Locke, within the singing of the two Second Circle star ring wizards, had his magic pressure continuously increase. Then the mana on his body's surface condensed into mist, then condensed into liquid. Following that, the spirit liquid formed by this condensed mana continuously self-compressed, and finally transformed into flowing crystals one after another.

At the same time, the Mira Sisters' singing reached the most intense confrontation stage, light and darkness, dignity and frivolity.

In this confrontation, the shadow at Locke's feet suddenly underwent some special change. His shadow was actually not a human shadow, but a dragon, a sleeping dragon.

Locke's left hand automatically manifested the Undying Dragon Scale.

Then, that final barrier was also broken through by this awakened bloodline power. Locke used the compression method to successfully break through his soul's upper limit of 9,000. His mana condensed into crystals one after another, transforming into clusters of condensed mana crystal sand.

Locke's magic pressure had also officially broken through to 9,000.

This represented that Locke had become a First Circle crystallization stage wizard, and was sufficient to interfere with physical laws using just his psychic power.

The dragon shadow Locke projected onto the stone chair seemed extremely restless, impatiently flicking its dragon tail.

The three staff members of the Mira Sisters saw this scene and quickly recorded it.

One staff member said, "As expected of a Golden Crown Mountain wizard. He actually possesses the Undying Dragon Scale. Master Mira's singing activated the bloodline potential in his body, helping him directly skip at least half a year's time, as well as the bottleneck obstacles of advancing to crystallization stage, allowing him to become a First Circle crystallization wizard."

Another wizard operating the mass spectrometer said in a low voice, "This is also because he himself has potential, and it should also be his first time hearing our auditory illusion studies wizards' singing."

At the same time, on the performance stage, the Mira Sisters made eye contact. It was now approaching the end. This ensemble had already lasted for three hours.

After making eye contact, the two smiled with satisfaction.

They had already noticed that the mana of many wizards in the audience seats had progressed, and there should be some wizards who had actually advanced during this concert.

This indicated that their previous ideas were correct.

Their magical concepts had been verified in this concert.

Bards in the auditory illusion magic sub-direction should be able to use magic music to bring wizards unique auditory enjoyment, and could even use magic music to develop potential and deepen meditation.

At the end of the concert, the two Second Circle wizards' lingering melodies continued. The world seemed to be reborn in the two witches' singing. Light and darkness gradually merged, transforming into the real world they saw and felt before their eyes.

At the same time, the instant Locke recovered his five senses' perception of reality, he seemed to hear two intertwined wind sounds by his ears. Because he had become a First Circle crystallization wizard with greatly increased psychic power, and because the two Second Circle wizards hadn't hidden their greater magic, he saw the greater magic of these two Second Circle wizards using his psychic power.

One was a tornado. The sound of every airflow friction within the tornado was a musical note.

The other was a whirlpool. The friction sound and water flow sound of every liquid drop within the whirlpool was a musical note.

These two phenomena were the greater magic of these two auditory illusion magic sub-direction wizards. However, Locke was not yet a Second Circle wizard, and could only catch a fleeting glimpse, so he could only see one phenomenon, one appearance of these two greater magics.

He couldn't discern the underlying details.

'The greater magic of the two Second Circle wizards are respectively a music tornado and a music whirlpool? These two greater magics collectively hypnotized the entire concert venue.'

'Truly formidable.'

Locke thought, "Only in such a developed region as Cloud Marsh Wetland can we enjoy songs brought to us by Second Circle wizards."

At this time, the two Mira Sisters wizards finished their performance.

The elder of the Mira Sisters used magic to speak to the entire venue, "Thank you, fellow wizards, for taking time from your busy schedules to listen to our sisters' songs. We hope this ensemble just now can bring everyone unique enjoyment."

"Welcome everyone who came tonight to our Mira Sisters Chorus."

Next, the host invited a First Circle crystallization stage bard to perform in rotation.

At that moment, quite a few wizards immediately chose to leave the concert.

After all, everyone came here to hear the Mira Sisters sing, not to hear other wizards' singing.

The Mira Sisters were big stars of Cloud Marsh Wetland, but other bards' skills were far inferior compared to these two.

Therefore, many wizards directly chose to leave.

There were also some wizards who, because they had just enjoyed wonderful music, were reluctant to leave immediately and chose to stay here to listen to the music.

This was an opportunity for those bards outside of the Grand Wizard Miras.

In fact, this was also an opportunity that the Mira Sisters gave to these formal wizards, and even Second Circle wizards, who worked under their chorus.

After all, the bard profession was even more competitive than other wizard professions, belonging to the winner-takes-all type.

Cloud Marsh Wetland didn't need many bards. The bards who could make it were only those few.

Those who could hold concerts everywhere with full attendance were only those few, so other bards who wanted to survive needed to attach themselves under star bards like the Mira Sisters.

Backstage, the Mira Sisters were respectively drinking Hawkbill Red Mystery Tea, a specialty of Landbridge, to moisten their throats.

The elder of the Mira Sisters said, "Just now in the audience seats, there was even a First Circle liquefaction stage wizard who advanced to crystallization stage wizard. This is very good. This proves our approach. I hope our assistants have already recorded his magic pressure changes."

"With this excellent empirical evidence, we should be able to publish several Cloud Marsh journals."

The younger of the Mira Sisters took off her leather jacket. She opened her right palm, and a huge tornado appeared in her palm. Countless musical notes burst forth from within the tornado. "Using these concerts, we can also strengthen our two greater magics, earn both fame and funding, and conduct experiments at the concerts. We've really profited."

"However, that young wizard is really quite strange." The younger of the Mira Sisters changed into an ordinary white wizard robe and said, "He has dragon might of pure-blooded true dragon level within his body."

"That dragon might easily interferes with our musical note illusions. However, the problem isn't major. You and I working together still completely controlled his five senses. It's just that at the end, he seemed to see our two greater magics."

"He's truly an interesting First Circle wizard."

The elder of the Mira Sisters also changed into an ordinary white wizard robe and said with a light laugh, "Our two greater magics aren't exactly secrets anymore. Appearing in public always requires giving up some things. We've disclosed our information, but as long as we always maintain neutrality and don't make enemies with people, the problem shouldn't be major."

"As for that young wizard, looking at the direction of that seat, he should be from Golden Crown Mountain's Origin Academy. Then it's not strange. Which of those First Circle wizards in the Origin Academy isn't a super genius?"

The elder sister said, "Let's not talk about this. Where is our next concert? I remember there's a black wizard land that also wants to invite us to go?"

"Have our assistant negotiate the price with them. At least raise the price of holding a concert there to more than three times the normal amount. If they can still agree, then I can consider taking the risk to go there and hold a concert."

...

In the audience seats, after Locke broke through to become a First Circle crystallization wizard, he vaguely felt quite a few gazes fixing on him.

Locke had previously read some knowledge related to First Circle crystallization stage wizards in the free access area of Golden Crown Mountain's library, so he knew what this situation was.

He could now attract the attention of quite a few special planes in the endless void, yet he hadn't signed a contract with any special plane.

Like an ownerless object.

At this moment, he would naturally be noticed by quite a few special planes.

As long as he signed a contract with one special plane, he could immediately resolve this current situation.

And Yekaterina had told him to find her after becoming First Circle crystallization stage, so he wasn't anxious about this situation.

Mason let out a breath of turbid air. "My mana has risen a lot. As expected of the Grand Wizard Mira Sisters."

"They're very famous even in the Three Marsh Lands."

"Barrett, Locke, Freya, how are you all? Hmm?"

Mason turned her head to look at Locke, stunned for a moment, still somewhat disbelieving. "Locke... your magic pressure... you've advanced to crystallization stage wizard?"

Locke nodded slightly. "Yes. It may be because this is my first time listening to a bard's concert, so this concert had particularly good effects for me."

A flash of envy appeared in Mason's eyes. "I think it shouldn't have been too long since you advanced to liquefaction stage wizard, right? It took me seven years from liquefaction stage to crystallization stage. I didn't expect you to break through after listening to one concert."

"Even if it's your first time listening with the best effects, you still need to have potential yourself."

Mason was almost fifty years old.

However, witches had long lifespans, so she was still in a youthful and beautiful state.

The researchers within Group Six all looked toward Locke and congratulated him.

A trace of joy also appeared in Kelt's eyes. "Locke is First Circle crystallization stage now? That's great. Our whole group is all crystallization stage wizards and above again."

Locke smiled slightly without saying anything.

At this time, the people from Group Six were all preparing to leave. After all, the upper and lower limits of bards differed enormously. Ordinary bards' music was really just for appreciation.

And the people from Group Six all raced against time with precious time, so they and Wizard Kelt were all preparing to return to the laboratory.

Mason asked Locke, "Locke, this is your first time attending a concert, right? Won't you stay a bit longer?"

Locke smiled and said, "I'll leave together with you all. I also happen to need to go to the laboratory to borrow the Cold Ice Mirror."

Mason blinked after hearing this and helped ask the other researchers in Group Six, "Everyone, does anyone else need to use the Cold Ice Mirror tonight?"

Everyone made eye contact.

One researcher said, "No one in our group needs to use the Cold Ice Mirror today. However, I don't know if Locke can get his turn for the mirror tonight."

"After all, wizards from other groups in the Origin Academy will definitely need to use it too."

Another researcher said, "Senior Origin Academy researchers have the privilege of priority use of the three great mirrors once per week. So entering the fast queue channel immediately, I think he probably can't get a turn in the first half of tonight, but should be able to get his turn in the second half of the night."

Many researchers looked at Locke with envy, and some people tried to chat with Locke to probe his project completion progress.

And when Kelt thought of the topic in Locke's project application, the smile on his face disappeared.

He quickly boarded a cloud whale and left this place.

Mason said to Locke with a snicker, "Locke, we've all heard that you ignored Wizard Kelt's suggestions and chose to do the project you wanted to do. I estimate that Wizard Kelt just now got angry again thinking about this matter."

Freya gave Locke a thumbs up. "Well done."

"You don't even know how annoying Team Leader is."

Barrett said in a low voice, "You two stop with the sarcastic remarks. Doing a project independently? With completely no one helping... that's too difficult."

"If he can actually complete this..."

Quite a few researchers in Group Six showed thoughtful expressions.

If he could complete this, wouldn't it prove that Locke, as a senior Origin Academy researcher, truly had abilities not on the same level as theirs?

Many researchers immediately made more effort to chat with Locke, trying to understand the current progress of Locke's funding project.

Locke dealt with them a bit, then went to the public laboratory and found Wizard Kelt to apply for usage rights to the Cold Ice Mirror and structure comparison machine.

He first went to the structure comparison machine and extracted the natural magic structure component similar to the Royal Lightning Field from inside the Big Yellow Duck Crown Bromeliad.

At the same time, Locke waited for half the night before it was finally his turn to use the Cold Ice Mirror.

He walked to the mirror area of the breeder public laboratory and stood outside the Cold Ice Mirror room.

The temperature in this vicinity was lower than in other areas.

The previous user of the Cold Ice Mirror was a senior Origin Academy researcher from Group 1, a young man.

He walked out of the Cold Ice Mirror room and closed the door to prevent the cold air inside from rushing out and freezing the nearby flowers and plants into ice sculptures.

He rubbed his palms together. Inside the Cold Ice Mirror room, even First Circle wizards would feel unbearably cold.

If an apprentice walked in, just five minutes would be enough to obtain a First Circle wizard apprentice ice sculpture.

In the market, this would be extremely rare. Perhaps it could sell for some price.

"Hello, I'm Griffin." This senior Origin Academy young wizard smiled and said, "Are you Daniel or Locke?"

"This is our first time meeting, right?"

"Although the Cold Ice Mirror room has no life-threatening danger for us First Circle wizards, if you don't prepare a potion in advance to help us adapt to low temperatures and walk straight in, you'll suffer quite a bit. And if your body becomes stiff affecting delicate operations, that would be troublesome."

Locke said, "Thank you. I'm Locke."

Griffin smiled warmly. "Welcome to joining the Origin Academy. I have one more opponent."

"This is your first time using the Cold Ice Mirror, right?"

"The first time, everyone is somewhat unadapted." A flash of inquiry appeared in Griffin's eyes. "By the way, when you first applied for Origin Academy project funding, was it Tier 3 or Tier 4?"

Locke thought for a moment and still said, "Tier 3."

Griffin nodded and said before leaving, "That's really quite good."