Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 341 Wind-Solid Element Particle Magic Plants and Green Manure Magic Plants

Locke took out one hundred Emerald Iris Lichens and five hundred magical vines of various species from his Astral Ring, and ordered ten dwarf-shaped golems to plant these magical plants on the forest floor to further strengthen the forest.

"Wood element particles are composite element particles. In essence, they require the seven basic element particles of earth, water, fire, wind, light, and darkness, as well as ether, to be mixed in a certain proportion and structure to become wood element particles."

"Therefore, plants need a large number of the seven basic particles to grow rapidly. Apart from light element particles, plants generally do not directly absorb simple single-element particles, so they must absorb some complex elements to grow."

"Light element particles can be obtained from sunlight, water element particles can be obtained from water, and dark, earth, and fire elements can all be obtained from the earth. Even fire element particles exist in heavy metal elements. Dark elements exist in the earth in the form of some kind of composite element particles. High-grade nutrient soil contains these basic element particles."

"The only things that forests and plants cannot easily obtain are wind element particles and ether element particles."

Locke's mind was filled with various kinds of knowledge about ecology.

Therefore, forests need symbiotic plants, a large number of symbiotic plants, and a large population, because the growth of plants requires obtaining the seven basic element particles from objects composed of different composite element particles in order to obtain wood element particles.

Wind element particles generally only exist in the air, which is something that tree-type magical plants cannot obtain on their own.

Therefore, some symbiotic plants with wind element particles are needed, such as ferns, lichens, legumes, and shrubs, to help tree-type magical plants obtain them.

This is why forests need a layer of ferns and shrubs.

Locke had already discovered this during his previous inspections—the Emerald Iris Lichen is a magical plant that is excellent at retaining wind element particles. It can obtain wind element particles from the air, which enter its roots and nourish the soil near its roots.

Therefore, a kind of magical plant with solid ether is also needed. Ether elements are extremely difficult to obtain, but every living being has them.

In other words, a large number of corpses are generally required to obtain the ether element.

This is the secret behind why areas with many corpses often have lush vegetation.

In other words, what can contribute a large number of ether element particles are the corpses of animals and plants, or a certain type of plant that can be produced in large quantities and then dies in large quantities.

Locke had initially focused his attention on the iron wire goosegrass, but later found it wouldn't work. This stuff was just too tough. The wood element particles formed fibrous wood, making its shape extremely difficult to decompose, thus not releasing too many ether element particles into the soil.

On the contrary, it will absorb too much nutrition, leading to soil degradation, which is a losing proposition.

Therefore, Locke chose his own magical vines, intending for them to serve as the manure plant.

Of course, you can also provide the plants with stable ether particles by putting a large amount of nutrient soil mixed with humus into this land.

After doing all this, Locke realized that the Forest Sanctuary had become even stronger.

Moreover, it's already the second day.

By then, the entire forest was already taking shape, with trees, lichen, and vines, beginning to grow lush and vibrant with the spirit of spring.

Locke set some daily parameters here, establishing the daily workflow for the ten dwarf-shaped golems, so that these golems could continue to maintain the forest after he left.

Locke was extremely satisfied with everything done. "According to the information that Wizard Levi gave me, wizards can use magic to accelerate the lifespan of forests."

"After all this is done, I will wait a year for these magical plants to fully adapt, and then the first stage of the forest will be fully formed."

"A king of magical plants, the Red Holly, a tree-like magical plant, the Double-ball Sycamore, plus three magical vines that contribute ethereal elements as green manure, and the Emerald Iris Lichen that contributes wind element particles, this forest ecosystem can already self-circulate."

Once the source of wind and ether is solved, other elements can actually be obtained from the natural environment.

Locke has already noticed that the current Forest Sanctuary has undergone a qualitative change, and an energy cycle has been initially established and has begun to feed back to him.

This means that three months later, I can plant a new ring of tree-like magical plants inside this forest, further increasing the number of slots for recording external spells in the permanent defensive field.

Locke pondered, "But I still need to enhance my psionic power, otherwise my distributed network of psionic power won't be able to accommodate so many magical plants." Locke opened the second bottle of Swarm Consciousness Potion in his hand, drank it, and his psionic pool rose again, growing larger.

"It seems I should try to acquire more Swarm Consciousness Potions on the market. But I haven't even raised enough money to buy the Druid's Ring yet."

"The magic of the Forest Sanctuary is excellent, but it's also incredibly expensive."

"The Druid's Ring is priceless and unavailable. Even if I manage to get my hands on it, I estimate the price will definitely not be cheap."

Locke turned and left the research institute, quickly flying towards the edge of the Forbidden Forest. "Looks like I'll have to think of another way to obtain the Druid's Ring. Otherwise, I won't be able to raise the money to buy it in a short time."

"Furthermore, I need to think carefully about which type of first-level tree-like magical plant to transplant in three months, and buying a first-level magical plant also costs a huge sum of money. Money is needed everywhere. If I could use the synthesis cube to modify it into a tree-like magical plant that is most suitable for me, that would be the best outcome."

After leaving the Forbidden Forest and returning to Lilith's Hut.

Locke hurried back to his laboratory, calculating his future plans.

He glanced at Yuri standing at the door of his lab and paused for a moment. "Oh, sorry, I forgot, I asked you to come see me today, two weeks ago."

"Hmm, it's almost 10 a.m. now? I'm busy with something, so I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

Yuri immediately bowed humbly to Locke. "No, no, Senior Locke, I am just a wizard apprentice. It is perfectly reasonable for me to wait for you, no matter how long it takes."

"Senior Locke, this is the data from an experiment I did for myself before."

Locke took the documents she handed him, quickly flipped through a few pages, and frowned. He skipped the experimental process described in the documents and looked directly at the raw materials that Yuri used to cast the aging curse on herself.

This part is fine.

But when he looked at the potion Yuri had given him to break the curse, he realized it was a bear spirit bile potion.

Locke looked at Yuri. "You bought so much Bear Spirit Bile potion?"

Yuri nodded and said, "Yes, Senior Locke. I discovered that when taking the Bear Spirit Bile potion to remove the aging curse, it can slightly enhance magical power."

“I used this mechanism to constantly curse myself and then break the curse.”

Locke nodded. "In the process of using one's own magic resistance to fight the curse, one will indeed increase one's mana slightly, but there is a limit to this increase."

"Besides, it's too dangerous. A slight mistake could permanently damage your soul. But that's not what I'm asking you. I'm asking you, how could you possibly have so much money to buy so many bear spirit bile potions from the information and drink them like water?"

Under Locke's gaze, Yuri swallowed hard and said, "No...no."

“I didn’t buy the genuine Bear Spirit Bile Potion. I bought it from a shop in the Chimera Market run by Mrs. Irina that specializes in selling grey items.”

“Those bear spirit bile potions were either not of very good quality when they were made, or they were products of wizard apprentices trying to improve the bear spirit bile potion formula and adding some strange but useless magical potion ingredients.” Yuri blushed and said, “In order to save money, I can only buy those incomplete bear spirit bile potions.”

"But I was very lucky and didn't encounter any problems."

Locke handed her the documents.

Yuri asked doubtfully, "Senior Locke, won't you take another look?"

Locke shook his head slightly. "No need, I've already guessed the truth of the matter."

"Are you familiar with the Abyss Potion Material Paradox? It's a niche hypothetical theory within Abyss Potionology. I now suspect that in one of the batches of substandard Bear Spirit Bile Potions you purchased earlier, a wizard apprentice and potion-making assistant had read about this paradox and added some kind of Abyss creature material to the potion formula."

(End of this chapter)