Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems-Chapter 119: Large Order

The bustling Chimera Trading Market, Witch Kitchen.
Seasoning chefs proficient in the taste modification magic sub-category of the Enchantment School were in the kitchen, adding finishing touches to the dishes they had made themselves.
Adding many specific Enchantment School magical effects to adjust the taste of dishes, creating delicious flavors that ordinary people could never produce.
A steak enchanted with the 0.5-ring enchantment magic [Tri-Color Salt Grains] was brought to the table, elegantly placed in the center of the dining table where Locke, Yuri, and Zack, the academy procurement officer, were seated.
A second-class wizard apprentice seasoning chef opened the iron cover on the tri-color salt grain steak platter, and steaming hot vapor immediately rose up.
The red, yellow, and blue tri-color salt grains were exquisitely beautiful.
The fresh steak was infinitely delicious.
"Three masters, this is the famous dish of our Witch Kitchen, Tri-Color Salt Grain Steak."
"Without booking seven days in advance, you normally can't eat this. This single dish costs fifteen magic stones. However, I can't refuse to give Master Zack face, so I could only immediately come out and personally make the best Tri-Color Salt Grain Steak for you three masters."
"The red salt grains are taste enchantment crystals materialized from anger emotions, with a spicy taste; the yellow salt grains are taste enchantment crystals materialized from happiness emotions, with a sweet taste; the blue salt grains are crystals condensed from sadness emotions, with a fresh and salty taste."
Seasoning chef Julian smiled cleverly, "The three can be eaten individually with the steak, or combined freely at the same time. The beef flavor seasoned with happiness, sadness, and anger emotions has an endless aftertaste that makes many wizard apprentices who have eaten it linger and return."
"Please enjoy slowly, three masters."
Zack nodded at her, quite coldly saying, "Mm, you may go."
Zack was a tall, thin man wearing a close-fitting tailored black robe, not wearing a wizard hat.
He appeared very thin, which made the prominent hooked nose on his face very conspicuous.
Zack turned his head toward Locke sitting across from him and Yuri sitting beside him, showing them a gentle smile.
"The dishes made by these seasoning chefs are indeed exceptional, but they have one flaw, they easily spoil your taste buds, making you unable to live without them afterward."
Locke nodded slightly. He tasted a bite of this steak, and indeed the flavor was amazingly stunning and memorable.
Zack and Yuri had known each other for a long time, because both Zack and Yuri were students of Halen Vera.
However, Yuri was a marginal figure among the marginal figures, while Zack, though not quite a core student, couldn't be considered a nobody on Halen Vera's side either.
Zack asked Yuri, "Junior Burns, I've been keeping an eye out for you recently regarding your aging curse problem."
"There happens to be such an opportunity recently."
"From several recent private gatherings of Teacher Halen Vera's students, I heard some news that supposedly Virdantia University will be sending some students and several formal wizards here soon for a short-term potion studies exchange and learning."
"Perhaps you can use this opportunity to find someone to help you solve your aging curse. You can try it. Such a complex problem as yours might attract the research interest of the potion masters from Virdantia University."
Yuri Burns' eyes lit up, "Really? That would be wonderful."
"No matter what, thank you, Senior Zack." She quickly calmed her emotions.
After all, she had been tormented by such meaningless hope too many times before, each time ending only in disappointment.
Locke looked at Zack. Zack was undoubtedly much better informed than him. Having Halen Vera's established vast network of relationships and various gatherings with fellow students, it was perfectly normal for him to know such news that Locke had never even heard of.
Locke asked, "Exchange meeting?"
Zack looked at Locke with a smile and nodded. "Yes, wizard organizations whose levels don't differ too much in certain fields will regularly hold exchange meetings to share knowledge and insights with each other, better improving the overall level of the white wizard societies in the southeastern quadrant in certain aspects."
"This prevents knowledge from being confined to some small corner and remaining unknown."
"In this regard, the black wizards are different." When Zack mentioned black wizards, his expression became unpleasant.
"If that group of black wizards didn't rely on having a large number of archaeologists among them, doing things like digging graves and searching for ancient ruins, they would have long ago lacked sufficient power to oppose us white wizards."
"They kill each other, have no principles, no values, and more people die from internal strife than die in wars."
Zack undoubtedly valued Locke's attitude more.
In his eyes, Locke's three works in Lijin Secret Language were undoubtedly the best proof of Locke as a genius breeder.
As one of the academy procurement officers in his main position, Zack naturally valued Locke highly.
Zack lifted a cup of coffee and took a sip, smiling at Locke, "Speaking of which, recently our academy higher-ups have also planned an operation. Although we white wizards have relatively weaker individual combat abilities compared to black wizards, we can act in groups."
"The effect is higher."
"The academy recently organized a group of first-class wizard apprentices who, in the heartland of the Blood Curse Court, poured large amounts of Viridian Potion into their water sources."
"Then, the academy higher-ups had the weather masters from the Evocation School use those water sources mixed with Viridian Potion to create hurricanes, torrential rains, and typhoons in the heartland of the Blood Curse Court."
Zack suppressed a laugh, "Now the heartland of the Blood Curse Court has rain mixed with Viridian Potion falling every day, and all the soil in the farmlands has basically been 'polluted' once over by our potions."
"It's said that the vampires on the Blood Curse Court side are now hiding in their houses, not daring to go out. They're afraid that once they go out, they'll be drenched by rainwater mixed with Viridian Potion..."
"They also don't dare to randomly absorb human blood, because the humans' food absorbed Viridian Potion components through the soil, making the blood of humans who ate that food also mixed with Viridian Potion components."
"Hahaha..."
"It's really satisfying." Zack seemed to think of something and covered his face, "Sorry, I lost my composure."
"Breeder Augustine."
"You don't know how much grievance we've suffered recently. This operation has made the Blood Curse Court higher-ups still jumping with anger, it's really satisfying."
Zack became serious. "But soon the Blood Curse Court's retaliation should come, the academy needs to prepare for war."
"Therefore, a new batch of academy procurement has been launched. I'm responsible for the magical plant direction procurement."
"Honestly, your Crystal Palm Fire Lotus is of very good quality. This new variety of Palm Fire Lotus has approximately twice the power of the original. Transportation has also become much safer."
Zack said to Locke, "That's why I wanted to meet face to face with such a genius breeder as you. And to thank you for this work."
Zack raised his coffee cup toward Locke.
Locke steadied his mind. He knew the crucial moment had come.
He was currently short on money and needed large amounts of resources to perfectly utilize the one-month novice benefit period of the advanced meditation method.
And the greatest hope for solving this was this procurement.
Zack said, "I want to reach a large contract of at least twenty thousand magic stones with you. I'll pay the magic stones in full at once. Similarly, you must provide me with 4,000 Crystal Palm Fire Lotus plants that meet quality standards within the next three months."
"Is that possible? If so, I can sign the contract with you now and pay you twenty thousand magic stones the next day."
Zack considerately said, "You can use this money to expand your plantation, open new magical fields, and increase your Crystal Palm Fire Lotus production."
Locke thought for a moment. To deliver 4,000 Crystal Palm Fire Lotus plants within three months would require opening at least one hundred acres of magical fields.
He actually did have a medium-small plantation of one hundred acres, otherwise he really couldn't take on this task and sign this contract.
If it still wasn't enough later, he might be able to borrow a few acres of magical fields from others for emergency use.
Locke looked at the contract Zack handed over. The breach of contract penalties were quite severe. After all, the academy's money wasn't easy to take.