Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 1068

Chapter 1051 The Order for Three Star Ring Magic Plants: The Maupassant Family’s Attempt to Whitewash Their Belongings

. In the Maupassant family’s three-story villa in the center of the wizarding town, on the first floor,

Locke placed his King of Flowers, Sea Gold Sands, in front of a life-sized mirror with various petals around its edges. This was the Garden Mirror, a device created by a three-ring alchemist. Even disregarding materials, the device itself cost at least 80 million magic stones, a typical large-scale breeder’s equipment. There weren’t many wizarding organizations in the entire Rain Swamp capable of using such equipment, and the Maupassant family was one of them.

At this moment, the Maupassant family’s wizard, Ex, the Triceratops Black Wizard, “Deer” and “Lion,” and the Red Witch all watched as Locke placed the Sea Gold Sands in front of the mirror. The reflection of the Sea Gold Sands quickly appeared in the mirror, and then, although the Sea Gold Sands in front of the mirror didn’t move, the reflection in the mirror began to rotate.

A second-ring wizard from the Maupassant family, responsible for the equipment, manipulated several types of spiritual energy within the Garden Spirit Mirror, beginning to analyze the spiritual energy and composition of the Flower King Sea Gold Sand reflected in the mirror.

Everyone looked expectantly at the results in the mirror.

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The Garden Spirit Mirror is a large-scale device specifically used to detect the level of spiritual energy; it can be used not only by breeders but also by bloodline scientists, insect spell scientists, and so on.

The Triceratops Black Wizard stared intently at the Garden Spirit Mirror and whispered, “Will it be a high-grade common level or a mid-grade common level? My best work right now is giving a Star Ring Magic Plant [Overlord Mushroom] a mid-grade common level mystical meaning.”

The red-clad witch raised an eyebrow.

“The magical pressure and spiritual energy of that magical plant don’t seem like something from ordinary-level mysticism.”

“You really underestimate her.”

The Triceratops Black Wizard looked at the Red Witch with an incredulous expression.

“Deer” and “Lion” also looked at the Red Witch with skeptical eyes, because their level was only at the ordinary-level mysticism level for magical plants. Locke had previously said that this was the first time he had imbued a magical plant with mysticism, and before that, he had only mastered garden grottoes at the level of the Verdant Nursery.

From the Verdant Nursery to the lowest level of a bottle world that could imbue a magical plant with mysticism, there was at least a three-level difference in garden grottoes.

It should be said that Locke’s ability to imbue a magical plant with mysticism within two months was already astonishingly efficient, but if, as the Red Witch said, it was not just ordinary-level mysticism, then it was not just astonishingly efficient, but something that “Deer” and “Lion” found difficult to understand, and were somewhat unable to comprehend the current situation.

A magical radiance flashed in the Garden Mirror, followed by the number “two.” Simultaneously, everyone noticed the swirling aura of the Flower King Sea Gold Sand within the Garden Mirror.

The Triceratops Black Wizard, a seasoned junk collector, widened his eyes in astonishment. “Two?”

“That’s—”

“That’s—an excellent-level mystical meaning?” The Triceratops Black Wizard’s eyes widened

; looking at this result, he suddenly felt a shift from looking at Locke at eye level to looking up at him.

No one knew better than him the difficulty of imbuing a magical plant with an excellent-level mystical meaning. Just collecting ordinary-level mystical meanings each month, hoping to occasionally come up with a decent one, required countless days and nights of painstaking thought.

Because the Maupassant family had both black and white members, belonging to the gray family category, he also had the need to publish articles and access internal family resources. Of course, due to his status, he couldn’t access external family resources.

Countless days and nights, the Triceratops Black Wizard toiled tirelessly to piece together a common-level mystical meaning; countless winters and summers, he ghostwrote for others, publishing articles in the third section, all to achieve a mid-grade common-level mystical meaning. He forced his subordinates and students to work day and night.

But all those years of effort, reflected in the numbers within that spiritual realm, left him with only one thought: “Twenty years of utter devastation.”

The Triceratops Black Wizard’s tone softened as he spoke to Locke. “The first time—the very first time, he bestowed upon it an excellent-level mystical meaning!”

“Locke Augustine truly deserves to be called an excellent breeder.”

At this moment, the first-ring wizards in the investigation team and the first-ring wizards of the Maupassant family all applauded.

The second-ring wizards of the Maupassant family also whispered among themselves, indicating that the academic level of mammals in the outside world could occasionally be abnormal, and they privately declared that Locke Augustine held a status equal to that of reptiles in their understanding.

The Maupassant family wizard, Ax, as a Moon Ring wizard, was initially quite calm. He wasn’t particularly concerned about the evaluation results of the Garden of Spirits; he had simply followed the crowd to join in the fun. However, upon seeing the results, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes. He then crossed his arms and began to ponder deeply.

The “Deer” and the “Lion” were now completely impressed by Locke.

As breeders, no one understood the implications better than them.

The two of them were completely furious with Locke.

“Lion” cautiously asked Locke, “Captain, if I have any questions about the Spirit Breath Cultivation Method, can I ask you?”

Locke replied, “Of course. Just don’t let it interfere with our investigation.” “

Lion” and Locke exchanged a knowing smile, and the others laughed along, the team atmosphere improving with their smiles. “

Deer” the witch said, “Lion, you’ve already brought your family and friends along, and now you want to ask the captain about the Spirit Breath Cultivation Method? Aren’t you asking for too much? Can you handle it?” “

Lion” said, “I asked the captain a few days ago about how to maintain my position while in Star Ring state.” “I’ll use the clone magic to extend my life by one day. The pressure on the Star Ring Wizard’s clones is too great; I couldn’t have maintained them for long before the captain gave me a great idea. He told me that in the Land of Dragonfall, there’s a magical artifact called a ‘Crystal Wafer.’ If you embed it in your arm, you can forcibly maintain your energy. Under these conditions, using the clone magic will allow you to maintain the clone without it dissipating due to fatigue.”

The “Deer” witch licked her dry lips. “This—Captain, you’re too ruthless. It’s truly remarkable that you came up with this method. Compared to that, I’m more casual.”

“I’m terrified just hearing about this method.”

“Lion, Captain, you guys are really something. But Captain, could I perhaps discuss the Spirit Breath Cultivation Method with you sometime in my spare time?”

Locke said, “Of course you’d welcome me. In fact, I really need some help.” “

However, I wonder how the information I had you all find about Probus’s younger days is coming along. Everyone, our primary task should come first.” “

Deer” and the others immediately said, “Yes, we’re working on it, and we’ve already found quite a bit of information.”

The Red Witch said, “I didn’t expect you to have such a unique talent for cultivation methods.”

“You’re much better than me in that respect. Seeing your Flower King Sea Gold Sand, I’m reminded of a spell model I developed before, [Self-Imposed Cocoon].”

“There’s also a spell model suitable for the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow you mentioned to me before—the Great Ming Li Dragon Sparrow—the Niche Reversal Spell.”

“In that case, I’ve fulfilled my promise. The trade of three spell models in exchange for you bringing me to this Despair Valley Laboratory.”

Locke took the two spell scrolls she handed him, and frowned after opening them. It’s not because it’s bad, but precisely because it’s excellent value for money.

The previous [Wind and Fire Banana Fan] was a perfect match for the Windmill Dragon Sparrow, while [Self-Binding] is a perfect match for my Flower King Sea Gold Sand. This spell model cleverly borrows some elements from the Protection School’s [Identity Lock] spell model. However, that second-circle spell model

‘s Identity Lock forces a certain magical artifact or item to be used only by a designated person. Only a few contract masters using Confusion Charms, or wizards of the same Protection School, can use other spell models to break this spell. [Self-Binding] borrows some key structures from this spell model, allowing a magical plant to be transferred to a wizard during battle, forcing them to use the plant and pay a burden exceeding the normal magical pressure expenditure and mana grafting relationship until the spell’s duration expires.

This spell model has a limitation: it can only designate one Star Ring wizard to use one Star Ring magical plant, not a second-circle magical plant, or even just a first-circle magical plant, and the Star Ring wizard must be under the spell.

However, once afflicted by the curse, one can only forcibly use this bound magical plant for one hour.

Only the caster can remove the magical binding at any time.

Being bound means expending a huge combat burden, which is extremely disadvantageous in battle.

Locke’s eyes lit up slightly when he saw the effect of “Self-Binding.”

“This spell model is incredibly powerful.” “

With this spell model, I can transfer the King of Sea Gold Sands to my location during battle. Due to the immense magical pressure and load it bears, if the opponent is just an ordinary Star Ring Wizard with a magical pressure of just over 20,000, they might only be able to use one of my King of Sea Gold Sands. And King of Sea Gold Sands—aside from healing myself and others, it’s practically useless.”

“Red Witch, you actually offered me a spell model of this level. This is much more powerful than the previous Wind and Fire Banana Fan. Won’t you cause any problems with such a powerful spell model? The copyright—”

Red Witch [Mormodice] said, “Don’t worry. This is an unfinished spell model from a project my research group worked on. I saw no one cared, so I took it and developed it myself. There are no copyright issues, especially with the Self-Imposed Binding and Niche Reversal Spells. I made both of these spell models myself from start to finish.”

“Whether it was collecting data or testing equipment, I did it all. It was like I was weaving my own cocoon, spending two years of my spare time collecting data. It was the spell model I had seriously designed from my spell model inventory. The reason this spell model failed to develop was firstly because my senior brother stopped halfway through. He thought that this direction looked promising, but it was full of problems.”

“Developing a spell doesn’t necessarily guarantee huge commercial value,”

said the red-robed witch [Mormodice]. “Unlike discovering new energy-locking structures and natural magical energy components, which can easily get you to Zone 1, Ring 1, or discovering new spiritual energy and new imaginary roots, which might get you to Zone 2, Ring 2, or Zone 1, developing a spell model is very difficult to get you to Zone 1. Top-tier wizarding journals like ‘Cloud Marsh,’ ‘Rain Marsh,’ ‘Thunder Marsh,’ and ‘Boundary’ are more inclined to discover new spiritual energy, new imaginary roots, new garden cave constructions, and various mechanisms related to these three things in their botanical discoveries than to build new spell models.”

“As for building powerful and entirely new spell models, I have little interest. This is probably because spell model building is more geared towards engineering applications, while my breeding discoveries are more focused on fundamental principles.” “

Therefore, the ecosystems for developing spell models and breeding-related discoveries are different. Developing spell models focuses more on their commercial value, whether the academy adopts them, and publishing them in top journals, which are also geared towards engineering applications.” “

And to study the fundamental principles of spell models—you know what I mean.”

Locke understood what she was trying to say, because the fundamental principles of spell models are basically related to basic magical runes and the fundamental magical principles of a discipline. Without being a Sun Ring

wizard, one is not qualified to study them, and even if one forces oneself to study them, the progress will be very slow and the quality will be very low. If one is not a Sun Ring wizard, studying the so-called principles of spell structure will most likely just be optimizing the structure of spell models, or picking a few usable ones from some obsolete magical runes and adding them to one’s own spell model for laughs.

While every Star Ring wizard has their own power system, which is certainly worth studying, it pales in comparison to the simple yet elegant magical rune system established by High Ring wizards.

Therefore, researching the fundamental principles of spell models is not something that those below the Sun Ring level can undertake.

Thus, any so-called spell model research below the Sun Ring level is likely more engineering-oriented than fundamental research.

The red-robed witch said, “Therefore, the commercial value of a spell model largely determines whether it can be further developed. Even the most basic and fundamental universal structures in spell model development are related to major investors and related research groups.” “

For us botanical wizards, getting our newly developed spell models or universal structures published in a top-tier botanical journal like [Plants and Spells] not only requires qualifications but also facilitates commercial development.”

“However, my senior brother thought ‘Self-Imposed Struggle’ was useless, so he only started it and then abandoned it. I took it and completed it. At the time, he wanted to combine it with a type of Star Ring Magic Plant called ‘Death Elderberry,’ which would harm a wizard’s body, but Death Elderberry also has the special effect of saving a wizard who has established a magical bond with it from death once. So this project was directly rejected by my mentor.”

Locke seemed thoughtful. Indeed, if they continued to develop it according to the Red Witch’s senior brother’s idea,

the combination of Death Elderberry and the Self-Imposed Struggle spell model would be rather ridiculous. It’s hard to say whether it would be a buff or a debuff for the other party, and there would probably be relatively few wealthy buyers or business partners who could cooperate with it.

No wonder his mentor rejected the plan.

However, the Red Witch was able to complete this spell model on her own, which is quite impressive.

Locke looked at the Niche Reversal Charm, a spell that could reverse the position of a wizard with a magical plant he had marked before the battle. Locke guessed the Red Witch wanted him to use it on the Strongman Soybean. This spell model, like the Flaming Banana Fan, was only a second-circle spell.

However, it was a rare functional spell, meaning that even if a Star Ring wizard used it, it wouldn’t be considered expired.

In fact, the Niche Reversal Charm was only a second-circle spell model, which was its advantage—it allowed second-circle wizards to use it.

Locke quickly entered both spell models into the free library within the Water Hyacinth system to search, but found no information whatsoever.

This made Locke curious and suspicious of the Red Witch’s identity.

“Ms. Mormodis, have you not published any articles or applied for any projects for these two spell models, including the Wind and Fire Banana Fan?”

The red-clad witch frankly replied, “No.”

“The reason is simple. As you know, I’ve always been a contributor in our research group, not a recipient of contributions.”

“If I had taken these things out beforehand, wouldn’t my teacher have asked me to contribute again?”

“So I hid them all, only taking out some ordinary things to appease my teacher. But over time, I developed a habit of hiding things, to the point that I don’t even know how many things I’ve hidden. Giving them to you as a trade is no problem; I have quite a few spells like these in my warehouse. And you taking me into this Valley of Despair Laboratory will allow me to develop more spell models .”

Locke couldn’t help but be surprised by the witch’s talent in developing botanical spell models. Just using her spare time, discarded data, and pieced together equipment from the laboratory, she had actually developed so many powerful spells.

Locke said, “Hearing you say that makes me a little embarrassed. I’ve actually asked you to bring out these spell models you’ve treasured for so long.”

The Red Witch, Mormodis, said, “You don’t need to be embarrassed. You said before that your investigation team investigated Despair Valley and the laboratory in pursuit of true knowledge. That really resonated with me. I didn’t develop these spell models to publish papers; it’s just out of interest. It’s like instinct.” “

In your eyes, I’m painstakingly developing spell models, and after developing them, I dare not reveal them, only keeping them hidden away. But in my eyes, it’s just my interest. In other words, I enjoy it. It’s just something I like.”

“Therefore, the same behavior might not be a good thing for someone else. After all, suppressing one’s publications and project applications is probably seen by many as a waste of resources and time. But I think you might understand me, so I’ve brought out a few spell models that I think are pretty good for you.”

The red-robed witch crossed her arms and said, “In my opinion, your talent in breeding is no less than mine. But you’re lucky; you’re in a team where you can unleash your talents at any time.”

Locke nodded. He noticed that many wizards present seemed to have some feelings about this, even the “deer” and the “lion” seemed to react.

This meant that it wasn’t just the red-robed witch; others had probably encountered similar problems.

It was just that he had happened to meet a teacher through the Cloud Ze Cup who, although strict and demanding, would never exploit his students.

Locke was about to ask his investigation team about the results of their investigation into the past of Wizard Probus. He had just closed the Garden Spirit Realm, but Wizard Ex suddenly said to Locke, “Lock Augustine, with your current magic pressure, even with the help of the Shadow Assassin’s Divine Pearl, it’s impossible for you to imbue a magical plant with an excellent-level mystical meaning.” “

I originally estimated that it would take at least another six months for your magic pressure to be sufficient.”

“And as far as I know, the spiritual cultivation method you used before was the Bottle World, and the level of the Bottle World, in theory, shouldn’t allow you to imbue a magical plant with an excellent-level mystical meaning under your current magic pressure. Therefore, there’s only one possibility: have you adjusted the spell model structure of the Bottle World·Garden Cave?”

Locke nodded.

“Yes.”

Many wizards present immediately turned their gazes to Locke.

Their eyes held scrutiny, disbelief, and amazement.

Wizard Ex, on the other hand, seemed relatively calm.

“That’s right. I was silent just now because I was thinking about how you did it. I thought and thought, and this was the only possibility I could think of.” “

However, you optimized the bottle world in just two months. Just as Miss Mormodus said, your talent in breeding is truly unparalleled in my life.”

“Could you tell me what direction you optimized? Perhaps I can arrange for a suitable generalist wizard to write down your ideas and organize them into an article. You can pay him a certain commission.”

Locke nodded. After all, he had already created a physical object. As long as he didn’t go into the details of the specific operations, just saying a general direction wouldn’t be a problem.

Anyway, he was about to publish a new Yunze article.

However, having published too many Yunze articles, this time he could consider Raize, which is half a level higher in quality, because each journal has its own bias.

Yunze likes mechanisms related to new imaginary roots and new spiritual energy, while Raize is more inclined to new garden cave structures.

Locke used the History Recreation technique to recreate his Flower King Bottle: Garden Paradise. A world within a bottle, with a Flower King Peony pattern on its belly, appeared in Locke’s hand. “This is the Flower King Bottle: Garden Paradise that I developed. It mainly utilizes the flow of the Flower King Peony’s verdant spiritual energy.”

“Just now, you saw that vortex in the Garden Mirror; that’s the flow of the peony’s verdant spiritual energy. Using this Garden Grotto to cultivate magical plants can elevate the mystical meaning of a single plant, and will make that meaning lean towards a positive enhancement. This is the mystical meaning of my Flower King Sea Gold Sand, and why it’s a top-quality [Heavenly Fragrance Blessing].”

“The Flower King Bottle World is 389 kilometers high!”

“200 kilometers higher than a typical bottle world!”

The wizards present gasped, speechless.

Wizard Ex, however, looked as if he’d known it all along. He re-examined Locke, like a hawk spotting its prized target.

“389 kilometers—that makes sense. Generally, a garden grotto created by a Star Ring Wizard using the Spirit Breath Cultivation Method rarely exceeds 300 kilometers in height.” “

And once it exceeds 300 kilometers, the Spirit Breath Cultivation Method can compensate for the lack of magical pressure, bestowing upon a magical plant an excellent-grade mystical meaning.”

Wizard Ex looked at Locke, arms crossed, and said, “It seems this Despair Valley Laboratory is very suitable for you. You’ve only been here two months and you’ve already made such great progress.”

“I have a very good suggestion for you. Could you help me enchant a batch of Star Ring Magical Plants that our Maupassant family needs with mystical meaning?”

The Triceratops Black Wizard looked at Wizard Ex in surprise; he hadn’t expected Wizard Ex to make this request.

Wizard Ex waved his hand, and instantly an illusion model appeared in the air, displaying an image of a velociraptor’s head. This image then quickly transformed into a velociraptor’s bloodline essence sequence, although this bloodline essence sequence was only one-third complete.

Locke looked at him and asked, “What does this mean?”

Wizard Ex said, “This is an enemy of our Devil’s Fang, don’t worry, not the White Wizarding Association. The White Wizarding Association’s witcher forces like to use ancient bloodline factors from Triceratops and Ankylosaurus. This is an ancient bloodline factor sequence from the Swift Claws, one of the top three dark wizarding organizations in the Rainswamp. It’s just a pity it’s incomplete. If we could obtain the complete ancient bloodline factor, perhaps we could create targeted curses.”

“Back to the point, this Swift Claws is our enemy, always competing with us.” “

The Swift Claws and our Devil’s Fang wizards often have territorial conflicts. You can think of it as a conflict between the underworld. Unlike the conflicts between you white wizards, the conflicts between our two dark wizarding organizations are about drawing lines and then selecting a few powerful dark wizards to fight in a ring. Sometimes it’s first-ring wizards fighting, sometimes it’s second-ring wizards and star-ring wizards fighting.”

“We have another arena battle coming up, roughly ten to ten. We have three Star Ring Wizards using magical plants, so I’d like to ask you to enchant their plants,”

Locke said, raising an eyebrow.

“With a Flower King Vase?”

Wizard Ex chuckled. “Of course not. That might be useful to you White Wizards, but it’s not very useful to us. However, I imagine you’ve developed other Garden Caverns in the Valley of Despair Laboratory. I want one that can bestow mystical meanings that enhance direct attack power.”

Locke coughed.

Because Ex’s request sounded like a wish.

The other party seemed genuinely confident that he could develop such a Garden Cavern in a short time.

Wizard Ex said, “If you agree, and you want to publish an article, I can help you find a generalist wizard, and I’ll pay his salary. All the costs of developing this Garden Cavern can be attributed to the Maupassant family. In addition, I can pay you thirty million magic stones as payment for imbuing mystical meanings into the magical plants commonly used by my three subordinates.”

This offer was undeniably generous.

Locke pondered for a moment and found he had no reason to refuse.

First, he already had a cooperative relationship with the Maupassant family, and his entire investigation team was currently on Maupassant territory.

Second, he still owed a considerable amount of money. He had previously made a significant transaction with the Maupassant family on the wizard airship, and the payment from Quinnjoll had also arrived, earning him a total of 60 million magic stones. However, compared to his debt, he still owed 30 million magic stones.

His normal monthly income was around 1 million.

At his current income, he could pay off the debt in about two years.

But he couldn’t afford to delay that long, and as a Star Ring Wizard, he needed a lot of resources to advance quickly.

Therefore, he needed to increase his income and reduce his expenses even more.

Increasing his income meant finding ways to earn more money, while reducing his expenses meant finding ways to spend less. Fortunately, the Maupassant family, which was actively providing research resources and conditions, offered a package that perfectly met both of these requirements.

After Locke and Wizard Ex signed the contract, Locke shook hands with Wizard Ex.

“Then it’s a pleasure to cooperate.”

Wizard Ex shook hands with Locke. “It’s a pleasure to cooperate.”

“I thought Wizard Locke would care about the difference between white and black wizards, after all, you rejected my invitation to join the Maupassant family before.”

Locke said, “Who would turn down money?”

Wizard Ex grinned mischievously, “True.”

“Then I won’t bother you any longer. Please make use of this Garden Mirror. I’ll be leaving now.”

As Wizard Ex walked out, the Triceratops Black Wizard and the other wizards of the Maupassant family followed him out of the room.

After leaving the villa, the Triceratops Black Wizard asked Wizard Ex, “Our Maupassant family has so many Star Ring Breeders and Lunar Ring Breeders, always giving them the best treatment. Now that our family is facing a challenge, they should be the ones to step in. Why hire an outsider?”

“Although this outsider’s breeding skills are indeed quite good, our Maupassant family shouldn’t lack talent.”

“Lord Ex, what exactly do you want?”

Wizard Ex thought of the Flower King Vase that Locke had just recreated in his palm using the History Reenactment technique, and his eyes showed a strong interest.

“You’ll understand later.”

“I naturally have my reasons for doing things.”

“I originally just wanted to thank the Golden Crown Mountain investigation team for what happened on the wizard airship. I’m not particularly interested in the people on the investigation team. But Locke Augustine himself is quite interesting.”

Wizard Ex narrowed his eyes.

“Besides, his breeding skills are indeed quite good. Therefore, spending this money to hire him is definitely not a loss for us.”

“Pass down my order: everyone in our family in this wizarding town must treat Locke Augustine with utmost courtesy.”

The Triceratops Black Wizard looked at Wizard Ex with suspicion. Behind the Fang of Terror were also High Ring Wizards, and the territories of Black and White Wizards were clearly separated. He wondered why Wizard Ex had been so tolerant of the people of Mount Golden Crown, almost to the point of letting them ride roughshod over their own people.

What was this Moon Ring Wizard up to?

Ex turned to him and said, “You don’t need to guess. I can tell you frankly.”

“It’s because of what happened on the wizard airship that I think it’s possible to befriend Mount Golden Crown and establish a relationship with them. That’s all. If the Maupassant family wants to advance further, they need to shed their underworld reputation. At least half of the powerful families behind the top ten gardens in the Rainswamp were formerly underworld families.”

“They’re all underworld, why can’t our Maupassant family clean up the mess?”

“So I need to find an excuse to establish a relationship with the White Wizards.”

The Triceratops Black Wizard thought for a moment and nodded.

After the Maupassant family left, Locke glanced at the Red Witch and then inquired about the progress of their investigation into the identity of the wizard Probus.

“Lion” shook her head.

“I can confirm that Probus has no connection to the Insect Curse School. The Insect Curse School is a small circle with a very strong academic culture. To publish high-quality articles and apply for exclusive projects from the Insect Curse School, you need to join the relevant society and integrate into that circle. I’ve asked the Insect Curse practitioners within this circle, and I can confirm that the wizard Probus is definitely not an Insect Curse practitioner, and he has absolutely no connection to this circle.”

Locke then looked at Ike, who immediately added, “I also investigated whether the wizard Probus has any bloodline background. Several of us worked hard for a month, asking many people, but we didn’t find any connection between him and bloodline studies.”

Locke looked at the last person, the “Deer” Witch.

“And what about you, Deer?”

The Deer Witch shook her head.

“I asked several people who might be related to the wizard Probus, but all of them gave negative answers.”

Locke raised his eyebrows. So there was no progress in any of the three directions?

The “Deer” witch said, “But I previously led three crystallization wizards from our investigation team deep into the Valley of Despair, and I collected key evidence in this area of using magical flames to refine spirit macro.”

Locke took the information she handed him and glanced at it.

“That’s right, this is the magical flame refining the spirit macrocephala. With this direct evidence, my guess from two months ago is correct. Wizard Probus studied potions, and judging from his method of refining the spirit macrocephala, his level in the field of potions is—quite high.”

The “Deer” witch nodded and said, “With this direct evidence, I can be sure that among those I questioned before, there must have been someone who knew the truth and lied to me. So I immediately started bombarding them with questions. Captain, guess what happened?”

“I actually found their weakness.” “

I asked a Star Ring Wizard from one of Wizard Probus’s lineages who had broken through his defenses. This Star Ring Wizard was a Crystallized Wizard back then. He couldn’t stay at Golden Crown Mountain, but instead taught at the lower-level academy of Golden Crown Mountain, [Fire Magic Peach Garden]. After many probing questions, I got something from him.” Locke and the Lion

‘s eyes all lit up.

The Lion Wizard said to her, “Impressive, Deer. Your efficiency is truly remarkable.”

The Deer Witch said, “Sixty years ago, shortly after this S-class experimental accident, the Probus family and the lineage to which Probus belonged suddenly announced a ban on discussing the topic. In other words, wizards within Probus’s lineage were forbidden from discussing it by their teachers, and even his family seemed to accept this outcome for some reason, prohibiting any wizards who felt indignant from publicly discussing it.” “

At the same time, his family began actively severing ties with Probus’s lineage, which led to his younger brother, Little Probus, being ostracized by the family. I also suspect that the lineage was ostracizing him. I can’t help but wonder, why would a wizard have his family and lineage simultaneously cut ties with him? What did he do?”

The Deer Witch said, “Or rather, who did he offend?”

“And this is the monitoring chart of the magical pressure during the current battle between the Probus Wizard and that Moon Ring Wizard. Our conclusion is that he even has the upper hand in the battle against the Moon Ring Wizard. For some special reason, the Moon Ring Wizard is not only unable to defeat the current Probus, but also unable to leave the Valley of Despair Laboratory on his own initiative.”

Locke said, “I already know this. This is good for us. We can continue to study the current special state of the Probus Wizard during their battle.”

“Anything else, Elk?”

Elk Witch said, “Of course, I also got an old story from the Star Ring Wizard about what happened when the Probus Wizard was a first-ring wizard.”

Locke asked, “What story?”

Elk Witch said, “The Star Ring Wizard told me that the Probus Wizard changed his lineage once inside Mount Golden Crown, right there in Mount Golden Crown. His lineage as a first-ring wizard was not the one he is in now. He was a disciple of the third-ring wizard [Mordan], a student of a second-ring wizard.”

“And the wizard Mordan is now Lord Black Dragon Throne.”

“But later, he fell out with that second-circle wizard from back then and switched schools. I asked that second-circle wizard, and he’s still a second-circle wizard now, and he was either promoted or dismissed by Golden Crown Mountain. He’s now a wizarding instructor in the Nexus.

He told me that he has a very bad impression of wizard Probus.” “

Because wizard Probus had a serious act of betrayal back then. When he was still a vapor wizard, when he was writing a first-circle wizarding grant application, he lied and said he had written it, even though he hadn’t. Later, he also joined another school, committing another act of betrayal and jumping to another school.” “

Lion” raised an eyebrow, because it was already difficult to join one school in Golden Crown Mountain, let alone to jump between two schools, which meant this person was extraordinary.

Of course, for talented wizarding geniuses, the range of choices is indeed much wider.

“The Lion” said, “Then this person can be described as having a long list of misdeeds.”

“It’s no wonder he caused such a huge experimental accident later on. Maybe he was always this kind of person.

“

“That’s why he ended up having both his family and his academic lineage turn against him.”

Locke pondered, “The world is complex; right and wrong cannot be simply judged. Show me the investigation data.”

“I need to study it carefully.”

“Give me the contact information for that wizard in the Nexus; I want to speak with him in person.”