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

Chapter 178. My Own Little Dimension

Although it is a material unique to this small plane, Kroya still needs to determine its use.

For example, is it really only a substitute for soil for planting magical plants, and has no other effects?

He tried to use his magic to perceive.

As a result, the soft, jelly-like blue-green crystal mud turned crimson the moment he injected his magic.

The red color gradually expands, like ink spreading, seemingly slow but actually fast.

The magic power originally stored inside, belonging to the water and wood elements, was expelled, and the entire palm-sized piece of crystal mud turned into a fiery red.

"Such smooth magic guidance properties."

"This..." Kroya paused for a moment, then tried even more magic—sunflower magic, ice and snow magic, pure magic from the etheric realm...

As it turns out, even this seemingly insignificant soft mud can be contained.

"Such unique magical properties, capable of holding so much magical power. Doesn't the Holy Spring Merchant Guild value this material?"

He could hardly believe it.

The reason why magic crystals are so popular is because they can contain magic and allow magic to flow within them, possessing extremely strong magic-guiding and magic-containing properties.

In addition, the price is so cheap that any mage can afford it.

However, the crystal mud he has now is much better than the magic crystal plate in terms of both its ability to contain and guide magic.

The price... This entire world, spanning ten thousand hectares, is full of it, and it should continue to generate more.

When the Holy Spring Merchant Guild obtained this dimension, didn't they sell it as a special kind of mineral?

Or do you really not like it?

He had even considered using these things as materials to build structures; this mud-like substance was much easier to handle than those crystal boards.

Most importantly, you don't have to spend money to buy it.

As a lord, a healthy cycle of development is one where one's own resources are self-sufficient; relying solely on purchasing goods from outside is actually very unhealthy.

He understood this deeply, which is why he required his apprentices to bring back everything they could get their hands on from outside, just like bandits.

As long as the resources in his territory become abundant, he can use his abilities to transform them and exchange the transformed products for even more.

This is what constitutes a normal snowball effect.

The emergence of this thing has filled a gap in our infrastructure.

So now the only remaining question is... whether these slimes can be shaped by magic.

A regular magic crystal board, after being soaked in a special solution, can melt into a soft mud similar to the material in your hand.

In addition, its powerful ability to contain and channel magic is what made it a best-selling product.

However, that thing is almost always sold bundled with the Magic Crystal Board. When you buy the Magic Crystal Board, a sufficient number of them are given away as a gift. They are never sold separately.

The first time you want to use it, you'll be given plenty of it.

However, if you want to make further changes to the already shaped crystal plate, you can only continue to buy more crystal plates and ask them to give you free potions.

This is a very clever sales tactic. This stuff isn't expensive to begin with, so it's okay to buy some and stock up on it; you'll need it sooner or later.

Even Kroya didn't think spending an extra one or two magic crystals to buy magic crystal boards was anything particularly important, but if you did the math...

Even if you buy one more piece, they still make one more piece of money. Given the Holy Spring Chamber of Commerce's reach, they could probably earn a lot more magic crystals just from that.

"Thinking about it now, the Holy Spring Chamber of Commerce was really terrifying."

He sighed softly and began to experiment with magic.

The result was a great success. The magic used to shape this "crystal mud"-like substance worked easily, and he transformed the crimson clay into a blooming, fiery red lotus flower.

The petals and lotus seedpods radiated a bright glow, and his carving skills were clearly excellent.

With the help of mental power, a magician could replicate every detail of a statue.

"Not bad." Kroya casually tossed the lotus into a vast expanse of grassland and continued exploring.

He had already figured out how to use these things. Once things were done here, he would start digging up the mud and then have his apprentices build Hanjiao Island.

Instead of the original plan to use magic crystals to lay pipes, this material was used instead.

However, the most urgent task is to find the item.

The Holy Spring Merchant Guild previously mentioned that there was a level 3 magical plant and a level 3 magical spring here. Why haven't we found them yet?

A plane of ten thousand hectares cannot possibly be reduced to just a handful of magical plants, right?

That's a bit too stingy.

……

He used his magic to walk slowly across the grass.

He fully extended his mental energy, carefully sensing the environment and searching for the magical plants and magical springs mentioned by the Holy Spring Merchant Guild.

This secluded environment, completely devoid of human presence, was exactly to his liking; it was a world that belonged solely to him.

He can build it however he wants.

He has decided to find a place soon to unfold the Elf Mansion and then build a small courtyard.

Treat this world as a place where you can find peace and quiet.

Given this mindset, he didn't rush to search, but instead spent more time taking walks and drives—the refreshing breeze, carrying the scent of water and grass, was truly delightful.

After walking for about half an hour, he finally made a discovery—there were now some flowing spring water in the grass beneath his feet.

These springs, a deep lake blue, flow silently, meandering through the meadows and crystalline mud.

Because he used magic to lift himself up, essentially flying off the ground, and because he wasn't paying close attention, he completely failed to notice these peculiar springs.

Now that he had discovered it, he simply followed the water flow to its source and soon found the origin of the lake-blue liquid—a huge lake covering an area of ​​several hundred hectares.

Nestled amidst lush green meadows, it is as deep and beautiful as a sapphire, its waters a deep, dark blue, their depths impossible to discern.

Even the deepest part was a bit creepy, for fear that something might appear inside.

It gave Kroya the feeling of staring into the depths of the ocean; the deep blue color, devoid of any aquatic life, made him feel uneasy.

"What kind of magic spring is this?" He used the captured Stein's wing magic artifact to fly into the sky and carefully observed the lake for a while.

Nothing was found.

Aside from being exceptionally rich in water, this thing has absolutely no other external characteristics, making it impossible to determine its usefulness based on its properties.

Not a single magical plant was seen. It seems that the level 3 magical plants mentioned by the Holy Spring Merchant Guild are not staying with the level 3 magical spring.

So after thinking it over, Kroya simply chose the simplest and quickest method—magic manipulation.

He stretched out his palm and aimed it at the lake.

His robes were surrounded by starlight, and three different colored sun halos emitted three different colored magic powers, which gathered and flowed into his palm.

At the same time, the Moon Leaf-shaped magical artifact he wore on his wrist was also emitting a bright silver moonlight.

Finally, he played the gopher harp.

This time, he used all his power and every means to amplify his magic.

"Ding-dong~"

A series of clear, melodious notes rang out from Kroya's slender fingers, rushing towards the lake and joining its rhythm.

Like the sound of a stream flowing through the forest, this power was actually something I learned just yesterday, something that seems to have been left by the original owner's grandfather and is called "The Gentle Flowing Spring Melody".

While learning yesterday, he felt that he could easily learn this power, and now it seems that's really the case.

He wields this power effortlessly.

It's like practicing countless times until you become proficient.

The lake water was stirred up by this force, forming streams that flowed backward from the lake surface toward the sky.

Kroya intends to drain the lake and, in the process, use his own power to fully perceive its properties.

However, just as he began to use his magic to control the springs, he noticed something was wrong: the water... it was fixed in mid-air!

After being carried into the air by magic, the water stood upright in mid-air, just like a crystal water sculpture.

Even after Kroya withdrew her magic, they still stood on the lake.

A bold idea immediately formed in Kroya's mind.

He continued playing his gopher harp, controlling a stream of water to spread beneath his body, forming a thin layer of water-based bricks.

Then he stepped directly onto it, and his wings temporarily ceased flapping.

He actually stood steadily on the water brick that was floating in the air, and even jumped around a few times without the brick falling off.

"?!"

Of course, Kroya knew that there were materials in the world that could be used to build floating cities, that could float naturally in mid-air, and even natural floating islands.

But this thing... can actually float in mid-air?

He didn't understand the reason at all.

Why does the water float and stay in place after it comes out? If it comes into contact with air, wouldn't the flowing water also come into contact with air?

After studying it carefully for a while, he discovered that it might be related to his own magic, or rather, the external magical environment—when he controlled these water flows, he naturally had to use magic to envelop the water flows.

Even after he removed the magic, the magic still remained on the surface of the water.

These magical powers prevent the water from coming into contact with the magical environment outside. Once he completely removes these magical powers, the water will fall into the lake.

So that means...

He immediately took some lake water and traveled through the dimensional portal back to his laboratory to try again.

Just as he had expected, after coming into contact with a magical environment different from that of the smaller plane, the spring water really did float in mid-air.

However, it was unable to remain suspended for very long.

The lake-blue color in the liquid gradually faded, and after becoming clear and colorless, the water fell directly onto the ground.

It is clear that the lake-blue magic is the basis for its ability to remain fixed in the air, but this lake-blue magic will quickly evaporate after it comes into contact with the external magical environment.

Therefore, it cannot be maintained for long.

But if we think about it from another angle: if Kroa could continuously replenish its lake-blue magic, wouldn't that allow it to float in mid-air forever?

Floating city...

Kroya quickly shook her head.

The legendary floating city is not just a city suspended in the sky, but also the culmination of a mage's life's work, making it extremely powerful in both combat and scientific research.

It can even carry mages to various planes and the outer astral realm for adventures.

He hasn't even finished building the mage tower yet, and he's already thinking about the floating city...

He suppressed the idea, but did not give up the idea of ​​building a city on the lake—he wanted to build a manor on the lake.

A manor that only I can enter and enjoy.

A private little space and plane, isn't that standard equipment for a high-level mage? Besides, if you want to do anything in the future, it's very discreet in such a small plane.

For example, there's the "Sea Moon Tempering Magic Array" that he plans to create using Moonlight Dew Grass and Sea Lingzhi.

The castle was too small, and the seabed was, after all, the territory of mermaids; this was the only place that was truly safe.

He couldn't wait to try it, so he did it—he continued to control the water in the lake, but this time he didn't use magic to completely cut off their contact with the outside world.

Countless streams of water flowed backward from the lake and into the sky, converging at a height of over 100 meters, eventually forming a lake-blue floating platform.

It covers approximately three hectares.

In the process of building this floating platform, he gradually used magic to envelop the lake, but left a passage—the musical magic he cast on the lake surface took effect.

With the help of this magic, the special blue magic power in the lake water will continuously converge towards the floating island in the sky.

It's like setting up a magic charging line.

As long as the lake's blue magic continues to be produced, the island can remain suspended in the sky forever.

……

It took him three hours to build the island.

After the construction was completed, he flew to the island and looked down at the lake below from a height of 100 meters.

To be honest, the feeling of looking out from a high place is really great. No wonder some people liked to live on higher ground in their past lives, looking down at what was below.

After admiring it for a while, he looked away, thinking there would be plenty of time to see it later, so there was no rush.

"Next up is the manor."

He took the exquisite treehouse out of his pocket and tossed it into the distance—

The treehouse gradually expanded in mid-air, and by the time it landed on the water-brick ground, it had become a giant treehouse covering an area of ​​five or six acres.

The model was transformed into a huge building, and the contrast was quite different. After confirming that it wouldn't fall, Kroya went inside to check it out.

The limited furniture and decor inside are quite luxurious.

It wasn't the kind of opulent, glittering luxury, but rather something exclusively for elves, where even the patterns on the carpets and lamps were meticulously crafted to be luxurious.

but……

"Why does it feel a bit empty?"

He stood in a huge, bright hall, with a soft elven carpet under his feet and lamps that looked like marigolds hanging on the walls.

Logically, such a place should have murals, sculptures, and other decorations, but apart from carpets and a limited number of tables and chairs, the rest of the place was empty.

It gave him a strange feeling that this was like an unfinished house.

This feeling became more and more pronounced as he walked through the entire treehouse.

Other places are even worse than the lobby you just entered.

Some places were completely empty, without even a table or chair.

It's a fancy empty shell.

He was slightly disappointed after discovering this, but not too disappointed. It was nice that it was so empty, allowing him to decorate it according to his own preferred style.

After circling around, he arrived at the laboratory, which was relatively complete and almost identical to the one he had seen when analyzing the magic runes earlier.

The neatly arranged utensils, the ornate and intricate magic patterns, all shimmered with the luster of magic.

Such a secret laboratory, belonging solely to him, perfectly suited the mage's dark and scheming mind.

I wonder if I can extend the Woody Vine and Shark Tower Spirit into this as well. Without their assistance, it would be quite inconvenient for me to do things.

"Wait, what would happen if I activated the dimensional portal here?"

This is already inside a micro-plane.

If we activate the dimensional portal here again, will it directly connect to the outside world?

He immediately got up and began searching, and soon found the magic runes on the wall.

He took out the Holy Spring Crystal Card and poured his magic power into it. Fortunately, his magic power was strong enough to activate the dimensional gate on his own.

As the marigold magic patterns bloomed, the dimensional gate slowly took shape, and the scene displayed inside the gate was his laboratory in the castle on Hanjiao Island!

"Really? That works?"

He immediately went out through the portal and found that the dimensional portal was still the same, except that the exit on the other side of the portal had become the laboratory of the elven mansion.

That's great, very convenient. Without him using the Holy Spring Crystal Card to open the dimensional gate, no one could enter that small plane.

His next task was to extend the Woody Vine King into that world, and then wait for the Tower Spirit to fully mature before letting it enter that world as well.

Of course, he didn't need to put in any effort; he just needed to give the order to King Muyao Quteng.

"I'll go inside right away."

Upon hearing his command, the Woody Vine King immediately began to wriggle into the spatial portal and quickly squeezed inside.

Kroya is now going to prepare the materials to build the "Sea Moon Tempering Magic Array".

To build that thing, you need not only moonlight, but also the ocean environment.

He originally planned to do it at sea, but now that there's a better place, it's worth it even though it takes a little more effort to prepare.

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