Chapter 264: Interview

A month later, Jie Ming and his group finally saw the magnificent floating city suspended at the edge of the plane rift.

Not seen for two months, this bridgehead of wizard civilization seemed to have expanded quite a bit.

The newly added towers pierced the clouds like a steel forest, and huge rune arrays flowed slowly on the surface of the city, emitting heart-palpitating energy fluctuations.

Passing through the central plaza, which had changed greatly and was full of people but orderly, Jie Ming led the team with different expressions into the affairs center.

That Level 4 wizard was bound by invisible energy shackles, dejected, while the other few Level 1 wizards who luckily survived looked around with both nervousness and curiosity.

Jie Ming walked straight to the alchemy doll at the front desk, whose eyes were flashing with rational light.

"Jie Ming, Level 2 wizard, returned after completing the 'rescue' mission, and has important situations that need to be reported to the camp's high-level, involving plane origin and wizard betrayal events."

Jie Ming explained the purpose in a concise and comprehensive manner, and then handed over his terminal, which recorded what happened during this period.

Data streams flashed rapidly in the eyes of the alchemy doll, and then it made a pleasant but emotionless voice: "Identity confirmed. Event level assessment in progress... Assessment passed. Please wait, will notify the high-level wizard adult to come and handle it."

The wait didn't last long, and the front desk doll replied: "Congratulations everyone, Dionysius Spencer has decided to meet with everyone..."

What?

Who?!

Dionysius Spencer?

That Level 7 wizard in this expedition mission?!

Everyone present, including that Level 4 wizard, almost thought their ears had a problem when they heard this sentence.

Especially that Level 4 wizard, for a moment, he had the illusion that the sky was falling.

Are you kidding me?!

I admit I had bad intentions at the beginning, but it's not enough to alarm a Level 7 wizard, right?!

Jie Ming was still relatively rational, knowing that simply dealing with a wizard who violated order wouldn't cause such a big fuss.

However, he was also very strange, why this wizard Dionysius Spencer wanted to meet them.

A moment later, that alchemy doll led them toward the depths of the floating city.

The walls on both sides of the passage gradually changed from metal to some kind of warm energy substance, and the concentration of elements permeating the air also climbed to an astonishing level.

The few Level 1 wizards following Jie Ming didn't even realize they were breathing lightly, their faces full of awe and anxiety.

In front of a bronze gate engraved with the trajectory of stars, the doll stopped: "Please enter, Dionysius Spencer is waiting for all wizards inside."

Jie Ming could clearly hear the sound of swallowing saliva coming from behind.

He took a deep breath, calmed his slightly accelerated heartbeat, and reached out to push open the heavy door.

The scene behind the door was unexpectedly... simple.

Not the luxurious palace imagined, nor the cold and strict laboratory, but a quiet room decorated elegantly and full of scholarly atmosphere.

A young man who looked extremely young was sitting behind a wide desk, playing with a crystal ball in his hand.

He looked up, revealing a face that was almost perfect, with a gentle smile at the corner of his mouth.

There was no oppressive momentum around him, completely different from the pressure that traversed the world he felt when he was on the expedition plane.

"Here? I thought you would come later."

The young man—Level 7 wizard Dionysius Spencer—pointed casually at several chairs in the room, his voice gentle, like a spring breeze.

Jie Ming felt stern in his heart and respectfully performed a wizard etiquette: "Level 2 wizard Jie Ming, met Dionysius Spencer."

The wizards behind him finally recovered from the shock, hurriedly followed to salute, their movements stiff, and their voices carrying tremors.

Even that Level 4 wizard, after a brief loss of consciousness, had an indescribable excitement burst out in his eyes.

Jie Ming truly realized at this moment how unreachable a Level 7 wizard is to the vast majority of ordinary wizards.

He could maintain relative calmness, entirely thanks to the daily edification of his mentor Clark, and the various "ordinary" deeds of high-level wizards he heard from his mentor.

At this moment, he seemed to better understand where Jie Ke's distorted jealousy came from—some resources and contact opportunities he regarded as ordinary might be opportunities that others would never seek in their lives.

Dionysius Spencer didn't care about their nervousness, seemingly used to it, his gaze swept over everyone peacefully, and finally landed on Jie Ming to look him over.

And Jie Ming also took the opportunity to quietly look at this legendary existence.

Thinking about it carefully, this seemed to be his second close contact with a Level 7 wizard.

However, there was almost no communication that time with Dean Avery Knight.

Before this, although he often heard things related to Level 7 wizards, he had not actually contacted them.

For example, the dean of the Nuolun No. 13 Academy, could almost be said to have always lived in the mentor's mouth.

Before, when he was closest to a Level 7 wizard, he only took a distant look at the Eloxia plane.

The opponent's appearance was young and handsome, which didn't surprise Jie Ming too much.

For wizards, whether the body is young or not can be adjusted at will, and the handsomeness of appearance is the natural optimization after the leap of life essence.

But the vicissitudes and wisdom contained in those deep eyes clearly indicated that this was definitely not a young man; he looked at Jie Ming and others with a faint appreciation of an elder looking at a promising junior.

"The process of the matter, you have already said it very clearly in the information you transmitted before." Dionysius Spencer cut straight to the point.

He glanced casually at that Level 4 wizard and waved his hand.

Two alchemy dolls with obscure auras walked out silently from the shadows in the corner of the quiet room.

"Take him for 'audit'."

The Level 4 wizard's face turned pale, but he didn't dare to have any resistance, and obediently let the doll take him away.

Dionysius Spencer then smiled at Jie Ming: "You did very well, Jie Ming. Rational, restrained, and maintained the camp's rules and the stability of this plane. As a reward, if he passes the audit, 85% of all benefits generated in the subsequent trial will belong to you."

Once this was said, not only did the few Level 1 wizards gasp, their eyes full of envy and even jealousy when looking at Jie Ming, but even Jie Ming himself felt a hint of surprise.

This distribution ratio was extremely high, almost giving him all the net benefits of squeezing that Level 4 wizard except for costs.

He immediately bowed: "Thank you, adult!"

"This is what you deserve." Dionysius Spencer's tone was flat.

Then he signaled the doll to lead other Level 1 wizards to receive their mission rewards.

In the envious eyes of other wizards who looked back three times for every step, Jie Ming also felt a hint of curiosity in his heart, not knowing why this adult left him alone.

Soon, only Jie Ming and him were left in the quiet room.

"Regarding the specific action details of that space-twisted area and Levin Mills, do you have more detailed records?" Dionysius Spencer asked straight away.

Jie Ming thought for a while, pointed directly at his temple with his finger, and led out a memory fragment glowing with light and handed it over: "Adult, this is the memory reproduction of my personal experience during that period, perhaps more intuitive."

Dionysius Spencer took the memory light group, a flash of light on his fingertips, and had already finished reading.

He nodded with satisfaction: "Clear and understandable. At your age, there are not many wizards who can have such composure and foresight. You know, facing the temptation of plane origin, even many old guys may not be able to hold onto that greed."

Jie Ming answered modestly: "Perhaps because the military merits accumulated by the junior before are okay, there is no need to take risks for the time being."

Dionysius Spencer laughed out loud upon hearing this: "Hehe, for wizards, the ability to obtain resources itself is one of the most important parts of strength. You don't need to be overly humble."

He paused, his tone became casual, as if talking about a trivial matter: "Although this airspace plane is just an 'appetizer' prepared for you young people, you took the initiative to maintain my property, and I accept this heart. I shouldn't be too stingy."

Jie Ming's eyelids jumped upon hearing this, feeling that this adult seemed to have said something extraordinary casually.

However, Jie Ming's attention was soon shifted to another thing.

Following Dionysius Spencer's words, an alchemy doll brought up a silver tray.

On the tray, twenty crystal test tubes were neatly arranged, and inside the tubes flowed light as dazzling as liquid emerald, and the pure energy aura made people feel refreshed even if separated by crystal.

"This is..." Jie Ming's pupils shrank.

"Twenty strands of plane origin related to wind element rules." Dionysius Spencer said indifferently, "I have already probed that area just now, and its core can probably only exchange for this number of origins, and there are many impurities. These are what I personally refined from different wind element planes, pure and flawless, even if you use them directly for promotion, there will be no future troubles."

Jie Ming's heart jumped violently, and huge surprise surged into his heart!

Twenty strands of pure origin personally refined by a Level 7 wizard!

Its value far exceeds the twenty strands of free origin naturally born in that twisted area.

Natural origin has low purity, and it is lucky that the effective rule information contained can account for 50%, while these in hand are 100% essence!

More importantly, wind element rules are the superior rules of "space" rules, which means the value of these twenty strands of origin is far from being described by a simple doubling!

"Thank you, adult, for the generous reward!" Jie Ming forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart and bowed deeply again.

This time, his gratitude was far more sincere than before.

After all, this reward far exceeded his expectations.

Dionysius Spencer waved his hand, his gaze seemed to penetrate the walls of the quiet room and looked toward the depths of the distant plane: "Go, use them well. The road ahead is still long."

Jie Ming carefully put away the precious tray, saluted again, and exited the quiet room.