Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 630 Two Hundred Water-Destroying Beech Trees and Correspondence

At Mount Golden Crown, inside the True Knowledge Institute, six days later, with the help of Mason Witch's elven tribe friends, Locke finally managed to move the entire forest sanctuary within the Druid's Ring into his Cosmic Light contact lenses within a week.

A barely perceptible magical radiance flashed in his right eye, and the next moment, he saw the Forest Sanctuary located in the center of this demiplane in the subspace zone. At this moment, the forest on this thousand-acre land was lush and green. It was because he had moved into the larger demiplane that the edge of the forest naturally began to spread.

Some plant seeds fell on the edge of the forest and began a slow process of expansion.

But Locke noticed that because the forest lacked animals and insects, its ecology was never complete; it could only be considered a man-made forest.

However, since the Forest Sanctuary is a matter of life and death for them, they cannot easily allow outside creatures to enter it.

At that moment, the Forest Elf Queen, leading the group of elves, bowed to Locke. The Elf Queen looked in awe at the powerful wizard before her, whose entire body was filled with terrifying natural magic.

In her more than five hundred years of life, she rarely saw a wizard who could be so deeply integrated with nature.

The Queen said to Locke, “Powerful Wizard, your forest transplant is complete. It was a pleasure to do this work, not just to help my friend, the kind Mason Witch.”

"Therefore, we do not need any compensation."

Locke frowned slightly. "No, I'm still prepared to pay 30,000 magic stones."

After all, the reason they were able to move so quickly this time was because this elven tribe had produced about a hundred elven wizards who were equivalent to first-class wizard apprentices.

This is essentially a disguised wizarding academy, except that only the elf descendants of this tribe or other wandering elf descendants can join.

They were mostly botanical and breeding wizards, with a few even being potion wizards.

However, apart from the Elf Queen and the three Elf Elders who are first-level wizards, the other elves are at most first-class wizard apprentices.

In the southeastern corner of the region, this is already considered a very powerful force, and it can even call itself the Elf Kingdom.

There are indeed several elven kingdoms within the Forbidden Forest.

But in Yunze Wetland, this was just a very small, somewhat special wizarding organization.

In the entire Silvermoon tribe, there is only one teaching position recognized by the White Wizard Association, and this position is held by the Queen.

At this point, the Elf Queen was already acquainted with Mason and the others, which was actually a great honor for her, so she was naturally willing to help.

The Elf Queen hadn't expected that Locke would still be prepared to pay the money.

Both Mason Witch and the Elf Queen were somewhat surprised.

Mason Witch said, "Team leader, we're such good friends, why are we being so clear about things? I can't let you pay these 30,000 magic stones."

Locke waved his hand, "One thing at a time."

Owes favors are the most troublesome thing. Besides, the market price for hiring a first-class wizard apprentice for a month is one thousand magic stones.

I hired these elves for about a week, which would cost me between two and three hundred magic stones.

One hundred first-class wizard apprentices, plus three ordinary formal wizards, would cost about 30,000 magic stones a week, according to market prices, and the price would be slightly higher.

Of course, this is still advantageous for Locke.

Firstly, the forest sanctuary is very important, and the participants cannot be too numerous or have too many eyes. This tribe is of a clean and simple composition and consists of close friends of the Mason witch.

Secondly, although the market price for hiring apprentices and wizards is roughly this, it doesn't actually take into account the market premium, or the price of elves as breeders. If you include that price, 30,000 magic stones wouldn't be enough to hire so many people for a week.

This price is probably a friendly price between friends.

This saved face for both Mason Witch and the Elf Queen, while ensuring that the money and goods were exchanged clearly and that things didn't become too complicated.

Locke gave the Elf Queen three Magic Crystal Cards directly.

The Elf Queen paused for a moment, glanced at the Witch Mason, and hesitated whether to accept the money. Logically speaking, the Witch Mason had helped their tribe so much during the four years she spent at Golden Crown Mountain, so she really shouldn't accept money from her friend.

Mason the Witch said to the Elf Queen, "Just accept it, Sabrina. My group leader is very wealthy."

"Such a small amount of money is nothing to him. Even in Golden Crown Mountain, he's probably one of the richest first-ring wizards."

Queen Sabrina looked at Locke in surprise, then bowed to him again. "Thank you, Your Excellency."

As an elven tribe near Mount Golden Crown, Queen Sabrina knew that to protect her tribe, she needed to maintain good relations with the people of Mount Golden Crown.

Queen Sabrina had finally managed to establish a relationship with the Mason Witch, and now, seeing a wizard who owned such a forest, she was naturally filled with admiration. She even considered joining his cause. "Lord Augustine, if you need anything in the future, please feel free to contact us."

"Our entire elven tribe guarantees that we will absolutely not reveal any information to the outside world."

"I have never seen such a powerful forest. Even in the forests of the Golden Crown Mountain region, this forest is already considered extremely powerful."

Queen Sabrina looked at Locke and said, "If you are so generous, we can even move the entire tribe here."

"The elves live in harmony with nature; we are natural-born gardeners."

Locke considered for a moment, but still decisively declined. "No need, Queen Sabrina. I know I will continue to seek you out through the Witch Mason when the opportunity arises in the future."

While the other party's suggestion was good, it was too dangerous to allow other wizards to enter their forest.

Even a formal wizard possesses sufficient research capabilities to understand and set up something within their own forest sanctuary after prolonged contact.

Therefore, Locke considered it only briefly before immediately rejecting the suggestion.

"The teacher's beast tide ecosystem serves as a good reference point. However, the beast tide ecosystem reflects the teacher's personal will. Millions of creatures compete with each other, vying for a single peach, while she, as the giver of the peach, stands high above, controlling the entire ecosystem," Locke pondered. "This feeling doesn't quite suit me."

"Besides, controlling so many magical creatures, all mixed up, with just these peaches, might be easy for the teacher, given her skill in political maneuvering. But I don't enjoy the process of political maneuvering."

Locke warned.

People are different after all.

Catherine's daily interest lay in contemplating human nature; controlling other people's lives and manipulating power allowed her to rest.

But for me personally, doing these things would distract me from my energy.

Similarly, exploring the unknown and learning from past knowledge can be a form of relaxation and a source of interest for oneself.

Therefore, it is best to tailor one's ultimate magic to oneself.

Otherwise, pursuing things you're not interested in will only make things less efficient and leave you disliked by everyone.

They worked incredibly hard, but when they looked at their output, it was still less than those who had it easy.

Queen Sabrina heard Locke's refusal with regret. "Very well. Lord Augustine, if you need anything else, please feel free to use us."

At that moment, the elven tribe left this demiplane with the queen, bidding farewell and departing.

Locke exchanged a few words with Mason and the other two witches before returning to his study in the dormitory.

He never expected that the Rose Council's Sun Ring Wizard, Lana the Witch, would actually reply to him.

Locke sat at his desk, holding a piece of paper in his hand. The paper had a gold border and a pure white center.

This is the Golden Lovers' Stationery made by the Rose Council using Brilliant Rose as part of its raw materials. It is very famous, and its greatest uses are... its beauty and fragrance.

Aside from that, it doesn't have many other uses.

However, it is very expensive and only high-ring wizards of the Rose Council can afford it.

Sun Ring Wizard is already considered a mid-to-high-level wizard in Cloud Marsh Wetlands, not an ordinary wizard, so naturally he can afford this decadent [Golden Lover's Letter Paper].

Locke read the contents of the envelope and saw the thirty-one articles that had been sent with the letter.

He chuckled softly. "I didn't expect this witch Lana to be so generous. Not only did she give me the information, but she also answered all my questions in the letter."

"It seems I had many misunderstandings about the wizards of the Rose Council before."

"The wizards of the Rose Council are not as petty as I thought."

“This witch Lana appeared tolerant and magnanimous.”

In her reply to Locke, the witch Lana played the role of a master of flower language, naturally exuding nobility and grandeur, speaking in the tone of a teacher, almost like giving earnest advice.

Therefore, Locke was completely unaware of the volatile personality hidden behind this, which tormented the ordinary researchers of the Rose Council's Institute of True Knowledge to the point of unbearable suffering.

Locke finished reading the explanation and began to peruse the more than thirty articles that the other party had sent him.

Since they were all articles, not magic books, he read them very quickly, finishing them all in just one afternoon.

After reading it, Locke felt thoroughly satisfied, realizing that many things he had previously found incomprehensible now made perfect sense.

"I see. Different forest ecosystems are connected by ecological corridors. Forests, streams, and rivers all have specific ecological corridors that provide for the migration of plants and animals..."

“Ecological corridors can be composed of some plants.”

"I was advised to plant a rose ecological corridor, which would be beautiful and allow for the exchange of flora and fauna, so that the forests could connect with each other... Indeed, based on the concept of this rose ecological corridor, I can get inspiration for my Forest Alliance Spell."

Locke discovered that the other party had not sent the spell model.

However, he shook his head slightly, realizing that he had been too greedy.

If the other party can answer my questions, that's already pretty good.

I'm not her student, and I didn't spend any money. At most, we just exchange opinions. How could she possibly send me a copy of the spell model she's been researching for many years?

Just by observing the other person's line of thought, I can already gain a lot.

As Locke looked at the information, some new questions began to arise in his mind.

He thought for a moment, and since he had already shamelessly asked so many times, why not continue asking?
The other party did not refuse.

Why not just discuss it with him? Wouldn't it be more helpful to gain the wisdom of a Sun Ring Wizard?

Locke ordered his servants to send out the letters.

In the Rose Council, in the office of the Institute of True Knowledge, the witch Lana looked at the letters from the other party. After reading them, she smiled.

"This little guy is seriously considering the ecological corridor magic I proposed. It's just a pity that his thinking is a bit off. He actually thinks that he can use the connection between different ancient trees to form an ecological corridor without any material basis. This kid's idea is really too whimsical."

Lana the witch looked up at Fleming, the wizard who had come to her office the next day to ask for her help in revising the project's final report. "What do you say, Fleming?"

The wizard Fleming paused for a moment, then lowered his head, anxiously beginning to think carefully. He then looked up tentatively at the witch Lana and said, "Teacher, perhaps his idea has its merits, and is the result of his own reflection? It's worth encouraging, even though it's a bit naive."

This was his subconscious reaction after he was scolded for agreeing with the witch Lana last time.

He looked at the witch Lana expectantly. But Lana's face immediately fell, and she glared angrily at Fleming, saying, "Are you a second-ring, sun-ring wizard, or am I a sun-ring wizard?"

"How dare you say that such a naive line of thinking is the result of independent thought!"

"Fleming, what are you thinking! Someone like you is supposed to be my student? I could find any qualified wizard outside who's better than you!"

Fleming looked utterly despairing; he'd been scolded again!
Moreover, when Fleming heard Lana the Witch speak like that this time, he was genuinely hurt in his pride.

He sensed that some of the wizards coming and going in the office were giving him a mocking look, even though none of them glanced at him when he looked up.

In her reply, the witch Lana wrote: "Dear Locke, an ecological corridor must have a material basis to be established; otherwise, the two forests cannot exchange plants and animals."

"However, your idea of ​​creating a dominant beech forest is good. Beech trees are already excellent timber, and if they are made dominant, they will become even sharper. I think adding such a forest to the forest would be of great help to you..."

……

Inside the Golden Crown Mountain True Knowledge Institute, Locke saw the witch Lana's reply and smiled knowingly.

"As expected, it refuted my first hypothesis, but confirmed my second hypothesis."

"This Rose Council Sun Ring Wizard is really easy to talk to."

Locke left the True Knowledge Institute castle, returned to his dormitory, and entered his own demiplane by blinking.

At this time, there were thirty beech trees in his demiplane that had already completed their domineering transformation.

I bought a total of sixty plants, and half of them have already been wasted.

However, the remaining thirty plants have completed the modification work using Tyrannosaurus Rex No. 2.

The beech tree has lost its ability to reproduce and propagate by cuttings, but it is covered with monstrous markings and is much larger than a normal beech tree.

Thirty robust beech trees have transformed into a woodland on the edge of a sacred forest.

Locke had already produced a qualified beech cell conjugate and injected it into his own white birch trees, turning it into a third type of cell conjugate that could be stably obtained.

Next, he can go to the shop to buy more beech trees according to his own plan, then carry out the domineering transformation himself, and then obtain at least three hundred beech trees.

Create a grove of tyrant trees, as part of the forest.

In this way, half of the forest can be filled with normal magical plants, while the other half can be filled with overlord-type magical plants.

Using these three hundred beech trees as a base, and continuously expanding the number of apprentice demonic plants that have become overlords, the forest will retain a portion of these overlord demonic plants.

According to his calculations, this could greatly enhance the combat power of his Forest Sanctuary. Although the Overlord Demon Plant had lost its ability to reproduce, it possessed powerful combat power and a powerful Overlord Domain.

This can greatly enhance the aggressiveness and resistance of their ancient forests.

It is of great benefit to stabilizing the spirituality of one's own forest sanctuary.

Moreover, the tyrannical magical plant is more obedient to me, which can ensure my control over this forest, so that I am not suppressed by it and degenerated into a relatively important 'tree' in the forest, instead of being the master of this forest.

Locke looked at the beech trees in front of him. The once lush and green trees had been transformed into tyrannical trees, with black tyrannical patterns covering the bark and leaves.

The whole thing is very large, like a series of huge water towers.

The deep blue bark is covered with black scaly patterns, and pale blue fluorescent sap flows inside. Due to its domineering nature, it has become large and coarse, making it look like a lighthouse that glows faintly in the night.

The leaves are translucent green and feathery.

The beech tree, originally a valuable timber, has become even more robust after being transformed into a tyrannical species.

The thirty trees, like thirty blue water towers, were exceptionally stable and exuded an imposing aura.

Locke realized that this was a domineering domain that was evolving towards life magic.

“In this way, the beech forest will cause all the magical plants to evolve in the direction of life magic. Even if I intervene, the magical plants in it will still evolve in that direction.” Locke pondered, “But there’s nothing wrong with that. Because all the plants are on the side of life magic, they’re basically all touched by it. In other words, this Overlord’s Domain is nullified.”

This was something Locke had anticipated.

For the Forest Sanctuary, the Overlord Domain is simply a burden. A single Overlord Domain can influence a large area of ​​the surrounding region, causing the plants and animals to evolve in a convergent manner.

This is a dead end on the road of evolution.

Therefore, if I want to plant the Overlord Demon Plant in the Forest Sanctuary, I need to solve this problem.

Locke's approach was to create a dominant domain in the direction of life magic.

All plants and animals possess some life magic attribute, so naturally, this domineering domain does not exist for them.

As for what happens if a spirit enters one's forest...

The undead are already suppressed when they enter the powerful ancient forest; this is just making that suppression even more severe.

Locke didn't care at all.

At this point, Locke once again used the witch Mason to hire the elven tribe to help him with his work.

Meanwhile, he went to the Golden Peach Garden again, spent 1.5 million magic stones to buy 300 beech trees, and moved them into his demiplane.

Meanwhile, Locke allowed Warwick the Wizard of Golden Crown Mountain to stay for another two weeks, and he was getting impatient.

But Locke wanted to digest his gains and get himself into peak condition before venturing into the abyss.

Otherwise, venturing into the abyss ruins without proper preparation is not only unsafe, but also unlikely to yield the greatest reward.

In any case, the trouble should be passed on to others, while the benefits should be kept for oneself.

Warwick's anxiety was his own business; as long as he didn't demand an immediate departure, it meant he could wait a little longer.

Inside Dragonblood Market, Warwick the wizard muttered to his half-dragon maid, Ginny, "When are you finally leaving? I've been staying here for two weeks now! Right here in your white wizards' stronghold! I'm terrified of being discovered and arrested."

Ginny looked at him with a complicated expression. After all, Locke had already told him that his entry had been secretly approved by the witch Catherine, and that she should not report it.

But in the eyes of this dark wizard, he seemed to have infiltrated the area on his own.

Ginny gave a polite smile. "Sir, please wait a moment."

"My little master said that he has a very important experiment recently, so you will have to wait a while."

Warwick, undeterred, began exaggerating, urging, "Time waits for no one. My friend has probably been waiting in Qionghua for over two weeks. If this continues, he might not want to join our operation anymore. Ask him if he can leave this afternoon!"

"I've been waiting for two weeks."

Upon hearing this, the half-dragon maid, Ginny, looked surprised. "Oh, is that so? That must be quite a hassle. But my master asked me to tell you that if you really can't wait, you can go and do it yourself."

Upon hearing this, Warwick Wizard immediately deflated, pouting and saying, "Then I can still wait for your master. It'll just be a bit of a hassle to urge him on."

“I never realized he was so prone to procrastination before. Ever since he came to your Yunze Wetland, he’s become more and more indecisive.”

Ginny smiled. "Lord Warwick, you're joking."

Ginny rode the Narwhal back to Locke's dormitory and entered a dimensional portal that Locke had left in his dormitory's living room.

At this moment, Locke was watching as he used a large amount of mossy wood pith, along with the Elf Queen, the Elf Elders, and a hundred first-class wizard apprentices, to rapidly cultivate a batch of 170 Tyrant Water Beech Trees.

Domination comes with a loss rate, especially since the combination properties of beech and No. 2 domination element are not very good, and Locke did not create a perfect cell combination using the Queen's Chessboard.

Therefore, of the 250 beech trees purchased previously, only 170 survived and became monstrous.

At this time, Locke planted two hundred 'King Beech' trees, which resembled deep blue water towers, together, turning them into a forest.

At the same time, his distributed psionic network and the Tree of Life began to radiate outwards, incorporating them into his forest.

Locke gritted his teeth, feeling immense mental pressure in an instant. Even though his psionic pool was already at the first-ring crystallization stage, it could no longer hold 504 first-ring magical plants.

What's more, it's the unruly and domineering 'Bawanghua' beech tree!
Therefore, his attempt to incorporate them into the distributed psionic network has failed.

Fortunately, his own forest sanctuary is now complete and has a strong centripetal force. Therefore, relying solely on his original 304 first-ring magic plants, tens of thousands of apprentice magic plants, and the forest composed of countless ordinary plants, he can still suppress these two hundred overlord magic plants.

Moreover, having already reached the first-ring crystallization stage, the ancient tree of life with a magic pressure of 9999 directly used its status as the king of all trees to forcibly suppress two hundred tyrannical water-transforming beech trees.

This allowed them to be successfully incorporated into Locke's Forest Sanctuary.

However, this means that Locke's control over the Forest Sanctuary is further decreasing.

“That’s inevitable,” Locke muttered to himself. “Just like a company, in its early stages, it’s extremely small and naturally can be completely controlled by the founder.”

"But as the company grows, the founders' shares will be diluted."

“But this is good for me. What use is a ‘small company’ that I can completely control? Similarly, my forest is progressing into an ancient forest, which is in my interest. But also, an overly powerful forest has already diluted my power too much on the level of magical pressure and psionic energy.”

"If it weren't for the Ancient Tree of Life, the King of Trees, protecting me, the situation would probably be even worse."

“I’m likely to be completely alienated into a more important tree in this forest, rather than the master of the forest,” Locke pondered. “Currently, my forest sanctuary has changed from relying on my distributed psionic network to relying on the relationship network formed by the trees in the forest.”

"That is, it depends on the normal order among the forests."

"To solve this problem, I need to become a second-circle wizard, increase my magic pressure again, and then increase my psionic pool."

The former is easier to handle, since he is destined to become a second-circle wizard, which is precisely his goal.

However, both psychic and dragon's might are magic of the mind school. Even if I become a second-circle wizard of botany, I will not become a second-circle wizard of the mind school.

My ultimate magic is based on botany!
Therefore, whether I can upgrade my psionic pool to the second ring level in the future is a question.

Alternatively, we can find a way to completely eliminate psionic energy.

In short, at this point, I can only continue forward while researching the Forest Sanctuary.

Locke thanked the Elf Queen, saying, "Thank you, Queen. With the help of your tribe, I was able to upgrade my Forest Sanctuary in just over half a month."

The Elf Queen was already quite impressed by Locke's ingenious breeding techniques; that dominance technology was truly an eye-opener for her.

The Queen bowed to Locke and said, "Not at all. It is an honor for our tribe to serve the wizard Augustine. This time we really don't want any salary. It is our honor to be able to work with you on this magnificent project."

"The excitement in our hearts is beyond words."

Locke nodded slightly.

(End of this chapter)