Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 802 Am I the Hope of the Whole Village?
The Peach Boat is a small void flying machine built with the Peach Boat as its core.

After Trajan paid with the magic stone, a second-circle wizard from the staff came over, chanted a spell, and the peach boat, which was as big as a small mountain, automatically shrank and floated in mid-air, turning into a small model in his hand.

The Star Ring Wizard held the small model in his right hand and a ledger that floated automatically in mid-air in his left. He used a magic quill pen to record the usage information of the Peach Boat on it.

The second-circle wizard seemed to recognize Trajan. "Lord Trajan, I didn't expect you to come personally to carry out such a simple task."

The wizard Trajan smiled and said, "Yuri, I'm taking my junior brother and my apprentice on a Void mission. This is their first time entering the Void."

Yuri the wizard was taken aback.

"It's my first time. It's definitely safer to have someone guide you."

"The Void environment is different from all the environments in the Wizarding World."

Wizard Yuri nodded kindly to Locke.

Hello, I am the wizard Yuri.

"One of the people in charge here."

"I will now place the Peach Boat into the void orbit. Please follow me, the three of you. I wish you success in completing your mission."

Locke nodded to him.

The three of them followed him to the mountain peak at the very center of the 'Gate of Hell'.

"this is……"

Locke noticed that as he walked up the mountain path, the mountain seemed to grow taller automatically with each step he took, and on the top of the mountain was a peach tree with a crown that emitted golden light.

This mountain is growing taller on its own!
This mountain is lifting me up!

Soon, they reached the top of the mountain.

If they looked up from the foot of the mountain, they would only see a small hill, but those standing on the mountain could see it rising infinitely upwards, as if it were about to pierce the sky of the wizarding world.

Valerie Quinn, the witch, watched this scene in astonishment. "Teacher, this is simply too amazing. Why do people on the mountain and those at the foot of the mountain see the same mountain at different heights?"

Trajan glanced at him, but showed no intention of answering.

As a ring wizard, Yuri seemed to have little desire to speak with first-ring wizards.

Locke glanced at her.

"The roots of this mountain are all imaginary numbers."

Valerie Quinn looked down at the mountainside in astonishment.

It may look like just an ordinary mountain, but it is unknown how much effort the earth wizards, breeders, and botanical wizards put into creating it.

Valerie Quinn's eyes widened in confusion. She might have heard of the Imaginary Root, which was the biggest difference between a second-ring and a first-ring magical plant.

However, she had no idea what imaginary roots or root contexts were, so she naturally couldn't understand Locke's meaning.

Valerie Quinn said, "Thank you, Junior Uncle."

Trajan, however, showed a hint of surprise in his eyes.

“Junior brother, you have a good eye. You saw through the true nature of this Infinite Mountain at a glance.”

“That’s right, the interior of this Infinite Mountain is full of imaginary roots. Staying on this mountain will lift you up by those imaginary roots. I don’t understand the specific principle, because it’s not entirely based on botany. This is the masterpiece of the Earth Wizard of Golden Crown Mountain.”

Locke nodded. It was not surprising that earth wizards could gather mountains, adjust rivers, and create spiritual lands.

Wizard Yuri said, "Alright, you three, this is the summit of Infinite Mountain. Here, we have broken through the height limit of the Second Sky and penetrated many layers of the Wizarding World, arriving outside the Crystal Wall System of the Wizarding World."

Valerie Quinn was slightly surprised again.

She was standing at such a high place right now.

But she didn't walk more than a few steps uphill!
Wizard Yuri placed the peach boat, which resembled a small model, on the ground in his right hand. Upon touching the ground, the peach boat automatically returned to its original size and transformed into a large ship.

Wizard Yuri looked at Locke, knowing that this was Locke's first time visiting Infinite Mountain, so he explained the history to him: "This Infinite Mountain was built by the founding wizard of Golden Crown Mountain in the past. It was originally intended to allow us to escape the wizarding world at any time if we were to be besieged by the wizard knights of the Pureblood Order."

"After the pure-blood era ended and multiple eras passed, we have now entered the modern magic era. This Infinite Mountain has lost its former significance, but by chance, it has become the most prosperous launch site for aircraft leaving the wizarding land in Yunze Wetland."

"They have signed agreements with almost the entire Yunze Wetland Wizarding University, allowing their students and wizarding instructors to also enter the 'Gates of Hell' of Xiaotao Mountain and climb to the summit of this Infinite Mountain."

Locke nodded slightly. He could see that there were many other wizards on the mountaintop besides them, and many of them were not wizards from Golden Crown Mountain at all.

The wizards who came here rarely looked at others; they were all focused on doing their own thing.

Locke looked down at the Infinite Mountain beneath his feet. In his tiger eyes, the Infinite Mountain appeared to contain many different kinds of imaginary roots, intertwined in a spiral.

'The imaginary root can actually achieve this.'

Locke exclaimed that botany was truly vast and profound, and that he had only grasped the tip of the iceberg.

After exchanging a few words with Trajan, the wizard Yuri left.

Trajan the Wizard then said to Valerie Quinn the Witch, "Drink the Potion of Stabilizing Spirit."

Valerie Quinn nodded immediately, took out a potion from her astral ring, and drank it. Instantly, a thin film appeared on her skin.

Steady Spirit Robe.

Under the influence of the Spirit Stabilizing Potion, a special stable spiritual layer will form on the surface of the soul, which is the Spirit Stabilizing Garment.

The wizard Trajan took out two bottles of first-level Spirit Stabilizing Potions, handed one of them to Locke, and said, "Junior brother, this is your first time entering the void, you don't know about this."

"Any living being must drink this potion before entering the void, or its life will be in danger."

When Locke saw the potion Trajan handed him, he immediately said, "Brother Trajan, have you forgotten that I am also a potion master?"

Trajan the wizard suddenly realized.

“Indeed. There aren’t many potion masters on Golden Crown Mountain. I’d forgotten you were one too. It seems I was overthinking it; you already knew about the Spirit Stabilizing Potion.”

Locke took out two bottles of second-level Spirit Stabilizing Potion.

"These are two bottles of spirit-stabilizing potions I recently concocted. If you trust my skills, senior brother, you can test their effects for me."

Trajan blinked, glanced at Locke with some disbelief, and without saying anything, took the potion from Locke's hand, opened the birchwood cork, held it to his nose, smelled it, and then observed the flow of dimensional power inside the potion.

With the Sun Ring Wizard's powerful eyesight, he focused intently and indeed saw that special, dazzling spiritual light flash briefly within the potion.

The reason Crimson Vampire Stone hasn't been banned by the White Wizarding Association is because its spiritual properties are essential for crafting Spirit Stabilizing Potions. Otherwise, given its questionable history, it would have been banned by the White Wizarding Association long ago.

The White Wizarding Guild is a product of the Enlightenment, while the Crimson Vampire Stone was a tool used by despotic wizarding monarchs, or wizarding lords, to enslave commoner wizards during the era of absolute monarchy.

Trajan drank it down, and at the same time, Locke opened his Tiger Eye to observe the effects of the second-circle Spirit Stabilizer.

Unlike drinking a regular first-level potion, streams of dimensional power converged on him, condensing into a [Rank] on his body. As a result, a stabilizing membrane appeared on the surface of his soul and body.

Both are spirit-stabilizing potions, but after taking a first-level spirit-stabilizing potion, the resulting spirit-stabilizing membrane is like clothing for the soul, so it is just a spirit-stabilizing garment; while after taking a second-level spirit-stabilizing potion, a special membrane forms on the surface of the wizard's soul.

One is a temporary effect produced by drinking the potion, and the other is a special ability resulting from drinking the potion, which granted him a special "rank".

In other words, the second-circle potion, after being consumed by Trajan, did not produce its specific effects through the interaction of its natural magical components.

Instead, it was through the bestowal of a title that some of Trajan's superficial spirituality was altered, thereby granting him a certain extraordinary ability.

A person is the sum of past spirituality, present spirituality, and how spirituality will develop in the future.

Second-circle potions involve this step, which means that second-circle potionology touches on the hidden true nature of things. It can use potionology to grant something a special "rank" and thus obtain corresponding abilities.

Locke observed the effects of the second-circle Spirit Stabilizer. In essence, his own second-circle Spirit Stabilizer had already made some modifications to Turalyon's soul.

Although it's just the outermost layer, a less important part.

This means that for second-circle wizards, the crucial core that was previously unchangeable—the soul—has become modifiable and adjustable.

The wizard Trajan said, "A bottle of second-circle potion costs about 200 to 300 million magic stones. I haven't been able to bring myself to buy one."

"Although the Spirit Stabilizer is the cheapest second-level potion, it still costs 100 million magic stones per bottle."

"Normally, I mostly use first-level spirit-stabilizing potions when I explore the void. I didn't expect to get a second-level spirit-stabilizing potion from you, junior brother."

Locke nodded.

Second-ring potions are indeed very expensive.

This is mainly due to several factors. Firstly, the cost of a second-level magic potion is not low; it costs around 500,000 to refine a single Spirit Stabilizing Magic Potion.

Secondly, the number of second-ring potion masters is already relatively small.

The talent, time, and resources required for a wizard to become a second-circle potion master are unimaginable.

The third point is that refining second-level potions is a very tiring task.

Leaving aside the effort involved.

The main problem is that it will deplete your perception of Ling Hong.

'Ling Hong's perception is something very special; it's neither energy, nor information, nor even physical strength, but rather an indescribable attribute originating from the depths of his soul.'

Potions masters, through studying spiritual arts, perceive the hidden true nature of things and understand the inherent characteristics of all things, thus ushering in the second peak of potions studies.

However, recognizing Ling Hong and refining potions through ritualistic actions require consuming one's perception of Ling Hong.

Locke can only refine two second-ring potions about once a month. Otherwise, if he refines too many, he will exhaust his special senses. Even if he knows which ritual actions are converted, he will not be able to accurately perform those actions because he loses his specific perception of Ling Hong.

That is, following Ling Hong's trajectory, one performs ritualistic actions to refine a second-ring magic potion.

Most second-ring potion makers shouldn't be as bad as me, or as ridiculously bad. They should only be able to brew two-ring potions five or six times a month, but I'm different.

He had taken the wrong path, getting on the bus first and buying the ticket later, so his soul's perception of Ling Hong was probably among the lowest of all wizards capable of concocting second-circle potions.

However, it's not a big problem, because Locke discovered that not only can learning Spiritual Science increase one's perception of Spirituality, but successfully refining a second-level magic potion can also increase one's perception of Spirituality.

Therefore, getting on the bus first and then buying the ticket later allows one to increase their spiritual wealth as quickly as possible.

Locke drank the Spirit Stabilizing Potion in his hand, and the next moment, he also felt the power from the plane gathering towards his soul, forming a special Spirit Stabilizing Membrane on the surface of his soul.

'Using a second-circle potion, simply put, grants me a special ability.'

An idea kept popping into Locke's mind.

"The teacher said that she understood the power system of the Star Ring stage as a hierarchical system."

'If a second-circle potion can imbue something with a special status, altering its spiritual expression to grant the user a unique ability.'

'Doesn't that mean I can use potion-making to create a hierarchy and then complete a power system?'

'My ecosystem is mostly composed of plants, which have little intelligence and are incapable of learning power systems. But if I could utilize potion-making to establish a hierarchy, wouldn't that be equivalent to creating a power system that reduces energy dissipation?'

Locke was stunned for a moment.

Trajan the Wizard looked at Locke and patted him on the shoulder.

"Alright, junior brother, I didn't expect you to be a second-ring potion master."

"From now on, if my senior brother and all my friends need spirit-stabilizing potions, won't they just ask you for them? We can just pay the cost price, right?"

"Second-circle wizards are prone to soul wear and tear during battles. I estimate that the stabilizing membrane on my soul will be worn away in a few years."

Locke immediately felt a headache coming on and quickly explained that he could only refine a small number of potions each year and that he was not yet a second-circle potion master.

Otherwise, this would be a big problem.

If my senior brother comes to me for help in the future and I don't help him, people will think I'm not loyal.

Trajan the wizard fell into deep thought.

"I see. I don't have any expert-level potion-making friends. I do know a few first-ring potion-making masters, and I thought they were like first-ring potion-making masters, able to concoct a potion with ease. It turns out that it requires something—a special perception of Ling Hong. That's quite peculiar."

"Junior brother, you are probably the only one in our sect who can become a second-ring potion master."

"Under normal circumstances, it is rare for a second-circle potion master to come from a lineage or wizarding academy that does not allocate any resources to potion studies."

"You're a non-potionist alchemist. That's not easy."

"If we take that into account, since you're not from the Potions Department, then you're a potion master with no degree of skill or knowledge."

Trajan laughed heartily and then activated the Peach Boat.

"Alright. Once you're a bit more skilled, I can ask you to help me refine any magical potions I need."

Locke raised an eyebrow, wondering why he had this feeling that he was the hope of the entire village.
(End of this chapter)