Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 969 The Future Development Direction of the Two Great Magics!
Before the frozen farmland, a golden tree appeared behind Locke.

The golden tree of prosperity seemed to be swayed by the feathery leaves of the forest, and then countless golden spiritual energys scattered across the farmland.

Instantly, the hundred wheat plants on the hundred acres of frozen farmland split from one plant into two – a mirror copy!
Immediately afterwards, Locke used the Moon Cultivation Method on both of the two hundred Eternal Wheat plants. Countless dimensional information poured into the plant essence of these Eternal Wheat plants. Ten minutes later, all of these plants had completed the mutation. Then Locke began to search for the traits he needed in these farmlands.

Half an hour later, Locke found three two-grain wheat plants that preferred low-magic environments. With a wave of his hand, all the magical plants that had been replicated by the Tree of Prosperity merged with their original forms.

Upon seeing this, the old wizard Jinlong praised, "Junior brother, the combination of your two ultimate spells can save a lot of resources and speed up our search for super wheat. It's really good. It's just a pity that my ultimate spells are mainly for combat and self-protection, so I haven't focused too much on their breeding function."

Locke nodded slightly. This was normal, because in the late stages of this Great Void Exploration Era, protecting oneself was probably the most important thing.

The Golden Dragon Wizard's confidence soared. Locke's two great spells seemed to have given him extra confidence. The Golden Dragon Wizard and Locke once again struggled in the farmland, sharing the remaining food on his body. After finishing that food, they began to eat the bark and roots of some wild magical plants they had found in the icy wilderness.

Because of the scheme of the founder of Golden Crown Mountain, Locke also fell into a predicament of lacking magical pressure due to that bowl of bitter tea.

They could only accompany their ancestor to search for food in the snow, and had to endure the sharp awns of the wheat cutting their palms.

Their conditions were very difficult.

Half a year passed quickly.

With the help of two great magic spells and the continuous synthesis of the Synthetic Cube, Locke found many two-grain wheat plants that were resistant to cold and could adapt to low-magic environments. Then, Locke continued to plant these plants and used the Evolution Moon and the Magic Sun to mutate them, hoping to find magical plants with even more advanced traits.

Through generations of purification, Locke gradually found a two-grain wheat plant that possessed cold resistance and a low gradient of magical tidal concentration.

Locke stared at the magical plant in the field, lost in thought, because this Two Grains of Wheat was not a first-level magical plant, but only an apprentice-level magical plant.

"By giving up the ability to crystallize wood elements, the required magical tide concentration gradient can indeed be significantly reduced. Although it is no longer a first-level magical plant, the resources required for its growth can be further reduced. In today's barren environment, such a regression seems reasonable."

This is a desperate solution that I came up with after thinking about it for half a year.

The Golden Dragon Wizard encouraged him from behind, saying, "It's good, it's a last resort."

Locke shook his head slightly.

But that won't work. Lowering the level of the magical plant to reduce the environmental conditions required for its growth and germination is too simple. If it were that easy, the Golden Dragon Wizard and his teacher would have done it long ago.

The key is to provide sufficient magical energy to Star Ring Wizards like myself and a large number of formal wizards. The fruits of apprentice-level magical plants are definitely not acceptable. Only the fruits of first-ring magical plants, which possess the characteristics of wood element crystallization and are wrapped by wood element crystal clusters in every plant cell, like miniature high-pressure reactors, have this potential.

Therefore, the variety I found over the past six months is still very far from the super wheat I want.

The Golden Dragon Wizard reminded Locke, "But I see that the cold resistance of your two-grain wheat plant is indeed extraordinary."

Locke explained, "Well, this is a magical plant with special characteristics that I managed to create using my unique lunar cultivation method. Like many winter plants, it can secrete various natural magical structural components, lowering the freezing point of the intercellular fluid, making growth and flowering possible in low-temperature conditions."

The Golden Dragon Wizard's eyes lit up slightly, and he nodded repeatedly, saying, "Give me some of its seeds; perhaps I can find a use for them."

Locke nodded and then gave him the seeds of this wheat.

The Golden Dragon Wizard handed Locke a pancake made from two grains of wheat flour.

Unlike when he first entered this parallel world half a year ago, Locke's first thought upon seeing the pancake in his hand was that it was very rough. This time, when Locke saw the pancake and smelled the fresh fragrance that filled his nostrils, he was even a little dazed.

Because it smells so good, so incredibly good.

Just smelling it makes me feel like every taste bud on my tongue is reminding me how delicious it is.

Locke recalled the grass roots and tree roots he had collected over the past six months. Although he had done some rough work on them, they were nothing compared to this thin pancake baked in the sun.

Locke took the pancake, took a bite, and instantly the food was transformed into magical pressure, replenishing his dwindling mana.

The Golden Dragon Wizard took a wolf skin off his own neck and hung it around Locke's neck.

“This is the fur of a magical creature to keep us warm. We need to use our magic power wisely now, every little bit counts. If we don’t have enough magic, we’ll die. But we can’t die, the people here are counting on us. They’re giving us most of their food rations now, hoping we can grow our own food.”

"Junior brother, let's keep working hard. Keep it up, you'll definitely find the super wheat we're looking for."

Locke nodded.

Over the past six months, he has been learning hybridization breeding methods from the founder of Jinmian Mountain, and has learned many of his interesting ideas, which has solidified his level and understanding of hybridization breeding methods.

The Golden Dragon Wizard said, "Junior Brother, I've wanted to ask you this for a while. Have you ever encountered the Persepolis gods before?"

"Perhaps there are also Titans?"

Locke raised an eyebrow in surprise and asked the Golden Dragon Wizard, "Senior Brother, I encountered the Persepolis gods and the Titan gods before. What happened?"

The Golden Dragon Wizard laughed and said, "I heard that the Persepolis gods are already embroiled in a civil war. It's fortunate that this is the case, otherwise if they attacked now, we would have no ability to resist. I guessed this from your great magic. Your Tree of Prosperity uses a large amount of divine power."

"Your ability to easily replicate those magical plants is itself a manifestation of the power of the gods."

"The creativity of [Secondary Creation] is what those divine powers excel at, so this part of creativity isn't magic, but divine power. While I don't know where you obtained this divine power from, and how you can wield it so freely, it's actually quite strained, like a foreign object being placed within your ultimate magic. Right now, you're only at the Star Forging stage, so it's not a big deal, but what if you later…"

“Ordinary wizards probably wouldn’t think much of it, but because I used to deal with those gods a lot, I’m quite familiar with this kind of thing.”

Locke felt a chill run down his spine, knowing that his ancestor was referring to the use of the principles of the Investiture of the Gods from the Three Caverns World in the construction of his Tree of Prosperity.

Yes, creating new things from existing things is indeed something that the Persepolis and Titans excel at. The two great gods are just two different aspects of secondary creation, but in fact, the most essential part of their power is secondary creation.

The Golden Dragon Wizard revealed the essence of the matter in one breath.

The essence of this secondary creation, as manifested in one's ultimate magic, is that one can replicate magical plants or combine replicated magical plants into one through the magic of the changing seasons to enhance the magical plant.

The Golden Dragon Wizard suddenly spoke, "I can sense that your Tree of Prosperity Great Spell has unfinished business. If you could further purify this Great Spell, replace the divine power within it, and substitute it with life magic, the level of its forging would rise another notch. Moreover, it might even be able to enter the lunar ring and possess a completely new form. Your Tree of Prosperity is still not the end. Of course, this is just my opinion; every wizard's Great Spell is unique."

“Junior Brother, perhaps you have other considerations.” “And your Moon of Evolution, I think the Moon of Evolution is very good, but as a special magical artifact that serves as a vessel, it is good, but I think it has actually limited your development. You should change it. It’s like a baby who needs someone to help him when he first learns to walk, but now there should be no need to help him walk.”

Locke nodded repeatedly. In the past six months working with these Golden Crown Mountain progenitor wizards, he had been constantly exchanging ideas with them. Not only had his various breeding methods improved significantly, but they had also gradually begun to share magical ideas with him.

The exchange of magical ideas occurred three months after I insisted on staying.

Perhaps it was a benefit, but in any case, the founder of the magic system began to discuss magical ideas with him. Although he lacked the information about later wizards, the founder spoke very cautiously, never mentioning things he didn't understand. In addition, his thinking was clear and excellent, often providing him with great inspiration.

Of course, you can't listen to everything the other person says, but you still need to think about it more.

'My natal porcelain, even after I've synthesized it several times, is ultimately just an external object researched by the Demon Nexus. But the moon does indeed need a material carrier; a pure energy form would be too fragile and unstable.'

'Using magical plants as the vessel for the Moon of Evolution?'

Locke fell into deep thought.

'This definitely needs careful consideration. I need to think about what kind of vessel would be best for my Moon of Evolution. Entering the key laboratory this time was definitely worthwhile; I've gained tremendous improvements in all aspects. No wonder so many wizards are lining up to get in here.'

"There's also the principle of the Book of Gods, which is indeed the path of divine power. My Tree of Prosperity was constructed this way because of my half-body's struggle with the Persepolis gods and my desire to obtain the second leaf of the World Tree, but it actually has many hidden dangers."

These are all things that relate to one's future development.

However, right now I need to focus all my attention on this field of hybrid wheat in order to find the super wheat I want.

Three more months have passed.

Locke felt increasingly unable to balance the intake of energy and the output of mana.

As time passed, he consumed more and more of his magical power, and the difficulty of finding food on this land increased day by day.

As Locke watched the population of the settlement dwindle, his initial motivation for research, which was simply to achieve success, shifted to a desire to solve the problem of hunger as quickly as possible.

Although he knew it was just a parallel world, Locke still took it seriously.

This is a parallel world. So those people are all flesh-and-blood human beings.

Locke glanced at the commoners and wizard apprentices who were giving up their food supplies so that he could find the super wheat as soon as possible.

He looked at the two-grain wheat plants in his field. These ordinary magical plants, which would be the cheapest in later generations, were more precious than the most valuable treasures in the world in Locke's eyes at this moment.

Locke looked at the two grains of wheat. Through his continuous self-pollination of the apprentice-level two grains of wheat, and after the tenth generation of selection, he had found a two grain of wheat that could almost perfectly adapt to the current harsh and low-magic environment.

This two-grain wheat plant can draw magical energy from the ground through its strong roots and replenish itself.

In this way, it can adapt to the current environment and grow normally.

Locke also discovered another type of emmer wheat that, after completing its growth, actively transfers all its nutrients to the grains and initiates a series of aging processes within the plant to actively wither, thus ensuring the nutrition of a batch of grains.

The original Two Grains of Wheat was not an annual magical plant, but a long-term magical plant.

But Locke realized that most apprentice-level wheat magic plants are actually annuals, so he grafted them with a large number of low-grade wheat plants and used the reversion evolution of the Evolution Month to revert the two wheat plants back to their original state and give them the characteristics of being annuals.

By utilizing its annual characteristics, all nutrients are given to the wheat grains, thus making it possible to use an apprentice-level magical plant to hatch a two-grain wheat fruit with an energy density close to that of a first-ring magical plant.

However, this type of emmer wheat lacks the traits of cold resistance and strong roots.

At this moment, Locke was going to hybridize the two magical plants he had selected and create the super wheat he wanted.

Locke, with his hands roughened by the awns, picked up the scissors, cut off the stamens under the grains of a two-grain wheat plant, and then placed a wheat of another trait on top of the plant to allow them to pollinate.

Next, he used accelerated growth to make it flower and bear fruit quickly, producing wheat grains.

The two children in the settlement looked at Locke with hopeful eyes. Every day they would come and ask if he had successfully grown the magical wheat.

And today, they came back and asked the same question again.

Locke gestured for them to be quiet, then scattered a handful of wheat grains on the ground. He then began to use the Accelerated Growth spell, and one wheat seedling after another broke through the hard frozen soil and grew. Soon, under the accelerated growth spell, they were laden with fruit. Many wheat seeds died halfway through the process.

With each stalk of wheat that Locke would normally never have paid much attention to die, he felt a little more distressed.

If all attempts fail, you will have to start the process again.

You need to find food and replenish your mana before you can start again.

In this freezing world, every magical resource is incredibly precious.

Suddenly, a wheat stalk with two grains caught Locke's attention. After the wheat stalk had finished growing and produced grains, a gust of wind blew, and the grains scattered on their own. The ears of wheat also broke on their own, and the stalk itself turned yellow, withered, and died.

Locke's expression shifted slightly. He walked over, picked up a grain of wheat, and put it in his mouth. In an instant, a mass of demonic pressure exploded in his mouth.

His long-dormant demonic pressure was actually recovering!
I succeeded!
Locke resisted the urge to eat the second grain of wheat, because he needed to immediately expand the production of these grains, grow more of these two-grain wheat, and then eat them to restore his magical pressure.

Of course, in order to stabilize traits, sterile lines must be created and hybridization must be carried out, because self-pollination will inevitably lead to trait deterioration, so hybridization is necessary.

Otherwise, I would have to start all over again to get this hard-won seed again.

These seeds were so precious that Locke felt they were incredibly heavy in his hands at that moment.

Locke looked at the seed in his hand, then said to the two children, "I succeeded."

"I need to find the Golden Dragon Wizard and tell him that I have succeeded."

　The next chapter will be released tomorrow.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)