Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 530

Chapter 527: Pursuit of Nothingness

Chapter 527: Pursuit of Nothingness
Locke frowned, and after careful consideration, he said, “Breeding science should aim to develop a theoretically perfect ecosystem.”

Locke realized that the breeding science in Yunze Wetland must be very advanced, so he chose the answer that would be least wrong.

Because the ultimate goal of every breeder must be to create the best natural ecology within their knowledge.

You can’t go wrong if you state your goals a little bigger.

Wizard Thomasson’s expression brightened slightly. “That’s a good answer. It’s indeed one of the greatest purposes of botany. But the problem is, it’s wrong for our class.”

Wizard Thomasson shook his head slightly, looking a bit disappointed. “You wizards have been deeply influenced by the shortsighted thinking of the outside world.”

Wizard Thomasson turned and wrote on the pure black wall with magic chalk: “We can use rhetorical questions to verify our thinking and help us reach correct conclusions. The simplest rhetorical question is, if breeding can’t help us create powerful weapons or magical plants that provide some special functions, then shouldn’t we study every magical plant, classify them, and understand the reasons for their specialness?”

“If meteorological research later reveals that the entire weather system is a chaotic system that cannot be predicted or precisely controlled, will we stop analyzing the trajectory of each tornado?”

“So, today I want to tell you about the habits of Yunze Wetland.”

Wizard Thomasson wrote two words on the wall – ‘Useless.’

Wizard Thomasson whispered, “You are in the outer wizarding land. Because of the scarcity of resources and the lack of high-level wizards, you are forced to constantly pursue the practicality of certain things, and this actually lowers your upper limit.”

“It is good to pursue practicality and think about practicality, but the greatest practicality is uselessness.”

Wizard Thomasson turned to the other wizards and said, “Let’s be frank. The high-level wizards of the entire Golden Crown Mountain, and even the entire Yunze Wetland, are pursuing useless things.”

“That is, the pursuit of basic disciplines.”

“The biggest cognitive change you’ll experience after coming to Yunze Wetlands is that you’ll need to stop pursuing practicality and dislike useless things. You must have come to Jinmian Mountain to learn something, right? So, let me tell you straight: everything you learn here will be useless.”

Wizard Thomasson turned and pulled out a pot of seven-colored flowers from his astral ring. “Once upon a time, a witch from our Golden Crown Mountain academy was deeply fascinated by beauty. She took great pains to cultivate a single branch of plum blossoms bearing seven different colors.”

“Then, she spent another seven years researching how a single plum tree branch could produce seven different colored flowers through grafting. She also carefully explored the magical pathways involved and the related natural magical component metabolites.”

The wizards below the classroom were whispering.

Wizard Daniel whispered to Locke, “Seven different colors of plum blossoms on one branch, what’s the meaning of this?”

“Could it be that this can enhance the performance of the magic plant?”

Before Locke could answer, Wizard Thomasson responded directly. “It’s meaningless. If you don’t count it for ornamental purposes, then it’s meaningless. Even if you count it for ornamental purposes, it’s of little practical use to wizards.”

“Honestly, this isn’t as valuable as the seven-color plum blossom branch magic painting by the speed painter. But coincidentally, its lack of meaning is its greatest significance.”

Wizard Thomasson walked up to the podium, the conversation deepening. “Golden Crown Mountain… or rather, the path of truth in the magical world, is all about studying useless science. That witch, aside from discovering several mechanisms for the color variation of the magical plant’s branches and publishing several S-level articles for the association, has no significant other significance.”

Wizard Thomasson said, “For wizards like you from the outside world, spending seven years trying to make a plum tree look more beautiful is like going insane.”

“But then this witch became the Three Ring Throne Sorcerer. Her name was Witch Catherine.”

Locke widened his eyes in surprise.

Did your co-mentor do this kind of thing when he was young?

Wizard Thomasson said, “Witch Ekaterina, while researching this phenomenon, discovered the key to her obtaining the Young Cadre Fund and becoming a Young Cadre at the Second Ring Wizard stage—the plant’s light element backflow mutation mechanism.”

“So, at the second ring stage, she cultivated a Royal Plum Tree Guardian. It’s a famous second ring stage treeman with seven magical attack methods.”

“Furthermore, at the third ring stage, she published a groundbreaking article, ‘A Variant of the Magical Co-Frequency Cultivation Method – The Basic Principles of the Rainbow Co-Frequency Cultivation Method,’ in ‘Yanyu Yunze,’ a top journal reserved for third-ring wizards. That article gave her a leg up on the possibility of earning the title of Throne Wizard.”

No one had expected that things would develop like this. The first-ring wizard who sounded like a heretic was now a third-ring wizard and throne wizard of Golden Crown Mountain.

That research, which seemed to be useless at the first stage, eventually became the starting point for Ekaterina the witch to discover the light element backflow mutation mechanism of the magic plant and the rainbow co-frequency cultivation method.

The wizards looked thoughtful.

Wizard Thomasson said, “Studying those seemingly ordinary magical plants, or the weather, certain common plant traits, or meteorological phenomena, and understanding their mechanisms and pathways, may seem like a waste of time, and may seem like useless learning, but it’s actually of the utmost use.”

Wizard Thomasson said, “So, you have to take this course on your first day. This is because the Institute of True Knowledge has a large number of topics that are different from the experiments you did before. Those were all useless work.”

“Moreover, for a long time, you will definitely not find any use for them. Apart from writing articles, there will be no other use for them.”

“These are basic disciplines that are not valued in other wizarding lands. For a wizarding land with scarce resources and a need for rapid progress in a short period of time, pursuing these things will not improve them in the slightest.”

“But we, Yunze Wetland, need to stand in the future.”

Wizard Thomasson said, “That’s why we need an article system. Otherwise, all wizards could just put aside the articles and directly create actual projects. Once they create a project, everyone will naturally see their level. But the problem is that a lot of knowledge and articles are useless, yet they are the foundation of truly useful projects.”

Wizard Thomasson said, “So, in this class, what does magical plant science study? It studies the mechanisms behind the emergence of unknown phenomena in magical plants. What does meteorology study? It studies the mechanisms behind the formation of weather phenomena.”

“Magical Botany isn’t about making weapons or farming; it’s about studying nature. Meteorology, on the other hand, isn’t about ensuring good weather; it’s about wizards exploring the mysteries of the sky.”

Wizard Thomasson said, “That’s all for today. get out of class dismissed. I hope all the new wizards joining Golden Crown Mountain will be mentally prepared. Golden Crown Mountain is not what you imagine. What we do here is all nonsense and useless.”

“If we only talk about practicality, there are many first-ring wizards here whose comprehensive abilities and actual engineering development are even inferior to those in the wizarding land you originally belonged to.”

“If the pursuit of practicality leads you on the path of exploring truth, then the pursuit of illusions will allow you to go even further on the path of truth.”

Thomasson said, “Practicality and emptiness are two sides of the same coin. Pursuing practicality and emptiness are both beneficial to us. This point… even touches upon your future path as a second-ring wizard.”

“However, let’s not discuss this for now. There’s no need to explain the specifics in advance. Once you become second-ring wizards, you’ll naturally understand how meaningful today’s class is to you. The reason other wizarding lands have so few second-ring wizards isn’t just due to a lack of resources, but also because their perspectives are flawed.”

Thomasson said: “Today’s class is essentially laying the foundation for you to become a second-ring wizard.”

All the wizards in the classroom fell into deep thought.

Locke blinked and wondered why the second-ring wizard Thomasson would say that the content of this class was actually related to second-ring wizards.

Locke and Wizard Daniel left the classroom. Wizard Daniel muttered to himself, “Useless learning? Pursuing illusions?”

“I originally felt that after becoming a Master of the Word, the things studied by the School of Psychic Studies were too ethereal, so I studied meteorology. But after arriving at the Yunze Wetlands, we were asked to adapt, and all we learned was the study of ethereal things.”

Wizard Daniel covered his forehead with his hands, a puzzled look on his face. “This is really too difficult for me.”

“Pursuing nothingness? In our Fission Mausoleum, if I were to pursue that, I’d be eliminated even at the first-class wizard apprentice stage, let alone becoming a formal wizard. Without achievements, there’s no money to be made, and without money, there are no resources. Those who can pursue nothingness must be extremely resourceful and not short of money.”

Wizard Daniel sighed.

Locke nodded slightly. “But this is the Yunze Wetlands after all. Every wizarding land has its own rules, so we should just follow the local customs.”

The two returned to their staff quarters on the third floor of the castle.

They are said to be staff dormitories, but in fact they are two large adjacent houses, each divided into rooms. They are very large and are equipped with five standard forest elf servants.

In short, the living conditions of the first-ring wizards in Yunze Wetland are still very good.

Moreover, because the magic technology in Yunze Wetland is advanced, Locke feels that living here is much more convenient than living in the Six Towers.

A night passed, and Locke sat on the bed. After a night of meditation, he found that his magic pressure had increased by 10 again.

At the same time, Locke saw the witch Ekaterina on the gray fog slab, saying that he could go to the laboratory of Group 6 at six o’clock this morning, and she had already told the team leader wizard.

At the same time, Witch Ekaterina told herself that choosing the advanced meditation method was related to her promotion to a second-ring wizard, so she couldn’t make the choice casually.

So she planned to wait until next month, when she held a group meeting, and give herself an hour alone to guide herself in choosing an advanced meditation method.

Locke had no problem with that.

Anyway, he hasn’t even reached the first ring of crystallization yet, so choosing the advanced meditation method in advance has no practical significance for him.

Moreover, if you make the wrong choice, it will be very troublesome. It is more reliable to have a throne wizard choose for you.

…

The next day, at six o’clock in the morning, Locke was refreshed after meditating all night and immediately went to the laboratory. On the way, he met the wizard Daniel who was yawning all the time.

Locke looked at him doubtfully as he looked sleepy.

Wizard Daniel waved his hand. “Don’t worry. It’s mainly because I’ve never been back home at 2 a.m. and working at 6 a.m. in Fission Mausoleum. So it takes some time to get used to… this fast pace.”

“Damn, I only slept for four hours. I’m a bit out of sorts. Locke, you look pretty energetic? What did you do last night?”

Locke said, “I meditated for half the night.”

Wizard Daniel: “…”

Wizard Daniel was silent for a moment, then he looked at Locke carefully and muttered, “For a moment, I thought you were a wizard born and bred in this area. You’ve adapted to their crazy schedule so quickly.”

“I still have to adapt.”

Locke hesitated for a moment and said, “Daniel, you’re going in the wrong direction. I remember the direction of the Meteorological Laboratory was on the left, but I should be on the right.”

In the corridor, Wizard Daniel nodded, raised his hand and said, “Thank you.”

Locke walked along the corridor on the right. He found the target location, pushed open the laboratory door, and immediately saw a vast garden behind the door.

The garden is filled with birdsong and flowers, and there are various large-scale breeding equipment and one magical field after another.

There are many wizards in the first-ring crystallization stage here, as well as second-ring wizards doing experiments around the magic field.

At that time, a second-level middle-aged wizard wearing a modified wizard robe and a jacket with many large pockets on the clothes. The pockets were filled with many magic plant seeds, and he had fluorescent moss wristbands on his wrists. He walked over with a frown.

The middle-aged wizard picked up a magical gold watch, checked the time, and frowned. “You’re late! Queen Catherine told me you’d be here at six, but it’s now six, one minute, and three seconds. You’re a full minute late!”

“Three more seconds.”

Locke was extremely shocked. He didn’t expect that there would be a second-ring wizard standing at the door of the breeding public laboratory of the Zhenzhi Academy, waiting for him with a magic clock in his hand, and telling him that he was one minute and three seconds late.

The middle-aged wizard looked at Locke and frowned. “Although you are a wizard recommended by Queen Catherine, and I am also a team leader under her, I should be very satisfied with you. However, I have two major complaints against you.”

“My biggest complaint is that on the first day, you were late for one minute. What else do you want to do in the future?”

“My second biggest complaint is that you’re only a first-ring liquefaction wizard, not a first-ring crystallization wizard. This lowers the average magic level within our group. I should say this is my main source of dissatisfaction with you.”

Locke ignored the second-ring wizard’s pretentiousness and asked, “Wait a minute, Mr. Second-ring Wizard, I remember that my contract with the Institute of True Knowledge stipulates that I can independently research projects, so I personally should not affect Group Six…”

The second-ring wizard frowned, a frown that looked like it could pinch a fly to death. “Then I have three major complaints about you. The third is that you don’t seem to have a sense of community.”

“Working alone is a waste of time. If we work together, it will benefit everyone.”

“My name is Celtic.” Celtic, the second-ring wizard, pursed his lips. As an ordinary second-ring wizard, he did not dare to disobey the order of Queen Catherine’s throne. He also knew how much the other party valued the young man in front of him. Therefore, even if he had three major dissatisfactions with Locke, he could only watch him join the group.

“Inside the laboratory, there are four categories of personnel. The first category is you researchers, the second category is us, the Golden Crown Mountain’s lecturers, and the third category is these first-class wizard apprentices who are being trained jointly. Some of them may become your students in the future.”

“Finally, there is the Lord of the Throne.”

“I am the team leader here, considered a middle mentor, and you are the junior mentor here, and Lord Throne is the senior mentor here.”

“Researcher Augustine, I hope I won’t cause you any more dissatisfaction later.”

(End of this chapter)