High School of Demon Hunting
Chapter 588 - 257: The Gentleman Says_1

Chapter 588: Chapter 257: The Gentleman Says_1

Upon hearing that he could recover normally, a weight was immediately lifted from Zheng Qing’s heart.

Then he quickly noticed another crucial issue.

"Why couldn’t my body suddenly accommodate my own soul?" The young cost student, recalling the words Old Yao once told him, hazarded a guess, "Could it be that an active thought field promotes the development of the soul?"

Mr. Wu shot him a surprised glance.

"You already know about the concept of the thought field?!" He took a deep breath, "It feels like you just started copying texts in the bookstore yesterday... time, it’s a truly amazing magic."

Zheng Qing blinked, not quite understanding the point of Mr. Wu’s sentimentality.

However, from Mr. Wu’s response, he could discern that Mr. Wu had a certain understanding of modern magical concepts such as thought fields.

This was very interesting.

He had always firmly believed that Mr. Wu was a descendant of a declining small sect, hence his skillful talisman making. But now, he doubted his past assumptions.

Mr. Wu didn’t pay attention to the young wizard’s wild speculations and instead sluggishly explained, "The thought field can indeed to some extent refine the spirit, promoting the development of the soul, but that’s a very slow, gradual growth...it wouldn’t result in a situation like yours."

"So what exactly is my situation?" Zheng Qing took the opportunity to ask.

Mr. Wu did not directly answer this question.

He circled around the young wizard’s body again and again, occasionally extending a finger to press at certain acupuncture points on Zheng Qing’s body, carefully checking some details while murmuring praises, "Cultivating with the essence of your grasp... a very ingenious method, really amazing..."

"I hadn’t noticed for a while, but the young people today are so creative... I’ve heard Professors Z and Chen mention this concept before, it seems they’ve actually put it into practice."

Hearing the two professors mentioned by Mr. Wu, Zheng Qing felt a sense of deja vu and couldn’t help but concentrate intensely.

Mr. Wu continued to inspect and mutter, "As far as I recall, their concept derived in part from Amitabha’s dream entry method, and of course, Zhuangzi’s butterfly dream also gave them a lot of inspiration. But to turn an idea, a flash of inspiration, into reality is really quite a commendable thing."

"I’m sorry, sir." Zheng Qing finally couldn’t help but interrupt, requesting, "Did you see any problems? What’s so amazing about it?"

"Using the characteristic of the soul which allows it to divide infinitely along a single dimension, through the steps of mitosis, unified cultivation, and then organic fusion, the soul can grow significantly in a short time... It’s like rolling hundreds of thin strips of hemp into a thick rope."

"Well, in layman’s terms, it’s allowing a part of your soul to travel to other worlds for study and eye-opening experiences. Once these experiences and knowledge return, they are transformed into ’fertilizer’ for the soul, merging into your memory....stimulating the development of the soul externally. It is especially suitable for organizations with many small worlds at their disposal and with complete technical means to cultivate newcomers."

"Like The First University?" Zheng Qing asked uncertainly.

"Like The First University," Mr. Wu nodded affirmatively, and then became a bit hesitant, "But theoretically, souls born from these methods are somewhat fragile, the big wizards at the school shouldn’t overlook this point..."

Upon saying this, he seemed to remember something and turned to look at Zheng Qing with a slightly solemn expression, "When the school sends you to other worlds for study, didn’t they tell you about moderation? With your mental strength, bearing the experiences of one world already puts you to the limit... but I see the soul inside your body has experienced at least a dozen worlds."

"This is very dangerous, extremely dangerous!" He shook his head and emphasized, "In my opinion, you are very lucky not to have exploded on the spot!"

"Soul splitting to other worlds for learning?" Zheng Qing scratched his head, looking puzzled, "There’s such a method of learning?! Why didn’t I know about it... I mean, the school has never mentioned this sort of operation."

Mr. Wu also raised his eyebrows, clearly surprised by the cost student’s words.

"You’ve never been to other worlds to study?" Mr. Wu repeated the question.

"No!" Zheng Qing replied emphatically, "Actually, I just wanted to say, I remember someone once said, using the soul for experiments casually would violate almost half of the rules in the Wizard’s Code..."

At this point, a light bulb went off in his head and he remembered the events of the previous night.

"However, my shadow should have these experiences... I think." The young cost student hesitated, and in fits and starts relayed how the Two-Dimensional Evolution Laboratory of the Dimensional Experiment Research Institute once ’borrowed’ his shadow, finally adding,

"Well, that’s how it is... There was a big explosion in that lab last night, probably shattering all the small worlds, so my shadow came back."

With that, he pointed to a recently published campus newspaper on the desk.

In the News Briefing section, there was a short news piece briefly reporting the lab accident the night before, emphasizing that only a part of the researchers were shocked, and there were no casualties.

"This is... so absurd!" Mr. Wu commented while raising his eyebrows.

However, it was unclear whether he found the lab’s behavior of ’borrowing’ Zheng Qing’s shadow ridiculous, or the grandiose language of the short news piece ridiculous, or found his previous speculations somewhat ridiculous.

Regardless, compared to the lab that used the shadow as a material, Mr. Wu focused more on the accident from the previous night.

"From your speculation, there is indeed such a possibility...the relationship between a shadow and an individual has always been mysterious and interesting. More than one great wizard has suggested that shadows are the soul’s projection onto this world. So substituting a real soul with a shadow to go to a low-dimensional world is indeed a brilliant method."

"It wouldn’t violate the prohibitions of the Wizard’s Code, avoiding interference from Danghag, and also skirting around the issue of experimental materials."

"A very typical academic style."

After evaluating, Mr. Wu continued to inquire, "You just said that when the accident happened last night, there were red lights fillings the sky? Mild vibrations? Any other feelings? Any other feelings from you?"

Zheng Qing hesitated, and recalled for a moment.

"No." He shook his head honestly, "The explosion didn’t even last long before my colleagues chugged me a Sleep Potion; I don’t remember anything afterward... They woke me up just now by splashing cold water on me... Wait till I’m fully conscious and... I’ll settle scores with them!"

"I see." Mr. Wu nodded thoughtfully, not continuing to speak. Instead, he raised his head to look at the dorm ceiling.

As if he was gazing at a starry sky on that dark yellow, molded mottled ceiling.