Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 670

Chapter 667: Winning the Istorian Archaeology Award and Publishing in “One Ring History”

In the exclusive office of Wizard Zalan Bailey, he was negotiating with an agent wizard from the Joseph Golem Shop Alliance about ordering a large number of brass-like golems, but at this moment Wizard Tucker suddenly rushed into his office.

Wizard Zalan Bailey frowned in dissatisfaction, because at this moment he was talking to a second-ring agent wizard from the Joseph Shop Alliance, but Wizard Tucker’s casual intrusion interrupted the conversation between the two.

He had clearly told the wizards in Group 2 not to enter his office during this time.

Wizard Zalan said, “Tucker, what can I do for you?”

Wizard Tucker raised the document in his hand and glanced guiltily at the agent wizard of the Joseph Golem Shop Alliance beside him. At the same time, he quickly said to Wizard Zalan Bailey, “Master Zalan, Locke Augustine has won… the Istorian Archaeology Award of the Star Domain Sea.”

“He also published an article in a top journal of archaeology in the Star Domain Sea.”

Wizard Zalan Bailey’s pupils suddenly shrank. “What did you say?”

The acting wizard of the Joseph Shop Alliance had a flash of surprise in his eyes. “The Istorian Archaeology Award? I remember that award being the most prestigious archaeology award in the Star Domain Sea at the first level.”

“That award hasn’t been given to archaeological wizards outside the Star Territory for many years. If your friend can win this award, it only means that he has made a major breakthrough in archaeology. Otherwise, based on my understanding of the people in the Star Territory Sea, they will definitely not give this award to any outsider.”

“As expected of Jinmian Mountain. Winning this award this year is something worth promoting for Jinmian Mountain.”

An embarrassment appeared on Wizard Zalan Bailey’s face.

He glanced at the wizard agent and said, “Mr. Jacob Zion, I’m sorry, but I may not be suitable to have any business negotiations with you today.”

“I think we should make an appointment another time.”

Wizard Jacob Zion looked at him in confusion, but he did not force it because the Joseph Shop Alliance was a relatively large shop alliance.

We don’t need this business from him.

Wizard Jacob Zion nodded. “Of course, Mr. Bailey can negotiate anytime he wants. But I’m busy and my time is limited. I don’t know when I’ll be able to schedule another appointment.”

He turned and left the office.

Zalan Bailey looked unhappy.

Wizard Tucker looked at Zalan Bailey strangely, “Big Brother, why did you suddenly stop negotiating with that wizard?”

Zalan Bailey drummed his fingers on the table and said, “Nothing. I’m just confused. I’m impatient and irritable, and that man is a cunning wizard. If I continue to negotiate with him, I will inevitably lose. Then I will only have two choices: agree to compromise or turn against him.”

“Neither option benefits me in any way. Therefore, the best option is not to negotiate with him today. Don’t look at him being unhappy, but I want to discuss a business worth millions of magic stones with him, and he just wants to use words to make me feel guilty.”

“But this is a side trail.”

Wizard Zalan Bailey said coldly, “I have the order, so he’s the one who needs to be anxious. I’m not in a good mood today, so I can’t discuss business with him. Therefore, I can decisively refuse.”

At this point, if you want to cause psychological fluctuations in a wizard of his level, such a small trick may not be enough.

However, the moment he heard that Locke Augustine had won the Istorian Archaeology Award, his heart was still filled with turmoil.

He originally thought that Augustine was not a match, so he relaxed his vigilance against him.

At this moment, his fear of Locke reached its peak.

“No wonder he’s been quiet for the past three months since I returned to Group 2. I heard he hasn’t returned to Golden Crown Mountain in ages. It turns out he’s been away on a project.” Wizard Zalan Bailey’s eyes darkened. “He won that Star Region Sea award and was published in a top Star Region Sea journal.”

“Team Leader Xisi will definitely attach more importance to him, and he will compete with me for Team 2’s resources. Damn it, I originally thought this guy wasn’t my enemy. But now it seems that he is indeed my competitor.”

Wizard Zalan Bailey whispered, “I’ll visit him some other day.”

Wizard Tucker said, “Big Brother, don’t worry. No matter how great his achievements in archaeology are, it will be useless. Our Group 2 is the breeder’s research group.”

Wizard Zalan Bailey nodded. “Keep keeping an eye on him for me. It seems I let my guard down too early. By the way, Tucker, do me another favor and help me submit the project application for this first-class project fund.”

“Has Locke submitted any project applications for the first-class project fund?”

Wizard Tucker said, “No. Perhaps I’ve been spending too much time on archaeology. A person’s attention span is limited. If you spend more time on this, you’ll have to spend less time on other things.”

“He just won a major award, how could he possibly devote the energy to breeding? Don’t worry, Big Brother, both of our teams support you.”

…

In the office on the 30th underground floor of the Group 2 Research Institute, the Sith wizard was congratulated by his old friend and only then did he know that Locke had won the Istorian Archaeology Award.

The Sith wizard blinked, a hint of amusement on his face. “No wonder Locke left Group 2 for three months. Turns out he’s going to the Abyss Ruins to conduct archaeological research.”

“I was right about him. I thought he would need some time to adjust to life in Group 2, but I didn’t expect him to win such a prestigious award in the Star Territory in just three months.”

“Wait a minute. If this level of award were in the field of breeding, blood science, or kinesiology, it would be common for Jinmianshan. But this is in the field of archaeology. This is the first time Jinmianshan has won an award of this level in the field of archaeology.”

“I guess the top management of Golden Crown Mountain will commend him.”

The Sith wizard thought about it and sent a “congratulations” message to Locke through the Water Hyacinth system.

At the same time, he immediately received a message from the Dean of Academic Affairs. “One of your researchers, Locke Augustine, has won the Star Region Sea Archaeology Award, the Istorian Archaeology Award. Did you know this, Team Leader Sith?”

The Sith wizard sent back a message. “I don’t know about that. This should be the responsibility of the Lord of the Throne.”

The Dean of Academic Affairs sent a message. “Hmm. I didn’t know what this award was at first. I just knew it was a highly prestigious award in the Star Region Sea. After some research, I finally confirmed its value.”

“Jin Mian Shan has contacted the newspaper to report this incident. We heard that this wizard is at the critical moment of breaking through to the second-ring wizard level, so Jin Mian Shan will reward this wizard with two extra Golden Cloud Peaches. The original reward was Water Jade Peaches, so this will be considered a two-level increase in the original reward.”

The Sith Wizard was stunned for a moment and said in disbelief, “Golden Cloud Peach? This thing is useful to a second-ring wizard, right? To actually give such a good thing directly to a first-ring wizard, when has Jin Mianshan done something so unprofitable? This is too generous. I’ve never seen such generosity from Jin Mianshan since I was a first-ring wizard.”

“It seems that the top leaders of Golden Crown Mountain are very fond of this Augustine wizard. Wait, by the way, Augustine wizard is basically a member of their academic committee now.”

The Golden Cloud Peach is one of the twelve peaches, a secret of the Golden Mian Mountain.

After taking it, a wizard can enter a special state, be in harmony with all things in nature, enhance the essence of the soul, and enter a special state of thinking with the help of all things in heaven and earth.

Before a wizard breaks through from the first ring to the second ring, if he can take a golden water peach, it can greatly increase the chances of successfully constructing a huge magic.

It can also improve the quality of extremely powerful magic, which is extremely useful for wizards of botany and life magic.

Of course, this kind of peach is pure poison to the necromancer.

On the seventh floor of the Zhenzhi Academy, Witch Ekaterina was talking to the Dean of Gaia Academy on the Academic Committee.

The headmaster of Gaia Academy said, “Witch Ekaterina, your student, Locke Augustine, will enter the Silent Holy Grail Competition in less than three months.”

“You’d better give him some pre-game training.”

“After all, this matter involves the enrollment quota for Jinmian Mountain in the mortal area of the No Man’s Land for the next ten years.”

There are fifty-three wizarding lands in the eastern boundary area, but there are hundreds of natural barriers, and these natural barriers are connected to each other, so that the fifty-three wizarding lands are far away from each other and can only be connected through the Second Sky and Yunhu Waterway.

But there are still some living things in these natural barriers.

There are some areas where mortals live. These mortal communities live in desperate situations, but they demonstrate strong vitality and still survive due to special reasons or in special environments.

These are the no-man’s lands.

In the no-man’s land, everyone can recruit students. Over time, wars will break out among the major wizarding organizations.

Once a war breaks out, money will be lost, so the four top wizard academies in Yunze Wetland will use the rankings of the Silent Holy Grail Tournament to determine the resource allocation quotas for some uninhabited lands.

The headmaster of Gaia Academy said, “I’ve heard that the contestants nominated by Storm Tower, Quinjoel, and Bonifacius are all outstanding young first-ring wizards they’ve trained over the years. It’s expected that before the competition, each of them will have reached the level of being able to create extremely powerful magic and become a second-ring wizard.”

“It’s just that I didn’t build a huge magic in advance in order to pursue a better self.”

“Katya, what do you think of our Locke Augustine? I see that the contestants from other academies are all legitimate wizards, which makes me a little worried. Since our Academic Committee has obtained this bridge, we must win the Silent Holy Grail Tournament, otherwise the Senate will take advantage of the opportunity to attack us.”

Witch Ekaterina said, “Dean, I have complete confidence in Locke. Furthermore, that senior student from Storm Tower is still wandering around our Golden Crown Mountain. I can’t tell what he’s busy with.”

“Quinn Joel’s contestant this year, like Locke, is not a native wizard of Yunze Wetland, but an outsider wizard.”

“The kind of wizard you describe might only be qualified by the contestants from Bonifacius University. However, there are some issues with that witch’s parents; they both defected from the Twin Demon Realms.”

The headmaster of Gaia Academy was delighted. “Katya, as long as you have confidence.”

“It’s been so many years. I can still vividly remember you studying under me.”

The headmaster of Gaia Academy said, “I’ve read the information about the contestant from Bonifacius University. She’s a pitiful person. Her parents were framed by the Twin Demon Realm and violated their duties. Fearing accountability from the White Wizards Association, they were forced to do those things and steal Quinnjoel’s assets. Once the truth was revealed, their reputation was ruined.”

“Alas, the Twin Demon Realm has committed so many evil deeds and destroyed so many families. In this Demon Realm War, we want the Twin Demon Realm to be quiet for at least thirty years!”

The witch Ekaterina snorted coldly. “The truly despicable ones are those who deliberately condone this evil.”

The Gaia wizard coughed. “Stop talking, stop talking.”

“This matter is very sensitive.”

…

Locke walked out of the Queen’s chessboard room and soon received a message from Team Leader Sith. “Two Golden Cloud Peaches?”

Locke looked at the attached message. “So that’s it. It’s a special magic peach that can communicate with all things in nature, allowing them to help me conceive of great magic. This kind of thing is a treasure even for a second-level wizard.”

“After completing the Greatest Magic, a Second Ring Wizard still needs to continuously refine his Greatest Magic to reach perfection.”

“I never thought that I would be given two of these treasures just for winning a relatively important archaeology award and publishing an article in a journal in the Star Domain Sea.”

Locke received a message from Team Leader Sis that the academy wanted him to be interviewed by a newspaper to publicize the academic capabilities of Mount Jinmaon, and that it would be very useful in future enrollment.

Locke thought about it and decided that since he could get two Golden Cloud Peaches, there would be no loss in doing this kind of thing, so he agreed.

Locke first found Mason Witch and others, and spent an afternoon with them to complete a project application for a first-class project fund, and then asked Mason Witch to take it to the Academy of True Knowledge to apply.

My project application for the first-class project fund mainly describes how I used the Queen’s chessboard to analyze the special roots of ancient flowers and discovered the magic plant lock energy structure of the glandular root sac.

This new type of energy-locking structure is almost certain to pass the first-class project fund.

One day later.

Locke learned from Mason Witch that his first-class project fund application had been approved, and immediately gave himself a hundred magic crystal cards.

In the common office of Group 2, Witch Mason and Witch Freya stood beside Locke’s workstation, both of them looking very happy.

Witch Mason said, “Boss, you are really amazing. You have applied for the first-class project fund in less than a week since you came back.”

Witch Freya laughed and said, “That’s right, Mason. Don’t you see who our boss is? He’s very efficient.”

Witch Freya rolled her eyes and pricked up her ears at the researchers from Group 2 who were eavesdropping nearby.

Locke said, “You two, stop talking nonsense. Just work quietly like Barrett. Oh, and I’m probably still very busy lately, so I need the three of you to help me use finite element cultivation to grow a batch of pineapple magic plants using the plant factor information I provided.”

“I need to first recreate the glandular root sac structure on the pineapple magic plant.”

“If it can be successfully reproduced, this pineapple magic plant should have a very strong drought resistance. This is not the point.” Locke whispered, then glanced at the three of them, snapped his fingers, and used a simple spell model to use a sound insulation spell to block the transmission of sound.

For him now, this simple spell from the protection school can be cast at will and does not require special learning. After all, it is just an apprentice-level spell.

But it’s enough.

After all, they are all researchers from Group 2, and no one should dare to use magic directly to break through his soundproofing barrier.

That way, he would immediately realize that his magic was broken.

Locke said, “This special root, which I named the Ancient Flower Root, can transform sand into soil.”

“It just needs a lot of water.”

“I want this special root to appear again on the pineapple-type magic plant.”

Witch Mason and the others looked at each other, and they were all stunned.

Witch Mason said, “Convert sand into soil? If that’s the case, then this dune plane might even be able to become green.”

Locke said: “But the problem of needing water has not been solved yet.”

“Water… If you think about it carefully, this kind of thing is indeed quite precious. Before I entered the Dune Plane, I had never thought that even wizards would find it difficult to create a large amount of water that can be used immediately within a plane.”

“Water is so cheap in a life plane, but so expensive in a life plane that is about to be destroyed.”

Witch Freya pointed to the conversion plant outside and said, “But someone helped me solve the water shortage problem. Even using the special equipment in the Storm Tower to extract water, the amount of water produced by the conversion plant is not as much as it used to be.”

“Those conversion plants are producing large amounts of water every moment. Because our second-ring wizard has the idea of transforming the entire plane, the production capacity of these conversion plants is increasing every day. A new conversion plant is added every day, and a new natural gas plant is dug every day.”

“So, thanks to him, within the current two groups, there’s not only no shortage of water, but there’s actually an abundance of it. So much so that they can waste it at will.”

Witch Freya laughed and said, “He’s targeting us anyway. Why not use his water? We can use it to grow our magic plants.”

Witch Freya covered her mouth and laughed, “He can’t tell the Sith wizard that there will be no water until it’s our turn. He was the one who blew the bull over before, saying something like, from now on, there will be too much water in Group 2 and we can waste it at will.”

Locke pondered the feasibility of this. “If that’s the case, then our Ancient Flower Root Pineapple Project has great potential.”

“Perhaps, with the help of abundant water, it is really possible to transform large areas of desert into fertile land.”

“This way, we can get the first-class project fund. As for the special-class funding, we can discuss it later.”

After some discussion, the four of them determined the future development direction.

After the communication, Locke and Scarlett Witch contacted each other through the Water Hyacinth system and confirmed that Golden Crown Mountain was evaluating the war suits of the Demon World War, especially the samples and designs submitted by the major wizard shoes.

At the same time, Locke saw a message from a researcher from Group 6 of Jinmian Mountain in the Water Hyacinth System, saying that he was helping someone invite him to meet in the Witch Kitchen in the Dragon Blood Market of Jinmian Mountain.

“Storm Tower?” Locke said with a strange expression. “It wouldn’t hurt to go and see him.”

Anyway, the other party doesn’t dare to do anything inside Jinmian Mountain.

Locke immediately left the dune plane and headed over there.

At the same time, Wizard Zalan Bailey happened to pass by Locke.

He stood beside the workstation, looked at Mason and the others with a smile and said, “I see. So, I was unlucky and just missed the chance to meet Wizard Augustine.”

Mason Witch said, “Yes. Lord Zaran Bailey.”

Wizard Zalan Bailey smiled knowingly. “Perhaps he just doesn’t want to see me.”

He looked at the crystal ball in Mason’s hand that contained plant essence information and said disapprovingly, “However, I am now a second-ring wizard and he is a first-ring wizard. So, he doesn’t need to worry about me.”

“I just want to meet him to welcome an excellent wizard to our group.”

“Since he doesn’t want to see me, forget it.”

Wizard Zaran Bailey turned and left.

Witch Mason sighed. “A second-ring wizard… his magical pressure is too much for me.”

Witch Freya stamped her foot and said, “He saw that we passed the application for the first-class project fund, so he wanted to come and talk to us. You said there’s no need to worry about him. If he didn’t care about us, why would he keep staring at us every day?”

Wizard Barrett whispered, “It’s no use for him to keep staring at us. In Golden Crown Mountain, even if he is a second-ring wizard, he still relies on his own ability.”

Witch Mason said, “However, I heard that Wizard Zalan Bailey recently invited an environmental wizard to our Dune Plane.”

In the public office, a researcher from Group 2, who was at the ordinary first-ring crystallization stage, heard what Witch Mason said and immediately said, “Yes. The eldest brother did invite a botanical wizard friend over.”

“It is said that he is an ally of an environmental protection store and a second-ring wizard.”

“So, although the pollution in the Dune Plane is getting worse, it is still under the control of Senior Brother.”

(End of this chapter)