Locke opened several other letters from top-tier wizard organizations in various wizard lands. First, there were two major wizard organizations from Sunshade Peninsula that had sent him invitations.

One was the Breeder Academy of Aethosend Fireweave Academy, inviting him to go there as a Lecturing Wizard. They also guaranteed that as long as he could publish one article in a top-tier journal of Sunshade Peninsula within five years, or ten Association S-rank articles, as well as apply for and successfully complete a First Circle fund project, he could obtain an official wizard mentor teaching position at Aethosend Fireweave Academy.

The other was from the Origin Academy of Jungle's Hand located in Sunshade Peninsula. They sent him an invitation stating that as long as he could write an Origin Academy graduation thesis within five years and complete an Origin Academy fund project, he could obtain his graduation certificate.

In his office, Locke fell into contemplation. The conditions Aethosend Fireweave Academy required to be promoted to wizard mentor within five years were to publish one top-tier article in Sunshade Peninsula and complete a First Circle fund project.

The conditions for obtaining a graduation certificate from Jungle's Hand's ordinary Origin Academy required completing an Origin Academy fund project, with lower requirements for articles.

After all, Origin Academy graduation theses didn't need to compete with other articles wanting to be published in journals, so as long as they were written and met quality standards, they were acceptable. Therefore, without question, the difficulty of obtaining a graduation certificate from Jungle's Hand's ordinary Origin Academy was far less than the difficulty of promotion at Aethosend Fireweave Academy.

However, this was also natural.

After all, Origin Academies weren't part of the formal teaching position system, but should be viewed as a springboard for those young First Circle wizards with greater ambitions and aspirations.

An Origin Academy graduation certificate could typically elevate the academy teaching position one could originally obtain by one level.

That is, for individual wizards, the essence of Origin Academies was actually a springboard.

The current major Origin Academies were more like First Circle wizard cultivation bases for those high-level wizard academies, having the Origin Academies cultivate them once, making selections from among them, and then having high-level wizard academies accept these young First Circle wizards to become their wizard mentors.

Locke thought, "Both Aethosend Fireweave Academy and the Jungle's Hand branch Origin Academy are relatively good destinations. But I have even better options."

Locke opened the invitation letter from the Golden Dynasty of Twilight Border. A Third Circle grand noble of the Golden Dynasty had sent him an invitation, inviting him to go to [Solar Sacred City] under the Golden Dynasty to serve as a Lecturing Wizard.

They also guaranteed he could become a wizard mentor within five years. The requirements were not much different from Aethosend Fireweave Academy's requirements, approximately publishing one article in the [Boundary] journal, or publishing twelve Association S-rank articles, and completing a First Circle fund project.

However, Solar Sacred City also had teaching task requirements for him, requiring him to cultivate one official wizard within ten years.

The invitation letter also specifically mentioned special healing tasks. There were some injured wizards in Solar Sacred City who needed his treatment...

Locke's expression was strange. "The Golden Dynasty's Solar Sacred City in Twilight Border has too many requirements for me. Before I've even gone, they're making article requirements, research achievement requirements, teaching requirements, and healing requirements. Other invitation letters at most mention articles, research, and teaching."

"Forget it. I won't consider this one. Solar Sacred City itself doesn't have anywhere worth my going."

Twilight Border's golden magic research had always been at the forefront, and there was even a large amount of ancient creature research, but for potion studies, breeding studies, and botany, it was just average.

Next, Locke opened the other invitation letters. They were basically invitations sent by various major wizard organizations in the Three Marsh Lands. After all, the Cloud Marsh Cup was a competition in the Three Marsh Lands, so it had the highest value there.

Among them was the Crawler's Garden that Montgomery and Witch Barbara were going to.

The wizard organizations in the Three Marsh Lands generally all had teaching, project, and article requirements for him. The difficulty was generally a bit higher than Aethosend Fireweave Academy in Sunshade Peninsula, or about the same.

However, this was also normal. The wizard land level of the Three Marsh Lands was two or three levels higher than Sunshade Peninsula, so the teaching position promotion conditions for wizard academies there were definitely more difficult.

Organizations like Crawler's Garden, Bonifacius University, and Rose Council couldn't even guarantee him that he would definitely be promoted to wizard mentor within five years, because there were many monks but little porridge. They could only guarantee priority for him to obtain a wizard mentor teaching position.

"These wizard organizations are all top-tier wizard organizations in the Three Marsh Lands, so naturally they don't lack wizards, and don't even lack talented and excellent First Circle wizards."

Locke said, "Actually, these are all relatively good platforms. Each platform's invitation letter, if given to other First Circle wizards, would make them agree immediately."

"But I don't need to be that hasty."

Locke began thinking and separated the invitation letters, picking out the Advanced Origin Academy invitation letters from among them. "Whether it's invitation letters from wizard organizations in Sunshade Peninsula or the Three Marsh Lands, no matter how good the conditions are, as long as they're not so good that I must go, I actually don't need to consider them."

"I still prioritize choosing wizard academies in the Star Domain Sea. Because I have the option of Origin Academies, I don't need to be that anxious."

"Right now, only small fry from the Star Domain Sea have sent me invitations, but that doesn't mean in the future, there won't be top-tier organizations from the Star Domain Sea sending me invitation letters, just like how top-tier wizard organizations from the Three Marsh Lands are currently sending me invitation letters."

"As long as I can obtain Advanced Origin Academy graduation qualification certification, I can elevate my resume another level. Moreover, Origin Academies have large amounts of advanced resources to provide me..."

"Whether for advancement, researching magic, or adding luster to my resume, it would all be good choices."

Locke thought for a moment and put all those wizard academy organization invitation letters into a Vine Speech Box, then stuffed it into his astral ring.

Including that invitation letter from the Star Domain Sea.

Although it was said that it was better to be a phoenix's tail than a chicken's head, being a chicken's head only made one happier and more comfortable with no other benefits, but there was also no need to directly step into the Star Domain Sea's trap.

The three Advanced Origin Academy invitations before him were actually rewards from the Cloud Marsh Cup competition.

Only this time, it was the Advanced Origin Academies of three top-tier wizard organizations in Cloud Marsh Wetland simultaneously sending him invitations, all hoping he would go to the Origin Academy sites opened by their respective wizard academies.

The first was Bonifacius University, the second was Rose Council, and the third was Golden Crown Mountain Dragon Blood Society.

Locke quickly looked over the graduation conditions for these three universities. They were actually all about the same, and the graduation conditions were all abnormal!

First were three Tier 1 journals from Cloud Marsh Wetland, or three top-tier journals from other wizard lands, but with limited conditions—these top-tier journals from other wizard lands should at least equal Cloud Marsh Wetland's Tier 1 journals.

The Three Marsh Lands had a total of four tiers of journals. "Southeast" from the southeastern quadrant and "Spiral" from Spiral Basin were both Tier 2, while "Six Towers" from the Land of Six Towers was Tier 4.

Many Tier 1 journals in the Three Marsh Lands were hosted by various major wizard academies, or even by reputable wizards at Throne Wizard level or above.

Because the hosts of Tier 1 journals needed to simultaneously satisfy both the Third Circle wizard and Throne Wizard conditions, this hard requirement naturally meant that many journals from wizard lands without Third Circle wizards simply couldn't possibly be rated as Tier 1 in the Three Marsh Lands.

At the same time, those three major Advanced Origin Academies, besides requiring him to publish three Tier 1 journal articles within five years, also required him to mentor wizard apprentices and guide them to become two official wizards, and there was one key point.

The Advanced Origin Academies actually required completing an Association headquarters First Circle fund project and completing a Three Marsh Lands key research and development sub-project.

Locke's expression was strange. "I remember that Association headquarters key research and development projects can only be applied for by at least Third Circle wizards. They're very high-level funds. Of course, if it's just a Three Marsh Lands key research and development project, it should only require Second Circle wizards to apply, dropping one level." 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

"But even so, it's still a key research and development project."

"The graduation qualification certificates for the three major Advanced Origin Academies actually have much higher conditions than the conditions for top-tier academies in other wizard lands to promote from Lecturing Wizard to wizard mentor teaching position."

"Other Origin Academies' graduation conditions are just completing a graduation thesis and completing an Origin Academy fund project."

"But these three major Advanced Origin Academies' graduation conditions actually require completing a key plan sub-project, a First Circle fund, publishing three Tier 1 articles, and mentoring two official wizards."

"Just graduating from an Origin Academy is actually more difficult than becoming a wizard mentor in a proper wizard university."

Locke frowned and began weighing the pros and cons.

The logic of Advanced Origin Academies seemed completely different from the logic of ordinary Origin Academies.

Locke looked at the fine print on the invitation letter—if one obtained an Advanced Origin Academy graduation certificate, it was equivalent to obtaining an entry ticket to the Star Domain Sea. All major wizard organizations in the Star Domain Sea recognized young First Circle wizards cultivated by the Three Marsh Lands' Advanced Origin Academies.

At the same time, after leaving the Advanced Origin Academy, one could use the graduation certificate to directly skip the Lecturing Wizard position in top-tier wizard organizations in the Three Marsh Lands and become a wizard mentor, and when later advancing to senior wizard mentor and chief wizard mentor, it would be much simpler.

Locke compared the conditions for directly becoming a Lecturing Wizard at Bonifacius University with priority promotion to wizard mentor within five years, with the graduation conditions for Bonifacius University's Advanced Origin Academy.

The conditions for both were actually about the same, only the Advanced Origin Academy's graduation conditions were clearly a bit higher.

Although both required mentoring two official wizard students within five years, Bonifacius University's promotion to wizard mentor didn't require completing a Three Marsh Lands branch key special sub-topic. One only needed to complete five or more First Circle funds, and only required publishing two Tier 1 journal articles.

That is to say, the Advanced Origin Academy's graduation conditions were actually slightly more difficult than the university's own promotion to wizard mentor difficulty.

This might be because the Three Marsh Lands' Advanced Origin Academies were equivalent to tickets to the Star Domain Sea, and even other top-tier wizard lands.

It was also because taking this path, even for young First Circle wizards staying in the Three Marsh Lands, was a path to more quickly obtain resources and more quickly advance in teaching positions, but was also a more difficult path to take.