Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 682

Chapter 679 Discover your own unique cultivation method!

Chapter 679: Discovering His Own Cultivation Method!
Before leaving, Locke marked the residence of the dune people, then left and used the Full Moon Growth to search for dunes in other areas.

It took Locke about three days to find two smaller underground gathering places of dune people in the vast desert.

These dune people also survive temporarily by relying on the underground glaciers in this area, but unlike the dune people that Locke first encountered, no strange phenomena occurred during the rituals of these dune people.

Locke returned to Group 2’s research base. “So, only the first Dune People I encountered experienced similar phenomena. As for the other Dune People, one also worships a stone, while the other worships a petrified wood (fossilized wood).”

“But their rituals and worships haven’t been unusual,” Locke pondered. “So, it seems that forming a stone that can absorb the worshiper’s spirit and exist in a certain state is not a common and repeatable thing.”

“Should we reclaim it? Or should we wait. If we haphazardly destroy the environment, I might miss an important discovery.”

“At present, I still have many doubts about what I discovered in that tribe, and I need to further decipher it.”

Locke looked at the ordinary sea sand in his hand. “Hmm… I can’t say there’s been any significant changes. Aside from the ferns becoming jagged, there hasn’t been any significant changes.”

“This is different from directly injecting Overlord No. 2 or the Abyssal Phagocytic Organ.”

The combination of that special spirituality and one’s own magic plant can accelerate the evolution of one’s own magic plant, but in the final analysis, that special spirituality is too little and the quality is not enough.

It was simply unable to promote the evolution of the magic plant in his hand.

I can try using the apprentice-level magic plant and combine it with the spirituality of the stone again.

But there was not much of the stone’s special spirituality left.

Locke was in a dilemma. He might have made a major discovery, but now he had an illusion that he had no idea where to start for some reason.

The Silent Holy Grail Tournament was approaching, and he needed to quickly learn the key knowledge that could help him win the championship from this unknown phenomenon that he had just encountered by chance.

Locke entered the public office. Mason’s eyes lit up when she saw Locke. “Team Leader, you’re back. Lord Zalan Bailey said you can meet him when you return.”

Locke nodded slightly, then sat at his workstation with a serious expression and heavy thoughts.

Witch Mason, Witch Freya, and Wizard Barrett looked at each other in confusion.

Witch Freya said, “What’s wrong with Little Boss? He looks like he has a lot on his mind.”

“Zarlan Bailey’s side…”

Mason Witch muttered, “It’s just a good idea to not go.”

Wizard Barrett whispered, “Let’s get to work quickly and help the boss determine the exact structure of the glandular root sac organ as soon as possible.”

“By the way, where did the team leader get this special magic plant lock energy structure? We previously checked all the known magic plant lock energy structures in Group 2 and Golden Crown Mountain, and we didn’t find it.”

“This energy-locking structure can provide the magic plant with a specialized short-term energy storage organ, temporarily improving its characteristics.”

“It’s truly amazing. Helping the boss analyze the specific mechanism of this energy-locking structure has also made me make significant progress, gaining a deeper understanding of botanical magic.”

At this time, Locke no longer cared about Wizard Zalan Bailey. He was looking through documents at his workstation.

Then, Locke left the Dune Plane in a hurry, left Little Peach Mountain, and rode on the Rainbow Bird back to the library of Golden Crown Mountain.

He entered and immediately found a first-ring general education wizard in the library and asked him to help him access relevant research materials on totem gods/totem spirits.

Unlike the southeast corner, Yunze Wetland has a large number of colonized worlds, and therefore also has detailed information on totem gods.

In the southeast corner, the only person who may have relevant information is the Blood Lord of the Blood Curse Court.

Locke asked the ordinary first-ring general studies wizard, “Are there any articles in the free and paid sections about totems that can accelerate plant evolution?”

This first-ring general studies scholar, Wizard Portsmaw, suddenly showed a strange look on his face, and then shook his head slightly.

He recognized Locke’s identity and remained respectful. “Mr. Augustine, I’m sorry, but I don’t think the library at Golden Crown Mountain has that. I’ve read a lot of literature on totem gods, and none of them mention accelerating plant evolution.”

“Oh, there are a few articles that mention that some totem spirits have the ability to make plants grow rapidly. If plants can grow quickly, then it is possible to increase the number of generations of plants? Of course, this is very different from true evolution.”

Locke frowned and said, “Exchange the relevant articles for me.”

Wizard Portsmao looked like a middle-aged wizard with gray hair on his temples. He raised his right hand, and suddenly, articles from the bookshelf fell into his hands.

“No need to redeem, these are all free zone contents. Research on totem gods is not popular in Yunze Wetland.”

“In this regard, the border area between the dark and bright places will pay more attention to it.”

Locke nodded and quickly looked through some information, but indeed, he did not see any related research.

Locke asked, “Wizard Portsmao, I also want to read articles related to totem gods or the formation of primitive gods.”

Wizard Portsmao nodded and raised his right hand again. Immediately, a stream of articles flew into his hand. “These are still in the free section. Please enjoy them slowly. The library recently received an unspent donation, so we’re offering some precious wizard teas, such as Eagle’s Beak Red Tea, for free.”

“Mr. Augustine, just tell the servants in the library.”

Locke nodded.

Then, he took a pile of information and went over there to look at it. As he flipped through the information, he gradually confirmed one thing.

That is the special stone that he found in the dune plane. It should not be the totem spirit, or the totem god, or some primitive form of god.

That should be a more special state.

“No wonder no wizard has discovered this special method of accelerated evolution before. One reason is that this special acceleration method seems to have a very weak effect and has not caused any significant impact.”

“Another possibility is that the stone that can absorb a person’s spiritual energy was probably just an ordinary stone before. But it is indeed a very rare phenomenon.”

A thought flashed through Locke’s mind. “But accelerated evolution is indeed occurring. Perhaps the quantity and quality of this special spirit are insufficient. I haven’t yet fully researched its production mechanism, specific mechanism of action, or structure.”

“But in fact, I have a way to quickly increase the quality and quantity of this special spiritual power in a short period of time.”

Locke took out a glass tube from the Star Ring, and saw a ray of transparent spirituality in the glass tube.

That was the Zero Potion.

The Zero Potion is blank spirituality, which means that the quality and quantity of that special spirituality + blank spirituality will increase out of thin air, while its own characteristics will not change at all.

If the Zero Potion were used to enhance that special spirituality whose true nature was still unknown, perhaps it could actually allow a first-ring level demon plant to undergo some degree of accelerated evolution!
Perhaps that wouldn’t even be evolution.

Locke pondered, “This is a matter of great importance, involving the most important part of my great magic. I can’t just invite other wizards to work with me. But can I ask the teacher?”

“I’d better study hard on my own first. Although Witch Ekaterina is my co-mentor, she is also a co-mentor for others.”

“Although I believe in her character, I still shouldn’t test her nature unless it’s absolutely necessary.”

Besides, since this is my own discovery, I must do my best to complete it.

Moreover, I should indeed have this ability.

Locke took a break from his busy schedule and opened the backend interface of his Alsace platform. He found that during this period, he had sold 30 pairs of the same products through the Demon World War, bringing him an income of 660,000.

Adding on the sporadic income from the previous three sets of wizard shoes, he earned a total of 700,000 in just these few days.

Of course, there were even more people who left messages to him in the background, cursing his magic weaver. Some even asked him to make a public apology and stop the dangerous research on wizard shoes such as pure magic plant wizard shoes.

Locke simply ignored the stupidity.

At the same time, Locke discovered that the number one comment he left was a forwarded video.

Locke nodded at the video. In the video, the wizard Stuas George, who was in the first ring of the famous magic fighting competition invited by Solas Guangzu, was talking in front of the host.

“I’ve personally worn the wizard shoes from the Solas Lightfoot Shop Alliance. I think Solas Lightfoot wizard shoes are the best wizard shoes in Yunze Wetlands.”

The host asked, “Mr. George, is this why you insist on wearing Solas’s barefoot wizard shoes in the major leagues?”

Stuart George thought for a moment, sat down in his chair, and said, “Of course. Solas Lightfoot is not just one of the sponsors of the major league. That’s not important. The Spell Fighting Tournament has no shortage of sponsors. What’s more important is that they do have the best wizard shoes.”

“When I put on Solas’s barefoot wizard shoes, I felt like I had turned into light. It greatly improved my mobility.”

Locke was speechless.

At this moment, the host took the opportunity to ask again, “Have you heard, Mr. George, that Golden Crown Mountain recently purchased a batch of pure magic plant wizard shoes?”

“What do you think is going on?”

Stuart George let out a mocking smile. “Purely magical plant wizard shoes? I think that’s unlikely. First of all, not everyone is a botanical wizard. Okay, I know some people think that using enchantment can also use magical plants as magical tools.”

“But everyone should understand that Magic Plants aren’t very good at moving. I think pure Magic Plant Wizard Shoes are more like a flash in the pan. Okay, as the Grand League champion of the first stage of the Magic Combat Tournament, I only endorse quality.”

“Welcome everyone to purchase Solas Lightfoot (30K).”

Locke was speechless and closed the video. “How much did Solas Lightfoot pay him? Okay, for the money, it’s not shabby.”

Locke looked at the information at hand. “My main focus right now is to figure out what that special spirituality is and come up with a way to put it to practical use.”

“Also, I have to find out about Daniel’s research progress on the special spiritual mist.”

“Also, the special energy-locking structure of the ancient flower roots and the helical constraint equation of the Pixiu horn may all be helpful in helping me construct a powerful magic.”

…

A week later, at the technical seminar at Solas Lightfoot (30K), the wizards sat at the long table, staring at each other in amazement.

Because their Solas Lightfoot was suddenly listed as the first of the least progressive stores by Jungle Hand and was considered a life-unfriendly product.

Secondly, after discussion in the meeting, they believed that they could quickly suppress the wizard shoe brand and prevent it from continuing to grow. The wizard shoe brand that was acquired before it grew was suddenly listed as a life-friendly brand by Jungle Hand.

This back and forth made the wizards of Solas Lightfoot (30K) confused.

This meeting was certainly not specifically held for what they previously considered a trivial matter, but the incident happened suddenly, so this meeting became a special discussion of this matter.

The Moon Ring Supervisor of Solas Lightfoot (30K) angrily said, “What’s going on? Why are those lunatics from the Jungle Hand suddenly biting us?”

“Jungle Hand has suddenly put us on the unfriendly brand and is smearing us in every way.”

“Everyone, we’re pursuing a full-line brand strategy. We produce high-end wizard shoes, mid-range wizard shoes, and low-end wizard shoes.”

“The Jungle Hand’s slander against us has had little impact on the sales of Apprentice and First Ring Wizard Shoes, but it has had a significant impact on the sales of Second Ring and Third Ring Wizard Shoes.”

“Those high-level wizards hate to buy wizard shoes that are caught in a dispute.”

“And then there’s the issue of life-unfriendly products. Once they’re listed, other wizard academies purchasing our store’s allies will have their environmental indicators deducted.”

“In other words, if others want to buy our Solas barefoot shoes, they will have to implicitly assume certain environmental indicators. This will put pressure on the sales of our high-end wizard shoe brand and will have a lasting impact on our brand reputation.”

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Obviously, they had not expected that they had just wanted to use money to crush a new brand of wizard shoes, but they had just started, but they did not expect that the new brand of wizard shoes that could never hurt them would actually give them a combo.

With this combo, even Solas would feel pain with just his bare feet.

Although this trick could not have much impact on Solas’s Lightfoot, it was enough to make the wizards present stunned.

How could a mere First Ring wizard dare to go this far?
Could he actually make them feel pain?
The Moon Ring Wizard Supervisor exclaimed in exasperation, “What on earth is our Crisis Preparedness Department for?”

“Why do you fail to play your due role every time?”

The other wizards seemed to have found an outlet to vent their anger. They looked at the director of the crisis preparation department and began to question him.

“Indeed, what on earth is your department doing?”

“The Jungle Hand suddenly targeted us without any warning!”

The second-ring lead designer of Solas Lightfoot (30K) suddenly spoke up, “Everyone, let’s focus our attention and resolve this as quickly as possible. This is just a conflict with a new, emerging wizard shoe brand. Are you guys trying to turn this into some kind of commercial competition?”

“Think of a way to get rid of this brand as soon as possible. As for Jungle Hand… I think these are actually two separate issues. We can send someone to ask the Jungle Hand branch in Yunze Wetland whether they need financial assistance from us.”

“If paying money can solve the problem, then do so. As for that brand of pure magic plant wizard shoes, I suggest starting the acquisition process as soon as possible.”

“From what I understand, quite a few breeders are already thinking about how to join the wizard shoe market. If we don’t want anyone to impact our wizard shoe industry, we must be prepared in advance and nip the trend in the bud.”

Director Yuehuan nodded and looked at Solas Guangfe (30K), a wizard with the first ring of extreme magic pressure, who was the director of the acquisition department.

“Has Augustus agreed to be acquired by us?”

The head wizard of the acquisitions department stood up and shook his head. “I’m sorry, Director.”

“I sent our Solas Barefoot wizard to Alsace to negotiate with Augustus’s gold trader. We were willing to generously pay 10 million magic stones immediately, but the wizard still refused.”

At the long table, many wizards were whispering to each other.

“He’s just a first-ring wizard, and he’s not even willing to sell himself for 10 million magic stones?”

“He’s crazy, right? After all, he’s just a first-ring wizard. Can he afford so much money?”

“I think he’s going to be in big trouble. This is not money he can hold on to.”

The Moon Ring Supervisor of Solas Lightfoot said, “Then try not to talk to that gold medal trader, but talk directly to that wizard.”

“We can also put pressure on him through his college, directly contact his teachers and classmates, his friends and his students…”

The head of the acquisition department coughed violently. “Director, have you forgotten? He’s a researcher at Jinman Mountain.”

Director Yuehuan put his hands behind his back, his face twitching. He said calmly, “Oh, what did I say before? Forget it.”

“By the way, when your people go to visit them, remember to be polite. Don’t be too overbearing, or it will make us look like we’re not a legitimate store alliance.”

“Got it?”

The head of the acquisition department whispered, “I understand.”

At this moment, the Second Ring’s chief designer yawned from his seat. “Even Melachi Magic Steps has been added to the list of life-unfriendly products this time, and they’ve even been featured in the Jungle Hand newspaper along with us.”

“Solas is the most unimproved store alliance, and Melachi Magic Steps is the second least improved. This time, we’ve been humiliated beyond belief. I bet Melachi must be having a headache right now.”

“Augustus is just a small matter, but the Jungle Hand is a behemoth. What would happen if they were targeted? Which store alliance doesn’t have some wizarding factory that emits wastewater and exhaust gas without meeting environmental standards?”

“If everything is compliant, how can we make money?”

At the long table, a group of wizards were also indignant.

“That’s true. If everything really meets environmental standards, and our costs go up, shouldn’t we raise the price? They usually blame us for the high price of wizard shoes, yet they still ask us to be environmentally friendly.”

“We must not allow the Jungle Hand to continue to pick on us.”

“So, we also need to come up with a way to force a little Augustus to sell his assets as quickly as possible.”

Director Yuehuan drummed his fingers on the table. “Let’s see how he reacts when we discuss the acquisition with him for the second time. If he doesn’t know what’s best for him, don’t blame us.”

“With Jinmian Mountain around, it’s certainly not easy to resort to v*olence or anything else. But in this world, there are so many ways to solve problems.”

“After all, he’s only a First Ring wizard, and his status is ultimately limited. It’s just that the Silent Grail Tournament has temporarily elevated his status, so it’s difficult to move him for the time being.”

At the long table, several high-level wizards smiled at each other.

Yuehuan Supervisor said, “Alright, let’s end this matter here for now. We’ve been ordered by higher-ups to double our annual net profit again within three years.”

“So, let’s focus on the business. Let’s start now and discuss how to increase our sales…”

…

Dune plane, in base 2.

After a week of continuous and in-depth research, Locke finally confirmed one thing.

At this moment, he stood in the Dune Man’s cave. “The human spirit, stripped of its animal characteristics, merged with the stone spirit, and then merged again with the plant spirit.”

“As a result, the plant’s spirituality is enhanced, and its state changes for a short period of time. However, this is not true evolution, only a state enhancement. It is a direct change after the fusion of spirituality, but evolution does occur during this process.”

“This special spiritual power seems to shorten the long evolutionary period of hundreds of thousands of years, reducing it to a thousand years. However, it’s not shortened too much. Therefore, both these ferns and this special tribe of dune people are only half-finished products of evolution, which is why their bodies show such deformed features.”

“The rituals they can perform can shorten the time required for this evolution. However, because the time required for evolution is already very long, shortening it further will not be of much significance to these mortals.”

“That is, the special spirituality was grafted onto the spirituality of the plant, and two changes occurred. The first was a simple enhancement of the spiritual fusion.”

“The second stage is the accelerated evolution.”

“This special spirituality seems to give plants a possibility, and plants can also give back a possibility to the creatures that eat them. That is, the possibility of upward evolution.”

“As for how far one can evolve, it seems to depend on the spiritual quality of these worshippers, or rather, these mortals.”

“In other words, it is determined by the quality of the special spiritual power in my hand.”

Locke sighed, “So, the greatest significance of this mechanism I discovered to me is that it can accelerate the general evolution of a certain environment. However, for me cultivating magical plants, it’s not that significant, because the quality of the special spirituality determines the maximum upper limit of this evolutionary potential.”

“And the current quality of this special spirituality, for me, is not even up to the level of a first-class wizard apprentice. It’s just…” Locke stood in front of the rock and took out a bottle of Zero Potion.

“You can try using the Zero Potion on this rock.”

“Before I became a second-ring wizard, I only had one bottle of Zero Potion… But it’s definitely worth a try. Zero Potion is a second-ring-level… potion. If it truly fuses, I’ll be able to gain the special spiritual power of the second ring.”

Locke’s pupils suddenly shrank. “Then I can use this special spiritual power to give the magic plant I need to evolve to the second ring level.”

“Does this mean I’ve discovered a niche breeding method that’s currently my own?”

(End of this chapter)