Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 201 - 31: The Advance of Jolod

Garon the Great Wizard’s words filled Richard with both shock and joy. It was undoubtedly a good thing to be recognized by someone like Garon the Great Wizard, but Garon’s words suggested that his sudden disappearance was likely to consult the Black Tower Great Wizard about his own inheritance.

Although Richard felt that a big shot like Garon the Great Wizard wouldn’t coerce Jolod to give up the Adaptation Body Witchcraft, what if he did?

Richard suppressed the slight worry in his heart, and Jimmy approached to offer his congratulations:

“Richard, you’ve really made a splash this time. Even the minister invited you to join the Academy. That’s quite rare.”

Richard smiled, “It was all unexpected, really unexpected.”

Having said that, Richard handed over the inheritances he had acquired in the Secret Realm to Jimmy, including two Secret Transmissions, Changshan Fist Intent, as well as Beng Stone Fist and other worldly techniques.

Richard had always abided by such previously agreed-upon arrangements.

After taking a look, Jimmy exclaimed in surprise, “The Secret Transmission of Changshan Temple? The Abbott and head monks are third-level creatures, and even many Three Rings Wizards struggle to defeat them. You actually got their Secret Transmission!

How did you manage that?”

Richard confidently smiled, “It was a trade. These Mountain Dwarves are not unintelligent beasts; as long as the price is right, Secret Transmissions are not impossible to trade for.”

Upon hearing this, Jimmy suddenly realized and laughed, assailing Richard playfully, “You’re quite the clever one. The minister’s intention for opening the Secret Realm was to have us challenge those Mountain Dwarves and hone our skills while using the special environment of the Mountain Secret Realm to enhance our physique.

But you, you went and did business with those Aliens.”

Richard shrugged, “The rules didn’t say trading was not allowed, and I don’t have the overwhelming strength of other masters, so I had to be a bit unconventional.”

With the inheritances handed over, Richard’s journey in the Secret Realm came to a close.

The seal placed by Garon the Great Wizard soon lifted automatically, and once it did, Richard’s bodily reactions returned to normal.

As he was leaving, Jimmy told Richard to come by the club more often if he had the time.

There were many wizards who followed the path of building their Physique in the Wizard World, making it easy to find suitable opponents.

Leaving the Duel Arena, Richard immediately went to the commercial floor.

“The total for your materials is one hundred eighty-two Magic Essence. We appreciate your patronage.”

Richard nodded and passed over the Magic Essence.

After sending the materials to the Wizard Tower with the company, Richard immediately entered the library in the basement.

The library housed a large bookshelf, and Richard had labeled each book on it.

Richard’s fingers ran across the spines of books of varying thickness until he found what he was looking for—an Encrypted Notes made who knew from the skin of what creature.

In the dim basement, Richard silently opened the Encrypted Notes, and a piece of information appeared before his eyes.

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[Extraction Cost: 2.5 spiritual power]

Sometimes Richard did not extract information from the Encrypted Notes right away for various reasons, but he still had some recollection of what knowledge they contained.

After the extraction, Richard instantly had a design for a Rune Array in his mind.

With this design, Richard could simulate the gravity conditions of the Mountain World in the Wizard World.

Leaving the basement, Richard was about to unpack the materials delivered by the company and make a Gravity Training Room when a magic fluctuation from the third floor interrupted his actions.

It was from the long-range Communication Crystal Ball.

Ascending the stairs, Richard saw that a message from Jolod had appeared in the Crystal Ball, asking him to make a trip to the Black Tower Wizard Academy.

“This… what exactly has Garon the Great Wizard done?” A shadow passed through Richard’s heart, a moment before he hurried toward the Black Tower Wizard Academy.

After half a month of flying, Richard met with Jolod, but to Richard’s surprise, Jolod looked beaming with happiness upon seeing him, obviously having encountered something delightful.

“Teacher, what happy event has come up for you?” Richard asked curiously.

“Happy event?” Jolod’s mouth curled, unable to suppress a smile, “It’s more than just a happy event. Your teacher here is planning to advance to a Three Rings Wizard!”

“A Three Rings Wizard!”

At Jolod’s words, Richard felt a shock to his heart.

It was well-known that the biggest issue with a wizard’s breakthrough was the materials for the Promotion Ceremony and the Soul Darkness during the advancement.

The latter of these two, which seemed more difficult to some, was actually somewhat easier to resolve.

Wizards pursued knowledge and conducted experiments, not because the wizard Race was exceptionally accomplished or intelligent compared to other races.

Wizards’ study of knowledge, besides enhancing their power, was also a method to cope with Soul Darkness.

When Soul Darkness was first discovered in ancient times, wizards began to search for solutions to it. And it was this very process that inspired the wizards.

The terror of Soul Darkness was in the endless waiting it entailed, and the search process was similarly endless.

After realizing this, the first wizard in the world was born.

Therefore, when wizards are promoting themselves, they often don’t seek hastiness, for failure to overcome Soul Darkness means death. It’s better to study more and train one’s temperament.

Compared to the manageable Soul Darkness, the materials for promotion can at times be more challenging.

Apart from methods like Richard’s, which involved ingesting Soul Essence for a grandiose promotion, other promotion methods require a ritual.

These rituals are mostly from predecessors’ inheritances, where predecessor wizards have carved out a path for promotion with their wisdom and knowledge.

But there are a few wizards who design their own rituals.

These individuals are what the juniors call “predecessors.”

Jolod was just such a wizard, preparing to become an ancestor. However, his inheritance lacked the method to advance to the Three Rings, and although he had designed a Promotion Ceremony himself, he couldn’t proceed without a main component, leaving the ceremony stuck on paper.

Now that Jolod intended to advance, it meant either the materials had been found, or the ceremony had been altered.

“Master, have you found the Sky Heart Soul Bone?”

Jolod shook his head: “No, I feel like I’ll never find that thing in my lifetime.”

After hearing this, Richard instantly had his answer.

“Is it the head of the Academy or Garon the Great Wizard?”

“It’s Garon the Great Wizard.”

After saying this, Jolod looked puzzled: “Speaking of which, this is strange. I don’t know why, but suddenly, Garon Great Wizard went to the head of the Academy to inquire about you and, in the process, found me.

“Do you have some relation to Garon Great Wizard?”

Richard nodded, recounting his own situation.

“I see.” Jolod stroked his beard, “You can consider Garon Great Wizard’s words. You needn’t worry too much about the Academy. It’s not unprecedented for a wizard to join another academy.”

Having said that, Jolod suddenly turned serious and took out a sealed scroll from his pocket.

“Richard, this is my will. Although I am old and believe myself to have a stable temperament, you are also aware of the terror of Soul Darkness. Should anything unexpected happen to me, this will shall unseal itself, and at that time, you must distribute my property according to my will.”

Richard solemnly accepted the scroll, and then saw Jolod speak again:

“Besides this will, I have another matter for you to attend to.”

“What is it?”

Jolod pointed to the blackboard in the laboratory: “I hold a teaching position at the Academy. If I go to advance, according to the Academy’s rules, you students who are still here should take over my classes.

Not too much, thirty years per person will do.”

“…Okay.”

Having settled matters, Jolod patted Richard on the shoulder and flew towards the upper levels of the Black Tower.

Jolod did not plan to go to the Tower of Truth; he intended to advance within this Black Tower where he had resided for thousands of years.

Looking at his teacher’s receding figure, Richard, who did not believe in the divine, silently prayed in his heart:

“May the gods bless my master Jolod with a smooth advancement.”

…

Before substituting as a teacher, Richard returned to the Tower of Truth to collect his materials and brought them to the Central Black Tower.

Teaching at the Academy was actually a rather relaxing task. Given the longevity of a wizards’ life and their breadth of experience, teaching a group of teenagers was all too easy.

Still, since he was going to teach, Richard planned to take it seriously.

His younger sister-apprentice, Yelena, had successfully become a wizard decades earlier. Although she was not adept at combat and had a talent for Synthetic Beasts, she had become a teaching staff member at the Academy on Jolod’s advice. She would also be a part of the logistics wizards in any future Plane Wars.

While the rewards for logistics wizards were not high in wars, it was a safe role, and with steady progress and Jolod’s support, becoming a Second Ring Wizard was well within reach.

On the sixty-seventh floor of the Black Tower, Richard found Yelena’s laboratory and prepared to inquire about teaching essentials.

In the lab, Yelena busied herself with something at the experimental table, while two girls who looked exactly alike were at the dissection table studying the anatomy of an Alien creature.

Sensing a wizard’s entry, Yelena looked towards the laboratory door.

“Hey, brother Richard!”

Upon seeing Richard, a look of surprise appeared on Yelena’s face.

“Yelena, long time no see. Are these two your Apprentices?” Richard pointed at the two youngsters at the dissection table.

Yelena nodded, walked over to the dissection table, and patted the two Apprentices on the head: “Aliye, Pauline, this is your senior Richard.”

Unexpectedly, however, the two Apprentices did not respond to Yelena’s words and remained motionless.

Aliye stood rigidly in place, tense as a bowstring. She heard Yelena’s words but did not dare move a muscle at the momento.

Her body was resisting her brain, automatically activating its most innate defense mechanism—I will not move—upon sensing the terrifying wizard behind her.

Barely able to turn her eyeballs, Aliye looked at her sister and realized she was in the same state.

Their twin telepathy allowed them to feel each other’s emotions.

But at the moment, all they could feel was fear, a terror that stemmed from deep within their souls, the fear of facing a Predator.

What kind of monster was their teacher’s senior brother…

“Hm?” Yelena’s brow wrinkled slightly, about to speak again, but then she suddenly heard Richard say awkwardly, “My bad, I forgot to suppress my Life Radiation.”

Since Richard usually dealt with wizards, he never paid much attention to the emission of Life Radiation. He had recently returned from the Mountain Secret Realm, and his body’s cells were in an active state, emitting stronger Life Radiation than usual.

Such radiation was negligible for a wizard, but for an Apprentice, it was overwhelming.

As soon as Richard suppressed his Life Radiation, the two Apprentices collapsed to the floor, drenched as if splashed with water, their cold sweat flowing freely.

“Ha-ha, my bad, my bad.”

Richard chuckled awkwardly, his eyes scanning the laboratory to shift the topic.

There were many glass tanks in the lab, each containing different Alien creatures, but what was strange was that despite their varied shapes, they all had the same scales.

Richard took a closer look, then uncertainly asked:

“Sister, are you researching the… Dragon Blood Species?”