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

"Ugh~~~~!"

Staggering to her feet, Mu Feiluan looked at Bai Mo, her head still spinning. Even in defeat, his eyes still held arrogance and disdain to mask the shock in his heart.

"What, you don't dare kill me? Hehehe~~~"

"No way! How dare you lay a hand on me!"

This person's brain must be made of melted ice.

Bai Mo glanced at Mu Feiluan with considerable surprise, completely baffled by this person's thought process.

"No, only one of you can live."

"A cheap trick. You might as well just kill that trash Zu Xiangtian. Anyway, you have a grudge against his Zu family. Oh, I forgot, you wouldn't dare."

"After all, you are a family of ants."

Bai Mo was too lazy to waste any more words with this person, and tilted his head towards Feng Ling, who was radiating a faint, crystalline glow.

"Pfft!!"

Then, with a sound like tearing through tattered leather, accompanied by a handful of scarlet blood, a bear's paw clutching a heart pierced through Mu Feiluan's chest.

"Zu Xiangtian, you..."

His wide eyes gradually lost their luster, and Zu Xiangtian's hand, transformed into a bear claw, squeezed hard, shattering his heart completely.

"Hmph! You're the trash!"

Zu Xiangtian, shrouded in the shadow of a brown bear, curled his lip in a ferocious grin. He withdrew his hand, glanced at the remaining two Super-Rank members of the Mu family, and smiled contemptuously.

"Let's go!"

He glared at Bai Mo fiercely, then resolutely left with the remaining two Super-Rank experts.

The two Super-Rank members of the Mu family remained uneasy, never expecting that Zu Xiangtian would so ruthlessly and decisively break off relations.

They could have escaped together, even if they had to kill each other.

Now that only the two of them remain, how can they escape Bai Mo, who was able to defeat even the Ice Phoenix?

The two high-level mages looked desperate and were about to cast spells to fight for their lives.

"Aren't you leaving?"

"You...you can let us go?" one of the high-level mages asked incredulously.

"All I want is the life of one of you, as the price you should pay. But before I could finish speaking, Zu Xiangtian made his move."

Bai Mo shrugged, speaking while mentally directing Feng Ling to use her mental powers to interfere with the two's judgment, making his words more persuasive.

In fact, Zu Xiangtian's impulsive act just now was caused by Feng Ling silently stirring up a wind that affected his emotions.

Unless it's a mind-based mage, no one would notice.

It would be even more effective on Zu Xiangtian, since most of the Zu family members are affected by the cursed body-borrowing technique and have abnormal personalities.

"If you want to be buried with him, I have no objection."

"No, we're leaving! Now, immediately!!"

One of the Super-Rank cultivators hurriedly spoke up, while the other Super-Rank cultivator hastily retracted Mu Feiluan's body and fled.

Watching the two leave, Zhao Manyan, who had come to Bai Mo's side, sighed:

"That was Bingluan, one of the two prodigies of the Mu family. Mu Feiluan, she actually died just like that."

"Yes, Zu Xiangtian is getting crazier and crazier." Bai Mo nodded in agreement.

"I have a bad feeling about this. Knowing your personality, you should have killed all of them. Anyway, no one saw it, so it won't affect you much," Lingling said as she followed along.

"Because given the circumstances at the time, releasing them would have been more useful." Bai Mo paused, then continued:

"The Mu family has begun to ruthlessly annex and suppress coastal forces. Although it has not yet spread to Shanghai, I am too lazy to fight with them. The Zu family is their opponent."

This statement is tantamount to a direct and indirect admission that it secretly influenced and manipulated the scene that just happened.

Lingling is wrong about one thing. How could no one have seen that Bai Hongfei, Mu Nujiao, Lingling, and Zhao Manyan can be considered as family, but the other members of the Bai family are not.

Killing Mu Feiluan and Zu Xiangtian here would surely leak the news and invite retaliation from the Zu and Mu families.

He's there to solve problems, not to create bigger ones.

Secretly guiding the Zu and Mu families to the opposite side is undoubtedly in his interest.

And if it's discovered, it doesn't matter, there's no evidence to prove he did it.

On the contrary, there were witnesses who testified that Zu Xiangtian was the one who killed the man.

With the danger of being besieged over over, everyone in the Bai family team breathed a sigh of relief, some resting and others healing their wounds.

Bai Mo listened to Bai Hongfei explain the situation. Zhao Manyan had nothing to do, so he subconsciously glanced around and immediately realized that something was wrong.

Upon another glance, the problem was immediately apparent.

The person has disappeared!!

"Corpses, Bai Mo, the corpses of the two teams of mages you just killed are gone!!"

Zhao Manyan exclaimed in surprise. He immediately threw out two balls of light, one to the south and one to the north, illuminating the flat sandy area below the dunes that had been bombarded by magic.

Those around him were immediately drawn to his words and looked toward the spot illuminated by the golden light.

Suddenly, a chill ran down his spine, and a shiver spread from his tailbone to the top of his head, leaving his whole body numb as if pricked by needles.

The two sides of the smooth sandy ground were empty except for a patch of pale yellow sand.

The remains that should have been on the sand, whether neatly arranged or scattered, have all vanished, and not even a trace of blood can be found.

"What's going on?!"

Someone exclaimed in surprise, and the person who had been sitting on the ground resting with a sigh of relief jumped up like a spring.

A large number of dead people suddenly disappeared!

From the moment they died until they were noticed and disappeared, only about five minutes had passed.

This is like a scene from a horror story.

"Prepare your magic, form a formation, don't panic, let me assess the situation."

Bai Mo's calm voice clearly reached everyone's ears, soothing the previously agitated people.

The sound waves expanded in all directions without leaving a trace, and within a radius of more than ten kilometers, there was nothing but the fleeing Zu family and Mu family mages.

Suddenly, Bai Mo raised an eyebrow and, scanning the sound waves from the two members of the Mu family, sensed a pulse emanating from beneath the sand.

Although very slight, there are many.

With a sudden thought, the sound waves expanded abruptly from their original depth of five meters underground, instantly penetrating a hundred meters.

A large number of toads swimming underground appeared in his mind.

A golden sand toad?!

Without even guessing, the answer to how those corpses disappeared the moment these golden sand toads were seen was already clear.

How did these things get out and end up here?

A slight doubt arose in Bai Mo's mind, but this did not affect his idea of ​​capturing the golden frog.

The Earth Abyss Toad possesses a unique bone structure with immense gravitational pull, and these Warrior-level Golden Sand Toads should also possess some of this ability.

Therefore, it is not difficult to produce heterotonic bone with attraction.

They can be arrested and studied, or handed over to the Northwest Military Headquarters for research.

If a breakthrough can be achieved, the Shaqu River maglev high-speed river road project might be completed.

"Don't be alarmed, there are demons beneath the sand."

This made everyone even more nervous.

"They are a group of Golden Sand Toads of warrior-level strength, who have lived in the Shaqu River for a long time. The fact that they can be seen here means that the Sand Demon here has disappeared."

Bai Mo recounted the situation of the demons beneath the mud and sand, and then instructed everyone:

"These demons have some value; they are the source of gravity in the Shaqu River."

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a weight on his shoulder. In his sonic perception, the golden sand toads below seemed to be arranged in a special formation, with layers of gravity enveloping them.

They couldn't resist launching a full-scale attack.

Bai Mo stomped his foot heavily, and a multicolored Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams diagram spread out from his body.

"The character '艮' (Gen) signifies splitting the land and sealing off the territory!"

The Gen position in the northeast suddenly shone brightly, instantly covering the entire Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams diagram. The heavy, dark golden earth element power covered an area of ​​a thousand meters in an instant.

The entire sand dune turned dark gold, and everyone felt the heavy gravity that had been pressing on their bodies suddenly disappear!

As the dark gold earth-elemental territory spread across the land, one after another, golden sand toads appeared on the ground.

Just as they were driven out by the mud beneath their feet, they were powerless to return to the dust and sand.

Suddenly, a chaotic chorus of frogs filled the air.

However, the many mages of the Bai family who had already heard Bai Mo's explanation of the situation were not flustered. They immediately unleashed the spells they had prepared.

Toads died in droves under the magical bombardment. Under the suppression of the Bagua diagram, these warriors could only exert 70% of their full strength and were wiped out in an instant.

A group of people worked together to find the strange bones among the many corpses of the Golden Sand Toad, and then, under Bai Hongfei's leadership, they began to repair the Fear Wall and expand the plot.

Bai Mo returned to Shaqu River, found Da Ju, and replaced Bai Zangfeng and the other Sky Eagle mages.

The orange was not fully digested until dawn.

"Come on, try it and see what changes you see?"

Stroking its bright yellow fur, which seemed to have become even more vibrant, Bai Mo said softly.

"Roar!!"

The orange cat roared excitedly, its fur gleaming. Bai Mo then felt a powerful suction force coming from its body, and the hand that had just stroked its fur became uncontrollably stuck to it.

gravitational?!

Bai Mo's eyes flashed, and he immediately understood what Da Ju had obtained.

He nodded in satisfaction, then with a flash of moonlight in his hand, he put it away.

After driving away the Mu and Zu families, the magician teams that still had designs on clearing the Shaqu River Plain no longer posed a threat to Bai Mo.

It took three days to clean up the entire plain, and then the tasks of cleaning up the Shaqu River Plain and finding the cause of the gravity in the Shaqu River were submitted at the same time.

The Bai family earned their first mission merit here, an S-rank.

This was achieved by combining two tasks.

The items that can be exchanged for S-level merits are all very valuable, such as the mining and construction rights for Yunshan City.

Yunshan City is the name that the Northwest government planned to establish as a resource-based city in the Western Hills.

Although it might seem narcissistic to think this way, Bai Mo felt that the name might have some connection to him.

In short, he has successfully achieved his goal and gained the right to participate in the construction of a city.

This means that after Yunshan City is established, the Bai family will have great advantages in running for mayor or president of the Magic Association, as well as in mining and allocating mineral resources around the city.

"S-level merits cannot be exchanged for multiple items at once. If we want to see Jing Ling, we need to complete another mission."

Lingling, resting her chin on her hand, browsed through the task list and slowly said:

"Based on our next two tasks, there shouldn't be any S-level tasks. At most, we can reach A level and then use A to synthesize the token. However, one B-level merit is enough for the token."

Nodding slightly, Bai Mo understood this as well. He stared at the task panel, when suddenly, a newly appeared task caught his eye.

The research team on the Shaqu River disappeared near the Tianshan Mountains in the northern section of the Shaqu River. Please go and investigate.

"This is it." Bai Mo showed the task to the two of them.

If he remembered correctly, Nan Jue was also in this Shaqu River research team, which was quite important to the Northwest government.

After all, many of the planning and research for the development of Northwest China and the utilization of its resources are done by these researchers.

"Going to Shaqu River again?"

Zhao Manyan called out.

"You don't need to come this time, but if you want, then I'll pretend I didn't say anything," Bai Mo said.

"Well, since I'm already here, I might as well come with you."

In fact, he also needs to fight to accelerate his cultivation.

"But speaking of which, are you really so comfortable entrusting the Bai family's construction to your cousin?"

"Everyone has their own responsibilities. I can manage, but that would be too much of a waste of energy."

Bai Mo glanced at him, then led the others outside.

They arrived at the Shaqu River with ease, and since the golden sand toads in the Shaqu River had been eliminated, they simply headed north along the river to search for them.

They traveled all the way to the end of the northern section of the Shaqu River, but still found no trace of the military mages.

"There were no marks, and no signs of battle, so they probably didn't encounter any demons." Lingling took off her glasses and said seriously:

"Of course, it's also possible that they encountered an extremely powerful demon that they couldn't react to."

"According to intelligence, the research team has a high-ranking officer in charge, so it is unlikely that they can be wiped out in one go."

Bai Mo rejected this conjecture, then thought for a moment and took out the information about the research team provided by the military mages.

"Two days ago, the team was still in contact with the military. They may have encountered something yesterday, or perhaps after the contact."

Upon hearing this, Lingling nodded gently, "You've already cleared out most of the demons in this area, so it's impossible for demons to be here."

She hesitated for a moment, glanced at the endless yellow sand around her, then her eyes suddenly lit up, and she said:

"Perhaps I know where they went?"

"where?"

"Underfoot."

Lingling stepped on the sand and continued, "We came here from the air for a comprehensive search, so we didn't pay attention to where we were stepping."

When I was researching the northwestern deserts, I noticed a dangerous phenomenon: sand caves.

Upon hearing this, Mu Nujiao pressed for an answer, asking, "What is a sand cave?"

"Sand shrinks when it comes into contact with water. If the water source is underground, the sand dunes in the desert will collapse, and people walking on them may suddenly be swallowed up by the sand."

Lingling explained, "You can think of a sand cave as a trap with a camouflaged surface. Once something passes over it, the surface sand collapses, and the person falls into the trap."

"Swallowed by the sand," Mu Nujiao glanced at her feet, her gaze uncertain.

"Since everyone here is a mage, the research team shouldn't lack earth-type magic users. Even if we fall into a trap, we shouldn't be unable to get out."

"Yes, where would water come from in the desert?" Zhao Manyan also pointed out the problem.

"The trap was just a metaphor. In reality, sand caves may have existed for a long time, even hundreds of meters underground, slowly hollowing out the sand in an area. The research team may have fallen hundreds of meters underground, or even directly into a water source."

After saying that, she glanced at Zhao Manyan and pointed with her chin to the nearby Tianshan Mountains.

"There is no shortage of water sources near the Tianshan Mountains, and there may even be underground rivers."

After hearing her analysis, the others couldn't help but believe her. Bai Mo said:

"If it were just a place where I'm trapped underground or in a cave or river, I could go down and search for me, but the desert is too vast."

At this point, he looked at Lingling.

"Lingling, do you have a way to find the approximate location where they disappeared? It's just that the area along the north bank of the Shaqu River is too large."

"Yes, based on the research team's contact information provided by military law, it's not difficult to calculate where the research team went before they disappeared."

Lingling nodded, took out a tablet, and without doing any data processing, she found the place by mental calculation and deduction.

She made a mark on a spot on the tablet and handed it to Bai Mo.

"Let's go there."

He glanced around and saw that they were nearing the northern end of the Shaqu River. He summoned Daju, and the group set off along the river towards their destination.

Before long, the group arrived at their destination. The terrain in the desert was all the same, so Bai Mo signaled Da Ju to stop.

The giant orange cat changed from a running pace to a slow walk. After taking only a few steps, the people sitting on its back felt a strong sense of weightlessness.

"Roar!!"

With a roar, golden light shone from its body, and the giant orange tried to use the sand to freeze itself in place.

Bai Mo reacted quickly, immediately realizing that since they had encountered a sand cave, it would be impossible for the sand cave to swallow a huge creature in a short time.

"Let's go down!"

As he spoke, he put the large orange away, revealing the area below to everyone.

The rolling mud and sand were like river water swirling in eddies, constantly flowing and collapsing in one place.

Zhao Manyan cast shields on the four people, and the next moment, they fell into the eye of the vortex.

Upon entering, one is immediately surrounded by compressed, flowing mud and sand, some dry, some damp.

Above their heads, billowing sand continued to fall.

"We're not going to be buried alive, are we?!" Zhao Manyan cried out.

"Don't worry, just follow the sand, I'll be watching you."

Bai Mo calmly replied that his body was covered by thick, cold quicksand, and the current pressure was not enough to break Zhao Manyan's defense; it just gave him the feeling of being carried along.

At the same time, he was constantly using the sound strings to probe the surroundings and using telekinesis to adjust the direction of the group to ensure they did not get separated.

The process of being swept downwards by the quicksand was not slow; in fact, the further they went, the faster they became, as if there was a bottomless abyss underground that was swallowing everything above them.

*Clap clap clap clap!*

The sound of splashing water reached his ears, followed by a feeling of weightlessness. As if he had been prepared, he flipped over and landed firmly on the water below.

He then reached out and hugged Lingling and Mu Nujiao, who were falling down next.

"Damn it, so fickle! So fickle!!"

Ignoring the shouts and yelps of the golden retriever after it escaped the mud, a flame lit up beside Bai Mo, illuminating the surroundings.

He glanced around and raised an eyebrow slightly.

This is indeed an underground karst river. The walls, weathered by countless sandstorms, are as solid as black iron, and some moss even grows on them.

The cave is five or six meters wide, with a turbid stream flowing south through the middle and disappearing into the sand wall.

To the south was a deep, dark passage, and through the feedback from the sound strings, he knew that the end was just two hundred meters ahead.

But at least we've found the person.

He heard a faint breathing sound over there.

Following the firelight, they found a rugged-looking man lying flat on the ground with his eyes closed.

This is a military mages.

"His arm bone was broken, and there were signs of indentation in his sternum, which was probably caused by the impact of quicksand."

As a plant-based mage, Mu Nujiao was also a semi-medical practitioner, and she made a diagnosis after just a glance.

She reached out and gently touched it, and several flowers grew from the broken bone in the military mage's arm.

Then, one after another, hook-shaped blades of grass grew on his chest.

"The bone-setting flower and the yang-restoring herb should help him recover. We'll also give him some blood-nourishing potions."

No sooner had she finished speaking than a painful roar came from the military mage's mouth, and beads of sweat appeared on his ferocious face at a visible speed.

"Does it hurt that much?" Zhao Manyan clicked his tongue twice, and while the military mage's mouth was open, he poured the blood potion into him.

Bai Mo glanced at him at that moment, his eyes...

After he recovered, Bai Mo asked some questions and roughly understood the outcome of the matter.

The research team was indeed swallowed by the sand cave, but they scattered halfway through.

The military magistrate didn't know where the others were either.

"Is the communicator working?"

The military strategist tried, but received no signal, and his voice call went unanswered.

"Never mind, I'll go find it."

Bai Mo kept probing during the descent but found no bodies or remains.

The sound strings are released and enter the sand walls outside the cave, continuously transmitting information back from the surrounding area.

He found the person very quickly.

There is another cave 300 meters away, where two people are.

"I've found two, I'll go pick them up."

As Bai Mo spoke, his figure disappeared, and when he reappeared, he was accompanied by two researchers with refined and scholarly demeanors.

Without further ado, he continued his search.

Following the water's flow, he discovered a cave every few hundred meters, and soon found the other team members.

When Bai Mo appeared, Nan Jue was sleeping. Bai Mo's appearance immediately woke her up.

"I look a bit disheveled."

He glanced at Nan Jue's clothes; they were still wet and covered in mud and sand.

"I found my teammates, but we couldn't get across, so I tried to go by water, but that was also blocked, and that's how it ended up."

"Let's go, I've found all your teammates."

Bai Mo followed, placing a hand on Mu Nujiao's shoulder. His fire magic instantly dried Mu Nujiao's clothes, and he appeared beside her in a flash.

He used teleportation to take everyone out, and without talking much with Nan Jue, he returned to the fortress city to submit the mission.

He couldn't wait to go and see the well. (End of Chapter)