Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 529

Chapter 526: Applying for Zhenzhiyuan Project Fund

Wizard Daniel looked at Locke’s left hand. “What’s wrong? What are you looking at?”

Locke shook his head slightly. “It’s nothing, actually.”

It seems that Witch Sophia has become a second-ring wizard in the Star Sea and has completely established her foothold. However, I only have two opportunities left to communicate with her over a long distance.

The Star Sea is different from other wizarding lands, and it is extremely difficult to contact it.

Therefore, Locke was thinking about whether he should contact Witch Sophia and directly ask her some details about the promotion to the second-ring wizard, but after all, he had not even reached the first-ring crystallization stage, so there was no need to waste the opportunity to contact her for the time being.

In the hot spring, Locke had just relaxed his muscles when suddenly, a gray mist slate automatically appeared in front of him. On the gray mist slate appeared the video dialogue request requested by the witch Catherine.

Locke paused and thought, this is trouble. He is still in the hot spring, but his co-instructor calls him directly and forcefully.

Locke quickly got up from the wizard hot spring, used a small spell to clean his body, then changed into a clean set of inner lining, and then put on the benefit of Golden Crown Mountain, the tattered magic clothes.

Then Locke carefully pinned several of his badges on his chest, including the four honor certification badges of the Southeast Corner Region, the researcher identity badge of Golden Crown Mountain, the external employment badge of the Plutarch family of the Six Towers Land, and the external employment badge of Lilith’s Hut.

Daniel on the side was almost dying of laughter, but before he could be happy for long, his co-mentor, Mr. Fedor, directly summoned out his brass iron book and forcibly contacted it.

Wizard Daniel quickly left the hot spring, changed into a new set of clothes, and then muttered to himself, “Why are these two instructors looking for us at this time? It’s almost midnight. Can’t we just have a break? It’s already so busy on the first day of joining.”

At this moment, the projection of the brass book, Wizard Fyodor, frowned. “What did you say, Daniel?”

Wizard Daniel’s face suddenly turned pale.

He didn’t expect that Wizard Fyodor had exceeded the authority of his brass book and had a direct video conversation without his consent.

As a result, his complaints were heard by the Three Ring Throne Wizard, Fyodor.

That’s a three-ring wizard.

The figure who stood at the pinnacle of all weather masters!
He actually cursed right in front of her.

Wizard Daniel’s face suddenly lost all color. “No, mentor, I mean, it is my honor to listen to your wisdom at this point in time.”

Fyodor glanced at him and didn’t have the time to argue with him about such trivial matters. In his eyes, a wizard at the first ring stage was not much different from a kid.

If the wizard apprentice is just a seed, an object, then the first-ring wizard is finally considered a human being in the eyes of these high-ring wizards. They need to consider this person’s feelings a little and can no longer treat him so casually.

Fyodor snorted coldly. “It won’t happen again. If you really feel like it’s too much, I won’t force you.”

“There are excellent wizards waiting outside the Institute of True Knowledge. I can find another researcher.”

Wizard Daniel quickly waved his hands. “No, no, no, Throne Fyodor, that’s not what I meant.”

Wizard Fyodor said, “I want to discuss with you the project fund for the Institute of True Knowledge. Please complete this small project for me quickly…”

On the other side, Locke looked at Wizard Daniel with sympathy. Fortunately, Witch Ekaterina did not have the habit of forcing him to answer the phone. After Locke tidied his clothes and made sure his demeanor was fine, he walked to the rest area of the hot spring and pressed the answer button.

Suddenly, the witch Ekaterina who was in the crater appeared in front of him. Behind the witch Ekaterina was a terrible golden dragon, which was sleeping. At this time, the dragon’s eyelids moved slightly, but soon closed again and stopped moving.

Witch Ekaterina glanced at Locke and was slightly surprised. “Are you taking a bath?”

“That’s really unfortunate, but my time is limited, so this is the only time I can find.”

Locke said, “This has no effect on me, mentor.”

Witch Ekaterina said, “That’s good. I called you to discuss your application plan for the Zhenzhi Academy Fund Project and your arrangements with me.”

“I have six groups in Zhenzhi Academy. You can go to Group 6 first. Group 6 has a team leader and a deputy team leader. After six o’clock tomorrow morning, you can go to Group 6. The team leader of Group 6 will arrange a position for you.”

“But that’s not the point. You’re a researcher at the Advanced Institute of True Knowledge. You don’t need to interact too much with the ordinary Institute of True Knowledge. First, tell me about the scope of your project proposal for the Institute of True Knowledge Fund.”

Witch Ekaterina said, “I currently have six teams working on a project of mine. However, the project is too large, so it has been split into six teams. Team six is specifically responsible for [high-throughput observation of the natural magical structure components of magical plants that are closely related to animal reproduction].

“This is relatively simple, so it would be best if you could get involved in the research from this aspect.”

Locke nodded and said, “Okay, mentor.”

At the same time, Locke was wondering in his heart what the subject of research was that Ekaterina, the witch as the throne wizard, was doing.

However, since it has been split into six groups, the low-level wizards in each group are actually doing a small part of the entire research of Witch Ekaterina. The research contents of countless low-level wizards are summarized together, which is what is truly useful to Witch Ekaterina.

Because of this, as long as Witch Catherine doesn’t say what she is doing, it is difficult for wizards who are working on the small details and small directions of the entire project to guess the specific content.

Witch Ekaterina said, “You can look up some information yourself, or find some information from Group 6. It depends on which magical plant you want to analyze and the magical mechanism pathway related to the reproductive capacity of magical creatures.”

“As long as it’s in this direction, it’s up to you to decide the specifics. This is what was agreed upon in the contract we signed at the beginning.”

Witch Ekaterina said, “But, there’s one more thing. You still have three classes to attend.”

Locke asked in surprise: “Class? Teacher, do I still need to attend class?”

Witch Ekaterina said, “Well, it’s a benefit from our Golden Crown Mountain. For the first lesson, you need to complete a 72-hour teaching course. This will allow you to understand the specific framework, rules, style, and some methods of teaching wizard apprentices at Golden Crown Mountain.”

“Only after you have taken these courses can you carry out teaching duties.”

“The second course is about everything in Yunze Wetland. This will take some time, so I want you to enter the hospital six months earlier.”

“If you don’t take the Yunze Wetland course, you won’t be able to keep up with a lot of common sense.”

“The third course is also the most important,” said Witch Ekaterina, her eyes growing serious. “It’s a habit correction course. This course is specially prepared for new wizards from outside the Golden Crown Mountain. No matter how talented you are, you’ve already acquired too many short-sighted ideas while in the wizarding world outside.”

“So in order for you to fully meet the high standards required by our Golden Crown Mountain Academy, you must relearn how to explore magic.”

Witch Ekaterina sent a message. “Here’s the class schedule, and it also shows the class locations. Don’t miss too many classes. Although these three classes don’t seem very useful.”

Ekaterina, the witch, seemed a little unsure herself. “Maybe it’s really of no use to you, but rules are rules. If you don’t attend class, your points will be deducted. You earn 300 points for each class you complete.”

“This is the fastest way for you newcomers to gain points before you get specific projects.”

“You will have a relatively easy time in the next six months. You can complete these three courses while working on the Zhenzhi Academy Fund Project.”

Locke saluted. “Yes, Master.”

Witch Ekaterina looked Locke up and down. “Are you almost reaching the crystallization stage?”

Locke saluted again. “Yes, Master, my mana has now reached 8700.”

Witch Ekaterina nodded. “Have you decided which special plane in the Endless Void you’ll sign a contract with after becoming a First Ring Crystallization wizard?”

Witch Ekaterina said, “If you haven’t made up your mind, or don’t know what to choose, come find me when you reach the first ring crystallization stage.”

“I have a special dimension perfect for you.”

“Okay, I have to get busy. Oh, and the habit correction class is about to start.”

Locke looked at Ekaterina the Witch doubtfully and said, “Teacher, it’s midnight now.”

The atmosphere suddenly fell silent, because not far away, Wizard Daniel was also saying in astonishment, “It’s the middle of the night now.”

Witch Ekaterina looked at him with a puzzled expression. “Yes. It’s precisely because it’s the middle of the night that I can go to class.”

“The official wizards and second-ring wizards at Yunze Wetland are all very busy. They have to work on their own projects during the day and only have time to attend classes at night. This is true for all teachers, and even more so for students.”

“So, our classes are usually held in the evening.”

Locke swallowed.

The corner of the golden dragon’s eye seemed to move behind the video conversation.

Locke smiled bitterly and said, “Okay, mentor, I’ll go right away.”

The wizards of Yunze Wetlands… are so hardworking.

I should have realized it long ago. The contestants from Yunze Wetland, the group of Diana the Witch, were all hardworking maniacs.

I didn’t sleep for several months while doing experiments there.

After the video conversation was interrupted, Locke wondered whether he should prepare some energy potions for himself. Judging from the situation, the working atmosphere in Yunze Wetland was very competitive.

He exchanged a glance with the gloomy Wizard Daniel, who looked completely hopeless. “Wizard Matthew said we still had a little free time left. He was wrong. Our free time won’t even last until the sun rises tomorrow morning.”

“I’m planning to go for another walk outside tonight. The Yunze Wetland is quite fun.”

Locke nodded slightly. “It’s okay. Normally, even if there’s nothing else to do, I’d find something to do. I just arrived at Yunze Wetland and haven’t finalized my plans yet.”

Daniel blinked, hesitating to speak, but finally couldn’t help but said: “Locke, to some extent, you and the atmosphere here are quite compatible.”

Locke gave him a questioning look.

…

At one o’clock in the morning, the moon is shining brightly.

Locke and Wizard Daniel are both in the thought correction course classroom, which is located on the first floor of the Zhenzhiyuan Castle.

Although they have to attend classes, Locke and Daniel are not students after all, so even if they don’t come to class, no one will come to urge them.

The most serious consequence is that if you don’t have enough points, you may be eliminated from the Zhenzhi Academy.

It all comes down to personal choice.

In the habit correction course, there are not only Locke and Daniel, but also five wizards. Three of them seem to be from small and medium-sized wizard organizations in the outside world. They specially saved up 10,000 magic stones and paid to come to class, which is equivalent to taking his and Daniel’s courses for free.

There are two other wizards, who are external wizards from the Ordinary Zhenzhi Academy.

Daniel whispered in Locke’s ear, “The habit correction course at Golden Crown Mountain is so famous? Why are there still wizards who pay to come and take classes?”

Locke shook his head slightly.

At that time, at the classroom desk, a second-ring wizard who looked like an old man glanced at the seven formal wizards who were listening to the class. He took a sip of wizard tea and had dark circles under his eyes.

Locke didn’t know what had happened. Even a second-ring wizard would have dark circles under his eyes.

This is really… too scary.

The second-ring wizard said with satisfaction, “Everyone is here. It’s the first day of class, and no one is absent. This course has seven lectures in total, each one hour long.”

“I hope that there will be no missed classes in the future.”

This old second-ring wizard focused his attention mainly on Wizard Locke and Daniel. To be honest, the entire course was actually prepared for two senior researchers from the Academy of True Knowledge, who were the academy’s important assets.

Needless to say, the remaining three external wizards were the ones who paid to attend the classes.

There were also two ordinary wizards from the Academy of True Knowledge who were there to teach them incidentally.

The second-level wizard coughed and said, “I am Wizard Thomasson, a breeder and a weatherman.”

Locke’s eyes moved slightly, and from the profession of this second-ring wizard, he immediately understood that this class was completely prepared for himself and Wizard Daniel.

Otherwise, this second-ring wizard wouldn’t have to be both a weatherman and a breeder.

Wizard Thomasson said, “Everyone who has been able to enter our Golden Crown Mountain Academy must be the best in their respective fields, and may even be called a genius by others.”

“So, I won’t say much else. I’ll just ask you one question: what exactly do meteorology and botany study?”

Wizard Thomasson looked at Daniel and said, “Let me ask you, meteorology is the science of controlling the weather, making a region have favorable weather or violent storms, right?”

Wizard Thomasson looked at Locke and said, “Let me ask you, little Augustine. Is the Breeder a theory that creates powerful weapons, some kind of powerful energy, or a high-quality potion material?”

Wizard Daniel was confused. “Huh? Lord Thomasson, meteorology isn’t about controlling the weather. What is that?”

He glanced at the expert weatherman badge on Wizard Thomasson’s chest and was completely bewildered. “Has Yunze Wetland meteorology research reached this point?”

Wizard Daniel’s voice trembled slightly. “So…what does meteorology study these days?”

Wizard Thomasson gave him a look of dismay. “Little Daniel, you lack comprehension!”

(End of this chapter)