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

A crimson light shone on the giant serpent's body, but the sacred totem remained unresponsive as the token in Ding Yumin's hand slowly went out.

It looks just like an ordinary underwater statue!

Unable to speak, Bai Mo could only use his fingers to stir the water and transmit his voice to Ding Yumin's ears.

"Can you use that bow?"

He fixed his gaze on a crimson-gold longbow atop the giant serpent's head. The longbow was entirely made of glass, as if it were solidified from pure fire elemental diamonds, with flames seemingly flowing within it.

Bai Mo currently lacks fire element, and totem artifacts generally require approval to use. He wasn't sure if he would gain approval, so he couldn't help but ask Ding Yumin.

"I'll give it a try." Ding Yumin swam forward upon hearing this, reaching out to grasp the longbow. Wisps of fire could be seen gathering in her hand. But after a long while, there was still no movement.

She withdrew her hand and shook her head at Bai Mo.

At that moment, Jingwei emerged from the Soul Refining Pot. She seemed to remember something about the Winged Fire Serpent, or perhaps she had interacted with it in the past.

As soon as Pu appeared, he patted the huge, fiery red snake's head with his wings, giving Bai Mo the feeling of an old friend visiting a deceased person.

At the same time, a thought entered Bai Mo's mind through the connection.

"The Winged Fire Serpent occupies the position of the Vermilion Bird's wings, symbolizing the Vermilion Bird's fiery abilities. The Vermilion Bird possesses three thousand fire seeds. If you want to gain the Thousand Feather Bow's approval, you'll need at least two fire-type soul seeds. Put them away for now."

She flapped her wings, then looked at Bai Mo and added, "Don't ask me how I know all this; it just suddenly occurred to me. This giant snake should know my past self."

"This is a layer of snake molt. The real great snake has turned into bones, and its remains are supported within the molt. To absorb the source energy, we need to enter the remains."

Bai Mo was surprised for a moment, but then he thought that the huge remains of the Winged Fire Serpent seemed to be more than enough to hold the two small humans, and it wouldn't be a problem to hold Jingwei with her wings folded.

Without further ado, he continued to communicate with Ding Yumin telepathically, explaining the situation and gesturing for her to come closer. He then immediately descended the spatial gate, taking the person and the bird with him, and entered the body of the Winged Fire Serpent.

The inside of the entire winged fire serpent's molten body was extremely hot, even hotter than the molten lava above. Fortunately, he had prepared a magical energy barrier for defense, which prevented him from getting injured.

However, his clothes were all burned off, while Ding Yumin's clothes were unharmed, which made him slightly embarrassed.

A thin layer of light shone from within the giant serpent, emanating from its skeleton.

Bai Mo simply sat down cross-legged, urging Jingwei to quickly convert her source energy, and then said to Ding Yumin, whose eyes were fixed on him:

"The fire element is quite concentrated here, so you should hurry up and start cultivating."

"No rush, let me check if you're injured," Ding Yumin said, blinking her eyes and expressionless.

Bai Mo was speechless. He took advantage of the dim light to examine her, and found that her clothes were not torn in the slightest.

Suddenly, I felt resentful.

"Let him watch," he said, expanding the magic barrier a bit as he dressed himself. Ding Yumin was merely using this teasing approach to suppress her unease; seeing him begin to dress, she immediately sat cross-legged and began meditating as well.

Bai Mo finished tidying himself up, secretly complaining about the quality of clothes in this world, when he saw Ding Yumin, who had just entered a meditative state, suddenly open her eyes again.

"What are you doing? I'm all dressed up, I'm not going to show you any muscles." He couldn't help but tease.

"There's a power here, constantly absorbing and gathering fire elements from within the winged fire serpent's body. I can't compete."

Ding Yumin paused as she spoke, pondered for a while, and then continued, "No, to be precise, the entire lake, and even the entire mountain range, are formed because this thing is constantly gathering fire elements."

"I didn't notice it before because I was too far away. Now that I'm up close, the feeling is very obvious."

Upon hearing this, Bai Mo glanced around, then looked at Jingwei who was converting her source energy, and couldn't help but ask, "Jingwei, does the Winged Fire Serpent also have the ability to gather fire elements?"

"Any fire-attribute creature possesses this ability, but the Winged Fire Serpent has already passed away, so this is not its ability."

Jingwei stopped its transformation, closed its eyes, and began to carefully sense the fluctuations of life. If there was something hiding that absorbed the energy of the winged fire serpent, it would be able to find it.

"Jingwei!"

After a while, she suddenly cried out, and her beautiful flower-shaped head turned in one direction, running towards the center of the winged fire serpent's coiled body.

Based on their previous observations outside, the highest point of the winged fire serpent's coiled body was where its head was located.

If something had arrived here before them, it might actually be in that position.

Jingwei took the lead, and Bai Mo and Ding Yumin followed at full speed. The closer they got to the center, the more intense the scorching heat became. Ding Yumin's body was already covered in flames to ensure that she was not invaded by the high temperature.

They quickly arrived at the center, where the inside of the winged fire serpent's head resembled a sanctuary atop a celestial mountain, and they continued upwards.

Stepping inside is like entering a magnificent golden palace, entirely carved from gold. The floor is even more like a single, luxurious piece of crystal and agate, shrouded in auspicious light.

However, upon closer inspection, one can discover that the walls of the palace, constructed of gold and stone, are entirely composed of flowing magma from thousands of meters underground, and the surrounding area is made up of the bones of winged fire serpents.

The so-called blood agate floor tiles are more like dried snake saliva mixed with the rotting tongue of a winged fire serpent.

However, none of these were the most important things. At first glance, the two people and the snake were attracted by a round, shiny egg in the very center of the tongue bed, radiating scorching heat and a red glow.

The egg was as tall as a person and half a person wide. It was a pure, fiery red color, and amidst the shimmering light, there were intricate and dense patterns that sparkled.

The two people and the bird approached the giant egg and examined it closely. After a short while, Bai Mo made the simplest and most direct guess.

"These are winged fire serpent eggs? But why aren't they moving?"

Ding Yumin opened her hand, and a feather-like token appeared in her palm, showing the side with some totem patterns.

"That shouldn't be it; their totem patterns are different."

"no?!"

Bai Mo looked around and found that there were indeed very few places that matched.

The patterns on the winged fire serpent are generally recognizable as part of a bird's wing, and the patterns on this egg also seem to represent wings, but most of the patterns are other things, and it's unclear what they represent.

However, the overall pattern of this egg does not resemble a pair of wings, and it does not have the image of a winged fire serpent in the details.

"What kind of egg is this? It must be a totem, right?"

Ding Yumin naturally couldn't give an answer, so Bai Mo asked about Jingwei, which is also a totem.

Jingwei cried out, her gaze towards the egg filled with surprise and uncertainty—a look the little bird seemed to have shown when it first saw Yang Liu.

He secretly pondered this in his heart, and then he heard Jingwei's words.

"This is the reincarnation of a totem. It seems that for some reason, the reincarnation ritual was stopped, and it is currently in a state of neither life nor death."

It's likely that He absorbed a portion of the winged fire serpent's totem power. The reason He maintains this absorption and the surrounding fire elemental state isn't because He's continuing the reincarnation ritual, but rather to maintain this reincarnation process and prevent complete annihilation.

Judging from the source energy fluctuations it emits, if its reincarnation is complete and its strength is restored, it won't be weaker than me.

It was this last sentence that deeply moved Bai Mo.

S-rank pet!

Moreover, judging from Jingwei's expression, this totem should be more powerful than it, but what exactly is it?

Bai Mo pondered this question and fell into deep thought.

It was inside the winged fire serpent's mouth, suggesting it may have been rescued by the serpent. Its reincarnation wasn't complete; it still needed the winged fire serpent's source energy to replenish itself, which gives you an idea of ​​how thoroughly it died.

However you look at it, it should be related to the Vermilion Bird constellation.

"Can He sign a contract?"

Bai Mo couldn't help but ask, "A totem beast that is at least a supreme monarch has incredible growth potential. Moreover, totem beasts grow or recover very quickly."

"I'm not sure. Part of His soul is inside, so it should still be in a gestation stage. We can give it a try."

As Jingwei was explaining, the contract mark lit up in Bai Mo's hand, and the mark fell on the egg like spring rain.

With a bang, a burst of fire exploded in his pitch-black mental world.

Bai Mo was overjoyed, but upon closer inspection, he discovered that the ball of fire was indeed just a ball of fire, containing nothing else. Stardust, stardust barriers, or magical energy.

It was smaller than a speck of stardust; if it weren't for his powerful mental strength, he wouldn't have been able to detect it immediately.

The firelight seemed to be nurturing stardust, yet it just wouldn't appear; there was a sense of stagnation.

Bai Mo guessed that this was related to the egg's current state, and through the connection of the contract, he could sense a hazy will.

Without thought or desire, in a state of utter chaos.

"Is there any way to hatch it?"

Bai Mo asked, pouring all the magical energy from his Summoning Star Sea into the egg, which only glowed slightly.

Just then, he suddenly felt that the speed at which his summoning-type Star Sea magic energy recovered had greatly decreased, and a continuous stream of summoning-type magic energy was surging towards the egg.

Ding Yumin spoke up at that moment, her tone tinged with slight surprise, "The surrounding fire elements are no longer flowing towards it. What did you do?"

"I made a contract with it and fed it magical energy. Maybe it thought my magical energy tasted better?"

The child got to taste a higher-quality, better-tasting formula, and didn't have to go through the trouble of carrying and preparing it himself; he was now enjoying a buffet-style meal.

Bai Mo was joking to himself when Jingwei answered his question at that moment.

"I don't know. Since it can absorb the totem power of the winged fire serpent, it might be able to absorb others as well, but it must be of the fire attribute."

This was purely Jingwei's speculation, but Bai Mo didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

From Jingwei's previous account, he also realized that the egg had not absorbed all of the winged fire serpent's totem power, as if it didn't need that much.

Or perhaps it has drug resistance or something, but in any case, it should be fine if it leans towards the fire attribute totem source power.

At the same time, he also thought of the Fire Feather Altar in the center of Lanyang City. According to the description in the original work, that might be the place where the Vermilion Bird fell. In short, it is inextricably linked to the Vermilion Bird.

Not only that, there was also an unclaimed core of earth fire below. It was practically a treasure trove!

However, there's no excuse to go now. Lanyang City isn't empty; it's very prosperous there now, and the core of Lanyang is owned.

Where the entrance is located and how to get in are both things that need to be considered.

However, Xiang Xuewu appears to be the dean of the Black Magic Academy at Lanyang Academy.

Bai Mo guessed that the old guys at Lanyang Academy definitely knew about the entrance and had the authority to let people in.

I can prepare some rare antiques and build a good relationship with Xiang Xuewu. It will take exactly three months, no, two and a half months, before I go to Xuan Kong Pavilion.

I'll need an experienced driver to guide me, and it'll be a good opportunity for him to show me another route.

Silently making a plan in his mind, Bai Mo looked up and saw Jingwei begin to convert source energy again, and Ding Yumin also began to meditate.

Bai Mo then entered a meditative state to accelerate the recovery of his summoning magic power. At the same time, he diverted a sliver of his attention to the small ball of fire.

The firelight is too small; hopefully, when we find the next Southern Mansion, it will grow stronger.

However, this means he must find all seven southern constellations. After all, apart from the colorful feathers from the core of Lanyang Earth and the Chongming bird bones from the Sea King's skeleton lurking in some unknown sea, he doesn't know of any other fire-attribute totems.

Not knowing means having to search for it yourself, which is another waste of time.

As his summoning star sea recovered, a pure totem source power was sent over by Jingwei through the Soul Refining Pot.

This time, Bai Mo had more source energy than last time, and he used it on the summoning system.

The Summoning system is just a little short of breaking through to the second level of the Super Rank. If Bai Mo were to cultivate this on his own, it would take him at least half a year of seclusion.

However, with the help of this totem source power, the slight shortfall in cultivation progress was quickly made up, and the capacity of the Star Sea successfully crossed a threshold, entering the next level.

After all, it's a low-level glass cannon. Breakthroughs won't produce any extraordinary phenomena like spitting out excrement or farting from your pores, and breakthroughs in minor realms certainly won't.

Bai Mo opened his eyes and found that Jingwei's aura had become stronger, but it was quickly suppressed. Ding Yumin's cultivation also seemed to have improved somewhat.

This trip can be considered a successful conclusion.

He glanced at his pet egg, put it away, and then ran outside to retrieve the Thousand Feather Bow. Waiting for Ding Yumin to wake up, Bai Mo instantly teleported her to Lingling's side.

That's right, Lingling was also marked with tally marks—no, spatial markings.

"Phoenix News reports that the recent reports of sea monster attacks in several coastal villages and towns have been investigated..."

In August, the Canton Tower was bustling with activity, and the sounds of people scrolling through videos around them added to the already fiery atmosphere.

Two lecherous men, with their arms around each other's shoulders, walked toward the doorway where two tall, slender girls stood. They were wearing revealing black patterned cheongsams, with long, straight, fair legs and eye-catching knee-high stockings. Although their upper bodies were fully covered, their round, trembling breasts were still visible.

It's certainly not a place for illegal transactions, and there aren't any sexy dealers there.

"Hey Zhao Manyan, is there really something good in here?" asked a guy who was fairly handsome but dressed rather casually.

"What would I gain by lying to you? This is an auction held during a coastal defense conference of several important Asian countries. There are so many good things that you can't even imagine."

The blond man, smoking a cigarette, wearing a suit and tie, and silver-rimmed glasses, was dressed in the typical image of a refined scoundrel. In a few words, he casually exchanged phone numbers with the two young women who answered the door.

"Oh my god~ you beast, you've hooked up with her already, give me one."

Zhao Manyan took the auction list and gave a copy to Mo Fan.

Mo Fan took it and started reading. Little Flame Princess was about to advance to the Monarch level. According to Lingling's advice, it still lacked a lot of energy and needed to be fed more Soul Seeds.

Mo Fan had just found some traces of totem beasts and incidentally helped Teacher Tang Yue resolve some minor troubles with the Black Vatican, earning a large sum of money in the process.

Following Senior Sister Leng Qing's advice, she introduced her beloved Instructor Zhan Kong into the Starfire Trial, gaining some external support and benefits.

That's why they have the confidence to attend such a large-scale auction.

"Hmm, this thing looks a bit like the one Lingling was talking about..."

Ughh ...

A chilling roar echoed through the mountains and fields, and the eerie atmosphere covered the sky like dark clouds.

Combined with the terrifying abyss of the dead on the ground, it's like a sinister and eerie underworld descending upon the human world.

Two figures appeared at the edge of this hellish realm, and in a flash, they entered the terrifying abyss of the dead.

Having reached the Transcendent level of cultivation, Bai Mo truly felt as free as a fish leaping in the vast ocean.

With his current spatial cultivation level, he was able to analyze the mechanisms of Sha Yuan's teleportation and the way it accommodates the dead.

I'll take this as a reference, and combine it with my own experience that I'm destined to have many more summoned beasts in the future.

Developing a miniature beast kingdom in the palm of your hand may be difficult, but it's not impossible.

The first thing he needs to overcome is that his cultivation in the spatial and chaotic systems is far superior to that of the Ancient King.

Upon arriving at the long-unseen white tomb palace, one immediately sees Xie Shen Yu Mian standing beneath the pillars at the entrance.

Beside her, a figure whose face was obscured, yet possessed a captivating and eerie aura, followed closely behind, like a ghost.

She is none other than the Queen of the Nine Netherworlds, one of the eight sovereigns.

However, at this moment she was following Xie Shenyu Mian like a maid.

Clearly, as time passed, Xie Shenyu Mian was not only not devoured by the power on the ancient king's armor, but gradually mastered it and was even able to use it occasionally, which was enough to intimidate these dead kings.

She's now halfway to becoming the queen of the undead empire.

Bai Mo's gaze fell upon Xie Shen Yu Mian, who was dressed in an ancient-style ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress). Her hair was tied up in two braids, her wide robe flowed in the wind, and she moved with light, graceful steps, her slender waist swaying slightly as if wearing a golden pendant.

With a face as beautiful as orchids and jade, an aura as serene as a secluded valley, and dark red cherry lips, she resembled a goddess from the underworld.

In terms of temperament, Xie Shen really nailed it, giving off a 'beautifully horribly' eerie feeling.

"You changed your clothes?" Bai Mo asked with a smile. "And you have more servants now. It seems the Queen is doing quite well."

"You didn't even bother to come see me, and you only came because of Jiu Lifeng." Xie Shen didn't respond, but complained directly.

Seeing the shame on his face, he licked his lips again.

"How do I look in this outfit? Pretty, right? When you get back, buy the main body a set, but you can't order a bed for it."

Bai Mo's expression remained unchanged upon hearing this, and he silently looked at Ding Yumin.

Ding Yumin remained expressionless, seemingly having anticipated Xie Shen's unconventional and open behavior.

She walked slowly forward, ignoring Jiu Youhou who had quietly retreated, and headed familiarly toward the Bridge of Nine Deaths and One Life.

"There will be plenty of time later, and besides, I am you, I've already broadened your horizons."

Bai Mo touched Xie Shen's head and found no signs of curses or necromancy, only that his hair was colder than ice and snow.

Xie Shen, after a moment of playfulness, stopped fooling around and grabbed Bai Mo's hand, giving it a squeeze.

"The wind at the Bridge of Nine Deaths and One Life was taken by the ancient king from a demon called Yujiang and nurtured in the Abyss of Evil. This should be a Great Celestial Seed. If you want the Wind Spirit to absorb it, it will probably take some time."

This was the first time he had ever seen a naturally formed Heavenly Seed, Bai Mo, and he had no experience in absorbing it, so he asked:

"How long will it take?"

"It will probably take about a month."

Xie Shen Yu Mian explained, "Based on my experience from the Nine Netherworlds, all Heavenly Seeds possess spirits."

Even though the Wind Spirit is an elemental holy spirit, it is still necessary to communicate with it, to find its spirit within this Nine-Strike Wind, and either persuade or subdue it.

"The absorption process itself doesn't take much time; the main part is the communication process of seeking the spiritual essence of the heavens."

Bai Mo found this statement somewhat novel, but not entirely unexpected.

Souls in nature already possess their own emotions and consciousness; those born under the heavenly seed have a stronger sense of self, but there's nothing special about that.

His next task was to search for traces of the Zhen Su token and also look for clues about the Xing Ri Ma token that Nan Jue had mentioned.

There's no need to go into the wild anymore. Lingling can do some simple information gathering and investigation by posting tasks in the Hunter Alliance, and then she can verify and deduce the information herself.

Incidentally, he used this time to cultivate in seclusion and bring his Chaos System to the high-level perfection.

"Okay, then I'll leave Feng Ling here."

Bai Mo summoned Feng Ling and explained the situation to her.

"I will stay with her." Xie Shen Yu Mian said with a smile, reaching out to catch the leaping Feng Ling.

Having finished his main tasks, Bai Mo had no good time to stay here.

This place was not suitable for strangers to stay, so they only stayed for a short while before returning to the ancient capital with Ding Yumin.

Jiang Shaoxu had already gone home early, saying she wanted to take a break. But according to Lingling, she was actually traumatized and needed to go back to cultivate in seclusion.

While I'm at it, I'll also think about how to raise rabbits.

Bai Mo did not immediately take the two back to Shanghai. He had not forgotten that before accepting Han Ji's request, he needed to find out information about the totem token.

The token was the key to finding the totem, so upon returning to the ancient capital, he did not linger for a moment, leaving Ding Yumin to watch over Lingling, and went to the Clock Tower Magic Association himself.

Pushing open the office door, Bai Mo saw Han Ji chatting with an elderly man with a full head of white hair.

The old man looked somewhat familiar.

"Bai Mo? I was just saying I'd ask old man Han Ji to help me find you, and here you are!"

Seeing the slight doubt in Bai Mo's expression, he chuckled and said:

"You've already forgotten me? We were comrades-in-arms, after all. How can a young man have such a bad memory?"

He muttered something loud enough for everyone to hear, but Bai Mo genuinely couldn't remember. Han Ji explained from the side:

"He is the head of the Li family, and in the events in the ancient capital, he represents the aristocratic families in the war." (End of Chapter)