Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 191 Obtaining Two Rare Magical Plants

The Bursting Pea, a rare magical plant, is not a magical plant that grows normally in the wild.

This magical plant was born in a breeder's laboratory. It was a special magical plant cultivated by a senior breeder using an ordinary pea plant and grafting it with a variety of powerful magical plants.

Therefore, the seeds of this powerful magical plant cannot grow normally in the natural environment.

The seeds of this powerful magical plant can only develop after going through some hidden, special process by that senior breeder.

These special steps have not yet been disclosed by its developers.

Locke looked at the Bursting Pea on the reward list and said, "I want one of these magical plants."

The dwarf scholar Or registered it, tilted his head and asked, "Are you sure? Breeder Locke, once it's confirmed, it can't be changed."

Locke nodded.

The dwarf scholar Ordos said, "The public library has a public resource storage warehouse. This level of reward resources can be obtained directly from inside the public library. I will arrange for someone to retrieve the resources for you."

What would you choose as your second reward?

Locke stared at the list in deep thought. With the Peashooter, he could learn a powerful offensive plant spell with a 0.8 ring. As for defensive plants, he had the Eye of Perseus Lichen, which was specifically designed to counter curse spells.

Perseus's Eye lichen, through its own modifications, possesses a certain degree of resistance to physical attacks.

Besides, he was wearing the Nightwalker's Feather Robe.

The list contains rare items, so choose carefully, selecting only what you need most right now. However, there are no mana-boosting potions or magical resources on the list, probably because they are too precious. There are also no special escape-related magical items.

After much deliberation, Locke said to the dwarf scholar Or, "I'd like another Shooter Pea. Do you have enough of these magical plants in your resource warehouse?"

If Locke has two Shooter Peas, he only needs to get a third one in the near future to synthesize it.

Even if we can't come up with a special synthesis recipe, the improvement in traits and abilities resulting from synthesizing the three rare magical plants will be a huge gain.

In particular, every improvement in the properties of this magical plant, which serves as the main source of damage for one's spells, can significantly enhance the power of one's spells.

The dwarf scholar Or hesitated for a moment, then said, "Oh, yes, there are some."

"There are also four Burst Pea plants in the warehouse, which have been preserved at low temperatures using special enchantment arrays."

"But isn't this making the same choice twice?"

Locke chuckled, “I just happen to be interested in Shooter Peas. By the way, could I directly use magic stones to buy the remaining two Shooter Peas in your library’s warehouse? If so, Scholar Or, you can name a price.”

The dwarf scholar Or immediately shook his head and said, "Locke the breeder, I'd be happy to help you with this. A breeding genius like you would naturally be interested in rare magical plants like the Bursting Pea, but unfortunately the academy has special regulations on this."

"The supplies in the resource warehouse cannot be traded with magic stones."

"Those are special awards given to students of the college."

A look of disappointment flashed in Locke's eyes, because there were no Shooter Peas available in the Chimera market recently, which meant that his chances of gathering three rare magical plants for synthesis in the remaining month were not high.

But the dwarf scholar Orr changed the subject. "However, breeder Locke, you can still buy it with contribution points."

"Locke Breeder, you have published six B-grade articles, thus earning 300 contribution points, and two A-grade articles, thus earning 200 contribution points."

"At the same time, the title of Excellent Apprentice will grant you 100 contribution points, which means you currently have a total of 600 contribution points. You can use 400 contribution points to exchange for a Burst Pea in the warehouse."

Locke nodded slightly. The ratio of contribution points to magic stones in the library was 1:10, meaning 400 contribution points were equivalent to 4000 magic stones in external funds. No, actually, contribution points were much harder to obtain than magic stones. According to the usual practice at Lilith Hut Academy, this external fund should be doubled.

In other words, a Shooter Pea can be exchanged for 400 contribution points inside the library, but it might cost 8000 magic stones to buy on the market.

Moreover, even if you have the money, you can't buy it right away; you have to queue and wait.

Locke narrowed his eyes. No wonder the wizard apprentices in the academy all wanted to publish as many articles as possible, and publish higher quality articles.

Essentially, an excellent apprentice title grants you two rare magical plants, equivalent to 800 contribution points, which translates to 16000 magic stones in the Chimera Market.

This is money that an ordinary first-class wizard apprentice could never afford.

But they can earn them by publishing articles. This gives first-class wizard apprentices the incentive to earn titles, honors, and ranks.

The dwarf scholar Or asked Locke considerately, "Locke, breeder, would you like to make an exchange?"

Locke frowned. In fact, for others, obtaining such a contribution point is as difficult as climbing to the sky. It requires racking one's brains and trying to get research resources from others. If one's mentor is not helpful, it can be very frustrating when it comes to publishing papers.

But for me, publishing articles is as simple as eating and drinking.

As long as you keep developing new potions and new magical plants, publishing articles will be incredibly easy.

The only problem is that a bunch of first-class wizard apprentices might try to take advantage of me.

I will not lack contribution points.

But Locke still asked, "How many contribution points are usually needed to exchange for an entry opportunity to the Wizard's Secret Realm?"

The dwarf scholar Or smiled knowingly. Everyone was working so hard to publish articles and accumulate contribution points, all for the chance to enter the Wizard's Secret Realm.

"Generally speaking, a fairly ordinary wizard's secret realm requires 1,500 contribution points."

“A wizarding secret realm of the Forbidden Forest level requires at least two thousand contribution points.”

"The contribution points required to enter a wizarding realm are not fixed; they fluctuate at different times. They depend on how many wizarding apprentices enter at the same time. This involves many complex issues, because some wizarding realms belong to the academy itself, some are shared with several wizarding academies, and some belong to the White Wizarding Association."

The dwarf scholar Or pointed to a wall behind the library and said, "If there are any fluctuations in contribution point exchange recently, we will notify you through the notification section."

"This part of the price has always been subject to macro-control by our general education scholars."

Locke frowned slightly. A typical secret realm costs over 1,500, while a high-level secret realm costs over 2,000.

He quickly recalled the level and number of articles published by the Witch Sophia, as well as the contribution points that could be exchanged for them. "Based on this exchange rate, even my teacher, the Witch Sophia, could only enter the Wizard's Secret Realm four or five times."

The dwarf scholar Orl's eyes widened. "Being able to enter the Wizard's Realm four or five times is already a lot."

"Many first-class wizard apprentices can't even get in once. And sometimes, they can take advantage of some perks. Some wizard mentors have a few opportunities to enter low-level wizarding secret realms. These opportunities are the only chance for those mediocre first-class wizard apprentices to enter wizarding secret realms."

"Therefore, wizard mentors have a lot of say."

"For outstanding first-class wizard apprentices, many titles and ranks come with the opportunity to enter the wizarding realm. So, they can collect titles and ranks to gain access to the wizarding realm."

The dwarf scholar Or raised his index finger and gave an example. "For instance, the title of Wizard Seed comes with the opportunity to enter a regular wizarding realm every year, and a high-level wizarding realm every five years."

(End of this chapter)