193: All Kinds of Living Things (V)

In the Mist Coast Wizard World, ever since the Plant Heart Academy issued its four major announcements, not only have the major powers and large Wizard Academies been discussing and changing their attitudes and mindsets, adopting strategies of either closeness, confrontation, or compromise.

It is the numerous small and medium-sized forces that are the most restless. Some have become medium-sized forces due to the fortuitous emergence of a Formal Wizard, while others are small forces without a Formal Wizard to oversee them. For these forces, the inheritance of a Formal Wizard is the most fatal temptation!

Not to mention, the news of Lord Joyce's promotion to a Tier 2 Advanced Wizard has already spread throughout the entire Mist Coast, indicating that the Plant Heart Academy possesses a top-tier inheritance that leads directly to a Tier 2 Advanced Wizard.

Now, the Plant Heart Academy has opened its doors, welcoming various grassroots wizards to bring their capital and join the Plant Heart Academy. Although it's only the outer sect located in the Auxiliary Wizard Tower, isn't this still hitching a ride on a big ship?

...For a time, the entire Mist Coast was in turmoil, and countless grassroots wizards, filled with hope, gathered towards the Plant Heart Academy.

Somewhere, a medium-sized force.

“My Lord, do we really have to bring our own building materials, our own dry rations, and help the Plant Heart Academy build the Auxiliary Wizard Tower for free?”

“Isn’t this too eager to please? It’s not a business transaction, is it?”

“What do you know?”

“At a time like this, are we still talking about business?”

“I'm presenting a letter of allegiance to Lord Joyce. That ticket to the Middle-earth Continent Wizard World isn't so easy to get. I've been a Formal Wizard for over two hundred years, but all my valuable resources have been used up. What's left are just ordinary goods, nothing presentable. How can I possibly get on that ship?”

“It just so happens that their Plant Heart Academy needs to build six Auxiliary Wizard Towers. Isn't this a great opportunity sent from heaven?”

“I can't speak for other things, but when it comes to construction, our team is professional. Plus, I've participated in eight Auxiliary Wizard Tower constructions and led three, giving me rich experience. Coupled with my savings of over two hundred years, after selling all my family assets, it's enough for me to independently build a high-standard Auxiliary Wizard Tower. I hope this gift can satisfy Wizard Green and get me a ticket to the Middle-earth Continent.”

“My Lord, if you sell your family assets and leave the Mist Coast, what will happen to us old brothers? There are over 500 people, young and old, who have followed you for decades, even centuries, to make a living. You can't just abandon us!”

A dozen wizards, dressed as construction workers, cried mournfully, as if their parents had died. Their small group was a construction contracting team centered around this Formal Wizard. They usually took on small projects to make a living. With a Formal Wizard in charge, their lives were a bit easier, unlike those rogue wizards whose wages were suppressed very low.

If they lost the golden signboard of a Formal Wizard, what money would their construction team have to earn? Wouldn't they just become like ordinary small-force wizards, or even rogue wizards?

“Stop wailing. I've already thought it through. We're brothers, and you've followed me for so long. I'm sure you don't want to hold me back from a better future, do you?”

“I've also thought about your future. Isn't the Plant Heart Academy aggressively attracting investment and releasing shares for the six Auxiliary Wizard Towers? You all take out your family savings, and I'll add a bit more for you to buy some shares. Then you'll pledge allegiance to the Plant Heart Academy. In the future, you'll also be people of a major force. You can find some work in the market planned by the Plant Heart Academy and make a living.”

Many wizards couldn't help but look at each other, wondering what was going on?

Their boss was not only going to donate all his wealth and work for free for others, but also sell off his subordinates to gain a chance at advancement.

What should they do? Waiting online, urgent!

...Somewhere, a small family force.

“Patriarch, do we really need to lead the family's most outstanding members to join the Plant Heart Academy? Isn't this too risky? How about we only take half, and send the others to different academies? Even a rabbit has three burrows.”

“No, you're too short-sighted and can't see the big trend of future development.”

“For our family, decentralized development can indeed reduce risks and preserve strength, but this method develops too slowly. Since our ancestor opened up resource points, it's been over a hundred years, and we haven't even produced an Advanced Wizard Apprentice. If we continue like this, in another hundred years, our family will still be the same, with no hope of advancement.”

“There's an old saying: 'Be greedy when others are fearful, and fearful when others are greedy.' This is a once-in-a-century opportunity! The Plant Heart Academy is the chance for countless small forces and rogue wizards like us.”

“You also know that those major forces guard their knowledge and inheritances very closely. Unless they are talented seedlings they've cultivated from a young age, it's incredibly difficult for grassroots wizards like us to obtain knowledge and high-level inheritances. The difficulty for grassroots wizards to climb upwards is three to five times higher than for wizards from major forces. Now there's a ready-made opportunity to cling to the leg of a major power, what more do we have to hesitate about?”

“But, Patriarch, I heard that the Tier 2 Wizard from the Plant Heart Academy will only stay in the Mist Coast for 10 years. After 10 years, he will leave for the distant Middle-earth Continent Wizard World. If we join now, what if after 10 years, the Plant Heart Academy isn't as glorious as it is now? Perhaps it might even face big trouble?”

“Hmph...”

“Risk and reward are always directly proportional. The great The Crown of the Scales of Truth once said: 'Behind every gift of fate, a price is marked.'”

“If we want to achieve class transcendence and give our descendants a higher starting point, how can we not take risks? It's precisely because there are risks that everyone worries and hesitates about whether to join the Plant Heart Academy, and that is precisely our opportunity.”

“The sooner we join the Plant Heart Academy, the more benefits we will gain. Once everyone else reacts, we won't have any advantage.”

“Alright, it's decided. With a Tier 2 Wizard as a background, even if Lord Joyce isn't in the Mist Coast, I believe no one will be bold enough to dare to destroy the Plant Heart Academy. As long as it's not a dead end, we won't suffer a loss by joining.”

“Understood, Patriarch, we all listen to you.”