Is It Weird for a Guy to Apply to a Witch School?-Chapter 552 -

Chapter 552: The Direction for the Great Tree of Knowledge's Next Refinement

“Thank you, Big Sis Natalie. I really like this book.”

“I’m glad you like it. If you have nothing else, you should leave. I need to help that little one with her ice crown now.”

“Then I wish Natalie smooth sailing.”

After being sent off by Big Sis Natalie, I held the Book in the Casket and left this Alchemy zone.

The final test for the Book in the Casket was now complete.

It could be said that the final test was the core capability of the Book in the Casket.

The name "Book in the Casket" itself indicated that it meant a box containing a book, and its structure and design clearly stated that its important capability was "Collection."

The reason I had previously decided on this weapon type, choosing this comprehensive auxiliary weapon instead of weapons that inherently carried powerful attack power to enhance my strength, was because a weapon was ultimately an external object, even if it would become a part of my strength.

But a person's comprehensive strength was not simple addition.

I chose not to select the first category of weapons so decisively because I had absolute confidence that at some point in the future, my strength would surpass my weapon, meaning the weapon would inevitably be phased out by me and could not continuously assist me.

Of course, there was another point I criticized about offensive weapons: why not choose a more convenient Spellbook?

That way, I wouldn't have to worry about the hassle of holding it in my hand, losing it, and so on.

Perhaps this was something a Witch with the "Spellbook" technique couldn't understand.

Only those who lacked confidence in their own strength improvement would choose a weapon as their primary combat power.

For those strong in mind, the position of a weapon was more about assistance.

At this moment, I couldn't help but flip open the Book in the Casket again.

Aside from the preface and the table of contents, the first page collected the saber that Natalie had given me.

Natalie used this saber to teach me how to collect weapons, how to take out the original body, and how to take out a weapon replica.

Of course, there was an even more important point…

I looked at the lifelike long saber on the inner page.

On one side, many "words" were written, but these were actually Runes and composite Rituals.

According to Natalie, this was "Book Annotation."

It was a method of augmenting weapons customized based on the book's characteristics.

For example, this long saber was temporarily augmented with the three "annotations" of "Sharpness," "Sturdiness," and "Armor Penetration."

However, this kind of annotation could only take effect on the weapon replica and not on the original body.

If the original weapon body was taken out, the weapon would have no connection with the Book in the Casket.

If I still wanted to use the Book in the Casket to augment the retrieved original weapon body, I could directly detach these annotations from the Book in the Casket and attach them, but this would require higher skill and stronger Mental Power, among other factors.

The difficulty of learning the "Book in the Casket Annotation Technique" that Natalie shared with me through the Great Tree of Knowledge was not low.

So, the threshold for using this weapon was quite high, and it wasn't something one could master immediately.

Instead of calling the Book in the Casket a weapon, it was more accurate to say it was a canvas where the wonderful "techniques" Natalie provided me could be freely utilized.

Natalie also said that the "Annotation Technique" she summarized was not the only technique that perfectly complemented the Book in the Casket.

Sealing Spell-related techniques were also the same.

The inner page material of the Book in the Casket destined its development potential to be terrifying.

Therefore, its power depended on how the user chose to use it.

And precisely this sentence suddenly inspired me.

A certain power of mine seemed very suitable for it, so I left Natalie's Alchemy room following her suggestion.

I now flipped to a new page.

The second page was a test of the Sealing Spell, and the third page was a test of carrying a Spellbook.

These were both pretty much successful.

Finally, I flipped to the fourth page, which was blank.

Looking at the blank page, I pressed my right fingertip onto the page.

A flow of power emerged and then transformed into a series of knowledge deductions.

This was a special kind of energy "derived" from the double-tree structure of the Great Wisdom Enlightenment Spell and the Great Tree of Knowledge.

The energy's essence originated from the Great Wisdom Enlightenment Spell, and its form of presentation and expression came from the Great Tree of Knowledge.

The characteristic of this energy led me to discover that it could facilitate the management of the Great Tree of Knowledge by the Shadow of Knowledge.

If the form of energy within the Great Tree of Knowledge could be converted from its most primitive form to this highly information-rich form, it would indeed greatly enhance the efficiency of the Great Tree of Knowledge.

However, this was a massive project.

I had to complete it as quickly as possible before the Great Tree of Knowledge entered exponential growth.

But before that, testing the characteristics and nature of this Power of Knowledge using the Book in the Casket was also very important.

After all, an idea is just an idea, and practical operation is practical operation.

Experimenting based on assumptions would only lead to irrecoverable disaster.

With the influx of the Power of Knowledge, I directly used the Book in the Casket to perform a collection using the Sealing Spell technique.

Dense, fine writing appeared on the paper.

This form was somewhat similar to directly sealing a Spell.

After continuously testing, I finally confirmed a crucial piece of information.

The "Power of Knowledge" seemed to have achieved the unification of "Transcendent Energy" and "Information Data" simply by virtue of its inherent characteristics!

And this was only the most superficial layer of information transmission.

What did this represent?

The flow of this energy could achieve information reading at the lowest difficulty.

The compatibility of the Great Tree of Knowledge with it would be terrifyingly high.

But thinking about it, this made sense.

Given how the Power of Knowledge was born, the role played by the Great Tree of Knowledge was self-evident.

Moreover… I also discovered on the Book in the Casket that the Power of Knowledge could seemingly also evolve Runes!

Its definition of knowledge seemed not to be limited to the system of written language.

If possible, it could even express knowledge content using the many languages from the Small World where Qiu Ruxin was previously from.

After all, it took me many days to learn those languages.

And now, Qiu Ruxin had learned the Main World language… I didn't pay too much attention to it.

Something that could achieve this must be some magical technique of the Witches, right?

For example, the special Witch's Contract known as the Language Integration Package.

I heard from Big Sis Bai that Witches entering the Main World for the first time would also use this method to quickly learn the Main World language.

However, the exploration of these languages was all secondary.

The true existence, known as the "Language of the Void," only had one form: the "Rune."

The Power of Knowledge could evolve Runes, which meant that I now had a systematic power system to perform a "translation" of Runes!

One must know that the existence of a Rune was inherently a Ritual, and it also represented a meaning that could not be clearly explained.

Therefore, whether it was the professional annotation of Runes in the current Runology, the "incantation" during a Ritual chant, or even the Rune actions expressed in Body Cultivation Techniques, these were all forms of a "translation action" of the Rune, which converted it into a form that a life form or a specific race could understand, evolving into the path and power system to achieve the Transcendent.

With the development and evolution of the Power of Knowledge, I had reason to believe that I was pioneering a new power system!

I had heard many times before the saying, "The way you try to understand the Transcendent is the way the Transcendent will present itself to you."

This was the inclusiveness of the Transcendent.

This theory was the basis for me to continue developing the Power of Knowledge.

For example, the "Annotation Technique" developed by Natalie to complement the Book in the Casket was a great example.

The manifested form of this Annotation Technique was clearly more suitable for the Power of Knowledge.

Perhaps Natalie's original idea was simply to make the appearance fit the design.

But now, after this technique became compatible with the Power of Knowledge, this form of expression was more defining of the technique's existence itself, rather than merely being part of the design used to fit the Book in the Casket.

After confirming this matter, I took the Book in the Casket to the Spell Testing Ground.

The testing at Big Sis Natalie's place was only to confirm that the Book in the Casket itself had no serious quality defects.

The subsequent testing and self-Attunement would require me to take my time.

I couldn't just live in Natalie's Alchemy room.

It wouldn't cost much to test at the Spell Testing Ground anyway.

Besides, I wasn't really short of money right now.

And now that I was here, I needed to perfect the compatibility between the Power of Knowledge and the techniques that Big Sis Natalie had shared with me.

The next day.

After concluding my routine Meditation and Five Senses Enhancement practice, I gathered the Witches who were currently helping me refine the Great Tree of Knowledge.

There was only one thing I needed to tell them: the discovery of the "Power of Knowledge."

I wanted to use this to fundamentally alter the form of the Great Tree of Knowledge, and this was a massive undertaking, so I couldn't do it without them.

Furthermore, this power was derived from the effects of two Grand Spellbooks.

The more I spread it, the better others would refine it, and the higher my benefit would be, right?

After all, wanting to refine it for me would inevitably involve the Great Tree of Knowledge and, consequently, the sharing of knowledge with me.

Therefore, after I gave a brief explanation of the Power of Knowledge, a Witch immediately jumped up in excitement, though I didn't know why she was so thrilled.

Perhaps… the Witches' way of thinking was truly different from mine…

But it was also clear that everyone here was a clever Witch.

They naturally understood what I was trying to express and what I intended to achieve with this.

They naturally supported this form of alteration to the Great Tree of Knowledge, even if the alteration would temporarily affect some capabilities of the Seed of Great Knowledge, such as… the Earth Vein Appraisal Spell being unable to share information from the Great Tree of Knowledge.

But these were all temporary issues.

It would be similar to… a server maintenance shutdown?

However, the preparations for this undertaking were truly extensive, and… it also required reporting.

A Witch Sister felt that this was a refinement of a Grand Spellbook.

If another Void Crack were to be created as a result, it would truly be a joke, just like my trip to the Infirmary earlier.

This was no longer something I could just ignore.

Even the mere possibility required reporting to the Academy Head to prevent a crowd of uninformed, gossiping Witches from thinking that some other powerhouse had completed a Grand Spellbook without notifying them.

So, after I finished explaining the Power of Knowledge, many Witches were full of enthusiasm.

They felt that their spiritual guide, who led them to constantly open up new fields of Grand Spellbook research, had now pointed them toward a completely new path!

It was only then that they seemed to realize that Little Han was actually a Lesser Witch who possessed two Grand Spellbooks.

Even though one of them was humorously called the most useless Grand Spellbook, and the other was an unperfected Grand Spellbook, she had now achieved a link between the effects of the two Grand Spellbooks and jointly derived the prototype of a new power system!

And the prototype of this power system was not standalone.

Its primary purpose was to be a tool to assist in the development of the Grand Spellbook.

This was equivalent to Little Han open-sourcing the development tool, allowing them to thoroughly join the ranks of Grand Spellbook refinement!

In the future, they could also say that they were Academic Witches who successfully participated in and refined a Grand Spellbook, alright?

No one would refuse this temptation, not even a Witch.

However, this matter was not urgent at the moment.

Everyone had tasks to complete, and furthermore, there wasn't enough manpower.

Coupled with the fact that this matter would ultimately require restructuring around me, they needed to continuously help me refine the theory and eventually share it with me, with me taking the lead in the Grand Spellbook's promotion.

So, this burden would ultimately fall on my shoulders.

But everyone was in no rush.

For Witches with permanent lifespans, they didn't mind waiting a few extra days.

What's more, I was currently on "vacation."

Whether I was here or not was essentially the same, as they had the Shadow of Knowledge to assist them when they encountered anything they didn't understand or didn't know how to coordinate, which basically replaced most of my presence on site.

It could be said that the team I was leading for Grand Spellbook development was probably the most abstract one…

“By the way, sisters, do you know where in the Academy there is a shop that sells formal dresses? I'm going to an auction in a few days and only have casual clothes at home.”

“Auction? Who organized it that they would invite Little Han?”

Hearing my question, a Witch immediately leaned over and asked curiously.

“It's just the auction before the start of the semester. I heard the Wan Shi Wu Club is responsible for planning it.”

“Oh, that one. Why are you attending that, Little Han? Just for fun?”

“Hmm… that auction is a convergence node of Destiny. I’m going to join the fun, and maybe I’ll get to see a good show,” I explained.

“And you all know about the Academy Head's Destiny Gazing Technique project, right? I'll also be collecting some data on the side.”

“I see. That makes me want to go too, but if I go, I'll probably be provoked by those Wizards and Birdmen…”

“Can't you just start a live broadcast?”

“Did you set up the live broadcast platform that quickly?”

“Hehe, I asked Big Sis Qiong for help. It’s barely functional, I guess.”

“Um… I wanted to ask about the clothing issue, aren't you guys straying too far off the topic?”

I quickly tried to correct them at this moment.

“Little Han, you're going as a Teaching Assistant. Casual clothes are enough. Why take it so seriously?”

“From my perspective, that auction is indeed a minor event. There’s no need to take it so seriously.”

“Don't all say that, sisters. This is Little Han’s first time, right? What’s wrong with dressing nicely? I do know a sister who custom-makes formal dresses, but… is it too late to custom-make one now? That auction is starting in a few days, isn't it?”

A Witch offered a different opinion at this moment.

“By the way, Little Han, don't you have an emergency Spell for changing clothes? A girl’s clothes can easily tear and expose her during a fight. An emergency Spell for changing clothes would be good.”

“That makes sense, but we don't usually use that Spellbook. Does anyone have one?”

“I do. Coincidentally, I don't use it much, so I’ll give it to Little Han. This is a pretty good Spell. It can record various clothing styles and allow for instant replacement. I have recorded quite a few clothing styles on it, including many formal dresses and gowns. It can also conform to the user’s body data to display them in the most fitting way.”

I looked at the Spellbook being handed over by this Witch Sister, and ultimately accepted the gift due to her enthusiasm.

“Thank you, sister.”

“I prefer you call me Big Sis Naideng.”

“Then, thank you, Big Sis Naideng.”