I, a cultivator, have ended up in the wizarding world.

Chapter 156 Evil Aura and Engineering

"There's a high probability that a powerful battle took place here," Jemin guessed.

Such terrifying destructive power, capable of destroying ley lines and causing an active volcano to die out completely, is something no ordinary creature could accomplish.

This should be the remains of a fierce battle that took place when the wizards of Norn Workshop were clearing the plane and capturing high-ranking demons.

The powerful attack even destroyed the volcano's energy core, rendering it dormant forever.

Looking at the now-dead volcano before him, Jemin's eyes lit up, and a surge of excitement welled up inside him.

Because of the special circumstances of this volcano, where the earth's veins have been severed, resulting in the deaths of countless lives and the presence of various mixed energy remnants, according to the concepts of the cultivation world, some special evil energy will be born within it!

The evil aura itself is also a conceptual material. It is an extremely insidious and complex energy in the cultivation system, often composed of resentment, blood energy, destructive power, and specific environmental factors.

It is not purely negative energy, but it is extremely corrosive and will backfire if not refined.

However, if it can be properly gathered and refined, it can become an excellent resource for a certain special cultivation technique within the cultivation system.

Golden Garden, for example, was specially created by Jemin to generate and collect the Flower God's Curse.

This volcano, due to its unique "experience," can be considered a source of some "evil energy."

Jemin immediately took out a large amount of materials and set up a complex array around the entire volcano.

He formed hand seals, circulated his internal energy, and activated the formation.

As the incantation was activated, invisible waves spread out from the center of the formation, permeating every inch of the volcano and every corpse.

Invisible gray mist, carrying the aura of death, resentment, and mixed energy, slowly emerged from the rifts in the earth's veins deep within the volcano and from the corpses of those demonic beasts.

Drawn by the power of the magic array, they surged towards the center of the volcano like rivers flowing into the sea.

It was collected by Jieming using the evil-gathering technique and eventually turned into a thin stream, disappearing into the evil-gathering gourd he held in his hand.

"Such a strong malevolent aura!" Jemin was overjoyed.

Without stopping, Jieming watched as the malevolent energy continuously gathered under the effect of the formation. He used the Malevolent Energy Gathering Technique to collect it into the Malevolent Energy Gathering Gourd, and at the same time used the Malevolent Energy Refining Technique to classify the malevolent energy inside the gourd.

The entire process lasted for several days, with Jemin working tirelessly to gather and refine evil energy in this desolate volcano.

As the malevolent and deathly aura was continuously drawn away, the air around the volcano seemed to become clearer, and the oppressive and eerie feeling was greatly reduced.

Finally, when the malevolent and deathly energy inside the volcano was extracted to a certain extent, and its concentration was no longer sufficient for the efficient capture of malevolent energy by the energy-gathering technique, Jieming stopped the technique.

He raised his hand to catch the slowly falling gourd that was gathering evil energy, shook it gently, and felt the surge of evil energy within it. A satisfied expression appeared on his face.

The amount of evil energy he collected in just one round was already equivalent to the amount of evil energy he collected from the Flower God in the Golden Garden for a month.

"Indeed, although man-made environments can also collect evil energy, in terms of the 'conceptual' amount, they are still not as good as these natural forbidden zones formed by accidents."

He retracted the Gourd of Gathering Evil, which seemed to have become heavier, into his internal space.

After initially suppressing the malevolent and deathly aura inside the volcano, Jemin did not stop there.

From a conceptual standpoint, as long as this special area maintains its current state, new malevolent energies will continue to be generated over time.

Having finally gained an area that "regularly generates malevolent energy," Jemin spent several days meticulously setting up various complex magic arrays around this extinct volcano.

These magic arrays are not for attack or defense, but for maintaining stability.

He first set up several concealment arrays around the volcano. These level-five arrays, purchased from the magic network, were enough to ensure that the special energy fluctuations here would not be easily detected by the creatures of the Purgatory Sulfur Plane.

Subsequently, he inscribed dozens of evil-gathering runes and soul-guiding formations at key points inside the volcano.

They can slowly guide the negative energy that is floating in the world, attract new evil energy that may be born nearby, and make it gather deep in the volcano and be refined into a higher purity form.

At the same time, these magic arrays can also stabilize the residual energy of the earth veins to a certain extent, ensuring that the "dead" state of the volcano can be maintained for a long time, becoming its unique breeding ground for evil energy.

In principle, these formations are able to slowly gather relevant concepts based on the local topography and special circumstances.

However, the downside is that all of these things rely on spiritual energy to operate, so they can't just be left here unattended.

Fortunately, Jemin doesn't have to stay here every day.

He did a quick calculation and found that the true energy required for this evil-attracting formation to operate was not much.

If I fill these formations with true essence, they can last for about one or two months.

Anyway, I'm going to come here once a month to collect the evil energy, so it's not too much trouble.

With all the formations and magic arrays in place, the entire dormant volcano was enveloped by these faintly visible chains of runes.

From a distance, it remained that dark and silent mountain, but in Jeming's perception, it had transformed into a highly efficient conceptual material conversion factory. Having completed the setup of the extinct volcano, Jeming was just about to continue his search to see if he could find a few more locations where he could detect the malevolent energy when his personal communication device suddenly rang.

Looking at the unfamiliar contact information above, Jemin was slightly taken aback, and for a moment he didn't even react.

Then he realized that the other party seemed to be the leader of the construction team he had invited.

Upon connecting the call, Jieming learned that the project he had previously contracted out had been completed and was now waiting for him to come and inspect it.

"I'll be there soon!"

After hanging up the communication, Jemin decisively turned around and flew at full speed towards the location where the wizard team he had previously hired was carrying out the preliminary modification work.

When Jemin arrived, he was overwhelmed by the sight before him.

In just over a year, the engineering team composed of low-ranking wizards completed an astonishing transformation of the area.

The area, which was originally filled with active volcanoes and various rugged mountains, has been leveled into a flat area, but there are not many buildings on it.

At first glance, all that appears to be here is a large, completely flat metal floor.

This metallic ground was cast from a refined special metal, and under the sulfurous fumes, it gleamed with a cold, obsidian-like metallic luster.

The ground was so flat it resembled a giant mirror, reflecting the dark red clouds in the sky.

Its surface was polished to an extremely smooth finish, without a single bump, which contrasted sharply with the rugged, scorched earth of the rest of the Purgatory Sulfur Plane.

This flat, metal area is large enough to accommodate a large city.

Looking at this ground, Jemin couldn't help but recall the black ground he often saw at Norren Academy. It turned out that this was a commonly used technique for dimensional transformation.

Moreover, Jemin knew that this was far more than just a flat surface.

He walked to the center of the metal floor and gently touched it with his palm.

As alchemy and analytical techniques were activated, a faint energy fluctuation emanated from beneath the ground, subtle and orderly.

His mental energy penetrated into it, like probing into a giant spider web, and he "saw" the intricate, crisscrossing structure inside the metal floor.

In fact, many permanent magic arrays are solidified inside this huge metal foundation.

These magic arrays are not directly exposed, but are intricately embedded in the metal layers, distributed like blood vessels at various depths throughout the foundation.

They are connected by countless energy conduits and rune links, forming a vast and intricate energy network.

However, since these were early modifications, most of the effects of these magic arrays are not very strong.

Besides their basic protective capabilities, they primarily function as "amplifiers" and "basic frameworks."

Jemin walked to the center of the foundation, closed his eyes, and felt the pulse of the magic array network beneath his feet.

These internally fixed magic arrays are mainly designed to amplify the effects of the magic arrays that Jemin himself constructs and embeds in the blank spaces, thereby allowing them to influence the entire plane.

They are like giant amplifiers buried underground.

Whether it's the elemental pool, alchemy workshop, or various dimensional protective arrays that he plans to build here in the future.

As long as their core magic arrays are embedded into this basic network, their effects will be amplified by this network, and their range and power will increase exponentially, eventually affecting the entire Purgatory Sulfur Plane!

This is precisely the foundation that Jemin is laying for his future transformation of the plane and the construction of a massive magic array.

During his inspection, Jemin also noticed some reserved interfaces and energy nodes.

According to the wizard leading the "construction team," there are actually some more advanced functions that can be achieved in the early stages of construction, such as the magic array that can amplify communication with the origin of the plane.

This magic circle allows wizards to perceive and influence the origin of a plane more deeply, extract the power of the plane's origin more efficiently, and even make some preliminary modifications to the plane's rules.

However, this level of magic array requires wizards to possess even stronger mental power, reaching the level of a sixth-level wizard, in order to truly control and safely use it.

"Anyway, I haven't reached level six wizard yet, so I don't need it for now, and I'm not in a hurry to build it," Jemin thought to himself.

Constructing such a magic array requires a huge investment of resources. If he cannot fully control it, it may lead to energy backlash or even cause rejection from the plane's origin.

When he communicated with the engineering team, he excluded these complex magic arrays that exceeded the current needs and prioritized investing resources in the most basic and practical parts.

He looked at the results before him with satisfaction.

Although it is only in the early stages of construction, it has already taken shape.

(There's an extra chapter coming.)
(End of this chapter)