Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 543

Chapter 540: Final Report of the Third-Class Fund

The third floor of Shinchiin Castle.

In the round-table conference room with a hundred people, the fund defense meeting was not held for Locke alone. After all, everyone was a wizard, time was limited, and everyone was very busy.

Today, four researchers, including Locke, gathered together to make the final report of the third-class Zhenzhi Academy Fund.

At this time, Locke was waiting outside the door. He ranked third among the wizards who had to submit their final reports today.

At that moment, the witch Freya opened the door and walked out, letting out a soft breath. “I’m done. Unfortunately, I still couldn’t get the jury to agree to expand my current third-class grant project into a second-class Zhenzhi Academy grant.”

“Locke, it’s your turn to go in. I hope you have good luck.”

Locke said, “Thank you, Freya.”

Locke walked into the conference room, where thirteen wizards were sitting. However, the ones mainly responsible for judging were a second-ring wizard from the Academy of True Knowledge at Mount Golden Crown, a second-ring wizard from the Academy of True Knowledge at Bonifacius University, and a third-ring wizard from the University of Prophecy and Mysticism at Quinjoel.

Locke was stunned when he saw the logo of Quinjol University on the three-ring wizard. After all, he had read a lot of articles about Quinjol University’s School of Architects a few days ago because of Albert’s matter.

Hao Brooks, the three-ring wizard of Quinnjoll University, is an old man with long white hair and a white beard. He wears a pair of plain glasses and a white wizard robe.

At the same time, Locke judged from the badge he wore that he should be only a three-ring wizard, not a throne wizard.

He must be a prophet.

A wizard of the third-ring school of prophecy!
He was also a breeder.

The third-ring wizard, Hao, seemed easy to talk to and greeted Locke. “Young wizard, please begin your final report.”

Wizard Hao glanced at the essay Locke was going to defend and said, “It looks very rich.”

The defense of the Zhenzhi Academy Fund Project requires at least two or more off-campus wizards, and there must be wizard mentor positions, including a senior wizard mentor position.

Therefore, third-ring wizards and second-ring wizards in major academies of truth, as well as wizards with sufficient teaching positions, may be invited to participate in project final defense at the academy of truth in other schools.

Locke briefly introduced himself and thanked all the wizards who came to participate in the defense, including three judges, and some other wizards who came to participate, observe, or learn.

Locke glanced at the empty seat next to Wizard Hao. The chair was extremely luxurious, with the fur of high-level magical creatures as the seat cushion, and the seat itself was made of wood from high-level magical plants.

That’s where Ekaterina the Witch is.

The co-supervisor has the right to participate in the final defense of the fund project, so although Ekaterina Witch did not come, a seat was still arranged for her.

The Celtic wizard, the leader of Group 6, represented Ekaterina’s will and participated in the final report.

After some brief pleasantries, Locke got straight to the point. “I’ve continued the research methods of the six research groups at the Golden Crown Mountain Ekaterina Throne, completing a study of the coexistence of four bromeliad magical plants with the reproductive capacity of magical creatures, as well as the related mechanisms of action.”

The two second-ring wizards on the jury were whispering to each other. They seemed to be a little surprised that others only analyzed one mechanism pathway of the reproductive ability of pineapple-like magical plants and magical creatures at a time, while Locke analyzed four at once.

The second-ring wizard from Bonifacius University quickly read Locke’s article. “The data is very detailed. If there’s no data falsification, then this young first-ring wizard’s research speed is…very fast.”

The second-ring wizard seemed to have thought of something. “I remember now. This young wizard almost entered our Bonifacius Academy of Advanced Knowledge.”

“Then we gave it to you, Witch Esther.”

Witch Esther, a young second-ring wizard from Golden Crown Mountain, gave a sarcastic smile. “It’s you, Bonifacius, who weren’t chosen by the talent.”

Bonifacius, the second-ring wizard, chuckled a few times.

Next, the three-ring wizard Hao asked Locke a few questions, and Locke answered them fluently.

Wizard Hao asked, “You believe the Giant Rubber Duck Pineapple has a primary symbiotic relationship with the Lightning Bees and a secondary symbiotic relationship with the Thunderbirds. So how can you be sure that the Lightning Bees simply prefer nesting inside the Giant Rubber Duck Pineapple, thus enhancing their reproductive capacity? And not due to any natural magical structure?”

Locke quickly said, “It’s like this. I simulated the internal geometry of the giant yellow duck pineapple and asked a colleague at the Institute of True Knowledge who mastered lightning magic to help me create an electrostatic field similar to that of the giant yellow duck pineapple. This also attracted lightning bees to build nests and helped them reproduce.”

“Furthermore, I have conducted a detailed analysis of the natural magic component structure within the Big Rubber Duck Pineapple. I have confirmed from multiple aspects that the symbiotic relationship between the Big Rubber Duck Pineapple and the Lightning Bee is not achieved through the natural magic component structure.”

“The data related to this experiment is written in the article…”

The three wizards on the jury flipped through the article and nodded after looking at the data.

Wizard Hao smiled and said, “It is indeed very complete. I heard that you have just entered the Zhenzhi Academy. It seems that you have adapted very well to the Yunze Wetland.”

Sitting in their seats, several second-ring wizards from the Shop Alliance also looked at Locke.

Their eyes flickered as they evaluated whether Locke’s research would be helpful to the industry of the store alliance behind them and whether it had economic development potential.

Next, the three wizards on the jury asked Locke more than a dozen questions. Locke answered all of them fluently and explained his experimental ideas to demonstrate the consistency of his experimental data and to show that he had not falsified the data.

The three wizards on the jury nodded, saying that judging from the article and Locke’s answers, he was very likely to have used the fund’s funds to complete the analysis of the mechanism of action pathways of the four magical plants’ effects on the reproductive capacity of magical creatures within two months.

This efficiency was unanimously appreciated by the jury.

The second-ring wizard of Bonifacius University blinked his eyes. No matter what, these talents were flowing out of their Bonifacius University, which made him feel sad.

The witch Esther beside him smiled softly and said, “Thank you very much.”

“Thank you, Bonifacius’s colleagues, for bringing this talent to our Golden Crown Mountain. I heard you didn’t even discuss the contract terms with him. Even when Wizard Morrison, the director of the Yunze Cup Tournament Committee, who graduated from your own school, negotiated with Lord Valentinian, the dean of your Academy of True Knowledge, Lord Valentinian didn’t even give him the slightest bit of face, which infuriated Wizard Morrison and caused a scene.”

The second-ring wizard judge from Bonifacius University had a sullen look on his face, insisting, “A capable first-ring wizard is like uncovering a treasure trove. Who would have thought this wizard’s research efficiency was so high before? Besides, perhaps he’s simply suited to this kind of work.”

“Our Dean Valentinian is a textile student from the Alchemy School. He wants our Academy of True Knowledge to increase its investment in textile studies. Therefore, we can only say that this young First Ring Wizard is not the talent that our Academy of True Knowledge urgently needs recently.”

The second-ring wizard judge turned to look at the Celtic wizard. “But, Celtic wizard, this young first-ring wizard is from your group, right? You’ve found a gem. You’ve trained him well.”

The Celtic wizard was staring at Locke’s article report, stunned where he stood. He couldn’t believe it. This was the final report written by Locke.

He was astonished by the detailed and reliable data.

He didn’t expect that Locke could write such a complete final report in a short period of time without any cooperation from their six groups and almost no help, using only their equipment and research methods.

Moreover, the mechanism of action of four magic plants was analyzed at once instead of one.

The Celtic wizard had originally planned to encourage Locke to join the six groups if he failed the defense.

If he passes, we will persuade him to cooperate with Group 6 to complete the project more efficiently.

But at this moment, the Celtic wizard was stunned, because he found that all the words he had prepared were useless.

It only took Locke two months to analyze the mechanism of action of the four pineapple-like magic plants. He is a genius at this, and his efficiency is terrifying.

Then no matter what he said, it was useless because he alone was almost doing half the workload of Group 6.

Only then did the Celtic wizard understand why Witch Ekaterina would rather have Locke than the first-ring crystallization wizard from their Golden Crown Mountain Academy.

The Celtic wizard suppressed his embarrassment and laughed at the second-ring wizard from Bonifacius University, saying, “It’s okay. I know Locke Augustine has always been a very capable wizard.”

The Celtic wizard tried hard not to let the wizard from another school see that there was a rift between him and Locke, otherwise it would be too embarrassing for him.

“Wizard Augustine has always been a very independent wizard. He doesn’t even communicate with many people in my team. But it is precisely this that makes me admire him so much, because… because sheep always gather together, while wolves always walk alone.”

The Celtic wizard said, “I usually give him the greatest degree of freedom, precisely because I have great faith in his abilities…”

The more the Celtic wizard spoke, the more coherent his words became, and he probably even believed them himself.

Hao, the wizard from Quinnjoel University, said, “Everyone, the results are out, so let’s announce…”

At the podium, Locke changed the subject. “While analyzing the mechanisms of action of four pineapple plants, I discovered a structure similar to a natural magic component. I’ve confirmed that this is a completely new type of natural magic component, and it’s likely undocumented in the wizarding world.”

In the judging panel, the discussion among several wizards suddenly stopped.

Wizard Hao looked at Locke gently, nodded, and then flipped through Locke’s article. “Is this discovery written at the end of the article? Most wizards would write it at the beginning.”

“I haven’t seen that before.”

On the judges’ panel, the other two second-ring wizards quickly turned to the last part of the article, and the Celtic wizard began to breathe rapidly as he read to the end of the article.

At the end of the article, it records how Locke used the Ice Magic Mirror, the Daylight Magic Mirror, and the Electromagnetic Magic Mirror to map the three-dimensional structure, function, and action pathways of that natural magic structure in the body.

Locke gave a quick explanation.

Hao, a three-ring wizard from Quinnjoll University, smiled slightly and said, “I didn’t expect that just defending an ordinary third-class fund project would actually make me take it seriously.”

“I’ve seen it, and it’s indeed a rare natural magical component structure. But I’m not a wizard specializing in lightning, so it’s hard to say for sure whether this structure has ever been discovered in the wizarding world.”

“Are there any generalists or wizards of lightning here?”

In the audience, two second-ring wizards stood up, one was a general scholar and the other was a lightning wizard.

The two men surrounded Wizard Hao, and the two second-ring wizards and the Celtic wizard on the judging panel were also reading the last part of Locke’s article very carefully, word by word, which was the part about discovering the new natural magic structure.

Ten minutes later, a second-ring wizard from the General Studies School lowered his left eye’s monocle and said, “Indeed, this is indeed a completely new structure of natural magic power. At least, there’s no record of it in the Three Lakes database.”

Another wizard who studied lightning looked at the three three-dimensional structure diagrams at the microscopic level, three functional diagrams at the magical level, and a diagram of the functional pathway in the body of this natural magic structure greedily as if he had discovered a treasure. He wanted to memorize all these complex patterns immediately.

“Yes, yes, this is indeed a brand new natural magic structure for lightning. My goodness, even if someone discovers a new natural magic structure, they usually don’t make such detailed data and explore its properties so thoroughly. This first-ring wizard has already recorded most of the data on this natural magic structure.”

The Celtic wizard snatched the copy of the article from his hand. “Wait a minute, this is the property of Golden Crown Mountain University. You’re not the expert reviewer invited for this defense. I just asked you to do a quick appraisal.”

“If you want to read, remember to go to the library and use contribution points to buy it.”

The second-level wizard, who was studying Lightning, looked up at the Celtic wizard with a helpless expression. “Celtic, five years ago, you weren’t so stingy.”

At this time, Hao, a three-ring wizard from Quinnjoll University, looked at Locke with a smile and said, “I listened to two boring defenses before, and I felt a little drowsy. I’m just sitting here out of courtesy.”

“Honestly speaking, listening to the first-ring wizards’ answers to simple experiments is torture for me.”

“I’m only sitting here out of courtesy, and also because a three-ring wizard from your school will inevitably have to go to our school to endure this kind of pain. But listening to your defense has indeed made me take it more seriously.”

The old wizard Hao smiled and said, “Young first-ring wizard, your article is qualified even if it is submitted to Qingcao Yunze in District 1.”

Locke saluted and said, “Dear Professor Hao, I have indeed submitted it, and I was just notified this morning that my manuscript has passed the review.”

The old wizard Hao nodded. “Of course. New natural magic power components have always been the favorites of Qingcao Yunze.”

“It’s easy to climb up. Congratulations, young First Ring wizard. At my age, it’s a real pleasure to see a young First Ring wizard like you shine.”

The old wizard Hao smiled and said, “For us, it is a joy to see such outstanding younger generations. But can you tell me how you discovered the structure of this natural magical component?”

“You seem to possess some extraordinary intuition regarding this subject, allowing you to achieve results with remarkable ease. Could you share your tips with us?”

Locke thought to himself, here it comes.

He had anticipated that someone would ask him this question during the defense.

He wondered why he was able to find the mechanism of action of many magical plants so quickly and discover a new natural magic structure component.

Locke thought about it for a long time and decided to develop his ability into his talent as a breeder.

Locke paused, attracting everyone’s attention.

Now, in the round table conference room, even the representative wizards of the store alliance stood up, ran to the judges’ seats, and got closer, wanting to read Locke’s article.

Locke said: “Maybe it’s because of my special talent in breeding.”

“I joined the Jinmianshan Zhenzhi Academy by winning the Yunze Cup.”

“I have a particular interest in breeding, so I went straight to breeding a variation of the Big Yellow Duck pineapple – and discovered a new natural magic structural component.”

(End of this chapter)