Chapter 234: The Shock After Five Hundred Years
Wizard Tower, Cultivation Room.
Su Nan completed his meditation, slowly opening his eyes.
Talent Crystal Model Filling Progress: 81.52%
"Less than 20% left."
Su Nan nodded inwardly.
At this rate, he expected to fully complete the Talent Crystal Model in about fourteen or fifteen years, allowing him to advance to the Second Level Wizard.
"Thanks to the Large Elemental Pool, it has taken much less time than I anticipated."
He exhaled deeply and then summoned the three-dimensional holographic model of the Wizard Tower.
The Wizard Tower had been constructed, but he was not satisfied with it.
Too many resources were required for the upgrade to a Medium Wizard Tower, and even if the Starlight Continent adopted Sub-mana technology and developed it for another four or five hundred years, it would still not be sufficient to cover the consumption.
Su Nan estimated that this issue could only be resolved after the Dimensional Barrier was completely repaired and trade channels with other planes were established.
Moreover, due to the reduced workload of Wizard Tower construction, he had been able to concentrate his efforts on cultivation and the collection of Elemental Crystal Dust for the past few years.
Considering that after advancing to Second Level Wizard, he would need to start condensing Spiritual Power again, Su Nan had never ceased collecting Elemental Crystal Dust.
He had even posted a mission for collecting Elemental Crystal Dust through the Wizard Guild.
So far, he had accumulated more than a thousand standard units of divine energy.
As soon as he broke through, he could absorb them all at once, significantly enhancing the condensation of his Spiritual Power.
"By the time the Dimensional Barrier is fully repaired, even if I haven't advanced to Level 3 Wizard yet, I should be close."
Su Nan's lips curled into a slight smile.
Just then, Lize requested a meeting.
As he pondered this, a message came through from Tower Spirit 1.
Su Nan's expression shifted slightly; his figure instantly disappeared from the Cultivation Room, and when he reappeared, he was already inside the Study.
Lize was sitting on the sofa, waiting for him.
"What's wrong? Why the sudden rush to see me?" Su Nan asked directly.
Seeing this, Lize no longer exchanged pleasantries and went straight to the point. "I've examined Star Eye and discovered that over the last thirty years, the concentration of Energy Particles in the Starlight Continent has increased by about 10%. I suspect that the Dimensional Barrier may be entering a rapid development phase."
"Is that all?" Su Nan raised an eyebrow.
Lize found his reaction somewhat unexpected. She had assumed Su Nan would be surprised by her findings, but instead, he appeared remarkably calm.
"You seem to have already been aware of this?"
"Kind of. I know a bit more than you might think."
Su Nan chose his words carefully. He couldn't reveal that he knew when the Dimensional Barrier would fully recover or the year the first foreign Wizard would enter the Starlight Continent, could he?
"The timeline for the complete restoration of the Dimensional Barrier is likely after the year 1900 of the Starlight Calendar."
"During this period, the concentration of Energy Particles in the Starlight Continent will gradually increase, but the growth of Resources will lag behind. I estimate that it will take another one or two hundred years after the Dimensional Barrier's full restoration for it to return to roughly the level it was at a thousand years ago."
Lize regarded Su Nan thoughtfully, choosing not to ask how he knew such things. "So, according to you, we have about five hundred years. We must prepare ourselves as soon as possible."
Su Nan smiled. "In fact, we've been preparing for this all along, haven't we?"
"Whether it's building the Wizard Tower or strengthening the Star Alliance, we are effectively increasing our power to face the impending unsealing of the Starlight Continent."
Lize's eyes flickered. She had witnessed the rapid development of the Star Alliance in recent years.
The completion of the Wizard Tower and the advancement of Scepter and Rose to Wizard status had significantly strengthened the Star Alliance.
The current Star Alliance had already begun to take shape as a Wizard Faction.
In the Multiverse, a qualified Wizard Faction is generally recognized to have four essential elements: at least one Second Level Wizard, its own qualified Wizard Academy, a standard Wizard Tower, and more than twenty Formal Wizards.
The Star Alliance currently met two of these requirements.
The remaining two were just a matter of time.
Of course, a force that merely met these four basic conditions could only be considered a low-level, insignificant power within the Wizard Faction.
When compared to middle-tier forces like the Gloomy Throne and the Deadwood Council, it didn't even come close to the Starfall Society.
Back then, the Starfall Society was at least ranked among the third-rate forces, with a speaker who was even a Level 3 Wizard.
In short, under the leadership of Su Nan, a figure she couldn't fully comprehend, the Star Alliance had the potential to develop into a middle-tier Wizard Faction.
It was precisely because of this potential that Lize began to believe that joining the Star Alliance after Reshaping the Body would not be a bad choice.
Over the years, she had been diligently planning the development of the Star Alliance.
However, the prerequisite for the Star Alliance's growth was to safely navigate the effects of the Plane blockade seal being lifted.
"Once the Starlight Continent seal is broken, those Wizards who left before might turn their attention back to this Plane. If they aim to regain control over the Starlight Continent, a conflict with us will be unavoidable. Even if the Star Alliance develops for another five hundred years, I doubt we will have the strength to contend with those Wizard Factions."
Lize's expression was serious.
Su Nan nodded in agreement. "Indeed, the development time of Star Alliance is too short. In five hundred years, it may be able to deal with a third-rate Wizard Faction, but it would still fall short against those long-established Wizard Factions."
"However, things aren’t as dire as you think."
Su Nan reached out and tapped into the void, and light and shadows coalesced into a series of names.
Deep Blue Alliance, Wisdom Codex, Star Spirit Clock Tower, Bloodline Jungle, Savage Spirit, Gloomy Throne, Deadwood Council.
"The rule of the Wizarding World states that as long as you unify the entire Plane, you are considered to own that Plane, and other Wizards are not allowed to interfere."
"This is a rule that most Wizard Factions have tacitly agreed upon and won't easily break."
"And the ownership of the Starlight Continent is already firmly in my grasp. Everyone must acknowledge this. As long as we are in the right, those order-aligned Wizard Factions will not dare to encroach on the Starlight Continent."
“Trust me,” Su Nan said confidently. “Even though it's their homeland, the Wizards don't have any sentimental attachment. They won't break the rules for resources that aren’t particularly abundant in the Plane.”
Su Nan’s words were firm, reflecting his confidence.
He understood well the disciplined approach of the orderly side’s Wizard Faction. Unless presented with sufficiently tempting benefits, they were unlikely to act recklessly.
With a sweeping gesture, Su Nan brushed aside the names of Wizard Factions like the Deep Blue Alliance, Wisdom Codex, and Star Spirit Clock Tower, causing them to vanish.
He then pointed to the remaining Wizard Factions. “What we truly need to contend with are those factions that act without restraint, like these.”
Lize followed his gaze to the factions he had highlighted: Bloodline Jungle, Savage Spirit, Gloomy Throne, and Deadwood Council, totaling around a dozen.
Indeed, all of them were known for their wicked ways in the world of Wizards. Collectively, this type of Wizard was referred to as Black Wizards, and their powers were recognized as Black Wizard Forces.
“Bloodline Jungle and Savage Spirit don’t require much attention; those two factions aren’t interested in the Starlight Continent,” Su Nan continued. “The ones we must truly be wary of are Gloomy Throne and Deadwood Council. The other factions are weaker than the first two and are unlikely to foolishly involve themselves.”
In Su Nan's memory, Gloomy Throne was the first Wizard Faction to return to the Starlight Continent, directly leading to a decade-long period of darkness for the region.
Around 2000 years after the Starlight Calendar event, the Deadwood Council also made its return, engaging in conflict with Gloomy Throne. Fortunately, the orderly side Wizard Factions like the Deep Blue Alliance and Wisdom Codex intervened, halting the dire situation in the Starlight Continent.
However, the future of the Starlight Continent had already taken a vastly different path due to Su Nan, the butterfly flapping its wings.
Once the Plane blockade is lifted in the future, it is highly likely that the orderly side Wizard Factions will not interfere with the Starlight Continent.
The weaker Wizard Faction didn’t dare to lay a finger on it.
Therefore, what the Star Alliance truly needed to confront were the two Wizard Factions: the Gloomy Throne and the Deadwood Council.
Especially the Gloomy Throne!
It had entered the Starlight Continent much earlier than the Deadwood Council.
As the only two Wizard Factions that had laid ambushes in the Starlight Continent, the Deadwood Council returned more than a decade later than the Gloomy Throne. This was primarily because the Dark Demon Tree was occupied by the Spider Goddess.
In short, the Gloomy Throne was the first wave of enemies that the Star Alliance had to face.
"Even with just the Gloomy Throne and the Deadwood Council, it’s already very troublesome," Lize said, her brow furrowed.
The Gloomy Throne was one of the most powerful Large Wizard Factions in the Multiverse, definitely ranking in the top ten in terms of overall strength.
The Deadwood Council was somewhat inferior, yet it still categorized as a Second-rate Wizard Force.
Not to mention the Gloomy Throne—even the Deadwood Council alone presented a challenge that the Star Alliance couldn’t easily overcome.
"We don't need to fight the Gloomy Throne and the Deadwood Council to the death," Su Nan said, waving his hand calmly.
"As long as we can withstand the initial attacks of the Gloomy Throne and the Deadwood Council and wait for the Plane to be completely unsealed, we can negotiate with the orderly side's Wizard Faction for their protection."
With the Dimensional Barrier not fully recovered, the Gloomy Throne and the Deadwood Council couldn't possibly send out high-level Wizards.
From his memory, Su Nan recalled that the Gloomy Throne had only sent out one Second-level Wizard—not even a Third-level Wizard.
Thus, Su Nan was quite confident about holding out for two thousand years in the Starlight Calendar.
Seeing Su Nan's confident assertion, Lize’s worries were significantly alleviated, though she was left with even more surprise and doubt.
How exactly did Su Nan know so much?
He was a Wizard born in the Starlight Continent and had not experienced the events of a thousand years ago. How did he possess such detailed information about the Wizard Factions?
The key point was that he knew more than her, a senior Wizard, and could recite it like it was his own family history.
As always, when facing Su Nan, she felt like a newly promoted novice Wizard who knew little about the Wizarding World.
"In short, don't worry too much about the Gloomy Throne matter. What we need to focus on now is developing the Star Alliance."
"It's great that the concentration of Energy Particles is increasing; the Small Sub Magic Stone Mine can also be cultivated and formed more quickly."
Su Nan looked at Lize and smiled, "Considering the time, the first Small Sub Magic Stone Mine should be nearing completion, right?"
Snapping out of her thoughts, Lize nodded and replied, "It is indeed progressing much faster than expected. It should be formed in another three to five years. I'm already preparing the Clay Golem. As soon as the Mine is ready, we can start mining immediately."
Su Nan nodded in satisfaction. "Next, we can begin promoting Sub-mana technology. Do you have a plan for where to start?"
"My territory is within Gold Rock Province, so let’s start promoting from here," Lize suggested.
Su Nan nodded in understanding.
Gold Rock Province is the central province of the Prosperous Star Empire, the most affluent core of the entire Empire. Starting the promotion of Sub-mana technology here will ensure it radiates more easily throughout all parts of the Empire, making it the best choice.
"I'll leave the specific details to you."
"Next, I will enter seclusion to focus on my breakthrough."
Lize nodded gently, feeling a twinge of complicated emotions.
Su Nan's strength was also improving at an astonishing rate. He was advancing to Second Level Wizard much quicker than anticipated.
At this rate, before the Dimensional Barrier recovered, he might very well reach Level 3 Wizard!
If that happened, Star Alliance's chances of weathering the approaching storm would be greatly increased.
In the year 1412 of the Starlight Calendar, during the Spring Dawn Month (March), the first Small Sub Magic Stone Mine of the Star Alliance was completed, and mining officially began that same month.
Large quantities of Sub Magestone were extracted, and after simple refining, they quickly flowed into the market.
The price of Sub Magestone, which had previously been high due to demand far exceeding supply, quickly dropped to a normal level, facilitating the widespread adoption of the Mana Engine across various industries.
At the same time, various technological applications utilizing Sub Magestone as energy—such as Sub Magestone lamps, Magic Powered Carriages, Magic Powered Airships, Magic Powered Weapons, and a series of other machines—sprang up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, rapidly emerging in both civilian and military sectors.
With the Star Alliance's deliberate promotion, Sub-mana technology was disseminated throughout the Starlight Continent at an astonishing rate, flourishing in every corner.
A profound revolution in productivity swept across the entire Starlight Continent!
Yet, while this productivity revolution thrived, the individual at its center remained singularly focused on cultivation, ignoring everything else.
With the benefits of the Large Elemental Pool and the assistance of Crystal Soul Potions, Su Nan’s Talent Crystal Model was being filled at a slow but steady pace.
Each day, the crystal model filled a little more.
The year was 1422 of the Starlight Calendar, in the month of Harvest (September).
During this time when the common people celebrated the harvest, Su Nan also reaped the rewards of nearly a century of hard work.
As the last wisp of Spiritual Power sank into the Talent Crystal Model, filling the final gap, a dazzling light erupted from the surface of the crystal.
The entire crystal radiated a beautiful and magnificent glow, more stunning than the most precious gemstone in the world!
The second Talent Crystal was successfully constructed!
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