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

Chapter 149. Atavism? Evolution! Poseidon Coconut!

Why is it that you were the one who inherited it?

Kroya was completely baffled. He had originally thought that this kind of mark could not be inherited, and that only a single plant would have the mark given to a particular person.

Surprisingly, one of them was heritable.

"Could it be because the engraving went unusually smoothly?"

Recalling the situation when the inscription was made, its astral body seemed to have eagerly accepted the magical inscription, as smoothly as if it had always had it.

"That's strange."

He observed it carefully for a while, looking it over from top to bottom, but found nothing.

Those markings representing magic exist within its celestial body, and are not significantly different from other markings, but they have a very harmonious feel to them.

That's strange.

While Kroa was pondering, the Big Mouth Flower was already attempting to use its elemental transformation ability.

A stream of magical light flowed across its surface, gradually fading in color and becoming somewhat ethereal and transparent.

A moment later, it successfully completed the elemental transformation process, and the entire flower became ethereal and transparent from top to bottom.

It was unbelievably fast, as if it were something they were naturally capable of doing.

"Um?"

Kroya suddenly noticed that its name had changed slightly. After being transformed into an elemental form, it was no longer called "Big Mouth Demon Flower" but rather... "Elemental Big Mouth Demon Flower - Ancestral Reversion".

"Atavism."

"Could it be that it inherently possessed this ability to transform elements, but because it no longer has this ability, it has degenerated into its current form?"

In other words, if this ability could be completed, it could restore its original form?

He instantly recalled the situation when the Pure White Sea Spirit Coconut evolved into a demonic plant. At that time, the Pure White Sea Spirit Coconut's astral body was like a light that had been extinguished and then turned on again, rather than being redrawn without any light.

That was probably equivalent to a regression, because it was originally a demonic plant, but it had regained its past glory.

Kroya felt that his guess was very likely true, but the question was... was atavism a kind of evolution?

After thinking for a moment, he shook his head:

"If it leads to improvement, why isn't that a form of evolution?"

The environment used to be suitable for them to become elements, so they were in elemental form. Later, the environment changed and became unsuitable, so they became the form they are in now.

Now that it has adapted and reverted back to its original state, it is indeed stronger than before. How can this not be considered a form of evolution?

Therefore, this ability to be inherited is likely something that has been passed down through generations, and now that it has been reactivated, it can be passed on to the newly born seeds.

"Sigh, I thought I had found a solution, but it turns out it's just a skill that people already had."

I was slightly disappointed, but not too disappointed.

"If it's possible to revert to ancestral forms, could I find some degenerated magical plants, add their original magic, and restore their former glory?"

Kroya felt that this really had great potential.

Compared to this kind of trial and error, those magical plants that were once very special in myths and ancient books have a stable evolutionary path.

While searching for those magical plants that had been buried in the past, they also created their own new magical plants, taking a two-pronged approach.

Moreover, this method would certainly make it easier to add magic, since these are instincts that are inherent in their genes.

That way, he won't have to rack his brains to come up with any more methods, like suggestion, mental magic, or hypnosis.

"Replicating extinct magical plants."

"For the first experiment... let's try the pure white sea coconut. I remember reading in the ancient texts here that the pure white sea coconut existed a long time ago..."

"It should be just right for conducting experiments."

As he thought about the ancient texts he had seen before, he kept an eye on the Big Mouth Demon Flower—which had already devoured the six-pointed star flower he had thrown down and was spitting out new magic crystals.

These magic crystals were just as he had expected.

The magic within is extremely pure, completely free from the contamination caused by flesh and blood. It can no longer be called "Blood Demon Crystal"; "Demon Crystal" would be a better name.

Although its purity is still not as good as a first-grade magic crystal, it is still about one-tenth the purity of a first-grade magic crystal.

That's not bad either.

Furthermore, the seeds of those tiny giant mouth flowers inside have transformed into pure elemental forms, and their names have all changed to [Elemental Giant Mouth Flower - Reversion].

They absorbed the magic power from the magic crystal, and soon hatched, landing on the ground and opening their mouths as if they were gnawing on the air.

The teeth clashed, making a "crunching" sound.

It is clearly an ancestral ability.

"The magic that's devouring the air, huh? Well, I'll just send it over there for you."

Kroa first added the "Elemental Reconstruction" spell to all of them, and then took them to the place where the Magic Field Vines were planted.

He set up a water-isolation magic circle on the ground and put these elemental giant-mouthed magic flowers directly into it. Watching them devour the magic power in the air, he estimated that they would soon produce pieces of magic crystals.

This is the power of elementalization; if they were still the original state, it would be absolutely impossible.

There's less of it in the air, but even producing just one piece a day would be amazing!

My mood immediately became quite pleasant.

Their seeds are limited, but the magic power from the underwater volcano is almost limitless. Even if some start to reproduce, they cannot possibly devour all the magic power here.

All he needs to do is ask King Muyao Quteng to come and collect the magic crystals from time to time, and that will be perfect.

"We're just waiting for the harvest."

After doing all this, he got up and left, and wrote a letter to the Lord of Gray Sand, saying that he could help him share some of the burden and was willing to pay a price.

The latter seemed to have been waiting for a reply, and immediately sent a message, along with two thousand large-mouthed demon flowers and more than five hundred wind-eroded sandworms.

The letter didn't ask for anything; instead, it thanked Kroya as if he had gotten rid of some huge trouble.

"..."

"That's the eye that sees what's useful."

Looking at the huge pile of magic flowers and sandworms he had sent, Kroya felt both happy and troubled.

He could only quickly return to the underwater ranch, demarcate a piece of land specifically for the wind-eroded sandworms, and then add magic to them.

There's not much of anything on the seabed except rocks. Let's dig. If we can dig out an underwater town... then he'll be really happy.

As for the Big Mouth Demon Flower, he returned to the vicinity of the volcanic cluster, set up a series of magic circles to surround the volcanic cluster, and planted a ring of Big Mouth Demon Flowers around it.

Most of them were dumped here.

He chose to take the other half to Hanjiao Island.

He planned to release this batch on the island of Hanjiao, letting them consume the magic within the blizzard. Such a massive blizzard was simply an excellent source of magic.

If you don't take this opportunity to eat more, it's like watching a buffet fly away.

……

After resolving the issue of the Big Mouth Demon Flower, he arrived at the Pure White Sea Spirit Coconut.

The land near these coconut trees was surprisingly clean, with no snow accumulation.

All of this is thanks to the tentacle slime.

The tentacle slime was diligently swallowing snow into its body, then running to the side to "spit" it out.

It is because of its diligent and hard work that the ground here is very clean and there is not much snow piled up.

Water slimes and ice slimes are also a broad category, and they change depending on their surrounding environment.

When it comes to adaptability, probably no one is more adaptable to the environment than these slimes. As long as there is a little bit of magic, they can survive.

Kroya observed several pure white sea coconuts and found that their magical energy accumulation had reached an overflowing level.

All we need to do is wait for the snow to pass and for spring to arrive before we can start breeding them.

"The original records described the pure white sea coconut as being able to glow, release spheres of light, and control water..."

He muttered a few words to the pure white sea coconut, and the latter immediately conveyed its desire to evolve.

This worry-free magical plant is Chloe's favorite.

He chose to imprint two spells on the other person: "Light" and "Water".

Just as he had expected, this imprinting went exceptionally smoothly, just like the previous Big Mouth Demon Flower, which eagerly and proactively accepted Kroa's imprint.

[Imprint complete, Pure White Sea Spirit Coconut (Light Spell, Water Control Spell)]

[Currently, magical plants can release a warm light from their skin using magic. When cut down, they can be used as building materials and have insect-repelling, mosquito-repelling, and calming effects.]

The fruit also possesses magical effects.

The magical plant can currently control the surrounding water flow to provide itself with sufficient water.

[Note: Since the Pure White Sea Coconut has been imprinted with "Pure White Sea Coconut - Mass Summoning Spell", it can share "Light Spell" and "Water Control Spell" with the summoned creatures.]

[Since the Pure White Sea Spirit Coconut has acquired all the abilities it should have, the imprints for "Light Spell," "Water Control Spell," and "Pure White Sea Spirit Coconut - Mass Summoning Spell" will be changed to: the ancestral imprint of the Pure White Sea God Coconut.]

[At this moment, the seal will continue to evolve as the magic power of the pure white sea coconut increases.]

[When any coconut tree with the potential for reversion is imprinted, it will accelerate its reversion, eventually evolving into a true pure white sea god coconut.]

The seeds born from this magical plant will enjoy and inherit the imprint effect of the Pure White Sea God Coconut.

Kroya blinked.

Just as he thought, this really is a case of atavism.

However, this also shows that the Big Mouth Demon Flower probably has other abilities besides elemental transformation. It is necessary to collect all the elements to get the ancestral imprint prompt.

After the engraving was completed, the bark of these coconut trees immediately shimmered with a holy light, and at the same time, the branches began to absorb the surrounding water elements.

A trickle of water began to gather at its top, eventually forming rolling water droplets on the leaf.

Just like a coconut tree growing countless fruits made of water.

Their consciousnesses were extremely excited, and they absorbed magic power much faster. The slime next to them also started to glow.

Just as Kroya was feeling happy, a portal suddenly appeared in the snowstorm beside her.

An angel came out from inside.

He said to him, "Lucky friend, friend bathed in sunlight... Gopherwood has arrived in your territory."

His voice was no longer as calm and gentle as before; instead, it was more urgent.

It's like anticipation.

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