Chapter 358: line with translation of chapter title

364. Chapter 364 School

Sense of fate.

This damned sense of fate has come again.

Since Dean Frister pointed out that Lin Ke likely possesses the resurrection method of the Holy One of Nostradamus, the events befalling Lin Ke have become more fated.

The more one resists, the stronger the backlash.

Lin Ke can make up his mind to relinquish the hard‑cultivated true "small world".

After turning his head, not long later, he obtained an amber‑like world in a way he never imagined.

Mysteriously, Lin Ke felt intuitively that this amber‑like martial world of immortals could become his natal world.

Moreover, it needs no cultivation, only awakening.

Because the traces Lin Ke left in the immortal martial world are heavy enough.

He bore the cost of arranging the placement of the Void‑Quiet Heavenly Master's move, thereby preventing the immortal martial world from being ravaged and enslaved by the White Lotus Holy Mother;

He cultivated the immortal martial way and even advanced to the Vision‑of‑God realm;

He refined the immortal martial way, or rather created a branch of it, constructing the immortal martial way.

Although Lin Ke has severed five karma lines and broken the shackles, it does not mean he has completely vanished from the immortal martial world.

The Dao traces remain.

Even if it is a dream‑like experience.

"Observe closely; if there are any changes, tell me at once, Fu Lan Duo."

Lin Ke, for a moment, didn't know how to handle it, so he gave such an order.

"All right, sir."

Fu Lan Duo sweetly agreed.

"Sir, sir, what about me?"

Having awakened and completed an evolution, Ke Nai Li Ya bounced out, clamoring for a task.

"Ke Nai Li Ya, uh..."

Lin Ke looked at Ke Nai Li Ya, whose pupils had been replaced by flame, pondered a moment, and said, "Ke Nai Li Ya, provide light and heat for this round of the great sun."

The great sun in the small world of the sea of consciousness still mainly receives favor from the will of the wizard world, having absorbed much.

Now it furthermore has more substantial light and heat, becoming ever more real.

Perhaps, by irradiating with sunlight, the amber's shell could be melted.

Using time to oppose time!

Lin Ke's consciousness withdrew from the sea of consciousness, and in passing took out the inter‑world communicator, attempting to contact Mo Li.

Unfortunately, the communication did not go through.

"What happened?"

Muttering, Lin Ke turned to contact Dean Frister.

This time, the communication was quickly connected.

"Lin Ke, where did you go? Everyone else went home, why are you alone missing?"

Dean Frister apparently received the news that Lin Ke had disappeared from the selection grounds.

"Dean, the situation is like this……"

Lin Ke told Dean Frister about his experience entering and exiting the vague space, without concealment, including his own re‑cultivation.

"Hmm……"

Upon hearing this, the dean actually didn't know how to express his feelings.

The senior scholar who faced the High Council for rewards and punishments, who has a history with the great scholar Ruiwo, is this settling a private grudge under the guise of public duty?

"Do not resist."

With an order, the dean took action.

A guiding light shot from the inner world of the academy's main body, drawing Lin Ke inside.

Then followed several intermediate transfers.

Lin Ke arrived at Dean Frister's office.

"You really want to re‑cultivate?"

Dean Frister carefully sized up Lin Ke and let out an exclamation.

Immediately, the dean sighed, "You must think it through; creating a school is not that simple. Even the great scholar Michelle dare not try it lightly!"

"I have thought it through, Dean."

Lin Ke seriously replied, "After this trial, I have found my own path."

"Really?"

The dean was half‑believing, half‑doubting, then changed the subject: "Speaking of this trial, did you see Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke? Why, after the trial was completed and the passage was confirmed open, does the High Council refuse to let Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke return to the academy?"

Lin Ke, however, had no way to know this follow‑up.

"I'm not even sure whether what I saw was Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke."

While speaking, Lin Ke mobilized his mental and magical power to conjure an illusion of the White Lotus Holy Mother he had seen.

He merely actively requested to drop his realm; his mental and magical power were not damaged, and his control over them remains.

It's like selling shares, losing control of the company, but cashing out and leaving—the money is still his, and he can use it however he wishes.

Dean Frister carefully examined the illusion constructed by Lin Ke, showed no reaction, merely seemed thoughtful.

After a moment, the dean said, "Alright, I already know about this; you may go back first."

"Thank you, Dean."

Lin Ke bowed and left the Dean's office at the academy's main campus world.

Instant transmission is no longer possible; I can only use a transportation vehicle to get by, heading back to the villa.

While driving, Lin Ke took out his Portable Smart Brain and contacted Mo Li again.

Unfortunately, "no signal in service area", still could not connect.

This made Lin Ke feel that Mo Li must have run into some trouble.

It's probably not serious; otherwise the Dean would have informed him, rather than staying silent.

Lin Ke drove back to the villa; the first thing he did was ask the Smart Butler about Mo Li's whereabouts.

Mo Li indeed left a message with the Smart Butler.

After Lin Ke went to participate in the Supreme Council's selection, Mo Li received an arrangement from the academy to join a small exchange study group and go to an academy in the Northern Border for exchange study.

Coincidentally, Mo Li has many questions in her training as a Beastmaster Wizard.

Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, perhaps they can be resolved one by one, which would be greatly beneficial.

Knowing Mo Li's whereabouts, Lin Ke let out a slight sigh of relief.

But Mo Li, while studying in the Northern Border, encountered something that caused the communication to break off; it's still something that doesn't need to be figured out.

It's just not the case right now.

Standing by the study window, Lin Ke looked at the garden for a while, thought it over, and began contacting Shan Duo La.

His return is something Shan Duo La will surely know; it's better to proactively contact her.

"The busy person has finally returned?"

The video call connected, and Shan Duo La just uttered a sarcastic remark.

Lin Ke spent eighteen years in the Human Immortal Martial World, while eighteen days passed in the Wizard World.

The Main Force Team, the Servant Soldier Source World, and the Resource World—these three matters should have been handled by Mo Li.

Mo Li went on the exchange study, so naturally these matters passed into Shan Duo La's hands.

Although Shan Duo La is just holding down the fort, the main work is done by Lan Ni and Ti Fei Ni.

But Shan Duo La originally joined "Do Anything Freely", not to come and manage Lin Ke's miscellaneous affairs!

"The academy assigned me, I can't help it."

Lin Ke first offered a defense, then without waiting for Shan Duo La to react, he repeatedly apologized and soothed, "I've delayed your time these days, truly sorry."

"Hmph!"

Fortunately, Shan Duo La only complained a bit, didn't say much, then turned and asked, "When will you take these matters back?"

"In about three days." Lin Ke weighed his retraining progress and gave a definite timeline.

"Then I'll wait three days for you."

After saying that, Shan Duo La hung up the video call.

There is still some resentment.

Lin Ke needs to think of a way to further soothe her.

For example, sending some gifts.

Lan Ni, Ti Fei Ni, Asande, the Benevolent Brother Group, and the Social Anxiety Group—Lin Ke sent messages to each, informing them of his return.

At the places of Ke Di Sage and Pa Luo Sage, Lin Ke recorded a video and sent it over.

Next up is Se Lin Sage.

Lin Ke sent a video call request and awaited a response.

Not long after, Se Lin Sage's figure appeared on the smart brain screen.

From the background, Se Lin Sage was in the laboratory, unsure what research she was conducting.

"If you have something, just say it straight."

"It's nothing, I just came back to let my sister know."

"I still have things to do, I'm hanging up."

"Pa-da," the video call cut off, swift and decisive.

Lin Ke took one look at this scene and immediately understood that Se Lin Sage was about to stir up another big news in potionology.

"Accumulate deeply, erupt lightly"—that's exactly it.

Thinking of this, Lin Ke stopped worrying about miscellaneous chores and entered the villa's underground wizardry lab.

The villa's defense system was set to maximum.

Secluded cultivation, retraining.

The "Great Universe Meditation Method" is not necessarily superior to the "Water-Wood Mutual Growth Meditation Method", but it is absolutely the most suitable for Lin Ke.

With enormous mental and magical power supporting him, the First Grade, Second Grade, and Third Grade Wizard Apprentice stages were almost instantly achieved.

Unlike before, this time retraining the Wizard Apprentice realm brought substantial improvements across the board.

After all, the enlarged shape will only get larger; trying to shrink it is difficult.

The critical point has arrived.

Using condensed constructs to replace natal wizardry.

According to the plan, Lin Ke will use mental power to envision magic power drawing rune arrays to absorb some precious auxiliary materials, condensing the "Battle Armor" set.

This "Battle Armor" set mainly emphasizes platformization and compatibility.

Not seeking refinement and depth, only seeking breadth and completeness.

Its functions are simple: just three—basic protection, basic sustenance, and modular loading.

Reaching this step, the most time-consuming part was designing the Battle Armor set blueprints.

This is a major matter; Lin Ke did not be careless, spending an entire day repeatedly deliberating and revising the draft multiple times.

After the draft was finalized, there was no need to hesitate; borrowing the method of engraving into one's innate witchcraft, condense the Battle Armor set.

After more than two hours, the Battle Armor set was successfully condensed.

A bright red pentagram appeared on Lin Ke's forehead.

This is exactly the external sign of the Battle Armor set.

That day, Lin Ke returned to the formal witch realm.

The Construct Witchcraft school can be loudly announced as officially established.

Elemental witches, body-training witches, intelligence-machinery witches, true spirit witches, and beast-taming witches—after becoming first-rank witches, they each go their own way.

However, when ranking, a unified standard is adopted: mental power, magical power, and witchcraft as a trinity.

Body-training, intelligence-machinery, beast-taming, and true spirit witches do not solely focus on physique, machinery, spirit beasts, and souls; they likewise do not neglect witchcraft.

In Lin Ke's design, the Construct Witch is likewise.

Mental power, magical power, and witchcraft must all be developed, and vigorously so.

Then, how does 'Construct' demonstrate its importance, even necessity?

The core point lies in three aspects: one, amplification; two, sublimation; three, resonance.

Amplification is easy to understand.

Even the same general witchcraft, when cast by different school witches, or even different witches of the same school, yields different effects.

The Elemental Witch school specializes in spellcasting; to enhance witchcraft effects, they train in super-magic specialties, such as spell breaking, double casting, multiple casting, true damage, etc.

The Construct Witchcraft school need not train super-magic specialties; instead, by using the condensed construct components, accessories, or sets, they can achieve effects similar to super-magic specialties.

Most importantly, super-magic specialties are extremely difficult to train successfully.

Construct components, accessories, or sets can be condensed as long as there is a design blueprint.

Moreover, it is a one-time effort, with no need to worry about skill issues.

This is a shortcut, naturally designed intentionally by Lin Ke.

After all, most of Lin Ke's subordinates are Elemental Witches.

Among the five major schools, the Elemental Witch school is also the easiest to take on side jobs or switch to other schools.

Lin Ke's plan kills two birds with one stone; carefully devised to smoothly promote the Construct Witchcraft school in the future.

Sublimation is a bit awkward to say.

Actually, its essence is 11 > 2.

For example, Lin Ke's innate construct 'Battle Armor' is essentially a Battle Armor-type witchcraft.

Other Battle Armor-type witchcraft, if wanting to achieve more functions or better performance, can only follow the vertical quality upgrade path of first-rank, second-rank, third-rank witchcraft.

After being converted into a construct, one can likewise follow the vertical quality upgrade path to enhance the essence of the Battle Armor construct;

and can also follow the horizontal quantity-promoting quality upgrade path to achieve the effect of 11 > 2.

This is embodied as the Battle Armor construct serving as a base and platform, loading construct components, accessories, or sets that realize other functions.

A vivid metaphor: it is like an ideal fighter jet, which, by loading different equipment and weapons, can engage in air-to-air combat, air-to-ground bombing, electronic warfare, anti-ship operations, and even space conquest!

Thus, the Construct Witchcraft school has been preliminarily formed.

Lin Ke, according to plan, orderly condensed the components, accessories, and sets that can be loaded onto his innate construct Battle Armor set.

Then comes the upgrade.

The witch realm advances from first-rank witch to second-rank witch.

The Battle Armor set, with its loaded components, accessories, and sets, upgrades from first-rank construct to second-rank construct.

After completing the upgrade, it is expansion.

A first-rank construct witch has the excellence of a first-rank construct witch; a second-rank construct witch naturally must also have the enhancement of a second-rank construct witch.

This is the third core point of the Construct Witchcraft school: resonance.

So-called resonance was originally designed by Lin Ke for the conquest of all heavens; it already applies to the servant troops of the Paro Sage Legion, and is likewise being promoted in the servant troop source world that Lin Ke has received.

Servant troops implanted with constructs can, through resonance, achieve effects similar to witches' combined spellcasting.

There is no reason for a true construct witch to instead discard this advantage.

Therefore, the Construct Witchcraft pioneered by Lin Ke, starting from second-rank witch, can realize two different forms of resonance.

One is the stacking of similar constructs; two is the complementarity of different constructs.

Still, take the Battle Armor set as an example.

Three or more witches who have condensed Battle Armor constructs based on a unified design concept can stack the construct's effect, causing the three witches to wear three layers of armor and enjoy threefold protection;

Three or more witches who have condensed Battle Armor constructs based on the same series but different development design concepts—for example, one focused on land combat, one on sea combat, one on air combat—can complementarily exert the construct's effect, enabling the three witches to achieve coordinated sea, land, and air operations.

Thereafter, it is to restore peak strength and advance even further.

When Lin Ke exited the underground witchcraft laboratory, he was already a third-rank construct witch.

Moreover, he can already attempt to resonate with the will of the witch world.

The metamorphosis period is already within sight!