Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems-Chapter 261: Hellfire Club

In front of the two formal wizards, Locke knew there was no need to deny it, so he nodded, "Yes, Teacher Halen, Advisor Francis, my current mana pressure is 780."
After receiving an affirmative answer, Halen Vera showed a smile. "Not bad, this is very good. You've given me a pleasant surprise."
"Originally, I thought your foundation wouldn't be this solid, that it would be lower."
"But unexpectedly, you now already have the qualifications of a wizard seed."
Halen Vera showed a thoughtful expression. "According to regulations, with your situation, you can be evaluated for the wizard seed reward. I'll help you apply to the academy for this title as soon as possible. With this title, plus the title of Rising Star of Breeding Studies that you already have, you can enter ordinary wizard secret realms twice for free this year."
"And you still have one chance to enter the Forbidden Forest, right? I can give you a treasure map of the Forbidden Forest. You can completely follow that map, avoid dangers, and go directly to collect magical resources."
The more Halen Vera calculated, the brighter his eyes became. "Not bad, not bad, Locke, you've done very well."
"Being your wizard mentor is truly a very interesting thing."
"If that's the case, I need to slightly adjust my original teaching plan. You're far more outstanding than I originally thought. I should arrange your learning plan directly according to that of wizard seeds like Andrew."
Senior Advisor Francis showed a thoughtful expression. "Locke, you only advanced to first-class wizard apprentice a year ago. In one year, your mana went from 200 to 780."
"This speed would be considered rather fast even among Children of Elements."
Locke sat at the dining table and explained a bit. "It's like this. During that operation before Teacher Sophia left, I obtained quite a bit of Tartarus Tartarus Cave Worm Spinal Fluid. After using that Tartarus Cave Worm Spinal Fluid, I gained very powerful mental strength progress."
Halen Vera smiled and picked up a glass of witch watermelon juice, taking a sip. "Cave worm spinal fluid is indeed the best magical resource for improving mana during the apprentice stage."
Senior Advisor Francis nodded, but he was still somewhat puzzled. "But that alone shouldn't be enough. Even if your progress speed can be compared with Children of Elements, spinal fluid has drug tolerance."
"This still can't explain your improvement speed..."
Locke felt somewhat nervous in his heart. After all, Witch Sophia had already left the academy, and Francis, as an academy higher-up, clearly felt something strange about his abnormal improvement speed, with a feeling of wanting to get to the bottom of it.
Fortunately, before coming, he had already thought through the related issues once and shouldn't reveal any flaws.
Halen Vera suddenly interrupted, looking at Advisor Francis with dissatisfaction. "Francis, please pay attention to my student's personal privacy."
"Wizards all have their own secrets."
"Although you're the academy's disciplinary supervisor, my student's rapid progress is a good thing, isn't it? You don't have the authority to ask, do you?"
Advisor Francis immediately reacted. He smiled helplessly and looked at Halen Vera. He had almost forgotten that this very protective Halen Vera was beside him.
Even if he wanted to take the opportunity to inquire whether Locke had any exclusive techniques for improving mana so quickly, it was quite unlikely.
Francis could only give up and said to Halen Vera, "Wizard Halen, you've really gotten a bargain this time. You directly picked up a student who has almost reached the mental strength threshold for breaking through to formal wizard."
The smile on Halen Vera's face grew even wider. "I've read through Locke's past records. Witch Sophia believes that Locke possesses drug tolerance beyond ordinary people. He seems to have some kind of special bloodline."
"So, the effect of Tartarus Cave Worm Spinal Fluid on him should be somewhat better than on ordinary people. Moreover, Locke has also studied archaeologist spells and performed some ancient creature bloodline modifications on himself. This can further improve his drug tolerance ability, allowing him to take more potions with greater side effects than ordinary people."
Halen Vera said, "Powerful drug tolerance is also a unique talent."
Francis nodded in agreement. "I see."
"Indeed, there have been many wizards in history with drug tolerance surpassing ordinary wizards, and they all ultimately achieved outstanding accomplishments. Modern potion studies are already extremely advanced. If a wizard can safely take more potions than other wizards, then he can gain a great advantage."
Locke looked at Halen Vera in surprise, not expecting Wizard Halen Vera to understand his situation so well.
It seemed that what he said before about carefully formulating a teaching plan for him should be true.
Halen Vera looked at Locke and said, "Locke, this is the welcoming gift I've prepared for you."
"I hope you'll like it."
Halen Vera took out an exquisite vine-speech box from his astral ring. He opened the vine-speech box, revealing a golden rune knife with a surface covered in runes lying inside.
A grafting knife that looked very extraordinary.
The quality of this grafting knife far exceeded the one that Kali Ackerman had wanted to give him earlier.
Senior Advisor Francis looked at this grafting knife and showed an astonished expression. "This seems to be an ancient relic grafting knife."
"You're actually giving a student such an expensive welcoming gift."
Locke looked at that grafting knife and saw that the inscriptions covering it were very rare. At a glance, he could tell it wasn't a work from the southeastern quadrant. Moreover, the handle of this golden grafting knife had a special seal, a double-headed golden dragon pattern seal, which seemed to indicate that the origin of this artifact was extraordinary.
Halen Vera glanced at Francis and smiled faintly, "It can't really be called an ancient relic. This is a grafting knife from an ancient dynasty ruin of the Golden Dynasty at the Twilight Border, possessing special power."
"The Golden Dynasty is a modern wizard power, just with an ancient history, so I don't think it counts as an ancient relic."
Locke said to Halen Vera in a low voice, "Teacher Halen, this is too expensive. This kind of grafting knife is a First Circle level alchemical item, worth over five thousand magic stones."
Halen Vera looked at Locke and said, "It doesn't matter. For a breeder genius like you, if you can get such a good grafting knife, you'll definitely be able to create very outstanding works."
"I look forward to your works."
"Locke, if you need anything in the future, you can tell me. By the way, tomorrow afternoon, I'm holding a Hellfire Club banquet, specially held to welcome you. At that time, all my outstanding students will come, and you can meet them and exchange feelings."
Halen Vera looked at Locke specially and showed a meaningful expression. "And if you attend that banquet, you'll never lack capable assistants again. All the talent problems and resource problems encountered in your projects will be resolved easily."
"All the troublesome difficulties you felt before will become effortless then."