Chapter 1137: Second-Circle Wizard Shoes with Excellent-Grade Mystic Meaning!
Chapter 1137 Second-Circle Wizard Shoes with Excellent-Grade Mystic Meaning!
Locke sighed, clutching his head. His brain, still throbbing with pain from the previous blackout, was throbbing.
"Professor Helen, how did you get involved in so many illegal organizations?"
"The Death God Elective Society, the Twelve Zodiacs Society... I wonder if they're still around. Before leaving the Sea King World, I need to finish one last experiment."
Locke checked himself and found nothing amiss. Aside from the Death God Elder Ring and the super magical bloodline potion he couldn't understand, he hadn't lost anything. He didn't care anymore; who would have thought his potions master, a highly respected Throne Potions Master, could manage to get him drunk?
Before the Divine Star, Locke took out a second-circle magical artifact grafting knife, slightly cutting open the root of the *Vaccaria segetalis*, then took out a Super Dream Flower he had cultivated and grafted it onto the *Vaccaria segetalis* using the grafting cultivation method.
Locke waved the Tree of Prosperity wand, and instantly the Super Jaeger Dream Flower and the King of White Lotus were grafted.
He had kept some original seeds when cultivating the Super Jaeger Dream Flower, so this was a cost-free process.
At this moment, the cambium layers at the roots of the Dream Flower and the King of White Lotus had healed. Locke breathed a sigh of relief; with his current abilities, grafting a Star Ring Magic Plant and a Second Ring Magic Plant together using the approach grafting method was not difficult.
—At
this moment, the King of White Lotus, seemingly emerging from ink, and the Dream Flower, seemingly a dream, grew together, their roots anchored in the stars formed from divine power within the dark space of the Sea King's World, a space devoid of stars.
Locke glanced at the cambium layers; the area he had cut out of the two plants' root cambium layers with his grafting knife was not large. This was a compromise for the Dream Flower, which was only a Second Ring Magic Plant.
Otherwise, the energy absorbed by the roots of the Star Ring Magic Plant would be too strong, causing the Dream Flower to die from excessive energy.
Locke waited a while, confirming that the grafting method was perfectly completed.
As long as it was completed, there wouldn't be any major problems.
After all, he only wanted to use this energy to amplify the second-ring wizard shoes, Golden Dragon Claw Air Plants.
At this moment, Locke entered the dream created by the Dream Flower. He saw countless Dream Flowers appearing in the dream, and Locke randomly selected one. He then used the Prosperity Tree Wand to mirror and copy his already-made Golden Dragon Claw Air Plants onto the magical plant.
Soon, one pair of air plants became two pairs.
Locke grafted one of the air plants onto two Dream Flowers using the approach grafting method and applied the second-circle spell "Forgetful of Home" to it.
This was a spell model he had specifically developed to use the Dream Flowers.
At this moment, Locke used subtraction replication on the two magical plants, turning the two pairs of wizard shoes into one pair. Locke also canceled the use of the ultimate spell, Tree of Prosperity.
When Locke returned to the Sea King world, he looked at the Golden Dragon Claw Air Plant in his hand. The wizard shoes, which resembled golden dragon claws, initially showed no change, but soon, starlight-like magical patterns crawled onto the surface of these Golden Dragon Claw Air Plants.
"It actually succeeded?" Locke was stunned.
Dream Flowers can be grafted multiple times because the grafting in the material world only happens once; the others are connections within the dream world.
It's a soft connection.
Moreover, the energy source is not the Dream Flower, but the Vaccaria segetalis, whose energy originates from the world energy of the Sea King World, which is being purified.
As for his Golden Dragon Claw Air Plant, he had already used the thirteen-fold grafting method, an advanced grafting cultivation technique.
That is, a Golden Dragon Claw Air Plant was grafted onto a Dream Flower, a Dream Flower onto a Shadow Fern, and a Shadow Fern onto a Netherworld Iron Tree—a triple grafting advanced cultivation method. However, Locke had now achieved a composite grafting on top of this triple grafting.
He had combined the triple grafting relationship of Netherworld Iron Tree-Shadow Fern-Dream Flower-Golden Dragon Claw with the double grafting relationship of Vaccaria segetalis-Dream Flower-Golden Dragon Claw, using a single Golden Dragon Claw plant.
Locke manipulated the Tree of Prosperity, controlling the smooth flow of life force within these magical plants. He infused the plants with the spiritual energy from the verdant spiritual ore, using life force to accelerate wound healing and guide the plants towards the correct flow of life force.
The key difficulties of multiple grafting and composite grafting methods lie in three aspects: First, they demand extremely high levels of life magic from the wizard. Second, each plant's wound needs to heal and be precisely aligned. Third, the more plants involved, the more difficult it becomes to balance the nutrient relationship, easily leading to the death of the rootstock.
Multiple grafting involves grafting one plant onto another, continuously adding layers.
The composite grafting method is the opposite; it's not a superimposed grafting, but a parallel grafting, using an intermediate rootstock to unite a series of magical plants.
If Locke were still just an ordinary second-ring breeder, without considering the spiritual energy aspect, he could only consider it from a nutritional perspective. He would need to consider the different nutritional needs of the six magical plants, their limits of magical pressure to withstand, and even encounter the Netherworld Iron Tree, for which he would have no data at all.
In other words, without considering the spiritual energy aspect, this triple-graft x double-graft composite grafting method would be almost impossible to complete.
Data on the Netherworld Iron Tree would be unavailable, the type of rootstock used for grafting would need to be reselected, and even a corresponding variety would need to be cultivated.
However, these problems can be easily solved by considering the spiritual energy aspect. Using a piece of verdant spiritual energy ore on his person, he could simultaneously accelerate the healing of the six magical plants and guide the correct flow of life force, allowing the six magical plants to find the most suitable way for life force to flow. In this way, the life force circulation would be completed, and the six magical plants would automatically distribute nutrients.
This wouldn't result in a magical plant being too weak to absorb nutrients.
Locke sighed, "Some problems can be solved by considering them from a different perspective. A single Emerald Spirit Ore combined with my life magic can complete the 2x3 composite grafting method."
Locke pondered, "From the perspective of spirit energy science, as long as the grafting cultivation method is basically up to standard, and the cuts are fine, then as long as the spirit energy cycle can be completed, the grafting cultivation can be completed."
"From what I can see so far, the flow of life energy from the Underworld Ancient Tree and the King of the Vinegar is being guided very smoothly by my Emerald Spirit Ore. 2x3 composite grafting should not be my limit. My current breeding limit is 3x3 composite breeding."
That is, a combined composite breeding of two triple grafts.
However, his level should not be able to do quadruple grafting.
Locke put on the Starry Golden Dragon Claw Air Pineapple Pair, and with a light jump, he leaped directly from the ground into the sky of the Sea King World, standing on the crystal wall system of the Sea King World.
"The jumping ability has roughly doubled."
Locke shifted slightly. "The other magical plant traits have also roughly doubled as a result."
The Golden Dragon Claw Air Plant was already better than the average second-circle wizard's shoes in terms of various stats, and now, after using the 2x3 composite grafting method, the performance of its magical plant traits far surpasses that of ordinary second-circle wizard's shoes.
It's just a pity that because it requires the use of the Tree of Prosperity, the cost is estimated to be several times higher than before.
Therefore, the price of his Starry Golden Dragon Claw Air Plant should also be much higher than before.
But it doesn't matter.
Augustus's reputation has been established, and it's time to release some high-priced super items.
"In this way, I'll be confident in dealing with the impact from Solas's Lightfoot." Locke pondered, "Although I know that this level of grafting is not something that ordinary wizards can do, I can still ask the Queen if the elven wizards in their main elven world of Arthas are capable of making this craft."
If they are, he can still reduce the cost.
Locke took out his Lingzhi magical plant and browsed through the current second-ring, first-zone journals on multiple grafting and composite grafting methods, wanting to determine if his 2x3 composite grafting technique could be published in a first-zone journal.
After reading, Locke frowned. In the second-ring realm, the maximum limit for multiple grafting was five grafts.
Composite grafting, on the other hand, had many more variations. The most common example was the Rose Council's witch, Lana, who grafted one hundred different rose magical plants onto a single Siren Rose. She was able to do this by simultaneously using auxiliary grafting techniques within composite grafting—grafting auxiliary magical plants to transport nutrients—and utilizing ecological corridors to further facilitate nutrient delivery.
In other words, to publish in a first-zone journal, at least five grafts were needed in multiple grafting, meaning five consecutive grafting relationships, one scion, and five rootstocks. For composite grafting to be published in a first-zone journal, at least one hundred magical plants needed to be grafted together—one rootstock and one hundred scions.
His current 2x3 composite grafting technique could only be published in a second-zone journal at best.
However, this was already quite impressive.
After all, he hadn't used the most important auxiliary grafting technique in the composite grafting method.
Locke flipped through the materials. Currently, the top research directions in grafting methods at the second ring stage were mainly four: the first was multiple grafting, the second was composite grafting, the third was grafting of extremely small magical plants, and the fourth was grafting of extremely large magical plants.
There were also two controversial development directions.
One was the grafting method of magical creature bloodline essence, and the other was the grafting of heterogeneous magical plants, namely the grafting of hell plants and abyssal plants.
These two directions were very sensitive and easily failed ethical and moral reviews, but because they could easily produce powerful magical plants, they would occasionally appear in some journals.
In addition to these, Locke searched the materials and found that other basic cultivation methods in the Eastern Boundary, basically at the second ring stage, had also developed into their own unique cutting-edge directions.
Locke also knew that the reason why his composite grafting cultivation method could not be published in the first zone was not because his life magic was not good enough, but because he had hardly devoted himself to specific grafting cultivation research directions, and had only forcibly made it through the extremely large magic - Tree of Prosperity.
Ordinary wizards shouldn't be able to achieve this level.
After all, he hadn't used any special grafting cultivation methods.
In other words, his basic abilities in grafting cultivation were still insufficient.
Locke pondered, "This is something I can work on later."
"With the Tree of Prosperity, achieving results in the three basic grafting cultivation methods will be much easier than for ordinary breeders."
Locke moved slightly, then his expression changed slightly.
Could it be?
Locke moved forward and discovered that he had actually used the Starry Golden Dragon Claw Air Pineapple beneath his feet, applying the mystical meaning of Wang Bu Liu Xing [Purification in Flow]. The residual divine energy on the ground where his wizard shoes touched began to flow.
This caused the area he walked on to transform into a golden pool.
Locke was speechless for a moment. "Using the 'connection method'—it's indeed possible for my wizard shoes to indirectly utilize the mystical meaning of *Vaccaria segetalis*. However, based on the current usage of the two Starry Golden Dragon Claws, it seems only one air plant can invoke the mystical meaning of *Vaccaria segetalis* at a time."
"But—"
"That's alright. I can design a spell model and manually control my *Vaccaria segetalis*, allowing wizards using my Augustus wizard shoes to instantly invoke the mystical meaning, and then quickly stop providing access afterward. This way, all wizards using Starry Golden Dragon Claws can temporarily use the mystical meaning of *Vaccaria segetalis*."
Second-ring wizard shoes can use mystical meanings that should only be available at the Star Ring stage!
This significance is truly immense.
The reason Locke can now create such powerful wizard shoes is because his life magic has recently made tremendous progress.
Locke walked across a meadow, and under his magical manipulation, the roots of countless plants attempted to entangle his feet. However, magical energy flowed across the surface of the Starry Golden Dragon Claw, and as the mystical meaning took effect, the magical energy binding the roots quickly flowed away like water, and the bound roots returned to their original state.
This mystical meaning is equivalent to giving Locke's wizard shoes a purification with extremely high priority.
Because this utilizes the mystical meaning of the Star Ring level, this purification ability is almost impossible to resist at the second ring level.
"Good,"
Locke said. "Only wizard shoes like these can be considered a step up, not just slightly modified functions that can be called a new version."
Locke prepared to leave the Sea King World. At this moment, the entire Sea King World was essentially under his temporary control. However, the damage to the Sea King World was too severe. The current population was less than ten million, and all previous civilizations had basically collapsed. Intelligent life forms had almost reverted to a primitive state.
The original civilization was also almost gone.
Under the continuous manipulation of Shan Chuan Ke, Gang Ding Di, and the Persepolis gods, this world had almost no civilizational foundation left.
Therefore, he could only use the reverse magic potion refining method and Wang Bu Liu Xing to slowly repair this world.
Locke looked around. "This world is so badly damaged; there are almost no extra resources left. Fortunately, I have the Ancestral God's Talisman and Treasures. They still have some reference value. I can come here more often to learn from the mysteries of the Ancestral Gods, which might help me advance my potion-reversing technique."
"Teacher Sea Maiden, let me get more money, at least two hundred million magic stones. This—"
Locke smiled wryly, "I'll try my best."
"The more magic stones, the better; you'll never have to worry about where to spend them. Besides, since I'm going to participate in the Twelve Zodiacs Gathering, I should probably improve my potion-making skills. I wonder what the average level of potion makers in that organization is. I'm not the worst in the Twelve Zodiacs Gathering, am I?"
Locke coughed; he hadn't been the worst performer in a long time.
He wondered if there were anyone worse than him in the Twelve Zodiacs Gathering.
As Locke looked around, the Mountain Guest, afraid Locke wouldn't see him, kept jumping around on the ground. "Lord Tianyuan, I'm here, I'm here!"
Locke waved his hand, instantly carrying him away using the jade slip given to him by the Sea Queen.
At Golden Crown Mountain, in the Saffron Peach Garden, inside Locke's research group's laboratory.
In his office, Locke placed Shanchuanke on Nika's shoulder. He pointed, and Shanchuanke's body automatically transformed into pure and turbid energy, then flowed towards Nika's body.
Locke said to Nika, "Don't resist. All living beings have life. Your resistance might cause my spell to fail."
Nika felt streams of pure energy rush into his body, making him feel incredibly relaxed. His previous weakness quickly vanished. Shanchuanke seemed to have formed a balance with the curse within him; after merging with him, Shanchuanke enhanced his self-healing ability and stabilized the state of the reversed curse.
Shanchuanke finally asked, "Lord Tianyuan, may I ask, when do you plan to separate me from this mortal boy?"
Locke smiled, "It'll be about time when he becomes a Star Ring Wizard."
Shanchuanke immediately regretted his decision. "What, a star ring? I thought it was just temporary. I won't merge anymore, no."
The Pure and Turbid Heavenly Position appeared behind Locke, a position inherent to the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. He used this position to suppress Shan Chuan Ke, temporarily fusing Shan Chuan Ke's pure and turbid energies with Nika's body, using the pure and turbid energies to stabilize the half-baked reversal curse.
Thus, the reversal curse was finally complete.
Locke thought to himself, "Shan Chuan Ke, one day you will thank me."
Growing up with this child, starting your life anew from a mortal's perspective—I believe this can give you what you lack most: the time to be human.
Nika's face instantly turned rosy and radiant, even his appearance improved several levels; he felt as if he had grown up.
Nika looked at Locke with delight and said, "Teacher, I feel like I have inexhaustible strength."
"I can help you with chores—no, I can help move chores."
Locke
smiled and said, "Then you underestimate the modifications I, the potion master, have made to you. Try drinking this potion that can kill a herd of cattle. You'll have a new discovery. Congratulations, Nika, from now on, you will be free from weakness and incompetence. You will discover that your potential is so great. You can do many things."
Nika swallowed hard, his eyes reddening, and bowed to Locke. "Teacher, thank you. I don't know why you're helping me like this. I couldn't do any work for you before."
Locke said, "Because you are a genius. And I can see that."
Nika pursed his lips in disbelief. "Ah? Me—am I? If I'm not, will you abandon me? I'm so useless. I get out of breath after working for a short while, I eat a lot, sleep a lot, and can't do anything well."
Nika said somewhat embarrassedly, "When I went to the Golden Crown Mountain public classroom today, the other—the other third-class wizard apprentices didn't want to sit with me. They told me that I'm not qualified to enter Golden Crown Mountain and that I'll be expelled soon. Golden Crown Mountain has s