Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 993

Chapter 985 The Wizard of Chikun and the Witch Catherine

The top level of the white ice tower, which tapers from thick to thin, is only the size of an attic. This is a secret room hidden within the magic chamber beneath the ice tower’s magic eye, the secret room of the Grand Wizard of Kikunmoon, known to very few.

At this moment, the Grand Wizard of Kikunmoon is accompanied by the witch Rose.

As they enter the room, the Grand Wizard of Kikunmoon walks into a large medical device resembling a bathtub. He chants a spell, and the rock tubes on the bathtub float up automatically, then the connectors pierce his skin and enter his body. Below the bathtub is a semi-transparent, complex mechanical structure that is rotating rapidly. Below this mechanical device is a special magical plant cultivation chamber that cultivates numerous magical plants of the second ring or higher. These magical plants possess high-level imaginary roots, not the lowest-grade, whisker-like roots that can only take root in the shallow parts of the imaginary sea, but much higher-level star-ring or even moon-ring imaginary roots. The magical plants inside the cultivation chamber are constantly drawing upon the Imaginary Sea, extracting special spiritual energy to supply the lush, verdant energy to the mechanical equipment room. After special processing, this energy sustains the physiological functions of the Grand Wizard of Chikunyue. The

Grand Wizard of Chikunyue then lay back down in his magical bathtub.

“I apologize for the spectacle, Rose. My own life force has indeed been exhausted; I’m merely prolonging my life through these external devices.”

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The witch Rose’s expression shifted slightly. She seemed to be considering something. After looking around to confirm there was no True Sight Crystal Ball in the room, she spoke, “I know some wizards in the Southern Wizarding Capital. They possess special resources and can help a wizard prolong their lifespan as much as possible. Grand Wizard Chikunyue, in your situation, there are ways to extend your life.”

Grand Wizard Chikunyue shook his head.

“I refuse. There’s no need to use necromancy to prolong my life. That would consume the truly precious things in my soul, reducing my chances of breaking through to become a Sun Ring Wizard, or even a Third Ring Wizard, in my next life.”

“For high-ring wizards in a wizarding civilization, reincarnation is more like starting over. Third Ring Wizards can retain some things, while those below the Third Ring retain nothing and must start all over again. But starting over is already a rare opportunity. I don’t want to prolong my death and thus never have the chance to advance further in my next life, or the one after that.”

Grand Wizard Chikun said, “Rose, I’ve reviewed your plan, and it is indeed excellent. Currently, I publicly declare my lifespan to be ten years, but this is only a theoretical statement, an ideal situation. In reality, I can only live for another five years. You… are the collaborator I’ve chosen.” “Now I have only three regrets. The first is that I cannot find a successor for my Ice Moon Magic. Although the White Ice Tower has many wizards and numerous students, they are all incompetent. I’ve waited a full five hundred years, and haven’t encountered a single wizard who can inherit my Ice Moon Magic.”

“The second regret is that I neglected affairs in my early years. Many White Ice Tower wizards caused trouble when they went out, while few could serve as pillars. I don’t know why, but now they’ve even clashed so fiercely with the Tide Grand Wizard Tower. Although my words carry weight, I don’t want to get involved anymore. Because I can only live for another five years at most.”

“I can’t manage anymore.” “

Then the future survival of the White Ice Tower is what I worry about.”

“Young friend Rose, I think your Rose Building business plan is excellent.”

“And the third regret…”

Wizard Chikun fell silent.

The witch Rose immediately stepped forward and retrieved two test rings for the wedding rings from her astral ring.

“Your Excellency, Lord Chikunyue, these are the wedding rings designed by my teacher. We all know that when a wizard marries another wizard, their marriage forms a sacred bond, a bond born from the resonance between two great souls, creating a special connection. Wizarding marriages possess magical power. By wearing the wedding rings made by my teacher, you can see your beloved again.” High Wizard Chikunyue, his hands adorned with magical rings, tremblingly removed a ring from his right thumb and then slipped on the wedding ring.

He fell silent.

The witch Rose said, “The ring can utilize the sacred power between you and your beloved. Even if your beloved exists in another world, as long as their soul hasn’t been reincarnated, a connection will be established over time. At first, it’s as if you can hear them speaking, then you’ll have a telepathic connection, and in the final stage, you’ll be able to see your wife directly with your own eyes.”

“Of course, it will take some time. I don’t know how many years your wife has been gone, so invoking this special power may take some time,”

the witch Chikunyue said with a satisfied smile.

“Thank you, witch Rose.”

“So, I’ve already resolved this third regret.”

“Now there are only two regrets left.”

Wizard Kegon looked at Witch Rose and said, “Little Rose, do you know who those dark wizards who attacked your building were, and where they came from?” Witch Rose shook her head.

“I had already taken precautions through the wizards of the White Ice Tower, but they still managed to infiltrate.”

Wizard Kegon nodded.

“The new administrator of Silver Peach Garden, his name is probably Locke Augustine, right? You seem to know him.”

“Are you friends with him?”

“Can he be trusted? Could he be a dark wizard he hired?”

Rose paused for a moment, then shook her head and said, “No, it wasn’t him. Hmm… I’d say we’re friends, in some way.” Rose changed the subject, “I suspect it’s the Tide Grand Wizard Tower more. The Tide Grand Wizard Tower has a direct conflict of interest in this matter. Of course, it could also be a wizard from the outer wizarding lands.”

Wizard Chikunyue was silent for a moment, then said, “It seems you trust him a lot.”

Rose explained, “It’s not trust, but this isn’t his style. Besides, that dark wizard even attacked him before, and he didn’t hold back. If we weren’t careful, we would both be forced into the Yellow Springs Heavenly Wheel magic. I don’t think this is an act.”

Wizard Chikunyue nodded.

“Witch Rose, my days are numbered, so I trust you. Or rather, I don’t trust you, but I trust your Rose Building’s business plan, which will leave my White Ice Tower with capital. Therefore, I will do everything in my power to help your Olaye establish a foothold along the Tianjiang River. To me, any wizard who benefits the White Ice Tower will be of service to me.”

Witch Rose bowed to him.

“Of course, Grand Wizard Chikunyue, I will do everything in my power to help your White Ice Tower.”

“Your intervention has relieved my immediate crisis and injected new security into our Olaye.”

“Thank you for your help.”

Locke and the two senior wizard instructors from the Tide Grand Wizard Tower and the White Ice Tower discussed the cooperation regarding the Great Azure Leaf Dragon Sparrow for a long time. Locke agreed to open a branch of the Silver Peach Garden into two wizard academies, but did not agree to any so-called exclusive agency or exclusive agency work.

Archilian, the high-ranking wizard mentor at the White Ice Tower, saw Locke and the people from Silver Peach Garden packing up their belongings and preparing to leave Rose Building, so he immediately followed.

Locke was in a hurry to leave because this was, after all, their territory, and the damage caused by the dark wizards here was completely unrelated to him and Silver Peach Garden.

Furthermore, to be honest, aside from discovering the presence of dark wizards along the Tianjiang River and in the Wizarding Lands, they had gained virtually nothing else this time. Because of the eerie Yellow Springs Wheel of the Pale Pilgrimage and its immense magical properties, any death of someone neither alive nor dead could directly enter the Yellow Springs Wheel. If those dark wizards transformed themselves into the undead, then regardless of the casualties, they could simply use the Yellow Springs Wheel to create a harmless situation.

Locke thought of the being who created the lich body from the skeleton of a three-headed dragon, and his eyes darkened.

What Rose the Witch didn’t understand was that her conflict with that dark wizard was far greater than her conflict with him. Of course, perhaps maintaining this misunderstanding was a good thing for Rose; otherwise, given her personality, she might have taken advantage of the situation.

It was only a matter of time before the dark wizard realized Locke possessed dragon blood; of course, he wouldn’t be able to react in the short term.

After all, during the battle, once he realized this, he immediately stopped using any power related to dragon blood, abyssal power, or the Dragon Rose—anything that could potentially reveal his presence. The probability of him detecting his dragon bloodline in a short time was low, unless the other party knew from the beginning. However,

the wizarding world was vast, with numerous and diverse wizarding territories. Even if the other party was a dark wizard from the Pale Pilgrimage, he probably hadn’t returned to the Cloud Marsh Wetlands for many years. Moreover, it seemed the Pale Pilgrimage had supported various dark wizarding forces in different regions; the Dark Wizard Alliance in the Southeastern Region was basically composed of affiliated academies of the Pale Pilgrimage.

Unexpectedly, the Dark Wizard Alliance along the Tianjiang River was also supported by them.

At this moment, Achilles caught up, reaching the fiftieth floor of Rose’s Building, and said to Locke, “Mr. Augustine, if the White Ice Tower can obtain the exclusive agency rights for your Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow magical plant, we can do a lot in a very short time. The White Ice Tower can provide all the funds to build sales points for the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow along the Tianjiang River for you.”

Locke looked at Achilles, who had hurriedly caught up and stood before him, making such a promise. Locke looked at him with a half-smile and asked, “I see that almost half of Olayer’s lower-level employees are wizards from your White Ice Tower. Master Kikongyue and Rose also seem to have a very good relationship, and you are so deeply integrated with Olayer. Are you sure you want to cooperate deeply with Silver Peach Garden?”

Achilles coughed immediately, thinking for a moment about how to answer.

After all, this was someone else’s business.

Ultimately, as a senior wizard instructor, his responsibility was only to purchase excellent magical plants or reach cooperation agreements with excellent magical plant shops during the opening ceremony on this day.

As for other matters, they weren’t really within his consideration, but he didn’t dare lie or downplay his importance in front of Locke, the Grand Wizard of the Star Ring. So, Achilles was deep in thought, trying to figure out how to answer Locke’s questions within his current authority while ensuring Locke wouldn’t cooperate with the wizards of the Tide Grand Wizard Tower.

Locke glanced at him, and the latter immediately felt a chill run down his spine.

Locke said, “So that’s why I don’t want to talk to you anymore. Silver Peach Garden will always be a backup option, given that your White Ice Tower has already signed a deep cooperation agreement with Olayer. So I’ll open a shop here, but as for establishing any exclusive cooperation, Mr. Achilles, please find someone who can keep their word.”

Wizard Achilles forced a smile and said, “I can indeed… make the decision.”

A sneer came from behind him.

He turned around and saw angry glares, because the other party was the wizards of the Tide Grand Wizard Tower.

The second-circle wizard Ethan Sterling, leading the Tide Wizarding Tower team, bowed to Locke and said, “Lord Augustine, this Archician wizard has no good intentions whatsoever. He doesn’t keep his word.” “

But Silver Peach Garden is our Tide Wizarding Tower’s first choice. We want to secure an exclusive agency agreement with Silver Peach Garden, or at least a regional agency agreement for both the White Ice Tower and the Tide Wizarding Tower.”

This was clearly aimed at the White Ice Tower.

It also showed that the wizards of the Tide Wizarding Tower were anxious after learning that Olayer and the White Ice Tower had joined forces. Archician was immediately enraged. He looked at Ethan Sterling with displeasure, “You!”

He reminded him, “Sterling, don’t forget, you’re still in our White Ice Tower’s territory. Be careful you don’t get stuck.”

Ethan Sterling, the wizard, raised an eyebrow. “What, are you going to attack in front of everyone? Weren’t you the ones who started this dirty trick first?”

“Just because you have the Moon Ring Wizard behind you doesn’t mean you can look down on the Tide Tower,”

Archilian said. “It wasn’t us who attacked. But as you’ve seen, things haven’t been peaceful lately. There are dark wizards everywhere, but there are especially many in our White Ice Tower region. Everyone has seen it; there really are dark wizards. I’m just reminding you, don’t wait until you’re attacked by dark wizards on your return journey to beg us for help with your arrogant attitude.”

Ethan Sterling narrowed his eyes. “Don’t worry, dark wizards will only attack your White Ice Tower more often.”

A water sphere appeared in his hand, and an ice tower appeared in front of Archilian. The two spells didn’t touch, but they had already coupled, and the water sphere turned into ice.

Archilian sneered at this sight, extremely smug.

But the next moment, his smile froze, for his joints were invaded by Ethan Sterling’s water magic, and his bones began to ache. Affected by the ice magic, this pain was actually intensifying.

Both men looked at each other with grave expressions.

Locke, however, seemed oblivious to their confrontation. Bebe, the witch beside Locke, was also adhering to her duty—to never involve the Tide Tower while working at Silver Peach Garden—and thus turned a blind eye.

Every wizard is a super-individual, meaning that these super-individuals can more easily collude for their own interests.

Therefore, according to unspoken rules, a wizard’s work at different institutions or different shop alliances is generally separated by status and wizarding law.

At this moment, Bebe was working at Silver Peach Garden, not as a senior wizarding instructor at the Tide Tower, so she couldn’t intervene in this conflict. Furthermore, her intervention would be tantamount to Silver Peach Garden making a statement, which would offend Locke and be detrimental to Silver Peach Garden.

Locke ignored the hostility between the two sides. “I’m not going to grant anyone exclusive agency rights. So you can stop thinking about it. The Great Azure Leaf Dragon Sparrow will be directly operated by Silver Peach Garden. Of course, you’ve also agreed to my previous proposal of setting up a Great Azure Leaf Dragon Sparrow service station in each of the six top wizarding academies along the Tianjiang River.” “

However, Silver Peach Garden’s funds are limited, so everything has a priority.”

Ethan Sterling, a wizard from the Tide Wizarding Tower, immediately said, “Lord Augustine, if that’s the case, we are willing to bear all the construction costs and expenses of Silver Peach Garden’s service stations, and provide the best shop locations in the wizarding market of the Tide Wizarding Tower free of charge.” “We can sign a contract. The shop provision period can be two hundred years.”

Locke glanced at Ethan Sterling with surprise. Obviously, the other party had already contacted the upper echelons of the Tide Wizarding Tower and obtained a lot of authority, which is why he could offer so many benefits at this time.

The others aside, two things were crucial. First, the Tide Wizarding Tower directly provided funding for him to build the service station, essentially paying him to come.

Second, there was the two-hundred-year-old shop location for rent.

According to wizarding law, if a shop has been in a location for over two hundred years and provides evidence of continuous operation, then that location effectively belongs to that shop,

regardless of whether it’s rented or purchased.

Clearly, the Tide Wizarding Tower had gone to great lengths to attract him.

Locke nodded slightly; this made sense.

“Alright. If we can successfully sign this contract, the first Great Azure Leaf Dragon Sparrow service station along the Tianjiang River will be opened at your Tide Wizarding Tower.”

Akirian suddenly became anxious, wanting to promise Locke as well, but at that moment, he picked up a message in a bottle from his astral ring—a special communication method along the Tianjiang River.

Every wizard could connect to the message in a bottle system and send the bottle to its intended recipient via the Tianjiang River.

Achilles saw the instructions from the White Ice Tower. He had previously requested special benefits for Silver Peach Garden from the academy’s higher-ups to expedite the business partnership with Locke.

But now, his expression changed slightly. The letter in the bottle revealed the White Ice Tower Council’s quick meeting’s conclusion: maintain normal cooperation with Silver Peach Garden; they could do business with Silver Peach Garden, but not too closely, and should instead align themselves with Olaye. Therefore, the meeting decided not to grant Silver Peach Garden any benefits beyond the normal scope.

Achilles was furious. After all, the Rose Building project was negotiated by another wizarding mentor, while the current business partnership with Silver Peach Garden was his doing, and its success was due to his network of connections.

But now, no benefits were being offered, and the Tide Wizarding Tower was watching closely, mocking him relentlessly. How was he supposed to reach a cooperation agreement with Silver Peach Garden?

Were they going to use the Mind School’s spell model to forcibly control Locke and Augustine, forcing them to do something foolish?

How could that be possible?

Ethan Sterling immediately revealed a mocking smile.

“What’s wrong? Achilles, can’t you get any concessions? Hahaha… It’s obvious, half of the construction funds for this building we’re standing on were probably provided by your academy.” “

Where would the White Ice Tower get that much money? He’s betting on multiple fronts.” “

Lord Locke Augustine, rest assured, the upper echelons of the Tide Wizard Tower have made up their minds to cooperate with the largest shop alliance along the Tianjiang River. Therefore, we can certainly provide 30 million magic stones to open your first service station.”

Locke nodded in satisfaction.

30 million… that should be enough.

In this way, Silver Peach Garden’s dead end is almost over. If it can generate normal profits and sustain that for a few months, it means Silver Peach Garden has successfully transformed. As for whether it can maintain its position as the largest magic plant retail shop alliance along the Tianjiang River, that depends on future turnover and profits.

Archician looked at Ethan Sterling and said, “Hmph. Sterling, I hope you’ll remain so optimistic after encountering a dark wizard.” Archician turned to Locke, bowing respectfully without the slightest disrespect.

“Lord Augustine, we at the White Ice Tower eagerly anticipate the arrival of Silver Peach Garden, a traditional magical plant shop along the Tianjiang River.” “

Perhaps we’ll become the second.”

“In any case, I personally very much hope to cooperate with Silver Peach Garden—no, with you.”

Locke didn’t respond. After all, other wizarding academies had offered him considerable concessions during their discussions.

Only the upper echelons of the White Ice Tower showed little interest in Silver Peach Garden, offering him no real benefits, not even a little.

Locke left with the people from Silver Peach Garden.

Once they had left Rose Building, the witch Peach whispered to Locke, “Archangel Augustine, we really got our revenge this time.”

Wizard Terence chuckled, “This time, our Silver Peach Garden has risen from the ashes, creating a new future.”

“No one will doubt our disappearance anymore.”

“We are old but still strong, and by changing ourselves, we have gained a new future.”

Wizard Terence bowed to Locke, his face filled with admiration. When he first met Locke, he thought Locke would be like the previous administrators, but who could have imagined that he would bring about so many, so significant changes to Silver Peach Garden?

Locke directly abandoned the rotten parts of Silver Peach Garden, sacrificing the pawns to save the king, and directly changed course.

Now, Terence realized this was an extremely clever move, because changing course meant that most of the experience Silver Peach Garden had accumulated in the past was useless. The downside was the risk and the lack of accumulation, but the upside was that the scavenging class was no longer there.

The current Silver Peach Garden is completely renewed; only the name remains Silver Peach Garden, but the internal assets and personnel composition are entirely different from the past.

All of this was thanks to Locke’s astonishing talent in breeding and his decisiveness in discarding the unusable parts of the Silver Peach Garden. Wizard Terence reflected on the past; he had privately thought Locke went too far and acted extremely, but now he realized he had been too narrow-minded. “Yes, some parts are simply impossible to fix. Two bad pieces in a game of chess, even if you try to connect them, will only result in an even bigger bad piece. What else can you do but abandon them? Daring to abandon, not being greedy—that’s Locke Wizard’s greatest strength. He wasn’t blinded by the empty reputation of those so-called century-old shops. He’s practically a bankruptcy restructuring expert.”

Wizard Terence felt ashamed of his previous dark thoughts about Locke.

“I just didn’t expect the White Ice Tower to directly side with Olaye,”

Wizard Terence said to Locke. “In that case, our business in the White Ice Tower area might completely lose to Olaye.” Locke said, “It doesn’t matter. If this region doesn’t do business with us, or suppresses us, it will only be a loss for that region.” “They can’t afford that loss. Let’s build the first service station at the Tide Grand Wizard Tower first.”

“Once we make a profit there, we can reach agreements with other academies that are more favorable to us, and then we can continue to open new service stations. My goal is to open the first service station this year and make a profit, then open one service station every year. After reaching seven, we will formulate a plan to open new service stations based on the situation.”

“In my opinion, the service stations themselves can also serve a certain commercial gathering function.”

“In short, next, Silver Peach Garden can focus all its efforts on the development of the Great Azure Leaf Dragon Sparrow and the Great Roaring Dragon Sparrow, as well as the apprentice-level magical plant, the Great Azure Owl Banana.” “

I will also begin developing an upgraded version of the Star Ring-level Great Roaring Dragon Sparrow magical plant.”

Wizard Terence said, “Lord Locke, what if someone copies our methods?”

“Copy?”

Locke looked at Wizard Terence and reminded him, “Then he would need to continuously cultivate the best flying magical plants among the first-class wizard apprentice magical plants, first-ring magical plants, and second-ring magical plants.”

He was confident in this.

The flying magical plants he cultivated at different stages had magical plant characteristics that were superior to all other magical plants at the same stage.

Locke said, “Even if we wait for him to finish his research, unfortunately, we’ve already established the ecosystem for the Magic Plant Plains. So even if there are flying Magic Plants that can rival, or even slightly surpass, the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow, it’s unlikely they can shake the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow’s position.”

The witch, currently the chief designer of the Silver Peach Garden, said, “Terens, haven’t you figured it out yet?” “Lord

Locke’s Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow series of Magic Plant Plains will be a groundbreaking work. It will dominate the Tianjiang River for a century, just like the Peach Dart Branch. Unprecedented, and perhaps never to be repeated.”

Locke glanced at the witch and said, “Never to be repeated? What a joke! If that’s the case, it’ll be worse.”

“Unprecedented is possible, but there absolutely cannot be no successors. With the progress of the times, the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow being replaced is almost inevitable, but even if it is replaced, it will probably be decades later. Just like how the Three-Colored Rose Dart Branch has replaced Teacher’s Peach Dart Branch.”

Many of the low-level wizards and breeders of the Silver Peach Garden behind the witch didn’t actually understand Locke’s meaning.

After a moment of surprise, the witch Peach was immediately filled with admiration for Locke’s magnanimity.

Wizard Terence said, “By the way, Lord Locke, what made you decide to sell those shops? Did you anticipate the popularity of the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow? It really scared me for a while; I thought Silver Peach Garden was going to become a small shop alliance.” Locke replied, “It’s nothing. For a shop alliance to last, it must constantly reinvent itself. Some things die if they don’t change, but live if they do.”

“Most people turn pale at the sight of change, even wizards can become lazy and develop path dependencies. But things that don’t change will decay and decline, so change is necessary, and it needs to be constant.”

Locke opened his palm, where the Tree of Prosperity and the Moon of Evolution faintly appeared.

Wizard Terence nodded, seemingly understanding. He didn’t know this was related to breaking through the intermediate-level upgrade trap, nor did he know it was related to Locke’s subsequent strategy for forging ultimate magic.

Wizard Terence said, “Lord Locke, I was just in Rose Building talking to quite a few former employees of Silver Peach Garden—oh, now they’re employees of Olayer—they contacted me and want to come back.”

Witch Peach raised an eyebrow.

“Isn’t that simple? They can just leave Olayer and apply to Silver Peach Garden again, right?”

Wizard Terence chuckled. “They seem to think they’re highly sought after, so they’re not going to just leave directly. They want our special guarantees and benefits before they’ll consider switching jobs back to Silver Peach Garden.”

“Lord Augustine, should we bring them back? One of the wizards was even the one who used to be responsible for fine-tuning and maintaining the Peach Dart branches.”

“He wants us to guarantee that his position and treatment will be exactly the same as before. If that’s the case, he’ll come back.” The varieties of magical plants degenerate with each generation of cultivation.

Therefore, specialized breeders are needed for backcrossing to ensure that the traits of the magical plants do not change with each generation of cultivation.

Of course, even so, the current Peach Blossom Branches are unlikely to compare with the traits of previous generations; they will have degenerated somewhat. The traits of magical plants change over time and through generations of cultivation, a perennial challenge in the field of plant breeding.

When the witch, Peach Blossom, heard the wizard’s conditions, she raised an eyebrow. Although she didn’t speak, she clearly disapproved of the wizard.

Locke replied with five words. “He’s dreaming.”

Wizard Terence paused for a moment, then laughed. “Very well, that’s my reply.”

“I don’t like him either, but out of respect for you, I need to consult you. Then I’ll do as you wish and handle all the wizards who want to return to work in the same way.”

Inside the Rose Building, Daven and his companions, who had been sidelined since the development of the Tricolor Rose Dart, were in an office on the 57th floor. The office housed eight wizards, all former employees of Silver Peach Garden. They were essentially worthless and had no projects, and Olayer didn’t want to send them to fund enemy wizards.

So, she gave them sinecure positions and placed them here.

Not only them, but wizards in similar situations were scattered throughout the Rose Building. Rose the Witch’s target wasn’t just Silver Peach Garden, but also numerous other magical plant retail shops. Whether through acquisition or investment, her first step was to entice and lure a large number of wizards to Olayer’s side.

The seven designers from the original Silver Peach Garden immediately looked at the chubby little wizard, Davin, who was in the vaporization stage. “Davin, how’s it going?”

“Did they agree to let us go back? But even if they did, what about the non-compete agreements we signed?” “Davin?”

Davin’s face turned ashen.

“Damn it, Terence actually told me—you wish!”

“They don’t welcome us back.”

The seven designers from the original Silver Peach Garden surrounding him were dumbfounded.

“What?”

“Wizard Daven, you were the one who told us to leave together, saying that Olaye offered good treatment and a bright future, that it would definitely become the largest shop alliance along the Tianjiang River, while we couldn’t get resources from Silver Peach Garden and would only die with it. So you took us with you and left there, so what’s going on now?”

“Olaye does have a lot of potential and good treatment, but it seems she doesn’t think much of us.”

An ordinary official wizard said dejectedly, “And we’re burdened with a bunch of agreements. Now we’re stuck. We can’t leave, and if we stay, we can’t access the core projects. We’re just eating scraps that others don’t want. I estimate that in ten years, we’ll be useless. Once the agreements expire, the Witch Rose can just kick us out.”

“I see now. She doesn’t really care about us opportunists.”

Wizard Daven was also sitting on a stool, his eyes filled with confusion.

“Yes, what happened? I don’t know either. I thought Silver Peach Garden was finished. Who knew it would turn out like this?” “If only… if only we had waited for Lord Augustine to arrive before considering resigning. No, given how quickly Lord Augustine fires people… I doubt we’d be able to stay.”

A wizard glared at him angrily. “We were living off Silver Peach Garden, how great! Now look what’s happened. Such good positions, gone because of your ambition.”

Wizard Daven slumped into his chair, sensing a very serious problem: Rose’s expectations of them were probably never for them to work for Olayer, but simply to ensure they didn’t work for Silver Peach Garden.

Only by working could they obtain resources.

Yet Rose and Olayer had always excluded them from core projects.

Meanwhile, Rose arrived at the infirmary of the White Ice Tower, where she saw Wizard Joshua lying on a hospital bed, his body covered in bandages. Joshua the Wizard looked at Rose the Witch with surprise and said weakly, “Lady Rose, did you have the potion master save me?”

Rose the Witch looked at him with complicated eyes.

“Eleven bottles of second-circle potions! Your heart was damaged by necromancy, that’s a heart-ripping spell. So treating you used a full eleven bottles of second-circle potions. Damn it, I actually paid your bill just to save you, you scoundrel of a strategist.”

“Joshua, you’re practically a liability to me now. I can’t even understand why I ever hired you in the first place!”

Joshua the Wizard was stunned for a moment, then he realized Rose the Witch’s sharp tongue, but actually, even if Rose hadn’t spent so much money to save him, nothing would have happened.

Joshua the Wizard tentatively asked, “So, are you still going to kick me out?”

Rose the Witch laughed angrily.

“I was thinking of getting a more efficient assistant. Who knew I’d run into this situation with you? Now I’m your creditor.” “I don’t think I’ll get a new assistant until you pay me back.” “

Joshua, I’ll give you some time to adjust. Update your data collection method, or find something else.” Joshua lay on the hospital bed, his eyes shining.

“Okay.”

“This time I’ll definitely perform well and won’t let you down.”

Locke boarded the magic carriage and began returning to the Silver Peach Garden headquarters. At the same time, he used the Ganoderma lucidum magic plant to answer a video call from the witch Catherine.

The witch Catherine spoke directly, asking, “Have you contacted Chikunyue?”

Locke bowed to the Red Dragon Witch, then sat in the carriage and asked in a low voice, “Did you deliberately let me contact Chikunyue, teacher?” He explained the current situation.

Catherine the Witch sat before her dressing mirror, a sorceress applying her makeup. She said, “It’s alright, you just need to meet him. I just feel that some of his magic might be helpful to your Evolutionary Moon. You don’t need to deliberately contact him, because Chikun Moon is a man driven by self-interest.”

“As Silver Peach Garden grows stronger, he will inevitably gravitate towards you.”

“You don’t need to worry about that.”

“Locke, there are a few important things. I ask you, have you heard of the Water Surface Starry Sky Dilemma?”

Catherine the Witch’s expression turned serious.

Locke nodded.

“Teacher, I was just about to ask you about it.”

Catherine the Witch said, “Then, I hope you accept a suggestion: at this point in time, you absolutely cannot learn anything related to this matter, regardless of whether it benefits you.”