It's weird to apply for Witch Academy as a boy

But I saw thick cut surfaces and corrosive juice flowing out of it.

This thing is not only big, but also thick!

"Is this thing so powerful? Mingyue, your previous wind blade technique was able to split a walkway in one stroke!"

"It's indeed powerful, but that's all." I nodded, and then added a few more wind blade techniques.

But I still cut it open very carefully, after all, I was afraid that the contents inside would be damaged, and there seemed to be something like liquid inside.

After all, this thing is wrapped so well, the things inside must need to be well protected.

"This is indeed the mother plant of the Giant Thorn Vine! The book says that the mother plant will become fragile after many of its characteristics have degenerated, but its reproductive capacity is extremely strong, and it needs a mature thorn vine to wrap it into a giant cocoon!"

As Sophie pointed at the illustration and text in the book, I cut open the cocoon, revealing a huge ball entwined with countless tender vines...

"That's it! The white...core curled up into a ball!" Sophie said excitedly.

But before Sophie could rush over, the broken part of the cocoon shrank directly, and a huge amount of corrosive liquid sprayed out in the direction of our location.

"Be careful!" I spoke immediately, and an energy shield blocked Sophie, Cheng Yu and me.

When I was cutting the second time, I felt a liquid layer with high pressure inside. I didn't expect it to be waiting for us here.

If I hadn't been careful and prepared, I wouldn't have been able to cast a protective spell for others so quickly.

"Ah? Huhu... I'm so scared..." At this moment, Sophie was so frightened by the noise that she fell to the ground. It seemed that she was really scared.

"Thanks…"

"It's okay. It's my fault for breaking it rashly." I shook my head and said.

"No... I clearly brought the book with me, and I just saw it. I forgot to tell you. It's all because I was too excited..."

"I'm telling you two to stop taking responsibility. How about we take a look at the spoils?" At this moment, Cheng Yu also stepped forward and interrupted our conversation.

"Indeed, it has already happened and no harm has been caused. Don't take it too seriously. If you have to remember every moment of life and death, life will be very tiring." I said. After all, I have a very clear view of this.

"That's true... Let's take a look at the mother plant. This is the first time I've seen a mother plant... I feel like if I can transplant it... maybe I can even move to a bigger plantation..."

"Don't worry about your plantation, go and see the spoils, my great botanist Miss Sophie~" Cheng Yu leaned over and slapped Sophie on the butt, speaking half-jokingly.

"I know, really!" Sophie glared at Cheng Yu secretly and then walked over.

"I'll cast another protective spell on you, be careful." I raised my eyebrows and spoke. The action just now was quite skillful. These two have a really good relationship.

Chapter 252 The Secret Land Tour Ends

"It's so beautiful... Such a perfect existence... What a pity..." Sophie kept sighing while squatting in front of this so-called mother plant, but in the end it turned into a sigh.

"What a pity? What happened?" I asked curiously.

"I may not be able to transplant it to my plantation alive. Originally, this large shell was a constant cavity cocoon that maintained its growth and reproduction. The corrosive liquid that was sprayed out just now was the constant liquid used to soak this mother plant. You see, it has begun to turn yellow compared to the color just now. The tools I brought are also unable to store it..."

"So I was reckless?"

"No, it's not your fault. Even without you, we would have found a way to open it. If I had known better, I would have done more homework before coming here and I wouldn't have so many regrets." Sophie shook her head and finally closed the book.

"The most I can do is make some specimens of it, so I'd better open it and see if there's anything else I can get."

"Ah."

I nodded without any objection. After all, I am not an expert in this area. Compared with the specimens, I am more concerned about whether there are any good things left by previous seniors in it.

After all, with such a big scene, it can’t be an accident, right?

"By the way, if this thing dies, will this entire piece of giant thorn vines be in trouble?" At this moment, I thought of something and asked with some concern. After all, I didn't forget that I would have to pay compensation if a large amount of damage was caused.

"This... doesn't seem to be a problem. This is just the mother plant. Without it, the speed at which the giant thorn vine spreads here will at most slow down. On the contrary, because there is no need to feed the mother plant, the giant thorn vine here may grow more luxuriantly."

"Well, then I'm fine." I watched Sophie handling the plant vines with professional techniques, but I didn't want to go up to help. I just waited quietly.

"It's almost done. The part with the most research value has been rescued, but there's really something in here!" After Sophie sorted out the things, she took out a bottle from the pile of materials.

The roots of the plants on it seem to have grown on it, which shows how long this thing has been in there.

But I am also amazed at the quality of this bottle. It has been preserved intact in such a corrosive environment and even under strong external pressure. What kind of magical manufacturing method is this?

"Let me see what's in here. It feels like there are quite a lot of things in here. They should be very precious."

Cheng Yu took the bottle, and tried to open it for a long time by herself, and with the cooperation of her Yan Yan, she finally opened the bottle.

"Thank you Yanyan ~ That's great ~" Cheng Yu caressed the big bear beside her and praised.

Then take out the contents of the bottle.

After pouring out the contents, they were all parchments with densely written words on them.

"Can you tell what it is?" I asked with concern.

"Uh...it doesn't seem to be a medicine formula...none of these seem to be..." At this moment, Cheng Yu's brows were furrowed. It can be imagined that she really couldn't understand these things.

"Let me take a look..." Sophie took the parchment and brought it in front of her. You could see that her expression became interesting after she looked at it for a while.

"This is the potion formula, but it's not an ordinary formal formula, but an experimental record with complete potion ratios and precautions! And... the failure cases and failure summaries at the back, although they don't seem as concise and clear as the formula, their value is much greater than the formula!" After reading the beginning, Sophie glanced at the content below and spoke excitedly.

"Sorry... I'm a little excited. Um, this potion formula seems to use this giant thorn vine and its products as the main ingredients... Yue, this is very important to me. I will go back and collect the money..."

"Wait, I told you that you need to make a copy. There's no need for you to keep it all to yourself, right?" I interrupted Sophie.

"Oh, yes, yes, that's right. I was too nervous. Sorry, it should be like this." Sophie reacted quickly and realized that she had made a stupid mistake. She was so scared that she didn't dare to raise her head.

"It's okay. I'll just take some photos with my phone. Anyway, we have to leave here first. It's best not to stay here too long. Don't we still have to go to the area with the dark thorn vines?"

"Yes, that's true." Cheng Yu also nodded, agreeing to leave first.

After all, there is only this one road, and if someone comes along here, a conflict is inevitable.

When we left, we took another road and I took a picture of the recipe.

After all, these are good things left by previous seniors. If nothing works, I can at least exchange them for some good things.

Continuing forward, the areas of dark thorn vine and giant thorn vine are adjacent to each other. Unlike the giant thorn vine which is almost killing the trees, the dark thorn vine here is relatively lush and dense, and you can basically not see the light coming through from above from below.

Moreover, the light refraction of the leaves here is also problematic, and it really feels eerie walking here.

"The Dark Thorngrass is a little different from the Giant Thorngrass. There aren't as many of these as there are of the Giant Thorngrass, but it's definitely the top predator here, and it could be anywhere... Wow!"

Sophie walked forward while introducing us. Maybe because of the shield I gave her, she seemed not as cautious as before. So before she could finish speaking, a vine shot out and hit the energy shield directly.

"I'm so scared! I didn't expect to encounter thorny vine so soon!" After recovering, Sophie took out a bottle of potion and threw it towards the source.

Then there was a sound of corrosion and vines hitting the grass.

"Wait, didn't you say you wanted to collect the dark thorn vine grass? Are we just going to remove the grass directly?" I asked.

"This is Thorny Vine Grass. Dark Thorny Vine Grass is a variant of this type of Thorny Vine Grass. The environment here is special, so the probability of this variant appearing is very high. The one just now is obviously not one of them."

"Is that so..." I nodded and said nothing more. It seems that I still need to be vigilant here at all times, otherwise without shield means, I might get hurt at any time.

After a long search, we finally found such a variant sample.

It was already noon at this moment, and if we wanted to go back, even to the nearest teleportation array it would take a long time to walk, so we just rested in a relatively safe place.

"Today's harvest is greater than expected, and it's also smoother than expected." Cheng Yu sat on a big rock, and her good friend Yanyan, the big bear, also sat down like her. It did look a bit stupid, but it looked around, alert to any danger around it.

And we built a fire right here to heat the food.

"Anyway, thank you Yue. If it weren't for your protective spell, we would probably have been seriously injured again this time."

"It seems I have to find a way to create a protective spell. It really works well."

"Well, it's really good. Speaking of which, you often go to secret realms. Have you ever thought about using protective spells?" I asked curiously.

"I have thought about it, so much, but spell books are not so easy to obtain. The effect of the small spell book is not good enough. I also have a small spell book shield, but the effect is not satisfactory." Cheng Yu said, shaking his head.

"Is that so? That's a bit unexpected... I thought..."

I raised my eyebrows, a little surprised. I thought basic spell books were already flooding the academy, but I didn't expect that they would have a hard time even finding a protective spell book?

Or is this the truth about ordinary students in the Witch Academy, and I am just a lucky guy who has even left this group?

"Of course, without strength you can't get resources, and without resources you can't get spell books. It's a vicious cycle... If I had known this a few years ago, I would have been more serious." Cheng Yu complained while looking at me enviously. It was obvious that the means I showed now did make her envious.

"It's okay. At worst I can support you." Sophie said at this moment.

"I don't accept being supported! Give me a chance to try again. If it doesn't work, you can support me again..."

"Excuse me, but what is the relationship between you two?" I asked, frowning and leaning back.

Are you feeding me dog food?

"We can be considered a couple who haven't started dating yet..." Sophie said in a low voice with her head down.

"Don't listen to her nonsense, they are just roommates." Cheng Yu corrected.

"Oh, I guess I understand." I looked at them with a meaningful smile. They are girls who are still in the ambiguous stage, right?

Look at this damn witch academy, it has forced girls to have improper relationships with each other!

But...actually I don't object to this kind of relationship between girls, and I am happy to see it happen. After all, when we become witches, we only have one way to go, and that is to become an extraordinary witch.

Otherwise, they don’t have the ability to give birth to the next generation, so it doesn’t really matter whether their partner is a boy or a girl.

It was already noon, and I didn't bring any food with me. The food was distributed to me by them. They had already prepared to stay for a whole day or one or two days. After all, there were storage equipments, and all the complicated and heavy things could be packed in them.

"By the way, actually we have collected almost everything. Our storage space is not big and it was a little full just now. How about we divide some of the spoils now?" Cheng Yu suggested.

"No problem for me." I nodded. If I hadn't joined, they might not have needed this step, but after all, I was an outsider, and some things always had to be distinguished.

"We originally planned to fight a protracted war, but now we have completed it ahead of schedule and gained quite a lot. So after this rest, should we continue to explore other places or go back?"

Cheng Yu asked, it mainly depends on my opinion. They actually still want to seize the opportunity to continue exploring. After all, it is a place they can only come here once a month.

It was a pity that their storage equipment was full. Before coming, they had never thought that their harvest would be so rich. The specimen of the giant thorn vine mother plant took up a large part of the space.

If you really explore new areas, you will not gain anything, and it will also waste the other party's time.

"Actually, I can leave first. This secret place is quite different from what I imagined. If you still want to continue exploring, you don't have to consider me." I said after thinking for a moment.

The things here are far different from what I expected. The harvest is not that great, and the monsters are not that strong. They are mostly strange plants, and there is not much trial value. After a busy morning, it's time to go back and summarize.

"Yue, are you going back? Then let's go together. We have gained a lot, and our storage equipment is full. It's just right for us to go back together so that we can take care of each other."

"Ah."

I nodded without objecting. I could see that they wanted to continue, but out of comprehensive considerations, they still went along with what I said. Is this the dominance of strength?

"Regarding these materials, Yue, do you have anything else you want to take? If you don't want any, I will give it to you at a discount in the form of red copper."

"Well... if these are discounted into red copper, how much would they be worth?" I asked curiously. After all, I really have no experience in this area.

"Well... probably over a hundred." Cheng Yu roughly calculated and then said.

"More than a hundred..."

I really have no idea about the price. I don't even have any red copper. The lowest I have is mithril. These are not of much value to me.

"Is it too little?" Cheng Yu asked with some concern, "This... is actually not too little... After all, it is just the secret realm of the carnivorous forest, and the products produced inside are not expensive in the market..."

"Maybe..." After all, the threshold to enter this secret realm is just a piece of red copper, and this trip will bring a hundredfold reward. Anyone who sees this will be jealous, right?

Unfortunately, I still seem to look down on it.

"Forget it. I don't need these. Can I have some information on the techniques of growing these spiritual plants, demonic plants, and alien plants? Or recommend some book titles. I'll go to the library to look for them."

"Huh?" Cheng Yu was a little at a loss when he heard my request, and didn't know what I was thinking.

"Yes, of course! I have a lot of grower experience here, many of which I compiled myself. So, do you really not want any other compensation?"

"Hmm? If you're willing to offer it, I can naturally refuse it." I nodded and looked at Sophie. I always felt that the feeling she gave me seemed to have changed again.

She is obviously a wealthy woman who has contracted an entire plantation, so why does she care so much about this?

"I'm sorry, there have been some problems on the plantation recently, and we're a bit tight financially. More than one hundred red coppers is a considerable expense for us. By the way, I have my notes with me. Take a look and see which ones you want. I can give them to you directly." She seemed to see what I was thinking, so she started to explain to me.

Looking at Sophie and Cheng Yu like this, I also realized that although red copper is the lowest among the three currencies I know, it is still an extraordinary material in essence. Its price is still very expensive if measured by ordinary money. Therefore, the actual price of more than one hundred red coppers may be much more expensive than I expected.

I just haven't adapted to it yet.

I have achieved extraordinary success, earned more, and my spending level has also increased, but in fact I still don’t earn much unless I am willing to lower myself and return to my previous environment.

But that is impossible. I have already embarked on the extraordinary path, how could I go back in such a depraved way?

Finally, I picked out several of her notebooks. Her handwriting was very beautiful and neat, and very clear to read. Most of them were some cultivation experiences. Maybe I could find some time to record them in the spell book on the memory bookshelf to enrich my own knowledge.