I, a cultivator, have ended up in the wizarding world

Chapter 712 Dragon Civilization

The light from the teleportation array slowly faded beneath their feet.

Jemin stepped out of the center of the formation and landed on a metal platform that was suspended in mid-air.

Below the flat surface lies a vast, endless sea of ​​clouds, a white expanse stretching to the horizon.

Above, an unfamiliar starry sky stretched out, the starlight cool and tinged with a faint blue, painting the entire sky a pale cyan. The air was thick with an astonishingly rich concentration of free-floating elements.

With just a gentle breath, Jemin could feel the active elemental particles entering his body with each breath.

The elemental concentration here is at least three times that of the Sulfur Plane of Purgatory.

If one practices in such an environment, even the most ordinary meditation will be several times faster than in the outside world.

But he soon lost interest in appreciating this "superior" environment.

A terrifying sense of oppression suddenly descended from above.

It was a pure, almost domineering sense of presence, like an invisible mountain pressing down on his shoulders, or like something from a higher dimension coldly observing him from across space.

Jemin's back tensed almost instinctively, and he immediately raised his head to look at the other end of the plane.

There stood a wizard.

Judging from his appearance, he is indeed the Broadleaf Wizard.

His stature was not particularly tall for a wizard; in fact, he could be described as rather thin.

But when he stood there quietly, the surrounding space seemed to tilt towards him unconsciously.

The light bent slightly beside him, and the elements rose and fell with his breath.

The mere aftershocks of the natural overflow of the law were enough to give the surrounding air a faint amber glow.

When Jemin saw the name Broadleaf Wizard, he already had a premonition, but actually meeting him was still beyond his expectations.

This... is someone who can become a "True Name Wizard" even among seventh-level wizards?!

Jemin quickly weighed the options in his mind.

Although the sense of danger Broadleaf gave him was far less than the bottomless abyss that his mentor Clark felt, it was still far beyond the level of an ordinary seventh-level wizard.

If a fight really broke out, Jemin was certain he wouldn't last a second against him.

"Is that you, Wizard Jemin?" Wizard Broadleaf asked.

His voice was steady and deep, as if it came from the depths of the earth, carrying a calm and almost oppressive quality.

"Yes, nice to meet you, Broadleaf Wizard." Jemin straightened his robes and gave a wizard's salute.

"No need for formalities, I should thank you for your help." Broadleaf Wizard smiled and shook his head.

"Avery and I are old friends, and he has already told me about your situation in detail. It's truly amazing that you were able to withstand the penetrating attack of the Reflection Dimensional Channel as a level five wizard. It seems the workshop has a worthy successor. This mission requires abilities like yours." He didn't waste any time on pleasantries and went straight to the point.

"You should have already seen the general information during the mission. The problem lies with a plane that I conquered over a thousand years ago. The main race there is the dragonkin, so I simply call it the Dragonkin Plane."

"Decades ago, a group of dragon people within this plane suddenly mastered the technology to connect to the reflection dimension. We don't yet know the origin of that technology, but in any case, the result was that they formed a resistance organization and started a war in this plane."

At this point, Kuoye raised his hand and made a gesture.

A light screen suddenly appeared in mid-air, and within the light screen, a three-dimensional projection of a plane slowly rotated.

It is a standard continental plane, and the surface area of ​​the entire plane is roughly equivalent to the surface area of ​​a star.

The surface of the plane is mainly composed of various mountain ranges, with crisscrossing mountains and deep valleys.

The ocean area is not large; compared with the land within the plane, it is more appropriate to call it an inland sea.

Scattered across the land are cities and settlements of varying sizes.

"Your mission is to assist in the suppression of these rebels." Broadleaf withdrew his gaze and looked at Jemin. "All technical data related to the Reflection Dimension that is captured during the mission will be yours."

After a moment's thought, Kuoye quickly added:

"However, I must warn you in advance: try not to cause too much damage. The dragon people are a race with a long lifespan and strong individual members, but their birth rate is indeed worrying. Even if they are rebels, try to capture them alive after they are unable to resist. Capture them alive if you can, knock them unconscious if you can, and only kill them if all else fails."

"This would be troublesome for other wizards, but I believe it shouldn't be too difficult for you. With your resistance to dimensional portal disruption, handling this kind of task should be more than enough."

Jemin nodded. "Understood."

Jemin already knew most of the information the Broadleaf Wizard had mentioned, except for the request to capture him alive if possible, which was an unexpected surprise, but it wasn't a big problem for Jemin.

"I'd like to ask, what are the standards for being alive?" Jemin asked.

"As long as he's alive, that's fine. Actually, if we encounter a dangerous situation, we can kill him, but that would greatly reduce his value." Upon hearing what the Broadleaf Wizard said, Jemin immediately nodded to show that he understood.

Broadleaf Wizard did not linger on the topic and led him to the center of the plain.

There was a large teleportation array with a diameter of tens of meters engraved there. The array pattern was a standard interdimensional teleportation structure, except that several layers of space stabilization runes were superimposed on the edge.

Clearly, this was a safety measure specifically added to prevent spatial disorder caused by the reflected dimensional channel.

"The other wizards have already gone in before you," Broadleaf said. "Once you're inside, you're free to move around; there are no fixed group requirements."

"learn."

Without asking any further questions, Jemin stepped onto the teleportation array.

The silvery-white light shone again, and the space before my eyes twisted violently for a moment before quickly reforming.

The next moment, an extremely dense aura of a higher life form rushed towards us.

However, although this aura was of a very high level, it seemed somewhat thin.

The aura permeating the air now seems more like the echoes left behind after the true dragon's bloodline has been diluted and settled over countless years. Flames, sulfur, lava, and a certain ancient nobility hidden deep within the bloodline are mixed together and evenly spread throughout every inch of the air in this plane.

The place where Jemin landed was a huge stone tower, with dozens of people waiting neatly arranged along its edge.

The leader was an exceptionally robust-looking dragon-man who largely maintained a human form, but whose entire body was covered in dark red scales with metallic sheen at the edges.

The pupils are vertical, and the irises are a lava-like orange-red, even slightly luminous in darker light.

He had a dragon horn curving backward on each side of his forehead, the length and pattern of which perfectly matched the description of a "Dragon Elder" in the records. However, his posture was completely inconsistent with the identity of an "elder".

When Jemin saw him, he was kneeling on one knee beside the teleportation array, holding a heavy treasure chest in his hands. The pair of dragon wings covered with deep red scales on his back were folded straight, and he didn't even dare to raise the tips of his wings.

Behind him, dozens of dragonmen knelt in unison, each holding a tray or treasure chest, their dragon wings pressed tightly against their backs, their movements perfectly synchronized.

At the outermost edge of the group stood a being whose appearance was almost identical to that of a dragonman.

Jemin recognized his true nature at a glance.

These are androids used for governance, belonging to the standard model of the Star Ring Federation.

However, the android's shell was made to resemble a dragon, with the texture and temperature of the scales simulated almost perfectly, and even the angle of the dragon wings folding strictly conformed to the standards of dragon social etiquette.

"Mr. Jemin".

The dragon-shaped android stepped forward and smoothly performed a standard diplomatic salute.

"I am the administrative governor of the Dragonkin plane, appointed by the Broadleaf Wizard, number 001. These are representatives elected by various Dragonkin tribes, who have brought some gifts to greet you. The items are not valuable, just some rare local minerals and medicinal herbs."

Jemin glanced at the treasure chests.

The ore is of quite good quality, and the medicinal herbs have sufficient energy fluctuations; in the outside world, they would indeed be considered a good resource.

But Jemin merely picked a random ore from the nearby rocks as a gift, then looked at the governor and asked bluntly, "Tell me about the current situation."

"The situation is somewhat more optimistic than Broadleaf Wizard initially estimated." The Governor carefully considered his words. "The resistance does exist, and they do indeed possess the means to connect to the Reflection Dimension. However, the number of people responding to them is surprisingly small."

"According to our statistics up to yesterday, the total number of the resistance forces in the entire plane is no more than three thousand, of whom fewer than fifty truly possess the technology to connect dimensional portals. The rest are mostly ordinary dragonmen who have been incited, coerced, or bribed, and their combat strength is limited." He thought for a moment and then continued:

"Moreover, the Dragonkin race itself is also organizing a coalition to encircle and annihilate them. Currently, the Dragonkin coalition has cut off most of the resistance's supply lines, compressing them into several remote mountainous areas. If it weren't for the resistance relying on the localized lethality of the dimensional portal to hold on, they would have been wiped out by the Dragonkin coalition long ago."

The governor-general then gave a summary.

"Judging from the current situation, those dragon people who have mastered dimensional portal technology are less like a resistance army and more like... a cult." Jemin raised an eyebrow slightly, which was quite different from his expectations before he set off.

He had initially thought he was facing a dimensional armed rebellion, but after listening to the proceedings, it turned out to be more like a small extremist group that possessed dangerous weapons.

The dragon-shaped android handed over a recording crystal.

It contains information on the rebels' known strongholds, activity frequency, the scale and duration of dimensional portal openings during each attack, and detailed battle reports on the battles between the coalition and the rebels.

Jemin took the crystal, probed it with his mental energy, and quickly scanned it.

The data was recorded in great detail, and in addition to the approximate locations of various specific strongholds and corresponding battle reports, it also recorded statistical data on the enemy's opening of dimensional channels.

Judging from the data, the dimensional channels that the dragon-human resistance forces on the other side could open were not very large, with a maximum diameter of only half a meter and a duration of only nanoseconds.

Compared to the invisible attack he encountered in the Tentacle Tree dimension back then, which could directly pierce through a level seven black giant, this was indeed not in the same league. Jemin put away the crystal, and without lingering, took to the air.

His figure disappeared from the spot into the distant horizon almost instantly.

A few days later, Jemin appeared above a range of mountains.

This mountain range is called the "Iron Spine Mountains" in the Dragonkin plane.

From a bird's-eye view, the arrangement of the mountain ridges resembles the spine of a giant dragon lying on the earth, hence the name.

The mountain range spans tens of thousands of kilometers, with its highest peak soaring into the clouds, where even the clouds dare only linger near the mountainside, never truly pressing down on the summit. According to the historical legends of the dragon people, this mountain range should be the origin of the oldest dragon species.

The ecosystem inside the mountains is also surprisingly complex.

In addition to the dominant race of dragonkin, the Dragonkin plane is also inhabited by a large number of secondary creatures with dragon bloodlines, many of which are of extremely high rank and live in the Ironspine Mountains.

Giant dragon lizards, larger than blue whales, with bony plates on their backs that spew corrosive acid when hunting, or flying dragons with wingspans exceeding ten meters that can locate their prey using sound waves, are commonplace in this mountain range.

Moreover, dragons of this caliber are only at the bottom of the food chain within the Ironspine Mountains, and must live in large groups. It can be said that every creature in this mountain range, including plants, retains some characteristics of true dragons to varying degrees.

However, these characteristics are extremely faint, like the remaining echoes of blood after being infinitely diluted.

According to the research data provided by the Broadleaf Wizard, this plane did indeed have a real dragon race a long time ago.

These beings, which can be called true dragons, vary in form, but each one is at least level seven.

For some unknown reason, the True Dragon Clan completely withdrew from this plane at a certain point in time, leaving behind only these descendants with diluted bloodlines, who continued to reproduce over the long years.

"According to intelligence, the resistance should have a stronghold in this area, but it's very well hidden..."

Jemin deployed his mental power to cover the entire mountain range, and naturally did not find the so-called resistance stronghold.

"After all, I arrived relatively late. Most of the strongholds that could be clearly identified as rebel strongholds had already been cleared out, and the remaining strongholds were naturally well disguised."

"There are quite a few villages inside; the enemy must be hiding in one of these villages..."

If it were just digging a hole or entering some special stronghold, it would be easily detected under Jemin's mental power. Only by using a village as a disguise could he not discover it immediately.

After thinking for a moment, Jieming's vertical pupils opened, activating the Destiny System.

After carefully observing the flow of fate in this dimension, Jemin nodded with satisfaction: "It's easier than I thought. Alright, then let's wait a couple more days..."

With that thought in mind, he activated the Tai Xu Step in the clouds above.

The aura was completely erased in an instant, and the figure disappeared silently into the clouds.

Jemin maintained his ethereal state and arrived at the core area of ​​the Iron Ridge Mountains.