Cornflower Witch

Chapter 211 Preparations for Advancement

The small settlement at the foot of the Dark Mist Mountains has been given its own name. To highlight the style of "Lantern Town", the trainees specially crafted two beautifully shaped flower-shaped lanterns and placed them on the stone pillars on both sides of the town gate.

The warm yellow light under the dim sky gave people a long-lost sense of familiarity and warmth.

Inside the bedroom, Hilti carefully planted the cornflower seeds, watered them with a small amount of dew, then clasped her hands together and silently prayed.

Soon the seed sprouted from the soil, growing into a tender seedling. It then gradually grew, stretching out its stems and leaves, sprouting flower buds, and finally, several scattered blue cornflowers bloomed, dotting the landscape.

The process went incredibly smoothly. Hilti didn't have to put in any effort; it was as natural as breathing, guided by her senses, that the cornflowers in front of her bloomed.

The light blue petals resemble a five-pointed star, but the flower tubes are slender and radiate outwards from the center. In the dappled sunlight, they appear somewhat translucent, and a faint floral fragrance permeates the air.

A pale emerald hue appeared in the girl's eyes, and in her misty vision, the spectrum of cornflowers was reflected, like a thousand shades of blue layered upon each other, colorful and gorgeous.

If observing the growth of other plants is like viewing a picture at 2K resolution, then observing cornflowers is like perceiving and viewing them at a much clearer 8K resolution. Because of this incredibly subtle perception, she can control and guide a deeper level of understanding.

She can now easily condense the 'emerald honey' essence from cornflowers, which can then be dyed blue and used in the production of special eye medicines.

'Blue Eyes' is one of the basic eye medicines. It can enhance observation skills, allowing one to perceive more subtle details and analyze the essence of things. It is often used by pharmacists and alchemists to enhance their observation and control of experiments.

'Breaking Through Illusions' is a mid-tier eye potion that can be used to see through illusions and enhance resistance to illusions and charm abilities.

'Eye of Insight' is one of the high-level eye medicines. After use, it can see through the fate chart of a creature and perceive its destiny and abilities. It is often used in extremely difficult battles and dangerous decisive battles.

After reading the descriptions of these eye-related medicines in the book, Hilti suddenly understood how she acquired the special 'Discerning Eye' in her destiny. It was probably because she had solidified and further enhanced the effects of these eye techniques, making them as intuitive as instinct.

Then comes the dyeing process. After being soaked in cornflower blue, the quality of the fabric will improve and it will have a brighter visual effect. Simply put, the fabric will look more upscale and beautiful. If used for painting, this pigment will also enhance the quality of the finished painting and add more appeal.

This is just the effect of the flower. The fruit of the cornflower can also be pressed for oil. Although the yield is not high because the seeds are small, cornflower can produce a rare 'sky-like' seed oil after proper cultivation.

Having discussed the practical aspects, the aesthetic aspects are equally excellent. The light blue cornflowers are pleasing to the eye no matter where they are placed.

After understanding the benefits of cornflower, Hiltiya began to think about how to leverage her strengths in this area.

Unfortunately, this is not the surface of the earth, and the land available for planting is limited. Currently, the greenhouses in the camp are used to produce food.

Now that she has found the cornflower, she can begin building the core secret technique for the third tier.

If she chooses the "Autumn Garden" ability of the "Four Seasons Alliance", she needs to prepare three resources: "Foundation", "Living Soil", and "Clear Spring", and match them with 12 different types of plants, including four categories: "Mushrooms", "Flowers", "Shrubs", and "Trees". She needs to plant them according to a specific pattern so that the plants can coexist harmoniously and achieve rhythmic coordination, together creating the wonder of "Clear Autumn".

Autumn-growing grasses, autumn-flowering plants, autumn-lush trees, and autumn-fruiting plants—all four types of autumn scenery must be present. Now that she has found the blue cornflower, as a plant that prefers cool climates and sprouts and grows in spring and autumn, it satisfies two of the attributes of 'flowers and grasses' and 'autumn growth'.

Finding the 12 types of plants is not difficult; the key is to choose the ones you like and combine them. The most important resources are the three types of plants: 'foundation', 'living soil', and 'spring water'.

If she joins the 'Four Seasons Alliance', the organization will provide her with a 'Sky Feather Soil' when she meets the advancement requirements. It is said that this is a special soil resource made by collecting floating dust particles with the 'Sky Feather' attribute from the sky during the coolest time of the Gale Season, which can be used for high-level plant cultivation.

The resource 'living soil' is sufficient, while the other 'foundation' can be selected from third-tier gems such as 'reflecting stone', 'golden pillar stone', and 'orange moon diamond', which symbolize 'harvest' and 'fruit'.

As for 'Clear Spring', it requires high-grade Clear Spring water. Hilti doesn't need to worry about that. The former 'Silver Glow Church' was most skilled at making all kinds of Clear Spring Holy Water. She can try to make it herself later, but it will take more effort and time.

Therefore, the most crucial part is to obtain enough high-level gems to complete the construction of the 'foundation', Siltia concluded.

High-level gems can be used in many places, whether for advancing secret arts, creating extraordinary artifacts, or special rituals. They have always been a key resource that various organizations compete for, and they are also a resource that is difficult to regenerate.

Most of the gemstones that exist today are mined from veins, and the formation of these veins originated from the bodies of ancient fish, with flesh and blood forming the soil and bones forming the veins.

The Woodland Association also plans to explore the hidden mineral veins in the Dark Mist Mountains during this expansion. The 'Firestone Fortress' she visited previously produced firestones and 'black crystals'.

If a large number of high-level gems can be mined, many professionals of level three or above can be cultivated, greatly enhancing the association's power.

After going around in circles, they still ended up on the frontier of the Dark Mist Mountains. Hilti felt a vague sense of destiny connecting them.

Setting aside her expectations for advancement, Hilti began to examine what changes had occurred at the base during her absence.

By the way, they mentioned earlier that they sent people to communicate and inquire about other outposts in the Dark Mist Mountains, and they also left some lists.

Hiltiya rummaged through the papers under the table and looked at the lists.

These lists detail the supplies needed by each outpost, the resources they can exchange, and the association points rewards for helping them replenish their supplies.

[Rhinoceros Horn Mountain City: Food is needed. Every 1000 catties of high-quality grain can be exchanged for two rhinoceros horns (Tier 3) and 500 points.]
[Stinger Fortress: Requires wood with a toughness level of 5 or higher. Ten pieces can be exchanged for one highly venomous scorpion stinger (tier 3) and 100 points.]
[Iron Helmet Valley: 'Hibernation' type fruits are needed for cooling and relieving heat. 100 fruits can be exchanged for 10 pieces of Gray Stone Steel and 100 points.]
[Dark Sand Valley: Requires purification holy water; 10 bottles can be exchanged for 1 bottle of Dark River Magnetic Sand and 200 points]
[Thunder Tower: Requires high-purity iron ore; 10 units can be exchanged for one lightning spark and 300 points]
[Fallen Dream River: Requires aromatherapy essential oils to purify the miasma, quality requirement is Tier 2 or higher. Every 100 units can be exchanged for a healthy 'Dream Eater' (Tier 3) and 500 points]
……

The lists that have been sent to her so far don't have high requirements, but they are not easy to complete. She keeps looking through them, searching for tasks that she can complete or that she can help with at her current post.

She could help make the purifying holy water needed for the 'Dark Sand Valley', and then get a few bottles of Dark River Magnetic Sand. With this magnetic sand, she could find an organization in the association that was good at alchemy. They needed this kind of resource, and alchemists' alchemy was one of only two ways to produce high-level gems besides mining veins.

This one will do, Hilti chooses.

(End of this chapter)