Chapter 583: Derived Sequence—Great Knowledge Sharing Spell
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 583: Derived Sequence—Great Knowledge Sharing Spell
"Let's go... and let us bring our blessings with us. Let us congratulate the most talented student in the history of the Witch Academy on the perfection of her Great Spellbook."
After one person made the suggestion, many others voiced their agreement.
None of them were fools. As races that had "coexisted" in the same world for so long, how could they not know about a witch's Great Spellbook?
Their information gathering wasn't lacking either; they naturally knew a bit about the events that had transpired recently.
Their purpose in going now was simply to see for themselves just how much weight this genius carried—this girl who possessed a Great Spellbook and had derived a domain before even promoting to a Transcendent Witch.
Though they were certain the intelligence was true, seeing it with their own eyes as Transcendents would allow them to discern many things.
If this were any other academy, they could have played many tricks, but this was the Witch Academy.
The witches there were very welcoming of them meeting this genius student. They didn't believe for a second that there wasn't a hint of boasting involved in that invitation.
They looked at the figure standing high in the air. After her domain expanded, she toyed with those terrifying void rifts as if they were mere playthings in her hands.
In truth, the power of a domain alone could not counter void rifts—every Transcendent Mentor present knew that. However, the power of reshaping order could interfere with them. As long as one mastered the method, achieving this level of control was possible.
Upon arrival, they all stood at the edge of the area, refraining from interrupting and quietly observing this rare spectacle.
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At that moment, I noticed the crowd gathering to watch.
I turned slightly to look at them. To them, it likely seemed I was at a critical juncture, but I knew better.
The most critical moment had already passed. The order of the domain had been unified, and what I was doing now was simply letting things take their natural course.
Finally... I would use my current perspective to perfect the Tree of Great Knowledge.
The whole process felt quite easy, though it was the most time-consuming part. Based on current progress, this state would have to last for at least several days before the order of the Power of Knowledge could completely replace the framework built by the Tree of Great Knowledge.
However, my expression turned a bit subtle when I saw the newcomers.
Among those who had arrived, there were actually men.
But after seeing some of their unique racial characteristics, I roughly deduced the situation.
Perhaps other Transcendent Academies were visiting the Witch Academy over the past couple of days.
Although I hadn't had much time to pay attention to such things lately, combining the information from my previous gossip sessions with the witch sisters allowed me to guess what was going on.
"Greetings, Mentors."
Out of politeness, I offered a standard smile and greeted them first.
As for these mentors from other Transcendent Academies, perhaps because they had stepped into the domain I covered, I could faintly sense their emotions toward me. This perception, rooted in Heart Sense, did not lie.
I could clearly feel their envy and jealousy, and even a trace of inexplicable hostility.
Yet, I acted as if I were entirely unaware, maintaining my polite greetings.
They gave me a few fake, "skin-deep" smiles and lectured me a bit, playing the part of my elders.
After some conversation, I learned about the various collaborations reached between the different Transcendent Academies and the Witch Academy.
One of these was directly related to me.
Specifically... a reciprocal cooperation regarding the Great Knowledge Seed.
However, unlike the free promotion within the Witch Academy, cooperation regarding the Great Knowledge Seed with other academies required equivalent exchange.
Regarding this matter, Dean Mei gave me a subtle look from the side. I understood her meaning immediately: the Dean wanted me to fleece these other Transcendent Academies for all they were worth.
The capability of the Great Knowledge Seed was terrifying, especially its utilization of Ley Line Information. it almost entirely compensated for their shortcomings in that area. Naturally, other academies would be salivating at the sight of it.
But the price of using it was... they would share that information with me for free.
I didn't know if the Dean and the others had mentioned this during their talks, but looking at these people... they seemed oblivious?
Otherwise, they wouldn't be looking so cheerful.
Only after seeing them off did I turn my attention back to my Tree of Great Knowledge.
Perfecting the Tree of Great Knowledge was a long process. I wouldn't be able to leave this spot for the next few days; at most, I would return to the open-air area of the laboratory after dealing with the void rifts.
"Hmm? Sister Bev, why are you still here?"
I looked with some surprise at the figure remaining behind.
Bev Alanna.
She was a Dean, after all. Was it appropriate for her to stay behind while letting only Dean Mei Lind's clone lead those guys around the Witch Academy?
"Am I not allowed to stay?" Bev Alanna shrugged and asked in return.
"No, of course you can. Does Sister Bev have something else to tell me?"
"There are indeed a few things I should mention. I trust I'm not interrupting your business?" Bev Alanna pointed to the massive Tree of Great Knowledge behind me.
"Oh, now that the void rifts have been incorporated, the rest is just following the procedure. It's no trouble."
"Alright. I don't know much about this, but since you say it's fine, I'll speak. Or... should I share it with you through the Tree of Great Knowledge? By the way, can the Tree of Great Knowledge still share information in its current state?"
"A moment ago, no. But now it can. However, if Sister Bev wants to share information... try this instead." As I spoke, a rune condensed in my hand.
"What is this?"
"Well, you could call it a sequence derived spell of the Tree of Great Knowledge. It's an upgraded version of the sharing model that continues the information observation format of the Tree of Knowledge. It can be called the Great Knowledge Sharing Spell," I explained to Bev Alanna.
In truth, after completing the unification of the order of the Power of Knowledge and the conceptualization of the Tree of Great Knowledge's perfection, the derivation of many abilities followed naturally. The main reason many abilities were impossible before was that the system itself wasn't perfect enough to build the corresponding frameworks.
Now, the emergence of the Great Knowledge Sharing Spell proved this. However, I hadn't fully perfected this derived spell yet. Once it was complete, the concept of "channels" for information exchange between Great Trees of Knowledge would be fully established.
Although this channel could currently only be used for information exchange with other Great Knowledge Seeds, who was to say that future derived spells of the Tree of Great Knowledge wouldn't utilize this?
If the Tree of Great Knowledge were a country, then this Great Knowledge Sharing Spell would be the basic transportation infrastructure. Even if the "citizens" of this country currently only rode bicycles, who was to say there wouldn't be high-speed rail in the future?
Since the road had been paved, as long as the Great Knowledge Sharing Spell completed its compatibility adjustments, it would become the most important hub of the Tree of Great Knowledge itself.
"Great Knowledge Sharing Spell? A sequence derived spell? You..." Bev Alanna frowned as she took the rune, a hint of confusion beyond her understanding appearing on her face.
Since when were Great Spellbook sequence derived spells created so easily?
"If you don't quite get it, Sister Bev, you can think of it like this: as the Tree of Knowledge is perfected, many functions manifest naturally once there's a need for them. It's quite simple; the important part is the perfection of the Tree of Knowledge itself."
"Fine, fine. No need to give me a professional lecture; I'm not fond of listening to them. In short, I just throw this into my Tree of Knowledge, right?" Bev asked, toying with the spell rune.
"Yes. Just think of it as an additional feature expansion pack for the Great Knowledge Seed." After my brief introduction, I followed up by asking, "By the way, Sister Bev, what exactly did you want to tell me?"
"It's mostly about the content of the meetings we had with those guys over the past few days. I'll send the specifics to you through this, and you can look for yourself... Oh, there we go. This Great Knowledge Sharing Spell is quite fast. Interesting. Does it come with an instruction manual?"
"Uh... not yet. I'll organize one later. I'll have to trouble Sister Bev with the promotion of this Great Knowledge Sharing Spell when the time comes."
"I don't have that kind of influence, but I'll ask Old Mei Po for you later. That's about all I wanted to say..." Bev Alanna paused, looking into the distance. "Those guys have left. Heh. Xiao Han, if you run into them in the future, take the long way around. I can feel it—those guys have already grown wary of you."
"So Sister Bev stayed behind to prevent them from making a move against me?"
"Something like that."
"They would actually dare to strike?" My eyes widened in disbelief.
After receiving Bev Alanna's confirmation, it would be a lie to say I wasn't shocked.
I had always viewed all Transcendent Academies as "academies." Academies were for teaching and nurturing; everyone followed that order. Mentors wouldn't attack students. They were Transcendent-level mentors—how could they do such a thing?
But... it seemed I had thought of the Transcendent world too simply and underestimated the competitive drive of other academies.
This was no longer just a struggle between academies; it was a struggle between races.
The essence of all Transcendent Academies was a race wearing the skin of an academy. The peace maintained on the surface could not hide the malice of their true nature.
After all, "those who are not of our kin must have a different heart." Since the witch race was so powerful, they would absolutely unite to suppress the new generation of witches.
"Of course. Why wouldn't they dare? If you were a student at another academy, rumors of your tragic death in the streets would probably be circulating by tomorrow."
"That ruthless? But... I'm not even a Transcendent yet, right? I can't pose any threat to them right now. Surely they can't foresee that the current me will definitely threaten them in the future?"
"Do you have absolutely no self-awareness?" Hearing my words, Bev Alanna paused for a moment before suddenly asking.
"Uh..."
"A person who possesses two Great Spellbooks and has mastered the prototype of a domain before even promoting to Transcendent—you dare say you won't be a threat to them once you become a Transcendent Witch?"
"Well..."
"Think back. Look at the 'good deeds' you did last semester. During the enrollment period, you basically wiped the floor with those other academies. With that kind of talent for stirring up trouble, if you were in the Void, you'd have turned their home worlds upside down by now."
"That's different..."
"Then you still don't understand the temperament of a Transcendent Witch. I can see it now—even though you hide it well, when I told you those guys were plotting against you, you were probably thinking about how you'll make them regret it once you're stronger. You aren't even a Transcendent Witch yet and you already have such thoughts. Once you promote, you'll likely become an even more dangerous witch."
"Is... is that so? Sister Bev, don't go making baseless accusations..." I turned my head away awkwardly. Although... I had just thought about getting revenge later, surely it wasn't that obvious.
"Fine, have it your way. But now that you know, you don't need to give those guys any face in the future," Bev Alanna said dismissively.
She had plenty of confidence in Xiao Han's abilities, especially her survival skills. The girl had space teleportation for escaping, and even the Reverse Summoning Spell for surprises. Even if she died, she had the Resurrection Spell as a safety net.
She even had the Tree of Great Knowledge. There were very few means on the Main World that could block the information transmission of the Tree of Great Knowledge to call for help.
It was hard to imagine how many Transcendent Witches would step in out of gratitude for the Great Knowledge Seed if Xiao Han ever encountered danger and called for help through the tree.
That scene... would surely be spectacular.
Even as a Dean, she would step in if Xiao Han suddenly called for help.
Just as Bev Alanna was about to leave, she seemed to remember something and turned back.
"Is there something else?" I asked curiously as Dean Bev made a sudden about-face.
"I almost forgot. Regarding the matter of turning the Enlightenment Meditation Art into a spellbook—you, the creator, haven't even been given a copy." As she spoke, Bev Alanna pulled out a spellbook and handed it over.
"Ah, this... actually, I don't really need it. Whether it's a spellbook or not doesn't make much difference to me." Despite my words, I still reached out and took the spellbook she was offering.
After all, there was a significant difference between manual casting and casting via a spellbook. Moreover, with the suppression of the Main World Great Weakening Spell, the power of a spellbook was suppressed far less than manual casting.
"Just take it. I won't disturb you further, but if you run into any trouble, you can come straight to me."
"Mm, I won't be a stranger, Sister Bev. Goodbye then~"
After seeing off Dean Bev Alanna, I shifted my attention to the shared information.
With information shared through the Great Knowledge Sharing Spell, I no longer needed to specifically observe the information within the other person's Tree of Knowledge.
Before, if I didn't intentionally focus on it, I might have overlooked information even after it was shared.
But now, with the Great Knowledge Sharing Spell, it was completely different.
As for how the architecture of information sharing between Great Knowledge Seeds would be handled in the future, I could leave that to the witch sisters to develop on their own.
As Dean Mei had said, the witches following me had their own ideas. I provided the capability, and they were responsible for bringing it to fruition. It was a win-win situation, wasn't it?
I saved unnecessary time, and they realized their own concepts and inspirations.
However... as I looked at the information Bev Alanna had shared, I fell into deep thought. I was trying to guess the deeper meaning behind their actions from the surface of their behavior.
Could it be to curry favor with the witches in response to the upcoming changes in the Main World?
It didn't quite look like that.