Above the mage

Chapter 436 Four Elemental Magic Plants

When they first arrived in Phoenix, Catherine and Loich did not restrict God's freedom of movement.

Then, while wandering around Phoenix, God discovered...::.or rather, Flora found a dried sapling at a roadside stall.

At that time, the sapling was not far from drying up and dying; its leaves were so dry that they seemed ready to be blown away by the wind at any moment.

Hidden among those dried white leaves were seven or eight small blue "berries".

According to Flora, it was an extremely valuable magical fruit tree, and it was still alive; she had a way to keep it alive.

So Gao De spent a zero-tier Ice Soul Stone to exchange for the Magic Plant Fruit Tree from the stall owner, and Flora stored it in her small space that she used specifically to store tree seeds.

However, too many major events happened in a short period of time, and Flora took away the tree seeds, so Gaode simply forgot about the magic plant fruit tree.

He forgot, but Flora wouldn't.

During the time that God was away from the North, Flora had already taken out and planted the magic plant tree.

With her abilities and the unconditional cooperation of the Zhenbing tribe, it would be a piece of cake for her to grow a magical fruit tree.

The growth of the magic fruit tree takes an extremely long time, not an exaggeration to say it takes a hundred years.

However, this magical fruit tree is quite special. Even in its seedling stage, it has already grown seven or eight young fruits.

Under Flora's meticulous care, the young fruit absorbed magic and nutrients and developed rapidly. Just two days ago, after the people from the ripening area harvested the fruit, it was quickly transported from Valar Bay to Phoenix and then handed over to Flora.

Flora, on the other hand, approached God after receiving the fruit.

"You mean, this magical plant is called Everfreeze, a variant of the Water Elemental Magic Tree, a second-tier magical tree?!" After hearing Flora's introduction, God was both surprised and delighted.

The joy was not just because of a second-tier magic plant tree.

According to Flora, the permafrost can continuously bear fruit by being watered with the blood of ice elemental creatures over a long period of time, and the fruit that is produced is the Ice Element Fruit.

Gao De looked at the eight ripe Ice Yuan Fruits on the table.

They resemble large berries, but their surfaces are covered with frosty patterns and they emit a faint mist, making them look extremely strange.

Long-term consumption of Bingyuan Fruit will significantly enhance the body's adaptability to cold environments.

However, that's secondary.

Gao De casually picked up an Ice Yuan Fruit and popped it into his mouth.

In an instant, a chilling sensation exploded from the tip of my tongue, as if I had a small piece of ice in my mouth, and the coldness shot straight down my throat.

The fruit breaks easily when lightly bitten, and has a sweet taste.

As the fruit entered my stomach, a slightly tingling sensation quickly spread throughout my body.

This demonstrates how the Ice Essence Fruit enhances adaptability to cold environments.

Gaode didn't feel anything significant, entirely because its own cold resistance was already too high.

However, that's not important.

Gao De spat out a pale blue, ice-shaped fruit pit from his mouth.

This is both a fruit pit and a tree seed.

Each Ice Yuan Fruit contains a seed that can be used as a tree seed.

Of course, for each tree species to sprout and grow, it also needs to be nourished with a large amount of ice elemental biological blood.

When the permafrost was first discovered, it appeared to be nearly dead because it lacked the nourishment of ice-elemental biological blood, resulting in insufficient nutrition.

In fact, the growth and cultivation requirements of the Permafrost Tree are among the more demanding of the second-tier magic tree species.

It requires long-term nourishment from the blood of ice-elemental organisms.

Watering once or twice is easy, and watering ten or more times isn't too difficult either.

However, it requires the blood of ice element creatures from the moment it sprouts until it dies naturally.

A magical tree can live for hundreds of years, and it's not an exaggeration to say it can live for a thousand years.

It's easy to imagine the terrifying amount of energy that would be consumed.

Regardless, the Permafrost is theoretically a second-tier magic tree species that can be produced stably and for a long period of time.

"This is it!" Gao De immediately made up his mind.

It wasn't a decision he made entirely on a whim.

If the permafrost tree species were to be widely adopted as the bond artifact for Iceborn mages, the required amount of ice elemental blood would be enormous, far exceeding what hunting alone could provide.

However...: Among the three great ice-blooded tribes of the North, there is a Frostwolf clan that is famous for raising snow wolves. Snow wolves are typical ice elemental creatures.

Provided that food and nutrition are plentiful, regularly bleeding the snow wolves will not have any negative effects on them.

However, this also made the plan to subjugate and annex the Frostwolf Clan even more urgent.

"First, give these Ice Element Fruit cores to the Ice-blooded mages in the clan to form a bond. Then, notify the hunters in the clan to take action and collect blood for the Everfrost Tree fruit... Before subduing the Frostwolf Clan, we still need to rely on hunting to obtain the blood of ice elemental creatures."

After a moment's thought, Gao De issued several orders in succession: "In addition, the mages in the clan who are proficient in nature magic should focus their main efforts on stimulating the growth of the permafrost tree."

Each Ice Element Fruit that the Eternal Frozen Tree produces represents a second-tier Magic Tree seed, and a mage who is about to master the "Art of Nature".

When playing strategy management games, isn't the first thing you always do to increase your worker population?

reasonable.

Flora's surprises didn't stop there.

"Rockridge Colossus Tree, Azus Feather Whistle Tree, Angmar Flame Curse Tree," God repeated the names of the three trees Flora had mentioned.

According to Flora, permafrost is a variant of the water elemental magic tree.

In addition to the water element magic tree, there are also earth, wind, and fire element magic trees, all of which are second-tier magic trees.

The Earth Elemental Magic Tree, also known as the Rock Ridge Colossus Tree, is a type of magic tree that resembles a giant stone pillar in appearance.

It prefers to take root in or near mineral veins, where there is a large amount of earth element energy, which is suitable for the growth of the Rock Ridge Giant Tree.

The giant rock tree produces rock fruit, and long-term consumption can increase bone density.

The Wind Elemental Tree, also known as the Azus Feather Whistle Tree, has a slender, straight trunk that is silver-gray in color and has a smooth surface like a fine mithril spear.

The branches are like bowstrings, flexible and light; the leaves are feather-like; the fruit is like a miniature fairy horn, called Feather Fruit, which can enhance the wearer's physical endurance if consumed for a long time.

Azus feather whistles are typically found in extreme wind environments such as the tops of canyons where hurricanes rage year-round.

The Angmar Flame Tree, a fire elemental tree, has a thick, twisted, charred black trunk covered with grooves resembling flowing lava, from which dark red resin seeps.

Its fruit, known as the "Flaming Fruit," significantly enhances the body's ability to adapt to hot environments.

Like the permafrost, these three types of magical trees require long-term irrigation with the blood of corresponding elemental beings to grow.

More importantly, the kernels of the fruits from these three types of magical trees can all be used as seeds for planting.

Flora mentioned them because if God could collect all three elemental magic trees, Flora could cultivate a four-elemental magic tree through grafting.

Speaking of grafting techniques, it was Gao De who "taught" them to Flora.

Food crops are hybridized, while fruit trees are grafted; these are two relatively important cultivation methods.

This is a digression. According to Flora, the final four-element magic tree that will be cultivated will be a third-tier magic tree.

Its kernel has the same characteristics as the original mother tree and can be used as a seed.

In other words, as long as the remaining three elemental magic trees are collected, the Northern Territory will be able to obtain a third-tier magic tree species that will be produced in a long-term and stable manner.

Once completed, the Northern Territory will have a stable output of Tier 1 Gemberry, Tier 2 Permafrost Tree, and Tier 3 Four-Element Magic Plant Tree.

This is already a complete path of inheritance.

"Lady Flora is truly a pillar of the North!" Overwhelmed with emotion, God couldn't help but pick up Flora and rub his cheek against the little girl, praising her sincerely.

"The Pillars of the North?" Flora turned her face away, puzzled.

"They are the sky that holds up the North."

Wow~

"It's time to name the realm that Yugathira has carved out," God said again.

The area was small at first, so Gaode hadn't thought about naming it.

But now that Yugathira has advanced to the second tier, the area he has opened up has reached 85 acres, and the types and number of trees he has planted are increasing, which can be considered as establishing a preliminary ecosystem.

At times like these, choosing a name becomes very necessary.

"Does Lady Flora have any thoughts?" God asked, bowing his head.

After all, this was a territory opened up by Yugathira, so Flora's opinion should be respected.

The little boy thought for a moment, then threw the question back to Gao De: "What are your thoughts, Master?"

Gao De shook his head helplessly, "Then let's call it Flora's Forest."

Whether it's a farm or a forest, they all depend on Flora.

So even though there's already a Flora Farm, Gaode wouldn't mind creating another Flora Forest.

"Flora Forest ~ Mage, you are very clever!"

Lady Flora expressed complete satisfaction.

Another week has passed since Gao De successfully completed the ring ascent, and half a month has passed since he returned to the North.

The Astral Teleportation system is fully charged again.

However, Gao De did not say that he was in a hurry to leave the North and go to the Plantagenet Kingdom.

One is that the potion ingredients for the three second-circle spells, [Bloodstained Face], [Light Armor], and [Spiderweb Shelter], are not yet complete, and we need to wait a little longer.

Another factor is that the aftereffects of the Bloodline Hymn triggered when he ascended to the next level are still unfolding.

Even though Sunefair was in charge of the Iceborn tribe's affairs, as the king of the True Ice tribe, it wouldn't be appropriate for him to continue being a hands-off manager at such a crucial moment.

The last reason is that "The Secret of Perfect Ice" improves the fastest in the Northern environment.

The "True Ice Secret Technique" mainly relies on the power of bloodline to improve itself, and even if Gao De does nothing, he will improve rapidly.

It's essentially like leaving your character to farm while you're offline.

The level cap in "The Secret of True Ice" is affected by bloodline power, while the rate of level increase is affected by the environment.

In the North and in the Plantagenet Kingdom, the leveling rate of "True Ice Secrets" may differ by more than five or six times.

Under these circumstances, Gao De naturally wanted to stay in the Northern Territory as long as possible so that he could break through the first stage of the "True Ice Secret Manual" as soon as possible.

His mage level increases at an unbelievable speed, and his spell learning speed is even more exaggerated, but Gao De still often feels that a day is not enough.

Essentially, he has too many things to take care of.

After obtaining the [True Ice Bloodline], he naturally embarked on the path of cultivating both physical and magical techniques.

The text includes a series of texts, such as "The Longevity Scripture of Green Wood," "The Secret Transmission of Zhenbing," rune literature, combat mage skills practice, and various other miscellaneous knowledge that needs to be learned, such as geographical features, knowledge of ley line creatures, and even the way of governance.

This pertains to skills learning.

Beyond the "industries," from small businesses like Walmart's Magic Materials Store and Harland Shipyard to large ones like Phoenix and the vast North, everything required his attention and concern.

In addition, we also need to consider Yugathira's advancement and our own development among the Sea Sentinels...

The former is the foundation of his cultivation and the most important factor in whether he can eventually achieve the seventh or even eighth ring.

The latter was the cornerstone of his establishment in the Plantagenet dynasty and an important asset for the rapid development of the North.

Anyway, after reviewing all the options, Gaode Maps didn't find any that could be temporarily set aside.

"Luckily, I've lived long enough." He rubbed his throbbing temples and said with a self-deprecating laugh.

He stood up, went to the window, and looked out, his left eye gleaming with a faint golden light.

With the help of Mandora's Eye, God saw, several blocks away, the minister appointed by Sunefa, Pild, working with the workers to lay heavy, processed stones on the ground as road foundations.

Despite being in the frigid North, Minister Beard was dressed in only a thin garment, which could not conceal his bulging muscles.

If I remember correctly, it was the day after I returned to Phoenix that Minister Beard also left through the Vallar Tunnel and returned to Phoenix.

However, it's understandable. Both the Vallar Tunnel and the Phoenix expansion are key projects for the Ministry of Construction, so it's perfectly normal for Minister Pierre to be traveling between the two.

Looking at the road that was already taking shape, Gao De nodded with satisfaction.

The sense of accomplishment from transforming a barren city into something more presentable under your own hands is indescribable.

"Young clan leader, it's been over a week since you returned, and His Highness hasn't come to inspect our work even once. All your hard work this week has been for nothing..." The confidant beside him said, panting, after putting down the stone slab he was carrying on his shoulder.

"What do you know?" Pierre didn't take his confidant's "complaint" seriously.

"It's not just that doing good deeds is important, but getting His Highness to see it is equally important. That's why you followed him back immediately after he returned to Phoenix—just to let His Highness see our work and make our presence felt..."

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"You even personally went down to move stones and worked so hard, yet His Highness never came down once."

"It doesn't matter if you see it with your own eyes, as long as you do something under His Highness's nose, he'll see it eventually," Peter said confidently, then looked up alertly and immediately shouted:

"Stop, stop, stop! There seems to be something wrong with this stone!"

He took a few quick steps forward, pressed down on a stone slab that was about to be laid, and tapped it. "See? The pattern on this stone slab isn't right. There might already be cracks or fissures inside..."