CIATB Chapter 720 : Chapter 720
Chapter 720 : Chapter 720
Chapter 720: The Questions Millian Sought
With the arrival of the holiday, the students in the academy also left the Witch Academy one after another, coming out into the world to enjoy the privileges brought by being Transcendent.
Students are restricted from using Transcendent abilities outside the academy, but if they are taking up missions to receive (lure) new students, they can use Transcendent abilities.
Because of this point, it indirectly bolstered the teams that would go to lure new students during the holiday.
While the majority of the students were making preparations, another group of people was also experiencing a… "great earthquake."
That was the Little Han Support Group.
Since Xiao Han was "dead," was there still a need for the support group to exist?
Was that Xiao Han truly worth their continued allegiance, even though she was dead…?
And what kind of precious spiritual wealth and guiding principles did she leave for the support group?
This was a necessary question to face, but one that many subconsciously avoided.
The Little Han Support Group had survived until now, and this loose organization hadn't completely fallen apart, mainly because the profits in the Expansion Realm had not been fully distributed.
Once this holiday passed and the final handover of time and authority was complete, they would have to confront this question.
Even if they didn't bring it up, someone would eventually be unable to resist asking.
And now, the representatives of the support group's interests had already held several meetings on this issue in just a few days.
Everyone's ideas and opinions were pushing toward one idea: they hoped this enormous group would not disintegrate.
A large organization to rely on, even if loose, suited everyone's desires.
As long as the main backbone remained, it basically wouldn't fall into chaos.
Therefore, from the perspective of self-interest, no one wanted this support group to collapse.
But now… they faced a very serious problem: the core figure of this organization, "Xiao Han," was dead.
Was it truly necessary to rally behind a dead person?
They were barely holding together now, and using this name was illegitimate.
So, there were many different voices within the support group now.
Some advocated that "the era of the Little Han Support Group" was over and hoped they could break free from this framework's constraints, giving the organization a brand new name and ushering in a new era, perhaps even establishing a large club.
Some believed that Xiao Han could not have died just like that and were seeking proof everywhere, while vehemently criticizing those who wanted to change the name.
Other purely self-interested groups believed that their current size was sufficient to secure a place in the Witch Academy, and at the current critical juncture, many other large forces, clubs, and groups within the academy were internally unstable due to the Teaching Assistant purge.
They needed to accelerate their pace and seize this opportunity.
Their Little Han Support Group also had Teaching Assistants!
Although those Teaching Assistants wouldn't necessarily listen to them.
And within the support group, a special group put forward a special suggestion.
Teaching Assistant Xiao Han… was rumored to have a younger brother, Yang Yunhan!
Why couldn't they lure him to the Witch Academy and let her serve as the spiritual symbol of the support group?
Even if the person might be a good-for-nothing, so what?
They only needed a reason for the Little Han Support Group not to immediately disband.
The brother… no, the sister inheriting the sister's name and temporarily taking over as the spiritual pillar would be enough.
She didn't need to be very capable, or even much of a genius.
She would become a symbol; seeing her would remind others of the glory that Teaching Assistant Xiao Han once achieved.
To create this spiritual symbol, many people began spontaneously bringing up past deeds, trying to collect them bit by bit: her achievements, the things she accomplished, the words she spoke, the papers she published…
When they seriously went back to review everything, they suddenly realized that the person they had been rallying behind had done so many things in just a short year!
Combined with the title of "Lesser Witch" personally acknowledged by Academy Head Mei Linde, and the over-the-top level of importance placed on her…
Sure enough, only by "dying" could a person satisfy everyone, and only then would people remember her past goodness, her value, and her significance…
Everything about her would be deified, as if only a dead genius was a genius that everyone loved.
She should only exist in propaganda and picture books, not by their side.
And while all this was quietly happening, Millian was also encountering a significant low point in her life.
Her huge turning point in life was choosing to follow Teaching Assistant Yang Yuehan, establishing the Little Han Support Group and various interest groups in the Expansion Realm.
And with her most direct backer completely collapsing like this, she still didn't regret her initial choice, even though her status within the support group had plummeted at this moment.
Of course, the so-called plummeting status meant she couldn't be the absolute leader within the support group, but the resources, connections, and relationships she still controlled were sufficient for her to stand her ground within the support group, and she still held a certain degree of influence.
However, at this moment, she was not participating in the final carnival of interest distribution.
She knew what was important: she had to confirm one thing—was Xiao Han… truly dead?
Perhaps her actions seemed like making trouble for no reason to others, and this matter was already settled!
All the other academies were spreading the rumor!
So many people had personally witnessed Teaching Assistant Xiao Han's death, and even Transcendent Holy Angels and even Transcendent Witches attempting resurrection had failed to produce any movement.
Were all these pieces of evidence not enough?
For Millian… all of this was definitely not enough!
These past few days, she had been running around everywhere, trying to confirm this news.
She first sought out Mentor Lina, who was involved in organizing this Joint Exam Hunt for the lower-grade academies and had a connection with Xiao Han.
But she received an ambiguous answer.
Xiao Han had died; this was indeed a fact that had occurred.
When she asked if there was any other possibility of resurrecting Xiao Han, Teacher Lina did not give a direct response.
While others were celebrating Xiao Han's death, only Millian, her companions, and her intelligence group were searching for other possibilities.
Although a large number of people in the support group were grieving over Xiao Han's "passing," a large group of them also did not wish to have such an insurmountable pinnacle oppressing them.
They quite liked the current situation.
They had passed the process of coming together relying on a spiritual leader, and now they only felt that Xiao Han had died "at just the right time."
It was just that this incident happened too suddenly, making it difficult for them to adapt.
But Millian didn't care about any of that.
She looked for many people: Xiao Han's former roommates, former class, former counselor, former clubs… some she could meet, some she couldn't.
Some meetings were worthless, while others made her believe in spirit that Xiao Han wouldn't die so easily.
After running around like this, Millian suddenly discovered that Xiao Han's social circle was not that large.
It was as if she didn't need anyone to support her.
She had no like-minded friends, no friends bound by self-interest, and no fixed social circle.
It was as if she didn't even have anyone to talk to normally.
Now, Millian had few options left.
The only people she could still look for seemed to be Yi Rui and her group.
That group was a club formed by several Teaching Assistants, and they were one of the few groups with a good relationship with Xiao Han, a group she considered worthy of the term "friends."
She actually had a few other options.
One was to find the mentor that Teaching Assistant Xiao Han followed, who also taught Mentor Bai Yu.
That mentor was said to have that kind of relationship with Xiao Han and had even killed several Transcendent beings for Xiao Han!
Another option was to find the Academy Head… but clearly, she didn't have the qualifications for that.
After weighing her options, Millian decided to find Yi Rui and her team first.
But when she contacted Yi Rui, she discovered that the place where Yi Rui's group was currently located was somewhere she was not qualified to enter!
Moreover, they seemed to be actively avoiding the topic of Xiao Han.
Although this sounded like a terrible development, Millian was an astute person and could discern something from Yi Rui's team's evasion.
First, she ruled out the incorrect answer that Yi Rui's team's relationship with Xiao Han was not as good as it seemed.
So… why were Yi Rui's team avoiding the topic of Xiao Han?
Teacher Lina also evaded the question, even though she explicitly stated that Xiao Han had indeed died.
Yes, that was a fact, but death in the Transcendent domain is not absolute!
She still had many questions, such as: Where was Xiao Han's body now?
The Academy Head valued Xiao Han so much, was she trying to resurrect Xiao Han in another way?
But without concrete evidence, she couldn't prove this conjecture.
However, an intuitive feeling made her seem to grasp many key points, and her subconscious pieced together the answer that Xiao Han was not dead, but the objective reality was… she had no evidence.
Aside from searching for people, don't forget that Millian also had the Grand Seed of Knowledge.
She also possessed the Earth Vein Appraisal Spell, but she couldn't search for much information about Xiao Han through it.
"We seem to have forgotten something… or ignored many things. There must be some evidence that proves Xiao Han is definitely still alive," Millian affirmed.
For example, the Grand Seed of Knowledge she possessed originated from Xiao Han.
If Xiao Han were truly dead, why could the Grand Seed of Knowledge still be used?
She had asked Mentor Lina this question, but the answer she received was… the effect of a Grand Spellbook is permanent.
Although this gave her new knowledge, it was not the answer she wanted.
"Did you all gain anything?"
Millian was not acting alone.
She also had the intelligence group, or rather, the intelligence group within the support group was biased toward her.
Furthermore, the intelligence group also had dedicated intelligence personnel for Xiao Han.
"We haven't found out where Big Sis Xiao Han's body is. The Earth Vein Appraisal Spell can't track it either. And regarding Big Sis Xiao Han's inheritance… there's no intelligence proving who inherited Xiao Han's Grand Spellbook."
"No inheritor is the best answer."
Millian was somewhat relieved.
Now, she needed to find Mentor Bai Yu.
She still had many questions she wanted to ask this mentor.
If anyone knew the most about this matter, at the level she could access, this Mentor Bai Yu was her limit.
Moreover… if the Grand Spellbook could be inherited, then Xiao Han's Transcendent girlfriend would be the most qualified Witch to receive it.
Before leaving, Millian glanced at the figure only she could see next to her.
This was the Shadow of Knowledge derived from the Grand Seed of Knowledge, a projection of her own subconscious.
She retained the image of the original Xiao Han, hoping this image of her subconscious would continuously spur her on.
"What do you think we missed? Why did you come to the conclusion that Xiao Han is not dead?"
"Figure it out yourself. The entire incident was hurried and bizarre, full of loopholes and acting."
"Stop being a riddle person, you are not the real Xiao Han!"
"Xiao Han's cause of death was the Nightmare Demon drawing out her Soul-substance, leading to complete death. Couldn't the mentors have discovered and stopped it? Although the multi-school standoff occurred after Xiao Han's death, the Witch Academy had the power to unilaterally suppress the numerous academies. How could they allow something like the Nightmare Demon to absorb Xiao Han's Soul-substance?"
"But the fact that Xiao Han cannot be resurrected is undeniable."
"So you have another question: Can Xiao Han choose not to be resurrected? If she can… then why wouldn't she want to be resurrected?"
"Assuming she can… is it to set up the other academies?"
"Who knows?"
The Shadow of Knowledge did not directly respond to this speculation.
So, at this moment, Millian had another question, and now she only needed someone, or a Witch, who was willing to answer these questions.
"Perhaps you should pay more attention to the intelligence personnel."
"Hmm? What does that mean? Did they discover something but not tell me?"
Millian asked.
"Do you remember the contract they signed? To serve Xiao Han."
"I remember."
"But Big Sis Xiao Han is dead… Who are they serving by honoring the contract?"
"…"
"Maybe it's a characteristic of the contract?"
Millian found an excuse for herself after a moment of silence.
"For uncertain questions, just find someone or a Witch to ask, right?"
The Shadow of Knowledge patiently guided Millian.
"Alright, that's enough. Now you have many questions. Go and seek the answers. Regardless of whether the answers to these questions are affirmative, negative, or silent, or even… deception, I think as long as the other party makes a statement, you already have the answer in your heart. No lie is foolproof. You only need to do one thing: persist until you've asked all these questions."
"Thank you. You've… helped a lot this time."
Millian waved her hand, dismissing the Shadow of Knowledge, and then began to look for a way to find Mentor Bai Yu.
First, the address?
Or contact information.
As a veteran navigating the Witch Academy, she had many methods for finding mentors.
She knew how to utilize the existing Academy System to find the contact information of currently enrolled mentors.
Or, to find the mentor's past courses and look for the remark evaluation data.
Even the most primitive method of asking the mentors she knew for information about another mentor.
So, very quickly, she found the mentor's office.
But clearly, the mentor was not in the office during the holiday.
So, she spent some more effort and found the mentor's residence.
But such an uninvited visit was also impolite.
However… she had to face this reality.
Now, only this person might answer her questions.
Just as she stood at the door of the villa, hesitating whether to knock, the villa door suddenly opened.
"I saw you standing at my door for a while. Come in. I remember you somewhat. Millian, is that right? The one who handled things for Xiao Han in the Expansion Realm."
At this moment, the door opened, and a figure appeared before Millian, speaking in a calm, emotionless voice.
"Good… good. Yes, I am…"