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

Chapter 73. Magic Interception (Please continue reading)

Ok……

No, can this kind of yearning be considered evolution?

A question flashed through his mind.

If it cannot bloom, it cannot spread and exchange pollen, which is not good for its growth, nor is it good for the lily of the valley population.

Why would you have such a thought?

He was very confused.

But he immediately realized: evolution isn't solely about the ability to propagate within a species. If this calming lily of the valley is striving to prevent its magic from dissipating too quickly, then its flowers will never fade.

So, does that mean it's also an evolution for this individual plant?

Not having to consider reproduction, only caring about one's own magic and beauty... that seems like a kind of evolution, and quite reasonable at that.

If more magic is supplied to the flowers, its calming bell-like magic will be enhanced, as will the pollen and nectar; isn't that a kind of evolution?

For the first time, Kroya fell into a long period of deep thought.

After a while, he began to think about how to achieve this goal.

To be honest, this desire was novel, and he was genuinely interested.

"It seems like this could work..."

Firstly, I don't want it to be picked, which is easy to do. It's just a calming lily of the valley; if I don't want it picked, I won't.

There seems to be a way to keep flowers blooming for a longer period of time.

According to the explanation from the Shengquan Chamber of Commerce.

The flowering period of the Lily of the Valley is about two months from when it is planted until it has enough magic power to be harvested. After the flowers are harvested, it takes about half a year for them to bloom again.

Most of the time, its accumulated magic gathers in the tuberous rhizomes at the bottom—the extra tuberous rhizomes are how it reproduces.

In other words, if its instinct to accumulate magic power in the roots is cut off, and the magic power is only supplied to the flowers, it can be made to bloom for a long time in a certain sense.

"Um……"

"etc!"

Kroya suddenly discovered a blind spot.

Yes, after these magical plants have undergone two reproductions, the only option left is to stop them from reproducing, except for purchasing special materials and methods from the Holy Spring Merchant Guild.

But even though it can no longer reproduce, it still gathers its magic into its tuberous rhizome. Isn't that illogical?

If I could cut it off and direct the magic towards the roots, allowing it to be fully supplied to the flower, wouldn't the quality of the flower be significantly improved?

It's like castrating a pig to improve the quality of the pork.

does it work?

He felt it was very feasible.

"Sever the magic."

He pondered the magic he currently possessed and finally realized that it seemed no magic could take effect directly, but there was a way to use a magic circle.

It is actually a "magic locking array".

The magic circle he set up over at the Coral Magic Pool was this kind of magic circle.

It can prevent magic from flowing outwards to the greatest extent possible, so if it is applied to a specific point on the magical plant, such as cutting it off where it is connected to the roots, it should work.

"Give it a try."

Kroya bent down and reached out to touch the flower.

His spirit extended through the power of the Serenade, conveying what he intended to do.

To be honest, he didn't know if Anjin Suzuran could accept his arrangement, or if this arrangement was what Anjin Suzuran desired, as he guessed.

So I thought I'd ask.

As a result, An Shen Ling Lan immediately responded to Kroa—

It's more than willing!

That longing and impatience was practically overflowing.

"Alright, I'll help you then."

After receiving a reply, Kroya began to dig it out of the soil, carefully without damaging its roots and rhizomes.

Then, using magic as a carving knife, a tiny, almost invisible magic rune was carved at the point where it connected to the root.

At the same time, consciousness is also imprinted on the corresponding position of its astral body, a two-pronged approach that is almost completed simultaneously.

As the magical aura began to shimmer.

The notification arrived as expected—

[Inscription successful, Calming Lily of the Valley (Magic Locking Array - Rhizome)]

[During its growth process, it will be unable to allow magic to reach the roots.]

It will lose its ability to reproduce and concentrate all its magic power on the flower.

The quality of the flowers will improve.

In Kroa's view, the part of its celestial body that represented the root was gradually dimming.

Being blocked by a magical sealing array is like having one's limbs' meridians severed; one will quickly wither and die because blood (magic) cannot flow.

The magic from this part will naturally circulate to the second most important flower.

"That's it." Chloe took the engraved lily of the valley and planted it separately to the side.

Almost immediately after being planted, it began to absorb the magic power dripping from the earth and the grapevines of the magic field, and the tightly closed flower buds began to tremble.

In fact, it had already accumulated enough magic power, but it was just unwilling to bloom. Now that the problem has been solved, it will naturally bloom immediately.

About three minutes later.

A cluster of unusual little flowers slowly bloomed.

At first glance, it looks like a pinkish-blue flower, no different from other flowers, but upon closer inspection, you can see that its stamens and petals shimmer with a magical halo.

A gentle breeze caresses it, and its melodious sound... seems a little more pronounced than other calming lilies of the valley.

The hypnotic effect also seems to be more pronounced.

Even Kroa felt an urge to lie down and take a nap when she heard it.

He shook his head to shake off the sleepiness.

Holding the small flower gently with my fingers, I observed the tiny pollen grains around its stamen.

Compared to the common lily of the valley, these pollen and light pink nectar have a magical quality, and the fragrance is much richer.

He nodded, satisfied, and said, "The quality has indeed improved considerably."

If all the calming lily of the valleys could be processed in this way, we would definitely be able to obtain a lot of high-quality calming lily of the valleys.

You could even make full use of its nectar and pollen without picking the petals to extract essential oils, which might be enough.

However, other types of lily of the valley can only be propagated once their rhizomes have grown enough to reproduce twice.

If you do it this way, it will be troublesome if you want to expand your flower field.

As for how to get them to be willing to do so...

We still have to look at this calming lily of the valley.

With a leader, the plants behind will naturally follow suit, just like those coconut trees, which all came to love the special magic of summoning.

After completing this novel experience of performing "surgery" on the magical plant, he actually had quite a few thoughts to share.

This magic interception array, if used properly, has immense potential.

For example, you can cut off all the magic nodes of the superfluous branches of the magic tree, so that its magic power can only supply the two or three main branches.

Will the quality of their fruits and seeds improve?

This process of selection continues, generation after generation...

Kroya was genuinely tempted, even somewhat itching to give it a try.

(End of this chapter)