Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 122 Shopping

Witch's Kitchen, at table number 5.

Locke pondered for a moment and decided that he could divide the Crystal Palm Fire Lotus into three batches and deliver them in three batches.

I can first cultivate a hundred acres of magic fields, and then plant the first batch of Crystal Palm Fire Lotus. With the magic stones provided by the academy, I can easily make full use of the botanical garden in my hands.

The established magic fields must be maintained with resources, otherwise they will gradually degenerate and become barren.

But these are all things for later.

Locke nodded. "Okay, Senior Zack, I can sign this contract. However, I must wait until the academy gives me the full 2 magic stones before I can sign this contract."

"Please don't take offense, I'm just being cautious."

This is to prevent the college from defaulting on its debts.

Suddenly they're delaying payments, trapping themselves in a bind, forcing themselves into breach of contract.

Although the chances of this happening are relatively small, it's still necessary to take precautions.

Expanding my botanical garden requires magic stones, and I also need to use these magic stones to maintain the consumption during the beginner's bonus period of the Advanced Meditation Method.

Zack smiled knowingly and said, "Of course."

“Being thorough is a good quality.” He stood up. “I’ll send the magic stone and the contract over tomorrow. I need to take care of other things now.”

After exchanging greetings, the three of them left the witch's kitchen together.

In the afternoon, Locke went to the Healing Hand Clinic and, together with Anglu and Aisie, took charge of several patients suffering from rather troublesome curses.

Then, in the evening, he returned to his residence, drank a bottle of Star Tear potion and a bottle of Blood-Weeping Dragon Sunflower potion, and then lit the Four Seasons Fruit Kernel Incense in the incense burner.

Then, Locke sat on his bed and drank a bottle of energy potion.

Locke sighed. "Meditation is all about taking drugs."

"The more you consume, the more powerful you become. However, you still need to purify your magical power with the Deep Purple Jade, otherwise your head will become pointy."

He sat cross-legged on the bed, his breathing slowed, and his magical energy gradually approached the World Tree, entering a special state of profound stillness.

……

The next day, early in the morning, Zack brought 20,000 magic stones with him using the Astral Ring, along with the contract.

The two parties have signed the contract.

And so, Locke officially received a contract from Lilith Hut Academy to collect magical plants.

Both were very happy. Locke got the resources he needed most, while Zack would gain contribution points as a result.

The better Locke's magical plants perform, the more rewards he can receive.

After all, it was he who discovered and was responsible for purchasing Locke's magical plant.

After signing the contract, the two formed a certain common interest. Zack became much closer to Locke and said to him in a warm tone, "Breder Locke, I'll be going now."

Locke nodded. "Okay."

After Zack left, Locke looked at the heavy pile of magic stones in his astral ring.

He immediately went to the Chimera Market and spent 7200 magic stones at the potion shop, along with all his savings, to buy all the magical resources he needed for the remaining month of his newbie bonus period.

A second-class wizard apprentice clerk at the potion shop seemed to have rarely seen anyone buy so many potions at once, paying tens of thousands of magic stones.

At this moment, he was a little dizzy and ordered two half-elf slaves in the shop to push a small cart and put all the potions on it.

"Lord Augustine, here are all the potions you purchased."

"And the aroma of fruit kernels from all four seasons."

Locke nodded slightly and said coldly, "Yes, put them all into my Astral Ring."

After leaving the potion shop, he went to Lijin's Secret Words and used his Platinum Star membership privileges to spend 4000 magic stones to purchase an advanced breeder package sufficient for one hundred acres of magic fields.

The same quantity, the Basic Breeder Package, only costs 2000 Magic Stones, but it only includes basic nutrient solution, basic potting soil, and ordinary fast-growing gel, which is insufficient for Locke's needs. The Crystal Palm Fire Lotus is already considered a relatively high-level magical plant, and it's impossible to mass-produce it using such a basic package.

The advanced breeder's three-piece set includes high-grade nutrient soil, high-grade nutrient solution, and high-grade fast-growing gel.

Similarly, Locke also spent 100 magic stones to buy a large number of farming tools, all of which were put into his astral ring.

The Star Realm Ring couldn't hold all the nutrient soil, nutrient solution, and other supplies, so the shop needed to send someone over this afternoon.

Locke's shopping spree easily cost him 11,300 magic stones.

The 20,000 magic stones in my hand hadn't even been warmed up for long before most of them were spent.

Instead, he used these magic stones to purchase a large amount of magical resources.

Inside the Lijin Secrets shop, Yuri carefully helped Locke fill in the gaps in his knowledge. "Dear Locke, you're still missing some sulfur crystals. The Palm Fire Lotus needs a certain amount of sulfur crystal fragments mixed in with the soil to sprout. You don't need too many, but you definitely need a little."

Locke knew it better than she did. "Hmm, I'll probably need about a ton."

Yuri smiled and said, "One ton of sapphire crystals is worth about 300 magic stones. I'll just give it to you for free. You're a VIP customer in our shop now, and I think Lady Irina will agree to give you this discount."

Locke smiled at Yuri and said, "Thank you."

I saved myself some money.

Three hundred magic stones is quite a lot; it can be used to craft three medium-quality enchanted items.

Locke thought for a moment and said, "Yuri, I also need to rent a small weather controller from your shop."

"The rental fee for one machine is one thousand per month, right?"

The Weather Controller is a device jointly created by the first-circle weathermen of the Emancipation School and the wizards of the Alchemy School. It can completely control the weather of a large, enclosed area and precisely manipulate every detail of its climate change.

The artificial sky on the wizard's ship back then used this type of equipment, except that it was a large weather control device, while Locke's plantation only needs a small weather control device at this moment.

The germination of the palm-sized fire lotus requires a constant temperature of just over 40 degrees Celsius, so weather control equipment and interdisciplinary expertise are needed to cultivate the crystal palm-sized fire lotus.

Yuri nodded and said, "Okay, I'll arrange it for you right away."

And so, Locke spent another thousand magic stones.

This was because, as a potion master's assistant, he was too lazy to directly buy those very simple herbicide, insecticide, and antifungal potions.

These products are different from high-end fast-acting vitamin gels; they don't need to be used frequently or in large quantities. One bottle diluted with water is enough to cover several acres of magical fields.

With my current skill level, I can easily craft the corresponding healing potions for this level of magical plants, because the difficulty is too low.

It is much easier to prepare than high-end fast-acting vitamin gel.

To mass-produce advanced fast-acting vitamin gel, a pharmaceutical laboratory is needed, employing large-scale formulation technology.

Locke silently calculated his expenses, because he still had a large portion of the cost—the purchase of slaves—that he hadn't yet spent.

"Let's focus on managing this month's expenses first. We'll figure out how to cover next month's costs then. As long as we control costs well, we should have enough."

"But I have too many other expenses, and I'm afraid my spending will exceed my income. That would be a problem."

"I still have 7700 magic stones left. That's quite a lot."

"I've already submitted my Crystal Palm Fire Lotus for the preliminary round of the White Wizard Association's Breeder Competition, but I don't know the result yet. If I pass the preliminary round, I'll need to immediately prepare the magical plants for the final round, which will be another expense."

"The pharmaceutical lab might also need money. Learning the Lesser Emerald Elixir will also cost money," Locke thought to himself. "I thought with so much money this time, I could go on a shopping spree, but it seems it's still not enough."

"I'll buy one more high-grade enchanted armor piece later for protection, but I'll leave the rest for now."

Locke thought of the archaeologists at Chimera Market and the catwoman in his hands. Oh right, continuing his research on ancient bloodlines would also require some money.

But Locke always felt that if he continued to study this field, he might be able to achieve significant results.

I still need to invest some resources myself.

(End of this chapter)