Chapter 894 Ancient Glacial Ice and the Great Snow Throne Spell
“You didn't die, of course; it was just that your soul consciousness was pressured by the Original Dream State to the point of separating from your shell.”
I quickly stepped forward to control Long's figure, preventing her from continuing to slide toward the deeper parts of the Original Dream State.
“That's impossible, right? There's actually a power that can bypass my strength as a body cultivator and squeeze my soul essence out of my shell?”
Long spoke subconsciously, truly putting the expression of “I really haven't seen this kind of scene before” on her face.
“Then it just means your understanding of the Original Dream State is still insufficient; it's not too late to recognize its danger now,” I said with a smile, then pulled her back.
In passing, I also moved her body away, lest she be unable to have her soul return to her shell in a place so close to the Original Dream State.
After waiting for a short while, Long slowly crawled up from the laboratory floor.
It seemed that aside from experiencing the feeling of the soul leaving the body when dying in battle, she didn't actively separate her soul at other times; otherwise, she wouldn't be this unaccustomed to it.
“Cough, cough, hmph… that feeling… was indeed somewhat interesting,” Long said after getting up, tidying her disheveled appearance from just now.
“How did it feel?”
Muli also asked from the side, as if watching a spectacle.
“That feeling was like being instantly deterred by a fellow who specializes in mental attacks, and the feeling of the soul leaving the body wasn't very pleasant either; there was a very helpless sense of powerlessness,” Long said at this moment with some aftertaste to the two beside her.
Then she moved her body a bit and returned to her peak state.
After all, no matter what, she was a body cultivator; she was naturally as familiar as possible with her own physical body.
“Heh so you shouldn't go and seek death when there's nothing going on. Look at your confident steps just now, and then falling asleep instantly; seriously, don't force yourself when there's no need,” Muli commented, her tone carrying a trace of hot and cold as if watching a joke.
“That was just my lack of experience, but seriously, this kind of environment is really suitable for honing mental power and will. If a place like this could be popularized, that would be great.”
“You can just think about that idea for the future; it can't be done right now,” I reminded from the side.
“Is it because it's technically impossible?”
Long asked.
“More or less. Currently, there's no way to maintain an Original Dream State for a long time. Its existence has always been stabilized by me using my Dream Domain, which is why I haven't been able to leave this laboratory even now.”
“Well, I was just saying.”
After the three witches roughly understood the situation of the laboratory, they prepared to leave.
After all, the laboratory emphasized efficiency; this wasn't some museum for visiting where they could stay as long as they wanted.
The three of them didn't understand the professional aspects at all and felt out of place here.
After adding the contact information for the Seed of Great Knowledge, they planned to leave.
If they encountered problems, they could directly contact me through the Seed of Great Knowledge.
However, after Academy Head Mei led them out, she left behind a temporary clone here.
“Does Big Sis Mei have something else?”
I asked, looking at the clone that had been left behind.
“Yes, your eyes…”
Mei Linde had felt it as soon as she entered, but she hadn't asked directly.
“I'm trying to accept Spirit Vision. The way I used it before led into a misunderstanding, so I want to correct it now,” I explained calmly, as if I had done something trivial.
“Floating World… I don't know how you are bearing power of this level. Perhaps the way out found by life at the beginning of its birth allowed you to ignore its existence in another way, but now that you want to pick it up, it will be very hard.”
“That's why I'm adapting. I've already been told by several witch sisters that it's very terrifying when I look at them…”
I said jokingly.
“At your current level, seriously, it's very forced. The vast majority of witches in the witch race wouldn't touch that level of the True Time Madness Threshold, which is a matter of life or death.”
“But you skipped that hurdle from the very beginning. However… no matter how you look at it, Spirit Vision presents you with the perspective of True Time. This requires an extremely powerful level of life from you. At this stage, it's not something you can muddle through by just saying you're adapting.”
“Big Sis Mei actually, you don't really need to worry so much about me. You've given me too much care and doting, which similarly… has left me without many opportunities to grow through wind and rain.”
“But your current progress has even surpassed the level that can be normally understood; you don't need to be so urgent.”
“Since Big Sis Mei has said so, doesn't that mean you also admit that if you didn't hold me back, I could actually grow even faster?”
“I…”
Mei Linde's words were swallowed back down.
Because… there was indeed no flaw in this logic.
What was she afraid of…… afraid of Xiao Han growing too fast?
Or afraid of Xiao Han encountering danger?
“Big Sis Mei, there are no so-called shortcuts to growth. Speed is just an attitude of pursuit. No matter how fast I grow, I actually can't be faster than a pure-blooded witch who is a Transcendent witch from birth.”
“……”
Mei Linde was silent now.
No one knew what she was thinking in this moment.
“Heh Xiao Han has already started educating me?”
“No, no how could I possibly! I just wanted to express my thoughts.”
I quickly waved my hands and said.
“It's nothing, I don't mind. It's just that the words you said reminded me of a certain Anti-Witch,” Mei Linde said, shaking her head.
“Since you've put it this way to me, then I'll leave it to you. Just don't get yourself killed, or else I'll have to work overtime.”
The last sentence was spoken by Mei Linde after a moment of hesitation.
Actually, she had originally wanted to say, “If you get yourself killed, I won't save you,” but in the end, she changed her tune.
Because the deep-seated meaning represented by that sentence was… if you listen to me, I'll have your back; if you don't, then I won't care about you.
That wasn't something an educator should say, but rather something a person with a strong desire for control would do as a mental shackle.
Was this the kind of relationship between her and Xiao Han?
She felt it shouldn't be.
“Thank you for your understanding, Big Sis Mei, rest assured! I treasure my life very much! Have you ever seen me go and do something without being mentally prepared?”
“Then what about this time? Spirit Vision doesn't talk reason with you. To be honest, if you hadn't severed the Earth Vein Chains and even accepted the Seed of Destiny, the world consciousness of this world would have guaranteed your life no matter what you did. After all, Spirit Vision is a blessing bestowed by the world consciousness upon the people of this world, but you……”
“The treatment of a Child of Destiny, right? But I don't need it; I naturally have other means,” I said firmly regarding this.
And the other means I mentioned referred to the technique of Soul Depiction to improve my soul level!
Although only about two days had passed, I had more or less figured out a path.
After all, the ability of Soul Depiction in terms of soul-substance and soul shaping was obvious to all.
Adding in the experience I had on Shi Ruizhi's body regarding soul sublimation for a person, everything else was simple.
After all, many things follow the principle of “zero times or countless times.”
Soul Depiction was no exception.
“Alright, seeing how confident you look, I'll believe you one more time,” Mei Linde said as much, then intended to have this clone disperse itself so she could leave.
“Hey! Wait! Big Sis Mei, did you specifically leave a clone just to talk about this?”
I quickly stopped Academy Head Mei and asked.
“Yes, otherwise what else? Ask you about some progress in dream life research? Or research samples of dream-state soul-substance? I'm not a professional in this field; knowing the general idea is enough.”
As a senior witch, Mei Linde naturally knew what focus was.
In a long career, the research topic a witch chose was the anchor of her entire life.
Perhaps she would try many completely new things in her life, but those were all interludes, or seasonings on the boring path of her research topic, but they wouldn't change her path.
The path she chose… was an extremely boring research topic.
“Then… then can I ask Big Sis Mei a few questions? Don't worry they're just small questions! They're definitely not those profound questions that even Big Sis Mei wouldn't know!”
I said hurriedly.
“Sure if you want to know, then ask,” Mei Linde said with a very confident smile.
As the Academy Head, those she normally interacted with were all other witches.
To say that within the academy, there were children she could talk to… it seemed that besides Xiao Han, there were no other students.
Of course, cases where she occasionally used a clone to walk through the academy with another identity didn't count.
But to be honest, ever since Xiao Han had started asking questions she couldn't answer, she had felt a lot of pressure.
Now that Xiao Han said she wouldn't ask those kinds of questions, she was naturally very interested.
“Big Sis Mei should know about the Ice Throne Secret Realm that's still ongoing during this period, right?”
“Oh that matter? Why, have you become curious about it?”
Mei Linde also relaxed upon hearing me mention this matter, because she knew what the situation was.
“Yes, very curious. Why did the academy suddenly do this? Could it be…… just to gather that Grand Spellbook? Clearly, this Grand Spellbook has been broken for a long time, right?”
“Of course it's not just for that Grand Spellbook,” Mei Linde said, shaking her head gently.
“That means there's actually a part that's desired, then?”
“Xiao Han, you really know how to interpret things. Actually, the one who wants it might not be us, or rather… not just us.”
“Other Transcendent academies?”
When Academy Head Mei said this, I instantly thought of the words Cheryl had revealed to me.
“Can this Grand Spellbook still be exchanged with that game world for their Myriad Worlds Terminal?”
“Mm, mm……”
Mei Linde nodded subconsciously, then she immediately realized how much information she had revealed with that one “mm.”
Then her smile faded, and she looked at me.
“Cough… is… is that so? That… actually, I didn't plan to care about this matter……”
I quickly changed my tune.
Academy Head Mei's appearance just now clearly showed she had realized something, and I clearly knew something about the game world.
And of those willing to tell me these things, Mei Linde could only think of that Anti-Witch, Cheryl.
“I actually wanted to ask about those… creatures called ice crystal monsters inside the Ice Throne Secret Realm. They're very strange.”
I switched the topic.
My knowledge of the characteristics of those monsters in the secret realm was naturally obtained through the Seed of Great Knowledge.
“Fine…”
Mei Linde didn't pursue the previous topic further.
After all… she couldn't stop Xiao Han from interacting with that Anti-Witch, and she certainly couldn't stop that Anti-Witch from interacting with Xiao Han.
“Those ice crystal monsters are indeed very special. You should still remember the Newborn Race Nurturing Plan mentioned to you a few days ago, right? The ice crystal monsters in this secret realm are products of that plan, and they also have a name, one you're very familiar with. They are called—Ancient Glacial Ice.”
“That's Ancient Glacial Ice?!”
My eyes widened, but… that seemed to make sense?
“Yes, but unfortunately, this kind of life existed in the void very early on, but this race was submerged in the course of history in the void. Because of this experiment, it has been resurrected again.”
“Uh… wasn't it said that this secret realm was the experimental secret realm for the Grand Spellbook Great Snow Throne Spell?”
I asked in confusion.
“Experiments with shared characteristics will be interconnected. You should know that, right? The Ancient Glacial Ice Transformation Spell is also a fragment of the Great Snow Throne. This transformation spell originates from the Ancient Glacial Ice race, but this transformation spell in turn helped achieve the Great Snow Throne Spell.”
“……”
“Without the Ancient Glacial Ice Transformation Spell, perhaps the [Transcendent Knowledge] that achieved the Great Snow Throne Spell might not have become the Great Snow Throne Spell, but instead became a Grand Spellbook like the… Great Snow Spell. It's just like how your Great Tree of Knowledge is related to the Memory Bookshelf spellbook, right?”
“I understand.”
I nodded immediately, indicating I understood, or rather I had understood this principle from the very beginning.
[Transcendent Knowledge] was equivalent to a core, and the essence of a Grand Spellbook was a spellbook; only after having a spellbook was it a Grand Spellbook.
Meaning that [Transcendent Knowledge] could become any form that its characteristics allowed; it just depended on how a person understood and defined it.
Just like how my “Great Tree of Knowledge” could also have been the “Great Grass-Growing Spell.”
“I understand. Then… will the academy really not care about this secret realm anymore?”
“In name, it will no longer care.”
“What if Tan Han and the others die inside?”
I continued to ask.
“Do you have the ability to save them?”
“I do.”
“Then this isn't a question for me,” Mei Linde said with a shrug.
“The Main World script isn't anyone's script. Anyone with the ability to interfere with it can turn it into the form they like. I'm no exception, you're no exception, and even the people within the script can be no exception.”
Mei Linde naturally knew what her words meant.
Go ahead and do what you want to do; there's no need for misgivings, provided you can bear the price of doing so.
“I understand.”