Chapter 595: True Dragon's Sleep and Reading List |
Yekaterina glanced at Locke, turned her left hand over, and a dragon-head peach tree appeared in her hand.
Yekaterina raised her left hand. That dragon-head peach tree seemed to come alive, glaring with angry eyes.
The next moment, it let out some kind of roar. Locke seemed to see countless powerful beasts surrounding a dragon-head peach tree, flying in the sky, running on the ground, swimming in the water, burrowing in the soil.
Countless beasts all surrounded that one dragon-head peach tree.
As if that dragon-head peach tree was their main body.
"This is my Grand Magic, Beast Tide Ecology."
"It's a relatively rare summoning-type spell within plant studies. It can use plant mechanisms to summon groups of magical creatures that have formed some kind of relationship with magical plants and command them to fight for me."
Witch Yekaterina said vaguely, "This magic was created by myself. My original Grand Magic at Second Circle stage wasn't this, but I transformed it based on my original Grand Magic, and after four forgings, it evolved into this."
Locke listened entranced.
But from her description, Locke sensed that the magical plant-related basic research done by Groups Six and Three had a great supplementary effect on Witch Yekaterina's Grand Magic.
'But all of Origin Academy's Group Six is related to my mentor's Ten Person Plan. Perhaps her Ten Person Plan is related to Grand Magic? No, that's not right. Grand Magic is only Second Circle stage magic. The Ten Person Plan is Third Circle stage, half a level higher than Throne Fund projects.' Locke was dazed for a moment.
That was a project halfway to Fourth Circle.
'So it's not necessarily related to Grand Magic. But the byproducts of this Ten Person Plan should have fed back into my teacher's Grand Magic.' Locke made a preliminary judgment.
Yekaterina said, "Grand Magic creates a magic source for oneself, so it's best to use some kind of attack magic as the blueprint. This way, one can maximally create a powerful magic source."
"Moreover, Grand Magic can amplify permanent defensive fields. By modifying spell models, one can bring one's permanent defensive field to Second Circle level."
"No need to add another permanent defensive field for oneself."
"Using defensive magic to create Grand Magic usually results in very low instant energy bursts, and can't fully utilize defensive advantages."
Witch Yekaterina said, "Unlike permanent defensive fields, Grand Magic is just a powerful magic source and doesn't have permanent characteristics. Just that the energy is enormous and won't be depleted in a short time."
"But at the Second Circle combat level, or when fighting in legions mixed with First Circle wizard levels and apprentice wizard levels, because fully using Grand Magic consumes enormously, it's very easy to completely exhaust all one's magic power."
"Therefore, choosing defensive magic as one's Grand Magic naturally puts one a head below others. Instant energy output power is lower than other wizards, total energy during formation period is lower than others, and one cannot actively attack others, only defend. This is really too disadvantageous."
Locke nodded.
Indeed so. In that case, permanent defensive fields and Grand Magic were like a wizard's shield and sharp sword, one attack one defense, balanced with each other.
But if at First Circle stage, a wizard chose attack magic as their permanent defensive field, then at Second Circle stage made another choice contrary to the mainstream, that would be interesting.
Witch Yekaterina put away her Beast Tide Ecology.
When her Beast Tide Ecology appeared, Locke seemed to feel the world rules around him had changed. His body was extremely uncomfortable.
Some kind of power seemed to want to change him at the biological habit level, wanting him to show submission to that dragon-head peach tree.
If Witch Yekaterina intentionally targeted him, he probably couldn't resist this peculiar ecological power at all.
Witch Yekaterina looked at Locke and said, "So you also need to choose one from various attack magics as the blueprint for your own Grand Magic."
"As for which attack magic to choose, that depends on what you like, what you're interested in, or what you're good at."
Locke asked Witch Yekaterina, "Teacher, do you have recommendations?"
Witch Yekaterina gave him a reading list. "Go exchange for these articles and books and read them. Some books will require quite a few contribution points to exchange, approximately 2000 to 3000 contribution points. They're top secret level materials."
"But I think if you read them, you'll gain much. The advice I can give you is to try to choose plant magic with the word 'ecology' at the end."
Locke was stunned, then asked for advice. "Teacher, why is this? Will there be special benefits? Or will Grand Magic constructed this way be particularly powerful?"
Witch Yekaterina shook her head slightly. "Every Grand Magic will continuously change as the wizard forges it themselves. By excavating Grand Magic's potential and forging Grand Magic again, wizards will forge their own unique and powerful magic source through non-forging, void forging, false forging, and true forging."
"In these forgings, a Second Circle wizard will encounter..." Yekaterina suddenly paused, then changed topics. "Whether a Second Circle wizard's Grand Magic is powerful isn't just determined by what attack magic they used as blueprint. That's too superficial."
"Just like my Grand Magic, from its initial creation to now, has changed tremendously."
"But using plant magic with 'ecology' at the end of the name as blueprint to forge Grand Magic will be much simpler."
Witch Yekaterina said, "Like Kelt, the reason he failed five times, besides insufficient talent and being too hasty, there's another very important reason. He made the Second Circle magic Vetiver Assassination Storm the blueprint for his Grand Magic."
"It's not that it's bad, but that increases difficulty out of thin air. For plant study wizards, choosing those magics with ecology at the end from the start will make it easier to construct Grand Magic."
"Grand Magic needs to form a special energy circulation, or accumulate large amounts of energy. Either way, this itself is an ecology. So ecology-type plant magic is very suitable as Grand Magic, and can reduce difficulty by at least half." Witch Yekaterina said, "It's just that under Kelt's conditions at the time, no one probably told him this."
"Moreover, with his learning conditions at the time, being able to access Second Circle magic spell model magic books, plus related literature and journals, was already quite good. Naturally he didn't have so many choices, wanting to select whatever he wanted."
Witch Yekaterina said, "But you're different. You're a Throne wizard's student. You're a Golden Crown Mountain researcher. You can access the most cutting-edge magical theories."
"First, according to the reading list I gave you, read through Photosynthesis Ecology Spell, Aura Ecology Spell, Anima Domain Spell, Ether Network Spell, Rhythm Cycle Ecology Spell, and the related literature I recommend."
Locke felt enormous pressure, because all the books and literature Witch Yekaterina arranged for him were Second Circle level.
This was tremendous pressure for him.
Especially since recently he had to compete, prepare for the next round of funding, and pass the fourth round ladder test...
But this was the other party's goodwill, reading material he must study to advance. He had to work hard.
Could only say that wanting to break through the soul limit a second time was this difficult.
Every second limit breakthrough achiever was a symbol of civilization, precious wealth of civilization.
Worthy of respect.
Witch Yekaterina suddenly spoke. "Besides this, write me a reading report every month."
Locke was stunned, then bowed to Witch Yekaterina. "Alright, teacher."
Witch Yekaterina waved her hand at Locke. "Five days from now, I've arranged meetings with two wizards for you, one Third Circle wizard, one moon ring wizard. They'll send out their students to sign the licensing fee for Type 2 Tyrant Element with you."
"I've already negotiated the conditions for you, so they just need to send students to sign contracts with you."
Witch Yekaterina said, "Currently these two wizards have already spread word, causing stocks of shop alliances related to Type 1 Tyrant Element to plummet greatly. They bought at the bottom once, so recently you're quite hated."
"If I were you, I absolutely wouldn't go out in the near term."
"But most troubles, I've already blocked for you. You're also clever, knowing this kind of thing can't be handled recklessly yourself. Otherwise, one day when you die, you won't even know who you offended."
"Now the trouble, I've resolved for you. I'm bearing this pressure for you. When you do this kind of thing, it attracts jealousy and hatred, but when I do it, no one dares say anything."
Locke bowed to Witch Yekaterina. "Thank you, teacher."
Witch Yekaterina with her hair down sat back at her desk. She seemed in a strange state, her eyelids constantly wanting to close, while her breathing began to lengthen.
She leaned on her desk, supporting her cheek with her palm, lazily looking at Locke. "By the way, help me relay a message. Tell the six team leaders, tell them not to come looking for me recently."
"I'm going to fall into True Dragon's Sleep."
Locke was stunned, then remembered when he usually read journals, he had seen descriptions related to True Dragon's Sleep.
That was one of the methods true dragons used to increase their power. True dragons only needed to sleep to increase their own power. Every period of time, they would find a place to fall into slumber.
The time might very well last a hundred years.
Locke was startled. Was Witch Yekaterina going to sleep for a hundred years?
Witch Yekaterina said in a low voice, "I only need to sleep for one month."
"One month later, we'll meet again."
The next moment, Locke just blinked his eyes, but discovered he was no longer on the seventh floor of the Origin Academy, but appeared on the back of a white cloud whale outside the Origin Academy castle.
"Seems like she used some kind of spatial magic sub-direction of the Enchantment School to directly teleport me out."
Locke looked at the Origin Academy with surprise.
At this time, the entire seventh floor of the Origin Academy had completely disappeared, as if there had always only been six floors.
So now, no wizard could find Witch Yekaterina.
Locke smiled bitterly. "Didn't expect my teacher would fall into True Dragon's Sleep."
"I also caused people's stock prices to plummet greatly. Recently I should go out less. Well, I still have Wizard Kelt protecting me."
Locke quickly contacted Wizard Kelt, told him the information, and had him relay it to the six team leaders.
...
Three in the morning. Because Witch Scarlett invited him, Locke went to private room 13 of the Witch Kitchen.
Witch Scarlett paid out of her own pocket, ordering Locke a cup of duck tooth tea as apology, then said to Locke, "Sorry, sorry, Locke. Recently because I just advanced to gold trader, I have several more ace products to operate, so I've really been too busy. Originally wanted to meet you this afternoon, but didn't expect something to suddenly come up."
Locke waved his hand. "If you'd asked me this afternoon, I wouldn't have had time instead."
At that time, he had just returned to digest the secrets of creation.
He had also just gone to the library and spent 29,000 contribution points to exchange for a pile of materials from the reading list Witch Yekaterina gave him.
This also led to his contribution points being completely depleted.
Because previously he'd had other scattered exchange consumptions, plus exchanging two wizard secret realms for two apprentices, and adding this time's retrieval of reading list content, it directly consumed all his contribution points.
Witch Yekaterina very likely formulated the reading list for him based on his remaining contribution points.
He needed to write a few more articles to earn some contribution points for reserve use.
Fortunately, because of Tyrant’s Eye Potion, he could probably publish another Zone 1 article.
As for advanced meditation methods, this related content, because of contract restrictions, prevented him from using knowledge gained from it to publish articles. This was stipulated in the contract from the very beginning.
The White Wizard Association didn't want knowledge of various advanced meditation methods to become readily purchasable common goods.
Advanced meditation methods themselves were very dangerous.
Ordinary wizards easily learned themselves to death, or learned to become unconscious puppets who strayed into false self.
Locke asked Witch Scarlett, "However, what did you want to see me about?"
Witch Scarlett looked at Locke and said, "Sports Festival on November 1st is coming soon. Do you have any preparations?"
Witch Scarlett was stunned. "I thought you'd have preparations. You have no preparations? On True Love Festival day we created sales history. I was planning to create another history with you at Sports Festival."
Locke nodded. "Recently I've been busy with other things."
His main energy recently had been developing the improved version potion of Tyrant's Eye to increase his magic pressure.
Honestly, his magic pressure had increased 700 points in two and a half months. This was an astonishing increase.
In between were too many resources that ordinary wizards had difficulty accessing.
Natural Plane backflow, Peach Bow Thorn Arrow magic, soul artifact, advanced meditation method's secrets of creation, abyssal battlefield ritual, the compression method Witch Sophia gave him, plus insights he learned from ritual magic, two types of Myst's Power and Forest Sanctuary.
Combining all these things, he could grow so quickly.
Witch Scarlett said, "If you haven't prepared, preparing now might still be in time. Better than doing nothing, right? Don't you want to make money!"
Locke said, "Make money, I definitely want to!"
Witch Scarlett smiled. "Here, these are all the competition materials for Sports Festival day!"