Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 850 The Dark World Natives Who Came to Our Doorstep and the Asymmetrical Green-leaved Dragonfly Plant Factor Group!
Inside the Feathered Serpent Pavilion, Locke fell into deep thought before Lady Tataroni: should they restart the Heavenly Ladder and open the fifth Heavenly Ladder?
Locke asked, "How long does it take to complete the fifth round of the Heavenly Ladder mission?"

Lady Tataroni smiled and gave Locke a graceful bow, her silver dragon-man tail twitching. "Ten years."

“The Linghong Academy is extremely complex, and the second-ring potion is even more complex, so each trial takes ten years.”

Locke asked, "Could you tell me the questions for the fifth round of the Heavenly Ladder test?"

Mrs. Tataroni hesitated.

“Lord Augustine, I very much want to help beings with such great bloodlines as yourself. However, the Heavenly Ladder Test is fundamental to the Feathered Serpent Pavilion, and this is the only thing I cannot make an exception for you. But you still have one chance to forcibly stop it midway and restart a round of the Heavenly Ladder Test.”

“But starting from the fifth round of the Heavenly Ladder, you can only use this privilege once.”

Locke nodded.

"I see."

Locke said, "I'll participate."

This was something I had carefully considered.

Although if he fails the ladder test in the end, he will lose this channel that allows him to quickly obtain potion-making resources, the problem is that he has already given himself ten years. Does he not have the confidence to pass the fifth round of the ladder?

The various benefits of the Feathered Serpent Pavilion will only appear as complementary services after the Heavenly Ladder is activated. If I were to activate the Heavenly Ladder later and do not currently possess any high-quality potion-making inheritances, I would simply be wasting my time.

Moreover, I am confident that I can pass the ladder test.

First, you own the Rubik's Cube.

Secondly, he possesses the reverse potion-making technique given to him by King Otto, and he owns a bronze cauldron, which allows him to refine the Zero Potion, accumulate perception of Ling Hong, and rapidly improve his [Spiritual Awareness].

So-called psychic awareness is the ability to perceive the spiritual realm.

Therefore, ten years may be too short for others, but it should not be a problem for oneself.

From another perspective, if he cannot become a second-circle potion master for a long time, then he should give up potion studies, otherwise it may affect his chances of becoming a top genius in the wizarding world.

Locke said, "Okay. Mrs. Tataroni, I'll start the Heavenly Ladder test."

Lady Tataroni bowed to Locke. "Excuse me, Lord Augustine."

She suddenly stretched out her palm covered with silver dragon scales towards Locke, and then magic appeared on her five fingers. Then, strands of magic burned like flames and turned into blue flames.

These blue flames intertwined, forming threads of fire, which then linked together and swirled around Locke.

Soon, a drop of emerald green liquid appeared among these filaments of flame.

Locke's eyes flickered slightly.

"You extracted the spirit essence from my name?"

Lady Tataroni used the Time Crystal Potion Bottle to collect the emerald green liquid, then chanted a spell to summon a huge cauldron behind her.

The crucible appeared both real and illusory, like a dream or bubble. It seemed to be located in a palace, a magnificent palace with carved beams and painted rafters, yet possessing a style completely different from that of the modern magical era, and with many totems of feathered snakes.

Lady Tataroni dripped that drop of emerald green soul into the cauldron.

Locke's expression flickered when he saw this.

'That's right. She is Ling Hong, who extracted my name. I never imagined that second-circle potions had developed to this level, actually able to extract Ling Hong from my name.'

'But it's not a big problem. Linghong is merely a hidden true form of all things. Her extraction of Linghong from my name has absolutely no effect on me.'

'To concoct a magic potion simply from someone else's name is far too mystical.'

At this moment, Lady Tataroni was slightly out of breath, seemingly quite tired.

She bowed to Locke, then looked up and explained, "According to the rules, starting from the fifth round of the Heavenly Ladder Test, you need to pour your Name Potion into the [Heart of the Feathered Serpent Ancestor] in our Feathered Serpent Pavilion."

"This ensures that you have only participated in the Heavenly Ladder once, and that you can only participate in the Heavenly Ladder once in this lifetime. The fairness of the subsequent Heavenly Ladder tests will be protected by the [Heart of the Feathered Serpent Ancestor]."

Locke's gaze narrowed slightly. The Heart of the Feathered Serpent?
Why would a crucible contain the heart of the Feathered Serpent Ancestor?

Is it just a simple name?
No, for a second-ring potion master, they can directly extract the spirit essence from another person's name, use techniques to refine the name potion, and then use the name potion to ensure the person's participation in the competition.

For a higher-ranking potion master in the Feathered Serpent Pavilion, the name of an object is certainly not chosen arbitrarily.

Because the name itself contains the spirit of Ling Hong.

Locke learned this from the fact that the other party was concocting a name potion in front of him.

Locke asked directly, "Why is this called the Heart of the Feathered Serpent Ancestor? Is this truly the heart of the Feathered Serpent Ancestor? Or is it a crucible made from the heart of the Feathered Serpent Ancestor?"

Mrs. Tataroni smiled without saying a word, and gracefully shook her head slightly.

"I cannot disclose this information to you due to the regulations mentioned above."

Locke nodded.

"I see."

The fact that nothing can be said already conveys a message.

Suddenly, a burst of magical flame erupted from the Heart of the Feathered Serpent Cauldron behind Lady Tataroni. Within the flame, a piece of paper appeared and floated into Locke's hand.

Lady Tataroni said, "What you see is the content of the fifth round of the Heavenly Ladder Test."

The palace and cauldron behind her were disappearing.

Locke looked at the paper and saw that it was signed "Universal Engine," which seemed to be the name of the crucible.

The Feathered Serpent Pavilion is truly mysterious.

It seems that with the start of the fifth round of the Heavenly Ladder test, the challenger is no longer the higher-ups of the Feathered Serpent Pavilion, but rather the Universal Engine, or the Heart of the Feathered Serpent Ancestor, or the entity behind that crucible artifact.

The magical pressure of that crucible artifact was so immense that Locke couldn't even determine its level; he only felt that it was an endless expanse of magical pressure and intensity.

Locke looked at the contents of the paper.

"Within ten years, master the following two potions: the Doppelganger Potion and the Archangel Potion."

"Only one set of materials for the Doppelganger potion and one set of materials for the Archangel potion are provided. You may use the Primal Flame, or any other auxiliary magical artifacts, or special powers."

Locke looked thoughtful.

The other party's request...

I have already learned how to make my first potion, the Spirit Potion, which is also the simplest second-level potion.

The Clone Potion is much more complex than the Spirit Potion, so although he obtained the Two Cicadas Spirit Macro, he has not yet learned how to make the Clone Potion. The Archangel Potion, on the other hand, is considered one of the more complex ordinary second-ring potions.

If I pass this round of the ladder, I will also become a second-circle potion master.

Therefore, this round of ladder test does not essentially require you to brew two potions yourself, but rather to become a second-circle potion master in the most orthodox way.

Because the requirement for becoming a second-circle potion master is to concoct three different second-circle potions on the spot, this means that a potion master can become a second-circle potion master by learning three of the simplest potions and passing the exam.

However, he has already started the fifth round of the ladder test, which means that he must use potions of three difficulty levels, from simple to ordinary to complex, to pass the second-level potion mastery test.

Upright.

Do not take any shortcuts.

This is also the examination method used by students of the old school of potion makers.

Therefore, in essence, this fifth round of the ladder test requires one to pass the second-ring potion master assessment without taking shortcuts, and there is a ten-year time limit.

Locke said, "I understand. Give me the materials."

Lady Tataroni immediately shook the magical copper bell, summoning her servants to fetch two portions of potion ingredients.

“Lord Augustine, I will contact you after obtaining the master-level potion master’s consent and invitation. You can wait for my good news.” Locke nodded slightly.

"Thank you."

After taking the materials, he immediately left the Feathered Serpent Pavilion.

At the same time, Locke began a new round of development on flying magical plants.

This time, he clearly sensed in the Dune Plane that the concentration gradient of magical tides introduced from the Wizarding World by the two research institutes had increased significantly, causing corresponding changes in the mutations and growth cycles of magical plants.

"An unexpected impact."

Locke looked at the fast-growing subspecies of the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow in front of him. At this moment, the fast-growing plant was swaying in the magical wind. Although it was just a fast-growing plant, it had actually begun to summon the magical wind.

A month later, after investing another ten million magic stones.

Locke stood in the Sword Tomb, while on the tenth underground floor of the two research institutes, Douglas, Mason Witch, and two others stood behind Locke, observing the situation.

Locke raised his right hand, and a magical magnetic field appeared, causing countless rays of light from the entire ten underground levels to converge on his right hand.

The magical magnetic field unleashed by the second-circle wizard was incredibly vast, as if it were an original magnetic pole of the earth, enveloping the laboratory.

One after another, the plant factors that had been chosen long ago were cut by his magical magnetic field and then fell into the energy sphere in his hand. The plant factors continued to recombine within this emerald green energy sphere.

Using the finite element method, these advantageous plant factors are rearranged and combined, with the aim of producing the second-ring level of the large-leaved dragon bird.

But Locke knew that this step was not enough.

The difference between the first and second ring roads is simply too great.

Therefore, the traditional finite element cultivation method can no longer be used to cultivate the second-ring magic plant based on the concept of finite element cutting.

Therefore, he added three more super plant factors to it.

This is the super plant factor he obtained after another full month of using many doses of [Azure Spirit Breath]!
They are -

3 times the type 2 pellucida plant factor,

T-type gibberellic acid secretion plant factor,

Asymmetric spiral leaf plant factor of Acer macrophylla.

This formed a set of plant factor combinations that Locke named the "Asymmetric Large Blue Leaf Dragon Finch Plant Factor Group".

I myself adjusted the plant essence combination of the large green-leaved dragon bird cultivated by the finite element method specifically for this set of plant factors.

In short, this set of super plant factors forms a complementary relationship. The side effect of the 3x type 2 pellucida plant factor is that it will shrink the size of the Daqingye Longque plant, while the 2x type T gibberellic acid secretion plant factor can make Daqingye Longque secrete twice the normal amount of type T gibberellic acid.

The most significant effect of gibberellic acid is that it promotes plant growth and causes cells to elongate.

It has a particularly remarkable effect on banana plants.

T-type gibberellic acid is a natural magical structural component secreted by the banana-type magical plant, the Big Blue Leaf Dragon Finch. Therefore, this is just a super plant factor that Locke developed to enable it to secrete more rapidly.

T-type gibberellic acid can increase the size of banana plants and also has a certain allelopathic effect. This is because after T-type gibberellic acid is secreted, it inhibits the growth of non-banana plants and only promotes the growth of banana plants.

Using 2 times the amount of T-type gibberellic acid plant factor can compensate for the deficiency of 3 times the amount of balsamin plant factor.

Meanwhile, the asymmetric spiral leaf factor of the large-leaf maple was obtained by Locke through finite element cultivation and grafting, grafting part of the spirituality of the large-leaf maple's wing fruit with the specific spirituality of the large-leaf dragon sparrow, and growing it in the large-leaf dragon sparrow.

The extra five million magic stones spent this month were consumed in this step.

In this way, one can extract a plant factor from the winged fruit of the large-leaf maple tree, which corresponds to a special trait of the curled-leaf magical plant that can create vortices in the magical wind.

Locke extracted it, conducted some simple tests, and combined this plant factor with two other super plant factors to form a super plant factor set.

An hour later, all the plant factors gradually took shape and were arranged within the plant essence sphere in Locke's hand.

Locke used his magic magnetic field to infuse the plant essence he had adjusted into the seedling of the large green-leaved dragon bird in front of him.

The adjusted seedlings of the Chinese privet have essentially undergone two enhancements of plant essence.

The first one was the 'Sword Tomb Enhancement', which took two months and cost eight million magic stones to complete using the finite element cultivation method. It comprehensively enhanced the basic panel and increased the secretion of various natural magic structural components.

The second step involved adding three super plant factors under the [Asymmetric Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow Plant Factor Group], which consumed seven million magic stones.

At this moment, the adjusted plant factors were added to the seedling. Then, Locke used a powerful acceleration evolution technique. However, when it comes to second-ring magical plants, even the powerful acceleration evolution technique cannot shorten the development and growth of the magical plant itself by much.

At the same time, he also needs to activate the magic array to gather the concentrated magical tides from the tenth layer, accelerating the growth of the magical plants and providing a suitable environment.

"With the blessing of the magic arrays in the two research institutes, as long as I continuously chant the powerful growth-accelerating spell, along with the verdant spiritual energy, I should be able to get this magical plant to complete its growth within a month."

"Then I'll know the result."

Locke grafted a virtual root onto the seedling of the large green-leaved dragonfly.

“However, I can use the Moon Cultivation Method to speed up this process, which would shorten the original month-long wait to one day, and it wouldn't require the Verdant Spirit Breath. It's just that I don't have... the Zero Potion on hand. So I can't use the Moon Cultivation Method.”

The main reason is that I don't have any more Zero Potions on hand.

Locke pondered, "Then I'll have to spend an extra million magic stones to buy the Verdant Spirit Essence. And I'll have to wait another month."

It's not a big deal to wait a month for the results.

Although it's a bit troublesome, and this means we'll have to wait more than thirty times longer out of nowhere.

The problem is that he probably still needs to convince the Sith team leader to provide an excessive amount of magical energy to the tenth level of the underground research institute in the Dune Plane for a month, in order to supply the hundreds of magic arrays spread throughout this level.

Locke frowned. Where could he possibly hunt for the Elixir of Zero in the short term?
Aside from dark wizards, even touching a single hair on a white wizard's head could attract the attention of the ethics review committee.

The ethics review committee is not just sitting idly by.

At this moment, Locke's expression suddenly turned strange, because as he chanted the incantation, he sensed a strange object appearing around him.

It was a strange, dark shadow.

He stood before the magical field in front of him.

He seemed to come from another world. Locke realized this instantly, because he had read about monsters from the Dark World in a free magic book. Was this one of the so-called demons and monsters of the Dark World?
That world is indeed extraordinary. Although I don't know how it did it, it actually managed to find me directly by following my chat history with my senior brother.

Locke grinned as he felt the magical pressure emanating from the second-ring level demon.

The ingredients for potions have come to us of their own accord.

Locke looked at the four people behind him and said, "Mason, Barrett, and Freya, the three of you use the growth-accelerating spell to help me maintain this. Douglas, you're in charge of outputting magical pressure and activating the [Growth Witch Array]."

This way, I can temporarily stop casting the powerful acceleration spell without worrying about the experiment being suddenly interrupted.

The advantage of being in a large group's laboratory is that the equipment is complete, the experiments are mature, and the cooperation between groups is well-regulated.

Locke looked at the demon in the distance. It seemed to be a black mist-like object, and it appeared to be a native of the dark world.

He was staring at him with a pair of scarlet eyes.

The native inhabitants of this dark world have a humanoid form within the black mist.

He suddenly summoned a black mist that enveloped Locke, distorting space and forming a black cube.

Then, in this dark space, the native of the dark world revealed his true face.

He was dressed in priestly robes, his body was brightly colored, and he had dark brown skin, but overall he was similar to a normal human, except that his forehead was particularly wide, and the length of his eyebrows to the top of his head was about the same as the length of his face. At the same time, there was a thin, long stitch on his exaggerated forehead.

"I am a native of the dark world."

"Zachary Porter. A demonic being."

"Wizard, I've come to ask you a question. Tell me, what is the real name of the wizard who invaded our world?"

(End of this chapter)