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

Mu Nujiao, of course, did not come out; she was deep in meditation.

Bai Mo released Ai Tutu and took her downstairs to the sofa to continue.

After a long while, he looked at the girl, whose face was flushed, and asked, "Did you miss me?"

"Hmm~~, um, I miss it." Ai Tutu mumbled a few syllables in her sleep to answer the question before she came to her senses.

Then, she rubbed her hair and abruptly changed the subject.

"Ah, I've been so bored lately. I heard you're going to have another duel. When is it? I'd love to go watch and kill some time."

"Three days from now, what are you bored about? Have you finished your graduation assignments?"

"Sister Mu taught me how to do it, hehe." Ai Tutu chuckled foolishly.

Bai Mo shrugged; all she needed to do was graduate with honors. The two chatted for a while longer about all sorts of random things.

While secretly doing some things that would be easily sealed if written down, Bai Mo actually felt that Ai Tutu seemed to have grown bigger again.

Oh! Right, she seemed to have mentioned that her third awakened element was healing.

Healing is wonderful, I praise healing.

Coincidentally, he now seems to have the title of honorary mentor of Pearl Academy, and he feels that this student's magic cultivation is not very good.

I really need some help with my homework.

Then a series of slurping sounds came from inside, like someone eating a lollipop.

When Mu Nujiao opened the door, she found Bai Mo sitting alone on the balcony recliner, seemingly meditating.

She glanced around, somewhat puzzled. "What brings you here? Where's Tutu?"

I missed you, so I came to see you.

Bai Mo opened his eyes, a smile appearing between his brows. "TuTu is a little shy and has hidden in her room. Why don't you go and call her out?"

Mu Nujiao felt a little strange. Tutu was usually very carefree, and only became shy when something really happened.

She glared at the man with hostility. "Why is she shy? What did you do?"

"I didn't do anything." Bai Mo shrugged, patted the empty seat next to him, "Come sit down, I brought you a gift."

She glanced at the recliner that could only fit one person, then went over and sat down—not to sit in that person's lap.

It would be a bit awkward if the picture came out and people saw it.

She sat down on a beanbag chair near him and asked softly, "How long are you staying this time?"

"I don't know either, let's see how Lingling does it, but she'll probably stay for a few days."

Bai Mo shook his head, took out the plant seed that had been nurtured from the corpse of the Horned Dragon from his spatial backpack, and handed it over.

"I've examined it, and it should be a top-tier Great Soul Seed level plant species, which should be of some use to you."

Upon hearing this, Mu Nujiao glanced at the seed brimming with life, sensing the immense energy emanating from it, but shook her head.

"The hollow willow seed you gave me has reached the Transcendent level along with my cultivation, thus reaching the level of a Sub-Celestial Seed. It is still slowly growing with the energy I provided."

I've become quite adept at using this plant seed in conjunction with other plant seeds. I'll give this seed to TuTu; she's not as playful as she used to be, and a good plant seed will better help her on her magical journey.

Upon hearing this, Bai Mo thought for a moment and agreed, then put the plant away. He couldn't help but make a teasing remark.

"Having a caring older sister is so great!"

"Hmph~" Mu Nujiao snorted softly, slightly smug, and then asked, "Have you eaten? I'll go make you something."

"Not yet, no rush. You don't want the plant seeds, so I'll take this and see if you can use it."

As Bai Mo spoke, he took out the broken horned dragon totem artifact and a long sword.

He originally planned to process this and give it to TuTu, but now the two sisters can switch it.

The longsword appeared to be cast from bronze, and although it was already mottled and broken, its sharpness remained undiminished.

Despite having very little energy left, it was still able to create a slight whirlwind.

Even on the blade, there still gleamed a chilling light that was captivating.

"This is a wind-attribute totem artifact, but it's damaged. However, its quality is quite extraordinary. If you take it and reforge it, you might get a decent handheld demon-slaying tool."

Upon hearing this, Mu Nujiao was slightly surprised, as this was the first time she had ever seen a totem vessel that had been damaged.

Even the accompanying vessel is so badly damaged; one can only imagine how tragic the death of that totem must have been.

This time, Mu Nujiao did not refuse again. She carefully put away the totem artifact and went to the kitchen to cook.

Bai Mo got up and went to Ai Tutu's room. As for the tightly closed door, how could it stop a space-type mage?

As soon as I entered the room, I saw the rabbit lying on the computer desk, staring intently at the computer screen.

He looked very serious, and you could even see a hint of anxiety in his expression.

What are you looking at so intently, and you seem a little anxious? It's not a TV series on the computer screen.

He squinted as he looked at the screen.

This is a commonly used browser interface. In the search bar, a question is displayed in standard font.

Will I get pregnant if OX is swallowed?

Bai Mo: ? ? ?

This stupid rabbit claims to have watched countless films, but after all this time, it turns out he's only watched one sex education film countless times? The rest are just hearsay?

This person even clicked into the small GG (a Chinese medical website), and after getting the answer they didn't know, asked the doctor with a serious expression why they didn't know.

I wonder what the customer service staff at the hospital, who handle GG operations, will think when they see this question.

However, the customer service representative was probably busy and didn't see her question.

I just sent a routine message asking for my name and phone number to add me on Fetion, and then I didn't reply.

Ai Tutu's expression became slightly more urgent as she glanced at the top answer, "No."

Seemingly gaining some confidence, I clicked into the next hospital's profile.

Bai Mo glanced at it; this should be the eighth GG.

So he didn't quite understand what kind of mentality this guy was in when he asked the question.

She's a bit silly, but she even knows to fill in fake phone numbers and names.

But if you're saying she's clever, the correct answer is right at the top of the search page—isn't that too obvious, or too unrealistic?

Is it because other people's website names are "Donghu" instead of "a certain hospital"?

Bai Mo didn't quite understand, but that was okay. He leaned close to Ai Tutu's ear and asked, "What are you talking about?"

"Physiological knowledge—it all goes inside the body, so why doesn't it work when it comes out of the mouth?"

Ai Tutu was speaking enthusiastically when she suddenly realized whose voice it was.

"Aaaaaah!!! How did you get in here?"

"That's how we came in."

Ai Tutu's face immediately turned red. "Get out, get out now."

She suddenly slumped onto the computer desk, burying her head in her chest, as if not seeing it meant her actions hadn't happened.

"Jiaojiao is cooking, remember to come out and eat later."

Bai Mo could tell she was very embarrassed, so he stopped teasing her, opened the door, and went out.

The sizzling sound of oil coming from the kitchen filled the air, and he could already smell the aroma.

Upon arriving in the kitchen, they found that Mu Nujiao had already prepared the dishes, wearing a close-fitting nightgown with an apron tied around her waist.

The apron's rope was tied just above her round, perky buttocks, and the rope was tied a little tight, which also accentuated her slender waist.

This made her delicate buttocks appear even more pert and shapely, stirring up desire in one's heart.

Bai Mo reached out and patted the door open, feeling much better now.

"What are you doing?" Mu Nujiao's displeased voice came from behind.

"Jiaojiao is so pretty."

"Praising me won't help; get out."

Mu Nujiao turned around and glared at the person, which startled her so much that the food in the pot almost spilled out.

"Fine, I'll leave then." Bai Mo knew he was in the wrong, so he walked out on his own.

After a while, Mu Nujiao prepared four dishes and a soup, and Ai Tutu also adjusted her state and came out.

The three chatted about recent events. After the meal, Bai Mo took the plant seed and gave it to Ai Tutu.

"You can absorb it now, we'll watch."

"Okay, then."

Ai Tutu's plant system is already at a high level, so absorbing it is not troublesome. All you need to do is persistently plant the energy of the soul seed into your plant system galaxy.

The plant seed of the Horned Wood Dragon did not reject human absorption and did not take much time.

That night, Bai Mo did not sleep in his own room.

Instead, he took a brand new apron and went into Mu Nujiao's bedroom.

"What are you doing? I don't want to wear this."

"Please wear it, Jiaojiao is the best."

"Hmph, you lecher."

"Don't stay out that long tonight."

The next day at noon, a phone call woke Bai Mo up. He reached out and touched the wrong thing, only to be hit with a soft little fist.

He reached out with his other hand and finally found the ringing phone.

"Hello, who is it?"

"Brother, it's me, Hongfei. You didn't forget my number, did you?"

"Oh, Bai Hongfei, I'm not up yet. What do you need?"

"My second uncle said you were investigating the marine mining, and asked me to report back to you. I've already sent the information to your email."

Upon hearing this, Bai Mo's expression cleared, and he got out of bed.

"Hmm, who is it?" came Mu Nujiao's groggy voice from the side.

"It's my cousin, nothing's wrong, you can go back to sleep."

Bai Mo shook his head, glanced at his phone, and realized the call had already been disconnected.

He was so rude. Was Mo Fan only sparing him a beating because of him?

After covering Jiaojiao with the blanket, he went directly to the Qingtian Hunting Grounds.

It seems the Bai family is also investigating the demons that attacked the mines.

Having some leads about the Bai family should speed up their progress.

Upon arriving at the Qingtian Hunting Grounds, one immediately sees Lingling sitting on the sofa handling matters.

Leng Qing was not there, nor was Ding Yumin; instead, Old Man Bao was lying in a chair, pretending to be asleep.

He went straight over and sat down. "Lingling, Bai Hongfei from the Bai family sent me their investigation into the attack on the sea mine demons. See if it's of any help."

After speaking, he paused, then asked, "By the way, have you gotten any results with Mo Fan and the others?"

"No, Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan have already searched all the marine mines in Shanghai, and they haven't found any suspicious monsters nearby."

Lingling shook her head, then logged into Bai Mo's email, opened the topmost email, and downloaded the file.

"I compiled a list of all the coastal marine mines, including their locations and distribution. I also compiled records of their attacks from the very beginning, up to the present, and the casualties associated with each attack. I created a table of these records."

At this point, Lingling's expression became quite serious. She turned her notebook towards Bai Mo and showed him several charts.

Bai Mo looked at the computer screen and saw a death statistics table. The table was covered in crimson, with a smooth, gentle curve. Each bar and each node corresponding to a bar had a value of 0!

Occasionally a 1 or a 2 appears; there are a total of 72 such nodes, which makes the viewer feel heavy-hearted.

"This is the death toll record, showing a total of 72 attacks, which is 72 mining accidents. Every time a demon attack occurred, most people, whether they were the mages stationed there or ordinary people working there, were not spared."

Lingling paused, picked up the juice beside her, and took a sip.

"This is very unusual. You know, even in Blood Alert, when a huge city is destroyed, many people still manage to escape."

"I looked at the mine design plans, and they're all pretty much the same. Each one has at least two or three escape routes or shelters. But the reality is that these places are basically not used."

Bai Mo's expression turned grave upon hearing this. The Bai family head had only given him a general overview, and he hadn't expected that each demon attack would result not only in significant losses of mine resources but also even greater losses of personnel.

He finally realized that some families would sell their mines, and if they couldn't find enough people to maintain them, who would want to do it?

Taking a light breath, Lingling continued:

"Few of those who survived are normal; most are mentally unstable. Regardless of whether there's anything suspicious about this, it seems this group of demons is extremely brutal. They're likely numerous, not just one or two nests."

Bai Mo nodded slightly, looking at the changing charts on the computer. It was a distribution chart of the number of attacks.

"Actually, their attacks are somewhat predictable. At least in Shanghai, they don't seem to dare to cause trouble. The only two attacks were on one of your Bai family's mines and one of your Mu family's mines."

"The number of demons was determined by Mo Fan after he entered the attacked mine belonging to your Bai family. Since we don't have any demon body hair or other artifacts, we can't determine what kind of demons they are."

Hearing this, Bai Mo's eyes narrowed, this was yet another point of doubt.

No definitive identification of the demon could be found at the scene, and most of the witnesses were dead; those who survived became mentally ill.

Lingling didn't mention this suspicious point because she knew Bai Mo would figure it out himself. She continued on her own:

"Judging from the distribution map of the number of attacks, those demons are mainly active in the East China Sea and parts of the Yellow Sea, as well as along the coast of the entire South China Sea. They do not target large cities such as Shanghai or the city of demons."

With a few clicks, Lingling displayed the specific distribution of attacks along the coastlines of the South China Sea, the Yellow Sea, and the East China Sea, giving Bai Mo a more intuitive understanding.

"I obtained all of this through the analysis results of the military magistrates of the Coast Guard. They also have a team that is doing this investigation, but so far there seems to be no progress."

"However, I think your speculation yesterday is quite possible."

As Lingling spoke, she brought up another date table.

"I've discovered a coincidence." She clicked on the very beginning of the date with her mouse, where there was a cute cartoon portrait of a white-haired man.

"This is the day you accept Zu Xiangtian's challenge and announce the method for making the doubling vessel."

Then, she moved her position five squares back, where there was a mountain pattern. The mountain pattern moved, and a demon popped out.

"This is the time we arrived at Tianmen City. At the same time, the first demon attack on the mines occurred."

"In other words, during the month or so that we were gone, the demons began to attack the mines that could produce the doubling tools."

Normally, it's not uncommon for demons to attack mines, especially those located by the sea or on the continental shelf.

However, these situations do not occur frequently when there is human involvement in the operation.

Every mine located outside the city is guarded by a small security perimeter.

Although not very strong, they were able to break through in a short time. This not only shows that there are many demons, but also that those things are powerful.

Bai Mo's eyes flashed; things had already come to this point, the answer was practically obvious.

This is very likely an operation planned by the Zu family.

As for their purpose, retaliation may only be superficial. Bai Mo believes that the key is that the inland aristocratic families have new ways of making money and are gradually breaking away from the control of their ancestral families.

Or rather, the Zu family wanted to use control of these sunken silver mines along the coast to warn the inland aristocratic families that the people above them would never change.

In general, the Zu family does not want their voice in the mainland to fall into the hands of Shao and Zheng.

They may support Shao Zheng, but it cannot be their subordinates who support Shao Zheng.

However, the Bai family head also mentioned that the Mu family had participated in the acquisition of the mine. Bai Mo guessed that they wanted to take advantage of the situation to gain some benefits.

To be honest, the multiplier device, due to its functionality, already has a bit of a military supply product feel to it.

The authorities would not allow the resources for producing such things to be controlled by a single power, which is why neither the Zu family nor the Mu family had any intention of taking them all over.

However, whether or not it can be proven that the Zu family was behind this, or even if someone else was behind it, is no longer important.

The important thing is to find this group of demons!

Or, to put it another way, to find the culprit who attacked 72 mines and caused 72 mining accidents!

After going around in circles, this has actually become something that the Spark Tribunal needs to do.

"Lingling, do you have any ideas on how to find these demons?"

After finishing his thoughts, Bai Mo turned his gaze to Lingling and asked a question.

"Not yet, we don't have enough information."

Lingling shook her head, browsing through the intelligence sent by Bai Hongfei, and slowly said:

"I have already asked Sister Yu Mian to treat those who suffered mental disorders in the mining accident."

Furthermore, I think your cousin is very likely one of the members of the Coast Guard investigating this matter. They've found another route, which I think is good.

"What?"

"They're pirates!" Lingling's eyes lit up.

"I almost overlooked that too. There's a group of pirates also robbing the transport convoys from those sunken silver mines, and one of the tasks of the coastal defense mages is to wipe them out!"

"The pirates appeared almost immediately after the demons attacked the mine. Although we don't know what connection they have, the two things should be related."

"That makes sense. What a coincidence! The demons' chaos just started, and then a group of pirates of unknown origin appeared!"

Bai Mo gently tapped the table, pondered for a moment, and then said:

"Waiting indefinitely isn't a solution. There are quite a few mines here. Even if we get lucky and encounter demons attacking the mines again, we need to increase the probability."

"Since someone is keeping an eye on the pirates and Yu Mian is handling the information about the demons' identities, why don't we also investigate these marine mines?"

Upon hearing this, Lingling was overjoyed and jumped off the sofa.

She couldn't be bothered to stay at the Azure Sky Hunting Grounds for even a day; she just wanted to go out and wander around.

"Hmph, let's go then. I've sent Mo Fan and the others to investigate the lower half of the Yellow Sea. Let's head to the coast where the South China Sea meets the East China Sea; that's also an area where demon attacks are more frequent."

"good!"

With a goal in mind, Bai Mo immediately took Lingling and headed straight for the Shanghai harbor.

Upon reaching the harbor, he raised his hand and created a summoning gate, summoning a jade dragonfish to lead the way.

This was the first time the arowana had ever gone into the water, and it was overjoyed. It almost created waves that capsized the moored boat, but thankfully Bai Mo stopped it.

Amidst the astonished and envious gazes of the crowd, the two stepped onto the fish's back and rode away.

Although a huge, ruler-level creature appeared, strangely enough, there was not much commotion at the scene.

The main reason is that the Jade Arowana doesn't actually have a fierce aura unless it actively tries to show its power.

At the same time, it doesn't look scary at all; on the contrary, it's beautiful.

The higher the grade of the jade dragonfish, the more beautiful and dreamlike its body will be. No matter how big its body is, you can't see any flaws.

Ryukyu Island is the largest island off the coast of Kyushu, and it also has many mines.

Especially the two minerals used to make doubling vessels.

At the end of Ryukyu Island lies the boundary between the East China Sea and the South China Sea.

The two quickly arrived at the vicinity aboard the Jade Dragon Fish. The island was barren and desolate, though it once had several towns.

However, due to the chaos caused by demons and the presence of pirates in the surrounding area, apart from a few hunters and mages, very few people live there anymore.

From this point on, Bai Mo no longer took the jade dragon fish for a cursory glance.

Instead, they began to explore the mineral deposits needed to make the two doubling vessels, one by one.

They continued their journey towards the Demon City.

The situation is more serious in Ryukyu Island and along the coast of Fuzhou. The sunken silver mine has been targeted, and other marine mines have also been affected.

Bai Mo and Lingling explored using spatial abilities, so no one noticed them.

At the same time, from the workers' snippets of conversation, one could sense their constant fear of impending danger.

I also learned that there are far fewer miners here, almost half the original number.

The rest stayed because of the high salaries, and they all also bought insurance.

Having found nothing after leaving this stretch of sea, he continued forward with Lingling.

After flying several thousand meters, the two found a place to have dinner.

"Help! Help! Is anyone there?!"

Just then, a voice rang out in Bai Mo's mind. It was the long-dormant Starfire Judgment Oath Mark!

Since the Oath Tree was replaced, the range of this mark seems to have expanded considerably.

"Bai Mo, there's a glow over there; it looks like an official signal." (End of Chapter)