I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha

Nestled among seven small hills in the lower plains of the Tiger River lies a beautiful and enormous Gem Basin.

The Gem Basin's geographical location holds immense strategic value. The surrounding land is incredibly fertile, suitable for both farming and animal husbandry.

Not only is it close to water sources, but a small tributary of the Tiger River even cuts through the heart of the city. Both land and river transportation are exceptionally convenient.

Scattered outside the basin are clusters of colorful crystal gemstones, resembling low-lying houses built around the city walls.

Within the basin are numerous massive crystal gemstone mines, each the size of a pointed two- or three-story building. At the very center stands a dazzling and colossal seven-colored gem, resembling a magnificent castle filled with towering spires, occupying nearly a quarter of the Gem Basin's area.

This is an exposed crystal gemstone vein on the surface, radiating brilliant light in the sunset, like a gem basin nestled on the plains.

It is a magnificent spectacle of nature.

Nature's artistry makes it appear somewhat like a city from afar. However, upon closer inspection, one would no longer perceive it as such.

—The above is the intelligence gathered by everyone using 'Bat Echo Technique'.

Night seemed to arrive prematurely, and the rainbow over the Gem Basin gradually faded.

Before long, a mist slowly rose around the Gem Basin, concealing its final radiance.

Several shadows cautiously drifted into the city. After circling within, the shadows gathered and slowly coalesced into four young wizards.

All four wizards wore black blindfolds, rendering them sightless.

They had just traversed the city, employing various magical means to seek out any living beings, yet they failed to find even one.

Let alone living people, they didn't even encounter any crystal statues resembling humans.

All they discovered were clusters of crystals huddled together—barely possessing a semblance of human form.

This place is a treasure trove bestowed upon the mortal realm by the gods, brimming with priceless magical crystals and gemstones.

Virtually every type of magical gemstone in existence can be found here. Anyone who comes here and gathers a few pouches would surely become rich overnight.

However, the four individuals were drenched in sweat, devoid of any avaricious thoughts.

Far from being greedy, they lacked the courage to even touch the crystals. The four blindfolded wizards hovered in the air, tossing a rabbit onto the crystal ground. After observing it for a while and finding no issues, they finally landed.

A tall, young blind man asked, "Did any of you pick up anything without permission just now?"

One of the blindfolded wizards wiped sweat from his face and said, "No. However, Scholar Roland, I saw you touching things earlier... I remind you, don't think about taking any specimens back for research."

The others nervously 'looked' towards the first blind man. Such things were within the capabilities of the Black Abyss people.

Under the 'gaze' of his companions, he said, "Don't worry, those things have no value... The only thing of value is the rainbow, but unfortunately, I've already covered it."

Thinking of the magic he had just cast, everyone felt lingering fear. According to the magical probes, the entire city was covered by a massive shadow.

Now, it must be pitch black here.

A round-faced wizard hurriedly said, "Alright, alright, I believe Scholar Roland. Let's quickly release everyone. If we don't deal with this soon, the entire Amir Kingdom will turn into a crystal kingdom!"

These four people were none other than Roland and the other three Advanced Apprentices. When they arrived, each one boasted louder than the last, believing they could handle the situation here. But upon reaching the city, they were all dumbfounded.

They spent two or three days discussing outside the city, reluctant to enter. However, the White Chess Council issued an order that bypassed the school, forcing them to come in.

Fortunately, the council mentors provided a solution. If the 'delusional theories' and experimental logs reported by Roland were accurate, this solution could resolve the situation with 100% certainty. But if there were issues, it would be hard to say.

After all, Roland and the others had never entered the city, so no one knew the exact situation inside.

However, the tower masters believed that Roland's experimental logs were quite reliable, so overall, even without clear information about the city, there was still about a 17% chance of success.

Before entering the city, Roland and the others found a crystal village and tested the solution. The effect was perfect, giving everyone a lot of confidence.

In addition to this solution, the school also offered rewards. Besides various curiosities and magic stones, there was also a potion for advancing to a 'Formal Wizard'.

Under these circumstances, everyone reluctantly walked in.

Roland said, "Then let's start quickly and try the solution given by the tower masters."

Everyone opened their storage bags and other spatial items, releasing more than a dozen people.

These people were also blindfolded or blind. Although their movements were inconvenient, they could still perform their tasks with the aid of certain methods.

The group began to inscribe magic arrays, seemingly planning to conjure rain.

Among them, several Intermediate Apprentices held strange urns filled with bubbling green liquid, seemingly possessing strong acidity. Strange little bugs constantly churned within.

Barnett turned his face towards Roland, asking with some suspicion, "Will this really work?"

Roland said, "The solution was determined by the tower masters, why are you asking me? Besides, haven't we specifically found a crystal village to test it out these past two days?"

Those tower master adults had specifically studied Great Scholar Augustus's notes. The tower masters repeatedly praised the things this great scholar had uncovered. And based on Augustus's theory, a new potion had been improved upon.

The bug-filled acid in the urns was personally concocted by several tower masters. The things in these urns not only made the existing potions better, but also much cheaper. When combined with rain conjuring spells, they could form a special acid rain.

This acid rain had a certain degree of pollution, but it would not kill people if it fell on them. It could be used as a topical potion.

Acid rain, this was the solution given by the tower masters for the Crystal City.

If this trick didn't work, then the apprentices would need to collect more information about the Crystal Gem City after this test.

After the apprentices collected enough information, the school would consider whether to send a formal wizard团 based on the situation.

Otherwise, people would come and do the same things that the apprentices were doing. It would be a waste of high-level wizards' human resources.

Of course, if the apprentices could handle it, the wizard团 wouldn't need to come.

Barnett now hoped more than Roland that they could handle the Gem Basin's affairs. Otherwise, if a formal wizard团 came, his plan would be completely ruined.

Barnett said, "Judging from the results in the crystal village, the rain conjuring plan is indeed effective... But why doesn't the Crystal Princess like to eat sour things?"

The surrounding apprentices couldn't help but start discussing.

Roland said, "I advise you not to overthink this matter, be careful of turning into rainbows."

Everyone's faces stiffened slightly.

Everyone now understood the mechanism of rainbow disease. Although no one could determine the specific principle, people with high cognition and low sanity would turn into rainbows or crystals upon seeing a rainbow.

The mechanism of rainbow disease was too 'chaotic', thinking too much about it would drive one mad.

Someone laughed and said, "Everyone, it's the middle of the night, there won't be any rainbows. As long as we can't see it, and we're not aware of it, there won't be any problems, right?"

Roland nodded, that was indeed the case.

Not only did they choose to carry out the mission at night, but Roland also specifically used the Shadow of Augustus to cover the nearby sky.

After entering the city, the four of them worked together to shroud the city in mist. This mist was not ghost mist, but its effect of covering the light source was even better.

Since it was a plague of light, then as long as the light was covered, there would be no problem.

So there was no reason for problems to arise.

Roland was now very confident in solving the problem here. In the past two days, he had a lot of communication with those tower masters. These great wizards were as powerful as Grandpa Augustus, making Roland deeply admire them.

The tower pillars indicated that even if the Crystal City's problem could not be solved, they would carry out targeted treatment according to Roland's condition.

Of course, if the Crystal City's problem could be solved after this acid rain, that would be even better.

As long as the 'Gem Basin' problem was solved, everyone could then rain across the entire kingdom, and the kingdom's epidemic would be suppressed.

As for completely eliminating the rainbow, let the wizard adults handle it. The wizard adults would research a complete solution.

He probably wouldn't have time to stay here any longer.

A few nights ago, Catherine had already contacted Roland. There was already progress on the territory's affairs, with several choices available. They all looked interesting.

Roland planned to pick a territory and choose his first cave after finishing this matter.

In addition, Roland looked at Barnett's back.

In the past few days, Roland had studied the Crab Eye Elephant Array given by Barnett. His understanding of magic arrays was stronger than everyone here, and he discovered the little tricks Barnett had done.

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He could roughly guess what that guy was planning to do.

Lost in thought, the Intermediate Apprentices had already completed the preparations. Roland and the other three Advanced Apprentices checked it over, inserted some mid-grade magic stones, and then chanted some spells to guide the magic array. After that, dark clouds gathered in the sky, and lightning flashed.

After a while, raindrops slowly fell from the sky, and the fog was slowly dispelled by the rain.

Many apprentices raised black umbrellas, using echo spells and other means to perceive the entire city and the crystal castle in front of them.

Roland stood in the rain, his expression somewhat solemn.

Judging from the echo spell, the crystals within the city were gradually decreasing. The crystals within his body were also decreasing, but the rainbow didn't seem to change much.

Moreover, the magic power within him seemed to be growing increasingly restless, making him feel quite uncomfortable, as if resonating with something.

Earlier, when casting the rain spell, he had consumed some magic power, which eased the discomfort considerably. But before long, the magic power had returned.

At that moment, Matt approached and said, "Scholar Roland, what do you think about these buildings? How did they turn into crystals too?"

Roland said, "Didn't the Tower Masters propose a theory before? From our previous explorations, it does seem to align with that theory—that after the people in the city turned into crystal clusters, the crystal clusters spread to the buildings. Once the buildings turn into crystals and the rainbow appears, the crystals will continuously spread through the reflection of the rainbow."

Matt said, "I know that, and I very much agree with that viewpoint. But have you noticed a problem? The people in this city seem to have turned into crystals overnight."

Roland said, "That is indeed strange. However, from the information we have, once crystal people gather together, a rainbow will form in the sky above. The Comb Army that entered the city numbered in the thousands, bringing the rainbow wherever they went. If, after entering the city, they happened to encounter a clear day, a super rainbow could have formed."

Matt said, "That's the problem, Scholar Roland. This city turned into a crystal city overnight. You may not know this, but I am proficient in some origin tracing spells, and I am certain that the incident occurred at night."

Roland's expression turned somewhat odd. "How could that be? Our theory shouldn't be wrong. Without a rainbow, the crystals wouldn't spread."

Matt said, "Yes, it turned into this overnight... That would require a massive rainbow. But how could a rainbow form at night?"

Roland muttered, "Could it be related to the moon? A rainbow appeared on the moon?"

Matt nodded and said, "That's one way to think about it. Perhaps it really is related to the stars and moon. According to the astronomical calendar, there was a 'starburst' last month. The night was as bright as day."

Matt wasn't entirely sure either. According to his magic, the time of the incident didn't match that 'starburst.' But perhaps there was a problem with his magic.

Roland said, "Did we happen to catch a supernova? Hmm, amidst this spectacle, people looked up at the sky. And then a rainbow appeared in the sky."

Matt said, "That's the only way to suspect it."

Roland asked, "There's no such celestial phenomenon tonight, right?"

Matt said, "No, no, we specifically chose a good night. There isn't even a moon tonight, it's very dark. Now the rain is getting heavier, and the thunder has mostly stopped, there shouldn't be any rainbows."

Roland breathed a sigh of relief.

At that moment, Matt tilted his head and said, "The buildings in the city seem to be changing, the crystals are receding a lot."

Everyone heard footsteps coming from the castle, and some scattered crystal people seemed to be emerging.

They were originally growing together with the crystals inside the buildings. As the crystals inside the buildings decreased, some crystal people broke away from the crystals.

Some of these crystal people were covered in crystal clusters, making it impossible to discern their human form.

These were the Crystal Princesses. Once a person turned into this form, even if they returned to human form, they would have no soul left.

These crystal people were like sleepwalkers in a daze, subconsciously moving towards environments with more magic power.

Roland and the others, with so many wizards gathered together and the magic power of the rain spell flowing beneath their feet, were a massive source of magic power.

Roland and the others didn't seem surprised. They had to guard this place until the rain stopped.

Several intermediate apprentices picked up the urns in their arms and released clouds of magic potion acid mist, which drifted over.

When those crystal people came into contact with the mist, the crystals on their bodies visibly decreased.

Soon, the seven or eight crystal people who had come out fell to the ground.

Someone went over to check and found that some of them were still alive, so they put them in bags.

This time, the school had given them many large-capacity spatial items. Everyone had also brought many supplies.

Some of the supplies had already been unloaded at Green Lake Manor for Alfonso and the others to use for disaster relief. Everyone kept a few of the emptied bags to make it easier for the court wizards to transport goods. The rest were carried with them, intending to use them to carry people.

As the degree of crystallization in the city decreased, more and more crystal people wandered the streets, heading towards Roland and the others.

The group calmly created some mazes in the surrounding streets, and the crystal people wandered around confused, as if they had encountered a ghost wall.

They constantly passed through the acid mist and acid rain, slowly turning into individuals who fell to the ground.

When the number of fallen people accumulated to a certain amount, several intermediate apprentices separated to put the fallen living people into bags, so as not to lie on the ground and be trampled to death by more and more people.

Matt liked to join in the fun, and also went around for a while. When he came back, he said with a strange expression, "Those people with particularly severe crystallization have lost their souls."

Roland frowned and asked, "Do they have rainbows on them?"

Matt said, "You shouldn't ask a blind man that question. I still dare not open my eyes now, let's look at it with a crystal ball after it's over."

Roland suddenly tilted his head and sensed with the 'Bat Transformation Echo Spell', then said, "Some 'living' ones are coming out, prepare for battle."

Soon, some aggressive crystal people appeared around them. They were like living people, or rather, like madmen, with a strong aggressive nature.

Acidic spray and other low-level spells were particularly effective against these crystal people. However, they couldn't survive after being hit by this move.

At first, everyone was holding back, but later there were more and more of these crazy crystal people, and some crazy crystal people accidentally walked out of the maze. So everyone no longer held back.

At this time, some buildings had gradually returned to their original appearance under the erosion of the acid rain. To everyone's astonishment, a big fire had occurred in the royal city.