992: Sea Queen Throne: Locke, You Really Are a Deviant Practitioner!!
Locke observed this world and made a judgment. "Using a Avatar Potion to separate the Dark Heaven and Earth from the Mountain Traveler... this might alleviate the Mountain Traveler's problem."
"But ordinary Avatar Potions are useless. Ordinary Avatar Potions would find it difficult to separate the Dark Heaven and Earth from the Mountain Traveler."
Locke pondered the degree of integration between that Dark Heaven and Earth and the Mountain Traveler just now, and made the following judgment: the mana of the Two-Singing Cicada was insufficient; he needed even more powerful mana.
Using the Spirit Macro Hundred Solutions of the Sea Queen Throne on his shoulder, Locke left the interior of the Mountain Traveler's body.
As a golden light emerged from the surface of the Mountain Traveler, Locke stepped out from within the light.
At the same time, the other wizards also gradually emerged from within the Mountain Traveler shortly after.
Seeing that everyone had left the Mountain Traveler, the Sea Queen Throne pointed her finger toward him. Immediately, the Spirit Macro Hundred Solutions transformed into lines of text that drifted into mid-air. These words then formed a scroll and fell back into the Sea Queen Throne's hand. In front of everyone, she returned the scroll to Alba.
Everyone's eyes went wide.
The Spirit Macro Hundred Solutions was the core part of a Potion Master wizard's magical inheritance. For Alba to obtain it was equivalent to her receiving a portion of the Sea Queen Throne's potion-making inheritance.
These Second-Ring Wizards had no way to obtain the inheritance of a Throne-level Potion Master, yet the witch Alba could obtain it so easily. How could they not be incredibly envious?
The Sea Queen Throne said to the crowd, "You have all stepped out of the Mountain Traveler's body. It seems you all have ideas. Very well, you may use all the equipment in this public potion room to concoct Potions. I require you to concoct a bottle of potion on the spot."
"Give it to the Mountain Traveler to consume."
Many wizards present showed guilty expressions. They hadn't stepped out because they were confident or had ideas; they were completely baffled. Some had even encountered danger or met some secret existences of the Sea King World and were forced to leave that world.
Where were they supposed to get ideas from?
Many veteran Second-Ring Wizards looked at each other and shook their heads.
Quite a few among them were hoping that the Sea Queen Throne might give some hints. After all, if they were just told to refine Potions like this, they would be truly lost.
Unfortunately, the Sea Queen Throne seemingly hadn't considered the possibility that a wizard could enter the Mountain Traveler's body, confirm the basic situation, and still have no ideas at all.
In her eyes, once a person entered the Mountain Traveler's body, they should naturally generate their own ideas.
The only difference would be the quality of the idea.
The Sea Queen Throne herself had started as a genius, much like the witch Alba. she had never done anything with too much seriousness, always leaving some effort in reserve, fearing that if she tried too hard, she would instead trap herself and reduce her efficiency.
Therefore, she actually couldn't quite understand the thoughts of ordinary wizards.
For ordinary people, it was definitely much harder to understand a genius than to understand another ordinary wizard, but for her, it was the exact opposite.
In the Sea Queen Throne's perception, her understanding of ordinary wizards was basically in a state of guesswork.
Because she had never been an ordinary wizard for even a single day.
The Sea Queen Throne said, "Alright, everyone, I will give you three hours. I hope you can refine a potion that satisfies yourselves. Based on the performance of the potion you concoct after the Mountain Traveler consumes it, I will rank you. The first place will receive a reward from me."
The Sea Queen Throne took out a small blue bottle from her astral ring.
"This is the Blue Heaven Brocade Potion, an agent I invented. Its main function is that it can be consumed with any resource to increase that resource's utilization rate. It is a special auxiliary resource that can achieve one hundred percent utilization of the primary resource. It is something that would be of great use to any of you who obtains it."
All the wizards present looked at the Blue Heaven Brocade Potion.
Many among them had heard of this potion. This was a Moon Ring-level potion, personally refined by a Master-level Potion Master. Just selling it outside could fetch five million magic stones, and it might even sell for more because its effects were so broad; almost all wizards at different stages would use it.
Many Potion Masters stared at that bottle of potion, desire welling up in their eyes.
The witch Alba spoke up, "Teacher, but there are twelve of us here, and your reward is only one bottle. Does only first place get a reward?"
The Sea Queen Throne glanced at the witch Alba, then raised a pipe. Her finger slid across the top of the pipe, and she took a puff, blowing it directly forward. Everyone immediately felt the smoke swirling around them, and a sense of suffocation appeared. After all, that was the combustion product of tobacco that could stimulate a Throne Wizard; the burden on ordinary wizards was particularly heavy.
The witch Alba began to cough.
The Sea Queen Throne said, "For a Potion Master, if you aren't first place, how can you keep going?"
"Alba, you don't know who you are yet. But in this classroom, with each of your victories, you will come to know how you differ from others."
The Mountain Traveler, who had regained his senses nearby, was overjoyed and hurried to urge everyone to refine medicine for him.
"You all heard that, right? As long as you get first place, you can get Star Ring-level resources!"
"As a Potion Master, only first place has meaning."
Mountain Traveler said, "Everyone, you are all genius Potion Masters. Go and refine your Potions quickly. No matter what kind of potion it is, I am willing to try it."
The witch Alba seemed to understand but not quite.
The Sea Queen Throne glanced at him.
At this point, whether they were confident or not, everyone could only gradually walk into the individual potion rooms within this public classroom.
These potion rooms were set up with various magic arrays—silencing, isolation from monitoring, and protection—ensuring that the wizards inside could safely refine Potions and protect their secrets to the greatest extent.
Inside Potion Room No. 11, Locke activated the isolation array and set up his cauldron.
However, he was in no hurry to light the fire. Instead, he began rewriting the formula for the Avatar Potion on the magic blackboard provided in the room.
"Blue Heaven Brocade Potion... I've heard of this potion. I even saw it in a textbook. It's a unique potion from the Colorful Cloud Plateau in the Magic Plant Heaven. So it turns out this was actually the Sea Queen Throne's invention."
Locke thought, 'If I can get the Blue Heaven Brocade Potion and take it together with the Tide Spirit Breath I obtained from the Tianjiang Coast, it will maximize the utilization of the Tide Spirit Breath to increase my Magic Pressure. However, if that's the case, I should ideally take the Tide Spirit Breath with other Star Ring resources at the same time, so as not to waste the Blue Heaven Brocade Potion.'
'Of course, the premise is that I can win this class.'
Locke once again recalled the situation he had seen inside the Mountain Traveler's body.
"My idea is to use a Avatar Potion to create a clone for the Mountain Traveler, then transfer the Dark Heaven and Earth within him into his clone. But the mana of the Two-Singing Cicada spirit macro in a normal Avatar Potion isn't enough; I need an even more powerful spirit macro."
"I can use what I learned in the second class, utilizing the special mechanism of the core spirit macro—the Two-Singing Cicada spirit macro."
Locke took out all the Two-Singing Cicada spirit macros he had prepared according to the Sea Queen Throne's course requirements. Then, he manipulated his mana to make one Two-Singing Cicada spirit macro collide with another. In an instant, the two spirit macros were precisely split into four.
Next, Locke took out the crimson blood-sucking stone spirit macro mark and extracted a spirit macro from it. He then tried to add a crimson blood-sucking stone spirit macro between two half-sections of Two-Singing Cicada spirit macros. He wanted to use the crimson blood-sucking stone spirit macro to strengthen the mana of the Two-Singing Cicada spirit macro and add it to the Avatar Potion's formula, enhancing the potion's ability to absorb specific energy.
In the next moment, the three spirit macros were linked together, but they instantly burst into bright red flames.
All three spirit macros shattered simultaneously.
Locke wasn't surprised by this, because there are absolute boundaries between spirit macros. spirit macros are the secret true forms of all things, each one unique and solitary. It is naturally difficult to link the spirit macros of different things together. Locke was only able to attempt linking these different secret true forms of all things by utilizing the unique properties of the Two-Singing Cicada.
But the difficulty was immense.
For different spirit macros, the methods used to connect them using the Two-Singing Cicada's linking characteristics would also differ.
Locke thought for a moment, adjusted the connection method, and then continued linking.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead; his spiritual perception was being rapidly consumed.
If his spiritual perception dropped too low, his ability to sense spirit macros would temporarily decline, making him unable to see the secret true forms of all things.
Locke whispered, "Continue. Using the blood-sucking spirit macro stone should be able to strengthen my Avatar Potion formula. I hope I can do it within three hours; that bottle of Blue Heaven Brocade Potion is a rare resource for me."
Locke then continued to use spirit macros to collide with spirit macros, attempting to sandwich the crimson blood-sucking stone spirit macro within Two-Singing Cicada spirit macros.
After failing an unknown number of times, Locke finally obtained a cobbled-together crimson blood-sucking stone spirit macro encased by two half-sections of Two-Singing Cicada spirit macros.
Locke picked up this modified Two-Singing Cicada spirit macro and looked at it, shaking his head slightly. This modification was too much of a failure; it was basically unusable.
Like this, it would be difficult to translate it into ritual work. Even if it were translated, the resulting potion would essentially be ineffective.
"Refining a Second-Ring potion is also a massive drain on me."
Locke pondered, 'There's no need to translate this spirit macro. I still need to create a more perfect modified spirit macro. Even if it's hard to reach an excellent standard within three hours, with my current level, I should be able to get the modified spirit macro I want.'
"Then, continue."
He took out a bottle of potion and drank it, recovering a bit of his energy, though the lost spiritual perception couldn't be restored so quickly.
At the same time, in the potion classroom, the Mountain Traveler seemed to have become very tired, snoring and sleeping soundly on the floor.
Currently, the Sea Queen Throne was smoking her pipe, staring at the potion rooms in use, lost in thought.
Just then, someone suddenly pushed the door open and entered.
The Sea Queen Throne glanced at the newcomer and gave a cold laugh. She continued smoking her pipe, sitting on a stool with her feet propped up on the podium.
The newcomer frowned at the Sea Queen Throne's slovenly appearance.
"Helen, back when we were with our teacher, your talent was always the highest. No matter how hard we worked or how much you slacked off—even if you went out to play every night—your progress the next day was always on par with ours."
"Teacher believed you would be the future of Potions in the Colorful Cloud Plateau. He had absolute confidence in you becoming a Truth Wizard in the future. Therefore, he let you roam free; no matter what you did, he maintained a hands-off attitude."
"You are the genius of our Colorful Cloud Plateau. Seeing you reduced to this, I truly cannot bear it. Helen, I don't know what happened to you."
The newcomer was also a Throne Wizard. He had a crew cut and a calm gaze, and a young man followed beside him. This young man froze for a moment upon seeing the Sea Queen Throne before reacting and bowing to her.
This young Star Ring Wizard said in a low voice, "Greetings, Martial Aunt."
The Sea Queen Throne stood up from her seat, moving out of the line of his bow, and then said, "Lucas, you and your disciple should stay away from me. I am not your junior sister, and I am certainly not this young man's martial aunt."
Throne Lucas said, "Helen, I am truly disappointed in you. I don't know what happened to you or why you've fallen to this point. But I hope you can pull yourself together. I can give you a new job, one that's far better than being a ridiculous guest instructor here at the Root-Crown Court. You're purely wasting your time here."
"I've gone to great lengths to obtain a recommendation letter. It's for a top-tier Potions research institution over in the Starry Sea. With it, you can start over in the Starry Sea."
A flash of anger crossed the Sea Queen Throne's eyes as she puffed on her pipe.
"Lucas, I know you've become quite famous in the Colorful Cloud Plateau recently, but there's no need to be so arrogant. Don't forget, in the past, you lost to me every single time when it came to Potions."
"You have never beaten me."
"Who... gave you the courage to arrange my life for me? I'm doing just fine. As for some research institution in the Starry Sea—if it's so great, then go there yourself."
The Sea Queen Throne walked up to Throne Lucas. She took a puff of smoke and blew it directly into his face.
Throne Lucas immediately furrowed his brows.
The young man beside him began to cough violently. A ball of fire-element potion flame appeared in Throne Lucas's hand, which he waved casually in front of the young man. Consequently, the young man stopped coughing from the pungent smoke.
Throne Lucas looked at the Sea Queen Throne in surprise.
"In the past, you just liked to play around, but as a Potion Master yourself, you know that the special natural magical structural components of these tobacco-type Magic Plants have a chronic impact on our mana. You never used to touch these things."
"And you're covered in the smell of alcohol. Heavens, you're actually drinking wizard wine blended with Potions."
"This is far too damaging to your body."
The Sea Queen Throne said, "What's it to you? If you're so capable, go report those grey-market wizard wine workshops in the Rainy Marshland. See if the local White Wizard Association will pay you any mind, or if they'll protect their local Shop Alliance and wizard academies."
Throne Lucas couldn't help but take a deep breath, looking at the Sea Queen Throne with incomprehension.
"Helen, you know that's not what I meant."
"We are from the same lineage; I just want to give you a hand."
"Change your environment, find something to do, and perhaps your mood will improve."
Throne Lucas said, "Your talent in Potions is above mine; you could go much further than I have. Why waste your life here?"
The Sea Queen Throne sneered.
"I just love wasting my life. And who says I have nothing to do here? Look, those people in the potion labs over there are my students. Among them, there might be wizards with the potential to become Fourth-Ring Potion Masters. I call this accumulating academic lineage foundation in advance, spending my precious time specifically to teach a future Truth Wizard."
"Using a bit of my leisure time to teach a future Fourth-Ring Wizard—how can you say I'm wasting my time? To be honest, this is much better than going to whatever research institution you recommended."
Throne Lucas was dismissive.
"Wizards from the lower realms have no backing. No matter how excellent they are, they have no one behind them. Geniuses from the lower realms often only have an advantage for a moment; in the long-term competition of life and magical research, they fall as frequently and as quickly as shooting stars."
"Furthermore, Fourth-Ring Wizards—these juniors are far too distant from that. A Fourth-Ring Potion Master enjoys a special status within the Endless Void. The developmental direction of countless civilizations can be decided by a single word from those lords. Many top-tier scientific research directions can be modified at will based on those lords' desires."
"These juniors from the lower realms—Helen, I know you're just looking for reasons to refuse me. Setting aside the distant future, if you truly want to leave the front lines for a while and teach these juniors on the second line, then you should go to the upper realms."
"You should go to the Starry Sea. Or at least a top academy in the Yunze Wetlands, not a mere branch like this."
Throne Lucas said, "And with your talent, these students simply aren't worthy of you. Teaching them is like wasting time."
""
The Sea Queen Throne nodded.
"Well said. I've also always thought their talent wasn't worthy of me. However, I've taken a liking to wasting my time lately. Life is so long, why must we be in such a hurry? Why not enjoy the leisure of life before putting in the effort?"
Throne Lucas said, "You—"
Throne Lucas frowned and was about to continue speaking when a loud bang suddenly echoed from the direction of the potion labs. A wave of Magic Pressure swept out from one of the labs. The lab's wizard formation immediately deployed, but even so, it triggered intense magical fluctuations.
Throne Lucas frowned deeply, his gaze sweeping over the name of the wizard inside that lab, displayed by the School of Illusion spell model on the lab door—Locke Augustine.
Throne Lucas took out a wand and waved it gently. The chaotic magical tides in the vicinity instantly stabilized. The table legs, which had been vibrating wildly and making a harsh scraping sound, also quickly went silent.
Throne Lucas frowned and said, "Creating a brand new composite spirit macro? What on earth is he doing? Attempting to not just modify a spirit macro, but to create a new composite spirit macro without activating a specific defensive wizard formation is an extremely dangerous act. The operation of spirit macros follows its own trajectories; every time different types of spirit macros are merged, whether it succeeds or fails, a massive amount of energy is generated."
"This is basic laboratory protocol."
"If this wizard were in my laboratory, I would expel him immediately."
"A wizard who violates basic laboratory protocols is an unqualified wizard. This is an unqualified wizard."
The Sea Queen Throne was also stunned for a moment, as she hadn't expected such a thing to happen.
She had previously only shown Locke how to use the mechanism of the Two-Singing Cicada spirit macro to perform spirit macro modification. The basic structure of the Golden Horned Cicada spirit macro was similar to the Two-Singing Cicada, so it was supposed to be a simple modification of a cicada-type spirit macro.
The Sea Queen Throne took on a thoughtful expression. With Locke's current Gnosis, he shouldn't have the ability to perform a true spirit macro modification. But the magical fluctuations just now were definitely those that appear during spirit macro modification. Did he use some means to substitute for a portion of Gnosis and forcibly increase his own perception to achieve this?
The Sea Queen Throne instinctively defended her student. She said to Throne Lucas, "This is my student, and I naturally have my own way of teaching. I think it's fine; there's no problem. The potion lab's alarm didn't go off, which means nothing happened to my student. You're making a mountain out of a molehill. I've always believed that every genius is unique. Restricting them excessively with rules and regulations will only suppress their potential."
The Sea Queen Throne continued, "It's just like how I haven't taught him spirit macro modification yet, only how to use the Two-Singing Cicada to modify spirit macros, yet he can teach himself and take it a step further."
Throne Lucas, who was originally quite dissatisfied, instinctively glanced at the Sea Queen Throne.
"Hmm? You haven't taught him spirit macro modification?"
"But when modifying a spirit macro, one experiences a destructive force akin to two stars colliding. The moment two small spirit macros are crashed together, the Magic Pressure that erupts can even equal the force of two small worlds colliding. For an ordinary wizard, if no teacher guides them through the door and they have to rely on themselves for the first time—"
"He needs to be bold yet meticulous, and have sufficient talent."
Wizard Lucas fell into deep thought, but he quickly snapped out of it. He frowned; what was he even thinking?
In this Potions class at the Yunze Wetlands branch of the Root-Crown Court, he saw these students acting so recklessly, like wild grass growing without restraint. Wizard Lucas felt that this place was simply a mess.
He took a deep breath, feeling even more that this place was a waste of the Sea Queen Throne and that she didn't belong here teaching.
Wizard Lucas said, "To move toward the future, one needs more comprehensive abilities. Oneself, the people backing you, the surrounding environment, family background, and so on. Junior Sister Helen, if you don't like leaving here, it's fine to stay for now. It just so happens that for a certain reason, I have also come to this branch of the Root-Crown Court as a guest."
The Sea Queen Throne gave a mocking smile, slightly twirling the pipe in her hand.
"Oh? Lucas, you're coming here too?"
Throne Lucas handed a set of documents to the Sea Queen Throne.
As the Sea Queen Throne read them, her pupils suddenly constricted.
"I'd heard rumors that the Starry Sea was planning to elevate the status of the Tianjiang Coast. I originally thought it was just baseless talk or rumors spread by people with ulterior motives, but I didn't expect it to be true. If the contents of this document are real, then the Tianjiang Coast... will become... a target for everyone."
Throne Lucas smiled and said, "Everyone knows the Tianjiang Coast has always been under the jurisdiction of the Yunze Wetlands. So it's not convenient for us Throne Wizards to get personally involved, nor is it necessary. Besides, the situation there is complex, and the magical tide concentration gradient is too low; our presence there might actually be counterproductive."
"Therefore, to be precise, that place will become a battleground for geniuses. The information in this document is certainly true; the Starry Sea's relocation plan and the elevation of the Tianjiang Coast's status have become a settled matter. From now on, to improve the level of the Tianjiang Coast, the Starry Sea will provide special support. While it will be difficult for the Tianjiang Coast to reach the level of the upper realms, it can at least reach a mid-to-high level. In short, it will indeed become a prize everyone wants."
"As you know, the Starry Sea's Demon Ascension Plan has completely disrupted the original layout of the Eastern Realm. This change has attracted the attention of many high-ring wizards; many already believe this is the key to their advancement to the fourth-ring. Therefore, we must fight for every key point."
"Our Colorful Cloud Plateau isn't the only wizard realm wanting to enter the Tianjiang Coast; in fact, we are latecomers. Many other wizard realm forces have already entered that place."
Wizard Lucas had the young man beside him step forward and smiled. "This is a personal disciple I recently took on. I plan to have him enter the Tianjiang Coast as a guest instructor and apply for the highest-level regional fund there, the Tianjiang Coast Fund. That's a real prize; as long as he can secure it, it means that regardless of the final outcome, we will certainly have a share of the interests in the Tianjiang Coast."
"So, I will have my student go there as well. Helen, I hope you can help out too."
The Sea Queen Throne said coldly, "Why are you telling me this? I have no interest in it."
"Fine, you can leave now. Don't interrupt my regular teaching."
Wizard Lucas smiled, then turned and left the classroom with the young man beside him.
Once Throne Lucas had led the young man out of the classroom and into the hallway, he looked at the young man named Anthony and asked, "Anthony, what did you think of that witch just now?"
AI Model: gemini-3.1-flash-lite
Anthony thought about it seriously, then thought of Sea Queen Throne smoking a pipe, looking completely unrefined, and an undeniable awkwardness appeared on his face.
"This — — — — I am just a Star Ring Wizard, Teacher. I really do not have the capital and ability to evaluate a Throne Wizard."
"I believe Sea Queen Throne, who is my martial aunt, must have some respectable qualities. It is just that I have not seen them yet because of my immaturity."
Throne Lucas smiled and said, "I know what you mean."
"But I brought you here this time with the intention of having you apprentice under her."
Throne Lucas saw the look of surprise on Anthony's face and said, "Although she and I are both Master-level Potion Masters, there is an absolute gap in talent between us. She is the most talented witch in our academic lineage. Even with such a distracted mind, and even though she is so different from you and me who go all out, she is still a Throne Wizard."
"Therefore, I think it will be very beneficial for you to apprentice under her. Do not worry about a chaotic lineage. Although she and I seem to have a poor relationship, we actually have a very good relationship, and the relationship of our entire academic lineage is also very good. We do not care that much about the titles within the academic lineage, so I will not mind at all if you take her as your master."
Wizard Anthony bowed to Throne Lucas.
"Teacher, I understand. If this is your order, I will definitely go all out and strive to make Sea Queen Throne look favorably upon me."
Throne Lucas nodded.
"Let me think of a way for you to get close to her. How about you also join that accelerated improvement class? I heard Wizard John mention it."
"Although those wizards are mostly just background characters, if you go in — — — — let me think about this matter again."
"Besides that, go and learn a clone magic. Although our Colorful Cloud Plateau does not encourage being so competitive and believes that letting things take their natural course is better, we need to adapt to local conditions for now. Your main body needs to go to the Tianjiang Coast."
"You need to go there and apply for the Tianjiang Coast Fund. This will allow us to quickly gain a foothold there."
"However, that place is already being eyed by many wizard forces. I estimate that there are countless geniuses wanting to compete for the Tianjiang Coast Fund."
Wizard Anthony bowed to him again. "I will obey Teacher's instructions and will do my utmost."
On the Tianjiang Coast, Locke was in Dean Elliott's office, looking at the document he handed to him.
"This is — — — —"
"The six top wizard forces on the Tianjiang Coast all want to compete for the Tianjiang Coast Fund?"
Dean Elliott nodded and said, "Yes, this is one of the reasons why I am so eager to recruit Mr. Augustine. In previous years, this regional fund would not be paid such attention at all. Although I do not know what happened, this should not be a matter of this wizard land, but a change that happened in the Starry Sea. In any case, Dalton Woodland has invited a talented disciple of a Throne Wizard from the Spiral Basin as a guest mentor, while the Sunshade Umbrella Court has invited — — — —"
Suddenly, the sky above the Tianjiang Coast was summoned into a golden path by extremely powerful Golden Magic.
The wizard army of the Golden Dynasty appeared on that golden path, with magic carriages, magic warhorses, and various rituals and music. The scale was staggering.
The entire sky of the wizard land was filled with the Golden Dynasty's army on the golden path at this moment.
Two rows of wizards standing on the golden path blew their horns, and suddenly waves of magic fluctuations appeared. Golden lotus flowers descended amidst the music, falling from the golden path in the sky to the ground of the Tianjiang Coast.
Locke was speechless at the sight.
"What level of wizard in the Hui-Ming Boundary could have such a grand display?"
Dean Elliott smiled and said, "Naturally, it is the Imperial Prince of the Golden Dynasty. The Sunshade Umbrella Court has invited the Fourth Prince of the Golden Dynasty, and this Fourth Prince is also a direct disciple of Throne Russell. Obviously, the Hui-Ming Boundary, which is very close to here, also wants to intervene in the Tianjiang Coast. They have also set their sights on the Tianjiang Coast Fund."
"Of course, in this day and age, there are no wizards who truly call themselves kings. This so-called Prince is just a special status, and it does not really count for much. After all, the Golden Dynasty has already completed the modern academy system reform and is essentially still just a large academy. It is just larger and stronger than all the academies on the Tianjiang Coast combined. The so-called Prince does not mean anything. But he is a student of Throne Russell. That is a Throne Wizard, after all."
"Besides that, other top academies have also invited outside wizards to become guest wizards, or they have launched their own local geniuses to compete for the Tianjiang Coast Fund."
Dean Elliott said, "However, do not be afraid. Mr. Augustine's Silver-clad Peach Garden is already an established Shop Alliance on the Tianjiang Coast wizard land. Plus, you are such an excellent Breeder, so I think these are all insignificant matters."
Locke heard the declaration of the Golden Dynasty's prince descending from the distant sky. He tapped his fingers on the desk and said decisively, "It does not matter, I am not afraid of competition."
"This is just right. The more complex the situation, the greater the interests here."
"I will ensure that under any circumstances, I can guarantee my advantageous position."
Dean Elliott was stunned for a moment, then showed an appreciative smile.
"Mr. Augustine, you are indeed very suitable to serve as a guest for our Tide Great Wizard Tower. Our values are so aligned with yours. The Tide Great Wizard Tower also feels that no matter how strong the wind and waves are, we will stand firm. Over the years, many storms have never destroyed our Tide Great Wizard Tower."
"We will continue to develop. Although we are in an absolute disadvantage in this wizard war, we are still united and believe that we will definitely be able to overcome the difficulties. Of course, with your joining, we are naturally more confident. I have already made arrangements. I told the connections behind that group of Architects that I said the Great Green-Leaf Dragon Sparrow service station is for the benefit of our entire academy. It is to build for our future. I want them to make concessions on their personal interests for the benefit of our academy."
Dean Elliott said confidently, "So, they made concessions."
"Although our Tide Great Wizard Tower has serious corruption, at least all of us still want to do things well."
Locke could not hold it in anymore. Is this what it means to run by patching up loopholes?
Locke nodded. "By the way, Dean, regarding the investment bank I asked you about, you still have not given me a direct answer."
Dean Elliott's body suddenly stiffened. Then, he sat in his wheelchair and started pouring tea for Locke and himself.
"Mr. Augustine, well, do not ask about that. Because it is not important at all. It will not have any impact on anything. You will understand later. Those people — — — — they are different from us."
"They have no conflict of interest with us."
Locke glanced at this Purifier of the Tide Great Wizard Tower. This guy seems to know something but is tight-lipped about it, and it is not easy for him to ask more.
Moreover, that investment bank had not appeared again since it appeared in front of him once and was rejected.
Everything that happened afterwards seemed to have nothing to do with them.
Locke said, "I understand."
He glanced at Dean Elliott, and Dean Elliott seemed very guilty, coughed, and actually lowered his head.
Locke pondered, "That mysterious investment bank seems to have inexplicable connections with many important figures in these lower-level wizard lands, but this kind of connection has always been illegal and cannot be seen in the light. How do they maintain this kind of connection?"
This kind of thing seems to only happen in lower-level wizard lands.
And most of the time after he became an Official Wizard, he was in the upper-level wizard lands, so he had never come into contact with them, making his knowledge in this area very scarce.
Of course, to some extent, this is a good thing.
Yunze Wetlands, Root-Crown Court, many wizards walked out of the Potion room, looking at the Avatar Potion in the hands of Locke and Witch Alba.
Sea Queen Throne used a straw to extract a drop of the potion, dripped it onto two pieces of time golden crystal, and then after careful observation, said, "Alba, the Avatar Potion you refined is very good. Although you are only a First-Ring Wizard, you have surpassed the purity of Avatar Potions refined by ordinary Second-Ring Potion Masters."
"If Mountain Traveler drinks it, there is indeed a possibility of relief."
On the other side, Mountain Traveler hurriedly swept the bottle of potion refined by Witch Alba over with ginseng tentacles, and drank it along with the bottle. After drinking the potion, he twisted his body, and the whole person seemed very happy, "Hmm, I do indeed feel more comfortable. However — — — — hmm — — — — only for a moment."
— —
Mountain Traveler was very happy, but at this moment, he was like a deflated ball, becoming listless again.
Sea Queen Throne looked at the other slice in her hand again.
"Locke, this bottle of Avatar Potion you refined is a bit beyond my expectations."
"You modified the Two-Singing Cicada spirit macro and added Scarlet Blood-Sucking Stone inside, right? I only taught you how to modify the spirit macro. I did not expect you to be able to do this step. This is indeed beyond my expectations. You used the Innate Magic Eye of the Three-Eyed Tiger-Eye Cat on your body to enhance your insight, partially replacing the Spirit Knowledge, and then used bloodline power to strengthen your physical fitness to hard-carry the huge Magic Pressure generated by the spirit macro modification. Do not do this next time. It is too dangerous."
Sea Queen Throne looked at Locke.
"However — — — —"
"Just this one drop of potion. It is certain that it can completely drain a Crystallized Wizard of magic power until they die."
Sea Queen Throne held this slice, held it up for everyone to see. Once these words were spoken, everyone who wanted to come over to watch the fun now retreated one by one, for fear of being splashed by the potion, causing them to suffer heavy damage.
"I have to say, you really have ideas."
On the other side, Mountain Traveler heard halfway, and snatched the potion from the table with ginseng tendrils, then swallowed it along with the bottle.
"Ah woo — — — —"
Mountain Traveler opened his mouth and spat out a ball of scarlet magic brilliance. Immediately afterwards, this ball of magic brilliance actually stretched out countless bright red tentacles towards him, constantly pulling away part of his power to form an independent clone.
Sea Queen Throne looked at Locke.
"A person's aesthetic will determine the direction of the potion they research. Locke, this subspecies of your Avatar Potion — — — — is too violent. This will form an independent clone. Did you design it this way from the beginning?"
Locke nodded.
Sea Queen Throne smiled and said, "If some Potion Master saw it, they would definitely think you are on a crooked path, but — — — — I happen to like it. Because I myself am also on a crooked path."