Locke instructed the three First-Ring Wizards to ask him for any information they needed. He also told each of them to go back and prepare a separate topic of their choice, so they could provide their own selections.
Meanwhile, Locke returned to his residence, located 10 kilometers from White Dragon Tower. The passage of time inside White Dragon Tower was not very noticeable; only the hourglasses lining the corridors showed that time was passing.
The Magic Lights inside White Dragon Tower No. 2, however, were always lit, as if there were no distinction between day and night.
In the study of the suite, Locke ordered the three Wood Elf maids to clean up. At the same time, he closed the study and activated the Magic Lock.
Then he sat down on a stool and took a verdant ring from the Astral Ring. Its roots and branches intertwined with one another, connecting at both ends to form a circle.
Sensing the Magic Pressure transmitted from the Lucky Four-Leaf Clover Ring, Locke's expression changed slightly. "Teacher Sophia's Magic Pressure has grown increasingly powerful and high-quality. This no longer seems like Magic Pressure that an ordinary wizard at the Crystallization Stage could possess. Has it at least come close to ten thousand?"
A Magic Pressure of ten thousand was a threshold.
A wizard at the Crystallization Stage had a Magic Pressure above 9,000 but below 10,000.
After Magic Pressure exceeded 9,000, every additional point became extremely difficult to obtain and required vast amounts of resources.
"So Teacher Sophia's Magic Pressure is this close to ten thousand, and she may even have reached it already. That means she's already very close to becoming a Second-Ring Wizard."
Locke pondered, *"It's been only a little over two years since we parted, yet after going to the