Chapter 61: Chapter 61

Locke weighed the remaining 320 magic stones in his hand and entered a breeder tool shop. He spent 100 magic stones to purchase a complete set of basic breeder tools, a three-piece kit.

The three-piece kit included basic magical nutrient soil, magical nutrient solution, and growth gel.

The nutrient soil and nutrient solution were both elementary products of potion science, specifically used to cultivate magical plants. They could make magical plants grow better and reduce magical power loss that would cause magical plant mutations, degeneration, and stunted growth.

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Since breeders all needed these three things, they were called the breeder three-piece kit.

Because breeders needed to purchase large quantities, there were specialized shops that combined them into packages for breeders to purchase all at once.

However, these types of shops generally didn't make much profit. After all, nutrient soil and nutrient solution were the simplest potion science products, with only the growth gel being slightly more complex.

But even Locke, who didn't have a potion master's assistant certificate, could now brew growth gel of sufficient quality himself.

So these three items were purely volume-based and didn't generate profit at all.

Most of this was nutrient soil that was practically given away for free. Next came bottles of dark green nutrient solution contained in glass bottles. This nutrient solution could be mixed with plain water and used for daily irrigation to create soil that made it easier for magical plants to grow.

Only the growth gel was in smaller quantity. A basic kit contained only 100 kilograms.

But this was already enough to be used for more than half a year on five acres of magical farmland.

Shops that operated this kind of breeder agricultural tool business could only rely on thin profit margins and high volume sales.

After all, these items had no technical content. If they were sold too expensively, no breeder would purchase from their shops.

Fortunately, those major breeders would use more advanced breeder kits, and their farmland often couldn't be compared to his current meager 5 acres.

Locke ordered the gray dwarves and minotaurs to transport the supplies he had bought onto several pushcarts, then had them push the carts away from the shop.

Before leaving, the shop manager, a human second-class wizard apprentice, greeted him and expressed that he was welcome to visit often.

Locke returned to his residence at 431 Diagon Alley.

Next, he conducted simple tests on the six minotaur slaves and was surprised to discover that each minotaur had approximately the physique of a formal knight, as Lorne had mentioned.

Locke looked at the two cat girl maids and simply drew a tube of blood from each of them, then assigned them the task of cleaning his house in the future.

These two maids were actually just kept casually. The main purpose was to be able to extract the pure bloodline of the ancient creature Three-Eyed Tiger Cat through their blood when he had the capability.

The two cat girl princess maids obediently said to Locke, "Yes, master."

They gently lifted their princess dresses and performed an elegant curtsy to Locke, as if they had always been Locke's servants.

Then the two began cleaning the entire house for Locke.

Seeing this scene, Locke prepared to go meditate. "Establishing my own botanical garden should require paying certain magic stones to Lilith's Cottage and being registered. I'll ask Teacher Sophia tomorrow."

The next day, in Witch Sophia's office, when Sophia heard that Locke wanted to establish his own botanical garden, she specifically lifted her head from her desk to look at Locke.

Witch Sophia nodded approvingly, "With your talent in breeding, you are indeed qualified to establish your own botanical garden."

"Five acres is a small botanical garden, and the application fee is two hundred magic stones. I happen to be going to report to the higher-ups today. Give me the magic stones, and I'll apply for your qualification certificate and the notification to transfer you away from the patrol team."

Witch Sophia explained, "If I weren't applying for you, you would be stuck on this step for at least three months or more."

Locke was somewhat surprised, "Teacher, why would it take so long?"

Witch Sophia closed the book in her hands, looked at Locke, and said, "Of course it takes a long time. When you establish a botanical garden, to some extent, you are independently establishing a specialized botanical laboratory."

"The academy needs to conduct multiple reviews and qualification certifications. You need to pass ethical review mechanisms and confirmations of various other projects. At minimum, the academy must ensure that the experiments you conduct comply with White Wizard Association regulations, and that the employees, assistants, and experimental materials you use all conform to the rules."

"Wizard experiments are always full of danger."

Locke nodded. Fortunately, he hadn't purchased human slaves, otherwise he might have been stuck due to failing the ethical review.

Witch Sophia frowned slightly as she looked at Locke. She crossed her hands and leaned back in her chair. "Locke, you have already entered the field of breeding, so there are some things you must understand."

"Moreover, you are very talented. Unlike those mediocrities, and because of this..."

"If you create some enormous destruction in the future because you don't understand certain common knowledge, then it would be the responsibility of me, the mentor who guided you into the breeding field."

Witch Sophia pulled out a book from her desk and handed it to Locke, saying seriously, "Read this book when you go back. This book is full of tragic examples of talented breeders who acted recklessly."

"There was once a First Circle breeder whose ideas were extremely insane. Using the advanced breeding techniques he mastered, combined with black magic forbidden by the White Wizard Association, he created a black magic plant called Abyssal King Flower that could transplant wizard apprentices' self-consciousness into plant bodies and rapidly assimilate other plants."

"As a result, his experiment went out of control. The magical fields of the botanical wizard organization Green Ring Society where he was located were almost completely destroyed. Large numbers of wizard apprentices, and even formal wizards of the Green Ring Society, were annihilated by the Abyssal King Flowers."

"Moreover, that wizard committed the largest breeding experiment disaster in the southeastern quadrant in nearly a hundred years."

"That wizard also died in that experiment disaster. The Green Ring Society declined from then on and completely disbanded ten years ago with the death of their last First Circle wizard."

"But the disaster he created hasn't subsided even today. Those Abyssal King Flowers are still causing havoc in the southeastern quadrant and are naturally the nemesis of us breeders."

"We breeders therefore feel terror and call that disaster the Abyssal Plant Catastrophe."

"Those special magical plants that combined wizard apprentice consciousness with abyssal plants are no longer something that can be simply resolved."

Witch Sophia said seriously, "Back then, my teacher also told me about this matter face-to-face when I had just obtained my breeder assistant certificate."

"Now, I'm telling it to you as well."

Witch Sophia said, "For talented wizards like us, we must always remember one point: we pursue truth and master truth, but we should also revere truth."

"That First Circle breeder lost his reverence for power and forgot his original intention. He was overly arrogant, and therefore he caused such a tragedy."

Witch Sophia took a sip of clear tea and continued, "However, you only want to cultivate Super Mandrake Vines, which is very easy to pass review. I'll help you get approval within a week and help you leave the patrol team."

"Don't go to such dangerous places anymore."

Locke bowed to Witch Sophia. Witch Sophia was undoubtedly that typical type of white wizard who did research every day and rarely walked in dangerous places engaging in plunder and combat like those black wizards.

Locke reflected thoughtfully on Witch Sophia's warning. "Teacher, I will remember your guidance."

Witch Sophia said, "Mm, then you may go. Oh, starting tomorrow, I'm going to teach you the final part of the Vine Hand spell series, Thorn Whip."

"Then comes the advanced series of the Vine Hand series, the Vine Surge series spells where each cantrip is at least 0.5-circle level to start."

"The Vine Surge series spells can even be used by first-class wizard apprentices and have corresponding First Circle advanced spells."