[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wizard-starting-with-synthesized-gems":3,"chapter-wizard-starting-with-synthesized-gems-wizard-starting-with-synthesized-gems-chapter-116":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1265536,1693,"Chapter 116: Hiring Experimental Subjects","wizard-starting-with-synthesized-gems-chapter-116",116,"\u003Cp>Next, Locke spent the entire morning busy at the Healing Hand Treatment Center, and after returning in the afternoon, he studied Minor Viridian Potion for three hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the evening, Locke began using the advanced meditation method for his practice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To take advantage of the first month's benefit period, Locke directly maximized all resources, consuming a bottle of Stardust Tears Potion while using Four Seasons Fruit Core Incense and Energy Potions for an entire night of meditation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This way, his daily magic stone expenditure reached 400 magic stones, while his current savings were only 5,500 magic stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was his original savings plus the income from last month's plantation output.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His current plantation could earn 3,700 magic stones per month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to this calculation, Locke could sustain approximately thirteen days of such full-resource consumption before running out of money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This month's plantation output would only be settled at Lijin Secret Language at the end of the month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fees for treating wizard apprentices at the treatment center would also be settled uniformly at month's end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he continued like this, he would have to pause his full-resource use of the advanced meditation method, missing the one-month newcomer benefit period for using advanced meditation methods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alternatively, he could only go outside to sign loan contracts, but non-academy loan contracts generally had frighteningly high interest rates, while academy loan contracts had very cumbersome procedures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Locke's residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Locke instructed the three gray dwarves and two cat-girls to clean his house while taking a bite of the apple in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This one-month newcomer benefit period cannot be missed. Many first-class wizard apprentices miss it due to lack of money, causing them to spend the next year or even several years making up for missing this one-month newcomer benefit period.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget it, I'll meditate with full resources every day for now. If I run out of money, I'll figure it out then. I'm now a potion master assistant and breeding assistant, so I can definitely find ways to make money quickly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of which, he wasn't really lacking resources anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least most first-class wizard apprentices without backgrounds would likely directly miss this one-month newcomer benefit period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or they would sign high-debt contracts, leading to a series of debt bankruptcies, getting trapped by others and losing even more miserably, only able to work for others in vain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Locke recalled that during work this morning, Axi had told him an interesting story about a wizard apprentice at Lilith's Cottage who carelessly signed a high-interest loan contract. When repayment time came and he couldn't pay on time, he had to keep signing more high-interest loan contracts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This resulted in robbing Peter to pay Paul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, after credit bankruptcy and the complete collapse of the repayment chain, he was forced to sign a labor slavery contract requiring him to work for others for free for fifty years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Locke felt that people who signed such contracts, though not slaves in name, were essentially no different from slaves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Basically debt slaves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In white wizard society, once someone became such a debt slave, it was basically social death. All social relationships would actively sever ties with them, no longer approaching them, falling from heaven to the depths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Locke refocused and continued his meditation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After one night, his mental power grew from 227 to 235. With all resources maximized and during the newcomer benefit period, he had gained a remarkable 8 points of mental power in one night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, Locke was energetic, a side effect of taking Energy Potions. He looked at himself in the mirror, wearing a fitted white wizard robe with a perfect physique and tall, slender form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He adjusted his attire, then turned to open the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today was the day he would recruit second-class wizard apprentices and experimental subjects publicly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To get a pharmaceutical laborotary approved through proper procedures, he needed at least three third-class wizard apprentices, one second-class wizard apprentice, and one potion master assistant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then could he begin the process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To apply for a personal pharmaceutical laboratory as quickly as possible, he needed to gather personnel quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Locke had already brought in Witch Sophia's three students, his three junior disciples, but still lacked one second-class wizard apprentice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, his friends Lorne and Pierre were still third-class wizard apprentices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their advancement speed was actually the advancement speed of most people at Lilith's Cottage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His own speed was actually among the extreme minority, after all, he was second in his cohort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The person who advanced faster than him was a Child of Elements, the only Child of Elements in his cohort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not every class of new students would have a Child of Elements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard seedlings with Child of Elements qualifications would be frantically competed for by all wizard organizations in the southeastern quadrant. Sometimes, even ten years might pass without a single Child of Elements enrolling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Locke opened the door to see Pierre already standing outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pierre seemed to have been waiting at the door for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Locke open the door, Pierre's eyes immediately brightened, then he looked at Locke somewhat guiltily and said, \"Locke, I came after receiving your letter. Will you really pay me one hundred magic stones per month, even more than Senior Anglon gives me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Locke nodded, then frowned with displeasure. \"You don't need to be restrained when coming here. Just knock on my door directly next time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We're friends.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pierre said emotionally, \"Then Locke, is it safe being your experimental subject?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I still have parents at home. I don't want them to hear news of my death...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Locke invited him to sit inside. \"Don't worry, if it weren't safe, I wouldn't use it on you. I can honestly do animal experiments and commoner experiments first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The potions I give you, I'm already certain of their effects. It's just to produce a report. Your low magic resistance constitution is the most convincing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here, here's the pen. I'm not forcing you. If you refuse, I can find someone else.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Locke placed the contract and pen in front of Pierre, who was sitting on the sofa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of the one hundred magic stones and his relatively close relationship with Locke, Pierre immediately picked up the quill pen. \"I'll sign it, I trust you, Locke.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's one hundred magic stones per month! I don't know how many magical resources I can buy with that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pierre quickly signed his name on the contract with a few strokes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After he finished signing, Locke collected the contract and said, \"Pierre, I'll have my servants serve you some delicious food. I still have a simple interview to conduct, so I won't entertain you for now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pierre said, \"Oh, oh, oh... alright.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, there were already scattered second-class wizard apprentices standing outside Locke's door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had all received the recruitment information that Locke had spread and came to participate in interviews to join Locke's newly created personal pharmaceutical laboratory.\u003C\u002Fp>",1157,"2026-06-05T16:22:57.671Z",1,"novelbin.me","1fab95003ddd6600db31b7767067b96931ca5051ae3163408544e00afc3ca93d","wizard-starting-with-synthesized-gems-chapter-117","wizard-starting-with-synthesized-gems-chapter-115",578,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwizard-starting-with-synthesized-gems-cover.jpg"]