Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 549

Chapter 546 Selecting a Special Plane

“Thank you so much. This magic weapon is so valuable, I don’t know whether I should accept it or not.”

Witch Ekaterina said, “But you do need it. I can understand the pain of clairvoyants, the side effects of having prophetic abilities that can’t be turned off.”

“I just thought you needed it to grow, so I gave it to you. You can also think of it as a loan to you, or as a gift to a wizard with the same problem as us. When one day you no longer need it and you meet a wizard who needs it just like you did in the past, you can give it to him.”

Witch Ekaterina said, “Okay, you can modify the data a little bit before publishing it. This will save you a lot of trouble.”

“You can choose a special plane now.”

“The three planes I have chosen for you are the Emerald Dream, the Ancient Sky Fantasy Realm, and the Rain God’s Heaven.”

“The Rain God’s Heaven is a special world that alchemists like to sign contracts with. By using ritual magic to borrow the power of the Rain God’s Heaven, the difficulty of refining most difficult potions can be reduced.”

“It can reduce the difficulty by about 10%.”

“Unless that potion conflicts with the world power of the Rain God Heaven.”

Witch Ekaterina said, “The Rain God’s Heaven is a unique world in the endless void. The reason for its formation is unknown, as is its existence. Its specific purpose in signing contracts with wizards is unknown. All we know is that it desperately desires the wizards’ souls and bodies.”

“Potion rain covers that world at all times. Even a third-ring wizard is in danger of perishing if he enters that world.”

“But the conditions for the Rain God Heaven to lend its power to a wizard are very harsh, namely—after the wizard’s death, his soul and body will return to the Rain God Heaven.”

Locke’s expression changed slightly.

The witch Ekaterina said, “The Emerald Dream is the only special world with a slightly more positive world will. The Emerald Dream is a world formed by the accumulation of countless plant spirits. You know, spirits are the spirits that existed before the soul appeared, the primordial souls. Plants don’t have souls, but they do have spirits.”

“The world created by those spirits has transformed the Emerald Dream into a plane with the unique properties of both the natural and idealistic planes. Sometimes, the Emerald Dream will naturally sign contracts with some mortals in our wizarding world. This allows those mortals who originally lacked wizarding talent to suddenly possess an affinity for wood elemental particles. These talents are generally low, below level 3.”

Witch Ekaterina said, “Someone important in the Star Sea has studied this mechanism and determined that the Emerald Dream will entangle with the dreams of some people in the wizarding world from a young age, causing elemental particles to entangle, thus forming a gate between planes.”

“Their dreams are the gateway to the Emerald Dream, so they possess magical talents. Furthermore, if any of them are fortunate enough to become official wizards and possess telekinesis, they will discover that they have already signed a contract with the Emerald Dream.”

Locke blinked. He didn’t expect that this special plane would have such a special influence in the wizarding world.

Witch Ekaterina said, “The Emerald Dream condenses many natural forces and favors botanical wizards.”

“Many botanical wizards enjoy making pacts with the Emerald Dream.”

“But every time you borrow the power of the Emerald Dream, you must travel there mentally and perform tasks for it, such as clearing out nightmares that pollute the environment.”

“Conversely, as long as you clear out enough powerful nightmares within the Emerald Dream, you will be able to borrow powerful enough power from the Emerald Dream.”

Witch Ekaterina said, “Therefore, many crystallized wizards with the first ring of botany will fall into the Emerald Sleep through ‘sleep’ and enter the Emerald Plane to accumulate more world power that can be exchanged for Emerald Dream power in battle.”

“Of course, if you sign a contract with the Emerald Dream, your dream will automatically be elementally coupled with the Emerald Dream plane, transforming into a dream gate.”

“This can slightly improve your compatibility with wood elemental particles, although for a first-ring wizard, it’s a dispensable benefit.”

Witch Ekaterina said, “The Emerald Dream’s world consciousness is influenced by life force, so it’s very low-risk and highly cost-effective. Signing a [World Contract] with it wouldn’t be a loss.”

“The only danger is that if you overdraw too much of the Emerald Dream’s power at once, you will be forced to fall into an excessively long slumber to pay off your previous debts.”

“Therefore, there is a risk of borrowing too much power at once, and then having to repay the debt for the next few hundred years.”

Witch Ekaterina said, “And the third option is the Ancient Sky Fantasy World.”

“The Ancient Sky Fantasy World is also a unique plane. It’s a special plane without ground, but it’s not an elemental plane composed of air elements. Instead, it’s a life plane similar to the Prime Material Plane, so it’s unique.”

“The Ancient Sky Fantasy World is composed of parts of the sky from many vanished worlds within the endless void, and many races lived within it.”

“A wizard forms a contract with this special plane. After death, their souls don’t have to return to this world, but they must sacrifice an organ each time they use it. The more important the organ they sacrifice, such as their eyes or heart, the more powerful the power of the sky they will gain.”

“The ancient Sky Fantasy World favored the dragon race, so if we contract this plane, the sacrifice cost will be less.”

Witch Ekaterina said, “You can choose any of these three special planes, but it’s best to choose only one.”

“Any special plane, whether good or evil, is dangerous and extremely powerful. It would be too much for us to be involved.”

Locke sat on the stool and after thinking, he first ruled out the Rain God Heaven.

Having the Primordial Fire and the Purifying Filter Stone can also increase the chances of successfully preparing the potion without having to use dangerous ritual magic.

By borrowing the power of the world of the Rain God, your soul will definitely belong to it after death. It is equivalent to signing a contract to sell yourself, and you will not dare to die in the future.

So, he simply excluded this world.

Locke asked the witch Ekaterina, “Teacher, can I ask you some questions?”

Ekaterina sat back in her office and took a pear from the fruit bowl on her desk and handed it to Locke. “Go ahead, don’t be so polite.”

“You are not an outsider to me.”

Locke took the drunken pear, took a bite, and found that the juice of the pear was a mixture of the fragrance of wine and pear juice, and after eating it, he could increase his magic power.

It is worthy of being a fruit that can be included in the fruit bowl of the Three Rings Throne. In addition to its unparalleled taste, it is also very practical.

Locke realized that his mana was recovering rapidly. The greatest function of this first-ring-level Emperor’s Drunken Pear was probably to quickly restore his lost mana.

Locke asked the witch Ekaterina his question. “Teacher, what kind of power can the Emerald Dream and the Ancient Sky Fantasy Realm bring me?”

Witch Catherine quickly said, “The Emerald Dream can enhance the power of magical plants by at least 30%. If you borrow more, it might be able to triple it. But generally speaking, few wizards can borrow that much power.”

“That requires slaying many nightmares.”

“The Ancient Sky Fantasy Realm can enhance your bloodline power. Depending on the importance of the part of your body you sacrifice, you can receive different levels of sky power blessings, up to a maximum of three times. In the Endless Void, apart from the Blood River Plane, there are very few special planes that will adjust the upper limit of the borrowable world power. For individual wizards, it is an infinite value.”

Locke understood that, generally speaking, the upper limit of the world’s power that can be borrowed by using ritual magic to strengthen oneself is roughly three times.

Of course, there are also special cases like the Blood River Plane.

Back then, in order to defeat his own power of Mist, Nidhogg almost borrowed his power to the second level, so he was directly swallowed by the Blood River Plane.

A three-fold increase is already amazing.

His current normal state has not yet reached the 9999 magic pressure limit of the first ring.

But if one uses the borrowed power of the world to strengthen his condition three times, that would be a very exaggerated number.

After knowing this, Locke understood why he was suppressed by Nidhogg who used ritual magic, and even the power of Mist could not help him turn the tables.

Ritual magic is indeed a very important means for a first-ring crystallized wizard. It is something that cannot be used frequently, but can be kept in reserve.

Witch Ekaterina spread her hands. “You make your own choice.”

“Whatever choice you make, I think it’s a very wise one.”

Witch Catherine has a habit of never actively interfering with other wizards and making her own choices.

She believed that freedom was the most important thing for a wizard.

Only those who can command themselves are qualified to call themselves wizards. Those who can only be commanded by others are just puppets.

Locke began to think about it, although Witch Catherine believed that both the Emerald Dream and the Ancient Sky Fantasy World were suitable for her.

But that was probably because, in her eyes, he was both a botanical wizard and a genius breeder, and he also possessed the original dragon scales.

These two worlds, one favors botanical wizards, and the other favors dragons.

One can strengthen one’s magic plant, and the other can strengthen the blood in one’s body.

Locke did not hesitate much. Although he possessed the Scorpion Woman’s Ring and had three drops of true blood in his body, his foundation was still that of a botanical wizard.

Therefore, if I were to choose a special plane to sign a contract, I would definitely choose the Emerald Dream.

Moreover, the price of ritual magic in the ancient Sky Fantasy World, which required sacrificing important parts of one’s body at any time, was too scary compared to the tasks in the Emerald Dream.

The Emerald Dream, on the other hand, appears to be much milder in nature.

Locke said to the witch Ekaterina: “Teacher, I choose the Emerald Dream.”

Witch Ekaterina nodded and said, “Well, this is a good choice. But it also means that you have chosen botany over the other two.”

“If you choose the Ancient Sky Fantasy Realm, you will discover how much that special plane favors dragon bloodlines.”

“You gave up digging deep into the dragon bloodline. In fact, if you take the dragon bloodline as the core, tap its potential, and build your own bloodline system, it will be easier for you to become a second-ring wizard.”

Locke shook his head slightly.

There are many secrets hidden behind my dragon bloodline. I don’t want it unless it’s absolutely necessary, and I don’t want to put all my hopes on it.

On the contrary, botany is something I have mastered step by step and has become very solid, and it is highly compatible with my golden finger.

The witch Ekaterina raised her lips and said, “Actually, I once made a similar decision, and I made the same choice as you.”

For some reason, Locke felt that the look in Witch Ekaterina’s eyes when she looked at him became softer.

“Between tapping into the dragon bloodline and developing breeding and botany, I chose the latter,” said Witch Ekaterina. “Actually, I later discovered that choosing the latter made it easier to become a third-ring wizard. Had I delved deeper into the dragon bloodline, it would indeed have made it easier for me to become a second-ring wizard. However, that bloodline would have become a chasm that prevented me from advancing further at the second-ring stage.”

Locke didn’t quite understand. After all, this part of the knowledge was too far away for him. “Teacher, why did you let me choose freely before?”

Witch Ekaterina said, “I want to see your choice. Besides, it will be even more difficult for a wizard who goes against his own choice to become a three-ring wizard.”

“Besides, for many wizards, becoming a second-ringed wizard is enough to satisfy them. So, it’s hard to tell right from wrong between these two choices.”

Witch Ekaterina pulled a contract from her astral ring. “This is the [Book of Ritual] crafted by a third-ring wizard from the School of Summoning. While there are other methods of signing contracts through ritual magic, using the [Book of Ritual] is by far the safest of all.”

“This is a path explored by countless wizards at the cost of their own lives.”

“Take a look at the contract. If there are no problems, sign your name in the lower left corner.”

Locke read the book of rituals several times, and after making sure there was no problem, he used a magic feather pen to write his name on the book of rituals.

The next moment, another string of mysterious words appeared next to his name.

Locke immediately realized that it was the name signed by the Emerald Dream as the other party, but he could not recognize the words at all.

It is one of the world’s deepest secrets, the world’s original writing.

As the contract was completed, Locke felt that a strange world force had descended into this space, expressing joy and invitation to him.

This joy soon turned into extreme enthusiasm at a certain moment, as if he was eager to go to the Emerald Dream immediately.

Witch Ekaterina frowned. “Hmm? How could the world’s power be so active… The Emerald Dream’s favor towards you is so great…”

Locke suddenly felt drowsy, and a ball of emerald magical light appeared in the depths of his consciousness. “Teacher…”

Witch Ekaterina frowned, hugged Locke, and whispered, “Don’t be nervous. This is the Emerald Dream inviting you to participate in the Emerald Trial. Usually only special wizards are selected for this. Ordinary botanical wizards and breeders will never encounter it.”

“Wizards who pass the Emerald Trial will be able to borrow special powers from the Emerald Dream in the future. You can think of this as unlocking special borrowing privileges.”

The witch Ekaterina was about to give a few more instructions, but she realized Locke had already fallen asleep. “But why did my student… attract such favor from the Emerald Dream?!”

Witch Ekaterina frowned, staring at Locke’s forehead, lost in thought. “He must have something that’s extremely attractive to the Emerald Dream.”

(End of this chapter)