What's wrong with me, a mage, loving to farm?

Chapter 112. I bestow light upon you, and you grant me magic.

The imprinting of Night-Shining Grass was the boldest attempt Kroya had ever made to date.

Kroa's idea was to use the unique magic of "limb splicing" in the Light Alchemy to directly graft the Night-Shining Grass onto the Energy Storage Tree.

That's what I thought, and that's what I did.

Having planned for many days, he had already mastered the spell perfectly.

Therefore, the process of imprinting this magic went very smoothly.

[Engraving successful, Night-Shining Grass - Roots (Severed Limbs Assembled)]

[When this magical plant is injured, it can fuse with another life form within a certain range.]

This effect can only be triggered once in a lifetime.

The level of this magical plant and the assembled magical plant must not differ significantly.

The surface of the successfully imprinted Night-Shining Grass root has an extremely faint, tiny magical rune composed of divine power, which is radiating light.

"It was a success on the first try." Kroya breathed a sigh of relief.

"Next comes the actual testing."

He picked up a knife, cut open the roots of the Night-Shining Grass, and then placed it directly on a branch of the Energy Storage Tree.

Because its roots were damaged, its magic power was rapidly lost, so its roots instinctively wrapped around the branches of the energy storage tree, trying to take deep root.

Success was achieved quickly.

The roots of the Night-Shining Grass quickly pierced into the branches of the Energy Storage Tree, and the halo emitted by the pale white leaves became soft and stable again.

And it's quite obvious: it's brighter than before.

Kroya looked at it, truly surprised that the experiment had succeeded so quickly on the first try.

"That doesn't seem right, what about the rejection reaction?"

"Something feels off."

He shook his head in surprise, and upon activating the Star Spirit Imprint Technique to check, he found that the roots of the Night-Shining Grass had indeed merged with the branch of the Energy Storage Tree.

The two clearly different astral entities show a tendency to merge into one.

However, this process is obviously very difficult—although the roots of the Night-Shining Grass have gained the ability to connect with another kind of life, truly and completely connecting them is still a long way off…

It is extremely difficult; I can only say it is extremely difficult.

Because it is only it that has this intention, while the other party has absolutely no intention of integrating with this "outsider".

Not to mention that this suddenly appearing weakling also has to draw on the energy storage tree's magic power!

What is an energy storage tree? The magic stored inside is like entering a locked safe; it won't easily come out.

But what about night-blooming cereus?

It will be eager to absorb this massive amount of magic to help itself evolve and release a bright light.

It can be said that the two are inherently opposed.

It was only because the Night-Shining Grass was stubbornly embedding its roots into the branches of the Energy Storage Tree, absorbing the latter's magic power.

Frankly speaking, the current situation is more like the night-blooming cereus unilaterally parasitizing the energy storage tree, rather than like grafting.

He could even sense the resistance, disgust, and irritation emanating from the energy storage tree.

It was so clear.

So much so that the entire tree was desperately resisting the presence of the Night-Shining Grass.

"Hmm."

He hesitated for a moment, then realized he needed to think of other methods.

This situation is clearly not going to work.

While the magic of splicing severed limbs can allow two different magical plants to combine, it is only an ability.

Compared to ordinary plants, magical plants possess a stronger sense of self and spirituality; they are truly capable of controlling themselves and generating thoughts of resistance.

If they resist each other, there is no way they can integrate.

In this respect, it is quite different from ordinary plants.

"How did that knight manage to reattach the demon's arm?" Chloe asked, puzzled.

He beckoned to pick up "The Miracle of Light," intending to reread the story to see if there were any omissions.

Logically speaking, even if a demon only has one arm or leg left, it should still have some self-awareness.

How did the knight manage to prevent the demon's arms and legs from rejecting him?

Is it simply because of the power of "God" that the consciousness inside these arms and legs was erased?

Does he also need to use this method to erase the consciousness of the energy storage tree, leaving only the consciousness of the night-shining grass?

He instinctively resisted doing so.

Doing so may have some unknown effects, and there is a high probability that they will be negative.

"But if there's no other way."

He sighed deeply and began to carefully read the story titled "The Power of God: Demons and Knights".

After reading it this time, he realized that he had indeed overlooked something: the demon's arms and legs did indeed possess a sense of self.

The knight can even use the demonic consciousness within to unleash special combat techniques that humans cannot learn.

Ultimately, the reason the demonic consciousness accepted the knight in this way was that it wanted God's help and wanted revenge on its "demon brothers".

In other words, it's not a continuation.

"It is a mutually beneficial relationship."

He said thoughtfully, "Grafting is the same. By combining the advantages of two plants, new branches, leaves, and flowers can be born."

Chloe felt she had found her direction.

What we need to achieve now is not one-sided "parasitism" by a certain magical plant, but "symbiosis" and "evolution".

The Night-Shining Grass is of no benefit to the Energy Storage Tree, so it will naturally resist it.

Then it should be enough to let it feel the benefits that the Night-Shining Grass can provide.

With this in mind, Kroya began to think about what kind of magic to imprint on the Night-Shining Grass, a magic that would benefit the Energy Storage Tree.

What does an energy storage tree need most?

Magic, pure magic.

The purer the magic, the better for the energy storage tree.

"Then if you had the ability to purify and refine magic, wouldn't that be enough?"

Kroa stared at the Night-Shining Grass and began to channel her consciousness into it through the magical music.

He was instilling a concept of mutual benefit and symbiosis into the two magical plants—the Night-Shining Grass needs to have its own abilities, and the Energy Storage Tree can provide the Night-Shining Grass with the magic power needed to achieve those abilities.

Having used this method before, he was very skilled at it this time, and it worked quickly.

Both the Night-Shining Grass and the Energy Storage Tree quickly transmitted their consciousness—

"ability……!"

"magic……"

Their voices came almost simultaneously, but the latter's voice carried a clear sense of helplessness.

Clearly, it was helpless against this little weed that it couldn't kill or drive away.

"That's good."

Kroa narrowed his eyes, looking at the Night-Shining Grass.

After a moment's thought, I decided to imprint a special "magic purification" from elven magic onto its body.

This kind of magic is actually quite useless.

Purifying magic power is inherently difficult, otherwise the price difference in magic crystals wouldn't be so significant.

In addition, this spell needs to be running continuously during this period, requiring an extremely long and painstaking process, not to mention the loss of magical power.

Purifying one magic crystal requires the magic power of three to four magic crystals.

When the benefits are disproportionate to the effort, even seemingly good magic that can purify magic can become awkward.

However, it might work if used on night-shining grass.

This guy's will is incredibly strong; he can definitely maintain this state of casting magic indefinitely.

Most importantly, it doesn't crave magic at all, or rather, its only purpose in craving magic is to emit light.

Night-shining grass itself doesn't crave magic power that much.

The energy storage tree is exactly the opposite.

The two complement each other, and perhaps that really works.

"The roots have already been engraved, so let's use the leaves this time."

Kroya immediately began to imprint the Night-Shining Grass. This time it wasn't as smooth as piecing together the severed limbs, but it wasn't slow either.

Five or six minutes later, a small magic mark appeared on its leaves, constantly swirling around.

It resembles an eye and a vortex.

[Imprint successful, Night-Shining Grass Leaf (Magic Purification)]

This magical plant continuously purifies the magical energy it absorbs and then distributes it outwards in a steady stream.

The current purification cap and purification magic power speed are: Level 1 Magic Crystals/week.

This magical plant desperately craves to emit magical light; as it grows, it will continuously refine this spell's model.

"Oh? Another one has appeared that can improve the spell model." Kroya nodded.

After completing the inscription on the Night-Shining Grass, he inscribed a [Severed Limb Reassembly] on the Energy Storage Tree to ensure that it could accept the Night-Shining Grass.

After such a busy period, the Night-Shining Grass can now purify magic while absorbing it.

Although the amount was negligible, the energy storage tree did sense the situation and therefore did not resist it. Instead, it actively transferred its magic power to the Night-Shining Grass.

The latter's light grew even brighter.

Just then, the notification came again—

[Under the effects of "limb reassembly" and "magic purification," the forms of the Night-Shining Grass and the Energy Storage Tree have changed, and the inscribed spells will also change.]

The current inscription spells for Night-Shining Grass and Energy Storage Tree have been changed to: I bestow light, you grant me magic.

[The Night-Shining Grass can purify magic and return it to the Energy Storage Tree, which will then continuously supply energy to the Night-Shining Grass with its own magic.]

This magical imprint is an exclusive effect.

Kroya clicked his tongue in amazement: "This seems to be the second exclusive effect, right? Why is it exclusive?"

And this name just feels... a bit religious.

Is it because of the power of light magic?

He was curious but also a little worried. If it was a unique imprint, it would be very difficult to replicate.

One plant alone still doesn't feel quite enough.

Just as he was feeling worried, the four-leaf clover that was sitting quietly on the windowsill suddenly shone brightly.

A gateway was formed amidst the radiance.

"Creak—"

The portal slowly opened.

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