Chapter 237

Jie Ming returned to his private laboratory located in the "Golden Garden."

The air with a faint scent of metal and magic potion made his whole body relax.

He walked slowly past those rows of precision instruments that were operating automatically.

After carefully checking the operating status of all core instruments in the laboratory and confirming that everything was normal, he once again devoted himself wholeheartedly to the "Lava Giant" race transformation research that had been going on for decades.

Time is indeed the best medicine to heal everything.

That two-year hunting mission was like a mandatory vacation, forcibly dragging him out of the emotional quagmire of his friend's departure.

And now, the precipitation of time allowed Jie Ming to no longer be overly entangled because of the deaths of Victor and Amy.

He had been able to calmly treasure this memory in a corner of his heart.

His research state also returned to its peak.

Moreover, perhaps because he went out for a trip before and changed his mood, Jie Ming found that the efficiency of his current research had actually improved significantly compared to before.

Many technical bottlenecks that once troubled him now seemed to be suddenly enlightened.

Time flew by in this immersive research.

A few months later, just as Jie Ming successfully overcame a stability problem in the elemental sequence and was preparing to take a break, he suddenly received a "courier" mailed directly through space transmission technology.

It was a box the size of a briefcase made of special alloy, shining with silver brilliance.

Jie Ming raised his eyebrows and walked over.

After the permission authentication passed, the box opened automatically with a "click."

I saw a gorgeous crystal test tube with repeated complex seals lying quietly in the soft energy field inside the box.

And a note condensed by mental power.

Inside that test tube, there was a flowing light like an aurora with gorgeous brilliance.

It was not stationary, but kept changing its form in that narrow space like a living thing, moving soothingly.

Jie Ming picked up the note, and his mental power probed into it.

The sender was precisely that Tier 7 Great Wizard Dean Avery Knight.

He mentioned in the message that what was contained in this test tube was precisely a wisp of "water element" rule origin that he had just extracted.

This counted as the "deposit" paid to him in advance.

The reason for doing this was because the academy, after months of crazy analysis day and night, had successfully reverse-extracted the plane coordinates where that "Destruction Demon God" was located!

Considering that the strength of the civilization on the opposite side should not be weak, and there might even be other Tier 8 life forms.

Therefore, in the next few decades or even hundreds of years, the main focus of the Nuolun Academy on the Aeloxia Plane would be concentrated on conquering that powerful plane on the opposite side.

Dean Avery Knight felt that they probably wouldn't have extra time to continue extracting "Plane Origin" for Jie Ming and the others during this period.

So they specifically sent the first reward in advance and told Jie Ming to let him wait patiently.

After Jie Ming finished reading, he casually replied to Dean Avery Knight with a letter, expressing his gratitude in the most sincere language.

At the same time, he also indicated that the dean didn't need to be too anxious; after all, compared to major events like plane wars, his little reward could be postponed.

Afterward, he turned his gaze back to the crystal test tube on the table emanating dreamlike brilliance.

Looking at the pure "water element" rule origin flowing in the test tube, a terrifying sharp light erupted in Jie Ming's eyes!

This thing, as a super "hard currency" circulating within the Wizarding World, had a quite exaggerated price.

Jie Ming himself had also seen the sales information of this thing on the internal material sales platform of the Nuolun Workshop.

Because the Nuolun Workshop occupied enough planes to provide various types of resources, the price of top-level resources like "Plane Origin" was relatively fixed.

Each wisp "only" cost 100 million internal points.

And the selling prices of other wizard factions were similar.

Converted into the military merit system commonly used by the Wizarding Civilization, it was basically maintained at the price of 10 million "low-level military merits."

You must know that the entire net worth of a normal Tier 2 wizard added up to only a little over tens of thousands to one hundred thousand military merits.

It could be said that just this one wisp of "Plane Origin" was worth more than a hundred times the entire net worth of most Tier 2 wizards!

So under normal circumstances, a Tier 2 wizard wanting to rely on "Plane Origin" to assist in their advancement usually only had two paths.

The first is to participate in the cruel plane battlefield and hope that their luck is good enough.

Being able to find special natural treasures that carry partial "Plane Origin" information due to the intersection of plane rules.

The second method is even more direct—loans.

Apply for a huge loan from the wizard faction they belong to, to buy origin.

The price is having to run around for hundreds or even thousands of years in the future, executing various dangerous missions to pay off the debt.

Of course, besides these two conventional means, there were also some unconventional wizards.

For example, Senior Sister Viola.

Originally, with her stunning talent, even without using any external objects, wanting to make a breakthrough in the "life" type rules and advance to Tier 3 was just a matter of time, which could be called easy.

But on the eve of her advancement, Viola made a decision that left everyone dumbfounded—she gave up that flat "life" rule avenue that was close at hand, and instead chose a "pain" rule that was more rugged, eerie, and more in line with her nature as her main rule for the future.

And the method she used to obtain that extremely rare "pain" rule origin was to rely on her equally perverted money-making ability to accumulate massive wealth that made many Tier 4 wizards feel ashamed while still at the Tier 2 wizard stage!

Then, she emptied all her family assets and bought one wisp directly through Mentor Clark!

Of course, a wizard who could accumulate such terrifying wealth at the Tier 2 wizard stage like Viola was ultimately a phoenix feather and unicorn horn.

Moreover, that level of genius wizard generally didn't need to spend money to buy origin to advance either.

So, Viola's move at the time could be considered to have made her "famous."

... Although none of it was a good reputation.

In short, no matter through what channel it was obtained, this wisp of "origin," no matter in whose hands of a low-level wizard it was placed, was a quite precious material and resource sufficient to change their fate!

Jie Ming reached out and took the cold crystal test tube gently into his hand.

After he took a slight look at the gorgeous brilliance emanating from the test tube, which was like light with life.

Then, the next second, he crushed the priceless crystal test tube directly with his five fingers without hesitation!

Pop!

The crisp sound seemed exceptionally abrupt in the silent laboratory.

Without the shackles of the seal, that gorgeous brilliance seemed to have found its destination, and the moment it touched Jie Ming's body, it permeated in silently like mercury pouring onto the ground!

This water element law quickly broke through the boundaries of spirit and matter along Jie Ming's flesh, and began to soak into his soul!

Hum!!!

Jie Ming felt his consciousness go blank, and he was instantly pulled into a vast and boundless world composed of pure blue!

Massive knowledge about "water" and "time" surged into his mind like a broken levee!

He "saw" the birth of the first water element in the chaotic void.

He "felt" how water nourishes life and how it transforms into time, eroding all things with gentle yet ruthless power.

He "understood" the most underlying rule changes represented by water elements and understood the basic principles of the river of time!

His soul seemed to have turned into a drop of water, merging into the cycle of the entire world.

He experienced the melting from the high mountain snow peaks, gathering into streams, rushing into rivers, and finally, merging into the endless ocean.

And he evaporated into clouds under the scorching sun, drifting with the wind, and finally, turned into rain and snow, returning to the earth.

This process seemed long, but only an instant passed in the outside world!

When Jie Ming woke up again, he opened his eyes slowly, and a divine light of azure blue flashed deep in his pupils.

At this moment, he had completely mastered a portion of the rules about "water elements"!

Now he didn't even need to deliberately cast spells; with just a thought, the water vapor wandering in the surrounding air could be condensed into any form he wanted!

Moreover, his control over time also became more precise, as if a timer had been installed in his soul.

Jie Ming certainly didn't intend to rely on the "water element" rule to advance.

Anyway, when formally advancing to Tier 3, he could choose any rule he mastered as his core main body.

So absorbing this origin had no harm to his future path.

What he truly needed was the most underlying logic and knowledge related to water elements obtained during this passive acceptance of knowledge infusion!

Jie Ming's transformation plan for the Lava Giant race had long been designed, but it still couldn't reach his design goal due to various reasons.

It could be said that the final transformation plan for the "Lava Giant" was just missing that final kick!

And now, the knowledge about "restraint," "inclusiveness," and "circulation" provided to him by the "water element" rule was like the final key to opening the door of truth.

Helping him make up that final kick!

(End of chapter)