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

Chapter 163. Rabbits and Grapevines, Frozen Demon Plant Island

The lotus flower in front of me was small and exquisite, at most it could only be described as a bud, with petals that looked like they were carved from glass, so exquisite that it resembled a work of art.

Its astral form... is very special.

The lotus seedpod at the center is surrounded by petal-shaped astral entities, and inside the lotus seedpod there is a strange magic or consciousness.

What is certain is that this thing has definitely been modified, otherwise it would be impossible for such strange magic to appear inside, which is similar to its own power but not exactly the same.

Kroya tried to communicate with the lotus's consciousness. Logically, a level three magical plant should have self-awareness, but unfortunately, it didn't.

It only has instincts, not its own consciousness.

Even within its celestial body, Kroa could not sense any vibrant life force. It truly resembled a manufactured object, utterly devoid of its own consciousness and spirit.

This is very strange.

Even the lowest-level magical plants possess some degree of sentience and consciousness, but this thing lacks that.

That means... it has no desire, so the Astral Imprint Technique cannot work—because the Astral Imprint Technique is based on the desire for things.

A lotus, a true "plant" like this, naturally has no desires, and therefore cannot be discussed.

"...That's really something."

He sighed softly, recalling the desire described in the text.

Having some understanding of the three souls and seven spirits, he knew that "Fushi" was used to suppress desires.

What truly generates desire is the "sparrow's shadow." Once the sparrow's shadow takes flight, it signifies that desire has been unleashed, and the hidden arrow can no longer suppress it.

Could it be that the emergence of self-awareness is also a form of desire, which is why it was so firmly suppressed?

If what he thinks is true, then this is indeed a very ingenious design. Only by eliminating desires can desires be suppressed, and suppressing desires prevents them from generating further desires, thus forming a perfect closed loop.

Kroa decided to test it out.

He unleashed his own symphony—a tricolor band of light encircling him, within which flowed and leaped all sorts of musical notes.

There is joy, happiness, and also pain, sorrow, helplessness, and of course, desire—all kinds of desires.

For example, the desire for money, the desire for children, the yearning for a better life...

These are all collected from his symphonies, and now he can use them at will, and even inscribe a variety of magic into them.

It's one of his most treasured magic tricks.

"Let me see, I'll take this one."

He selected a vibrant orange note, which contained the longing of a sick child for life after recovery.

Nature can also be considered a kind of desire.

Actually, this thing was passed on to him by Samir, who was the owner of the Rock Note after he resurrected him. He had no idea that he had actually died once.

Thanks to the rocky notes within him and his body, which had been transformed by magic, he possessed immense strength. He was no longer content to stay in the small town of Hanju; he wanted to venture out and make a name for himself.

This time, he left with the Baron.

It's estimated that no one in the team knew just how terrifying this guy's power was; it was a little surprise that Kroya had prepared.

If things really take a turn for the worse, he will directly boost the other party's power, instantly transforming them into a powerful level four warrior.

After he took out the orange musical note, it obediently stayed in his palm, burning with what seemed like the flame of life, full of tenacity and determination.

"A fiery desire for life."

Kroya extracted the desire from the musical notes and casually stuffed them into the lotus flower.

Just as he expected, the orange power was immediately enveloped by the lotus pod as soon as it entered, and endless cold air compressed and suppressed the orange flames.

A deathly stillness and a sense of "nothingness" tightly suppressed the orange flame, forcing it to extinguish its desire.

There also seemed to be a strange sound, like chanting.

"Could this thing be something from Buddhism?" Kroya wondered to himself.

He tried to understand, but he couldn't make out a single word; instead, the sounds just kept buzzing in his ears.

It even has a tendency to affect his consciousness.

However, he easily dispelled it; with his current mental strength, resisting some mental attacks was still a piece of cake.

However, the orange flame was not so lucky. Even its consciousness, enhanced by the musical notes, could not withstand the chill and the suppression of the chanting.

It will probably disappear soon.

So once he made up his mind, he waved without any hesitation.

"Whoosh—"

The orange flame, like a child summoned by its parent, broke free from the power within the lotus and returned to its symphony.

"Hmph, this little desire isn't enough. Let's see if you can handle the desires of a demon."

He actually had a plan in mind: to awaken its desire for spiritual birth with a stronger desire, and as long as there was even a little bit of yearning, he could use the Astral Imprint Technique to intervene.

He was really looking forward to seeing what the magical plant, which possessed desires but could also suppress them, would look like.

However, this cannot be achieved for the time being; it must wait until the apprentices return with Gitte, whose desire is what Kroya needs.

He temporarily planted the lotus in a suitable place and encased it in a small magic circle to prevent people or magical beasts from approaching.

After dealing with the lotus, he began preparing to plant the new magical plant he had just bought.

Ice watermelon vines and blue tulips can be planted in the Ice Rabbit's nest and cared for by them.

However, this doesn't apply to Snow Walnut and Ice Glow Chrysanthemum; these two magical plants require a sufficiently open environment. The latter, in particular, needs a place with strong winds—the stronger the wind, the better.

So he found a few Frost Rabbits, gave them the Magic Field Grapevine, and then used his mental power to communicate with them, instructing them to plant the Magic Field Grapevine in the very center of the Frost Clover field.

At the same time, he reached out his hand as before, using his mental power and exquisite magical control to gather the endless icy magic power of the sea.

A ball, slightly larger than the previous one, quickly took shape. However, this ball had a shell made of golden magic on the outside—this was to suppress the magic inside from leaking out.

From the outside, it looks like a golden sphere with white flecks; it's quite beautiful.

"Take it to the roots of the grapevine." After Kroa finished making it, he handed it to the magic rabbit beside him.

Three Frost Rabbits carefully huddled around the ball, afraid it would fall to the ground—they could sense the terrifying magic within.

If this thing exploded inside their burrows, then the rabbit hole could be renamed the rabbit graveyard.

So they were really afraid this thing would explode, so they were very slow and steady, taking more than ten minutes to place it under the roots of the magic field grapevine.

As a result, after sensing the magical power that allowed it to grow, the grapevine immediately and without hesitation planted its roots inside.

Then it grew within a few breaths.

The translucent, ice-blue grapevines slowly spread and expanded, quickly covering the planting area, which was about two acres in size.

Meanwhile, the rabbits were also busy. Their high intelligence allowed them to understand Kroya's commands—they planted the ice watermelon vines and blue tulips.

The former is nothing special, just a blue watermelon seedling; the latter is about half a meter tall, and even in its seedling stage, the flowers are enormous, estimated to be five centimeters wide and ten centimeters long.

Aside from that, it just looks like a tulip.

This is not difficult for the magic rabbits; they just need to dig a hole deep enough and then bury the roots in it.

The rabbits, busy at work, watched them with surprise, their small eyes filled with great confusion.

There are no such magical plants in the places where their ancestors have lived for generations.

The rabbits were busy, and the grapevines in the magic field didn't stop expanding. More grapevines found their own passages through rabbit holes, crawling outwards and advancing across the snow.

It gradually covered a wider area.

It is clear that it is trying to cover a larger area so that it can absorb more ice-attribute magic through its leaves.

This is very convenient for the Ice Demon Rabbits.

They naturally prefer cold environments, and the Magic Field Grapevine happens to emit a cold magic, so they chirped and carried the Magic Field Grapevine into their little nests.

When you're hungry, just take a bite of a grape leaf from the Magic Field Grapevine—eating these grape leaves formed from pure magic is probably the same as eating magic crystals.

Some rabbits even lived deep within the intertwined vines and leaves of the Magic Field grapevines, then lay sprawled in the snow like a rabbit pancake, looking quite content.

Of course, they didn't live there for nothing. While using the Magic Field Grapevine as a cooling device for their nest, they were also transferring the magic power they absorbed to the Magic Field Grapevine.

This has created a mutually beneficial relationship.

This made Chloe thoughtful; it seemed that the Magic Field Grapevine could not only be used to care for magical plants, but also to raise magical beasts.

By this time, the Magic Field Grapevines could be found almost everywhere inside the rabbit hole. The ice-blue grapevines emitted a faint light inside the hole, which was then reflected by the snow.

The entire rabbit burrow was sparkling, with ice blue and snow white intertwined, and grapevines and rabbits darting around from time to time, creating a magical and beautiful scene.

Kroya observed this scene through his mental power and the magic field grapevines, and decided that he had to make the Woody Curved Vine King extend here as soon as possible.

Observing rabbits reproduce and thrive on a daily basis is a great experience; this is a real documentary.

After the magical plants inside the rabbit hole were planted, the planting plans for snow walnut and ice windmill chrysanthemum were also progressing smoothly.

These would then need to be planted by Kroya, but... they would be planted by a mage. He himself found a nice spot, used magic to create a chair, and sat down.

Today, the magic power of a level four mage is enough to make him immune to heat and cold, and he can even sleep naked in the snow without any problem.

What is an extremely cold and snowy polar region for ordinary people is just a scenic viewpoint for him.

He looked up at the swirling snowflakes, the howling of the cold wind filling his ears, and felt a little drowsy inside the warm magical shield.

Perhaps... this is a kind of white noise that helps him fall asleep.

In the distance, the mage's hand was still working tirelessly—digging holes, burying the roots of windmill chrysanthemums and snow walnuts inside, and then dripping some magic into them.

The pure magic of these ethereal realms ensures they survive the most difficult early stages, grow successfully, and finally withstand the baptism of cold winds and blizzards.

There's nothing particularly special about planting walnut trees.

But the Ice Windmill Chrysanthemum, with its translucent petals resembling a windmill, began to spin in the cold wind, gathering icy magic around itself.

It formed a shape similar to a whirlwind.

Almost every ice chrysanthemum has a meter-wide area around it where the cold wind is controlled—this is something to be aware of when planting it.

If two ice chrysanthemums get too close, the winds they gather will collide with each other, ultimately resulting in both being damaged.

However, they are only about a meter apart. Although they will gradually increase the power of the cold wind, they will not increase its size.

Kroa guessed that this might be related to their ability to manipulate magic; beyond that, it would be beyond their control.

He felt there was something to be done about this, such as enhancing their magical control abilities, or simply imprinting them with magic like Ice Storm, which might have surprising effects.

As the ice chrysanthemums were planted one after another.

The winds from all directions were also converging towards them, and the icy whirlwinds were particularly eye-catching and spectacular in the snow, creating a beautiful scene.

After all the plants were planted, Kroya stretched and woke up, flew into the sky, glanced at the Frost Magic Plant Island he had just created, and nodded in satisfaction.

He plans to take a break and then expand the area further, or perhaps develop it vertically to create an environment specifically for growing ice-attribute magical plants.

After watching for a while, he got up and left, returning to his warm castle.

He sat on the comfortable, soft sofa and took out the last magical plant.

That was... a daffodil.

It was truly beautiful, with its slender, emerald-green leaves, layered petals, and stamens like those of a beautiful woman. When Chloe saw it, she felt as if she had witnessed "beauty."

This is a form of suggestion involving the mind.

This thing is clearly an extremely rare magical plant that possesses its own spiritual magic.

"Nassos Blue Daffodils"

After silently reciting its name, Kroa went to observe its celestial body as usual, only to discover that his consciousness had just extended into it.

The narcissus's spiritual entity immediately transmitted its thoughts—

"Ah! Don't look!"

"Please, please don't look!"

"Please don't watch this!!"

The consciousness, carrying an extremely exaggerated sense of conflict, not only failed to curb the mage's curiosity but actually intensified it.

I want to watch it! I'm going to watch it!

Without hesitation, he extended his consciousness into it. With the mental power of a fourth-level mage, and a fourth-level mage with the mental meditation technique, the mere daffodil had no ability to resist.

What he saw was...

A flower stamen shaped like a beautiful woman with a graceful figure.

It remained alone within the spiritual body, surrounded only by an almost overwhelming amount of magic power, and nothing else.

Or rather, its astral body is inherently in this form, without the superfluous decorations of leaves and petals on the outside.

To be honest, it's still beautiful, just not as exaggeratedly beautiful as some people would say.

Kroya was speechless.

I thought there was something special, but it turned out to be just a flower stamen?

"Wait... um?"

He felt something was very wrong. There was no astral body? Then what was the situation with the leaves and petals on the outside if there was no astral body?

Astral entities are the most direct and absolutely real characteristic of magical plants and magical beasts. If astral entities are absent, it means...

"Mental magic?"

Kroya reached out and, with a serious expression, stroked the leaves and petals of the daffodil. The touch was almost identical to that of real daffodils.

But please note that it is "almost".

When he infused his magic, the leaves and petals formed by that magic became illusory shadows in his eyes.

Sunlight is the most effective way to dispel illusions created by spiritual magic and magical power.

Without the disguise of these petals and leaves, the poor daffodil becomes a lonely flower stem with stamens standing pitifully, exactly as seen by the Astral Imprint.

"Such an exquisite magical composition," he exclaimed. "So you disguised yourself like this for beauty?"

"Um……"

The only response he received was the daffodil's wilted consciousness.

Chloe tempted, "So, do you really want to become like this? To become the most beautiful version of yourself?"

"think!"

"I want to become like this!"

"Please, Your Excellency!"

Its consciousness was urgent and impatient, filled with pleading and longing.

"Alright then."

Kroya then began to inscribe a second spell on it, which was...

[Imprint successful, Narcissus Daffodil (True Transfiguration)]

[This magical plant's endless yearning for beauty, along with its unique structure, allows it to briefly unleash this magic.]

Find beauty, and become beauty.

[During the transformation spell, the form and level of the magical plant will change.]

After a brief prompt, a very special halo suddenly enveloped the surface of the Narcissus daffodil; it was colorful, like a rainbow.

It slowly enveloped it, like an eggshell, making it impossible to see what was happening inside.

But Kroa could see that it was beginning to change.

As the leaves grew, they changed from a simple emerald green to a rainbow of colors; the petals, layered upon each other, also turned into a rainbow of colors.

Seven different colors are interwoven on it, yet it doesn't appear gaudy at all; on the contrary, they are perfectly matched, making it seem like a master who is adept at using color.

A moment later, the eggshell slowly cracked, and countless rays of seven-colored light burst forth, illuminating the entire laboratory in a dazzling display.

A daffodil surrounded by colorful leaves and petals appeared before Kroya.

It is breathtakingly beautiful, like a goddess descended from the divine realm, radiating magnificent seven-colored brilliance.

Even Chloe was briefly captivated by it, appreciating its beauty and feeling a sense of joy.

At the same time, its magical fluctuations and power underwent tremendous changes, jumping from level three to level five in an instant!

Even its name has been changed—

Nassos in search of beauty.

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