Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 762, Sixth Wizard Shoe: Black Hummingbird Pineapple
In the Golden Crown Mountain region, at the plantation of the Arthas Shop Alliance, Scarlett the Witch adjusted her glasses and looked at the large yellow-black hummingbird pineapple that Locke had borrowed from their plantation and cultivated over five days.

At this moment, in the fifty acres of magical field before them, there were a hundred slightly different Hummingbird Pineapples, all of which had been lifted from the soil and were floating slightly in the air.

Immediately afterward, as Locke chanted a spell, a field of lightning spread outward from him. Then, a part of each of the hummingbird pineapples enveloped by this magical magnetic field flashed with light, and all the light converged into a ball of light in mid-air.

Locke raised his left hand, moved his fingers, adjusted the information inside the light sphere, and combined it to form a complete set of plant essences that he had designed for a long time.

An hour later, under Locke's control of his magical magnetic field, the plant essence fell into the seed in his hand. The seed took root and sprouted in his palm, and under the influence of the mossy wood marrow, it quickly grew into a pure black hummingbird pineapple.

Locke chanted a spell, using the first-circle spell Model: Twin Plants. One of the seeds suddenly began to split, breaking into two halves.

One seed grew into two adult magical plants.

Scarlett the Witch, who was observing from the side, was holding a blank notebook. Upon seeing this scene, she immediately began to scribble and draw on the paper, while looking at Locke and saying, "Is this the level of a second-ring level breeder?"

Locke said, "No. This is just a normal improvement in my level of the finite element cultivation method and magic frequency cultivation method that I used to have after becoming a second-ring wizard."

"I currently do not possess the general breeding methods that a second-level breeder should master."

"Redesigning the Hummingbird Pineapple was a plan I had before participating in the Silent Grail War, but I was busy with the competition at the time, so I didn't have time to redesign a set of magical plants."

Locke made Scarlett the witch put on the pair of giant hummingbird pineapple wizard shoes. "Now I'm a second-circle wizard, and both my efficiency and quality have improved."

“I can do better.”

Scarlett the Witch is wearing these black Hummingbird Pineapple Shoes. The original version of the Hummingbird Pineapple Wizard Shoes was mainly emerald green with colorful gradient edges, while these Hummingbird Pineapple Shoes are pure black.

As the wizard's shoes touched the ground, they emitted a black flash. Before Scarlett the Witch could react, she had already leaped up and flown a hundred meters into the air.

"This is flying? No, this is a jump with extremely high reaction speed and altitude limit."

Scarlett the Witch roughly assessed the characteristics of this magical plant and found that it was actually about 10% better than the Demon Realm Pineapple version of the Giant Snow Pinscher.

However, the performance of the Pineapple Wizard Shoes from the Demon Realm is already comparable to the top-tier first-ring wizard shoes in Yunze Wetlands, and is in no way inferior to the wizard shoes designed by those top-tier first-ring magic weavers.

But now, the performance of this black version of the Hummingbird Pineapple is even better than the Demon Pineapple Wizard Shoes.

this means……

Scarlett the witch felt a sudden pang of unease as she put on the witch's shoes, and she looked at Locke with disbelief.

"These shoes might be the best pair of shoes we've ever worn in Yunze Wetland?"

Locke said unsurprised, “I’m not surprised. The Pineapple Wizard Shoes from the Demon Realm were just wizard shoes I created at the first level, and now I’m a second-level wizard. At the same time, my evolutionary progress within the Silent Grail has been rapid, and with the help of great magic… I’ve combined various cultivation methods…”

At this moment, Locke opened his right hand, and a full moon appeared in his palm. The magic magnetic field and the magic sun, as well as the other three cultivation methods—the grafting healing spell model of the grafting cultivation method, the cutting growth spell model of the cutting cultivation method, and the species hybridization spell model of the hybridization cultivation method—revolved around this moon.

Locke said, "I used my lunar cultivation method to transfer the four energy-locking structures—the Overlord Pattern, the Pixiu Spiral Horn, the Glandular Root Sac, and the Moon Pattern—to the Great Hummingbird Pineapple."

"A total of one hundred plants were cultivated."

“Each plant, cultivated using the Moon Cultivation Method, absorbs different information from the Overlord Pattern, Pixiu Spiral Horn, Glandular Roots, and Moon Pattern, resulting in slight differences. I used the Magic Resonance Cultivation Method to stimulate these one hundred pineapples, in order to find the slightly different plant factors in the shortest possible time and identify the best parts.”

Locke's magical sun emitted energy, constantly switching frequencies, aimed at a large hummingbird pineapple subspecies whose plant factors had been removed. Under the pressure of this magical sun, the subspecies' branches and leaves curled up.

The Magic Resonance Cultivation Method is a cultivation method that can be continuously refined, never fully learned, and never fully created.

Locke had previously used a synthesis cube to synthesize a large number of Hummingbird Pineapple subspecies, and thus learned from the entry description that the Hummingbird Pineapple subspecies had many sensitive magical resonance frequencies.

Using this valuable data, he can use these sensitive magical resonance frequencies to test these giant hummingbird pineapple subspecies.

The principle is that the more powerful the subspecies, the less likely it is to die or undergo various changes in these sensitive magical resonance frequencies.

Locke used this shortcut-like method, without any wizard apprentices or formal wizards as helpers, to determine the key plant factors for these one hundred magical plants in just three days. He then spent one day designing them, and finally, in just five days, he used the finite element cultivation method to establish the [Sword Tomb] and complete the sixth wizard shoe design for Scarlett Witch's feet: the Black Hummingbird Pineapple!
Scarlett the witch glanced at the wizard shoes on her feet, slightly amazed.

“Even if you are already a second-circle wizard, even as a second-circle wizard, the efficiency improvement in making top-tier first-circle wizard shoes wouldn’t be this great.”

"Without any assistants, you identified the key plant factors of those subspecies of demonic plants in the [Sword Tomb] in such a short time..."

This step is the most time-consuming in the finite element method.

It often requires a large number of apprentices and first-circle wizards to help.

Locke, on the other hand, was inspired by the clues in the Rubik's Cube. He fully developed the Magic Resonance Cultivation Method, turning it into a method of attacking the weaknesses of different parts of the body, and then finding the best-performing magical plant from among the attacks.

Skipping over this method would have meant a lot of time for a second-circle wizard to complete.

Locke nodded and said, "There's no other way. I'm just an ordinary second-circle wizard. I don't have any capable assistants or many students. So I had to come up with a way to save my time."

"Also, we are collaborators. Please continue to address me by your old name."

Scarlett the Witch gave Locke a deep look.

"Locke, you are truly a breeding genius. No one has ever imagined that using the magic resonance cultivation method, no one has ever designed a new and excellent magical plant so quickly."

"Working with you has made me understand what a genius is. Locke, I now have even more confidence in our shop alliance."

Locke coughed.

“Scarlett, it’s not as exaggerated as you say.”

It's no wonder Scarlett the Witch was so amazed. After all, with the help of the Synthetic Cube, she knew in advance the key frequencies and plant factor positions under the Magic Co-frequency Cultivation Method and the Finite Element Cultivation Method, which is why she could use the Magic Co-frequency Cultivation Method in this way.

This is not actually a breakthrough in terms of the upper limit.

Rather, it's an improvement in efficiency.

But in Scarlett the Witch's eyes, she was already astoundingly beautiful.

Locke said, "If a good student cooperates with me, we can actually increase the magical plant properties of these wizard shoes by about 5%." This was true, because his special magical resonance cultivation method, while efficient, wasn't as precise.

Ultimately, it's better to use a large number of students, spend time, and painstakingly work out a result bit by bit.

This way, the performance of these wizard shoes can probably be improved even further.

The key issue is that he is currently just an ordinary second-ring wizard with no students. His only first-ring wizard student, Williams, has already left Mount Golden Crown.

However, it wouldn't really make a difference if she stayed.

Because she has limited involvement in the design and improvement of top-tier magical plants of this quality, she can only do some manual labor.

It would be best to have a student specializing in crystallization help me.

Locke now understood more and more why high-ring wizards needed so many students.

Scarlett the witch's eyes flickered slightly when she heard Locke say that it could also enhance the performance of the wizard's shoes.

"In that case, I will arrange the production line for you immediately, and we expect to be able to launch the new products in a week."

"Those two shop alliances are now watching your situation."

"But now they're going to be disappointed."

Scarlett the Witch said, "Locke, you'd better go to the White Wizard Association and apply for the Augustus Shop Alliance as soon as possible."

Locke nodded slightly.

Scarlett the Witch thought for a moment.

"However, our brand has finally made a name for itself and left an impression on many wizards in Yunze Wetland. Therefore, I can start pre-selling."

"Today, I'm advertising in all the shops in Arthas that you, as the renowned wizard shoe designer, are releasing your latest product. Furthermore, I'm opening pre-orders... and I'm also applying for event funding from Arthas..."

"I estimate that if we make good use of the previous spillover effects, it will be another transaction worth tens of millions."

Scarlett the Witch's eyes sparkled.

Clearly, as long as the Augustus Wizard Shoes brand was running, it would benefit her, so she was naturally very excited.

She looked up at Locke and said, "Locke, it would be great if you could design more types of wizard shoes, especially a second-circle wizard shoe. Can't you put your previous design, the Great Bloodwave Wizard Shoes, into production?"

Locke said, "The Great Bloodwave Wizard Shoes have a problem, which is the imaginary root. Because of the existence of the imaginary root, my cost has been stuck. Until I figure out a solution, I can't make the second-circle magic plant wizard shoes."

Locke said, "In addition, I lack assistants, so this is the only wizard shoe design I can come up with in a short period of time."

"Scarlett, you look disappointed?"

Scarlett the Witch sighed, then, hearing Locke's words, quickly looked up. "No...no, how could that be?"

"Yes, I was just too anxious."

Scarlett the Witch said, "Is there still no way to overcome the cost problem caused by the imaginary root? This is a huge project. After all, no one has ever walked on the pure magic plant wizard shoes before."

"One-ring pure magic plant wizard shoes are occasionally made by a few breeders. But two-ring pure magic plant wizard shoes have never been made before."

Scarlett the Witch said, "So it's normal that you can't overcome it right away."

"But I have great confidence in you. Locke, actually, given your situation, the best approach is for you to do other things yourself, such as your research at Golden Crown Mountain, or to focus on how to solve the cost problem caused by imaginary roots, while having your students or employees, under your guidance, help you design a pure magic plant wizard shoe."

"In this way, our Augustus Wizard Shoes Shop Alliance will not be in dire need of new products. Only by constantly releasing new designs and new products can our brand survive and thrive. This is especially true at this crucial moment."

Scarlett the Witch said, “Do you have any students who can do this job? It would be a rare opportunity for him as well. There are so many geniuses in your Golden Crown Mountain… perhaps someone can help you.”

Locke thought for a moment and then decisively shook his head.

No.

The main problem is that I don't have a high-ranking teaching position at Jinmian Mountain, so I don't have that many students.

Secondly, these pure magical plant wizard shoes are too niche.

If I were to create a mass-market plant-based product, I might be able to find someone to help me out. The problem is that these pure plant-based wizard shoes are far too niche.

Even if he were to recruit breeders now, he would have to train and relearn them before he could begin designing.

Moreover, Locke seriously suspected that the pure magical plant wizard shoes designed by those breeders... might not be usable.

After all, what I'm doing now isn't an ordinary shop alliance, but rather competing with the two top wizard shoe shop alliances in Yunze Wetland, and the six secondary wizard shoe shop alliances below them.

We must overthrow them.

The ordinary, mediocre breeder's wizard shoe design is simply unusable.

Therefore, for a long time, I really had to rely on myself.

Scarlett the witch noticed Locke's predicament, picked up the black hummingbird pineapple wizard shoes, and laughed, "Don't worry, these wizard shoes are enough to secure our victory."

"I'll help you with the pre-sale right away."

Locke glanced at the time, knowing a banquet was to be held that day, and then said to Scarlett the Witch, "Alright, then I'll leave it to you."

　The next chapter will be updated tomorrow at noon.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)