Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 1016

Chapter 1006 I give my all in every class!

Inside Classroom Number One, Locke had two hundred potted magical plants collected from the banks of the Tianjiang River float in front of everyone, allowing the wizard apprentices to touch them.

“Every planting, every touch, is a communication between the magical plant and the wizard. I believe that before you understand the physiological structure of these magical plants and learn how to classify them, what you should do is to come to love these magical plants through contact.”

Many

of the wizard apprentices present looked bewildered.

For most wizard apprentices along the Tianjiang River, what determined their studies wasn’t what they liked, but rather what talents they possessed and what the formal wizards recommended they study.

Most of the wizard apprentices here were of mortal origin, with some coming from wizarding families, but no one had told them to like anything.

After all, for the wizards along the Tianjiang River, survival and having a skill seemed to be their primary needs.

Locke said, “You need to get to know these wetland magical plants and genuinely like them. Only then can you go further.” The gasification wizard teaching assistant immediately clapped.

The students sitting below also clapped, and the classroom erupted in applause.

Outside the classroom, some formal wizard instructors were eavesdropping in the corridor, but since open classes were, according to the rules, for wizard apprentices, they didn’t dare to come in.

Inside the classroom sat Elliot Academy Dean Starring Wizard and two other second-ring chief wizard instructors. The three of them were evaluating Locke’s first open class according to the rules. This was routine; for every formal wizard’s first open class, an academy leader would come to observe and evaluate it.

However, Locke didn’t know if his open class was special, because a dean and two chief wizard instructors had come. Outside the classroom corridor, an elderly liquefaction-stage breeder sighed repeatedly, “No wonder he’s a Grand Wizard of the Star Ring; just that title alone makes his classroom bustling with activity, and a single word from him can elicit thunderous applause. But when it comes to interests, the Grand Wizard of the Star Ring can talk about it, but the apprentices, including us… can only listen and forget about it.”

“Even we rarely embarked on this path out of pure interest,”

the old liquefaction-stage breeder murmured. “During my wizarding apprenticeship, I actually loved the spell models of the Evocation school. Unfortunately, when I took the test at the intermediate academy, I tested positive for wood-attribute particles, which is why I became a breeder. Actually, I prefer Evocation magic; I love those spells that sound like cannon fire.”

The old breeder of the Tide Wizarding Tower said nostalgically, “I still remember the first spell I learned was fire magic—Flame.” He chuckled softly.

“Heh heh… how can interests put food on the table?”

The other wizards nodded in agreement. On their path of growth and learning magic, they had long since distorted their interests due to pressure and their own abilities.

Such things were a luxury for most wizards.

An old liquefaction wizard specializing in water magic whispered, “The main difference is that the students along the Tianjiang River are different from those in Yunze Wetland. I remember that Yunze Wetland students receive tuition reductions from the academy; the better the student’s grades and the more prestigious the institution, the greater the reduction. But our students along the Tianjiang River have to pay all their tuition themselves. Everyone is working part-time while studying. A second-class wizard apprentice has to pay dozens of magic stones just to receive a single word of guidance from a wizard. They might have hundreds of magic stones in debt by their very first year.”

“If they can’t earn magic stones quickly, they’ll soon be eliminated.”

“They’ll become debt slaves and won’t even be able to attend school.”

“To put it bluntly, these students along the Tianjiang River are nothing more than rejected, defective products.”

After these words, many wizards fell silent.

All the formal wizards standing in the corridor knew this fact, because of the special contract between Yunze Wetland and the Star Domain Sea, a large number of geniuses from the Tianjiang River were selected to enter Yunze Wetland.

This process of selection, generation after generation, has resulted in the remaining wizards and apprentices along the Tianjiang River being all those who have been chosen. Everyone knows that those who remain here, in terms of talent, family background, and understanding, are inferior to the wizards of the higher-level wizarding lands.

Here, wizards, whether full-fledged or apprentices, are all striving for short-term gains. Job opportunities are limited because the wizarding society is underdeveloped. The largest sources of employment are teaching positions in the White Wizarding Association and various wizarding academies, lacking the opportunities offered by the developed shop alliances of the Yunze Wetlands or by wizarding gatherings.

An ordinary, first-ring old wizard sighed, “Teaching students to enjoy what they learn is good. But that’s just icing on the cake. For a great wizard, he can enjoy something and study it. But for most of us, enjoying such a luxury… is poison. I’ve seen too many wizards waste their time because of what they like, achieving nothing in the end. The right way is to learn a skill quickly, secure a place in the wizarding world, and then find a good job.”

Many wizards looked at Wizard Thaws, the young prodigy personally recruited by the academy who had previously been the most prominent among them. This second-ring wizard, only nearly a hundred years old, remained silent.

Many wizards bowed to him, wanting to ask for his opinion.

But Wizard Thaws remained completely silent.

Standing before his classroom, he gave a cold snort and flicked the sleeve of his wizard’s robe.

The first-ring wizard who had tried to stir up trouble immediately bowed to him. Although Wizard Thaws had been completely defeated in his competition with Locke, he was still a young second-ring wizard with considerable influence within the academy, and naturally didn’t need to give face to this formal wizard who wanted to stir up trouble.

Wizard Thaws originally intended to return to his classroom to begin the lesson.

He wasn’t very interested in Locke’s lecture.

After all, every second-ring wizard had their own path; only wizards below the second ring believed that listening to lectures and receiving a few techniques and experiences would truly teach them anything.

The problem was that none of his students were in his classroom at the moment, so Wizard Thaws could only stand in the corridor and listen to Locke’s lecture.

He remained expressionless, showing no emotional change.

The other formal wizards beside him automatically distanced themselves from this second-ring archmage, fearing he might be displeased and take his anger out on them.

After all, this archmage could easily deal with them.

Moreover, he was a senior wizard instructor, whose status and treatment in the Tide Wizarding Tower far surpassed theirs.

Inside Classroom Number 1, Locke continued introducing his Wetland Magic Plant course.

“I know many of you want to take this course, mainly for the positions in the White Wizarding Association’s [Environment Department], [Wetland Ecology Department], and [Forestry Department] along the Tianjiang River.” “

And also for the [Forest Ranger] positions outsourced by these three departments.”

Many of the wizard apprentices looked up at Locke, their eyes gleaming.

The general education courses available to them at the Tide Wizarding Tower are limited. The reason these people choose this course, besides receiving instruction from the Star Ring Archmage, is to gain the qualification to become a Ranger Wizard in the local White Wizarding Association. They certainly don’t aspire to official positions in the three departments—

that requires connections and competence—but most are still somewhat interested in the outsourced temporary worker status of Ranger Wizard. After all, obtaining this qualification would grant them an extra 30 magic stones per month.

The wetland ecosystems along the Tianjiang River are extremely important, as they relate to the magical seal of the Tianhan River. History has proven that the collapse of the ecosystem on both banks leads to the Tianhan River bursting its banks.

Therefore, many wizards here take this course hoping to acquire the necessary knowledge to become Ranger Wizards and pass the wizarding exam for temporary workers in the local White Wizarding Environment Department.

Many wizarding apprentices looked intently at Locke, feeling incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to attend the Grand Wizard of the Star Ring’s open course on wetland magical plants this year.

Wouldn’t this increase their prestige and make them more likely to obtain the position of Ranger Wizard?

Moreover, if they could gain some experience from the Grand Wizard of the Star Ring in this class, it would certainly be of great use to their future, perhaps even enabling them to perform better in their ranger duties.

Locke, hands behind his back, said, “While the wetland magic plant courses along the Tianjiang River are generally designed for forest rangers, focusing on plant morphology and basic ecology, it would be a waste of my talents to teach just that. I’m not going to teach you that.” “What

I’m going to teach you is knowledge that will elevate you to a higher level,”

Locke said, scanning the assembled wizard apprentices. “This is the path to truth. And I believe that although you are merely apprentices at the Tianjiang River Tide Grand Wizard Tower, you still have the right to pursue truth. Why? Because it’s a right that all wizards possess.” “If I were to assume you don’t need any advanced knowledge and simply brush you off, that wouldn’t be my style. So from today onward, I expect you to listen attentively.”

The teaching assistant paused for a moment, then led the class in a frenzied applause.

All the wizard apprentices present, whether they had reacted or not, joined in the applause.

Locke began, “Now let’s begin with the first lesson: the difference between wetland magical plants and ordinary magical plants. There are three main differences between wetland magical plants and ordinary magical plants: their natural magical structural components, secreted substances, energy-locking structures, and cellular organs. However, I believe the biggest difference lies in their ventilation and drainage systems. Because of the moist soil, solving the problems of respiration and drainage is crucial.” “

Therefore, when studying wetland magical plants, the first thing to look at is their respiratory and drainage systems.”

“For example, reed-type magical plants and cattail-type magical plants have hollow stems, allowing them to draw air to their roots like a straw.”

“Another example is the hollow petiole and lotus root of the lotus…”

Locke explained the differences between various magical plants in a simple and easy-to-understand way. Many of the wizarding apprentices present, after hearing Locke’s earlier words about being interested in magical plants and pursuing the truth, were somewhat worried that Locke’s explanations were too profound.

Locke, however, explained complex concepts in a simple and accessible way, demonstrating an astonishing understanding of magical plants. Therefore, every wizard, regardless of their level, benefited from the course.

However, whenever Locke discussed the energy-locking structure of a magical plant or its specific physiological principles, the wizard apprentices were completely bewildered and struggled to understand.

Furthermore, they weren’t particularly interested in these topics.

This was mainly because the local White Wizarding Association’s three divisions didn’t actually test on these things.

Therefore, at these points, they were both indifferent and genuinely couldn’t understand.

A first-class wizard apprentice with a magic pressure of 300 asked Margaret, a witch apprentice with a magic pressure of 800, about Locke’s explanation of the special intercellular plasmodesmata structure of the apprentice-level magical plant, the wetland corn.

He simply hadn’t understood it.

The witch Margaret whispered to him, “I don’t understand this part either. Archmage Augustine’s level is simply too high. I feel only our teacher could understand this. But I don’t think we need to force ourselves to understand everything. Understanding a portion of what the Archmage says is enough.” “

Besides, the Forest Rangers of the Three Departments don’t test on these things.”

“You’d better focus on the classification of magical plant morphology that the Archmage is discussing.”

Margaret’s eyes sparkled.

“The Archmage is indeed a Archmage; just a casual explanation of this topic clarified many things I couldn’t understand before.” “He even explains it better than my teacher, Master Arlan.”

At this moment, the three judges, including Dean Elliott, were also whispering and nodding in agreement.

The three second-ring wizards exchanged hushed conversations.

“Wizard Locke is so dedicated. He’s just lecturing these apprentices, yet he explains things so clearly and simply. These courses are sufficient even for first-ring wizards. What’s most remarkable is that he has categorized the difficulty level of each course. About 80% of the content is apprentice-level, 10% is first-ring level, and the remaining 10% is second-ring level.” “

This means that no matter what level of wizard he is, they can always benefit greatly from his courses. Even for first-ring wizards, it serves as a review and reinforcement. It’s truly rare.” “

And because he explains the knowledge of higher-ring wizards in a more subtle way, it’s only accessible to wizards who can understand it, so it won’t trigger cognitive dissonance syndrome.”

Dean Elliott nodded.

“Wizard Locke is truly teaching, not just going through the motions. He could easily cover up the basics of magical plant morphology with a simple explanation. But he’s presenting it in a clear, structured way, from apprentice to first-level to second-level, very systematically. These apprentices are truly fortunate.”

Locke then changed the subject, writing a line on the blackboard.

“But actually, the difference between wetland magical plants and ordinary magical plants, I believe, isn’t just in their energy-locking structure, cellular organs, and the composition of their secreted natural magical energy. There’s also a fourth area—vitality.”

“The vitality of wetland magical plants is different from that of ordinary magical plants.”

Locke turned around and saw eyes filled with confusion, like thousands of stars.

Locke smiled and said, “Wetland magical plants have their own vitality, and ordinary magical plants have their own vitality; the two will differ in their vitality.” “Don’t you understand?”

Now, not only the apprentices were confused, but even the formal wizards who had been auditing the class in the corridors were bewildered.

The old breeder in the liquefaction stage had been silent for a long time, because he had assumed Locke was explaining apprentice-level knowledge that he could easily understand, after all, he was a 400-year-old liquefaction wizard.

But the problem was, as soon as Locke started lecturing, two words popped into his mind: “Holy crap.”

In his eyes, what Locke was talking about was far from apprentice-level knowledge; much of it was so difficult that even he was sweating profusely, requiring complete concentration. He had even missed a few sentences earlier and had to ask other formal wizards in the corridor who were auditing the class for clarification. But now, he was completely bewildered.

He realized that he was starting to not understand what Locke was saying.

The old wizard whispered, “Vitality? What vitality? What is Grand Wizard Augustine talking about? I don’t understand. Is this fourth difference his personal interpretation? Does anyone know which book has it?”

Many first-ring wizards in the corridor were also full of doubt.

Because they couldn’t understand and couldn’t figure it out, they naturally wouldn’t be triggered with cognitive dissonance syndrome.

The old wizard murmured, “Is the Great Wizard still lecturing his apprentices? He’s lecturing all of us! At this moment, it’s not just the wizard apprentices in that classroom who are his students; we uninvited guests standing in the corridor are also his students.” “The Great Wizard truly lives up to his title; he speaks very well. However, is it necessary to impart such profound knowledge to these poor students?” Wizard Thales crossed his arms, his eyes shifting slightly.

A vaporization wizard chuckled softly, “These apprentices are really lucky. This level of course is probably the only one they’ll ever get in their lives. I can’t even imagine how much it would cost on the market. It could be an astronomical figure.” A

formal wizard from the Tide Grand Wizard Tower said, “After all, this is the head of the Silver Peach Garden, a Star Ring Grand Wizard with extraordinary abilities. Moreover, I don’t think there will be another Breeding Master along the Tianjiang River who would teach these things to students. Of course, for those students, passing the temporary Forest Ranger Wizard certification exam of the Three Departments is the only real goal now. Everything else is icing on the cake, not a lifeline. In that case, the Grand Wizard’s courses are probably of limited use to those students.”

The old Breeding Master at the liquefaction stage said, “It’s not the Grand Wizard’s problem, but that these students aren’t qualified. How could students of their level be qualified to understand this?”

“I think the Grand Wizard is used to teaching geniuses. He doesn’t realize that the students below aren’t the rising stars of Yunze Wetlands. But it’s actually a boon for us; these lessons have been quite enlightening. I even feel like an experiment I thought had no hope of doing can now be done.”

Inside Classroom Number 1,

Locke looked at the group of bewildered wizard apprentices below and took out a second-circle magical plant.

“As the saying goes, ‘Climb high and look far.’ Without high aspirations, one cannot go far. Although you are just apprentices, you will all pursue the truth in the future, so it’s good to broaden your horizons now.”

“This is wetland corn. Its roots shouldn’t grow in water, but I found a special vitality in its roots.” The wizard apprentices below were all completely bewildered.

However, Locke believed that this was the essence of accumulation. Even if you don’t understand now, you’ll suddenly realize later, when you encounter it, that’s what your teacher was talking about.

When these wizards advance to become full wizards or apply for important projects in the future, they might suddenly recall the slip of the tongue they made today.

At that time, these memories will become part of their accumulated knowledge.

Right now, even among the three second-circle wizard judges, apart from Dean Elliott who had read Locke’s application, the other two second-circle wizards were completely bewildered and confused.

A second-ring witch, the chief wizard mentor, pondered, “Vitality? Is that spiritual energy?

Could it be that wetland magical plants differ from ordinary magical plants in their spiritual energy?”

“Wait, he extracted it from the roots of wetland corn. Could it be that he has actually solved the mystery of how wetland corn grows in water? My God, that’s a mystery along our Tianjiang River.”

The chief wizard mentor stood up.

Dean Elliott glanced at him, and after he sat down again, whispered, “You guessed right. Wizard Augustine has solved the mystery of how wetland corn grows in water. He’s already submitted his project proposal to me; it’s about this project. And he wants to further verify whether the spiritual energy from the water pores he found in the roots of wetland corn grows in other wetland magical plants.”

“If it exists, then the meaning changes. I heard he’s already written an article just about the mystery of this wetland corn’s growth.” The chief wizard mentor asked in a low voice, “Has it been published?”

Dean Elliott said, “Wizard Locke seems to look down on District 2 of the Second Ring. So he wrote it, but didn’t publish it. Maybe he wanted to submit it to ‘Both Sides’, a journal along the Tianjiang River.” “

‘Both Sides’ is our top journal, and it should be considered District 2 in Yunze Wetland.”

The chief wizard mentor said in a low voice, “Why would he talk about something so important in a public class for his apprentices?”

At this moment, Locke waved his hand and retrieved the two hundred pots of wetland magical plants into his astral ring.

“Alright, that concludes today’s lesson. I’ll have my teaching assistant inform you of the next class time. I hope you’ll review today’s lesson carefully after you return.”

“Furthermore, I want to give you a piece of advice—according to my final definition of the difference between wetland magical plants and ordinary magical plants, this means that all things have different life forms, and the magical energy you cultivate and nurture will interact with each magical plant’s energy. The simplest example is a type of magic I’m currently passing down—the Forest Sanctuary.”

Many of the wizard apprentices present showed a mixture of confusion and admiration in their eyes, but they dared not ask Locke what the Forest Sanctuary was. Not only them, but even the formal wizard instructors who were eavesdropping in the corridor, and the three judges directly observing the class, felt a strong curiosity rising within them. They especially wanted to know what Locke meant by the Forest Sanctuary.

Locke said, “However, we’ll discuss the Forest Sanctuary another time.”

The apprentices present were fine, but the formal wizards secretly listening in the corridor were filled with regret, each one eager for Locke to finish.

They were particularly curious about the Forest Sanctuary Locke mentioned, and although they didn’t know much about Spiritual Breathing, they instinctively felt that understanding the magic of the Forest Sanctuary might be the key to understanding Spiritual Breathing.

Moreover, it seemed to be an important topic.

Locke, meanwhile, began to organize his things, preparing to leave the classroom.

Overall, his first open class at the Tide Wizarding Tower had been quite successful.

Teaching these wizard apprentices had also given him a chance to review what he had taught and organize his thoughts.

Inside Classroom Number 1, led by the teaching assistant, the wizard apprentices burst into applause, the applause deafening, even louder than the applause Locke had heard when he first entered.

After all, even if the wizarding apprentices couldn’t fully understand Locke’s lectures, they could sense the importance Locke placed on the course, and the quality of the parts they could understand was exceptional.

Therefore, their applause was naturally even more enthusiastic.

Locke found his teaching assistant and said, “I’ll assign these students some homework.”

“Have each of them write a short essay after class, expressing their understanding of what I taught in this lesson. Then you will collect them, compile the top ten essays, and send them to me. I will give a special reward to the top three wizard apprentices, but if the overall quality is too poor, then forget it.”

The teaching assistant immediately bowed to Locke and said, “Yes, Archmage Augustine. Please rest assured, I will do my best.” Locke thought for a moment. Although it was unlikely, to prevent any wizards at the Tide Wizarding Tower from actually doing this, he still said, “By the way, those who can write the essays for this course must be wizard apprentices, not full-fledged wizards. Do you understand this?” The teaching assistant thought for a moment and assured Locke, “Archmage, please rest assured, I will not let such a thing happen.”

Locke nodded. Although the wizards at the Tide Wizarding Tower liked to use connections, from what he had seen during his time there, the wizards at this academy were generally quite simple-minded.

He walked out of the classroom amidst thunderous applause.

In the corridor, many formal wizards, unable to leave in time, encountered Locke. Unable to avoid him, they could only bow to Locke and make way.

Suddenly, one of the formal wizards of the Tide Grand Wizard Tower led the applause for Locke, followed by all the wizards. Watching Locke leave, Wizard Thaws sighed and bowed to Locke’s retreating figure.

One of his crystallized wizard friends looked at him in surprise.

“I thought you were still angry about the departmental grant, after all, it was something the headmaster promised you last year,”

Wizard Thaws said. “The departmental grant application form isn’t supposed to be open to the public, but although I can’t see it, according to my inside information, I know that Wizard Locke Augustine has been researching wetland corn. And after listening to his lecture today, I know that Wizard Locke Augustine has already solved the mystery of how wetland corn can grow in water. Sigh, after realizing this, I know his level is far above mine.” “Moreover, after listening to Wizard Locke’s lecture, I know what it means to be outmatched,” Wizard

Thaws said. “Now I realize that the headmaster’s reason for telling me not to apply for the departmental grant this year wasn’t to take advantage of me, but to protect me. I really should have listened to him back then. Now look what’s happened, I’ve wasted a lot of time and resources on preliminary experimental data.” Wizard Thaws let out a sigh.

“I was being stubborn before. Mr. Augustine is a wizard above me, and I have no objection to him taking this year’s academy grant,” said Wizard Thaws. “Moreover, after listening to Mr. Augustine’s lecture today, I realized that I am inferior to this wizard not only in research and magic, but also in lecturing. I… I…”

Wizard Thaws whispered to his friend, “At least I would never take a wizard apprentice’s open class so seriously. I wonder if such a high-quality course can be maintained. But even just this one class is enough to benefit those apprentices for a lifetime. To compete with him is presumptuous of me.”

Outside the castle of the Tide Wizarding Tower, Locke and the water avatar of Principal Elliott walked together.

Dean Elliott said, “I never expected that you, Archmage Augustine, a young genius and a master of the Star Rings, would take such a public lesson for an ordinary wizard apprentice from the Tide Wizarding Tower so seriously. This is truly beyond my expectations.”

Locke looked at Dean Elliott and smiled, “I believe every lesson should be taken seriously. Since this is my public lesson, I naturally want to do my best.”

“Those students also want to gain truth from me. They are all seekers of truth.”

Dean Elliott’s avatar paused for a moment, then looked at Locke with a rather incredulous gaze, saying, “I am very grateful to Mr. Augustine for viewing the students of our Tide Wizarding Tower in this way. Truly, I am very grateful to you.”

“Because most of the wizards from higher-level wizarding areas have a certain prejudice against the students of our academy, believing that their talent is average, and that the academy’s teaching level and facilities are also average. But most importantly, I know in my heart that, objectively speaking, almost all the wizarding apprentices in that class just now were not taking the course for the truth, nor for their own interests, but to obtain a temporary forest ranger certificate from the three departments of the local White Wizarding Association.”

“I’m afraid, Locke, you’ve been so serious about them, yet none of them can repay you.”

“I originally thought that you could just give them a casual lecture on the morphological taxonomy of wetland magical plants, and that would be enough for them.”

Locke explained, “These young people don’t know what they want at all. They are like blank sheets of paper. They are not already established wizards, and time cannot yet determine them. They don’t know who they are or what they should do. Many things are just told to them by their surroundings. Dean, how do you know that there aren’t any true seekers of truth among them?”

“Even if there is only one, then the lesson I taught today was worthwhile.”

“I will give my all in every lesson.”

Locke recalled the Witch Sophia, who had taught him in the same way, and also instilled the same values in the students of Lilith’s Hut.

The Witch Sophia never gave up on any student.

She treated every student with the same seriousness, without categorizing them into different classes.

Headmaster Elliott thought for a moment, then smiled and said, “Alright, thank you very much. I didn’t expect such a high-quality course. I only hope these students can live up to the quality of your teaching. My biggest worry now is that the students of our Tide Wizard Tower might not live up to the quality of your lectures.” “However, Wizard Locke, I have good news to tell you. Congratulations! Your academy fund has been unanimously approved by the school’s fund committee. You have received the academy fund and a reward of 500,000 magic stones.”

Locke nodded. 500,000 magic stones were nothing to him; the key was that with this fund, he had successfully entered the second round along the Tianjiang River.

Thus, while other wizards were struggling through the first round, he had already successfully entered the second round.

He could seize this opportunity to further enhance his magical pressure and accumulate more power, increasing his chances of achieving final victory in this wizarding land that had become a battleground for geniuses.

After all, he and a few others might be the only ones who had passed the first round and entered the second.

Locke looked at Dean Elliott and asked, “Dean, you seem to have little trust in your students. Don’t you think there might be some geniuses among them?” Dean

Elliott smiled and said, “It’s not that I don’t trust them. It’s just that there are too few geniuses like you. Moreover, the Tianjiang River is different from other regions. Wizarding geniuses here can leave through competitions and go to the Cloud Marsh Wetlands. So the wizarding apprentices who remain…” “The environment here is different from other wizarding lands. The quality of the wizarding apprentices who can stay has an upper limit, and there are few job opportunities here. The biggest source of job opportunities is the White Wizard Association. Therefore, there are few opportunities, few resources, and many wizarding apprentices, which leads to the situation where we, the Tianjiang River…” “Any wizard who wants to invest in their long-term abilities is courting death. Everyone needs to acquire abilities that are beneficial to their situation immediately.” “Take the course you just gave, Locke, for example. I know it’s of high quality. But I’m afraid most of the students not only won’t understand it, but even those few who can understand some of it won’t be able to follow their interests due to the pressure of reality.”

Headmaster Elliott sighed. “Moreover, our academy is currently in the midst of a wizarding war, and our situation isn’t good. If possible, I would also like to do something that has immediate results. However, Wizard Locke, I trust your judgment. Since this is your choice, I won’t interfere, and I thank you for being so serious about our students.”

“There aren’t many wizards as serious about our students as you are now.”

Locke looked at Headmaster Elliott and smiled. “If you’re interested, Headmaster, how about we make a bet? I bet that among the students in this batch of open classes, someone will follow their interests and become a true breeder, rather than a ranger wizard in the Three Divisions of the White Wizarding Association.”

Headmaster Elliott was taken aback. “I’m ashamed, I’m ashamed. As the headmaster, I don’t have that much confidence in our students. Alright then, I’ll make a bet with you. I’ll bet you a Star Ring Magic Artifact. If I lose to you, I’ll give you a Star Ring Magic Artifact. If you lose to me, you give me a Star Ring Magic Artifact. The bet ends when your wetland magic plant open course ends. Grand Wizard Locke, do you dare to bet?” Headmaster Elliott winked. “Don’t be stingy with your magic stones, then I won’t bet.”

Locke smiled and said, “Betting.”

Headmaster Elliott was actually embarrassed.

“I do feel a little embarrassed to take advantage of you.”

“Fortunately, you applied for the Two Rivers Coast Fund, and as the headmaster of the Tide Grand Wizard Tower, I will fully support you.”

Locke looked down at the Ganoderma lucidum magic plant in his hand. It was a message from his senior, the witch Shirley—that Golden Crown Mountain might reduce its material investment in him along the Tianjiang River.

Because at the Golden Crown Mountain Academy Council, the Senate faction was exerting its influence, somehow persuading a large number of deacon members and wizards to shift research resources to a super-planet type plane—the [Ancient Planet]. Senior

Sister Shirley sent him a second message: “Teacher, could you please ask if your iron tree seed has sprouted?”

“Teacher said she’s currently eager for the iron tree to sprout.”

Locke thought for a moment; the materials for the wizarding ritual array he had asked Wizard Terence to purchase were already prepared, so he replied: “Senior Sister Shirley, please tell Teacher not to worry. I will make the iron tree sprout as soon as possible. Don’t worry.”