Is It Weird for a Guy to Apply to a Witch School?

Chapter 739: Magic Power Source Body Cultivation Method Nearing a Breakthrough

As the final procedures for filing college applications concluded.

The various academies began sending out admission notices to their respective students.

The battle to snatch newcomers for the new semester had only just reached its climax.

However, not everyone was worth the effort for the Transcendent Academies to fight over.

The majority of people would simply spend a pleasant and uneventful holiday at home before arriving at their respective Transcendent Academies according to the scheduled enrollment dates.

The rest of the thrilling and story-filled battles for new students, along with the ups and downs of the admission process, were treatments reserved only for geniuses.

In such an environment, the Witch Academy was also making significant moves.

Taking advantage of this holiday, the Academy prepared to renovate some areas of the Witch Academy, and the place being renovated was... the Witch Academy’s Open-air Arena.

It was also the largest arena closest to the center of the Witch Academy.

This arena had carried the passion and sweat of too many people, witnessing countless victories, defeats, life, and death.

It had also hosted many competitions.

Previously, however, this Open-air Arena was merely for activities within the Witch Academy.

Since last year, everything had changed; it had begun to integrate with other academies.

Therefore, this arena was still very meaningful in a commemorative sense.

The Academy announced that this arena would undergo a large-scale expansion, and it would not only serve as a venue for competitions between students but would also become the planting site for the first “Myriad Connection Main Network Tree” in the Main World’s Core Realm!

From then on, the coverage of the “Power Network” would no longer be limited to the Expansion Realm; it would gradually unfold within the Witch Academy as well.

It was worth noting that the space where the Witch Academy was located was an additional space isolated by the Curtain Wall.

Therefore, the root network of this Myriad Connection Main Network Tree would only spread within the Witch Academy.

As soon as one left the Academy, the Power Network would be disconnected, effectively isolating the transcendent power within the Academy.

The release of this announcement immediately sparked discussions among many people, with some rejoicing and others worrying.

But without a doubt, the arena was about to undergo an unprecedented reform—competition between absolutely fair powers!

Even though the arena had not yet released a battle mode related to the Power Network, many students believed that the arena would give birth to corresponding battle options before long.

This deep water of the Witch Academy was once a mixture of dragons and fish, but now that the water was being drained, it would be clear at a glance who wasn’t wearing panties.

Those who once used their spellbooks as a fig leaf for their true strength would finally reveal their true forms before such a mirror.

Actually, as soon as the format for last semester’s final exam hunt came out, many people had already predicted this trend, but few expected the Witch Academy to act so quickly.

Furthermore, what they did not know was that the iterative updates of the Power Network were also beyond their expectations.

***

At this moment, I was in the laboratory, listening to the gossip of the girls around me as they discussed matters concerning the Power Network.

It wasn’t their fault for paying attention; although they didn’t care much about practical combat and rarely went to the arena to fight, they cared about something else.

That was the preview of the DIY spell mode on the Power Network.

As scholarly Teaching Assistants and student group members who researched Runology, spell analysis, framework construction, and ritual composition, they were naturally very concerned about these things.

The spell skills on the Power Network were all based on real spell frameworks.

One could say this was a platform similar to a spellbook, used for modular spell creation!

It was a simplified platform that was easier to get started with than the spellbook derivation platform.

I had already conceived this idea back then, but at that time, I was thinking of opening a free spell creation mode for the people in the Expansion Realm.

But now that there was a Myriad Connection Main Network Tree lab, the mentors over there had taken my somewhat immature idea and achieved it in another, more refined way!

And this was also a mode the mentors hoped to see.

If students became interested in these self-created spells on the Power Network, then what was being cultivated was the spell derivation mindset that would connect to the spellbook platform later!

The threshold of a spellbook was still too high for Reserve Witch students who were not yet Transcendent Witches.

Only truly talented students could reach that threshold.

It even had requirements for their mastery of Spirit Vision.

Spirit Vision was one of the few shortcuts that could help them; otherwise, why were spellbook modding and derivation so rare?

Was it really because they weren’t working hard enough?

It was just that, compared to these requirements, “giving up” seemed more cost-effective.

However, with the intervention of the Power Network, this model would slowly change.

It’s just that no one could guarantee this change would be for the better; witches could only constantly undergo trial and error, and then constantly make corrections.

But in such a general environment, it was good for the group of people like Yi Rui; it was effectively the trend of the times.

Naturally, the girls in the laboratory would frequently pay attention to these matters.

I was even more clear about some other things concerning the Myriad Connection Main Network Tree.

For example... the Power Network of the Myriad Connection Main Network Tree in the Witch Academy was still structured upon my domain order.

However, because I had “died” once, it made many witches realize one thing: structuring such an important thing on my power alone was too risky.

It wasn’t that they were hoping for my death, but rather that I hadn’t promoted to Transcendent and was being targeted by many Transcendent races; it was far too dangerous.

And... even if I promoted to Transcendent, it didn’t mean I definitely couldn’t die.

Therefore, the model of the Power Network could not be singular.

However, through the joint cooperation between the Myriad Connection Main Network Tree lab and my avatar, the issue with the Power Network had essentially been resolved.

After all, the foundational architecture of the Power Network, the “Myriad Connection Main Network Tree,” belonged to a Grand Spellbook derivation technique.

Not only were Grand Spellbook effects permanent, but the products of its derivation techniques were also unaffected by the continued existence of the Grand Spellbook itself.

The only issue was that the architecture of the Power Network was based on the order of my domain.

This was its underlying framework; changing it was very difficult.

Moreover, without the order of my “Knowledge Power,” other domain orders would find it hard to fit the model of the Power Network perfectly.

But there were always more solutions than problems.

If a regular domain order wouldn’t work, then they would try other feasible domain orders.

With so many Transcendent Witches in the Witch Academy, there were bound to be some who reached the Saint Stage and could fit the criteria.

The final result, however, was that although a replacement could be found, the original Power Network framework would need to be reconstructed after the replacement.

Roughly speaking, some previous spells and skills would need to be re-tuned to adapt to the order of the corresponding Power Network.

Although this result was somewhat unsatisfying, it was ultimately a safety net.

This was the significance of mastering a technique: it might not be used, but it had to be available.

In the end, I haven’t died yet, have I?

Dwell too much on this issue, and many witches felt it was almost the same as cursing me to die in a different way.

Many witches tacitly stopped mentioning it.

Mastering the “Order Swapping Technique for the Power Network” was merely giving an account for that “what if.”

Now that the account was given, the subsequent theme was how to ensure as much as possible that this “what if” would not happen.

Some techniques, from the moment of their birth, were destined to be prayed over by many people that they would never be used.

Just like now.

...

Currently, I was located over at the laboratory.

Actually, at this stage, I should be in the middle of practicing physical arts.

However, as these days passed, I had already completed the resonance of the Martial Path Rune for the offensive-type physical art “Sky-Shattering Strike.”

But this was merely completing one-ninth of the total.

Combining this Martial Path Rune with the rune from the Ritual Battle Dance, I now had some of my own views regarding Body Cultivation, but it was still at the level of not having much of a clue.

The reason I appeared in the laboratory was to periodically receive the experimental reports from Yi Rui and the others.

Although I had confidently handed over the Magic Power Source Body Cultivation Method to them, that didn’t mean I wasn’t curious about their progress and ideas.

After all, the Magic Power Source Body Cultivation Method represented far too many things, including the initial Witchification body modification technique and the derivation of the Metamorphic Incubation spellbook.

According to their current progress, the Metamorphic Incubation spellbook in their hands, with other techniques constantly being added, had already derived into a different form.

One could nearly only see the framework of the former Metamorphic Incubation spell.

From another perspective, it had already derived into a Resurrection Spell of another derived system; it was just that the name of the spell hadn’t been changed yet.

They were waiting—waiting for the first Magic Power Source to successfully prove the success of the “Magic Power Source Body Cultivation Method” before officially renaming this derived Resurrection Spell spellbook.

Furthermore, they would begin a subsequent series of streamlining processes.

Because even I could see that through constant attempts and derivation, the structure of this spellbook was becoming bloated.

It was no longer like a perfect spellbook with the most streamlined spell architecture and rune rituals.

If this continued, this spellbook would break sooner or later.

But the fact that the spellbook had not collapsed even after being derived and modded to this extent was enough to show that Yi Rui and the others were very deep in their attainments in spell derivation.

“Big Sis Xiao Han Big Sis Xiao Han How is it? Our results are not bad, right?”

At this time, a girl approached and handed over a shared rune.

This was a supplementary file documenting their experimental records and a detailed explanation of their results over this period.

“Indeed, it feels like success is not far away.”

I looked at the information presented on it, somewhat surprised.

If they continued at this pace, it wouldn’t be long before they could break through the first stage of the Magic Power Source Body Cultivation Method—that is, completing active Body Cultivation practice by relying on a single Magic Power Source.

Currently, we had simply categorized the Magic Power Source Body Cultivation Method into five stages.

The first stage was the breakthrough from nothing to something, which was also the most important stage.

Once the first one was completed, there could be a second, a third, and even a tenth...

Our stage division adopted a tenfold incremental method for numerical classification.

This wasn’t the final result, but it was the tentative result for this stage.

Because we set the upper limit at ten thousand Magic Power Sources.

According to this division, it would just barely reach the fifth stage.

Upon reaching the fifth stage, the fundamental architecture for Self-generating Magic Power would need to be completed.

Therefore, the pressure had now shifted to my shoulders.

They now saw hope; all that remained was to follow the steps to reach success.

As for me... until now, I was still in the “understanding” stage and could not see success.

Or rather, even if I saw the possibility of success, it might only be a “hope” that only I could see, while they could only choose to “believe” in me.

“Yeah Big Sis Xiao Han, can you come to the lab in a few days? We want you to witness this historic moment with us!”

“Um, okay.”

I nodded, not wanting to spoil their mood.

Although I knew very well that this success was inevitable, for them, this matter had cost a lot of their energy.

Moreover, what they were doing now was far more troublesome than the projects they would do under their own mentors.

A stage-wise success naturally required a grand sense of ritual to be celebrated properly.

It had to be said that from these experimental records, one could also sense their way of thinking, and it could spark some different things when clashing with my ideas.

Carrying this experimental data, I briefly bid them farewell and left under their reluctant gazes.

Although they really wanted to prove themselves, having a leader leading them always gave a sense of security.

However, they were very rational and knew that my pressure was great, so they didn’t try to make me stay for long.

But... after I left the experimental area, I didn’t immediately go back to the Physical Arts Training Hall to continue my physical arts attempts.

Instead, I chose to go to the Teleportation Hall that led to the Expansion Realm.

After the Witch Academy issued the order to fulfill the contract and conduct the handover of power to the Expansion Realm factions, this place had become deserted.

At least the people coming and going had become very few.

Originally, those people were thinking of making one last profit before the final deadline of the holiday, but clearly, their expectations had fallen through.

The people in the Expansion Realm were not fools either.

There were many people there, and the people coming from the Transcendent Academies were limited in the end.

After the people there learned of the “upper level” decision of the Transcendent Academies, they also played the part of the powerful.

After all, what they established there were interest groups, cultivating merchants or rather exploitative capitalists; their profit-seeking nature would not allow them to consider the kindness of those who helped them rebuild civilization.

Even if they still wanted to pester, so what?

If they stalled, how many months of holiday did the students have left?

The people in the Expansion Realm only had a broken civilization, not a lost one.

Their ruin and reconstruction only took one semester.

Among those who could take off again in this window, who didn’t have a bit of courage and boldness before?

Of course, the more important reason was the intervention of the Ninglan New City’s City Lord.

Ninglan Qiuyue.

This girl, who was both the City Lord and a student of the Witch Academy, had silently and gradually completed her transformation during this semester.

However, the reason I came to the Expansion Realm’s Teleportation Hall this time was not to go to the Expansion Realm to handle any business.

But... to welcome my clones.

Those clones scattered across the Expansion Realm, bearing my appearance—their mission had ended.

Therefore, I didn’t plan to leave them in the Expansion Realm.

For the clones in the Expansion Realm, it was enough to leave only those beast-type clones and those who did not share my appearance.

Those clones would gradually influence the development of the Expansion Realm until it reached the form I desired.

As for these clones who looked exactly like me... when they gathered on the Ninglan Plaza, they formed a striking and beautiful scenery that scared many people.

And these clones... were returning to the Witch Academy in neat lines.

As for how to arrange these clones...

The Academy could accept the strange creatures from the Witch’s Secret Realms running around inside the Academy, and even Fool’s Dream could have a job at the Witch Cat Cafe.

With so many extra clones that looked exactly like me, why would there be any reason not to allow it?