Is It Weird for a Guy to Apply to a Witch School?-Chapter 580 -

Chapter 580: The Meditation Method of Enlightenment, the Most Useless Spell?

In the process of communicating with Natalie about modifying the suggestions for the Casket, some minor issues actually did not take up much of Natalie’s time.

Of the long communication, the bulk of the time was spent on testing the order and transcendent characteristics of the “Power of Knowledge.”

The Casket, as a weapon, from its initial design to its completion, I had not offered many constructive suggestions midway, because at that time, I did not have an urgent need or a clear purpose for obtaining this weapon; obtaining it was merely because I could have this weapon.

But now, my goal was clear.

The “Annotation” technique designed by Natalie for the Casket was an enlightenment regarding the development of the Power of Knowledge.

I wanted to follow this path, using the Casket as a medium to perfect this technique.

This was not only an application and development of the Power of Knowledge but also an attempt and refinement of applying the power I commanded across different fields.

Precisely because of this, the communication process this time consumed a lot of my time.

However, what I lacked the least right now was time.

Previously, when we discussed continuing to perfect the Casket, Natalie also mentioned the Heart of Cold Tide I possessed and asked if I had plans to embed it onto my Casket using inlay craftsmanship.

But I refused directly.

What a joke.

The Heart of Cold Tide was a huge hassle.

If it were connected to my Casket, I was afraid I wouldn't even want the Casket anymore.

The reason I kept it was because, after that unfinished auction, the Vice President of the Wan Shi Wu found me and discussed the Heart of Cold Tide with me.

Throughout the entire discussion, they never mentioned any words like “return” or “gift.”

Because this Heart of Cold Tide was my spoils of war, a trophy captured from an enemy they could not defeat, there was naturally no talk of returning it, and what belonged to me, they naturally had no right to bestow as a gift.

It had to be said that the people of the Wan Shi Wu saw things very clearly; those they couldn't afford to offend, they truly didn't provoke, a concept reflected in every small detail.

Of course, the Wan Shi Wu was not a charity organization by any means.

When they wanted to probe my strength and intelligence, they unhesitatingly supported Liliana’s arrival.

But looking at the final discussion, the Wan Shi Wu was also trying its best to gain the Heart of Cold Tide, though I didn't agree immediately.

However, the other party did manage to secure my promise not to casually give this thing away to others, such as… to Tan Han and the like.

Perhaps, in their view, it would be easier for them to acquire this thing if it remained in my hands rather than in Tan Han's.

What they thought had nothing to do with me.

I was simply a bit interested in this thing, and also intended to use it as a free air conditioner when the weather got hot. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

As for researching it?

Please, right now, with two Grand Spellbooks, Body Cultivation strength, and the usual spell derivations keeping me incredibly busy, where would I find the energy to research this?

Unless I hit a bottleneck in every aspect and couldn't advance any further, perhaps I might research it to see if I could find new inspiration through tangential connections, but that probability was small and wouldn't happen anytime soon.

After bidding farewell to Natalie, I also prepared to plan the perfection of my Great Tree of Knowledge.

As for the Casket, I left it with Natalie to await its “major modification,” because completely fitting it to an entirely new power system was naturally not a small undertaking.

After informing Academy Head Mei, I also began the plan to perfect my Great Tree of Knowledge.

Before officially starting, I planned to take some time to rest and adjust my state, but reality was… plans never caught up with changes.

The trigger was… that before that, I made a detour to understand the matter of the Meditation Method of Enlightenment.

The Meditation Method of Enlightenment was a spell that I perfected because of a flash of inspiration.

It had been tested up to now, and after continuous attempts by Fool’s Dream and the cooperation of the Witch Sisters, its abilities had been almost entirely tested.

As for why I touched upon a derivative product of the Great Wisdom Enlightenment Spell—which had little connection to the Great Tree of Knowledge—right before planning to perfect the Great Tree of Knowledge, it was mainly because of the “Power of Knowledge.”

The Power of Knowledge was not purely a product of the Great Tree of Knowledge; it was the product of the two Grand Spellbooks perfecting the “Dual-Tree Structure.”

If before I only looked at the Power of Knowledge in isolation, now I finally looked at it combined with the two Grand Spellbooks and Body Cultivation strength, because it was the manifestation of order within the Domain Prototype formed by the union of the three.

And precisely because I understood this concept, the “thought” of using the Power of Knowledge to perfect the Great Tree of Knowledge transformed into an achievable “train of thought.”

Therefore, attempting to understand the Great Wisdom Enlightenment Spell more deeply would promote the perfection of the Great Tree of Knowledge.

And now, the test information regarding the Meditation Method of Enlightenment had also been mostly compiled.

Simply put, based on the tests on Fool’s Dream, the Meditation Method of Enlightenment had completely replaced the “Meditation Method of the Fool’s Dream Drink” in function and was, in some ways, more convenient.

After all, a spell was generally easier to get started with than a cultivation technique.

During the tests with the help of the witches, the Meditation Method of Enlightenment showed no obvious intersection with my Sea of Dreams, even though they possessed the Dual-Tree Structure of the Seed of Great Knowledge and the Great Wisdom Enlightenment Spell.

This ultimately could only be attributed to the special nature of the Fool’s Dream race.

Of course, as for the prerequisite for learning the Meditation Method of Enlightenment—"learning to modulate the Fool’s Dream Drink"—to obtain specific runes, the idle witches had also researched a simplified method.

For this, they used the Fool’s Dream Drink modulation method centered on runes and rituals as the core, launched more different styles of Fool’s Dream Drinks, and even started cooperation with Natalie from the Witch Cat Cafe.

Crucially, these peculiar Fool’s Dream Drinks were also very attractive to Fool’s Dream.

Thinking about it carefully… this was not surprising, as the essence of the Fool’s Dream was not pursuing the taste of the Fool’s Dream Drink, but the transcendent ritual within the Fool’s Dream Drink.

Back to the main point.

Multiple attempts with the Meditation Method of Enlightenment had summarized a very peculiar “characteristic”: the spell effect of the Meditation Method of Enlightenment presented periodically, and the Mental Power it consumed was permanently consumed.

When I saw this test result, I was directly stunned!

In my Great Tree of Knowledge, with its vast knowledge, I had learned about some very peculiar spells where the consumed Mental Power was permanently used, but the resulting effect was very powerful or the effect was very special.

However, the Meditation Method of Enlightenment, while consuming Mental Power permanently, did not require any additional transcendent energy to cast.

This resulted in the spell having no threshold for use because it didn't consume transcendent energy; even in special environments completely devoid of transcendent energy, this spell could be used.

But this was useless! Looking at the effect of this spell after casting… it was to restore Mental Power, and the restored Mental Power was also permanent…

The spell effect presented a periodic characteristic: for one cycle that the spell was maintained, the consumed Mental Power, if defined as unit one, the restored Mental Power in that cycle was also one! It was as if there was no middleman taking a cut!

Looking at this spell effect, I was completely bewildered.

Since the incident in Ninglan New City, the most useless spell I self-created, the “Dream Rewrite Spell,” was about to step down, at least that spell could be useful in specific dream and reality overlapping environments.

But this Meditation Method of Enlightenment… it was useless in any situation, right?

If the spell effect of this spell were described, no one would want it even if I gave it away.

I felt like it could run for the title of the year’s most useless spell! If such a competition really existed, maybe this spell could win the championship…

Upon learning this test result, the assembled witches were also extremely shocked!

Of course, they weren't shocked because the spell was useless, but because they witnessed a spell that could actually increase the cap of Mental Power!

Although using it required consuming the Mental Power cap itself… this broke their understanding of multiple spells and cultivation.

Permanent increase was a specialized term for cultivation, not a characteristic of a spell or spell technique.

If this spell could derive, even if the smallest difference in permanent increase or decrease of Mental Power occurred, relying on its low threshold for use and popularization, this would completely shatter everyone’s perception of the limits of the cultivation world!

Such a discovery undoubtedly caused a huge shock throughout the entire Witch Academy.

This was also one of the reasons why I needed to understand the Meditation Method of Enlightenment before perfecting the Great Tree of Knowledge: this matter had reached a point where I had to take it seriously.

The significance it represented was too sensational; without resolving this matter, my subsequent plan to perfect the Great Tree of Knowledge could not begin.

However, up to now, derivations of the Meditation Method of Enlightenment had been very unsuccessful.

Even with my authorization to share it freely with all Transcendent Witches for research, no one had returned with any good news yet.

Although all the witches had drawn a blank on taking shortcuts in cultivating Mental Power, through the testing of this spell, we obtained an unexpected surprise: the Meditation Method of Enlightenment might actually lead to the “Enlightenment of Wisdom” after casting!

At first, none of the witches paid attention to what other benefits the spell brought beyond consumption and recovery, but for those powerful Transcendent Witches, any subtle improvement could not escape their perception.

It wasn't until one witch, while using the spell, noticed something amiss that she paid attention.

Although the essence of Mental Power hadn't changed much, it brought a subtle transformation to herself on another level.

So, the Meditation Method of Enlightenment no longer seemed like a useless spell, but a permanent beneficial spell that yielded great results after accumulation.

The witch who passed back the test news stated that although the upper limit of the increase this spell provided had not yet been tested, based on the current effects, the Meditation Method of Enlightenment provided a very significant boost to wisdom.

This was specifically reflected in the aspect of mental agility, having a crucial alleviating effect on mental rigidity.

This point alone attracted many witches again.

Don’t forget that witches have long lifespans; the longer a witch lived, the more likely she was to suffer from mental solidification due to knowing too much or information becoming outdated.

Mental agility was indeed a “panacea” that allowed one to become active again.

Not to mention that cultivating the Meditation Method of Enlightenment subtly improved learning ability, communication ability, decision-making ability, comprehension ability, and so on—all these abilities seemed to be associated effects of mental agility.

Therefore, because of the Meditation Method of Enlightenment, the time I had set aside for rest before perfecting the Great Tree of Knowledge was forcibly extended by several days.

Because of this matter, many witches came to my villa to “visit” from all directions.

Even Academy Head Mei came for this reason.

The plan to make this spell into a spellbook had been decided, and its promotion among the witches would certainly be realized.

As for its promotion among the Witch Academy students… it would probably be soon as well.

“Tell me, just how is your little brain structured?”

Academy Head Mei rubbed my head, her tone of praise and exclamation completely unconcealed.

“This… I didn't do much… Didn't you, Academy Head, give me all the research materials on the Great Wisdom Enlightenment Spell? I just added some inspiration on top of that,” I replied.

“Little Han, you are still so humble. Being too humble is a sign of arrogance, you know?”

“I didn’t…”

“Little Han, then why do you think you could achieve such a feat, was it because of inspiration or something else?”

“Uh…”

Suddenly asked by the Academy Head like that, I was momentarily stunned, and finally, I gave my own answer, “It should be… inspiration, after all, inspiration and way of thinking truly determine a lot.”

“Really? Little Han, do you think so?”

“Is there something wrong with that?”

I asked tentatively.

“I don't deny your viewpoint,” Academy Head Mei said with a smile, but sentences that started with this pattern generally meant that the Academy Head was about to state her own opinion, “However… looking at it from another angle, the Void is vast, and there are just as many geniuses.”

“There are many geniuses, which also means that inspiration is not a scarce commodity in an era of contending prodigies. Perhaps in this field, there is inspiration that is even more transparent and advanced than you currently imagine, even more so. I can even say that the achievement you have now, this inspiration, was proposed long ago, perhaps with more ideas you can’t even imagine, ideas so fantastic they would make you feel inferior just looking at them.”

“……”

“Little Han, do you think I am lecturing you, making you realize reality, and telling you that you are not a genius?”

Mei Linde smiled and asked again as she watched me remain silent.

“Isn't that the case…”

“No, quite the opposite, you are a true genius!”

Mei Linde shook her head and then said firmly, “I just want to tell you that this world never lacks inspiration; what it lacks are people capable of achieving it. ‘Inspiration’ and ‘doing’ form a chasm that separates the mediocre from the genius—taking action and realizing it!”

“The Witch race never lacks witches who call themselves geniuses; their ideas are boundless, and their inspiration is world-shaking, yet they remain merely ordinary witches.”

“The traces of the Witch race are spread throughout the entire Void, with a base so huge you can't imagine, but the number of witches who can be crowned with the title of Truth Witch is countable on one’s fingers. Why? Because they truly built a floating pavilion upon the inspiration that was like a castle in the air; they are great figures who crossed the gulf between ‘thinking of it’ and ‘doing it.’”

Mei Linde paused here, and the surrounding busy witches also stopped what they were doing, turned their heads to look at me and the Academy Head, and listened to what Mei Linde was saying.

“Look at these witches who are willing to work hard with you. They follow you not simply because they were impressed by the inspiration you proposed.”

“During this period of contact, you should have unintentionally sensed that they can sometimes propose many wonderful inspirations, right? The game platform, the live broadcast platform, and so on—many fantastic ideas they didn't even tell you because they couldn't do it, and they were also afraid that these deviations would affect your train of thought. Although they couldn't realize them, they could use the existing Academy Network to construct their inspirations, but all of that couldn't be brought out into the open.”

At this point, some witches lowered their heads with awkward smiles, or averted their gazes to relieve the current awkwardness.

How could their inspiration and ambition be described by terms like a game platform or a live broadcast platform?

It was just that their ability couldn't support their ideas.

“They just lacked the ability to realize these inspirations, but they could see that you possess the ability to act on the inspirations you propose. Even if their inspiration wasn't the best in their eyes, yours was the one you could act upon and realize the most!”

“This… is that so?”

I scratched my head, feeling somewhat overwhelmed by the Academy Head’s praise.

“Of course. Take the Meditation Method of Enlightenment, for example. The concept of such a spell had been proposed by witches long ago, but there was no theoretical basis or ability to realize it, yet you accomplished it…”

“But this time, it was all based on your research materials, Academy Head…”

“Yes, those were my research materials, but I didn’t accomplish it; you did. That is your ability, not mine. Without you, I wouldn't know that the research data on the Great Wisdom Enlightenment Spell could achieve this.”

Academy Head Mei directly and forcefully interrupted my question, “Discovery and the burst of inspiration are complementary. Inspiration bursting forth alone while ignoring basic ability is wishful thinking, or rather… dreaming?”

“In short, regarding the Meditation Method of Enlightenment, you have already taken the firm first step, and countless witches will follow your steps, moving forward, perfecting, and deriving along the path you opened up. The subsequent trivial matters no longer require your energy.”

“Your plan should get back on track. Don't you have other plans? I have high hopes for your upcoming plan to perfect the Great Tree of Knowledge. Don't let me down—forget it, I won't add pressure to you. Adjust your mentality well.”

Mei Linde pulled out something resembling an access card as she finished speaking and handed it to me.

“This avatar of mine also has other matters to attend to soon. Before leaving, I’ll give you this.”

“Since Little Han has also made outstanding contributions to the Witch Academy and has become famous, always locking yourself in the villa to do research isn’t good. I have applied for a laboratory for you here. Even if you blow it up there, it doesn’t matter. Go for it.”