Chapter 73

Jie Ming couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

The first method basically doesn't need to be thought about; although wizard civilization is developed enough, Tier 8 wizards are also the absolute ceiling.

As for Tier 9 wizards, that kind of existence has even transcended the concepts of this world and is completely an existence outside the ceiling.

Although from the perspective of the entire wizard civilization, the number of Tier 8 wizards is not small, these wizards basically follow the side of Tier 9 wizards, opening up territory on the real front-line battlefield.

Like Nuolun Academy... or even the area responsible for the entire Nuolun Workshop, it is actually just the scraps of the scraps on the plane battlefield, not even counting as "bandit suppression," at most it counts as "post-war reconstruction."

So counting on finding a Tier 8 wizard to help handle the enemy is not something to think about; one can only use the remaining two methods.

Weakening the origin of the plane naturally goes without saying; the academy basically uses this type of method, and the most important thing is that this method can also strengthen the intensity of the war to a certain extent.

As for the wizard apprentices lost in this process, that is just a necessary price; even the wizard apprentices themselves would not deny this point.

It is no exaggeration to say that the value of one high-tier wizard far exceeds that of thousands of low-tier wizards.

So for wizard civilization, the second method... counts as a win-win.

Belonging to the last method, the principle is actually very simple.

Tier 6 living beings can touch the origin of the plane, but the premise is that the plane itself does not resist.

That is to say, if it is an external Tier 6 creature, unless it forcibly suppresses the entire plane, it will be very difficult to manipulate.

But if it is a Tier 6 creature that advances locally in the plane, there is no such problem, even if this creature was originally an outsider.

As long as there is one person restraining inside the origin of the plane, then other wizards can easily solve the enemy.

However, even in the current wizard civilization, the difficulty of wanting to advance to a Tier 6 wizard is quite exaggerated; the proportion of people who can advance to a Tier 6 wizard in each generation is terrifyingly low.

"Alright, everything that should be said has been said." Instructor Clark patted him on the shoulder.

"Rest for a while, and then start working as soon as possible. Those guys who returned don't have much patience."

Jie Ming, who accepted the task, returned to his laboratory in a daze.

There was not much time for him to complain or think too much; almost as soon as he returned to the laboratory, tens of thousands of cubic meters of gold were transported in batches and piled into several small hills in the storage warehouse.

For the next half month, Jie Ming didn't know how he had spent it.

He knew the process of refining refined gold by heart; in order not to be worked to death, he took the true fire of the cultivation system as the core, cooperated with the material processing and energy conduction arrays borrowed from wizard alchemy, and built an efficient refined gold refining assembly line.

Jie Ming directly embedded himself as the core component in the assembly line, and the pale golden true fire burned day and night.

Pieces of gold were sent into the processing array and then entered the true fire area for refining.

Massive true essence was continuously consumed and continuously replenished by Jie Ming.

Mental power carried alchemy, like invisible hands, precisely controlling every step, removing impurities, and refining the essence representing concepts.

But even with the assistance of the assembly line, Jie Ming's half month was quite tragic.

This is not only a brain-intensive job that consumes extreme mental and true essence, but also a physical job.

For a whole half month, he almost didn't close his eyes, only briefly meditating to recover when exhausted.

A continuous stream of mental recovery potions was poured into Jie Ming's stomach; at the most serious time, he even felt that he had drunk too much.

Half a month later.

When the last batch of gold was sent into processing and finally spat out a refined gold ingot shining with introverted light, Jie Ming finally let out a long sigh of relief.

He walked out of the laboratory with a dull gaze, and the sunlight coming toward him made him squint his eyes.

His whole body felt as if it had been emptied, his eye sockets were red, and his hair was messy.

Only at this moment did he understand why Instructor Clark, as a Tier 6 wizard, looked somewhat unkempt every time he saw him.

Just as he walked to the edge of the square, he met Amy and Victor again.

The two seemed to have just completed their tasks and were preparing to leave.

"Jie Ming!" Amy exclaimed when she saw him, "My God, what happened to you?! You look like you just crawled out of some mine!"

Victor also looked at him, a trace of astonishment flashing in his eyes.

Although he knew that Jie Ming had accepted a big commission from the academy, he didn't expect the workload to be so large that it could toss this guy who had always performed very calmly into such a state.

"Just finished a big commission, a bit tired." Jie Ming rubbed his eyebrows, his voice somewhat hoarse.

"Such a big commission..." Amy asked curiously, "What is it? It can tire you into this state!"

"Some material processing... very hard." Jie Ming didn't elaborate.

Victor was also somewhat curious in his heart, but he was not close to the two of them and didn't pursue the question.

Looking at Jie Ming's exhausted appearance, he felt a little envious in his heart.

Although many wizard apprentices often make themselves so embarrassed, only in this person did he see the shadows of those high-tier wizards.

At this time, a notification came from the broadcast that the ceremony to send off old apprentices was about to begin.

The three of them didn't go far, but stood on the edge of the square with other apprentices, watching the batch of old apprentices who had completed ten years of study walk toward the teleportation array under the guidance of instructors.

They were about to be sent to some front-line plane to join the cruel battlefield.

"I don't know which plane this batch of seniors is going to." Amy muttered in a low voice.

Victor glanced at her, recalling the news he got when chatting with his father:

"It should still be the Shadow Plane; I heard that the plane is very troublesome and should need to continue replenishing troops."

"Shadow Plane... then that's really unlucky..." Amy couldn't help but mutter in a low voice, "I heard that the war situation in that plane is quite intense now."

After all, judging from the average level of the old apprentices of Nuolun Academy, ordinary planes basically only need to consume one batch of apprentices to take them down; although the losses are not low, multiple wizards above Tier 3 will inevitably be born among them.

If you encounter a plane that one batch of apprentices cannot take down, it means that this plane is quite difficult to deal with.

"It's okay, at least the situation of the Shadow Plane has been explored, and they can adjust wizardry models and various equipment in advance before leaving. It's lower in danger than directly exploring a new plane." Jie Ming had a different opinion.

After all, they are elites who have undergone ten years of training in the academy; even if they are going to encounter a battlefield with extremely high war intensity, they won't be caught off guard if they are prepared in advance.

(Extra update tomorrow)