Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 902

Chapter 897 The Lesson of the Sea Queen

Locke received a message from the wizard Salonirus, indicating that the [Windbringer’s Sanctuary] academy from the Dragonfall Lands would be attending the Golden Grail Flying Magic Plant Competition to scout for excellent flying magical plants for large-scale production.

Locke paused for a moment, then quickly searched for information about the Windbringer’s Sanctuary in the public free library of the Water Hyacinth System. He soon found information about the academy in a virtual magic book.

Locke quickly scanned several publicly available free magic books, confirming the attributes of the Windbringer’s Sanctuary.

This large wizarding academy was formerly a top-tier shop alliance, so it retained many of the alliance’s genes, which seemed to be the current state of most wizarding academies in the Dragonfall Lands. The

Windbringer’s Sanctuary was a wizarding academy specializing in flying magical items, with its main schools being Alchemy and Enchanting, as well as Wind Magic within the School of Evocation.

The Windseekers’ Sanctuary even operates the construction of some wizard airships and void warships, serving as the final assembly plant for the two great magical technologies and the production site for some key components.

However, the Windseekers’ Sanctuary has recently been investing more resources in in-world flying vehicles—that is, flying vehicles within a wizarding territory.

Because moving within a wizarding territory generally doesn’t involve using void warships or wizard airships, but rather other flying devices.

For example, for daily travel, they either ride magical carriages or Rainbow Birds or Cloud Whales.

Therefore, wizards generally need to use flying vehicles within a wizarding territory, primarily for individuals or small groups.

The wizard Salonirus sent him a second message.

‘The committee from the Golden Grail has brought over a chief wizard mentor from the Windseekers’ Sanctuary in the Land of Dragonfall.’ ‘

There’s probably some economic interest involved.’ The Windseekers’ Sanctuary’s products generally lean towards alchemical machinery, with a few being biological or energy-based flying vehicles, but almost never involving flying magical plants. But this time, things have changed. “The Windbringer’s Sanctuary will come, select the winning entries, and after breeding them into giant magical plants, conduct commercial cooperation.”

Locke paused for a moment, then sent a message to the wizard Salonerus.

“Thank you for your advance reminder, Mr. Salonerus.”

On the other side, the wizard Salonerus, whose neck was adorned with numerous gold rings, was satisfied with Locke’s attitude.

“It’s nothing. Besides, in the Golden Grail, your interests are aligned with mine.”

The wizard Salonerus had made a bold promise to the Golden Grail committee on Locke’s behalf, guaranteeing it with his own reputation, which allowed the committee to provide him with five million magic stones in advance.

If his work ultimately failed to win the championship, although the wizard Salonerus would not be in any serious trouble, it would indirectly diminish the value of his reputation in the future.

In the white wizarding society, credit is quite important, after all, credit can be exchanged for money.

Locke pondered, not expecting that the Golden Grail, which he thought was a sure thing, would encounter this unexpected problem, with the committee actually bringing in people from the Windbringer’s Sanctuary Academy from the Land of Dragonfall.

This will inevitably force the original contestants to demonstrate their true abilities in a short period of time in order to win the competition.

The plant gigantification technology…

that’s a technology that allows plants to steadily grow to enormous sizes while largely maintaining their original characteristics. It’s relatively niche because its applications are narrow.

It’s mostly used for flying plants that can carry multiple people.

It seems that whoever wins the Golden Grail flying plant competition will have the opportunity to collaborate with the Windharvest Sanctuary to become a commercially available multi-person flying vehicle.

Locke looked at the information he had retrieved.

The wizarding academy in Dragonfall Lands is more commercially oriented, so it’s estimated that the Windharvest Sanctuary will collaborate with the winning wizard by forming a shop alliance and jointly producing this product. This has always been the academy’s approach.

‘Wizard Salonirus is right. Because the Windharvest Sanctuary in Dragonfall Lands rarely invests in flying plant products. I wonder how the competition committee managed to bring in the Windharvest Sanctuary’s chief wizard instructor.’ “

I suspect there’s some collusion involved.”

“And why now, when the Tianjiang River is being ravaged by the Demon Winter?”

Locke shook his head slightly. “It seems sending only Barrett isn’t enough.”

“Cooperating with the Windbringer’s Holy Land is just icing on the cake for me, but I’ve long had my eye on the Golden Grail championship. But with this sudden turn of events, if I don’t send a clone, I’m afraid I might not be able to secure first place.”

Locke pondered for a moment. The Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow series of magical plants was crucial to his future plans, and he had to ensure a sure win in its first appearance.

Otherwise, it would lower the value of his Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow.

Combat records were part of the value of this type of magical plant, so he needed to maintain the combat records of the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow series.

Locke thought, “My clone can’t leave Golden Crown Mountain for the time being. The potion class at the Sea Queen’s Throne and the application for the special-grade funding project are about to begin… I can’t leave Golden Crown Mountain at this time.”

“My main body won’t be back for another half a month.”

“But the Golden Grail competition is about to begin.”

Locke pondered for a moment.

“It seems I must refine the clone potion as soon as possible to create a second clone. I now possess two great magic spells, so I can have two clones.”

The moon and golden tree faintly appeared behind him.

“If I don’t use the clone potion, I’ll use the Ancient Tree Fruit clone spell to create another clone. However, the clone created by the clone potion has the ability to share the damage inflicted on either my main body or my clone. This ability is more attractive to me.”

“The clone potion is considered a relatively difficult potion.”

“The clone created using it has abilities that ordinary clone spells do not have.”

“The Sea Queen’s class is about to begin. I hope I can learn to refine the clone potion.”

…

Half a week later.

In the Root Crown Royal Court, inside a magnificent wooden building, the Sea Queen looked at the sixteen students below, her brows furrowing slightly. In addition to the ten members of the accelerated improvement class she had previously agreed upon with Wizard John, five uninvited auditors had somehow managed to squeeze in.

This was Wizard John’s arrangement.

The Sea Queen was quite displeased with this opportunistic behavior, but she didn’t say much.

After everyone was seated, she turned and wrote “Doppelganger Potion” on the blackboard with magical chalk.

“Doppelganger Potion is a classic potion that could change the history of potions.”

The Sea Queen walked into the classroom and began to speak. At the same time, everyone looked in astonishment at the Sea Queen who had been inside the classroom. The

Sea Queen’s body, which had been in the office, suddenly shattered, turning into countless golden lights and shadows. Then, those golden lights and shadows converged on the Sea Queen who had just entered the classroom, and the two merged into one.

The Sea Queen said, “After taking the Potion of Doppelganger, without the dominance of a powerful magic, a doppelganger can be created for a short time, possessing a relatively independent consciousness. This doppelganger can temporarily fulfill the function of a doppelganger, creating a temporary doppelganger spell.”

“With the dominance of a powerful magic, a doppelganger can be created permanently, and this doppelganger can share damage with the original, while being difficult to identify. But you are all potion masters, didn’t any of you notice that the person in the classroom wasn’t me?”

The Sea Queen glanced at the sixteen ordinary second-circle wizards with varying magical pressure, shook her head slightly, and said with a hint of disappointment, “It seems no one.”

A second-circle witch with a baby face—Lock remembered her name was Eve Roland—said in a weaker tone, “But Your Majesty, you are a Throne Wizard. It’s normal that we can’t recognize that it’s your doppelganger, isn’t it? Am I… wrong?”

Several second-circle wizards around her nodded involuntarily.

Even the wizards who hadn’t spoken showed agreement in their eyes.

Locke frowned. Since entering the classroom, he’d felt a subtle, strange aura emanating from the Sea Queen. He activated his Innate Magic Eye to examine her, only to find it completely indistinguishable from a mere clone.

They were identical from every angle.

This was extremely rare in clone magic. The difference between a clone and the original was usually significant; for example, the difference between a clone created with the Ancient Tree Fruit was vast.

But for a clone created with a clone potion to be so unique, even the Three-Eyed Tiger Cat’s Innate Magic Eye couldn’t discern it, indicating an extremely small difference between the clone and the original.

So small that even his own Innate Magic Eye couldn’t distinguish it.

The Sea Queen raised an eyebrow, her displeasure evident, and twirled the pen in her hand.

“When exploring the void, our enemies won’t care whether you’re a second-circle wizard or a third-circle wizard.”

“As potion masters, your inability to see through the changes between things is your problem. Besides, what happened just now was only the effect of a clone potion. If you had just paid a little more attention to the details, you could have easily identified that it wasn’t my true form.”

The witch Eve Roland immediately stood up and bowed to her in apology.

“I’m sorry, Your Majesty, I was foolish. I didn’t mean to.”

The Sea Queen no longer dwelled on the issue.

“The clone potion involves the very important similarity principle in potion science, that is, if one object resembles another object, a special mysterious connection can be formed between the two objects.”

The Sea Queen took out a Two-Cicada Spirit Potion. She ran her finger along the spirit potion, and instantly a huge power burst out from the center of the spirit potion, and the spirit potion transformed into two spirit potions.

The original Two-Cicada Spirit Potion resembled a cicada with two bodies, but now it had become two separate cicadas, only attracting each other.

“You are all potion masters, so you must know the basic logic of potion science. Potion ingredients that are similar to each other, come into contact with each other, and interact with each other can become the contents of a potion recipe and determine the specific effect of that potion recipe. These are the three laws of potion recipes.” “

That is, the law of similarity of potion ingredients, the law of contact of potion ingredients, and the law of interaction of potion ingredients.”

“These three laws, with simple transformations and conversions, often appear in other disciplines. You should know this as well.” “

The Doppelganger Potion is a potion specifically designed to prove the existence of the Law of Similarity. Although the Law of Similarity had been applied in various forms of magic before, direct and reliable evidence was lacking to prove that magical substances truly resonate due to similarity, or even have more complex effects.” “

The Twin Cicada Spirit Macro is extracted from a magical creature called a cicada with two bodies and two heads. Cutting it open allows one Spirit Macro to become two. Because they are so similar, even after being cut, they remain closely connected. Transforming this Spirit Macro into ritual work becomes the key to this potion.”

“Therefore, the greatest difficulty in the Doppelganger Potion lies in severing the Spirit Macro.”

“To sever the Spirit Macro requires powerful spiritual awareness,”

the Sea Queen said. “As long as one can overcome this step and possess a certain level of mastery of magical flames in potion-making, it is very easy to concoct a bottle of the purest clone potion. But my requirements are not just that.”

The Sea Queen reached out and grabbed two Spirit Macros in her hand. Then, to everyone’s astonishment, the two Spirit Macros that she had separated were forcibly rejoined.

“Cut the two Cicada Spirit Macros separately, and then, as I just demonstrated for you, combine the two cut Cicada Spirit Macros in a staggered manner, that is, combine the left half of Spirit Macro One with the right half of Spirit Macro Two to form a completely new Spirit Macro. In this way, the two Cicada Spirit Macros will resonate due to their similarity.”

“Translate this Spirit Macro into a ritualistic action, and incorporate this ritualistic action into the refining process. The resulting clone potion will be flawless. Even the most skilled wizards at discerning enemies will not be able to determine whether your clone is the original or the clone based on their perception.”

The Sea Queen glanced at Locke unintentionally.

The Sea Queen said, “This is a special secret method unique to me. I am telling you this so that you can use this method to complete the potion. Alright, I have given you the method. You can learn the rest by reading the book. Now you can try to refine the clone potion.”

“The person who first refines the clone potion will be the subject of the next lesson, and the content will be based on their needs.”

The Sea Queen’s lips curled into a mocking smile.

“After all, there are so many people here, and their needs are all different, so we can only teach the students who are progressing the fastest. I will only teach the student who is progressing the fastest.”

Her words elicited gasps from the wizards below.

A young second-circle wizard named Alex Walker, with a magic power of 14,000, quickly raised his hand and, after receiving a look of approval from the Sea Queen, stood up and said, “But Your Majesty, even the method for making ordinary clone potions that you taught us before is extremely difficult to achieve. Let alone the method for making special clone potions that you taught us.”

“And you only taught us once… no one can possibly do it.”

The Sea Queen sighed.

“If no one can do it, then I can just pick any topic to teach in the next class.”

She sighed a second time.

“The main difficulty with the Doppelganger Potion lies in separating the two cicada spirit macros. Once you overcome this, and with decent control over magical flames, you can concoct a potion. But separating the two cicada spirit macros requires sufficient spiritual awareness.” “

Of course, there’s a shortcut you can practice. Use one cicada spirit macro as a blade, striking the middle of another cicada spirit macro. Utilizing the structural similarities between the two cicadas, they collide and automatically break into four spirit macros.”

Wizard Alex Walker looked completely bewildered.

“But… Throne Master… this…”

Sweat beaded on his forehead.

Extracting a spirit macro from an object is difficult enough; extracting the spirit macro imprint is even harder. To collide one spirit macro with another, creating four equal spirit macros, is essentially altering the spirit macro.

They weren’t even second-circle potion masters; how could they possibly do it?

Learn to run before you walk?

Wizard Alex Walker quickly bowed to the Sea Queen, saying, “Your Majesty, please forgive my bluntness, but perhaps your demands on us are too high? None of the people in this accelerated improvement class are second-circle potion masters. And what you’re asking us to do exceeds the level of a typical second-circle potion master.”

The Sea Queen frowned. “Everyone can voluntarily leave my class.”

Wizard Alex Walker was immediately startled and sat down.

The fifteen second-circle wizards looked at each other, each taking out their prepared Two-Cicada Spirit Macros, all sitting there dumbfounded, staring at the macros before them.

How were they supposed to operate this?

The minds of these second-circle wizards had stopped working.

Locke, however, looked at the Two-Cicada Spirit Macro rubbing in his hand. He knew this required increasing his spiritual awareness; without sufficient spiritual awareness, even this shortcut would be difficult.

He used the Spirit Macro quill to draw two macros based on the rubbing.

Next, Locke looked at the two spirit macros. He enveloped one of them with his magic and manipulated it to collide directly with the other.

The next moment, the two spirit macros collided.

Locke felt as if one of the spirit macros was about to be sliced into four equal parts, as if it were to be cut into tofu. Suddenly, he felt dizzy, and the spirit macro veered off course.

The two spirit macros collided together and

shattered simultaneously ,

turning into upward-pointing particles of light that disappeared into the air.

A wizard beside him looked over.

Locke, however, was unconcerned and immediately used the spirit macro pen to make two more copies of the spirit macros on the spirit macro paper.

He wasn’t embarrassed at all.

After all, for experimental disciplines like potion-making, having resources and materials is, in a sense, a kind of talent.

Having the opportunity to experiment more often is also a kind of ‘talent’ of his.

However, this spirit macro copy was just a copy, and a second-hand one at that, so it probably wouldn’t be used many times, and he still needed to be careful.

Each copy consumed the spirit macro remaining within it.

Once the ink runs out, the rubbing will crumble.

A wizard from the Root Crown Court beside him muttered to himself,

“This is too difficult. His Majesty’s demands are even more insane than what I usually demand of my students. My students always say I’m strict and harsh, but now it seems I’ve been far too lenient.”

The wizard looked at Locke and whispered, “Brother, don’t you think? Even if we’re incredibly demanding of our students, it’s not this extreme. What’s the difference between this and telling us 1+1 is greater than 2 and then expecting us to do multiplication and division? Shouldn’t we start by teaching us how to improve our psychic awareness? Start with the basic theoretical knowledge…”

Locke asked him in a low voice. “Do you usually start by teaching students the basic theoretical knowledge, brother?”

the second-ring wizard with the root crown immediately reacted instinctively. “Where would we find the time to give them that much? We definitely have them do the work first.”

“Ahem…”

the second-ring wizard coughed, embarrassed, and said, “Let me think about it some more.”

The group, including Locke, pondered for a long time.

Eve Roland, the witch, couldn’t help but stand up again, saying, “Your Majesty, this is far too difficult. How can this be done? None of the sixteen second-ring wizards present have even begun. Are they all idiots?”

“Your Majesty…”

The Sea Queen wasn’t annoyed. She simply stepped down from the platform and walked among the crowd, saying, “What if I told you that the Doppelganger Potion was originally the creation of a Crystallized Wizard?”

A murmur of astonishment rippled through the crowd.

Eve Roland’s pupils constricted sharply. After a brief moment of shock, she immediately shook her head.

“That’s impossible. Spiritual Arts is a realm only second-ring wizards can access. What difference is there between a mere first-ring wizard and a child in front of us second-ring wizards?”

“Just a child. How could the Doppelganger Potion possibly be the creation of only a Crystallized Wizard?”

Eve Roland couldn’t accept this conclusion at all.

The Sea Queen calmly stated, “So we’re back to my original point. Potions is a subject that only gifted wizards can study.”

“That crystallizing wizard was named [Adrian Franklin]. This part of history is too ancient; most books no longer record it, so it’s normal that you don’t know. Franklin had special eyes from a young age; his soul was very unique, allowing him to see directly… the Spirit Realm.”

“And other things. As a price, he lacked normal human vision. He lived in the world of the Spirit Realm from childhood.”

The witch Eve Roland shook her head slightly, clearly unable to imagine what it was like to grow up in the world of the Spirit Realm. Was it a misfortune or a blessing? It was impossible to know.

The Sea Queen said, “Although the wizard Adrian Franklin later sided with the Abyss and became one of the higher-ranking Daedric Lords,” “

before his patronage, he was indeed an excellent potion master. The Doppelganger Potion was his invention during the crystallization stage; of course, its normal difficulty is at the second level. But undeniably, for a talented person, the Doppelganger Potion shouldn’t be a difficult problem.”

“That concludes today’s lesson. You can contact me privately to submit your work.”

“I will announce before the next class who was the first to create this potion.”

The Sea Queen waved her hand, and instantly all the writing on the blackboard disappeared.

(End of Chapter)