Full-Time Magister: I Had No Intention of Reaching the Dimensional Throne

Rubbing his forehead, Bai Mo felt that Lingling was getting more and more mischievous. What was going on?

"So it's a mountain of shit?! You want me to go there?"

He coughed twice, unwilling to utter the last two words. Just then, Ding Yumin sensed something was wrong and asked:

"There are indeed many Seven Wonders Trees stretching for eighty miles, and the rotten fruit and excrement covering the mountain are indeed disgusting, but there's a fortress right next to it. Can't the military mages handle this?"

"No, those Seven Wonders Trees should be different from the ordinary ones. The Hunter Alliance's records mention it."

Lingling shook her head. "Someone tried to use a fire-type super-level technique to deal with it. Many of the Seven Absolute Trees were indeed ignited, and the rotten fruits were burned as well. However, a miasma appeared that covered an entire mountain. The miasma contained a very strong poison. Even a commander-level demon would die in no time if it went in."

"The burned fruit trees and rotten fruit will grow back within a few months. The Seven Deadly Trees seem to grow and bear fruit exceptionally quickly."

"Some people have considered inviting water-based mages, but those rotten fruits are very sticky, like mud at the bottom of a river. No matter how strong the water is, it won't wash away much of them."

At this point, Lingling's expression turned quite disgusted, as if she were conjuring up some image.

"As for other elemental magic, while earth and ice magic can destroy these things, it's difficult to eradicate their seeds. Other magic is also unsuitable for such large-scale cleanup. Most importantly, Xiangshan's reputation has spread, and hunters and some skilled mages are not very willing to do this."

"Therefore, it has always been the military mages who have maintained the balance on Fragrant Hills and prevented the expansion of the Seven Wonders Forest that stretches for eighty miles. At the same time, they have also found a way to remove the rotten fruit."

"What method?" Bai Mo asked.

"That means throwing the trees and fruits into the Jinyi River. There is a group of fish demons in the Jinyi River who are particularly fond of these fruits. However, the military mages have limited energy, and the level of danger in Xiangshan is not high, so this matter has been put on hold and has not been completely dealt with."

Lingling shrugged; she had initially found the whole thing quite bizarre too.

"In short, the current situation is that the Seven Wonders Tree of Fragrant Mountain is only occasionally restrained by military mages, while the fish demons of the Yi River are multiplying by the rotten fruits thrown into the river. The Yi Que Fortress is mainly responsible for defending against the water demons and the Seven Wonders Tree."

Bai Mo nodded, but his expression still showed some resistance, even though Lingling had used the apt description of "rotten fruit."

But she also said before that those things looked no different from poop.

"Lingling, why did you insist on taking this bounty?"

"Lots of contribution points! One successful job, and I won't have to worry about contribution points for two years!"

Lingling clapped her hands. "Your Eye of Reality is perfect for this, and your spatial and acoustic abilities are also very suitable."

"Hehe, I'll take that as a compliment."

Bai Mo twitched the corners of his mouth and turned around to tell Leng Qing how much milk tea Lingling had drunk in the past few days.

He didn't mean anything by it; he just hoped the two sisters could get to know each other better.

Standing to the side, Jiang Shaoxu, after hearing the whole story, asked with some doubt:

"Since Fragrant Hills is in the wild, we can leave it alone. According to what you said, Lingling, although these rotten fruits make the whole Fragrant Hills look terrible, correspondingly, there are no more demons, right?"

"Theoretically, that's correct, but Luodu is developing and the urban area is constantly expanding. This place isn't far from Luodu. It has always been included in the Luodu New Urban Area Planning and Filing."

Lingling nodded. "The Seven Wonders Forest in Fragrant Hills will need to be dealt with sooner or later. We're just taking on this mission to help Luodu resolve this rather disgusting problem ahead of time, and then we'll get the bounty and contribution points."

Bai Mo breathed a sigh of relief, not intending to actually refuse. He had an idea he wanted to test out using this Seven Wonders Forest.

The area of ​​eighty li, from the other end of Xiangshan to the Yi River, is just the right distance.

Let's put aside the matter of moving mountains and filling seas for now, and first test our own strength. Can Jingwei, with her current power, manage to move excrement to suppress a river?

"In that case, let's go first to Yique Pass. If there's no response from the horn, then we'll split into two groups."

As Bai Mo spoke, the group arrived outside Yi Que Fortress. They presented their hunter credentials and entered.

Although he didn't say why they split up, all three knew that he was naturally going to complete the bounty mission.

The three girls, Lingling, naturally wanted to find clues about the original site of the Horned Dragon in the nearby area.

The entire Yique Fortress is not large, and the resting places for hunters are concentrated near the west gate.

Like most fortresses, this place is under semi-military management, and there are many hunters selling their wares along the way.

However, judging from their aura, their cultivation level is not very high.

In a place brimming with masculinity, the sudden entry of several beautiful women is undoubtedly a major attraction.

However, as soon as they give even the slightest hint, this attention will immediately dissipate.

Upon entering the fortress, Bai Mo immediately activated the horn in his hand, but unsurprisingly, there was no response.

This Yique Fortress is not Yique Pass at all. Nor could it be the place where Jiaomujiao buried himself.

Lingling and the other two, who were constantly watching the changes in the token in his hand, naturally noticed this scene as well.

"Alright, it seems they're not here. Let's go out and proceed according to plan."

Bai Mo tilted his head, not surprised by the result.

Just then, Lingling said:

"Wait, we'll go with you."

"Huh?" Hearing this, Bai Mo was a little confused. "Lingling, is there something wrong with you? What's so interesting about taking care of poop?"

"You're the one who's sick, and don't use such disgusting language."

Lingling rolled her eyes. "I'm not interested in that at all. I just feel that the Seven Wonders Trees on Fragrant Hills are different from other places. They're a bit strange."

"Since I don't have many hunter contribution points, I haven't asked anyone to investigate this. So I plan to walk around and take a look in some villages near Fragrant Hills."

Upon hearing this, Bai Mo felt somewhat embarrassed, as he had indeed not done any hunter missions from the Hunter Alliance for a long time.

"By the way, Lingling, how exactly did the Seven Wonders Forest on Fragrant Hills come about? Logically speaking, this situation shouldn't have occurred."

Upon hearing this, Lingling's expression also turned strange.

"I don't know the specifics. All the information I've gathered is hearsay, even the information provided by the Hunter Alliance is hearsay."

"Rumor has it that there is a treasure land in Fragrant Hills. Someone discovered it and wanted to claim it for himself, so he used the Seven Absolute Trees, which are abhorrent to demons, to set up a maze formation there."

"That person never came back, and no one knows what became of this precious land. Anyway, the Seven Wonders Trees grew quite a bit, but no one cared at the time. By the time the Seven Wonders Forest covered half of Fragrant Hills, it was already too late."

Everyone was speechless; there was no particularly noteworthy rumor.

After leaving the fortress, the group headed to the other side of Fragrant Hills on the opposite bank of the river.

Fragrant Hills is not very high, and its lush greenery is pleasing to the eye. However, when the group had only traveled about ten miles, they smelled an unusual fragrance.

It was the natural fragrance of the Seven Wonders Fruits on the Seven Wonders Tree, mixed with the natural stench of the countless rotten Seven Wonders Fruits under the tree, creating a strange smell.

In short, Bai Mo didn't want to take a second sniff, so he immediately erected a wind barrier around himself.

No wonder no one accepted the mission. If it weren't for his desire to test it out, no hunter with a cultivation level higher than a high level would want to suffer under these circumstances.

It would be better to go and explore the realm of demons.

Upon arriving at the other side of Fragrant Hills, Lingling and the other two parted ways with Bai Mo to search for clues.

Bai Mo naturally wouldn't let them follow him, and he didn't even have the intention of stepping into the Seven Absolutes Forest.

The wind spirit possessed him and released Jingwei. The man and the two beasts did not go anywhere, but gathered a strong wind at the eastern end of Fragrant Hills.

The lush and verdant Seven Wonders Forest doesn't look so bad at all. But if you look closely, you can see the yellow hues hidden beneath the green leaves covering the mountains and plains.

Some are scattered among the green leaves—those are fruits. More yellow and black fill the gaps between all the green leaves, layer upon layer.

Occasionally, the sound of something falling and hitting the ground could be heard. There was even the sound of something tumbling down the hillside.

For the first time, he felt that his excellent hearing was somewhat of a burden.

Bai Mo felt that he didn't actually need to wait for Jingwei. He himself didn't need to accumulate wind power; it was just that his cultivation level was not as high as Jingwei's.

But if the plan is executed, he will still be a key player.

Therefore, let's take action now, give it a try, and do it if we want to.

Bai Mo was flying in mid-air. If he were on the ground, he would be only a zhang away from entering the Seven Wonders Forest of Fragrant Mountain.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!

The wind howled and the air currents of blue, white and yellow quickly spread around him, blurring his figure in the clouds, as if he were looking at flowers through the mist.

Soon, this hazy, windy filter expanded, gradually enveloping the entire mountain area.

The entire mountain range and the sky were blurred like an ink painting. At the foot of the mountain, all the grass and sand were flying around like headless flies, sweeping in the sky and even bringing in the sunset glow.

A roar like a dragon echoed across the kilometer-long area, and a pressure gradually descended. It was not as majestic as a mountain range, nor was it formless or shapeless, but it was as vast as a boundless ocean, unfathomable and beyond comprehension!

As you can see, Bai Mo's hair and clothes are also fluttering, and patches of blue, white, pale yellow feathers are gathering around him. Each time a feather appears and combines with other feathers, the air currents in this area become more and more vast.

The leaves of the Seven Wonders Forest in Fragrant Hills began to ripple like waves, and gradually even the branches began to sway violently, emitting bursts of howling.

"Thousand Feather Fan!"

At that moment, the last feather, formed from a bluish-white and pale yellow hue, appeared. Together, 2401 feathers formed a feather fan interwoven with bluish-white and pale yellow.

"The Roar of the Heavens!"

As Bai Mo waved his feather fan forward, a wing that seemed to descend from the heavens shimmered faintly. A giant roc also appeared to be flapping its wings in the air.

What was initially just a moderate gale has now become incredibly fierce. It's like a giant dragon awakening; even from afar, its imposing form inspires awe, and when it opens its eyes and roars, the earth shakes!

Boom, boom, boom! ! !

A violent wind surged forth, and the sound of it whipping up could no longer be called the sound of wind; it was more like a fierce thunderclap.

A wind belt large enough to cover the width and height of Fragrant Hills has taken shape. The vast wind belt is like a tsunami surging forward, or a wind curtain hanging down from the heavens, surging inch by inch towards Fragrant Hills.

The wind was powerful, fierce, and vast, making the entire Luotian Wind Howl like a giant bulldozer army, with nothing able to exist in front of it.

The muddy, dirty, and mixed wet and dry stuff on the ground was immediately whipped up by the fierce wind, breaking into countless tiny pieces that fell into the distance.

Crack!

Crack! Crack! Crack!

As the first sound of trees being uprooted rang out, one after another, the Seven Wonders Trees were torn from the ground by the fierce wind and headed west in the direction of the wind.

In an instant, it was as if a mighty river had appeared on the mountain. The ground formed by the many rotten fruits and the Seven Wonders Trees on the ground were all broken and floated up in the river, heading west!

Where the wind passed, nothing grew. Bai Mo rode Luo Tianfengxiao for three kilometers before he could go no further. All the things carried by the wind fell into the mountains, forming a small peak.

It's even more of an eyesore!

He possesses two Great Celestial Seeds, along with the Wind God Curse and the Wind Spirit's blessing, yet he still managed to blow this far.

Bai Mo gritted his teeth. In general, his idea was theoretically feasible, but in reality, it required too much power.

In short, strengthening your own power and the power of the Wind Spirit is the right thing to do.

Bai Mo turned his gaze to Jingwei, signaling it to give it a try.

Then, the next second, he was stunned. It was different from the wind element he had just painstakingly manipulated.

Jingwei's cry was enough to summon a vast army hidden everywhere, as if an emperor had called upon it. The rumbling wind gathered from dozens of miles around.

"oops!"

Lingling stumbled from the wind, feeling as if she was about to be blown away, so she clung to Ding Yumin and looked towards Fragrant Hills.

"What's going on? Why such a big fuss?"

"He has a plan in mind, testing his own style, but at this level, it should be more like Jingwei."

As Ding Yumin spoke, her eyes also turned towards Fragrant Hills. Hearing this, Jiang Shaoxu looked at Fragrant Hills with curiosity.

Even from several kilometers away, they could see the entire Fragrant Hills forest shaking. The sky and earth over there were blurred and dark!

Suddenly, two towering, dark hurricanes swept up from the eastern mountains.

As the hurricane moved westward, the surrounding trees were swept up like mud and sand, and the rumbling sound was still clear even thousands of meters away.

They even saw that the hurricane passed over a high peak that day, and the peak was destroyed after the two hurricanes swept through.

This doesn't look like wind at all; it looks more like two destructive machines!

Bai Mo looked at the barren mountains that stretched for ten kilometers ahead.

Although these are all ordinary plants, and although Jingwei's power is special, she is a supreme monarch.

Although she had been accumulating the power of the Dark Wind for some time.

But this is way too exaggerated!

It blew away ten kilometers of trees and rotten fruit, which is bad enough.

What are those two paths that resemble river channels, the paths of a hurricane? They're so destructive!

He was once again deeply shocked by the power of the Supreme Monarch.

It's hard to imagine how long it took Jingwei to fill the sea, and how many miles she flew.

So this amazing ability is actually from a homebody bird that likes to sleep inside a pot!

If he had that ability, he wouldn't bother running away.

On this side of the mountain, Bai Mo and Jingwei were manipulating the gale, scattering rotten fruit from the Seven Absolutes Tree. On the other side of the mountain, Lingling and her two companions were heading towards the Yi River, searching for nearby villages, following the direction of Fragrant Mountain.

"Oh my god, a strong wind has suddenly started blowing here! Everyone, hurry up! We just got this mountain fertilizer, we can't let it be blown away."

Five or six villagers, carrying loads on shoulder poles and baskets hanging from them, walked along a path worn into the wild. The leader, a dark-faced man, spoke in a thick Yuzhou accent.

When they saw two young women leading a little girl coming from the side road, they stopped in their tracks.

"Girl, why are you out here at this hour? You must be from the city. Although there are no demons around here, there are still quite a few wild animals. You should go back quickly."

The burly, dark-faced man who was leading them glanced at them and couldn't help but speak up to them.

"Uncle, we're hunters, here to try and clear the rotten fruit covering Fragrant Hills. We're just looking around to see what's going on. Uncle, could we come to your village to take a look?"

"A hunter, oh, Gouwazi's family has a hunter too, he hasn't been back for years. You can go see if you want, it's nothing."

The middle-aged man shook his head and led the group of men around his age forward.

"The fertilizer on Fragrant Hills is all good stuff, why are you clearing it away?"

"Brother Li, you probably don't know this, but my brother told me that the authorities are going to build a district in our area. That mountain smells so bad, they're going to clean it up."

"This mountain is fertile and smelly, but it's good for the crops in the fields. If we clear it out, how will we farm?"

"They're going to build an urban area soon, what's the point of us planting anything now? Tomorrow I'm going to listen to a traditional opera with Old Xu."

Seeing that these five or six farmers were talking like comedians, quickly getting to know what they had found out in Luodu City and talking about the specific process of listening to music in brothels after becoming a relocated household, Lingling quickly interrupted them.

"Uncle, you're saying the rotten fruit on this mountain is fertilizer? Why?"

When they encountered this group of people, they could see from afar that the baskets they carried contained rotten fruit from the Seven Wonders Forest.

They were all limp and lifeless, really resembling the stuff in a latrine, even the smell was similar.

Therefore, although they were inquiring about the situation, they kept a distance of more than ten meters and dared not approach.

I was too embarrassed to get close, so it was an awkward distance.

Fortunately, these uncles were easy to talk to and knew what they were hiding from.

"Kid, you don't know, this stuff, though not real, works even better than the real thing. Just dump it in the field, and not only will there be no bugs, the crops will grow faster and better!"

The burly man with the dark face laughed as he walked and talked, yet his body remained very steady, and the load on his shoulder didn't sway at all.

They might find it smelly and disgusting too. But if these things really bring benefits, then these are things that can be overcome.

No wonder the group had overheard such a heated discussion about establishing a new urban area.

Lingling and the other two remained silent as they followed each other for several miles into the village, but after some searching, they found nothing of value.

But having only heard about this village, and other villages near Fragrant Hills, on the way there, that they all relied on the rotten fruit from Fragrant Hills as excellent fertilizer, I became even more convinced of Fragrant Hills's special nature.

Of course, this clue alone cannot prove that the Jiaomujiao site is located on Xiangshan Mountain.

Even older information is scarce in the village. Through conversation, they learned that these villages, situated on both banks of the Yi River and north of Xiangshan Mountain, were established gradually in recent years along with the expansion of Luodu.

This was clearly not the case in Weiju Village, so no further information about the totem could be obtained.

So Lingling and the other two did not linger, but instead went to Yique Town on the other side of the mountain where Yique Fortress was located.

On the one hand, it was getting late and they didn't want to disturb them; on the other hand, Yique Town was formed along with the establishment of Yique Pass in ancient times.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a frontline supply depot.

Although the Yique Fortress can no longer be considered a front line, the water monsters in the Yi River seem to be raised by the Yique Fortress specifically to deal with the rotten fruits of Xiangshan.

In short, Yique Town has a longer history, and perhaps some stories and legends from ancient times have been passed down.

Just as Jiang Shaoxu said that his brother was searching for totems, many traces of totems are actually hidden in rural stories and legends.

Yique Town wasn't very lively, but the tavern near the Hunter's Alliance outpost was quite bustling.

Jiang Shaoxu wore a white baseball cap and a black mask, dressed like a spoiled young lady who had nothing better to do than listen to a story.

He casually sat down by a window, and Lingling and Ding Yumin followed him in. Strangely, among the many people in the tavern, only Jiang Shaoxu was noticed.

"I said, what are you hiding for?"

"She's too beautiful, I'm afraid she'll cause trouble," Ding Yumin said expressionlessly. Lingling blinked, feeling that Bai Mo would be more suitable to say that.

"Nonsense, I'm as pretty as you, and I haven't gotten into any trouble."

"Alright, let's gather information." Lingling said, and the faint presence she had been exposing immediately returned to normal.

I waved for the bartender to come over, ordered a few dishes that didn't look cheap, and then asked:

"Are you a local, sir?"

She said in a clear, crisp voice that pretending to be young was her specialty.

"Yes, I am." The young man looked down at the order form and only replied with two words. It was clear that she was a bit aloof. "Little sister, I'm a woman. Can't you tell?"

"Hehe, sorry, the child doesn't know any better."

Jiang Shaoxu couldn't help but laugh. "Miss, do you have any interesting stories here? I like to hear strange and unusual tales."

"Well..." the young woman hesitated for a moment, "There aren't many. Our town is very small, and the most well-known thing about it is the legend of the Yi River."

"Legend has it that the Yi River did not originally exist. It was created by a giant blue python. With this smash, all the demons within dozens of miles of Yi Que were suppressed and killed, which is why this area is exceptionally peaceful."

After the young woman finished speaking, she added, "But I don't think we should take it seriously. This is just a trick by the Yique Town authorities to attract idiots to come and play."

"Okay, thank you, miss."

Lingling glanced at her; the young lady wasn't exactly a storyteller, and the rumor sounded bland coming from her.

However, at least there is a clue: this place used to be protected by totems.

The Yi River stretches for thousands of miles before finally flowing into the Huai River; it couldn't possibly be transformed from some kind of totem.

Therefore, after reasonable deduction, Lingling believes that the Yi River should be the dwelling place of the Horned Wood Dragon.

It's like a black snake coiled in West Lake.

Just then, a crimson light suddenly shone in from outside the window.

Immediately following was the piercing sound of an alarm!

"Blood Alert!"

Ding Yumin looked outwards and saw three dazzling golden lights explode in the direction of Yique Pass.

Although it was far away, it shone exceptionally brightly in the dark night sky! (End of Chapter)