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

Chapter 268. Level 268 Member, Purchasing Knowledge

The Holy Spring Merchant Guild seemed to sense his intention to make a big sale, so they readily opened up many things for him—

The highest level of the magical plant and magical beast has been upgraded to level seven, which is the level of Gopher Wood. There are even Gopher Wood seedlings available for purchase.

Faced with the temptation of the gopher wood, he couldn't resist taking a look.

As for the price... it starts at 100,000 magic crystals, and increases based on the age of the tree, with the highest costing several hundred million magic crystals.

He looked at his two million magic crystals. If he were to buy Gopher Wood, he could only afford to buy twenty trees at most, and those would be the most basic seedlings.

"..."

"So you're that valuable."

Kroya finally reached out and poked the Gopherwood Elf's belly—he couldn't understand why, despite his perfectly standard build, this guy had such a round belly.

Didn't you transform to look like me? Why don't you try to look better?

Well, to be honest, it feels pretty good, soft and squishy, ​​and it's kind of relaxing.

So he couldn't help but pinch it a couple more times.

The gopher wood elf immediately frowned in displeasure and pouted, "Master, you have to make it up to me!"

"Two plants?" How could Kroya not understand what this guy was thinking? He just wanted a playmate.

Now that he's rich and powerful, he simply waved his hand and bought two Gopher Wood plants on the spot with full payment!

"Can't there be more zeros?" The Gopher Wood Elf blinked, looking at the two saplings that were at most a few centimeters tall that appeared in front of it.

"Leave now." Kroya said expressionlessly, pointing to the door beside her.

"Great!"

The Gopher Wood Elf grabbed the two saplings and ran off, disappearing in a flash.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to close the door with his mage's hand, leaving the tower spirit somewhat amused and exasperated.

It was clearly under its control, but you insisted on using a mage's hand, which almost caused the door to break.

"This guy."

Kroya shook her head with a doting smile on her face.

If he really had enough magic crystals, buying twenty plants wouldn't be a problem. This special magical plant, Gopherwood, could not only speed up Miya's recovery but also modify the surrounding environment.

Even fallen leaves, sap, and branches are excellent materials for potions, magical artifacts, and even wands.

Unfortunately, I was short of money, and besides, buying all of it for Gopher Wood wouldn't bring any immediate benefits to the development of my territory, so it definitely wouldn't work.

What he needs now is the method to create various precision manufacturing plants, as well as a solid foundation of knowledge in magic, martial arts, and other related fields to train his subordinates.

So, after reluctantly glancing at the list of various magical plants and beasts, he still said to Holy Spring, "I want knowledge that can help me develop my power."

"Dear Protoss member."

"This might be the product you need."

The voice of the Holy Spring Chamber of Commerce rang out, and then his vision changed.

Something appeared on the light screen—more precisely, a systematic body of knowledge.

Natural Potions: The Basic Production Process of the Potion Factory

The New Astral Council: One Thousand Spells Every Mage Apprentice Must Become Mature

Infinite Wars: The Elegant Dance of Knights and Warriors

Branches of Magic: The Paths of Priests, Druids, Warlocks, and Sorceresses

As expected of the Holy Spring Chamber of Commerce.

The introductions to these sample readings alone were enough to catch his eye; as far as he knew, they were far superior to the tutorials from the Norland Mage Association.

"Why is it so unusual?" he asked curiously. "If everyone could buy it, these textbooks would be everywhere by now, wouldn't they?"

The Holy Spring replied, "You are a friend of the Holy Spring of Solon and a distinguished member of our Holy Spring Chamber of Commerce. What you see is naturally different from what ordinary people see."

"……Well."

Kroya suddenly realized that he had indeed received benefits from the Solon Holy Spring after returning the relics of the Semurian Continent branch president of the Holy Spring Merchant Guild.

For powerful cross-dimensional merchant guilds like this, personal connections are perhaps the most valuable thing, far more precious than magic crystals.

He was well aware that this was the benefit of an exchange of interests; if he didn't have any ability, he wouldn't be able to get preferential treatment. However, he couldn't deny that he did have some goodwill towards the Shengquan Chamber of Commerce.

It's like when you buy something at a certain store in the past, they would give you a small gift. After that, when you go out to buy something again, you will definitely consider those stores.

"What should I buy?"

Kroya thought about it carefully. Come to think of it, the meditation techniques his apprentices were learning were actually borrowed from the Mage Association.

For mages below level three, it's probably fine, but if they want to advance to higher levels, the Mage Guild's meditation method will definitely hold them back.

Therefore, the most important thing is meditation.

"I'm looking for a meditation method suitable for mages at least at level six," he immediately said to Holy Spring.

"Please wait a moment."

The characters on the light screen flowed like a waterfall.

After a dozen seconds, only three items remained to be selected:

①: "The Path to the Temple of Magic - A New Meditation Method Recommended for Intermediate Mages by the Astral Council"

②: "Magic is the Breath of Nature"

③: *Deep Blue: The Holy Spring Temple Meditation Method*

After displaying it, Holy Spring said, "What I'm showing you now is the general version of the meditation method. If you need meditation methods with different elemental attributes, please let me know and I will continue to recommend them to you."

"Hmm." Kroya nodded casually, then began to examine the basic introductions that these meditation techniques could be demonstrated.

First is the meditation method of the Astral Council.

This is probably the most suitable meditation method for most mages. It's similar to the meditation method he got from the Mage Association, and its main feature is its versatility.

Aside from the necromancy you learn, the magic generated through meditation can be perfectly adapted to almost anything else. Most importantly, it can perfectly connect with the meditation methods produced by various mage associations.

At first glance, this does look pretty good.

However, the meditation method of the Dharma Association actually has a very troublesome hidden danger.

That means that once you reach a certain level, you need to acquire higher-level meditation techniques and some potions produced by the Mage Guild to assist you; otherwise, it will be very difficult to advance further.

Undeniably, this is indeed a means of controlling and restraining mages, and Kroya would do the same if he were a high-ranking member of the Mage Association or even the Astral Council.

But now that he is the leader of a force, what he wants is a meditation method that he can completely control and that he can't be held hostage by.

After a brief hesitation, he looked at the second option.

The second type is even more special; it is a meditation method from the elven kingdom, and its tendency towards elemental magic is related to magical attributes.

However, it has requirements; it requires a special environment. The type of environment in which you meditate will influence the type of magic you gain.

Most importantly, this meditation method seems to require only a natural environment. There's nothing that becomes cramped after reaching level six, but the requirements for the environment increase.

"This seems alright."

"Where there is an abundance of ice-attribute magic, the tendency is towards ice-attribute magic. Where there is an abundance of fire-attribute magic, the tendency is towards fire-attribute magic."

He nodded and glanced at the price of the meditation method.

"Two hundred thousand level one magic crystals."

The price isn't high, considering it's enough to reach the level of a sixth-level mage, and it can be freely taught, making it a necessity for developing a faction.

Moreover, this price was a friendly price given to him by the Solon Holy Spring; if others wanted to buy it, they would have to pay five times that amount.

For the core of a magical force, a million magic crystals are really not expensive.

After adding this to the list of options, he looked at the last one, which was a special meditation method belonging to the Holy Spring Merchant Guild, suitable for mages with high purity and control over magic power.

It can be considered to have some built-in functions for purifying and compressing magic.

To be honest, it's not bad, but Kroya has too many ways to purify and increase her control, whether it's Serenade of Tranquility, Seven Stars Separation Technique, or abilities from various magical plants and beasts.

Purity and control, which might be very important to others, mean absolutely nothing to Kroa.

"Then let's buy Magic Power is Natural Breathing." Kroya casually tossed the magic crystals in, and two hundred thousand magic crystals flowed in like water.

A moment later, accompanied by the sound of "Thank you for your patronage," a small booklet, about the size of a palm, was placed in front of Chloe.

The booklet was cut and made from a special stone material; it was more like a stone slab than a book.

The stone slab was crystal clear, with tiny characters shimmering within it. The moment Kroya saw it, a voice echoed in his mind—

"Welcome to the Holy Spring Type III Knowledge Transmitter."

"Shall we proceed with the knowledge transfer now?"

The name was quite interesting, so Kroya silently answered in her mind, "Transmission".

Several blue beams of light shot out from the deep blue stone slab, and the moment they touched his head, some knowledge was crammed in like canned knowledge.

"Well……"

A huge amount of information suddenly flooded his mind. Kroya let out a slightly uncomfortable groan and it took him a few minutes to get used to it.

To be honest, it doesn't feel very painful—if you're a regular level one or two mage, you can only get the first half of the basic meditation method.

But he happened to be a level six mage, so all the knowledge inside was poured into him at once, which is why he felt a little uncomfortable.

The meditation methods inside are indeed very good. Just like the ones I tried earlier, they rely on the magic power emitted by nature for cultivation, and they also have magic power of various attributes.

"This really suits my power perfectly."

After further analysis, Kroya couldn't help but laugh: "I've long wanted to establish some independent magic academies with different attributes in various regions, and this is perfect!"

What would be a difficult environment, filled with the magic of nature, was a piece of cake for him.

He had even already decided: the fire-attribute magic academy would be called the Sunflower Magic Academy; the ice-attribute one would be called the Ice Mist Flower Magic Academy; and the water-attribute one would be called the Jellyfish Magic Academy…

For him, it would be easy to use magical plants and beasts that could filter and emit various magical powers to build individual magic academies.

Even the location is readily available; they can simply build an island in the sea.

Having a large territory and the ability means you can be so willful.

Satisfied, Kroya handed the crystal plate to the tower spirit, allowing it to begin planning the architectural blueprints. He intended to examine the combat techniques suitable for the knights.

Knights, of course, don't need any battle qi cultivation methods. They have the Thorns of Justice within their bodies, which is a secret technique of the Sethian royal family with extremely high potential.

There was a legendary knight who cultivated that kind of battle aura, but it's a pity we can't contact him anymore, otherwise it would be great to ask him to share some of his insights and experiences.

"I want some combat techniques that knights and warriors can learn."

"Please wait a moment."

After the waterfall display refreshed this time, a dazzling array of knowledge appeared—

Glory of Battle: Knights of the Astral Frontier

Charge Forward! Use Yourself as a Shield!

Exquisite Aesthetics - The Skills of the Elf Knight

……

Upon closer inspection, there were probably several hundred books, including those by humans, elves, dwarves, and even orcs.

"Is the knowledge of knights and warriors really that worthless?"

"Tsk."

He couldn't help but shake his head, then picked out a dozen or so books, each priced at 10,000 magic crystals, which was far less expensive than the meditation method he had just learned.

After making his selections, he continued, "I want some knowledge and technology about magic factories."

It's still the familiar "Please wait" message. After the waterfall layout was changed, only a dozen or so purchase options appeared at the top.

Potion Making: How to Masterfully Brew Potions with a Golem

The Natural Magic Circle: A Flowing River of Potions

The Machining of Magic Metal – The Art of Gears

……

Kroya carefully looked through it.

Today, the main industries of Hanjiao Island are infrastructure construction, monster and plant shops, magic food shops, and Golden Apple Paradise.

The factories that operate day and night use some basic factory building guides that he had previously acquired, which are far from being true magic factories, and they are now somewhat outdated.

After reading it, Kroya fell silent.

"..."

Even the cheapest magic metal processing factory here costs at least 300,000 magic crystals, while magic potion processing factories and magic potion production lines cost at least 500,000 magic crystals.

Keep in mind that he only has two million magic crystals at his disposal.

Previously, I purchased two Gopher Wood trees, a meditation book called "Magic is the Breath of Nature," and fifteen books on various combat techniques.

These few items alone have already cost a full 550,000 magic crystals, leaving only 1,450,000 magic crystals, which can at most buy three factory blueprints.

It should also be noted that what is purchased is the blueprints. If some parts with extremely high precision are needed during the subsequent construction process, they should still be purchased from the Shengquan Chamber of Commerce.

"I was too hasty."

"Our territory has only been developing for less than ten years, and we've already obtained so many magic crystals. What more could we ask for?"

Looking at the dazzling array of goods, he thought for a moment and decided to buy a magic metal processing factory, a magic potion processing factory, and a more complete space transmission array.

The first two are his most important industries right now, while the latter is the one he plans to transform in a short period of time, including the Woody Curved Vine and the underwater factory transmission chain.

To be honest, with the surge in the volume of goods being handled, the Wood Vine is already overwhelmed and urgently needs more sophisticated magic to alleviate the pressure.

He doesn't want to see the transportation chain of the industrial park he has painstakingly built suddenly explode one day; that would break his heart.

To purchase these three, he temporarily took out 100,000 magic crystals from his savings, spending 1.55 million to buy them all.

Thank you for your purchase!

I don’t know if it was just my imagination, but there seemed to be a hint of joy and excitement in the voice of the Holy Spring.

The tower spirit continuously transported magic crystals over and poured them all into the seemingly endless holy spring.

More than a million magic crystals!

Even if each magic crystal was only the size of a palm, these more than one million magic crystals would be enough to form small mountains and rivers, which would then be poured into the Holy Spring. Even someone like Kroya, who was used to spending money lavishly, felt extremely heartbroken watching this.

He finally understood why he never felt the pain of living paycheck to paycheck after receiving his salary in his previous life. It turns out that the feeling of not being able to see the specific amount of money with quick payment is completely different from actually watching the money disappear!

The magic crystals flowed for a full ten minutes before finally filling the holy spring. Three crystal plates, identical to those used in meditation, flew out from it.

Inside the crystal plate are the blueprints for the three factories that Kroya purchased, along with matching magic runes.

Then Shengquan said:

"Congratulations! You have become a Level 4 member of the Holy Spring Merchant Guild because your purchase exceeded one million magic crystals."

You can receive the following benefits.

"First, your clock golem will be modified. Its interior space will be transformed into a small clock factory to process some basic spatial magic devices."

"Second, you will receive three free chances to enter the Holy Spring Star Sea prize pool."

"Thirdly, by the instruction of the Holy Spring of Solon, you may unconditionally request a magical support attack from the Holy Spring Merchant Guild, with the expected attack level being weak divine power."

If you don't use it, once you upgrade to Level 5 membership, you will advance to the Weak God Power level, and you can still upgrade it later.

Looking at the sacred spring, Kroya suppressed his excitement and a joyful smile appeared on his face.

No one can ever have too many trump cards.

The support attack from a meager divine power is already legendary; even the saints of the Holy See would be overwhelmed by such an attack.

Although he didn't think he would need it anytime soon, having it was better than not having it.

The Clockwork Golem's ability to transform into a factory is quite remarkable, and the Space Magic Device is the most expensive and best-selling magical artifact.

As long as you can produce it, you'll never have to worry about sales; there are just too many people who crave a personal space.

If I had to point out anything less than ideal in the benefits... it would be the lucky draw. Last time, I think I had to sell a bottle of wine to get three items in return.

They are the Level 4 magical beast Star Sunflower, Walking Tree Man, and Midday Sun Iron.

He used the Star Demon Sunflower as a therapy room, the little tree man learned knowledge from the oak tree, and the sun iron was made into a magical artifact.

They each have their own uses.

What will I get this time?

Good luck or bad luck?

(End of this chapter)