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

Chapter 179. Sea Moon Potion, Cattail Spirit Cat

The cultivation of sea lingzhi must be carried out in a marine environment, which is completely different from the environment of this small plane.

Even if this small plane is an environment with an abundance of water-attribute magic, it still won't work.

In other words, if Kroya wanted to set up a magic circle here, she would have to artificially create an environment similar to the ocean.

He also needs to transplant the ancient pasture fungus along with it.

The environment created by the ancient pasture fungus seems to have a different kind of benefit for the sea lingzhi. At least the sobering properties in the sea lingzhi potion are given by the ancient pasture fungus.

To create such an environment, he came to the seabed, to the place where sea lingzhi is cultivated.

Standing on the seabed.

"Cough cough."

After clearing his throat, he gathered the magic power in his throat.

"~~~~~"

He stood in the sea and sang the Mermaid Song.

As the gentle, dreamy mermaid song began, the magic of the ocean gathered around him, eventually coalescing into a small sphere, a sphere filled with the magic of the ocean.

While maintaining the Mermaid Song, Kroya infused the magic into the crystal mud material she had obtained from the smaller plane.

After this process, they are transformed into crystal bricks imbued with the magic of the ocean.

All you need to do is build a nursery with these crystal bricks and plant the seedlings inside, and that should be enough.

The advantage of doing this is that it ensures that the ocean magic he gathers will not dissipate and can circulate magic within the nursery.

The downside is... he has to use the Mermaid Song to simulate the changes in the ocean's magic, and the ocean is inherently unchanging, changing with time.

After completing the gathering of magic and the making of crystal bricks, he returned to the smaller plane, marked out an area of ​​one acre on the sky island, and began construction.

The azure crystal bricks obeyed his magical manipulation and quickly built up an azure palace, twenty meters high and an acre wide.

During this time, he also made sure to inscribe magical patterns inside the crystal bricks. This simulated the flow and changes of ocean magic, allowing each crystal brick to transform from an individual piece into a whole, where magic could flow and change within it.

"I hope it will work."

He went into the nursery and felt around for a bit, and could feel the unique magic of the ocean blowing and the changing tides.

This is the closest Kroa could create to an ocean-like environment.

When I was chatting with Estner the day before yesterday, he also mentioned that there are people cultivating sea lingzhi, which is to artificially simulate an environment similar to the ocean.

After all, not everyone can own a piece of land by the sea.

This shows that this method is at least theoretically feasible, and it has already been built; now we just need to see how it performs in practice.

After completing the construction of the nursery, he depicted the intricate patterns of flowers and vines on the magic crystal plate.

Then place the rocks needed for the sea lingzhi on each node of the magic circle.

These are the magic runes needed for the Sea Moon Tempering Magic Array.

Finally, he planted the ancient pasture fungi outside the magic circle—which is why he designated a one-acre area as a nursery.

If it were just to create the "Sea Moon Tempering Magic Array", such a large space would not be needed, since he only had one Moon Dew Grass.

If we were to scale down the magic diagram provided by the Orpheus Oak tree proportionally, it would probably only need to be about a hundred meters in radius.

However, to cultivate the ancient pasture fungus, a larger area is needed so that the power generated by the ancient pasture fungus can envelop the sea lingzhi.

The Orpheus Oak said that only magical plants that give birth to elves can mobilize their own magical power to form and operate magic circles according to magical runes.

It probably felt that Kroya wouldn't be able to obtain so many Sea Spirits in a short period of time.

But what it didn't know was... that although Kroa couldn't make magical plants give birth to spirits, he could imprint magical plants with his own name!

Why not just imprint the magic runes on the Sea Spirit Mushroom and Moonlight Dew Grass, and let them become part of the magic circle themselves?

This is very similar to his previous idea of ​​using magical plants to form a production line.

He had communicated with the sea lingzhi mushrooms before. He wondered if these sea lingzhi mushrooms had been completely marinated by the special substances in the ancient pasture fungus, as they were all very calm and composed.

He didn't refuse Kroya's request for an imprint at all, and the imprinting process was relatively easy for him.

As for Moonlight Dew Grass...

Its consciousness was strange; it seemed to be somewhat afraid of Kroya, almost trembling.

"I...I will obey your orders."

"Just don't shine your magic on me."

"Waaaaah (﹏)."

The last sentence even included a tearful emoji, as if Kroya were some heinous villain.

"???"

Kroya was completely baffled.

Although he doesn't consider himself a good person, he has a pretty good image in the eyes of magical plants and magical beasts.

Why is this newly acquired magical plant so afraid of me?

After thinking for a while, he suddenly realized something and tried to shine his magic on the Moonlight Dew Grass, which made the grass tremble even more.

The moonlight formed droplets that fell like tears, as if the person was crying from fright.

Only then did he realize that it was his own magic that was the cause.

The magic of the sun and the magic of the moon are inherently somewhat conflicting, and the moonlight of the Moon Dew Grass seems to be different from the moonlight of the Mermaid Clan.

It is especially afraid of its own magic.

After being speechless, Kroya could only try to communicate with it properly, and the matter with the magical plant was considered finished.

The only remaining difficulty was the engraving; he had to break up the original complete magic array and engrave it precisely into each sea lingzhi mushroom.

Therefore, he needs to complete everything at once.

After making all the preparations, he extended his spiritual power to all the sea lingzhi mushrooms and activated the Star Spirit Imprint Technique.

The star spirits of fifty-six sea lingzhi mushrooms and moonlight dew grass appeared simultaneously in his mental energy, and he arranged these star spirits according to their positions on the magic circle diagram.

Then the engraving is performed simultaneously.

If someone could see this scene, they would find that it is as if an invisible hand is drawing within the spirit body of the sea lingzhi mushrooms, and all the sea lingzhi mushrooms are engraved with different, yet interconnected, magical runes.

It's like... a marigold connected by vines.

They began to flash with the same color of light, and as Kroya gradually completed the engraving, their flashing frequencies gradually approached each other, eventually becoming completely identical.

The Moonlight Dew from the small well truly resembled moonlight, scattering outwards and enveloping all the Sea Spirit Mushrooms.

[Engraving complete, Sea Spirit Mushroom Cluster - Moonlight Dew Grass (Sea Moon Tempering Magic Array)]

When the Sea Spirit Mushroom and Moonlight Dew Grass, both imprinted with the "Sea Moon Tempering Magic Array," are completely gathered together and form a magic array, this magic will be automatically triggered and formed.

"It's done."

Kroya let out a soft sigh of relief.

He watched as the magical plant gathered moonlight and clouds, its magic flowing into the air and forming a small cloud.

These clouds are no bigger than the palm of your hand.

"Is it mycelium?"

He had looked at the map not long ago and it seemed that the clouds were made of moonlight, but after observing them with his own eyes, he realized that they were not moonlight.

Or rather, it's not just moonlight—

Under the moonlight, the mycelium on the surface of the sea lingzhi slowly detached and converged towards the sky, forming blue clouds.

It trembled, and after being bathed in moonlight, it barely managed to drop a two-colored sapphire the size of a little fingernail, which Kroya caught in one swift motion.

"Is this the Moonlit Potion you produced?"

With great interest, Kroya swallowed the blue gem directly. It was extremely cool in his mouth, like eating a mint candy.

But as they gradually flowed into the magic within his body, Kroya sensed something was wrong.

They are actually changing their magical properties! They are trying to imbue their magic with a layer of the gentleness and coolness of moonlight.

This won't do!

"Hmm."

He quickly controlled his magic and expelled the strange moonlight power before the two forces clashed.

The gentle moonlight vanished into the air in an instant.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that he had completely repelled all these forces.

Very strange.

Her own power was capable of containing almost all magic, even the magic of demons, but she could not control the power of moonlight no matter what.

At most, it's just control.

He even destroyed the Void Moon Tree because of his own magic.

He used to think that moonlight was just a reflection of sunlight and that he could absorb it, but now it seems that not only can he not absorb it, but there is also a fairly serious rejection reaction between the two.

He had no choice but to give up. He reached out and placed the moonlight magic he had collected in the nursery before leaving with another piece of newly produced moonlight potion.

He planned to find the magical plants here, then talk to Estner, let him try the new Moon Sea Potion, and improve the magical fields on his island.

……

It took him a lot of effort to find the level-three magical plants here. He traveled almost the entire small plane before finally finding a group of magical plants in a lush green meadow.

The appearance of these magical plants... well, they're quite unique.

Judging by appearance, it was a round, blue cat about the size of a basketball, with a long tail that swayed like a cattail and was three times longer than its body.

"Meow~"

"Meow!"

"Meow meow meow~"

They frolicked and played in the water, their tails occasionally shooting out streams of blue water, soaking their companions.

They clearly had a lot of fun.

"Civet cattail civet"

Kroa, who already knew their names through the Celestial Spirit Imprint Technique, was slightly taken aback.

He discovered the existence of smaller astral entities inside these magical plants, which were almost identical in shape and appearance to cats.

Those curled up inside their bellies... are baby cattail civets about to be born.

For a moment, Kroya wondered if she was seeing things. Was this thing really not a monster?

After a brief moment of surprise, he quickly came to his senses.

Just like those fruits that bear seeds, it's actually similar to how magical beasts reproduce. It's just that he suddenly saw a "pregnant" magical plant, which made him feel very strange.

Do level three magical plants have any special abilities?

After thinking for a moment, Kroya went and caught the Astral Crystal Turtle. He hadn't yet learned the Art of Communication, so he could only rely on the Crystal Turtle as a bridge for communication.

Crystal Turtle has become quite familiar with Kroa now. It was peacefully sculpting its mate and breeding in its cave.

As a result, he was suddenly exposed by Kroya.

Unable to contain himself, he complained, "Master, I was just having my 1,932nd wife reproduce when you dragged me out!"

I've heard that being suddenly interrupted while doing *that* can leave a psychological scar. Aren't you worried that I might also develop a psychological scar and be unable to bring you more crystal turtles?

Its tone and expression were one of deep sorrow and grief.

Kroya's lips twitched involuntarily. How could he have produced nearly two thousand wives in such a short time?

"Even if you're relying on the effects of the sea monster turtle shell candy, you can't do this. Be careful not to completely ruin your body."

Who knew that the crystal turtle would proudly pat its chest.

"We astral crystal turtles spend our entire lives searching for mates, and I dare say no astral crystal turtle has more mates than me!"

"Don't worry, I know my body best. There's absolutely no problem. We magical beasts are different from you humans."

It spoke with a hint of disdain when it said its last sentence.

"..."

I think you've really gotten too big for your britches.

Kroya suppressed the urge to eat turtle meat, his face darkened, and he pointed to the cattail civets frolicking nearby.

"If you cannot fully explore and understand their abilities today..."

"Heh, I'll just imprison you in this lab. Forget about wives; just focus on making potions for me."

As soon as he finished speaking, the crystal turtle rushed forward like an arrow, startling the playful cattails.

The fur on those magical plants, which looked almost exactly like cats, bristled and aimed their tails at the crystal turtle, spraying out eerie blue water spikes.

"Whoosh—"

It swept across the sky at incredible speed, like bullets, rushing towards the Crystal Turtle.

Fortunately, the Crystal Turtle was a high-level magical beast. It retracted its body into its shell, and the water spikes pierced its shell directly, turning into puddles of blue liquid that scattered in all directions.

After several volleys of fire, it finally emerged from its shell, making a "meow meow meow" sound.

Immediately afterwards, the cattail civets, whose fur had stood on end like Tyrannosaurus Rex, actually calmed down.

They curiously circled the turtle, meowing.

The two were clearly having a very enthusiastic conversation, and the "meow meow meow" sounds made Chloe's ears hurt a little.

After a while, the Crystal Turtle walked towards Kroa, followed by a group of floating blue cat grass.

They all stared at Kroya with their sapphire-like eyes, looking at her curiously, without any sign of wariness.

"What exactly did you say to them?" Kroa asked curiously. "Is the art of communicating with all things really that powerful?"

He had tried many times inside the bottle of the divine tree, but for some reason, he could never learn this magic.

If he could learn this magic, and combine it with his Orange Song, communicating with any magical plants or beasts shouldn't be a problem.

"I simply told them about your great achievements, Master."

The Astral Crystal Turtle concealed the hint of guilt in its eyes: "You raise so many magical beasts and magical plants, you must provide them with a better living environment, right?"

They are now ready to reproduce, so they urgently need a suitable environment.

Kroa narrowed her eyes.

I have a feeling that what this guy said doesn't quite make sense.

He stared at the crystal turtle for a few moments, until the turtle trembled, before finally looking away.

"Then tell me what they are used for."

As we just saw, they launch some highly toxic water spikes, but if that's all, it wouldn't be up to the standards of a level three magical plant.

Unfortunately, that's not the case.

The crystal turtle shook its head: "Their only ability is to spray water jets and create highly poisonous water spikes."

"Hmm." Kroya was slightly disappointed.

Thinking about it, it doesn't seem to make any sense. This world only has these cattail civets. They don't need to fight or worry about survival, so it's just that they haven't evolved offensive capabilities, right?

Environmental issues.

Then, these things will only have ornamental value...

"Master! Master!"

The Astral Crystal Turtle clearly understood what Kroya was thinking and quickly said, "Don't be fooled by my ability to block their poison; it's actually very potent!"

"How powerful is it?" Kroa asked, snapping out of her daze.

"Based on my speculation, it should be able to easily poison level four or five magical beasts."

"ah?!"

This finally piqued Kroa's interest.

He immediately asked the cattail civets to produce some toxins for him, and they obediently complied, with the crystal turtles acting as their translators.

Subsequently, Kroya conducted experiments on several magical beasts, and the results were indeed quite impressive.

After consuming these toxins, the monsters died instantly, and their corpses were assimilated into a dark blue puddle.

To test it out, Kroya ran into the sea and caught a level four magic fish, but even it couldn't withstand the power of the toxins.

However, it seems to have no effect on plants at all; even when plants are soaked in these dark blue toxins, they don't react much.

He became excited after these experiments.

This powerful toxin has many uses; it's indispensable for everything from assassinations to weapon making.

Especially since it's an undiscovered toxin, and its effects are so potent, it's estimated that even saving someone wouldn't be enough.

The only downside is that we can't try it with higher-level mages or monsters.

I have no idea how high the potential of this thing really is.

(End of this chapter)