Chapter 30: A New Beginning

Jie Ming had been quite comfortable recently.

Not only did he whitewash his identity and solve the biggest problem, but he also gained more permissions.

Although according to Mentor Clark, the second-level cultivation agreement didn't provide real credits or material rewards, it was indeed quite convenient in other aspects, including all kinds of applications being green-lit.

The permission to form a laboratory also came down quickly. Jie Ming originally planned to rent a low-tier laboratory for a long time, but after finding that the formation permission of this laboratory had a discount when renting a laboratory, he decisively chose a mid-tier laboratory.

Compared to a low-tier laboratory, besides a larger area, more complete internal protective facilities, and more complete equipment, the most important thing is that it is equipped with many lounges, and even added free takeout service, which can be ordered directly from the restaurant.

That is to say, if the renter wants to, they can live in the laboratory all the time.

In fact, many wizards do exactly this, after all, a study takes at least two or three months, and at most several years.

Official wizards basically eat and live in the laboratory except for necessary social interactions.

And this is just right for Jie Ming, who needs to practice facing the sun every morning.

As for why he only rented mid-tier and not high-tier, it is mainly because high-tier laboratories are too expensive!

Low-tier laboratories require credits from 200 to 1000 per month depending on the specifications.

While mid-tier laboratories start at two thousand, and high-tier laboratories require at least twenty thousand per month.

Jie Ming originally thought that after he could sell Essence Gold wantonly, his credits would be quite abundant, but he was hit by reality and closed himself again.

First, there was the problem of obtaining credits by selling Essence Gold. Although there were no restrictions, and Essence Gold, such a good thing, would basically be bought out as soon as it was listed, Jie Ming didn't expect that development would be limited by the quantity of raw materials.

After all, gold is not very useful for wizards, except for being used as basic teaching materials, it is only occasionally needed when manufacturing special equipment.

Although the academy can mobilize all resources of Plane Nuolun 13 and dozens of small planes around it, it didn't pay much attention to the collection of gold before, so the gold reserves in the academy were only a mere twenty-three cubic meters.

And after Jie Ming bought it out this time, it would take a certain amount of time to replenish the gold.

That is to say, this pile of gold converted into Essence Gold was his main source of credits for a short time.

Because gold would consume more than 90% of its mass when refining Essence Gold, the output was not high.

Finally, this pile of gold was refined by Jie Ming for more than a month, and finally, more than ten standard units of Essence Gold were refined.

Considering that Essence Gold itself is also a quite good artifact refining and isolation material, for future experiments and development, Jie Ming kept a small half for himself and only sold ten standard units.

According to the academy's appraisal, pure Essence Gold is a fifth-level material.

Jie Ming referred to the selling prices of some other fifth-level materials and finally sold them all at a price of 10,000 credits per standard unit.

"Actually, it's just a small profit of 10,000 times, I really have a conscience."

Jie Ming sat in the luxurious, soft chair inside the laboratory, triumphantly crossing his legs.

Although the rent for the mid-tier laboratory for one year took away twenty thousand, the remaining eighty thousand credits were enough for him to squander for a long time.

Thinking this way, Jie Ming pressed his hand on the table in front, and then a light curtain rose in front of his eyes.

"Tsk tsk tsk... worthy of being a mid-tier laboratory, the technical level of this Magic Net terminal has risen rapidly."

If the Magic Net terminal of the low-tier laboratory was at the level of a CRT monitor, then the mid-tier laboratory stepped directly into the level of future projection, skipping the LCD monitor level.

"Should I buy a few high-tier knowledge to satisfy my craving first? Come on, let me see the upper limit of the wizard civilization!!!"

Snap!

Jie Ming suddenly patted the table and turned off the light curtain in front of him, falling into deep thought.

"Hiss... is my opening method wrong?"

Re-opening the Magic Net terminal, looking at the string of zeros displayed in the price column on the light curtain, Jie Ming felt his brain throbbing.

"Forget it, forget it, these are too far away from me, let's honestly learn some basic knowledge."

Pinching the bridge of his nose, sliding the light curtain to switch to the primary knowledge area, Jie Ming additionally purchased courses on rune studies and potion studies and related basic textbooks according to his previous ideas.

After buying the necessary things, Jie Ming began to ponder what to do next.

"The knowledge of the two worlds is an advantage for me, but it also has some troubles. First, I must confirm the differences between the two worlds so that I can successfully transplant the knowledge of the Cultivation World to this side."

Fingers drew circles on the desktop unconsciously: "And in terms of the differences between the two worlds, besides the most basic world rules, the remaining most important should be the differences in material and energy composition..."

The differences in energy can be studied by comparing different supernatural powers. Jie Ming himself is a ready-made good experimental subject.

The differences in rules can be understood by the underlying rule framework of the Wizarding World through the runes he is about to learn and the alchemy he is learning. The Great Dao Library can let him understand the rule framework of the Cultivation World for comparison, so he doesn't have to worry about it for the time being.

"The first two require the accumulation of knowledge and can't be fast for the time being, so... the rest is the difference in materials. This aspect can also be slowly accumulated through learning alchemy and potion studies in the future, but it's not that there is no way to accelerate..."

Jie Ming subconsciously turned his gaze to the warehouse of the laboratory, where other miscellaneous materials were stored, all of which were purchased when buying gold, just to cover up the specific formula of Essence Gold.

The knowledge about materials in the Great Dao Library is quite complete, and if he wants to further understand a certain material, the Great Dao Library can also provide shadows of similar materials for him to detect in the depths of his consciousness.

So if he wants to further accelerate the progress of analyzing the differences between the two worlds, he can completely start from the materials on the wizard world side.

It just so happens that as an academy for education, Nuolun Academy has such conditions.

Thinking of this, Jie Ming opened the material redemption area of the academy Magic Net full of confidence, preparing to purchase wantonly.

However, when he really started browsing and calculating, he discovered a new desperate fact.

The wizard civilization is a powerful existence that has conquered countless planes.

Every conquered plane brings brand-new creatures, brand-new environments, brand-new mineral deposits, and plants.

The types of materials here can be called astronomical, and almost every moment new materials are discovered and recorded.

"Basic Material Illustrated Guide," "Foreign Plane Material Index," "Mineral Encyclopedia," "Mutant Plant Pedigree"... just the materials related to ordinary materials are piled up like a mountain, and the types of materials that actually exist are countless times this number. ===== CHAPTER 31 =====