Imperial Crown.

Chapter 217 Second Evolution
When the medicine flowed into her mouth, Petty felt a burning sensation.

The dryness flowed down her throat into her stomach, and from her stomach spread to her limbs and bones. Then it condensed inwards and rushed upwards, straight into her head!

She began to hear whispers, and she couldn't tell what language they were speaking or what they meant. She just felt a splitting headache!

She didn't want to be rude in front of Raven, so she clenched her teeth and suppressed the scream that was about to come out of her mouth. However, her body began to tremble uncontrollably, her hands twisted together, and veins bulged on the back of her hands.

Just when the pain reached its limit, she felt something in her mind explode, and then an inexplicable power was born in her body.

Patty slowly opened her eyes and felt that the whole world had subtly changed.

She could see a faint blue glow flickering on Raven's body, the energy flowing in the magic lamps on the ceiling, and tiny points of light floating in the air.

When her breathing slowly subsided, Raven asked softly, "How do you feel?"

"Very...amazing!" Petty swallowed his saliva and confessed his feelings: "Baron, what's wrong with me?"

Raven smiled: "This is a good thing."

In fact, Raven has few options for choice. Apart from those personal soldiers who have not yet become extraordinary, there are Patty, Old Gordon, Fiona, and Denise who is currently far away in Munn City.

In fact, he had already prepared himself for the possibility that no one could become a magician, but he did not expect that it would succeed with Petty!
Walking up to Petty, Raven whispered, "Just follow my example and take your time."

Patty nodded and began to imitate Raven's words and actions.

After trying the four elements of earth, water, fire and wind, Raven also had her try a variety of basic syllables to evoke the elements, but no matter which one she tried, there was no response.

Raven sighed with some regret: "I'm afraid you can only be an alchemist."

Magicians value talent, and those who can awaken successfully are undoubtedly lucky, but Petty is the most unfortunate of all the lucky ones - her affinity for all elements is extremely poor, it can be said to be 0.

So although she has magical powers, she is unable to cast even the most basic magic; although she can meditate, her efficiency in assimilating magical elements is less than 1% of that of a normal wizard.

This is a common problem among all alchemists, and it is also the difference between alchemists and true magicians.

In fact, it is not impossible for alchemists to improve their ranks - they can use magic crystals to expand their magic pools, but the consumption is too great. From the first level to the second level, at least thousands of magic crystals and tens of thousands of gold coins are consumed, and there is no guarantee of a successful breakthrough.

Therefore, the vast majority of alchemists in history were only at the first level.

"What did you say...alchemist...master?" Petty was stunned for a moment, then smiled happily: "I am an alchemist!?"

Unlike Raven, in Petty's opinion, alchemist is a very popular and mysterious profession, which is no worse than magician.

When she was a child, she heard that there was once an alchemist in Eagle Castle. Although he had no fiefdom, he lived a wealthy and comfortable life and had a high status. Even Baron Donald treated him with great respect.

Unfortunately, with the decline of the Griffith family, this alchemist also left.

Seeing her happy expression, Raven smiled slightly in his heart.

He was judging others by his own standards, thinking that Petty would be disappointed, but it now seems that he was wrong.

After being happy, Petty looked a little uneasy again. He pursed his lips and said, "My Lord Baron..."

"What's wrong?" Raven asked.

"...If I become an alchemist, will I still be able to serve you?"

Everything Petty owns comes from Raven.

If it weren't for Raven, she would probably have become a member of the Crystal Palace and couldn't even enter the Crystal Palace.

Instead of being Raven's personal maid like now, with a salary of 9 gold coins per year.

Becoming an alchemist is good, but if you leave Raven, it will be a waste of time.

The Baron is very considerate.

"This is a bit difficult..." Raven shook his head. Seeing that Petty's face was getting worse and worse, he said, "I'm kidding. Of course you should do the job of the personal maid. I'm not used to using anyone else."

"But you have to take some time out every day to learn the basics of alchemy. When the new castle is built, there will be an independent alchemy workshop. I will teach you in detail then."

Only then did Patty relax her brows and jump for joy.

Next, Raven's life returned to its previous state. He insisted on meditating every day, using magic cores to strengthen his magic power, and practicing magic, but he would not over-strain himself and would relax when he needed to.

If there was one thing Raven had learned from this separation, it was

Cherish the present and cherish the people around you.

But this doesn't mean that Raven has let go or given up.

He continued to plan his future, not only the improvement of his personal strength, but also the construction of territory and army, as well as the driving force of all this - economic development.

In the blink of an eye, another three months passed and it was the end of September.

The most unbearable summer heat has long passed, and the crops in the fields have completed a round of harvesting. Seasonal vegetables with a shorter maturity period have been planted. They are green and lovely.

Unlike ordinary crops, magic plants have their own growth patterns.

With the transplanting of the last batch of 2000 seeds, the small courtyard originally used to grow magic plants has also expanded in size.

Fortunately, Raven left some room for improvement at the beginning of the design, so the renovation was completed in a short time.

Now, this batch of 2000 green peaches has entered the mature picking stage. Based on sales considerations, Raven has strengthened all of these magic plants with life magic cores.

Each fruit has the quality of pecans, emitting green light, and from a distance, it looks like green clouds floating on the ground.

If Raven were to pick the fruits on this scale himself, he would probably break his back from exhaustion.

After much deliberation, he finally decided to give the task to the orphans in the orphanage.

He explained and demonstrated to them the key points of harvesting green peaches, and then let them disperse into the magic plant field.

The first 200 pecan peaches planted were picked by Raven and Patty.

This was the first time in three months that Petty had practiced something related to magic, so she seemed quite excited.

She changed into a long coarse cloth dress suitable for working in the fields, tied her hair up, and her eyes sparkled with excitement.

Her slender arms carried a basket, revealing her white wrists. As she moved, the hem of her skirt brushed against the grass on the ground, like a swaying morning glory.

Patty was already pretty, and although she didn't become a magician after taking the magic-making potion, she still had a unique temperament.

This attracted the attention of the boys in the orphanage, and they all looked for opportunities to come over here, their eyes constantly falling on her.

After all, in the orphanage, what they see every day are either cold-faced maids or little girls who haven't grown up yet. A beauty like Patty, who is transitioning from a young girl to a mature lady, is really attractive.

Raven didn't really care about this. It was normal for a hot-blooded kid to like to look at his older sister.

However, when Raven appeared, especially when he was seen by Hoyates, Banks, and Rhino Lennon, they immediately saluted, pulled up their friends beside them and quickly dispersed.

Are you kidding? They think they can look at the Baron’s woman?

"Baron, come and take a look!" Petty suddenly shouted.

Raven came forward upon hearing this.

The pecans strengthened by Raven can produce the first batch of fruits about 3 months after planting, but the yield of this batch is low, and only about 1-2 fruits can be harvested from one plant, which is the case with the 3 plants now.

In another year, it will mature again, and this time it will produce much more fruits, at least 5 or 6 per plant, and up to 9-10 per plant, with stronger medicinal properties, just like the batch that Raven is picking now.

This speed and output are not low.

Generally speaking, as a second-level magic plant, a green peach plant will take 4 to 5 years to mature after the first fruiting.

The reason why it can be cooked so quickly is because of the help of the Eye of Truth. "Baron, come and see!" Petty held a green peach in his hand, looking a little flustered: "Did I do something wrong?"

"It's indeed a bit strange." Raven clicked his tongue and took the fruit in his hand.

Regular pecan peaches are the size of a child's fist, emerald green all over, covered with fuzz, and soft to the touch. If you use a little too much force when picking them, they will rot.

But this fruit has no fuzz on its surface. Instead, it is as smooth as a mirror and has a very firm texture.

The most important thing is that the cut stem actually leaked out a blood-like red juice, which smelled bloody.

However, after opening the Eye of Truth, Raven discovered that the life force contained in this fruit was at least twice that of ordinary fruits, and the quality was also higher!
"Interesting..." Lei smacked his lips: "Pay more attention, I'll work with you to pack these special ones together."

"Okay!" Patty nodded in agreement.

There were a total of 200 green peaches planted first, 100 of which were strengthened with life elements, and the other 100 were strengthened with blood elements. The fruits of the two were also one green and one black.

After picking the fruits this time, Raven discovered that about half of the fruits that had been strengthened with life elements had undergone miraculous changes, while those strengthened with blood elements remained the same as before.

After picking, Raven returned to the secret room and took out a copy of "Middles Encyclopedia of Magical Ingredients" and began to read it carefully.

Even in the part about the pecan and green peach, there was no relevant record at all. I kept flipping back and forth until the third-level part, where I found something very similar.

It was something called "Life Essence" of unknown origin. It had an excellent healing effect on external injuries and was as effective as a third-level healing potion.

Although the graphics are very similar to these mutated fruits, they are not classified as magical plants, but magical minerals.

"That's strange..." Raven thought for a moment and gave Sikoret a few instructions.

The black cat gave Raven a look, jumped out the door and disappeared.

Soon, William arrived at the secret room.

His arm has fully recovered.

"Master!" William saluted with his hand on his chest.

Raven smiled gently: "Bear with it, don't cry out in pain."

"what?"

A few minutes later, William looked at his hand that had been chopped off at the wrist on the table with a sad face, and he could not cry.

Raven picked up a mutant fruit and handed it to him: "Yes, eat it."

William swallowed it in one gulp.

Vampires have a different body structure than ordinary people, and many potions that can heal injuries are ineffective on them.

But when the fruit is eaten, the sour and sweet juice bursts in the mouth and immediately turns into surging life energy that flows out.

Bones began to grow out of his broken wrist little by little, first covered with a layer of flesh membrane, then blood vessels began to grow in it, and around the blood vessels, muscles began to grow.

In just five minutes, he had a brand new hand.

William rubbed his eyes until they turned red, but he still couldn't believe what he saw.

The vampires have strong vitality and can indeed regenerate severed limbs, but that requires the consumption of blood energy.

To grow a new palm, not only does it consume the blood energy produced by at least five ordinary people, it also takes at least half a month!

However, under the effect of this fruit, not only did his own blood energy not get consumed, but the remaining life energy was actually slowly being converted into blood energy!
"It's... incredible!" William looked at his newly grown palm again and again: "Master! This kind of life essence is a specialty of the elves. For ordinary people, even if the intestines flow out, they can be quickly healed. I have only heard of it in legends. Where did you get it from!?"

Raven nodded slowly, with a hint of realization in his eyes.

With sufficient nourishment of life elements, the Green Peach can evolve into the Green Peach, and the Green Peach can evolve into the Essence of Life!

Just then, the door of the secret room opened and An Nuo walked in.

She was still wearing a brown cloak, but when she took it off, her face, holy and noble like a sculpture, was revealed.

"Life Essence?" A hint of surprise appeared on An Nuo's face: "You can actually cultivate the green peach to this level."

"And after such a short time, you have already advanced to the third level. That's really amazing."

As soon as William saw An Nuo, he was like a mouse seeing a cat. He immediately shrank aside respectfully, fearing that An Nuo would notice him.

That power is so terrifying!

Raven asked, "Did you know that the green peach can evolve into life essence?"

"The first plant in the world is the World Tree, which is the ancestor of all plants." An Nuo said calmly: "It is not only the most sacred totem of the elves, but also gave birth to countless seeds and evolved all magical plants and plants."

"And the Green Root and Green Peach is the most direct descendant of the World Tree. If cultivated properly, it can return to its ancestor and grow into a third-level Life Essence, a fifth-level Dew Maple, or even a seventh-level Tree of Life."

Raven was very familiar with the Tree of Life; it was the material of his staff.

The roots and trunks are fifth-level materials, the leaves are sixth-level materials, and the cores are seventh-level materials.

An Nuo continued: "Maybe you will be able to cultivate a tree of life or even a real world tree in the future."

"Is this also a prophecy?" Raven asked.

"No, it's just an expectation." An Nuo smiled and said, "I came to see you this time because I heard that you have cultivated a new batch of flying horned beasts?"

"Yeah." Raven nodded.

Now, the batch of 272 horned hippogryphs has basically been strengthened by him. If it weren't for the fact that the personnel still need training and cannot be fully staffed at the moment, he would have already had an entire flying squadron.

By the way, there are still 59 enhanced Hippogryph eggs, and I don’t know when they can be hatched.

An Nuo asked, "Can you give me a batch? I don't need too many, just 5 will be fine."

Raven asked, "Can I ask why?"

Annuo did not hide this.

The construction progress of the college is improving visibly, and Annuo has been looking for his students all over the world during this period.

She herself was fine, but it was a bit difficult to bring back the person she had set her eyes on, and her magical pet, Xiao Mo, could not fly.

That's why I came to Raven to ask for a batch of horned hippogryphs.

Of course Raven would not refuse this. They were just five hippogryphs, and their value was nothing compared to the formula of the magic potion.

After getting Raven's promise, Annuo left.

That night, Raven sent people to transport the picked pecans to the factory in Xuefeng Town.

The next morning, as the deliveryman came to report, a piece of good news reached Raven's ears: the new factory had finally completely overcome the technical difficulties, and the quality and output had become stable.

"It's finally time."

Raven sighed, and habitually took out the feather pen that Lux gave him, then put it away, replaced it with an ordinary pen, took out a piece of parchment and started writing.

He is writing a letter.

The content of the letter was simple—Raven Ota Griffith was willing to marry Miss Nancy of the Fox family.

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(End of this chapter)