Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 337 You don't even have this little bit of money?

After Locke and the others left the Dispatch Department, the young, officially recognized wizard from Seven Colors Star Garden immediately returned, seemingly to settle a project he was working on in return for Seven Colors Star Garden.

Therefore, it's important to finish that project as soon as possible before obtaining a teaching position.

Of course, this could take several years.

Even if you get a teaching position, you still have to wait in line.

Because the availability of advanced magical resources in various regions and the number of subsidy slots from the White Wizard Association headquarters are limited, a unique situation has arisen where each slot is filled by a single individual.

Locke, on the other hand, went with Hussein to the library at the headquarters of the White Wizarding Association in the southeast corner of the region.

Since we're already here, we might as well go and take a look at the renowned public library of the White Wizard Association in the southeast corner of the region.

Locke and Hussein passed through a sacred magical barrier and then entered a building made entirely of pure white rock, which seemed to contain infinite space.

But the room was completely bare, without a single bookshelf or book.

Like a barren white sand beach.

Only a few generalist staff members sat alone in one area, sitting on leather sofas made of magical creatures' leather, each holding a book and reading.

There were still quite a few first-level wizards here, reviewing the data. They turned their heads and glanced at the two newly arrived colleagues, showing a slight look of surprise, before turning their attention elsewhere.

After all, the number of first-ring wizards in the southeastern corner region is limited, forming a small circle. Even if they don't know each other, they have at least heard of or seen each other. It is rare to see two unfamiliar wizards at once.

Of course, some people recognized him, one of whom was the recently popular Eye Demon Wizard.

Perhaps because the reputation of the bewitching wizard was too ferocious, Locke noticed that many wizards who glanced at him held a wary and faint fear in their eyes.

'A person's name, a tree's shadow—dark wizards crave that feeling, don't they?' Locke muttered to himself. 'But everyone misunderstands me.'

'I'm still very easy to talk to.'

Locke looked at Hussein and explained, "This should be the Illusion Library that the class on all things was talking about. The books here are hidden by the first-circle magic of the Illusion School, the Visual Desert. We just need to find a generalist and look up the books we want, and the bookshelves containing the books we need will automatically appear in front of us."

"Incredibly convenient."

"Even...our inner desires will automatically attract the books we want to our hands."

Hussein glanced at Locke and muttered, "The Course on Everything? The Visual Desert? These are things I've never heard of before."

Locke said in a low voice, "Then you really should take some lessons. It's easy for people to tell that you used to be a dark wizard."

Hussein said softly, "Yes, you're right. The library at the Blood Curse Court... apart from the grimoires containing the highest level of secret magic, is full of human books."

Seeing Locke's puzzled expression, Hussein smiled and said, "It's about using the brains and bloodlines of mortals to preserve certain knowledge. We only need to grasp the clues to extract the knowledge we need from that mortal's bloodline."

"The knowledge we use curse magic to hide within their bloodline can be propagated and passed down. I discovered that part of the knowledge hidden within their bloodline only after I unearthed the bloodline of the progenitors."

Locke seemed thoughtful. "It sounds like some kind of knowledge transmission based on bloodline inheritance."

"Can't they acquire that knowledge themselves? Why make the transmission of knowledge so complicated? Wouldn't it be better to just put it in a public library?"

Hussein said, "They cannot acquire that part of the knowledge on their own, so it is not the same as the innate knowledge base inherited by some magical creatures through their bloodline."

"But it did draw on the principles behind it."

"As for why it's not placed in a public library... hehe, dark wizards are always very protective of their knowledge, worried that others will learn it and that they won't receive the rewards they deserve after learning it. So they are keen on developing magic that hides specific knowledge."

Hussein raised his right hand and summoned it into the void. "Your White Wizards' libraries are quite nice, each with its own unique features. Lilith's Cottage's public library is relatively ordinary in comparison."

"Let me see what knowledge is now being summoned from within me?"

Hussein looked at the thick spellbook that had appeared in his right hand and raised an eyebrow in surprise. "The Complete Encyclopedia of Contract Masters?"

"Yes, I have recently been thinking about switching from a curse master to a contract master, so that I can get along better in your white wizard society."

"Moreover, the fields of study for contract masters and curse masters are not very different, so it will be relatively easy for me to switch, and the prospects for contract masters are also great." "I didn't expect that this first-level visual illusion magic [Visual Desert] could actually sense the part of knowledge that I have been wanting recently."

"Locke, why don't you give it a try? I want to see what kind of books your mind will summon."

Locke glanced at him, raised his right hand, and without protecting his mind, summoned the entire library with what his mind desired. Instantly, a book appeared in his hand. Locke glanced at it and raised his eyebrows. It was a yellowed magic book with the words "[Investigation Form of Ancient Creature Bloodline Genetic Lineage in the Mortal World of the Southeast Corner Region]" written on it.

Locke was slightly taken aback, then glanced at the author's name and confirmed that the author was a first-ring crystallization wizard from a thousand years ago who had passed away several hundred years ago, before he felt relieved.

Every time I see articles and data related to the bloodlines of ancient creatures on the White Wizard's page, it means that the author is basically connected to the Black Wizard.

Even he considers himself an archaeologist.

A PhD in General Studies, upon seeing the books the two had chosen, said to Hussein, "The Encyclopedia of Contract Masters in your hand is an A-level article from the Association, so you need to pay 20 contribution points to read it."

He looked at Locke and said, "The book you have is an S-level article from the association. It requires 50 contribution points to access."

Locke had no objections; he had plenty of contribution points.

Previously, I had earned 2100 contribution points in the academy library. Later, I studied potion-making, breeding, and botany. Before becoming a formal wizard, I used 1100 of those contribution points to look up a large number of A-level articles.

However, after becoming a formal wizard, he published five A-level articles and seven S-level articles in the White Wizard Association's public library.

You will receive 500 contribution points from the library where you publish an S-level article in the association.

One Association A-level paper earns 200 contribution points, one Association B-level paper and one College A-level paper earn 100 contribution points.

In other words, I currently have 1000 contribution points from Lilith's Hut and 4500 contribution points from the White Wizard Association in the Southeast Corner Region.

The contribution point system was originally intended to be used to exchange for extremely important advancement potions and opportunities to enter wizarding realms.

However, in the southeastern corner region, there are no corresponding secret realms at the formal wizard level, and the exchange table for contribution points has very few good first-level magical plants and cost-effective first-level magic spell models available for exchange.

Therefore, at the formal wizard stage, contribution points can almost only be used to search for articles.

Therefore, Locke, without batting an eye, indicated that he would use contribution points to exchange for the opportunity to borrow the book.

Since the Visual Desert Spell Model believes that he really wants this book, then he should definitely take a good look at it.

'Before leaving, I need to spend all my contribution points. I can exchange them for a bunch of articles that interest me in both large libraries; these are all part of my collection,' Locke thought. 'If I use 4500 points to exchange for S-level association articles that interest me, I can get 90 books.'

'That's an astonishing number.'

For wizards, knowledge is power.

If a wizard can seriously read through 90 S-rank articles or magic books from the association, he will definitely be able to change his appearance significantly after reading them.

Locke said in a low voice, "It seems that before I leave the Southeast Corner Region, I can stay at the White Wizard Headquarters for a while to calm down and accumulate knowledge in various fields."

Locke addressed the first-ring wizard generalist from the White Wizarding Association, saying, "Mine, I am Locke Augustine, and this is my academy badge. Please redeem it for me."

Upon seeing Locke's total contribution points, the PhD in general studies looked up at Locke in surprise, then his gaze turned extremely respectful, and he gave Locke a slight bow. "You are truly a learned person. It was a great loss for me to have missed your articles before. I am very interested in the seven S-level articles you recently published by the association. I will read them in the future."

Locke nodded to him and said, “Very well, fellow wizard. Seeking the truth is the very duty of us wizards.”

Locke turned around and saw that Hussein looked rather embarrassed. He looked at Hussein with a puzzled expression.

Hussein whispered to Locke, "Locke, could you lend me 20 contribution points?"

Locke looked at him with surprise. "You don't even have 20 contribution points?"

Hussein was somewhat embarrassed. He said to Locke in a voice only the two of them could hear, "I didn't."

"How do you white wizards earn contribution points?"

Locke thought for a moment, “Publishing articles, completing tasks, earning competition rewards, completing certain special projects... there are quite a few ways.”

(End of this chapter)