Leaving Leonard's house, Locke returns to the hotel where he is staying and says goodbye to Peggy and Linda.

After almost a week in Princeton, the mother and daughter had already circled their surroundings and it was time to go back, but Locke was not with them, and he had to travel to New York to meet Balthazar and ask him about magic.

Since he first met Balthazar last Christmas, Locke had been studying magic for more than half a year, and his meditation methods had reached an intermediate level a week ago.

At the same time, Locke also learned several basic magic, most of which were learned by relying on the system to brush up the skills, and in terms of understanding magic, he was still a beginner, and he needed to write to Balthazar often for advice.

But writing a letter to ask for advice, how can it be compared to face-to-face guidance, Locke plans to stay in New York this summer and ask Balthazar for advice and learning.

"Jingle bells." As the doorbell rings, Locke arrives again at Balthazar's antique shop.

"Welcome...... It turned out to be you. Balthazar glanced at Locke, who was standing in the doorway.

"You're still so messy here, can't you clean it up?" Looking around at his surroundings, Locke couldn't help but complain.

He's not a particularly diligent person, but there's still something that challenges Locke's perception of the chaos here.

"That's not something you should care about." Balthazar glanced at Locke, "My time is precious, and I'll be going to help take care of Dave in two hours." ”

Since it was confirmed that Dave was Merlin's heir, Balthazar took action, and Dave had just been born, so Balthazar naturally couldn't teach him magic directly.

But he still couldn't wait to move next to Dave's house and became neighbors with Dave's family.

Due to Balthazar's deliberate friendship, Dave's parents quickly took him as a friend, and while they were busy, Balthazar took over the task of caring for Dave.

"Since I am talking about Dave, I also have some curiosity, why don't you take me over to see it later." Locke proposed.

Balthazar thought about it for a moment, but nodded: "No problem, but for now, let me see where you have learned." ”

Locke nodded, and soon, Balthazar changed his shape and led him to a wasteland in the suburbs.

"From the letter you wrote, it can be seen that you are making rapid progress, but everything will have to wait for me to verify it." Balthazar said, "Now let's do everything you know." ”

"No problem, all I have mastered now are some basic magic skills, and I have only mastered seven of the magic in your book." Locke nodded, and then demonstrated them one by one in front of Balthazar.

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"You're very skilled at manipulating the elements, or rather, the molecules, even better than mine...... Well, perfect. After watching, Balthazar's eyes filled with amazement:

"It seems that your talent is very good, but you lack enough experience and guidance, and you still need a magic ring."

"The Lord of the Rings?" Locke looked at the topaz ring that Balthazar was carrying.

"Yes, the Lord of the Rings is equivalent to our staff, you should also be aware of it when you cast magic, it is very difficult to control magic, the Lord Ring can help you better condense magic power, manipulate subtle particles, so that you can cast spells faster, and spells are more powerful."

Balthazar said, "The Ring is extremely important to magicians, it bears a strong personal imprint, and each magician has his own ring, which you need to find and create.

It will stay with you for the rest of your life, and the top-of-the-line ring can increase the speed at which you can cast magic several times faster and reduce the cost of mana.

As for the tips for crafting the ring, it is recorded in the magic book I gave you, and now that you have learned about magic, it's time to create your own ring. ”

"Actually, I've also read the alchemy-related content in the magic book, but if you want to build a top-notch magic ring, the materials you need are not cheap."

Locke shrugged his shoulders helplessly, the most important thing about the Ring is the gem, the greater the magic power it can withstand, the more pure and flawless the magic channeling efficiency.

So to create a ring, you need top-quality gemstones, and this type of gem is usually worth a lot of money.

Relying on the harvest in the Japanese stock market, Locke is now worth more than one million dollars, but the top gems of size and purity are all world-renowned gemstones, and the price is basically more than 10 million or even hundreds of millions of dollars.

Of course, there are also alternative magic rings, just like the magic rings handed down by Merlin, whose materials are made of magic gold, which is more precious than gemstones, and magic gold naturally contains a lot of magic power, and the efficiency of magic guidance and the ability to withstand magic are higher, and they are also rarer.

At least Balthazar has been in the league for more than a thousand years, and he has never seen any other magic gold except for the Dragon Ring.

Of course, Locke also wants a top-notch Lord of the Rings, but it is not realistic to realize this wish in a short period of time.

Now he can only buy a batch of alchemy materials first, practice alchemy skills under Balthazar's guidance, and create an overused magic ring by the way.

Unwilling to stay in Balthazar's antique shop, Locke booked a luxurious suite in the hotel, asking Balthazar for magic every morning and reading at the library in New York City in the afternoon.

New York City's libraries are stocked with books, and he has a library card that allows him to borrow a variety of cutting-edge books at any time.

His knowledge has long exceeded the content of ordinary university courses, and now he basically relies on reading books to improve himself, and he doesn't have to listen to lectures in class, and the teachers in the school know his situation and have no constraints on him.

The reason why he didn't skip a grade was more to use the student's career to gain more potential points, so in the next half month in New York, Locke could be said to have lived an extremely fulfilling life.

Until he received a call from Tang Wei: "My plane will take off soon, and it will be in New York tomorrow, can you come and pick me up?" ”

"Have you taken care of everything?" Locke asked.

"It's been dealt with, but I don't even have a dollar on me now, and if you don't come and pick me up, I'll be left on the streets of New York." Tang Wei said.

Locke frowned, he knew that Tang Wei had saved money for college for a long time, but listening to her tone, it didn't seem like a joke, could it be that he had spent all his money on school trips in the past few days?

The graduation ceremony has been over for almost a month, and according to the habit of high schools in the United States, these high school graduates who have been confirmed to be admitted to the university will choose to go on a study trip as long as conditions permit.

There are many options for the children of rich families to travel for school, in addition to the country, they can also get together in twos and threes and go to Europe for a wave.

Children from middle-class families with good incomes drive their own second-hand cars prepared at home to take a road trip and see the customs of various parts of the country.

As for those children who still need to worry about college tuition, they will not have this blessing, most of them will choose to find a place to work, not to mention solving the tuition fees, at least to prepare some living expenses for themselves.

Growing up in Dongguo as a child, Tang only had the habit of saving, and after she got the admission letter from Columbia University, she began to go to the casino as a part-time female gambling partner to solve part of the tuition and living expenses.

Within a few days, she met Locke and promised to help her with her tuition and living expenses.

But even if Locke agreed to pay for her tuition and living expenses, Tang Wei would not spend his money indiscriminately, and at the same time, he would not lie at home and wait for Locke to pay money.

She had planned to take advantage of the summer vacation to save some money for herself while working part-time, and at the same time prepare for college classes according to the school book list in advance, but it happened that Locke was also addicted to magic and studying, and did not urge her to come to New York early to accompany her.

She was quite rigorous in her attitude towards learning, and she knew that this was the safest shortcut to change her fate, but not long before she was about to come to New York, there was a problem at home.