Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 825 The Exploration of Dimensions Begins, Encoding the Void Cube and the Eye of Truth!
Locke gave a few more instructions to Mason Witch and the others, and obtained the contact information left by Droma Witch from them. Then he added her as a friend on Lingzhi Magic Plant.

Locke continued to boil some yellow-skinned mushrooms in the crucible to expel the yellow-skinned mushroom toxins, then repeated the previous operation and began to revert to the ancestral evolution of the green foxtail grass again.

This time, the green foxtail grass fell victim to the sixth soaking and dilution of the yellow-skinned mushroom extract, resulting in a reversion to its ancestral form.

“There is a special energy that is destroying my atavistic evolution.”

Locke pondered, "This has turned what was originally a simple collection of experience data into a difficult challenge. Destroying that special energy is actually quite simple. I used the archaeological spell model historical reenactment to force out that undead energy. As long as I can kill that mutated dragon in the historical reenactment, I can eliminate this special energy."

Locke looked at the withered and dead green foxtail grass in front of him. "The best dilution ratio for yellow-skinned mushroom extract should be 1:7, with yellow-skinned mushroom extract and white aloe vera."

"Take down that mutant dragon? That's a Sun-level being."

Locke fell into deep thought.

"No. That's not right. It's not a Sun Ring-level existence, but rather a manifestation of a Sun Ring-level true dragon within a historical reenactment spell model."

"If the opponent were a Sun Ring level undead, I could easily deal with it within the Historical Recreation spell model. As long as I set up anti-undead magic, I could easily suppress undead creatures. But the problem is that it's a Sun Ring level dragon. I don't have anything that can counter dragon power."

"Therefore, this has become an insurmountable obstacle. The only way is to undergo atavistic evolution through the golden foxtail grass."

Locke remained calm.

"No rush. Stay calm. First, we need to determine why the green foxtail grass turned into golden foxtail grass later. Yunze Wetland has done too little research on this."

Locke thought for a moment, then asked the Celtic team leader on the water hyacinth system if he knew any breeders who specialized in foxtail grass.

The Celtic team leader replied to his message.

"Then we'll have to search carefully in the border region between darkness and light. The border region between darkness and light is now just a few big and small places, it has long since declined, so we only need to keep an eye on the Golden Dynasty Wizarding University."

The Celtic team leader's words were a wake-up call.

After thanking him, Locke pondered, "I can investigate which wizards on the border between the Dark and the Bright have expertise in this area, and then try to access their information. If I can't access it, I'll write to him and ask him directly."

"I just don't know what the academic atmosphere is like in the Wizarding Land, the border between the Dark and the Bright, and I don't know if they will answer me."

Locke walked to another acre of magic field, which was full of half-finished wizard shoes made of Bloodwave Pineapple, or rather, Bloodwave Pineapple without imaginary roots.

Locke used a growth-accelerating technique to catalyze the growth of these magical plants, and then used the blooming and withering of flowers to obtain a bunch of magical plant seeds from them.

Because they don't require imaginary roots, these semi-finished products of the Blood Wave Pineapple are essentially just a bunch of large-sized first-ring magic plants.

The act of sacrificing these mature magical plants by using the blooming and withering of flowers to obtain magical plant seeds not only doesn't require much of my effort, but also doesn't require much of my resources.

Soon, one hundred seeds were in his hands.

As agreed, Locke met Scarlett the Witch in the Witch's Kitchen at the Dragonblood Gathering on Mount Golden Crown, and handed her a hundred seeds of the Great Bloodwave Pineapple in a fist-sized cloth bag.

Locke reminded Scarlett the witch, "There's a problem. These magical plants are different from the previous ones. Once they grow into seedlings, they need to undergo another grafting cultivation method, and then continue to be bred and grown according to the normal process. Only in this way can they become fully-fledged second-ring magical plants."

Scarlett the Witch frowned. “I have many high-elf breeders with special racial talents; they should know how to do this. But…”

Locke handed her a bottle filled with the fragrance of the Super Jaeger Dream Flower.

"This is the key to accessing the shared imaginary root system that I have researched. It already contains my magical power and has been given the power of a fleeting dream."

"As soon as the lid is opened, a fragrance of flowers will waft out. Then your breeders can enter the dream space of this shared imaginary root system. All they need to do in that dream space is to graft my pineapple seedlings onto a Time Shadow Fern."

"The approach grafting method is just a slightly more advanced grafting and cultivation method, and it is not too difficult."

"Also, these are some documents. I've already compiled a list, you can just show them to them."

Scarlett the witch, only half understanding what Locke was saying, took the documents and a bottle of Jaeger's Dream Flower fragrance from him.

Shared imaginary root system...

Dreams are coming together...

Each one sounded like a genius idea.

Scarlett the Witch said, "Wouldn't that mean all the pure magic plant wizard shoes in the future could be grafted onto the shared virtual imaginary root system you designed using this method?"

"Then our costs will indeed become very low."

Scarlett the Witch said, "I see that we've already pre-sold over 90 pairs of wizard shoes, and we'll probably sell a hundred pairs soon. Wizard shoes of decent quality at such a low price are indeed rare these days. Many wizards, especially those who need to go to the void, have a strong need for wizard shoes. In the past, they could make do with all sorts of odds and ends, but now with us, Augustus, they have a much better option."

Locke nodded.

"The Bloodwave Wizard Shoes are just the basic model. I will use them as a starting point to design something better."

"Alright, Scarlett the Witch, that's all for today. I'll transfer the 45 million to you. If you have any questions, feel free to come and talk to me. Remember, this is the first business our Augustus Wizard Shoes is doing in the Second Ring Wizard Shoe Market; we can't afford any mistakes."

Scarlett the witch bowed to Locke and said, "Of course, Lord Locke. I will oversee every step of the process, and I have specifically applied to travel to the Great World of the High Elves for this purpose."

"Only in this way can we all feel at ease."

"Making the Augustus Wizard Shoes a success is in our mutual interest. By the way, do you have any concrete ideas for your second set of second-circle wizard shoes?"

Locke didn't have any particular thoughts at first, but for some reason, he suddenly remembered the golden magic that the mutated dragon had cast in the historical reenactment spell model: Sephiroth's Grip.

That powerful, ring-shaped spell that reversed everything left a deep impression on me.

Moreover, I seem to have gained a lot of inspiration from it, which suddenly came to mind at this moment.

Locke said, "Hmm, I'm getting some ideas. The second pair of wizard shoes might be related to golden magic."

Scarlett the witch was taken aback, seemingly not expecting that Locke's second pair of second-ring wizard shoes was related to golden magic.

She took out a small notebook and wrote it down with a magic quill.

“Okay. Recently, some reporters from newspapers have come to interview me, and I will reveal a little bit about your plans. Of course, just a little bit, just to whet the appetite of certain people.”

Scarlett the Witch looked at Locke and said, "Lord Locke, you're already a fairly well-known wizard shoe designer. And the strangest wizard shoe designer at that." Locke nodded slightly. "Alright, I have other appointments today, so I'll stop here for now."

Locke left the Witch's Kitchen and went directly to the Dimensional Conquest Service shop in Dragonblood Market.

This is a shop called "Otherworldly Peach Garden".

Locke went inside, and the shopkeeper, a second-circle wizard wearing a felt hat, glanced at Locke. "What services do you need? Do you need to rent a void-flying vehicle, or purchase a flight path? Oh, by the way, would you like to participate in the lottery?"

"You can enter the lucky draw as long as you make a purchase at our store."

The second-circle wizard took out a cardboard box. "It's full of slips of paper. You can draw one at random."

Locke asked, "What can be extracted?"

The second-ring wizard said, "There are many. The most valuable prizes are the void coordinates of some small planes or comet planes."

“There are also some special void services.”

Locke shook his head.

"I'm planning a void exploration, so I'm here to buy the [Void Cube]."

The second-circle wizard's eyes lit up immediately.

"The Void Cube? That's a big business. You're looking to explore a medium-sized world, aren't you?"

“Such expensive equipment is not suitable for ordinary void exploration.”

The Void Cube is a disposable item; it costs five million magic stones to use it once.

This was mentioned in the void exploration materials that his senior brother, who had concealed his name, had given him earlier.

It's impossible for a wizard to simply obtain a plane's coordinates, assemble an exploration team, board a void flying vehicle, and fly directly there.

This is utter nonsense.

Void travel is extremely dangerous. Who knows if the coordinates are correct, who knows the current state of that plane, and who knows what level of civilization exists in that plane?

Therefore, it is necessary to purchase a Void Cube.

The Void Cube is a series of magical artifacts designed by alchemists among wizards. Its main function is to allow the Void Cube to fly to the target location in the void when the coordinates are input.

The Void Cube itself collects basic information about that plane, then returns and brings the information back to the wizard who sent the cube, allowing the wizard to understand the basic information about that world.

For a second-circle wizard, bringing back a small portion of the dimensional power of that world is enough to learn a great deal.

When sending a Void Cube, it can carry some items with it. Some wizards like to store certain spells within it beforehand, and then release those spells when the Void Cube falls into that world.

However, more and more white wizards are giving up this practice.

This is because it could potentially destroy the civilization in that region first, then deduct all of your own civilization credits, leading to a series of unnecessary economic losses.

Of course, as far as Locke knew, many dark wizards didn't mind at all. They would inject necromancy into the cube, let the cube carry the necromancy to that world first, create a necromantic catastrophe in advance, and create a descent array that could help the subsequent exploration team arrive.

The second-circle wizard's eyes lit up.

"What type of Void Cube do you need? There are many versions of Void Cubes. The most basic Void Cube is the Classic type, which costs five million Magic Stones."

"But there's also the Cassie Mill Void Cube, which can carry more magic. It can carry eight times the magical power, and each one costs twenty million magic stones."

The second-circle wizard turned around, took a magic box from the shop shelf, opened it, and found a green Rubik's Cube the size of a fingernail inside.

"This is the Daoze Void Cube. Each of these Void Cubes costs thirty million. At the moment of its fall, it can affect the local life forms, so that when we wizards explore that plane, a group of life forms that are closer to our wizarding world will appear."

"It's worth mentioning that these life forms may possess magical talent. You know what I mean."

Locke nodded.

"That's all good. I only need a basic Void Cube. And I remember your shop allows you to use it first and pay later."

The second-circle wizard's face immediately turned cold.

"Pay later? That's possible. However, you must settle the payment within thirty days, and it's a credit payment. So, I need to see your civilization credit points. If your civilization credit points are below 950, then it won't work."

"Also, this is the shop of the Red Dragon Throne."

"If you breach the contract later, you will know what it means to have nowhere to escape, whether in heaven or on earth."

Locke was stunned. He knew that there were many of his teachers' shops inside Dragonblood Market, but he didn't expect that the wizard behind this shop was also his teacher.

Locke coughed, chanted an incantation, and summoned the Eye of Truth.

The Eye of Truth displayed its civilization credit points.

After seeing the 1000 Civilization Credits, the second-ring wizard's expression improved considerably.

Because very few second-ring wizards can have such a perfect 1000 points.

This means that Locke is either a very trustworthy second-ring wizard or a wizard who is very good at maintaining his civilization credit points.

This at least proves that Locke wasn't a wizard who came here to freeload.

The second-ring wizard shopkeeper recorded Locke's Eye of Truth number, which was a unique number corresponding to the Eye of Truth summoned by each wizard.

A wizard can only have one such number in his lifetime.

He said, "That's fine. Sign an agreement, and you can take away a basic Void Cube. Remember to return it within thirty days. Otherwise, you will face serious penalties for breach of contract."

He looked at Locke with suspicion and emphasized again, "This is the Red Dragon Throne shop. Don't even think about looking for the Breaker of the Order. I've already memorized the corresponding Eye of Truth code for your Eye of Truth."

(End of this chapter)