Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 1077

Chapter 1060 features three installments of “Lei Ze”!

Locke glanced at the three and refused outright.

“No. I have other things to do. The mystical meanings of the three magical plants are super-weight, super-flame, and super-fast regeneration. Among them

, the Locking Willow, with my mystical meaning of ‘super-fast regeneration,’ is somewhat presentable. It can be considered a decent magical plant. I hope the three of you can make good use of it.” Locke raised his hand, and the top magic box held by the Byro Witch opened automatically. Inside lay a Locking Willow, a lush green willow branch with a unique red line of bark along its side.

Locke grasped the branch, and powerful magical energy flowed into it. The red line of bark on the side of the branch emitted a green magical glow.

Moreover, this red line of bark did not immediately release a green magical glow, but rather started from the line at the end of the branch that Locke was holding and spread towards the tip of the branch.

Locke examined the glowing bark of the magical plant, which indicated changes in magical pressure. The energy-locking structure caught his attention.

Locke swung the Locking Willow, and in an instant, its side shoots grew rapidly, transforming into a cage that directly imprisoned the willow’s original owner, the dark wizard.

The dark wizard saw his arms and torso completely sealed by his own Locking Willow.

His eyes were filled with shock.

He had initially thought Locke was merely a skilled breeder, but Locke’s sudden attack, using only a single tree to hold back the magical plant, had instantly sealed him off; he hadn’t even had time to react.

Beads of sweat trickled down the dark wizard’s forehead.

In a battle, he feared his permanent defensive force field would be shattered instantly, losing the initiative the moment they met.

He stared at the willow branches that had sealed him off. He tried to move slightly, but found himself completely immobilized. The mystical power of super-rapid regeneration had amplified the growth rate and quantity of the willow’s side shoots, strengthening the magical plant to an unnatural degree, instantly sealing his movements.

Seeing the other attempt at powerful magic, Locke withdrew his hand. As Locke pulled his hand back, the side shoots, growing backwards in mid-air, transformed into lateral buds.

The wizard Amber touched his arm with lingering fear. His wizard’s robe was torn at the left shoulder by the willow branch, and blood was flowing from his shoulder. In that brief moment, Locke had actually broken through his permanent defensive barrier.

The three dark wizards’ gazes towards Locke changed again.

Before, they were enthusiastic and eager to get more help from him, wanting something from him, but only regarding him as a breeder with little combat power.

But the combat power Locke displayed just now, using Ambow’s own magical plants as a test, instilled fear and submission in the three.

Because Locke was simply too strong.

So strong that the three felt he was unfathomable, and that even if the three of them joined forces, they wouldn’t be a match for him alone.

The witch Bailou glanced at the three, then continued clapping. With each crisp clap, she said to them, “I told you before, Mr. Locke Augustine’s strength is unimaginable.

On the wizard airship, he used a second-ring magic plant to intercept the wizard Grant, who was wielding the Star Ring Magic Sword. At that time, the magic sword went out of control.”

The three were all dark wizards, particularly interested in things that could enhance combat power. They had also heard of the magic sword’s fame; it was a legendary wizard series sword that could devour and control calamities, and was itself a calamity. Several legendary swords in the Magic Sword series had already been produced in the Root Realm.

“Is it the magic swordsmith from the Mountain and Water Deer Ridge Wizarding Land?” Amborg asked.

“He intercepted it with just a second-ring magic plant?”

Amborg took the magic plant from Locke’s hand, his mouth agape in a wide smile. The three of them had been wondering why the Fear of Terror had sent such a young breeder to imbue their commonly used magic plant with mystical meaning. They knew that inexperienced people were unreliable, and the fact that the other party was a white wizard made it even harder for them to believe him.

Therefore, they were quite dissatisfied on the way

and were even preparing to protest to their families.

After all, in their eyes, while white wizards were good at academics, they, the black wizards, had far more talent for practical application.

Amborg finally understood why his family had sought out Locke Augustine.

He smiled broadly, but at the same time, he looked at Locke with a mixture of warmth, apprehension, and even fear. At this moment, Locke was no longer just a tool in his eyes, but also like a majestic dragon king surveying his territory. Therefore, before speaking to Locke, out of fear of offending him, he actually had to think several times in his mind.

Wizard Amber said to Locke, “I have a premonition. Master Locke Augustine’s name will resound throughout the Rainswamp with this battle.”

“You’ll be more famous than Mr. Grant sooner or later, Master Augustine. Oh, no, he’s just your defeated foe, only slightly more famous for now. He’s no match for you. I heard the Swift Claws hired Master Patrick Keaton, but with Master Augustine’s help this time, even Keaton’s work will pale in comparison.”

“Master Augustine, I really want to invite you to the Witch’s Kitchen for the most expensive wizard’s wine to properly thank you.”

Locke glanced indifferently at the three.

“No need. I have other matters to attend to. Miss Bailou, the transaction is complete.”

Seeing Locke’s second refusal, the three Star Ring Dark Wizards could only sigh inwardly. Indeed, people of this caliber were not easy to get acquainted with.

They simply didn’t have enough face to invite him to dinner.

Amber also sighed inwardly. It seemed that if he wanted to continue contacting Locke, or even see if Locke could help him a second time by imbuing his magical plants with mystical meaning, he could only do so through his family.

Suddenly, the witch Bailou produced a second ring.

Locke took the two astral rings, raised an eyebrow, and looked at the witch Bailouluo strangely, saying, “This isn’t thirty million magic stones, is it? This is forty million magic stones. Miss Bailouluo, you gave me ten million magic stones too much.”

The witch Bailouluo spread her hands at Locke, shrugged her shoulders, and then laughed, “Thirty million magic stones isn’t enough to give you three excellent quality mystical meanings. I originally wanted to give you fifty million magic stones. But I left in a hurry today, and I only had ten million magic stones with me. I think it’s unreasonable to trade three excellent quality mystical meanings for thirty million magic stones.”

“It can’t be this price.”

“Even if we cover the research and development costs, forty million magic stones is a more reasonable price. The remaining ten million is on behalf of the Maupassant family, as a way of making friends with you.”

Locke said, “No need. Thirty million magic stones it is. One thing at a time. If your family wants to continue trading, I can consider it if I have time.”

Seeing that Locke didn’t want the last ten million magic stones, the witch Bailouluo gave a sheepish smile.

“Alright, I forgot you’re a white wizard.”

“You can’t be friends with us black wizards.”

“Hahaha—”

The witch Bailou waved to Locke, laughed, and then turned around, saying, “Let’s go. Don’t disturb Mr. Augustine.”

The three black wizards bowed to Locke in turn, saying, “Goodbye, Master Augustine.” “

Master Augustine, we’re leaving.”

After the black wizards left, Locke turned and walked towards the depths of the Tranquil Garden, where he saw the fourth Garden Cave Heaven being formed by the magic array.

In fact, while helping the Maupassant family cultivate magical plants, he hadn’t forgotten to design the third Garden Cave Heaven.

However, he still planned to create three ordinary bottle worlds first, and then synthesize them.

Although the cost of this bottle world was a bit high, with the material cost alone being five million magic stones, with the ore mined from the three cave worlds every month, plus the occasional cooperation with the Maupassant family to get some resources, he could still speed up the synthesis by making good use of the Tranquil Garden.

He could shorten the original annual production rate to three Garden Cave Heavens every ten days, and then synthesize them.

Three synthesiss are possible per month.

There’s a high probability of synthesizing some new Garden Caves.

The investigation into the White Frost Witch will continue with the wizards in the investigation team. Similarly, the Despair Valley Laboratory will wait for the actors on stage to automatically take their positions.

“Speaking of which, I wonder if they’ve received my package at the Tide Wizard Tower yet,”

Locke said, using Red Dragon Logistics.

Red Dragon Logistics has specialized small void warships for second-day sky travel. Because many functions have been removed, and it doesn’t need to carry a large number of wizards, plus a series of functions that can be modified since it doesn’t carry people, the void warships of the logistics shop alliance can travel to and from wizarding lands in just half a month.

This is far faster than the speed of manned wizard airships.

Furthermore, due to the one-way travel, using logistics to deliver things is much more efficient than having someone deliver things by wizard airship.

At the Tide Grand Wizard Tower, Elliot received the package delivered by Locke. He opened it and found a complete magical plant system consisting of a Great Roaring Dragon Sparrow, a Multi-Eyed Pineapple, a Mighty Soybean, and a Great Magic Sword Tiger Orchid Dragon Sparrow, along with an instruction manual.

Headmaster Elliot felt as if he had seen a savior.

He could still hear the sounds of wizards fighting outside.

Because the White Ice Tower wasn’t using annihilation tactics, after surrounding the Tide Grand Wizard Tower, they had high-ring wizards periodically attack the tower’s headquarters, slowly weakening its multiple enchanted defensive arrays by damaging its energy storage arrays.

After all, without magical energy, even the most powerful enchanted arrays were useless.

And the equipment that converted the Heavenly Cold River’s tidal energy wasn’t enough to support all of the Tide Grand Wizard Tower’s defensive arrays.

Therefore, the wizards of the Tide Grand Wizard Tower grew increasingly anxious as their magical energy reserves dwindled, but they were temporarily helpless.

The equipment for converting the tidal energy of the Frost River was purchased from the Cloud Marsh Wetlands. No one in their academy knew how to repair, upgrade, or modify it. Otherwise, they could have organized teachers and students to temporarily modify the equipment to convert the tidal energy and solve the predicament, at least making the wizards of the White Ice Tower completely helpless against their tortoise shell.

Dean Elliott’s eyes lit up after reading the instruction manual.

Following the instructions, he poured magical energy into the Great Roaring Dragon Sparrow.

The Great Crying Dragon Sparrow let out a loud cry and then soared into the sky. After reaching a certain altitude, the wizards of the White Ice Tower stood guard above in small wizard flying vehicles. A witch standing atop a flying vehicle resembling a white ice saucer—the Ice Witch of the White Ice Tower—called down, “We should have told you long ago: once you reach a certain altitude, no matter what kind of wizard, magical creature, or magical artifact you encounter, there’s only one word: death!”

“Hmm?

“

The witch saw a second-ring magical plant standing amidst the Great Crying Dragon Sparrow’s crimson flames. She also saw the mighty Yellow Bean standing on the back of the dragon sparrow, wielding an exaggeratedly large and terrifyingly powerful magic sword, the Tiger Orchid Dragon Sparrow.

The Ice Witch curled her lip in disdain.

“Have the water purifiers of the Tide Grand Wizard Tower gone mad?”

“They actually attacked us with fire magic.”

The wizards of the White Ice Tower standing beside her on their flying vehicles chuckled softly.

The Ice Witch chanted an incantation, and the Ice Crystal Cannon Array set up in mid-air activated. Chained golden arrays appeared in the sky, drawing magical energy and converging towards the largest central array, creating a dice-shaped polygonal ice crystal cannonball. It

attacked the strongman Huang Dou and the Great Mingli Dragon Sparrow below.

The next moment, Huang Dou raised his great demonic sword, Tiger Orchid Dragon Sparrow. Half the sky seemed to be illuminated by heavy elemental particles, turning a dark red. The massive heavy elemental particles wore down the chained golden array in the sky; the chained golden array was essentially a magical artifact. Not long

after, the polygonal ice crystal die in the center of the chained golden array suddenly cracked, a fissure appearing from its center.

The Ice Witch turned, looking at the ice crystal die in the center of the array, her face showing disbelief.

“How is this possible? It’s just a magical plant.”

She quickly realized something and looked at the great demonic sword, Tiger Orchid Dragon Sparrow.

“Does that magical plant have some mystical meaning? What level of mystical meaning is it?”

With a deafening explosion, the magic array was cleaved open by a single sword strike. The sword’s powerful force blasted away the wizards in the white ice tower. Even the Ice Witch could only use a powerful spell—a white ice tower—to propel herself upwards and avoid the sword strike.

“Hmm?

“

The Ice Witch looked down at the white ice tower beneath her feet. Her ultimate spell, White Ice Tower, a spell capable of describing most ice magic in the world, had a crack the thickness of a little finger on its surface.

“Those are heavy elemental particles, aren’t they?”

The Ice Witch’s expression changed slightly. Admittedly, it wasn’t impossible for her to suppress the magical plants. With a few more analyses, the Star Ring Wizards could easily find loopholes in the pre-set system. But the problem was that a powerful figure had clearly intervened in secret today, and she had no reason to continue acting for the sake of the academy.

“It’s best to be cautious.”

The Ice Witch’s expression turned solemn, and she quickly left.

Ten days later, Locke received a silver message in a bottle. Sitting on a bench in the Tranquil Garden, the crystallized wizards and second-ring wizards of the surrounding investigation team smiled knowingly upon seeing the bottle.

The Deer Witch said, “Anyone who dares offend Captain Augustine, I doubt the captain will let them off easily.”

Locke turned and placed the silver bottle on the table. There were now six silver bottles on the table in the Tranquil Garden; this was the tenth.

This was Lorenkiev’s sixth request to add him as a friend during this period.

Locke smiled at the deer, “It’s not that I won’t give people a second chance.”

“It’s just that if he were truly willing to compromise, he should have included a fee in the message bottle request to add me as a friend, and at least offered the possibility of making concessions. But even now, he still wants me to give in. That’s laughable. I think he hasn’t grasped the terrifying nature of the situation.”

“A Demon Sword Tiger Orchid Dragon Sparrow, although he possesses the power of a Star Ring Wizard based on the White Ice Tower, combined with the efforts of his disciples to gather information, there’s still a possibility of breaking it. Essentially, this is a battle of magic, my magic against the magic of a wizard in the White Ice Tower,”

Locke added. “I mean, wizards other than the one named Chikun Moon Wizard,”

the Elk Witch asked curiously. “Although he’s only a lower-level wizard, he’s still a Star Ring Wizard. The captain isn’t personally handling this, won’t he make a mistake?”

Locke said, “I only used it to verify the effect of the third Garden Cavern that we created together. Besides, the magic of the White Ice Tower is initially insignificant; it looks magnificent, but upon closer inspection, it seems to have many flaws. The entire White Ice Tower was actually created by Chikun Moon Wizard in one month, and the history of the academy is actually much shorter than that of the Tide Howling Wizard Tower.”

“His magic is stored in the layers of the ice tower, which are considered sacred numbers. Each additional layer of ice tower created means that his magical power has increased a little. A first-ring wizard has one layer of ice tower, a crystallized wizard has four layers, and a second-ring wizard has five layers, corresponding to the Star Ring layers.”

“The academy calls it the Ice Sky Road.”

“Each level represents a world of difference, with its own signature spells. The entire system is incredibly sophisticated. Unfortunately, it seems to me now that the system lacks diversity. What appears to be a multi-tiered advancement system is actually just the optimal magical sequence inherited by the Kikunmoon Master.”

“Lacking diversity makes it easy for others to exploit its weaknesses and attack it mercilessly.”

Locke held the third Garden Cave, a bottle-shaped world with a raised section in the center featuring a relief of a lotus flower, its name: The Bitter King Bottle.

Flames seemed to burn within the bottle.

Thanks to the Probus Wizard’s research on the lotus flower, Locke created the third new type of Garden Cave!

Locke glanced at the description of the Bitter King Bottle: “[Bitter King Bottle – Garden Cave, Level 10 Synthetic Token, constructed from 1200 Emerald Foundation Stones. Two hundred of these stones, the fourth connecting point, is not Emerald Spirit Energy, but rather a standard Piercing Heart Extract extracted from a Piercing Heart Lotus-type magical plant. The Piercing Heart Extract’s particle formula is as follows—]”

“[The structure of this Garden Cave—]” “

[This Garden Cave is suitable for fire-attribute magical plants that prefer sunny, dry, and fertile soil. The mystical meaning bestowed upon this Garden Cave leans towards the fire element.]” “

[Warning: The Bitter King Bottle will destroy any water or ice-attribute magical plant it imbues with its mystical meaning.]”

Locke scanned the description of the Bitter King Bottle. “

It seems I can use this to imbue my Bright Dragon Sparrow with a mystical meaning first. My Spirit Energy Cultivation Method has already reached a considerable level of development; I should be able to cultivate new Bright Dragon Sparrow varieties.” “

Many magical plant species within the Star Ring Magical Plants have different cultivation varieties, precisely because they are endowed with different mystical meanings.

However, the scope, direction, and essence of the mystical meaning a magical plant can generate are ultimately fixed. Therefore,

the number of subspecies that can be generated is not large, and if we consider meaningful cultivated varieties, it is even smaller.

After all, the higher the level of the magical plant, the more likely it is to be destroyed than to be created by haphazard cultivation.

And some breeders, when faced with a high-level Star Ring Magical Plant, find it difficult to make a cultivation plan that accurately grasps their own breeding level and adapts to the breeding direction required by that magical plant.

Therefore, there are many instances where Star Ring Wizards have carelessly destroyed certain high-level magical plants that were already rare in the world, or were gradually becoming extinct from the wild and laboratories.

The Deer Witch said to Locke, “Captain, won’t you give it a try?”

“I really want to see the effect of your Garden Cave.” “

You develop new Garden Caves very quickly.”

Locke nodded. “Of course. But not now.”

“The only magical plant I need to cultivate is the Radiant Dragon Sparrow, and its cultivation cost is very high. Therefore, I need to plan carefully to reduce the risks before I can begin cultivation.”

The deer sighed, clearly looking forward to Locke using the mysterious Bitter King Bottle to cultivate magical plants. She was genuinely curious about what kind of magical plants this never-before-seen garden grotto could cultivate.

The deer said, “I really want to learn the refining techniques of this garden grotto from you, Captain.”

Locke nodded.

“I’ve already written three articles about my innovative methods for constructing three different Garden Caverns. The Maupassant family helped me find a Star Ring-level, generalist wizard, and the two of us collaborated, writing very quickly.” “

Two of these articles have already been submitted to Lei Kua. Including the previous one, I’ve now written three.” “

In these three articles, I’ve detailed how to refine the three types of Garden Caverns. For the content related to hadrons, I’ve replaced it with a mysterious factor. Anyway, since I have actually refined Garden Caverns, they’ll at most assume I have special materials obtained from other worlds. This isn’t uncommon in Lei Kua’s journals over the years.”

Locke said, “The other two articles contain detailed construction methods for the Garden Caverns that I’ve publicly announced. If the readers are skilled enough, and have sufficient equipment and resources, then I believe it’s possible to reach a level similar to the Spirit Breath Cultivation Method that I’m currently using in two to three years.”

“If all three of my articles are accepted, you can buy them and read them. Ask me anything you don’t understand. If you’re not capable, I’ll teach you until you do.”

The Deer Witch looked at Locke in surprise. “You actually included the manufacturing method in the article,”

Locke said. “Not entirely, just a few unnecessary details. It’s easy for the talented people in Heng’s lab to figure out how to fill in those details. It’s just a matter of time.”

The Deer Witch asked curiously, “But why?”

“Captain, why do you want to release this garden cave construction method that you painstakingly innovated?”

“Wouldn’t it be better to keep it as your trump card, not publish it? I think you can publish one, and keep the other two for now,”

Locke waved his hand. “Give me a year, and I can produce a lot of these.”

“Although it is indeed expensive. Actually, I haven’t done enough.”

“If my ring number is higher, I will even write down every detail in the article. Even so, there are probably not many wizards who can understand it, and it will take some time to read and study it.”

Locke said with his hands behind his back, “As long as I keep progressing, these are all small details. Besides, it’s not easy to get a Thunderclap. You can’t get one without showing some real skills.”

“When I was in the first and second rings, I still liked to hide my things. After the Star Ring, I gradually understood a principle—truth doesn’t need to be hidden.”

“At this moment, it is my time to change the world in my own way.”

Locke said, “I hope that every breeder who buys the next Thunderclap will feel that they have gained something after reading it.”

“These three gardens are my first gift to the world of the Eastern Frontier,”

the Deer Witch exclaimed in surprise. She looked at Locke, feeling his back seemed so imposing. As a fellow Star Ring Wizard, she still wanted to keep her unique skills hidden, while Locke already felt he could freely unleash them to change the world.

Yes.

Star Ring Wizards had constructed their own power systems.

Locke’s creation of these three unique gardens was deeply integrated with his power system. Sharing this wouldn’t harm him; on the contrary, it would allow more wizards to understand his power system.

True truth is not afraid to be shared.

Truth only becomes clearer through sharing.

The path to truth also becomes clearer through everyone’s learning and discussion.

The Deer Witch sighed. Thinking it was one thing, doing it was another.

The thought of sharing her unique skills, the culmination of over a decade of research, her most treasured secrets, instead of being vague in her writings and merely seeking recognition without demonstrating the methods, filled her with a sense of bitterness and hesitation.

However, upon further reflection, she realized Captain Augustine might be right.

To publish in a top-tier journal like Lei Kua, one had to demonstrate genuine talent.

Her inability to publish in the top tier might be related to her habit of hiding something crucial.

The Deer Witch, seeing Locke put away the Bitter King Bottle, sighed and asked, “Captain, is it my intuition?”

“I feel you’ve grown a lot since arriving in this Valley of Despair. You seem much stronger than when you first came here,”

Locke laughed. “It’s not that exaggerated.”

“I’m still me,”

Locke said seriously. “Deer Witch. How’s the investigation with Frost Witch going?”

Deer Witch replied, “It’s progressing steadily. I know some friends in the Southern Witch Capital, and their information is readily available. I’ll have the results soon. Captain, don’t worry about that.

” “However, there’s something I want to report to you. According to my team’s report, they’ve discovered many strangers coming and going from the Maupassant family’s wizarding town recently.”

Locke raised an eyebrow.

Deer Witch said, “Bailulu Witch lives in the oldest house in this wizarding town. She’s the deputy mayor.”

“And a few days ago, someone saw many strange wizards from the Triceratops Garden and Winged Dragon Garden coming and going from Bailulu Witch’s house.”

Deer Witch glanced at the Red Witch,

because the Red Witch was also from the Triceratops Garden.

Locke chuckled, “A few days ago, the Swamp Folk Club challenged me. It must be him. He probably wants the lab’s internal data but is too embarrassed to ask me directly, so he went indirectly to ask the Witch Bailouluo.”

The Deer Witch was worried. “Will the Witch Bailouluo betray me?”

“I’m worried she’ll give the lab’s internal data to him.”

Locke shook his head slightly.

“Even a psychic ring wizard might not be able to guess another ring wizard’s thoughts. I’m not Bailouluo, so I don’t know if she’ll tell anyone. However, you should send this lab’s internal data to Bailouluo’s mayor’s house. Wait for that strange wizard to come again.” “

Besides that, I also need your help to investigate the detailed information of the four members of the Swamp Folk Club.”

“I’ve already investigated some preliminary information about them.”

The Deer Witch exclaimed in surprise, “Are you just going to hand over the information I worked so hard to obtain?”

“Isn’t that too easy for him?”

The Deer Witch looked up and saw Locke’s lips curl into a slight smile. She nodded slightly.

She shook her head and said, “Your magnanimity is becoming increasingly incomprehensible to me. I feel you’re no longer the same as other Star Ring Wizards. Are you almost at the stage of pseudo-forging?”

Locke laughed.

“Star Ring Wizards always mistakenly believe they’re close to pseudo-forging. Probus and I have both made this mistake, and so have you. It seems every wizard in the pseudo-forging stage thinks they’re close to success. I’m still a Star Ring Wizard, just more advanced in the pseudo-forging process. As for pseudo-forging, I only have a vague understanding.”

“Right now, I should focus on improving the levels of all my basic skills as quickly as possible. I now believe that to achieve pseudo-forging, I must first improve my overall magical level.”

The Deer Witch nodded, seemingly understanding, and then left with the other wizards.

After he left, only the Maupassant family miners, still working on their tasks, remained in the corridor of the Tranquil Garden. Locke, meanwhile, took out the Bitter King Bottle from his Astral Finger and stared at it.

“Even so, I still haven’t figured out how to imbue Yunmi with its mysterious meaning.” “

That’s the memory world of Wizard Probus, which means he succeeded in history. How did he do it?” “

I’ve searched through all the files and his records, but I haven’t found anything. The answer can only be found in his memory world. Hopefully, if I can enter his memory world, I can find the answer, or I can figure it out myself.” Locke fell into

deep thought.

Because if one didn’t pass the five requirements in the Bitter King’s memory world, they would be rejected by Bitter King and wouldn’t have a second chance to enter that special laboratory.

This seemed to be Wizard Probus’s deliberate design.

But why let a group of wizards enter Bitter King’s memory world and compete to be the first group to pass the five requirements? Was

it just to stop more people?

Locke looked thoughtful.

“In short, we must quickly come up with a way to imbue Yunmi with mysterious meaning. I’m already working hard to gather information and synthesize the Garden Cave Heaven.”

In the headquarters of the journal “Lei Kua” in the Lei Kua Lowlands, in the editor’s office, the Moon Ring Wizard, responsible for reviewing the submissions, immediately recommended the three articles by Locke to three fellow wizards after reading them consecutively.

The editor wizard pondered, “Originally, I didn’t pay much attention because I saw that the author was a Star Ring Wizard.

But he submitted three articles in the same month, which caught my attention. That’s why I read them myself and didn’t pass them on to my assistant. Luckily, I read them in advance. If my assistant had rejected these three articles written by a Star Ring Wizard, I would have been in big trouble.”

He glanced at Locke’s resume and, seeing that Locke had published in so many second-ring, first-zone journals, especially becoming a regular reader of Yun Kua, a relieved smile appeared on his face.

This proved the authenticity of the three submitted articles.

Moreover, the other party’s resume is also impressive. They’ve published in more than just one journal in the second ring, first district; they’ve published in *Yun Kua* and *Jiao Jie*, and have won the Golden Cup, the Xiaoxi Cup, and the Silent Holy Grail competition. They’ve also participated in competitions along the Tianjiang River.

No wonder they dared to submit to *Lei Kua*.

Even more remarkable is the extremely complete method for creating garden caves in the three articles. Any research group, after reading them and being willing to spend time studying them, should be able to replicate them quickly.

Furthermore, these three new garden cave structures are not just empty shells or meaningless innovations; each garden cave is a unique insight at the Star Ring stage.

“It’s rare to see a Star Ring wizard create so many structurally innovative garden caves,”

the editor, [Kevin Wizard], wrote in advance as a summary. This was to go through internal procedures, to remind himself, and to ensure that the next person in the process could see it, thus requiring a summary evaluation of these three articles.

“It’s already quite difficult for an average Star Ring Wizard to master the known Garden Caverns. He would pursue even more advanced Garden Caverns, making minor modifications to them, and then publish them in low-quality journals in Zones Two and Three.”

“This Star Ring Wizard clearly has higher talent and greater ambition. What impressed me was how clearly he described the details in his articles, without resorting to trickery. In my opinion, the next issue of the journal might make history: a Star Ring Wizard publishing three articles in this issue.” “

I think these three articles are of considerable quality. Moreover, the writing in each one is so beautiful; they must have been specially optimized by a generalist.”

Wizard Kevin concluded.

In general, there was no reason not to approve it. However, I think it’s not suitable to publish it on the first few pages of the journal. Firstly, he is, after all, a Star Ring Wizard, and we shouldn’t embarrass Sun Ring Wizards and Moon Ring Wizards. Secondly, he has too many articles to publish this issue; placing them at the end would be better. “

Thirdly, I believe he still has a lot of room for growth. I am very much looking forward to his future appearances; perhaps when he becomes a Moon Ring Wizard, he will grace the cover of my journal.

I highly recommend these three articles.”

A week later, Locke saw a group of Corsican Tyrannosaurus Rex arriving at the edge of the Wizarding Town in Despair Valley. These Corsican Tyrannosaurus Rex were carrying various house components, and a Gallic Tall-legged Tyrannosaurus Rex, which looked like a small mountain, was carrying a huge amount of foundation stones. The wizards in the

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team and the dark wizards in the Wizarding Town were all shocked, thinking that the White Wizarding Association had organized an army to attack.

A bright dragon-bird appeared on Locke’s back, and he flew straight in that direction.

He saw the Tyrannosaurus Rex convoy stop on a swamp next to the Wizarding Town, and a group of wizards and lizardmen mercenaries were quickly building on the swamp.

Locke noticed that the plot of land where they stopped was not within the territory of Golden Crown Mountain.

In other words, the other party was definitely not a dark wizard, but someone very knowledgeable about the law, someone who could evade any potential legal action in any situation. Their demeanor clearly indicated a white wizard.

Locke landed in a grove of trees beside the swamp.

Before he landed, the grove was deserted. The instant his left toe touched the ground, a group of Star Ring wizards suddenly appeared on the trees of the dark forest beside the swamp.

These wizards wore robes with obvious animal bones and hides, featuring openwork elements, clearly characteristic of the white wizarding style of the swamp.

These Star Ring wizards sat on treetops, looking at Locke with challenging eyes.

Locke, however, smirked.

Under his innate magical eyes, how could these people hide?

It was precisely because they saw him that he had come over.

Patrick Keaton, the wizard of the Winged Dragon Garden, stood atop a tree, looking down at Locke with his arms crossed. “I am Patrick Keaton,” he said. “Your reputation has soared these past few days. Your commands have won three consecutive duels between the Fang of Terror and the Claw of the Swift. Your name as a breeder has spread throughout my Rainswamp.”

He tossed a True Sight Crystal at Locke.

Clearly, it contained the records of those three duels.

Patrick Keaton, the wizard, sneered at Locke, “You dare to provoke the entire Star Ring Wizarding World? This is intolerable! On behalf of Ghostwing Dragon Garden and the Swamp Folk Club, I will not accept your challenge. Let’s settle this once and for all. I’ll avenge that arrow wound.”

The Purple Witch, perched on a branch and leaning against the trunk, coldly told Locke, “My friend suffered a loss at your hands, and I will get my revenge.”

Wizard Kent, sitting on a branch, smiled at Locke and said, “I’d like to see how you get out of this.”

“You should know, it’s easy to invite a god, but hard to send him away.”

The fourth fat man stood under the tree, stuffing potato chips into his mouth as he walked.

“Don’t be so aggressive, folks. If Mr. Augustine had a good reason and apologized, we could forgive him. Right, everyone?”

The wizards in the club all looked at Locke, their eyes filled with competition.

Their competitive spirit had been ignited.

How could this raging fire be extinguished?

Could the biting cold wind extinguish the flames of competition among this group of Star Ring wizards?

Locke smiled; after all, he had invited this person, so it was necessary for him to put on a show.

Locke looked at the fat secretary and said, “Scrooge Wizard.”

“Back in your second ring days, you once mocked a second ring wizard in your research group, saying that he only used other people’s theories to arm his mind, copying the theories of a group of people into his own articles to support his research results.

You mocked that second ring wizard as a group that could only borrow other people’s ideas, other research frameworks, other people’s theoretical systems, and had little of their own—a hollow basket, scooping up so much water, but the moment it was taken out of the water, a lot of it leaked out, and the remaining little water was tainted and inferior.” “

You even called the second ring wizard in your group an inferior basket.”

The fat secretary, Scrooge, squinted and stuffed a handful of potato chips into his mouth.

“Am I too famous, or have you investigated me? Can I interpret this as you declaring war on me not for some specific reason, but because you genuinely believe that none of the Star Ring Wizards in this Wizarding Land are your match?”

Locke shook his head at him. “You’re certainly not qualified.” “

You’re not good enough.” “

That’s a statement.”

The next moment, the wizard Xianglangtai crushed the potato chips in his hand, and he laughed, a truly radiant laugh.

“Knowing my exploits, you still dare to say I’m not qualified. It seems you’ve come prepared, truly here to cause trouble

. “

The Purple Witch chuckled, “I find this wizard’s personality rather interesting.”

“Xiang Langtai, you’ve been mocked.”

“I must say, I’m quite pleased.”

Locke looked at the Purple Witch, smiled, and said, “Miss Purple Witch Bella, you’ve had a severe bloodline factor disease since childhood. You can’t breathe air because you’re allergic to common, naturally occurring magical components in the air. You could say you were born with an air allergy. Fortunately, you were born into a wizarding family, and your first-ring wizard parents created a device to isolate you from the air. Unwilling to accept this, you diligently studied life magic. You’ve done extensive research on magical plants in the Chrysanthemum genus, and through your achievements in life magic, you’ve healed yourself.” “

You cultivated a magical plant that was originally extinct: the Nasal Torture Goosegrass, although only you have the ability to use it.”

“Enough to isolate you from everything.”

“You’re very capable. You’ve published at least five articles in the Second Ring First District alone, and what’s even more commendable is that all five are about the research on the ancient magical plant, the Nose-Punishing Grass, and the cultivation of multiple subspecies. You specialize in one thing, your skills are extraordinary, and your artistic level is impressive. It’s just a pity that your field is too niche; not many people can understand your articles.”

The Purple Witch’s face showed a smug look.

Locke, with his hands behind his back, said in front of everyone, “Bella, you’re very good, but unfortunately, you’re still not good enough.”

“You’re not good enough to meet my requirements—” “

Just a little bit short.”

The smile that had just appeared on the Purple Witch Bella’s face disappeared. Her eyes widened, and for a moment, she couldn’t utter a sound.