Chapter 572

Chapter 569: Top of the Rankings! Hundreds of Boats Compete! The Value of the Yunze Cup!

Chapter 569: Slaying the Leaderboard! A Hundred Boats Compete! The Value of the Yunze Cup!

At that moment, in the First Ring Wizard’s large office at the Rose Council’s Breeder Academy, several other First Ring Crystalized Wizards looked over, one even asking the inventor of [Pink Lover]. “Raphael, what’s got you so angry?”

“Isn’t today the day your Pink Lover Magic Bouquet comes out? Even the dean praised your recent improvement in flower arrangement.”

Raphael picked up his Ganoderma Lucidum magic plant, and immediately the background interface of his partners appeared in the air in front of him.

On the total sales list of the True Love Festival on September 1st, the tenth place was not [Pink Lover], nor even any magic bouquet, but a defensive magic plant called the Five-Headed Snake Magic Plant.

In the office, many first-ring wizards were stunned when they saw this scene.

Many first-level wizards of the Rose Council chose to take out their own Ganoderma lucidum magic plants and observe the rankings.

Raphael said with a grim expression, “See? The magical plant released by this breeder pushed my Pink Lover’s Bouquet off the rankings in the True Love Festival, which our Rose Council Academy spent a lot of money to establish.”

As he was speaking, the five-headed snake magic plant rose one more place on the total sales list, ranking eighth.

Suddenly, Raphael turned his head to look at the rankings in disbelief and frowned.

Inside the office, a wizard in the first crystallization stage, the original ninth-placed author of “Blue Love: Magic Bouquet,” stood up with a frown. “Who is this five-headed snake? How dare they, on the very day that our Rose Council is pushing forward, destroy our leaderboard?”

“Generally speaking, wouldn’t the breeders from other academies in Yunze Wetland try to avoid selling magical plant creations other than non-magical bouquets on September 1st, True Love Festival?”

“Even if they want to top our list, they should at least come up with a magical bouquet on this day and use our florists’ skills to compete with the Rose Council.”

“We are the ones who define the rules for True Love Day.”

At this time, in the office, the wizards of the Rose Council were discussing among themselves.

Even some second-ring wizard leaders in the office put down their work, frowned, opened the Ganoderma Lucidum Magic Plant, and looked at Arthas’s ranking.

At this time, amid their discussion, Locke’s Five-Headed Snake rose one place again and is currently ranked sixth on the total sales list.

Raphael suddenly had a thought. He quickly looked up information and asked his friends at the Rose Council’s General Scholars Academy to research the name Locke Augustine. “I remember now. Golden Crown Mountain, Advanced Institute of True Knowledge, Locke Augustine. The creator of this five-headed snake must be a wizard from outside the Yunze Wetlands, who just entered the Yunze Wetlands this year!”

“He is the champion of the 10th Yunze Cup!”

Suddenly, other first-ring wizards in the office also remembered Locke’s identity.

After all, many of them have subscribed to the game videos and live broadcasts of the 10th Yunze Cup.

“Yes, I remember now. Isn’t this the champion of the 10th Yunze Cup?”

“As expected of the champion of our Yunze Cup, this level is truly impressive. I heard that this year’s Yunze Cup is extremely prestigious!”

“The Five-Headed Snake Demonic Plant… This Five-Headed Snake Demonic Plant can stack five permanent defensive force fields on itself. Adding to the one it already has, that means using this tactical-level demonic plant, it can stack six permanent defensive force fields on itself! However, the amount of mana it consumes is too much. Even if one person can barely use it, after a major battle, I’m afraid they won’t even be able to move anymore.”

Meanwhile, in the office, a Rose Council wizard was reading the product description, his mind racing. “But such a huge cost also means the Five-Headed Serpent Demon Plant is incredibly powerful. My permanent defense field is the [Twin Bloom Shield]. I can summon both the Ice Flower Shield and the Fire Flower Shield, switching between them at any given moment to respond to different crises.”

“Originally, I could only constantly switch between two shields, which was very restrictive. But with the five-headed snake demon plant, can’t I use both shields at the same time? If I encounter danger, I can also cooperate with my friends and superimpose my own permanent defensive force field shield!”

At this moment, his mind was also wandering. He coughed, glanced at everyone in the office quietly, and then secretly contacted his students to go to the store in Alsace in the Golden Crown Mountain area to buy the five-headed snake magic plant.

He was not the only wizard present who had such thoughts.

At that time, many first-ring wizards in the Rose Council were also in a state of confusion.

Some first-ring wizards who have inherited a special permanent defensive force field now want to purchase the five-headed snake magic plant.

The only drawback was that the Five-Headed Snake Magic Plant consumed too much mana. They had read the product description and estimated that if the magic pressure was not close to the first ring crystallization stage, which was around 9,000 magic pressure, then there was no need to buy the Five-Headed Snake Magic Plant, because individual wizards would not be able to use it at all.

At this time, in a store in the Golden Crown Mountain area, a wizard in a black robe walked stiffly into the store amid the strange gazes of other wizards.

He had a black cloth tied around his face, completely covering it.

At this moment, he saw a magic vine placed on a paulownia wood display stand inside the store.

He whispered in an old voice, “Five-headed snake?”

“Can you add six permanent defensive force fields to your body? Douglas, you can buy this magic plant. You need it. I never thought wizards in later generations would have such a skill. It’s truly amazing.”

“It seems that no matter what era, there will always be a lack of geniuses.”

The man whispered in a young voice, “But Witch King Lagmamon, I am only an ordinary first-ring wizard. I cannot use that magical plant.”

“Besides, I’m not a botany wizard yet.”

The Witch King Lagmamon sneered and whispered, “As long as I’m here, you can use it. The special permanent defensive force field I gave you, [Five Elements Reversal], is a masterpiece from the [Lightning Gate] school of evocation. It is a cross-disciplinary work that combines lightning, fire, and ice magic. It is a powerful ancient magic that should have been lost in your time.”

“You can use five permanent defense fields simultaneously, but this requires the assistance of the Five Elements Wizard Stone. However, we can’t find the Five Elements Wizard Stone right now. I originally thought it would be difficult for you to fully unleash the power of [Five Elements Reversal] in such a short time.”

“But I didn’t expect that in this era, there are breeders who have cultivated special magical plants that can superimpose a permanent defensive force field. That’s great! With this magical plant, you don’t need to search for worldly wonders like the Five Elements Wizard Stone.”

The Witch King Lagmamon whispered, “Then we can cancel our original plan to sneak into Golden Crown Mountain. With this magic plant, there’s no need to search for the Five Elements Witch Stones on Golden Crown Mountain or Holy Spring Mountain.”

When Douglas heard that he could fully unleash the power of [Five Elements Reversal] through the five-headed snake demon plant, his eyes immediately flashed with strong interest.

“One hundred thousand magic stones… but I only have 80,000 magic stones in savings. It seems I can only take out a loan… but my current status doesn’t allow me to apply for a loan from the five major banks.”

“I can only go to some small banks to get loans. This will cause trouble.”

The Witch King Lagmamon let out a deep laugh. “That’s just a small thing. The most interesting thing about wizards of this era is that they strictly follow the rules. Maybe I’ve been asleep for too long and haven’t kept up with the times.”

“After the collapse of the Magic Empire, during the Age of Stars that followed the passing of the Imperial Era, there’s no reason to return the money that came into my hands. But Douglas, as per the contract we signed, I’ll help you become a second-ring wizard, and you must pay something in return.”

“You have to help me avoid being hunted by the Black Sun Tower!”

Douglas nodded. “Of course. It’s just that the Witch King of Lagmamon, why can’t I find any information about them even after searching the Tower of the Black Sun for so long?”

“In theory, I have already become a formal wizard. If I carefully investigate, it is impossible for me not to find any information about the Tower of the Black Sun.”

The Witch King Lagmamon whispered, “I don’t know. In my time, the Tower of the Black Sun was well-known to everyone.”

“The Tower of the Black Sun was the mastermind behind the Age of Stars, the one that directly led to the complete collapse of the magical empire that unified the wizarding world. The sun has set, and the Dark Sun is now in the sky. From now on, the heavens are without a master, and wizards will be free for ten thousand years. This was the Tower of the Black Sun’s declaration to the world.”

“The Tower of the Black Sun is extremely powerful and possesses extraordinary ambitions. They personally ended the era of wizard imperialism. But in your era… I need to observe further. Those beings that I was once very familiar with are now gone or have become completely unrecognizable.”

“For example, in my time, the so-called Three Lakes Land was still considered the edge of the wilderness in the wizarding world. The so-called Star Region Sea didn’t even exist; it was just a small, uninhabited wasteland. But in your time, the Three Lakes Land and the Star Region Sea, as well as the Dragon Falling Land and the Siming Waters, are the center of this era…”

“Everything is so different. So I don’t know what the Black Sun Tower has become now. I also don’t know who is in charge in this era! The Supreme Truth Council? What is that…”

Douglas thought carefully. The Witch King Lagmamon was a powerful wizard in the past. He didn’t even know how many levels of wizard this wizard king was in the past.

It is said that he is the Wizard King of a magical kingdom in the Age of Stars – a world composed of many magical kingdoms formed by numerous wizard lords.

However, Douglas knew that the soul of the Witch King was currently parasitic on his soul and had merged with him.

And this Wizard King can help him grow from an averagely talented wizard apprentice to a formal wizard in the Sanze Land, which will definitely help him go further.

This Wizard King is the key to his becoming a second-ring wizard.

Douglas whispered, “Of course, Witch King, I will protect you from being hunted by the Black Sun Tower. I will always remember the agreement we made.”

The Witch King of Lagmamen whispered, “However, you’d better be prepared to purchase this wizard’s magical plant works. The energy of the Five Elements Reversal is very strong. Plus, you’re not a botanical wizard, so I can only use special methods to force you to use this magical plant…”

“Therefore, I estimate that the loss rate of this magical plant will be very high. In order to obtain its resources, especially those special magical treasures that I sealed away in my memory before my death, you will have to risk countless dangers.”

“So, you won’t be able to leave this magical plant for a long time to come. Also, if you can become friends with this wizard, that would be great too. If he releases a better magical plant, you’ll be able to buy it first.”

“Douglas, maybe you could try to become friends with him.”

Douglas chuckled bitterly. “Sir, I’m just an ordinary First Ring wizard, without any teaching position. Wanting to be friends with a genius from the High School of True Knowledge… am I worthy enough…”

The Witch King Lagmamon chuckled softly. “Don’t be so self-deprecating. Let me tell you something to boost your confidence. Based on my observations since I resurrected you, I believe I’m the equivalent of a third-ring wizard of this era, or even more than just an ordinary third-ring wizard.”

“The realm of the Magic Kingdom I possess is probably similar to the Crown Magic possessed by the Three Rings wizards of this era.”

“It’s just that I need to adapt to the magical tides of this era. I’m already dead and have no body, so I can only temporarily use your body to allow you to exert the combat power of an ordinary second ring.”

“But with my help… your future will be extremely bright! As long as you can help me escape the pursuit of the Black Sun Tower…”

Douglas’ pupils shrank slightly.

He knew that the reputation of a three-ring wizard in this land meant that he was a true mid- to high-ring wizard.

Could it be that the Wizard King of the Magic Kingdom in the Age of Stars possesses the power equivalent to that of a Three-Ring Wizard of this era?

And with the full support of a Three-Ring Wizard, his achievements will be…

At the same time, in front of various shops in Golden Crown Mountain, different wizards were placing orders to buy nine-headed snakes and five-headed snakes.

On the outskirts of the Golden Crown Mountain Region, a wizard at the first crystallization stage, wearing a golden Quinjoel University special wizard robe, walked into a shop. He said to the owner of the Alsace franchise store, “Shopkeeper, give me a five-headed snake and a nine-headed snake.”

The shop owner was a wizard at the first Qi transformation stage. He smiled and said, “Sure. These two items were released today for the first time and have already been a huge success. The wizard who released these two items is an excellent breeder. He is the champion of the Yunze Cup and a member of the Golden Crown Mountain…”

The young wizard wearing the wizard robes of Quinnjoll University had a confident smile on his face. “I know.”

“Boss, I know everything about Locke Augustine, the breeder.”

“The strong will always be strong. We will meet again, Locke,” Edgar said confidently. “Your Hydra plant is very interesting. I’ve wanted it before, so I bought it today to try it out.”

“Perhaps it will be of great use to me when I colonize the plane.”

The shop owner was stunned. “Do you know each other?”

Wizard Edgar confidently said, “Just try to buy more of that breeder’s works. You won’t be able to buy them anymore in the future, or it won’t be possible to buy them at such a low price. He will become a legend.”

“The main reason he will become a legend is because I will definitely become a legendary breeder. As a breeder who once beat me in the Yunze Cup, his name will spread along with mine.”

The shop owner felt a little overwhelmed by what he heard. The confidence of the wizard in front of him was like the sun, so dazzling that he could hardly bear to listen.

At this moment, the shop owner seemed to remember something. “You are Edgar David!”

“The First Ring Breeder who cultivated the Ancient Tree of Life and the Ancient Tree of War!”

…

11:50 pm.

In fact, at this moment, the rankings for the day have been settled.

At that time, in the office of a wizard of the Rose Council, Raphael looked at the sales ranking list and suddenly felt that the world had gone crazy. He saw that on the sales ranking list of the True Love Festival, the fifth place was actually the Five-Headed Snake Demon Plant.

Although the Five-Headed Snake did not take first place or make it into the top three, it was already incredible enough to sell a magical plant that had nothing to do with the theme of true love to the fifth place on the sales list at the True Love Festival.

This is something that is rarely seen in Yunze Wetland.

The sixth place on the sales list is not a magic bouquet, but a tree man – the large-leaved lazy tree man, whose scientific name is Talmud tree man.

A tree-man that cares for other tree-men and possesses powerful Talmud energy that slightly amplifies all nearby magical plants.

For breeders, it is a rare treasure.

Its developer’s name is Edgar David, and he graduated from the Advanced School of True Knowledge at Quinnjoll University, located at the foot of Shengquan Mountain and on the Jiuming River.

Meanwhile, the tenth-best-selling item is the Osmanthus Fragrance Leaf, which can amplify natural magic.

The developer is Diana Witch, from the Higher School of Knowledge at Bonifacius University.

There is also an eighth-placed witch on the sales list, a breeder in the first-ring crystallization stage from a medium-sized wizard academy, from Xiaomian Mountain, named Witch Timothy.

The regenerated willow tree she designed is very interesting. It can absorb highly polluted heavy metal elements in the soil, even niobium. If the effect was not perfect enough, I am afraid this work could even directly reach the top spot.

In the Rose Council, in the wizard’s office of the Breeder Academy, everything was quiet.

Because today, the Rose Council’s monopoly privilege on September 1st, True Love Day, which it had established over the years, was suddenly interrupted.

Four breeders, relying on the excellent performance of their products and the True Love Festival platform created by their Rose Council, broke the tradition and directly entered the total sales ranking of the day, occupying the top ten positions.

Wizard Raphael stared at the overall sales rankings, lost in thought. “On the September 1st sales chart, there were actually four works that weren’t magic bouquets.”

“This is simply a violation of the unspoken rules established by our Rose Council.”

“Oh no! The boss is going to have to hold a bunch of meetings about this kind of thing.”

“Where did these four perverts come from?!”

Someone whispered, “Three of the breeders seem to have finished in the top three of this year’s Yunze Cup. The author of the regenerated willow tree also came from the outer wizarding land, apparently having come through the Wetland Cup Constructor Competition.”

Raphael felt that the situation was very confusing.

What does this have to do with the Wetland Cup and the Constructor’s competition?

So, a shabby Constructor, this month and today, has overwhelmed the Rose Council’s Flower Language Masters on the home turf?

Raphael said, “These wizards from the outside world are too unconventional. They actually use our Rose Council’s True Love Festival as a springboard. They have no respect for us, the Rose Council.”

Another first-ring wizard whispered, “I don’t think this has anything to do with the outside world. That witch Diana is a native witch of our Yunze Wetland. Didn’t she also break the unspoken rules on True Love Day and openly slaughter our flower language master’s ranking on that day?”

There was a cry of grief in the office, because four breeders who were not flower language masters were on the list, which meant that the works of four breeders from their Rose Council had to be forced to be removed from the list.

Moreover, many flower language masters will feel unbalanced after seeing this scene, thinking that in the flower language master’s home turf, their works as flower language masters have not made it onto the total sales list, but the works of four ordinary breeders have made it onto it.

The most troublesome ones are the leaders of the major colleges of the Rose Council.

Just imagine, what kind of reputation would such an incident leave for Rose Council University, the ancestral home of so many flower language masters?

At that moment, a Star Ring wizard at the second-ring Void Forging stage hurried into the office. He pushed open the door and shouted to all the wizards inside, “The dean told us to call you to a meeting.”

“Lord Throne is very angry about this incident. Fortunately, the four breeders involved are from different academies, otherwise we would have thought this was a vicious attack against our Rose Council.”

“As the holy land of all flower language masters in the Three Lakes, how could we allow such a thing to happen?”

“Damn it! Could it be that Quinjoel University, Golden Crown Mountain, Bonifacius University, and Xiaomian Mountain have all joined forces and deliberately teamed up to target our Rose Council?!”

This two-ring star ring wizard was also muttering in his heart at this moment, and even thought conspiratorially that this matter was not that simple.

(End of this chapter)