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

Chapter 223 Knowledge and David's Return
The leap in life level brought about by advancing to the second-level wizard, and the feeling of controlling power, is so wonderful.

So much so that Jemin couldn't help but want to spend more time getting to know and developing his newfound abilities.

Unfortunately, after his promotion, Jemin didn't even have time to fully appreciate the new power that came with being a Level Two Wizard before he was urged by the contract to quickly immerse himself in learning new knowledge.

Although he actually had many things he wanted to arrange and deploy, such as further optimizing his four core sorcery, or quickly dealing with the various spoils of war brought from the Flame Frost Plane.

But back then, in order to purchase that one-time-use magical artifact that could use spatial jumps, he made a contract with Master Roland of the Tower of Annihilation.

Strictly speaking, he was burdened with a huge debt from Master Roland.

As part of the debt, the contract they signed stipulated that Jemin must prioritize learning the designated knowledge provided by the other party after advancing to the second-level wizard level.

Furthermore, one must quickly integrate this knowledge, optimize it, and incorporate it into one's own unique "All-Seeing Eye" witchcraft model.

After that, he needed to provide the optimized, brand-new "All-Seeing Eye" sorcery model to Master Roland in its entirety.

Only then will their debts be considered half settled.

As for the other half... well, that'll have to wait until he advances to the third-level wizard in the future.

The binding force of a contract acts directly on the soul.

After feeling the binding force on his soul, Jemin dared not delay. He immediately contacted Master Roland, who was still conducting research in the Frostfire Plane, through the magic network terminal.

The other party seemed to have anticipated that Jemin would contact him at this time.

Almost the instant the communication was established, an unimaginably massive torrent of data poured directly into Jemin's laboratory terminal through an encrypted channel.

The other party sent Jemin a huge amount of all kinds of information, like mountains and seas.

Just by glancing through the table of contents, Jemin felt a throbbing pain in his head.

All of this information contains extremely advanced knowledge about "spatial gaps"!
Its content mainly describes the understanding and application of certain special spatial characteristics.

It's important to know that, generally speaking, only level three wizards begin to formally engage with and study spatial knowledge.

It's not impossible for a level two wizard to learn about it in advance, but due to limitations in their life level and cognitive abilities, they basically can't use it even if they do.

Moreover, the difficulty of learning it is extremely exaggerated, which is tantamount to asking a primary school student who has just learned arithmetic to directly study calculus.

Jemin roughly estimated that to learn all this knowledge and truly master it, rather than just memorizing it, would require a lot of effort.

He estimated that he would need to study tirelessly for at least one or two hundred years!

Fortunately, after advancing to the second level of wizard, not only is there a huge difference in strength, but the wizard's lifespan also increases significantly along with the leap in life level.

As lifespan increases and time goes by, wizards' "perception of time" will gradually undergo fundamental changes.

Just like a first-level wizard, the theoretical lifespan of a wizard is roughly between one thousand and fifteen hundred years.

Therefore, some wizards who live longer will, imperceptibly, develop a time perception that is about 10 times longer than that of ordinary people.

This is similar to how Jemin participated in the war in the Frost dimension, but due to an accident, he served for more than fifty years at once.

For ordinary people, this is almost half a lifetime.

But according to the time concept of a first-level wizard, converted to the feeling of an ordinary person, it would be like this: originally planning to go on a business trip for a little over a year, but due to some unexpected events, the business trip lasted for five years at a time.

Although it's exaggerated, it's still within an acceptable range.

While the lifespan increase for second-level wizards is not as dramatic as that for first-level wizards, it is still significant.

However, a healthy level two wizard can easily live for four to five thousand years.

Therefore, for a second-level wizard, spending over a hundred years specifically to learn a particular, extremely important skill is not an unacceptable thing.

For many wizards, this is the norm.

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"Spatial knowledge is indeed notoriously difficult to learn..."

It wasn't until Jemin actually started learning that he truly understood this point.

Even after he actually got hands-on experience, despite having the highly active brain and soul he had gained from his promotion, Jemin still felt his head was spinning when faced with those distorted, abstract spatial theories that completely defied conventional physical cognition.

It's not just the concepts that are difficult to understand; the sheer amount of learning and comprehending data can create an overwhelming amount of pressure.

However, this extreme pressure is not without its benefits.

During his studies, Jemin discovered that under such intense mental pressure, the "body tempering method" he was practicing, adapted from the world of cultivation, was undergoing a strange evolution on its own!
It seems to be adjusting the structure of its body and soul, actively adapting to the external pressure originating from the soul and spirit.

Specifically, his brain activity level increased significantly under this high-pressure learning environment!

Moreover, understanding certain abstract concepts is becoming increasingly easier.

As he learned these spatial concepts, he went from struggling at first to becoming faster and more proficient!
Those previously obscure and difficult theories seemed to have become clear. Jemin couldn't help but be somewhat shocked by this.

He never expected that the body cultivation methods in the world of cultivation could even adapt to this kind of "mental pressure" that originated from knowledge learning, and undergo targeted self-evolution!

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More than a decade passed after Jemin became completely absorbed in the ocean of knowledge, oblivious to everything else around him.

On this day, as he was in the laboratory, struggling to analyze a complex model about "spatial curvature folding," the Magic Network terminal on his wrist suddenly emitted a soft sound, indicating that he had received a new message.

Jemin temporarily pulled himself out of the sea of ​​knowledge and glanced at the source of the information.

It's David.

He's back from the front lines.

Jemin still had a deep impression of David.

This level 10 genius from the Norren Workshop seems to have been quite stimulated after undergoing the trials in the Erosian plane.

I heard that after arranging all the work after the trial, this guy plunged into his laboratory and devoted himself to research for more than 30 years.

Thoroughly digest all the gains from the trial.

Then, full of confidence, he went to the interdimensional battlefield to participate in military service.

David was clearly much luckier than Jemin; he didn't encounter any unexpected events like living planes.

He was assigned to a relatively stable plane, where he lived peacefully for over thirty years in another unfamiliar world. After successfully completing the military service contract stipulated by the academy, he returned.

The reason he contacted Jemin immediately was because he saw the message Jemin had sent him after his return.

After all, the reason why Jemin accepted that group of survivors from the Erosian plane was because he was entrusted with a task.

Although they haven't met often, they are considered acquaintances.

They exchanged updates via the Magic Network terminal.

Jemin briefly explained the progress of the rehabilitation of the remnants in his territory, and told him that Norren Academy had taken over and everything was going smoothly.

Afterwards, the two briefly exchanged information about their experiences in the interdimensional war.

At the end of the conversation, David also revealed to Jemin the real purpose of his return.

"Speaking of which, the reason I came back this time is because I sensed an 'opportunity' on the battlefield that would allow me to advance to the second level of wizardry. That's why I ended my mission early and came back to prepare for the breakthrough." David's tone carried an undisguised excitement and anticipation.

"Really? That's great news." Upon hearing this, Jemin was genuinely happy for him.

"Congratulations in advance, David."

Don't be fooled by the fact that back at Norren Academy, the promotional materials were always filled with stories of lucky individuals who "advanced to Level 3 Wizard in five years after participating in the Plane War," or even "advanced to Level 5 Wizard in ten years."

But in reality, they are an extremely rare minority, a "chosen one" that can only be born once in a hundred billion wizards.

Moreover, most of those who advance so quickly are combat-oriented wizards.

Jemin remembered very clearly that when he first enrolled, most of the logistics students who had already participated in a plane war were still first-level wizards.

Many of them are still at the third-level wizard apprentice stage, not even formal wizards.

This can be considered the essential difference between logistics wizards and combat wizards.

Based on general statistics, the advancement speed of logistics wizards in the early stages is generally average.

It requires a long and meticulous process, accumulating knowledge and experience before unleashing its full potential.

The advancement speed of combat-type wizards shows a severe polarization.

If you're lucky, you might find some rare materials or important information on the interdimensional battlefield and receive an official reward.

It's not impossible to rise to the top in one step.

Those who are unlucky may be unable to advance to the second-level wizard level for hundreds of years due to injury or lack of resources.

Of course, judging from the overall statistics released by the academy, the number of promotions for both sides seems to be about 50/50.

Sometimes, there are even more combat-type wizards who advance faster.

But both Jemin and David knew the cruel truth behind the data: only the lucky ones could return alive from the bloody dimensional battlefield!

Those who were unlucky have long since died.

(My supervisor is making me do a lot of hard work, so I'm asking for leave in advance. I'll be taking a day off tomorrow.)
(End of this chapter)