Chapter 850: Obtaining the Four-Wing Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow and Learning the Name Potion

The shell fragments of the dark egg within the Bronze Cauldron were rising and sinking, continuously shattering in the process. This spiritual energy, along with the spirituality of Zachary Potter, was gradually being converted into blank spirituality within the Bronze Cauldron through the action of the Primordial Fire.

At the same time, a magical radiance spread across the seventy-thousand-year-old Heliotos Imperial Court scene depicted on the Bronze Cauldron. Locke's consciousness seemed to fall into an endless forward-extending corridor, and within this corridor, his consciousness seemed to leap across the void, perceiving all things within.

Then, a special Spiritual Resonance from the Dark Great World was refined out by the Bronze Cauldron.

Locke paused in surprise. The special Spiritual Resonance from the Dark World, like a jellyfish, suddenly shattered the instant it touched the tips of his fingers, dissolving into countless points of light that drifted away from his fingertips.

'The Bronze Cauldron given to me by King Otto actually also has the ability to assist in extracting Spiritual Resonance?'

Locke thought for a moment. 'But why was this not triggered before?'

'Could it be that it can only extract specific Spiritual Resonance? King Otto's magical inheritance is truly remarkable.'

Just now, he had already extracted that Spiritual Resonance, but because his foundation in Spiritual Resonance studies was insufficient and his Spirit Knowledge was too low, even though the Spiritual Resonance had been extracted, the insufficient foundation had ultimately caused the Spiritual Resonance to completely shatter.

The extraction, conversion, and identification of Spiritual Resonance were all key topics of Second Circle potion studies content.

Among these, extracting Spiritual Resonance from the fundamental body of objects was the most important, and also the most complex.

By extracting Spiritual Resonance through the Bronze Cauldron just now, he felt his Spiritual Resonance studies advancing rapidly, while his Spirit Knowledge also showed a noticeable improvement.

The growable magical artifact King Otto had given him, it now appeared, was itself an extraordinarily powerful magical inheritance that could carry him forward in potion studies at rapid speed.

What he currently lacked was simply a suitable potion studies teacher.

At that moment, Locke extracted three doses of the Zero Potion.

A full moon reflected in the green waves within the Bronze Cauldron. The full moon emerged, and all the Zero Potion within the Bronze Cauldron transformed into points of light that rose upward and entered Locke's Moon of Evolution.

Then, Locke used the Peach Bow and Thorn Arrow spell model, concentrating the moonlight cannon, and used the Lunar Cultivation Method to bathe the Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow in moonlight essence.

In an instant, the Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow frantically absorbed the surrounding magical energy, while receiving the amplification of that portion of blank spirituality.

Locke used the Firetree Silver Blossom Curse to excise the planar information backflow triggered on the Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow, preventing chaotic information from interfering with the complete phytogen he had designed entirely himself for this Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow and preventing the magical plant from going feral.

Witch Mason and the others had been alarmed when they saw Locke suddenly come under attack. But seeing Locke simply stand before that dark shadow without either of them doing anything, they had not known how to intervene.

Now, seeing Locke free his hands, everyone let out a breath of relief.

At that moment, after Locke used the Lunar Cultivation Method to directly bathe the Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow in moonlight, everyone immediately felt they no longer needed to maintain the growth acceleration spell and the Growth Wizard Formation.

The Lunar Cultivation Method and the Moon of Evolution had completely replaced their work.

One hour later, Witch Mason and the others gazed in astonishment at the completed adult form of the Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow.

The overall size of the Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow was a full size larger than the normal adult magical plant form of the Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow.

The banana leaves that composed the Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow's green dragon wings, under the effect of the T-Type gibberellin, had promoted vascular bundle development, causing the leaf veins to thicken noticeably and forming a special mesh support structure composed of leaf veins.

On these structures, an additional set of banana leaves had grown again from the extended liquid-surface cells of the plant, forming four banana leaves resembling green dragon wings. Moreover, the banana leaves also bore those mesh support structures formed from the thickened leaf veins, which mimicked the green dragon's dragon scales on the banana leaves.

This represented that the banana leaves could now withstand considerably stronger magic pressure, and even stronger attacks.

At the same time, the four banana leaves were not symmetrical. Rather, there was one leaf on the left and three on the right, with the left leaf being the largest and the right three being smaller.

This embodied a kind of asymmetric beauty.

This was also the effect of the super plant factor he had added, the Big Leaf Maple Asymmetric Spiral Leaf Super Plant Factor.

This asymmetric spiral leaf plant factor was the key plant factor of the big leaf maple's winged fruit.

It was also the finest super plant factor extractable from the big leaf maple's winged fruit.

Locke decided afterward to preserve this Big Leaf Maple Asymmetric Spiral Leaf Super Plant Factor, because unlike the 2x T-Type Gibberellin and 3x Feather-Fall super plant factors, this Big Leaf Maple Asymmetric Spiral Leaf Super Plant Factor could be applied to the structure of almost any flying magical plant.

He would not need to redesign the super plant factor related to this winged fruit again in the future.

This was how a Second Circle breeder's foundations were built up.

Beyond the wings, which had changed the most, the appearance of the other parts of the Second Circle version of the Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow had not changed drastically. Only the false roots that mimicked the green dragon's draconic might had grown considerably thicker.

Because the doubling of gibberellin secretion had promoted longitudinal stem growth in banana-type magical plants, this Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow as a whole appeared considerably taller, at least one and a half times the original Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow's height.

But because of the doubled Feather-Fall secretion, the Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow's aerial stem structure was more pronounced.

Its weight had become considerably lighter.

Locke summoned the Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow. Instantly, the plant seemed to rise from the soil on its own. It then gently withdrew its roots from the soil and, walking as if on its roots, moved toward Locke.

The Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow draped itself over Locke's back, transforming into his wings.

"The virtual root is a bit weak. This is to be expected, since I only grafted another magical plant's virtual root onto it, so it is naturally somewhat weaker." Locke was unconcerned about this, since it was not the main point.

If it became necessary, he could fully graft all the virtual roots of a Second Circle magical plant onto this Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow.

There were some special rapid-growth Second Circle magical plants cultivated specifically to produce virtual roots for supply to higher-value Second Circle magical plants.

At that moment, Locke felt the power of the Second Circle Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow surging through him.

He completed a mana grafting relationship with it, and simultaneously applied his spell model, the Lone Tree Cannot Form a Forest technique, to it.

Locke took a single step forward. Instantly, under the effect of the Four-Leaf Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow, he appeared in an instant at the far end of this underground laboratory, standing in midair.

'The Second Circle version of the Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow's control over magical wind and its burst capability have risen by several tiers compared to the original Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow. It is a comprehensive improvement of the original Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow.'

Locke thought: 'Every aspect is a strengthening of the First Circle version.'

'This is the result of using the finite element cultivation method in the sword tomb approach, enhancing the First Circle Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow twice.'

This could also represent that his breeding level had been gradually approaching that of a normal Second Circle breeder.

It was not that his breeding level was progressing slowly. Rather, Second Circle breeders were difficult to achieve. In the entire Origin Academy, apart from Zeno, not a single Second Circle wizard held a Second Circle breeder certification.

An expert-level breeder was completely incomparable to a First Circle stage breeder in every respect.

An expert-level breeder stood at an extremely high position in terms of standing.

Locke moved again. The magical wind, upon entering the four asymmetric banana leaves of the Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow on his back, was instantly accelerated, twisted, and then burst outward.

His entire person surged forward at tremendous speed.

The Big Leaf Maple Asymmetric Spiral Leaf Super Plant Factor had the effect of making the big leaf maple's fruit increase its movement speed by twisting the magical wind's path, like turbocharging, through the winged fruit.

Combined with the doubled Feather-Fall secretion, his figure at that moment was swift as a swallow, as though he carried no weight at all.

Locke then returned to his original position.

In Douglas's consciousness sea, Wizard King Laghemaon sighed with admiration: "Not bad, not bad. Simply using the sword tomb method, he was able to cultivate a Second Circle magical plant of this caliber. In my era, this would already have been the standard of a Second Circle breeder."

"In my era, as long as one could cultivate a Second Circle magical plant, one was considered a Second Circle breeder. The standards were not this strict as in this era."

Douglas stepped forward proactively and congratulated Locke: "Team Leader, congratulations on cultivating a Second Circle magical plant. This means you can participate in the Golden Cup now."

"I believe you will definitely win the championship at the Golden Cup."

Witch Mason and Witch Freya looked at him with dissatisfaction.

They had just been about to congratulate Locke when Douglas had beaten them to it.

After all, they and Locke were friends and colleagues, while Douglas's relationship with Locke was more special. To be precise, he was currently a detained individual who had been released on Witch Yekaterina's recognizance.

So Douglas was clearly more quick-witted about certain things.

Witch Mason said to Locke, "Congratulations, Team Leader."

Witch Freya stretched lazily. "In that case, I suppose our work can take a break for now."

Wizard Barrett said, "Team Leader, I did not expect our work efficiency to be this high. In just two months, the work is done."

Locke glanced at Douglas, then said to Witch Mason and the others, "No. This is only a Four-Wing Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow."

"This is indeed a fine magical plant. But it can also be considered a work approaching the level of a Second Circle breeder, standard and ordinary. A work like this entering the Golden Cup would definitely not win the championship. I know that in my heart."

Witch Mason said, puzzled, "Then Team Leader, you..."

Locke looked at them with a puzzled expression.

"Did I not tell you about my plan before? We have only completed half the work so far."

"This is a Four-Wing Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow. We have only done half the work. The finite element cultivation method is something anyone can use. Cultivating a Second Circle flying magical plant using the sword tomb method will not win a championship. So I intend to use something only I know how to do to enter the competition. The next step is atavistic evolution."

Witch Mason, Witch Freya, and Wizard Barrett exchanged glances.

So only half the work had been completed?

Wizard Douglas stared at Locke in astonishment, looking in disbelief at the Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow on Locke's back.

A magical plant this powerful was, in his eyes, already divine and demonic, as though it were truth itself.

Yet in Locke's eyes, it was certain to fail to win a championship.

So the second half still needed to be developed.

Douglas's awe of Locke deepened.

'Team Leader, you truly deserve to be called a genius breeder.'

'I am no match for him.'

Wizard King Laghemaon said in his consciousness sea: 'He is indeed a genius breeder. This step was something even I had not anticipated. So it turns out only half the development was complete. I have fallen too far behind the times, so I misjudged him. No matter. By observing his development work, I can also collect information on the breeding study standards of this era.'

'Observing the development work of a genius breeder like Locke Augustine is a perfect opportunity for me to catch up with this era in botany and breeding studies.'

Wizard King Laghemaon assured Douglas: 'You need not feel too inferior. I can promise you this: as long as you obtain the inheritance from my secret treasure vault and make up for the deficiency in your permanent defensive field, I have a roundabout method to make someone who should never normally be able to become a Second Circle wizard go ahead and become one.'

'You may not be able to surpass or keep up with a genius of Locke Augustine's caliber, but I can make it possible for you to follow closely behind him.'

Douglas felt a jolt of excitement in his mind. 'Teacher, can I really do it?'

In an instant, he felt a deep curiosity about the secret treasure inheritance Wizard King Laghemaon spoke of.

At the same time, Locke used the Flowers Bloom and Fall spell to immediately transform the Four-Wing Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow into three seeds.

He looked at these three seeds.

These were successfully cultivated Second Circle magical plants that he had produced without relying on the Synthesis Cube, using only the process of cultivating subspecies and grafting spiritualities to find super plant factors, with the Synthesis Cube used in that phase.

This was also a heartening piece of good news for him.

Because it meant he had indeed reached this point almost entirely through his own efforts.

Even without the Synthesis Cube, his current breeding level was approaching that of a Second Circle breeder.

The Synthesis Cube had only helped him accelerate the cultivation process.

In other words, his current breeding level might have reached the standard of an ordinary genius.

This meant that with the Synthesis Cube's empowerment, he, an ordinary genius, could become an even more formidable super genius.

And as he continued to advance using the Synthesis Cube, his talent and abilities were also continuously improving.

Locke said to Witch Mason and the others, "We need to prepare a device commonly used by bloodline wizards, a Bloodline Proliferation Pool."

The three found this strange, but since it was Locke's request, they naturally had no reason to object.

Witch Mason said, "The problem is that Group Two does not have a Bloodline Proliferation Pool."

That was a bloodline wizard's device, and a rather expensive one at that. Group Two, being a research institute primarily studying the energy-locking structures of drought-resistant magical plants, could not possibly have equipment like that.

Witch Mason had a flash of realization.

"Wait. The Blood Dragon Association would definitely have equipment like this. This kind of device is used quite extensively by First Circle bloodline wizards. If I go to the Blood Dragon Association, I should be able to borrow the equipment from another laboratory."

As sharp as Witch Mason was, she immediately understood what Locke meant.

"Team Leader, shall I go borrow it?"

Locke thought for a moment, realizing he had indeed been far too busy lately. "You can do that."

"Help me borrow a Bloodline Proliferation Pool. The three of you, help me force-grow these three Second Circle magical plant seeds. Using the wizard formations here, along with Emerald Spirit Breath, you should be able to make these magical plants grow to adulthood."

"All of you are talented people of Golden Crown Mountain."

All of these people were the young talents of Golden Crown Mountain, and Douglas's foundation had been tested by Locke personally. He found it, fittingly for someone who had received the instruction of an ancient Third Circle wizard, exceptionally solid.

Nothing about him looked like a wild wizard.

Wizard Douglas's face flushed slightly.

'Teacher, Lord Augustine called me a genius. Thank you. It is because of you that I have been able to come this far.'

Wizard King Laghemaon said: "Oh, this is also thanks to your own hard work. Douglas, congratulations. You will become even more powerful in the future."

Locke scanned the four of them. As for himself, he needed to look up some reference materials, then cultivate a second Magical Dragon Rose on his own, and then attempt to graft the Four-Wing Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow onto the Magical Dragon Rose and link their spiritualities.

He needed to have the Four-Wing Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow obtain the Magical Dragon bloodline, then use a Bloodline Proliferation Pool to amplify his own blood, mix it with a special potion to water the plant, allowing the plant to absorb his blood and increase the concentration of the Magical Dragon bloodline the Four-Wing Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow had obtained.

Locke left Research Group Two's laboratory, rode the Rainbow Sparrow, and headed to Golden Crown Mountain's library.

Wizard Akman helped Locke look up the materials.

"The Name Potion? That is actually simpler than the Soul Stabilizing Potion. What do you need it for?"

Locke said, "I want to have a magical plant absorb the bloodline of a specific magical creature to strengthen specific plant factors within that magical plant's phytogen. I previously saw someone refine a Name Potion in front of me, and I judged that this kind of potion itself has no force attribute, is extremely easily absorbed by living beings, and has a powerful affinity for living beings."

Wizard Akman smiled and said, "I did not expect your potion studies to progress so quickly. Your observation is accurate."

He looked at Locke with some surprise, because in Akman's understanding, only a potion wizard whose potion studies level was approaching the Second Circle could, from watching someone else refine a Name Potion just once, perceive that many nuances.

Because the key point of the Name Potion lay not in the refining technique, nor in the potion formula, but in one's perceptive sensitivity toward Spiritual Resonance.

Wizard Akman said, "The main material of the Name Potion is the Spiritual Resonance within a name. There are many types of Name Potions. The simplest uses the Spiritual Resonance from an ordinary name. Refining a Name Potion is like a demonstration of a Second Circle potion wizard's Spiritual Resonance studies level."

"The higher the level, the more complex the name Spiritual Resonance used as the potion formula ingredients."

"This is the approach potion wizards most like to use to demonstrate their Spiritual Resonance studies level."

"The Name Potion does indeed have an unusual capacity to bind to living beings. Its fundamental nature is a kind of naming of other living beings. Just as a person, wherever they appear, others around them will always find some name to call them by."

"And a person can have multiple names by which others call them."

"That is the Name Potion."

Wizard Akman, though he did not know what exactly Locke planned to do, knew from reading many papers on the Name Potion that Locke's assessment of it was correct.

As for whether it could actually serve as an important potion medium for fusing bloodline power to be absorbed by a magical plant, that was beyond his purview. As a general studies wizard, he could not make that judgment.

This would be something only potion wizards and breeders should consider.

In truth, this was already a form of innovation.

Because Wizard Akman had not previously heard of a wizard who had thought of something like this.

Of course, with the wizard world being so large, somewhere there was certainly a wizard who had done something similar.

Wizard Akman said, "Locke, my good friend, the wizard shoes you gave me last time really are comfortable to wear. Your craftsmanship is excellent."

"By the way, there are many magic books and papers on the Name Potion, generally priced at 1,000 to 2,000 Second Circle contribution points. The potion itself is not difficult to refine. The key is having sufficient Spirit Knowledge."

"And this potion formula requires payment, since it was only recently researched and developed."

"There are two versions. One costs 1,000 contribution points, and the other requires 1,500. I think the 1,000 point one offers better value. If you need it, you can choose one to exchange for. Because you published in the Second Circle journal Myriad Phenomena Crossroads, the academy has already awarded you 1,500 contribution points."

The logic for earning Second Circle contribution points differed from the First Circle system.

Because at the Second Circle level, journals and the libraries of major academies were more closely linked. So submitting papers to others' journals, as long as they were accepted, would be recognized by one's own academy library and rewarded with corresponding contribution points.

It seemed the academy library and the major journals had cooperative relationships and could subscribe to those journals by spending contribution points.

The academy library appeared to have economic dealings with the major journals.

Of course, for the libraries of smaller wizard academies, it was hard to say whether those connections and dealings existed. Libraries of that kind might not recognize journal acceptances and proactively issue contribution points to wizards.

Locke scanned the options. "I will take the 1,000 contribution point version."

Wizard Akman chuckled. "Why not take the 1,500 contribution point magic book? That one is easier to read, has more content, and introduces things in greater detail."

Locke said, "I am also planning to save up some contribution points to exchange for the Spiritual Resonance Hundred Resolutions."

Wizard Akman smiled and said, "Fair enough."

"You potion wizards are truly diligent. One after another, everyone wants to exchange for the Spiritual Resonance Hundred Resolutions. Senior researchers of the Origin Academy indeed. Well, Locke, just keep working hard. Three thousand contribution points. As long as you publish two more Second Circle Tier 1 papers, will you not have them?"

Locke looked at Akman with a puzzled expression. "You said... them?"

Wizard Akman said, "Oh, Wizard Zhuoma came by just a few days ago. He is also saving contribution points. But unlike you, he lacks the confidence to publish Tier 1 papers, so his approach is to publish as many Tier 2 papers as possible to accumulate contribution points. Zone Three papers also earn some contribution points, though very few. And writing many Zone Three papers, if consolidated, might yield a Tier 2 paper."

"He is working in that direction. Wizard Zhuoma also told me that you and he are good friends. Ah? Judging by your expression, you and him are... not close?"

Locke was at a loss for words.

How was this Zhuoma comparable to Brandy in some ways? Trying to piggyback on acquaintances?

Locke said, "He and I are not close."

Wizard Akman showed a flash of anger at having been deceived by Wizard Zhuoma, then suppressed this emotion and gave Locke a forced nod.

"I see. Then I was deceived by him."

"Shameless."