Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 625 The Hanging Gardens Project
The remaining dark wizards of the Twin Demon Realm all fled into the Twin Demon Realm, and the rest were killed by the powerful magic of the witch Catherine.

The three-ring wizards from the Senate, the Inspectorate, and the Academic Committee all gathered around Catherine the Witch. It was the first time Locke had ever seen so many high-ranking members of Mount Golden Crown.

The Third Ring Wizards expressed their gratitude to the Witch Catherine for protecting the Cloud Arena.

However, a third-circle wizard from the Senate suddenly asked, "Your Majesty, why did you suddenly slow down the beast tide's offensive when you were almost able to annihilate them all, allowing some of the powerful wizards from the Twin Demon Realms to escape?"

“Those escaped dark wizards will kill countless white wizards in the future war in the demon realm. You shouldn’t have let them go.”

Catherine the Witch gave him a cold look but didn't say anything. Instead, a former student and an ordinary third-circle wizard from the Academic Committee rebuked him, saying, "Your Senate wizards neither discovered the dark wizards' plan beforehand, nor did you abandon the pursuit of the dark wizards just now in order to seize the Night Meteor."

"Your Majesty, in order to hunt down the Black Wizard, you gave up the opportunity to record the Night Meteor. Everyone has seen this contribution."

Many third-ring wizards nodded repeatedly, all acknowledging the contributions of the witch Catherine.

A third-ring wizard who had remained neutral suddenly spoke up. "I think Catherine the Witch should not only serve as an ordinary member of the Academic Committee, but should also continue to contribute as its vice-chairperson."

The Third Ring Wizards were incredibly astute; at that moment, they exchanged glances and saw surprise in each other's eyes.

The third-ring wizard who spoke earlier was known for being a neutral wizard who did not participate in any faction.

Even someone like him spoke up for Catherine the Witch.

In addition, since the witch Catherine had just performed a great service, none of the third-ring wizards denied it, and some even spoke up in her defense.

Seeing this, the wizards on the academic committee had no choice but to go along with Catherine the Witch.

The position of vice-chairman of the Golden Crown Mountain Academic Committee requires very high qualifications, which Catherine the Witch would not have been qualified for, but she has now quickly obtained the position.

At the same time, Catherine the Witch's student spoke again: "This time, it should be our Academic Committee's wizards who have won the opportunity to participate in the Plane Conquest Competition. Everyone, it seems that the future development direction of Golden Crown Mountain for the next hundred years will still depend on my Academic Committee."

Dean Gaia nodded in satisfaction. "Excellent. Since our academic committee has won, let's continue to invest our resources in breeding and botany in the future."

This point was widely acknowledged by the inspection team.

The only ones who were unhappy were the third-ring wizards of the Senate.

The three-ring wizards of the Senate all wore grim faces. Their trump card, Antoine, had unexpectedly been defeated by a genius one-ring wizard from a small town who had just enrolled in the Academic Committee this year.

Could it be that in this world, the new generation truly surpasses the old?

At this moment, these third-circle wizards of the Senate were beginning to suspect that Locke was also a trump card cultivated by the Academic Committee from outside.

Dean Gaia glanced at the witch Ekaterina and said, "Then let's build a new commercial street for industries related to magical plants."

The witch Ekaterina spoke up at the opportune moment: "Headmaster, I have suggested before that we can build a sky garden with a magic stone industry worth billions, creating a top-level magic plant garden that belongs exclusively to our academy."

"In this way, we can definitely achieve the greatest possible development in the breeding science of Jinmian Mountain."

"Moreover, the Magic Plant Garden has many wonderful uses, as evidenced by the only public rooftop garden in Yunze Wetland. Our Jinmian Mountain should have its own rooftop garden, which can further enhance the heritage of Jinmian Mountain and increase its advantages in the fields of breeding and high-efficiency agriculture."

The witch Catherine said, "The Hanging Gardens can cultivate special magical plants. Once we have our own Hanging Gardens, no wizarding academy in the entire Golden Crown Mountain region will be able to keep up with us in the field of breeding. We must also pray that we are allowed to use our Hanging Gardens."

"I think this is far more useful than building a commercial street."

At this moment, the academic committee members and the wizards of the inspection team also came out to take sides and express their approval.

"I wholeheartedly agree with Your Majesty's assessment. The Hanging Gardens can also be used as a super-large weather weapon, which would be very useful in the five major foreign wars!"

"In addition, the Hanging Gardens have another function for our Golden Crown Mountain: they can expand the total area of ​​the magic fields near Golden Crown Mountain out of thin air. As everyone knows, the land on our Golden Crown Mountain is extremely valuable, and many wizards' research is limited by the limited magic fields on Golden Crown Mountain."

"If there were magical fields that sprang up out of thin air in the sky, how much would that help alleviate the land-level problems of our Golden Crown Mountain!"

"Now that you mention it, it's true. It seems that building a sky garden near Mount Jinmian is very cost-effective. A sky garden can also improve our utilization of sunlight..."

"I have a few experiments that definitely require a hanging garden to conduct..."

Upon witnessing this scene, the Dean of Gaia Academy immediately realized the power of the witch Catherine on Mount Golden Crown.

The members of the Senate were stunned.

Just now, even their Senate had spoken up about the Hanging Gardens project.

As for the patrol deacons, many of them are wizards who need the Hanging Gardens to conduct experiments, and the public Hanging Gardens are so popular that even the research groups of third-ring wizards have to wait in line for a long time to get a space.

Therefore, they also support the Sky Gardens project.

Dean Gaia said, "That's good. Since everyone unanimously supports the Hanging Gardens plan proposed by the witch Catherine, I have no reason to refuse."

"Our biggest project next at Jinmian Mountain is... the Sky Garden."

“Catherine the Witch, since you proposed this project, you should take the lead in carrying it out.”

The witch Catherine smiled and said, "Headmaster, please rest assured, I will make sure that Mount Golden Crown has its own hanging garden as soon as possible."

Dean Gaia gave Catherine the Witch a deep look. "Of course, I have complete confidence in your abilities. It's always been this way; whatever you set your mind to, you can accomplish."

"By the way, your students also performed exceptionally well in the competition this time."

"Please pass on a message to him: congratulations on winning the championship."

Locke, standing to the side, was speechless.

"Isn't he right here? Why would I need to pass on a message?"
However, the headmaster is, after all, the highest-ranking member of Mount Golden Crown, and obviously needs to maintain a certain distance from the young wizards of the first ring.

After all the third-ring wizards had left, the witch Catherine glanced at Locke and also left.

At the same time, the voice of Principal Gaia appeared in the Cloud Arena. "The Demon Realm War is over, the competition begins again."

"Wizards injured in this incident will receive free medical treatment..."

Thanks to Antoine's voluntary surrender, Locke was considered to have won.

In the next five matches, Locke didn't put in much effort. His battle with Antoine had already left an indelible impression on these first-ring wizards, so Locke won the matches with ease.

Soon, all the competitions ended, and Locke unsurprisingly won the championship. On the podium, Locke was the champion, Antoine was the runner-up, and the witch Julian was the third-place winner. The three of them stood on the podium and received the wizard badges.

After receiving the award, Antoine glanced at Locke, then turned and left.

The witch Julian then said to Locke, "Witch Augustine, the first time I heard of you was from Daniel."

“Daniel said you are a very good person.”

"After seeing this in the competition, it's definitely true."

Locke was surprised for a moment, then asked the witch Julian, "Speaking of which, how is Daniel doing now?"

"I saw that his product, the 'Shot Trajectory Tracking Mist,' is selling very well, ranking tenth."

It's a special fogging technology that can visualize the trajectory of moving objects using fog. Combined with the properties of divination fog, it can find the most suitable trajectory and hitting angle, and even running posture. Therefore, it sold very well during this sports festival.

It also made it onto the overall sales chart.

This thing is even of higher quality than my own wizard shoes. My own wizard shoes are currently at the top of the sales charts, not because they are of such high quality or because they are so popular.

She's really promoting her own products, and she's done it so successfully.

In a sense, he was a marketing genius, using his championship status to elevate his first Wizard Shoes to a level he shouldn't have reached.

But this time, thanks to the special fog he developed, Daniel seems to have successfully saved his life and even managed to earn less money.

As long as there is money, the fund project can continue, and the vicious cycle will not continue.

The witch Julian laughed and said, "Of course, he has successfully gotten out of the debt crisis. I lent him some money before, but it seems that he has the money to pay me back now."

Locke nodded. "That's good."

“I haven’t seen him much lately, and I thought he had given up.”

The witch Julian laughed and said, "He's not the kind of person who gives up on himself so easily."

At this moment, the sports festival concluded with a grand awards ceremony, and the wizards boarded void warships, preparing to leave the Cloud Arena.

As Locke was preparing to leave the Cloud Arena, he saw the witch Camilla with a sad expression on her face and what appeared to be tears in her eyes.

She was accompanied by a witch who looked mentally challenged.

Locke glanced at her and noticed that the witch looked very similar to the witch Camilla.

The two happened to be walking on the same road, heading to the same void warship docking station.

Locke looked at the witch, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Camilla, who is this...?"

The witch Camilla sighed. "This is my twin sister, Zelia. She was originally quite untalented, but who knew that half a year ago, she suddenly became a formal wizard, and I was very excited. This time, I took the initiative to buy her a seat, wanting to broaden her horizons. Who knew it would harm her?"

"Those damned Fire Thieves from the Twin Demon Realms, I don't know why they targeted my sister, an ordinary first-ring wizard. They used a special ritual to make her echo appear, and then harvested most of her echo. By the time I arrived, she was already mentally impaired. Although she was still a first-ring wizard, for some reason, it was as if a part of her soul was missing. Her intelligence and memory were fine, but she was very slow to react, couldn't speak, and was mentally impaired."

"Like a human transformed into a beast."

Locke watched this scene and pondered. Recently, in order to pass the fourth Heavenly Ladder and to increase his mental strength, his potion-making skills had advanced by leaps and bounds. By observing her condition, he confirmed one thing: "It's probably because her soul is incomplete."

"Moreover, the part of the soul related to self-awareness is incomplete."

"Just as lower animals gradually evolve into higher animals, the soul in this world also has an evolutionary history. In the beginning, there was no soul, only the precursor to the soul—the spirit."

"Later came the souls of simple animals, then the souls with logical reasoning abilities, and the human soul is a very high-level soul entity, but your friend seems to be the last part of the soul to evolve... and it's damaged."

"This led to her transformation from a human into a beast."

The witch Camilla became excited. "You have a way? Then why did all the potion masters who came to treat my sister shake their heads? Even the second-ring potion master said she couldn't be cured."

Locke said, "It's because I study Abyss Potionology, which happens to have a deeper understanding of the soul."

"That's why I know this."

"This problem is indeed very difficult to treat. So that second-circle potion master wasn't just brushing you off; it's just that it's not within the scope of conventional potion treatments."

"It's only natural that he couldn't confirm your sister's condition."

Locke said, "If you let your sister regain that part of her human soul, it should cure the problem of her soul being plundered by the black wizard."

"But I really don't have the ability to treat it..."

"By the way, I now owe you 100,000 magic stones."

"Tomorrow, I will have my student bring you ten magic crystal cards as payment for the four witch porcelains you gave me."

The witch Camilla fell into deep thought, thinking of the "Dragon View Peach," one of the twelve specialty peaches of Mount Golden Crown.

Perhaps letting her younger sister eat the Longguan peach could make up for the part of her lacking humanity.

However, this matter can only be addressed by returning to the City of the Demon and asking if there is a way to trade with Mount Golden Crown.

Longguan peaches are an important specialty of Jinmian Mountain, and only Jinmian Mountain possesses them. Therefore, she didn't know whether Demon Pivot City could obtain a Longguan peach from Jinmian Mountain.

The witch Camilla gave Locke a grateful look. "Thank you, Locke."

"Thanks to you this time."

Locke said, "Thank you for giving me the four pieces of witch porcelain in time."

Locke nodded to her, then they parted ways. Locke then boarded the void warship and returned to the ground.

I need to rush to Group 2 tomorrow to report and learn about their research, and the Abyss exploration is also about to begin.

Recently, it is necessary to prepare a project application for a first-class project grant as soon as possible.

In addition, before embarking on the exploration of the abyss, I need to organize my recent gains and think about the blueprint for my ultimate magic!
(End of this chapter)