Above the mage

Chapter 169 Harvest

Medicinal Garden No. 11.

Gao De arrived at the medicinal herb field he had claimed.

This medicinal herb field, which he had meticulously tended, had changed significantly since its inception.

Looking around, one sees a patch of lush green medicinal seedlings interspersed with yellow and purple flower buds.

The academy specially developed medicinal fields, which are controlled by magic arrays and mages, and regularly supplied with magic crystals to nourish the fields, so that every inch of the fields contains extremely rich magical power.

With sufficient magical energy, although only a month and a half has passed since the planting, both the zero-level magical plant Alocasia and the first-level magical plant Thorn have already sprouted flower buds.

The branches of the thorny fruit seedlings are covered with fine, sharp thorns.

The quality of thorn berries can be predicted by the growth of thorns on the branches.

Clearly, these thorny fruit plants are growing very well under Gao De's careful care.

All thirty taro seeds and ten thorn seeds sprouted; not a single one was dead.

Given this situation, getting a perfect score in the "Magic Plant Cultivation" course shouldn't be a big problem.

Gao De nodded in satisfaction, and then sprinkled different amounts of the prepared medicinal solution according to the different varieties and growth stages of the seedlings.

He was overjoyed.

It's not about being overjoyed by the good results that are about to be achieved—in fact, whether in the past or present life, Gaode has become somewhat numb to the idea of ​​achieving good results.

At this moment, a week has passed since he graduated with full marks in all three courses.

At the beginning of the Frozen Moon, Cyrus Academy was thrown into turmoil by his sixteen courses.

At the beginning of the winter solstice month, his perfect scores in three subjects caused a minor sensation.

The attendance rates for these three courses are among the highest in the college.

It can be said that more than 90% of the students in the academy have taken at least one of the courses and participated in the assessment of one of the courses.

You'll only understand after you've experienced it.

Therefore, almost every student understands how difficult it is to get a perfect score in the final assessment of these three courses.

Some admired, some were shocked, some were jealous—all sorts of emotions can be summarized in five words:

"Is this even human?"

The person who remained calmest about the matter was Gao De, who was the person involved.

In the world of "academic superstars," they often already know their grades when they are "answering questions."

The perfect score in all three subjects was somewhat unexpected, but it was basically within Gaode's own prediction range.

Therefore, he remained very calm after learning his results.

I've already taken three courses; there are still thirteen left.

He has only accumulated 15 credits, not even close to Yulan's starting line.

The revolution is not yet complete; comrades must continue their efforts.

Gaode is still very busy and doesn't have much time to show off, nor does he have much to show off.

This world ultimately belongs to mages.

Seres Academy is also a magic academy.

Therefore, the mage's level is the foundation of everything.

With this foundation, other things can have added value.

Gaode has a very clear understanding of this.

The reason he is happy now is entirely because he will get 20% of the harvest from these medicinal herbs once they mature.

This is a very reasonable price, after all, the most important things for the growth of magical plants, namely the medicinal fields and seeds, are provided by the academy.

All Gaode contributed was its own labor and the cost of preparing some culture medium.

This 20% harvest can be used for personal purposes or sold to the academy.

The harvest from a Tier 1 magical plant in its first phase is worth approximately 12-15 gold.

Under ideal harvest conditions, the Thornberry Academy can offer 15 gold.

Two-tenths equals three gold medals.

Ten thorn berries can bring Gaode a profit of 30 gold.

The Alocasia is a Tier 0 magical plant, and the academy only offers 3 gold for it. 20% of that is 12 silver.

30 taro plants would cost 360 silver coins.

The two magical plants combined can bring Gaode a total of 48 gold.

Preparing the culture medium costs about 15 gold. After deducting this expense, you will still have 33 gold left.

The period of two and a half months is the busiest time, which is when the seeds are first sown and the germination begins.

The rest of the time is spent killing pests, watering, and fertilizing, which takes less than an hour on average each day.

Such a level of labor intensity can bring in 2 credits and 33 gold coins.

Gaode Maps still thinks this is a very worthwhile deal.

Unfortunately, the academy's medicinal herb fields are academy assets, and they are generally not contracted out to students unless there are special circumstances such as course completion assessments.

Otherwise, Gao De would have to become a farmer at Cyrus Academy and contract a large medicinal herb field.

If you can become the top student in the Potions Department, as a perk, you can claim a plot of medicinal herb field from the academy every year.

Even though the magical plants have extremely high requirements for magical power and fertilizer, resulting in a low planting density.

However, even a small medicinal field under the academy's standards can grow about fifty first-tier magical plants.

I wonder how much money I'll earn over the course of this school year.

The thought that Sadie, as the top student in the potion department, was likely also a tycoon made Gao De somewhat envious.

Should I take Potions as an elective next academic year?

Subconsciously, Gaode started to ponder it.

The winter solstice month passed in the blink of an eye.

Meanwhile, on the 20th, Gao De's apprenticeship guidance method underwent another upgrade after 53 days, and his total magical power officially reached 12 magic levels.

At the end of the month, the "Plant Cultivation" course also came to its final assessment.

With 30 thriving taro plants and 10 thorny bushes, Gao De unsurprisingly achieved another perfect score, bringing his total credits to 17.

The perfect score in this practical course also refutes the claim that "Gaode is only good at theoretical knowledge" that circulated recently.

With the assessment and scoring complete, it's harvest time for the magical plants in the medicinal field.

The harvesting and gathering process was carried out by personnel from the Potions Department.

It's both a way to help and to prevent trainees from keeping some of their earnings for themselves.

"You used to be a farmer in the countryside, didn't you?" Sadie, who had been assigned to inspect the harvest, said half-jokingly and half-sighed as she stood by the medicinal herb field.

Another month passed, and the fully ripe taro and thorn fruits in the medicinal field hung naturally from the branches, plump and tempting.

"I just have a bit of interest and talent in planting," Gao De said modestly.

The predecessor worked in the herb garden for a long time. Although it didn't grow magical plants, but just ordinary herbs, it was still in the same field as magical plant cultivation and had many things in common.

In addition, his theoretical knowledge has become more and more solid, and he usually pays great attention to these magical plants, so this harvest is reasonable.

"You got a perfect score in 'Plant Cultivation,' although I got a perfect score in that course too. But you also got a perfect score in 'General Knowledge of Herbs,' which was Professor Joseph's course. Even I only got a little over 80 points back then."

"You should have joined our Potions Department!" Sadie exclaimed.

Although Gao De did consider this idea, he ultimately felt that the rune system suited him better, so he gave up on the idea.

Faced with Sadie's感慨 (sentiments/reflections), he simply smiled and said, "This is just one branch of Potions, it doesn't mean I can master Potions."

"That's true." Sadie raised an eyebrow. Potions requires a certain amount of talent to master.

As the top student in the Potions Department, she was undoubtedly a talented individual, and she was quite proud of that.

As they were talking, the potion students in charge of the Gaode herb field had finished harvesting and weighing the herbs and reported the final results.

"The total harvest of thorn berries was 9 pounds and 8 ounces, so you get 20%. I can decide to give you 2 pounds. The total harvest of calla berries was 34 pounds and 3 ounces, so I'll give you 7 pounds," Sadie said to Gao De, looking at the harvest figures reported by the students.

She added a little change to Gaode Maps to make it a round number, which could be considered a small benefit for Gaode Maps.

Although it's not a lot, it makes people feel very comfortable.

"Based on this year's prices, the purchase price of thorn berries is 15 gold per pound, and the purchase price of calla lilies is 3 gold per pound."

"Are you going to keep your share for yourself, or sell it to the academy?"

"Sell it to the academy." Gao De did some mental calculations and found that the final profit was almost the same as he had estimated. The extra 3 gold coins were mostly from the rounding up that Sadie had given him.

As Sadie had expected, Gao De made the decision.

She nodded, took out a settlement sheet that had already been stamped with the potion department's seal, and filled in the details and her name on it.

She then handed the bill to Gaode, who signed his name and fingerprint on it. After that, she took out the money bag, counted out 51 gold coins, and paid Gaode the bill.

(End of this chapter)