Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 328 Patent Application and Conversion (SS-level article)

Inside Harlan Vera's office.

Harlan Vera asked, "By the way, Locke, what is the current rate of increase in your mental strength through meditation?"

Locke said, "It can improve by about 1 point per day."

Harlan nodded. "This improvement speed is even faster than I expected. It's about twice as fast as the improvement speed after the Child of Elements advanced."

"After the first ring, you can draw more natural force from the natural force plane, so the speed of improvement will naturally be very fast."

"This is different from the apprentice stage. In the apprentice stage, it takes ten or even twenty nights of hard meditation to increase one point of magic power. In the formal wizard stage, the speed of increasing magic power is much faster."

"The difficulty in advancing lies in the fact that there is a difference of 3000 points of mental energy between the liquefaction stage and the vaporization stage, which is in terms of total amount."

Harlan Vera said, "This difference of three thousand points in mental power is equivalent to the mental power of three ordinary wizards. However, your mental power is increasing much faster than I expected."

"Once you become a formal wizard, your previous talents will be less important. It's no longer about your affinity with elemental particles. Because formal wizards have too many ways to modify their bodies and souls, it's about ideas, projects, and resources."

Locke nodded; that was indeed the case.

The reason why physical modification is not possible to enhance talent during the apprentice and mortal stages is not primarily due to a lack of resources.

Rather, it's because their bodies are too fragile.

Just like carving a design on a piece of soft tofu, the difficulty is naturally extremely high.

However, a formal wizard's soul is protected by a permanent defensive field, so they can make relatively large changes to themselves.

Improving the affinity of elemental particles is naturally a trivial matter.

Essentially, his current rate of mana increase is already more than twice that of ordinary elemental children.

It was because he had undergone a first-level ancient creature bloodline modification (after becoming a first-level wizard, he improved the bloodline positioning accuracy of the Three-Eyed Tiger Cat).

Locke said to Harlan Vera, "Professor Harlan, I want to publish the information, apply for patents, and publish S-level articles from the association for several of my apprenticeship projects. At the same time, I also want to cooperate with Mrs. Irina. Perhaps we can achieve a win-win cooperation on some matters."

"In this way, I can also keep these projects within your network of relationships at the Lilith Lodge headquarters."

"Teacher, what do you think?"

This is beneficial to both parties, or even all three, because it adds Lady Irina, who owns a large number of shops in the Chimera Market.

Harlan Vera nodded, a look of satisfaction on her face. "Locke, not every student is like you, learning to be grateful to their teacher."

“Of course I welcome that. If the projects you have under your control continue, they will be enough to help many of my students, and even give them hope of becoming formal wizards. Although those people do not have your talent, they may be able to become ordinary formal wizards.”

Harlan Vera smiled with satisfaction: "I can help you contact Mrs. Irina. As for how to discuss it afterwards, that's up to the two of you. I can't get involved."

In short, I won't let you suffer any losses.

"Thank you for your help, teacher." Locke bowed to Harlen Vera. With Harlen Vera around, his interests in the Southeast Corner Region could indeed be protected. Otherwise, it would be really difficult to supervise this area once his own people left.

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A month later, Locke entered the public library, and the dwarf scholar Or quickly left the front desk and came out to bow to Locke.

The dwarf scholar Or said to Locke, "Lord Augustine, the rankings for your previously published articles have been released."

The dwarf scholar Or looked at Locke with a complicated expression. He had witnessed almost the entire process of Locke's growth from a first-class wizard apprentice to a first-ring wizard.

Similarly, he witnessed Sophia's entire journey to becoming a full-fledged witch.

He didn't know if he would live to see Locke's students grow from wizard apprentices into full-fledged wizards.

It seems there won't be that opportunity. I heard the academy has agreed that wizard Locke Augustine will leave Lilith's Hut.

"Wizard Augustine, congratulations on your article receiving praise from many wizards in the Association and the Academy." The dwarf scholar Or said, "Your two magical vines, the cultivation methods of the Super Mandela Vine and the Invisible Mandela Vine, have earned an A-level score from the Association and an S-level score from the Academy."

"Your methods for cultivating Crystal Palm Lotus, Iron Wire Goosegrass, and the formula for Memory Ointment have all received A-level scores from the association."

"Your articles on the cultivation methods of Emerald Iris Lichen, Eye of Perseus Lichen, Ominous Mandrake Vine, and the principle of Bear Spirit Emerald Gall Potion have all been rated as S-level articles by the Association and SS-level articles by the Academy."

"Furthermore, the publication of your Eye Demon Lord Potion formula received a high score of 98 from the association and was listed as an S-level article and an SS-level article from the academy."

As the dwarf scholar Or spoke of Locke's achievements, his voice trembled slightly. It was hard to believe that such achievements could be made by a wizard during his apprenticeship. "Similarly, your article on the method of large-scale mass cultivation of rare magical plants was rated 100 points by the association."

"The association has increased the access permissions required to view that article."

"Similarly, your article on the cultivation method of the Double-ball Sycamore Tree was also rated 100 points, and the access required to view this article has been restricted." Locke is leaving now, and even if he were to sell these things, it would be difficult to guarantee confidentiality, since he is not here and has come into contact with too many people. Therefore, he would rather use them to publish articles for the S-level Association, apply for patents, and obtain awards.

This will be more useful to me.

In the end, these are just apprentice-level gadgets. Although they can improve the basic level of botanical wizards in this wizarding land, especially at the apprentice level, they can't improve it by much.

After all, many of these things are only suitable for themselves, and are magical plants or potions tailor-made for them.

For example, the Eye Lord Potion has side effects that are not only no less severe than the Eye Demon Potion, but are actually more serious. If an ordinary wizard drinks too much of it, he might be directly mutated into an abyssal life form. Locke was originally worried that after the recipe and effects of his Eye Lord Potion were made public, it would be added to the list of banned drugs by the White Wizard Association.

The most significant impact will be the appearance of the Twin-Ball Sycamore Tree, which will increase the number of rare magical plants at the apprentice level in the southeastern region.

Of course, these papers and patents only disclose the principles, without providing much detail on the manufacturing process.

So even if they publish it themselves, only the most powerful organizations in the southeast corner region have the ability to copy it. Other wizarding organizations, even if they get the article and copy it, will only end up with something completely different.

Once these companies leave, as long as they continue to sell their products in the southeast corner region, the underlying principles and details will definitely be stolen by the other party, and they won't be able to keep it a secret for long.

As for the specific process details and mature mass production technology, I taught them these things by working with Harun Vera's students here, so that they could run these projects in the southeast corner region for me.

In this way, I can say that I left the project with the college and Harun Vera.

In this way, the college won't have any objections to me, and I can continue to earn a relatively stable amount of money every year in the Southeast Corner Region.

After saying this, the dwarf scholar Or looked at Locke with reverence. "You have published a total of 5 articles at the Association A level and the Academy S level; you have also published 7 articles at the Association S level and the Academy SS level."

Articles at the Association's A-level or the Academy's S-level are not worth mentioning; they don't have any special influence.

However, articles of S-level from the Association and SS-level from the Academy, even if taken to other wizarding lands, would be more or less recognized.

This is an article that has reached a level of universal applicability.

The dwarf scholar Ordos said, “You must be a very wizardly. That’s why you have so many ideas even as an apprentice.”

"I believe in you; you will surely become an even greater wizard in the future."

"Exploring truth and mystery is what we wizards should be doing, but some wizards, for various reasons, have long lost their way and have begun to pursue fame and fortune."

The dwarf scholar Ordos said, “Your Emerald Iris Lichen and Double-Ball Sycamore Tree, because of their unique properties, although they are only at the apprentice level, have been specially issued honorary invention certification badges by the White Wizard Association of the Southeast Corner Region, considering their great role in future wars and the fact that you are already a first-ring wizard.”

"These two magical plants have been included in the germplasm bank of the White Wizard Association in the Southeast Corner Region and are preserved with special first-level access. Moreover, these two magical plants, like other first-level magical plants, have been included in the list of the most valuable magical plants in the Southeast Corner Region by the White Wizard Association."

"In the field of potion-making, you have been awarded honorary invention certification badges for the Bear Spirit Emerald Gall Potion and the Eye Demon Lord Potion."

"The formula has been preserved in the association's public library and included in the list of the most valuable potions in the southeast corner of the region by the White Wizard Association."

The dwarf scholar Or looked up at Locke and explained briefly. "The entry requirements for those two lists are either the invention of a first-level potion or magical plant, or an apprentice-level potion or magical plant that is of great significance to the southeastern region."

"That being said, it is very rare for apprentice-level works to be included in these two lists, which further proves their high quality."

"The reason I'm giving you these four certification badges is because you're already a first-ring wizard."

"Similarly, your previous patent applications for these works have all been approved. All the wizards in the Southeast Corner will remember that you were the inventor of these works."

Locke understood what he meant. If he wasn't a first-ring wizard, he wouldn't be able to get the honorary invention certification badge even if he published these magical plants and potions.

This is a privilege exclusive to first-ring wizards.

Therefore, magic level is the key to everything.

Doing the same thing, you will gain completely different results depending on your magic level.

In this way, he used these things to gain fame and honor, and then he could use them as a springboard to seek something bigger.

Locke received four honorary invention certification badges from the association and wore them on his body. Just a month ago, Dean Thompson said that he was missing a first-level badge.

Here it is, over there.

A badge recognizing four great inventions at once, shining brightly on one's chest, will draw attention wherever one goes, letting others know of one's achievements in the realm of magic.

It is also one of the keys to applying for a teaching position.

Locke spoke a few words to the dwarf scholar Orr, then turned and headed to the Chimera Market. Although he had published his article and applied for a patent, he had not disclosed all the details. Therefore, his interests would only be relatively reduced, not completely disappear.

I have already met with Professor Harlan Vera and Mrs. Irina today to discuss business cooperation in the VIP room of Lijin Secrets.

(End of this chapter)