Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 329

Chapter 327: Root of the True Knowledge Institute

Locke asked doubtfully, “Teacher Harlan, what are the other options you are talking about?”

Harlan Vera smiled and said, “It’s not a particularly complicated matter. Once you become a formal wizard, there’s no such thing as going to school or having a curriculum. Everything is just work, and since it’s work, there are always ways to make adjustments.”

“So, for example, if you haven’t gotten the teaching position you’re looking for, you can try doing something else first, something that will improve your chances of getting the position you want and enhance your core competencies.”

“Just like Sophia the Witch once did.”

Harlan Vera pointed out. “For example, you don’t currently have a formal Potions Master or Advanced Breeder certificate, nor do you have any archaeologist-related certifications. However, obtaining these certificates can demonstrate some of your core abilities.”

“Besides that, some award-winning magical plant and potion works can become your core competitiveness, preferably association-level awards.”

“The more advanced the wizarding land, the more they despise the value of the Southeastern Corner Wizard Academy-level competitions. However, due to the laws of the White Wizard Association, they must at least recognize our White Wizard Association-level competitions.”

“Therefore, completing some larger projects, winning some awards, and publishing association-level S-level articles can all improve your core competitiveness.”

“Another advantage is that if you can educate some outstanding students, you will have a great advantage in some teaching-oriented teaching positions in the Star Domain Sea.”

“In short, all your achievements will eventually become your support for gaining greater resources.”

Harlan Vera paused and said, “Next, here’s the key point—Have you heard of the Root True Knowledge Institute?”

Locke shook his head.

Harlan Vera stood up, moved a stool in front of Locke, and said, “Please sit down.”

“It’s normal that you didn’t know. In the Southeastern Corner, only Verdandia University and Niflheim University have applied for the Root Knowledge Academy.”

“Besides this, no other White Wizard Academy has opened the [Root True Knowledge Academy].”

“Generally speaking, after becoming a formal wizard, a wizard simply enrolls in a wizarding academy,” Harlan Vera said. “But for geniuses like you who want to advance further and become second-ring wizards, you can’t just do that casually.”

“The requirements for admission to ordinary wizard academies are very low, but those that want to enter wizard academies with superior resources are very high.”

“So, the Association has come up with a solution that will give young First Ring wizards like you, who come from areas with average teaching conditions, a chance, while also fully utilizing your talents and contributing to the development of White Wizarding society. This is the Root True Knowledge Academy.”

Harlan Vera poured some Portsmouth Wizard Tea into a teacup and poured it with cold water, allowing the tea’s aroma to shine through and purify the potion’s toxicity. He then pushed the cup toward Locke. “In other words, the Root of True Knowledge Academy is for people like you.”

“The Root True Knowledge Institute is an organization that some wizard academies have applied for from the White Wizard Association for some very promising projects and have the qualifications. They can obtain funding from multiple sources, including the White Wizard Association headquarters, local academies, and their own funds.”

“The Root True Knowledge Institute will specially recruit you newly promoted first-ring wizards to work there. After you enter, both you and the True Knowledge Institute will receive rewards from the White Wizard Association headquarters.”

Harlan Vera took a sip of the wizard’s fragrant tea and said, “Essentially, the local wizard academy needs outstanding talents to help them complete their projects. The Wizard Association is willing to offer benefits to young first-ring wizards, train them, and help them move from small places to larger places. And young first-ring wizards need this kind of help to fill their blank period without teaching positions.”

“So, this system came into being.”

“Of course, the threshold to enter the Root True Knowledge Academy is very high, requiring extremely outstanding young first-ring wizards to enter. Also, since the Root True Knowledge Academy does not count as work experience, if you just want to join an ordinary wizarding organization, then joining the Root True Knowledge Academy is a complete waste of time.”

Harlan Vera said: “At the first-ring wizard stage, we have countless choices, which is completely different from the wizard apprentice.”

“So, everything depends on individual choices. The same choice can have different effects on people with different circumstances.”

“But I don’t want you to stay in the Southeast Corner. I don’t even want you to stay in those wizarding lands that are not much higher in level than the Southeast Corner.”

Harlan Vera said, “So, I’ve done my homework for you and opened up many avenues for you.”

Locke saluted Harlan Vera and said, “Thank you, teacher.”

Harun Vera nodded with satisfaction. “It’s an honor for me that you can go to a better place.”

“A wizard with your talent should go to the best place, instead of staying in ordinary places, wasting your life and letting others plunder your value.”

“The Root True Knowledge Academy doesn’t count as work experience, so entering it won’t affect your future advancement into the Wizarding Academy. Therefore, this is also an option I recommend.”

“The application requirements for the Root True Knowledge Institute are that one must be a first-ring liquefied wizard, under the age of fifty, and have a project that the Institute is interested in.”

“Because joining the Institute of True Knowledge isn’t about learning, but about bringing value to the Institute and everyone else. Therefore, you need to have a project that the Institute is interested in, that overlaps with the Institute’s current main projects, and that can contribute to the Institute’s research.”

“And the Institute of True Knowledge will invest in your project, providing you with funds, equipment, resources, and manpower.”

“Generally speaking, the original intention of establishing the Academy of True Knowledge was to provide a platform for super geniuses like you. Although this system has begun to distort in some wizarding lands.”

Harlan Vera hesitated for a moment. “Of course, there are other non-mainstream options. For example, some wizards, after becoming First Ring Wizards, begin traveling to various wizarding lands, trying to find wizard resources, wizard ruins, or some special magical resources that have been buried by time.”

“There are also wizards who are trying to form their own wizarding forces. But in my opinion, these are all detours.”

“There’s no need to take this lesser-known route when there are already established ones.”

Harlan Vera said, “Besides that, while you’re waiting for your teaching position, if you don’t want to go to the Root of True Knowledge Academy, you can also work in commercial shops, markets, or studios under powerful wizards.”

“Working in an informal place like that won’t affect your chances of finding a teaching position in the future.”

“At least I can make some money, gain some experience, and obtain some magical resources.”

Harlan Vera drummed his fingers on the table, trying to think of some options he hadn’t mentioned. “There are also some less popular options. For example, a very small number of botanical wizards are invited by private organizations of white wizards to travel to a certain forest and become forest surveyors.”

“Or perhaps the breeder was invited by a private organization of white wizards to become a plant breeder for a water conservancy project in a river area of an important wizarding land.”

“They are all relatively unpopular and niche choices, and most of them are temporary choices.”

“Most white wizards are still pursuing teaching positions.”

“Even if I’m just going to retire and play dirty, it’s more comfortable to be supported by apprentices and mortals in the wizard academy.”

Harun Vera said, “However, the Root Zhenzhi Academy is also divided into at least two levels. The Ordinary Zhenzhi Academy and the Advanced Zhenzhi Academy. But no matter where you go, you need a letter of recommendation.”

“I can write you a letter of recommendation, but the ordinary Academy of True Knowledge requires at least two letters of recommendation from wizards of my level. And the Advanced Academy of True Knowledge requires not only two letters of recommendation from wizards of our level, but also a letter of recommendation from a second-ring wizard…”

“Of course, a letter of recommendation only increases your chances of admission. It’s not absolute. It mainly depends on the First Ring Wizard’s own level.”

Harlan Vera said, “Back then, Witch Sophia almost went to the Root of True Knowledge Academy. This is because many teaching positions in the Star Domain Sea require you to have experience working at the Root of True Knowledge Academy before you can apply.”

“This is a way of setting up an invisible threshold to reduce the difficulty of screening young first-ring wizards from other places at the wizard academy on the other side of the Star Sea.”

“However, she was lucky enough to get a special job with the Three-Ring Wizard Research Team at the Citadel. It didn’t require any work experience at the Root True Knowledge Institute.”

“That’s it, anyway.”

Locke nodded slightly. Before the age of fifty, the mental power had to be materialized to the point of liquefaction. This was indeed not an ordinary requirement.

If a formal wizard becomes an official wizard at the age of forty, then he only has ten years to upgrade to gasification and liquefaction.

This is clearly not enough.

Therefore, the application requirements for the Root Institute of True Knowledge essentially require higher qualifications for the first-ring wizard.

At the same time, it also allows everyone to have a little self-awareness. If even such a small requirement cannot be met, let alone going to a wizard academy in a larger wizarding land to seek a teaching position.

Locke is currently twenty years old and is already a first-level wizard in the gasification stage. So if he wants to meet the requirements of the Academy of True Knowledge, he still has thirty years.

With such a long backup time, I seem to be very comfortable.

(End of this chapter)