Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 972 The Wrath of the Supreme Eye Demon and the Conspiracy of the Senate and the Academic Committee

"Ok?"

Just as Locke was continuing to hybridize golden pineapples to create an even more advanced Abyss Devourer, he bent down and his palm touched an Abyss Pineapple. Suddenly, many illusions appeared before his eyes, and a stream of energy flowed continuously from his eyes. At the same time, this energy entered the dimensional laws of this small world, and the entire small world was constantly being reorganized.

Stars that could only appear in the center of Starry Sky City appeared in the sky, like the leaves of the Sky-Full Tree growing in the heavens.

"The abyssal power within me has merged with this small world."

Locke's first reaction was to check his parallel coins through the Golden Crown Mountain Badge. He found that he still had 5 left, which put his mind at ease. After all, activating double-speed time in this small world also required parallel coins.

Furthermore, because the parallel currency can be traded within the Cardamom Farm, Locke suspects that wizards are using large amounts of magic stones to trade outside and then exchange them for the currency within the key laboratory.

"Is the miniature farm world created in the key laboratory more than just an ordinary parallel world?"

Locke sensed that as the abyssal energy within him was injected into this region, this small world underwent certain changes.

First, some low-level Eye Demons gradually appeared in the Blood Sea within the Abyss of a Thousand Eyes, along with other demons that were considered a minority in this plane. Moreover, this small world, which originally only had some low-level abyssal demon plants, actually began to see large areas of high-level demon plants.

It's as if this really is the Abyss Plane.

Locke consulted the laboratory user manual that the wizard Guberdin had sent him on the Water Hyacinth system, searching for relevant information.

According to the information, this situation is a parallel world created by the White Cardamom Farm, a key laboratory in this world region.

It is not a virtual world in itself, but a special parallel world that has been developed through the high integration of spiritual science and spiritual macro science. Therefore, if a wizard has enough plane principles, he may be able to use these plane principles to make this world connect with a certain plane.

In other words, this can be considered part of the Abyss of a Thousand Eyes, just in a different phase.

This is a free feature, but it carries certain risks and can be disabled or opted out at any time.

The way to exit is through a spell, which is considered a safe mode. It can put this parallel world in a closed state, but it is still possible to interact with other phases.

However, the activation conditions are very demanding. The wizard himself or someone possesses a very core power of this world, such as the power of the World Stone, in order to activate this function.

However, a World Stone can only be used once.

The reason this function is needed is because it requires the use of a World Stone, and the reason I can use this function is because I possess the title of Child of Chaos from the 78th plane, which is an object comparable to a World Stone.

Therefore, this function can be supported by consuming one's own Abyssal power. However, one's own Abyssal energy can be regenerated and restored, so this function can be activated repeatedly.

Locke saw numerous eye demons gradually appearing in the sky, and even the avatar of the Supreme Eye Demon appeared in front of him. At this moment, the avatar of the Supreme Eye Demon was right in front of him, floating aimlessly, examining his Eye Demon Dynasty and the 78th layer of the Abyss Plane.

But at this moment, this avatar of the Supreme Eye Demon seemed to sense something, and its pupils immediately rolled as it examined its surroundings.

Something has come in...

“Right in front of me.”

The Supreme Eye Demon's avatar's pupils swirled, and suddenly, with lightning speed, it shot out a [Demon's Gaze] that pierced through the void, but struck nothing.

The Supreme Eye Demon's gaze flickered with contemplation. "Something is watching me. Strange."

In different phases of the same plane, Locke watched the demonic gaze shot towards him by the Supreme Eye Demon. The demonic gaze had been weakened by multiple dimensions, but it still managed to pass through different phases and hit him. However, he blocked it with the Peach Blossom Spell. Countless peach blossoms appeared in front of him, blocking the demonic gaze.

However, after the demon's vision was blocked, it actually turned into a sphere on the spot, becoming a small crystallized eye demon elder.

This Eye Demon Elder was merely a condensed form of the Supreme Eye Demon's power, so it could only exist temporarily. As soon as it appeared, it launched an attack on Locke, shooting a Mind-Shattering Gaze at him. However, as soon as this gaze approached his Permanent Defense Field, it was distorted by his Permanent Defense Field.

Locke swung the Golden Wheat at it, and the golden whip fell down, instantly stealing all the light around it, including the light in the eyes of this Eye Demon Elder. Then, the Eye Demon Elder's eyes were devoid of light, and it fell into darkness. It looked around in fear, and was then directly shattered by the Golden Wheat, turning back into a pile of abyssal energy and merging into the abyssal world of this area.

"Key laboratory... truly worthy of being the most important local building in wizarding civilization."

A look of surprise flashed across Locke's eyes.

"Unexpectedly, the key laboratory, White Cardamom Farm, has actually created a parallel world that can resonate with the real Abyss of a Thousand Eyes simply by obtaining the abyssal power related to the Eye Demon from my side."

"At this moment, I am standing in front of the Supreme Eye Demon, but because we are in different phases of the same spatial coordinates, it cannot see me."

Locke stood before the eyeball of the Supreme Eye Demon's avatar. The Supreme Eye Demon stared into Locke's eyes. As the highest-ranking eye demon, it clearly sensed that someone was watching it, or even staring back at it. However, it could not find Locke, and it was unaware that it had actually attacked Locke, because it lacked the relevant knowledge of phase space theory.

It even thought it sensed someone nearby, but it never imagined that Locke was face-to-face with him, no more than 10 centimeters away.

Locke pondered, "Although I and this Supreme Eye Demon are in different phases of the same world, I am actually in a relatively advantageous position because of the key laboratory, the Cardamom Farm. For example, I can see the other directly, but the other cannot see me. I can obviously interfere more easily with the positive phase world where the Supreme Eye Demon is located, while the Supreme Eye Demon cannot interfere with the phase I am in."

"Or rather, it is difficult to intervene systematically."

No wonder the key laboratories are the most important infrastructure of the wizarding civilization, and it's also no wonder that the Persepolis gods have infiltrated and continuously sabotaged the major key laboratories of the wizarding civilization.

This is not just a research facility; it also has a wide range of other uses.

Locke observed the Supreme Eye Demon up close, examining its power, and even took out a Focused Spell Monocle from his Astral Ring.

"My previous guess was correct. The Supreme Eye Demon possesses extremely powerful abyssal energy and some kind of spiritual power."

"The evolutionary rule of the Abyss is that when a demon evolves into a higher-level demon, he will become a kind of reference panel for all subsequent demons. If the higher-level demon he evolves into is a demon that already exists, it will permanently change some of the appearance and power attributes of that existing higher-level demon, and may even create a subspecies of that higher-level demon."

"The Supreme Eye Demon must have received some powerful spiritual energy in the past, which caused it to mutate in this direction."

At this moment, in the Abyss of a Thousand Eyes, the avatar of the Supreme Eye Demon surveyed his territory with great anger.

"Something must have slipped in; it's right in front of me, but I can't find it."

"Is it just my imagination?"

The Supreme Eye Demon rolled its eyes, using some kind of superpower leaning towards the spiritual school, and then its entire eyeball turned red.

"No, my Eye of Insight tells me there's an enemy nearby. But where is this enemy? Damn it, how did they do that? Is it invisibility? Is it some damned thief, or an assassin trying to kill the Eye Demon Emperor—me?"

The Supreme Eye Demon seemed to become frightened, and it urgently summoned countless low-level Eye Demons to surround and protect it.

"Who exactly is it?"

However, in this way, Locke was indeed unable to pass through the heavy army of Eye Demons to reach the Supreme Eye Demon. Although his actions seemed a bit neurotic, they were actually quite effective.

Locke ignored the Supreme Eye Demon and instead picked up a black Abyss Pineapple from the ground. He planned to use these pineapples to crossbreed and upgrade the Abyss Devourer inside his Dark Gold Dragon Claw, making the special plant organs inside his Dark Gold Dragon Claw Demon Plant even more powerful.

At this moment, Locke reached out and plucked a first-ring level Abyssal Air Pineapple located in the positive phase space.

The Supreme Eye Demon blinked its eyeballs, and in an instant, an ion storm was generated at that location—the Supreme Eye Demon's evil storm.

The Supreme Eye Demon seemed to have become very angry. As a Sun Ring-level organism, it was infamous throughout the endless void. Countless worlds were terrified just by hearing its name, and felt that the world was about to end just by seeing its arrival.

But as it turned out, at this very moment, in its homeland, in its palace, an invisible enemy had intruded.

"It's been picked."

The Supreme Eye Demon's pupils swirled.

“I can sense that someone has picked a magical plant. So, their target is a magical plant. They went through all this trouble to enter the 78th level of our abyss just for a single, first-level magical plant? Impossible… There aren’t many civilizations that would be so bored. Could it be a wizarding civilization?”

The Supreme Eye Demon pondered countermeasures and information.

"I've heard before that some advanced laboratories in the wizarding world possess incredibly powerful devices that allow even first-ring wizards to travel through time and space to intervene in certain planes. But this is the first time for us in the Thousand-Eyed Abyss. And to achieve this, certain conditions must definitely be met."

'Which wizard is it...?'

The Supreme Eye Demon was somewhat irritable because this wizarding civilization had recently put him in a very passive position. First, he inexplicably lost his title as the Child of Chaos, and then this kind of thing happened.

In the White Cardamom Farm, a great roaring dragon sparrow appeared behind Locke. He leaped up, picked a ring-shaped pineapple, and moved away from the spot. At the spot, an ion storm appeared. It was the spiritual energy storm of the Supreme Eye Demon, and it was the full-force attack of a Sun Ring level being. It was huge in scale. If he were to be caught in it, he would probably not fare well.

"It's better to avoid provoking him. If the Supreme Eye Demon discovers the different phases and the same coordinates, it will be troublesome."

"And if I keep getting attacked like this, it will be very troublesome while I'm still farming."

Locke returned to his farmland area in this small world, transplanted the magical plant into it, and then used breeding magic to repair the plant, restoring its root system. He then used a rapid growth spell model to make the magical plant bloom quickly.

One of the major challenges of hybridization breeding is to grasp the flowering period of the plant.

Because pollen hybridization is used, the flowering period of the different hybrid plants must be precisely controlled, otherwise it will be very troublesome.

Locke successfully hybridized this magical plant with a Dark Gold Dragon Claw Air Plant, but before long, his Dark Gold Dragon Claw Air Plant suddenly burst into flames, just like a lit candle.

The flames were still purplish-black.

Locke, on the other hand, remained expressionless, showing little change.

Whether grafted or hybridized, the abyssal demonic plants will cause enormous damage to demonic plants in other worlds, one manifestation of which is the spontaneous combustion we see now.

It's either destruction or complete abyssification.

Choose one of the two effects.

This is also a challenge in conducting research on abyssal magical plants.

This thing seems to have a self-protection mechanism; it either becomes completely abyssal, in which case breeding becomes irrelevant, or the abyssal energy ignites the demonic plant, destroying it.

However, as time passed, although the branches and leaves of the Dark Gold Dragon Claw Golden Pineapple withered and the roots turned black, the flames became less and less. The Abyss Devourer inside this demonic plant was slowly but powerfully absorbing the Abyss Flames.

"It was a success. Although it's a bit of a dead end now, as long as we continue hybridization and cultivate special varieties, we can cultivate a Dark Gold Dragon Claw Air Plant that can be hybridized with the Abyss Air Plant. It will indeed take some time."

Locke glanced at the Supreme Eye Demon in the distance.

"It's probably because my abyssal power seems to have formed some kind of connection with the Supreme Eye Demon that the key laboratory brought me to the Supreme Eye Demon's side when creating this small laboratory."

"But this is good, because the Blood Sea Reefs in this part of the Thousand Eyes Abyss around the Supreme Eye Demon are covered with high-level abyssal demon plants, and the density is very high. This saves me from having to spend a lot of time every day searching for high-level demon plants in the Thousand Eyes Abyss."

"However, breaking through the phase and harvesting plants from this world requires parallel coins, one coin for each action, and only I can harvest them, so it's not very efficient. If I do it too often, I'll be easily discovered, so I can only harvest high-value objects."

"Moreover, the consumption of parallel coins is also high. I'll just collect an Abyss Pineapple and cultivate it myself to produce seeds, making use of the environment here."

"It's best not to provoke the Supreme Eye Demon for a while. There's no economic benefit in provoking it anyway."

Meanwhile, the Supreme Eye Demon, residing on the 78th floor of the abyss, once again used its superpowers, which leaned towards the mind school, after searching for some time.

"He's farther away now. This lurker is far from me. How did he get into the Abyss Plane? Who is he?"

The Supreme Eye Demon's eyes revealed a strong killing intent, even stronger than when it was stripped of its title as the Child of Chaos.

After all, seizing titles in the Abyss is a common occurrence, but this layer of the Abyss plane is regarded as its own private property, which is the biggest fundamental difference between it and ordinary Sun Ring Abyss creatures. This place must never be invaded by others.

But for the time being, it couldn't find a good solution, so it could only surround itself with the eye demons while secretly searching for a way to find Locke.

And so, Locke and the Supreme Eye Demon remained at peace for a long time.

Two more weeks passed. Locke left this world for a while. First, he ran out of parallel coins and couldn't use the double speed function or retrieve the magical plants from the Abyss of a Thousand Eyes through phase teleportation. So he had to leave temporarily and left a magic circle in the nursery in this small world for basic maintenance.

Then, he returned to Star City on the magic bed.

Meanwhile, Starry Sky City was bustling with many wizards. Locke met Planknia in a wizard café in Starry Sky City, which was built with starstone.

A cup of wizard coffee was placed in front of both Planknia and Locke; life here still consumed magic stones.

Locke looked at Planknia and asked, "A week has passed. Have you planted the seed I gave you?"

Pronkenia gave a guilty, bitter smile. She placed a small flowerpot in front of Locke. Inside the flowerpot was a fern with only one leaf, but the fern looked droopy.

Planknia said, "Mr. Augustine, I tried my best, but I still couldn't get it to sprout. It's very likely that it was injected with some kind of acquired substance, such as Tyrant Essence... So I searched through all the magic books that could make Tyrant Essence Magic Plants sprout again, but no matter how I prepared the nutrient solution and soil, and used the magic resonance cultivation method to stimulate the seedling's vitality, I could only do so much. In fact, it's still dead. As soon as it leaves my magic, it will wither instantly."

The magical light enveloping the small fern disappeared, and the magical plant withered instantly.

Planknia looked at Locke with trepidation.

Because she believed that, strictly speaking, she had not passed the test Locke had given her.

Of course, if we're talking about sprouting, then it really has sprouted.

So she didn't know if Locke would accept her.

If we don't accept her... she'll lose face big time this time, and she'll also use up all the goodwill she has.

Locke considered it for a moment, then said, "Not bad."

Planknia was stunned for a moment, then her heart pounded and a look of surprise appeared on her face. She hadn't expected Locke to praise her so highly for her achievement.

Because all the wizard mentors she had encountered in the past were expressionless and had rather cold personalities, this was the first time that a wizard mentor from Mount Golden Crown had praised her.

Locke glanced at Planknia and confirmed that the witch did indeed possess some kind of special talent.

Because the sea breeding machine that I gave her was simply impossible to breed.

The reason is simple: the Overlord-type magical plant has no reproductive ability, and removing the overlord-related plant factors from the magical plant seed is an extremely difficult task for a second-ring wizard, or even a star-ring wizard. Therefore, Planknia does not have this ability, and the fact that she has been able to maintain the seed to this extent using the magical abilities she currently possesses can already be considered a success.

Locke said, "Alright, Planknia, I can take you as my student. Get ready, when is the earliest you can come to my place? I do need an assistant to take care of the hundred acres of magical fields in my laboratory."

Planknia was immediately excited. She knew that choosing the right mentor was the bright path to success. Different wizards as mentors represented completely different meanings and future developments. She had worked so hard to become an apprentice of Archmage Locke Augustine because he was the best platform she could imagine. Moreover, it was the academic committee that had strongly recommended him.

Planknia stood up and bowed to Locke, saying, "Professor Augustine, I am ready to serve you at any time."

Locke nodded. "You tidy this up first."

He stood up and walked to the other side of the wizard's café, where he saw the wizard Guberdin approaching him with a young wizard wearing glasses. Locke glanced at the other man in surprise.

Locke asked, "Lord Guberdin, what business do you have with me?"

Wizard Guberdin smiled and said, "Have you already experienced the true wonders of our key laboratory? Hahaha... Newcomers are usually excited for days after they come in. Although our key laboratory doesn't open up the really important equipment to newcomers like you, even the basic functions are unmatched by any other laboratory outside."

This is a fact.

So Locke simply nodded.

The wizard Guberdin was extremely generous. He pressed a few buttons on his magical bracelet and transferred 100 parallel coins to Locke.

Locke looked at the wizard Guberdin with surprise.

"This is?"

Wizard Guberdin said, “I have the right to send out some parallel coins every year, so I might as well use them. Therefore, I am giving you 100 parallel coins as a greeting gift. Don’t worry, this is my tradition. Every newcomer entering the key laboratory will find a way to give you 100 parallel coins. Otherwise, if you don’t have any parallel coins, you will need to use magic stones to trade with the outside world.”

"This is the Senate wizard, [Moromota]. He is a native wizard of the Senate here, a second-circle power master, and also a... cough cough... middleman. If you need to exchange magic stones for parallel currency, you can find this wizard. Wizard Moromota is a well-known middleman."

"He is also the grandson of a throne wizard from the Senate."

"Of course, it refers to the family members within this key laboratory."

Locke nodded slightly. It seemed that the composition of this key laboratory was quite complex. This was normal, as it was impossible for one faction to completely control one of the three key laboratories, as this would easily lead to a de facto split.

I estimate that they're all maintaining a state of mutual interdependence.

Moreover, the maintenance of key laboratories is an astronomical expense, and it is unlikely that the three major factions can maintain them entirely on their own.

But why would this Moromuta wizard be looking for me at this time?

Is it because they covet the magic stone in their possession?

This is indeed a seemingly reasonable reason, but it is only seemingly reasonable, because I am just a newcomer to this key laboratory and I only use some peripheral things.

Logically speaking, a newcomer shouldn't have a great need for parallel coins in the early stages, so it's a bit too hasty for the other party to come to them so early.

Locke judged that the Senate wizard Moromuta must have other reasons for coming to him.

The wizard Morromota stretched out his palm to Locke, his eyes sparkling.

“Lord Augustine, it is an honor to meet you. My grandfather is the Third Ring Throne Wizard of the Senate [Throne of Killing Fists].

"Although I have always lived on the cardamom farm, I have heard of your great name, sir. I am honored to meet you here today."

"Besides trading in parallel currencies, I also do other businesses. Whether it's buying tools in Star City, acquiring real estate, or purchasing related servants, I can help you with anything."

Wizard Moromuta whispered to Locke, "Besides being a power master, I am also a breeder, so I would like to communicate with you more and learn more from you."

"This is a letter of introduction that Wizard Fisher wrote to me."

Locke frowned, took the letter of introduction from his hand, and after reading it, he discovered that the other party had actually contacted Wizard Fisher and tried to get Wizard Fisher to use his connections to speak on his behalf, hoping that he would give the other party more guidance in the field of breeding.

"Parasitic magical plants?"

Locke noticed what Fisher had emphasized in his letter of introduction.

"You want the Second Ring Fund, don't you?"

Wizard Moromota coughed. "Yes, I'm not very good at this, so I'd like to learn from you."

Locke knew that the other party was eager to apply for the Second Ring Fund, but the experimental data and results on hand were not enough to qualify for the Second Ring Fund. However, he had enjoyed the environmental benefits of this key laboratory, but the downside was that there were fewer benefits and activities. Therefore, he had to apply for the Second Ring Fund in order to obtain better resources for advancement.

Therefore, when the results are insufficient, they want to align themselves with their own side.

After all, the grant application stage is all about a kind of power called belief—packaging yourself with an impressive resume can make your application shine. Obviously, the other party thinks that you can't do it on your own, so they want to get on your good side and become a member of their team.

Once he has the qualifications, he can put them on the application.

Locke instinctively wanted to refuse, because although he had a relationship with Wizard Fisher, this kind of thing was still quite troublesome.

Now that I've finally gained some skills, all sorts of people are trying to piggyback on my success. I could accept my teacher's recommendation, but I never expected the Fisher family to try and get someone to help me too.

'wrong.'

Locke glanced at Moromoto, who clearly admired him but remained arrogant.

'While the reason makes sense—he wanted to get close to me—something still doesn't feel right. The reason seems too flimsy.'

Locke glanced at Moromuta, then sent a message to the witch Catherine, and then he saw that Antoine had sent him a message on his Water Hyacinth system.

Antoine said, "Locke, how about we exchange favors? Last time you asked me to help you enter the Supernatural Purgatory, could you help me recruit Moromoto as a member of your team this time? Moromoto is my underling, don't worry, I'll make sure he listens to you. You can treat him like a beast of burden. That way, our favor will be even. What do you say?"

Locke sent a message to Antoine: "Antoine, you're back?"

Antoine replied.

"Yes. I found a super planetary plane. It's a huge planet located in a void. Although it's a world without magic, there are so many places to explore. I found some hellish demons and a relatively advanced special psionic society on that planet. In short, there are still many places worth exploring. It's just a pity that I missed the defense for my top-tier grant because of my disappearance."

Locke never expected that he would still find that super planet, which was of great significance.

'Am I overthinking it? But now that Antoine has found a superplanet capable of altering the course of Golden Crown Mountain's development for the next twenty years, he's not focusing his efforts on that, but instead getting distracted by a second-circle wizard. This is very strange.'

"So for Antoine, he considered this very important. And Antoine is a good actor; although we're friends, even brothers keep clear accounts."

Locke realized that there was likely some kind of scheme by the Senate hidden within.

The Academic Committee's current plan is clearly to explore the Dark World, but the Senate has found an unprecedented super-planet type of plane. This has resulted in Golden Crown Mountain actually having two directions of development. The Senate is probably planning how to overpower its teacher.

At this moment, the other party presented him with a letter of introduction from a third-ring wizard, and Antoine offered to do him a favor by asking him to agree to let Moromota join his team.

Locke looked at the Water Hyacinth System, and the witch Catherine suddenly responded, "Let Moromota join your team. He does admire you somewhat; he used some of your ideas in several of his first-ring funds, although he has never admitted it, but he has indeed used your ideas. Although he admires you, he is also arrogant and provocative."

"But he's a useful person."

“You can agree. Our academic committee and the Senate have always had a good relationship, which is different from our relationship with the Rose Council. Therefore, you don’t need to worry too much.”

Locke nodded; that made sense.

If the Senate had any concerns about me, they wouldn't have agreed to let me enter the Supernatural Purgatory, the most important region to the Senate, and they wouldn't have protected me when the Black Sun Tower attacked Golden Crown Mountain.

But ultimately they are two factions.

Locke sensed that he was clearly a wizard who had entered this key laboratory as part of his lineage, and had been drawn into a series of schemes between the Red Dragon Throne and the Senate.

Locke looked at Wizard Moromoto and said, "Mr. Moromoto, have you finished drafting your application for the Second Ring Fund? May I take a look?"

The wizard Morromota coughed and glanced guiltily at the wizard Guberdin. But Guberdin chanted a spell and vanished from the spot.

Immediately afterwards, the wizard Moromota took out a document from his astral ring and gave it to Locke.

"These are the applications I wrote last year and the year before, and they were both rejected by the White Wizard Association."

Locke raised an eyebrow. "What about this year? It should be past the delivery deadline by now."

Wizard Moromota coughed and said, "I haven't received a reply yet, but I think... it's probably been rejected again."

Locke looked at his application and found that his research over the past three years had all been on parasitic magical plants, but three different kinds: Ice Sandalwood, Flame Mushroom, and Arnort Giant Flower.

All three are second-level parasitic magical plants.

Interestingly, Moromota proposed that parasitic magical plants can not only parasitize other magical plants, but also form a magical grafting relationship with wizards when they form a magical grafting relationship, which is a special kind of magical grafting relationship for parasitic magical plants.

He believed that once this was achieved, a method called "Super Energy Fluctuation" could be used to increase the synchronization rate of magical pressure between wizards and parasitic magical plants, thereby comprehensively enhancing the power generated when a wizard uses this magical plant under the condition of equal magical pressure.

Locke suddenly realized what the other person was thinking.

"You want to create a wave-like magical plant that can resonate with the waves of a wizard? That way, you can create a special melee magical plant?"

The wizard Moromota's eyes brightened slightly. "As expected of Lord Augustine, you truly understand these things."

Locke finally understood why the other party had failed to pass the test for three years. The reason was that the judges generally believed that the other party's attempt was wishful thinking. The key was that he did not have any particularly good preliminary experimental data to prove to the judges that he could complete the research.

Naturally, he was unable to apply for the Second Ring Road Fund.

The wizard Moromuta said proudly, "I believe we should not follow others' paths, but rather our own. I believe the essence of all things is fluctuation, so humans and magical plants can also connect using fluctuations."

Locke nodded and asked, "You and I are both second-circle wizards. So if we share the same goals, working together is fine. But let me ask you a question: do you think the fluctuations between magical plants can resonate?"

Wizard Morromota frowned, clearly resisting Locke's question.

"The foundation of wave theory lies in wizards; we all start with individual wizards..."

"but……"

Wizard Moromota sighed, seemingly with some reluctance, "Yes, that's fine."

Locke glanced at him with a half-smile, which made the wizard Moromuta feel a little uneasy. Locke deliberately asked this question that would make the other party uncomfortable, wanting to see the other party's reaction, judge his character, and determine whether he wanted to come on his own or whether someone was pressuring him to join his team.

After testing, the conclusion is in.

The wizard Moromuta was rather arrogant.

Moreover, he genuinely admired himself to some extent, but not enough to make him overcome the humiliation and shamelessly come closer.

He does need himself, but that's based on the premise that things could work out or not.

But now it's clear that the other party must join their team.

That's a strange question.

Locke smiled. "Alright. But my requirements are high. Let me make it clear beforehand: if you can't meet my conditions, then we may have to part ways."

He replied to messages from Antoine and his teacher, indicating that Moromota could indeed help him.

The weapon platform system he wanted to create, centered around the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow, required a large number of parasitic magical plants. While Moromota's research direction didn't perfectly align with his needs, it was generally what he required.

Most importantly, he has the support of the Senate.

If the Senate needs him to join their team, they will likely allocate some resources to him in order to keep him on their side for a long time. If I agree to let Moromota join my team, it would be equivalent to getting those resources.

Locke pondered, "Sometimes, acquiring resources does require a bit of abstraction."

Moromota smiled, looking happy as if he had completed some kind of task.

"Of course, Lord Augustine, it is my honor to work with a breeder as talented as you."

"I will fully meet your requirements."

Locke said, "I've read your applications, they're quite interesting. Perhaps we can spend some time discussing them and maybe come up with a good research plan."

Upon hearing this, the wizard Morromoto was not as happy as he had been when Locke agreed to let him join, but a smile still appeared on his face.

"it is good."

……

Meanwhile, in the Land of Dragonfall, at the Holy Land of the Windbringers, Locke and the two second-circle wizards had been negotiating for almost a month and had finally completed the final procedures.

The two wizards and their leader finally couldn't hold out any longer and agreed to let Windwalker Academy purchase Attila's Chains of Lightning enchanted by Locke, which was being produced in his personal capacity. They agreed to use Aladdin's assets to make the purchase and to include the scrolls in Aladdin's property.

At the same time, Aladdin will join forces with Yinzhuang Taoyuan, located along the Tianjiang River, to begin joint development of a large-scale weapon platform based on the Daqingye Longque.

Locke calmly walked out of the room, while the two second-ring wizards already had dark circles under their eyes.

The two second-ring wizards, looking at the energetic Locke, both felt a sense of accepting defeat.

"This man has incredible energy. Negotiating with him is like a battle of who has more health."

"From now on, we must be extremely careful when we encounter wizards from the Three Swamps..."

"The first-level enchantment scrolls are purchased for 30,000 magic stones each, and the second-level enchantment scrolls are purchased for 500,000 magic stones each. Although we reached an agreement with him according to his wishes, we still managed to negotiate the price down a bit."

(End of this chapter)