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

Chapter 148. The Flower That Produces "Magic Crystals"

The Gray Sand Lord mentioned that the Blood Demon Crystals produced by this Giant Mouth Demon Flower, when ground into powder, have some hemostatic properties.

It also carries some of the magic power of the meat it devours, depending on the meat it consumes.

That's about all it's good for.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be so troubled by the rampant spread of these giant mouth demon flowers, and he wouldn't be asking the lords for help in figuring out how to deal with them.

For him, this thing was useless; he couldn't even make potions with it.

He never mentioned that the Blood Demon Crystals produced by the Big Mouth Demon Flower were alive; it's unclear whether he intentionally omitted it or genuinely didn't know.

"They don't even understand the products of their own territory?"

Kroya reached out and beckoned.

Immediately, a piece of Blood Demon Crystal was brought before him. After carefully examining it using the Star Spirit Body Imprint Technique, he discovered:

It turns out that these crystals contain extremely tiny, insect-like creatures that look almost exactly like the Big Mouth Demon Flower, only shrunk countless times.

They should be the "seeds" of the Giant Mouth Flower.

Newly born, they opened their mouths wide and devoured the surrounding blood demon crystals to fuel their growth.

Their astral bodies are exceptionally stable, and they are like paintings that have already been drawn and are just waiting to be colored.

The process of consuming magic is the process of filling oneself up.

However, there were simply too many of them, almost densely packed, and they were still fighting for the nutrients inside. The final result would probably be that they all starved to death.

Unless there is an external supply of magic.

Furthermore, according to Kroa's observations, their structure seems to change depending on the properties of the Blood Demon Crystal.

For example, right now, the Big Mouth Flower has turned completely blue after eating the flesh of the Blue Ringed Octopus, making it look like it's highly poisonous.

"Could its ability to stop bleeding be due to a property it develops from continuously consuming the same type of magical beast or plant in the desert?"

"Wait, Blue-ringed Octopus."

It's important to know that blue-ringed octopuses are highly poisonous, and those in the magical world are even more so; their toxins could probably kill someone with ease...

"Huh? Wait a minute?" Kroya looked at the giant-mouthed demon flowers, his expression somewhat puzzled. "Why aren't you dead?"

As far as he knew, the toxins of this blue-ringed octopus could also be effective against magical plants. The toxins, which contained magical power, would quickly erode the magical plants, inhibiting their absorption and circulation of nutrients.

Without the ability to absorb nutrients, it's like a human being unable to breathe; they will definitely die.

And yet these big-mouthed demon flowers are still alive and well?

He grabbed a giant mouth demon flower and carefully examined its astral body, finding that it showed no signs of damage.

I'm just a little tired.

"That's strange. How did you manage to transform the Blue-ringed Octopus's toxins and flesh into Blood Demon Crystals?"

Kroa was increasingly puzzled.

He simply ordered the sea dolphins to catch a lively blue-ringed octopus and feed it to the Big Mouth Demon Flower.

He watched intently throughout the entire process.

Finally, it was discovered that during the process of swallowing, they secrete some mucus in their digestive sacs, which are similar to stomachs.

There are tiny seeds inside the mucus.

The mucus will break down and encapsulate the magic within the meat, forming blood magic crystals together with the seeds before being expelled.

This slime can even block the magic of the Blue Ring Octopus, ensuring that it will not affect the Big Mouth Magic Flower itself.

It has a very strong ability to block magic.

"Isn't this slime a naturally magical solution?"

Kroya instantly realized the function of this mucus: it could contain the magic and venom of the Blue Ringed Octopus, and also turn it into a stable Blood Demon Crystal that it could then spit out.

Can other types of magic also be made into magic crystals in this way?

Its seeds can even adapt to the magic of the Blue Ringed Octopus, and change their own properties as the environment changes. What kind of super adaptability is this?

He squinted at the Big Mouth Flower, then took out some red six-pointed star flowers from the Clockwork Golem that had been in his pocket.

Here, eat.

He tossed the six-pointed star flower in front of the big-mouthed demon flower, which immediately began to devour the magical flowers.

Then it quickly spat out crimson blood demon crystals, which also contained the seeds of crimson little big-mouthed demon flowers.

"That's really impressive, but you're not an elemental being, so how did you transform from an elemental magical plant into a physical plant?"

Kroa muttered to himself, channeling power into the Blood Demon Crystal. The little big-mouthed demon flowers inside immediately devoured this power, then broke through the Blood Demon Crystal one by one and fell to the ground.

However, after they fell to the ground, they did not begin to grow as Kroya had imagined; instead, they gradually withered and eventually died.

This scene puzzled him even more.

"Does it require flesh and blood?"

After a brief moment of thought, he ordered the sea dolphins to catch a large fish, throw it on the ground, and then repeated the previous steps.

This time, the seeds of the Big Mouth Demon Flower burrowed deep into the flesh and blood of the giant fish, frantically devouring the flesh and blood, and soon grew into brand new Big Mouth Demon Flowers.

Just like when they were first born, the process of them continuing to grow flesh and blood is the process of filling themselves up.

Once filled, it takes full shape, transforming into a magical plant and shedding its elemental form.

They are very small, at most the size of a palm.

However, it was already able to leave the body of the monster fish, which had been devoured and riddled with holes, and move around using its own roots for support.

Cloa, who had observed the entire scene, seemed thoughtful.

They transformed from elemental beings into physical entities by devouring flesh and blood.

It can also change its own magic power based on the magic power absorbed during the seed stage—the newly grown skin is no longer the purplish-red color of the batch of giant mouth demon flowers sent by the Gray Sand Lord, but has turned crimson red.

There was a distinctly hot, molten aura inside.

"As expected." Kroa narrowed her eyes.

Just as he had thought, these giant-mouthed demon flowers did indeed need flesh and blood. After transformation, they used flesh and blood to fill themselves up and become complete demon flowers.

However, they still retain the magical tendencies left over from when they absorbed magic power before. For example, these newly born big-mouthed magic flowers should be called "magma big-mouthed magic flowers".

"Then why can't you maintain your elemental form indefinitely? If you could maintain your elemental form indefinitely, you should be able to expel purer magic crystals that won't be contaminated by flesh and blood."

He was thinking about what it would be like if things really turned out the way he imagined.

Then these giant mouth flowers that devour magic and spit out crystals can become stable magic crystal producers. You should know that it takes a very complicated process to turn magic into magic crystals.

That's a high-level alchemy technique, only powerful forces can control it, and there's nowhere to buy it even if you want to.

Although Kroya's improved Magic Field Method can also produce hexagram flowers, which are a kind of alternative magic crystal, their structure is not very stable.

It will continuously release magic power outwards, just like melting ice, and will gradually shrink until it disappears.

In order to preserve them, Kroya had to create a magic circle to prevent the magic from evaporating and put it in as a warehouse.

Compared to the six-pointed star flower, the blood demon crystals spat out by these giant mouth demon flowers are quite special; they do not leak magic power.

Kroa guessed that this situation probably stemmed from the fact that the Big Mouth Flower wanted its seeds to grow steadily, so its mucus had the ability to prevent magic from leaking out.

Therefore, this method is perfect for making the "Big Mouth Magic Flower Magic Crystal".

The only problem is how to keep it pure.

"What kind of magic could work...?"

"Oh, right!"

Kroya's eyes suddenly lit up as she remembered a seemingly useless magic called "Elemental Reconstruction".

Its effect is to allow an entity that was originally in elemental form but has become flesh and blood for some reason to revert back to elemental form.

To be honest, it's a pretty useless effect.

Because if a mage wants to elementalize their existence, they need extreme control over magic power and a sixth-level spell called "Elemental Body".

The problem is that if you control the "elemental body", you can transform it at any time, and there is no need for "elemental reconstruction".

Therefore, this magic was designed for those who are naturally susceptible to elemental corruption and whose bodies have a tendency to become elemental.

Apart from that, there is no suitable environment.

Generally speaking, this kind of magic is used by unscrupulous merchants to pass off as something else, because it is indeed a level four magic, which can be considered a mid-level magic.

But if used on the Big Mouth Flower... would it be effective?

The Big Mouth Flower is originally an elemental form, but it absorbed flesh and blood to fill itself during its growth, thus becoming what it is now.

Is it possible to revert to elemental form through this magic?

"You can give it a try."

Kroya had already figured out how to "persuade" the Big Mouth Flower.

For these magical flowers, their lifelong dream is to devour more flesh and magic, produce more seeds, and expand their population.

If the Big Mouth Flower were in its physical form, it would need to consume water and flesh to sustain its growth, but in its elemental form, it wouldn't need to.

Although elemental magic plants have higher requirements for elemental magic power, they are not as demanding on the surrounding environment; they can grow as long as there is enough elemental magic power.

Kroya seized upon this point and used mental suggestion to manipulate it. Now that he had learned symphonic music, he had become even more adept at controlling this kind of mental magic.

He described a bright future for the Big Mouth Demon Flowers: with his magic power, they only needed to produce Blood Demon Crystals continuously to grow their population.

But the prerequisite is... that they need to be elementalized.

After the giant-mouthed demon flowers "saw" the prospect depicted by Kroya, they immediately transmitted their consciousness—

"element!"

"Restore elemental form!"

"Please help us!"

Kroa immediately smiled and selected a lucky person to begin the engraving process.

[Imprint successful, Giant Mouth Demon Flower (Elemental Reconstruction)]

[Currently, magical plants can transform matter into elemental forms.]

In its elemental form, the giant-mouthed magic flower slime it produces will possess pure elemental properties, capable of fusing with all magical power.

[The magic level and strength cannot exceed the current magic plant level.]

In its elemental form, the seeds of this magical plant can inherit "Elemental Reconstruction".

"Um?"

When Kroya saw the last one, she squinted. This... seems to be the first time she has seen someone who can inherit imprint magic.

There have been so many magical plants and magical beasts before, but none of them have ever given such a prompt.

(End of this chapter)