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

Chapter 403 Mural

"An auction? When and where?"

It was truly a case of "after the darkest hour comes the dawn." As soon as Lingling finished speaking, Bai Mo couldn't wait to ask.

"It's in the Ice City of Northeast China. Time is a bit tight; it's tomorrow morning," Lingling said very quickly.

"It's okay, one night is enough."

Bai Mo decisively stood up and prepared to have Jingwei carry him to Ice City at full speed.

"I'll leave the rest of the work to you. Lingling, please send me the details of the auction via your phone."

Time was of the essence. Bai Mo had no intention of taking anyone with him, and in a flash, he appeared high in the sky.

Jingwei appeared almost instantly, and with a flap of her wings, she carried him soaring upwards towards the northeast.

Ice City is an important city in northern Kyushu with abundant ice resources.

It can be said that it was because of the ice city in Northeast China that powerful ice mages emerged in Kyushu.

The Mu family of the capital city was a prime example of this.

The journey from Xiangzhou all the way to the northern part of Youzhou is quite long.

However, given Jingwei's speed, arriving in one night would not be difficult.

They didn't bother to bypass those dangerous demon strongholds. Ten thousand meters above the ground, apart from the Winged Clan, creatures sensitive to the sky, there was no one else.

No demons would sense Jingwei's aura, but some of the feathered demons would.

Very few have the ability to catch up.

Only a small portion of Kyushu is lit up at night, and most of those bright areas are located in the east.

The further north you go, the fewer brilliant gems of civilization you find. When even the capital city is crossed, all that remains to be seen are scattered starlight.

Of all the starlight on the ground, the one from the farthest northernmost point is the brightest.

That's the Ice City.

It landed nearby, and at that moment, the morning star gradually rose in the east.

He worked very quickly, even though it took him half the night.

Upon entering the city, Bai Mo did not attract much attention.

It was still early, and apart from a few special staff members, there weren't many people on the street.

The ice city, already at the end of winter, was covered in a blanket of snow and extremely cold.

Fortunately, Bai Mo was a fire mage, so the cold was nothing to him.

My phone kept ringing with message notifications.

It was a message from Lingling. The auction would begin at 9:00 AM at the Ice City Grand Auction House.

In addition, they learned the reason why these totem relics were stolen.

The thief was a man as handsome as Bai Mo, though of course, his despicable appearance paled in comparison to that of the noble reader.

The thief had bewitched the village chief's daughter, and then used sweet talk to trick her into giving him the "dowry." After getting it, he ran away immediately.

It's a cliché story, no wonder the village chief's daughter was so wary later on, refusing to talk about the water worms.

Once bitten, twice shy.

At the Harbin Grand Auction House, the swindler's bundled belongings are among the most important items up for auction today.

In fact, the key that Bai Mo was looking for was just a free gift in this package deal, if someone took a liking to it.

What they were mainly interested in was the land deed, which covered a large area of ​​land in Ice City. It was quite valuable because there was an ice crystal mine within the land.

As for how the thief became so wealthy, one can only say that he has a handsome face.

Therefore, after the auction began, Bai Mo inevitably had to start bidding against others.

He didn't intend to engage in a high-stakes negotiation; he immediately quoted ten small goals.

This immediately reduced the number of bidders significantly, and then the bids were increased by hundreds of millions of dollars at a time.

After all, although he wasn't short of money, money doesn't come from thin air.

"Where did this guy come from, trying to steal from me?" A slightly resentful voice came from inside a private room.

But with only so much money, he could only watch helplessly as the items were auctioned off.

Many important figures from the Magic Association, members of magical clans, and even nobles from the neighboring Russians came, but none of them could compete with that mysterious guy.

Thinking of this, his anger subsided somewhat.

Inside the private room, Bai Mo quickly got what he wanted.

A whole bunch of things were packed up here and there: valuable artifacts, calligraphy and paintings, and land deeds...

After searching for a long time, I finally found the jade talisman I wanted.

"Knock knock knock!"

Just then, there was a knock on the door outside the private room.

"Who?"

"Sir, I am a staff member of the auction house. My boss would like to invite you to dinner."

"I'm busy!"

Bai Mo had no intention of staying here any longer. He packed his things, and in a flash, he disappeared from the private room.

"Knock knock knock!"

Outside the private room, a staff member with a blank expression knocked on the door again. When no one answered, he simply opened the door.

Upon entering and seeing the empty private room, her blank expression finally came to life, turning into one of confusion.

He looked around and then left in a hurry.

As the air rippled, Bai Mo's figure emerged from within.

Back at the inn in Nanyue Village, they immediately saw Ding Yumin and the other two in the lobby.

"We've got the stuff, let's go."

The three women noticed him too, and when they looked over, Bai Mo said.

Ding Yumin and the other two readily agreed. During this time, they had already located the altar on the back mountain.

Leading the way, they headed towards the altar on the back mountain.

"How's things going with the village chief's affairs?"

As they walked, Bai Mo asked a question.

"Considering his advanced age, the people from the Magic Association didn't make a fuss about it."

Clearing her throat, Lingling continued, "This village is already qualified to upgrade its scale, so I helped it directly upgrade to the town level, and the town's institutions will be replaced by real institutions."

Upon hearing this, Bai Mo's gaze flickered slightly before he finally nodded.

"That's not bad, but what about the villagers who lose their jobs as a result?"

If the fake becomes real, the villagers who were originally working at the "unit" will naturally not be hired again, which is why Bai Mo asked the question.

"They will no longer have formal institutional positions, but they can take on some auxiliary roles, which will be enough to solve their employment problems."

Mu Nujiao explained slowly from the side.

Upon hearing this, Bai Mo nodded slightly and did not dwell on the matter further.

There is a bluestone path leading up the mountain behind the hill; the rest are dirt paths.

The bluestone path looked like it hadn't been walked on for a long time; not only were there many fallen leaves on the bluestone slabs, but some were even broken.

Walking along the bluestone path, you'll come across a cleared-out area, about the size of a playground, paved with stone slabs.

In the middle of the small square is an altar with a diameter of seven meters, the material of which is unclear.

Perhaps it's just ordinary soil and rocks from this mountain.

Upon arriving here, Bai Mo took out his token and sensed it, finding that it indeed reacted.

With a firm conviction in his heart, he had already arrived at the altar.

A gentle breeze rises, clearing away all the dust and grime from the surface of the altar.

Take out the jade talisman. The method to open the altar passage with this key is simple: inject magical energy.

As the jade talisman glowed, a staircase leading down slowly opened in the center of the altar beneath their feet.

Bai Mo was the first to step inside. The passage was completely dark, and once the firelight was lit, there were no extra decorations on the surrounding walls.

Gradually, the sound of water could be heard in the passage, and they seemed to be approaching the water source in the mountains.

After walking for dozens of steps, he suddenly became enlightened.

Before them was a standard tomb chamber; they entered the antechamber.

There is nothing here; perhaps there was something, but it has all turned to ash.

However, it is obvious that this place was built by the totem guardians at the foot of the mountain.

Upon reaching the back, the stone chamber was even larger than the front hall, with a small altar in the center and scattered skeletons placed on it.

Bai Mo could tell that those were the remains of the Zhenshui worm.

Because the token he was holding in his other hand was uncontrollably emitting a large amount of light.

Unfortunately, this totem has also passed away.

"There are still quite a few murals here, look!" Lingling's slightly excited voice came from behind.

Shifting his gaze from the water worm, Bai Mo looked up at the wall and indeed saw ancient paintings.

"You all observe for a moment, I'll absorb the totem's source power first."

Withdrawing his gaze, Bai Mo released Jingwei and placed the fire totem egg beside the skeleton, his eyes filled with anticipation.

He had always had a guess about the identity of this totem egg, but he wasn't entirely sure.

But once is never enough; this is the third totem of the Southern Seven Mansions.

If it can still absorb their source power, then Bai Mo can be certain of his guess.

A rich red light began to shine, appearing on both the totem egg and the skeleton.

It's unclear whether the radiance comes from the totem egg or from the bones.

Perhaps both.

However, what attracted Bai Mo's attention was the shimmering, untransformed totem energy that shone brightly as the light shone.

It merged into the egg once again without any hindrance!

Upon seeing this, Bai Mo's eyes lit up instantly.

Looking inward into his spiritual world, he saw that the fire element stardust, which had been stagnant at the third level of the initial stage and had been fed a lot of fire element spirit seeds, suddenly exploded at this moment.

It was like a burst of flames, the flames expanding in all directions at an extremely fast speed.

After the brilliant flames subsided, a vast expanse of magnificent vermilion fire cloud directly reached the level of mid-tier level three.

At the same time, a feeling of joy, delight, and longing also flowed from the fire totem egg through the soul connection of the contract.

As usual, Bai Mo fed it a spirit seed and the magical energy of an entire Summoning Star Sea, and then put it away.

Close your eyes and begin absorbing the totem power transformed from Jingwei.

While this amount of source energy isn't exactly a drop in the ocean for a Level 2 Super-Tier Space or Summoning system, it's still quite significant.

Therefore, Bai Mo used it directly on the Chaos System.

The Chaos Element has only recently broken through, and its cultivation is not yet profound enough; it hasn't even awakened its transcendent power.

With this injection of adrenaline, the Chaos Element's cultivation level rose rapidly, reaching a level similar to that of the Sound Element in the blink of an eye.

As his cultivation level increased, a natural feeling naturally arose in his heart.

Not surprisingly, his eyes were filled with a hazy, confused look when he opened them.

The mysterious aura in his eyes dissipated, gradually returning to its original black and white. Bai Mo put away Jingwei and stood up.

They walked toward Lingling and the other two, who were pausing to study the murals.

"What did you discover?"

"There are murals all around the room. The first half depicts the story of the Zhenshui worm falling from the sky and transforming into a mountain spring to nourish the people here."

Reading totem murals is as simple as eating and drinking for Lingling, but at this moment she frowned as she pointed at the mural in front of her.

"But the second half of the mural doesn't depict the Zhen water worm; it seems to depict other totem creatures. We all think it should be the Vermilion Bird."

Upon hearing this, Bai Mo's mind stirred, and he looked up at the mural.

Under the light of the fire in Ding Yumin's hand, he saw a huge divine bird, carrying a vast flame, soaring in the sky and across the wasteland.

The flames seemed to come alive under the firelight, burning fiercely! The simple strokes of the divine bird also seemed to have a divine charm at this moment, draped in golden light.

Its body was engulfed in flames, as if it were the master of fire.

The murals in the other half of the stone chamber depict the scene of this fiery bird soaring through the heavens and earth.

The only changes were the divine bird's posture and the surrounding terrain.

From a topographical perspective, it slopes from high to low.

And that's precisely what makes inspiration so strange.

"If it's Suzaku, why keep drawing the same scene?"

"I don't know. Maybe it's just to fill in the blank space on the interior wall. There's nothing mysterious about it," Ding Yumin said.

Upon hearing this, Lingling also put aside what she found strange.

You can't judge anything based on just one painting.

Just then, a trembling mirror appeared in Bai Mo's hand. As the chaotic light in his eyes fell on the mirror, a chaotic radiance instantly spread from the mirror in all directions.

The chaotic, mottled colors gradually blended into the mural.

In an instant, everyone felt as if they were in a mural world.

Above us was a hazy sky, and below us stretched a vast, desolate land, with undulating mountains that rose higher in the west and lower in the east.

A divine bird, its entire body engulfed in flames, flew by, its back covered in scorching fire essence, heading straight south.

The crowd followed its gaze, quickly crossing mountains and plains, and then appearing above a vast basin.

But this was still not its destination. As the vast basin gradually came to an end, everyone seemed to see a large expanse of icy white.

The scene ends there.

"There's nothing strange about this place, let's go."

Seeing that even Gui Yanjian's recollection didn't reveal any special scenes, Bai Mo shook his head.

The three nodded and left the altar.

Upon returning to the village, Bai Mo returned the jade talisman to the village chief.

"I still need the token and the Zhen Shui string, so I cannot return them now."

"It's alright, it's alright. Finding the jade talisman is enough. These two things are of no use to me anyway."

The village chief waved his hand repeatedly, explaining that the jade talisman was a symbol of their family's status among some members of the village.

Other things, while important, are more symbolic.

As long as the village chief knows where these two items are, he won't be afraid of dying without having given an account to his ancestors.

Back in Shanghai, Lingling continued to gather information on the next totem.

Bai Mo also received a magic tool set from Shao Zheng.

A very cool set of silver armor, including a breastplate, helmet, and long boots—these are the basics.

There was also a skirt armor, arm armor, and a pair of gloves. I don't know how the gloves were made; wearing them felt like you weren't wearing anything at all.

I really like the style of the white ink, and it has quite a few functions, both big and small.

In general, if the enemy is an emperor.

It will turn him from a little mouse that can be easily crushed into a little mouse that is somewhat cautious.

The biggest benefit of this thing is that it enhances Bai Mo's teleportation distance at this stage.

He can move directly from Xiaoshan to the Mingzhu Three-Step Tower without having to perform a continuous flash.

In Bai Mo's view, the others were purely defensive functions.

After changing his magical artifacts, Bai Mo traveled alone to a small border town in Northeast China.

He was there to receive yet another reward for himself—a thank you from his future father-in-law.

Bai Mo is very much looking forward to the Heavenly Seed-level Earth Elemental Seed.

With the secret order verified, he arrived at a secret realm under the guidance of the military mages.

The moment Bai Mo entered, he felt that the place looked somewhat familiar.

When he saw the huge rocky mountain, covered in weeds and stretching from north to south, it looked even more familiar.

"The Heavenly Seed is located within the Stone Mountain and is well protected. We have cut off its energy supply to this secret realm. Although we have lost some vital energy, its essence has not changed."

"That's what the researcher who led Bai Mo in said."

Nodding, Bai Mo indicated that he understood. "You won't believe it, but I've been to this secret realm before, and I even won it back."

Although at the time I wasn't sure if there were any celestial beings here.

A huge canyon was carved out of the entire mountain, and at the end of that canyon are the elemental species that exist here.

"Heavenly Seeds are precious and rare. We don't even know what this particular Heavenly Seed is called. It's up to you."

The researcher said something and then left with the group of people who were still working and researching there.

Studying naturally formed elements can enrich people's understanding of elemental species.

To put it simply, it means that artificial seed technology can be upgraded to make artificial seeds more mature.

Similarly, the artificial technology for spirit seeds and soul seeds can also be improved from a high-level perspective.

Bai Mo gazed at the rocky land before him, brimming with earth element and boundless energy.

It's like a sharp divine weapon; just one look at it stings your eyes, devoid of any earth-like gentleness.

Absorbing the Heavenly Seed is something that can't be learned from experience; Bai Mo could only refer to Feng Ling's situation back then.

Covered in earth magic, he walked directly into the territory of the elemental species.

In an instant, Bai Mo felt his hair stand on end, as if the entire earth was about to transform into a giant axe and blade and slash at him.

However, under his powerful spiritual strength, this feeling, which seemed like an illusion, was immediately suppressed.

The process of absorbing the Heavenly Seed cannot be rushed. Bai Mo sat cross-legged on the ground, permeating his demonic energy into the surrounding soil to search for the spirit of the Heavenly Seed.

To communicate with it, you either have to persuade it or subdue it; there are no other options.

There is no time in the secret realm, so if you insist on using something to keep track of time...

Bai Mo could only calculate based on the frequency with which people would occasionally come to take a look at the entrance of the canyon.

The absorption of the Heavenly Seed is similar to cultivation meditation; at this moment, his entire body is in a state of solidification.

Therefore, nothing serious happened; the surrounding land was completely corrupted by his earth magic.

He had also found the spirit of the celestial seed, which carried a hint of sharpness and a trace of curiosity and vigilance.

The spirit of the Heavenly Seed probably never imagined that it would lose so completely and so smoothly.

After all, a normal mage's mana is limited, and after searching for a period of time, they have to stop to replenish their mana.

But the guy in front of me doesn't have magical energy.

Bai Mo's magical power is actually limited; it's just that the land here serves as his backup energy source.

Although Yongquan Diyue cannot absorb the energy of the Heavenly Seed, it can absorb the energy of the surrounding ground.

That's why we were able to reach this point smoothly and communicate with the spirit of the Heavenly Seed.

Bai Mo didn't know how to communicate either; he just tried to coax the child.

Like human traffickers, they resort to scare tactics when they can't coax the child, but this child clearly doesn't respond to either.

After being frightened, they resisted even more fiercely.

There was no other way, so Bai Mo had to drag him into the car by force.

The struggle between the two was like that of a seasoned martial artist and a child wielding a great sword.

The sword was powerful, but the martial artist was experienced and subdued the child with only a little effort.

With the complete submission of the Heavenly Seed Spirit, Bai Mo's absorption of the Heavenly Seed progressed rapidly, like a whale sucking in water.

The continuous influx of energy suddenly stirred up an elemental storm in the canyon, with sandstorms sweeping through.

Within the Earth-elemental star sea, the originally understated dark gold quietly transformed into white gold, resembling a gleaming, cold sword.

Each star is a sharp glint of sword light.

The spirit of the celestial seed merged into it, completely endowing this power with spirituality.

A powerful feeling filled my heart; it had no name because it had never been discovered.

If it were to be named, Bai Mo would like to call it the Primordial Soldiers.

Its secondary effect is called "transformation into soldiers," and under careful perception, this secondary effect can be used in two ways.

One method involves using magical energy as a medium to transform the earth's veins beneath one's feet into divine weapons to aid in battle.

Another method is refining, which involves refining a mountain peak or a mountain range and turning it into your own weapon, which you can summon directly for use in battle.

It's important to refine it in advance.

The Heaven-Turning Seal of the Magical World?

Bai Mo looked up at the surrounding mountains with a strange expression.

Forget it, I won't ruin other people's research products.

There are so many mountains out there anyway. He can't move the big mountains, but what about the small ones?

The mountains in Kyushu are difficult to move, but the mountains in other places are quite nice.

As we emerged from the canyon, people inevitably came up to congratulate us, and then casually inquired about the Heavenly Seed.

Bai Mo briefly mentioned its additional effects, but naturally didn't go into details.

Only after leaving the secret realm did he realize that he had been inside for a month.

The Primordial Soldiers are minor celestial beings, without any forbidden boundaries.

Bai Mo hopes that during their future trip to the Qinling Mountains, Yu Shishi will obtain the Oath Fruit and be able to help strengthen it to the level of a Great Heavenly Seed.

Then he remembered that if one could refine mountains, then volcanoes must also be mountains.

Communication was poor in the remote town, and it took Bai Mo a long time to send the message.

He decided to stop sending messages and instead summon Jingwei to return home.

Just as he walked a little further away, to avoid being misunderstood by the military town behind him, Bai Mo raised an eyebrow instantly.

"Who's there? Come out! Stop hiding!"

"They're quite vigilant."

A burly, dark-skinned man with a gruff voice walked out. He was dressed entirely in black and exuded a military aura.

"Hey kid, this is robbery! Hand over your clothes!"

A question mark appeared on Bai Mo's face, and he said speechlessly:

"The military magistrate from my brother's place, instead of resting properly on holiday, comes to have some fun with me."

"Hmph, enough nonsense. If you won't hand it in, I'll do it myself!"

The big black guy snorted, raised his hand, and a flash of brown light appeared, turning a large area of ​​land into a mud pit. Anything on the mud pit fell into it uncontrollably.

Bai Mo stood motionless on the surface of the mud.

"You've got some skill. It seems the Heavenly Seed inside is a valuable item; it's a real shame to give it to you."

The big black guy waved his hand, and the mud pit suddenly transformed into the maw of a giant beast, snapping at Bai Mo.

"fall!"

Bai Mo stomped heavily on his foot, and a wave of platinum-gold energy spread out. The ground suddenly rose with immense pressure, absorbing the rolling mud.

"Not bad, now I'm going to show you my true skills!"

The gray-brown star palace suddenly shone brightly for a moment. As the big black man slammed his fist heavily on the ground, the earth seemed to tremble. With an even stronger gravity covering it, the mud turned into dust, and the earth suddenly sank down.

"Transform into soldiers!"

However, as soon as the entire wasteland collapsed by a fraction, an incomparably sharp aura suddenly burst forth from beneath the ground, tearing apart the pressure field.

Immediately afterwards, a white-gold sword as large as a giant peak shot into the sky, shattering a thousand-meter-long wasteland. With a single slash, it left a deep valley in front of the big black man.

"You've seen my strength, so don't come looking for trouble!"

"Tch, it's nothing special. I can do it too."

The big, dark-skinned man spoke rudely, but his figure kept retreating. By the time he finished speaking, he had already disappeared.

It's unbelievable! He, a junior general, can't even beat a young kid.

Although he found out who it was after he arrived, and had heard of Bai Mo's reputation.

However, seeing is believing.

Anyway, this guy in the Earth element doesn't seem to be any weaker than me. If I lose my Heavenly Seed, I'll just lose it. I can't let him beat me up too.

(End of this chapter)