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Chapter 35 A Strange Direction of Farming
"My lord, are these the new varieties you desired?" Baron Jass asked.

“That’s right, Sandstone Town is exactly lacking these hard-podded peas.”

Loren and Liz brought the pea plants back to the carriage and took out the rest of the magic flame pea plants as well.

Baron Jass and his daughter followed behind.

Liz handed the Magic Flame Pea plant to the knight.

Loren asked, "Your Excellency, when do you plan to begin the road construction?"

"It should be implemented by tomorrow at the latest."

Baron Jass just wanted to get rid of Loren as soon as possible.

Loren took out a contract document and filled in the details of the transaction.

"Your Excellency, please confirm and sign this document."

Baron Jass carefully reviewed the contents of the contract and signed his name.

Loren smiled slightly, "Then I'll leave it to you, Baron."

After saying that, he looked at Windsor and said, "Welcome to Sandstone, Miss Windsor."

"Okay! I'll go there as soon as the road is fixed!"

Loren boarded the carriage and gestured for Liz to leave.

Once he was out of sight, Baron Jass's face darkened instantly. "This is outrageous! Windsor, do you know what you're doing?"

Windsor snorted coldly, "He's not as bad as the rumors say. I think he has a good personality and is good-looking too."

Baron Jass was furious. "If you dare go to Sandstone, I'll break your legs!"

……

On the carriage, Loren happily observed the sixth pea plant.

I used to think that the Lesser Phantom was useless, but now it seems quite practical.

They easily fooled the novice knight, and even Liz didn't notice.

As for the jokes about Windsor, they were just a joke.

Although many people in the aristocracy get engaged at a very young age, how could he possibly be interested in a little girl?
He made this joke in the hopes that Baron Jass would drive him away.

Perfect timing to take the peas and cordyceps and make a quick getaway!
Actually, this deal wasn't too shady.

Road construction also benefits Tieling Town, especially after the development of Shashi Town.

While the value of the Magic Flame Pea is not as high as that of the Fairy Bug, it is not bad either.

It at least looks like a new magical plant.

Baron Jass could use it to deceive other lords.

It was already late when we returned to Shashi Town.

Planting crops can only be left until tomorrow.

"How did today's transactions go?" Xuefu asked at the dinner table.

"Of course it went smoothly."

"The lord of Tieling Town shouldn't be so easy to talk to, right? How did you obtain the Elf Cordyceps?"

Loren waved his hand, and the roast meat on the plate vanished instantly.

Xuefu was greatly surprised.

She observed carefully and vaguely sensed a fluctuation of magic.

Is this witchcraft?

A trick that even a mid-level knight would find hard to detect!

Loren smiled. "If you learn meditation, you can do it too."

……

Early the next morning.

Loren sent people to cultivate pea cordyceps.

Two days later, he will harvest his seventh spirit insect.

The elven army is growing ever larger.

Judging from the situation with the Magic Flame Pea, the Magic Flame Grass is very valuable.

It can cultivate many new plant varieties, making the Fairy Insect even more powerful.

If Lolis knew all this, she would definitely regret not planting a batch of Demon Flame Grass.

Loren's next plan is to let the Demon Flame Grass infect other plants.

First up is the thorny elm!
It's the season when monsters are becoming more active, and the Flame Elm should be able to strengthen the Elm Tree's defenses.

Next came roses, cabbage, and other crops.

These crops do not need to be infected in large quantities.

Spicy cabbage, spicy barley, rye, etc., sounds a bit strange.

In terms of nutritional value, ordinary crops are still superior.

The Magic Flame Plant primarily provides a new type of magical plant for the Elf Insect.

Finally, there's sugarcane and watermelon.

These two crops are the key!
The biggest problem with sugarcane and watermelon is the plant survival rate.

They cannot survive in excessively cold climates.

The Demon Flame Grass can solve this problem.

The Demon Flame Crop has two common characteristics: it is spicy and it has strong vitality.

Mutating sugarcane and watermelons would significantly increase the survival rate and ripening rate of these two crops.

The downside is that the fruit grown from these plants is spicy. Sweet and spicy sugarcane, spicy but not sweet watermelons…

Why does this field seem to be getting weirder and weirder the more it's cultivated?

Unfortunately, Loren's current wizard level is not high enough; if he wants to grow sugarcane and watermelons, he can only rely on mutation.

Although we can't eat them all.

But with careful nurturing, you can cultivate the Fairy Insect.

In the future, we can plant ordinary sugarcane and ordinary watermelons.

Besides, there might be a market for sweet and spicy sugarcane.

Maybe someone will like this flavor?

Isn't spicy strip just sweet and spicy?
With this in mind, Loren had a new idea.

He quickly had people plant sugarcane and watermelon seeds.

The land used was relatively fertile.

Next, plant magic flame grass around the sugarcane and watermelon seeds.

These two plots of land also need to be covered with greenhouses.

When the weather gets too cold in winter, he even needs to add a heating device.

The problem of insufficient lighting time can be solved by lighting devices.

He had just recently learned another zero-ring magic trick, the Light spell.

Don't underestimate these tricks just because they're only level 0; they're actually quite versatile.

Lighting techniques.

The fire arrow is heated.

The touch of ice cools.

Lesser Phantom Steals the Sprite Bug...

wrong.

This cannot be considered stealing.

He clearly obtained it through legitimate transaction channels.

And what if the newly hatched fairy insects freeze to death on the ground if no one harvests them?
Saving an insect's life is a good deed!

We should do more good deeds in the future!

After planting the sugarcane and watermelons, Loren went to another greenhouse to check on the growth of the potatoes.

On the ground, the potato stems and leaves are growing well, and some have already flowered and fruited.

The potatoes will be ripe once the stems, leaves, and flowers wither and the berries on them soften.

It is expected to mature in early October.

Potato berries are poisonous and should not be eaten.

However, the large tubers underground are a fairly high-yield grain crop.

Afterwards, Loren went to the flower garden.

The two gardeners who were tending the flowerbeds hurriedly bowed when they saw Loren arrive.

"Lord Lord!"

"How is the Black Rose doing?" Loren asked.

"Reporting to the Lord, the black roses are growing at the same rate as the regular roses. With the help of cordyceps, they are expected to bloom in mid-January next year."

The rose cuttings were taken in mid-July.

It blooms in mid-January.

In other words, the flowering period after cutting is about six months.

The Rose Fairy Bug accelerated the progress considerably.

If the Pokémon evolves into a Fairy, it will bloom even faster.

"Please take down three bunches of ordinary roses for me; I want to take them back and cultivate them."

"Yes, my lord."

Loren didn't know the specifics of the Demon Flame Grass's infection effects.

He was worried that the black roses were infected.

If a genuine magical plant is infected and becomes a half-magical plant, then it will be a huge loss.

Once the black roses are cultivated, we can conduct an experiment.

The infected plant might produce unexpected effects.

Loren brought back three potted roses.

There is no need for other flowers to mutate for the time being.

Currently, the Magma Plant has two functions.

First, it improves crop survival rates.

Secondly, it enhances the diversity of similar plants, increases pheromones for the spirit insects, and improves the probability of evolution.

These ordinary plants haven't yet given birth to spirit insects, so even if they mutate, it won't help.

Loren placed the potted rose in the lord's office and planted a magic flame grass in the pot.

The Demon Flame Grass has a high infection rate on ordinary plants.

The mutation should be successful tomorrow.

Let the Rose Fairy Insect acquire new magical plant pheromones!
(End of this chapter)