Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems-Chapter 200: Plant Mimicry Series Spells

Locke looked toward the magical plant seeds on the shelf in the corner, Blade Green Spinning Bamboo. Its mature specimen was a green bamboo stalk about as thick as a bowl's mouth.
At the end of the Blade Green Spinning Bamboo were a pair of green spinning leaves resembling knife blades, somewhat similar in appearance to a bamboo dragonfly.
This magical plant possessed multiple supporting plant magic spells that could fly rapidly through the air at high speed. Its only drawbacks were that it couldn't fly very high and wasn't agile enough in the air.
Locke's eyes flickered. He was somewhat tempted to choose this magical plant for exchange but at this moment, he discovered the best apprentice-level flying magical plant beside this Blade Green Spinning Bamboo, the Large Green Leaf Banana!
Locke remained at this shelf for a moment in surprise, because he hadn't expected his luck to be so good as to encounter in the germplasm repository what was described in books as the most comprehensive magical plant among apprentice-level flying plants, the Large Green Leaf Banana.
The seeds of the Large Green Leaf Banana looked like emerald gemstones, preserved in a glass bottle shaped like a shuttlecock cup, with a mature specimen of the Large Green Leaf Banana beside it.
This Large Green Leaf Banana had a pair of large bird-like wings that could normally be folded and hidden under a wizard's robes, then suddenly unfold when facing enemies, transforming into plant magic that soared through the sky.
The Large Green Leaf Banana had a complete set of coordinated spells, which was why that spell series was called Plant Mimicry Series, containing flight-type spell models, acceleration spell models, and even spell models that used the Large Green Leaf Banana for attack and defense.
Of course, this series of spells was also extremely difficult to learn, arguably the highest difficulty among apprentice-level plant magic spell model series.
Compared to the Blade Green Spinning Bamboo, the Large Green Leaf Banana was even rarer by another level.
Moreover, it didn't have the serious flaw of being unable to turn flexibly in the air. Its flight speed, flight altitude, and mana consumption were all better than the Blade Green Spinning Bamboo.
If he could obtain this magical plant, he would definitely prioritize getting the Large Green Leaf Banana.
Locke pointed at the Large Green Leaf Banana seeds and made his decision. "I've decided to use my second-level exchange permit to exchange for this magical plant's seeds."
Ruby nodded, "Very well, Breeder Augustine. According to the germplasm repository's regulations, you can obtain ten Large Green Leaf Banana magical plant seeds."
Ruby smiled, "There are currently only twenty Large Green Leaf Banana seeds total in the germplasm repository, and according to regulations, the repository must keep the last ten seeds of any magical plant species."
"That means after you exchange for these Large Green Leaf Banana seeds, for a very long time afterward, no one will be able to exchange for Large Green Leaf Banana seeds from the germplasm repository."
Locke nodded slightly. "Understood."
He had originally thought he could only exchange for one seed with his second-level exchange permit.
After all, in the germplasm repository, trading magical plant seeds with magic stones was done one seed at a time. But who knew that a second-level exchange permit could directly exchange for 10 Large Green Leaf Banana seeds.
Of course, this was also what he needed.
Because magical plant seeds were just seeds after all. How many you could actually grow depended entirely on your skill and the preservation quality of these seeds.
The reason rare magical plants were rare was because these plants had extremely high developmental conditions and growing environment requirements, plus a host of possible magical diseases.
Therefore, having a certain number of magical plant seeds didn't guarantee growing the same number of magical plants.
All of Locke's rare magical plants were mature specimens obtained in the wild.
Locke looked at Ruby and asked, "If trading with magic stones, how many magic stones would one Large Green Leaf Banana seed cost?"
Ruby was packaging and retrieving the stored Large Green Leaf Banana seeds for Locke. Hearing his question, she thought seriously for a moment, then said to Locke, "Breeder Augustine, one Large Green Leaf Banana seed costs 500 magic stones."
Locke frowned, feeling somewhat speechless.
If it were a mature Large Green Leaf Banana, selling one specimen for 500 magic stones would be reasonable.
After all, 500 magic stones could buy one hundred Crystal Palm Fire Lotus plants, 500 grams of Wiregrass Bull Sinew, or 16 Super Mandrake Vines but this was just a Large Green Leaf Banana seed!
The price of buying seeds from the germplasm repository was almost the same as directly buying finished magical plants.
So the Large Green Leaf Banana seeds obtained with the second-level exchange permit were actually worth 5000 magic stones.
This was too exaggerated but after thinking about it, Locke understood the reason.
The germplasm repository wasn't another Chimera Trading Market, but Lilith's Cottage's strategic reserve resources.
The academy's higher-ups definitely preferred their students to use exchange permits to obtain the rich variety of magical plant seeds from the germplasm repository, rather than having students purchase with magic stones.
That would instead interfere with Chimera Trading Market's normal commercial operations.
So essentially, the germplasm repository didn't welcome people using magic stones to exchange for magical plant seeds.
Therefore, the prices of magical plant seeds here were comparable to mature magical plants.
After Locke put all the magical plant seeds into his astral ring, the two left the room. Just as they left, the room's magical door immediately closed behind them.
Simultaneously, some kind of massive pneumatic sound appeared inside.
Locke knew this was the temperature and humidity rebalancing system designed by the academy's higher-ups.
After he and Ruby left that room, the pipes connected to the large weather control device would rebalance the air data indicators inside that room, preventing unnecessary preservation risks for the stored magical plant seeds.
Ruby bowed to Locke. "Breeder Augustine, the third-level exchange permit can exchange for medium-quality magical plants. Do you have any special needs? You can tell me anything."
Locke fell into thought. Medium-quality magical plants wouldn't be very helpful for his current combat situation and would have almost no effect but since Teacher Sophia had given him this permit, he might as well claim it.
But which type of magical plant would have better cost-effectiveness for his current situation?
A flash of inspiration struck Locke's mind, and the spell models of Corrupt Soil Taro King and Mayfly Flower Cannon appeared in his thoughts.
'I remember that Mayfly Flower Cannon can use some parasitic-type magical plants to mount special additional plant ammunition,' Locke thought. 'This way I wouldn't need to learn numerous spell models in limited time, just need to learn one more Plant Mimicry Series spell.'
Locke looked at Ruby, "Ruby, do you have any parasitic magical plants here that are suitable for the Mayfly Flower Cannon spell model?"
A puzzled expression appeared on Ruby's face, and she said uncertainly, "I'm sorry, Breeder Augustine, I don't know what a Mayfly Flower Cannon is."
"This knowledge is too advanced... I don't understand."
Locke realized Ruby was only a second-class wizard apprentice, so he thought for a moment and changed his description, "It's a type of parasitic magical plant that can parasitize on other magical plants and form a beneficial symbiosis with other parasitic magical plants."
Ruby's eyes lit up upon hearing this. When Locke put it this way, she roughly understood. "I understand now, Breeder Augustine. Please follow me, I'll take you to Room 107."
"There might be what you need there."