Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems

Chapter 93: Super-Large Public Botanical Garden

Inside the massive botanical garden, with overlapping peaks and ridges and an artificial sun hanging high, specific magical radiation continuously emanated from the artificial sun. Locke was certain this was Mana Co-frequency Cultivation Method equipment more advanced than a Radiation Cauldron.In this space that seemed like a miniature alternate dimension, even the gentle breeze carried magical fluctuations.

Within the botanical garden, many high-level slaves were working, while first-class wizard apprentices walked among them, directing second-class wizard apprentices in maintaining magical plants or personally tending to those easily dying magical plants.

A second-class wizard apprentice who had signed a contract with the public botanical garden bowed to Locke. "Lord Augustine, welcome to Lilith's Cottage's most important area, the public botanical garden."

"Please follow me. This area is a private cultivation zone. The five hundred acres of magical plant fields you need to maintain belong to the public magical fields, allocated by the academy for first-class wizard apprentices and breeders like yourself to take turns managing portions of them."

Locke understood. This was somewhat like the well-field system.

Most of the magical fields in the public botanical garden should be communal, but at least one-third of the magical fields would be distributed to others for use as private magical fields.

The second-class wizard apprentice secretly glanced at Locke. Locke's young age caught his attention.

Those who could work in the public botanical garden were currently mostly from the seventy-two local wizard families, who had connections to find such good jobs.

But when he thought about how he, despite his excellent conditions and outstanding family background, had been stuck as a second-class wizard apprentice for almost five years, while this wizard prospect from an overseas mortal world had already become a first-class wizard apprentice, he felt somewhat depressed.

Moreover, he didn't dare show this depression in front of Locke.

This second-class wizard apprentice could only dutifully fulfill his job, introducing Locke to the work areas he would be responsible for.

The second-class wizard apprentice led Locke about seven kilometers, with magical fields planted with various magical plants everywhere they went.

Many slaves were harvesting mature magical plants in the fields. Most of these magical plants weren't combat magical plants, but magical plants used as potioncraft raw materials.

"Lord Augustine, we're here. These five hundred acres of magical fields are entirely your responsibility for one month, then next month the academy will commission others to be responsible." The second-class wizard apprentice bowed to Locke and said somewhat ingratiatingly, "The public botanical garden has complete sets of nutrient solutions, nutrient soil, various farming tools for managing magical plants, special magical insecticides, and magical plant herbicides targeting specific weeds."

"Lord Augustine, if you need anything in the future, you can always come find me for help."

"Additionally, you can outsource the work."

This second-class wizard apprentice smiled, "You can commission several second-class wizard apprentices to help you work while you just supervise from the side."

"It's just that some magical plants are too dangerous for second-class wizard apprentices to handle, and according to academy regulations, you must at least be present to oversee."

"Lord Augustine, I'm Thomas Belen. If you need anything, you can always come find me."

Locke looked at this second-class wizard apprentice with surprise. Belen... this should be a member of the seventy-two local wizard families, the Belen family. That family also seemed to have several first-class wizard apprentices.

It's just that like the Reeves family, those first-class wizard apprentices had no possibility of advancement and their lifespans were nearly at their limits.

The seventy-two local wizard families had been facing problems of lacking successors.

Locke said indifferently, "Hmm, I understand."

After Thomas left, Locke focused his attention on his surroundings. Besides himself, there were quite a few other first-class wizard apprentices managing the academy's public fields.

About five hundred acres per person.o talk to, otherwise it would be too boring."

Mary smiled and nodded. She had the same intention, since communicating with those wizard apprentices surrounding her didn't yield much.

Anglon glanced at Locke in the distance. Since Locke was a new face, he caught his attention slightly.

But soon Anglon focused his attention on Mary, who was also a formal wizard seed, chatting and laughing with her.

Locke withdrew his gaze from observing the people around him.

He also had no intention of actively greeting others. When you're relatively weak, it's best not to think about how to socialize, but to improve yourself. Then friends will naturally come to you.

Otherwise, forcing yourself into those circles will only backfire.

Locke just hadn't expected to encounter that first-class wizard apprentice Anglon here.

The other party looked physically strong, with muscle masses all over his body, quite different from typical wizard apprentice appearances. He had a buzz cut, clean and sharp, but gloomy eyes. He indeed looked like someone who would use any means necessary.

Locke turned to look at the five hundred acres of magical fields he was responsible for. "The academy probably considered that I only have a breeder assistant certificate, so they didn't assign me overly complex magical plant care tasks. They assigned me the simplest magical plants."

"That's fine too."

"Managing them will be much easier."

"First is removing specific harmful fungi from Phoenix Feather Flowers, which requires special sterilizing gel."

Locke spent the entire next day working in the public botanical garden.

However, after working all day, no other first-class wizard apprentices came to chat with him, and lower-level wizard apprentices didn't dare actively disturb him.

Therefore, Locke enjoyed some peace and quiet.

When evening came and Locke returned to his wooden house complex, he entered the medium-scale botanical garden the Reeves family had given him. The botanical garden had already been organized by the minotaur slaves, with large amounts of nutrient soil scattered throughout.

Locke inspected it once. "About twenty acres of new magical fields can be opened in roughly a week."

Locke looked at his Horadric Synthesis Cube rotating in the void, which was currently synthesizing three ordinary [Palm Fire Lotus] plants.

In a week, his third magical plant variety should be ready.