Chapter 963: The Witch Branch in the Expanding Realm
“Since you are all so concerned about Xiaoliu’s Dream Demon Workshop, why don’t you all stay and help Xiaoliu watch over it?” Principal Mei Linde said.
As Mei Linde turned to the group of witches beside her, she felt uneasy. It wouldn’t be proper to lecture Xiaoliu, yet handling these individuals was another challenge.
However, when she noticed that some of the witches among them were displaying eager expressions, she fell silent…
Could it be that some witches actually wanted to stay here?
Was it that the equipment in the Experiment Zone was ineffective, or that the atmosphere there was unfriendly, prompting them to stay here?
But there was one thing Mei Linde did not notice.
Most of the witches researching dream-related topics did not have an ideal research environment before the emergence of the Primordial Dream Laboratory. Naturally, they couldn’t apply for laboratory space in the Experiment Zone.
Moreover, if they could guard this place, they would be able to access abundant Dream State Soul Material at the first opportunity!
Even if Xiaoliu reserved a majority for the Fool Dream life experiment, they could still get some extras, right?
With a stable output of Dream State Soul Material, they could bypass the preparation techniques for purification spells and directly start exploring the possibilities of dream life.
How wonderful would that be~
Thus, ten witches decided to stay behind in the location of the Dream Demon Workshop.
Ten witches—this number was already quite significant.
While they couldn’t form a complete large laboratory team, looking at it from another angle, it seemed sufficient.
Ten Extraordinary Witches voluntarily guarding a Little Witch’s workshop certainly appeared to be a large-scale undertaking.
Once Principal Mei Linde left the Expanding Realm, the academy quickly organized a meeting at the academy level.
This meeting gathered all the Extraordinary Witches who could be invited and had a say within the academy.
Because…the discussion topic was the establishment of a witch branch in the Expanding Realm.
Creating a witch branch in the Expanding Realm was a recurring hot topic that had been discussed in meetings several times already.
Many witches believed that with Principal Mei Linde leading, this discussion would surely reach a definitive conclusion.
And indeed, that was the case.
Finalizing the witch branch was necessary for defining the scope based on reality.
Even if the Expanding Realm had major vulnerabilities, she had to ensure the Dream Demon Workshop was well-protected.
The purpose of this was to declare that infiltrating, sabotaging, stealing from, or assaulting the Dream Demon Workshop equated to an invasion of the Witch Academy! It was tantamount to starting an Extraordinary War!
This way, those clueless about the seriousness of the matter wouldn’t be itching to meddle, only to find themselves on the receiving end of a witch’s sword when the time came.
Letting them understand the importance was crucial to avoid unintended consequences.
Then, while the other side was still probing, they could establish dominance, deterring other Extraordinary Academies from taking action.
After all, other Extraordinary Academies wouldn’t dare incite an Extraordinary War.
And that’s the result the witches desired.
This was the premise for future academy battles.
The first confirmation was the manner of establishing the academy; the Magic Workshop in the Ninglan World made it difficult to create an entirely new Witch Academy.
Thus, the new witch branch would still be structured as a curtain wall, set up over the space of the entire Ninglan World.
As for the area around the Dream Demon Workshop, which lacked substantial development and planning, the academy also hoped to establish an academy zone in the Ninglan World beyond the curtain wall.
In essence, the academic area outside the curtain wall would serve as a space for communication between the Expanding Realm and the curtain wall.
In fact, the Magic Capital had such areas, though not extensive.
It only connected to the doors of the Witch Academy.
However, due to the unique design of the admission notice, this place actually served as a façade, with practical application being optional.
While planning the branch, some witches proposed the idea of an attached school as a trial.
It would serve as pre-school education for witches before entering the Witch Academy, selecting outstanding students for direct admission to the academy, and so on.
After all, the timing of the Spirit Vision awakening varied among individuals from the Main World; those who awakened earlier had a certain level of talent, and this time couldn’t be wasted.
Thus, the concept of the Witch Academy’s attached school came into being.
Furthermore, the restored human beings in the Expanding Realm, upon merging into the Main World, would likely develop the qualities of Spirit Vision awakening within the new generation after a decade or so.
With the conclusion of this meeting, the establishment of the witch branch was confirmed.
Before long, an announcement was already released within the Witch Academy.
The Witch Academy would soon establish a new witch branch in the Expanding Realm!
This news left the students still in the academy utterly shocked!
However, upon reflection, it made sense; the Expanding Realm was vast, so it was quite normal for students of the Witch Academy to study there, right?
That Ninglan Sanqiuyue, a representative of the Expanding Realm, and the city lord of Ninglan New City, was also a student of the Witch Academy, wasn’t she?
At that moment, the academy clubs receiving this news were particularly restless, especially the ones that learned Yang Yuelan and Ming Xueming had sneaked into the Expanding Realm.
Some students even approached their mentors, asking if they could take them into the Expanding Realm.
The final result was that they were severely reprimanded by their mentors and sent off.
In the Witch Academy, students almost couldn’t sway the Extraordinary Witches because a significant gap existed between them. Thus, aside from earning their mentors’ favor through talent, they had few other options.
If it were Yixin wishing to go for an on-site inspection with her mentor in the Expanding Realm, her mentor might agree, but any student or teaching assistant with ulterior motives wanting to enter the Expanding Realm wouldn’t even dare to think about it.
An inappropriate metaphor would be: the Expanding Realm was like a brand new environment, and witches wouldn’t bring any invasive species with them to develop recklessly.
Wasn’t that harmful to themselves? It would also give other witches something to laugh at!
As the announcement from the Witch Academy continued to gain traction, it wasn’t long before the higher-ups of other Extraordinary Academies generally caught wind of it.
The Witch Academy had shockingly decided to establish a branch in the Expanding Realm, which greatly exceeded their expectations.
Moreover, for the construction of the branch, the witches planned to complete part of the groundwork during this vacation, fixing some courses, and transferring lower-grade students who hadn’t selected mentors to the Expanding Realm for preliminary framing of the academy.
A single vacation to build an academic framework.
Although this seemed somewhat rushed, what if this coordinated with the academy war quietly orchestrated by the witches?
The combat strength of lower-grade students was lacking; even though they were gradually beginning practical courses, it barely amounted to a fighting force.
Thus, temporarily relocating to the Expanding Realm to avoid direct confrontation could also be for the benefit of the newcomers.
Academy wars rely on students!
Even if the academy wars were initiated, each academy had some means of revival, but the battlefield is fraught with unexpected occurrences, and no one could predict what would happen if someone was left with nothing under Fa Mu’s slaughters—how would they be revived then?
Nonetheless, the other Extraordinary Academies were still unaware of the Witch Academy’s intentions to provoke an academy war.
Given the Witch Academy’s considerable commotion, the other Extraordinary Academies would surely have reactions.
And indeed, the movements of the Witch Academy were overwhelming.
First was the previous disaster in the Expanding Realm, which claimed so many extraordinary beings that they still hadn’t recovered, and the Witch Academy used this opportunity to entirely cut off other academies’ formal entry channels.
Next was the Ice Snow Throne realm, actively instigating the fate script of the Main World, ultimately leading to the emergence of the long-dormant King of Ancient Ice Remains!
The witches managed to recover almost all fragments of [Extra·Knowledge] and squashed their hopes of directly exchanging it for the All Worlds Terminal.
The wizard apprentices still caught in the Game World had an awkward relationship with the so-called Supreme Council. However, fortunately, the so-called Catastrophe Witch, the Little Witch Yang Yuelan, foolishly descended into that world!
They could ally to eliminate this individual! After all, this little witch was far too “evil” and talented to the point that they were apprehensive.
If they could crush her early, they must act quickly!
Just recently, they learned that witches had launched a pilot for the “Wanlian Main Network Tree” in the Magic Capital.
Furthermore, they attempted to draw in family powers that were pro-witch, hoping to replicate a universal extraordinary era in the Core Realm!
This tactic would surely make those families view the witches and the Witch Academy in a new light.
Providing extraordinary strength to the families—what could the other Extraordinary Academies say?
Would they still insist on not deleting it?
Then how could loyalty be guaranteed? Even if they dared not speak out on the surface, what about behind the scenes?
Once extraordinary power surged to the forefront, even if that power belonged to the witches, the families wouldn’t care.
A dog accustomed to wearing a collar wouldn’t view it as the culprit of restricting freedom, but as a protector and source of support born to them.
No one expected the Witch Academy to strike so ruthlessly from the get-go.
But there still needed to be evidence.
Wishing to promote universal extraordinary status?
Someone had to accept that; the current discourse dominion in the Core Realm was still in their hands.
As long as they touted promoting extraordinary power, all it took was for ordinary people to realize: this only served to further oppress ordinary people by the wealthy or even families and nobles, thus gaining no support from the lower echelons.
Witches were formidable, but their desires for the world’s lower-class aspirations couldn’t simply be swayed by force.
If the Witch Academy wanted to clarify their stance, they needed to suppress family powers, yet at the initial stage, the academy had to leverage family influence to instigate universal extraordinary status.
Perhaps… that’s the kernel of the matter.
Before other Extraordinary Races grasped the grand vision that the witches had in mind, they still held confidence in being able to engage with the witches.
But until the situation led to the academy wars, these so-called gambles and pressures wouldn’t affect them.
Even if heaven and earth came, the witches would stand firm, supported by the academy heads managing the overall situation.
At this moment, I, along with the sisters enjoying vacation in the Expanding Realm, were carefreely expressing our laid-back sentiments.
The restored Expanding Realm didn’t consist solely of land, but also vast oceans.
To facilitate it, the continents were merged during restoration, ensuring that the oceans wouldn’t fragment several continents and leave people scattered about.
Wouldn’t that just add trouble for themselves?
At this moment, I and my elder sister were on this natural beach.
The sea water rolled up the sand on the beach, revealing a beautiful luster, consisting mainly of fine world elemental shells.
Under the catalysis of time, other materials would gradually emerge here, forming astonishing terrains.
Many areas in the Expanding Realm remained undeveloped.
And the wealth here would serve as reserves for the people of the Expanding Realm for the next ten years or even hundred years.
I filled a small glass bottle the size of my finger with some fine crystal sand; without outside interference, such a decorative bottle could last a long time.
Then I tied it with red string and added a few decorative small shells. A handmade souvenir was thus completed.
“Hey~ Sister Bai, this is for you! I made it myself~” I held up the small bottle, and the shells and bottle emitted a crisp clinking sound. In the sunlight shining above, one could see the “sand” sparkling with colorful iridescence!
“Thank you, Xiaodou~ I really like it!” Sister Bai immediately sat up from her beach chair, happily accepting it.
Even if it wasn’t as exquisite as those professional crafts, every mark on it was a memento of our time together.
“It’s fine as long as you like it~” I adjusted my position on the beach chair and fiddled with the umbrella set up beside me, catching the sunlight.
“Uh~ ah… let me see the umbrella about to topple, and I instinctively kicked it away with my bare foot.
“Mm~ by the way, Sister Bai… how long have we been sunbathing here?”
“It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Sunbathing helps you grow tall~”
“Grow tall? Alright~” Although Sister Bai’s statement couldn’t deceive me, I was still willing to accompany her.
Having mastered Self-Awakened Body Cultivation and the derivative applications of the Reincarnation Rebirth Spell, my body had completely come under my will’s control.
As long as Sister Bai liked it, even if I was a little loli today, a young girl tomorrow, or a mature sister like Sister Bai the day after, and a little girl the day after that… I could fulfill Sister Bai’s wishes.
Who cared about sunbathing and the slight changes in body shape during natural growth?
What mattered was simply being with Sister Bai.
Since this was an uninhabited beach, I followed Sister Bai’s suggestion and wore a beach bikini as she liked.
The many boldly designed outfits Sister Bai had piled up for me previously might actually… have their uses now?
I hooked one hand on the scant fabric of the top, the slightly elastic tie leaving an indention on my skin.
In the sunlight, some subtle changes in skin tone could be seen, with the shape of the bikini imprinted on me.
After these days, the basic devices in the Dream Demon Workshop had all been hand-crafted, as my clones’ work efficiency was naturally without question.
The rest required me, as the little witch, to personally create the core components of the Dream Demon Workshop using the permanent characteristics derived from the Great Spellbook.
But… what’s the rush?
Even the Dream Demon Workshop wasn’t as important as being with Sister Bai at this moment.
I had promised to accompany Sister Bai to sunbathe in swimsuits on the beach, so I had to see it through!
The Dream Demon Workshop? That could wait for tomorrow~
