Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 497 Advanced True Knowledge Academy

Locke opened the other letters from top wizarding organizations in various wizarding lands. First, two major wizarding organizations from the Sunshadow Peninsula had extended invitations to him.

One is the Breeders Academy of the Fireweaver School in Esorend, which invited me to serve as a Chair Wizard. They promised that if I could publish one top-tier journal in the Sunshade Peninsula or ten S-level articles in the Association within five years, and successfully apply for and complete a One-Ring Fund project, I could obtain a formal teaching position as a Wizard Instructor at the Fireweaver School in Esorend.

The other is the Shinchiin Institute, located in the Jungle Hand of the Sunkage Peninsula. They extended an invitation to me, saying that if I could write a Shinchiin exit paper within five years and complete a Shinchiin Foundation project, I could get a discharge certificate.

In his office, Locke fell into deep thought. The conditions for the Firewood Academy of Essex to be promoted to Wizard Mentor within five years were to publish a top-tier article in Sunshade Peninsula and complete a first-ring grant project.

For ordinary members of the Jungle Hand's True Knowledge Institute, obtaining a certificate of completion requires completing a True Knowledge Institute grant, while the requirements for publications are not high.

After all, the final article of the True Knowledge Institute does not need to compete with other articles in the journal that want to be published. Therefore, as long as it is written and meets the quality standards, it is fine. So, undoubtedly, the difficulty of obtaining the exit certificate of the ordinary True Knowledge Institute of the Hand of the Jungle is far less than the difficulty of promotion in the Fireweaver Institute of Essosend.

However, this is natural.

After all, the Institute of True Knowledge was not a proper academic system, but rather a stepping stone for young first-ring wizards with greater ambitions and aspirations.

A certificate of completion from the True Knowledge Institute can usually elevate one's academic position to a higher level.

In other words, for individual wizards, the Institute of True Knowledge is essentially a stepping stone.

The various True Knowledge Institutes are more like training bases for first-ring wizards of those advanced wizarding academies. The True Knowledge Institutes train these young first-ring wizards, select from them, and then have the advanced wizarding academies accept these young first-ring wizards to become their wizarding mentors.

Locke pondered, "The Fireweaver's House in Essexend and the House of Truth in the Hand of the Jungle are both good options. But I have a better choice."

Locke opened the invitation letter from the Golden Dynasty at the border of darkness and light. A third-ring nobleman of the Golden Dynasty had invited him to serve as a lecturer mage in the [Sun Holy City] under the Golden Dynasty.

Within five years, one can also guarantee becoming a wizard mentor. The requirements are not much different from those of the Fireweaver Academy in Essex, which are approximately publishing one article in the [Intersection] journal, or publishing 12 S-level articles in the association, and completing a first-ring fund project.

However, the City of the Sun also has a teaching requirement for him, namely, that he must train a formal wizard within ten years.

The invitation letter also specifically mentioned a special healing mission: some injured wizards in the Holy City of the Sun needed to be healed by the wizards themselves…

Locke's expression was strange. "The Sun City of the Golden Dynasty at the boundary between light and darkness is asking too much of me. I haven't even been there yet, and they're already demanding publications, research achievements, teaching, and treatments. Other invitations at most mention publications, research, and teaching."

"Forget it. I won't consider it. There's nothing worth going to in the Sun City anyway."

The research on golden magic in the border region between the obscure and the bright has always been at the forefront, and there is even a lot of research on ancient biology, but it is only average in terms of potion-making, breeding, and botany.

Next, Locke opened the other invitations, which were mostly from various wizarding organizations in the Three Swamps. After all, the Cloud Swamp Cup was a competition in the Three Swamps, so it had the highest prestige in the Three Swamps.

Among them were Montgomery and Barbara the Witch, who visited the "Crawler's Garden".

The wizarding organizations in the Three Swamps generally have high requirements for their teaching, projects, and writings, and their difficulty is generally higher than, or about the same as, that of the Fireweaver Academy in the Sunshade Peninsula.

This is normal, though. The wizarding lands of the Three Swamps are two or three levels higher than those of the Sunshadow Peninsula, so the requirements for faculty promotion in the wizarding academies there are definitely more difficult.

Even wizarding organizations like the Reptile Gardens, Boniface University, and the Rose Council couldn't guarantee that he would be promoted to wizard instructor within five years, because there were too many applicants and not enough positions. They could only guarantee that he would be given priority in obtaining a wizard instructor position.

"These wizarding organizations are the top wizarding organizations in the Three Swamps Land. Naturally, they are not lacking in wizards, and even geniuses and excellent first-ring wizards."

Locke said, "Actually, these are all pretty good platforms. If you give an invitation letter from any of these platforms to other first-level wizards, they will immediately agree."

"But I don't need to be in such a hurry."

Locke pondered for a moment, separating the invitations and picking out the one from the Advanced Institute of Truth. "Whether it's an invitation from the Sunshadow Peninsula or the wizarding organization in the Three Swamps, no matter how good the conditions are, unless they're good enough to give me a compelling reason to go, I don't need to consider them."

"I still prioritize the Wizarding Academy in the Starfield Sea. Since there's the True Knowledge Academy to choose from, there's no need to rush."

"Right now, only small fry in the Star Domain Sea have extended invitations to me, but that doesn't mean that in the future, no top organizations in the Star Domain Sea will extend invitations to me, just like the top wizarding organizations in the Three Swamps Land have extended invitations to me now."

"As long as I can obtain the exit qualification certification from the Advanced True Knowledge Institute, I can elevate my resume to the next level. Moreover, the True Knowledge Institute has a large number of advanced resources available to me..." "Whether it's advancing my level, researching magic, or enhancing my resume, it would be a good choice."

Locke pondered for a moment, then put all the invitations from the wizarding academies into a vine-whisper box and tucked it into his astral ring.

Including that invitation letter from the Starry Sea.

While it's true that it's better to be the tail of a phoenix than the head of a chicken, and being the head of a chicken only makes you happier and more comfortable, there's no need to directly step into the pitfalls of the Starfield Sea.

The three invitations to the Advanced True Knowledge Academy are actually rewards from the Yunze Cup competition.

This time, however, it was the three top wizarding organizations in Yunze Wetland that extended invitations to him at the same time, all hoping that he would go to the True Knowledge Academy branch opened by their respective wizarding academies.

The first is Bonifacius University, the second is the Rose Council, and the third is the Golden Crown Mountain Dragon Blood Society.

Locke quickly glanced at them and found that the exit requirements for these three universities were actually quite similar, and the exit requirements were all extremely demanding!
First, there must be three articles from the first-tier journals of Yunze Wetland, or three articles from top-tier journals of other wizarding lands, but with a condition—these top-tier journals of other wizarding lands should at least be equivalent to the first-tier journals of Yunze Wetland.

The Three Swamps Land has four district journals. The Southeast Corner's "Southeast" and the Spiral Basin's "Spiral" are both in district two, while the Six Towers Land's "Six Towers" is in district four.

Many of the District 1 journals in the Three Swamps are published by the various wizarding academies within the region, and even by wizards of high rank such as Throne Wizards.

Because the organizers of District 1 journals must meet at least the conditions of being both a third-circle wizard and a throne wizard, this strict requirement naturally makes it impossible for many wizarding lands without third-circle wizards to be rated as District 1 in the Three Swamps.

At the same time, the three advanced academies of knowledge, in addition to requiring them to publish three first-division journals within five years, also required them to teach wizard apprentices and guide two of them to become formal wizards, and there was another key point.

The Advanced Knowledge Institute is actually going to conclude a project funded by the association headquarters and a key research and development sub-project in Misawa.

Locke's expression was strange. "I remember that the key research and development projects at the association headquarters can only be applied for by wizards of at least the third ring, which is a very high-level grant. Of course, for the key research and development projects in the Three Swamps, it should only be possible for wizards of the second ring, which is a lower level."

"But even so, it is still a key research and development project."

"The qualification certificates for graduating from the three advanced academies of knowledge are actually much higher than the requirements for promotion from lecturer to wizard instructor in other top schools in wizarding lands."

"The other requirements for leaving the Zhenzhi Institute are simply completing a final dissertation and a Zhenzhi Institute grant project."

"And the conditions for leaving these three advanced academies of knowledge are actually to complete a key sub-project of the plan, a first-ring fund, publish three articles in one area, and train two formal wizards."

"It is actually more difficult to graduate from the Institute of True Knowledge than to become a wizard instructor in a proper wizarding university."

Locke frowned and began to weigh the pros and cons.

The logic of the Advanced True Knowledge Institute seems to be completely different from that of the Ordinary True Knowledge Institute.

Locke looked at the small print on the invitation letter—if he obtained the exit certificate from the Advanced Academy of Truth, it would be equivalent to obtaining the ticket to the Starfield Sea. All the wizarding organizations in the Starfield Sea recognized the young first-ring wizards trained by the Advanced Academy of Truth in the Three Swamps.

At the same time, after leaving the Advanced Institute of Truth, one can use the exit certificate to directly skip the lecturer position and become a wizard mentor in the top wizarding organization of the Three Swamps. This will make it much easier to advance to the level of senior wizard mentor and chief wizard mentor in the future.

Locke compared the two options: both were from Boniface University, but Boniface University offered the same conditions: direct appointment as a chaired wizard with priority advancement to wizard mentor within five years, and the same conditions for graduation from Boniface University's Advanced Institute of Truth.

The requirements for both are actually quite similar, but the exit requirements for the Advanced True Knowledge Institute are clearly higher.

Although both are required to train two formal wizard students within five years, the advancement wizard mentors at Bonifacius University do not require the completion of key sub-projects of the Three Swamps branch. They only need to complete more than five first-ring grants and publish only two articles in first-zone journals.

In other words, the requirements for leaving the Advanced Institute of Truth are actually slightly higher than the requirements for becoming a wizard tutor at the university itself.

This may be because the Advanced True Knowledge Academy in the Three Swamps is equivalent to a ticket to the Starfield Sea, or even other top-tier wizarding lands.

This path is also the most difficult one for young first-ring wizards, even those who remain in the Three Swamps, as it allows them to acquire resources and advance in their teaching positions more quickly.

(End of this chapter)