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

Chapter 237 The finishing touch

Jemin returned to his private laboratory in the "Golden Garden".

The air, carrying a faint scent of metal and potions, made him feel completely relaxed.

He walked slowly past the rows of precision instruments that were operating automatically.

After carefully checking the operational status of all the core instruments in the laboratory and confirming that everything was normal, he once again devoted himself wholeheartedly to the decades-long research on the "Lava Giant" race modification.

Time truly is the best medicine to heal everything.

The two-year-long hunt was like a forced vacation, forcibly pulling him out of the emotional quagmire of his friend's departure.

Now, with the passage of time, Jemin no longer dwells excessively on the deaths of Victor and Amy.

He has been able to calmly cherish this memory in a corner of his heart.

His research has thus returned to its peak.

Moreover, perhaps because he had gone out for a change of pace, Jemin found that his research efficiency had actually increased significantly compared to before.

Many of the technical bottlenecks that once troubled him now seem to have become clear.

Time flew by in this immersive research.

A few months later, just as Jemin had successfully solved a problem of stabilizing an element sequence and was preparing to take a short break, he suddenly received a "delivery" sent directly to him via space teleportation technology.

It was a suitcase-sized box made of a special alloy, shimmering with a silvery sheen.

Jemin raised an eyebrow and walked over.

After successful authentication, the box opens automatically with a "click".

Inside the box, within a soft energy field, lay a magnificent crystal test tube, imbued with numerous complex seals.

And a note formed from spiritual energy.

Inside that test tube, there was a fluid light with dazzling colors, like the aurora borealis.

It was not still, but rather, like a living thing, it constantly changed its shape and moved gently within that small space.

Jemin picked up the note and probed it with his mental energy.

The sender was none other than Dean Avery Knight, a seventh-level archmage.

In his message, he mentioned that the test tube contained a wisp of the "water element" principle that he had just extracted.

This can be considered as a "deposit" paid to him in advance.

The reason for doing this is that after months of frantic analysis day and night, the academy has successfully extracted the coordinates of the plane where the "Destruction Demon God" is located!
Considering that the opposing civilization is not weak, and there may even be other level-eight beings among them.

Therefore, for the next few decades or even hundreds of years, the main focus of the Norren Academy in the Elosia Plane will be on conquering that powerful plane on the other side.

Dean Avery Knight felt that he probably wouldn't have much time left to refine the "dimensional origin" for Jemin and the others during this period.

So I specially sent the first reward ahead of time and told Jemin to wait patiently.

After reading it, Jemin immediately wrote a letter back to Dean Avery Knight, expressing his gratitude in the most sincere language.

He also indicated that the dean didn't need to be in too much of a hurry, since compared to something as important as the interdimensional war, his reward could be postponed.

Then, he turned his gaze back to the crystal test tube on the table that emitted a dreamlike glow.

Looking at the pure "water element" source flowing in the test tube, a terrifying light flashed in Jeming's eyes!

This thing, as the most widely circulated super "hard currency" within the wizarding world, has an extremely high price.

Jemin himself had also seen information about this item being sold on the Noren Workshop's internal sales platform.

Because the Norren Workshop occupies a large enough number of planes to continuously provide various types of resources, the price of top-tier resources like "Plane Origin" is relatively fixed.

Each strand requires "only" one hundred million internal points.

The selling prices of other wizarding factions were also similar.

If converted to the military merit system commonly used by wizarding civilizations, it would basically remain at a price of ten million "low-level military merits".

To put it in perspective, a typical level-two wizard's entire fortune amounts to only tens of thousands to a little over one hundred thousand military merits. It's fair to say that this single wisp of "planeic essence" is worth hundreds of times more than the entire fortune of most level-two wizards!
Therefore, under normal circumstances, a level two wizard who wants to rely on "plane origin" to help him advance usually only has two ways.

The first option is to participate in the brutal interdimensional battlefield and hope that your luck will be good enough.

It is possible to find those naturally formed, special celestial objects that carry some "dimensional origin" information due to the intersection of dimensional rules.

The second method is even more direct—a loan.

Apply for a huge loan from your wizarding faction to purchase the Source.

The price is that for the next few hundred or even a thousand years, they will have to travel around and carry out all sorts of dangerous missions in order to pay off their debts.

Of course, besides these two conventional methods, there are also some unconventional wizards.

For example, senior student Viola.

With her extraordinary talent, even without using any external aids, it would have been only a matter of time before she made a breakthrough in the "life" category and advanced to the third level; it would have been an easy task.

However, on the eve of her advancement, Viola made a decision that shocked everyone—she abandoned the smooth path of "life" rules that was within reach, and instead chose a more rugged, bizarre, and more in line with her nature "pain" rules as the main rules for her future.

The way she obtained that extremely rare "Pain" rule source was by relying on her equally abnormal money-making ability, which allowed her to accumulate a huge amount of wealth at the second-level wizard stage that would make many fourth-level wizards blush with shame!

Then, she emptied her entire savings and bought a strand directly from her mentor, Clark!
Of course, wizards who can accumulate such terrifying wealth at the second-level wizard stage as Viola are extremely rare.

Moreover, genius wizards of that level generally don't need to spend money to buy source material to advance.

Therefore, Viola's move made her "famous" at the time.

...Although none of them have a good reputation.

In short, regardless of how it is obtained, this wisp of "origin" is a precious material and resource that can change the fate of any low-level wizard!
Jemin reached out and gently took the cool crystal test tube in his hand.

He glanced briefly at the dazzling, lifelike light emanating from the test tube.

Then, the next second, without hesitation, he slightly squeezed his five fingers and crushed the priceless crystal test tube!

Snapped!
The crisp sound stood out starkly in the quiet laboratory.

Freed from the seal, the dazzling light seemed to have found its home, and the moment it touched Jemin's body, it silently seeped in like mercury spilling onto the ground!

This wisp of water elemental law rapidly traveled along Jemin's body, breaking through the boundaries of spirit and matter, and began to permeate his soul!
hum! ! !
Jemin felt his consciousness go blank for a moment, and he was instantly pulled into a vast and boundless world made of pure blue!

A vast amount of knowledge about "water" and "time" flooded into his mind like a burst dam!
He "saw" the birth of the first water element in the chaotic void.

He "felt" how water nourishes life, and how it transforms into time, using its gentle yet ruthless power to erode all things.

He "understood" the most fundamental rules of change represented by the element of water, and grasped the basic principles of the river of time!

His soul seemed to have transformed into a drop of water, merging into the cycle of the entire world.

He experienced the melting of snow from the mountain peaks, converging into streams, rushing into rivers, and finally flowing into the endless ocean.

Under the scorching sun, it evaporated into clouds, drifted with the wind, and eventually turned into rain and snow, returning to the earth.

This process may seem long, but it only takes a moment for the outside world to understand!

When Jemin regained consciousness, he slowly opened his eyes, and a flash of azure light passed through the depths of his pupils.

At this moment, he has completely mastered some of the rules regarding the "water element"!

Now he doesn't even need to deliberately cast spells. With just a thought, the water vapor floating in the surrounding air can be condensed into any shape he wants!
Moreover, his control over time has become more precise, as if a timer has been installed in his soul.

Of course, Jemin did not intend to rely on the "water element" rule to advance.

In any case, when he officially advances to level three, he can freely choose any rule he has mastered as his core element.

Therefore, absorbing this source will not harm his future path.

What he really needs is the most basic logic and knowledge related to the water element that he can acquire in this passive process of receiving knowledge!
Jemin had already designed his plan to modify the Lava Giant race, but for various reasons, he was still unable to achieve his design goals.

It can be said that the final modification plan for the "Lava Giant" is just one step away from completion!
Now, the knowledge of "restraint," "inclusivity," and "cycle" that the "water element" rules have provided him is like the final key to unlock the door to truth.

Let's help him finish that last kick!
(End of this chapter)