Chapter 125 : Chapter 125

Chapter 125: Do You Understand the Value of Papers Published in the Witch World?

Time passed quickly in the Dream State.

Even though I was only using Spirit Vision to observe a Spellbook fabricated in the dream, I had never experienced the convenience of Spirit Vision so effortlessly.

The secrets of the Spellbook were like an open book, allowing me to manipulate it as I pleased.

And since this was the Dream State, if there were any parts I couldn't see clearly, I could even enlarge the Spellbook at will.

This allowed me to see everything much more clearly.

Ji Niang, who was watching over me to prevent any accidents, showed countless flashes of confusion and shock when I reached out and enlarged the Spellbook in the dream to the size of a bedroom.

The control permissions of this dream should be in my own hands, right?

Ji Niang stared blankly at the permissions on her hand.

What was going on?

Little Han had independently mastered the dream's permissions?

But she hadn't taught her how to control the dream, and she wasn't even an officially registered Transcendent Witch in the Dream State.

She didn't even have a dream information panel...

However, Ji Niang quickly ignored this matter.

After all, the Dream State was the work of the Primal Witch.

Aside from the Primal Witch, no witch dared to claim they fully understood the Dream State.

Perhaps Little Han had figured it out on her own.

A genius who could quickly master the Witch Meditation Method would always have some privileges.

This was something she couldn't be jealous of.

"Alright, that's enough. Your physical state is in distress. Hurry and exit the Spirit Vision state!"

Ji Niang looked at the information on my physical body in reality and quickly interrupted me while I was still in an excited state of research.

"Huh?"

I looked up, a little confused, at Ji Niang.

My state should be fine...

Wait!

This is the Dream State!

So my real body...

Thinking of this, my seemingly tireless spirit also began to weaken.

"Don't 'huh' anymore. If it weren't for me, you would have gotten yourself killed doing this sooner or later. You don't have a way to exit on your own right now. The next time you want to enter the Dream State, you need to set a time for forced exit."

Ji Niang put one arm around my waist.

Before I could even react, my mind went into a daze, and the vision of the Dream State gradually shattered.

When I regained my senses, I realized I was lying in the Dream State Sleep Pod.

"Mhm... I... what is this..."

I struggled to lift my eyelids.

I felt like I had been run over by a semi-truck.

"Welcome back to reality. How was it? How did the first experience in the Dream State feel?"

At this moment, Ji Niang's figure appeared in my sight.

Her words successfully brought back my memories from just now.

I seemed to have completely analyzed the Spellbook in the Dream State?

But...

I seemed to have forgotten a lot of it...

I subconsciously placed my hand on my forehead, trying to recall those memories.

"What? Is it strenuous? It should be. You used Spirit Vision so intensely in the Dream State. Do you think your body doesn't have to pay a price for using Spirit Vision in the Dream State?"

"Sorry... I didn't notice..."

"Don't apologize to me. Take advantage of this moment and record your cognition of that Spellbook. How much do you remember?"

"Um... honestly... I've forgotten most of it..."

Saying this, I still felt very ashamed.

After all that effort, I only remembered this much.

"So you still remember a small portion? Good, keep it up."

Ji Niang rarely encouraged me, but she quickly pushed the light screen of the Earth Vein system in front of me.

"While your memory is still fresh, write something down."

"Mhm..."

I nodded weakly.

My body was very weak right now and needed to rest.

Lying in the Dream Pod seemed like a good idea.

This soft gel chair was indeed suitable for relaxing.

I took over the light screen in front of me and continued from this morning, beginning my next performance.

I still remembered many things from the Dream State.

That new cognition was constantly expanding my pitifully small knowledge.

Looking back at the words I wrote this morning, it was indeed lacking so much.

But I didn't have time to revise it.

I could only quickly write down the content I still remembered.

Just this took me several hours of hard work.

Constantly thinking was also very draining.

Although I had been sitting and resting, I hadn't rested well.

The feeling of fatigue had been fighting with me the entire time.

Ji Niang, for once, didn't leave and stayed by my side.

She explained to me that fatigue was a very common side effect of entering the Dream State.

During my first round of keyword recording, Ji Niang didn't interrupt or disturb me.

When I started the second round of supplementing my descriptions, Ji Niang directly joined in to discuss with me.

Although it was called a discussion, it was more like Ji Niang listening to what I said and occasionally correcting my statements.

After all, even though Ji Niang's level of Spirit Vision wasn't as high as mine, she was already a Transcendent Witch.

Spirit Vision was no longer...

In short, her understanding of Spellbooks was not something a new student who had just been exposed to Spellbooks could compare with.

After all, even if she couldn't personally research and understand all the information and secrets of a Spellbook, she was standing on the shoulders of giants.

The vast research achievements of the witch world had already covered almost all research on Spellbooks.

She could even find the entire process from scratch, including the birth of Spellbooks.

This was the cognitive perspective of a Transcendent Witch.

The witch world was her most solid shield.

Furthermore, this was just a Spellbook made of a very simple Fireball spell.

At this moment, I also had a whole new understanding of Spellbooks.

Although I couldn't achieve the state of "limited omniscience" from the Dream State, having seen it was enough.

Understanding the theory of Spellbooks was only the first step.

The second step was to figure out how to apply the internal principles of the Spellbook.

After all, practical application was the ultimate goal.

Theoretical principles were the foundation that supported practical application and the key that pointed the direction and development for practical application.

Otherwise, blindly fumbling around...

I have to admit that this was also a quick way to extend one's knowledge, but it also came with unknown risks.

"Perfect. I have to say, aside from the non-standard format and grammatical errors, the research content you've expressed has already reached the level of a paper written by a regular Transcendent Witch after a good amount of research on a Spellbook."

Ji Niang couldn't help but clap after she saw me completely refine the content.

But she didn't say that some parts of the content in this log were probably even more thorough than those padded papers.

Was this the Floating World level of Spirit Vision?

Just using Spirit Vision to observe simply had yielded conclusions that a Transcendent Witch would need a long time to research.

"Thank you for the praise, Teacher. If it weren't for you..."

"Don't say those empty words. This is your achievement, and you should own it."

She interrupted me and corrected me.

"I was originally thinking that analyzing a Spellbook would take a lot of time for you."

Ji Niang shook her head, a smile appearing at the corner of her mouth.

She then looked at the time.

It was almost evening.

Then Ji Niang walked to the experimental table and grabbed the Fireball Spellbook.

However, she wasn't in a hurry to put the Spellbook back into her body.

Instead, she walked toward me with a smile.

"I'm very satisfied with your performance today."

Ji Niang explained to me, though she was even more satisfied with my Spirit Vision.

Consider this Spellbook a reward for your hard work today.

Saying that, she placed the Spellbook into my body before I could even react.

"Huh?"

Although the process wasn't painful and I didn't feel much, I was still very surprised.

To just give away a spell like that was too generous, wasn't it?

Even though it was just a Fireball spell, offensive spells were very expensive.

"Just take it. Now you have one Fireball spell and one Protective Spell in your body. It's barely enough to have a means of offense and defense."

Ji Niang smiled in satisfaction.

"By the way, it's getting late. Today's temporary research project is pretty much complete. Organize this analysis report, and then bring it to my office."

"Mhm, okay."

I watched Ji Niang leave, but I soon realized, "Wait, how do I bring this log on the Earth Vein system to your office?"

But at this moment, Ji Niang had left decisively...

There was nothing I could do.

I'd just have to organize this analysis report first.

After spending some time on it, I looked at the time and realized it was already evening!

My stomach started to rumble without me even noticing.

It seemed I had to hurry.

I was going to have a good dinner tonight and then get a good night's sleep!

Just like that, I exited Classroom 8401 with the light screen and walked straight to Ji Niang's office.

I looked at the light screen that was still following me steadily and couldn't help but marvel at how amazing this thing was.

It was already so far from the research table, but it hadn't disconnected?

But I didn't have to worry about that anymore.

I just needed to get to Teacher Ji Niang's office.

I arrived at 8405.

There was a special display board next to it, with a picture of a mature woman who looked 80% similar to Ji Niang.

The name on the board wasn't just "Ji Niang" but "Ji Niang (Xi Lan)."

"Come in. Do you like looking at my personal information that much?"

At this moment, Teacher Ji Niang's voice came from the office, making me shiver.

So I quickly pushed open the office door.

"Um, Teacher..."

"It's nothing. I just saw you outside the door and you weren't coming in, so I thought something was wrong. What? Were you looking at my profile?"

Ji Niang asked with a smirk and a smile.

"Um... yes..."

I lowered my head and admitted it.

I swore I only glanced at it.

She was my counselor, and she would be teaching me for many years to come, so I had to at least learn a little about her.

"That's information from a long time ago, so long ago that I wasn't even a Transcendent Witch yet. So that information has no value as a reference. Did you see 'Xi Lan' in the parentheses after my name? Which one do you think is my former name, Ji Niang or Xi Lan?"

"Um... Xi Lan?"

I asked tentatively, since it was in parentheses.

"It's Ji Niang. When I became a Transcendent Witch and left this world, Xi Lan was my official name registered in the witch world. But because of some reasons, I returned to my original world, which is here. The name recorded here is still Ji Niang, so I just continued to use it. The 'Xi Lan' in the parentheses was something I privately carved on there myself, heh heh."

Ji Niang said jokingly.

Then, she very directly took over the light screen in front of me.

"I'll help you organize this analysis report into a paper and publish it on the official Witch Academy paper network. It might even be included in some organizations in the witch world, although the chances are slim."

Ji Niang swiped her finger, and the log was transferred to the light screen on her desk.

This operation really impressed me.

"Huh? This... can be published as a paper?"

"Of course. It's no problem to publish it at the academy. You shouldn't be so modest. Strictly speaking, you're the person with the highest level of Spirit Vision right now, so your potential is limitless. As for the papers included by the academy, they will be uniformly uploaded to the witch world. As long as the paper's duplication rate doesn't reach 100%, it will be included."

"Huh?"

Now it was my turn to be shocked.

What kind of logic was this, where it would be included as long as it wasn't 100%?

"What? Are you surprised? That's because you haven't seen the sheer number of papers included in the witch world and the enormous population of the witch race. If you randomly write a paper and check for duplication, most of it will be 100%."

"Oh, by the way, this duplication check refers to content research duplication, not text duplication. So do you understand the value of this kind of duplication check? Any paper with a duplication rate that isn't 100% represents a field that has not been fully explored by previous witches, and it has value to be included."

"So that's how it is..."

I nodded.

I was truly ignorant.

I thought it was text duplication, which would be too terrifying.

But with this kind of duplication check, if the paper was too full of fluff, wouldn't it have a 0% duplication rate?

After all, if the entire paper had no actual research content, then there would be no duplication, right?

"I'll put my name down as the supervising teacher, and your name will be after mine. Do you have any objections? If you do, I can put your name first. After all, this paper was completed through our collaboration, and you played a decisive role in it."

"No, no, that's fine."

I quickly refused.

After all, from the beginning, Ji Niang had provided all the materials for this research analysis report, including the Spellbook.

She even took me to use the Dream State to study and made some content corrections afterward.

If she really put me as the first author on this paper, I probably wouldn't feel worthy of it.

After all, it was my first time.

It was better to let the teacher bear the pressure.

Anyway, my initial expectation was not to publish this as a paper, and the teacher was even going to help me with the format.

It was a lot of trouble for her.

"Little Han is so sensible. It's getting late now, so you should head back early. Time always passes so quickly for you."

Ji Niang said with a smile.

"By the way, there's another class meeting tomorrow morning. The academy system will be sending out a forced announcement for it. When you get back, check which students haven't received it yet and remind them in the group."

"Okay, I will."

I nodded in agreement.

"Um, Teacher, I'll be heading back if there's nothing else."

"Oh, wait. I have some more things to give you."

At this moment, Ji Niang stopped me again.

"Mhm? Is there something else?"

"Here, take this."

Ji Niang casually handed over a stack of printed papers that were neatly stacked nearby.

"I organized some papers related to Spellbooks. They have great reference value for you. There are five papers about Fireball, and another five about other spells' analysis. They will be very helpful for you to understand Spellbooks."

"This! Thank you, Teacher!"

I took the thick stack of papers solemnly.

This was incredibly important.

I naturally knew I couldn't work in isolation.

Although I had the terrifying ability of Spirit Vision, I also needed to see others' interpretations.

What was the existence of a Spellbook like in the worlds of others?