The Knight of Light plants the sun in the eternal night.

After measuring and surveying, old Bob led the serfs of the Magic Crystal Field to begin building fences around the area.

This is to define the boundaries of the magic crystal field.

In the afternoon, Leo convened a meeting of novice priests right there at the Holy Light Spring.

"Old Bob, give me a report on the status of the sunflower seedlings." Leo sat on a rock.

The novice pastors also found a rock to sit on.

There is an ancient riverbed near the Swamp Manor, so you can occasionally see many stones washed by the river. A large pebble pit was also dug out before. Most of these stones were moved to build the fortified village.

"Yes, Mr. Leo." Old Bob smiled obsequiously at Leo first.

Then, clearing his throat, he said with considerable pride, "Under the blessing of Young Master Leo's holy light, more than two hundred sunflower seedlings have been cultivated in the Magic Crystal Field, of which more than one hundred and fifty have been transplanted to the fortress."

The remaining fifty sunflowers are still being artificially pollinated, waiting to produce sunflower seeds for propagation.

The sunflower seedlings have already been planted on three acres of land, and the novice pastors are casting spells every day, so the seedlings are growing very fast.

Every day, many seedlings emerge, their flower heads swell and glow.

It can be said that the sunflower seedlings have entered a period of rapid cultivation, and the sunflower street light project is making great strides.

"Very good, but not enough. We need to continue expanding the planting area," Leo instructed. "I will use Holy Light twice a day, morning and evening, on sunflowers, and try to replace most of the ordinary light plants with sunflowers as soon as possible."

The sunflowers are so beautiful.

The herbaceous plants have a high light output, the woody plants have high brightness, and most importantly, the holy light spell cast by Leo has a special effect on sunflowers.

Right now, Leo is just a trainee priest, only able to cast Holy Light a few times a day, and the Holy Light element is very thin, so it doesn't have a significant impact on the sunflower plants. The sunflower plants will only begin to flourish after he becomes a priest.

"Young Master," the gardener Raof said, "the new strain of Boletus you ordered has stabilized, and its effects are now comparable to the fluorescent strain... Should we continue cultivating it?"

"Oh, it's already on par with the fluorescent fungus plants?" Leo exclaimed in surprise.

After a moment's thought, he instructed, "Hmm, the porcini mushroom strains also need to be cultivated vigorously. Here's what we'll do: you trainee pastors will be divided into three groups..."

The first group was the sunflower group, led by old Bob, and staffed with four trainee pastors, who were specifically responsible for cultivating sunflower seedlings.

The second group is the luminescent group, led by the newly arrived novice pastor Lucas, and also staffed with four novice pastors, specifically responsible for cultivating fluorescent mushroom strains and Boletus edulis strains.

The third group is the Gardeners' Group, consisting of Raoff and another female novice pastor, Claire, who are mainly responsible for tending to the sunflower plants in Sunflower Castle.

"Oden," Leo called out the name of his knight.

"My lord," Auden responded. He also had a part-time job as a trainee priest, and if he could contract with the spirit insect in the future, he could be promoted to a knight of light.

Leo said, "I'm giving you a new task. From now on, you won't need to patrol with Knight Commander Pluto anymore. You'll be solely responsible for the construction and management of the Spring Crystal Field. Old Bob and Lucas will report directly to you."

Oden hesitated, "Sir, I...I have no management experience."

"Even without studying, I have high hopes for you," Leo said with a smile. "There needs to be a knight watching over the Spring Crystal Fields, otherwise I won't feel at ease. If a crisis suddenly occurs, Old Bob and the others won't be able to handle it, after all, they're already far from the fortress."

Upon hearing this, Oden knew that he could no longer refuse.

In fact, he didn't want to refuse, but he lacked confidence, since he had always been patrolling and hunting and had never managed administrative affairs.

But Leo entrusted the Spring Crystal Field to him, which showed his high regard for him. Oden immediately nodded and replied, "Yes, please rest assured, sir. I will definitely study hard and manage the Spring Crystal Field well without any mistakes."

Franken chimed in, "Leo, I could actually manage the Spring Crystal Field too."

Leo rolled his eyes: "Professor Franken, are you sure? The fortress construction site, the castle's outer expansion, the magic crystal field's perimeter walls, and the production at the swamp estate—can you really manage all of that?"

"Uh... haha, I was just kidding." Franken quickly waved his hand.

He subconsciously wanted to seize power, but the thought of how much work he had to do immediately made him feel uneasy.

However, after this small meeting in the wild ends...

Franken still gave Oden a sour look. He already knew the answer. If a second elf insect was born in the territory, Leo would definitely give it to Oden to form a contract so that he could become a Knight of Light as soon as possible.

Instead of giving him the contract.

Giving him a contract would simply mean the territory gains another priest who can cultivate light plants; but giving him a contract would give the territory an additional light knight who can both produce and fight.

The meeting is over.

Leo found Pluto, who had just returned from inspecting the fence: "Lord Pluto, I have transferred Oden to manage the Spring Crystal Field. From now on, Oden will no longer be part of the patrol knights."

"Yes." Pluto nodded, offering no objection.

Leo added, "However, I intend to assign Camille to the patrol knights, with you leading her."

"Camille?" Pluto nodded. "If she can endure this hardship, then of course she can."

"Take good care of her; Lord Rhodes said she has great combat talent."

"yes!"

No sooner had Pluto left than the Frontier Knight Commander Harrison approached again: "My lord."

"Lord Harrison, what is it?" Leo asked.

"It's like this, sir. I've discovered that there are quite a few children of school age among the serfs. I'm wondering if we could give them some training to see if they can develop a talent for sensing qi, so that we can train more knights for the territory in the future?"

"Your suggestion is excellent," Leo agreed.

However, he did not intend to entrust this task to Harrison, but rather to someone else. As the saying goes, "An old man in the family is a treasure," and the old knight Rhodes was the most suitable candidate.

Old Knight Rhodes readily agreed.

Leo rarely went out except for taking a stroll outside the manor each day, so his job as the chief guard knight was very easy.

We can dedicate a lot of time to nurturing and educating the children.

As they were talking, a knight galloped in from outside the manor; he was a messenger from the Glowing Fungus Castle.

After the man gave his name, the knight relayed a message: "Young Master Leo, the first batch of twelve Dark Knight sets you ordered from the War Workshop has been completed, including your set of Bright Knight equipment. Foreman Sam requests that you send someone to receive them."

"Oh, the first batch of Darklight equipment is ready!" Leo exclaimed happily. "Great, I'll send someone to the War Workshop to receive it right away!"

Leo then appointed two knight commanders, Pluto and Harrison, along with their respective knights.

Follow the messenger knight to the Glowing Fungus War Workshop to receive equipment.