The Mighty Mage
Chapter 139: Research

Chapter 139: Chapter 139: Research

Thank god she had space water and food in her space. Otherwise, she would have starved for sure.

Gu Jin looked at the sky and sighed as she asked,

"Space how should I leave this place? You truly don’t know where the exit is?"

The space didn’t reply. In the past year, Gu Jin’s repeated questions had made it feel very guilty.

After all, he was the one who had suggested Gu Jin to enter this place.

Gu Jin understood what space’s silence meant.

It truly doesn’t know.

She could only grit her teeth and continue to cultivate.

In Gu Jin’s opinion, it wasn’t like there was no solution. The only reason why she wasn’t able to find any solution was probably because she wasn’t powerful enough.

Thinking so, Gu Jin continued her cultivation.

Her daily routine was very simple. She would wake up at 6 am, cultivate her Fire Element for 3 hours, then switch to Plant Element for the next 3 hours, then she would take a break for an hour.

During the break, she would roam around the island to find some clues and collect herbs along the way.

After her break, she would cultivate her Dark Fire element for 3 hours, then practice alchemy for the next 3 hours and take a break of two hours.

During that break, she would eat food and plant herbs simultaneously.

At night she would gaze at the sky which has no moon and think about certain people and places.

Sometimes she would also find a few treasures. Alas, none of them were related to her elements, so she could only store them away.

This treasure consists of Mystic Seeds and some Solar Veins detected by Space.

What made Gu Jin frustrated was, that most of the Solar Vein that she found were of no use to her.

At the same time, there were some unknown things too, that the space asked her to collect.

Gu Jin didn’t argue and collected them.

At least she would be able to sell these in the market place.

Just like that another five months passed.

Her cultivation didn’t rise, but Gu Jin knew that her cultivation was getting accumulated and once she broke through, she would be able to get the fruit of her hard work.

At some point, the space said to Gu Jin,

"Master don’t cultivate, there is no use in cultivating now."

Gu Jin stopped cultivating and asked,

"Why?"

"Master I think you should either focus on your alchemy skills or learn some other skills."

Her alchemy cultivation had become stagnant after 1 year and 2 months.

The reason was quite simple. Gu Jin didn’t have many herbs on hand. She indeed had some herbs in her hand, but they could at most help her reach the Yellow Rank Advanced Stage.

The herbs required to make Yello Rank Peak Stage pills were either not with Gu Jin or were not found on that island.

Gu Jin sat on the ground and took deep breaths to control her inner turmoil.

To be honest, living alone is very difficult. What was even more difficult was to continue with the routine when she didn’t see any benefit at all.

However, she at least had something to do.

Now that the space was suggesting her to stop cultivating, Gu Jin was a bit lost.

What she should do now?

Should she sit just like that and wait for her death?

No!

Gu Jin shook her head with determination. No, she can’t die just like that!

Looking at the herbs, Gu Jin had an idea.

Well now that she has time she could research and learn the knowledge ahead of time, right?

So for the next 5 months, Gu Jin was mostly focused on searching.

Since the vegetation on the island was different, Gu Jin expected the herbs and plants to have different effects.

Thanks to the space she got a book to learn about the plants and their effects.

What surprised Gu Jin was, that some of the plants were so powerful that they could be used to deal with diseases like cancer.

If only she was on her planet now she would definitely be rich just by selling this plant.

Gu Jin didn’t stop making pills. Once she left the island she would hand out those pills to Song Hancheng and sit back and wait for the money to flow in.

Aside from making pills and researching, Gu Jin skimmed through various books.

At the same time, she trained the healing attribute of her plant element.

The spell that Gu Jin thought was most valuable was the Age the herb. With it, Gu Jin almost never lacked herbs.

She would plant the herbs, use the spell, grow it quickly, and harvest them. Hence her pill-making journey was hardly affected.

Of course, Jasmine’s treatment still continued and Gu Jin realized that Jasmine would take 1 year and 5 months more to be completely cured.

After 5 months ended, Gu Jin had made many products. Toward the end of the 5 months, Gu Jin felt a bit bored and started cultivating.

Even if there was no benefit in cultivating, once she returned she would have to continue with her cultivation right?

To not lose the sense of familiarity she had with cultivation, Gu Jin ignored the space’s suggestion.

In the next 2 months, Gu Jin focused on her plant element.

One day, when Gu Jin was focused on the cultivation, she felt the atmosphere turning a bit gloomy.

The temperature of the island dropped and the rainy cloud started appearing around the island.

Gu Jin didn’t stop cultivating.

The past 2 years that she had spent on the island, not once she saw the rainy clouds. The weather was always sunny and mild.

So she thought that maybe the rainy cloud would soon go away.

However, what she didn’t expect was a storm was brewing just behind her.

"Master danger!" The space reminded and Gu Jin hurriedly opened her eyes.

When she turned around her breathing almost hitched.

A massive, swirling vortex of dark clouds and lightning was forming behind her.

The once tranquil and vibrant environment had turned ominous and threatening in a matter of moments.

Gu Jin could feel the oppressive energy radiating from the storm, and she knew she had to act quickly.

"Space, what is this?" she demanded, her voice steady despite the rising fear.

"Master, it’s a dimensional storm. If you get caught in it, there’s no telling where you might end up," the space warned, its voice filled with urgency.

Gu Jin’s mind raced. She needed to find shelter or a way to escape the storm’s path.

She glanced around, spotting a cluster of trees with thick, interwoven branches that might provide some cover.

Without hesitation, she sprinted toward them, the ground shaking beneath her feet as the storm grew closer.

Just as she reached the relative safety of the trees, a deafening crack of thunder split the air, and a bolt of lightning struck the ground nearby, sending a shockwave through the forest.

Gu Jin stumbled but managed to stay on her feet.

She could feel the storm’s energy tugging at her, trying to pull her into its chaotic embrace.

She closed her eyes and allowed the mana to flow through her, steadying her mind and body.

"Think, Gu Jin, think," she muttered to herself. "There has to be a way out of this."

As she concentrated, an idea began to form.

"Hey space, it is a dimensional storm you say, right?"

"Yes, Master."

"Is it possible that if I jump in the storm, then I will be transported back to the spatial rift?"

The space hesitated before answering,

"It’s possible, Master, but it’s extremely dangerous. The dimensional storm could take you anywhere, or even trap you in a worse place."

Gu Jin considered her options quickly.

In fact, she knew in her heart that she didn’t have much option.

Keep waiting here till someone comes to find her?

What a joke.

Even though the Shadow Fang is a warm team it doesn’t mean they would waste their 2 years waiting for her.

As for Long Yifan.

Gu Jin bit her lips. In her heart, she had some expectations.

From a practical point of view, Long Yifan would definitely try to find her, since his sister was with her.

But with each passing month, Gu Jin realized a problem.

Even though Long Yifan was powerful he too can’t enter this place.

What a joke. From the spatial rift, Gu Jin realized that a person can go to various places or dimensions if they follow a thread of a network.

Gu Jin considers all those places as stop points which are represented by a ’dot’ and the path to reach it is thread.

(Author: Please remember that when Gu Jin entered the spatial rift, she saw a network of threads and some dots, here she is talking about those dots and threads.)