During the first semester of his freshman year, shortly after Zheng Qing enrolled, the sheer volume of magical knowledge poured into him each day caused the Forbidden Spell Seed deep within his soul to crack open and gradually show signs of sprouting.
In reality, this manifested as increasingly frequent headaches and occasional blood clots in his eyes.
At the time, Zheng Qing did not know the true cause of his headaches. Whenever something abnormal happened to his body, he would panic and seek help from the school—from the library, to the School Hospital, to the professors of every subject.
After consulting from multiple angles, the school's Archwizards concluded that Zheng Qing's "head illness" was a "calamity," a side effect brought about by his "Witness" Talent. So they taught Zheng Qing the Transformation Spell to avoid the calamity.
Of course, after Mr. Wu's analysis, Zheng Qing learned that the professors teaching him the Transformation Spell to treat his head illness had been nothing more than a blind cat stumbling upon a dead mouse—they had used the wrong theory to achieve the right result.
Likewise, he did not actually possess the miraculous divination Talent known as Witness.
It was simply because of the Forbidden Curse. At certain moments, when he harbored an intense desire deep in his heart, it would temporarily grant him the Talent he desired most. This Talent originated from the essence of the Forbidden Curse: the curse itself contained the information of an entire world, and everything that existed in that world could manifest through the Forbidden Curse on some level.
But this Talent was temporary and one-use only. To experience a specific Talent whenever he wished, Zheng Qing would likely need to completely master the Forbidden Curse within him.
Of course, if Zheng Qing strongly wished to possess