Chapter 1157

Chapter 1133 Obtaining the Mutant See-Hand Blue and the Transformation of Soras’s Blind Feet

Locke was the first to release the tweezers and said to the Sun Ring Wizard, “I need to use this mushroom magic plant as the base material for my cultivation method.”

The Sun Ring Wizard raised an eyebrow. “Hmm? Then that conflicts with my own. If you only need a part of this mushroom magic plant, then we can share it. I also have my eye on this whole mushroom. My name is Aura Pustin.”

“From the Starfield Sea.”

Pustin Wizard’s lips curled into a faint smile.

“I see. I’ll offer you some information in the hopes that you’ll give me this magical plant. In ten days, the White Wizard Association of your Cloudze Wetlands Wizarding Land will announce the establishment of a Resource Integration Committee. All shop alliances that reach a certain scale can receive specialized advisory services from the committee, which can help your wizards integrate all resources to address the declining business climate in this wizarding land.”

“

This is a trial before a great collaboration. I see you’re a local Moon Ring Wizard, so you probably have your own shop alliance. If you’re prepared, you might also get a chance to receive specialized advisory services.”

It’s unlikely that a Moon Ring Wizard wouldn’t have their own shop alliance; even those affiliated with a lineage would certainly have some assets within that lineage.

Wizard Aura said, “I believe this information is valuable enough to exchange for such a magical plant.”

Locke frowned, as he was also interested in this magical plant.

Furthermore, it’s common for wizards to trade, but the other party disregarded his wishes, preemptively telling him information before he even agreed to the trade, and then demanding that he give up the magical plant. Locke felt somewhat uncomfortable about this.

Locke said, “Mr. Aura, an equal exchange is perfectly fair.”

Aura nodded and was about to cut the magical plant from the withered tree when Locke suddenly continued, “Then I’ll trade you information of equal value. The Augustus Wizard Shoe Shop Alliance will soon release its first Star Ring Magical Plant Wizard Shoes and its first Moon Ring Magical Plant Wizard Shoes.”

“I think this information is of equal value to yours.”

Wizard Aura was stunned; he hadn’t expected Locke to follow his example and offer him information in exchange.

Amusement flickered in the eyes of the wizard Aura, who wore heart-shaped glasses. “It’s truly remarkable for a young person to have such arrogance.”

“Augustus—”

Wizard Aura pondered for a moment. “I’ve never heard of him. It must be a recently established shop alliance, probably not very large, which is why I don’t remember it. I remember most of the large, established shop alliances in Cloudze Wetlands that I can recall very clearly. I remember the leading shop alliance in the wizard shoe field should be Solas Barefoot and Melochy Magic Steps.”

Wizard Aura made a shooting gesture at Locke’s forehead. “Bang!”

“Solas Lightfoot recently annexed Melochy Magicstep, and I highly approve of this move. Concentrating all resources and advantages in one shop alliance allows for better expansion and competition with shop alliances from other wizarding lands. If the number of local shop alliances is insufficient, goods from other wizarding lands will flood into our land, creating a vicious cycle that hinders the conversion of magical research results, impacting whether local wizarding talent stays and whether they receive sufficient funding.” “

Therefore, I believe that for a wizarding land to become powerful, it shouldn’t have scattered shop alliances, but rather concentrate them to form a monopolistic super shop alliance, enhancing its competitiveness.”

Locke frowned. The Three Swamps had always pursued increasing the number of small and medium-sized shop alliances and reducing the monopoly of super shop alliances. However, the words of this so-called senior staff member of the Resource Consolidation Committee, the Sun Ring Wizard, were completely different from the mainstream ideas of wizards in the Three Swamps.

This might be an idea from the Starfield Sea.

As this idea enters the Cloud Swamp Wetlands, it’s unknown what changes it will bring to the shop alliance environment of this wizarding land.

Now that he was a Moon Ring Wizard, he could do business across an entire wizarding land, so his vision naturally had to broaden as well.

Wizard Aura said to Locke, “We will help Solas Barefoot consolidate his business. I remember Solas Barefoot has a complete business in Sun Ring, Moon Ring, and Star Ring wizard shoes, and his business in third-ring wizard shoes is also steadily growing, having established itself in the last ten years.” “

That’s a very good business alliance. Of course, I think Augustus will also be a business alliance with potential. Are you going to release the first Star Ring and Moon Ring wizard shoes? Then keep up the good work.”

Wizard Aura smiled and said, “I’ll remember this information. When I get back, I’ll have my subordinates keep an eye on your business alliance. If you really release them, I’ll buy them.”

Locke calmly said, “Mr. Aura, I will make wizard shoes of the Star Ring and Moon Ring stages that wizards can trust.”

“High quality at a reasonable price, breaking the strange definitions and rigid after-sales maintenance fees of the local wizard shoemaker’s association.”

Wizard Aura whistled. “It’s reassuring to have a wizard like you in our wizarding land.

However, there’s no need to worry too much about customers; just maintain the average ethical level of the local wizarding land’s shop alliance.”

Wizard Aura smiled, “The quality of our Cloudze Wetlands’ products is already quite conscientious, so we just need to observe what our peers are doing; there’s no need to do better.”

Wizard Aura asked Locke, “What kind of research do you need this magical plant for? I’m currently cultivating a new type of Mushroom King.”

The Mushroom King is a research direction on par with the Treant Legion.

It involves applying life magic, originally used for trees, to mushrooms to create Mushroom Kings, a counterpart to the Treant concept.

Locke had seen related research in many journals; it’s a recent hot research topic.

The Mushroom King is slightly cheaper to create than the Treant, but its power ceiling is far lower. However, it has other advantages, such as being able to spread through spores and more easily carrying certain toxins. In short, it has recently begun to catch up with the Treant in terms of cost-effectiveness, becoming a more commonly used spell among botanical wizards.

Locke chatted with Wizard Aura about research related to the Mushroom King for a while, and Wizard Aura gradually smiled.

“I didn’t expect you to have such a deep understanding of mushroom magic plants.”

“The most cutting-edge research on the Mushroom King is about enhancing it with jungle techniques. I’m currently considering this direction as well. Traditional research on the Mushroom King has its limits, after all, mushroom magic plants don’t have true organ differentiation, and their limits are lower than those of Treants at various levels.”

Locke said, “There’s a problem. Treants can also be applied to jungles, and Treant studies already have a complete jungle science research. In this respect, it has a greater advantage than Mushroom King research. So I think that starting from jungle science to increase the cost-effectiveness of the Mushroom King seems to be a dead end from the beginning.”

Wizard Aura pondered for a moment. “Hmm. What you said makes a lot of sense.”

“However, research on the Mushroom King is still in its early stages. Finding a jungle specifically for the Mushroom King is already quite an achievement. And as long as a suitable jungle for the Mushroom King can be found

, it will be easy to develop a new area. That’s one consideration; otherwise, so many wizards wouldn’t be so eager to pursue this research direction.” “So, as a Moon Ring Wizard, how do you think the Mushroom King should be developed to have a future?

“

Locke raised an eyebrow and frankly said, “I don’t know.” “

I haven’t done any research on the Mushroom King, so I don’t have any particular opinion on this. I want to obtain this mushroom for other purposes.”

Wizard Aura nodded, feeling a little regretful, because he had just thought Locke’s words made a lot of sense and was about to discuss it with him when Locke suddenly interrupted the discussion and told him that he didn’t know either. This left him with a rather unsettling feeling.

Wizard Aura was about to say something when he suddenly took out a Ganoderma lucidum from his Astral Ring and communicated with people through it.

Wizard Aura stepped aside and quickly said, “I understand. Is everything settled? Tell the wizard representative at Solas’s Lightfoot that I need to meet with him again in the Witch’s Kitchen at the Dragonblood Gathering.”

“I understand. I’ll go as soon as possible.”

Wizard Aura glanced regretfully at the mushroom-like magical plant. After all, he could sense its extraordinary nature, and among the many breeders present, only that young man possessed such discernment.

Wizard Aura placed the Ganoderma lucidum magical plant into his Astral Ring, then walked back to Locke and said, “I have an urgent matter to attend to, so I’ve changed my mind. You can have this magical plant. What’s your name?”

Locke replied, “Lock Augustine.”

Wizard Aura smiled and nodded. “Mr. Augustine, then we’ll take our leave.

I was hoping to continue our conversation; although you’re only a Moon Ring Wizard, your thinking is quite insightful. I just returned to the Wizarding World from the Endless Void a few days ago, and I never expected to meet such an interesting young junior like you.” “

This mushroom-shaped magical plant is yours.”

Wizard Aura hurriedly left and went to the shop’s cashier to pay the corresponding magic stones.

Locke glanced at the wizard, then focused his attention back on the magical plant. “This seems to be a type of porcini mushroom.”

Locke used a knife to cut open the edge of the mushroom, revealing a distinct bluish-green color, like the sky.

“This color change—it’s probably a porcini mushroom.”

“Porcini mushrooms also like to live in symbiosis with tree roots.”

Based on the current situation, Locke tentatively identified the magical plant. “If it’s a magical plant like a porcini mushroom, my initial assessment is that this is a mutated variety of *Boletus luridus*.”

“Then the immense vitality that doesn’t match this magical pressure can be explained.”

“Among *Boletus luridus* magical plants, some are conditionally magical pressure-changing plants; they only experience changes in magical pressure under specific conditions. But—”

Locke thought carefully, “This magical plant’s spiritual energy is so vast, yet its magical pressure is only at the level of a normal second-ring cultivator. And I just tried stimulating it; generally, when *Boletus luridus* magical plants are attacked, they meet the conditions for magical pressure change and release their true magical pressure. But this *Boletus luridus* hasn’t changed at all.” “

I speculate that this *Boletus luridus* must have a rather demanding condition for triggering a magical pressure change, and the change in magical pressure must be extremely large.”

Locke pondered the information related to *Boletus luridus* magical plants.

The most terrifying aspect of this magical plant is that, generally, mushrooms can be cooked using fire magic to destroy many of the toxins within them. However, due to the conditional magic pressure changes and energy-locking structure of the Bodhi seed, many magical plants in this genus only become highly poisonous after being cooked. This is because the high temperature causes several types of natural magical structures within them to mix and connect, forming a highly toxic natural magical structure for wizards.

Locke thought, “Bodhi seeds are already quite rare, let alone finding such a mutated variety. I didn’t make a mistake coming to this shop this time.” “

This magical plant should be useful for my research on mushroom wizard robes.”

Locke hadn’t figured out what kind of use it would have, but he vaguely felt that this mechanism had a clever application with his pure magical plant wizard robes.

He quickly stored the magical plant in his astral ring.

Locke glanced at the True Sight Crystal Ball; everything here was being monitored, so no wizard could leave without paying.

Locke then wandered around the magical plant recycling station for a while, collecting about a hundred mushroom-type magical plants.

As Locke was about to go to pay, he was somewhat speechless to see the wizard Sera there again. Sera was also pretending to collect mushroom magical plants.

Locke suddenly remembered that some psychic magic also required mushrooms as a medium.

So Sera’s presence here wasn’t unusual. However, Locke noticed that many of Sera’s actions seemed familiar; every word and gesture was like another version of himself.

Locke glanced at him, and the wizard Sera looked up, greeted Locke, and smiled.

Locke simply ignored him and went to pay. He

figured it was nothing new, and the strangeness would dissipate on its own.

Meanwhile, Sera attempted to use psychic magic on Locke, who looked at him strangely.

“I thought Locke would be furious with my actions. But he doesn’t seem to care at all. Why?”

“I haven’t managed to pull him into my necromancy ritual yet. It’s such a hassle. I really want such a powerful form.”

Sera looked at the grayish-green mushroom in front of her. “Hmm? This is actually a Deathcap mushroom.”

There was a magical plant in front of her that looked like an ordinary mushroom. It was white all over, with a grayish-green tinge. It was very ordinary, and no wizard would be wary of it. However, the Amanita genus is the most poisonous type of magical mushroom. Just a small amount can kill a wizard.

“Excellent! As expected of Golden Crown Mountain, this Dragon Blood Market is a treasure trove. With enough wisdom, you can find plenty of bargains. Those wizards came and went, yet none of them noticed this Death Hat. The Death Hat can be used to create incredibly powerful negative energy spells that enhance the undead.” “

The Death Hat itself can also be used to create powerful necromantic toxins to curse the living.”

Sera dug out the Death Hat and played with it in her hand. If she made necromantic toxins to poison Locke—

as long as she could lower his condition, it might be possible to complete the necromancy spell.

Wait a minute.

Sera immediately realized.

Locke’s achievements in potion-making seemed quite impressive; poisoning him would be suicidal.

On the streets of Dragonblood Market, Wizard Aura encountered his subordinate. The Sun Ring Wizard asked Aura curiously, “Lord Aura, why did it take so long?”

Wizard Aura smiled and said, “I met an interesting Moon Ring Wizard. I also came across a rather intriguing mushroom-like magical plant, probably a Bodhi Seedless. The wizard and I both took a liking to that Bodhi Seedless, and I was going to compete for it. The trigger condition for the magical pressure change of that Bodhi Seedless must be quite special.”

“Who knew you had already contacted the people of Solas’s Lightfoot?”

the Sun Ring Wizard said. “Then I really am unlucky.”

“I’ve let you miss befriending that interesting wizard and discovering that magical plant, my lord.”

Wizard Aura walked down the street with his hands behind his back. Although he was a wizard who had just arrived in Cloud Marsh Wetlands, at this moment he seemed to be the master of this place. “Don’t worry. Let’s get down to business.”

“I’m here representing the Hundred Demons lineage. I need to persuade the wizards here to approve of our resource integration department’s actions. I need to set an example, and that example requires the help of the local shop alliance. Dragonfall Lands has already been deeply influenced by our lineage, but this is a place our lineage hasn’t yet reached. So, let’s get down to business first. It’s just an insignificant junior and an insignificant mutated magical plant.”

Wizard Aura laughed, “In the wizarding world, interesting wizards are everywhere, and interesting mutated magical plants are everywhere too. New magical plants mutate every moment.”

Wizard Aura exchanged a glance with the Sun Ring Wizard.

“Lead the way, Lego.”

“Hopefully, we can reach a good result today. It’s time for us to change the situation of the shop alliance in Cloud Marsh Wetlands—to make the outdated business environment of Three Marshes Lands different.”

“We are the future!”

The two walked on the streets of Dragonblood Gathering, heading towards the Witch’s Kitchen, sunlight shining on them.

Inside the plant recycling station, Locke took the plants he intended to take from his astral ring and placed them on a pallet. After inspection by a second-ring wizard from the shop’s alliance, the wizard immediately told Locke, “Respected Wizard Locke, the total is five million magic stones. We’ve rounded it down for you.”

Locke readily paid the five million magic stones. After all, the normal price for an ordinary second-ring magic plant was around one million magic stones, while mushroom-type second-ring magic plants were a bit cheaper, but still around eight hundred thousand.

However, because these mushroom-type magic plants were grown by the recycling station, they hadn’t undergone careful cultivation and modification of their plant essence by the wizards. Therefore, they couldn’t be valued at normal magic plant prices. These were semi-wild magic plants, but their price was generally about one-fifth of a normal magic plant of the same level.

That is, a single second-ring mushroom could be worth tens of thousands of magic stones.

This price was already very cheap for second-ring magic plants, which was why the recycling station could continue operating—due to the relatively low cost of mushroom-type magic plants.

However, he couldn’t resist selecting a considerable number of second-ring mushroom magical plants, which quickly brought the total value to over five million magic stones.

Locke knew this was just the beginning.

Because he hadn’t officially started the project yet, he couldn’t invest too much. If he waited until the official start, he feared tens of millions of magic stones would be instantly invested.

And since the project would be transferred to him, essentially making him responsible for his own profits and losses, the results of his research wouldn’t belong to the witch Catherine. At most, Catherine would only provide nominal guidance, so he estimated he would need to invest a large amount of magic stones into the project later.

Locke then thought about the large number of students he would need to train, and suddenly realized he was still short of money.

If he could control more markets, wouldn’t he be able to further expand his research project?

The second-ring wizard packed all the mushroom magical plants, carefully tying a red bow on each one, then packaged them and placed them into a star ring for Locke.

“Here you go, this Astral Ring is a gift from our shop. You can use it to make any purchases here in the future.

“

“Welcome back again, Wizard Locke.”

Locke nodded, took the ring from his hand, and suddenly remembered something. He turned and asked, “I need to buy some chili-type magical plants recently. In this Dragonblood Market, which shops selling chili-type magical plants would you recommend?”

The second-ring wizard pondered for a moment and said, “Chili pepper-type magical plants are rather special. You can buy them at the vegetable market in Dragonblood Market. These plants are now generally used as fodder and for making special potions, and have been marginalized for a long time. It’s difficult to find any high-quality chili pepper magical plants in legitimate shops selling magical plants; the ones at the vegetable market are much better.”

The second-ring wizard continued, “The mainstream history of chili pepper-type magical plants as weapon magical plants dates back to the Great Void exploration era. Since the environmental temperature dropped, these plants have rarely been cultivated into weapon magical plants. Some wizards at the first-ring and apprentice levels still conduct some niche research, but at the second-ring level, almost no wizards conduct research in this area.”

“So, Lord Locke, it might be difficult for you to purchase the chili pepper plant carefully cultivated by the breeders. The Dragonblood Market can’t possibly meet your needs. Based on my experience in markets, the Dragonblood Market is hopeless, but the market near Boniface University might be a better option. That market likes to sell niche magical plants to differentiate itself from the Dragonblood Market and other wizard markets like the Rose Council.”

Locke nodded. Specialization is key; this wizard who specializes in wizard markets certainly knows more than he does.

If that’s the case, he’ll have to buy the chili pepper plant from the vegetable market.

Locke remembered that the vegetable market business in the Dragonblood Market is mostly run by the Green Dragon Throne lineage.

Wizards wanting to enter a market need to figure out which wizards are behind it; otherwise, competing with wizards from their own lineage or provoking the wrong wizards would be quite ridiculous.

Locke left the plant recycling station and headed to the honeysuckle market in Dragonblood Market, where he spent three million magic stones to buy a batch of chili pepper plants.

As he left the market, Locke looked at the two astral rings on his left hand. These rings contained over two hundred different mushroom and chili pepper plants respectively.

“What a pleasant surprise! So many plants only cost eight million magic stones.”

“If I were researching other plants, at this level and in this quantity, I would have spent at least thirty million magic stones. It might even have been more expensive.”

The *Gynostemma pentaphyllum* mushroom he’d found at the recycling station was a bargain; it would have been difficult to find such a large quantity of other plants at that price. This expensive mushroom wasn’t significantly more expensive per unit than other plants.

Locke pondered, “There are advantages to doing some research on these more peripheral magical plants. Research costs are significantly reduced, and once successful, future production costs will be even lower. I see, so that’s what Teacher’s two projects were originally intended for.”

In the Cloud Marsh Wetlands, Solas, barefoot, appeared as the administrative director directly appointed by the wizard Solas, wearing a pair of calfskin shoes. He entered the meeting room with precise, rhythmic steps, clapping and applauding. The room’s designer, the heads of relevant departments, and the dark-faced witch Rose looked up at the wizard.

Their first impression of the administrative director was that he had his back to them, wore a black overcoat, and had a particularly affected and exaggerated expression.

“Gentlemen, I am the Moon Ring Wizard: Argos.” Wizard Argos turned around, extending his arms and making a “V” sign with his hands.

“I am Teacher Solas’s student, just returned from the Land of Dragonfall. Where is Witch Rose

?” “Hmm?”

Argos frowned upon not hearing a response.

At this moment, the witch Rose, legs crossed, tapped her fingers on the table. “Mr. Argos, you’re a full twenty minutes late. We’ve all been waiting for you here.”

“Where have you been?”

Wizard Argos smiled nonchalantly. “So you’re the witch Rose? Indeed, a fine young lady, befitting a witch of the Tacitus family. A direct descendant of the true powerful figure behind our lineage. Ms. Rose, Professor Solas believes I have more experience, hence he sent me back to assist him in managing things.” “

His appointment doesn’t conflict with the appointment of the Rose Throne; we are equals.”

“Therefore,” Wizard Argos’s smile vanished, replaced by a serious and cold gaze as he looked at the witch Rose, “you have no right to ask me why or where I’ve been.”

The witch Rose narrowed her eyes.

Their gazes met.

In the eerie and tense atmosphere, Wizard Argos suddenly laughed and said, “But there’s no need to be so serious. I have my reasons for being late. I’m in charge of the takeover of Melochy Magic Steps. The merger of the two largest shop alliances in Yunze Wetlands is a big deal, so I’m organizing a grand event.” “

We’re going to release a new super product during the event.”

Ignoring his lateness, Argos walked to the center of the conference room, drawing the attention of all the wizards.

A Star Ring designer asked, “A new super product?”

Argos nodded and said, “Meloochy Magic Steps and Solas Barefoot have accumulated a lot of technical expertise over the past. Combining these magical techniques, even the simplest combination, can create many excellent wizard shoes. So I plan to announce several wizard shoes that will shake up the current market structure of Yunze Wetlands on the day we announce the takeover of Melochy Magic Steps.”

Many designers and department heads present felt a surge of energy and a sense of renewal upon hearing this, and they applauded.

Argos smiled broadly.

Rose the Witch glared at him with displeasure.

The two shop alliances she had painstakingly built up had suddenly slipped from her control, and Rose Building was effectively shut down due to the White Wizard Association’s closure.

Rose knew Argos was using this as a show of force, deliberately announcing his power and prestige through his lateness.

However, she could only endure it for now. Although she had the appointment from the Rose Throne, Solas was a third-ring wizard and clearly had his own ideas and appointments. “

There’s no other way; I can only focus on the projects my great-grandmother gave me.”

Rose the Witch resolved to divert her energy from Solas’s bare feet, which was exactly what the Moon Ring wizard Argos wanted.

Argos observed Rose’s reaction out of the corner of his eye. As a Moon Ring wizard most adept at profiting from conflict, he keenly sensed Rose’s retreat, and a slight smile appeared on his lips—a test of her reaction.

However, Rose was clearly easier to deal with than he had expected.

Before he even prepared to confront her, she had already given up.

That’s fine, then he won’t have to go through all that trouble.

Argos said to the group of wizard designers, “By combining the potential of the two shops, we can definitely create a wizard shoe design at the launch that will attract everyone’s attention. Also, this time I’ve reached an agreement with the Shoemakers’ Guild. We don’t have to follow many of the original unspoken rules in our designs. For example, we don’t need to abide by the automatic obsolescence agreement, we don’t need to design the wizard shoes to require regular maintenance to keep them usable, and we don’t need to add features like temperature control or increased comfort to the wizard shoes.”

Argos said, “In other words, we can actually make really good wizard shoes.”

The designers present were momentarily stunned, seemingly caught in a state of confusion, because Argos had uttered a statement that should have been a consensus among wizard shoemakers, but now it sounded like a thunderbolt from Solas Barefoot’s perspective. “

Make a truly good pair of wizard shoes.

” Argos continued, “Witch Rose, you’re also the administrator. I think there’s a task that’s perfect for you. I want you to take this inside information to acquire the alliance of small and medium-sized wizard shoe shops in Cloudswamp Wetlands. I’ve prepared a complete business plan, which I call the Strangulation Plan. Once we officially announce the merger of the shop alliances, that’s when my plan will begin.” “

Give those small and medium-sized shop alliances a reasonable exit opportunity. This is what I think you should approach with this mindset, negotiating with them to get them to agree to exit the wizard shoe market, or simply accept our investment and become a subsidiary shop alliance under Solas Barefoot.”

Witch Rose rolled her eyes. “I’m sorry, Mr. Argos, I’ve been very busy lately. The Rose Throne has given me several projects to work on. I probably won’t be able to keep an eye on Soras for a while. You’ll have to do your best.”

Wizard Argos smiled. “I see.”

“I really envy someone as favored by a Throne Wizard as you.”

He immediately changed his attitude towards Rose, ignoring her impatience and smiling broadly, trying to build rapport.

After several tests, he finally confirmed that Rose truly had no intention of vying for power with him. He could then relax and even try to win her over to increase his influence in Cloud Marsh Wetlands.

However, Argos remained wary of Rose.

He understood that their positions were equal, and if his plans didn’t go as expected, Rose could easily seize power again.

Therefore, Argos would never open up to Rose.

Rose the Witch noticed this as well. She glanced at him and then sneered, “I can see the hypocrisy on your face even from this distance. Argos, you can play by yourself.”

Rose the Witch stood up and left the meeting room.

Argos made a token attempt to persuade her to stay, and after Rose the Witch left, he turned to the others and said, “Then, this acquisition work can only be handed over to others. If Rose the Witch isn’t going to do it, then let’s assign it to five different people.”

As he called out their names, smiles immediately appeared on the faces of the five wizards.

Because doing this kind of work would bring merit and benefits, there were too many opportunities to gain at each stage of the acquisition.

This was a very lucrative job.

Argos cleverly used this method to establish in the minds of these wizards a subconscious equation: Rose the Witch’s departure meant they could receive a portion of the benefits from Rose the Witch’s side.

Argos said seriously, “I will arrange for the designers from both shop alliances to discuss this as soon as possible. This is a big undertaking; I’ve secured a substantial amount of funding. It totals five hundred million, partly from the White Wizard Association’s fund, partly from a grant granted in the name of my teacher, Wizard Solas, partly from our internal funds at Solas Lightfoot, and partly from my personal loans.” “

In short, we need to release a total of seven super items on the launch date. These include one apprentice-level super item, one first-ring wizard-level super item, one second-ring wizard-level super item, one lunar ring, two star rings, and one solar ring.”

“As for why we’re focusing on the star ring, here’s my reasoning: the Five Great Wars are about to begin again.”

“Furthermore, the number of void wars fought by various academies in the Endless Void has recently surged significantly. Star Ring Wizards are the main force of wizards on various battlefields, so their demand for excellent magical artifacts will increase during this period. Therefore, I plan to release two super items during the Star Ring phase. One super item will be used to deal with the Five Great Wars and secure orders from them. The other super item will be used to support the Void Wars and secure orders from them,”

Argos said. “In addition, our Shop Alliance may also conduct some more innovative business model experiments, supported by a powerful figure from the Star Domain Sea.”

“As for what these experiments are, you’ll have to wait and see.”

“We are currently in talks with them.”

“But I can guarantee that it will be a business plan that will completely revitalize our Shop Alliance.”

The wizards present applauded.

A long-lost vitality flowed within the Shop Alliance.

Argos secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If he could completely control this Shop Alliance and keep it under his control for a long time, it should help him become a Sun Ring Wizard.

At Golden Crown Mountain, Locke left his dormitory and followed the wizard Trajan to a garden near the summit: the Saffron Peach Garden.

Trajan led Locke through a magic door in the castle. Beyond the door lay a vast expanse of magical fields, watered by clouds overhead.

In the distance, mountain ranges stretched out.

A group of wizards working in the fields turned to look at Locke and Trajan, then bowed respectfully to him.

Trajan said to Locke, “Junior brother, this is the team our teacher has assigned you.”

“The wizards in this team are all from our lineage. She wants you to teach them when you have time. There are also some of your acquaintances in this lineage. These people are all trustworthy; they won’t betray us even in the most crucial moments.” “

They are all our teacher’s students.”

“From now on, you will lead them.”

The wizards bowed to Locke in unison.

“Senior Brother Locke.

“