Is It Weird for a Guy to Apply to a Witch School?-Chapter 507 -

Chapter 507: Sequence Derivation—Great Seed of Knowledge

With the beginning of the Transcendent Academy's holiday, this period was also the most chaotic time in the outside world.

Incidents caused by Transcendent power seemed unavoidable given the large student population.

Of course, quite a few Transcendent Academies did not have the concept of a holiday.

It could be said that after families sent their children to a Transcendent Academy, they might not see or communicate with them for several years, and when the children returned, they might have become very unfamiliar, even changing their appearance.

These matters had already become the social norm, and in a society that encouraged childbirth, a family would often have more than one child.

They were often blinded by the glamorous exterior and mystery of Transcendent power.

Children became chips in their repeated gambles: those who failed to get into a Transcendent Academy would work peacefully to support their parents in old age, and those who succeeded would contribute to society, and the family would gain honor.

However, enrolling in a Transcendent Academy also carried risks.

The lower the admission threshold, the greater the risk, like the Imp Academy, which was called a Wild Chicken Academy.

The reason these academies existed and had a stable student body every year was naturally because the educational level of every region in the world was not the same, which meant the scale in the parents' minds was set very low.

To put it plainly, they didn't care about the risk of their child enrolling; they only enjoyed the glory and benefits brought by their child being admitted to a Transcendent Academy.

Therefore, this world was a seemingly peaceful, yet abnormal society on the surface.

Whatever the supply-and-demand relationship of this world was, the world would cater to this relationship and become unfamiliar to people.

But all of this had nothing to do with me, who was vacationing on the Bobapus Archipelago.

The Witch Academy implemented normal holidays anyway.

Even if I didn't take a holiday or return home, I wasn't without a place to stay at the academy.

As for what happened after the boys who were gender-bent and brought to the Witch Academy returned… whether their parents could accept the fact of bearing children… well, that also had nothing to do with me.

I simply greeted my roommates, wished them a happy holiday, and didn't bother them further.

After all, everyone has their own life and daily plan; there was no need to forcibly intervene in the lives of others.

And from them, I also learned about their plans.

After the Joint Exam concluded, the academy quickly issued various procedures like a departure notice and a request for intention to remain on campus.

However, currently, only Hong Chenyi clearly stated in the dorm group chat that she would be returning home.

Dongli Yiren's situation was special; she was gender-bent, so she likely had many concerns.

I wasn't clear about Guan Qiuling's family situation, but the fact that a weak, introverted submissive girl like Guan Qiuling could be raised suggested her position in the family was the main reason for her staying at the academy.

Yu Yetian was the most surprising to me.

As an Ascetic, she should, logically, be the most open-minded.

It was also possible that she was worried about being judged as a heretic upon becoming a witch and returning home.

Of course, this was just a joke of mine.

Yu Yetian didn't explain anything about it, only saying she would stay at the academy to continue studying and strengthening herself.

As for Hong Chenyi… judging by her carefree and cheerful appearance, her family should be quite open-minded.

After all… a womanizer father raised a "pure-love" son, who has now become a daughter.

I wonder what he would think when he found out.

But all of this could wait until after the holiday.

The next few days were spent in leisure, though the main focus was on contemplating what else there was to my life besides researching the Transcendent.

Would my life from now on only consist of researching the Transcendent?

I had been pondering this question for days because it concerned how I should plan the rest of my life.

But these past few days, I proved through practice that this question itself was flawed.

It was nothing more than a trap that could be used at will to question and create anxiety.

When I questioned my current self, asking if the rest of my life would only be about researching the Transcendent, it was like asking someone who was enjoying life, "Will the rest of your life only be this repetitive enjoyment of life? What if you get tired of it?"

But a truly life-enjoying person would only mock the one who asked the question.

Because the person who asked the question only saw her enjoyment at that moment, even predicting she would get tired of her future repetitive routine.

But the life-enjoying person would only say, "I have countless ways to enjoy myself, so how could I get tired?"

The fundamental reason why the questioner created anxiety for others was that she fundamentally hadn't broken through her cognitive limit to think about the problem, just like an uncultured farmer who would only imagine the emperor tilling the land with a golden hoe.

So my anxiety, questioning what I would do if the rest of my life only consisted of researching the Transcendent, was a doubt about my own ability and confusion about my future life.

When no one could predict the future, manufacturing anxiety for myself out of thin air was undoubtedly foolish.

How could the rest of my life only be the boring process of researching the Transcendent?

Did I not have achievements from my Transcendent research?

Did I not feel a sense of accomplishment after succeeding?

Would my cognition not improve after my self-advancement?

How could I get tired if my cognition improved?

This anxiety was completely due to a lack of self-confidence.

But… I am a genius!

This was a conclusion that my former self had already proven.

However, people change, and people can also constantly lose confidence in themselves amid comfort and setbacks, just like the repeated failures in my attempts to have the Leaf of Knowledge carry the Earth Vein Information Appraisal Spell, which continuously struck me down.

I understood that I shouldn't be this way, and I knew that failure was the mother of success, and I further knew that such failure was the norm.

I also shouldn't deny the fact that I was a genius.

But understanding is one thing, and doing is another.

At this moment, I realized how far I was from the true mental realm of the "Unity of Knowledge and Action," a distance that even the Unity of Knowledge and Action Spell could not bridge.

So I realized that this Spellbook was only the most clumsy imitation of the "Unity of Knowledge and Action," not a means I should rely on; it was merely a Revelation for me.

But realizing the problem was also a huge step toward success, because the next step I needed to take would lead to success.

And I finally figured this out these past few days, and the breakthrough moment was…

At this moment, I held a phantom seed, comparing it to the sun in the sky.

The smile on my face was even brighter than the sunlight!

This was success!

It was also a major opportunity for me to break free from that pointless internal self-consumption.

The fact that I am a genius is not wrong.

The rest of my life will also not just be about researching the Transcendent, because I still have success!

This is a breakthrough of self-worth, a satisfaction of self-achievement!

And Big Sis Bai—she is the source of my self-happiness.

Even with all this, do I really still need to ask myself if the rest of my life only involves researching the Transcendent?

No, I only feel that my former self was pitiful, doubting myself amidst setbacks and monotony.

At this moment, I thought of what Teacher Ji Niang said to me: Transcendent Witches have long lifespans, and any research takes a long time.

Endurance of loneliness is the most crucial thing!

At this moment, the lesson Teacher Ji Niang gave me seemed to form a closed loop, allowing me to personally experience what kind of loneliness the so-called "endurance of loneliness" actually was.

It was a kind of self-doubt, sinking into continuous failure, getting lost in monotony, not just the cold word "loneliness," because the profound weight it represented made a much deeper impression.

Perhaps my former successes came too easily, and this problem didn't surface.

But what I am researching now is [Transcendent Knowledge], a Grand Spellbook.

Encountering difficulties is the norm.

Those who research Grand Spellbooks in the Witch Academy often start with centuries of work.

Compared to them, what right do I have to complain?

Only at this moment could I confront the difficulty and say that failure is common!

Monotony is also routine.

Because I have succeeded!

So I will not be defeated by failure.

And this incident will eventually become the anchor point of my life, the benchmark of my confidence, and it will ultimately influence the rest of my life.

Because I have a reason to comfort myself, to realize that the fact that I am a genius will not change, and that long periods of failure and no progress are not due to my incompetence, but to the nature of the problem itself.

Thinking about it now… I was still a little too fragile, but realizing one's fragility is also the beginning of becoming strong.

“Seed of Knowledge, hehe.”

I played with this phantom seed.

This was something I developed over these past few days by utilizing a certain characteristic of [Transcendent Knowledge].

Using the Great Tree of Knowledge as the medium, information as the nutrient, and energy as the supply, I completed the cultivation of the first Seed of Knowledge.

The birth of the Seed of Knowledge signaled the increased utilization rate of [Transcendent Knowledge] by the Great Tree of Knowledge.

It was no longer a mere "container" for carrying [Transcendent Knowledge], but a tool for utilizing [Transcendent Knowledge]!

This [Transcendent Knowledge] itself originated from an important component within the Transcendent Item, the Tear of Frenzied Growth, and my research and recognition of the Revelation were also in the field related to plants.

The concept of the Tree of Knowledge directly abstracted the plant-related concept of [Transcendent Knowledge], yet it still managed to carry [Transcendent Knowledge], which showed its extremely powerful inclusivity.

This was also its unique interpretation of plants.

Breeding and reproduction are the instincts of life, and plants are no exception.

This one in my hand, rather than a Seed of Knowledge, is more accurately the true Sequence Derivation Spell of the Great Tree of Knowledge spell sequence.

It should be called the "Great Seed of Knowledge Spell," but unlike the Great Tree of Knowledge, whose spell effect is focused on the self, the Great Seed of Knowledge Spell is an external release-type spell for external use.

And the Seed of Knowledge in my hand, rather than a split existence similar to the Leaf of Knowledge, is more like a "Grand Spell Effect" that inherits the permanence of a Grand Spellbook's effect.

However, casting this spell not only requires consuming the Magic Power from my Magic Power Source but also consumes the nutrient of information within the Great Tree of Knowledge.

And the process of casting, I would call it a process of "Cultivation."

This was the first time I encountered a spell with such a long casting prelude, so much so that I felt the process was as lengthy as Cultivation.

Although doing this was much more troublesome and time-consuming than directly splitting a Leaf of Knowledge, at least it didn't harm the Grand Spellbook.

Splitting the Leaf of Knowledge a few times might be okay, but continuously doing so was depleting the foundation of the Grand Spellbook.

Moreover, this derivation of the Great Seed of Knowledge could continue to be optimized and even become a conventional method through practice, but this progress requires time, a long, long time.

Of course, the success of the Great Seed of Knowledge also implied the possibility of one thing: carrying the Earth Vein Information Appraisal Spell!

In my plan, the Seed of Knowledge was a better "medium" than the Leaf of Knowledge for carrying the Appraisal Spell.

Because the spell effect of the Great Seed of Knowledge is incredibly overpowered, it's like the relationship between the Myriad Connection Main Network Tree and its sub-plants in that small world.

After the Great Seed of Knowledge releases this spell effect, it will slowly nurture a "Tree of Knowledge."

This Tree of Knowledge definitely cannot compare to my original Great Tree of Knowledge.

Because my Great Tree of Knowledge itself is a Grand Spellbook carrying [Transcendent Knowledge], and these Trees of Knowledge nurtured by the Great Seed of Knowledge are only a spell effect of the Grand Spellbook.

However, its function, in my expectation, can completely surpass the "Memory Bookshelf" I obtained previously.

Furthermore… this nurtured Tree of Knowledge can better carry the two derived techniques of the Shadow of Knowledge and the Earth Vein Information Appraisal Spell.

Just these two additions would probably be enough to make many people go crazy.

But all of this was still just in theory.

However, the actual effect certainly wouldn't deviate much.

But I needed to test it, adjust it, and I even wanted to control the information obtained within this Tree of Knowledge.

But others wouldn't be so willingly working for me for free, and their suspicion would also be high.

For this, the only person I could think of… was probably Big Sis Bai, right?

But I also had to seek her consent.

If Big Sis Bai didn't agree, I wouldn't do anything excessive to her.

At worst, I could have the Fool's Dream test it.

They were willing to follow me and pay everything for me, so presumably, they would also be willing to learn for me.

After all, the things they needed to learn at this stage were things I had already learned.

So, this was not a form of exploitation but a mutually beneficial test.

In fact, I had no need to struggle with these trivial matters.

For those Fool's Dream, I believed that if I explained everything to them, they would agree.

There was no such thing as being "indebted"—it was simply the way things were.

Of course if Big Sis Bai was willing, that would be the best.

After all, with Big Sis Bai's cooperation, it would be more efficient than the Fool's Dream.

That was a fact.

“Big Sis Bai Big Sis Bai Hehe Can I ask you for a favor, please?”

This time, I proactively moved closer to Big Sis Bai, speaking in a low, slightly ingratiating tone.

“Mmm?”

Big Sis Bai opened her eyes, and with just an "Mmm," she carried a hint of confusion.

After all, she was just practicing the Physical Arts True Perception, as she needed to become stronger to better protect the people she wanted to protect.

“Um… Big Sis Bai? Does 'Mmm' mean yes? Did you agree?”

“Of course, I agreed. But can you tell me what you want to do? I feel like your tone is a little guilty.”

Big Sis Bai asked with a smile.

“That… I want Big Sis Bai to help me test something, okay? I truly could only think of Big Sis Bai to help me, please, please.”

My tone immediately turned coquettish as I shook Big Sis Bai's forearm.

“Then you have to explain clearly what it is so I can cooperate with you, right?”

Big Sis Bai was also swayed a bit by my coquettish behavior, but she still asked.

“So Big Sis Bai agreed? Then I’ll tell you.”

I said with surprise, then lowered my voice, “It’s the Great Seed of Knowledge But Big Sis Bai, please listen to the potential risks first before you promise to agree or not.”