Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 37 Odysseus's First Pot of Gold
Not far to the west of Backlund lies the Balchis Mountains. This north-south mountain range divides the Backlund Plains and the Takwell Plains, and is also the last barrier to the west of Backlund.

Odysseus's laboratory was built deep in the mountains of this range.

This place is more than 50 kilometers away from the Gar Herbal Medicine Store in the west district, which is already the limit of the "teleportation array".

Although it is only more than 50 kilometers away, it is far enough away from the city. Moreover, because there is not much good arable land, there are only a few small villages scattered in the mountains. It is very remote, and many nobles' manors are chosen in this direction.

However, the nobles would not choose to build their manors around the Odysseus Laboratory because it is full of hills and transportation is inconvenient.

For Odysseus, this is a good place where he can stay undisturbed.

Odysseus's laboratory looks like an ordinary house, but because it only has one room, it is very spacious.

There are three test benches here, a small metallurgical furnace, and two foot-operated engraving machines made by Odysseus himself, which are used to engrave occult symbols on hard objects.

There are also two tall cabinets filled with various herbs and spiritual materials.

There were extraordinary traps in the yard and on the walls, so Odysseus was not afraid of the villagers breaking in.

Odysseus did not stay in the laboratory, but temporarily lifted the traps set in the yard and quickly walked into the mountains.

There were no residents where he built his laboratory. If he continued walking deeper into the mountains, he might not meet anyone in the entire day.

After climbing over a mountain, we saw some fences, wooden houses and other signs of human activities on the mountain in front of us.

A large area around it was bought by Odysseus.

There are not many minerals here, no large forests, and it is not suitable for growing crops, so it is very cheap.

For Odysseus, this place is very suitable for growing herbs and some low-level spiritual plants, and is also suitable for raising some spiritual animals of not very high levels, such as Odysseus’ destination today, the breeding area of mutant flamingos.

The large-scale cultivation of spiritual plants and the breeding of spiritual creatures are Odysseus's unique patents.

It is said that before this, the Church of Mother Earth had done a lot of research on breeding spiritual creatures, but the results were far from satisfactory. They did raise a batch, but they needed constant help from the demigods.

Eventually they decided it wasn't worth it and stopped researching this area.

They would never have imagined that there was a herbal medicine shop owner in Backlund who had successfully completed their vision and cultivated spiritual materials on a large scale without the help of high-level extraordinary powers.

With such a large property, Odysseus also hired seven villagers to help look after it.

The villagers didn't know that these were spiritual animals and plants; they only knew that they were raised and grown by a rich man.

Odysseus felt that he walked much faster after his promotion. The journey that originally took three hours now took only one and a half hours.

This is a fence built halfway up the mountain. It not only houses a group of mutant flamingos, but also a group of red bees and fire martens. In addition, it also grows spiritual plants such as fiery red maple trees, red-crowned impatiens, and flourishing red lilies.

The one guarding here is old man Anlil. After he learned that Odysseus wanted a batch of mutant flamingos, he put on the protective gear distributed by Odysseus and entered the fence with a lasso to catch them.

These spiritual creatures are simply smarter and more aggressive than normal creatures. Ordinary people can capture them with professional tools.

While Anriel was catching the mutant flamingo, Odysseus walked along the fence and checked the outer magic circle.

There was almost no grass around the fence, forming a bare road.

Not only the surrounding area, but the vegetation on the entire hill outside the fence looked a little withered and yellow.

The magic circle is made up of pieces of hard granite, on which mystical symbols are engraved with special materials.

As Odysseus was concentrating on examining it, a female voice suddenly rang in his ears: "This is the first time I've seen this type of magic circle!"

The sudden voice startled Odysseus: "Can you please say hello before you speak next time?" As he spoke, he looked around, but still did not see Bernadette.

"I can let the 'Invisible Servant' pat your shoulder or back first."

"Forget it!" Odysseus said quickly, that would be even more frightening.

Especially when you feel that someone is taking a picture of you but you can't see them, it feels like you are encountering a plot from a ghost story.

Odysseus thought for a moment and said, "How about this? You can write 'I am coming' anywhere in front of me, so that I can at least be prepared."

"No problem." Bernadette sounded easy to talk to. "Let's continue with the previous topic. If I'm not mistaken, this magic circle can concentrate the spiritual energy of the entire hill into the fence, right?"

"Yes." Odysseus admitted frankly.

After all, the other party is also an expert and has already seen the effect of this magic circle.

He found a rock to sit on and took out his pipe. “To be precise, most of the spiritual energy is concentrated in the fence, but not all of it.”

Bernadette immediately understood: "It's a matter of the material used to carve the occult symbols."

"That's right." Odysseus said as he filled his pipe with tobacco, "If you use materials that are too good, the cost will be too high and the gains will not outweigh the losses. It will also easily attract the attention of Beyonders.

"This is just right. Although the number of spiritual creatures that can be cultivated is limited, it is enough."

In addition to the materials used for experiments, you can also make a small profit.

At the beginning, Odysseus only developed a magic circle for growing herbs.

The herbs used in mysticism are actually plants that contain higher spirituality than ordinary plants.

Some people also tried to grow those herbs, but no matter how they fertilized them or how strong the herbs grew, what they grew could not meet the requirements of mystical applications.

Therefore, the herbs used in mysticism and the extraordinary world have always been collected from the wild.

This result occurs because, even if there is enough fertilizer, there is not enough spiritual energy in that area for the herbs to absorb.

Without spirituality, there will certainly be no effect in occult activities.

If herbs with insufficient spiritual power are used as auxiliary materials for potions, it will seriously affect the advancement of extraordinary people.

The principle of Odysseus's magic circle is very simple. During a study in the "Wilderness of Knowledge", he discovered that the influence of some magic circles on the spirituality can be used to achieve the purpose of concentrating the spirituality.

This magic circle has actually existed for a long time, but its effect is very limited. It is an ordinary "hexagram" magic circle and is only effective within a very small distance range.

Odysseus improved this traditional magic circle and used the concentrated rich spiritual energy to grow many quick-growing herbs, earning his first pot of gold.

Later, with his gradual improvement over the past three years, the spiritual energy he concentrated together could be used to grow spiritual plants and raise spiritual creatures.

After a few seconds of silence, Bernadette continued, "The Earth Mother Church's research direction is wrong!"

Odysseus lit his pipe, took a puff, and then smiled: "Have you heard of that research too?

"That's right, they're going in the wrong direction. They've been trying to use their extraordinary abilities to concentrate enough spiritual energy to create areas where they can grow spiritual plants on a large scale.

"There's nothing wrong with this idea, but the cost is too high. It's better to just buy it directly."

(End of this chapter)