Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 600 November 1st, Sports Day!
November 1st.

Numerous void warships appeared in the sky above Mount Jinmian, entering in an endless stream. Net channels repeatedly appeared above Mount Jinmian, these channels being composed of the [Canal Waterway] of the Three Swamps Land.

It hangs in the sky above Jinmian Mountain like a celestial river.

The wizards of Mount Golden Crown had ordered the Weather Academy and the Architect Academy of Mount Golden Crown to construct a series of cloud palaces in the sky as the competition venue before this day.

There are a total of 108 competition venues, each of which is extremely large, built in the clouds, and decorated with carved beams and painted rafters, maintaining beauty while being practical.

Security was also very good. Witcher units dispatched by the White Wizards Association's Witcher Dispatch Division patrolled the foot of Mount Golden Crown. If any dark wizards were found causing trouble, they would immediately come after them.

The guards of the Golden Crown Mountain patrol team, each holding a wizard's sword in their left hand and a terrifying staff as tall as a person in their right, patrolled around the various construction sites.

The clouds of Mount Jinmian are the most natural things that can be sculpted into various functional buildings. At this moment, the white clouds and rainbows have transformed into steps and flying machines, serving as docking places for various void warships and various tools for passengers to disembark.

The scene was quite grand.

Locke, Mason Witch, and others sat in a huge building made of white clouds known as the Cloud Arena, at the Golden Crown Mountain True Knowledge Hall.

Mason Witch, Barrett Witch, and Freya Witch whispered among themselves, marveling at the extravagance of the sports festival.

To host this sports meet, Jinmian Mountain underwent a massive transformation of the sky, a feat that can only be described as astonishing.

Wizards from various wizarding organizations in the Golden Crown Mountain region gradually entered and filled the seats in the Cloud Arena.

An immense magical pressure gathered together.

Locke didn't buy any magic armor to protect himself. As a wizard, he wasn't that fragile; his own permanent defensive field was enough to protect him from this terrifyingly high concentration of magical pressure.

The Cloud Arena was extremely noisy.

Because it was a grand gathering of wizards from one-tenth of the Yunze Wetland, many wizards met and chatted with their old friends, exchanging information about their recent research.

There are also many wizards who have grudges against each other. They either pretend not to see each other, since the Cloud Arena is as big as a city, so it's easy to pretend not to see each other.

Even if they start arguing, they will temporarily stop arguing after being reminded by the wizards of the Golden Crown Mountain's security department.

If a fight breaks out, the wizards of the Security Department will escort them down from the Cloud Arena.

Locke surveyed the bustling arena. "Is this the vast majority of the powerful wizards in the Yunze Wetland·Golden Crown Mountain region, representing one-tenth of the total?"

"This number is really too many. At least seventy or eighty thousand."

"There must be many wizarding apprentices and weak first-ring wizards, or rather reclusive wizards who did not come, as well as some wizards who had other important matters to attend to, or who were not interested in coming... Even so, the wizards here should account for about half of the formal wizards in the Golden Crown Mountain region."

Locke did indeed sense that there were high-ring wizards everywhere, and he even noticed some first-ring and second-ring wizards looking at him and pointing at his back.

Locke wisely did not leave the seating area of ​​the Shinchi-in Temple on Mount Kinma.

Those wizards are likely people who have lost money speculating in stocks related to the breeding industry, or they may be professionals in the field.

I should try not to provoke others when their stocks are plummeting. Besides, if my Bawang Hummingbird Pineapple Shoes sell even slightly better, their stocks will probably plummet again.

Hearing the surrounding chatter, Locke looked towards the center of the Cloud Arena. There, a peach sapling emerged from the center and grew rapidly. In a very short time, it transformed from a sapling into a lush, ancient, and gnarled peach-shaped magical plant.

It appeared to be a three-ringed demonic plant, exuding extremely terrifying demonic pressure, with a great radiant fire wheel behind it, like a fire god descending to earth.

As streams of fire essence flowed into the branches of the peach tree, fruits rapidly grew in a very short time. Then, amidst the exclamations of many wizards, the ripe peaches flew randomly to various audience seats.

A lucky second-circle wizard caught a peach and laughed heartily. "This year, I'm really lucky. This is the first event of every Golden Crown Mountain Sports Festival: the Reincarnation Peach Tree! It's a specialty of November, the Old Man Peach of Longevity. It's said that eating one can add a year to one's lifespan, which is the upper limit of one year for the soul's lifespan."

Upon hearing this, many wizards who had just been promoted to formal wizards showed expressions of astonishment.

"It actually increases the maximum lifespan of the soul! That's a divine item that can increase one's actual lifespan. Does Golden Crown Mountain just give things away like that?"

"It's practically a free-for-all. Is this the Golden Crown Mountain?"

In an instant, many wizards felt the power of the wizarding academy overlord from the Golden Crown Mountain region, one of the ten major regions.

The strength of top universities in Yunze Wetland.

I couldn't help but feel awe.

These are all aspects of Golden Crown Mountain's soft power, which may bring it some benefits someday. For wizards from Golden Crown Mountain, they bring fame.

Back then, one by one, the birthday peaches flew to today's lucky ones.

Locke was stunned when he saw an old peach flying towards him. Just as he was about to catch it, he noticed that the old peach suddenly turned and landed in the hand of the witch Mason beside him.

Locke paused for a moment, then burst into laughter.

As I just witnessed, many wizards used all sorts of methods to forcibly intercept Old Peach, but Old Peach seemed to ignore all magic, passing directly through many wizards' bodies and even their permanent defensive fields, before falling into the hands of those chosen by Old Peach.

Mason Witch exclaimed in delight, "I'm so lucky! I actually got an Old Peach!"

"Ah, I need to be careful. This old peach seems to be extremely expensive; it's a rare magical peach that can increase one's true lifespan."

Mason Witch carefully looked around to avoid being robbed.

Locke comforted her, saying, "I've read about this peach in a book. It's one of the twelve peaches of Jinmian Mountain, and it ranks even higher than Shuiyu Peach and Bailu Peach."

"But if the academy's higher-ups dare to distribute something like this, they're not afraid of causing a riot. Old Peach has many special characteristics. For example, it will only choose one master and cannot be touched by anyone other than that master. Even if you try your best to get someone to take it, it will not have any effect on anyone who is not the master."

Locke stretched out his palm, which passed right through Old Peach and touched Mason Witch's left palm.

The witch Mason said, "Locke, you really love reading." "I never imagined that Old Peach was so magical. It's practically a soul artifact that only I can use, and that's useless to everyone else. That way, I don't have to worry about offending anyone because of Old Peach."

Many wizards in the True Knowledge Institute looked at Mason Witch with envy.

Just now, only one Old Peach fell in their direction, so Mason Witch was the only one in the entire House of Knowledge to obtain an Old Peach.

The key point is that this thing cannot be stopped by magic at all. Even if they manage to snatch it, it's just like an ordinary peach to them.

Therefore, all they could do was express their envy towards Mason Witch.

Many people offered their blessings to Mason Witch.

At the moment when the reincarnated peach reached its full potential, it suddenly disappeared from the spot, and at the same time, a large drum descended from the sky.

Then a wizard from the Power School jumped on top, and the entire Cloud Arena was immediately enveloped in energy fluctuations.

A voice of a Sun Ring Wizard host rang out in the Cloud Arena: "Ladies and gentlemen, those old peaches from the birthday celebration were a welcome gift prepared by Golden Crown Mountain for all of you guests who have traveled a long way to participate in the competition."

"And those guests who were not lucky enough to obtain the Old Peach need not feel sorry. Therefore, the following is a piece of music about fluctuations brought to you by the Power School Academy of Jinmian Mountain, Elm Garden."

As ten second-circle wizards of the Power School leaped on the drum, each beat seemed like a lightning bolt that terrified people's hearts, piercing their enduring defensive force field and striking their spirituality, transforming it into a kind of fluctuating form.

Locke looked at his right hand, which was wreathed in black energy, and heard exclamations of amazement from wizards of the power school from other wizarding academies.

A second-circle wizard of the Power School, bearing the [Black Iron Legion] emblem on his chest, exclaimed in astonishment, "The Power School's wave magic can actually be used like this! Such methods are similar to those of the bards of their Illusion School. No, completely different..."

"Among the 364 countries under the jurisdiction of our Black Iron Legion, there is not a single wizard with such creativity!"

Another solar ring wizard from the [Glagl Order] of the Power School, with a full head of white hair, was diligently recording the changes in these power fluctuations. "This special device that interferes with the spirituality of other wizards through sound waves, forcing their spirituality to become wave energy, is really too interesting."

"Although it is not yet clear what use it will have in actual combat, it can demonstrate the pinnacle of Jinmian Mountain in the field of power science."

"Mount Golden Crown truly lives up to its reputation as a sacred place in the hearts of power-wielding wizards."

"It's a pity that wave theory has rarely been taught to the public. Otherwise, I would like to be a student again, enter the classroom of Golden Crown Mountain, and listen to the voice of truth once more."

Locke glanced at the Sun Ring Wizard over there, slightly surprised. He wasn't a wizard of the Power School and didn't know how powerful that device was.

But is it really that amazing?
That's a Sun Ring Wizard.

After seeing this, I'm going to go back to Jinmian Mountain as a student again.

Locke instantly realized that the cultural and artistic presentation phase before the sporting event was not just about holding activities.

That was just a demonstration of force by Jinmian Mountain.

During this cultural exhibition phase, a portion of the advanced research of Mount Golden Crown will be showcased to intimidate the tens of thousands of wizards within the Mount Golden Crown region!

As the drum was removed, Locke saw that his spirituality had finally returned to normal, transforming from black fluctuations into normal spirituality.

But the next moment, he felt his blood boiling.

what happened?

Locke stared in astonishment at the center of the Cloud Arena, where a spatial rift appeared, revealing a world of magma behind it.

A large amount of golden lava flowed out from that lava world.

But it was that lava flow that caused his blood to surge violently.

The Sun Ring Wizard of Golden Crown Mountain exclaimed excitedly, "This is our Golden Crown Mountain, a sacred pool of blood created jointly by Throne of Catherine and the Three Ring Wizard Solzhenitsyn. In this sacred pool of blood, one can wash away all the bloodlines in a wizard! One can also harmonize the bloodlines in his body, and even wash away specific bloodlines, or even a portion of the bloodline factors in the essence of a specific bloodline!"

"In the future, as our experiments in the colonized world gradually come to a complete end, we will consider opening it to specific wizards of Mount Golden Crown first, then gradually opening it to all of Mount Golden Crown, and gradually opening it to other wizarding organizations."

Many of the bloodline wizards who came to participate in the event exclaimed in amazement.

A second-ring Moon Ring wizard from the Bloodhand Tower, a mid-level wizarding organization, shook his head and said, "Our academy is still in the stage of catching up with the bloodline studies of Mount Golden Crown, while Mount Golden Crown has already set new rules for bloodline studies."

"It's really impossible to catch up. Wash away specific bloodlines? Wash away specific bloodline factors? As we all know, bloodline wizards are prone to physical mutations, and a large part of the reason why they can't control them is that it's difficult to remove the bloodline essence of a certain magical creature that is deeply integrated with them."

"This means that bloodline wizards often have to go to great lengths to expel some of their bloodline essence from their bodies, but some of it remains. If they later transplant more magical creatures' bloodline essence into their bodies, this residue could become a fatal injury."

"Only we bloodline wizards transplant hundreds of bloodline essences into our bodies. But with this Bloodline Sacred Pool... its significance for a second-ring bloodline wizard is immense!"

Many bloodline wizards were whispering among themselves, expressing their heartfelt admiration.

Next, Jinmian Mountain added many more attractions as sightseeing activities, some of which Locke didn't even understand.

Many second- and third-ring wizards expressed their amazement and admiration.

When the fifteenth program ended...

Gaia Mick, a fourth-circle wizard and one of the three headmasters of the Golden Crown Mountain Academy, stood smiling in the middle of the Cloud Arena.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the celebration is over, and the competition will now begin."

"Welcome everyone who has come from afar to participate in the competition at my Golden Crown Mountain. Because there are hundreds of competitions, many competitions will be held at the same time. For example, our ace competition, the Spell Fighting Tournament, will start from the first day due to its many rounds."

Have a great time, everyone!

Gaia Meeker, as if he had completed his mission, quickly turned and left, leaving behind a giant peach tree firework.

(End of this chapter)