means the Expanding Realm will also welcome their Witch Academy!
Although nominally belonging to a branch, it is essentially a form of insurance.
If the reforms of the core Witch Academy turn out too shoddy or fail outright, then the Expanding Realm would become an entirely new Witch Academy!
After all, starting from scratch is always easier than gradual transformation. This way… the academy could change however it wished without any resistance.
However, unless absolutely necessary, the focus of the Witch Academy in the Core Realm would not change.
But before that, the Witch Academy’s branch in the Expanding Realm would surely be established.
And the initial advantage of the All-Purpose Workshop was undoubtedly highlighted at this moment.
At this point, Millien suddenly contacted me, or rather, reached out to the clone in my heart.
There was someone who wanted to see me.
Ming Xueming.
The president of the All-Purpose Workshop, oh no, now the former president.
If it were before, I wouldn’t have thought twice and would have outright refused. What was there to meet about?
However, she provided a reason that made me want to meet her.
A badge…
Or rather, a contract token.
The contract signed back in the Expanding Realm, which exchanged a promise using valuable information that I was lacking at that time.
