Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 840 The Relationship Between Wildness and Special Imaginary Roots!

"Hmm? Isn't one Zero Potion enough?"

Locke was slightly surprised. He directly used the Moon Cultivation Method to inject a second stream of moonlight, while two enchanted blades, one silver and one gold, continued to rotate around the magical plant to fine-tune the ancestral factors within it.

As the second potion of zero entered the magical plant, Locke could sense a blank spiritual energy automatically filling the missing plant essence, just like a broken porcelain bowl being supplemented with other materials, which ensured the magical plant could survive.

But as time passed, the two doses of Zero Potion were still not enough to sustain the magical plant, so Locke could only frown and add a third dose of Zero Potion.

At the same time, he sensed something, cut off a fictitious root from the Golden Peach Tree, and used the grafting cultivation method to graft it onto this unknown magical plant.

An ancient aura, seemingly emanating from the wilderness, rose up.

Locke even discovered that the imaginary root grafted onto this unknown magical plant had undergone a special change, seemingly transforming into some kind of special imaginary root.

Despite the injection of three Zero Elixir potions, it seems that the large amount of energy required to induce the mutation in the Imaginary Root, along with the corresponding loss of plant essence, means that the three Zero Elixir potions are still insufficient.

Locke was somewhat surprised. Normally, evolving a second-ring magic plant only requires one dose of zero potion, but this second-ring magic plant actually requires so many zero potions.

This indicates that Haijinsha's ancestors were extraordinary, not only second-ring demonic plants, but also extremely special.

Locke had a total of eight Zero Potions. Five of them were used on a pair of Bloodwave Pineapple Wizard Shoes, a second-ring Sea Gold Sand, and a large Glazed Winter Green Plum. One was used on the Super Jaeger Dream Flower.

The remaining half is needed to maintain the treants within his own lunar realm.

Once extracted, its own ecosystem will collapse by more than half, so it cannot be touched.

At this moment, in order to demonstrate his atavism to the two Star Ring and Moon Ring wizards of Little Rest Mountain, he thought for a moment and realized that the only thing he could move was the two Blood Wave Pineapple Wizard Shoes.

Because of the Super Jaeger Dream Flower, all that is needed is a Bloodwave Pineapple located between the second and first rings, grafted onto a Shadow Fern using the approach grafting method, which is roughly equivalent to a pair of second-ring wizard shoes.

Therefore, I had already obtained a large number of fertile seeds from these two magical plants through the cultivation method and the method of downgrading breeding.

It consumed a certain amount of resources.

Therefore, at this point, whether or not to keep these two second-ring magical plants (Wizard Shoes) is not a big deal.

Locke directly extracted two portions of the Zero Potion and injected them into the unknown magical plant. In front of the three of them, the magical plant emitted an ancient aura.

Locke saw that the imaginary root had clearly become a special kind of imaginary root, covered with scales that looked like the scales of a giant dragon, which, together with the aerial roots of this fern-like magical plant, formed a pair of dragon claws.

Two imaginary roots transformed into one claw of the dragon, and six air-generating roots transformed into the remaining three claws of the two dragon claws.

At the same time, this magical plant resembles a long, divine dragon. The leafless climbing stems of the fern have become incredibly thick, and two tendrils appear at the top, like dragon horns, with fern leaves only on the tendrils.

The overall shape resembles a pale green dragon, with plant roots serving as the dragon's claws, leafless climbing stems of naked ferns as the dragon's body, and tendrils as the dragon's horns.

What the three of them noticed was that when the special imaginary root of this magical plant was inserted into the imaginary sea, it actually extracted a faint but definitely present energy from it.

Locke was jolted, because he had sensed this strange energy before.

This wasn't the first time I'd seen it.

The first time I saw it was in the Forbidden Forest, when I saw the Talking Tree Man fighting against Jugglus Juggler. The Talking Tree Man possessed that special energy.

Later, he used archaeological magic to summon it with that special energy and simulated it with a negative energy particle field, but it was not true that he had ever truly possessed that strange energy.

Nevertheless, he was still able to use this power to stump a large group of second-circle wizard breeders at the Rose Academy.

And now, I finally know how this energy comes about.

[Wild Energy] – It turns out to be a special kind of spiritual energy!

Locke instantly understood what had happened.

'I used atavism and unintentionally obtained an ancient magical plant. This plant is a naked fern, an extremely ancient magical plant, usually found only as specimens in botany. Or perhaps it originated on the land of an early, emerging colony.'

"I once thought about developing ancient magical plants, but I never expected that in the process of forging great magic, I would actually revive an ancient plant. Of course, this magical plant should not be a real ancient magical plant, but only a key plant factor of some ancient magical plant that I have revived."

"But that means that if I can use archaeological models to archaeologically study ancient plant prototypes, and combine that with my atavistic evolution cultivation method, I can further improve the accuracy of atavistic evolution."

"Although atavism is not a unique research direction, not many people are taking this path."

Locke figured out what this strange energy, the [Wild Energy] surge, really was.

It turns out that by combining special imaginary roots with fishing for the imaginary sea, one can obtain strange energy.

It seems that there must be many special imaginary roots in the Forbidden Forest.

The Wizarding Land of [Tianya Haijiao] will likely also have many special imaginary roots, as it is known for possessing many strange energies.

Locke looked thoughtful.

'I'd been trying to find information about these strange energies, but I couldn't find anything. I never expected to find the answer myself now.'

Although Locke was shocked, his expression remained calm, as if everything that had happened was under his control.

Moreover, the tracing of the origins of the atavistic evolution of sea hyacinth is not actually very good.

If I had enough resources to start a project, I should be able to make my atavism even more thorough.

'Ms. Sofia, thank you so much. This project you gave me is truly a powerful tool.'

Locke finally understood why the Sophia Witch had advanced so quickly.

This project she created specifically for herself has actually brought her great benefits.

They themselves have no idea what kind of tricks they might play with atavism in the future.

Although it will require a lot of resources.

Thinking back, the Lesser Emerald Potion recipe that Sophia the Witch gave me back then inspired me a lot in potion-making.

A teacher's brilliant ideas can often open up a new situation and bring substantial subsequent benefits.

At this moment, the wizard Maupassant looked at the reverted Lygodium japonicum plant.

“I had only seen specimens before, but this is indeed very similar to the Psilophytum comosum. All known Psilophytum comosum var. comosum are specimens.”

Locke looked at the wizard Maupassant with surprise and said, "Aren't there any colonial worlds? Shouldn't there be some in the early stages of colonial development?"

Maupassant smiled at Locke; in his eyes, Locke was now a complete and utter genius breeder.

seeing is believing.

Maupassant said, "The naked fern currently only appears in the wizarding world. The naked fern magical plant once created many unique energies and substances for the wizarding world. But later, due to the passage of time and changes in the environment, the naked fern collectively died out, and now only specimens can be seen."

"There are relatively few whole specimens of naked ferns; there are only some scattered specimens."

Maupassant said, "This should be the legendary Naked Fern of the Mountain Dragon. I never expected that such an ordinary magical plant as Sea Gold Sand could support the Naked Fern of the Mountain Dragon. Wait, some people have indeed suspected that the Naked Fern of the Mountain Dragon is a kind of golden magical plant. If that's the case, then the ancient Sea Gold Sand might indeed have an evolutionary relationship with the Naked Fern of the Mountain Dragon!"

"Why didn't I think of that when I was young?"

"Congratulations, Locke, you're almost ready to publish another article in the Second Ring Road, Second District journal."

"It's a pity that the 'Gymnocypris chinensis' isn't as important as the 'Gymnocypris chinensis', so it's hard to get a whole zone."

Locke looked at the wizard Maupassant in surprise, then suddenly realized that the wizard was communicating with him through video, and could only be seen with the naked eye. His perception was restricted, so he did not notice the existence of the strange energy.

If he had realized it, he wouldn't have thought that this accidental discovery could only be posted in Zone 2.

This accidental discovery, like finding something for nothing, is actually easier to find in the Second Ring Road Area 1 than with Golden Ear Wheat.

Because the [Wild Surge] energy was discovered, and its origin was found.

The Naked Fern of the Mountain Dragon has certainly created many unique energies in the Wizarding World, such as this special aura fished from the Imaginary Sea—Wild Surge.

and many more.

Locke pondered, "The wizarding world was once covered with naked ferns. If there were many naked ferns like the Mountain Dragon back then, could it mean that wildness once surged like air, permeating the entire wizarding world?"

But the surge of wildness would disrupt the stability of spell models, which would mean that the wizarding world at that time was simply not suitable for the development of magical civilization, or even the effective development of any civilization.
What kind of world will that surging, wild energy that engulfs the entire globe create?
Locke did not stop at his discovery. Instead, he continued to think deeply and began to hypothesize what would happen if the whole world were filled with wild energy.
'Precision energy systems that can be transferred to others would have been destroyed and could not be invented in the ancient times when wild energy permeated the land. Since wild energy can enhance individual strength, would that lead to a large number of super-individuals relying on their own power?'

These super-individuals enhance their power through instinct, but are unable to pass it down or communicate with each other? The entire world existed in a primordial, ancient era.

Locke imagined that era, and according to the naming conventions of the wizarding world, it seemed that it could be called the Ancient Era.

Did such an ancient era exist?

But all of this assumes that the Naked Fern or similar magical plants once existed in large numbers in the Wizarding World.

In fact, for some unknown reason, very few specimens of the naked fern exist today.

The generally accepted view in the wizarding world is that it was not that the number of psilocybin was once very small, but rather that, for some reason, a wizarding civilization of a certain era extensively exploited the energy converted from psilocybin fossils, thus destroying a considerable number of psilocybin specimens.

This has prevented wizards in the modern magical age from studying them.

Of course, since the current Naked Fern of the Mountain Dragon is not the real Naked Fern of the past, but a variant of the Sea Gold Sand that has been regressed to its ancestral form, Locke cannot be sure whether the real Naked Fern of the past had fished out the Imaginary Sea and obtained the special power of the strange energy [Wild Surge].

All of this could also be the new abilities that Haijinsha developed during its atavistic evolution and mutation.

Maupassant examined the naked fern.

"That's right, the shape is like a rock dragon, elegant and majestic, with leafless climbing stems that are no longer seen in modern magical plants, as well as these aerial roots and pseudo-roots, and these imaginary roots covered with scales. This seems to be an early type of imaginary root, right?"

"My God, this really is an ancient plant." "Hmm? No, it should be described as a modern magical plant with the style of an ancient plant."

Locke nodded slightly.

This is because it is merely a reversion to the ancestral form of Lygodium japonicum, not a direct transformation of a Lygodium japonicum plant into a true Naked Fern.

So this is actually a modern magical plant, because naked ferns do not have true roots, while this mutated Lygodium japonicum magical plant does have true roots.

Maupassant's eyes flickered. He hadn't expected that Locke hadn't just reverted to the golden foxtail grass, but had established a complete set of atavistic evolutionary mechanisms.

In front of him, a direct ancestor of Lygodium japonicum was discovered, proving the evolutionary relationship between Lygodium japonicum and Lycopodium clavatum.

He thought of even more. With such abilities, Locke could easily make a fortune in Zone 2 just by proving the evolutionary relationship between some magical plants and early magical plants.

Maupassant sighed inwardly.

How come Mount Jinmian has such a talented person, while Mount Xiaoxi doesn't have such a second-circle wizard?

Mount Golden Crown is teeming with talent. One Zeno breeder is not enough, and now, at the ordinary second-circle wizard stage, there is even a Locke Augustine.

Does this mean that all the benefits in the world will be taken by Golden Crown Mountain?

However, Maupassant soon cheered up.

Not all the benefits were taken by Golden Crown Mountain.

Because Locke is going to participate in the Little Rest Cup.

He must immediately tie Locke to Xiaoxi Cup's chariot!
Maupassant looked at Locke, and under the surprised gaze of Nickrus, said, "Alright. We will list your Golden Wheat as the champion of the 5th Small Breath Cup ahead of schedule. As a champion's reward, you will have the right to soak in the Fountain of Life once, or exchange it for the corresponding life essence for soaking in the Fountain of Life once."

"It's up to you, Locke, to choose."

"Our beloved champion of the 5th Xiaoxi Cup."

Wizard Nicklus blinked, because Wizard Maupassant had told him before that they couldn't break the rules of the Little Rest Cup for the sake of a few geniuses, lest outsiders laugh at them for having no foundation and forcibly giving away any genius they met.

As a result, Director Maupassant has now directly agreed to award the Little Rest Cup championship to Locke six months ahead of schedule.

He blinked and looked at the Naked Fern of the Mountain Dragon with surprise again.

Locke's second atavism and evolution of a magical plant in front of them was truly astonishing...

It seems the director is betting that Locke will soon rise to fame at the ordinary second-ring wizard stage, just as he did at the crystallized wizard stage.

Locke said to Director Maupassant, "Thank you for your understanding, Director Maupassant."

Maupassant smiled with delight.

So what do you want?

Locke said, "I want the life force."

Director Maupassant said, "Alright. I will send someone to deliver the Life Essence to you as soon as possible. Remember, it is a very high-level essence, so be very careful to preserve it and try not to show it to others. The Life Essence is a fatal temptation for every breeder."

“Don’t show off your wealth.”

Locke nodded.

He remembered that the life essence was one of the best resources for cultivating the ancient tree of life.

That's why he asked for the life essence.

I've heard that soaking in the Fountain of Life only restores all of a wizard's hidden injuries, but I don't need that right now.

Of course, for many wizards in need, it is indeed an effect that is highly sought after.

Maupassant said to Locke, "Then please submit your project application as soon as possible. We will approve it immediately, announce the winners, and award you a medal and prize. In addition, our competition does not prohibit the publication of articles by participating projects. You can write related articles together and submit them to journals."

"Locke, our fifth annual Xiaoxi Cup champion, it was a pleasure to talk to you today."

Locke bowed to the Moon Ring Wizard and nodded to the wizard Nickrus. Then, the wizard Maupassant greeted Nickrus and Locke, and they ended the video call.

Locke looked at the mutated sea gold sand in front of him, and only then did the calm expression on his face disappear, showing considerable surprise.

"I never imagined that Haijinsha's ancestors were so wealthy; it's actually a second-ring magical plant."

"A type of naked fern."

"Disrespect, disrespect."

Locke noticed that the edges of the leaves of the *Gymnocypris chinensis* were beginning to curl up, and the edges of the roots were turning slightly black.

"Could the naked fern, *Gymnocypris chinensis*, not survive in this era?"

"But this isn't a true *Gymnocypris chinensis*."

Locke observed the dimensional forces and discovered that some special dimensional forces were harming the magical plant. However, these dimensional forces were too chaotic, so he could not identify which type of dimensional force it was for the time being.

However, the Naked Fern of the Overmountain Dragon uses its special dragon scales to fish out wild surging spiritual energy, which it then applies to its body, seemingly shielding it from that special dimensional power.

Locke pondered, "It's probably not a single dimensional force that's harming the Mountain Dragon Naked Fern, but rather a combination of multiple dimensional forces. To put it bluntly, the Wizarding World doesn't want this type of fern to reappear on a large scale in the Wizarding World, so this magical plant can no longer exist and reproduce on a large scale in the wild without leaving the laboratory."

If there are too many of these magical plants, the wizarding world will easily be filled with surging wild energy again.

The Wizarding World clearly no longer needs it.

Just like a scumbag, the naked fern may have been a beloved magical plant, but now it is discarded like trash.

The influence of spiritual energy on the world is far greater than I imagined.

The discovery I made today has made me realize that spiritual energy has influenced the evolution and development of the world in the past, and still does today.

No wonder breeders were able to find the path of second-circle breeding by studying spiritual energy.

Locke tidied up the entire laboratory. The negotiations with Xiaoxi Mountain had been very successful, and he had basically won the Xiaoxi Cup.

And unexpectedly, a new discovery was made.

He placed the *Gymnocypris chinensis* in his demiplane and found that the fern was fine and no longer exhibited chronic withering.

This indicates that the demiplane does not possess the dimensional power to cause the mass extinction of naked ferns.

At this point, he tidied himself up and then contacted the Mason Witch, asking her to come and handle the aftermath.

Mason Witch said to Locke, "Team Leader Locke, the Dragonblood Society Club is going to extend a special invitation to you. We are Dragonblood Wizards, and you are a highly trusted student of Teacher Ekaterina, as well as a genius of Golden Crown Mountain. The club attaches great importance to your arrival."

"The time is the day after tomorrow, and the location is..."

Locke nodded and said, "Yes, I understand."

"By the way, Mason, do you know where Douglas is right now? I need to talk to him about something."

Mason Witch gave a strange look; she didn't know why Locke wanted to find such a minor crystallization wizard.

She shrugged at Locke and said, "I don't know either, team leader."

"That person used to keep asking me about you. But you were so busy, so I just gave him perfunctory answers. Later, he went to curry favor with another wizard."

Locke asked in confusion, "Who?"

Mason Witch said, "It seems to be called something like Brandy Wizard."

Locke frowned.

Why would that guy Douglas go and provoke the Brandy Wizard?
Is that someone he can afford to mess with?
That bird is really cunning.

She had only met him once before, but he spread rumors everywhere that she had no feelings for him, making Antoine half-believing and half-doubting.

Locke said to Mason Witch, "Mason, do me a favor. Go to Group Three and call Douglas back."

He was entrusted by his teacher to monitor this guy and investigate the identity of the ancient soul within him.

Moreover, Locke considered an even worse scenario.

'That Brandy guy probably wouldn't do anything without some benefit. Under normal circumstances, Douglas shouldn't be able to curry favor with him. So, there's only one possibility for him keeping Douglas by his side.'

'This guy also noticed Douglas's problem. That's understandable, considering he's a second-ring wizard. He can see dimensional power directly with his naked eye. Douglas, an ordinary first-ring wizard, doesn't have that kind of insight; even with the help of an ancient soul, he'd probably be seen through at a glance.'

High-ring wizards possess a perspective that far surpasses that of low-ring wizards; this is not only due to their experience, knowledge, and wisdom, but also their means of perceiving the world.

Second-circle wizards can directly observe dimensional power with the naked eye.

It was easy to detect the ancient soul within him through the anomaly of the dimensional power.

Locke's expression changed slightly, because the Brandy Wizard's personality might mean he had some designs on Douglas, and his teacher wanted him to investigate the identity of that ancient soul without revealing his own.

If the brandy wizard were to act rashly and kill the ancient soul, or allow it to escape, then things would be disastrous.

Locke said, "Forget it, I'll go to Group Three myself."

(End of this chapter)