Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 513 The Second Archaeologist Who Made a Deal with Him

Locke accepted the challenge, obtained the recipe for the Lucky Potion and the materials for ten Lucky Potions, and put them into his Astral Ring.

Locke said to the red dragon half-dragon, "I want to sell these seven portions of the Gralas Aging Potion."

Currently, due to the Forest Sanctuary, I am penniless and can only recover some money by selling potions; otherwise, I won't even have the money for a boat ticket to other wizarding lands.

The red-dragon half-dragon said, "Okay. The market price of the Glass Aging Potion is 20,000 per bottle, and there are seven bottles here, so I need to pay you 140,000 magic stones. Here are fourteen magic crystal cards in total."

Locke watched as the red dragon half-dragon took away the seven bottles of Geras's Aging Potion that he had painstakingly concocted over the course of a year. He was filled with mixed emotions and could only console himself that the most important thing was that he could learn something.

He was still short of money. After a year of studying, he had only managed to concoct seven potions, which was almost all of his output as a potion master over the past year, but he only received 140,000 magic stones in return.

However, this is also because last year, I focused all my energy on the Yunze Cup and did not spend much time on other areas.

Otherwise, if I were to develop properly like I did in the Southeast Corner Region and establish a medicine-making workshop, I would earn far more magic stones than this.

Moreover, the improved formula for Mammon Powder and the improved formula for the One-Horned Rhinoceros Bloodline have already been officially put on sale in the Land of Six Towers.

This will also bring you a huge reward.

Locke then inquired with the red dragon half-dragon about the recipes available for exchange at the Feathered Serpent Pavilion today, and quickly glanced through the potion recipes available for exchange.

He chose a recipe called "Spirit Crystal Potion," which allows wizards to accelerate the crystallization of magic power after taking it.

It is very beneficial for wizards to enter the first stage of crystallization.

Thanks to the highest access privileges he had just obtained to the Feathered Serpent Pavilion, Locke was able to find this recipe. Otherwise, he would have had to wait like other potion makers, waiting for the Feathered Serpent Pavilion to automatically update its recipes every day, which might take a year or two before he could obtain this one.

While Locke still had to wait for the Feathered Serpent Pavilion to update the recipes daily, his highest access privileges allowed him to see more items on the list than other potion makers.

Locke traded one of his fully improved recipes for Holy Spring Dew for it. After being examined by the red dragon half-dragon, the two recipes were indeed of the same level.

Although the Spirit Crystal potion can help wizards quickly increase their magic power and advance to the first level of crystallization, the Holy Dew potion, which Locke improved using Plutarch family resources, is also a holy grail among restorative potions.

The potion recipe Locke offered for exchange last time, the Holy Spring Dew potion, was only a prototype and far less complete than the fully developed version offered this time. Therefore, the red dragon half-dragon still allowed the trade.

After seeing the Holy Spring Dew, the red dragon half-dragon was filled with sincere admiration. "You are truly an outstanding breeder, having successively improved seven magical plants to optimize the Holy Spring Dew formula. This kind of thinking is something that even ordinary potion masters can't imagine or do."

The red dragon half-dragon bowed to Locke. He glanced at the teleporter, and after reading the information on the other end, he said, "My master is even more interested in you. It's rare for him to give any instructions to a wizard at the first stage."

"But just now, my master asked me to tell you that he likes you very much as a potion master and has high hopes for you."

Locke asked another question out of curiosity. "Is your master a third-ring wizard?"

The red dragon half-dragon smiled without saying a word.

Locke could only say helplessly, "Your master is quite mysterious."

A rare smile appeared on the face of the red dragon half-dragon as he said, "Please understand, my master does not like too many people to know his identity. Not to mention you, even I do not know his identity. I only know that he is a big figure in the Star Domain Sea."

Locke nodded slightly.

Locke bid farewell to the red dragon half-dragon, put away the fourteen magic crystal cards and the recipe and materials for the lucky potion, and turned to leave when he saw a wizard wearing a gray wizard's robe, who had wrapped himself up completely, with only his two eyes showing.

When Locke saw his attire and the fact that he was heading straight for him with such a clear purpose, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly. He then said to him, "Upstairs?"

"Give me a quiet room."

Locke spoke to the red dragon half-dragon, who coldly glanced at the black wizard who was completely wrapped in black cloth, before turning to Locke and bowing. "Yes, Lord Locke."

……

In the quiet room on the second floor of the Feathered Serpent Pavilion.

The dark wizard standing before Locke seemed somewhat nervous. "I am Leonis, and Warwick recommended you to me."

“I come from the Spiral Basin.”

"Cough cough cough... Entering the White Wizarding Society has really made me a little nervous. I finally managed to get information about you from Warwick and learned that a powerful potion master has emerged from our group of archaeology professors, so I rushed over to find you."

“That’s great. There are very few skilled potion masters among us archaeologists, but now it’s different. With you here, everything is different. I’ve come here to make a deal with you.”

Locke glanced at him. Although Leonis was a dark wizard, he was very talkative and outgoing. In just a few words, he acted as if he had a good relationship with him.

It seems that just because he is an archaeology professor, the other party naturally has a good impression of him.

However, archaeological wizards are indeed rare, and there is indeed a natural connection between them.

Locke glanced at the clothes covering his entire body.

But instead of removing the clothes that covered his entire body, Leonis stretched out his right hand, and a book called "Sect Master" appeared in his hand. It was a fairy book, and the pages automatically overlapped to form a fairy with dragonfly wings.

These books of "Sect Leaders" are like folding paper figures. Although they are just paper demons, paper dragons, and paper fairies, in the eyes of the undead who have borrowed them from the past through archaeological magic, they are real demons, real dragons, and real fairies.

Leonis's Fairy Book emitted a negative energy particle field that automatically enveloped Locke. Then, Leonis chanted a spell: "Borrow a sage who is knowledgeable in the past and present from the past five hundred years."

The next moment, a great sage with an extremely long beard that hung down to his chin like long hair, wearing a wizard's hat and holding a thick magic book appeared in the quiet room.

Locke recognized it; it was a Ring Archaeology Magic: Summoning the Great Sage.

From the past, a powerful scholar of general knowledge is borrowed. In fact, this is not the soul of an individual, but rather the historical materials and other information of a powerful scholar of general knowledge are collected, and archaeological magic is used briefly to summon the learned and wise figure from these historical materials.

Locke looked at Leonis.

Leonis chuckled, lifting the clothes covering his face to reveal runes within the fabric, indicating that he wasn't wearing them as a prank or out of fear, but rather to protect his information using this magical artifact.

"It's a little game among us archaeologists," Leonis said. "We archaeologists are a group of people who explore the secrets of the past, so we rarely talk about our detailed origins when we meet."

"Everything is understood without words."

"As archaeologists, we should have the basic ability to uncover hidden information from others."

Leonis's eyes gleamed with excitement. "My great sage, tell me everything about you—your bloodline, your magic, your power..."

"Exploring secrets is what interests me most."

Leonis looked at the Great Sage and asked, "Great Sage, tell me, what is the background of this esteemed archaeology professor?" Locke originally wanted to refuse this ridiculous game. He didn't know much about how archaeology wizards usually communicated, but the battle between wizards was a battle of information.

It would be far too reckless to expose one's secrets to these archaeological wizards who make a living by selling information.

But when Leonis asked the Great Sage about his bloodline, Locke stopped thinking about ending it and instead looked at the Great Sage.

If this generalist wizard, whom Leonis borrowed from the past, can discern the origins of his mysterious dragon bloodline, then so be it.

At this moment, the great sage said, "As you command, great fairy king."

The Great Sage's eyes emitted a deep blue light, the result of the First Circle General Knowledge spell, "Eye of Insight."

"This esteemed archaeology professor is a botanical wizard, potion master, and advanced breeder. He possesses the Book of Dragons; he is a dragon. I saw two heads; I saw golden magic; I saw abyssal energy; I..."

"I saw……"

The great sage seemed to be stuck, repeatedly saying, "I see... I see... I see..."

The smile on Leonis's lips gradually disappeared.

He looked at Locke and said in confusion, "Strange, you are not wearing any magical artifacts, nor are you using any shielding magic. How come the Great Sage I borrowed from the past cannot see through your secrets?"

Locke was somewhat disappointed when he saw this scene, even though he had expected it.

The level of the mysterious true dragon bloodline within him was unimaginably high. It seemed that even a mature archaeology professor at the first stage of his career could not observe the true nature of his true dragon bloodline.

The only question is, what exactly were the original owner's mother and the Black Sun Tower?

I've been inquiring about the name "Black Sun Tower" recently, but I haven't been able to find out anything about it.

This is really bizarre.

Even if the original owner's mother was a high-ring wizard and the Black Sun Tower was a powerful wizarding organization, given his current status, it was impossible for him to be completely unaware of it.

Unless, there's some secret involved.

Locke glanced at Leonis, then opened his left hand, revealing a book of dragons. At the same time, Locke chanted a spell, recognizing that the magical artifact on Leonis's body was something from the underground, not from the surface.

Then this magic would be perfect for you.

Locke said, "Lend me a king of the underworld from the past five hundred years."

Suddenly, the magical artifact on Leonis's body moved out of thin air, and then the Book of Dragons was projected onto the magical artifact on his body.

Before Leonis could react, this magical artifact, which was itself an artifact, snatched away the invisible power. Then, with the support of the Book of Dragons, the information data of the negative energy particle field briefly summoned a Tomb King, which was a high-level mummy.

The mummy, draped in Leonis's magical artifact, turned between Leonis and Locke, then knelt before Locke and said, "Dragon, thank you for awakening me from my ancient slumber. I have slept in solitude for a hundred years, and now I have awakened."

"Dragon, is there anything I can do for you?"

Locke asked the Tomb King, "Tell me, what powers does this wizard possess?"

Leonis, an archaeology wizard at the first stage of liquefaction, slapped his forehead. "Damn it, I thought that after Warwick taught you archaeology magic, you would learn other spells first."

"If I had known you would summon the Tomb King spell model, I would never have come to see you dressed as an unearthed artifact."

The Summon Tomb King spell has a special effect: at the moment of summoning the Tomb King, it will select an ancient artifact from the surrounding environment and combine it with the Tomb King.

This will enhance the Tomb King.

However, it is also possible to summon the Tomb King when there are no ancient artifacts or relics, but the Tomb King will be weaker in that case.

That's why Leonis looked like he had miscalculated.

The King of the Tomb looked at Leonis, “The Fairy King, the ancient phoenix, eleven ancient bloodlines… dragons, I know nothing more.”

Summoning the Tomb King is primarily for combat, so while it can gather some of the surrounding negative energy particle field, especially information related to the artifact, at the moment of summoning, it's not as useful as summoning the Great Sage, which is specifically used for information gathering.

But knowing just this much is enough.

With a wave of his hand, Locke sent the Tomb King scattering in the wind.

Without the magical artifact, Leonis revealed his face, which had been hidden from the light for years. He was an old man with black hair and a square face.

Meanwhile, according to previous information about the King of Ancient Tombs, the other party had at least eleven kinds of ancient biological bloodlines transplanted into his body.

Moreover, the other party should possess a phoenix bloodline.

The Phoenix clan has many branches, but the main body of the Phoenix clan, like the True Dragon, is at the third-ring level.

However, the dark wizard in front of him should only be a wizard at the first stage of liquefaction, so his phoenix bloodline is either in its infancy or belongs to a non-pure-blooded phoenix.

The wizard Leonis clapped his hands and said sincerely, "I actually lost to you."

“Impressive, truly impressive. By the way, I would like to trade you one-third of the historical materials I have collected from my Fairy Book. In exchange, please concoct a Forge Potion for me.”

"As per the rules, I have prepared the recipe and three sets of ingredients."

"Professor Augustine, I wonder if you intend to proceed with this transaction?"

Forge Potion?

That potion is quite difficult to make, and it's not very useful.

I suppose this archaeological sorcerer in front of me has some special purpose.

However, this potion is indeed difficult to find someone to brew.

It is difficult to make and has few uses.

Potions masters who lack the Primal Flame are generally unwilling to help others concoct this potion, as the time required for learning is simply too great.

Locke glanced at Leonis and said calmly, "Okay. But I want more historical materials. I want half of the historical materials in your Fairy Book."

(End of this chapter)