Chapter 106

Chapter 106 College Procurement

Chapter 106 Academy Collection

Locke placed his palm on the amethyst matrix borrowed from Witch Sophia, and the mental power displayed on it was 224.

He nodded, a look of delight on his face. “When I reached the First-Class Wizard Apprentice level, my spiritual power was 220. After two months of using ordinary meditation and a large amount of magical resources to improve it, I only increased my mana by 1 point.”

“But I used advanced meditation tonight and meditated for three hours, which increased my mana by 3 points.”

Locke said, “When everyone first starts using advanced meditation, there will be a beginner benefit period. During this month, you can even meditate for the entire month without having to leave ten days for sleep and rest. However, after a month, the improvement rate will slow down.”

“No matter what, I’ll first allocate resources to this month so I can fully utilize the newbie benefits period, maximize the use of advanced meditation methods, and increase my mana increase speed.”

Locke is currently 18 years old and he still has 22 years to go before he turns 40.

If you want to become a formal wizard, you need to increase your magic power by at least thirty points every year to have a chance.

40 years old is a threshold.

Although Locke didn’t know the specific reason, the academy’s top management seemed to believe that after the age of 40, the probability of this first-class wizard apprentice becoming a formal wizard would drop significantly, and his welfare and resources would also drop significantly.

Locke’s mind moved, and he put the energy he had just recovered into a meditative state. Then he once again sensed the natural plane deep in the void, and transformed the power radiation of the natural plane into his own mana, replenishing his mana.

“A first-class wizard apprentice who has mastered advanced meditation techniques not only has the potential for rapid advancement,” Locke said, “but can even meditate periodically during battle to accelerate mana recovery.”

“Moreover, the quality, purity, stability, and other aspects of the mana purified by the advanced meditation method are all a level higher than my previous mana.”

“No wonder the White Wizard Association is reluctant to publish the advanced meditation method.” Locke pondered, “As long as they monopolize this part of knowledge, the White Wizard Association can almost monopolize a large part of the path to becoming a formal wizard in the southeast corner.”

“Furthermore, first-class wizard apprentices are forced to sign loan agreements with major wizard organizations for up to 50,000 magic stones.”

“Let’s rest first. Let’s go to the Chimera Market tomorrow to sell the third magic plant. I hope to make some money.” Locke simply changed his clothes and slept for the night.

Waited until the next day, early morning.

Locke ordered three gray dwarves and two catwomen to push two carts covered with gray cloth to the Chimera Market.

At the entrance of Chimera Market, two second-class wizard apprentices in charge of guarding bowed to Locke and their eyes fell on the badges worn on Locke’s chest.

“Hello, senior.”

“Good morning, Senior Augustine.”

Locke nodded slightly to them, then walked in. The cat-girl servant and the gray dwarf servant behind him hurriedly followed their master.

They were pushing a cart, so naturally they walked a little slower.

Locke walked into the Lijin Secret Plant Shop. Yuli Burns had just finished entertaining a first-class wizard apprentice. She looked at Locke with a gleam in her eyes. “Dear Locke, my dear friend, your Super Mandrake vine and Wiregrass are selling very well this month.”

“Many people have been asking me which outstanding breeder created these new varieties of magical plants. I told them your name, Locke. Do you mind?”

Locke shook his head slightly. “No problem.”

This kind of thing doesn’t matter. It can’t be stopped. My reputation will spread slowly. Besides, as a first-class wizard apprentice, it would be better to have a little halo.

The first-class wizard apprentice who was about to walk out of the store turned his head to look at Locke after hearing this, nodded to him, said hello, and then left the store.

Yuli looked at Locke’s cart and said, “Is this the Iron Wiregrass and Super Mandrake Vine for this month? Why are there two carts?”

Locke nodded. “Yes. One cart is for the two old magic plants I sold to you, Li Jin Mi Yu, this month. We’ve had a pleasant cooperation before, so I want to cooperate on a third magic plant.”

“This is the certificate issued by my teacher, Sophia the Witch, a senior breeder. Please take a look.”

Locke gave the certification of the Crystal Palm Fire Lotus to Yuli Burns.

Yuli Burns was stunned for a moment, then a bit surprised. “So soon! The last time you sold new magical plants was just over two months ago. How could you develop a new variety so quickly?”

Locke nodded slightly, looking very calm. “Yeah. I recently learned the magic frequency cultivation method, so I have some new insights. This cultivation method can also achieve targeted mutation.”

“The speed of breeding new varieties is even faster than before. I’m planning to enter this creation into the White Wizard Association’s Breeder Competition. It should be more than enough to at least make it to the preliminaries.”

After reading the test certificate, Yuli’s expression became slightly complicated. “Another excellent product. And unlike the previous two, the Palm Fire Lotus is positioned very differently.”

“Your Crystal Palm Fire Lotus can completely replace it. Those wizard apprentices who have mastered the trick models [Scorched Earth Bomb], [Fingertip Fire Breathing], and [Minor Plant Flame Tongue] will probably buy your Crystal Palm Fire Lotus directly.”

Yuli sighed, “It seems that your talent in breeding, Augustine, is truly exceptional. It happens sometimes that a genius like you will release several such groundbreaking magical plant products in a row.”

“The Palm Fire Lotus has a very special purpose. Many botanical wizarding organizations purchase this magical plant for wartime stockpiles.” Yuli looked at Locke and said, “Especially right now, Lilith’s Cottage is in the midst of a wizard war.”

Yuli thought for a moment and said, “The Palm Fire Lotus is sold for 5 magic stones in our shop. I can also buy it at that price.”

“But I suggest that you, Locke, go through the academy’s centralized procurement route. If you agree, I can try to recommend this magical plant to the centralized procurement department of Lilith’s Hut Academy.”

Locke asked doubtfully, “College procurement?”

“What is that?”

Yuli was stunned for a moment, then coughed at Locke and smiled, “It’s normal that you don’t know. Ordinary breeders don’t have direct contact with the college’s procurement department.”

“The academy’s centralized procurement is a contract where the academy will purchase a large quantity of your magic plants over a certain period of time. A large amount of magic stones will be paid in full in a lump sum through the contract. All you have to do is provide the plants at the delivery time.”

“The Palm Fire Lotus is a war material. I think the academy might be able to purchase a large batch of your magical plants at once. You can quickly expand the scale of your Palm Fire Lotus seeds and, in a very short time, expand your plantation.”

“This afternoon, the first-class wizard apprentices sent by the academy entered the Li Jin Secret Language to conduct a centralized procurement.”

Yuli smiled at Locke and said, “I’ll try it for you when the time comes. If it succeeds, you shouldn’t be short of magic stones in a short time.”

Yuli looked at Locke with some envy.

(End of this chapter)