Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 424 - 43 Refining

The ritual was complete, and many Three Rings Wizards heaved a sigh of relief.

Although the difficulty of this ritual magic was not significant, its consumption was astonishingly high. Even though Richard had pledged not to hold responsible any wizards for mistakes made, any wizard would harbor resentment if such a costly spell went awry during their performance.

Among the wizards present, none had any enmity or grievance with Richard; in fact, they could hardly afford to offend Richard if they wished to foster good relations with him.

Fortunately, the ritual proceeded smoothly.

Richard bowed slightly to the wizards, "I appreciate everyone’s help this time. If there’s anything you need my assistance with in the future, feel free to ask."

Although the wizards present verbally agreed, they all secretly smiled about it internally.

Such pleasantries exchanged at the ritual were not taken seriously by anyone present.

Once the ritual was concluded, Richard was in high spirits. After settling the magic essence dues with the wizards, he took them to the Garon Wizard College and had a lavish meal in the cafeteria.

After the meal, the wizards went about their own business, leaving only Jolod and Richard to return to Extreme North City together.

On their way back, Jolod nostalgically remarked, "Garon the Great Wizard is truly generous. The food in this cafeteria is even better than what’s offered in those exclusive wizard restaurants."

Richard responded with a smile, "Naturally, most wizards at Garon Wizard College focus on physique evolution. Physique evolution emphasizes seventy percent training and thirty percent eating; substandard food does no good for physique evolution.

For this cafeteria, Garon the Great Wizard specially allocated a world as a vegetable garden and established a commerce to trade in food ingredients.

No wizard restaurant could possibly have such resources."

"That makes sense," Jolod nodded slightly and then added, "Speaking of commerce, our cooperation with the Truth Fist Commerce has already begun.

The projection halls have started spreading across cities of White Wizards and, from what I can see, the effect has been quite favorable.

That Three Rings Wizard named John, although he looks like a clumsy bear, is very skilled in his methods and has managed an impressive advertising campaign."

Richard was slightly surprised, "They’ve already started expanding? That was quick!"

Jolod glanced at his student and said pensively, "Well, it’s a collaboration you negotiated; of course, it’s going to be expedited."

Richard looked perplexed and then responded with a wry smile, "Is that how it is? Just because I negotiated this collaboration, it gets prioritized?"

"Why not?" Jolod said calmly, "You’re also the chairman of the commerce. Your negotiations naturally take precedence.

Moreover, this plan is... quite exceptional. To be honest, I never imagined we could profit so much from the apprentices."

Jolod still remembered when that wizard named John entered his office, handed him a detailed business plan, and informed him that this was a tangible result based on Richard’s ideas.

It was another pleasant surprise from his student.

Having Richard as his apprentice was not Richard’s luck, but his own.

He had a clear premonition that Richard would leave a significant mark in the history of Wizard Civilization.

And he, a mediocre Alchemy Wizard, might also leave a slight trace in the history books through his identity as Richard’s teacher.

Richard, somewhat animated, replied, "Haha, exactly, teacher. Because nobody else thought of it, that’s how we can make money.

And I have a feeling that there will be more and more Wizard Apprentices in the future, and the projection hall could become a gold mine, just like a magic support vehicle!"

Watching the spirited Richard, Jolod unwittingly smiled.

He walked over to Richard and patted his shoulder.

"I trust your judgment."

...

After seeing Jolod off, Richard returned to the Wizard Tower and immediately entered the Nightmare World.

The Nightmare World remained calm; over twenty years had not changed this territory one bit.

The barren land of Extreme North had barely sustained a population to support a Nightmare Knight, let alone a Nightmare Lord, before the emergence of Extreme North City.

Even a dispossessed Nightmare Lord would not venture to the Extreme North seeking a new Nightmare Territory due to experience.

This had allowed Richard’s Nightmare Territory, though prosperous, to remain free from any enemies.

In a dark room, next to a pitch-black coffin, stood a black knight covered in runes. These runes wrapped around him like chains, securely binding him and preventing any trace of the Power of Nightmare from leaking.

Suddenly, a pitch-black door materialized out of nowhere.

The black knight, sensing the door, suddenly opened his eyes and upon recognizing the visitor, he knelt on one knee, somewhat excitedly, "Boss, you’re back."

Richard nodded slightly, "Yes. Things went unexpectedly smoothly, so it didn’t take long. Has anything been amiss in the territory while I was away?"

"Nothing, the territory is as usual."

Upon Richard’s soul merging into the Nightmare Body, he and Bone headed toward the Power of Nightmare warehouse.

During Richard’s absence, the consumption of the Power of Nightmare he once used had not only been replenished but had increased by over ten million doses.

"How did it increase by so much?" Richard asked, surprised.

Bone replied, "The construction of the territory is essentially complete, and so the Power of Nightmare naturally started to accumulate."

Richard was momentarily taken aback but then quickly understood what Bone meant by the construction of the territory.

As a place for a Nightmare Lord to ascend the throne, the Nightmare Territory plays a crucial role when a Nightmare creature is promoted to Lord.

Before the promotion, a Nightmare creature must construct a network of Nightmare paths in the Nightmare Territory, forming an energy cycle nearly akin to that of the Power of Nightmare.

This cycle ensures that a Nightmare creature, when advancing to Nightmare Lord, will not be burst by the enormous influx of Nightmare Power. It also preserves a significant portion of the Nightmare Power if the promotion fails.

"The construction of the network is completed? That was quick."

"Bones couldn’t help but speak in a somewhat helpless tone, "Boss, this speed is already very slow. If you don’t push those lazy guys on normal days, it leads them to always goof off.

After I killed a few, the efficiency of these guys immediately improved."

Richard gave an awkward smile, he had never been very attentive to matters of the Nightmare World.

"Alright, as long as it’s built well."

Since Richard had returned, Bones naturally no longer managed Richard’s territory. After reporting to Richard about the territory, he returned to his own city.

Meanwhile, Richard began to extract the Power of Nightmare in the warehouse.

Extracting the Dream Rules required five hundred units of Soul Power, so Richard now needed to prepare soul essence equivalent to five hundred units of spiritual power.

That converts to twenty million strands of the Power of Nightmare.

The warehouse had not only sufficient Power of Nightmare but even in abundance.

"Having a territory is really wonderful," Richard exclaimed somewhat wistfully, "Tens of millions of strands of the Power of Nightmare at the ready for extraction, no longer will I need to worry about spiritual power when encountering rules in the future."

Extracting soul essence was a very monotonous job, constantly restoring spiritual power, even Richard felt some mental fatigue.

After spending nearly two months, Richard finally extracted enough soul essence that he needed.

The moment he stepped out of the warehouse, Richard exhaled deeply and began using the magic imprints engraved on his soul to communicate with the space bubbles between dimensional gaps.

As spiritual power surged into the magic imprints, Richard felt his soul enter a mysterious state.

He suddenly could see things that were usually invisible, such as the dimensional gaps hidden beneath the veil.

But this state was unlike when he observed Garon the Great Wizard battling the World Tree.

It seemed as if the world’s veil wasn’t just a single layer; behind each layer lay different entities.

After seeing the dimensional gaps, what remained was simple.

Richard summoned the space bubbles from the dimensional gaps, then stuffed the soul essence into them, and finally put the space bubbles back into the dimensional gaps.

After completing all this, Richard’s vision suddenly darkened.

These operations seemed simple but each step was extremely draining on spiritual power. Even though Richard’s spiritual power had reached the limit of a Three Rings Wizard, performing a storage action still exhausted nearly all his spiritual power.

"Wow, this thing can’t be used casually."

After fully restoring his spiritual power, Richard arranged some construction work for his territory through the administrative officer, then returned to the Wizard World.

Upon returning to the Wizard World, Richard did the same, summoning the dimensional space bubbles from the dimensional gaps.

Then the lump of soul essence he refined in the Nightmare World appeared in the Material World.

"Hehe, success."

Richard, struggling to stay conscious, stored the soul essence into a specially prepared enchantment container.

The soul essence would evaporate completely if not stored in special containers.

After placing the soul essence, Richard’s vision went dark, and he collapsed to the ground, waking up only after seven days.

Upon waking up, Richard was slightly disoriented for a moment, then immediately opened the Secret Realm Rift.

The preparations were ready, what remained was the main event.

Arriving at the Secret Realm, the Holy Tree Elves, summoned by Richard, immediately opened the pathway to the Fuel Ring.

Although the World Mushroom had fallen asleep, his body was still operating normally. There was no slack in the blockade of the Fuel Ring, as layers of mycelium completely absorbed any radiation emitted from the Fuel Ring.

Richard continued downwards with Ulysses, quickly arriving at the location of the Fuel Ring.

Dozens of First Level Holy Tree Elves, under the leadership of three Second Level Holy Tree Elves, used the energy of the World Mushroom to erect a thick energy barrier to protect him from radiation damage.

Richard turned his head and said to the black crow on his shoulder, "Ulysses, protect my body later, this extraction will take some time."

"Caw, rest assured, I guarantee your body won’t be destroyed," Ulysses said earnestly.

Seeing this, Richard hesitated no longer, holding the box containing the soul essence with one hand, and with the other hand, he reached past the energy barrier and touched the Fuel Ring.

[Raw Material: Fuel Ring]

[Extractable Rule: Radiation Rule (First Level)]

[Extraction Consumption: 500 Soul Power]

[Proceed with Extraction?]

"Yes!"

The next instant, Richard’s soul began to weaken, his Soul Power slowly flowed into the Miracle Furnace in his soul.

But at the same time, Richard opened the box containing the soul essence and began to absorb the soul essence.

The massive amount of soul essence immediately began to nourish Richard’s soul.

Under the substantial nourishment of the soul essence, Richard, who had become a Three Rings Wizard, felt a rare exhaustion.

This feeling from the soul could not be resisted by willpower alone, so Richard quickly fell into a deep sleep.

After he fell asleep, Ulysses immediately summoned the Holy Tree Elves to restore Richard’s body.

Even with Ulysses’ protection, Richard’s arm turned to ash the moment he touched the Fuel Ring.

A month later, the piece of the Fuel Ring suddenly disappeared from the Earth Cave.

Ulysses, witnessing this scene, knew the extraction had begun.

It wouldn’t be long before Richard would take the first step on his path as a Great Wizard.