This wizard only wishes to be a teacher

"The new master of the ruins? A Level 3 Wizard?" Listening to Carly’s words, Lucien, who had maintained a smile on his face, was taken aback for a moment, then his breath suddenly became somewhat constricted.

There was just so much content in Carly’s sentence that even Lucien started to feel a bit envious of the little fellow’s luck.

The requirement for refining the Cloud Kingdom was a Level 3 Wizard.

This was not about any Third-level Wizard Apprentice, but a bona fide Level 3 Wizard! Even among the ranks of Formal Wizards, they counted as a formidable power. Such a Wizard, not even one could be found within the entire Greybone Academy!

Those who strutted around Greybone Academy as Formal Wizards were merely First-level Wizards. As for the level of the legendary Dean of Greybone Academy, that was the domain of Second-level Wizards.

As for higher than the Dean, a Level 3 Wizard?

That was an existence that could make an organization of wizards at Greybone Academy’s level nervous with just a sentence, an individual who alone was capable of sweeping through the entire Greybone Academy!

Anyway, Lucien had never heard of such a magnificent existence in Greybone Academy. Perhaps the inner circle of Formal Wizards in the academy knew some information about these high-ranking wizards, but with his previous status, Lucien could never have access to it.

But the information Carly received during her baptism told her to come back and refine the "Cloud Kingdom" ruins after ascending to a Level 3 Wizard?

This first indicated that the Bloodline Carly received during her baptism was of very high grade, at least in the eyes of the ancient Fairy who performed the baptism; carly was deemed to have a very high chance of successfully growing into a Level 3 Wizard. And the second... indicated that the ruins of the Cloud Kingdom were of immense value in themselves, even requiring one to be at the Level 3 Wizard rank to refine them.

You see, refining is much simpler than mastering and utilization. If one has to be a Level 3 Wizard to use it, then it’s highly probable that the "Cloud Kingdom" ruins themselves were a treasure used by a Fourth-level Wizard or even a mightier being above that rank.

This level of treasure, if its true value were to leak, it’s not just wizard organizations on the level of Greybone Academy that would go mad, but even the mighty Level 3 Wizards, and perhaps even higher-ranking Wizards, would converge from far and wide, desperately fighting for its ownership!

"Carly, remember, don’t tell anyone about this matter before you ascend, keep it to yourself, you understand?" After a brief excitement and shock, Lucien’s expression turned extremely serious. "Actually, you shouldn’t have told me either, after all, the fewer people that know about this, the less the risk..."

The value of the Cloud Kingdom was simply too great, certainly not something that he and Carly could handle at present.

Once the news of the Cloud Kingdom leaked, Lucien and Carly would likely become the first wave of casualties in the power struggles of those Level 3 Wizards, or even higher-ranking Wizards.

Especially Carly, who had already gained partial control over the Cloud Kingdom, would directly become the "living key" that those high-ranking Wizards would desperately vie for.

"I know, Mentor Lucien, but I feel it’s better to share such a big matter with you," said Carly, nodding her head. When she had received that information during the baptism, the fragment of spiritual power left by the ruins’ former master had told her similar things in her dreams, which was why she had been so cautious and careful just now.

However, in Carly’s view, Lucien was the person she trusted most on her path as a wizard, so she did not want to hide this major matter from him.

Lucien looked at Carly’s earnest face and patted his head somewhat helplessly.

"Alright, I give up," Lucien shook his head, his tone quite helpless, then he seemed to recall something, "Carly, since you’ve already gained partial control over the ruins, then you should also know how to leave them, right?"

"Yes, I can leave anytime I want, and later I can even use this mark to shuttle between the Wizard World and the Cloud Kingdom," Carly raised her hand, showing off the moon mark on her wrist, but then felt a bit embarrassed and stuck out her tongue.

"However, according to the rules of the Cloud Kingdom, until I become the true master of the Cloud Kingdom, I can only bring life forms that do not exceed my own life level. And besides me, if other life forms ascend within the Cloud Kingdom, it seems to trigger some countermeasures of the Cloud Kingdom..."

Lucien nodded his head, also feeling fortunate about his earlier decision to suppress his level.

"Mentor Lucien, then... are you going to leave?" Carly looked at Lucien, seeking approval in her eyes.

"Wait another couple of days, I need to prepare." Lucien pondered briefly, then looked at Carly, "Carly, do you want to stay in the Cloud Kingdom, or return with me? I suggest you stay inside the Cloud Kingdom, it’s safer..."

"Mentor Lucien, I want to leave with you," Carly held up her wrist, then pointed at her mouth, indicating there were some things she couldn’t say out loud.

But from Carly’s gestures, Lucien could roughly guess some of the situation, probably that the authority Carly received came with some limitations, and she couldn’t just stay inside the ruins and grow in safety indefinitely.

"Alright then." Lucien nodded, no longer pursuing the issue, and started discussing preparations and arrangements for leaving the ruins with Carly.

Though they planned to prepare for two days, when it came time to actually do it, ten days had passed.

"Go." Carly’s moon mark on her wrist shone brightly, and at the same time, a faint force of rejection enveloped including her nine living beings.

"Hmm?" At that moment, Gagarin, who was meditating cross-legged, opened his eyes as he sensed a faint force of rejection enveloping him.

"Are they going to expel us now?" Gagarin quickly gathered his belongings, but he felt somewhat reluctant in his heart.

Although life on the floating island was somewhat monotonous, it was incredibly peaceful and comfortable. The only thing that troubled him was not a matter of resources or magic stones but whether Edison, that bastard, could stay out of trouble.

It was far more enjoyable than the cautious, walking-on-thin-ice days inside Greybone Academy.

Moreover, he wanted to take advantage of the ’privileged’ environment of the floating island to get closer to Lucien. Once they left this environment, he figured that a common Third-level Wizard Apprentice like him would not be missed by Lucien’s side.

However, he had no say in the matter and could only comply with the expulsion force, watching himself being slowly lifted into the high sky. Others were enjoying the same treatment, including Lucien and Carly.

Whoosh—

The next moment, spatial fluctuations appeared, completely ejecting several people from Cloud Country.

...

"We’re finally out?"

The spatial ripples naturally triggered by Cloud Country as it ejected Lucien and the others were very slight, but they were still keenly detected by someone using a wizard formation.

On Kosai Island, a painted skull slowly raised its head, looking towards the source of the spatial fluctuations. It seemed to lock onto a stone platform deep within the Fog Tide, despite the mist and vast distance.

Its slightly upturned mouth corners seemed to smile. It quickly reached out its hands, manipulating countless fine threads as though strumming a harp.

Crack crack crack...

Immediately, the mountain beneath it began to move slowly. Under the pull of the fine threads, the mountain deformed, with soil and rocks falling off. Eventually, it turned into another massive moving fortress.

Above the fortress, numerous desiccated "humans" began to brandish their "weapons," "dancing" gracefully atop the continually rotating castle.

"Breakthrough!" While the puppet was maneuvering the rock fortress toward the depths of the Fog Tide, on the treetop of a large tree, a dual-tailed black cat closed its eyes as if sensing something.

Swipe—

The next moment, a scarlet vertical eye opened on its forehead. Special spiritual waves wafted from within the eye, seemingly sensing a distant direction.

Through the dual-tailed black cat as a conduit, that distant existence also "looked" towards the direction where Lucien and the others were.

"Breakthrough." Lucien, unaware of the two onlookers or their peeping, closed his eyes the moment he was expelled from the Cloud Kingdom Sanctuary. He then rapidly structured the almost uncontainable dispersed spiritual power in his Spirit Sea into the 360th spiritual rune.

Then, solidification.

The appearance of the last spiritual rune seemed to trigger a qualitative change in the Spirit Sea due to its quantitative change.

All 360 solidified spiritual runes on the membrane of the Spirit Sea emitted a faint glow, and the next moment they began to vibrate rapidly and rhythmically.

Hum hum hum—

When the vibration reached a limit, the spiritual power in Lucien’s Spirit Sea broke free from the restraints of these spiritual runes, wildly impacting Lucien’s Spirit Sea, yet they were firmly bounded within the Spirit Sea by those runes, having no choice but to shrink toward the center, and then shrink further.

Soon, the spiritual power in Lucien’s Spirit Sea condensed into an extremely tiny point of light.

Boom—

Similar to the creation of a new world or the big bang, when the light point exploded, it effortlessly tore through Lucien’s Spirit Sea, revealing the vast dark space beyond the membrane.

This space was vaster and more dangerous than the original Spirit Sea within the membrane.

Swipe swipe swipe—

Spiritual runes carrying the shards of Lucien’s original Spirit Sea membrane turned into bright stars, dotting this dark universe and providing a safe, illuminated area for Lucien’s consciousness.

"Unite." Lucien’s consciousness roared as the spiritual power that had spread outwards was drawn by his continuous guidance. Eventually, it formed into a bright, massive star, pulling the stars formed by the spiritual runes into orbit around this star.

Soon, the successfully transformed spiritual power began to replenish Lucien’s body. The special energy from the dark space was continuously absorbed by the body. Lucien could even feel the "hunger" of his body as they clamored and fought for the special energy drawn from the dark space. As they were nourished by this energy, they rapidly evolved and eventually led Lucien’s entire body to transcend to a higher level of existence.