Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 366 - 81: Establishing the Wizard Tower

Chapter 366 -81: Establishing the Wizard Tower

Leaving the library, Jimmy took Richard on a tour around the Academy, helping him familiarize himself with its general layout.

Garon Wizard College was divided into four levels spatially.

The lowest level housed the accommodation area for Apprentices, as well as the Apprentice Duel Arena. Wizard Apprentices could go to the Duel Arena for a couple of matches to relax during their downtime.

The level above was designated for teaching and experimentation, about which there wasn’t much to say.

Then came the most important third level.

This level was the crux of Garon Wizard College because it housed both the library and the cafeteria.

Since nearly all the wizards at Garon Wizard College followed the path of Physique Evolution,

this made “eating,” an otherwise insignificant activity at ordinary wizard academies, exceptionally important at Garon Wizard College.

In the cafeteria of the Jialong Academy, Richard even saw dishes prepared with third-level creatures, priced below cost.

Jimmy explained, “The dean has a world specifically used for breeding ingredients, so the prices of these Magic Beasts are much lower than outside.”

Richard swallowed and thought, using a world as a breeding farm, is this the lavishness of a top Great Wizard?

The last was the fourth level, which was the small wizard tower at the summit.

That was Garon the Great Wizard’s everyday dwelling, which wasn’t of much use for the academy’s teaching.

After completing the tour of the entire academy, and certain there were no other places, Richard finally expressed his confusion,

“Master, doesn’t our academy provide daily accommodations for wizards?”

Jimmy nodded, “Indeed, there is no designated living area for wizards within the academy. However, many wizards stay in the test zone year-round, which functions as a semi-residential area for wizards.”

Richard nodded pensively.

“So that means, aside from staying for long in the test zone, I need to build a wizard tower in the wilderness?”

“Yes, but the academy offers subsidies for constructing wizard towers.

The dean and many veteran wizard merchants are connected, and purchasing materials through the academy’s channels would be much cheaper than the market prices.”

“That’s good to know,” Richard said with a smile.

“Oh?” Jimmy looked at Richard with interest, “Other wizards hearing this news usually choose to live in the lab.

Few opt to build wizard towers.

But it seems you had planned to build a wizard tower here from the start?”

Richard explained, “Ah, master, you’re not aware, my partner is the grandapprentice of my former Academy head.

It wouldn’t be proper for her to constantly reside at another wizard academy with such a status, would it?”

“Well, well! You’re quite something,” Jimmy said, a bit surprised, “If I remember correctly, Black Tower Great Wizard has only one student and grandapprentice, Susanna.

You’re hitching your wagon to a wealthy partner… no wait, you’re quite affluent yourself.

However, it’s a pity, no matter how good a wizard partner may be, they can’t compare to the truth!”

Saying so, Jimmy laughed heartily and patted Richard on the shoulder.

“As for the wizard tower, just let me know what you need—wherever you have your eye on or whatever materials you need, I guarantee the lowest prices here.

With such connections and leaving Black Tower Wizard Academy, our academy surely can’t let you down.”

Richard bowed slightly, “Thank you so much, master.”

…

In the snowfields of the Extreme North, there were vast expanses of wilderness. Human tribes were scattered across this vast land like stars.

Richard bent down, brushed aside the fallen snow, and gently pinched a bit of lichen.

The tundra was one of the few places in the Extreme North where plants grew.

When summer arrived, what now appeared to be a desolate expanse of pallor would transform into a paradise teeming with hundreds of species.

“This is the place,” Richard turned and said.

Behind him, Jimmy and Tosio were discussing the climate and ecology of the area.

“Here?”

Tosio flashed an apologetic smile at Jimmy and then walked up to Richard, surveying the environment.

“Tundra, permafrost layer, there’s no problem establishing a wizard tower.”

Richard turned and asked, “What about establishing a human city, or even a human kingdom?”

“Ah?” Tosio was surprised, “This isn’t a good place to build a city. There’s nowhere to plant crops here; one can only rely on primitive gathering and hunting.

If life necessities had to be transported from outside, this place is also not on the airship trade routes, and transportation costs would become exorbitantly high.

The city you want to establish would need to support tens or even hundreds of thousands of mortals.

Their needs for clothing, food, shelter, and transportation would all depend on external supplies, even your wealth wouldn’t withstand such depletion.”

“What if planting could be possible?” Richard asked, smiling as he took out a mushroom from his pocket.

When he learned that Garon Wizard College was established in the Extreme North, he had this in mind.

For this reason, he had recently commissioned the World Mushroom to cultivate a type of mushroom that could grow in cold climates and stored a significant amount of heat within itself.

The mushroom in his hand was the fruition of the World Mushroom.

“This kind of mushroom can survive in temperatures as low as minus forty degrees and doesn’t require high living conditions—it could be extensively planted even in the tundra.”

Tosio took the mushroom, examined it in his hand for a moment, then handed it back to Richard.

“With this, it’s indeed feasible to consider building a city here.

But I’ve never built a city in the tundra before, so some issues might arise in the process, I hope you can understand.”

Richard waved his hand, “We can start with a small city of a few thousand people, and then expand gradually.”

“I’m not in a hurry for this item.”

Tosio slightly bowed, “Thank you for your consideration. Let’s discuss the construction plans for the Wizard Tower. Do you intend to build a standard Wizard Tower, or are you thinking of constructing it according to the specifications of a small Floating City. I’ve made many improvements to the design of small Floating Cities over the years and have created several versions, which you may want to look at.”

“Hmm?”

Richard was momentarily stunned, then he realized.

He was Tosio’s academic patron.

These past years, he had been so busy with his research that he had almost forgotten about funding Tosio.

“Money sure speeds things up. In just three hundred years, you’ve managed to optimize several versions,” Richard joked.

Upon hearing this, Tosio heaved a deep sigh; money indeed accelerated things.

With ample funding, his progress in these three hundred years had even exceeded the combined progress of the past seven to eight hundred years.

Ten thousand Magic Essence was nothing to Richard.

The current Richard Jolod’s Commerce had expanded several times its original size.

Every day, a large number of Magic Support Vehicles were being produced from the Alchemy Workshop.

Yet, even with such a production rate, they could not keep up with the orders from the White Wizard Army.

The fame of the Magic Support Vehicles even spread to other Towers of Truth, and black Magic Essence flowed into Richard’s pockets like water.

This made Richard less sensitive to the numbers of Magic Essence.

Even though Richard’s share had changed from earning three hundred Magic Essence for each vehicle to now only thirty,

including income from casting components, ten thousand Magic Essence was just about a year’s income for him.

Yet, for an ordinary wizard, it was a fortune that could only be accumulated through several Plane Wars.

Richard scanned through the blueprints, which were all different and emphasized different aspects.

After a brief overview, he touched his chin and picked one to hand to Tosio.

“Let’s go with this one; it’s well-balanced.”

Tosio took the blueprints, “This design is indeed balanced, but it requires a more powerful Power Furnace.

Modifying a Wizard Tower later on can be a very troublesome affair, so you better think it through.”

Richard carelessly waved his hand, “Let’s settle on this one. If modifying the Wizard Tower is troublesome, I can just build another one.”

Tosio was stunned by Richard’s extravagance.

A small Floating City was not something a regular Wizard Tower, which could be settled with just a few hundred Magic Essence, could compare to; even the cheapest would cost over twenty thousand Magic Essence to build.

However, after thinking carefully about Richard’s income, these Magic Essences really weren’t much for him.

“Alright, then I’ll build according to these blueprints.”

Richard then asked, “How long will it take to build the Wizard Tower?”

Tosio confidently smiled, “Two years should be enough.”

Richard slightly nodded; given the construction difficulty, that wasn’t a long time.

“Okay, I’ll leave this to you then. I’ll come to see my Wizard Tower in two years, and don’t delay it.”

“Don’t worry, Master, the Wizard Tower will be delivered early, not late.”

…

The establishment of the Wizard Tower was wholly managed by Tosio.

During this time without the Wizard Tower, Richard, like a common wizard, had to choose a laboratory in the test zone as his temporary residence.

Suddenly, a pitch-black door in the laboratory opened.

Richard’s soul flew out from the door and landed in the body standing in front of the test bench.

He opened his eyes, a flicker of excitement crossing his face.

“The Extreme North is a great place; the corresponding location in the Nightmare World doesn’t even have a single Nightmare Lord.”

Nightmare creatures need humans to survive, and the Extreme North scarcely has any large-scale human cities.

Though the Wizard Academy has a large number of Apprentices, firstly, Wizard Apprentices rarely sleep; most of them use meditation to relieve mental fatigue. Secondly, their numbers are insufficient to support the emergence of a Nightmare Lord.

A Nightmare Lord requires at least a Mortal Kingdom with tens of millions of humans as its base.

No Nightmare Lord means no competition.

In these past few centuries, Richard had accumulated enough Power of Nightmare to ascend to a Nightmare Knight.

If he wanted, he would be the sole dominator of the Extreme North.

Putting aside the matters of the Nightmare World, Richard turned his attention to a blue-black flame sealed within a Crystal Ball on the test bench.

It was a new version of the Annihilation Flame created by Ulysses, which also had the special attack ability against flesh creatures like the blue flames.

Richard released the seal and placed the flame on a Rune Platform, using Magic Power to keep it burning.

Next, he took a Crystal Cover and placed it over it. On the crystal wall of the cover, there was a conspicuously protruding diamond-shaped crystal.

He then took a piece of flesh from his pocket, placed it before the diamond-shaped crystal, and activated the Crystal Cover.

The next moment, runes faintly appeared on the crystal ball, and within seconds, the diamond-shaped crystal emitted a pale blue light.

This was one of Richard’s inventions from the last three hundred years, a Radiation Confinement Rune Array based on Aurora Magic studies.

The blue light from the diamond-shaped crystal was the peculiar radiation emitted by the blue-black flames, capable of specially targeting flesh.

The light shone on the flesh, causing the cells to collapse rapidly. Richard, however, did not mind and started using Mutated Rules to make the flesh mutate.

He was attempting to mutate a type of cell capable of resisting this radiation, thereby verifying Ulysses’s speculation—

Whether cells capable of resisting this radiation are actually stronger.