Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 339

Chapter 337: Such a small amount of money, and nothing at all?

After Locke and others left the Dispatching Department, the young official wizard of the Seven-Colored Star Garden immediately went back without stopping. It seemed that he had to complete a project he was working on in order to give back to the Seven-Colored Star Garden.

Therefore, I had to finish that project as soon as possible before getting a teaching position.

Of course, this will likely take several years.

Even if you get some teaching positions, you still need to wait in line.

Because the high-level magic resources in various places and the subsidy quotas from the White Wizard Association headquarters are limited, a special situation of “one man for one position” has arisen.

Locke and Hussein went to the library at the headquarters of the White Wizard Association in the southeast corner.

Since we are already here, we might as well go to the prestigious public library of the White Wizard Association in the southeast corner to take a look.

Locke and Hussein passed through a sacred magic barrier and then entered a building made of pure white rocks on all sides. There seemed to be infinite space inside the building.

But it was bare inside, without a single bookshelf or book.

Like a deserted white sand beach.

There were only some general studies staff sitting alone in an area, sitting on leather sofas made of magical creatures’ hides, reading a book in their hands.

There were quite a few first-ring wizards here, checking out some information. They turned their heads and took a look at the two new colleagues, showing a slightly surprised look in their eyes, and then turned their heads to focus their attention elsewhere.

After all, the number of wizards in the southeast corner is limited, and it is considered a small circle. Even if they don’t know each other, they have heard of each other or seen each other. It is rare to meet two strange wizards at the same time.

Of course, some people recognized him, and one of them was the Eye Demon Wizard who has been in the limelight recently.

It seemed that the reputation of the Eye Demon Wizard was too fierce. Locke found that many wizards who glanced at him had vigilance and a hint of fear in their eyes.

“A person’s reputation is like a tree’s shadow. Dark wizards probably pursue this feeling.” Locke muttered to himself, “But everyone misunderstands me.”

‘I’m still easy to talk to.’

Locke looked at Hussein and explained, “This should be the Illusion Library we talked about in the Everything Class. The books here are hidden by the first ring of the Illusion School’s magic, [Visual Desert]. We just need to find a general scholar and search for the books we want, and the bookshelves containing the books we need will automatically appear before us.”

“It’s incredibly convenient.”

“Even… our inner desires will automatically attract the books we want and bring them into our hands.”

Hussein glanced at Locke and muttered, “Everything Class? Visual Desert? These are all things I’ve never heard of.”

Locke whispered, “Then you really should catch up on your studies. It’s easy for people to see that you used to be a dark wizard.”

Hussein said softly, “Yes, you are right. The library over at the Blood Curse Court… apart from the grimoires containing the highest level of confidential magic, it is all human books.”

Seeing Locke’s puzzled expression, Hussein smiled and said, “It uses the brains and blood of mortals to preserve certain knowledge. We only need to grasp the clues, and we can extract the knowledge we need from that mortal blood.”

“The knowledge we have hidden within their bloodlines with cursed magic can be reproduced and passed down. I unearthed the bloodlines of the descendants of the First Ancestor and discovered the knowledge hidden within them.”

Locke pondered. “It sounds like some kind of knowledge inheritance based on bloodline.”

“Can’t they acquire that knowledge themselves? Why make the transmission of knowledge so complicated? Wouldn’t it be better to put it in a public library?”

Hussein said, “They cannot acquire that knowledge themselves, so it is different from the innate knowledge base inherited through the blood of some magical creatures.”

“But we do borrow some of the principles.”

“As for why it’s not placed in a public library… Haha, dark wizards are always hiding their knowledge, worried that others will learn it, and worried that after their knowledge is learned, they won’t receive the due reward. So they are keen to develop magic to hide specific knowledge.”

Hussein raised his right hand and beckoned into the void. “Your White Wizard’s library is quite good, each with its own unique characteristics. The public library at Lilith’s Cottage is relatively ordinary in comparison.”

“Let me see, what knowledge am I summoning within myself right now?”

Hussein looked at the thick magic book that appeared in his right hand and raised his eyebrows in surprise. “The Contract Master’s Encyclopedia?”

“Well, recently I have been thinking about switching from a curse caster to a contract caster. This way I can get along better in your white wizard society.”

“Besides, the fields of study between Contract Masters and Curse Masters are not very different, so it will be relatively easy for me to switch. The prospects for Contract Masters are also great.”

“I didn’t expect that this first-level visual illusion magic [Visual Desert] could actually sense the knowledge I’ve been seeking in my heart recently.”

“Locke, why don’t you try it? I want to see what kind of books your heart will summon.”

Locke glanced at him and raised his right hand. At the same time, he did not protect his own heart, but used what his heart desired to summon the entire library. Suddenly, a book automatically appeared in his hand. Locke took a look and immediately raised his eyebrows. This turned out to be a magic book with a yellowed surface. On it was written – [Survey Form on the Bloodline and Genetic Lineage of Ancient Biological Beings in the Mortal World of the Southeast Corner].

Locke was slightly stunned, then he took a look at the author’s name and confirmed that the other party was a one-ring crystal wizard from a thousand years ago, who had passed away for hundreds of years. Only then did he feel relieved.

Every time I see articles and data related to the bloodlines of ancient creatures on the White Wizard’s side, it means that the author basically has some connection with the Black Wizard.

Even I am considered an archaeologist.

A first-level doctor of general studies saw the books the two had chosen and said to Hussein, “The Contracted Encyclopedia you have is considered an A-level article in the Association, so you need to pay 20 contribution points to read it.”

He looked at Locke and said, “The one in your hand is an S-level article of the association. You need 50 contribution points to read it.”

Locke didn’t have any objections, as he had plenty of contribution points.

Previously, I had obtained 2,100 contribution points in the college library. Later, I studied alchemy, breeding, and botany. Before being promoted to a formal wizard, I used up 1,100 of the contribution points and consulted a large number of A-level articles.

But after he was promoted to a formal wizard, he published 5 A-level articles and 7 S-level articles in the public library of the White Wizard Association.

Wherever an association’s S-level article is published, you will receive 500 contribution points from that library.

One article with an association A grade will receive 200 contribution points, and one article with an association B grade or college A grade will receive 100 contribution points.

In other words, he currently has 1,000 contribution points from Lilith’s Hut and 4,500 contribution points from the Southeast Corner White Wizard Association.

The contribution point system was originally used to exchange for extremely important promotion potions and opportunities to enter the wizard secret realm.

However, in the southeast corner, there is no secret realm corresponding to the official wizard level, and there are almost no better first-ring magic plants and cost-effective first-ring magic spell models that can be exchanged on the contribution point exchange table.

Therefore, in the formal wizard stage, contribution points can almost only be used to search for articles.

Therefore, Locke said without blinking that he would use contribution points to exchange for the opportunity to borrow this book.

Since, Visual Desert Spell Model, thinks that this book is what I want in my heart, I really need to take a good look at it.

“Before I leave, I have to spend all my contribution points. I can redeem a bunch of articles that interest me in the two large libraries. I’ll read them and these are my accumulations.” Locke thought. “If I use all 4500 points to redeem the association’s S-level articles that interest me, I can redeem 90 books.”

‘That’s a staggering number.’

For wizards, knowledge is power.

If a wizard can carefully read 90 S-level articles or magic books of the association, then after reading them, he will definitely be able to look at others with new eyes after three days of absence.

Locke whispered, “It seems that before I leave the Southeast Corner, I can stay at the White Wizard Headquarters for a while, calm down, and accumulate my knowledge in various fields.”

Locke said to the first-ring wizard general studies doctor of the White Wizard Association, “My name is Locke Augustine. This is my school badge. Please help me redeem it.”

The doctor of general studies, upon seeing Locke’s total contribution points, glanced up in surprise. Then, his gaze shifted to one of deep respect, and he bowed slightly. “You are truly a learned man. I missed your articles earlier, which was a huge loss for me. I’m very interested in the seven S-level articles you recently published. I’ll be checking them out someday.”

Locke nodded to him and said, “Okay, fellow wizard. Exploring the truth is exactly what we wizards do.”

Locke turned around and saw Hussein was in an awkward state. He looked at Hussein in confusion.

Hussein whispered to Locke, “Locke, can you lend me 20 contribution points?”

Locke looked at him in surprise. “You don’t even have 20 contribution points?”

Hussein was somewhat embarrassed. He said to Locke in a voice that only the two of them could hear, “I don’t have it.”

“How do you white wizards get contribution points?”

Locke thought for a moment. “Publish articles, complete tasks, win competition rewards, complete certain special projects… There are many ways.”

(End of this chapter)