Chapter 416 : Chapter 416

Chapter 416: How About a Birthday Gift of Becoming a Witch?

It has been several days since I returned to this small world.

After a period of extreme deliberation, I finally chose a decent place to temporarily settle down.

It wasn't for any other reason than the fact that there was a Lanath University of Technology nearby, which was considered one of the most famous institutions of higher learning in the country of Lanath Island.

And the Lanath Institute for Information Science and Technology was founded based on this university.

The house I live in is not very far from here.

As for where the money came from... there's no faster way to get money than robbing the rich to help the poor.

At this moment, with a large amount of cash flow in hand, I was also thinking about a problem, and that was how to spend this money.

Otherwise, besides improving my life a little, these things would only occupy my storage equipment.

What's more, these money and precious metals are useless when brought back.

After all, what I use now are mostly transcendent materials, similar to Arcanite Gold and Mithril.

After coming into contact with alchemy, I finally understood why these materials were so expensive.

It was because these materials were basically general materials for alchemy.

Anything involving the transcendent domain could not be cheap.

So now I need to spend this money in some way to turn it into my support.

So I thought of a sentence: if you have too much money, there are two ways to burn it quickly.

One is charity and poverty alleviation, because the world is never short of poor people.

The other is naturally investing in cutting-edge technology.

To be honest, even the speed of burning money with fire is not as fast as scientific research.

Don't forget that Lanath Island is a country with technological development as its core.

The proportion of scientific research funds invested each year is very large, but it can't be helped that Lanath Island is a small country.

The money invested by some large countries with a flick of their fingers might be more than that invested by Lanath Island.

But what's amazing is that Lanath Island is still the most technologically advanced country in the entire world, and there is no "one of."

This is a holy land in the minds of the geniuses of this world, and it is also a cradle for cultivating cutting-edge scientific and technological talents.

I would naturally notice such an abnormal situation, because this was not a rumor, but the truth.

And I also have sufficient reason to suspect that this is the effect radiated by Qiu Ruxin's transcendent item.

And now, all that's left is for me to personally verify this conjecture.

It's just that I've been too busy recently and haven't had much spare time to study it carefully.

Sure enough, once life becomes fulfilling, there's not enough time.

At first, I only wanted to get my hands on the technological data developed in this world, but unfortunately, I knew nothing about it.

So I could only start with the basic data.

And if you ask where in this world has the richest basic knowledge repository, then it is naturally these institutions of higher learning.

And that's roughly what I've been busy with these past few days.

I am very interested in these unknown and interesting plant technologies, but mostly out of curiosity, because the direction of their development does not necessarily interest me.

Because the cutting-edge technology they focus on is based on the premise of conforming to the current world's development trend, and some are even directly profit-oriented.

After all, those with the ability to research and develop in this world are not the leaders of this world.

Those who have mastered theory and skills can only be used as tools by others.

So if they want to display their talents, they need to cater to the needs of others.

But what really interests me are mostly the "poor" scientific research groups that can't get investment, waiting for that little bit of funding from the country every year.

And among these, what interests me is my goal.

There is nothing that can't be solved by throwing money at it.

Even if I don't understand anything, I can still use money to let them know that I understand technology.

In addition to these things, I also got a student identity at this academy to facilitate my free movement within the academy.

It's said that I got an identity, but it was actually using a disguise technique to replace an identity.

As for the original owner of this identity... she was naturally dead.

Of course, this had nothing to do with me.

I originally wanted to give her money to travel for a few months.

After all, this was an academy, and not everyone's goal was to develop technology.

Some were just trying to get a degree, package themselves to sell at a good price.

But she provoked a Secret Digger, and then there was no then.

However, I avenged her afterwards and also cremated her, which was the payment for borrowing her identity.

Of course... there was another very important reason why I wanted to enter this institution of higher learning, and that was that the first Myriad Connection Main Network Tree in this world took root here.

Although that area was heavily guarded, all of this was just so-so to me.

It could be said that the reason why this institution of higher learning was the most famous was also inseparable from this Myriad Connection Main Network Tree.

...

Although these past few days seemed quite smooth, I was also trying to deal with some people.

This was something I had never tried before.

It was novel, but also very uncomfortable.

Perhaps my thinking was wrong from the beginning.

I have to say, having never had experience in this area, I finally felt mentally exhausted in getting along with others.

Human relationships and worldly wisdom exist everywhere, and this world is no exception.

Ordinary people can only endure it for the sake of living, but I am an exception, because I can flip the table.

And after the lessons of these few days, I also understood some truths.

That is, as long as you come into contact with those in high positions, they will dare to bicker with you.

So it's better to save a lot of things.

The reason I want to become strong, to a certain extent, is not to experience this kind of social interaction that I hate?

So after a series of simplifications, I now only retain the connection with my investment project and that student identity.

The rest are directly discarded.

Relaxing, I felt a sense of physical and mental comfort, and my mood was even elevated a bit.

And of the two relationships left now, one is an information channel that ordinary people can't get, opened with money, and the other student identity is to make reasonable use of the educational resources of the institution of higher learning to make up for my lack of basic information about this world.

The next period of time is when my daily life will officially get on track.

"Big Sis Xiao Han, you're back. Are you so busy today too?"

"Yes, I won't be busy later."

I nodded and said.

"Huh? Why? Didn't Big Sis Xiao Han want to understand..."

"Yes, I only want to understand plant technology, but I don't want to understand those things that are useless to me."

I interrupted Qiu Ruxin's words and said.

At this moment, my heart was like a clear mirror.

I was wrong from the beginning.

I shouldn't follow their rhythm, but still follow my own rhythm.

I thought everything was too simple.

If I really had to learn the plant technology of this world from the basics to the cutting edge, I wouldn't be able to finish it in years.

I should have my own rhythm, my own pursuits and plans.

I am not a scientist, I am just a witch who studies spells.

Perhaps this seems highly similar, but in essence, it is different.

Those technologies of theirs should be a kind of inspiration to me, not for me to learn and then replicate.

This kind of replication behavior is of no practical significance to me.

These past few days, my summary for myself is that I was too rough and handled things too matter-of-factly.

I was abandoning my own advantages and entering the rule framework set by others, using my own disadvantages to play mind games with others.

Thinking back on it now, I even feel a little like laughing.

But it's not too late to think it through now.

At this moment, my gaze suddenly swept to a very exquisitely packaged paper box on the table, tied with a ribbon in a complex and beautiful knot.

And at this moment, Qiu Ruxin also saw my gaze and hurriedly explained to me.

"This... is a cake..."

"A cake?"

I looked at Qiu Ruxin in confusion, not knowing what she meant.

"Um... Big Sis Xiao Han, today is my birthday, so I ordered a cake. It's not big..."

At this moment, Qiu Ruxin's face also turned slightly red, and the shyness of a young girl showed on her face.

"Birthday?"

I suddenly reacted.

At that time, Qiu Ruxin told me that she would be of age in a while.

And now that Qiu Ruxin was celebrating her birthday, didn't that mean... Qiu Ruxin was already an adult at this moment?

An adult's birthday... I was in a daze for a moment.

"Happy birthday..."

In the end, I still managed to squeeze out these few words, because birthdays seemed a bit distant to me, and I didn't celebrate birthdays much, or rather, the birthdays of this life were meaningless to me.

"Thank you for your blessings, Big Sis Xiao Han."

Qiu Ruxin didn't mind that I had only said these few words after a long time, but thanked me excitedly, as if the few words I said carried blessings that made her happy.

Then she stepped forward and opened the small cake.

It was indeed not big as she said, about the size for two people.

It also came with number candles, disposable plates and forks, and so on.

People in this world also celebrate birthdays mainly with birthday cakes, but there was no singing of birthday songs here, just lighting the candles and making a wish.

"Let me."

I saw Qiu Ruxin putting the candles on the cake and wanting to light them, so I immediately spoke up.

"Huh?"

"It's more convenient for me."

Then I snapped my fingers, and the surrounding fire elements gathered at my fingertips into a flame.

The faint light illuminated my face and Qiu Ruxin's.

"Is this a spell? It's really... so amazing..."

"Is it? Then do you want to learn it?"

I asked with a smile.

"I... can I learn it too?"

Qiu Ruxin asked in disbelief.

She had shown her desire for this kind of transcendent power in front of me many times, but she had never really said that she wanted to learn it.

Because most of the time, the desire she hinted at was ignored by me, and she saw it in her eyes, so she never mentioned it again.

Now that I took the initiative to bring this up, her first reaction was naturally excitement!

And disbelief!

"Of course."

"I'm willing! Of course I want to learn!"

Qiu Ruxin said excitedly, as if she was afraid I would go back on my word or was joking.

"Even if the use of power is also accompanied by a price, you are willing?"

"A price? As long as I can master transcendent power, I don't care about the price... um, I'll still ask weakly, what is the price?"

Qiu Ruxin said excitedly, but after saying it, she realized something was wrong and still asked in a low voice.

"The price is to become a witch. From then on, you will no longer be human. You will gradually stay away from the opposite sex, and you will not even have the ability to have the next generation before you advance to the transcendent..."

"Is that all! I'm willing!"

At this moment, Qiu Ruxin's voice was a bit louder.

"Then if you regret it then, don't blame me."

"I won't, I won't!"

Qiu Ruxin shook her head repeatedly.

"Alright, it's time to make a wish."

At this moment, I also lit the candle representing 18.

The warm yellow light flickered and illuminated a small area.

Then, I reacted and thought of something and continued to speak.

"I didn't expect it to be your birthday today. I was originally going to give you a gift. It seems I have to give it together with your birthday gift."

I originally wanted to give Qiu Ruxin a Magic Power Source to turn her into a witch.

Her desire for transcendent power was obvious, and I had not responded to her expectations.

Now it coincided with her birthday, and it was her coming-of-age ceremony.

So one Magic Power Source was a bit insufficient.

Perhaps... add a spellbook?

After all, I had also obtained a lot of spellbooks, and there were also duplicate types, so giving one away would not have much impact on me.

"It's okay. The gift on a birthday is just a symbolic small gift. I'm already very happy that Big Sis Xiao Han is willing to give me a gift!"

As Qiu Ruxin made a wish full of joy, blew out the candles, and then cut the cake, everything seemed so beautiful.

But the bad luck brought by the transcendent item was not reduced at all.

For example, the moth that flew over, the ceiling lamp that would fall if it was loose, the broken small wooden knife for cutting, and the candles that were not blown out in one go, I silently dealt with all of them.

At this moment, I held the cut cake and looked up at the loose ceiling lamp.

It had already been fixed by me with a spell.

If it fell, it would have fallen right on the cake.

Even on her coming-of-age ceremony, Qiu Ruxin had a lot of disasters on this day.

At this moment, I silently shook my head and sighed, and put a piece of cake I had picked up into my mouth.

Feeling the sweet and greasy cream of the cake in this world, this was a very wonderful taste.

I felt that I could try to bring some of the baking tutorials and innovations of this world to Senior Tang Yihan.

I think Senior Tang Yihan should be able to create a new spark with it.

Happy times pass quickly, and so did Qiu Ruxin's coming-of-age ceremony.

Today, I was the only one who spent this birthday with her.

If I hadn't come by accident, Qiu Ruxin might have been spending this birthday alone.

Although Qiu Ruxin was very enthusiastic when eating the cake, I could see that she just wanted to liven up the atmosphere.

But unfortunately, it seemed that neither I nor Qiu Ruxin was very good at this.

And she also had a flash of loneliness for a moment.

Maybe she was thinking of her family?

If there were no Secret Diggers in this world, then she might still be a happy girl with a complete family.

Of course, if none of this had happened, she would also just be an ordinary girl that no one would notice, and she would have no relationship with me or the Witch Academy.

...

"Are you ready? If you don't regret it now, you won't have a chance to regret it later."

I asked with a smile, holding a Magic Power Source in my hand.

"Yes! Big Sis Xiao Han, you have asked me many times. I will not regret it!"

Qiu Ruxin answered again without getting tired of it.

"Alright."

After getting a definite answer again, I came in front of Qiu Ruxin.

And Qiu Ruxin looked at my empty hand.

She didn't see anything, but she still believed that Big Sis Xiao Han would not lie to her.

Qiu Ruxin did not have the talent of Spirit Vision, or rather, in a small world like this, its world will would not treat the people within the world like the main world, and there would be no such thing as talent awakening.

At this moment, I didn't say anything more.

After making up my mind, I stuffed the Magic Power Source into Qiu Ruxin's body.

Perhaps a single Magic Power Source was already insignificant to me at this moment, but for Qiu Ruxin, it was a process from nothing to something.

Thinking back to when I just because of a single Magic Power Source and completely changed my body shape, that was the biggest change of the Magic Power Source.

After that, more Magic Power Sources only slightly improved the process of witchification.

This was the first time I had given someone a Magic Power Source.

It felt very magical.

I felt the Magic Power Source being taken out and then put into Qiu Ruxin's body.

This change in the unfamiliar environment caused the magic power in the Magic Power Source to suddenly erupt.

Just like the scene I witnessed when I first entered the school, a huge amount of magic power erupted, and the dissipated energy quickly turned into light and heat, enveloping the entire body, as if a huge ball of light enveloped her figure.

This was the initial witchification transformation, and it was also the one with the biggest change.

I waited quietly, a little anxious in my heart.

Perhaps... Big Sis Bai had the same feeling when she gave me the Magic Power Source back then.

Slightly worried and with a bit of anticipation.

But Qiu Ruxin was a girl, and the change in her appearance should not be very exaggerated.

Sure enough, it was more fun to give a Magic Power Source to a boy.

I seemed to understand the fun of those seniors with a bad taste.

This wait lasted for several hours, which was a bit beyond my expectation.

But I didn't pay too much attention to it.

After all, this was the Child of Destiny of this world, so it was fine for her to be a little special.

I waited for a little longer.

At this moment, the magic power on Qiu Ruxin's body had also dissipated completely, and the Magic Power Source had also fallen into a slight silence, which meant that the magic power was completely consumed.

I stepped forward to check Qiu Ruxin's body.

Her body was hot to the touch at this moment, even a high fever was not this hot.

But I could feel her body temperature gradually returning to normal.

Before long, Qiu Ruxin's eyelids, which had been closed for a long time, twitched slightly.

This movement was naturally seen by me.

"Mmm... ugh... I fainted... have I already... become a witch?"

At this moment, Qiu Ruxin, who had just woken up, asked excitedly after regaining consciousness.

Then she subconsciously lifted a strand of her long hair.

"Huh? Why hasn't my hair turned white?"

"Turning white is just my personal hobby. Not every witch will turn white. Do you think that becoming a witch will make your hair turn white?"

I explained helplessly, meeting her curious gaze.