Chapter 380

Holding the seemingly crude Death-Substituting Doll in his hand, Jie Ming suppressed the urge to study and play with it immediately.

The Plane Nuolun wizard was standing right in front of him; he could not be rude.

The Plane Nuolun wizard watched Jie Ming's careful action of putting away the Death-Substituting Doll, and the look of approval in his eyes grew stronger.

He said slowly: "Everyone's chosen path is different; sometimes a seemingly remote path may hide unexpected scenery. Since you have chosen this path, then recognize it and walk it firmly. Even for 'Fictional Laws,' if studied to the extreme, it also has its unfathomable potential."

These words carried encouragement and expectation, Jie Ming felt a little warm in his heart, and bowed respectfully in response: "I will remember your teachings, my lord, I understand."

The Plane Nuolun wizard said no more and turned back to the main seat.

With his departure, the suppressed atmosphere in the hall suddenly relaxed a lot, and fragmented discussions rang out again.

It's just that those gazes cast at Jie Ming still carried lingering curiosity, sweeping over his location from time to time.

Jie Ming just wanted to find a corner to continue gnawing on his spatial knowledge, when a silver-gray figure "whooshed" and darted in front of him; it was Wei Aola.

Her beautiful eyes flashed with brilliance, and she asked impatiently: "Jie Ming! Hurry up and tell me, what specific special properties does your 'Imaginary Element' have? For example, energy conduction efficiency? Elemental inertia? Affinity for living organisms? Or does it have any peculiar phase attributes?"

Jie Ming was stunned by her series of professional questions and subconsciously asked back: "Senior sister, what do you want to do by asking this?"

Wei Aola had an "is this even a question" expression and said as a matter of course: "Of course, to see if it can be used to make new magic potions! The characteristics of different Imaginary Elements are strange, some can greatly improve the stability of potion effects, some can trigger unknown benign mutations, and some can even endow magic potions with temporary law characteristics! This is a new material that our magic potion masters dream of!"

As she said this, she also signaled the surroundings with her eyes, "It's not just me who thinks so, look at them."

Jie Ming followed her gaze and saw that, sure enough, the wizards around who seemed to be talking to each other, regardless of seniority, were always glancing in his direction intentionally or unintentionally.

In those gazes, the previous surprise and inquiry were gone, replaced by a consideration mixed with anxiety, expectation, and even commercialism, without the contempt or disdain he had expected might exist.

Jie Ming understood immediately.

For these wizards who turn knowledge into power, the value of a brand-new "Imaginary Element" with unique properties is first reflected in its practicality as a "rare material."

They don't care if this law is "fictional" or if the combat power is "average line"; what they care about is what experiments this new "thing" can be used for, what wizarding tools can be refined, and what magic potions can be prepared!

In the eyes of these research fanatics, a "supplier" who stably produces special Imaginary Elements might be more valuable than a pure combat genius.

Thinking this through, Jie Ming felt a bit dumbfounded, but also relaxed a lot.

He thought for a moment and said to Wei Aola: "Senior sister, to tell you the truth, this 'Fictional Law' of mine has just taken shape, and the 'Imaginary Element' produced at present... is still lacking in stability, and its properties are also relatively... simple, perhaps not as magical as you expect."

He wasn't completely making excuses.

Although Spiritual Energy is miraculous, when taken out directly, its most basic characteristics of "nourishing all things" and "energy conversion" would indeed appear "plain" in the eyes of well-informed wizards, far less impactful than some Imaginary Elements with extreme characteristics.

Hearing this, Wei Aola blinked, clearly not fully believing it, but insisted: "It doesn't matter! Unstable or simple, you have to get a sample to study it before you know! I'll reserve a copy, the price is negotiable!"

As soon as she opened her mouth, it was as if she had opened some switch, and the wizards around who were still watching immediately surrounded him, expressing their purchase intentions in a jumble:

"Wizard Jie Ming, I also hope to purchase some for rune base testing..."

"I am very interested in energy compatibility, please be sure to sell me some!"

"Judging from the previous performance, this thing might have miraculous effects in alchemy catalysis, count me in!"

Their reasons were much the same: even if the specific use was temporarily unclear, a brand-new Imaginary Element "fabricated" by a potential rising star itself contained huge research value.

For wizards with a strong thirst for knowledge, having a new unknown material in front of them without studying it is simply more uncomfortable than killing them.

On the high seat, Private Secretary Andong Buchanan watched the scene below instantly turning into a "material procurement meeting" and couldn't help but stroke his non-existent beard (because his appearance is that of a child).

He said to the Plane Nuolun wizard with a smile: "My lord, I didn't expect that in this era, I could still see someone studying 'Fictional Laws' and causing such a stir. I remember when this thing was most popular, it seemed to be in your era, right?"

Several other high-tier wizards also showed expressions of memory or curiosity, looking at the Plane Nuolun wizard.

The Plane Nuolun wizard shook his head slowly and corrected in a peaceful voice: "Strictly speaking, it reached its peak in my mentor's era. By my generation, the research craze for 'Fictional Laws' had already begun to decline and was almost eliminated."

Private Secretary Andong Buchanan looked at Jie Ming, who was surrounded by everyone below, a trace of regret flashing in his eyes, and sighed:

"Alas, it's a pity for such a good seedling. With his talent and temperament, if he focused on an existing powerful law, his future upper limit would definitely be higher. Walking the path of 'Fictional Laws' is, after all... getting half the result with twice the effort."

Several other high-tier wizards also nodded slightly, clearly agreeing with this point of view.

After all, the achievements of those brilliant Fictional Law controllers in history seem to have failed to reach the height that their original talents should have had.

However, the Plane Nuolun wizard smiled noncommittally.

This attitude of his immediately aroused everyone's curiosity. Wizard Augusta couldn't help but ask: "My lord Nuolun, could it be that you think... 'Fictional Laws' have other mysteries?"

The Plane Nuolun wizard glanced at Jie Ming, who was surrounded below but still remained calm and was not carried away by the pursuit.

He also swept over the juniors around who were pricking up their ears and had even temporarily stopped "purchasing," and couldn't help but laugh:

"Although until now, indeed no wizard has been able to promote to Tier 9 purely by relying on 'Fictional Laws'—but then again, those who can promote to Tier 9 are rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns, so one cannot completely deny a path because of this. In fact, the upper limit of 'Fictional Laws' may not be as low as you think."

He paused, and in the focused gazes of everyone, continued: "If the ability is sufficient and the luck is good enough, walking along this path, perhaps there may be higher gains, who knows."

"Oh?" Private Secretary Andong Buchanan became interested, "My lord, why do you say that? Could it be that 'Fictional Laws' have other potential besides helping us discover unknown real laws and producing some special materials?"

"Naturally." The Plane Nuolun wizard nodded affirmatively, "Besides those laws that were finally proven to be 'real discoveries,' in history, there indeed existed some 'Fictional Laws' that were truly successfully 'fabricated,' and because they were extremely easy to use and difficult to replace, they were finally passed down and even widely promoted and applied."

His gaze swept across the audience, looking at the surprised faces: "In fact, precisely because there have been successful 'Fictional Laws' that showed huge value, the path of 'Fictional Laws' was once so popular back then."

"Are there really such laws?" Dionysius Spencer also couldn't help but ask; as a destiny-system wizard, he was particularly sensitive to this.

The Plane Nuolun wizard nodded, his tone carrying a trace of profound meaning: "Not only are there, but in the current wizard system, there are quite a few branches using it, and even relying on it."

He didn't keep them in suspense, but directly announced the answer:

"For example—destiny."

"What?!"

"Hiss!!!"

Once these words were spoken, not only the middle and low-tier wizards below, but even the several Tier 7 wizards present couldn't help but gasp!

Destiny! It was actually destiny!

No one present was unaware of the eeriness, power, and unfathomability of destiny-system wizards.

Their means often involve causality, probability, prophecy, etc., making them impossible to guard against, and they are recognized as one of the most difficult factions to deal with.

Who could have thought that such a powerful and mysterious "Destiny Law" might have originated from being "fabricated" by some genius wizard or group of genius wizards?!

Thinking back carefully, destiny-type knowledge seems to indeed fit some characteristics of "Fictional Laws"—it does not exist intuitively in the material world like fire, water, earth, and wind, but is more like a conceptual law "set" after complex calculation, logical deduction, and high abstraction of the world's operating laws!

Wei Aola's eyes shone instantly, and she turned her head to look at Jie Ming, her eyes so hot they almost set him on fire: "Could your Imaginary Element also be related to destiny?!"

Jie Ming felt his scalp tingle from her gaze, and he shook his head like a rattle, hurriedly clarifying: "Senior sister! Calm down! I think you are overestimating me! My Imaginary Element has nothing to do with destiny! It's just... just a bit more 'all-purpose'!"

Although Spiritual Energy does have expansion in terms of destiny, Jie Ming cannot expose it so quickly now.

After all, from the "setting," at this stage, he has only just begun to study and design Fictional Laws.

Seeing him deny it so decisively, the excitement on Wei Aola's face suddenly collapsed, she said "Oh" with some disappointment, and sullenly exited the encirclement.

However, after the Plane Nuolun wizard's earth-shattering explanation, the gazes of the wizards around looking at Jie Ming became even hotter.

The desire to purchase the "Imaginary Element" in his hand for research instantly soared to the peak!

That's right!

Jie Ming is a genius who showed such amazing potential at the Tier 3 wizard stage!

What if... what if this kind of "Imaginary Element" he tinkered with is also proven in the future to be the prototype of some law with infinite potential like "destiny"?

Investing a little now for research is simply a business with ten thousand times the profit!

Even if it is proven not to be in the end, the research value of a new type of Imaginary Element itself is enough to break even!

For a time, the "procurement" atmosphere around Jie Ming became even more enthusiastic.

(End of chapter)