Chapter 877: Ice Throne Witch's Secret Realm
Chapter 877: Ice Throne Witch's Secret Realm
“Sigh have you heard? It is that newly opened secret realm.”
“Oh that one, you know about it too? The Ice Throne. Pity I do not have a ticket to enter.”
“Yeah... what a pity. That is power related to a Grand Spellbook. If I could possess that kind of power, I could also stand shoulder to shoulder with that legendary Teaching Assistant Yang Yuehan.”
With the spread of information, the Witch's Secret Realm Club had already begun to increase the momentum for this secret realm.
This news was not only spreading on the academy network, but through the family relationship networks, it quickly reached other academies and families.
Facing such an event, this dream exploration led by the families on the side of the Witch Academy—many family members jokingly called this secret realm the academy's compensation.
Of course, this was merely a tease, teasing the academy's previous suppression of the family forces.
But in reality, the academy did not care about these families at all.
It was just that this matter truly happened.
The Witch Academy let a club handle a secret realm with full authority like this, so other families naturally had many things to consider.
Full authority meant that the exploration, maintenance, upkeep, operation, secondary design of the secret realm mode, and so on, regarding this secret realm, were all handed over to them.
It was even no problem to use the exploration of this secret realm as a gimmick to promote exchanges between the Witch Academy and other academies.
If this were just an ordinary secret realm, the people of the Witch's Secret Realm Club would absolutely never share it with other academies.
But after the academy side told them that this was an experimental secret realm shaped by the Great Snow Throne Spell... their thoughts changed.
Even if the academy said nothing more, they already understood many things!
The families represented by the clubs within the Witch Academy knew very well that other families wanted the fragments of this Great Snow Throne Spell like crazy, but... did they not want them too?
The power of a Grand Spellbook!
A means comparable to a Transcendent Witch.
That little witch they could not surpass held exactly this kind of power and stood at the very peak of the academy; even Transcendent Witches acknowledged her and were even willing to be close to her...
This was both a promotional claim they spread to shape the power of the Grand Spellbook, and similarly a fact they were willing to believe!
However, along with the spread of this information, there were similarly some other voices constantly questioning things.
For example... Why invite people from other academies to share what was clearly property of the Witch Academy?
Another example was why this secret realm could only be visited by those holding fragments; the secret realm itself had no threshold, and the Witch's Secret Realm Club was engaging in a monopoly and so on.
But no matter how these negative pieces of information spread, they could not shake the implementation of this plan.
Because those people in the clubs only cared about whose hands those fragments were in, and would not perform charity.
Before the cooperative exploration of this secret realm, the people of the Witch's Secret Realm Club also took this opportunity to enter in advance to collect basic information.
No matter what was said, this secret realm already belonged to the club.
Cooperation was a matter for later; the urgent priority now was to seize the home field advantage to collect a large amount of information.
This information was not only their early advantage, but could similarly be a commodity to exchange for interests.
However, the results of the joint exploration between the Witch's Secret Realm Club and Wan Shi Wu were very unsatisfactory.
Because this Witch's Secret Realm was truly too vast, completely incomparable to those secret realms managed and maintained within the club.
Once they entered this secret realm, the first feeling it gave them was a vastness like when they first came to the Expansion Realm to develop the land.
And the internal environment was extremely harsh, covered by blizzards throughout the entire process.
Through personal experience and learning from their own mentors, they understood that this environment... was an effect shaped by a spell effect of the Great Snow Throne Spell.
The blizzard covering the entire territory of the secret realm was actually just a single spell effect!
This allowed them to understand the horror of a Grand Spellbook in a more concrete manner.
Even if the spellbook was already gone, its spell effect still existed...... what other power could compare with such a means?
None!
But sentiment was sentiment, and greed was greed.
Before them now, however, they had to face such a very realistic problem, which was that they had to overcome this difficulty to find what they wanted within this secret realm.
Although power like a blizzard could be resisted under Protective Spells, no one could sustain a Protective Spell for several days or half a month.
Furthermore, the extreme cold temperatures and the vision obscured by the blizzard were also massive problems.
One needed Warming Spells or alchemical equipment to keep warm, and also needed to maintain detection spells throughout the process, otherwise it was easy to lose one's direction.
In fact, ordinary spell effects inside here even faintly had an effect of being suppressed......
If it were only this, then this would not yet become an obstacle to exploration.
The more primary reason was that the ice and snow constructs within this secret realm... all had the possibility of transforming into living things to attack outsiders!
In other words, here, one had to be alert at all times; one could even fall into battle at any moment.
So if one wanted to explore this secret realm, one needed to be sufficiently powerful at the very least, and also needed a team to proceed in coordination.
So during this period, those students who participated in the Self-generating Magic Power experiment received olive branches from those clubs to seek cooperation.
After all, as long as one had enough magic power, one basically would not be obstructed by those small problems within the secret realm.
While these club members were conducting exploration and promotion in full swing, over on the Witch Academy's side, there were also many problems waiting to be solved.
First was the vacancies in the dynamic balance of the number of Transcendents in the Main World caused by the successive departure of witches during this period.
This meant the Main World could attempt to conduct recruitment of witches during a non-rotation period.
With Bai Yu successfully mastering the rudimentary form of a Dream Domain, a wave of practicing physical arts and intending to take the path of Body Cultivation appeared at the Transcendent level within the Witch Academy.
And this wave was started by those academic witches who researched the Primal Dream State; after all, they had witnessed Bai Yu's success!
They were naturally envious.
As for other uninformed witches, they were merely following the trend.
Added to the fueling of the fire by Academy Head Mei, it resulted in Body Cultivation gradually starting to warm up among the witch group.
Although many witches were uninformed about what exactly happened, if a large group of witches were minor-studying and learning it, then following the trend to learn was correct.
Having an extra portion of power was not a bad thing for a witch, was it?
So this time, the Witch Academy intended to focus on recruiting witches primarily based on Body Cultivation when hiring mentors, and preferably witches who majored in Five Senses Body Cultivation or had awakened the 6th sense of Body Cultivation.
And as for what all of this was for, it was naturally self-evident.
They needed a large number of successful cases to pave the road for the power system of the Dream Domain!
Actually, regarding this matter, Academy Head Mei was thinking of taking Little Han directly to see that Lord Primal Witch.
But a certain little witch was unwilling.
Subsequently, Mei Linde went to find Bai Yu again.
Bai Yu did not want to leave either and stated that she wanted to accompany Little Han at the moment she advanced to Transcendent, and would go with Little Han then.
Ultimately, she could only report this matter to Lord Primal Witch in another form.
As for her, she planned to constantly replicate this miracle again.
After all, this kind of power was sufficient to serve as the trump card of the Main World's Witch Academy; naturally, the more the better.
One should know that although it was hard to find Body Cultivation witches starting from the 6th sense in the Main World, it was still effortless to find such witches outside the Main World.
As for whether they could rush over, or were willing to come to this side, that was another matter entirely.
***
“Finally found you. You truly were hard to find.”
“Hmm?”
I turned around to look at this witch named Cheryl, a hint of wariness rising in my heart.
But once I thought about how I was currently the clone “Yue,” I quickly relaxed.
I am a single clone; what should I fear?
Even if this Anti-Witch has more schemes, could she still plot against me if I committed suicide on the spot?
You should know my true body was over in the experimental area.
The barrier over there was something even the Anti-Witch before me was helpless against.
After all, even if her strength made even the Academy Head feel wary, that did not mean she could do as she pleased in the Witch Academy.
One should know that not everything could be destroyed by violence—for example... a math problem.
And the field of the Transcendent possessed far too many “unsolvable” means comparable to math problems; if you do not understand, then you truly do not understand.
That barrier, as long as it was hit heavily, would trap one within a spatial maze.
Using Transcendent means to construct characteristics like rules—that was high-end Transcendent technique.
Even if you broke the maze and came out, if you wanted to break the barrier, you would still be sent into a spatial maze.
Although this barrier had many flaws, such as being unable to move, unable to proactively defend against enemies, and unable to be constructed in a short time, when used in specific places, it was nearly “invincible.”
“Does Big Sis Cheryl have some business?”
After the trip to the Primal Dream State back then, I had gradually de-mystified this Anti-Witch.
I acknowledged her strength, but she could no longer form a pressure of aura, status, and mystery over me as she had in the past.
“Oh? You are actually willing to call me Big Sis? I am very happy.”
Cheryl appeared very happy after hearing my address.
Back then, I had similarly addressed her as “Big Sis,” only I hadn't really called her that much afterward.
“So... did Big Sis Cheryl seek me out for some business?”
I repeated my question once more.
“Don't be in such a hurry to get straight to the point, how about a casual chat? I'll accompany you on a walk. Anyway, this is just your clone; you shouldn't be busy, right?”
“Alright...”
To tell the truth, this clone of mine was indeed not busy usually.
The positioning of the clone was more like playing the identity of an ordinary person, enrolling in the Witch Academy and experiencing an ordinary life.
I even occasionally went over to the teaching area to piggyback on some open classes and such, experiencing the process of being taught.
And ultimately, I would discover that for normal course teaching, I would learn very tiredly.
Because this kind of teaching method did not suit me.
This classroom-style education was more like injecting a concept into another person's brain; I needed to transform their viewpoints into a way I could understand before it could be counted as effective learning.
Sure enough... my choice of course exemption back then was correct.
Spontaneous self-study and active thinking—that state was the best posture for learning.
Right now, I just walked and chatted with Cheryl in an aimless way.
Possessing Heart Sense, I could faintly feel Cheryl's thought of wanting to use this method to draw closer to me.
It had to be said, I did not buy this act, and I didn't particularly like communicating with others either.
The communication of others focused on the resonance of emotion and cognition, while my communication focused more on weighing the correctness and oversights of words.
Therefore, a longer duration of communication would not bring my relationship with the other party closer; it would even cause me annoyance and boredom.
No one could establish derivative emotions and resonance upon things they did not like.
“Little Han truly still does not like me, right?”
Cheryl naturally realized as well that the communication throughout this walk had not brought our relationship closer, so she was still a bit lost after realizing this.
Sometimes, an Anti-Witch was just like that; she was more frank than any other witch, because upon the path they were forced to walk, there were no friends other than fellow Anti-Witches.
“I suppose so, barely. But I actually don't quite like chatting with others, nor am I very good at getting along with others.”
“Is that so? It feels very similar to me. I seem to have told you... you are very suited to be an Anti-Witch, right?”
“But I do not want to be one right now.”
“I was just saying it for fun. Even if you wanted to, actually even if you addressed yourself as an Anti-Witch, you would not be an Anti-Witch.”
“That's good then.”
“Hehe I can feel that the words you say now are a bit more natural than before. Has anyone told you that your responses are filled with flightiness and humor?”
“Perhaps. If you truly have no more topics to find... actually we could choose to part ways.”
“Our topic hasn't even entered the proper business yet, and you're thinking about ending it?”
“So it hasn't entered the proper business yet?”
I spoke, knowing the answer.
“I'll just treat it as you joking.”
Cheryl gave a light laugh, not taking the matter seriously either.
“We've arrived at the Witch Cat Cafe again. Do you want to go in for a drink? I remember those cute Fool's Dreams... seem to be closely related to you. I wonder if there will be some discount if you go?”
“No discount, but... Big Sis Dana gave me a Gold Cat Card.”
“You have a Gold Cat Card too?”
“Too?”
“Ahem. it's nothing. A friend I know also has a Gold Cat Card given by that Dana. Do you mind treating me to a cup?”
“Alright... I don't mind.”
“Let's go then the Witch Cat Cafe. Do you know? A place like the Witch Cat Cafe—wherever witches gather, there is this kind of business model. Not just the Main World, but other worlds where witches are permanently stationed have such places. It has already become a symbol of witches, and also the materialization of witches' love for the concept of cats.”
“Of course the Witch Cat Cafe has another meaning for witches.”
“What meaning?”
I asked curiously.
“That is the manifestation of witches' open-mindedness. As long as one arrives here and presses the Cat Stamp—unknown, expectation, surprise, and curiosity. Every hostess cat girl holds the open-minded mindset of 'if there's a feeling, do it; if not, just sit'……”
“Stop……”
“Alright actually I've only heard this rumor. I know you have a girlfriend, Little Han. We've come to a legitimate Witch Cat Cafe too, so we're just sitting. I've heard that those special Witch Cat Cafes…… are actually opened on your academy's Fengqing Street, you know.”