Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 1037

Chapter 1026 S-Class Golden Crown Mountain Experiment Accident and Further Discovery of Water-Guiding Spirit Breath!

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The witch Catherine activated the soundproofing and vision-blocking magic arrays. Then, the stone chair composed of floating stones automatically rotated. She looked at Locke and said, “The Rose Witch’s clone, as well as many high-ring wizard clones, are all on this airship. Of course, the key point is that the deputy director of the Environmental Division is the Truth Wizard.”

“With her clones here, this airship absolutely cannot have any accidents.”

“So from now on, you are safe.”

Locke smiled bitterly.

“Teacher, I’m hardly safe. I practically fled in disarray. But when I return next time, I’ll make those lurking wizarding forces regret this.”

At this moment, Locke’s magic pressure increase stopped. He took out the blue crystal matrix used by second-ring wizards for testing from his astral ring, placed his palm on it, and found that his magic pressure had reached 21,500.

In other words, he had actually increased his magic pressure by a full 800 points.

Locke’s eyelids nearly jumped when he saw this. This was indeed worthy of the astral ring resources prepared for him by the progenitor wizard in his “blood pack.” It was indeed of a high level. Compared to it, both the Molten Soul Breath and the Tidal Soul Breath seemed ordinary. It

was just a pity that, as a world wonder, the Miracle Stone was extremely difficult to obtain.

The witch Catherine glanced at the blue crystal matrix in his hand and said, “It’s a Miracle Stone. Using something like this to increase magical pressure—well, it’s fine, at least the quality of the magical pressure is high. Someone once made a wish upon a Miracle Stone and directly transformed from a first-class apprentice into a crystallized wizard permanently. This is the reason why the New Path attracts so many wizards; the New Path is fraught with danger, but it’s also full of treasures.”

“The wizards of the Great Void Exploration Era can feel it now on the New Path as well,”

Catherine said. “Unfortunately, the biggest problem for Star Ring Wizards isn’t these things. You’ve fought quite a few undead before, haven’t you? The reason I didn’t stop you is twofold: first, it was your own choice, and I can’t interfere and affect your independent personality; second, if you want to reach the Moon Ring as quickly as possible, fighting the undead is indeed the fastest way to break through.” “

The biggest problem for Star Ring Wizards is that they don’t have much ability to protect themselves, yet they insist on exploring the origin and boundaries of their power in the illusory world, and they also want to know who they are.”

The witch Catherine turned to a page in her spellbook, then held it up for Locke to see.

Locke saw a page depicting a partially destroyed laboratory, seemingly a top-tier botany lab, where rampant, out-of-control plants had engulfed it.

“Teacher, this is—”

the witch Catherine said, “This is our next stop. I will also go with you to this stop. This is the Golden Crown Mountain branch in the Rain Swamp, and this laboratory is the highest-level laboratory there, but it is currently out of control.” “

This matter is the responsibility of the Academic Committee. We need to investigate the reason why the Despair Valley Laboratory is out of control and develop a corresponding plan to repair the laboratory, at least to formulate a plan for repairing the laboratory. I personally testified to the Academic Committee that sending you to Despair Valley will be advantageous in repairing our top-level botanical laboratory in the Rain Swamp.” “

For example, if I or other high-ring wizards approach, the [Truth] we carry will interfere with that place. Although it won’t be too serious with deliberate restraint, it might cause us to miss the reason why the laboratory is out of control.”

The witch Catherine handed the spellbook to Locke.

“The Academic Committee has the responsibility to collect and summarize reports of serious accidents in laboratories. Moreover, this laboratory accident has already been rated S-level within the Golden Crown Mountain system. This is not a laboratory out-of-control situation that an ordinary wizard can handle.”

“From now on, you are appointed as my assistant. You are an investigator for the Golden Crown Mountain Academic Committee.”

“You will accompany me to Despair Valley to investigate the whole truth behind the S-level laboratory out of control and to develop a plan to minimize the damage to the laboratory.”

A badge appeared on Locke’s wizard robe.

Locke looked at the title of the magic book and found that it was a magic book specifically used to describe the Despair Valley Laboratory out of control. The author seemed to be a person who had experienced it firsthand. He used three chapters in the book to discuss why the Despair Valley Laboratory went out of control, analyze the causes and consequences, and make related hypothetical inferences.

Locke glanced at it briefly and said to the witch Catherine, “Teacher, the author of this book doesn’t seem to know much about Despair Valley himself. Many of his perspectives are based on his own experience working there, and many viewpoints are speculation, not necessarily true.”

Catherine replied, “You’re right. The author was just an apprentice in that laboratory at the time, and he wrote this book after becoming a Crystallization Wizard. But that was only because he had joined the Thracian Shop Alliance in Cloudze Wetlands. That alliance specializes in repairing equipment and restoring laboratories after they go out of control in various universities. His main purpose in writing this magic book and self-publishing it was to obtain a position within that alliance.”

“But this person is indeed the sole survivor of the S-class out-of-control incident back then.”

Locke turned to the page in the spellbook that the witch Catherine had shown him.

“Despair Valley Laboratory: A rare, powerful spell from a Star Ring Wizard, due to echoes, merged with the entire out-of-control laboratory. The specific reason is unknown; what exactly happened back then is also unknown. The laboratory’s rules and procedures were very lax at the time. The book concludes that because of these lax rules and procedures, it was only a matter of time before the laboratory had an accident.”

“He used an analogy—’He who walks by the river will eventually get his shoes wet.'”

Catherine said, “It may not be the truth, but it’s the most authentic material. Subsequently, because that place was too dangerous, Golden Crown Mountain didn’t activate it for sixty years and prohibited others from approaching.”

Locke asked doubtfully, “Why didn’t they investigate and restore it back then? Why are they investigating and restoring it now?”

Catherine said, “Back then, someone stopped them. Now no one stops them. It’s that simple.”

Locke seemed thoughtful.

The witch Catherine said, “Take a good look at this author. He’s another pitiful person who was too eager to pass the False Forging stage and ended up killing himself. Wizard advancement is very dangerous, Locke.”

“If you force your way through each step from now on, you’ll easily end up like this. I had my reasons for sending you to this laboratory. But whether it’s the key laboratory or this laboratory, it’s all to make it easier for you to complete False Forging in the future.”

Locke looked at the spellbook in his hand, Despair Valley Laboratory. The person in charge at the time was a wizard at the limit of the Star Ring, who was close to reaching the Moon Ring level. His name was [Aurelian Probus].

“A plant reproduction expert, he published many articles in the second-ring, first-zone journals. His main research direction was to cultivate annual grass-like magical plants into perennial grass-like magical plants. He had been conducting related research since he was a first-ring wizard and had achieved many outstanding results—”

Locke looked at the data and said, “At that time, Despair Valley was working on the direction of—”

Locke paused for a moment.

“By cultivating annual Cloud Rice into perennial Cloud Rice—a grass-type magical plant—we can maximize Cloud Rice yield and reduce planting costs.”

Locke couldn’t help but marvel at the wizard’s idea. Cloud Rice is a grass-type magical plant, an annual herbaceous plant. Once harvested, it dies and needs to be replanted in spring and harvested in autumn. But this wizard, Aurelian, wanted to break this convention and directly transform Cloud Rice—one of the three types of Cloud Rice from Golden Crown Mountain—a second-ring magical plant—into a plant that can bear fruit continuously.

It’s important to understand that second-ring magical plants choose to be annual for a reason; it’s usually not due to seasonal factors, but rather because they want to concentrate all their energy and nutrients on the fruit.

Transforming an ordinary annual magical plant into a perennial is not a difficult task, but transforming a second-ring magical plant specifically evolved into an annual, or even a star-ring magical plant, into a perennial magical plant is incredibly challenging.

Locke, upon merely reading the experiments mentioned in the magic book, discovered that the author had employed a variety of techniques, from grafting to hybridization, spirit energy cultivation, and finite element single-analysis cultivation. The only exception was the absence of magic resonance cultivation, likely due to the excessive variability of plant factors associated with that method.

Furthermore, there were likely some private cultivation methods used by Aurelian wizards, as the book revealed some experimental steps whose purpose Locke didn’t understand. However, for a second-circle breeder, possessing several private cultivation methods was perfectly normal.

“Besides that,” said Ekaterina, “there’s another reason. Golden Crown Mountain is currently developing the Dark World. Traveling far in the Dark World requires constant combat against the invasion of darkness, which consumes a lot of energy. Therefore, our demand for Cloud Rice has greatly increased.”

“This is also true for the Senate. Because the Senate is still developing the Ancient Planet plane separately, they need Cloud Rice even more than we do. And under the Demon Winter, the Wizarding World’s food production continues to decline, which makes it even more necessary for Golden Crown Mountain to find new agricultural technologies. Therefore, recovering the results from the Despair Valley Laboratory and figuring out what exactly happened back then, understanding why the Star Ring Wizard who approached the Moon Ring suddenly died, and why the laboratory suddenly went out of control, is what you, as the investigator of the Academic Committee, are responsible for.”

Ekaterina added, “Of course, there’s one more thing.”

Suddenly, Ekaterina’s red hair completely transformed into the color of her original hair, and her expression became serious.

“I want you to bring this wizard home.”

“Before I was in power at Mount Golden Crown, I couldn’t control him. I also know that many wizards at Mount Golden Crown aren’t exactly clean, which is probably human nature.”

“But now that I’m in charge, I won’t tolerate any impropriety. Aurelian Probus is a wizard at Mount Golden Crown, Locke, you need to bring him back.”

“Even if he’s dead.”

The next moment, Catherine the Witch’s hair gradually turned red, and she shrugged.

“I hope this doesn’t put too much pressure on you. This is for your own good. Pressure is a small shortcut for Star Ring Wizards to forge great magic. Entering Despair Valley will be beneficial to you in every way.”

“At that time, the laboratory’s main research technology was the cultivation of spirit energy, so since we’re traveling together, I can help you quickly improve your spirit energy skills.”

“Do you agree?”

Locke asked the witch Catherine. “Teacher, it’s wonderful that you can spare some time to teach me directly.”

“I’d be delighted,”

Catherine said. “However, Despair Valley is too dangerous. All your clones must return to your main body. Locke, I seem to have forgotten to tell you.” “

During the Star Ring stage, you shouldn’t maintain clone magic for too long.”

Locke paused for a moment.

Ekaterina the Witch raised an eyebrow. “Didn’t you realize? The clones created by a Star Ring Wizard’s clone magic are also at the Star Ring level. This is a huge pressure for you. Maintaining a clone at this stage generates about five times the pressure of a normal second-ring stage. Therefore, most Star Ring Wizards don’t maintain their clones for long periods; they at least cancel them occasionally.”

“Locke, you should have rested long ago.”

“And this time, when you go to Despair Valley, you must retrieve all your clones.”

Locke coughed and said, “But teacher, I need a clone to attend the Potions course I applied for through the Feathered Serpent Pavilion.” “

Also, I need a clone to go to Dragonfall Lands to conduct business negotiations with the Windbringer Sanctuary—”

Ekaterina the Witch raised an eyebrow after hearing this.

“Locke, I don’t know what to say to you. Even among my students, you seem to be the most hardworking. Missing a class or two in Potions isn’t a big deal, is it? As for the Windbringer Sanctuary—let someone else handle it. Douglas is a good candidate.”

Locke said, “Douglas has already been sent to the Three Caverns to build mines, taking my two hundred red orc demons and the development contract I signed with Golden Peach Garden.”

The witch Catherine remained silent for a moment.

She continued, “Locke, entering Despair Valley will indeed require you to recall all your clones.”

“Furthermore, you should relax a bit. Actually, the wizards of Golden Crown Mountain aren’t always this busy; we’re only this busy when things are going well. But every wizard needs time to rest. Rest is for better work.”

“Incorporating rest into your work is something you need to learn. You’re working too hard, too hard,

” she added.

“This might even hinder your ability to forge Great Magic. There’s a reason why Star Ring wizards find it easier to forge Great Magic in lower-level wizarding areas.”

Locke thought for a moment, then forced a smile and said, “Okay, teacher, I’ll try my best to coordinate my affairs.”

It seemed he did indeed need to coordinate his affairs.

The Dragonfall Lands were manageable.

But the Potions class at Sea Queen’s Throne was a different story.

Moreover, besides that, he needed to continue collecting resources to make the iron tree bloom, and he also needed to find a way to complete the special grant. In addition, he needed to devote some of his energy to the students at Golden Crown Mountain and the Tide Great Wizard Tower.

Fortunately, the Forest Sanctuary Magic in the Southeast Corner Region was already being taught by Wizard Albert, so he didn’t need to get involved.

The Myster Research Center at Lilith’s Hut had been researching his Forest Sanctuary Magic and increasing the number of people learning it.

That side was already on track, and Albert, along with his student, the Green Witch, was doing quite well there, becoming famous in the area.

“Locke,” said the witch Catherine, “I’ll let you know when we head to the Rain Marsh. By the way, that friend you made before is the Jungle Star of the Jungle Hand: Albin Thea.”

She smiled at Locke, “You should really get to know this person.”

“It’ll do you no harm.”

“Communicating with your peers will be very beneficial.”

“The Jungle Star is a wizarding seed chosen by the Jungle Hand at the second-circle wizarding stage. Only wizards with the potential to advance to the third-circle wizarding stage can receive this title. In other words, she’s considered a wizarding genius within the Jungle Hand. I don’t know much about the rules of the Southern District, but her position there is probably similar to yours.”

Catherine smiled, “When I was your age, I really enjoyed making friends like this.”

She gave Locke an encouraging look.

“It’s not for any other purpose, but occasionally encountering an opponent who can challenge one’s thinking is a rare and precious thing. It will take at least 27 days to return to Yunze Wetlands from now on.”

“During this time, you can definitely discuss things with that witch.”

At this moment, Locke noticed that after everything he and the witch Catherine had experienced, she was no longer as imposing and unfathomable in his presence. Instead, she seemed much more casual, and her expressions were more varied and relaxed.

Catherine winked at Locke and said, “You didn’t attend the club gatherings with Mason and the others at Golden Crown Mountain. I thought you were a bit of a loner.”

Locke opened the Reincarnation Box in his hand, only to find a chart inside.

He held it up and saw that it was covered in black dots drawn with a pencil.

Looking at these dots, Locke found there were no rules; it seemed like a complete mess.

But on the lower right side of the chart was the signature of the witch Sophia.

Locke stared in bewilderment at the completely tangled chart. He discovered it wasn’t just a jumble of unreadable black dots, but also merely a fragment.

It was marked “1/3.”

So there were three parts?

Then why was only one sent?

In a flash, Locke realized that if this was sent by Reincarnation Logistics through Sophia’s commission, it meant a significant expense had been paid, making it extremely important.

But this thing looked utterly meaningless, devoid of any magical fluctuations.

Therefore, there was only one possibility: this was a chart attempting to convey a message.

Sophia, for some reason, couldn’t send him the complete chart conveying a particular message all at once, so she likely divided it into three parts before daring to send it out. But what information could be so crucial that Sophia, located in the Starfield Sea, would spend a fortune to have it delivered to him?

Locke stared at the chart filled with black dots, lost in thought.

Ekaterina glanced at the chart. “Why do you look so worried?”

Locke said, “Teacher, this must be something my first wizarding mentor gave me. I just can’t understand what message she’s trying to convey.”

Ekaterina said, “It should be a mathematical formula.”

Locke blinked.

Ekaterina said, “Look at the black dots. They seem random, but they have a general direction. This means they’re not just random dots. I think she’s probably trying to tell you a formula, and the information she wants to convey is all in that formula.”

Locke was puzzled. What kind of formula could be so important that it had to be divided into three parts, then entrusted to Reincarnation Logistics for delivery, and couldn’t be said directly, requiring such a subtle method?

Locke asked, “Then, can you figure out what formula it is, teacher?”

The witch Catherine replied, “No. You can ask the generalists in the academy for help. You should have a good relationship with those generalists in the library. They get along well with wizards who can publish articles. These generalists are into that sort of thing.” “

You can have them help you deduce the formula from this diagram. It might be some important information.”

The witch Catherine stood up. “Also, don’t put too much pressure on yourself regarding the competition. Just give it your all. I only hope you can enjoy the competition along the Tianjiang River.”

“The witches, Thea and the others, should be holding an event in the planting room on the airship right now. I think you could go and participate. You’ve been under too much pressure lately. And exchanging knowledge with your peers might yield unexpected gains; many significant discoveries are often made this way.” “

Of course, this isn’t an order, just a suggestion.”

Locke looked at the witch Catherine with surprise, because his competition results should be crucial to her plans within the Golden Crown Mountain faction.

It seemed that even her teacher now valued her more than just material gain.

Catherine the Witch left.

Locke remained within the magic circle, examining the chart for a while longer. Finding himself unable to decipher anything, he put it away.

Still pondering the chart’s contents, Locke unconsciously headed towards the airship’s cultivation room.

“Teacher is right. Communicating more with the wizards of the Southern Realms might improve my spiritual science.”

He walked through corridors to the cultivation room.

The room was brightly decorated, with numerous banners hanging above it. Locke looked closely and saw five large characters: “Demon Plant Release Festival. “

Locke silently took a step back, beginning to doubt his teacher’s advice.

These five characters together had actually caused his thoughts to freeze for a while!

What on earth was this?

Locke thought for a moment, but remembering what the witch Thea had mentioned about the ecological collapse of the Frost River, he felt he still had to go in, as this matter was very relevant to him.

Locke steeled himself and entered the airship’s planting chamber. Inside, he saw wizards wearing plant-themed hats, personally planting trees. The planting chamber inside the wizard airship was crucial; every airship had one.

This was because the wizard airship’s predecessor was a void warship. For void warships to enter the Great Void for missions, they needed an internal space for magical plants to maintain basic ecological balance. This allowed the void warships to be self-sufficient and maintain a certain plane of equilibrium after leaving the wizarding world. This plane of equilibrium was essential for daily operations and landings.

At this moment, the entire planting chamber resembled a vast primeval forest.

Each wizard of the Hand of the Jungle was personally tending to seedlings, digging soil, and transplanting them.

A first-ring wizard of the Hand of the Jungle tied a red ribbon to a red holly tree, enchanting it with magic. He was deeply saddened, unable to remove his hand from the tree for a long time.

Locke walked to Albin Thea’s side and saw that this female dwarf star-ring wizard was planting a second-ring magical tree, a Vajra Cherry Blossom, in the planter’s chamber of the wizard’s airship.

Albin Thea appeared very sad and said to the tree, “You must stay here well, be good, and listen to me. I will often ride this wizard’s airship in the future, so you don’t need to worry about being lonely. There are so many trees here, and they all need your care. As your friend, I am very grateful that you have accompanied me for so long.”

Locke stood behind her, remaining silent.

Albin Thea turned to look at Locke.

“It’s you, the wizard from Golden Crown Mountain. I’m sorry, I was so distraught that you saw me.”

“It was my rudeness.”

Locke was silent for a moment, and out of respect for others, he continued, following her train of thought, “It’s alright. Even wizards feel sad when important beings leave. It’s only human nature.”

Albin Thea’s eyes brightened slightly.

“Don’t you find my behavior strange?”

Locke chuckled. “I once entered a world where people worshipped the mountain gods daily. One day, as I walked along the road, the people there saw that I didn’t bow or kowtow to their gods and found my behavior odd.”

“So, whether something is strange or not depends on our perspective,”

the witch Albin Thea shook her head. “We often think the wizards of the Eastern Frontier have no faith; we’ve seen too many people looking at us with strange eyes along the way. I never expected you to respect my actions so much. This Vajra Cherry Blossom tree has been with me since my apprenticeship.”

“Don’t be surprised.”

“In Green Steel City, excellent breeders gather in abundance. Green Steel City possesses sophisticated magical plant evolution technology. That is, within the same genus, by purchasing a Plant Essence Set, we can guide the magical plant’s evolution in a specific direction through breeding technology.”

“We can silence the part of a magical plant’s plant essence that it doesn’t need, and then express the magical plant essence we need.”

“This allows a magical plant to evolve within the same genus and similar species,”

Locke said. “Amazing technology.”

The witch Albin Thea laughed, “This is to simulate the long-extinct Soul Magical Plants as closely as possible.”

“The magical plants cultivated in this way, having spent a long time with us and evolved multiple times in my hands, will possess some of the characteristics of Soul Magical Plants, resonating with my soul.” “

However, even so, not all magical plants can evolve. In fact, there are fewer than a hundred complete magical plant leap technology chains, and my Vajra Cherry Blossom Tree has already evolved to its peak. It can’t continue. I used it to cast a spell to temporarily stabilize the breach in the Heavenly Cold River, but this damaged its imaginary roots and physical roots, and caused problems with other nutrient tissues. Continuing to stay with me is not good for it,”

Albin Thea said. “So I have to find it a place.”

“I hope it can find happiness and joy here. Does my behavior seem strange to you?”

Locke said, “Praying for the happiness of any being is a heartwarming act in my eyes.”

Albin Thea said, “Locke, this is our Jungle Hand’s Plant Release Festival, and everyone is releasing animals. Do you have any magical plants that you no longer need but cherish? You can bring them out and release them here.” “

But releasing animals requires wisdom.”

Locke certainly didn’t intend to release any animals, mainly because he hadn’t thought about releasing plants before.

Albin Thea said, “Every magical plant released needs to be approved by the breeder from the academy on this airship. It’s that second-ring breeder over there. This is mainly because even among plants, magical plants from different origins and of different species, placing them in an ecosystem can potentially cause chaos in that ecosystem. Therefore, so-called release cannot be random; its origin and variety need to be strictly examined, and whether it will cause ecological impact needs to be considered.”

Locke nodded. “What you say makes a lot of sense.”

“Albin, I’m very interested in the plant leap technology you mentioned. Could you explain it in more detail?”

The witch Albin Thea stood up, took out a handkerchief from her astral ring, and continued, “Of course. This is precisely my area of expertise.”

“To be honest, I’ve published three papers on this topic in Zone 1, which is all the Zone 1 papers I currently have.”

“Plant leap technology is a technology that imitates soul plants—”

Locke listened to her explanation and had a general understanding of the so-called plant leap technology, but frankly, in Locke’s view, it was a thankless and arduous path. It involved using a large amount of resources and time to let a magical plant accompany a wizard from the apprentice stage all the way up, only to find that there was still an upper limit.

And the upper limit wasn’t very high.

If it weren’t for this technological direction, which allows for the existence of some characteristics of soul-enhanced plants, then this technology wouldn’t actually

be very cost-effective. The witch Albin Thea said, “As we all know, soul-enhanced plants can acquire the characteristics of their master—the wizard—during their growth process. The greatest value of the plant leap technology lies in this; such plants will also possess some of my permanent defensive field and the characteristics of great magic. Of course, the botanical wizards of Green Steel City have gone a step further, creating the [Extraordinary Branch].”

Locke’s eyes were strange. “Extraordinary Branch?”

The witch Albin Thea nodded, “Yes, a branch cultivated from a special type of magical plant, broken off and inserted into a magical plant modified by the plant leap technology, will allow that magical plant to possess the magical power of that extraordinary branch.”

“Look, it’s this.”

The witch Albin Thea held a completely red branch in her hand.

“This extraordinary branch has a bloodline spell model [Berserk Spell], and I can use the extraordinary branch to cast Berserk Spell on magical plants. Through this soul-like magical plant as a medium, I can cast almost all bloodline spells incorporated into the extraordinary branch system on magical plants.”

“An extraordinary and ingenious design.”

“But even among us Jungle Hands, almost no one knows how extraordinary branches are cultivated.”

“That’s a secret.”

Locke nodded, having truly learned a lot from communicating with this witch.

The magic of the Southern Realm is indeed significantly different from that of the Eastern Realm, because this combination of magical plant leap technology and extraordinary branches, while not common in the Southern Realm, is still used by quite a few wizards, and even researched.

The emergence of extraordinary branches has made up for the problem of the low cost-effectiveness of magical plant leap technology, and has also promoted the in-depth development of breeders and botanical wizards in Green Steel City in this direction.

Bloodline magic, much of it is enhancement-based, and many possess wondrous effects. The wizard who transported some bloodline spells into botany through extraordinary branches was likely trying to expand the limits of magical plants using bloodline magic.

Locke recalled the True Blood he had used during his first-ring wizard stage.

That too was a creation of bloodline refiners.

Locke asked, “Miss Albin, can this extraordinary branch be used by a Soul Magic Plant?”

Albin Thea replied, “Of course. But why do you ask? Do you have a Soul Magic Plant?”

Locke said, “I’m just asking out of curiosity. I also wanted to ask you if ordinary Magic Plants can use extraordinary branches? I’m very interested in this kind of branch.”

Albin Thea nodded and said, “That’s true. Soul Magic Plants are basically extinct. Even those that exist are probably incomplete and have lost their original value. And those complete Soul Magic Plants are not something we can obtain.”

Albin Thea said, “In my understanding, it’s absolutely impossible for ordinary Magic Plants to use extraordinary branches.”

“However, for a second-circle wizard, it seems nothing is impossible.”

“Currently, no one can use extraordinary branches on ordinary Magic Plants simply because no one is researching in this area. If someone were to do so, perhaps it would be possible to use extraordinary branches on ordinary Magic Plants in the future. Extraordinary branches are unavailable in the Eastern Boundary, so I’m giving you one.”

“This is a very high-quality branch. I bought it for five million magic stones. We hit it off immediately, and I like you. Besides, you seem to want to use this branch on ordinary magical plants, and I don’t think you’ll be able to use it for a long time. So I’m embarrassed to charge you. This extraordinary branch: Wrath of the Divine Beast, I’ll give it to you.”

The witch Albin Thea handed Locke a purple branch about the length of a palm.

“The Wrath of the Divine Beast was originally a Star Ring-level bloodline spell. Its main function is to temporarily allow a high-level bloodline from the outside world to enter your body, merge with your own bloodline, stimulate the power of your own bloodline, and unleash its power.”

“If it becomes this extraordinary branch, as long as you can use it, it can probably temporarily enhance that magical plant with the power of an external bloodline. Of course, the premise is that it can be used. Normally, you can use it just by hanging this branch on that plant. But it must be a plant with the characteristics of a soul magical plant. Otherwise, it absolutely won’t work.”

Locke played with the branch in his hand, marveling at the profoundness of botany, that it was possible to use such a branch to transfer and use an entire bloodline spell.

Locke said, “You gave me a gift, it would be unreasonable for me not to reciprocate.”

Locke continued, “A few days ago, I extracted a Water-Attracting Spirit Essence from a wetland corn plant, and I can give you more of it.

In addition, I would also like to give you a Great Roaring Dragon Sparrow System, a magical plant I recently developed.”

Locke estimated that the combined value of these items was roughly equivalent to the extraordinary branch: Wrath of the Divine Beast.

Locke then took out the Great Roaring Dragon Sparrow and the Water-Attracting Spirit Essence.

At this moment, the witch Albin Thea received the return gift from Locke with surprise and delight.

“You’re indeed a good person. Initially, I thought we were just casual acquaintances, that we’d only hit it off temporarily, and that once we got off this airship, we’d probably be complete strangers.” “

But now it seems you’re a friend I can definitely make.” “

Locke Augustine, let me formally introduce myself. I am Albin Shea, the Jungle Star of the Jungle Hand, the one who personally developed eleven different magical plant warp technology routes.”

“At least one-eighth of the magical plant warp routes are my creation. Hmm? I haven’t seen this Great Roaring Dragon Sparrow before. Is it your work? Although I’m not very familiar with your Eastern Frontier, I’ve seen the common second-ring and star-ring flying magical plants.”

“I have absolutely no recollection of this one. This is Water-Attracting Spiritual Breath—you’re quite impressive yourself. I’ve heard about the mystery of the wetland corn along the Tianhan River before in the Southern Boundary, but since I don’t work in this area, I’ve never bothered to look into it.”

The witch Albin Sia looked at the Water-Attracting Spiritual Breath in several glass bottles and pondered, “Is this the mystery of how wetland corn can grow along the Tianhan River?” “

Right now, I’m working on the ecological restoration of the wetland magical plants along the Tianhan River—Locke, you’ve really been a great help. Wait, this kind of spiritual breath, this kind of spiritual breath you call Water-Attracting Spiritual Breath, seems familiar to me. I think I’ve seen a similar spiritual breath before.”

Locke’s eyes lit up because he currently possessed the Vermilion Bird Spiritual Breath, the special spiritual breath he was trying to trick from the Rose Witch, and the Azure Dragon Spiritual Breath, but the Water-Attracting Spiritual Breath he had was far inferior to the other three attribute spiritual breaths, and the Four Saints’ Blessing Magic ideally requires the spiritual breaths to be at the same level, otherwise it would affect the stability and effectiveness of the spell’s structure.

Locke asked, “Albin, where have you seen this before?”

Albin Thea pondered, “I remember now. I saw my mentor separate similar spiritual energy from the Azure Bamboo. Your research findings are very likely something my mentor did before. Of course, information doesn’t circulate as freely between different wizarding lands, let alone across geographical boundaries. Besides, my teacher was a third-ring wizard; it’s quite normal for him to have done similar research.”

“But the spiritual energy separated by my mentor seems to be even more powerful,”

Locke muttered to himself.

Azure Bamboo—

Azure Bamboo is a general term for a type of magical plant.

He hadn’t expected that the water-attracting spiritual energy he found on wetland corn might be prevalent among magical plants like Azure Bamboo.

But this gave him an opportunity to continue his in-depth research into this type of spiritual energy.

Firstly, Albin Thea only felt that the two spiritual energies were similar; it was very likely that they weren’t the same type of spiritual energy, but rather similar in nature, such as both increasing aquatic abilities.

Since there were magical plants with similar spiritual energy in the Azure Bamboo genus, he could continue his research in this direction on Azure Bamboo, observing whether this water-attracting spiritual energy was just a basic type, or whether there were more advanced related spiritual energies.

The witch Albin Thea also thought of her teacher’s research through the water-attracting spiritual energy.

“A mistake? I never imagined that my teacher seemed to have some research in this area. Or perhaps I didn’t realize that wetland cornfields were related to that kind of spiritual energy. My teacher was one of the publishers of the extraordinary tree branch. So, he wasn’t particularly interested in spiritual energy and didn’t seem to pursue this further back then. But I might be able to find some of the data left from back then.” “

Locke Augustine, perhaps I can share this data with you.”

“After all, it was your reminder that made me notice the connection between wetland cornfields and Azure Bamboo. Remembering the source, I should bring you along to do research in this direction. And you do seem genuinely interested.”

Locke was about to agree

when Albin the Witch raised her finger and said to Locke, “However, if we cooperate, you must promise that during our collaboration, you absolutely will not harm a single plant while conducting experiments. This is my principle!”