513: The Second Archaeologist to Trade with Himself
Locke accepted the challenge, acquired the recipe for the Lucky Potion, along with ten sets of ingredients for the Lucky Potion, and placed them into his astral ring.
Locke said to the Red Dragon Half-dragon Person, "I'd like to sell these seven Gelas Aging Potions."
Currently, due to the Forest Sanctuary, he was penniless, so he could only recover some funds by selling Magical Potions, otherwise, he wouldn't even have the money for a boat ticket to other Wizard Lands.
The Red Dragon Half-dragon Person stated, "Certainly. The market price for a Gelas Aging Potion is 20,000 per bottle. There are seven bottles here, so I need to pay you 140,000 magic stones. Here are fourteen magic crystal cards."
Locke watched as the Red Dragon Half-dragon Person took away the seven bottles of Gelas Aging Potion that he had painstakingly brewed over a year, and his heart was filled with mixed emotions. He could only comfort himself that learning was the most important thing.
He was still short on money. The seven bottles of Magical Potion, which were almost his entire output as a Potion Master over the past year of study, only fetched 140,000 magic stones.
However, this was also because last year, all his efforts were focused on the Yunze Cup competition, and he hadn't spent too much thought on other areas.
Otherwise, if he had developed properly, like in the Southeast Corner Region, and established a pharmacy, the magic stones he would have earned should have been much more.
Moreover, the Mammons Powder recipe and the Unicorn Rhino Bloodline Improvement recipe that he had refined had officially begun selling in the Six Towers Land.
This would also bring him a huge return.
Locke then inquired of the Red Dragon Half-dragon Person about the exchangeable recipes available at the Feathered Serpent Ancient Pavilion today and quickly scanned through the list of exchangeable Magical Potion recipes.
From the list, he selected a recipe called the [Spirit Breath Crystal Potion]. This Magical Potion could accelerate a Wizard's mana Crystallization Stage after consumption.
It was very beneficial for Wizards entering the First Ring Crystallization Stage.
Thanks to the highest viewing authority of the Feathered Serpent Ancient Pavilion he had just obtained, Locke was able to find this recipe. Otherwise, he would have had to wait for the Feathered Serpent Ancient Pavilion to automatically update its recipes daily, like other Potion Masters, and it might take one or two years to obtain this recipe.
And while Locke still needed to wait for the Feathered Serpent Ancient Pavilion to update its recipes daily, having the highest viewing authority allowed him to see more items on the list than other Potion Masters.
Locke used a fully refined Holy Spring Ambrosia recipe of his own to exchange for it. After the Red Dragon Half-dragon Person's appraisal, the two recipes were indeed of the same grade.
Although the Spirit Breath Crystal Potion could help Wizards rapidly increase their mana and advance to First Ring Crystallization, the Holy Spring Nectar Potion, refined by Locke using the Plutarch Family's resources, was also a sacred item among recovery-type Magical Potions.
The Holy Spring Nectar Potion recipe Locke had offered for exchange last time was merely a prototype, far from the complete version he presented this time. Therefore, the Red Dragon Half-dragon Person still allowed the transaction.
After seeing the Holy Spring Ambrosia, the Red Dragon Half-dragon Person was genuinely impressed. "You truly are an outstanding Breeder. You have successively refined seven magic plants to optimize the Holy Spring Ambrosia recipe. Such a concept, even if an ordinary Potion Master could imagine it, they would be unable to achieve it."
The Red Dragon Half-dragon Person bowed to Locke. He glanced at the optical transmission device, and after reviewing the information from it, he said, "My master behind me is even more interested in you. It's truly rare; my master rarely gives any instructions regarding a First Ring Wizard."
"But just now, my master asked me to tell you that he greatly admires a Potion Master like you and has considerable expectations for you."
Locke curiously asked an additional question. "Is your master a Third Ring Wizard?"
The Red Dragon Half-dragon Person smiled without speaking.
Locke could only helplessly say, "Your master is truly quite mysterious."
A rare smile appeared on the Red Dragon Half-dragon Person's face as he said, "Please understand, my master dislikes too many people knowing his identity. Not to mention you, even I do not know his identity. I only know that he is a prominent figure in the Star Domain Sea."
Locke nodded slightly.
Locke bid farewell to the Red Dragon Half-dragon Person, put away the fourteen magic crystal cards and the Lucky Potion recipe and ingredients, and turned to leave, only to see a Wizard cloaked in a gray Wizard robe, completely wrapped up with only his two eyes exposed.
As soon as Locke saw his attire, and his clear objective of walking straight towards him, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly, then he said to him, "Upstairs?"
"Give me a quiet room."
Locke said to the Red Dragon Half-dragon Person, who then coldly swept his gaze over the Black Wizard wrapped entirely in black cloth, before turning to bow to Locke. "Certainly, Lord Locke."
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Inside a quiet room on the second floor of the Feathered Serpent Ancient Pavilion.
The Black Wizard in front of Locke seemed a bit nervous. "I am Reonis, and Warwick recommended you to me."
"I came from the Spiral Basin."
"Cough, cough, cough… Entering White Wizard Society really makes me a bit nervous. It took me a lot of effort to find out information about you from Warwick, learning that there's a powerful Potion Master among us Archaeology Professors, so I hurried over to find you."
"That's great, it's rare for powerful Potion Masters to appear among us archaeologists, but now it's different. With you here, everything changes. I came here this time to complete a transaction with you."
Locke glanced at him. Although Reonis was a Black Wizard, he was very talkative and remarkably familiar, as if they had a close relationship after just a few sentences.
It seemed that simply because he was an Archaeology Professor, the other party naturally felt a strong affinity for him.
However, Archaeology Wizards were indeed few in number, and there was indeed a natural bond among them.
Locke glanced at the clothes that covered his entire body.
But Reonis not only did not take off the clothes that covered his entire body, but instead extended his right hand, and a [Sovereign] appeared in his hand. It was a fairy book, its pages automatically folding into a fairy with dragonfly wings.
These [Sovereign] books were like folding paper figures. Although they were only paper demon gods, paper True Dragons, and paper fairies, in the eyes of the undead borrowed from the past by Archaeology spells, they were true demon gods, True Dragons, and true fairies.
Reonis's fairy book emitted a negative energy particle field historical data, automatically enveloping Locke. Immediately after, Reonis chanted a spell. "From the past five hundred years, borrow a wise sage who knows ancient and modern times."
The next moment, a great sage with an extremely long beard, hanging like long hair from his chin, wearing a Wizard hat, and holding a thick magic tome, appeared within the quiet room.
Locke recognized it: this was a First Ring Archaeology Magic: Summoning Great Sage.
From past history, a powerful First Ring General Studies scholar was borrowed. In fact, this was not a personal soul, but rather the historical data and other information of a powerful General Studies scholar collected, and then temporarily brought forth by using Archaeology spells to summon this knowledgeable sage figure from the historical data.
Locke looked at Reonis.
Reonis chuckled, simultaneously lifting the cloth covering his face to reveal the runes within the fabric of his clothes, indicating that he wore this set of magical artifacts not to be strange or out of fear, but to use this magical artifact to protect his information.
Reonis said, "This is a little game among us archaeologists. We archaeologists are a group of people who explore the secrets of the past, so when we meet, we rarely talk about our detailed backgrounds."
"Everything is understood without words."
"As archaeologists, we should possess the basic ability to unearth hidden information from others."
Reonis's eyes gleamed with excitement. "My Great Sage can tell me everything about you: your bloodline, spells, power…"
"Exploring secrets is what interests me most."
Reonis looked at the Great Sage and asked, "Great Sage, tell me the true background of this respectable Archaeology Professor?"
Locke originally wanted to refuse this ridiculous game. He didn't quite understand how Archaeology Wizards usually communicated, but battles between Wizards were battles on the information level.
Exposing his secrets to these Archaeology Wizards who made a living by selling information would be too reckless.
However, when Reonis asked the Great Sage about his bloodline, Locke stopped his intention to terminate and instead looked at the Great Sage.
If this General Studies Wizard, borrowed from the past by Reonis, could discern the source of his mysterious dragon bloodline, then it didn't matter.
At this moment, the Great Sage said, "At your command, great Fairy King."
The Great Sage's eyes emitted a brilliant blue light, which was the First Ring General Studies spell [Eye of Insight].
"This respected Archaeology Professor is a Botanical Wizard, a Potion Master, an Senior Breeder. He possesses the Book of Dragons. He is a dragon. I see two heads. I see Golden Magic. I see Abyss Energy. I…"
"I see…"
The Great Sage seemed to have jammed, repeating endlessly, "I see… I see… I see…"
The smile on Reonis's face gradually disappeared.
He looked at Locke and asked in confusion, "Strange, you're not wearing a magical artifact, nor are you using any shielding magic. How is it that the Great Sage I borrowed from the past cannot see your true background?"
Although Locke had anticipated this, he was still somewhat disappointed by the sight.
The rank of the mysterious True Dragon Bloodline within him was unimaginably high. Now it seemed that even a mature First Ring Archaeology Professor could not observe the true nature of his True Dragon Bloodline.
He just didn't know what kind of existences the original owner's mother and the Black Sun Tower were.
He had recently inquired about the name Black Sun Tower, but he hadn't managed to find any information at all.
This was truly too strange.
Even if the original owner's mother was a high-ranking Wizard and the Black Sun Tower was a powerful Wizard organization, given his current status, it was impossible for him to not find any information at all.
Unless there was some hidden secret involved.
Locke glanced at Reonis, his left hand open, and a Book of Dragons appeared within it. At the same time, Locke chanted a spell, for he recognized that the magical artifact on Reonis was an item from underground, not from the surface.
That made this spell very suitable to use.
Locke said, "From the past five hundred years, lend me a King of the Underground."
Immediately, the magical artifact on Reonis moved out of thin air. Immediately after, the Book of Dragons projected onto the magical artifact on him.
Then, before Reonis could react, this magical artifact, which was originally an artifact, was instantly stripped of its invisible power. Immediately after, with the support of the Book of Dragons, the negative energy particle field information data briefly summoned an Ancient Tomb King, which was a high-level mummy.
The mummy, draped in Reonis's magical artifact, turned its head between Reonis and Locke, then knelt before Locke and saluted, saying, "Dragon, thank you for waking me from my ancient slumber. A hundred years of lonely sleep, now I am awake."
"Dragon, is there anything you need me to do?"
Locke said to the Ancient Tomb King, "Tell me, what powers does this Wizard possess?"
Reonis, as a First Ring Liquefaction Phase Archaeology Wizard, immediately slapped his forehead, "Damn it, I thought that after Warwick gave you Archaeology Magic, you would learn other spells first."
"If I had known you would have the Summoning Ancient Tomb King spell model, how could I have come to see you draped in an unearthed artifact?"
The Summoning Ancient Tomb King spell has a special effect: at the moment of summoning, it will choose an ancient item from the surrounding environment and combine with it.
This would strengthen the Ancient Tomb King.
However, it could also be summoned without an ancient item or artifact, but such an Ancient Tomb King would be weaker.
That's why Reonis looked like he had miscalculated.
The Ancient Tomb King looked at Reonis, "Fairy King, ancient phoenix, eleven ancient bloodlines… Dragon, I cannot know more."
Summoning Ancient Tomb King was primarily for combat, so although it could collect some of the surrounding negative energy particle field, especially information related to the ancient item, at the moment of summoning, it was not as effective as Summoning Great Sage, which was specifically for gathering information.
But knowing just this much was enough.
Locke waved his hand, and the Ancient Tomb King dissipated with the wind.
Without that magical artifact, Reonis now revealed his face, which had been hidden from light for a long time. He was an old man with black hair and a square face.
At the same time, according to the information from the Ancient Tomb King earlier, the other party had at least eleven ancient creature bloodlines transplanted into his body.
Moreover, the other party should have a phoenix bloodline within him.
There are many branches of the phoenix, and the main body of the phoenix race, like True Dragons, are Third Ring level.
However, this Black Wizard in front of him should only be a First Ring Liquefaction Phase Wizard, so the phoenix bloodline on him is either in its infancy or belongs to a non-pureblood phoenix.
Reonis clapped his hands, genuinely saying, "I actually lost to you."
"Amazing, truly amazing. Oh, right, I want to trade with you one-third of the historical data I collected within my fairy book. In exchange, please refine a Furnace Potion for me."
"According to the rules, I have already prepared the recipe and three sets of ingredients."
"Professor Augustine, I wonder if you are willing to make this trade?"
Furnace Potion?
The difficulty of that Magical Potion was not low, and its utility was not great.
It was probably for some special use by this Archaeology Black Wizard in front of him.
However, this Magical Potion was indeed difficult to find someone to refine.
High difficulty, low utility.
Potion Masters without Primal Fire were generally unwilling to help others refine this Magical Potion, as the time spent learning it would be considerable.
Locke glanced at Reonis and calmly said, "Yes. But I want more historical data. I want half of the historical data within your fairy book."