Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 518

Chapter 515 A wider world!

Director Morrison said with some guilt, “Little Locke, I’m sorry to say that I haven’t been able to negotiate any favorable contracts for you at the Higher Knowledge Institute at Bonifacius University.”

Locke stood up, saluted Director Morrison, and said, “I am very grateful to you, Director.”

Although Director Morrison, as a second-ring wizard and a young cadre wizard, might feel a little regretful for not helping him and negotiating better conditions, as a young first-ring wizard, it would be better for him to express his respect.

Director Morrison smiled with satisfaction. “But it doesn’t matter. I’ve negotiated terms for you over at Golden Crown Mountain.”

“If you join their Advanced True Knowledge Academy, your monthly salary will be increased from 10,000 magic stones to 20,000 magic stones.”

“However, you need to keep this confidential and not tell anyone else. The Higher True Knowledge Institute at Mount Jinmao implements a salary confidentiality system. To prevent wizards from becoming uneasy, they don’t know each other’s monthly benefits.”

“Besides that, as long as you enter the Advanced Institute of True Knowledge, you can choose any advanced meditation method you want.”

Hearing this, Locke looked up in surprise. “Director Morrison, is this a benefit that every senior academy of true knowledge has?”

Director Morrison showed a smug smile, enjoying Locke’s expression at the moment. It was worth it for all his efforts to persuade Ekaterina and the dean of the Advanced Institute of Truth in Golden Crown Mountain.

“Of course not. Although it’s easy to obtain advanced meditation techniques at the Advanced Zhenzhi Academy, it’s impossible for you to obtain them right after entering. You’ll have to wait at least half a year before you’re eligible to apply.”

“Besides, it’s not certain that it will be approved.”

“There are a lot of prerequisites ahead. Only when you meet the requirements of the Zhenzhi Academy will the advanced meditation method be given to you.”

“But I’ve negotiated this most important benefit for you. So, as soon as you enter, you can directly receive a set of advanced meditation techniques.”

Director Morrison laughed.

Locke expressed his gratitude to Director Morrison again. “Thank you, Director Morrison.”

Director Morrison said, “In addition to these two basic benefits, you also enjoy the research start-up funds you received after joining the Zhenzhi Academy. This has doubled from 100,000 to 200,000 magic stones.”

“Adding your salary to this, in other words, within five years, the Institute of True Knowledge will pay you a total of 1.4 million magic stones.”

“In addition, the Institute of Advanced Knowledge will provide you with free accommodation in staff dormitories and allow you to share laboratory equipment with researchers and co-instructors within the Institute.”

Locke nodded slightly.

No wonder, the Academy of Advanced Truth is a place that all wizards dream of. As soon as I went there, they offered me funds worth 1.4 million magic stones within five years.

Also provide a series of basic treatments needed for living and conducting experiments.

This is a timely resource for many wizards who do not have the funds to further study the magic they want to study.

Director Morrison said, “In addition to the resources worth 1.4 million magic stones, you will receive two more benefits after entering the Advanced Institute of True Knowledge.”

“The first benefit is that you can apply for the Zhenzhi Academy Project Fund. Once you’re in, you can start a small Zhenzhi Academy project, which will give you approximately 200,000 to 500,000 magic stones.”

“The specific cost depends on your project budget and the funds required.”

“Basically, as long as you enter the Academy of True Knowledge and apply for the Academy of True Knowledge Fund, the White Wizards Association headquarters will approve it.”

“Everyone in the Zhenzhi Academy can apply for the Zhenzhi Academy Fund once, and most people will be approved, so this is considered a benefit of entering the Zhenzhi Academy.”

Locke nodded slightly. It was indeed true, especially for those wizards who were not good at attracting projects and investments. The benefits of the Academy of True Knowledge were also a considerable resource subsidy for them.

“The second benefit is the opportunity to apply for the Special Fund. This is the White Wizard Association’s true support for the Academy of True Knowledge. The amount of the Special Fund for ordinary Academy of True Knowledge is one million magic stones to two million magic stones, while the amount of the Special Fund for your Advanced Academy of True Knowledge is… between three million and five million magic stones.”

“With so many magic stones, we can really do some meaningful research, unlike those small-scale projects you did before.”

Locke looked at Wizard Morrison in confusion. In his own view, whether it was himself, Wizard Edgar, Witch Diana, even Witch Yennefer, and Wizard Alaric, the research they had done and the magical plants they had developed were no longer trivial matters.

It has great practicality and popularity.

But Locke keenly noticed that Wizard Morrison seemed to be using the second principle to evaluate his and others’ research, so he cautiously did not speak.

This principle is exactly why I need to go to a higher level.

Locke continued to listen to Wizard Morrison say, “The biggest goal of many wizards joining the Academy of True Knowledge is to get this special funding for their projects. However, the special funding is different from the Academy of True Knowledge funds. Not everyone can get it. It is a selective process, and only one in ten thousand can get it. Even within the Academy of True Knowledge, the wizards who can get this project fund are still a minority among the minority.”

“That was one of your biggest goals in going to the Higher Institute of True Knowledge!”

“The second goal, of course, is the exit certificate. That is the only thing that proves that you have performed well in the Higher School of True Knowledge and can gain the trust of those wizarding academies.”

“You’ve seen the requirements for leaving Jinmianshan. In addition to the Zhenzhi Academy Fund and the Special Fund, you also need to strive to get a sub-project from a key program from your co-supervisor.”

“In other words, if you go to the Academy of True Knowledge, you must at least complete these three foundations to achieve a perfect harvest,” Wizard Morrison instructed. “As for ordinary wizards, even if they think they are geniuses before entering, they will soon be hit hard by the Academy of True Knowledge.”

“Outside the Academy of True Knowledge, there are only a few talented wizards in ten thousand, but inside the Academy of True Knowledge, they are everywhere.”

“So, many confident wizards, before entering the Academy of True Knowledge, thought they could obtain these three funds. But unfortunately, in the end, they could only obtain an ordinary Academy of True Knowledge fund at most.”

Wizard Morrison sent Locke the contract he had negotiated with Witch Ekaterina via the Gray Mist Slate. “Look at this contract. It also states that you will have the right to freely allocate funds without interference from anyone, and you don’t need to seek a co-mentor’s signature.”

“At the same time, you also have the authority to recruit assistants on your own, but there is a limit: you can only recruit two.”

“Generally speaking, other wizards in the Higher Academy of True Knowledge can only recruit one assistant.”

Wizard Morrison said, “Because I didn’t anticipate Bonifacius University’s attitude, I’ve changed my previous advice. After all, the college’s strengths are secondary; the compensation you receive is truly within your control.”

“My personal advice is that you choose Golden Crown Mountain.”

“There are thirty-seven schools in Jinmian Mountain. The main campus has twenty-two schools, known as the Twenty-Two Gardens. There are also fifteen schools, or fifteen gardens, scattered outside.”

“And if you want to go, then you have to go to the Dragon Fern Garden among the twenty-two gardens of this headquarters.”

“The thirty-seven colleges and universities in Jinmian Mountain are divided among three major forces. The first is the Senate, the actual leadership of the colleges, managing finances and regulations. The second is the Academic Committee, which is mainly composed of representatives of major academic authorities and is in charge of Jinmian Mountain’s academic authority, project review, and so on.”

“The third largest force is the Deacon Inspection Team, a product of the combined efforts of the heads of the major laboratories in Jinmian Mountain.”

“Thirty-seven gardens are governed by organizations within these three academies.”

“Furthermore, there’s another wizarding academy in Jinmian Mountain that’s actually independent, but still maintains ties with it and collaborates with it on various levels—Luxuqiao Academy.”

“Luxuqiao Academy is no smaller than Jinmian Mountain in scale. The two together make up the seven top wizard academies in Yunze Wetland.”

Only then did Locke understand that the structure of the wizard academy in Yunze Wetland was more complicated than the organizational structure of the wizard academy in the southeast corner and the six towers. It was composed of various branches and colleges.

Locke asked in a low voice, “Director Morrison, how many first-ring wizards are there in Golden Crown Mountain?”

Wizard Morrison smiled. “I’m not sure of the exact number, but I can tell you that the number of official wizards within the garden is probably over a hundred.”

Locke did a quick calculation and found that the total number of official wizards in all the gardens was probably thousands!

The total number of official wizards in Lilith’s Hut was close to a hundred before he left.

When the four wizard organizations of the Dark Wizard Alliance in the southeastern corner took joint action, they only dispatched more than a hundred first-ring wizards at a time.

The battle between the black and white wizards in the southeast corner, as it turned out to be a small-scale fight between the two schools at Golden Mountain University…

At this moment, Locke finally realized how huge the Jinmian Mountain and Luxu Bridge were!
(End of this chapter)