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

Chapter 216 Exploration, Cattle and Horses, and Debt

"what have you done?!"

The moment the Living Frost Plane fell into complete silence under the seal of layers of magic arrays.

Viola almost immediately rushed to Jemin's side and stared at him!
Her face no longer held the previous morbid fanaticism, but rather an unprecedented shock.

Viola's behavior at this moment completely overturned Jemin's perception of her.

Her silver-gray eyes widened in shock, and her pupils even trembled slightly with surprise!

On his cold face, a rare, almost blank expression appeared. His lips were slightly open, as if he wanted to say something, but due to extreme surprise, the words stuck in his throat and he could not make a sound.

Her breathing became rapid, and a powerful surge of mental energy emanated from her, revealing the extreme turmoil within her at that moment.

She remembered clearly that the moment that ultimately decided the outcome of that earth-shattering, dimensional battle began after Jemin asked that seemingly unrelated question—about why the two monster kings surrendered.

Even a fool could tell that there must be some connection between Jemin and the final reversal of this battle!

Most importantly, Viola discovered that she couldn't understand what Jemin had done at all!
Wizards base their power on knowledge.

Even though she has just been promoted to a level six wizard, which is much higher than Jemin's level, the fact that she can't understand it means that Jemin's knowledge in a certain area far surpasses hers!
This barrier of knowledge is sometimes even more difficult to overcome than the difference in social class!

However, after a brief moment of shock, Viola quickly recovered and forcibly suppressed the overwhelming turmoil in her heart.

Looking at the calm-looking Jemin, she hesitated for a moment, but ultimately didn't ask any more questions.

After all, for a power system like wizardry, knowledge is a wizard's most important and core secret!
Asking questions casually, especially those that obviously involve advanced knowledge systems, is a highly taboo thing in the wizarding world.

Even if the two have a good relationship, asking questions rashly would only make Jemin resent him.

Moreover, if she were to ask such a question given her current wizarding level, it would likely trigger a ban from the Star Orbit Tribunal.

After Viola realized what was happening, she could only suppress her surprise and countless questions deep in her heart.

"I never expected my junior to be so...astonishing." Viola thought to herself, her admiration and surprise even outweighing her curiosity about the unknown. "No wonder...that old man Clark values ​​this young lad so much..."

Jemin knew that Viola had guessed what was going on, but he didn't offer any explanation.

He chose to activate the "Suppressing Evil Spell" purely for the sake of his own life.

After all, if they lost in that situation, and the two planes were connected and could not be separated in a short time, the high-level wizards would be fine, but the low-level wizards would most likely be doomed.

Moreover, he was very familiar with the rules of wizards.

As long as he doesn't admit it, any suspicions Viola may have are meaningless without concrete evidence and firsthand witnessing.

“Who knows?” Jemin looked at Viola.

Seeing her shocked and disoriented expression, he suddenly became interested and, mimicking her signature expression with a hint of perverse amusement, gave her a meaningful smile: "Senior, your pained...and slightly shocked and disoriented appearance is really... exhilarating!"

"you!"

Viola's expression, which had just calmed down, instantly turned from calm to astonishment.

Viola blinked, then suddenly reached out expressionlessly and pressed heavily on Jemin's shoulder.

Beneath his palm, a powerful aura carrying the pressure of a sixth-level wizard instantly spread out.

Although there was no physical attack, the oppressive feeling was enough to render Jemin unable to move!

"Looks like I was too kind, and you've gotten a little... cocky." Viola's voice was as cold as polar ice, each word carrying an undeniable sense of authority.

"I'm sorry, I was wrong!" Jemin felt a sharp pain in his shoulder. He quickly and decisively admitted his mistake, instantly dropping the "perverted" expression on his face and sincerely apologizing.

Viola looked satisfied and withdrew her hand.

The two of them playfully bickered like this, which was actually a way for them to relax a little and release some pressure after the battle.

With the successful sealing of the Living Frost Dimension, this thrilling interdimensional battle has finally come to a complete end.

……

……

A few months later.

Jemin reappeared in a void, but he was not in the ship plane; instead, he stood on a huge fragment of a continent that was suspended in mid-air.

This continent is one of the countless floating islands formed after the surface matter of the Frost Dimension disintegrated.

At this moment, he is busy bending down, collecting ecological information about the various organisms on it.

He carefully placed a piece of moss, which was growing in a crevice of a rock and had a faint, bluish glow, into the sample bag.

Then, using a specially designed detector, they gently touched a tiny black insect, no bigger than a thumb, that was sleeping in the ice, recording its life fluctuations and elemental structure...

The core consciousness of the Frostfire Plane has been sealed away, but this does not mean that the work of Jemin and the other logistics wizards is over.

On the contrary, because of the unprecedented existence of the "living plane," its appearance has made the tasks of these logistics wizards more numerous and complex.

The task that Jieming has been given in the past few months is to investigate the remaining ecosystem and various resources in the Frostfire Plane.

After all, fighting against the Living Frost Dimension was quite enjoyable, but the price was also exceptionally heavy.

The original surface material of the entire Frost Dimension has evaporated by at least 90% due to multiple dimensional impacts!
The remaining landmasses were transformed into floating islands, suspended above the previously breached core surface.

These floating islands vary in size, with the smallest possibly being only a few hundred meters in diameter and the largest being tens of kilometers in length.

They were connected to each other by a chaotic and peculiar force field, and floated shakily in the void.

To fully document these fragmented areas, along with the remaining ecosystems and resources, would undoubtedly require a significant investment of time and effort, and may even involve some risk.

Jemin sighed and put away the detector in his hand.

He knew that their efforts would likely continue until the data was analyzed and a new plan for dimensional transformation was formulated.

The entire expedition team, including the wizard Augustine, was extremely busy.

In fact, Jemin himself was happy to be busy here, since he could gain extra benefits compared to others.

After gathering the information, Jieming made a hand seal and stomped his foot slightly.

Then, wisps of black, malevolent energy drifted out and were collected into the Gourd of Gathering Malevolent Energy by Jemin.

This was his extra benefit.

Although most of the Yin energy was consumed by the living entity, a considerable amount of Yin energy was also scattered and landed on the outer floating islands during the opponent's resistance.

This high-grade Yin energy was something that Jieming couldn't collect when it gathered together before, so now it can be considered a blessing in disguise.

After completing the statistical work on the remaining ecosystem and resources on the floating continent, Jemin flashed through the newly stabilized spatial rift in the sky and returned to the ship's plane.

As Jemin landed, the Yetis beside the spatial rift showed respectful expressions.

The wizard Augustine wouldn't waste resources. Now that the situation was settled, he decisively signed a contract with the two monster kings.

Having witnessed the wizards manipulating the Ship Plane and the Frost Plane in battle, both races of monsters now appeared somewhat obsequious when they saw the wizards. Jemin paid no heed to this; he went straight to the logistics department of the temporary camp and uploaded all the information he had gathered over the past few months to the core database via his terminal.

Having completed his mission, Jemin was about to take a short rest.

As they left the logistics department, they found a large group of people gathered in front of an open space in the camp, making a buzzing sound.

Out of curiosity, he went over to take a look and discovered that in the center of the camp, which was surrounded by a group of wizards, was a huge magic circle flashing with mysterious runes.

After examining it, Jemin discovered that the magic circle was used to provide spatial coordinates.

On the magic network terminal, Master Augustine's notification came at just the right time: "Wizards, please note that the dimensional portal has been connected. Welcome our colleagues who have traveled from afar!"

Before long, as the magic circle emitted a soft glow, ripples spread out from the center of the magic circle.

The sky above the ship's position was once again torn apart by an invisible force.

However, the other side of this rift was not some unknown dimension, but dozens of figures of different shapes.

Those figures were much smaller in size than the narrow rift in the sky, which was originally stable but not designed for large groups to teleport.

But Jemin noticed that the figures seemed to be in a state of unease, as if they couldn't squeeze in.

It seemed that the enormous crack was impossible for them to pass through, as if there was an even larger entity behind that figure.

Several of the figures emanated extremely powerful auras.

As they unleashed their power, they actually managed to tear the spatial rift even larger!
With their combined efforts, the spatial rift in the sky eventually grew to a terrifying size, spanning tens of kilometers in length and several kilometers in width.

That's how the group of figures managed to squeeze down!
As soon as the wizards crossed the spatial rift and "descended" onto the ship's plane, several immense and suffocating auras of power instantly filled the entire ship's plane.

The impact, a mixture of powerful elemental fluctuations and the aura of rules, instantly made Jemin realize that these people were all sixth-level wizards!

Some of these auras even possessed an intensity that should have reached level seven!

"Tsk, look at these lunatics, they all have the expressions of hungry wolves seeing fresh meat."

Viola suddenly appeared from some corner, clicked her tongue lightly, and a playful glint of amusement flickered in her silver-gray eyes.

Before Jemin could ask, she calmly explained the matter to him:

"After news spread that Wizard Augustine had successfully captured a living plane, the border area was in an uproar. Countless wizards, especially those who focused on plane research and rule exploration, frantically applied to come and study this rare living plane."

Upon hearing this, Jemin's eyes flickered slightly: "Oh? In that case, this Augustine wizard has really struck it rich."

Viola couldn't help but sigh, her tone tinged with complexity and helplessness: "Yes, developing a plane originally required a considerable 'investment' in the early stages. Many ordinary level six wizards would need to accumulate military merits amounting to hundreds of millions in debt just to barely complete the initial development of a plane in order to start a plane development project."

She looked at the wizard Augustine in the distance, her voice tinged with barely suppressed envy: "But with such a rare resource as the Living Dimension, wizard Augustine might be able to recoup all his initial investment just by collecting 'tickets' from these wizards, and might even make a profit!"

Jemin also sighed with emotion, but he also felt a little regretful.

He probably won't see such a precious resource as a living dimension again for a long time.

Unfortunately, the outer perimeter of the core of the Frostfire Plane was covered with dense, translucent maple leaf-shaped runes.

Those runes formed powerful isolation fields, not only sealing the consciousness of the living plane, but also blocking the gaze of outsiders who wanted to investigate.

Unless the wizard Augustine agrees, no one can enter the core, let alone conduct research.

Moreover, with his current skill level, he can't even get close to the runes, let alone access the core, let alone study beings of this level.

He was still a low-level wizard, far from being able to freely access and study the core of a plane.

Jemin suddenly felt a little strange. He turned to look at Viola and asked, "Senior, why did you come here?"

Given Viola's personality, she probably wouldn't be interested in something like watching a spectacle, unless the spectacle causes a lot of people pain.

Just as Viola was about to answer, a familiar voice answered Jemin's question for her.

"Because... I'm going to take her back and pay off my debt."

Jemin turned his head sharply and saw that the person who came was none other than his mentor, Clark!
The other person was still as unkempt as before, and even his signature messy hair seemed to have become slightly balder.

He still looked exhausted, like a seasoned veteran.

With two huge dark circles under his eyes, he looked like he had just crawled out of a laboratory.

Upon hearing this, Viola couldn't help but sigh.

Knowing there was no way to escape, she explained to Jieming with a hint of helplessness, "Back then... I had to borrow money from my mentor to buy that 'Soul Ascension Potion'!"

The helplessness and frustration in her voice were almost overflowing: "The price is... I have to work for him for over a thousand years! It's practically a contract of servitude!"

Clark glanced at her expressionlessly: "Given your earning power, it's perfectly reasonable to only have you work for a thousand years."

He paused, then added, "Of course, you've only just advanced to level six wizard. If you can hone your potion-making skills further and become a potion master, this working time should be shortened to less than a hundred years."

Viola sighed upon hearing this, and even Jemin next to her couldn't help but shrink back.

Even if the timeframe is shortened to one hundred years, it would still be an enormous debt for Jemin, an astronomical sum!
Recalling that he also had a loan to repay from his teacher, Jemin suddenly felt a sense of sympathy for his senior.

He immediately understood. It turned out that his mentor Clark had come here to capture Viola, this "priceless" level six wizard, and take her back to be his slave!
Mentor Clark then looked at Jemin and nodded to him as a greeting.

Jemin straightened his clothes slightly and bowed solemnly to Instructor Clark: "Instructor..."

"Hmm, not bad." Clark nodded slightly. "To encounter something like this on your first independent expedition, your luck is truly enviable."

Jemin smiled, unsure of what to say.

This is certainly good luck for a high-level wizard, but for a low-level wizard like him, it should be considered bad luck.

Clark ignored what Jemin was thinking, and simply turned to look at the high-ranking wizards still descending from the sky:

"Besides researching living planes, I came here at Augustine's invitation to help him install an interdimensional teleportation array. I estimate we'll be working together for a while now."

Upon hearing this, Jemin's face lit up with joy, but then he suddenly realized that if that were the case, wouldn't he have to "pay off the loan" again?

The problem is that although wizards can still provide earthly power continuously, the amount is not very large.

Based on the results collected over the past few months, it seems quite difficult to provide two vials of Red Dust Potion on time every month.

Thinking of this, Jieming couldn't help but grind his teeth, and his face fell slightly.

Clark seemed to read his mind and couldn't help but laugh: "Don't worry, at least until the space teleportation array is completed, you don't have to worry about the debt."

Ignoring Jemin's relieved expression, Instructor Clark, as if picking up a chick, skillfully grabbed Viola by the back of her collar.

Ignoring Viola's helpless and powerless struggle, Clark picked her up and walked towards the wizard Augustine, who had been waiting for a long time and whose face was almost beaming with joy.

Jemin smacked his lips, shrank back, and left.

Clearly, before returning to school to serve as a "workhorse" for Professor Clark, Viola will probably have to stay here for a long time to earn "interest" by working as his assistant!
If he doesn't quickly gather the resources to pay off his debts, he might end up like Viola, working like a beast of burden.

(Just one chapter today.)
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