Chapter 789: The Projects Are Too Much to Handle, and the Type III Natural Guardian [Spirit Shepherd]
In the Golden Crown Mountain Library area, Locke, Alex, and Wizard Jagula walked out of the Second-Ring area.
Alex and Wizard Jagula had clearly neither published any Second-Ring journals nor written any relatively famous Second-Ring magic books, so they had no Second-Ring-level contribution points to speak of.
The three of them wandered around the free area.
Before leaving, Locke asked Wizard Jagula, "Earlier, Wizard Alex said that your application for this year's Special-Grade Funding Grant wasn't approved. One of the judges said it was related to me, but exactly what aspect did it clash with?"
Locke asked with a beaming smile.
Wizard Jagula's expression turned icy, as though Locke had angered him. His pupils turned ice-blue.
On the other side, Wizard Ackerman, the old blue-haired Second-Ring Wizard of General Studies, secretly coughed. He hesitated, as if he wanted to say something. After all, as a General Studies wizard, he actually knew quite well what these Second-Ring wizards were researching.
But after thinking it over, he still said nothing.
Wizard Alex broke the tense atmosphere. "Wizard Augustine, Wizard Jagula is just as obsessed with Evolutionary Science as you are. Both of you were once assigned by your teachers to the Dune Plane."
Wizard Alex's words reminded Locke.
Locke looked at Wizard Jagula. "So it's related to accelerating the evolution of plants?"
His heart jolted. Mana entered the Astral Ring worn on his right index finger, establishing contact with the Lingzhi Magic Plant. He quickly looked up the articles Wizard Jagula had published in secret.
Recently, he had studied many of the Water Gourd System's interface functions and discovered that he could look up many wizards' articles within the system and read about their representative