Chapter 890: Body Cultivation Witches and the Dream Domain Experiment
“This one?”
Hearing Mei Linde say this, the gazes the three Body Cultivation witches cast over instantly changed.
They could not find any traces of the Academy Head lying, which at least indicated that in her eyes, this person had truly achieved such an accomplishment!
As a witch who could make a breakthrough in a brand-new field for the academy, she would be considered a top-tier Academic Witch no matter what, right?
Witches of that type generally brought with them an inherent impression of being very arrogant; after all, no one could tolerate others pointing fingers within their own field of expertise.
Naturally, such witches also liked to call those of them who were Body Cultivation witches… muscle-heads.
It could be described as taking stereotypes to the max.
But up until now, they had not received such an offense; furthermore, they even had the initial impression that the other party was also a Body Cultivator, making them faintly curious about the girl before them.
“Yes, this is the one. Before I speak, I hope you three will not speak of the matter we are discussing now to anyone else. After all, even for the other witches of the academy, this belongs to a confidential matter.”
“Is a Witch's Contract for secrecy required?”
“A contract is not necessary. I trust your self-control,” Mei Linde said with a light laugh.
After all, even if a contract was signed, some information that was leaked ultimately couldn't be stopped. If it truly escalated to signing a contract, then it would become a question of principle.
“Then we must also thank you for your trust.”
“It's fine. I shall continue then.”
Mei Linde nodded and subsequently continued the previous topic.
“Earlier, we spoke of our breakthroughs and discoveries in the Primal Dream State, and this discovery is that within the Primal Dream State, one can construct a Domain Order similar to the Saint Stage.”
“A domain within a dream? That seems somewhat interesting.”
“Can you tell us what the significance of this is? If you intend to help us construct a second domain, I might be interested in giving it a try.”
The two witches who spoke clearly had not perceived any problem with constructing a domain within the Primal Dream State.
After all, they had stated just now that their understanding of the Primal Dream State was not extensive.
In their thoughts, a domain within a dream was just a form of being able to dominate the dream at will, much like having a lucid dream.
And Mei Linde naturally realized this issue as well.
“There is natural significance. I understand you might not quite comprehend it, so I shall give an example.”
Mei Linde pointed toward me, then spoke again.
“This person, namely Little Han, constructed a Dream Domain within the Expansion Realm’s Primal Dream State and used it for an experiment. Subsequently, the secondary disaster caused by the effects triggered by the domain resulted in the deaths of 61 Transcendent consciousnesses. 61 was not the limit of Transcendents she could kill, but rather, within the range of the secondary disaster caused, there were only 61 Transcendents other than witches.”
“The lethality rate was 100%. Before the exploration progress of other Transcendent races in the Primal Dream State catches up with ours, this method is unsolvable and irreversible.”
As soon as Mei Linde finished her last sentence, the three witches instinctively sucked in a breath of cold air.
Although Transcendent power is very simple to use to crush dozens of opponents when crossing tiers, no one dared to say their own methods were unsolvable!
Amidst their amazement, they also instinctively looked up at the witch who called herself Yang Yuehan with even more respect.
It was said that terrifying Academic Witches were also exceptionally powerful, and their methods were usually eerie, unsolvable, and beyond common logic.
This time, they had finally felt it intuitively.
“Then… does this kind of power have any relation to us Body Cultivation witches?”
At this moment, Long, who acted as the faint representative among the three Body Cultivation witches, was the first to ask.
“Naturally, and the relation is very great. Because according to Little Han’s description, the prerequisite for mastering this power is Body Cultivation. If possible, Self-awakened Body Cultivation is best. Body Cultivation strength alone is not enough; another prerequisite is to minor in Five Senses Body Cultivation and awaken the 6th sense.”
When Mei Linde finished, Long felt faintly embarrassed, because among the three Body Cultivation witches, only she was not a Self-awakened Body Cultivator.
She was a Dragon Witch of the Black Dragon bloodline branch.
Even without Self-awakened Body Cultivation, she was confident that her physical body in Body Cultivation was not inferior to the two witches beside her who possessed Self-awakened Body Cultivation.
Of course, this did not mean Self-awakened Body Cultivation was not powerful enough, but rather that Self-awakened Body Cultivation was roughly on par with top-tier bloodlines in terms of pure physical quality.
However, Self-awakened Body Cultivation was not merely a representative of brute force in terms of physical quality.
“Of course, it is not a major problem if one is not a Self-awakened Body Cultivator, though it would be better if one were,” Mei Linde naturally saw Long’s unease; after all, she had read all of their data.
“Currently, a Body Cultivation witch in our academy who is not a Self-awakened Body Cultivator has already preliminarily constructed a Dream Domain order. There is a successful case, so there is no need to worry too much.”
“Is that so? That's good, then, that's good…”
Unknowingly, Long had already somewhat entered into this identity.
After all, being able to master a portion of power by participating in an experiment was a gain no matter how one looked at it.
“I have a question.”
At this moment, Muli, who was on the side, asked.
“If you have a question, go ahead and ask.”
“Since the prerequisite for this Dream Domain fits the threshold of Body Cultivation so perfectly, is this ability you are researching the power of the Body Cultivation system?”
“Regarding this question…”
Mei Linde’s gaze turned toward me.
After all, she herself did not meet the requirements for practicing this kind of power and naturally had not conducted deep research into it.
“Little Han, you should be the one to answer professional questions.”
“Objectively speaking, yes,” I spoke.
“The Heart Sense of Body Cultivation is currently the only fit for dominating this power. At least currently, I have not found any other universal way to control it. One could say the Dream Domain is a coincidental derivation of the Body Cultivation system. It can be foreseen that the power regarding Body Cultivation perception channels will, in my research, possess an extremely fitting affinity with the Primal Dream State……”
“Thank you for your explanation. You don't need to tell us the detailed content that follows, as we wouldn't understand it anyway.”
Muli interrupted me very politely and honestly, offering me advice.
“I understand.”
The emotions I was brewing came to an abrupt halt.
Originally, I wanted to take this opportunity to properly organize the relationship between the Primal Dream State and Body Cultivation power again.
But… ordinary Body Cultivators would not talk about these theoretical things, so I stopped.
Because I knew that Body Cultivators believed more in so-called… feelings!
Even I was like that.
One could say that although Five Senses Body Cultivation was singled out, its shadow penetrated many corners of the Body Cultivation system and would even influence the subject dominating the Body Cultivation power, namely the Body Cultivator.
“Since you three have a general understanding of the situation, I wonder if you are willing to participate in this experiment? If you are willing, our Main World's Witch Academy welcomes you. If you are not, we similarly welcome you to stay here and become a physical arts guidance teacher.”
“I would like to ask: is this experiment led by this… Yang Yuehan?”
Muli inquired at this moment.
She hesitated for a moment when addressing me, ultimately using my full name instead of “Little Han.”
Even though Body Cultivation witches were very straightforward, she still granted respect to witches who were willing to pioneer the Body Cultivation power system.
“Mhm, naturally. However, she has been quite busy with experiments in other areas recently, so in terms of progress, it is unlikely she can devote all her energy to you, and the progress will also be somewhat slow.”
“The progress will be somewhat slow, huh… that's not exactly unacceptable. It's understandable. Roughly how many decades will be needed?”
“Uh?”
Mei Linde hesitated for a moment at the question Muli asked.
Decades?
But she quickly reacted.
In these one or two years, she was almost having her sense of time distorted by Little Han.
She always had an illusion that the events occurring in the academy during these two years might even be more than those of the previous hundred years combined!
“Is there a problem? It couldn't be a hundred years, right? That's a bit long in terms of time. If I can cultivate normally during the experiment, I could consider it.”
“No, no, no! It's not that long. Take the Body Cultivation witch who is close to success as an example; under Little Han’s full coordination, she has already preliminarily completed the construction of the domain order in about a month. Although she has not completely succeeded yet, it will in all probability not be dragged out to an exaggerated extent like several decades.”
“How long? A month?!”
One must know that even for a Transcendent Witch preparing to advance to the Saint Stage, constructing a spell domain took more than a month!
“Is there any reason not to agree! For an experiment this efficient, I would even praise it for blowing a hole in me!”
The first to state her stance was naturally this witch, Long.
Being able to see results in a month at the earliest—did she really think this was practicing physical arts?
Even for practicing physical arts, which one didn't involve practicing day after day for decades?
“Do not be agitated! This kind of thing also varies due to individual witches being different.”
“Understood, understood.”
“Since you have all stated your stances this way, then I shall default that you are all willing.”
Mei Linde’s gaze met their eyes one by one, counting as having sought their opinions.
“Naturally.”
“I have no problem.”
“This experiment isn't mandatory, is it? If for some reason one doesn't want to continue halfway through…”
“Withdrawal is naturally allowed. We do not force it,” Mei Linde affirmed.
“Then I also agree. When will the experiment begin? Or rather… Can we start now?”
“There's no hurry for that.”
Mei Linde looked toward me and said with a smile, “An experiment is not child's play. You have only just arrived at our Witch Academy; how could we push you onto the experimental table right away?”
Of course, Mei Linde said this because she hadn't interfaced with me regarding the detailed experimental arrangements and flow, etc.
After all, if this experiment was truly to be done, it would also depend on whether I had free time.
“In a while, a witch will come to interface with you regarding those matters after entering the academy—work-related ones, office, housing, necessary document interfacing, etc. You should adapt to the academy side first. If possible, incidentally go and learn about the situation in the Main World; currently, our Witch Academy’s situation is still somewhat tense.”
“That is fine. Then we shall leave first.”
The three witches, hearing the Academy Head had already begun telling them these things, naturally understood that the proper business was mostly finished being talked about, and what followed likely wasn't content they could listen to.
“Um… wait, I almost forgot.”
Mei Linde nodded, then thought of something.
After speaking, she took out three seeds.
These three seeds were Seeds of Great Knowledge.
As the Academy Head, she naturally had a surplus in storage.
However, they hadn't been formally interfaced into the process for mentors entering the academy yet, so it was still her acting as the leader to distribute the Seeds of Great Knowledge.
“This is… the power of a Grand Spellbook.”
Muli was the first to react.
“Yes, exactly. This is the power of a Grand Spellbook. It is called the Seed of Great Knowledge, and it originates from a spell effect called the Great Tree of Knowledge. Think of it as… a current benefit within our academy? Its spell effects are very peculiar; you can explore them yourselves.”
“Thanks.”
The three witches all felt very surprised.
After all, they hadn't expected that after entering this Witch Academy, every witch would actually be able to receive a Grand Spellbook effect!
One had to know that Grand Spellbooks were actually very rare.
No one would share them out of the kindness of their heart, and wanting to distribute effects targeting individuals one by one was also very troublesome.
No matter who it was, no one would be willing to do such a thankless task.
That was why they were extremely surprised by this practice of Academy Head Mei.
Don't look at it as just a spell effect; the spell effects of a Grand Spellbook were permanent and inextinguishable.
Even if the Grand Spellbook shattered, it would not essentially affect its effects.
Even for the Great Tree of Knowledge, it was so.
It was just that after losing the Great Tree of Knowledge as a hub, the Earth Vein Appraisal Spell could only be retrieved from the Seed of Great Knowledge's own records.
Techniques involving the connection between the Great Tree of Knowledge and the Seed of Great Knowledge would similarly fail, and the conception of laying out a large-scale network of Seeds of Great Knowledge would also encounter problems.
Fortunately, currently, a Seed of Great Knowledge could gestate a Knowledge Mother Tree and produce Seeds of Knowledge.
However, in this way, the Great Tree of Knowledge system would forever lose its highest-level core.
“You're welcome. If you don't know how to use it, you can ask any witch; I believe they will be very happy to help you. Additionally… I won't see you out.”
“Mhm, it's fine. We're leaving now.”
After seeing off those three Body Cultivation witches, the Academy Head quickly placed her attention upon me.
“They've left… mhm Little Han, now there's only the two of us. Speak up: what business do you have for seeking me out this time?”
“Aren't there still… them?”
I looked toward that massive Destiny Gazing instrument in the center of the office.
At this moment, this giant instrument had already undergone massive changes compared to before.
Only the few witches revolving around it below could prove that it was not yet finished.
“Is the Destiny Gazing instrument about to be completed?”
“Not yet. I was thinking of counting on you to help speed up the progress earlier, but as it turned out, you are still busy even now. Truly, plans cannot keep up with changes.”
“Ha… apologies.”
I scratched my head somewhat embarrassedly, but this was also something that couldn't be helped.
“It's fine we can afford to wait this bit of time. Besides, having you help was meant to be incidental, built upon the premise that you had nothing to do. But facts have proven that you never have a moment where you rest. Is your head full of thoughts about pulling off something big?”
The Academy Head said with a smile.
“How could that be? Big Sis Mei, you mustn't have such a stereotype! I am not a bad child who likes to cause trouble.”
“Mhm yes, yes, yes. You don't like causing trouble.”
Mei Linde laughed out loud while saying this. Clearly, she didn't even believe it herself.
“Let's get to the proper business. Every time you come to find me, it's a precursor to you pulling off something big. Don't you tell me you're here to report some strange experiment to my face. I'm declaring in advance: I won't approve it.”
“Ah? I haven't even said anything yet!”
“You wouldn't have spent all that time really coming to report, would you?”
“No, no, no, how could that be?”
I hurriedly waved my hands.
“Actually, I came here primarily wanting to ask for some guidance on a few questions.”
“Ask for guidance? Fine, ask away. What is it?”
Hearing I was here to ask questions, Mei Linde breathed a sigh of relief and subsequently walked to her position quite comfortably and leaned against her chair.
“Mhm, then I'll just be blunt. Big Sis Mei… is this matter of making the Fool's Dreams become life also one of your links for finding the Umbilicus Mundi?”