Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 685 Ultimate Magic: Water Saint Tea Tree
Wizard Chad Schultz took out an exquisite box from his astral ring, put on gloves, and used tweezers to take out some transparent, feather-like tea leaves from the box. He then placed the tea leaves into a glass teapot and poured in spring water.

The handle of the transparent glass teapot displays the temperature; spring water poured into it is heated to 85 degrees Celsius in less than 5 seconds.

The needle-like white tea leaves stood upright in the teapot like a forest, slowly sinking, as if the white tea leaves were dancing.

"The so-called tea art is the tea ceremony; every word, every action, every drink, and every use is an art," said Chad Schultz, the wizard. "Tea masters are great artists who deeply integrate breeding science with the field of art, based on pragmatism."

"Look at this Bai Feng tea. There are many points to note when brewing it. If you want to see the leaves dancing, you must first put in the tea leaves, and then put in hot water at 85 degrees Celsius. Watch the Bai Feng tea leaves dance in the water."

"Look before you drink...it's wonderful."

Chad Schultz looked utterly captivated.

Locke: “…”

Out of politeness, Locke forced a smile and said, "It is indeed quite wonderful. So, can you drink it, senior?"

Chad Schultz, the wizard, lifted the glass teapot and poured the water into the teacup. The water flowed freely, and as an expert tea master, he even had a method for pouring the tea.

Wizard Chad Schultz held a cup of White Phoenix Tea to Locke's nose. "Look first, smell second, then drink. That's the procedure. A cup of White Phoenix Tea would cost 100,000 magic stones in my shop alliance."

Chad Schultz smiled and said, "And it's priceless; only one cup can be sold per day."

"Brewing tea is like being a person. One should be polite, and one should also be polite when brewing shaman tea. Once a day, this is the etiquette of the six teas at Luxu Bridge."

Locke blinked. He hadn't thought the aroma of the White Phoenix Tea was particularly unique before, but now he found it incredibly pleasant.

That's the smell of money and luxury goods.

"Please drink," said the wizard Chad Schultz.

Locke drank it down in one gulp, like a cow gulping it down.

When the wizard Chad Schultz saw this, he had a strange expression on his face and was about to stop it, but then he seemed to remember something and gave up.

He simply shook his head slightly and sighed.

After Locke finished his cup of White Phoenix Tea, he immediately understood why such a simple cup of Wizard Tea had caused so many problems and why it cost 100,000 magic stones.

After drinking the White Phoenix Tea, he immediately felt refreshed in both body and soul, as all the drug contamination that had accumulated in his soul and body was purified.

That special tea aroma, like a wisp of spiritual energy, rose from my abdomen and swept in all directions. Even though I was in a period of spiritual decline and becoming increasingly dazed, after drinking this cup of wizard tea, I felt my mind clear up.

This tea seems to have the power to heal the soul. My own wounded soul gradually healed under this cup of wizard tea. Although it would soon be damaged again due to excessive magical pressure, the situation was indeed improved.

Unless this limitation on the endless void is broken, the soul's wound will not be fully healed for a day, as countless life forms are bound by the shackles between the first and second rings of their souls.

Locke opened his eyes and looked at the wizard Chad Schultz, saying, "Senior Chad, this White Phoenix Tea can actually repair the soul."

Wizard Chad Schultz chuckled smugly, “Otherwise, how could the White Phoenix be so sought after and so coveted by all wizards? Repairing the wounds of the soul is something every wizard needs to some extent. Even high-level wizards can keep themselves in peak condition by drinking it every day.”

"Furthermore, a key laboratory near Luxu Bridge has some White Phoenix Tea that can repair the soul damage caused to wizards by not sleeping. It has at least some of these functions."

Locke nodded and said, "That is indeed very useful."

Wizard Chad Schultz shook his head slightly. "It's a pity you haven't taken a tea ceremony class and don't know how to appreciate or drink tea."

"Otherwise, I could have a lot to discuss with you. Commodities are not just about their intrinsic value, but also about the value that others perceive in them."

Chad Schultz, the wizard, said, "That's why Luxuqiao has, over the years, opened many free tea etiquette classes in various places to promote tea etiquette and increase the added value of agricultural products."

Locke then understood what high-value-added agriculture meant.

Wizard Chad Schultz became serious. "Consider this cup of White Phoenix Tea a gift from me."

Seeing that Locke was still staring at the teapot in his hand, he quickly put it into his astral ring to avoid Locke's gaze. "I still have some old friends on Mount Golden Crown. This pot is just what I need for visiting them."

"The wizards of Luxu Bridge are very popular with our friends because wherever we go, we treat them to a pot of wizard tea from Luxu Bridge."

Wizard Chad Schultz became serious. "Alright, now let me see the blueprint for your Great Magic. This is a task entrusted to me by the high-ring wizards of Golden Crown Mountain; I need to see the blueprint for your Great Magic before the competition."

"There are still more than two months until the competition, so I can take this opportunity to help you make the final adjustments."

"You are the main participant in the Great Magic Modeling Competition; your two assistants can only assist you."

Wizard Chad Schultz took a clock out of his pocket, glanced at it, and then frowned, saying, "I already sent someone to inform Princess White Dragon and Antoine."

“They should be here by now. But they’re not… Oh well, these wizards are all individualists.”

Wizard Chad Schultz looked at Locke and said, "Let's begin ourselves."

"Actually, my ideal team would be Princess Preston and the witch Julian, plus you. It would be even better if we could get rid of Antoine."

Locke said, "Antoine is a very powerful wizard."

Wizard Chad Schultz wore a speechless expression. "Powerful? I heard he's the reincarnation of a third-ring wizard? That makes me think more highly of him, but his past... heh heh..."

“If I told you, you would look down on him too.”

"For example, when Antoine left Mount Golden Crown, he encountered a local noblewoman in a mortal country in the Mount Golden Crown region. He disregarded the magic of the White Wizard Association and ordered his students to abduct the noblewoman and take her back to his home..."

"That mortal country is the territory of the Eternal Radiance Hall. The Eternal Radiance Hall has built many Eternal Radiance Primary Knowledge Schools there, specifically to select mortals with wizarding qualifications for the Eternal Radiance Hall, and also to spread knowledge to the mortal country for the Eternal Radiance Hall."

"That noblewoman is a student at that elementary knowledge academy."

"Therefore, the noblewoman's family sought help from the Yonghui Primary Knowledge Academy. Three months later, the dean of the Yonghui Primary Knowledge Academy reported it to the intermediate knowledge academy in the capital of that country, and then the academy's headmaster reported it to a wizard tutor in the Yonghui Hall."

“The Hall of Eternal Radiance is very wary of this…” Wizard Chad Schultz gave a speechless look. “At the time, outsiders were unaware of Antoine’s outrageous behavior and mistakenly believed that Antoine would not have kidnapped students from other wizarding organizations’ lower-level schools for such a trivial reason.”

"The Hall of Eternal Radiance mistakenly believed that Antoine had poached a promising wizard with great potential, so they immediately protested to the White Wizard Association and the Cloud Swamp Wizard Council. The matter was quite big, and the entire Cloud Swamp Wetland knew about it."

"For a long time, everyone thought this was just a common incident of stealing student resources. Everyone had been doing it secretly, afraid of being caught red-handed, but Antoine was caught red-handed. The Wizarding Council demanded that Antoine return the students to the Hall of Eternal Radiance, but Antoine refused..."

Chad Schultz rolled his eyes and said, "In the end, everyone found out that she was just a young, beautiful, and alluring mortal woman who had absolutely no wizarding talent."

"After realizing this, the Hall of Eternal Radiance immediately stopped its pointless entanglement with him, which also spread Antoine's absurd reputation throughout the entire Yunze Wetland."

Chad Schultz the wizard said, "Besides that, there's also Antoine bullying me because I became a first-ring wizard's student, making me his slave, and so on..."

"Oh, by the way, Antoine once lost all his money at the casino, and as a result, he stole a first-ring wizard's magical carriage and drove away..."

Chad Schultz shook his head. "His absurd actions go on and on. You're telling me he's a reincarnated Third Ring Wizard? Ha, so what if he's a reincarnated wizard?"

"Magic is changing rapidly these days. The third-ring wizards of the past were only able to create crown magic and become third-ring wizards because there were more fruits hanging low on the magic tree than people were willing to pick them."

"Nowadays, magic is advancing day and night. Even a former third-ring wizard might not be as good as a current sun-ring wizard in terms of actual skill."

"When two teams compete on the same stage, it's immediately obvious who is stronger and who is weaker."

Chad Schultz, the wizard.

Locke nodded slightly, without refuting, mainly because Antoine's previous disguise was too good, leaving a very deep bad impression on others.

The Moon Ring Wizard in front of him was too prejudiced against him, and if he were to refute him casually, he would only anger the other party for no reason, and it would not be of any practical benefit.

"Locke," said the wizard Chad Schultz. "Show me the blueprint of your Great Magic."

Locke nodded, then raised his right hand and chanted a spell. A refreshing breeze swept by, and suddenly a full moon came from afar, pressing down on the earth from the sky, as if the moon were falling to the ground.

The immense magical pressure fell from the sky like a meteorite.

The fierce wind even snapped the sturdy grass on the ground and broke the branches of several apprentice-level magical plants nearby. Wizard Chad Schultz, with his hands behind his back, whistled. His previously relaxed expression changed slightly upon seeing Locke's approaching magic, and his gaze turned serious.

For a moment, he even thought it was a powerful magic spell.

This magic possesses immense magical power.

Wizard Chad Schultz looked up and examined it closely, then let out a cold laugh. "Not bad, really not bad. It's hard to believe that this is actually the blueprint for a young first-ring wizard from outside the wizarding world."

"Even a wizard who grew up in Yunze Wetland and received my Yunze Wetland education would find it difficult to do better than others of the same age."

As the wizard Chad Schultz gazed at the moon descending from the sky, carrying a terrifying magical pressure, he grew increasingly satisfied. "Power, strength, essence—all are top-tier."

"To be fair, it's even better than the blueprint magic I used when I participated in the Great Magic Modeling Competition."

Wizard Chad Schultz said, “The upper limit is also very high. Although you have not revealed the spell model and design concept of your ultimate magic to me, I can already feel an extraordinary power from this ultimate magic.”

"No wonder you dared to say to me that you would win the Silent Grail."

Locke asked the wizard Chad Schultz, "Senior, what do you think of my spell model?"

Wizard Chad Schultz watched Locke deep in thought, then said, "I do think you have the potential to take first place. You're even better than I thought. In that case, I should really give you some guidance; after all, the more capable you are, the more responsibility you should bear."

He took a step forward and extended a finger. Instantly, the powerful magical pressure collided with the full moon behind Locke, like a meteorite hitting the earth. In an instant, the two different magical pressures intertwined and transformed into a huge amount of energy from the collision.

The full moon's magical pressure behind Locke reached its peak, but unable to rise quickly enough, it jumped backward three times before reaching its limit.

Wizard Chad Schultz said, "The first major flaw is the insufficient construction of offensive magic, and the offensive attributes are not obvious. The potential is great and commendable. Objectively speaking, the high quality of the essence of this great magic surprises me."

"But potential is for the future; right now, we only look at strength."

"Your biggest flaw is that your attack multiplier is insufficient, so you can't unleash this huge magical pressure all at once."

“The second major flaw.” The wizard Chad Schultz opened his right hand, and a tea tree appeared in his palm. In an instant, the tea tree seemed to grow to a height of tens of millions of feet. “The essence of Great Magic is attack magic that forms a certain relationship with the world.”

"It's clear that your potential for ultimate magic is very high, yet you haven't put it into practice?"

The wizard Chad Schultz grunted in agreement. He had originally intended to use his immense magic, the Water Sacred Tea Tree, to destroy Locke's blueprint magic prototype.

However, the Water Saint Tea Tree, which possesses the power to purify the earth, did not dispel the magic. Instead, it formed a certain degree of symbiosis with the full moon.

The full moon shines over the Water Saint Tea Tree.

Wizard Chad Schultz frowned. “I take back what I said. It was a mistake of mine to think that I didn’t have your practical experience. To be able to do this, to let your magic coexist with my ultimate magic, even though it was because I held back, shows that you have a lot of experience in constructing ultimate magic.”

"It seems I was overconfident in my practical experience."

Wizard Chad Schultz snapped his fingers, and the Water Saint Tea Tree immediately erupted. The Water Saint Tea Tree possesses the ability to consume large amounts of water elemental particles and some magical resources to produce various natural magical structural components that purify the earth.

He then underwent three more forgings, completing the unforged, virtual forging (star forging), and fake forging (moon forging) stages. At this point, the tea leaves of the [Water Saint Tea Tree] were shrouded in mist, and within the mist were various mortal kingdoms that arose from the leaves.

At this moment, the [Water Saint Tea Tree] was merely a simple magical projection.

Chad Schultz, the wizard, didn't take it too seriously. Great Magic is the other half of a wizard's soul, the source of a wizard's magic, and embodies his magical nature.

A faint smile appeared on the fat face of the wizard Chad Schultz. He snapped his fingers, slightly increasing the power of the borrowed Great Magic, which caused Locke's Full Moon Growth to collapse on its own.

Locke's face turned pale, because Full Moon Growth already possessed extremely magical properties, so resisting Full Moon Growth that directly destroyed his own was equivalent to impacting his soul.

"No matter what," said Chad Schultz, the wizard. "The first problem still exists."

“Starting today, as the team leader of Golden Crown Mountain in the Great Magic Modeling Competition, I will fight with you for one hour every day so that you can get used to fighting with Great Magic.”

Locke's eyes showed surprise.

Wizard Chad Schultz said, "Once you enter the Silent Dimension, you four contestants will immediately gain the recognition of the World Consciousness and can immediately use the 'World Stone' to construct immense magic."

"Therefore, you must become familiar with the fighting style of second-circle wizards during the first-circle stage. I will be careful to hold back."

"But if you want to win the championship, you need to be able to last at least ten minutes against me. A battle between second-circle wizards is a battle of great magic."

"Of course, the Silent Grail Tournament is also an incomplete fighting style for second-circle wizards. After all, the permanent defensive field of a second-circle wizard will also undergo an upgrade, possessing different characteristics. But the upgrade of the permanent defensive field can only be completed when you truly become second-circle wizards."

"Because the upgrade of the Permanent Defense Field requires your souls to reach the second level... This is what we in the wizarding world say. According to those in the colonizing worlds, it means that your souls can only gradually upgrade after they possess divine matter."

Wizard Chad Schultz raised his right hand, chanted a spell, and a tea tree branch, wreathed in moisture, appeared in his hand. "The battles of second-circle wizards are primarily battles of ultimate magic. Ultimate magic battles aren't about magic clashing against magic, but rather a battle between two major energy systems."

"Look, this is the [Water Vapor Tea Gun]. The moment it's thrown, it condenses water vapor, gathering a powerful impact to attack you. The instant it hits your permanent defensive field, the water vapor explodes, shattering your permanent defensive barrier. This is part of my vast magical system..."

"My ultimate magic possesses the unique power to increase its magical energy by consuming large amounts of water."

Locke blinked, and suddenly a javelin spewing out a huge plume of water vapor grazed his face, shattering his life force field and creating a large crater in the ground.

Locke's pupils constricted sharply. 'So fast, so powerful. Is this how a second-circle wizard fights? By borrowing a portion of their own immense magic to enhance their ordinary spells.'

To maximize the power of one's normal spellcasting.

The Water Steam Tea Gun is just a regular second-circle spell.

Locke once read about this spell model in a popular science article. The water vapor tea gun requires a lot of water vapor to use, and the more water vapor, the more powerful it is.

The wizard Chad Schultz clearly combined this spell model with his own immense magic, which naturally consumes and gathers large amounts of water, to unleash tremendous power.

Wizard Chad Schultz gave a strange look. “Because you won’t have true ultimate magic before you enter the Silent Dimension. Therefore, we can’t engage in true ultimate magic battles. This kind of combat is still at the first-level.”

"There's no other way. The difference between you first-circle wizards and us second-circle wizards is like the difference between two-dimensional and three-dimensional beings. I can only try to use a two-dimensional approach to help you understand what a three-dimensional being is."

"By the way," said the wizard Chad Schultz, "your blueprint magic is the most powerful I've ever seen."

Locke, who had been a little nervous, burst out laughing upon hearing this.

An hour later, Locke collapsed to the ground, utterly exhausted.

Wizard Chad Schultz, meanwhile, smiled and put his hands behind his back. "We still need to train. Come here every day at noon from now on."

"come on."

He turned and left, glancing sideways at Locke, who was resting on the ground. 'His immense magical potential is indeed very high. I've rarely seen such high potential for great magic. His ambition is comparable to that of His Majesty the Throne.'

"But judging from his current level, it's about the same as mine before I participated in the competition. However, to encourage him, saying a few kind words against my will wouldn't hurt."

'After all, I already received money from Jinmian Mountain and Luxu Bridge.'

"But..." Wizard Chad Schultz frowned. "How did that kid manage to make the moon coexist with my ultimate magic?"

That does surprise me.

'Furthermore, he seems to be constantly adjusting the spell model, and the ability to coexist is getting stronger. If this continues, it might truly become a surprising tactic in the Silent Grail War.'

Locke lay on the grass in the forest, looking at the moon in his hand. "The Moon Mirror can reflect all things, so it doesn't need to compete with them to coexist with them. Through the Moon of Evolution, I constantly reflect Senior Chad's magic, barely achieving coexistence. However, he is also adjusting the spell model to prevent me from fully reflecting it, thus achieving mutual coexistence."

"I can't take any shortcuts with this; it's all about practice."

Locke closed his eyes. This characteristic of the Evolutionary Moon was also related to his principle of minimal intervention in ecology.

The main characters are all things in this world; one's own moon doesn't need to be in the center of the stage.

(End of this chapter)