Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 399 The Key to Advancing to the Second Ring?
Locke looked at the Great Wizard Sura in front of him, not understanding why he was so obsessed with and concerned about whether the natives of this plane could cast a true first-circle spell.

If the Sorcerer Saint in this plane's mage system corresponds to a first-level wizard, then does the so-called Sorcerer God correspond to a second-level wizard?

So, is this related to advancing to the second ring road?

Locke pondered for a moment, then sincerely asked, "Great Wizard Sura, I am the potion master you invited here. Although your current request is not to cure your illness, it would still be good to be able to solve your problem."

"I just want to know, are your actions in this world aimed at breaking through to the second-ring wizard level?"

Considering all of Sura's previous actions and all the promises he had made to him, Locke could only conclude that Sura wanted to advance and break through to become a second-circle wizard, which was why he had gone through such a long and complicated process, deceiving everyone, including his closest friend Alicia, so that he would not be disturbed by anyone when he advanced to the second-circle wizard level.

However, it seems that the great wizard Sura has offended many people in his nearly five hundred years of life, including at least one dark wizard from the school of prophecy who had his eye on this place and even lured himself into the trap.

High Wizard Sura's eyes flickered. "Hmm, you're very clever. Indeed, the Archmage here corresponds to a second-circle wizard in the wizarding world."

"Everything I'm doing here is in preparation for advancing to the second-circle wizard level."

“Alicia, I’m sorry. To convince those old folks, I had to deceive even you, even putting you in danger.” A pang of heartache flashed in Grand Wizard Sura’s eyes. “You must have been very sad while I was away. What makes me feel fortunate is that you did very well while I was away.”

"You've really grown up."

Alicia shook her head, slightly excited, and said, "Grandfather, I'm just happy as long as you're alright. You are the backbone of the Six Towers Land. Without you, I really don't know what would happen to the Six Towers Land."

Alicia said, "So, Grandfather, you're preparing to break through to the second-circle wizard realm. But Grandfather, do you have any advanced meditation techniques? Doesn't our Plutarch family and the entire Six Towers region lack any advanced meditation techniques?"

Alicia asked in confusion, "And why are you teaching magic to the natives of this world? Is it to advance to the second ring?"

What could be the connection between these two things?

Locke asked, "Grand Wizard Sura, is the City of the Holy Wizards behind you prepared for advancing to the second ring? If possible, I would also like to hear you talk about this. As you know, for every wizard, obtaining the knowledge to become a second-ring wizard is extremely important."

"In exchange, I can also tell you my hypothetical method for enabling the natives of this world to use first-circle magic."

Grand Wizard Sula smiled and said, "We should address the problems one by one."

He looked at Alicia and said, "The knowledge of advanced meditation techniques has always been highly confidential and has always been monopolized by the Association and the major wizarding organizations that already possess it."

"Only by joining a wizarding organization that possesses advanced meditation techniques and obtaining a teaching position of the corresponding level can one possibly acquire advanced meditation techniques. However, it's not that our Six Towers Land lacks advanced meditation techniques; it's just that there are no written meditation techniques."

Faced with the puzzled looks from Locke and Alicia, the Great Wizard Sura raised his right palm and conjured a scorpion model made of bloodline factors in his hand, which spun in his palm.

High Wizard Sura said, "The bloodline of the Scorpion Woman clan used by our Plutarch family inherently contains advanced meditation techniques. Or rather, bloodline essence masters prefer to store information about advanced meditation techniques in the blood essence of magical creatures, storing information through the arrangement and shape structure of those bloodline factors."

"Therefore, the original Scorpion Woman bloodline of our Plutarch family is a living, advanced meditation method."

"Unfortunately, the Primal Scorpion Woman bloodline was created by our Plutarch family's second-circle wizard ancestor in the Land of Six Towers. The Primal Scorpion Woman bloodline can only be used by wizards of the Plutarch family." Grand Wizard Sura glanced at Locke and explained in detail, "Wizards without the Plutarch family bloodline will find it useless even if they force it. They will neither obtain the power of the Scorpion Woman bloodline nor be able to use the advanced meditation techniques contained within the Primal Scorpion Woman bloodline."

"Because the original Scorpion Woman's bloodline contains some essential bloodline factor information that is not within herself, but within the bodies of the wizards of the Plutarch family."

“However, even for wizards of the Plutarch family, to use the Scorpion Woman bloodline, they need to be pure-blooded and have a certain talent.” High Wizard Sura sighed. “Among the current descendants of the Plutarch family, only you, Alicia, have the aptitude to use the original Scorpion Woman bloodline.”

"That's one of the reasons I value you."

“Alicia, your talent is the best among the wizards of the Plutarch family in the past hundred years. You have the potential to become a second-circle wizard, a potential even greater than mine. By the way, didn’t you want to go out and study, and also want to learn potions?” Archmage Sura laughed, “That’s why I thought of faking illness at that time, so that I could kill two birds with one stone, and let you study potions outside for a few years before coming back to inherit our family business.”

High Wizard Sura advised, "In my opinion, you are simply not interested in the magic of the Conjuration School. Otherwise, you would still be very talented in this field, just not as talented as you are in Potions."

Alicia paused for a moment, then nodded. She herself hadn't expected that, under her grandfather's arrangement, her future path would lead her directly to becoming a second-circle wizard.

Locke glanced at Alicia and couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "Alicia truly deserves to be the darling of the Plutarch family of the Six Towers."

The road we were born to walk leads straight to the Second Ring Road.

She was born with an advanced meditation technique, and even had a grandfather who prepared a medium-sized world for her, making all sorts of arrangements for her. Unlike me, who still needs to find my own advanced meditation technique, and still hasn't figured out why the development of this medium-sized world is related to second-circle wizards.

'A major ultimate goal for wizards specializing in bloodline modification through spellcasting is to create a type of magic that can be reliably passed down to future generations with specific talents, without limiting its potential. The attempt by the Six Towers to become full-fledged wizards through active semi-elemental transformation is, in essence, a failed endeavor.'

Locke pondered, "The wizards of the Six Towers desperately want to find a bloodline modification technology that can completely bind talent and bloodline together."

'In this way, their family's wizards can completely solidify their position. Generation after generation, the social class will remain forever fixed.'

'It's a pity that after so many years, there's been little hope; it seems they've already given up. In any case, the wizards of the Six Towers aren't doing much research these days. It's more likely that the bad has been constantly weeding out the good, causing their wizards to completely lose the ability to develop long-term research plans.'

'Otherwise, even if they figure it out, it's still not bad,' Locke thought. 'Because the result might not be as good as they imagine.'

'Class distinctions may not be rigid; in fact, they may become more fluid. The impact of each technological advancement is something no one can predict.'

'The emergence of that technology means that a large number of ordinary people can also use it to gain the possibility of using magic, even if they only have the most basic talent.'

"White wizard society is so complex that, given this technology, a large group of wizards would be motivated to improve it and promote it to all mortals."

'However, developing such a technology would be extremely difficult, perhaps as difficult as a botanical wizard creating a perfect ecosystem.'

Belonging to one's bloodline is one of the ultimate goals of bloodline studies.

Grand Wizard Sula looked at Locke and said, "However, the city of the Holy Hall behind me has nothing to do with whether I can advance to the second-circle wizard level."

Locke paused for a moment.

Grand Wizard Sura smiled kindly and said, "How could advancing to the second-circle wizard level possibly have anything to do with any world? Wouldn't that be strange?"

"It's just that advancing to the second-circle wizard requires a lot of resources, and these resources are extremely difficult to find in the wizarding world itself. It's just that it's easier to collect them in this plane, but there's nothing special about it."

"This City of the Holy Law Hall is just a base I use to gather resources."

“I need a lot of people to help me mine resources, so I supported some natives and got them to voluntarily offer me resources from all over the world. They also built a city called the Hall of Magic as a place to store resources. You see, this city still has a steady stream of magical materials being transported here.”

"So, in order to win them over, I gave them the ability to cast spells."

“That’s all,” Archmage Sura smiled kindly. “And I also need some mages to process my basic magical materials, just like what wizarding apprentices do in the academy, where they support their mentors.”

"That's why I gave them the ability to use magic. As for their other understandings, they are all their own imaginations and not at my behest."

Locke looked at the Grand Wizard Sula, whose words were watertight, making it seem as if everything could be explained.

The great wizard Sura did not want to use the wizards of the Plutarch family to work here, but only wanted to secretly develop this medium-sized world.

Even so, some things still cannot be explained, or rather, the explanations are very weak.

'Then just give these natives some magical items. Why spend three hundred years building a mage civilization here?' Locke wondered. 'While everything can be explained somewhat, there's one thing that can't be explained. Given the self-serving nature of wizards, they wouldn't forgo a high-value endeavor for a low-value one. Especially not the powerful Grand Wizard Sura who has held power for so many years.'

'This doesn't make sense. Grand Wizard Sura is definitely hiding a crucial point from me. It's understandable; he's a wizard who's held power for many years, and he probably doubts himself several times a morning when he looks in the mirror. Of course, he wouldn't tell me his true plan; he's only given a partial glimpse, so he can only tell a self-consistent lie.'

The great wizard Sura smiled kindly, while subtly glancing at Locke and noticing Locke's thoughtful expression.

High Wizard Sura's expression softened further. "Why don't you come to the City of the Holy Law Hall? That way, you two will understand the purpose of this city."

"Moreover, I happen to have some benefits to offer you. These are some precious resources that the natives of this plane have transported from all over the world. Because they cannot be preserved in time, they will be wasted if no one uses them."

"You've come at just the right time."

(End of this chapter)