Is It Weird for a Guy to Apply to a Witch School?-Chapter 556 -

Chapter 556: The Prototype of the Seventh Sense of Body Cultivation

After realizing that coming here early wasn't a good idea, I followed Jiao Xiaoshuang’s recommendation and went to a place on the upper floors of the hotel called the book lounge.

As she said, there was hardly anyone here, but the rows of tall bookshelves and supporting facilities were very complete.

As for the quality of the books inside… after I quickly collected the contents of one bookshelf, I found it wasn't very high.

Most of it was similar to the Academy library, with only some of the fashion magazines being somewhat novel.

But I didn't come here to collect these books.

Moreover, I still had an entire Witch Academy library of books I hadn't read, and Big Sis Qiong was almost finished uploading the research materials for the Great Wisdom Enlightenment Spell.

So, I had much more important data to look at.

After I found a place to sit down, Jiao Xiaoshuang asked if I needed anything to drink.

“Black coffee, light on the sugar.”

“Alright, I’ll get it for you right away.”

Watching her departing figure, I took out my Book in the Casket, slightly flipped back a few blank pages, and the Power of Knowledge, carrying the research materials for the Great Wisdom Enlightenment Spell from the Great Tree of Knowledge, appeared on the blank page.

These characters floated very quickly because I was reading very fast.

For an ordinary person, my reading speed would look like I was just flipping through a book, but for me… it was still too slow!

My comprehension and acceptance ability were still too slow, which limited my reading speed, preventing me from instantly understanding the information within the Great Tree of Knowledge.

This was a serious problem that I realized as the Great Tree of Knowledge grew!

When it was just the Tree of Knowledge at the beginning, or even when it was the prototype Spell Memory Bookshelf, I didn't feel anything.

It was like an external brain; I could instantly recall anything I thought of.

Although I could still do similar things now, to prevent myself from being overwhelmed by the surge of information, I had a sad "cognitive wall" regarding the constantly accumulating information.

Even with the help of the Shadow of Knowledge, I still needed a moment to find the cognitive information I needed, and the information felt very unfamiliar after being converted into memory.

It felt like it wasn't mine.

Actually, there was a very clumsy way to solve this problem, which was to calm my mind and continually solidify this new knowledge.

Originally, this problem could have been solved this way, but as the speed of information acquisition became faster and faster, I realized that my learning and comprehension speed couldn't keep up with the acquisition speed.

So, for me, the amount of information that I "possessed yet was unknown" would increase, eventually drowning me.

This must be the blissful trouble of being too fortunate.

In fact, I had discussed this matter with quite a few Witch Sisters, and even with Big Sis Bai, but… everyone didn't have any great solutions, and they couldn't even understand my predicament.

The only piece of inspiration came when I talked with Big Sis Qiong and asked a question.

Could a cognitive firewall prevent the erosion of excessive information when there was no polluting information?

Big Sis Qiong's answer was yes, but this was a different matter from a firewall preventing polluting information.

I had always treated this method as the breakthrough for the difficulty I was facing and was trying to construct this cognitive firewall.

However, after actual testing, this assumption-based fantasy could not help me improve my cognitive efficiency.

It could only visualize for me how much longer I could endure when I actively accepted a large information surge, and it would also distract my attention.

Therefore, to enhance this ability, I had to return to the most primitive state.

Life level.

The life level truly determined many things, such as the upper threshold of information acceptance ability.

Therefore, the higher the grade of the senior sister, the stronger their learning ability.

This was not an illusion but a real phenomenon.

But I still didn't know of any external means to improve the life level.

Although the number of Magic Power Sources meant a faster Witchification rate, the later the stage, the less this rate of increase contributed.

So, even if I had ten thousand Magic Power Sources, the rate of Witchification would not be much faster than that of my peers.

As the saying goes, it's better to rely on oneself than others.

I talked with the Shadow of Knowledge from time to time.

This behavior was essentially talking to my own inner self.

There were many things that my inner self already knew, but my subjective consciousness instinctively ignored.

Making the subjective consciousness realize the things it had already figured out was also a form of progress.

“Teacher Little Han, here is your coffee.”

“Thank you.”

I took the coffee and thanked her.

I also reminded her, “I will be reading here for a long time and won’t be leaving. I might even stay until tomorrow. You can leave first if you have nothing to do.”

“No need. Senior Xing Anlei asked me to accompany you. As long as you are in this hotel, I naturally won't leave. If my presence is disturbing your reading, I will keep a distance.”

“I don’t mind that, but you have the right to leave at any time. Alright, I need to read now.”

After I finished speaking, I covered my immediate area with a dual-layered internal and external silence Spell.

Because when I was reading or contemplating problems later, I would be debating with the Shadow of Knowledge.

I naturally knew what I was doing, but to others, this would look like I was stupid or crazy.

The dual-layered silence perfectly solved this trouble.

People outside couldn't hear my rambling voice, and I wouldn't be disturbed by external noise.

I took a small sip of coffee and then spoke.

“Continue. Stop saying that I need time. Who doesn’t know I need time? Don't talk like a riddler.”

“Riddler… is that what you think? What a coincidence, that’s how others view you too.”

“Let’s not talk about others now. Let’s discuss the main topic. You look like you’ve seen through everything. Are you still unwilling to speak plainly?”

“I did speak plainly. The answer to the problem is simple. You lack time. Everything is a result of you not having enough time. Your time at the Academy is too short, yet you have learned too much. Your experience is too shallow, your knowledge is too little, and you possess too much. Your ability to comprehend knowledge cannot keep up, but the speed of knowledge acquisition is too fast…”

“Should I calm down?”

I asked.

“Let me ask you a different question. What do you think receiving information truly is? It's still you slowly looking, practicing, and accepting it based on your own cognition. You are too impatient. You are gobbling it up, and what is the difference between this and knowledge passing through your mind and then dropping out? Did you memorize it? Oh… you don't need to memorize it. The question is, did you understand it?”

At this moment, the information on the Book in the Casket in my hand suddenly paused, because I realized that I was indeed reading too fast, to the point where reviewing the content I had previously read still felt like just information.

This feeling was very strange.

It was as if I had a book in my mind, and I could take it out and read the information at any time, but the moment the book closed, I forgot the content.

Yet, if someone asked me, I could still open the book and recite the entire text…

“So… who are you pretending to work hard for?”

The words of the Shadow of Knowledge were ruthless, striking straight at my core.

“Then what should I do?”

“Read slowly.”

“Read slowly?”

“Yes. Do you not know how to read? Read the first section of this information once, summarize it once, organize it once, extract the key information, and say it again in your own words. What you are reading now is Big Sis Mei’s original definition for the Great Wisdom Enlightenment Spell—the direction of the project—which is the main theme of the Grand Spellbook research.”

The Shadow of Knowledge at this moment was like the strictest teacher, teaching me little by little how to read and how to truly comprehend the numbers, not just superficially looking at them.

It took me a long time to finally understand the opening content written by Academy Head Mei and the thoughts and approach she was expressing.

In the past, I would skip over these unimportant sections that didn't involve formal content.

The information from the Great Tree of Knowledge made me subconsciously believe that these were my memories, but their nature was too far apart.

I began to adapt to this reading method, but… this learning efficiency… was even lower!

“Don’t worry about it. I’m asking you, isn’t this high-quality reading and learning very useful! Why are you rushing? You said you wouldn’t have internal self-consumption, but aren't you having internal self-consumption now? Why are you afraid of so much information accumulating? Is the Great Tree of Knowledge just for show?”

“The Great Tree of Knowledge is inherently a Grand Spellbook. Its authority is high, but you! Which is me, are just a student who enrolled half a year ago! Teaching Assistant is merely a title of yours. All the Witch Sisters treat you differently because they are watching the rise of a genius. You are only rising, not having already risen! All of this cannot give you a buff! It also won't change the fact that you are just an ordinary you!”

“Recognize the gap between you and the Grand Spellbook, the Teaching Assistant title, and your status. Stop being overconfident! You can’t even sit still and read now!”

After being lectured by the Shadow of Knowledge like this, I buried my head even lower, because I knew this was the truth, and the Shadow of Knowledge was fulfilling its duty by guiding me at the most critical moment.

“High-quality reading, huh…”

“If your mind is in chaos, there is another way that can solve this unconscious internal self-consumption once and for all. It can also be considered a… temporary measure.”

“What method?”

I asked expectantly.

“What is your main contradiction that causes internal self-consumption now?”

“The contradiction between the ever-growing shared information in the Great Tree of Knowledge and my lagging cognitive learning ability…”

“Yes… we can use the prototype of the cognitive firewall you constructed, combined with the Sealing Spell technique Big Sis Natalie taught us, to seal specific cognitions to influence you, thus creating a temporary state of no internal self-consumption.”

“This… this seems feasible!”

My eyes suddenly lit up.

I thought this was a brilliant idea.

However, just as the Shadow of Knowledge said, this was a transitional measure.

A seal was ultimately just a seal.

I still had to face the root of the problem that caused my internal self-consumption.

But I could choose not to face it from the beginning until I became powerful enough to ignore it.

This was like the Sword God of ten mile Slope.

If I couldn't defeat you now, I will first refine myself and become more resolute.

Then, the past internal self-consumption would just be a joke.

It was like how, in primary school, not bringing your homework felt like the end of the world, but now, looking back, it was just homework not brought in.

“But let's talk about this later. The Sealing Spell technique provided by Natalie does not yet involve the sealing of consciousness or memory, so it can't be put into practice now.”

“Then why did you even mention it!”

“I was just providing an idea! And it’s a genuinely feasible idea! Read your book! Read it seriously, read it with high quality! Don't waste my sincere efforts…”

“What sincere efforts…”

I muttered, but continued to read according to the method.

Perhaps the suggestion from the Shadow of Knowledge showed me a way to deal with internal self-consumption.

I no longer felt so rushed while reading.

As expected… the root of internal self-consumption was not finding a solution.

Now that I found a solution, even if I couldn't implement it, I found that the situation of internal self-consumption was greatly alleviated.

Indeed… consciousness was a magical thing.

Time passed slowly, and I gradually deepened my understanding of the Great Wisdom Enlightenment Spell.

From the inception idea to the research idea, I hadn't even touched upon the actual research content yet.

I was still constantly contemplating the approach and framework.

I could feel that this was a spiritual communication that transcended space and time, a clash of ideas with Academy Head Mei, and a spiritual communication that surpassed my current cognition.

This was also a form of cognitive expansion, and this was the true meaning of "broadening one's horizons."

It wasn't until I had fully grasped the ideas written by Academy Head Mei that were unrelated to the main topic that I put down the book and slowly closed my eyes.

I felt like I had been reading for a very long time.

Based on my current reading speed and unconscious comparison, I had been reading for a day and a night…

Then, I closed the book.

I felt everything around me shatter, and everything returned to normal.

The silence Spell also dissipated.

I stood up and walked a few steps.

My body did not feel numb from sitting for too long.

I walked to the window, watching the setting sun, with its last stubborn rays of sunset glow, about to disappear between the distant high-rise buildings.

“Hmm… according to the time, tomorrow will be… hmm?”

I subconsciously checked the time recorded by the Earth Vein.

The preview lasted for two days, so today should be the evening of the second day, and the auction would start in another half a day.

But I checked the date recorded along with the time…

“Half a day? How did only half a day pass?”

I took out my phone and looked at the date on the screen.

It was indeed only half a day!

Today was still the first day I arrived at this hotel!

But… how was this possible?

I knew how torturous reading could be.

How could only half a day have passed when I read for a day and a night…

This was impossible!

I read so seriously and comprehended the content so slowly.

Even with this simple calculation, how could half a day be enough?

“I told you that what you lacked was time. The root of everything was that you didn’t have enough time. You just didn’t find the right learning method. When you are serious about learning, even time will come to you.”

“What is going on!”

I turned my head to look at the Shadow of Knowledge.

This time, I truly didn't know what was happening.

This was not an illusion, absolutely not!

I felt like I had grasped a thread of opportunity.

It was as if… something had shattered just as I finished reading.

“Since you don’t know, then don’t know for now. This is also a good thing for you. You just need to know that anything is possible in the Transcendent world. If you believe you can do it, you can do it. However… being able to do it and merely wishing for it are two different things. Read your book properly! Time will come to you.”

“Time… will come to me… No, you still haven’t said anything. What is there that cannot be said? Can I keep a secret from myself?”

“Yes, I cannot say. Because this matter is something you must realize and understand on your own. This is a transformation that comes from within, a metamorphosis of life and earnestness. It’s like a bird breaking its shell. If it is broken from the outside, you are merely a stillborn premature baby. Only by breaking out yourself are you worthy of possessing the power and potential to grow.”

The Shadow of Knowledge spoke indifferently.

“I am your subconscious. The subconscious is fundamentally indescribable in words. Many things cannot be perfectly conveyed in language. Language is merely an imperfect expression of your inner thoughts, and more often, an expression of emotions. You can do it. I know what it is, and you should also know what it is!”

“I… think I understand…”

I looked at the Book in the Casket in my hand, then at the window.

The last sliver of soft sunlight was about to disappear.

But at this moment, that last light seemed to have been frozen… I could still feel the sunset slowly fading, but it had slowed down…

It was as if the entire world had pressed slow motion for my thoughts…

“Yes, this is the power you should master. It is time to say what it is. The moment you define it… is the moment you truly touch it…”

“Say it… slowly… seize that one opportunity! Don’t mi—”

The Shadow of Knowledge was guiding me bit by bit, but she seemed to realize her own impatience and quickly shut up.

What she wanted to say was, don't miss this opportunity.

If I missed it, there wouldn't be such a good state for the next time!

And I could also feel that I was undergoing a metamorphosis.

Even speaking felt difficult.

But I still clearly heard what the Shadow of Knowledge said.

Define it!

And then… dominate it!

“The flow of time, with senses unhindered.”

“This is… the power of Body Cultivation, right… I think I understand. This is the prototype of the Body Cultivation Seventh Sense—the Time Sense?”