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

While pondering the information about Mianwu in his mind, Bai Mo led the group on their way.

Patches of lizard-like pseudo-dragons crawled on the ground, their gray-black scales dull and covered with a layer of mud.

These layers of mud are piled up along the entire edge of Dongting Lake, amidst damp bushes, cold marshes, and towering, wind-dried boulders.

There is no place that is not home to these lizard pseudo-dragons!

Bai Mo led everyone through the inner space, gaining a clearer view of everything.

If they had chosen to charge in head-on, facing such a large number of demons, it would have required at least half of their magical energy to succeed.

Shao Zheng wasn't here to hunt down the water monsters of Dongting Lake, nor was Bai Mo.

Therefore, even though these lizard pseudo-dragons didn't notice them at all along the way, the group of more than ten people didn't dare to breathe too loudly.

When viewed from above, the misty fog appears to merely outline a silvery-white line around Dongting Lake, a sapphire-blue gem.

But when the team crossed more than ten kilometers and saw the spreading white fog, they were amazed by how thick and vast the fog was.

The rolling white fog resembled a vast cloud hanging down to the ground; people could only see its milky white appearance from the same horizontal plane, but could not see its hidden core.

The cloud cluster was as tall as a mountain, seemingly at least a thousand meters high.

When Bai Mo and his men approached, they felt as if they were standing before a wall of heaven!

It was as if one could glimpse a mysterious and powerful force hidden within the mist.

The fog obscured their vision, but its hallucinatory effects had no effect on these seasoned super-level beings.

However, the main function of the Sleeping Mist in absorbing magical energy directly penetrated the thin boundary between the inner and outer spaces, falling on everyone, including Bai Mo!

Bai Mo could feel his demonic energy being devoured and then drawn out.

It's a strange feeling, like you've spotted a thief, but you can't stop him no matter what you do.

Everyone in the team, including him, tried to defend, but it was no use.

It's as if there's a rule, a designated area, and anyone who enters the fog will have their magical energy devoured.

At this rate of absorption, Bai Mo estimated that a first-order super-tier cultivator advancing at a constant speed would have its magical energy completely drained within half a day.

"Should we accelerate at full speed, break through this layer of fog, and enter the Dongting Lake area?"

Bai Mo couldn't help but ask, "The entire area of ​​the Sleeping Mist does not include the surface of Dongting Lake."

He wasn't afraid of the Sleeping Mist that absorbed magic energy, but he also needed to consider the condition of Shao Zheng and the others.

"If we rush at full speed, we will have to reveal ourselves, which will inevitably allow the demons to discover us. In the end, we still have to fight our way through. But to be more efficient and conserve our energy, we have a better way."

Shao Zheng had clearly made more thorough preparations for this trip to Dongting Lake; his information on various potential crises was significantly more comprehensive and detailed than what Lingling had hastily gathered. He continued:

"Do you know how the Sleeping Mist is formed?"

"How did it come about?" someone asked curiously. "Could it be that some great demon spat it out? Is the Grand Speaker leading us to capture the king first?"

Shao Zheng shook his head and, without waiting for everyone to continue guessing or studying the answer, he spoke directly.

"Sleeping mist is a secretion of the cloud worms, which can be said to be the second most numerous demons in the entire Dongting Lake tribe, after the lizard pseudo-dragons."

"But unlike the lizard pseudo-dragon, the cloud worms are merely servants, meant to be food. Logically speaking, with such weak strength, they should have been eaten up by the lizard pseudo-dragon long ago."

However, the Cloud Worms can secrete this ethereal mist to conceal themselves. One or two might be quite noticeable, but a large swarm together can form a vast realm of mist, deterring even the Lizard Pseudo-Dragon from easily entering to forage.

"Because it will absorb energy?" Bai Mo couldn't help but confirm.

Shao Zheng glanced at him and nodded.

"That's right, that's it. The world is so strange. It's a weak insect demon that has the unsolvable ability to steal magical energy."

"Then, Speaker, what should we do to kill all these insects?" Bai Yuanzhou asked.

"No, there are so many of these insects, how can we kill them? There are probably quite a few in the fog around us."

As soon as Shao Zheng finished speaking, they saw worms that looked like rolled-up blankets suddenly rolling past them, who were surrounded by a white expanse.

"So how should we solve this?"

Bai Mo asked, "Actually, it shouldn't be like this. These low-level demons, who are like servants, can't hide their voices."

As soon as he entered, he sensed the heartbeats of these insects all around him.

Occasionally, there are some heavy ones, such as pseudo-dragons that live in the slumbering mist or pseudo-dragons that come in to hunt for food.

"The method is simple: find another kind of demon and plant the Cloud-Eating Flower on its body."

Shao Zheng continued, "The Cloud-Eating Flower is a plant demon that feeds on cloud worms. If you plant it on your body, the Cloud-Eating Flower will be exposed when you walk, emitting an aura that repels worms and prevents the mist that devours demonic energy from falling on you."

"Can't we use mind control to drive it away?" Ding Yumin asked. Planting a plant demon on one's body for protection was a rather strange act.

"No, mind magic can only drive away worms; the fog and the effects of being enveloped by fog won't dissipate."

Shao Zheng patiently explained, "Don't worry, as long as you remove the Food Cloud Flower from your body within seven days, you'll be fine."

"Then let's find the Cloud-Eating Flower. How do we find it?" a military mages said decisively.

"When the cloud-eating flower is still, it looks just like clouds and mist, making it very difficult to find."

Shao Zheng's words almost made the entire team's faces darken.

"However, the Cloud-Eating Flower has a unique characteristic: when it is still, it secretes an aura that attracts Cloud Worms. If Cloud Worms keep approaching a certain spot, that should be it."

To distinguish the plump, white cloud worms that look almost like cotton candy made from clouds in this pitch-black fog, a large-scale, real-time dynamic monitoring capability is required.

Therefore, everyone looked at Bai Mo.

"Leave it to me."

Bai Mo nodded slightly and began using sound waves to detect and filter.

Actually, seeing so many big shots around, and suddenly having to do something myself, knowing that I can't do it myself, is quite satisfying!

However, time was of the essence, and there were twelve people in the team. He needed to find twelve Cloud-Eating Flowers.

As he was thinking, the Five-Tone Bell appeared in his hand, and Bai Mo gave one of the people a small bell.

Even when facing these established, accomplished, or even senior monks, he didn't hesitate to give them orders.

"To save time, we'll split up. This bell of mine can travel a long distance, so listen to my instructions and go find your respective flowers."

"You found it so quickly?"

Bai Yuanzhou was somewhat surprised, worried that his nephew might not have searched seriously enough.

Others had similar thoughts to varying degrees, but Shao Zheng remained completely normal.

Bai Mo simply explained, "It's just detection and screening. These worms can't hide from me at all. It's a very simple matter. The twelve flowers are located..."

"Okay! I'll go to the place in the Northeast that looks like it's 2,300 meters away. If the location is off, Bai Mo, please let me know."

Upon receiving the coordinates, Shao Zheng was the first to act, disappearing into the thick fog to the northeast.

Since the Grand Speaker had already taken action personally, the others had nothing more to say and successively chose a location to go to.

When acting alone and with small targets, everyone had their own methods of concealment, so they weren't discovered.

Bai Mo also found his own spot among the cloud-eating flowers on his own.

A faint white-gold light flowed from his hand, and he materialized from his spatial movement state.

The platinum-gold light fell to the ground, and the earth's gravity outlined a small white flower.

The flowers are only the size of a palm, shaped like clover, and seem to be formed entirely from condensed mist.

This thing was also of the servant level. Bai Mo directly grabbed its flower stem and pulled it out.

The slave-level demons dared not cause trouble in his hands.

The cloud-eating flower is a unique plant species native to Dongting Lake, because it cannot survive outside the Dongting Lake area.

Therefore, Shao Zhengcai needs to enter the Sleeping Mist before collecting the Cloud-Eating Flowers.

In Shao Zheng's view, Bai Mo was very suitable for doing some auxiliary work in Dongting Lake, although it was a waste of his talents.

You should know that even the most experienced scouts among the military mages around Dongting Lake are not immune to finding the Food Cloud Flower.

There's only one way: to try your luck. At most, you could add the words "there's a method" before "try your luck."

Sleeping Mist is like an invisible chasm, although it doesn't seem as powerful as the surrounding lizard pseudo-dragon tribes.

But it was precisely this that blocked the advance of human mages, allowing demons to safely gestate and develop in the lake, eventually evolving into a powerful force of demons.

Holding the Cloud-Eating Flower in his hand, Shao Zheng followed Bai Mo's directions and headed towards his location.

He still marveled at the convenience of the sound-based Dharma Master.

Unfortunately, sound-based mages are extremely rare in Kyushu, let alone a super-level sound-based mage like Bai Mo.

Under Bai Mo's command, all eleven people found the Cloud-Eating Flower and returned safely without any incidents.

To be honest, this result was extremely surprising to everyone after they gathered together.

You should know that those pseudo-dragons that can survive in the Sleeping Mist are not ordinary warriors or servants, but commanders!

But under Bai Mo's command, they all managed to dodge, without disturbing even one!

Bai Mo could even clearly see the tremors in these people's pupils.

"Your communication bell is just too convenient."

One of the military mages couldn't help but say that he was actually a military commander in a military mages unit.

Even when military law divisions are engaged in combat, it is very difficult to transmit messages in the field.

Electronic signals can be detected by demons, while undetectable electronic signals are inconvenient to carry.

Simple light signals can only be used in some emergency situations.

Skills like Bai Mo, which seem to be reserved for commanders, are perfect for military mage units in combat.

It's suitable for both small teams and large groups.

In large-scale battles, military mages can only communicate through messengers or loudspeakers.

In fact, it's not as convenient as a sound transmission bell.

"Yes, it's quite suitable for us military mages," said another military mages who was actually the Chief of Staff of the East China Sea.

"How should we use these flowers?"

Seeing that someone was about to continue praising him, Bai Mo immediately changed the subject.

It wasn't that he didn't want to accept praise, it was that he didn't want to join the military mages.

"Old Mu, it's up to you now." Shao Zheng looked at Mu Mu, the plant-type mage from the Mu family.

Mu Mu nodded solemnly. Among the people who returned, he was the only one who swaggered back.

He was the one with a cloud-eating flower growing on his shoulder.

Soon, with Mu Mu's help, all the Cloud-Eating Flowers were planted on Bai Mo and the others' shoulders.

It's strange to have a flower growing on your body without feeling it at all.

With the protection of the Cloud-Eating Flower, the effects were quite noticeable.

Bai Mo could clearly see that the fog around him had dissipated considerably, and the effect of constantly stealing his magical energy had been completely interrupted.

"The Cloud-Eating Flower will wither in seven days. The withered Cloud-Eating Flower has a highly poisonous root that will dissolve directly in the mage's body, directly destroying the mage's spirit. Therefore, we only have seven days."

After planting the Cloud-Eating Flowers, Shao Zheng carefully reminded Bai Mo as they traveled through the space.

"Then let's hurry up."

As Bai Mo spoke, a faint glow emanated from his body, and then everyone felt as if they were stepping onto a flat staircase, and their speed of movement suddenly increased.

The fog in this direction covers a relatively wide area, a full five kilometers.

If they were to advance directly outside, they would have to face at least three groups led by a chieftain.

Although these things couldn't stop them, they were enough to alarm the entire Lizard Pseudo-Dragon tribe.

But within the inner space, a distance of five kilometers is merely a blink of an eye.

"Waaaaahh ...

Just as Bai Mo led everyone away from the wall and into the Dongting Lake area, a plaintive voice suddenly rang in their ears!

The sound was like the weeping of a vengeful ghost, yet it also seemed like the mournful strains of an ordinary flute.

The moment they heard it, a sense of sorrow welled up in their hearts, and even Bai Mo, with his composure, couldn't help but feel a lump in his throat.

It was as if all the grievances accumulated over three lifetimes had been brewing and erupting at this moment!

His condition was already considered good. In the team, several military mages seemed to have remembered something sad, and their eyes immediately reddened, and tears were about to flow in the next second!

"rather!!!"

Just then, Ding Yumin suddenly let out a soft shout!

At the same time, almost simultaneously, Bai Mo and Shao Zheng said:

"Don't cry!"

The first thing Bai Mo thought of as his emotions surged was the old man Bao's warning when he inquired about Dongting Lake at the Qingtian Hunting Grounds:

"The most difficult thing to guard against is actually the sound of the Xiangfei bamboo flute. Hearing it brings unbearable heartbreak and tears, and those tears lead to death. You'd better take that girl, Yu Mian, with you."

Bai Mo initially only vaguely understood these words, but she knew that she absolutely must not shed tears.

This heartbreaking, tear-jerking sound is definitely something seriously wrong!

Fortunately, Ding Yumin reacted very quickly. Almost the instant the sobbing sound rang out, her soothing magic swept through everyone's hearts with her words.

It's like the winter sun shining on you, a warm and comfortable feeling that instantly dispels the chill.

This spiritual power shone into everyone's hearts, instantly dispelling their helplessness and sorrow.

"Waaaaaahh ...

The sobbing continued, and Bai Mo frowned, throwing out the Five-Tone Bell.

"town!"

But the silence lasted only a moment, and then the sobbing sound pierced through the five-tone bell.

"It's no use. There's only one way to escape the deathly mournful sound of the Xiangfei bamboo: enter the water." Shao Zheng shook his head, gesturing for Bai Mo to lead them into the water.

But Bai Mo's expression was somewhat solemn. He opened the portal from the void to the surface space and said:

"That sound can interfere with dimensions, so I cannot take you to travel between dimensions."

Shao Zheng was taken aback, then nodded. "It's not surprising. There was a super-level mage who tried to teleport to the center of Dongting Lake to take a look, but he failed. His spatial teleportation stopped halfway through."

"What's going on with this Xiangfei Bamboo Sound?"

As everyone left, Bai Mo stepped out and asked, while Ding Yumin automatically used Mind Concealment to hide everyone from another level.

"The mournful sound emanating from the Xiangfei bamboo of Dongting Lake can be heard anywhere on the lake surface."

As Shao Zheng led everyone into the water, he said:

"Those who shed tears upon hearing the sound of the Xiangfei bamboo flute will all meet the same end: death from old age!"

"To die of old age!"

Upon hearing this, even the military strategist, who had remained calm and composed throughout the journey, was taken aback.

"Could it be that this Xiangfei bamboo possesses an exceptionally rare time-related ability?" an old mage exclaimed excitedly.

"no."

Shao Zheng shook his head. "The sound of the bamboo flute from Xiangfei is heart-wrenching. These tears are the tears of the monk's life and soul."

Upon hearing this, everyone was startled and felt a chill run down their spines. They secretly rejoiced that they hadn't shed tears earlier and that Ding Yumin had acted quickly.

While a loss of vitality can be compensated for in other ways, the loss of soul power is not so easy to replenish.

Soul power directly affects a mage's lifespan!

No wonder Shao Zheng would say something about dying of old age.

Bai Mo nodded inwardly, but then saw Shao Zheng take out a piece of blue scale.

The scales were not intact, but they exuded a chilling aura of power.

Although this kind of pressure was not strong, Bai Mo had only seen it on Hua Zhanhong and the possessed Deep Trench Demon.

"Old Pan, follow our plan," Shao Zheng said to a monk with flushed skin.

There are far more demons beneath the lake than on land, even though Ding Yumin has made most of them subconsciously ignore them.

But as they went deeper, the monsters in the water became more numerous, and this negligible power gradually weakened.

Therefore, Shao Zheng brought out his preparations.

Old Pan picked up Lan Yingying's scales, and surprisingly, he was also a mental mage.

It seems that Shao Zheng had long been prepared for the matter of Xiangfei Zhuyin.

However, this mind-based super-level cultivator was clearly not as perceptive as Ding Yumin.

A crystalline, spiritual light emanated from his hand, slowly enveloping the scale, which was only half the size of his palm.

Then, centered on the scales, a ten-meter-tall phantom of a water unicorn was gradually created!

Although the illusory water unicorn was millions smaller than the real water unicorn, its oppressive aura was suddenly unleashed!

The oppressive aura enveloped Bai Mo and his group, causing the water demons who were about to discover them to be completely distracted by the phantom of the water unicorn.

"A true fantasy!"

With a loud shout, a dazzling star palace projection appeared behind Lao Pan, and the previously illusory little water unicorn suddenly solidified!

Suddenly, the surrounding demons immediately and respectfully retreated a large area.

The law of the jungle applies to demons; the lizard-like pseudo-dragons in the water are mostly commanders and generals.

Therefore, they are wiser than the servants outside.

This area of ​​water belongs to the water unicorns. It's hard for these demons not to be wary, fearful, and in awe of a small water unicorn that suddenly appears!

What's more, this little water unicorn possesses an aura exactly like that of the king who rules them!

Without needing to think much, the water sprites simply retreated on their own.

Seeing this, Bai Mo couldn't help but give Shao Zheng a thumbs up.

As expected of a man who exudes the aura of a stay-at-home dad, he is truly thoughtful in everything he does!

Using the remaining scales of a water unicorn as the main element, he used mental illusions to bewitch the water demons and make them make way for him.

It must be said that it is a very bold and ingenious idea.

If it were him, he couldn't do it because he doesn't have scales.

The little water unicorn continued forward, and the group followed it, hiding within its illusion.

"My cultivation level is not high; I can only maintain this illusion for ten minutes at most," said the super-level mental cultivator, Old Pan.

"Let's speed things up a bit," Shao Zheng said.

"I can help you."

Ding Yumin spoke up, saying that Dongting Lake was very large, and the Water Qilin was located in the center of the entire East Dongting Lake. They still had a long way to go to get close to it.

As he finished speaking, a wave of emotion swept over him, and Old Pan felt that his fantasy had become more real, as if he could hold on a little longer.

He glanced at Ding Yumin with some surprise, wondering where this mental expert had come from.

I've never heard of it before.

Thus, led by the little water unicorn, the group made their way unimpeded into the depths of Dongting Lake.

"We're really lucky; we haven't encountered a single monarch along the way."

As the light in the water changed and the water pressure increased, they could sense that they had reached the waters closer to the center.

Old Pan couldn't help but sigh through the sound transmission bell.

While feeling moved, he also looked at Ding Yumin with surprise and doubt, because of the remaining time.

He admired Ding Yumin's mastery of the mind-based cultivation system, as it was all thanks to Ding Yumin maintaining the illusion.

As for why they could communicate underwater, under Bai Mo's control, he temporarily set up a local area network chat using a communication bell.

They didn't encounter a single monarch along the way, and they didn't know if the Water Kirin was the only monarch here or what.

But no matter how hard people thought about it, they couldn't possibly believe that there was only one monarch, the Water Kirin.

So it's obviously just as Lao Pan said.

In the deep water, only scattered lights can be seen, like the blurry lights outside a window in the dead of night during a downpour.

The little water unicorn swam slowly forward.

The next instant, beams of blue-purple light, like large searchlights, suddenly shone brightly in the deep lake, resembling open eyes—eerie and terrifying!

The blue light shone on the little water unicorn, and in an instant, the illusion of the little water unicorn shattered!

The group was thus exposed to the suddenly apparent depth of the water.

At the same time, you can also see the things around you clearly.

The fish are like dreamy bubbles, translucent, and if it weren't for their glowing eyes, they would be completely invisible!

Among the fish, a giant fish, large enough to be a battleship, stared with eyes like astronomical radio telescopes, its blue-purple pupils suddenly shooting out!

Silent and undetected, without any warning.

It turns out they weren't lucky after all. (End of Chapter)