After leaving Rex Alchemy Workshop, Locke went straight to Feathered Serpent Ancient Pavilion with the Coiled Dragon Peach-Offering Wand in hand.
Locke went to the third floor of Feathered Serpent Ancient Pavilion, specifically the potion room he had rented. A month ago, the Green Dragon Half-Dragon shopkeeper had given him a pile of recommendations. He had selected three First-Ring Crystallization Stage wizards from among them. These wizards were all from small- and medium-sized wizard organizations near Golden Crown Mountain.
When Locke entered the potion room, the three wizards froze for a moment before nodding to their employer in greeting.
"How did the third-phase experiments for Tyrant's Eye go?" Locke asked.
One of the three wizards was 150 years old, while the other two were 300.
Generally speaking, wizards of corresponding ranks in wizard organizations of different levels were around the same age.
That was because the requirements of small organizations in Cloud Marsh Wetland could not possibly be as high as those of the seven top-tier wizard organizations, though they still had requirements regarding a wizard's age.
That was why the ages of these First-Ring Crystallization Stage wizards followed a discernible pattern.
Moreover, although wizards from these small- and medium-sized organizations were not subject to the rule of "promote or leave," they were subject to "promote or transfer" and "promote or demote."
And as the population of outside wizards in the Land of Three Marshes grew larger, these small and medium-sized organizations had recently begun enforcing "promote or leave" as well.
In short, the competition was becoming increasingly fierce.
One of the three came from Seven-Color Nursery, one from Shanks Hut, and one from Black Market Cauldron.
Seven-Color Nursery was a small- to medium-sized wizard organization primarily composed of Breeders. Its main research focus was Nutrition Soil Studies within Breeding