Chapter 366: The Secret of the Witch Cult
The tall tree slowly stood up like a giant, and the thick branches swept down heavily, bringing with it the sound of whirring wind. Although the situation looked very dangerous, Sha Lin did not rush to avoid the attack, but still stared at Yimiti with burning eyes. She grabbed Yimiti's neck with one hand like a claw, and insisted on grabbing the opponent's vitals before the branch hit her body.
Since the distance between the two was very close at this moment, Yimiti did not have much time to react. The flame of the lantern in her hand suddenly became larger, emitting a wave of fire, and pounced on the oncoming Sha Lin.
In the exploding wave of fire, dark red nails stretched out from it, grabbed the arm that was blocking in front of her, and then the other hand grabbed Yimiti's throat and lifted her up. A cold and frightening magic power spread from her neck to her body, making Yimiti feel like she was falling into an ice cave and unable to move.
At this time, the huge tree man also swept down and hit the two of them together. The thick tree branch was like a half-meter-diameter stick. Both of them were not very comfortable, but Sha Lin took the initiative and his own secret method had the effect of strengthening the body, so he was not seriously injured. When he was knocked away, he still firmly controlled Yimiti. After a roll, he rode on Yimiti again, holding the opponent's wrist with one hand and holding Yimiti's neck with the other hand.
As his wrist tightened, Yimiti felt extremely difficult to breathe and his consciousness began to blur. Although the huge tree man next to him was powerful, he lost his ability to move because he lost Yimiti's command and just stood there quietly.
"Sha Lin won, don't fight anymore." The students on both sides began to call for a stop. The winner had been decided.
Staring at Yimiti, who was uncomfortable and gradually losing his resistance on the ground, Sha Lin slowly loosened his fingers to allow the other party to breathe a little, and then stood up after a few seconds.
At this time, the students from both sides trotted over, each supporting the fighting party. Some were responsible for checking the injuries, while others were still performing the secret methods related to treatment, and then chanted.
"Huh, it's okay, Yimiti's condition is not too serious, and he should be able to go back to the dormitory to sleep tonight."
"Sha Lin's speed was too fast this time, and it has reached a qualitative change. The powerful secret method prepared by Yimiti was suppressed before it was fully performed."
"The Blood Moon Witch lineage is the most typical fighting method of the Blood Eye Sequence. It is a quick battle and a quick decision, and it is extremely dangerous." Several students discussed with each other and confirmed the situation.
After a few minutes, Yimiti gradually regained consciousness and was able to stand on her own.
She looked at Sha Lin who was still waiting for her on the opposite side, with a little unwillingness on her face, but she also knew that she had indeed lost this time. She paused in silence for half a minute before slowly walking over.
"I won't mention my previous opinion again... Now you are stronger." The language was full of awkwardness.
"Hmm."
Sha Lin knew that Yimiti was dissatisfied in her heart, but she didn't care about this. Today she won, and Yimiti had to bow her head.
After hearing this, she finished what she had to do today, and then walked out of the woods with several companions who came with her. In the distance, they could still hear their voices discussing what to eat tonight to celebrate.
After the other party left, the companions around Yimiti also comforted Yimiti, talking to each other.
"It's just that Shalin won by chance, there's nothing to be proud of."
"Next time, just catch her flaws and make it impossible for her to break through the defense in a short time."
"Yimi is already very good, but she just happened to meet Shalin who was tactically restrained."
Tilan and Meier were standing not far away at this moment. Because Yimiti was surrounded by friends, they were not familiar with her, so it was not easy to surround her and talk at this time. Fortunately, Angel Jasmine, who they just met, came over at this time.
"You guys come down the mountain with us, and we will take Yimiti to the infirmary of the academy for a check-up later. If there is no problem, we will come out for dinner together."
"Okay."
After that, the group reunited again. Yimiti recovered from the state after the battle just now, and introduced Tilan and the others to everyone.
"Are you an exchange student from Yuanting? It's quite rare."
"I heard that you raise a lot of extraordinary animals. I want to raise a parrot, but the color requirements are quite special. It must be light blue with red cheeks and yellow tail feathers." Another girl asked curiously. Her name was Carter.
"Such a parrot..." Tilan thought for a while and recalled the types of parrots raised in the academy.
"It seems that there are similar ones. I can help you ask."
"Hey, really, is there really such a thing?" Carter opened his eyes wide and looked excited.
"I have been looking for a long time, but I haven't found a suitable one. The reason why I want to specify the color is because my mother told me when I was a child that such a bird will bring me good luck and turnaround."
On the way, Carter became particularly enthusiastic towards the two people. She chattered about her experiences and happy things along the way. It can be heard that this is a very outgoing and familiar girl.
After a simple examination in the infirmary, it was already 9:30 in the evening, and everyone discussed where to go for dinner.
"Why don't we go to the riverside house over in the cedar forest? There's a grilled fish restaurant there. They use fish caught from the stream nearby, and the taste is great."
"That's settled then."
Everyone headed for the cedar forest on the north side of the back mountain. A long way along the way was in the forest, and there were no lights. However, everyone present was a transcendent, so they were not too afraid of the dark. In addition, the two witches in front stretched out their hands to summon floating fireflies, making the night scenery beautiful.
"Come to think of it, my mother also studied here, and she once told me about several secret and interesting places in the school." Carter talked about his childhood.
"For example, there is a low cliff in a corner of the northern forest. There is a sloping rock crevice under the cliff. It is a good place to hide from the rain. There is a swamp next to the amaryllis forest in the west. You can pick special orchids on the full moon nights in August and September."
"I have also heard of several similar legends. It feels like there are secrets everywhere in the academy."
"Many of them are true. For example, they said before that if you collect the seven colors of mushrooms in the academy, you can make a kind of fantasy potion, which can train your will. When you face some illusions later, you can easily see through them." Yimiti also said what he knew.
"I searched for a long time later. At the end of last year, I finally gathered the seven kinds of mushrooms. Later, after more than ten experiments, I found the right ratio and made the fantasy potion in the record."
"Ah, is this actually true? At that time, I also saw the book recording the formula in the library, but I thought it was something recorded by a senior as a prank."
"This is true, because the faction I studied has a lot of knowledge about herbal secrets. Theoretically speaking, the formula is actually very reasonable." Yimiti nodded.
"That's true. The Oak Witch family has a lot of inheritance related to trees and herbs." The others nodded in succession.
Listening to their discussion, Tilan thought of something and spoke.
"Do you divide the factions according to different witches? But when I entered the school, I seemed to hear more about the 'Puppet School', 'Change School', 'Ritual School' and so on."
"Well, it can be divided like this, because there are many witch schools, and people sometimes can't remember them, so they will roughly divide them according to the appearance, and this division method is also relatively reasonable. For example, the secrets in the 'Puppet School' are mostly related to mechanical war dolls, and are also mixed with a lot of mechanical physics and energy knowledge, etc." "
Yimiti focuses on the Oak Witch series. Many of the secrets of this series require special powders, props, pre-prepared magic tools, etc., so they are classified as the 'Ritual School'."
"Sha Lin studies the secrets of the Blood Moon Witch series. Most of the inheritance of their series is related to themselves, such as the Boiling Blood Secret Art, Moonlight Speed, Blood Marrow Poison, etc. Only a small part requires ritual props, so they are roughly divided into the 'Change School'."
"The courses in the same faction are very similar, and everyone will be very familiar and clear, so everyone generally calls it this."
"Sha Lin has learned a lot of physical skills and combat-related courses. With the Blood Moon Witch's secrets she has learned, she will be very strong. But Yimiti has learned more courses related to herbal enchantment and alchemy. It is easy for her to be at a disadvantage in close combat against Sha Lin."
Along the way, the few people gradually became familiar with each other. Everyone told Tilan and Melko about the situation in the Three-phase Moon Academy.
At present, in addition to the inheritance of the mainstream thirteen great witches, there are more than fifty other witches in the "Witch Sect". This is the result of the Witch Sect's tireless collection, archaeology, improvement, and optimization for hundreds of years.
Although this is extensive, it is inevitable that it is a bit distracting. No wonder the Witch Sect was defeated when facing the Silver Candle Saint Faction later, the girl thought to herself.
It is not easy for a witch with ordinary qualifications to master the inheritance of a witch. It is difficult to practice and take into account the inheritance of other witches. The experience within the faction cannot be passed on to everyone, but can only be passed on to the younger generation of their own faction. This leads to the fact that the efficiency of the improvement and inheritance of the secret method is definitely not as good as that of the extraordinary faction that focuses on one type.
It seems that the decline of the "Witch Sect" is not without reason. It is better to say that it was an accident that it rose in the past, or it can be said that the term "witch" has gathered too many legends and fantasies, allowing countless geniuses and extraordinary people to willingly and tirelessly devote themselves to it, and then it slowly grew stronger.
However, the "Witch Sect" is not without advantages. The number of inheritances it has is difficult for other factions to compare, and many of its secret methods are unique. It is difficult to find similar substitutes in the outside world, and it has a surprising special charm.
Many of these secrets were created by the witches when they were active in the world, based on their own power. It is like looking at the source code and redesigning it to be suitable for ordinary people to perform extraordinary skills. Although the expression may not be perfect because the witches at that time were limited by the times, the design concept of some of these secrets is closer to the real concept.
Extraordinary ability is the embodiment of the concept after the spirit interferes with matter, and the witches themselves are the embodiment of a certain concept. No outsider knows better than the witches how the power they possess is realized and operated. This is almost an instinct.
At night, Tilan and Yimiti, a total of 7 people, ate grilled fish by the river in the forest. The restaurant here is a small wooden house. There are no other buildings within a kilometer around. It is extremely quiet. You can hear the gurgling stream outside the wooden shed.
In addition to the seven of them, there are several other students here, but not many in general. Occasionally, when they talk, you can hear the lonely birds singing in the forest.
"...Hey, are you asking me which witch I'm learning?" Carter held a grilled fish in one hand and a beer in the other, seeming a little tipsy.
"I'm learning the witch of Black Cat, the legacy of Lady Lulia. If I fight with Shalin, it will probably take a long time, because our fighting styles are very similar." "
No wonder Carter suggested eating grilled fish, it turned out to be Black Cat." Mel's eyes blinked.
"Ahaha, grilled fish is really delicious. Even if I don't learn from Lady Lulia, I will come to eat it." Carter said and took another bite.
"What about Angel Jasmine?" Tilan was curious about which witch's legacy this quiet and generous witch was learning.
"It's the witch of harmony, the legacy of Lady Edwina." She answered frankly.
"Angel Jasmine is the team doctor of our group. She is very good at making healing-related potions and is also good at many healing spells." Another person introduced her.
"So this is the image of me in your minds. In fact, I am better at things that are not suitable for display." Angel Jasmine raised her finger.
Edwina? Tilan recalled the history she had learned. As one of the famous witches in Oz, she also left many records. After the death of the time and space witch Dorothy, Edwina also fell in the war. After that, Oz was destroyed, and her descendants were divided into two branches, one went to Luerna and the other went to the Southern Islands.
Among them, the branch in the Southern Islands is very good at cultivating various magical beasts, and even has a complete army, such as the God Wing Bird Brigade, the powerful killing weapon in the sky, the Sky-dominant Fierce Armored Dragon, the Gray Mountain Giant Whale swimming in the deep sea, and so on.
How these magical beasts, and even the Chimera that had never existed before, were cultivated, someone must be curious, and many of the secret techniques related to this came from the witch of harmony, Edwina.
At night, the seven people chatted until very late, and then returned to the direction they came from near midnight.
Thus, after a good night's sleep, the fourth day came. On this day, Tilan came to the library of the academy and began to read a lot of records related to witches. Perhaps influenced by the battle yesterday, she became particularly curious about some of the witches' inheritance.
Although she knew that she was already very greedy, seeing such a special and novel witch's secret technique, Tilan still couldn't help but want to take a look and try to learn it. In addition, she also wanted to know how much difference there was between her talent application and the power of witches.
Time passed in a blink of an eye, and soon it was the end of the week. During this time, Tilan and Mel finished browsing the Three-phase Moon Academy, and also saw the various special methods of witches, which was eye-opening.
It was another Saturday afternoon. Tilan sat in the room and looked at the investigation report sent by Edes Academy. This was an overview and summary of the witch sect. It was the information collected from various parties after the academy issued a commission to multiple high-level firms. It was extremely detailed.
Generally speaking, the decline of the 'Witch Cult' is caused by many reasons, including the lack of successors, the decline of the trend, the failure of 'Emenas' in the competition, the rise of other factions, and many other reasons. But even now, the 'Witch Cult' still has roots in many star fields, and the Three-Phase Moon Academy of Four-Leaf Crystal is just one of them. If there is a strong person to lead, revival will not be difficult.
After that, the report listed the various industries and business conditions of the current "Witch Cult", the famous figures and their current situation in the past ten years, etc., which made Tilan feel that the power of Edes Academy was strong.
Since there were no political and principled problems in the "Witch Cult", it was not impossible to help them with publicity. This would not have much impact on Edes Academy. In fact, the two academies were on completely different tracks, and the competition was very small.
After making the decision, Tilan was ready to meet Master Xiulin again, and this time she had a clearer understanding of the current situation of the Witch Cult, the situation of the Three-phase Moon, and the strength of Edes Academy behind her.
That night, the gravel valley of the Three-phase Moon Academy was ablaze, and the burning fireballs illuminated the dry valley covered with pebbles. Witches stood on the hillsides on both sides. There were about six or seven hundred of them. At this moment, their eyes were fixed on the two figures below. Tonight was the day for the duel between Wei Ke, the chief of the ritual faction, and Elena, the newcomer of the "change faction".
At the same time, Tilan also came to the big witch's cabin in the forest alone again. She knocked on the door gently, then pushed it open and walked in.
(End of this chapter)
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