Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 631 Three Phases of the Moon: The Forbidden Forest Concept and the Arrow of Change

The half-dragon maid Ginny said to Locke, "Young master, I rented a room for Lord Warwick as you instructed, and I also allowed him to borrow some books on my behalf. However, he seems to be in a great hurry."

Locke smiled slightly and said, "As long as he hasn't left, it means he's not in such a hurry."

"The key is that I need to completely update my Forest Sanctuary before taking action. Otherwise, if I act rashly before my power reaches its peak, I won't be able to seize any opportunities that come my way."

Locke said to Ginny, "Anyway, this isn't going to happen anytime soon. Tell Warwick to be prepared to wait another two weeks for me."

The half-dragon Ginny paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, my little master."

"I try my best."

Locke looked at the Elf Queen and said, "I still need to transplant about 494 magical plants into my forest sanctuary."

"I will purchase the specific trees. I can then pay you 130,000 magic stones as payment for employing your clan."

Queen Sabrina mentally calculated the total number of magical plants Locke needed, the total number of living organisms, and the size of the forest. She was slightly shocked, because this was a huge undertaking.

It's almost like creating an ancient forest.

The amount of investment, effort, and skill required was beyond what an ordinary first-level wizard like her could even dream of.

Queen Sabrina felt a surge of excitement at the thought that her elven tribe could join in such a grand plan.

Transplanting such a powerful forest would be one of the greatest things she and her people have ever done in their lives.

Queen Sabrina the Elf said, “Lord Augustine, of course I am willing to be hired by you to do this job for you. But do you really not need our tribe to reside permanently in this forest? According to your vision of the forest, it is already quite large. And your current forest is still lacking in animals.”

Locke shook his head slightly. "No need for further explanation. I know what I'm doing."

Queen Sabrina bowed to Locke again and said, "Lord Augustine, as you said, I have been rude. It would be foolish of me to presume to offer my opinion with my limited knowledge."

Locke left this demiplane, summoned the cloud whale, and headed to Dragonblood Market Castle. He entered the Golden Peach Garden and found Trader Bruce. Trader Bruce's eyes would light up whenever he saw Locke.

"Lord Augustine," the trader Bruce asked, "what are you planning to buy this time?"

Locke said, "I need a series of magical plants: Queen of Thorns, Sentinel Holly, White Birch, Whispering Dandelion, Earth Vein Fern, and Prism Sunflower."

Bruce the trader's expression turned serious, because the sheer number of items Locke mentioned suggested it was a large project.

The most terrifying thing is that, as a botanical wizard, he could certainly sense some of Locke's thoughts.

Most of these magical plants are functional magical plants.

Moreover, they were all typical magical plants used for ecological purposes. As a trader here, the wizard Bruce had handled so many transactions, how could he not know what was hidden behind Locke's purchase list?

Wizard Bruce bowed to Locke. “Mr. Augustine, thank you for your trust in me. You have purchased magical plants from me several times without buying them separately.”

"Please come with me. This is the store, so it's not convenient to talk here."

The two entered the quiet room on the second floor of the Golden Peach Garden. Wizard Bruce said to Locke, "You previously purchased more than four hundred beech trees from me. Beech trees have the effect of absorbing water from the ground and absorbing heavy metal elements. Sentinel holly has special roots that can transport groundwater and heavy metal elements. White birch can absorb sunlight and convert light energy, and it is found all over the forest."

"The Gem Holly you purchased earlier can release forest energy and lower the forest temperature. The Queen of Thorns is a typical magical plant that digests decaying matter..."

"Whispering Dandelion and Prism Sunflower are both auxiliary herbaceous magical plants. Whispering Dandelion can create a breeze in the forest to transport seeds, while Prism Sunflower can enhance the utilization of sunlight inside the forest."

Bruce the trader asked in a low voice, "From clear sky birch - prism sunflower - beech - sentinel holly - queen of thorns - whispering dandelion."

"You have already created a completely closed-loop pure magic plant ecosystem."

"Energy producer, nutrient converter, energy transport network, defender, regulatory center, energy releaser, and propagator. You have all seven key elements that make up a pure magical plant ecosystem. Do you want to create a complete magical plant ecosystem?"

"That's the standard for ultimate magic!" said Bruce, the trader.

Locke glanced at him.

Only then did he realize that his requirement to build the Forest Sanctuary had unintentionally approached the state of other wizards building great magic.

Of course, this is not to say that it is enough to build great magic, because it is only similar in structure.

Even more resources are needed to construct a great magic spell.

Moreover, if I want to create a massive magic spell, I need to go to a medium-sized plane, so this demiplane is not very meaningful.

'Bruce has given me a hint,' Locke pondered. 'If my Forest Sanctuary is successfully built and the Forest Alliance spell is completed, then the immense magic I create in that medium-sized world can be separated from the forest within my Forest Sanctuary using the Forest Alliance spell.'

"Furthermore, I can connect to other forests through the Forest Alliance spell, creating a grand forest alliance," Locke pondered. "Even among ultimate magic, there are still differences in strength and limits. The ultimate magic created in this way will undoubtedly be extremely powerful!"

'The important thing is to find my ultimate magic, and its place in the world. The better the place, the better…'

Locke suddenly realized something, and the scene of the Forbidden Forest appeared in his mind.

Is the Forbidden Forest a wizard's ultimate magic?

The Forbidden Forest serves as an ecological reserve and a source of biodiversity and cultural diversity for the wizarding world. If one's ultimate magic is modeled after the Forbidden Forest, and a Forbidden Forest is created in another medium-sized world... would that be possible?
No, while the idea is possible, it's still too crude.

Locke quickly realized that he needed to understand his own strengths and weaknesses, and to know himself.

The so-called ultimate magic, in the process of exploration, is also a process of self-discovery.

Locke said to the wizard Bruce, "I do intend to create a pure magical plant ecosystem. In short, I need two hundred white birch trees, two hundred sentinel holly trees, one hundred thorn queen trees, three thousand wind whisper dandelions, and three thousand prism sunflowers."

"There is also a 100,000 magic stones apprentice-level green manure and wind-fixing element magic plant gift pack for ecological restoration."

Both Whispering Dandelion and Prism Sunflower are apprentice-level magical plants.

Therefore, you can buy more at once.

The white birch tree has a very important role to itself, as it can be used as a cell binder for the No. 2 tyrannol and can also be used to provide energy for the forest.

Sentinel Holly is a resource-type holly, similar to Gem Holly. In terms of individual plants, it cannot be compared with Red Holly, but it is much cheaper than Red Holly.

The Thorn Queen is a semi-combat magical plant, covered in thorns. It is a giant thorn tree that can digest rotting and injured trees in the forest, occupying a digestive ecological niche.

It is foreseeable that if his plan is completed, his forest sanctuary will transform from an artificial forest into a closed-loop, self-circulating pure magical plant ecosystem (with the addition of magical fungi).

These are two different concepts.

Although the biological problems within the forest have not yet been resolved, it is sufficient to be considered a normal forest.

After all, in the wizarding world, there are special natural forests that haven't had a single magical creature for thousands or even tens of thousands of years.

Therefore, there must not necessarily be animals in the forest.

That was just one direction Locke felt was needed for future development, but it didn't necessarily need to be completed in one stage.

Based on Locke's current knowledge from various ecological spells, this method of play is sufficient to construct a second-level magical plant forest.

Trader Bruce was quickly calculating, "A total of 2.3 million magic stones. It's not that our unit price is high, but that you bought a lot of magic plants. Especially those first-level magic plants, which almost emptied the production capacity of an entire colony world in our Golden Peach Garden."

"However, we can still deliver the goods today. If you buy more, you may have to wait for a planting cycle before you can buy these magical plants."

Locke had already calculated that the other party was only charging him 230 million magic stones, which was already considered a favor.

The price has dropped significantly.

My initial estimate was 260 million, but the other party reduced the price to 230 million.

I didn't expect trader Bruce to give me so much face.

After Bruce finished signing the contract with Locke, he bowed to Locke and said, "Lord Augustine, thank you for completing such a large transaction with us."

"I happen to have the authority to send gifts. To thank you for supporting my business, I would like to give you a rare magical plant."

Bruce the trader took out a Dawn Peach from his astral ring, and the entire peach tree seemed to be shrouded in light.

"Look, this Witch Peach, while not as good as the Golden Palace Remnant Branch, is still a rare magical plant that requires daily exposure to sunlight at the mountain's peak, with certain annual sunlight requirements to grow. It's priced between 200,000 and 300,000 magic stones. I'll give it to you. I only have one gift-giving privilege per year, so I'll give it to you... my big customer."

"This magical plant can also be used to cast Peach Arch Thorn Arrow. I was thinking, you can't just have one peach-type magical plant to cast Peach Arch Thorn Arrow, right? What if you need to use Peach Arch Thorn Arrow twice at the same time... or you can't use one of them temporarily? Then you can use this Dawn Witch Peach to cast Peach Arch Thorn Arrow."

Locke glanced at Bruce the trader with surprise, but did not refuse, after all, he had bought so many magical plants from him.

He reached out his hand, and instantly the Dawn Peach was suppressed by Locke's magic pressure and the power of the Ancient Tree of Life on its body. In just an instant, Locke's Peach Bow Thorn Arrow spell model struck it, and the peach tree, which was emitting a faint white light of dawn, fell into Locke's hand and gradually evolved into a peach bow.

Locke realized that different peach tree-type magical plants, when transformed into peach wood bows by the Peach Bow Thorn Arrow, were indeed different.

The peach wood bow, transformed from a remnant of the Golden Palace, is even more domineering and powerful.

The peachwood bow transformed from the Dawn Witch was not as powerful, but it possessed a purer quality, as if an extra lamp had been lit in the quiet room.

After Locke paid the money, he had the wizard Bruce count the goods and sent people to spend half a day loading them one by one into the demiplane space in his right eye.

Next, he began working diligently with the elves, transplanting the purchased magical plants one by one into his forest sanctuary and creating a true energy cycle.

Meanwhile, Locke also went to the Feathered Serpent Pavilion and spent two million magic stones to use the Queen's Chessboard twice, which is two days of using the Queen's Chessboard.

He used the power of the Queen's Chessboard to trace back and deduce the radiance contained within the four full moons that he had intercepted during the night meteor shower.

The starlight of the Sacred Dragon Star and the moonlight of the Three Moon Planes.

Two days later, a weary Locke looked at the four broken pieces of witch porcelain in his hand. The natural container was broken, and the growth of the four full moons was also destroyed as a result.

Because it has been overused.

But the result was that I did indeed analyze a lot of information from the four dimensions.

Locke stepped off the Queen's Chessboard, asked the green dragon half-dragon shopkeeper for a free quiet room, and then cast a spell to summon a regular full moon.

"The main gain was in the lunar phases."

"The first lunar plane has two lunar phases: the phase of light and the phase of darkness. As the lunar phases change, the moon's gravity also changes."

Locke's Full Moon Growth was originally like a moon simulator, but the simulation level was still very low, so it never changed, just like a full moon.

It's not true at all.

At this moment, the full moon in his hand showed obvious changes in light and darkness. During the phase of light, the full moon was like a light bulb, with the bright moon hanging high in the sky.

When it becomes the dark phase of the moon, all the moon's radiance disappears, like a dark star.

"The moon's radiance comes from the reflection of light sources; the light of all lunar planes is essentially a reflection of the brilliance from the various primal planes..."

"But the reflected light has become a special kind of moonlight, filled with the world power of the lunar plane itself." As Locke's understanding of the moon's light and darkness phases grew, the full moon in his hand became more and more like a real moon, with both light and darkness.

Exceptionally beautiful.

Moreover, the moon's gravity has become even stronger.

Locke said, "I use the full moon as the core to reflect the brilliance of the natural force, and thus I can obtain the most powerful lunar gravity."

Due to time constraints and resource limitations, among the three major lunar issues, he conducted the most in-depth research on the lunar phases of the first, most important, and most powerful light and dark lunar plane.

Then came the research on the second lunar plane. As the full moon in Locke's hand grew amidst the changes in light and darkness, it began to change shape and was no longer just an ordinary full moon.

At least eight different lunar phases were observed.

New moon (invisible) — Crescent moon — First quarter moon — Waxing gibbous moon — Full moon — Waning gibbous moon — Last quarter moon — Waning moon

These eight lunar phases correspond to the waxing and waning of the moon.

Then there's Locke's research on the third lunar plane, which is the most superficial due to resource allocation issues.

The full moon in Locke's hand, which had grown into a phase, not only showed changes in light and darkness and the waxing and waning of the moon, but also turned into a red moon.

This is precisely the change in the moon's color.

Unfortunately, there was a problem with the data I collected back then, and I also made an operational error when using the Queen's Chessboard yesterday, which caused the witch porcelain that was supporting the growth of the full moon to suddenly shatter when I was analyzing the black moon and blue moon with the Force.

So he had no choice but to give up.

"Thanks to the Night Meteor, the creation of the Night Meteor saved me countless hours. By collecting starlight and using the Queen's Chessboard to reverse-analyze the starlight of the three lunar planes, I obtained very detailed first-hand lunar phase data."

Locke looked at the Full Moon Growth in his hand. "My spell model has thus been perfected to an extremely exaggerated degree. It's already sufficient to serve as a blueprint spell. However, I still need to make Full Moon Growth offensive."

As the red moon rose, Locke, who was a deep forest, felt his blood boil within the red light.

"The red version of Full Moon Growth can cause the liquid inside all the illuminated magical plants to boil."

"It's already close to attack power. If it continues to develop in this direction, I can transform it into an offensive spell. That way, it can serve as a blueprint spell."

Locke said, “But a problem has arisen. I currently have three major blueprint spells—Full Moon Growth, Peach Blossom Arrow, and Forest Sanctuary (Forbidden Forest), and I haven’t figured out how to integrate the potion system, archaeology system, and bloodline system into my ultimate spell. That is, I can only choose two of the three spells, and the two chosen need to be integrated into one of my potion system or archaeology system, and my bloodline power respectively.”

“I really should think about this. Of course, I’m already much luckier than ordinary wizards. Because of my dragon bloodline, I can create two major spells, and I also have a teacher. In order to think about how to master these two major spells, there’s no need to go through four more major levels in the second circle.”

Locke was extremely satisfied with the Full Moon Growth in his hand. He spent a day fine-tuning the Porcelain Moon Growth spell model, which he had modified.

He quickly transferred the upgraded spell model to Porcelain Moon Growth.

At this moment, the full moon, which is associated with the Cancer zodiac sign and is growing, has undergone a complete transformation in power due to the upgrade of its magical model.

Locke has not yet fully digested what he gained from the Queen's Chessboard and the Night Meteor.

He can gradually digest it in the future and further improve it.

Of course, Locke planned to wait until he entered the Abyss Ruins before making any decisions.

At the same time, Locke summoned the Golden Palace Remnant Branch and the Little Golden Jujube Hanging, and the two magical plants automatically transformed into Peach Bow Thorn Arrows, which entered Locke's hands.

A lifelike white dragon suddenly appeared on the surface of the peach wood bow.

At the same time, the eyes of the Holy Dragon glowed red, as if they were the starlight of the Holy Dragon Star.

"For those who desire stability, the Sacred Dragon Star is definitely not a good star. On the contrary, it is a chaotic star. The Sacred Dragon Star represents the power of change, constantly undergoing minor changes. It is precisely because of these constant minor changes that something can endure." Locke used the Queen's Chessboard to deduce the changes in the primal force of the Sacred Dragon Star's starlight, thereby understanding the true nature of the Sacred Dragon Star's starlight.

"Therefore, the Peach Bow Thorn Arrow blessed by the Holy Dragon Heart can shoot arrows of change and evil-slaying."

but……

Locke drew his bow, and a brilliant, sacred sun descended, like the first rays of dawn after a long night. However, a bright red mark was burned into his left hand, which was holding the bow.

My hands were covered in blisters.

"The one who draws the bow will also suffer the backlash from the peach-bow-thorned arrow. The power of change can destroy everything that is established."

Locke thought of something and looked towards the Queen's Chessboard Room. It was a pity that he was currently penniless. Otherwise, he would have entered the Queen's Chessboard at this moment and placed the Peach Arch Thorn Arrow and the Abyss Energy into the Queen's Chessboard at the same time to observe the difference between the two.

Because the starlight of the Sacred Dragon Star is a kind of chaos, and the energy of the abyss is also a kind of chaos.

But the two forces are completely different.

The properties are completely opposite.

Could it be that chaos also has its positive aspects?
Locke fell into deep thought. Unfortunately, he was not only broke, but also hadn't paid off his loans and couldn't repay the loan from the Celtic group leader, so he couldn't use the Queen's Chessboard again.

Nevertheless, his Peach Bow Thorn Arrow has made significant progress, gaining an even greater inheritance of the Holy Dragon.

They grasped the arrow of change.

"The legacy of the Holy Dragon is like a key that gives me to unlock the power system of the Holy Dragon."

Locke said, "From now on, I can use the power of the Holy Dragon and develop it, but the extent to which I can develop it depends entirely on the skill of this wizard."

Locke blinked his right eye three times, and a magical light flashed. Instantly, he returned to his demiplane and saw the elven tribe that had worked hard for two days.

At this point, they had completed half of their work and were about to place more than four hundred first-ring magic plants into the Forest Sanctuary, according to Locke's previous plan.

……

On the seventh floor of the True Knowledge Castle, in Catherine the Witch's office, an ordinary, formal wizard messenger bowed to Catherine the Witch and handed her a letter.

“Your Majesty, this is a communication between Locke Augustine and Lana Alvarez, the Sun Ring Wizard of the Rose Council.”

"It seemed to be just a routine consultation, and the Sun Ring Wizard kindly offered Mr. Locke guidance."

After reviewing the contents of their historical correspondence, the witch Catherine's face turned extremely grim, and she tapped the table with her knuckles. "Lana Alvarez... if you dare to mislead my student, I will make you pay the price."

The messenger was startled. "Could it be that the Sun Ring Wizard is up to no good and is deliberately misleading Lord Locke Augustine?"

The witch Catherine closed her eyes and said, "That's not the case."

"She meant well. But good intentions don't always lead to good results."

"Lana Alvarez, a solar ring wizard who relies on inherited magic arrays and great magic passed down from her ancestors, does she even deserve to instruct my students? She is too stupid and incompetent, and what she says is dubious. She can only fool her own students."

"It's really not worth mentioning."

The messenger wizard was startled. "Augustin is the wizard our academic committee will be sending to participate in the Plane Conquest Competition in six months. All the wizards on the academic committee are secretly monitoring his every move during these six months."

"Or should I give him a private reminder?"

The witch Catherine said, "No need. You can deliver the letter to Lana Alvarez as usual."

"A lesson can be learned in one go. But a person can never teach another."

"In that case, let it continue to develop as it is."

"Alright. You may leave now."

After the wizard messenger left, Wizard Douglas carefully entered his office.

When Douglas entered the office for the second time, he did so with the mindset of a pilgrim.

The wizard Douglas bowed to the witch Catherine and said, "My lady, you wanted to see me."

The witch Catherine nodded casually. "I heard from the witch Mason that you possess a special, permanent defensive force field."

"show me."

The wizard Douglas was startled; he hadn't expected that Mason Witch would notice this and tell Catherine Witch.

The wizard Douglas had no choice but to perform the Five Elements Reversal in front of the witch Catherine.

Five elemental forces appeared around him: wind, water, fire, earth, and lightning.

Five forces circulated continuously around him.

Five defensive force fields were formed.

Upon seeing this scene, the witch Catherine gave the wizard Douglas a meaningful look and said, "It is... quite retro. The Wall of Sighs, the Wall of Primal Water, the Shield of Lava, the Crystal Pillars of Earth, and the Armor of Lightning."

"They're all ancient magic."

"The spell models are too outdated. Find your current team leader and have him update the spell models of your five defensive spells. After the update, it will at least double your combat power under the same magical pressure."

A look of surprise flashed in the eyes of Wizard Douglas, and he quickly said to Witch Catherine, "Thank you, teacher."

'The Witch King clearly stated that this magic was beyond repair. Yet, in the eyes of His Majesty the Throne, it's full of flaws that can be modified.'

'In the end, the Throne Lord is truly powerful.'

As Catherine the Witch watched him leave, her eyes darkened. There was a major reason why she hadn't killed him before.

That is, the jade cat's eye stone is a magical gemstone that has been lost for a long time.

But the fact that this guy has it means he's had contact with some very old guys...

Moreover, the target of the Twin Demon Realms' dark wizards that day was very strange. Based on various signs afterward, the witch Catherine deduced that the Twin Demon Realms seemed to intend to capture some old beings who had awakened from ancient times.

And coincidentally, this guy was exposed to her, which made her realize that he was connected to some ancient beings.

The witch Catherine said, "Very well."

"Let me see what this thing is."

"Finally, we can figure out the purpose of the Twin Demon Realms."

That day, all the prisoners of the Twin Demon Realm were killed by the world power of the Demon Realm. The moment they surrendered to the Demon Realm, their entire bodies became part of the Demon Realm.

They can no longer be considered human.

They are merely puppets of the demon realm; if the demon realm wants them dead, they will die.

(End of this chapter)