Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 1026

Chapter 1015 The Battlefield of the Gods in Persepolis and the Spiral Reappearance Potion

Root Crown Court Branch, Public Classroom, Fifth Lesson of the Potions Rapid Improvement Class.

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Within the inner world of Shanchuanke, Locke and the wizard Anthony encountered a black version of a ginseng spirit with black tentacles all over its body at a shrine on a continent in the Sea King’s God Realm.

This ginseng spirit seemed to call itself “Gandingdi.”

It enjoyed the sacrifices of a living being on this continent, but Locke knew that it should not be a living being born normally in this world, but rather a living being born from the dark world.

The fifth lesson of the Sea Queen’s Rapid Improvement Class still required them to enter Shanchuanke’s body to find a solution to the problem. Unlike before, this time the Sea Queen teleported everyone to the same location in the Sea King’s God Realm.

At this moment, [Gangdingdi] laughed loudly. He blew out a breath of black gas, which moved with the wind and suddenly transformed into a black wind that covered the heavens and the earth. Locke, the witch Alba, the wizard Anthony, and the other second-ring wizards of the Root Crown Court were all enveloped by this black wind.

[Gangdingdi] said, “I am a god born from the Dark Heaven and Earth. Behind me hangs a position of the Dark Heaven and Earth, and this place is the territory of the Dark Heaven and Earth. Even if you are reclusive masters invited by Shanchuanke, you are no match for me in the Dark Heaven and Earth.”

At this moment, the second-ring wizards of the Root Crown Court were blown out of the world by this black wind. Their spiritual energy shattered, and then they were blown out of Shanchuanke’s body one by one.

Alba, the witch, used her ultimate magic, Fanglingli, a crucible made from the core of a plane. It allows the reactions of all magical materials to be more fully exerted under the pressure of the plane. It is a typical, pure potion-making technique.

At this moment, a core flame of the plane erupted from within her Myriad Spirits Cauldron, attempting to counteract the black wind.

However, behind [Gangdingdi] appeared a position—the position of [Nine Heavens and Ten Earths] within the divine realm of the Sea King World.

The Sea King World originally had nineteen gods, and Shanchuanke, as the ancestral god, was chosen by the other gods to represent the starry sky of the Sea King World. However, out of fear of the other gods, he continuously devoured and released them, leading to the creation of the dark world.

Locke and the others had read this information.

Therefore, the sudden appearance of this newly established ginseng, claiming to be a deity born from the Dark Heaven and Earth, stunned both Locke and the witch Alba.

The witch Alba said, “That’s not right. According to the information my teacher gave me, the Sea King World only has nineteen deities. Lord Shanchuanke is a Sun Ring Deity, enjoying countless incense offerings and worship.”

“But why would this position born from the Dark Heaven and Earth appear here? Could it be that the Dark Heaven and Earth have already spontaneously created a position within the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths?”

Locke and Alba exchanged a glance. Previously, one had guessed that Shanchuanke had absorbed other deities but couldn’t digest them, leading to the creation of the Dark Heaven and Earth; the other had guessed that Shanchuanke had devoured other deities, resulting in the emergence of a different plane within his body.

The former was Alba’s guess, the latter Locke’s.

But neither of these guesses could explain why the Dark Heaven and Earth within Shanchuanke could now spontaneously create a new position.

Locke pondered, “Could it be that the Dark Realm is already re-nurturing nineteen new Deities? Doesn’t that mean the number of gods in the Sea King’s World has doubled out of thin air?”

Wizard Anthony confidently replied, “How could that be? The Sea King’s World is only a medium-sized world; it’s impossible to support so many Star Ring-level gods. Its total magical pressure is finite. I believe there must be an external force intervening.”

Locke looked at him.

At this moment, the Alba Witch chanted a spell, and instantly, the Great Magic Cauldron of All Spirits spewed out a clone potion. She used a potion injection spell to inject it into Gangdingdi’s body, but Gangdingdi only swayed slightly, and nothing happened.

Gangdingdi opened his mouth and exhaled a stream of black gas, instantly blowing the Alba Witch out of this world.

The Alba witch said, “Seniors, I’ll be going out now.”

Meanwhile, the wizard Anthony used this time to pick a flower from the dark earth. “This is—this herb is of a very high grade.”

Gangdingdi waved the ginseng’s tendrils, which seemed to be the hardest thing in the world, yet as flexible as a whip, striking at the wizard Anthony. Anthony chanted spells repeatedly, dodging several times, then cast an injection spell, injecting the potion he had prepared into Gangdingdi’s body.

Gangdingdi swayed, and then his body split in two.

The wizard Anthony got up from the ground, dusted off his wizard’s robes, and looked up at Gangdingdi Ginseng.

“Did it work?”

“Hmm? Although I used the Doppelganger Potion to create two separate entities, it still didn’t have much effect, only weakened him for a while. The ingredients for my Doppelganger Potion were originally from this world, but it still didn’t work.”

“If it weren’t for the Throne’s restrictions on the types of potions we could use, I could have eliminated him by giving him a dose of [Meteorite Potion].”

Locke looked at Wizard Anthony in surprise.

Because the Meteorite Potion was one of the most difficult potions to concoct among second-ring potions, even among star-ring potions.

It seemed that the reason he had fought him to a draw last time was mainly because both of them were unable to control their spirits for some special reason, and this wizard’s potion-making skills were actually superior to his own.

Wizard Anthony said to Locke, “My Doppelganger Potion failed. His Majesty the Throne wanted us to use only the Doppelganger Potion to deal with this Mr. Gangdingdi. But this time I failed, so I’m preparing to leave. And I’ve gathered something good.”

He showed Locke the flower in his hand.

“In this region, some magical herbs that counteract the darkness occasionally grow. If collected and properly developed, combined with suitable core-effect potions, they might produce miraculous effects. I think this is the purpose of the course test that Queen Neptune gave us. Well then, Locke, good luck.”

Wizard Anthony chose to leave.

Before leaving, he thought: It doesn’t matter if I tell Locke Augustine these things. My overall strength is superior to his, and it would be too boring to win against him based on information gaps. Besides, only I have special eye power that can identify herbs, so even if I tell him, he is no match for me in this situation.

Last time, I didn’t get first place in class, which made me very upset. Alba, who can overlap spirits, and Locke Augustine, who can refine star ring potions, are both my opponents. And my principle in life is to always be better than others. And not only to win, but to win fair and square, completely crushing, without any excuses. I want to get first place in this potion class! And first place along the Tianjiang River! “

The wizard Anthony smiled politely at Locke and removed the spirit macro from his body.

Locke nodded in return.

He glanced at the herbs on the ground.

Locke frowned, because there were many plants on the ground, some strong and some weak. Determining which were useful and which were useless would be a long and arduous process, and his crafting cubes required at least a day to craft each time.

Therefore, it was not suitable for such a low-value activity as searching for useful herbs.

Thus, Locke quickly abandoned this idea.

He would start with Nero’s potion. Locke crushed the Nero No. 3 potion in his hand. Nero No. 2 and Nero No. 3 both used the Vampire Cicada spirit macro, and the difference was not significant. The core spirit macro was the Cicada, with specific modifications. Locke had only used the potion science data he had studied recently to change some of the auxiliary ingredients in this potion’s formula.

In this way, he could slightly optimize the potion, making the destructive avatar produced by taking this potion more rational.”

At that moment, Locke chanted the second-circle spell “Model Potion Injection,” instantly vaporizing the potion in his hand. He then injected the potion into the charging [Gandingdi], causing it to halt abruptly. [Gandingdi] glanced at Locke, a flash of anger and suspicion in its eyes.

“Extraterrestrial visitor, what have you done to me? I’ll twist your head off!”

The next moment, Gangdingdi roared to the sky, a red gas emanating from its body, followed by a black gas that intertwined with the red gas. A Vampire-Sucking, Cicada-Slaying Spirit appeared within this ball-shaped red and black gas, accompanied by a laugh similar to [Gandingdi’s] own.

A red Gangdingdi appeared before the original Gangdingdi.

Gangdingdi was dumbfounded.

He was enraged and humiliated. “What is this thing?”

He swung his ginseng tendrils forward, and the indestructible tendrils immediately met their opponent. The red version of Gangdingdi was also a Star Ring level, and it swung its ginseng tendrils to attack directly.

The two ginseng tendrils clashed repeatedly.

Gangdingdi was furious. “Damn counterfeit.”

The red Gangdingdi looked at the real body, filled with greedy desire.

“I’m going to eat you.”

The two began to fight.

Locke shook his head slightly when he saw this.

“The Sea Queen wants us to use the Doppelganger Potion to deal with Gangdingdi, but even if I successfully split him in two with the Nero Potion, putting him in a state of internal power struggle, no matter which side wins, we still can’t destroy Gangdingdi in the end.”

He could destroy Gangdingdi by attacking directly.

But the problem is that this fifth lesson requires them to solve this problem with the Doppelganger Potion.

So Locke naturally can’t attack directly.

“However, this time the Dark World actually gave birth to a Dark World version of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Fruit Position.”

Locke pondered. “It must be because something happened here.”

The Great Ming Dragon Sparrow appeared behind Locke, and he flew above the dark continent, beginning a thorough search.

Anthony focused his attention on the medicinal herbs produced in this land, but he didn’t possess Anthony’s extraordinary ability to identify herbs, so he couldn’t follow in his footsteps.

Following someone else’s path would put him at a disadvantage in every way.

He had his own advantages in potion-making.

Three-eyed tiger-cat eyes appeared on Locke’s forehead, scanning the continent from which the newly formed land had emerged. Every living being on this continent felt, in that instant, as if they had been seen n*ked.

The next moment, Locke saw a fire-man in the center of the continent.

This fire-man seemed to be a fire monarch, clad in steel armor amidst the rising flames.

This steel king within the flames, upon noticing Locke had seen him, not only showed no panic but instead mocked him provocatively.

Locke sensed a divine power emanating from him, comparable in quality to his own magic. “So that’s it, you’re a Persepolis god.”

His state was stronger than the god he’d encountered in the Three Caverns World; it seemed to be more than just a divine name, possessing its own divine authority. However, this fellow was still not a complete Persepolis god, because a complete Persepolis god was a Sun Ring level being, while this guy was only a Star Ring level.

Yes, the gods of the Sea King World were in chaos. Although Shan Chuan Ke himself was a Sun Ring level being, due to the Dark Heaven and Earth, he could no longer control the entire Sea King World. Therefore, this weakness easily attracted other forces from the endless void. He could come to the Wizarding World, find the Wizarding World, and ask us for help. Could the ancestral god of the Dark Heaven and Earth also break away from the Sea King World and directly go to other worlds to seek help from others?

Locke’s eyes narrowed.

Judging from this, the ancestral god of the Dark World had gone to the Persepolis gods for help.

The steel king within the flames looked at the Gangding Lands, bisected by Nero’s Potion No. 3 and locked in battle, and let out a mocking laugh.

“Wizard, as a potion master, are you here to heal this world or to wreak havoc? The destructive scale of the aftershocks of the battle between the Gangding Lands is considerable.”

He extended a finger, and suddenly mobilized the power of the Gangding Lands’ positions, guiding a wisp of that power into his own divine name and office. Instantly, this wisp of divine power, amplified by the divine name and office of the Persepolis gods, became infinitely vast.

A steel blade fell, and the red Gangding Lands were instantly cleaved in two. The Gangding Lands’ true form suddenly opened its maw and devoured the red Gangding Lands.

After finishing his meal, the newly formed entity, ignoring the discomfort of its power still digesting, glared at Locke, its eyes filled with rage. “Damn extraterrestrial, I’ll kill you!”

The steel king in the flames looked at Locke and said, “Wizard, your tricks are just child’s play.”

“It seems you have an opponent. You help the Mountain and River Guest, we help the Dark World. King Parasol wants us to recruit the ancestral god of the Dark World into our race. The moment the Dark World devours this world, a new god of our pantheon will be born.”

Locke quickly used the Water Gourd System to investigate the name King Parasol. Unexpectedly, he quickly found information about the other party.

The reason was that this King Parasol was the god-king of a relatively active pantheon of the Persepolis gods, and his pantheon was called the Parasol pantheon.

The Parasol pantheon is the most notorious of the Persepolis gods, the nomadic deities of the void. This pantheon is known for its practice of enticing ancestral gods of higher worlds, claiming they will renounce those worlds, thus increasing the number of Persepolis members within their pantheon.

By bestowing divine seeds upon the ancestral gods of other worlds, the Persepolis gods allow them to absorb the power of those worlds, developing divine attributes, names, and even divine fire—all to facilitate the ancestral gods’ departure. However, this practice inevitably leads to the stunted development of those worlds.

The Persepolis gods reproduce by finding a world, bestowing divine seeds upon others, or burying them within that world. In the process, they gather faith and the plane’s principles to evolve the divine seeds. Most Persepolis gods, however, do not directly take away the ruling god of a world.

The Parasol pantheon, however, has this particular habit.

Therefore, they are most infamous in the endless void, leaving behind a trail of devastation.

Locke looked at the Iron Monarch within the flames, watching him and Gangdingdi about to attack. Locke sneered, about to make his move, when suddenly a voice rang in his ears.

“Locke, class is over.”

It was the Sea Queen’s voice.

Locke frowned. Fine.

He didn’t have a plan to use the clone potion to deal with Gangdingdi anyway. He had originally intended to deal with this Persepolis god who was now only left with his divine name and divine office, but since class was over, he might as well leave.

At this moment, the Spiritual Hundred Relief on Locke’s body began to dissipate.

His figure gradually disappeared into the world.

The Iron Monarch within the flames chuckled, “Wizard, are you planning to run away? Before I resurrected, I was going to practice on you first.”

Gangdingdi glared at Locke.

The Iron Monarch within the flames suddenly said, “This is—”

At this moment, Locke raised his right hand, and the Monarch’s Spiritual Hundred Relief transformed into golden light and shadow, like fluttering butterflies, or countless leaves, rapidly falling towards Locke’s palm.

A wood-elemental magical flame appeared in Locke’s palm.

Within this flame, the fragments of spiritual light and shadow were being rapidly refined into a spiritual imprint.

Locke’s spiritual awareness was also being rapidly depleted.

Locke looked at the Persepolis god and said, “I just finished class. Iron King: Sursuman, we will meet again.”

The Persepolis god’s eyes widened immediately, because he hadn’t expected Locke to pronounce his god’s name and divine office so readily.

Is this the ability of the sorcerer called a potion master?

Sursuman angrily shouted at Locke, “Stop! Do you take me for a lowly god among these natives?!”

The next moment, Locke left the body of the Mountain Guest.

He appeared in the classroom, where his classmates were discussing the star-ring level solidified land they had seen inside the Mountain Guest. They seemed very surprised that such a level of existence existed in the Sea King’s world.

The Sea Queen looked at the Chained Bell and said, “Everyone, class is over.”

“It seems none of you can resolve the newly born Dark Heaven and Earth within Shan Chuan Ke’s body this time.”

Shan Chuan Ke himself stood on the platform, rubbing his stomach, his eyes darting around, looking very worried.

Just a few days ago, he suddenly discovered that his chronic illness had worsened. As a Sun-level Ancestral God, he had caught a cold, started having a runny nose, and his body was becoming weak. He was frightened and immediately sought help from the Sea Queen.

That’s why this fifth lesson came about.

But unexpectedly, even after finishing this lesson, he hadn’t improved at all.

The Sea Queen said, “Since that’s the case, I’ll have to take back this Blue Sky Brocade Potion. You really know how to save me prizes.”

“I declare everyone here unqualified for this lesson.”

Wizard Anthony’s face was somewhat grim, as he rarely encountered such a situation, but at the same time, he was full of fighting spirit, believing he would eventually find a way to use the Doppelganger Potion to deal with the Gangdingdi, using a Star Ring Potion he had just collected in that dark realm.

He could already sense that this Star Ring Potion contained the power to destroy Gangdingdi’s position.

Locke, meanwhile, looked at the Persepolis God Spirit Hong he had just acquired, lost in thought.

The Alba Witch frowned, pondering how to use the Doppelganger Potion to defeat the incredibly powerful Gangdingdi.

However, for her, a second-ring wizard, she could only hope to use the Doppelganger Potion to defeat him; otherwise, what other methods did she have?

Sea Queen said, “Class dismissed. This time, we actually have ten people still participating in our accelerated improvement class. I wonder how many of you will be left in the next class. I’m looking forward to it.”

Sea Queen turned to leave.

The people in the classroom sighed and discussed how insane these courses were. However, these wizards also admitted that, regardless of the final outcome, they had at least witnessed the trials of Sea Queen’s courses.

After a long period of contemplation, the Alba witch suddenly realized a crucial point. “

During the battle with that newly established being, I noticed his connection to the Dark Realm seemed extremely weak. If I could think of another way to use the Doppelganger Potion, perhaps I could do something with it—”

Locke then turned to Anthony and said, “Mr. Anthony, I just encountered the Persepolis god within the Mountain Guest’s body.”

He quickly recounted the events. At the same time, the Alba witch and the other second-ring wizards of the Root Crown Court gathered around in astonishment, only to be surprised to hear from Locke about the Persepolis god he had encountered within the Mountain Guest’s body.

An old wizard from the Root Crown Court said, “So, does that mean the Sea King World has become another battlefield between us wizards and the Persepolis gods?”

Another wizard from the Root Crown Court said, “Thinking about it carefully, that makes sense. Lord Shanchuanke can ask us for help, and the ancestral god of the Dark World can also ask others for help. Perhaps it’s because Lord Shanchuanke asked us for help that the ancestral god of the Dark World thought of siding with the Persepolis gods.”

Wizard Anthony looked thoughtful.

“The Parasol pantheon is a notorious parasitic pantheon. Even if other Persepolis gods are herding sheep, they wouldn’t go as far as the Parasol pantheon. I remember that the god-king of the Parasol pantheon is also a sun-ring level being. He seems to be a parasitic god.” “

The Parasol pantheon is a pantheon that parasitizes local pantheons in various places.”

“I understand, Locke. Thank you for sharing this information with me.”

Locke nodded.

“Yes, you shared other information with me before. Moreover, I believe our entire accelerated advancement class has the right to know this information.”

The wizards Anthony and Alba, along with the wizards from the Root Crown Court present, were all taken aback for a moment, then developed a favorable impression of Locke for so generously sharing information.

Locke quickly left. The main reason he wanted to tell everyone this information was that since the other party was a member of the Persepolis gods, it was likely that more than one had entered, and judging from their state, they were probably also trying to use the Sea King’s World to resurrect themselves.

Therefore, he definitely had to tell the other wizards.

Even if he didn’t tell them, they would find out sooner or later, and rather than being ambushed by the Persepolis gods after entering the Mountain Guest’s World, it was better for him to tell the other wizards that the world within the Mountain Guest had become a void battlefield.

Locke pondered how to create Nero Potion No. 4 to solve the problem with the Mountain Guest.

It seemed that the Potions course at the Sea Queen’s Throne had entered a rather advanced stage.

This was to be expected, as it was the only way to rapidly improve his potion-making skills. He could then quickly catch up to wizards like Anthony by studying Nero’s potions and successfully complete the Quetzalcoatl’s Ladder test.

Especially during the Star Ring stage, when resources were so crucial, learning to brew potions like the Blue Sky Brocade potion would be extremely useful. Locke

left the classroom and caught up with the Sea Queen.

The Sea Queen glanced at him. “If you have questions from class, please don’t bother.”

“I won’t answer any questions after class. You can ask in the next lesson.”

Locke bowed to the Sea Queen. “Lady Helen, I don’t want to ask you about the lesson.

If there’s anything I don’t understand, I’ll figure it out myself. I’m looking for a material, but I’ve searched many famous markets in the Cloud Marsh Wetlands and still haven’t found it, and I urgently need it.” “

So I wanted to ask you.”

“Lady Helen, you are very knowledgeable; perhaps you’ve seen it before.”

The Sea Queen raised an eyebrow. “What is it?”

Locke asked. “It’s fragments of a True Phoenix eggshell.”

The Sea Queen paused, taken aback. “Oh, you mean this?”

The Sea Queen pulled a large bag of True Phoenix eggshell fragments from her astral ring, and Locke’s eyes widened.

The Sea Queen said, “These are essential materials for crafting the Great Potion of Vidos, so I recently bought up all the True Phoenix eggshell fragments available in the surrounding markets.”

Locke followed the Sea Queen down the corridor, tentatively asking, “Then, Lady Helen, could you lend me one? We can make a deal; you can name your price.”

The Sea Queen seemed to have thought of something interesting.

“The True Phoenix Eggshell Fragment is a Moon Ring-grade material, with a market price of at least five million to ten million magic stones, but I won’t sell it. However, you’re not without a chance to get it.”

The Sea Queen laughed, “Locke, I see you always have such a serious face, so rigid every day. You’re only in your twenties, yet you act like wizards who are hundreds of years old. “

The Sea Queen suddenly reached out and pinched Locke’s cheek.

“Why be so serious?”

“Since you want this True Phoenix Eggshell Fragment so much, and I’ve been quite irritable lately because of something, I need to do something else to relax. How about this, you gamble with me a few rounds?”

Locke was dumbfounded, looking up at this unpretentious throne wizard.

“Gamble?”

“I don’t know how.”

The Sea Queen held up the True Phoenix Eggshell Fragment and said, “You don’t know how? Then do you want the fragment?”

The Sea Queen took out two dice from her Astral Ring.

“This is a three-ringed magic artifact. It can block any divination spells or other spells, ensuring that every throw is absolutely random. Come, come with me, let’s play a game of ‘big or small,’ I’ll teach you.”

“We can pledge our magic stone assets to each other. Each throw is a guess of ‘big or small.’ If you win ten million magic stones from me, I’ll let you take the True Phoenix Eggshell directly. If you lose to me, I’ll give you a discount since you’re a junior. Even if you lose a lot of money to me, I’ll only ask you to pay five million magic stones. How about it?”

Locke thought for a moment. Essentially, this Throne Wizard wanted him to use a maximum of five million magic stones as a cost for a chance to obtain a fragment of the True Phoenix Eggshell from her.

However, Locke hesitated.

He shook his head and refused.

First, he had promised the witch Yekaterina that he wouldn’t learn anything from the Sea Queen Throne except potion-making.

Second, he felt something was off; what if he lost? Wouldn’t he lose five million magic stones directly?

He only had a little over ten million magic stones on him, and those magic stones were used to buy the Star Ring resources he had spent queuing for in Golden Peach Garden for a month. If he lost to Sea Queen’s Throne now, it would

mean that he had wasted this month’s time queuing. Moreover, if his actions towards Golden Peach Garden affected his future queuing, it would truly be a loss.

Locke quickly assessed the situation. This was a tempting opportunity, but if he agreed to the gamble, he risked losing everything, with a series of cascading consequences.

He planned to purchase Star Ring resources before leaving the Tianjiang coast.

While the True Phoenix Egg fragments could help him hatch the Green Dragon Vine seeds, they weren’t his immediate priority.

Locke refused the Sea Queen, saying, “I’m sorry, Your Majesty, I cannot gamble with you. I don’t believe I’ll win, and I dare not place my fate on such a matter.”

The Sea Queen glanced at Locke, her enthusiasm and amusement vanishing. She said helplessly, “I heard you’re now the manager of the Silver Peach Garden, so you must have plenty of money. Give me some of the Silver Peach Garden’s money, and we can have some fun. How boring.”

The Sea Queen’s expression turned serious, as if the witch who had been enthusiastically discussing gambling with Locke had disappeared, replaced by the throne wizard in the classroom.

The Sea Queen said, “So, Locke, you don’t want the Phoenix Eggshell fragments anymore?”

Locke looked at the Sea Queen and said, “Your Majesty, of course I want them. If possible, I’d like to buy them from you, even at fifty percent above the market price. Also, if you really want me to satisfy your interest, I can play dice with you, but it’s just a game, no betting.” “

Personally, I believe that anyone who walks by the river will eventually get wet. Every gambler in this world will eventually lose,”

the Sea Queen said, narrowing her eyes.

Locke hesitated for a moment and said to the Sea Queen, “Your Majesty, if possible, you should also exercise restraint.”

The Sea Queen looked at Locke with surprise, a smile appearing on her face.

“To say you’re rigid wouldn’t be right, since you dared to offer me advice. But to say you’re not rigid would be inconsiderate, since you wouldn’t even play a normal wizarding game with me. If everyone acted like you, all the gambling shops in the Rootcrown Court’s market would have to shut down, even though it’s a crucial way for the market to recoup its funds,”

said the Sea Queen. “Locke, I didn’t originally intend to give you the Phoenix Eggshell Fragment. But your refusal just now has offended me.”

Locke looked at the Sea Queen in surprise.

Sometimes he didn’t understand what this renowned potion master was thinking; he had simply refused to play dice with her normally, and yet he had offended her.

The Sea Queen said, “However, I initially thought you were the kind of person I disliked, but upon reflection, that’s not the case. You’re quite bold. Most wizards wouldn’t dare refuse me to my face. Alright, in that case, come with me to do a tricky job. If you complete it for me, I’ll give you a fragment of a True Phoenix Eggshell.”

The Sea Queen said, “Follow me.”

Locke followed the Sea Queen through the courtyard of the Rootcrown Court. After walking through many wooden corridors and passing numerous magical fountains, Locke and the Sea Queen arrived at a secret underground wooden chamber

within the Rootcrown Court. Locke entered the chamber and was immediately stunned. “Where is this?”

An old Star Ring wizard quickly approached and stood beside the Sea Queen.

“Your Majesty, you’ve finally arrived. I’m willing to sacrifice our past friendship just so you can heal my great-grandson.”

“This is the Sea Pearl Ring you once gave me.”

The old Star Ring wizard carefully took out a magical ring inlaid with a Sea Pearl from his pocket.

The Sea Queen looked down and saw the young Star Ring Wizard lying motionless on the wooden plank like a dead man.

“The situation is more serious than I thought. Everett Moss, we were indeed friends when we were young, but once that relationship was exhausted, there was no more affection between us.   And you actually brought a dead man to treat me.”

The   Sea Queen seemed utterly speechless.   ”Everett Moss, what exactly happened? Weren’t you representing the [Dream Vine] Academy of Ancient Vine Village to the Tianjiang River?”   Wizard Everett Moss said with a grim expression, “Yes. It wasn’t me representing him. I’m an old Star Ring Wizard, my potential exhausted, I can never become a Moon Ring Wizard in this lifetime. It was my grandson who participated. He was fine until, when he was competing for the academy’s grant at the White Ice Tower, my grandson Hoffman Moss was about to submit his application when he suddenly fell ill.” ”   Not only that, but his condition rapidly worsened within just a few days.”   Locke looked at Wizard Moss in astonishment.   ”Is the competition at the White Ice Tower that fierce?”   Old Wizard Moss didn’t know how to answer, so he just looked at Locke without replying.   Sea Queen asked, “Has he been like this for several days?”   Sea Queen said to Locke, “The competition for the first round of funds along the Tianjiang River has reached a fever pitch. Apart from you and the three candidates selected at the March meeting, everyone else has used the most intense competitive methods.   After all, if it weren’t for the complete range of wizarding methods in the modern magical era, it should already be a wizarding war between the major wizarding lands for the interests along the Tianjiang River.” ”   The upper-level wizarding lands are still holding their own. But some lower-level wizarding lands have already started to resort to any means necessary.”   ”Moss, I remember that the people competing with your grandson are wizards from the Spiral Basin, right?”   Old Wizard Moss nodded and said, “Yes.”   Sea Queen sneered.   ”That was a truly ruthless attack. To turn a Star Ring Wizard like this, the perpetrator must be either a Sun Ring Wizard from the Spiral Basin or a Third Ring Wizard. There aren’t many High Ring Wizards in the Spiral Basin, and those few are notorious. I think I already know who has this kind of ability.”   Old Wizard Moss looked at Locke with wary eyes.   ”This unfamiliar wizard, are you also a wizard participating in the Sky River Coast Competition?”   ”Lady Helen—”   Sea Queen said, “Don’t worry, you can trust this wizard.”   Sea Queen used a magical dagger to cut open the young wizard’s palm, then collected his blood in a container, and then smelled it.   ”Fortunately, they didn’t intend to go too far. This is the Spiral Shadow Potion, which requires continuous use for more than three months to take effect. It quickly strips a wizard of their mobility and puts them into a coma. If a wizard below the second ring takes it, they will die instantly, while a Star Ring wizard will remain unconscious for at least a year before waking up.”   ”But it will take at least ten years for the potion’s effects to wear off.”   ”During this period, their magical pressure will continuously leak.” ”   Therefore, the Spiral Shadow Potion is a potion specifically used by the Spiral Basin to assassinate their rival’s wizarding geniuses.”   ”Infamous.”

“Locke, I disdain dealing with such a low-level potion. I’ll write you a recipe; you refine it, and I’ll give you a fragment of a True Phoenix eggshell. Do you accept this deal?”

Locke quickly agreed, “Lady Helen, I accept.

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