Chapter 377 "Zombie" Project
Gao Er's expression changed again and again, but facing the gazes of the family wizards, he could only lower his head and say: "It is indeed the bloodline transformation potion of the one-horned rhinoceros. It's just that recently, in order to increase my physical strength, I looked for a bottle of the bloodline transformation potion of the one-horned rhinoceros prepared by a potion master in the land of six towers."
"The other party is Aeolus Evans, a potion master who is well-known in the six towers. Mr. Augustine, saying that the other party's works are not accurate enough in locating the bloodline, this is really... a man of great skill is bold."
Since Locke said it straight away, Gower deliberately made his topic difficult, so Gower was forced to admit Locke's level in potion science at this time.
At this time, Wizard Anthony and many wizards from major families clapped softly. Wizard Anthony clapped and said: "My junior brother's potion skills are among the best in the Southeast Corner Region." The honorary certification badge is enough to prove the level of my junior brother. "
"For the future of our Feiraide family, I invited my junior brother to come here, but I didn't expect that some people had misunderstood something."
Since there is a forbidden forest in the southeast corner, potions science has always been strong.
At the round table, some family wizards couldn't help but nod. Locke quickly recognized the performance of the potion in Gower's hand, which undoubtedly made the wizards of the Philaide family confirm Locke's level of potion science.
Even, somewhat overestimated.
Amidst the praises of the crowd, Gao Er could only sit down helplessly. His frustration caused the third branch of the original main line, as well as the patriarchs of the wizard families of the middle-class and low-class sects of the related auxiliary families, to shut up.
Wizard Anthony said softly to Locke: "Thank you, junior brother. The third brother has always been unconvinced by us. His talent is not bad. He is one of the few wizards in the gasification stage of the younger generation in the Philaide family, so he always tries to challenge my authority."
"Your performance just now really helped me a lot. By the way, junior brother, I didn't expect that your potion science is so advanced. I remember that you haven't passed the certification badge of an official potion master yet, right?"
Locke nodded slightly.
Wizard Anthony said in a low voice: "Senior brother, when he gets bigger here, he will definitely not forget our fellow disciples. Don't worry, you have helped me a lot this time, and I won't let you suffer."
Wizard Anthony smiled mysteriously and whispered: "Do you know why I am holding a banquet?"
At this time, the small episode in the banquet has passed, and the wizards at the round table began to drink and exchange information, or to communicate with each other, or to secretly tell jokes about Gore just now.
Wizard Anthony said in a low voice: "The first purpose of my holding the banquet is to cleanse you from the dust, and to establish the treatment standards for our future brothers who will come to the land of the Six Towers, the territory of the Philaide family, that is, the Tower of White Elephant."
The second purpose is to establish prestige. "
"The third purpose is for your benefit."
Locke's eyes showed doubts. "My interests?"
Anthony grabbed ten moss piths from the porcelain plate and handed them to Locke, "Well, what did you see during this banquet? Were there many family wizards who saw the center of power in the land of the Six Towers. But in addition, I also saw many "What a depressed marginalized group of people."
Locke looked up and saw that there were indeed many first-level wizards looking at him secretly on the edge of the banquet, and the gold cups in front of those first-level wizards were filled with a kind of wizard drink, not wizard wine.
Wizard Anthony took a sip of wizard wine and said: "In the land of the Six Towers, there are many frustrated civilian wizards. Even if they are lucky enough to rely on their talent and luck, and the little leftovers from famous families to become first-level wizards, they will not have access to further resources and will not be able to get any teaching positions." Resources. Talented and ambitious people will find ways to leave, but there are always civilian wizards who have some talent but are not capable enough to leave. They have been suppressed by these famous wizards for too long. They have many interesting projects, and you can take a look at them. Those projects cannot get any association funds, because their project applications cannot even be sent to the gate of the White Wizard Association's Fund Committee."
"So, these people will wander around these banquets, squeeze their heads, and enter the banquet, trying to find noble people to support their research."
"Junior brother, you have to choose carefully. Choose a few project applications that interest you. These civilian wizards still have some talents, and their projects are actually good. They just don't have the resources."
Locke asked him in a low voice. "Is this the reason why Brother Anthony was able to achieve so many results in a short period of time in the land of six towers?"
Wizard Anthony nodded. "Yes. But this is just one of them. I can also look for projects that the family wizards are unable to carry out even after they are halfway done. I can select projects that already have the foundation, equipment, and talents, and then complete that project so that results can be achieved quickly."
"I call this situation a zombie project. I just want to make use of excellent projects that cannot be invested in civilian wizards, as well as high-quality zombie projects that are half completed by family wizards, to make my own achievements."
"With these two tricks, I can quickly gain the recognition of the wizards of the Philaide family."
Locke has a weird expression. "But senior brother, it's not difficult for the wizards of the Feiraid family to discover, right? Didn't they expect it?" Wizard Anthony said: "It's not difficult to discover these two tips. I think you will find out soon, so I told you directly. This will not be a secret to us, but it is indeed quite difficult for the wizards of the Feiraid family."
Seeing the strange look on Locke's face, Wizard Anthony smiled and said: "The level of stupidity of the wizards here is far beyond your imagination. After all, the biggest problem of the family wizards is not the unstable talent and qualifications passed down by the bloodline. There are also various other disadvantages, such as lack of competition, lack of awareness of involution since childhood, and... hostility to excellence."
They know that progress is indeed good, but it is digging into the roots of their family. If they really want to pursue progress, should they free up resources and improve the selection system? The performance of an organization maintained by blood relationships will never be comparable to that of a master-apprentice system or a wizarding organization that focuses on teaching.
"So, being too good will destroy the family system, so all the family wizards in the land of six towers are willing to sink and fall. But they also have the desire to develop their families. So, this gives us wizards from other places an opportunity." Wizard Anthony said: "I feel like I am just an ordinary wizard in the southeast corner, but here, I can simply crush the local wizards in all aspects."< br/>
"However, the wizard tower technology and bloodline transformation technology in the Land of Six Towers are really good. They have developed some very precious bloodline transformation technology that can help wizards break through to formal wizards, at the cost of sacrificing future potential. After the breakthrough, they will always stay at the ordinary formal wizard stage."
Locke asked doubtfully: "What direction is this bloodline transformation technology?"
Wizard Anthony hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Junior brother, I can tell you, but you'd better not tell it. This is considered a high secret in the land of six towers."
"It is to deeply study the nature of elemental life and take the initiative to semi-elementalize the wizard's body. In this way, it reduces the difficulty of engraving a permanent defensive force field, strengthens mana through semi-elementalization, and increases the chance of being promoted to a formal wizard."
"There are many mediocre family wizards here who use this method to become official wizards. Although there are still very high qualification requirements, it does reduce the difficulty a lot, at the cost of forever losing further opportunities."
Wizard Anthony said: "However, this method requires a treasure called [Tide Orb]. That kind of magic gem is extremely rare in the land of six towers and is a strategic material, so the tidal orb in the land of six towers will only be used by family wizards, and civilian wizards rarely use this method." Said: "The second half of the banquet is for each other to communicate with each other. Soon, some civilian wizards will find a way to come to you."
"As long as you do a few more successful projects, it will be beneficial to you, and it will be beneficial to me. You will gain reputation, the fund resources you applied for, and your resume, and I will gain prestige."
"Good junior brother, we have a happy cooperation."
From the corner of his eye, Locke did indeed see a few downtrodden first-level wizards, holding gold cups, wandering around him, seeming to be hesitating.
As soon as Anthony took a few steps away, a mediocre-looking wizard wearing a dirty wizard robe came over. He was extremely enthusiastic about Locke and handed a project application to Locke.
"Augustin Potion Master, I have a very promising project book in my hand. If you can choose it, it will definitely bring you huge benefits. In the land of six towers, articles can be signed by multiple authors."
"I can give you both the first author and the corresponding author, or even the second author, and the third author does not need to be me, as long as you give me a fourth author."
"Look, you are still a breeder. This is my project plan for systematically cultivating wild purple licorice, this is my budget, and this is my data..."
Locke looked up and saw the wizard who seemed very urgent. It was obvious that the other party had done research on him in advance and may have mobilized all his energy.
The other party even knew that he was a breeder.
Lock shook his head slightly after reading the project application. It was normal that this application could not pass the regional fund. The main reason was that purple licorice, a magical plant, did not have much cultivation value and was only related to the food of several unimportant herbivorous magical creatures.
I am not very interested in purple licorice anyway.
Unless someone happens to have a magical creature that needs purple licorice feed, and there is no substitute, basically no one will be interested in purple licorice.
Locke declined politely: "I'm sorry, wizard, I think your project is indeed very feasible, but I have not been researching feed magic plants recently."
"I have no research basis or need in this area."
This first-level wizard felt a little regretful, and he smiled awkwardly. "That's it. That's because I disturbed you, I'm sorry."
He left dejectedly.
Then, several more first-level wizards seized the opportunity while Locke was at the banquet, and ran directly in front of them with the project book.
Locke was dazzled by what he saw. Most of these project books were indeed of poor quality, but some of them, with slight modifications, were projects of good quality.
Locke looked at it indifferently at first, but when he saw the seventh project application, he looked at a gray-haired old man in surprise. The other person's eyes obviously had a hint of prayer and tormented waiting.
Locke looked at the project and wondered: "The entire project is almost at the end, is it going to produce results? Do I still need to apply for funds?"
This gray-haired old wizard seemed to have seen some hope and showed a longing expression. "Sir Augustine, this project took me and several of my students over thirty-five years to complete step by step. But I was about to be expelled from the Magic Gem University recently."
"And I lack funds. You may be my last hope. If there is no new inflow of funds, then my project will be completely impossible."
I thought that the other party was only one step away from completion, but it turned out that the other party had used time to get to this step, and this last step, without resources, was completely impossible.
Locke looked at this project application, which was a project application for the development of a type of grass called [Wandering Shadow Eye Grass]. Several prototypes of this special grass were discovered by the old wizard in an underground mine.
It was when he was a miner when he was young that he came across it by chance. The prototypes of these grasses naturally have the magic-like ability to monitor their surroundings.
This old wizard tried to use these grasses to develop a one-ring detection type magic plant called [Youying Eye Grass].