Andrew looked at Locke and said seriously, "Locke, I estimate that for the next period of time, you'll have a hard time finding peace and quiet."

"I was originally wondering why the Rising Star of Breeding Studies was you, but after knowing you're a double champion, I'm no longer surprised."

"Becoming the Rising Star of Breeding Studies, you even get one free opportunity each year to enter a wizard secret realm."

"You've only been promoted to first-class wizard apprentice for about a year."

"Just one year, and now you're so renowned."

Locke nodded slightly and said casually, "Andrew, you can do it too. Have a cup of tea."

"Let me digest all this information you brought. I think today, many people's hearts will no longer be calm."

Locke invited Andrew into his room, while Andrew wore an expression of great honor and sat on Locke's sofa, even feeling somewhat restless.

Seeing him like this, Locke suddenly felt somewhat speechless.

No helping it. Wizards worshipped geniuses. Almost every wizard was an enthusiastic supporter of elitism, so facing himself with so many halos now, Andrew had already started to feel somewhat constrained.

...

At the Healing Hand Treatment Center, in Anglon Workshop's office, Anglon sat alone by his desk with a gloomy expression, looking at the released results list, his face extremely ugly.

"Locke Augustine, where exactly did you come from?"

"Originally all of this should have been mine. Just because you appeared, even something as easily obtainable as Outstanding Therapist slipped from my hands."

"Detestable, hateful."

"And Albert, that guy is equally hateful. Rising Star of Potion Studies and chief apprentice are both his. Even the Starshine Apprentice I wanted is his. He never even competed for the Starshine Apprentice title."

A mix of panic and anger appeared on Andrew's face. "What should I do now? Will I disappoint Teacher Halen Vera?"

"I should have been the most outstanding one. I want to be first, I want to be first."

Andrew raised his head to look toward Locke's office, his eyes gloomy as he clenched his fists. "If worst comes to worst, find a place..."

Madness and killing intent showed in his eyes, but suddenly he thought of something. The killing intent and madness in his eyes all dissipated in an instant, then he shrank his neck. His eyes became clear. "Forget it."

"I heard that guy's combat ability is extraordinary. He alone could kill his way in and out seven times while surrounded by over a hundred black wizard lunatics."

"As a potion master assistant who specializes in researching potions, if I fought him, the one who dies might actually be me."

Anglon had originally wanted to take an extreme route, but thinking of the illustrious reputation Locke had already established, this extreme idea was directly snuffed out at its source.

Anglon fumed in sullen anger. "During this period, super geniuses have appeared in the academy one after another. What exactly do I need to do to always maintain first place!"

"Perhaps I should consult Teacher Halen Vera for his opinion."

"He will definitely have the ability to help me."

...

On the other side, at Green Sprout Workshop, the workshop was currently deathly silent.

Because the two competition lists came out today, but the result was that Green Sprout Workshop, which had always been outstanding, didn't even get second place in the academy's own competition this time.

Second place was Vine Language Workshop, and first place was an obscure individual breeder.

Mary only had a slight impression of this person, with the only impression coming from the breeder competition preliminary ranking list.

The first-class wizard apprentices of Green Sprout Workshop all stopped talking.

Mary sighed. "This time I participated in the association competition and achieved the good result of ninth place. This is already pretty good, because among the top ten, except for Locke, this year's well-deserved champion, and me, everyone else is an old formal breeder who has remained at the first-class wizard apprentice stage for hundreds of years."

"Their talent is in breeding studies, not in orthodox magic level advancement."

"But our workshop's competition ranking this year is really problematic." Mary looked at everyone in the workshop and sighed, "With this happening, each of us bears responsibility."

"Perhaps our workshop has indeed developed problems in certain areas. We've wasted too much time on boring positional hierarchies within the workshop, indulging in our workshop's past glory and history, obsessing over those meaningless rules."

The breeders in the workshop, quite a few had some changes in their expressions, but faced with such results, they had no way to say anything in rebuttal.

Mary said, "Just right, let's take this opportunity to properly reform our work style. Junior Lancaster, I hope you'll go apologize to Locke Augustine, whom you offended before."

Mary said, "Our workshop has accumulated many bad habits in the past. I hope to start changing from you."

"Respect all breeders, no longer be arrogant, be down-to-earth, and completely change our past superficial work style."

In the crowd, ordinary partner Lancaster said "Ah," only now realizing. At this moment, looking at the two competition ranking results, he was completely dumbfounded.

"Of course... of course..." Lancaster said stammering.

Wizards all worshipped geniuses.

Because of the accumulated problems in Green Sprout Workshop over hundreds of years, the atmosphere in this workshop was very problematic. The breeders in the workshop looked down on breeders outside the workshop, so Lancaster had previously offended Locke due to arrogance and contempt.

But at this moment, facing the halo of double champion on Locke, Lancaster only felt uneasy and fearful, even feeling that his previous behavior was so foolish.

Lancaster said to Mary, "Senior Mary, I was too stupid before."

"I'll find a way to apologize to Breeder Augustine."

Mary nodded. "It's good to know you were wrong."

She looked at the two ranking lists and the Rising Star of Breeding Studies list, still sighing slightly in her heart, feeling somewhat disappointed.

Although she knew she hadn't lost unfairly this time, losing the halo of first place in Lilith's Cottage's breeding studies field still made Mary feel somewhat melancholic.

'It seems I need to find an opportunity to get acquainted with this Mr. Locke.'

Mary thought.

...

In Senior Advisor Francis's office, Francis was currently looking at the two veteran First Circle wizards of Lilith's Cottage before him with a headache.

"You two, please don't make things difficult for me. There's only one Locke, but there are two of you."

"So, please don't interfere with the academy's operation, alright?"

Both Lady Morgana and Halen Vera were academic powers with students spread everywhere. They even had relationships with students who had become Second Circle wizards, so although they were both only at the mental power crystallization stage, they really weren't afraid of the senior advisor Francis before them.

Compared to their student relationship networks, a mere senior advisor of Lilith's Cottage was really not worth mentioning.

Once a formal wizard's relationship network was established and deeply accumulated, their influence often transcended individual wizard organizations and even wizard regions.

Lady Morgana directly complained unhappily, "Francis, it's because of your personal work error that you misallocated talent to a newly promoted First Circle wizard."

"How else do you expect me to trust your work? Everyone has seen your work performance."

"Locke is my student's student. My student left, so it's very normal for him to become my student."

Halen Vera said to Senior Advisor Francis relatively peacefully, "Francis, our friendship is also pretty good."

"This time help me out and let Locke be my student."

"Locke is the academy's quality asset. From the perspective of resource allocation, he should also be allocated to me. I'm the most suitable wizard mentor to guide him."

Halen Vera said, "He will become even more outstanding under me. I'll make him even more talented in the breeding field."

"I have the insight and magnanimity to develop those geniuses' potential."

Lady Morgana said coldly, "No, you don't. You'll only lead students down the wrong path. Anglon is a typical example."

"And your Gina Heck breeder involved in academic plagiarism. Why didn't the Curse-Reversing Snake Willow dare to participate in the breeder association competition? It's because that research wasn't independently completed by her at all."

Halen Vera looked at Lady Morgana and said, "It indeed wasn't independently completed by her. That's a shared result between Four Seasons Garden and her, but everyone knows this. It only pushed the boundaries a bit and hasn't risen to a character issue."

"Lady Morgana, I respect your outstanding contributions in the fields of breeding studies and potion studies, but from my perspective, you're too inflexible."

"We should first consider from the perspective of students' interests, not first accuse these students of what they did wrong. Giving those geniuses greater room to develop, only then can they better display their talents."

Lady Morgana said coldly, "Plagiarism is plagiarism."

"The students you cultivate all have character problems."

"My students only need to listen to me."