Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 767

Chapter 764 Gifts from Senior Brothers

The first to speak was the third-ring wizard, Georta. After Locke entered the room, he took the initiative to say, “I am Georta, a breeder like you. I was my teacher’s earliest apprentice.”

“I followed Teacher Ekaterina when she was still a second-ring wizard. At that time, we weren’t in the Cloud Marsh Wetlands, but along the Tianjiang River.”

Georta was an old wizard with a full white beard. He looked very old, but he smiled at Locke.

He wore a magnificent wizard’s robe like an elder, and carried a peach wood staff. He seemed very old, as he was hunched over and appeared not very tall.

“I’m nothing special, just an ordinary peach grower. My ultimate magic is the Qingming Peach, one of the twelve peaches of Golden Crown Mountain. Consuming it can clear the soul, grant immunity to the magic of the Mind School and the Enchanting School, and also immunity to many mind control problems in dangerous worlds…”

“Because my peach orchard is called the Mingtao Orchard.”

“I like to sell peaches, peach gum, peach pits… just following in the footsteps of Teacher Catherine.”

Archmage Georta seemed extremely humble. As he spoke, his white beard fluttered, but Locke saw a kind of dimensional principle emanating from him, appearing extremely powerful and extraordinary.

He had only approached him and spoken a few words, yet the Root Realm had elevated his ultimate magic and made the surrounding botanical magic incredibly active.

Grand Wizard Georta sighed, “I’ve lived for over nine hundred years, and I fear this is the end of my life. Now, I’m at Golden Crown Mountain, surrounded by students, and I’m even a wizard on the Golden Crown Mountain Academic Committee.”

“I have quite a few second-ring wizards on Golden Crown Mountain, and even three sun-ring wizards among my students. Junior brother, if you ever need anything in the future, you can always ask your senior brother for help.”

“Because our teacher is the vice-chairman of the Academic Committee, I currently also serve as the [Director of the Academic Ethics Committee] within the Academic Committee.”

Locke blinked; this position was no ordinary one. It meant it was the highest position

in Golden Crown Mountain’s internal ethics and morality review system. He hadn’t expected his senior brother to have such a high status within Golden Crown Mountain.

Locke bowed to Wizard Georta, saying, “Senior brother, greetings.”

“Senior brother is the inheritor of one of the twelve peaches, six teas, and three meters of great magic on Golden Crown Mountain. That’s truly amazing.”

Wizard Georta smiled and nodded with satisfaction. “You once had the chance to own a Twelve Peach Orchard. You can still do it now.”

“The Dragon’s Saliva Peach Orchard is unclaimed, but you possess the bloodline of a dragon, allowing you to wield two extremely powerful spells.”

Wizard Georta pointed to a serious-looking middle-aged wizard beside him, saying, “This is Wizard Heidegger.”

Wizard Heidegger appeared very serious, dressed in a simple white wizard’s robe, only showing a slight smile when looking at Locke.

He nodded slightly to Locke. “Hello, I am Wizard Heidegger. I am also a member of the Golden Crown Mountain Academic Committee, serving on the Professional and Technical Position Evaluation Committee.”

“I didn’t come from the Tianjiang River basin with my teacher. I am a native wizard from the Southern Wizard Capital, where my teacher was a wizarding mentor at the Black Iron Tower.”

“Now, the Black Iron Tower has collapsed and no longer exists,”

Wizard Heidegger said. “My greatest magic is the Cloud Rice Cloud Field, one-third of the three-meter-long magic.”

“One-third of the Cloud Fields in the sky above Golden Crown Mountain are my property, and also the property of the past Cloud Rice Cloud Field owners. I’m actually not very successful; I’m just a rice seller.”

“Heidegger Rice Market, Aaronstone Rice Shop is my property; junior brother, you can patronize it sometime in the future. Besides that, I also own many other shops, all opened casually when I was young.”

Grand Wizard Georta smiled.

“You are too modest.”

Locke bowed to Heidegger and said, “Senior brother, hello. You are the inventor of the Seven-Colored Rice?”

Heidegger looked at Locke with some surprise.

“You actually know about Seven-Colored Rice. Not bad.”

Seven-Colored Rice is an auxiliary spellcasting material used by the Protective School.

Locke knew this because he had occasionally stumbled into Heidegger Rice Market when browsing the Dragon Blood Market, and now he knew it was his second senior brother’s business.

Grand Wizard Georta laughed, “Junior Brother Heidegger, aren’t you going to give your junior brother a gift? Your Cloud Field Cloud Rice is perfect for his current stage.”

Heidegger glanced at him.

“You’ve been the good guy all this time.”

“Hmph.”

“It was like this before, when we were in the same research group, everyone thought you were the good guy, and I was…”

Wizard Heidegger had some conflicts with Georta, but realized it wasn’t appropriate to bring it up in front of Locke at this moment, so he hesitated.

Clearly, this was old news.

Locke immediately realized that Georta and Heidegger were probably the senior and second senior brothers in Catherine the Witch’s research group in the early days, and in that case, conflicts between them were bound to occur.

After all, in a large team, the eldest brother is the invisible manager, while the second brother is the successor to this invisible manager. Therefore, under objective conditions, conflicts are easily triggered between the two.

Of course, since he had never been in contact with a large team before, he didn’t understand this point very well.

After all, when he arrived at Golden Crown Mountain, the witch Catherine’s team had already been divided into groups. Because it was so large, the management was professional, and there were two group leaders for each group, rotating among them.

Wizard Heidegger took out a bowl from his astral ring and handed it to Locke, saying, “Junior brother, consider this a gift from your senior brother. Eat it.”

Locke looked down and saw that the bottom of the fist-sized bowl was filled with only a thin layer of white rice.

The white rice looked like ordinary rice, without anything unusual.

Locke looked up at his five senior brothers and sisters before reaching out to grab the magical rice in the bowl.

‘So heavy!’

Locke immediately sensed the abnormality. The magical rice was extremely heavy, each grain seemed as heavy as a mountain, and Locke couldn’t even pick up a single grain.

“No. Why is this rice so heavy!”

Locke kept increasing his magical pressure. In the end, he directly used the three true bloodstains in his body and the Scorpion Woman’s Ring, used Berserk, Second-Order Berserk, Beast Body, and Bloodline Harmony, and used his two second-ring bloodlines to strengthen his whole body’s strength, but he still couldn’t lift a single grain of rice in the bowl.

At this moment, the wizard Heidegger remained expressionless, while the two witch sisters covered their mouths and chuckled, and the senior wizard of the Sun Ring burst into laughter.

Senior Brother Georta smiled and said, “Junior Brother, I can help you pick it up.”

Locke looked at the thin layer of cloud rice in the bowl and began to think. Something was strange about this rice.

The next moment, he directly used the second-ring universal bloodline spell, Burning Away.

Instantly, the power of his bloodline seemed to ignite. This spell was more powerful the stronger the bloodline power within, and Locke possessed two second-ring level bloodlines!

Dragon Roar and Tiger Howl!

Locke’s body swelled up, and with the support of his bloodline power, he transformed into a small giant over three meters tall, with muscles appearing on his body.

Senior Brother Georta and the two witch sisters exchanged glances, both showing a hint of surprise.

They had only heard that their junior brother was a breeding genius, but they hadn’t expected his attainments in bloodline science to be so remarkable.

That move just now showed that his achievements in bloodline science were quite impressive.

As an ordinary second-circle wizard, he could already enhance his physical strength to an incredible degree.

However…

even so, Locke couldn’t lift a single grain of rice.

Something was wrong!

There was a problem!

This feeling of being unable to lift it couldn’t possibly be the weight of a single grain of rice.

The grain of rice didn’t have that much magical pressure.

It felt more like… his power wasn’t being applied to the rice, but rather to something else.

‘Cloud rice, cloud field, rice from heaven… could it be…’

Locke suddenly summoned a beam of moonlight from the Moon of Evolution to shine on the rice. This moonlight had always been above the Botanical Root Realm; now, the moonlight supporting the magical rice was equivalent to placing it above the Botanical Root Realm as well.

At the same time, Locke suddenly felt the magical rice, which had been difficult to lift and wouldn’t budge, suddenly become lighter.

Locke picked up the magical rice, a look of surprise flashing in his eyes.

It worked.

He succeeded.

The five exchanged glances, each seeing a hint of surprise in the other’s eyes. They hadn’t expected Locke to grasp the key so quickly.

He truly possessed a very keen intuition.

Seeing is believing, and now they all saw Locke’s abilities from his reaction.

At the very least, Locke possessed a powerful insight.

No wonder he became a breeding genius.

Locke looked at the handful of cloud rice in his hand and understood what kind of magical plant fruit it was.

This magical plant fruit, supported by the root realm, was an extremely rare magical plant product. It was estimated that its effectiveness depended on its existence within the root realm.

Therefore, if he didn’t use the root realm to support it, but instead lifted it, it meant he had to lift this magical plant fruit, which originally required the root realm to lift, all by himself.

It was equivalent to trying to replace the entire botanical root realm of the Cloud Marsh Wetland with his own strength.

Locke thought of even more in an instant.

“By utilizing this mechanism, wouldn’t we be able to use this Cloud Rice as a sealing artifact? To resist the suppressing Cloud Rice, we would have to use our own magical pressure to replace the entire botanical root system of the Cloud Marsh Wetland.”

Wizard Heidegger’s expression changed, and he smiled. As a member of the professional technical position evaluation committee, he was naturally very sensitive to the abilities of a formal wizard.

Moreover, he was a wizard mentor who believed in genius and usually favored geniuses.

“Not bad. Junior brother, your botanical foundation is very solid. My Cloud Rice is originally meant to be used as a sealing artifact. Many wizards buy Cloud Rice not for consumption, but for suppression.”

Locke ate a grain of rice, and immediately, as the grain of Cloud Rice entered his mouth, countless energies exploded from under his tongue and surged through his limbs and bones.

In just a moment, the depletion of bloodline power caused by his continuous use of bloodline magic was completely replenished.

Moreover, his physical strength increased slightly again.

Wizard Heidegger said, “This Cloud Rice of mine, if you consume some every day, will enhance your physical body, up to the theoretical maximum of your body’s physical strength.”

Locke said, “Second Senior Brother, wouldn’t that be the greatest improvement for a bloodline wizard?”

Wizard Heidegger said, “That’s right, otherwise, Junior Brother, who do you think is buying it?” “

The Cloud Rice is magic rice publicly sold at Golden Crown Mountain. Junior Brother can buy it at the rice market, but Cloud Rice is generally limited daily, so students need to be sent out in advance to snap it up.”

“It’s about 100,000 magic stones per grain.”

Locke blinked and coughed.

This…

no wonder the rice is so heavy; it’s practically priceless!

So the weight of this rice is actually the weight of magic stones!

Locke pondered, Golden Crown Mountain truly lives up to its reputation as a representative of high-value-added agricultural industry.

The rice in this rice market is actually this expensive.

Wizard Heidegger seemed to see through Locke’s thoughts and said, “Not all rice in the rice market is this expensive. It’s just that Cloud Rice is special; a single grain is worth a thousand gold pieces. You can eat the remaining nine grains, or use them as sealing items, it’s up to you.”

“For a non-botanical wizard, this single grain of rice is an insurmountable mountain.”

“Even if you’re not a wizard who has specifically studied sealing techniques, you can still make use of it.”

Locke bowed to Wizard Heidegger and said, “Thank you, Second Senior Brother. This gift is extremely precious, and it has broadened my horizons.”

Wizard Heidegger nodded and looked at Grand Wizard Georta.

“Eldest Senior Brother, I’ve already given you everything. Aren’t you going to give me anything?”

“Your peach orchard seems to have had a bumper harvest this year, right? Will you be able to sell them all? You’re not planning to let your peaches rot, are you?”

The smiling old Grand Wizard Georta’s expression froze.

“I was just planning to have you deliver it first, junior brother, to leave a good impression. My gift is ready, junior brother, this is a Qingming Peach for you.”

A peach shaped like a bell was taken out by Grand Wizard Georta. As soon as the peach appeared, the surroundings seemed to quiet down, even the air became so still.

Wizard Heidegger was delighted.

“Oh, I see. You need to see how many grains of rice I give before deciding how many peaches to give. After all, a single Qingming Peach costs a million magic stones, and with your stingy nature, you wouldn’t be willing to give them away.”

“But as the senior brother, you’re afraid of losing face, so you let me give them first. You watch from the side and see how many grains of cloud rice I give, then you decide how many Qingming Peaches you give.”

Wizard Heidegger said, “Senior brother, am I right?”

Grand Wizard Georta seemed not to hear, pointing to the Qingming Peach in Locke’s hand and saying, “Qingming Peaches flee from sound, so if you make a loud noise, this peach will fly away.”

“Therefore, you must never make a loud noise near a Qingming Peach.”

“Qingming Peach trees also prefer quiet.”

“I heard the Silent Witch originally had a chance to obtain the Peach Garden, but unfortunately she didn’t want to stay on Mount Golden Crown forever, so she didn’t accept the inheritance.”

Locke nodded. He didn’t eat the peach. For a second-ring wizard, this peach wouldn’t enhance his soul or mana much, but if he used it as a potion

, it would be a different story.

It could almost completely negate most second-ring spells from the Mind and Enchanting schools.

In crucial moments, it might be very useful, so he put it into his Astral Ring.

At this moment, the two third-ring witches exchanged glances and then introduced themselves.

The third witch’s name was Fiona Brick, and the fourth witch’s name was Zoira Hawke.

Fiona witch mainly studied tree heart science in botany and was also a member of the Mount Golden Crown Academic Committee and a senior wizarding instructor on Mount Golden Crown.

She said she had opened many shops in Cloudweed Wetlands that specialized in selling combinable tree hearts.

Locke was quite surprised and exclaimed to the rather traditionally dressed witch Fiona, “I never imagined that the heartwood of a tree could be removed and sold separately. I hadn’t noticed before.”

Witch Fiona smiled and said, “It’s just that you didn’t notice, junior brother.”

“Moreover, the market for first-ring stage plants isn’t as large as the market for second-ring plants. This is because for first-ring magical plants, especially those below the liquefaction stage, replacing the heartwood is less efficient than simply planting a new tree.” “

The heartwood of a tree is merely a supporting structure; it’s a dead object. An old tree might have 90% of its parts, with only 10% alive. Only the branches, leaves, bark, and the vascular bundles near the bark are alive. The heartwood, however, is dead. The heartwood only serves a supporting function and stores magical energy.”

Witch Fiona smiled and said, “But replacing the heartwood can quickly repair a dying magical plant and also enhance a tree-person’s magical power, bringing different magical abilities.”

“It’s just that Junior Brother hasn’t learned how to replace a tree heart. Replacing a tree heart requires certain basic skills.”

“Therefore, I’ll give you a grafting knife.”

“This is a second-ring magical artifact grafting knife, and the quality is quite good. Its name is [Spirit Vein Stitcher].”

Locke took a silver dagger as thin as a cicada’s wing, covered with enchanted runes. “Thank you, Third Senior Sister. I’ve indeed been lacking a suitable grafting knife lately.”

“This is very practical,”

the witch Fiona smiled. “I’m glad you like it.”

Locke had also been struggling to find a suitable grafting knife, always using a makeshift ordinary grafting knife, which was very easy to break.

He had been looking for a grafting artifact with good materials and craftsmanship, and now his senior sister had given him such a grafting knife.

Locke looked at the grafting knife. It was enchanted with a large amount of magic, and it seemed to be made of a special material, so it could easily withstand his magical pressure, unlike the grafting knives he had used before that were easy to break.

Meanwhile, this grafting knife had undergone special treatment. Locke rotated the blade and discovered that it could easily cut through dimensional forces and the spiritual energy flowing in the air.

Locke’s eyes brightened slightly at this sight.

Having used so many inferior grafting knives, he understood even more how important it was to have a good one.

It’s just that the price…

Locke said to the witch Fiona, “Senior sister, this grafting knife seems very expensive…”

The witch Fiona nodded and said, “Yes. It was bought for five million magic stones. After all, it’s a magic tool needed by a proper second-circle wizard. I couldn’t even give it away for less than that price.”

“Because it’s too useless for a second-circle wizard.”

She seemed to realize something and quickly added, “I’m not as versatile as my senior brothers. I’m just a poor witch who sells tree hearts.”

“I have nothing of value, so I can only spend some money to buy a decent grafting knife.”

The witch Zoira said, “Then I have even less to offer. I only recently advanced to a third-circle wizard, and I used up all my resources before, so I really don’t have anything worthwhile.”

“How about this, I run a plant museum.”

The witch Zoira smiled, “I’ll give my junior brother a second-circle magic plant. I watched the Silent Grail competition before, and the Golden Branch used in my junior brother’s ultimate magic seemed to be a first-circle magic plant.”

“This is a Golden Peach Tree.”

The witch Zoira took out a magical plant entirely of gold from her astral ring; its branches, leaves, and roots were all golden.

The moment the peach tree was brought out, it shone brilliantly, brightening the entire room.

The witch Zoira smiled, “The Golden Peach Tree, also known as the Everlasting Golden Peach, has leaves and fruit that never wither.”

“Although it’s just an ordinary second-ring magical plant, it’s a unique specimen.”

“The Golden Peach Tree is also one of the symbols of the boundary between light and darkness, but it’s currently an endangered species, with only one in ten remaining. I was fortunate enough to collect one because I’ve been running a plant museum and plant market for many years.”

“It’s hard to say how much it would fetch if sold. Based on its magical properties, it would be around three to five million, but considering its rarity, it could potentially add several million.”

The witch Zoira shook her head slightly.

“However, the price isn’t calculated that way. This is, after all, just a collectible; it’s never been put on the market before, so these prices are just my estimates. It was a gift from a friend of mine.”

“And he found it in a colonial world.”

Locke accepted the magical plant and bowed to the witch Zoira.

“Thank you, Senior Sister.”

It has to be said, the two senior sisters were incredibly generous.

Good heavens, after all this time, the gifts from the two senior sisters were worth several times more than the gifts from the two senior brothers.

Wizard Heidegger and Senior Brother Georta looked somewhat embarrassed.

They hadn’t expected that after so many years, their two junior sisters had become so successful, so generous.

Senior Brother Georta felt annoyed.

‘I gave it too early; I’ve embarrassed my senior brother.’

‘I should have waited until the two junior sisters gave it to me. But a few days ago, an internal experiment in a key laboratory went out of control, and I don’t know how much I had to pay in compensation… I’m really down on my luck lately. Sigh.’

(End of Chapter)