Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 527

Chapter 524: Receiving the Benefits of Zhenzhiyuan

Locke, Wizard Daniel, and Wizard Matthew walked up to the middle of the mountain together.

The buildings inside Jinmianshan College are basically in the style of medieval castles, but the interiors of these castles are in various very modern and prosperous styles, such as some are Baroque, some are simple, some are Gothic, and so on.

Locke followed Wizard Matthew and passed through several buildings. The architecture of the academy followed the principle of blending prosperity, beauty and nature.

The buildings inside the academy are completely filled with magical plant gardens of various sizes. There are countless gardens, and there are many flower elves flying above the gardens.

There are rose elves with rose wings, narcissus elves with daffodil wings, lily elves, bluebell elves, and tulip elves.

These special fairies, classified as flower fairies, have become the most common servants, guides, and hardworking employees who take care of the gardens in Golden Crown Mountain Academy.

Because Wizard Matthew was walking too fast in the corridors of the magical garden, he almost collided with a rose fairy the size of a human palm flying towards him. What surprised Locke was that this flower fairy actually had the magical pressure of a formal wizard.

You know, the flower fairies are different from wizards.

Wizards consider it normal to surpass the soul limits of their own race and have complete methods. For flower fairies to become a first-ring-level existence, they must either be born with the favor of the power of nature or undergo a mutation due to certain things.

Locke’s eyes fell on the wings behind the rose fairy. She not only had a pair of rose petal wings, but also a pair of pink peach petal wings.

Obviously, the peach blossom petal wings that were transformed after birth were the key to his advancement to the official wizard level and achieving the first breakthrough in the limit of his race’s soul.

The Rose Fairy looked up and saw Wizard Matthew. She was immediately furious. “How many times have you almost bumped into me this semester? Matthew? Why do you always have to walk so fast?”

Wizard Matthew felt a little aggrieved. “You fly pretty fast yourself.”

The rose fairy suddenly became angry and circled around Wizard Matthew’s head. When the flower fairy flew, magic pollen fell, and thus little stars surrounded Wizard Matthew.

Seeing that the flower fairy Margaret was angry, Wizard Matthew quickly pointed at the two wizards behind him and said softly, “These two are researchers who have just joined our Golden Crown Mountain.”

“Lady Margaret…”

Margaret glanced in surprise at Locke and Daniel, who were standing behind Wizard Matthew, and her pretty face flushed. “How rude! I thought they were students, but they’re actually researchers.”

Margaret bowed slightly to Locke and Wizard Daniel.

“I’m so rude in front of you two.”

Locke nodded slightly and said nothing.

Wizard Daniel was surprised and said, “Flower fairies at the official wizard level are really rare, and there are so many of them around.”

“I’ve never seen such a large group of flower fairies in the Fission Mausoleum.”

Wizard Matthew took the initiative to explain: “Golden Crown Mountain has a special cooperative relationship with the Feywild Plane. This cooperative relationship has a history of three thousand years.”

“So, we have a large number of flower fairies who serve us, and the academy is also responsible for providing resources and nurturing them. The [Taoyao Wing] behind Madam Margaret is one of these cooperative projects. It’s a small project undertaken by our ordinary Zhenzhi Academy. This project has enabled seven students from Zhenzhi Academy to obtain exit certificates.”

Locke nodded slightly. It seemed that the admission requirements for ordinary Zhenzhi Academy were much lower than those of their advanced Zhenzhi Academy.

Although the [Taoyao Wings] behind Madam Margaret have the function of helping the Flower Fairy to transcend her race for the first time, if this contribution is divided into seven parts and can also allow ordinary students of the Zhenzhi Academy to pass the test, then this contribution will not seem that much.

Mrs. Margaret greeted Locke and Daniel, then flew away happily, leaving a trail of magic pollen in the air.

Wizard Matthew looked at Margaret’s departing figure, shook his head slightly, and said with a wry smile: “Madam Margaret, there is no bad intention, she just flew without paying attention to the road.”

“By the way, Golden Crown Mountain advocates the harmonious coexistence of civilization and nature, so there are many high-level tree people and high-level goblins on Golden Crown Mountain. But these are just minor problems, just a little attention will be enough.”

“Our Zhenzhiyuan is just ahead.”

The three of them walked out of the garden and saw a towering castle in front of them. The surface of the castle was covered with green vines, and there were some special flower pots hanging on the castle, and these flower pots were full of magical plants.

Several wizards were standing on the castle wall, wearing a pair of anti-gravity boots made by alchemists, and watering the magic plant pots.

Wizard Matthew explained, “Every inch of land on Golden Crown Mountain is extremely valuable, and the surface of this ancient castle is condensed with a large amount of magical energy, which is why there are vertical magic fields hanging on the surface of the castle.”

Wizard Daniel complained, “Vertical magic fields? This is simply taking advantage of every opportunity.”

Wizard Matthew wiped his nose. “In the Golden Crown Mountains, any area with even a hint of special magical energy is a scarce resource. Even these vertical magic fields are expensive to rent. I remember renting them for a year for a thousand magic stones per acre.”

Wizard Daniel raised his eyebrows and showed a surprised expression.

Wizard Matthew said, “Vertical magic fields are indeed one of the cheapest types of magic fields. As far as I know, the only type cheaper than vertical magic fields is discrete magic fields.”

“Underground magic fields used to be very cheap, but since geothermal technology has become more widely used, the rental price has increased. I remember renting one acre for a year cost five thousand magic stones.”

Daniel asked, “Discrete Magic Fields? What is that? I have a bad feeling.”

Wizard Matthew explained to Wizards Locke and Daniel, “An acre of magic farm isn’t all together. There’s a patch here and a patch there, and they count it all together as one acre and give it to you. They even give you a little extra land, and since it’s cheap, some breeders with limited funds, or those who like to take advantage, rent this kind of magic farm.”

Locke understood. This meant finding some places in the corners where you could barely create a magic field.

Discrete Magic Field…this name is really too grand.

Locke looked up at the sky of Golden Crown Mountain. Golden Crown Mountain Academy was more like a three-dimensional academy, with a large number of wizards in the sky, on the surface and underground.

There are many cloud whales and rainbow birds in the sky, which serve as mounts for wizards and even wizard apprentices. In addition to these means of transportation created by weather masters using magic to collect natural phenomena, there are also some flying magical pets, such as shining unicorns, griffins, chimeras, dragons, etc.

In addition, there are some flying magic plants, such as pumpkin hot air balloons, ginkgo flying wings, etc.

Locke even saw a wizard in the liquefied stage, with two rocket bamboos tied to his legs, moving quickly in the sky like a rocket soldier.

After Wizard Matthew greeted a tree man at the gate of the Zhenzhi Academy Castle, he took the two of them into the Zhenzhi Academy and went directly to the office of the personnel management department of the Zhenzhi Academy.

After the two of them completed the formalities and reported in, Wizard Matthew said to them, “Then I’ll take you to the finance department to collect your benefits. Then you’ll officially join our Zhenzhi Academy.”

“plz follow me.”

The three of them walked through the granite corridor and entered an office on the third floor of the castle. The office was exquisitely decorated, with a soft and thick magical wool blanket on the floor. Magic paintings were hung around the walls, but they were not portraits, but landscape paintings.

Unlike the Six Towers, where people like to hang portraits of people on the walls, the Yunze Wetland seems to prefer to hang some magical paintings related to the scenery on the walls.

Of course, there would occasionally be one or two personal portraits hanging on the walls, along with portraits of magical creatures.

The office director was a wizard in the first ring crystallization stage. He stood up and greeted Locke and Daniel.

“Hello, Researcher Daniel, Researcher Augustine.”

“You can call me Wizard Floyd.” Wizard Floyd looked at Locke in surprise. “There are only a handful of wizards who can enter our Academy of True Knowledge at the first liquefaction stage.”

“That’s amazing.”

Locke nodded slightly. In fact, even Wizard Matthew had mentioned this matter on the way here.

In the Zhenzhi Academy, even among ordinary Zhenzhi Academy researchers, only a few are at the first-ring liquefaction stage.

However, as a researcher at the Academy of Advanced Knowledge, he was not a wizard at the crystallization stage, which was indeed very eye-catching.

I still need to advance to the crystallization stage of wizard as soon as possible.

Wizard Floyd said, “We will send your monthly salary to your dormitory every month according to the terms of the previous contract.”

“Remember to keep the exact amount of your salary confidential.”

“Besides that, these things are for you.”

Wizard Floyd gave Locke and Wizard Daniel a badge each. The shape of the badge was very unique. It looked like a giant dragon, but upon closer inspection, it was actually a mountain.

“This represents your status as a researcher at Golden Crown Mountain. With the academy badge, you can enter and exit Golden Crown Mountain freely.”

“Besides that, I’ll give you this key. The dormitories at Golden Crown Mountain are all protected by independent magic locks and can only be opened with magic keys.”

“By the way, according to the contract, in addition to providing a decent residence with a magic tidal gradient that meets certain requirements and an area that meets the requirements, we also stipulate that a set of transportation must be provided.”

“You two, please make your choice,” Director Floyd handed a list to Locke and Wizard Daniel. “You may choose any of the transportation listed here. It will be provided to you for your use during your stay at the Institute of True Knowledge. You may use it as you wish, but it must not be damaged or stolen.”

“If that happens, you’ll lose money.”

“There are flying vehicles made by magical creatures and plants, as well as flying devices made by weather masters and alchemists. They can serve as your means of public transportation.”

Locke looked at the list of forms and understood that this meant that he would be provided with a car and a house in Yunze Wetland.

Daniel seemed extremely excited and whispered to Locke, “Some of the magical vehicles here are very common, but some are very rare, such as the Cloud Whale and the Rainbow Sparrow. The Cloud Whale is a special cloud created by weather masters. It has excellent flying ability, and its best features are its carrying capacity, defense capabilities, and durability.”

“The rainbow finch is also good. It’s a special rainbow with a strong carrying capacity.”

“I choose Rainbow Finch.”

Locke didn’t care too much about this. After thinking about it, he chose the Cloud Whale. “Then I’ll go with the Cloud Whale.”

Wizard Daniel whispered to Locke, “I think we can switch seats in the future. That way, we can both ride on these two rare modes of transportation.”

Director Floyd smiled and said, “The two modes of transportation you chose are indeed the best.”

“Cloud Whale and Rainbow Bird, you, the people from the Advanced True Knowledge Academy, have special benefits. Otherwise, you would have to wait in line for at least half a year to get this good thing.”

Director Floyd said, “Cloud Whale and Rainbow Sparrow, I will also arrange for students to send them to your dormitories. Besides that, I have something else for you.”

“According to the contract, each of you has been granted one opportunity to enter the First Ring Wizarding Secret Realm.”

“There’s also start-up funding for scientific research. Besides that, there are some other benefits that we didn’t discuss in the contract, but these are free gifts from Jinmian Mountain.”

Wizard Freud took out two huge peaches from the drawer. These two peaches looked like jade but not jade, like flesh but not flesh, red and white, and extremely beautiful.

“These are two water jade peaches. You two can eat them.”

Wizard Matthew swallowed his saliva.

Locke took it and took a tentative bite. The flesh turned into water in his mouth. Although it was a peach, there was no chewing feeling at all. It was like drinking honey water.

The next moment, Locke’s magic power boiled, and the peach fragrance merged with his own magic power to nourish his soul. When Locke ate the whole peach, the magic power in his body was infinitely nourished and actually increased significantly.

Locke took out the red crystal matrix from the star ring, tested it, and found that he currently had 8700 magic pressure.

I just ate a peach, and it increased my magic pressure by 100 out of thin air!

Locke was stunned.

Wizard Daniel on the side was also in disbelief, and his mind was still immersed in the infinite delicious taste of the water jade peach.

Wizard Daniel also took out the red crystal matrix to test it and found that his magic power increased by 10 points.

This is 10 points of mana in the crystallization stage!
Wizard Matthew moved his nose, greedily absorbing the lingering fragrance of the two water jade peaches in the air.

Wizard Matthew whispered, “Water Jade Peach is one of the specialties of Jinmian Mountain. There are many magical peach plants in Jinmian Mountain, and the most famous of them are twelve in total. Water Jade Peach is one of them, specially used by first-level wizards.”

“After eating a water jade peach, your magic power will increase greatly. Moreover, the increased magic power is clear and clean, without any side effects.”

Wizard Matthew said, “The effects of the Water Jade Peach are immense. Giving it to an apprentice wizard would greatly reduce the difficulty of his advancement to a full-fledged wizard.”

“For a formal wizard to use, it is enough to greatly increase their magic power. Even if their magic power is originally chaotic, it can be stabilized after taking it.”

Wizard Matthew looked at Wizards Locke and Daniel with envy. “This is a benefit only available to you at the Advanced Institute of True Knowledge. Every first-time member can take a Water Jade Peach, which costs 100,000 magic stones. How enviable!”

Wizard Matthew said, “When we ordinary wizards from the Zhenzhi Academy join the Zhenzhi Academy, we only get to eat White Dew Peaches that cost 30,000 magic stones each. White Dew Peaches can only increase the speed at which our mana increases, but they can’t bring us pure mana out of thin air.”

Locke was surprised and said, “The magic power increased by eating Water Jade Peach is too clean. If someone eats Water Jade Peach continuously, wouldn’t they be able to quickly reach the magic pressure limit of the first ring stage?”

Wizard Matthew gave a wry smile.

Wizard Floyd applauded and said, “You’re ambitious. Unfortunately, the production of the twelve special peach-like magical agricultural products grown on Golden Crown Mountain is limited, and they only produce at specific times. For example, these Water Jade Peaches will only be produced in the second month of this spring.”

“The white dew peaches that Wizard Matthew mentioned earlier are only produced in January.”

“There are twelve months in a year, and every month, Golden Crown Mountain produces a unique peach-like magical plant. These magical peach-like plants are in limited production and timeframe, and cannot be purchased even with money. This is because these products are provided to high-level wizards and distributed as welfare benefits to wizards like you, and even to students.”

“Therefore, the number circulating on the market is extremely small.” Director Floyd smiled and said, “I think the easiest way for you to continue to obtain Shuiyu Tao is to perform well according to the requirements of the academy.”

“Look, this is the school’s point ranking system. Everything you do in the Zhenzhi Academy will earn you points. Publishing articles will earn you points, and working on projects will earn you points. If you do nothing, your score won’t change at all.”

“The academy has set up a lot of benefits. As long as you reach the required score, you can also get the stored water jade peaches.”

“Wizards who rank in the top 30% in points will receive a White Dew Peach, and wizards who rank in the top 10% will receive a Water Jade Peach. Additionally, if you publish a District 1 journal, you can also receive a Water Jade Peach.”

“You can also get a Water Jade Peach by teaching a formal wizard. You can also get a Water Jade Peach as a reward by completing one of the three major projects in the Zhenzhi Academy.”

Wizard Floyd smiled and said, “You two are still missing the taste of the water jade peach, right?”

Wizard Daniel was a sincere man. He nodded and said, “Even dishes made by the best seasoning chefs I’ve ever tasted couldn’t compare to the deliciousness of that jade peach. That unique flavor left me with an unforgettable aftertaste.”

Wizard Floyd nodded and said, “In addition to enhancing your magical power, the Water Jade Peach can also replenish your own life essence and purify some of the defects in your life essence.”

“So, you will instinctively crave the Water Jade Peach again. In other words, consuming the Water Jade Peach can even slightly improve your talents.”

Wizard Floyd said, “So, if you two still want to get another Water Jade Peach, then work hard.”

“Area One article, training formal wizard students, or completing one of the three major projects within the True Knowledge Academy. As long as you accomplish one of these, you will immediately obtain a Water Jade Peach, a treasured treasure of wizards outside the world.”

“Besides, this has nothing to do with the Shuiyu peach. Even if there weren’t any peaches, you would have done these things anyway. The academy just gave you some extra benefits.”

Daniel swallowed hard and smiled bitterly. “As expected of Golden Crown Mountain, their method of motivating wizards is truly exceptional.”

“I’m actually still missing the scent of that peach just now.”

This kind of nostalgia is not dependent or addictive, but a pure desire of living beings for the rare magical crops that can enhance the essence of life.

It’s like people naturally pursue beautiful things.

Locke pondered, “No wonder they say that Jinmaon Mountain’s greatest strength isn’t cultivating combat-type magical plants, but rather being a model for efficient agricultural areas in the eastern region.”

“These twelve special peach crops are truly miraculous. This effect seems to be deeply related to the special relationship between animals and plants.”

“Among the rare potions in potion science, there are few that are so powerful as to enhance a wizard’s mana without any side effects, and can even elevate the wizard’s life essence. This peach seems to be the product of a deep understanding of the laws of nature, and must be the masterpiece of a high-level breeder.”

Locke judged: “The growth gained from taking the Water Jade Peach and the growth gained from taking the potion are fundamentally different. The potion is a medicine, while the Water Jade Peach is a product of nature. Therefore… the mental enhancement gained from taking the Water Jade Peach will not have significant side effects on my biological body.”

“Of course, this kind of thing is rare in nature. This is the masterpiece of the breeders.”

So, I have to come to Yunze Wetland.

If I hadn’t come here, I would have stayed in the southeast corner and the six towers and would never have encountered such a thing in my lifetime.

Floyd’s office manager. “Two final items. This badge is your library credential. Without it, you can’t enter the Grand Central Library at Golden Crown Mountain.”

“And finally, the academy will give you a free gift – a defensive magic suit for each person.”

“The magic robe was also made by the wizards of our academy.”

Wizard Floyd handed two black wizard robes that were as soft and thin as silk to Wizard Locke and Wizard Daniel.

“These two magic robes are not cheap, costing at least thirty thousand magic stones each. They require no cleaning and are woven from fibers from twelve plants that increase magic resistance. They are incredibly light, thin, soft, and comfortable. Wearing them will enhance your magic resistance, indirectly defending against enemy magic.”

“It’s not just about resisting attacking magic. After enhancing magic resistance, whether it’s aphorism-type magic, illusion magic, prophecy magic, curse magic, or even archaeology magic, it will all have a certain degree of resistance. It has a very wide range of uses.”

“Therefore, this kind of magic robe is also called the Broken Magic Robe.”

Locke put away the tattered magic robe with satisfaction. In this way, as soon as they arrived at this high-level academy of true knowledge, they received cars, houses, certificates, equipment, and various benefits.

Daniel got down to business. “Director Floyd, my co-mentor, wants me to start six months early and complete the Zhenzhi Institute grant project as soon as possible. I’m wondering where I should apply for the project.”

Director Floyd said, “Well, that’s a good arrangement indeed. Since it’s the Lord Throne Wizard’s arrangement, you should listen carefully. The specifics are not mine to decide; you’ll have to ask your co-mentor.” Director Floyd added cautiously, “Or your senior brothers and sisters.”

“I’m just a small director in the finance department. I don’t dare to casually comment on the plans of the Lord Wizards of the Throne.”

Wizard Matthew said to Wizard Daniel, “There’s no rush. You can follow your mentor’s arrangements.”

“I think your co-mentor should contact you in the next few days.”

“Let’s go. You two must be tired from the journey. I’ll take you to the witch’s kitchen for a meal first. You can also go to the wizard’s hot springs to take a bath and rest.”

Wizard Matthew said meaningfully, “After all, this might be the last…leisure time for the two of you.”

(End of this chapter)