Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 1022

Chapter 1012 The Senate’s Predicament and Sudden Changes Along the Tianjiang River!

Antoine produced a tree stump from an ordinary tree that Locke didn’t recognize.

The stump was hollow in the middle, with two holes at either end, just slightly larger than a person’s arm. It resembled a person’s clothing, and its surface appeared to have been patched with bark from another tree.

Locke also realized it was just an ordinary plant, devoid of any magical energy.

Antoine took out a dagger-shaped wand, and with a single thrust, the wand’s power magic was blocked by the stump. Then, the power magic was bent by the ordinary plant, and the energy wave bounced back and forth between the wand and the stump, forced to deform. Finally, with a bang, the energy wave scattered and exploded.

Locke looked at the plant in his hand in astonishment.

The energy wave was a spell usable by a first-class wizard apprentice, approximately a 0.5-ring spell.

But it couldn’t even penetrate an ordinary tree stump.

Locke asked, “What is this?”

Antoine replied, “This is the equipment of those savages from the ancient planet. Our Senate wizards initially thought it was a primitive tribe, but it was a nightmare.”

Antoine covered his forehead and shook his head slightly.

“They really tricked us. After we landed on the ancient planet, we encountered this group of primitive people. We gave them a lot of resources and wanted to establish a commercial partnership with them. The Senate originally thought that those primitive people, with their limited knowledge, must have seen many good things, and that a little something would be enough to tempt them. Who knew it was a trap? The Senate’s wizards had just arrived at that tribe and accepted the invitation when they were attacked by those primitive savages.”

“Those savages were wearing clothes like this. Can you believe that they used tree stumps as armor and sharpened wooden clubs to kill a first-class wizard apprentice?”

Antoine said, “Based on my preliminary investigation, I judge that the people of the ancient planet are not natives. That place should have been invaded once. We found traces of the Titans there.”

Locke took the plant from him and began to conduct a rudimentary investigation using life magic.

Hearing that the other party had investigated so thoroughly, Locke involuntarily looked up at him, a look of surprise in his eyes.

“Investigate? How did you figure out they weren’t natives?”

Antoine chuckled. “I developed a romantic relationship with a native princess from the tribe that attacked us.”

“We were surrounded, our equipment was severely lacking, and their magical power was suppressed. Left with no other choice, I used my wizarding abilities. With my silver tongue, I won over the princess’s heart and reconciled with the tribal chief. I married her in that world and learned their language. They didn’t have a written tradition, but I carefully compared their legends.” “

In their oral traditions, I sensed the existence of the Titans.” Antoine

‘s expression turned serious.

“So, I pieced together a fact—the Titans have always wanted to find an eternal land to create an eternal world. I suspect they arrived on the ancient planet in its early stages, bringing various creatures with them. And the original inhabitants of the ancient planet—I believe—were a type of creature considered by the local tribes to be monsters from the underground—the mole people.”

Locke had already understood the truth behind the other party’s claim of marrying the tribal princess, so he nodded and said, “Antoine, you’ve paid a considerable price for exploring the secrets of the ancient planet. You’re now a qualified explorer.”

Antoine’s face twitched.

Could he have avoided paying a heavy price?

He almost died under the wooden spears of primitive savages, having to reincarnate. Moreover, due to insufficient preparation, he hadn’t brought any special soul artifacts with him. If he had died in another world, he didn’t know if his soul would have been able to enter the cycle of life and death there.

Fortunately, he had a special talent, and with his years of experience in flirting in the wizarding world, he managed to escape death.

But honestly,

it’s no wonder he messed up.

Who could have imagined that a primitive man clad in tree bark and wielding a wooden spear possessed the power to slay gods and demons?

This also suggests that the founding wizard of Golden Crown Mountain, Ironfist Wizard, was largely correct in his predictions about the hadron planet plane. The hadron magic hypothesized by Kingfist Wizard is a treasure trove with potential, and could even permanently alter the status of Golden Crown Mountain and their Senate within the power-based school of wizarding.

Currently, the wave theory of the power school is not, in essence, the most powerful school.

However, with the prediction of hadrons by two genius wizards in the field of wave theory, things changed.

This is why the Senate persuaded Mount Golden Crown to invest all its resources in the ancient planet.

Because they saw the future in the hadrons.

Antoine said, “But can you see anything unusual about this plant? Our Senate doesn’t have many excellent breeders. We were hoping to get help from your academic committee this time, but who knew this would happen and disrupt all our plans?”

Locke said, “I can’t be sure yet. I can only confirm that this isn’t a magical plant, just an ordinary plant. It doesn’t secrete any natural magical energy components, it doesn’t have any energy-locking structures, magical imaginary roots, nothing at all. As for the reason for its anomaly, I might need to use the Queen’s Chessboard, the Ice Mirror, or even the Sun Mirror for a more careful observation.” “

Perhaps I can find out why it’s so powerful,”

Locke said. “But Antoine, you’re right, I’m very interested in this plant material.”

“This is good research material.” “

Antoine, after seeing this material, I’m also very interested in the ancient planet. I wonder what price I’ll have to pay to get you to take me on your next expedition.”

Antoine refused, “No, I refuse to take you there.”

“I refuse to take any acquaintances there now.”

“Besides, you’re so busy, the only thing you’re interested in on the ancient planet is this special plant.

You don’t need to go there at all. If you need materials, I can supply you with them continuously. Every time I go to the ancient planet, I bring these materials back. I now have a strong command ability over the tribe—”

“Or rather, being commanded—in any case, I’m currently trying to take the lead,”

Antoine said.

“Therefore, I’ve come here to make this deal with you. Because our ancient planet project can’t get any excellent breeder talent, I can only ask you to compensate me. I want you to help me solve the mystery of the weapons used by that tribe.”

“I will send you these materials continuously. But if you want to obtain these materials, you need to make corresponding resource payments.”

Locke knew he had finally gotten to the point.

“Tell me first what other corresponding payments you want. Whether I agree or not is up to me,”

Antoine said. “I want you to breed magical plants that can fly on the ancient planet, as well as magical plants that can help others fly. Currently, the only flying magical artifacts or other flying resources we have on the ancient planet that can fly are large-scale flying equipment, but all personal flying equipment has failed. Here is the relevant data.”

Locke flipped through the environmental monitoring data of the ancient planet that he handed over, and then decisively shook his head.

“I can’t do it.”

“Antoine, I can’t meet your request.” “

According to your monitoring data, for every hundred meters of ascent on the ancient planet, its gravity increases dozens of times, and all magical power is suppressed due to hadrons. That planet is inherently difficult to fly on, and even the native inhabitants of that planet have virtually no hope of leaving.”

Locke frowned. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to agree, but Antoine’s request was indeed too absurd.

Not to mention himself, even a more powerful breeder would probably have to give up in the face of this request.

Because according to this data, that place is simply not flyable.

Unable to fly, unable to leave that ancient planet—this was a law of that world.

That planet might even be a natural prison sanctuary, because once someone was imprisoned there, it would be extremely difficult for them to leave that super-planet.

Although he was very interested in the plants of that planet—

his most important task at the moment was to obtain star ring resources and continuously forge his ultimate magic, completing all the stages of the initial forging process and entering the pseudo-forging stage.

Winning the genius competition along the Tianjiang River might be such an opportunity for him to accelerate his initial forging of ultimate magic.

Antoine frowned.

“Is that so? Then that place is practically a prison of civilization. If any civilization were to fully enter and survive there, they probably wouldn’t be able to get out in their entire lives. And the fighting power of the primitive tribes there is just too strong. The ancient planet, as a super-planet that only existed in our power masters’ prophecies, is incredibly vast. I heard that the primitive tribe I’m currently in is just a small part of the iceberg.” “

Further away, there are civilized cities on the ancient planet, a place called the [Red Agate Empire]. I heard that country has the ability to extract energy from a mysterious leaf, turn it into waves, and use it to create artificial streetlights that emit light and heat to illuminate the night, and also use this energy to heat hot springs—”

Locke looked at Antoine in surprise.

What?

His pupils suddenly shrank because Antoine’s description reminded him of the World Tree Leaf. Could it be that there are a large number of World Tree Leaves on the ancient planet?

Locke recalled the revelation the World Tree had given him: in the Force explosion, countless World Tree leaves, flowers, and fruits scattered into the cosmic void. He had currently discovered four World Tree leaves, the fourth hidden within the wizarding realm of the Tide Wizarding Tower.

But if the ancient planet truly possessed sealing power—

perhaps some World Tree leaves had fallen into it.

And these World Tree leaves were very important to him; he had also received a mission to collect the scattered power of the World Tree.

Locke’s expression subtly changed.

Antoine said to Locke with considerable disappointment, “If even you say so, I’m afraid very few breeders can fulfill my requirements. Before asking you, I asked many breeders, and their answers were similar to yours. Alas. It seems the hope of flying on the ancient planet is indeed slim. Hmm, I also asked alchemists, and they also lack the ability to create personal flying artifacts on the ancient planet.” “

After all, personal artifacts and magical plants that can be used by individuals have an upper limit to their capacity,”

Antoine said to Locke. “These magical materials are yours. If you want more later, you can buy them with magic stones.”

“We brothers keep clear accounts. If you are really interested in these things, how about I offer five million magic stones for one of these plants? This price is quite high, which is normal, because traveling to and from the ancient planet is not easy, and if it weren’t for my flexibility and superior methods, our Senate’s frontline outpost on the ancient planet would have been wiped out by now.”

“The primitive tribes have a legend—all those who come from the sky must be destroyed at all costs, only then will the Eternal Land be forever peaceful.”

“This seems to be an order left by that Titan to his followers,”

Antoine said. “Therefore—”

Locke looked at the special plant material in his hand, then said to Antoine, “But it’s not that I can’t try.”

Antoine looked at Locke in surprise, “What? Didn’t you say it was impossible?”

Locke said, “It’s impossible without this plant material, but with materials from the ancient planet, it’s a different story.” “

But I need more local plant materials from the ancient planet. This little bit won’t do. Your data shows that flight altitudes above and below 100 meters on the ancient planet are completely different concepts.

If it’s just flying below 100 meters, then it’s not impossible.”

Antoine’s expression was strange. He thought for a moment and asked, “Locke, are you sure you’re serious? And not just saying this because you want more research materials for the special plants?”

Locke glanced at him.

Antoine immediately said, “Sorry, I know you’re not that kind of person.”

“But if that’s the case, then I have to provide you with more of these plant materials for free so you can conduct your research?”

Antoine’s expression was strange.

“Something feels off.”

“The cost of collecting these materials and bringing them back is very high for us,”

Antoine said. “The Senate’s first outpost over there isn’t even finished yet.”

Locke looked at Antoine and said, “This is a reasonable request. I am indeed very interested in this special material, and I hope you can get me some of it every month.” “

Besides that, I have another request. Because the design of your spacecraft is extremely difficult, I also need you to find a way to get me a special leaf from the Red Agate Empire on the ancient planet. If you can do that, I might not only be able to help you create a magical plant that can fly at low altitudes on the ancient planet, but I might also be able to reverse-engineer the reason why this plant’s defense is so strong.”

Antoine’s expression was strange. “I feel like this is a big fish eating a small fish situation?”

Locke looked at him strangely.

Antoine said, “Look, I ate the tribal princess, and you ate me. I came here to demand an explanation, but if I agree to your demands, then our Senate will be doing all the work for you.” “

You can receive plant materials from the ancient planet every month unconditionally. I’ll even get you special leaves from there. I think those special leaves are quite valuable.” “

If I were to approach other breeders, they would be very interested and might even give me magic stones in return.”

Antoine said, “And I’m really short of magic stones lately.”

From his words, Locke roughly understood that Antoine was indeed short of money. Even in his previous life, when he went to develop a place like the ancient planet, he easily ran out of money, let alone now.

Antoine probably wanted him to make concessions.

But the problem was, getting him to give up those magic stones was absolutely out of the question.

Because Locke was also short of money.

Both he and Antoine’s research projects were short of funds.

Locke said, “I thought this was a win-win situation. First, if you go to a higher-level breeder, you might have to pay more in other areas, and a higher-level breeder obviously won’t follow your orders. He might push the work onto his students, and in the end, it’s likely that one of his students—a first-level wizard, a regular second-level wizard, or a star-ring wizard like me—will be doing your project.” “

So, in the end, you’ll pay a higher price and get unreliable service.”

Locke tried to persuade Antoine.

Antoine was also at his wit’s end.

“I was hoping to recoup some of my losses through you.”

Antoine seemed to want to leave.

Locke saw the intention to leave in his eyes; it seemed the other party was truly broke.

He hadn’t expected that the once extravagant manipulator would be so destitute now, but after his initial examination, he had thought of three directions for studying this plant: First, the special spiritual energy was causing the plant’s abnormality.

Secondly, hadrons are a fundamental component of this plant, causing the anomaly. However, this also means that all plants could potentially be enhanced using hadrons.

Thirdly, it’s possible that the plant’s stone cells are special, leading to the anomaly.

Plants create mechanical structures to support their bodies through the lignification and suberization of dead cells. Locke, through examination, believes that the stone cells of this plant are the hardest, which might be the cause of its anomaly.

This also means that Locke cannot abandon this research material that has fallen into his clutches.

This research material represents significant importance.

High-quality research material often leads to high-quality research projects.

Therefore, Locke cannot give up on it.

But the problem at this moment is that Antoine is clearly in dire need of money. He may have originally hoped to obtain the resources of the entire Golden Crown Mountain to support this project, but now he and the Three-Punch Wizard behind him have been brutally beaten by their teacher.

In this situation, completing a transaction with him without paying with magic stones is indeed somewhat tricky.

But Locke thought about it and realized it wasn’t impossible.

Locke knew that the current situation was essentially the Senate’s plan failing, forcing Antoine to come to him.

It would be fitting to call this a victory gained after a triumph for himself and his teacher, but if they couldn’t seize it, the spoils would slip away.

Locke said to Antoine, “Antoine, give me the relevant plant materials. I can do more than just help you cultivate magical plants that can fly at low altitudes on ancient planets; I can even decipher ways to reduce the weakening of your magic.”

Antoine’s eyes lit up.

“You really can do that?”

Locke said, “I don’t know. No one can guarantee such things, but I can guarantee that I will do my best. Besides, since these are native plants of this ancient planet, it’s very likely that we can extract substances from them that can help you. Don’t forget, I’m also a potion master.” “

However, if you insist on refusing, then there’s nothing I can do.”

Antoine’s eyes flickered as he extended his right hand to Locke.

“If someone else said that, I would only think they were arrogant, or that they wanted to get something for nothing, but if you say it, I choose to believe you. Okay, then let’s cooperate happily. I will do my best to get the corresponding resources for you.”

Locke smiled and shook hands with him.

“If possible, could you get me some local plant seeds and actual living plants?

This would greatly advance my research, and I believe the research findings I obtain will be of great benefit to your exploration of ancient planets.”

Antoine nodded.

“Then, it’s a pleasure to cooperate. I’ll try my best to get you some seeds from the ancient planet. Besides, regarding the leaves of the Red Agate Empire that you asked me to find—I’ll take that to heart. But to be honest, our Senate hasn’t yet established a real foothold on the ancient planet. Those tribespeople could turn on us at any time.”

“The local area is probably influenced by the Titans, so they’re very hostile to outsiders from outer space,”

Antoine said. “Even if I win the heart of the tribal princess through betrayal—through my charm—that tribe could still turn on me at any time. Most importantly, this time I tried to take a few tribespeople away from that world via a void warship. Because their physiques are quite unusual, I think if I could bring them out to study at our Golden Crown Mountain, they might become very useful.”

“Many non-human wizards have special racial talents. But I didn’t expect that those natives would actually die.”

Locke’s pupils suddenly shrank, because he thought of something very ominous.

“Dead? Why? Was it because we didn’t properly isolate them from the planes, or because they couldn’t adapt to the wizarding world? Or perhaps some disease they couldn’t fight off?”

Antoine scratched his head. “We’re still researching that. We don’t know why those people can’t leave the ancient planet. Even if we force them to leave, they die the instant they leave. Our initial guess is that hadrons are extremely unstable; leaving the ancient planet causes an unstable explosion.”

“However, if it’s inanimate, it’s much better. That’s why I brought you inanimate parts of this plant. Of course, if it’s seeds, I can carry some inanimate seeds for you, or we can wait for our power masters to develop some special magic arrays that can bring plants out. We’ve been working hard to develop this area.” Antoine said

seriously, “Our preliminary conclusion is that the beings of the ancient planet are basically unable to leave that planet. They are like the jailers of that planet, forever unable to leave.”

Locke’s expression changed slightly, and then he said in a low voice, “If hadron is such an unstable substance, then the hadron that your Senate transplanted into the wizard Moromuta, and the hadron that my student currently has, do they also have such unstable characteristics?”

Antoine was silent for a moment, and then said, “I don’t want to deceive you.”

“But telling the truth would be too cruel, and there are related contracts that restrict me from revealing details. So I can only tell you one thing—the wizard Killer Fist has many descendants, and many of them are successful, so many that he himself may not be able to remember them all.”

Locke immediately understood Antoine’s implication.

Those were the wizard Moromuta and his current student, the witch Plankonia. The hadrons within both of them possessed unstable characteristics.

In that instant, a nameless anger surged within Locke. Moromuta could at least claim that his agreement to the Senate’s modifications to his body was voluntary, but what about his student, the witch Plankonia?

She was simply in love; while she had violated the laboratory’s internal rules, she hadn’t broken any wizarding laws, yet she was dragged into all this trouble.

Locke calmed himself and said to Antoine, “I understand, Antoine. Thank you for reminding me.”

Antoine comforted Locke, patting his shoulder, and said, “While we mentors are responsible for our students, ultimately, formal wizards are adults. The first requirement of adulthood is the ability to take responsibility for one’s choices. They are no longer apprentices; every decision they make has legal implications. This is the value system established by the Holy Wizards in the modern magical age.”

Locke understood his meaning; this was one of the biggest differences between before and after the Enlightenment.

Before the Enlightenment, the Wizarding Lords ruled the world, and therefore were responsible for it. They were the only adults in the world.

Everyone else could be their servants, laborers, or students, but none were responsible for themselves.

After the Enlightenment, the White Wizarding Guild granted every formal wizard the status and rights of an adult, making each formal wizard an independent person.

They were responsible for their words and actions, and naturally, they could be their own masters.

The Wizarding Lords had personally seized this right, thus exempting everyone from responsibility and rendering everyone immature; therefore, the Wizarding Lords were the only adults.

The most significant characteristic of an adult is being responsible for oneself and having the right to control oneself. Antoine reminded himself of this, perhaps to make himself understand that this was essentially a decision made by the Witch Planknia herself, and he was merely her mentor, not needing to be overly concerned about the consequences of his student’s choices.

If he overstepped his bounds, he would be doing what the Wizarding Lords had done.

Locke, however, felt that as the teacher of the Witch Plankonia, he couldn’t just watch his student willingly walk into darkness.

After all, for a first-ring wizard, the schemes of the high-ring wizards in the Senate were far too much for her.

Pretending not to see it wasn’t his style.

Antoine, noticing Locke’s concern for Plankonia, shook his head.

“I don’t care about my students’ lives like you do. If they survive, it means they tried.

If they die, or become debt slaves, it just means that’s all they are capable of.

“

“If you care about them so much, I’ll do you a favor,”

Antoine said, handing Locke a bracelet.

“This second-ring magical artifact should enhance the stability of [Hercules]. It was given to me by the Senate to help me develop the ancient planet. But I can’t lend it to you for free. Although I didn’t buy it, I got it for free.”

“I’m returning to the ancient planet next week. My fate is uncertain, and I still need to explain the whereabouts of several of their warriors to that tribe. I just hope my wife on the ancient planet can put in a good word for me, otherwise I’ll be in deep trouble. I’ll be back in about three months.”

Locke understood what the other party meant.

“Then I’ll have some clues about the local plants by the time you return in three months.”

Antoine handed the magical artifact to Locke and then smiled, “That would be even better. You can borrow this large diamond bracelet for your student. She’s only a first-ring wizard, and she could die if she’s not careful.”

Antoine said to Locke, “Then I’ll be going now.”

“See you in three months.”

“I hope you can bring me good news by then, although I have absolute faith in you.”

Locke watched Antoine leave, and then he went to the Institute of True Knowledge.

In a third-ring wizard’s office in the Peach Garden of the Senate on Mount Golden Crown, Wizard Fisher moved the newspaper in his hand and looked at Antoine, saying, “So, you’ve given the task of researching the plants of the ancient planet to Locke Augustine.”

Antoine replied, “Yes, Grandfather, and I think it’s the most suitable.”

Wizard Fisher sighed.

“We made a miscalculation; the Academy is still in charge of the Academic Committee. We have no choice but to accept it. Now we can only hope that we can discover something on the ancient planet to regain some ground. Moreover, the experimental accident you reported to us earlier, the discovery that we couldn’t bring the native inhabitants of the ancient planet out of that world, has also caused a huge disruption to our exploration plan.”

The Senate originally intended to challenge the wizards of the Academic Committee faction at the Academy meeting, using the people of the ancient planet as evidence to convince everyone that they could cultivate a large number of exceptionally talented students on the ancient planet and develop a magical civilization there that would make the wizards of the Three Swamps envious.

But the result was that Antoine submitted evidence to the Senate that life forms on the ancient planet could not leave it.

This was a major blow to them.

If it weren’t for this report, if the original report had yielded the opposite result, perhaps the situation would be completely different now.

Even the Red Dragon Witch might not have been able to stop the Senate’s demands and force the entire Golden Crown Mountain to change course.

Wizard Fisher felt a little regretful; if Antoine had been allowed to revise the results to better align with their expectations, perhaps that would have been acceptable—

but the Three Fists Wizard and the Three Thrones immediately rejected this approach and demanded that the report be truthfully entered into the archives.

Wizard Fisher said somewhat somberly, “Under the current circumstances, Locke Augustine is indeed the best candidate. Hopefully, he can discover something. Our Senate’s progress on the ancient planet is not optimistic. Recent research indicates that the indigenous people of the ancient planet cannot be simply considered primitive; they have likely been modified by the Titans, and by multiple forces.”

Antoine seemed surprised. The Titans were one thing—they were old adversaries of the wizarding civilization, a race of gods seeking an eternal land.

But why multiple forces?

Wizard Fisher said to Antoine, “The mysteries of the ancient planet are far deeper than we imagined. Our Senate will handle the development of this matter independently.”

“I just hope that genius breeder can truly help us.”

“Alright, Antoine, prepare for your next trip to the ancient planet. This time, delve deeper, collect relevant maps, and persuade the local tribes to allow us to establish our stronghold and build our first wizard fortress. That way, we won’t have to worry about our power in that plane being wiped out by the local natives at any time.”

Golden Crown Mountain, seventh floor of the True Knowledge Academy.

Locke hadn’t expected that the office not only contained his teacher but also the Green Dragon Throne and the Blue Dragon Throne—a total of three throne wizards.

Ekaterina the Witch said to Locke, “Locke, you’ve arrived.”

“You’ve come at the perfect time; we were just talking about you,”

the Blue Dragon Throne said. “After this incident, the Hanging Gardens project will be truly established, and the Academy will allocate resources to it, applying to the White Wizarding Association for a key laboratory. Your contribution to this is immense.” “

Therefore, we will reward you,”

the Green Dragon Throne said. “However, in this matter, you did something that appears to harm the Academy’s interests. You fought with several staff members in the key laboratory, witnessed by multiple wizards. We cannot erase this fact.”

The three Throne Wizards simultaneously looked at Locke.

Locke bowed to the three Throne Wizards, saying, “I will heed your advice, teachers.”

The Blue Dragon Throne nodded appreciatively. “As expected of a wizard who, during the collapse of the key laboratory, without knowing the specific plans, could complete the task without changing his expression and continuously fight against multiple Star Ring Wizards. Katya, you’ve taken on a good student,” Ekaterina the

Witch said, a smile playing on her lips.

The Green Dragon Throne chuckled, “Sometimes I even wonder if this little wizard is your illegitimate son. In any case, what he’s done is very similar to what you did when you were young. The only difference is that he’s causing trouble on our Golden Crown Mountain, while you were in the Southern Wizarding Capital when you were young. Back when you and the Rose Witch were close friends, the two of you almost tore the Southern Wizarding Capital apart.” “

Although there are many wizards in the Southern Wizarding Capital, they all still feel lingering fear when talking about that incident,”

the Witch Catherine sneered. “That was because the wizarding leader of the Black Iron Tower was foolish back then.”

“He misjudged Anna and me, misjudged us, and therefore reaped what he sowed.”

Locke was surprised to find that the Witch Catherine didn’t seem to have clashed with the Rose Throne in the Cloud Marsh Wetlands; it seemed they had already been at odds when they were wizarding mentors in the Southern Wizarding Capital.

The Red Dragon Witch looked at Locke and said, “Regardless, you will be punished for this matter.” “

Therefore, you will be stripped of your previous opportunity to visit the Lesser Wizarding World, and Wizard Zeno will take your place. Do you have any objections?”

Locke remained relatively calm, as the three wizards must have had their reasons for making this arrangement.

Leaving aside his significant contribution to this matter, his participation in the Tianjiang River Coastal Competition made him irreplaceable for Mount Golden Crown.

The Red Dragon Throne whispered, “At the same time, you will be stripped of your membership on the Ethics and Morality Review Committee. Furthermore, as punishment, you will be sent to the Mount Golden Crown branch in the Rain Swamp, to enter the [Valley of Despair Laboratory].”

The Green Dragon Throne’s pupils suddenly contracted.

“The higher-ups actually agreed. Wasn’t it supposed to be compensation for his spiritual studies, to enhance his spiritual abilities, because with his current level, he’d be at a disadvantage in this competition? You actually agreed to let him enter that out-of-control laboratory. Well, if it’s there, it will allow him to make rapid progress in spiritual studies.”

“But in that case, that laboratory is completely finished. The academy heads actually agreed to your proposal.”

The witch Ekaterina said, “This time, the competition along the Tianjiang River is fiercer than any of us expected. Now that the Golden Crown Mountain route has been decided, naturally Golden Crown Mountain will do its utmost to help our participating wizards.” “

Locke, this isn’t an ordinary competition. Along the Tianjiang River—in that arena—many people have also received the academy’s full support, and they are generally a generation older than you. High-level wizarding lands like the Boundary Between Darkness and Light naturally won’t invest too many resources, and our Yunze Wetland academy also has its own interests, but some wizarding lands are betting all their resources on that place.”

“Like the Black Soil Land, the Ordinary Wizarding Land, or even the entire Wizarding Land, all of them are investing resources in one person.”

“This is an asymmetrical competition.”

“Because you cannot represent a wizarding land, regardless of the outcome, Yunze Wetland’s share there is fixed, and Jinmian Mountain’s rights are also guaranteed due to its victory in the previous Three Kings Tournament. But rest assured, as long as you listen to me, we will cooperate, and you will definitely win.” “

And now, you must get your clone to leave the Tianjiang Riverbank immediately.”

The witch Catherine said solemnly, “Therefore, I have applied for this seemingly derogatory but actually commendable position for you.”

“The first round of competition on the Tianjiang Riverbank is about to enter a fierce stage.”

“And although you have jumped out of the first round—we all believe that you will be targeted because of this. There will likely be high-ring wizards who will target you and disqualify you.”

The Red Dragon Witch said, “Therefore, I must leave there before this happens to you. I will never let you experience the tragedy I experienced in the Southern Witch Capital when I was young.

” “As long as you can trust me, then I will lead you to all victories.”

The witch Catherine looked at Locke and said.

“Of course, you first need to get your clone to temporarily leave the Tianjiang Riverbank. In my opinion—you might not be able to get your clone to leave. Once you can’t leave, then those hidden attacks will come your way.” “

Locke, get your clone to leave the Tianjiang Riverbank as soon as possible.”

Locke bowed to the witch Ekaterina.

“Yes, teacher, I will try to get my clone to leave the Tide Witch Tower immediately. By the way, teacher, will the witch Rose also leave temporarily?”

Ekaterina said, “Not yet, but Anna will definitely let her leave temporarily. But before you leave, there is one more thing to do—because the results of the second round of the Tianjiang Riverbank’s top regional fund are out.” “

Although it’s a joke, someone did indeed exploit a loophole in the rules, exploiting a bug, trying to forcefully obtain the fund directly by following the rules. The March Council of the Tianjiang Riverbank is meeting, and they want you participants to attend a discussion on how to handle this situation. You need to attend.”

Locke was dumbfounded.

This is possible?

“Wait a minute, if that were the case, who would admit to such a thing? That would just be acting like a despicable person.

” The Green Dragon Throne laughed, “Alright, the public punishment is over. Now, let’s discuss your personal rewards.

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