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

Chapter 379 Starry Spring

Mingbu Sixteen's eyes were lifeless as he answered in a mechanical tone:

"My elder brother's name is Mingbu Zechuan, and I don't know why he made me a pirate in Kyushu."

Lingling and Bai Mo exchanged a glance, both seeing the expectation and surprise in each other's eyes.

Now we finally know who orchestrated the demon attack, but why was it Akira Abe?

This question left the three of them somewhat puzzled.

After all, Mingbu Zechuan is from Japan, so he has no reason to come to Kyushu to cause trouble and sabotage.

However, the Mingbu family of Fusang did not benefit from this incident.

Bai Mo felt there was something fishy about this matter, so he asked another question.

"What is the relationship between your Mingbu family and the Zu family?"

"Our family was established by my elder brother, who was fortunate enough to gain the appreciation of the powerful ancestral elder, Zu Hengrao."

Now, the three of them finally understood.

After going around in circles, just as they had guessed, it turned out that the Zu family was the one pulling strings behind the scenes.

The newly emerging Mingbu family in Japan is nothing more than a puppet of the Zu family.

If Pang Lai knew that Zu Hengrao was using this as an excuse to label someone else as "Pang Lai the Second" and trying to extort money from him, he probably would have stormed into the Zu family compound.

"What other plans do you have?"

"The day after tomorrow, my brother will have a sparring match with that Bai Mo. The Bai family and the Lin family recently discovered a large sunken silver mine. According to my brother, we cannot let them succeed."

But that large mine hasn't officially started mining yet, so we plan to use a feint, a deception, to first create the illusion that demons are about to attack the Bai family's mine. Then, after the battle, my brother will follow the Bai and Lin family's mining teams and wipe them out in one fell swoop.

Upon hearing this, Bai Mo nodded slightly, asked a few more questions, and then stopped when he realized he couldn't get any more information.

"This makes things easier. We can use this incident to give the Zu family a warning."

Bai Mo spoke calmly, then, carrying Ming Bu Shiliu, his figure flashed and appeared on the sea surface of Shanghai a moment later.

This pirate had killed too many people, and he wasn't going to let him go. The head of the man in his hand split open at some point, and his entire body fell into the water as pieces.

Only after dealing with the people did he return to the Azure Sky Hunting Grounds.

Lingling and Ding Yumin didn't ask him what he was going to do, but instead said:

"Your sparring match with Mingbu Zechuan is the day after tomorrow. What are your plans?"

"Defeat him, then kill him," Bai Mo said.

After seventy-two mining accidents, Bai Mo finds it hard to convince himself to forgive such a person.

Moreover, he wasn't even a native of this country, and besides, he could be considered an obstacle that I had created for my ancestral family.

Even if he has his ancestral family behind him, the accounts must be settled one by one.

Of course, this person does have some international reputation and influence in Japan, and he even humbly came to spar with me. If I were to kill him openly, I would be at his mercy.

Therefore, Bai Mo said he would defeat him and then kill him.

Wait until he pretends to be a "demon" and makes his move, then I will make my move.

The murderer behind the demon is somewhat similar to Pang Lai's second method? He's definitely faking it. If I take action now, it won't have any impact.

He wasn't planning to openly cause trouble for the Zu family. He would simply have Zhan Kong deliver the man's head, along with the casualty data and investigation report.

He's Xinghuo.com's special diplomat dealing with the Zu family.

Given Zhan Kong's personality, he wouldn't ignore those injured or killed in the mining accident.

From this point on, the Zu family's plot to double down on him with magical artifacts can come to an end.

After all, I've already discovered and foiled your plot. If you keep playing these silly games, don't blame the trees on the hill behind my house—they might just run away.

Bai Mo had been exposed to some of the open and covert struggles between these forces.

Some methods, once discovered, will no longer be used. Otherwise, if everyone uses them, it becomes despicable, and the human heart is unfathomable.

It's like fighting monsters in Journey to the West. Every monster is extraordinary, but the monkey only needs to find the mastermind behind the monsters, and they will have to stop.

That is why Bai Mo is so determined to find out who is in charge of this matter.

Otherwise, once he guessed it was the Zu family and knew that Ming Buzechuan was in charge, he could have stopped asking.

"Let me check the news about the Lin family's newly discovered large mine," Lingling said, taking out her small phone.

Ding Yumin nodded slightly, not worried. It was true that Ming Buzechuan was a summoning-type super-level three mage.

But for Bai Mo, dealing with him is actually easier than dealing with some other summoning-type super-level three mages, even though this person has a great international reputation.

"Do you need me to come with you?" she asked anyway.

"Want to stay with me?" Bai Mo raised an eyebrow. "Then let's see how you behave tonight?"

"Cough cough cough!!" Lingling coughed heavily twice, raised her bright eyes and glared at the person.

"There are children here, please be careful!"

"Hmm," Bai Mo glanced at Lingling, then gestured above her head, "You're not a little kid anymore, Lingling. If you don't understand, why are you reminding me?"

Lingling felt a tightness in her chest, as if she was about to burst.

"Go check your file!"

She threw her phone at Bai Mo, who caught it nimbly.

Bai Mo glanced at his phone screen, which showed the location of the Lin family's undeveloped mineral deposit, also near Shanghai, but on Zhongshan Island.

This is indeed a huge mine. According to surveyors, if it is mined, the output of sunken silver along the coast will increase by 20%.

Even this small increase in production costs a lot of money.

Unfortunately, if the Zhongshan Islands were to be occupied by sea monsters in the future, the Lin family would suffer a great loss.

So, he had the motivation to fight against the demons, didn't he?

Although it was very unethical, Bai Mo had to admit that this world was indeed a world dominated by powerful clans and aristocratic families.

The common people are also important, as they are the foundation of everything, but elite combat power still mostly comes from aristocratic families.

There are many people like Hua Junshou, with similar achievements, among the grassroots.

However, once their strength grows, the establishment of clans, families, and even powerful clans is inevitable.

If it were truly like the Nine Provinces of his previous life, Blue Star, then demons and monsters would be nothing more than recipes and prescriptions.

He glanced at the development team's lineup, and there was one he recognized: Bai Tingting. Was this girl with them, the team doctor?

It was late at night, and Bai Mo, not intending to go back to sleep, slept at the Qingtian Hunting Grounds.

He shared a room with Ding Yumin and took out the ancient costume he had ordered online, the kind worn by ladies from noble families.

Then, when Yu Mian used the cold, gloomy skin effect brought by the cursed death energy, a delicate feeling immediately emerged.

Her face was as beautiful as a delicate flower reflected in water, her figure as slender as a willow swaying in the breeze, her eyes sparkling with tears, and her breath coming in soft gasps.

It's almost as if it's a combination of Lin Daiyu and Xi Shi, but without Daiyu's three parts sicklyness and with Xi Shi's two strands of tenderness.

With Master Ling's stockings-themed treasure increasing attack speed, Bai Mo doesn't know if he can handle it.

But the bed, which has been in disrepair for many years, probably can't withstand it.

The next day at noon, Bai Mo was still sleeping when he suddenly heard a clicking sound.

He felt himself falling at an extremely fast speed, and just before he fell, he heard the sound of dust and wood chips hitting the ground.

No way, the bed really collapsed?!

The thought popped into Bai Mo's mind, and he immediately took action.

"Sequence Decree!"

A fleeting glint of chaotic light appeared in his eyes, and a chaotic constellation materialized instantly.

A dense stream of chaotic light flowed down, illuminating the entire bed.

"Order changed!"

In an instant, the bed, which was about to collapse, gradually began to stand straight and sturdy. The sound of thousands of ants crawling seemed to emanate from the bed.

Bai Mo directly used chaotic magic to change the material arrangement of the bed; to put it simply...

This may no longer be a bed.

It could also be a stranger stone, bone, or some other solid object.

After all, Bai Mo himself didn't really understand how the material layers of a normal, healthy wooden board were arranged.

However, he knew about the arrangement of other substances, especially his own bones.

Ding Yumin had already been woken up by him, but she didn't move and just stared at him quietly.

Good morning, madam.

Bai Mo gave her a good morning kiss, and Ding Yumin rolled her eyes at him, but a faint smile appeared on her face.

"Why don't you just buy a new one?"

"No, it'll be discovered, and that would be a bit embarrassing."

Ding Yumin agreed with this reason, but she didn't really care about it.

It's normal for an old, dilapidated wooden bed to break down; no one will make any strange connections out of the ordinary.

Such attempts to cover up the truth only arouse more suspicion.

Bai Mo hadn't thought of that yet; he was only happy that he had successfully eased the awkward situation.

After relaxing for a while, I went downstairs.

When they got downstairs, they saw Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan fighting over a fried dough stick. The two chased each other and eventually each managed to bite off one end of the dough stick.

It's so full of bromance!

Bai Mo was about to take out his phone, but the two had already torn the fried dough stick into pieces and separated them.

And look at the other person with a disgusted expression.

"Tsk tsk, what a pity."

As I walked down the last step, I saw Lingling putting away her phone.

"Hey, Lingling."

He blinked.

"Three cups of milk tea."

"No, Lingling, I'll bet ten times!" Zhao Manyan, who was nearby, had already noticed the scene that might tarnish his personal image.

"Okay!" Lingling immediately agreed and turned to talk to Bai Mo about serious business.

"Mo Fan and his group were attacked by demons at a mine in the Yellow Sea yesterday. The attackers were Half-Knife River Bulls. I've also found the two demons that Sister Yu Mian mentioned yesterday."

"Hmm?" Bai Mo raised an eyebrow, signaling her to continue.

"That one with a big eye on its head is a one-eyed scorpion, a mollusk that looks like an octopus, and should be a four-colored water pirate."

Lingling unconsciously tapped the pen she was twirling on the table, indicating the information on the two demons, and continued:

"These three creatures are all demons that exist in both the summoning plane and this plane. As for the large octopus leading the soft-bodied creatures, I don't know, but I initially judge it to be a rare sea monster, possibly the other party's contracted beast."

As you probably guessed, these three types of demons are likely all disguised demons from his beast tide summons. Each group consists of at least warriors, and there might even be a leader among them. They're truly formidable.

Bai Mo, holding the bread he had just baked for himself, nodded. "Have you noticed the size of the beast tide? Mo Fan, how did you guys escape?"

"Hey Lao Bai, couldn't we have just been protecting the mine? Why did we have to run away?!"

Mo Fan held his chin up, quite pleased with himself. Yesterday, he had received thanks and a text message from the beautiful owner of the mine.

"The one secretly plotting this is a Level 3 Super-Rank mage. What, didn't Lingling tell you?"

"Holy crap! Super Rank 3!" Zhao Manyan jumped up, his joy at having snatched a long piece of fried dough stick vanished, leaving only fear and apprehension.

"You son of a bitch, Mo Fan, can't you just shut up? Do you think your dad can stop you from reaching the Super-Tier level?!"

"Get the hell out of here. Without me, your turtle shell will be fucked to pieces sooner or later." Although Mo Fan was also surprised, the matter was over, and he didn't care.

"Besides, nothing's wrong."

"So, how many demons did you encounter yesterday?" Bai Mo steered the conversation back on track.

"There seem to be about five hundred," Mo Fan counted the demonic remnants that had increased inside his little mudfish.

Bai Mo nodded slightly upon hearing this, indicating the number that a high-level mage specializing in summoning could summon.

It's just unknown whether the other party went all out. This also suggests that the other party dared not reveal their identity.

Having roughly grasped the situation, he and Lingling shifted their focus away from it.

We're just waiting for the fight to start tomorrow so we can eliminate that Mingbu Zechuan.

After an early lunch, Bai Mo took Mo Fan to Xiaoshan and returned alone. There he saw Lingling cutting out some information about the location corresponding to the Zhenling and some information about the constellations.

On the other side, Ding Yumin was cutting down a large number of search missions posted on the Hunter Alliance.

This puzzled Bai Mo. "What's wrong?"

"You've come at the right time. We've just made a new discovery, which will greatly accelerate our progress in finding the Vermilion Bird Mansion, but it also renders some of our previous investigations and data completely useless."

As Lingling spoke, she brought out another normal laptop.

"Could you please update this data into my search model?"

Bai Mo placed the two cups of milk tea he had brought in front of the two of them, sat down in front of the notebook that Lingling had brought over, and glanced at it.

What comes into view is a long list of latitude and longitude coordinates, as well as place names.

These place names all have one thing in common: they are suffixed with words such as spring, pool, abyss, or lake.

"What happened?"

As he began to operate the device, Bai Mo asked another question.

"Let Sister Yu Mian demonstrate for you, and you'll understand once you see it," Lingling said without looking up.

Bai Mo looked up at Ding Yumin as instructed, his gaze filled with inquiry.

"Just now, Lingling and I discovered some unusual clues from the tokens of the Seven Constellations of the Vermilion Bird. At first, we just wanted to use the Bai Ze Map to see the terrain where they fell, but the result gave us a pleasant surprise."

As Ding Yumin spoke, she reached out and took out three star tokens representing the seven southern constellations, corresponding to the Winged Fire Serpent, the Chariot Water Worm, and the Star Sun Horse.

The clue totem of the Wing Token has been found and absorbed, but Bai Mo saw that the light of the Bai Ze Hundred Beasts Diagram in Ding Yumin's hand was still shining brightly on the Wing Token.

A familiar scene appeared before me; on the scroll unfurled in the air, an image emerged—

The raging flames blotted out the sky, and in a flash, a dazzling spark fell to the earth. In the flowing fire, a giant serpent with its wings folded could be seen, but under the embellishment of the flames, it resembled a blazing dragon swooping down.

The dragon crashed into a lush, rolling mountain, flattening half of it and leaving a deep crater in the ground, but no flames ignited around it.

Water gushed out from the pit, quickly forming a large pool.

The scene ended there, but Ding Yumin's hands continued moving, and another beam of light shone on the Star Token.

The scene was similar, except this time the flames were thinner, and the tall, sacred horse looked even more pitiful, having lost both legs.

But it still crashed into the ground, the only difference being the terrain. And on the ground, it also ended up with a small lake.

Next was Zhen Ling, and the same scene unfolded. The Zhen water worm, covered in holes, landed on a hillside and crashed into the ground, leaving behind a pool of water.

Without Lingling needing to say anything more, Bai Mo already understood.

The Vermilion Bird's Seven Mansions are not the same as the Azure Dragon's Seven Mansions; they do not transform into a city gate to guard a region until their deaths.

They should be the main force that resisted the sea monsters in the ancient sea monster calamity mentioned in Bai Mo's fragments in the original French novel.

To die in battle, or on the battlefield.

The way these seven constellation totems, led by the Vermilion Bird, returned to heaven felt both hasty and somewhat ritualistic.

They all fell into the earth, just as a burning flame eventually returned to dust.

However, there seems to be a corresponding direction, and the location is not chosen arbitrarily.

Wherever a star totem falls, water is generated to nourish the surrounding environment.

Upon closer reflection, the location of the seven-colored feathers of the Vermilion Bird in the center of Lanyang City is also an underwater hot spring.

"So, our previous experience in finding the Azure Dragon Seven Mansions totem is no longer applicable, and the task you issued the day before yesterday is also unsuitable. You think we should start with things like springs?"

Lingling took a sip of milk tea, nodded slightly, and agreed with Bai Mo's words.

"Here's the thing, you have all the information I've collected about springs and other water sources, from all over Kyushu. Hopefully, it's not some remote, secluded mountain forest, otherwise we'll be in serious trouble!"

Lingling scratched her head and said that it wasn't much more difficult than finding the Seven Mansions of the Azure Dragon.

Because each of the seven southern constellations corresponds to a totem that returns to heaven, and there is a map of the surrounding terrain.

While we don't deny the natural changes brought about by the passage of time, we can still roughly determine a location.

When the time comes, we'll rely on them to roam freely in the wild, searching using maps. I bet they'll find it!

Bai Mo believed in Lingling's abilities; the more challenging the situation, the more excited the little girl became.

The higher the work efficiency, the better!

She's practically the best "tool" of the year, the kind of girl every company dreams of.

Unfortunately, those companies couldn't offer her what she was interested in.

After a busy morning, it was already the next morning.

Under a clear blue sky, Wulong Island is bustling with activity once again.

Seemingly because of the previous boom in tourism on Xiamen Island, Bai Mo noticed some unusual signs on Wulong Island this time.

How come it costs 89 yuan just to eat a xiaolongbao (soup dumpling)?

It's not that he's broke, he just doesn't want to be a fool.

Why would you turn a battlefield into a tourist attraction?

There were quite a few people around, but the protective measures weren't as thorough as last time.

The magic array on Wulong Island itself should be able to block it, but I'm afraid people will be frightened.

Many people from the magic world also came, especially those from Xiamen Island and the nearby Asuka City.

Bai Mo also saw Mu Ningxue, but they weren't familiar with each other, so he nodded as a greeting.

Judging from her appearance, it seems that Mo Fan has not yet achieved anything.

When did he finally get married? He glanced at Ming Buzechuan, who was dressed formally in a suit and tie, and scratched his head.

"Please give me your guidance, Mr. Bai Mo!"

Ming Buzechuan bowed deeply and said forcefully.

"Of course, of course, I'll make sure you rest in peace, Mingbu." Bai Mo nodded slightly; he was impolite and wouldn't bow.

"Huh?" The president of the Lujiang Island Magic Association, who was acting as the referee, looked at Bai Mo with some surprise.

"I mean, I'll definitely give Mr. Mingbu a pleasant combat experience, so that your trip won't be in vain."

"I see." Mingbu nodded, then bent down again after raising her head.

Is there money on the ground?

Bai Mo glanced at the ground, then looked up at the referee, a man around fifty years old with gray hair and an air of aloofness.

"Now that we've exchanged greetings, shall we begin?"

"I have no problem!" Mingbu Zechuan said immediately.

So the two stood a kilometer apart, and the sparring officially began.

Since it was a contest focused on summoning, both sides tacitly refrained from using magic abilities from other schools.

Perhaps due to his age, Ming Buzechuan's drawing speed was even faster than Bai Mo's.

The Moon Arc and the Contract Moon Diagram appeared almost simultaneously beside him, followed by a huge summoning gate. Accompanied by the rushing sound of flowing water, a group of four-colored water bandits surged out.

The Four-Colored Water Thieves are aquatic summonable creatures that can also move on land. They grow like octopuses, but are more like a composite of four different colored octopuses, with tentacles as numerous as mops, and possess powerful water control abilities.

The name "water pirates" comes from these creatures' ability to control water.

As the group of octopuses appeared, the seawater on the mudflats rushed towards them, creating a huge wave.

Bai Mo looked down on these things because they were afraid of sea monsters of the same level.

I wonder if they were trained before being sent to the summoning plane.

On either side of the Mingbu Ze River, a flying demon and a creature with a head as large as an octopus but only four legs, both of four different colors, appeared.

It is Mingbu Zechuan's summoned beast and contracted beast.

Following the same steps as Bai Mo, the large orange moon appeared one after the other, followed by the splashing sound of water and the beautiful, pure jade dragon fish.

He glanced at the contracted beast, which had four colors and four limbs shaped like an octopus; it was a sub-monarch.

However, he couldn't recognize what kind of creature it was for a moment.

Based on initial assessment, this should be a siren.

Bai Mo secretly became more vigilant. Unknown demons are the most terrifying; you don't know what abilities they have.

If you discover a skill, the cost is often very high.

He was surprised and became wary. Ming Buzechuan and the group of spectators on the opposite side were even more surprised.

With the Mingbu Zechuan Monarch by his side, the appearance of a demon clan equivalent to half a race, marching in a mighty force towards Bai Mo, was already quite astonishing.

However, Bai Mo's performance was even more terrifying, with fourteen commanders and contracted beasts alone.

Meanwhile, the army of summoned beasts at the warrior level continued to emerge from the summoning gate.

The vanguard had already encountered the summoned beast tide led by Mingbu Zechuan's contracted beast and summoned beast.

"This...this can't be a beast tide with the power of an entire race, can it? He's so powerful! Last time when he fought Zu Xiangtian, Bai Mo didn't even use his full strength?!" someone exclaimed.

"But even if he used all his strength, it was useless. Master Mingbu has a monarch-level sea monster as his contracted beast, which gives him a natural advantage in being invincible." Someone excitedly held up a sign that said Mingbu would definitely win.

Bai Mo, however, was focused on the battle between the four-colored octopus monarch and his summoned beast army.

(End of this chapter)