Chapter 217

Time, for wizards immersed in research and work, always passes quickly,

Unknowingly, fifty years of time passed in a flash,

After experiencing the magnificent plane war and the subsequent tedious and complex development and organization, the preliminary development of the Flame-Frost Plane finally came to an end.

And Jie Ming was also preparing to return.

Jie Ming stood in the now bustling temporary airport of the Flame-Frost Plane, looking at the Flame-Frost Plane core in the distance that was forbidden by countless rune chains but still emitted a heart-palpitating aura, feeling somewhat dazed in his heart.

He didn't expect that he had just taken an ordinary plane expedition mission, and he had spent such a long time in an alien plane.

All of this was mainly caused by that living Flame-Frost Plane.

Its unique life form and the fragmented continents left behind after being defeated brought huge trouble to the later statistical work and resource organization, costing wizards countless time and manpower.

Because the work was too busy, Jie Ming had been either conducting ecological surveys on fragmented floating islands or analyzing and organizing data in a temporary laboratory for the past fifty years.

He didn't even have the real feeling of "fifty years have passed," as if this long period of time had passed in a flash.

But the reason he chose to return at this time point was because of a crucial reason for him—he was preparing to be promoted to a Tier 2 Wizard!

Over the years, besides completing heavy work, Jie Ming had never interrupted his own meditation and cultivation.

His spiritual power had long since completely filled the "Ring of Truth," reaching the standard for promotion!

As long as he was willing, he could perform the promotion ceremony at any time,

In addition, Augustine, relying on the huge "magnet" of the living plane, attracted more and more wizards from various planes, among whom there was no lack of high-tier wizards bringing students and assistants.

The Flame-Frost Plane was bustling with people for a time, and Jie Ming also collected a considerable amount of "Red Dust Qi" because of this.

However, in the last ten years or so, as the development of the Flame-Frost Plane gradually entered the right track, this plane expedition could be considered to have completely entered the end.

Many wizards gradually broke away from the "war" state and returned to "normal."

And for the alien wizard civilization, this meant that wizards returned from "normal society" to "abnormal."

Therefore, the Red Dust Qi that Jie Ming could collect became less and less.

However, the accumulation of these decades was enough for him to create enough "Red Dust Potion" to pay off all his remaining debts.

This could also be considered as fulfilling one of his wishes.

Before leaving, Jie Ming specially went to the temporary research center led by Mentor Clark, which was established in the core area of the Flame-Frost Plane.

He planned to say goodbye to his mentor and Senior Sister Viola before leaving.

Inside the temporary research center, various strange rune instruments were humming, and the air was filled with the unique cold and scorched mixed aura after the surface matter of the Flame-Frost Plane collapsed.

When Jie Ming found Mentor Clark, the other party was recording data on a dark red piece of meat that was constantly squirming,

His robe was covered with unknown stains, and he was still in that classic style that could make a "wizard" look like a "hobo."

"Mentor." Jie Ming greeted.

Mentor Clark looked up, and seeing it was Jie Ming, a little light appeared in his turbid eyes: "Oh, it's Jie Ming. Leaving?"

"Yes, the war here is over, preparing to return to Eloxia to rest for a period of time." Jie Ming said respectfully.

At this time, a listless voice came from the side: "Have a safe trip—remember to send me some potions after returning to the academy, preferably the kind that can refresh the mind and resist fatigue, I feel like I'm about to be squeezed into a dried corpse by this broken data."

Jie Ming turned his head and saw Senior Sister Viola almost embedded in a huge light screen, with obvious dark circles under her eyes, looking like her body had been hollowed out.

Even with the dazzling title of Tier 6 Wizard, she still exuded a thick "ox-horse" aura at this moment.

"Okay, Senior Sister, next time for sure." Jie Ming replied while holding back his laughter.

Mentor Clark glanced at Viola with disgust: "No ambition! You call this workload bitter?! Also, your speed is too slow, don't even think about resting today if you don't finish this data!"

"You might as well just say I can't rest for this whole week!" Viola complained listlessly.

Clark ignored her, who was already like a salted fish, and when he turned back to Jie Ming, his tone softened a lot, and he even patted Jie Ming on the shoulder: "Alright, go back and have a good rest, you are almost ready to advance, looking forward to seeing you promoted to Tier 2 after I go back."

He paused, as if mentioning it casually: "As for me, I will probably be nailed here for the next few decades or hundreds of years. The mysteries of this living plane are enough for me to ponder for a long time, and I won't be able to return to the academy in a short time."

"So," he glanced at Jie Ming, "you don't need to rush the debt you owe me, take your time, anyway, that large Tier 7 elemental pool won't be finished in a short time. When I finish my research and return to the academy, you can pay it off in one lump sum with interest. For now, just focus on improving yourself, everything else is empty."

Jie Ming felt a warmth in his heart.

How could he not hear the mentor's subtext?

Mentor Clark was clearly worried that he hadn't earned enough "raw materials" to refine the "Red Dust Potion" because of the accident in this plane war, and he didn't want to say it explicitly, so he found a reason in a roundabout way to give him an incomparably loose buffer period.

This meant that if his harvest this time was insufficient, he could completely use this precious time to go to other planes to roam and save enough resources before coming back to "pay off the debt."

Jie Ming silently kept this thoughtful care in his heart.

He didn't pretend to be sentimental to point it out, but just restrained all his expressions and bowed deeply and solemnly to Mentor Clark.

"I'm leaving, please take care of yourself and Senior Sister."

"Alright, alright, get lost quickly, don't delay my research!" Mentor Clark waved his hand impatiently and turned to fiddle with the squirming piece of meat again.

Jie Ming straightened up and said to the direction of Viola, who was still "struggling" in the light screen: "Senior Sister, I'm leaving."

"Hmm, hmm—have a safe trip—remember my potion—" a vague response came from the light screen.

Jie Ming smiled, no longer hesitating, turned and stepped onto the road to the teleportation array, leaving this Flame-Frost Plane that had carried his fifty years of time.

Light flickered, and Jie Ming first passed through the cross-plane space teleportation array already set up by the Flame-Frost Plane and returned to the junction point—a strategic location set up in the void by the Noren Workshop and two other wizard forces.

He didn't stop and went straight to the management hall of the junction point.

There, he sold all the various materials he had collected over the past fifty years in the Flame-Frost Plane that were not very important but large in quantity—such as high-purity ice and fire elemental energy crystals, various strange biological materials, and even including the Tier 4 lava giant he "picked up," all body materials except the core—and exchanged them for the common currency between wizard forces, military merits.

Jie Ming finally calculated that if the corpse of the Tier 4 lava giant was not included, the various resources he had worked hard to collect over the past fifty years only sold for more than 100,000 military merits.

Counting the income he had obtained from completing various tasks over the past fifty years, it added up to only more than 200,000 military merits.

This number, although already quite good for a Tier 1 Wizard, could even be called "sudden wealth"!

But Jie Ming thought about it, this number was not as much as what he had earned by "picking up leaks" when he sneaked into the snow monster's city when the high-tier snow monsters were away.

Jie Ming confirmed a truth in his heart again—sure enough, in wizard civilization, information and knowledge are the most valuable things.

Pure manual labor, even at the risk of life, has limited returns.

Only by mastering information gaps and core technology can one achieve a leap in wealth.

After dealing with all the sundries, Jie Ming sat on the teleportation array from the junction point to the Eloxia Plane with a light body.

Brilliant light wrapped him, space began to twist, and a familiar sense of weightlessness came.

Jie Ming silently calculated in his heart what he needed to deal with immediately after returning to his laboratory.

First, organize the various materials and knowledge needed to be promoted to a Tier 2 Wizard.

Second, use the collected Red Dust Qi to start refining "Red Dust Potion."

Finally, organize all the gains from this trip to the Flame-Frost Plane and transform those valuable knowledge into his own foundation. —

However, just as he was immersed in his future plans, he suddenly discovered that the teleportation light wrapping him appeared to have a violent instability!

That originally stable and brilliant light was now flashing crazily like a light bulb with poor contact.

The positioning of spatial coordinates also became chaotic in an instant!

"What's going on?!" Jie Ming was shocked, and a sense of crisis instantly surged into his heart.

Before he could make any reaction, a repulsive force so powerful that it couldn't be resisted suddenly came from the chaotic spatial turbulence!

Immediately, Jie Ming's whole person was forcibly "bounced" out of the teleportation channel like a stone shot out by a slingshot!

Everything in front of him was pitch black, and a sense of weightlessness and tearing came at the same time, and Jie Ming almost lost consciousness.

After being "bounced" out by that chaotic and violent spatial force, Jie Ming rolled wolfishly in mid-air a few times before stabilizing his figure with his tough body and exquisite control of energy.

He was suspended in mid-air, surrounded by strange mountains and forests, and the air was filled with the faint elemental fragrance unique to the Eloxia Plane.

"Damn it! The main teleportation array of the junction point would actually have a failure of this level?" Jie Ming frowned, and a hint of displeasure surged in his heart.

A teleportation accident of this level was enough to be recorded as a Tier 3 safety incident.

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