Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 295 Constructing an External Spell Library

Locke exchanged a few words with Levi and, following the coordinates Levi gave him, arrived at a location in the laboratory.

With a wave of his hand, all the semi-rotten experimental devices were dismantled by Locke's materialization magic, automatically disintegrating to reveal the tree-like magical plants still being maintained inside.

First-ring wizards all possess telekinetic abilities. Because their mental energy is materialized, even pure mental energy has a powerful impact. They do not need spell models to be converted into specific magic, and can thus have the ability to harm others and interfere with the laws of physics.

However, to strengthen one's mental power to a level that can be used in combat, one must learn the spells of the Mind School.

Locke glanced at the phantom of Dean Levi, who had been following him and guiding him.

Dean Levi's phantom saw the magical plant in the temperature-controlled greenhouse and laughed heartily. "Great, these few red holly plants are still here."

"Red Holly is a first-level magical plant that never grows alone. It has extremely strong vitality, its roots can modify the environment, and its trunk has its own life force field, which is the original source of life force field magic."

“Using red holly to create the Forest Sanctuary is the perfect choice.”

"Colleague Locke, as you know, our botanical magic is a kind of magic that develops and utilizes the self-defense capabilities of magical plants."

"The Red Holly is a breeder, an artificial one-ring magic plant created by combining the Red Poplar and the ancient Holly tree."

“Red Holly is the best magic to create the Forest Sanctuary.” Dean Levi’s eyes shone with an extremely fervent light. For him, completing the Forest Sanctuary magic was the most important thing.

Locke frowned and said, "Red Holly is indeed very good, but there are also some first-ring magic plants in the research institute. If I can save them, they should also be able to be used to create the Forest Sanctuary."

Dean Levi denied it, saying, "No, most of the first-level magical plants in the research institute are actually unusable after so many years of neglect, but Red Holly is different. Red Holly has strong vitality and a long lifespan."

"It has very low requirements for growing conditions."

"Secondly, you are not a senior breeder, so it is normal that you do not understand this part of the knowledge. In fact, even forests have a lifespan, which is usually divided into three stages. The first stage is the first twenty years, during which trees that can grow rapidly, as well as ferns and grass-like magical plants, dominate."

"The second stage is the simultaneous appearance of light-loving trees and light-averse trees."

"And it will be a hundred years later that the forest will grow from its juvenile stage to its adult stage, and some extremely tall top trees will appear."

"This is the third stage."

The wizard Levi said, "Of course, the third phase of the forest is still not the pinnacle of the forest; it can only be considered that the forest has come of age. For example, the Forbidden Forest is an extremely old forest that has lived from ancient times to the present."

Wizard Levi muttered, "They only divided the forest into three phases, but if you ask me, the forest can be divided further. We can divide the forest's phases according to the dragon's era, since both are about the same age."

"In short, Colleague Locke, forests also have their phases. At different stages, we need to plant forest species of different phases to simulate the formation of a natural forest as much as possible, thus endowing my forest sanctuary with the most powerful strength!"

Locke nodded slightly. "Then I'll do as you say."

"You are an expert in this field."

Locke glanced at the wizard Levi, who was immersed in excitement. Judging from the fact that the other man compared the forest to a dragon, it was clear that the wizard Levi had done in-depth research on the field of forests.

I think it's best to take his opinion into consideration.

Following the wizard Levi's advice, Locke dug up six red holly plants, roots and all, and placed them in his astral ring before taking them to a temperature-controlled growing room in the research institute.

Inside the temperature-controlled growing room, Locke, following Dean Levi's instructions, turned on the weather control system.

"Of the ten weather control units, only one is currently operational. However, this weather control unit is also connected to the [Garden] system in Lilith's Hut, allowing it to draw energy from there at any time," Dean Levis said excitedly. "No one else knows this research institute as well as I do."

“For over five hundred years, I have lingered here, merely lingering.” His gaze towards Locke was now that of someone looking at their own masterpiece. “Colleague Locke, I will do everything in my power to help you.”

"First, the parameters of the weather control machine need to be adjusted to keep the humidity and temperature within a reasonable range. If you are planting other magical plants, you also need to change the soil and add various agents. The soil needs to be inoculated with microorganisms, but Red Holly doesn't need anything."

"It was originally the best one-ring magical plant for clearing forests."

"The soil in areas where red holly is planted is itself altered by the roots of the red holly. The microbial community and properties of the soil are improved, thus becoming soil that is even better than the high-grade nutrient soil made by potion makers."

Dean Levi said, "Advanced breeders are no longer limited to using artificial means to grow their magical plants. We can utilize the existing power of the natural ecosystem to obtain planting materials."

Locke nodded slightly.

Dean Levi is undoubtedly far more experienced than I am, and for special reasons, he will do everything he can to help me.

Locke planted six 30-meter-tall red holly bushes. Locke suspected that these six red holly bushes of this height would be very valuable if purchased on the market.

The price of this one-ring magic plant is not fixed, because the Red Holly has unlimited height and can grow some height almost every year, but the taller it grows, the slower its growth rate becomes.

Therefore, the taller the red holly, the more expensive it is.

The red holly trees available on the market are generally only 15 meters tall.

Half a day later, Locke finished planting and watered the plants for the first time. He opened the sluice gate and poured water purified from the swamp into the plants, thoroughly watering them and helping the six red holly plants take root.

Meanwhile, Locke used the Great Blue Owl Banana Tree to fly into the air and used the Golden Grafting Knife as an inscription knife to carve runes on the trunks of these trees.

"According to the Forest Sanctuary, I am drawing upon the power of every tree in the forest. Every tree in the forest has become my guardian tree, lending me their power."

"I am a forest all by myself, and that is the most powerful aspect of this magic. Of course, before that, I need to cultivate a forest of my own, so I need the Druid Ring. Without the Druid Ring, all of this is just child's play."

Locke's magic gradually merged with the six red holly bushes.

The first reaction of these six red holly bushes was to resist; the intense fluctuations of magical power caused Locke to take a slight step back in mid-air.

However, with his 3,500 magical pressure, he forcefully suppressed the resistance of the six red holly bushes and completed the magical grafting with them.

At the same time, distributed psionic virtual nerves appeared at the back of his head, like dreadlocks, reaching towards the six red holly bushes.

Dean Levi narrowed his eyes. "Is this what it took to get him to complete the Forest Sanctuary?"

“Psionic power? That’s the domain of the Mind School. Damn it, how come I didn’t think of that before? There are no powerful Mind School wizarding organizations in the Southeast Corner Region, and Lilith’s Hut doesn’t even teach that category of magic.”

“Otherwise, how could I have spent decades without being able to develop this project?”

Levi couldn't help but sigh; he hadn't expected the answer to be so simple.

"I had a student who wanted to pursue psionicism, but I severely reprimanded him, so he changed his research direction."

'Alas, how foolish and arrogant I was,' Levi thought with deep regret. 'Back then, I believed that human wizards couldn't possibly communicate telepathically with trees. That was a dead end. Trees don't even have self-awareness; how could they communicate telepathically?'

Levi observed Locke's connection to the trees and suddenly realized, "It's actually a distributed psionic energy achieved by utilizing the distributed intelligent network of the forest trees."

"How come I never thought of this trick before?"

(End of this chapter)