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

Chapter 39. The Dim Crystal of the Sky (Please continue reading!)

Out of curiosity, he dived directly underwater.

With a "plop," it plunged into the water.

The two groundhogs, of course, followed him and jumped into the lake.

Judging from their names, they are earth-elemental magical beasts, and they should naturally dislike water, and may even have never been in the water for generations.

So when they first entered the water, they were obviously a little unfamiliar with it, and their limbs and tails were a little tense and flustered, but because of their underwater breathing technique, they quickly adapted.

It was even better than the swim in Kroa.

Its tail started spinning like a propeller, its tiny limbs glided freely in the water, and its beady eyes were full of excitement.

Without even looking, Kroa knew that their celestial bodies must be an excited red, and shook his head.

"You're swimming quite well, but could you come in with me?"

He observed quietly for about a minute, then continued swimming downwards, his body passing very easily through the bubbles formed by the air coral.

Although the two ground squirrels still wanted to swim, they saw Kroya go in and quickly followed, and surprisingly, they also passed through the bubble with ease.

It was incredibly smooth without any lag.

This scene slightly surprised Kroa, who had already landed.

Huh? How come you guys actually managed to get through all that? Even the Kabamon got in?

Could it be...?

He looked up at the seemingly frail bubbles that had withstood the pressure of the water flow, and if he had to pinpoint a common thread, it was that he had imprinted magic upon them.

Is that the reason?

There are special magical fluctuations during the engraving process, which is why it is possible to enter.

"Give it a try."

The method to verify this is quite simple: once it's planted on the seabed, just see if the sea dolphins can get in.

They were not imprinted with magic by themselves.

Once he understood, he stopped caring and stepped onto the soft grass, arriving at the spot where tiny white lights were twinkling on the ground.

I crouched down and gently parted the grass to take a look.

Hidden inside is a very peculiar little mushroom. From a distance, it appears to be white, but upon closer inspection, it is found to be even more solemn and sacred than white.

I prefer the so-called platinum gold color.

Around it were piles of refined holy white iron, which the Kaba Beasts had spontaneously gathered there.

As he parted the grass, the Kaba beasts nudged him with their noses, as if to warn him to be careful.

All Kroya could do was offer them a few words of comfort.

"I won't destroy it!"

After he finished speaking, he began to observe carefully.

For some reason, Kroya always felt that this strange white mushroom was absorbing the light from the Holy White Iron, but then returning the light to them.

On the contrary, the holy white iron became even purer and more sacred.

Something like filtering or... blessing?

"What is this thing... such peculiar magical fluctuations."

After carefully sensing it for a while, Kroya suddenly felt that the power of this thing seemed to be somewhat similar to divine power and the "Asiatic Iron" that he used to form the Seven Luminaries Divine Law Array.

That represents the empty attribute crystal within the Seven Luminaries Crystal.

But this one is clearly more pure.

"I've only heard mermaids mention crystals of the void attribute, but I really don't know what they're used for."

"Could it be able to filter power?" He tentatively released a wisp of his magic power toward the white mushroom.

But the white mushroom immediately refused.

The magic clearly sensed resistance and couldn't get close to the white mushroom at all. Moreover, he felt that if he forcibly injected magic, the white mushroom might self-destruct in front of him.

Even when it tried to guide a wisp of power using the Seven Luminaries Separation Technique, it remained completely still.

Upon realizing this, he immediately stopped what he was doing and muttered to himself, "No, is it only reacting to this kind of holy power?"

When his attempts to infuse magic failed, he could only activate the Astral Imprint Technique to check the situation inside.

He knew that mushrooms belonged to the fungi family, but this thing looked like it only had the shape of a mushroom, and didn't look like a real mushroom at all.

As the Astral Body Imprinting Technique was activated, he saw... countless platinum-gold threads wrapped around the most central, strange platinum-gold ring. Although it was now dim and damaged, it still emitted a halo, slowly absorbing the holy white light from the outside world and feeding back new light.

It appears to be filtering, but in essence, it absorbs something from the holy white radiance and then feeds back a completely new light.

"What a strange astral entity, a platinum-gold ring? What level of magical plant is this, or perhaps..."

Kroa stared at the ground where the white mushroom was, and slowly dug with his hand, making sure not to damage the white mushroom, while also checking if anything was buried underneath.

After digging a few times, they found a completely dull crystal in the thick silt, its last bit of light gone.

Almost instinctively, Kroya felt that this must be a "Void Crystal" among the superior attributes of the Space-Time Illusion.

But it had indeed lost all its power, and the remaining power had turned into this little mushroom.

Mushrooms formed by the power of the Void?

Kroya really wanted to take this precious mushroom with him and put it in the laboratory for careful observation and research.

However, considering that it might wither or become unsuitable if taken away, I still don't understand the power of the Void at all.

The only option is to give up and let it stay here.

"Only interested in divine power... Would divine power, the power of the Earth Mother Goddess, work?"

He carefully considered the possibility, but ultimately gave up. Just like his previous worries, it was better to keep divine power away from him.

However, it can be used to refine holy white iron, and the power within the holy white iron can be used to nourish it.

Perhaps if it continues to be nourished in this way, its mysterious astral body will undergo some changes and will no longer be completely lifeless.

"Then I'll leave you here for now. I'll set up another magic circle to prevent you from being stepped on..." Chloe pondered.

In addition,

The deal with Baron Kemoyer can proceed. He had just examined the Holy White Iron and found it to be even better than the original refined version.

The power within is extremely pure.

It's time for Rob to notify the other party to pick up the goods. The original agreement was for ten days, but only eight days have passed.

The other party would surely be overjoyed.

After making his decision, he collected all the scattered pieces of Holy White Iron from the ground. The original 200 kilograms of Holy White Iron was reduced by 15 or 16 kilograms after refining.

This number is actually quite exaggerated, because it involves compressing the internal energy and discarding some useless scrap metal.

The process of refining reduces the numerical value, resulting in higher purity and greater power. Increased purity is extremely beneficial for weapon crafting.

It can effectively enhance power.

"You really hit the jackpot this time. If I wasn't going to try and rip you off, I would have definitely taken advantage of you." Chloe muttered a few words.

For the sake of long-term business, it's unethical and inappropriate to raise the price after agreeing on a price.

But next time they can raise the price a little.

……

After he put all the holy white iron into the shell storage artifact, he carefully examined his surroundings and checked the condition of the Kaba beasts.

Clearly, the divine attributes here have many benefits for them, making their bodies much stronger, but it seems that the magic power within them is also being gradually assimilated by the divine power.

To be honest, this isn't a good thing. If magic is truly assimilated by holy power, it will probably turn into something like a Holy Kaba Beast, but other types of ores will probably be harder to refine.

The rejection reaction of divine power to other elemental attributes can be quite extreme.

"It seems we need to divide them up. Six or seven will be used to refine this sacred attribute, while the rest will be used to refine other attributes."

Or buy some and let these Kaba beasts carry them around; they'll get used to eating ore sooner or later... right?

He glanced at the Kaba beasts, then looked at the two earth thieves who were already familiar with their surroundings, and ordered them to perform a water-controlling magic trick.

The result naturally satisfied him quite a bit. Although he was still a little rusty, controlling the water balloon and watering it was not a problem. He should be able to get the hang of it after some practice.

"Then you can stay here and wait a few days before I send you to the bottom of the sea."

After saying that, Kroya turned and left.

He was going to inform Robert to summon the Baron to discuss the follow-up matters.

Two ground squirrels bowed to Kroya's figure with extremely respectful and worshipful expressions, and finally turned to face the meadow, chirping excitedly.

This is the paradise they've always dreamed of!

(End of this chapter)