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

Chapter 159. The New Sunflower, the Magical Sea Ganoderma Potion

Fulfilling the bet ahead of schedule, of course, refers to the bet he and Stein were arguing about—whether it was possible to support a territory by farming.

By now, Kroya is quite certain that he has successfully governed Han Reef, and only a little over half a year has passed.

Once the person is lured here, a duel of honor between mages will be held under the witness of Estner, and that person will be pinned to death...

Even if some people in the Mage Association are dissatisfied with him, once a person is dead, what will anyone do? That's definitely not the case.

The monks' pragmatism can be quite useful at times.

Once Stein had his mentor and father completely crushed, he was at Stein's mercy, with no chance of fighting back.

Estner had clearly considered this as well.

He looked at Chloe and said, "Okay, I'll submit an application to the association. I happen to have some free time."

"The Mage Association is currently having a headache over the situation in the North. I expect they will be coming with some missions, and we will need your assistance."

"That's easy." Kroya agreed without hesitation. Now that he had reached level four, there were very few people in the entire Northern Territory who could fight him.

Sending out apprentices is one thing, recruiting barons and nobles is another, and the identity of the Mage Guild must also be taken into account.

After all, once he had killed that mage, there would be no more overt estrangement or conflict with the Mage Association. Although there was a difference between him, who was sent out from elsewhere, and those carefully trained by the association, at least the appearance had to be maintained.

After finishing that story, Kroya asked him about more sunflowers.

Estner immediately became interested when the topic was brought up.

Despite his position in the War Mage Corps, he actually enjoys planting magical plants and raising magical beasts in his spare time; otherwise, he wouldn't be able to chat so happily with Kroya.

However, this guy can understand and learn war-related magic in no time, but when it comes to magical plant cultivation, he's more of a gambler than a pro.

Simply put, he's bad at the game but loves to play.

"I found a peculiar sunflower, and it looked like this." Estner used the deep blue illusion to visualize a sunflower.

It appears to be over three meters tall, but its surface has the texture of white jade, and even the flower plate looks like a piece of fine mutton fat jade.

It gives people a very clean and beautiful feeling.

It even has a touch of ethereal beauty.

Seeing the color and beauty of such white jade in this world truly moved him, and made him even more curious about the sunflower.

"What kind of sunflower is this?"

Since it was just an illusion, the Astral Spirit Imprint Technique was of course ineffective, and it was impossible to use mental power to examine its elemental magic composition, so the only option was to ask.

"Hehe." Estner revealed a proud expression: "I went through a lot of trouble to get this. It was cultivated by the elves."

"It's called the White Cloud Sunflower."

"It can produce a special kind of cloud that turns golden when exposed to sunlight."

It's said that among the elves, it's one of their favorite decorations, and there's even an entire island dedicated to growing these sunflowers. When the sun rises, the golden clouds shimmer with the sunlight—it's a truly beautiful sight…”

Kroa blinked.

"You mean, it's just a decoration?"

If it's really just for decoration, then he wouldn't be that curious. He might consider buying one or two plants to grow for fun, but that's about it.

"No." Estner shook his head: "These clouds contain the sunlight magic it absorbs, which is said to be able to transform fire-type magical plants."

Moreover, any elemental magical plant that likes fire can move freely within this mist.

This is one way the Elven race cultivates fire-elemental magical plants.

"I see." Kroya nodded, showing interest in this kind of thing as well. He asked, "Would you be willing to part with it for me?"

If he could obtain it, he could consider using this method, along with his own magic, to create a batch of fire-elemental magical plants imbued with solar magic.

That would make it a unique magical plant of its own.

Estner waved his hand generously: "If you have some, you can have it. I'll give you a few plants later, and I'll also bring you a few thousand ordinary sunflower seeds."

"But is the weather where you are really suitable for growing sunflowers?"

That's what they say, but Kroya will definitely give him a fair reward once he arrives.

He couldn't just accept the offer for free, especially since there were so many of them.

Kroya waved her hand: "Just wait, what else can we do?"

"Snowstorm... Hmm, speaking of snowstorms, there's another magical beast I'd like to bring you."

Estner waved his hand again, and the white sunflower disappeared, replaced by a well-behaved rabbit with fur as white as snow.

Compared to ordinary rabbits, this one is smaller, like the kind of pet rabbit specially bred to be sold to wealthy ladies.

If there's anything particularly different about it, it's probably the halo on its head, in the center of its two ears, that looks like a crown made of snow.

It adds a touch of nobility to it.

"What a cute rabbit! What's it for?"

"Don't underestimate this rabbit. It's a level-two magical beast from the far western snowfields, and is known locally as the Snow White Reaper."

"It has an extremely strong ability to control the surrounding snow. If a group of rabbits gathers together, it can even trigger an avalanche, although it is only a level two avalanche, it is still quite famous."

"In the local area, they are tamed by magicians to handle the snow, and they secrete a very special saliva that can prevent the snow from melting and plant ice-attribute magical plants."

To ordinary people they are death, but to magicians they are excellent gardeners; they are said to be descendants of an ancient magical beast called the Frost Sacred Rabbit.

"Not bad, thanks to you so much, otherwise I'd still be wondering how to deal with all this snow." Kroya laughed, "About how many do you need?"

Putting aside the ability to control snow and cultivate ice-attribute magical plants, the fact that they are descendants of the Extreme Ice Sacred Rabbit is enough for Kroya to take notice.

He was looking for some magical plants and beasts to practice his skills with.

Estena pondered for a moment: "One gold coin each, they reproduce quite quickly, and there are specialized breeders for these magical beasts."

However, I can't guarantee whether it's male or female; my friends over there just randomly assigned them to me.

This shows what makes the Holy Spring Merchant Guild special; they use magic crystals for all their transactions, and they don't care about gold coins at all.

"I understand."

"Then give me three hundred of them first."

Kroya blinked and asked, "If I had the Sea Spirit Mushroom Elixir, could it replace magic crystals? I don't have many magic crystals left."

Of course, that was nonsense. During this period, he had sold some magic potions made from calming lilies of the valley and some precious fish, which meant he had saved up several thousand magic crystals.

What he meant by saying this was that he planned to open a channel through Estner, and what could be more in need of the Sea Spirit Mushroom Potion than the Mage Guild?

Now that his Sea Spirit Dolphin has grown stronger, the production of magic potions has also increased day by day. It is more than enough to supply his own needs, so of course he will sell them.

"Sea Spirit Mushroom Elixir, that kind of elixir is not easy to make." Estner was naturally interested in this kind of elixir.

"The Mage Association in the royal capital sells it for five gold coins a bottle, but that's the bare minimum. If you have a good quality one, you can sell it for the price of magic crystals."

"I want to see how your Sea Ganoderma lucidum potion is first."

Out of caution and concern for long-term transactions, quality testing is essential.

"Okay." Kroya nodded. "I'll give you the things later. The money for those sunflowers can be included in this."

"...Just how many potions do you have?"

"You'll see when you see it."

Kroya kept everyone in suspense: "Then I'll wait for your good news. If you succeed, remember to give me a timeframe, and I'll be ready."

"it is good."

The two severed the illusion of the Deep Blue Merchant Guild, and Kroya immediately sent over all three hundred bottles of Sea Spirit Mushroom Elixir.

He was really looking forward to seeing the other person's expression when they saw the potions.

It's a pity we can't see it now.

……

Royal Capital, Dharma Masters Association.

Estner, who had just left the illusion, heard news from the Deep Blue Merchant Guild—

"Hanjiao has delivered three hundred bottles of Sea Spirit Mushroom Elixir to you. Would you like to retrieve them now?"

"Take out a bottle."

Estner reached out and grabbed a bottle of potion. The bottle was quite exquisitely made, with a strange but beautiful mark on its surface.

It looks like... a sun made up of seven colors.

The seven colors look exceptionally vibrant and beautiful.

He looked at it with interest, then opened the bottle cap and took a sniff of the pale blue, slightly viscous liquid inside.

The first scent is a very refreshing magic, followed by the unique salty smell of sea lingzhi. The combination of the two scents is not jarring, but rather harmonious.

This shows that the quality of this sea lingzhi magic potion is not bad.

Then, he took a small sip and felt that unique magic reverberating within him before finally being injected into the vortex of magic.

He suddenly froze.

My mind was completely clear, as if cool seawater had washed over it.

"What is this?"

Estner looked at the bottle with suspicion and uncertainty. It wasn't like he hadn't drunk the Sea Spirit Mushroom Potion before.

But this has never happened before.

That feeling of clarity was simply irresistible to him; for a monk, maintaining mental clarity is extremely important.

It could even be said to be one of the most important things; being able to maintain a clear mind is more important than anything else.

He dared not delay and quickly took out another bottle of potion to ask his mentor for help, because... he really wasn't sure!

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(End of this chapter)