Lord of Arcane

Chapter 3206: Observers Arrive to Inspect the Agricultural Demonstration Area

As to whether he agreed to Zamdas' request, Philipa did not give an immediate response, but he also told Shado that he would inform him as soon as there was any news.

After this little episode, both parties consciously reduced the frequency of their conversations and quickened their pace, and soon arrived at the outskirts of Capella.

From a distance, Xia Duo saw neatly planned farmlands, and there was a small group of buildings in the direction of the farmlands near the city. It looked like the place where agricultural mages who were stationed in the farmlands for a long time stayed.

At this time, Philippa also introduced: "Capella is located in a plain area, the land nearby is fertile, and the development of agriculture has a history of nearly a thousand years. Our new project is also a transformation based on Capella's original agriculture.

“Before Elam’s independence, Capella was considered a border area, and Sruvende was not interested in the agricultural development of this area. After Elam’s independence, this was the best agricultural land in the territory.

"However, due to the fact that Sruwende had not been developed for a long time, agriculture here is still quite primitive and basically still depends on the weather for food."

"Is there no druid to look after it?" Shado asked curiously.

"Yes, there are, but a few druids can't play a key role in improvement. They just help bless the seeds during sowing to increase the germination rate. They are not needed in most of the crop growth cycle."

"So, your renovation project is--" Xia Duo asked again.

"First, we will improve the infrastructure. For example, we can use the climate lock that currently only covers the demonstration area to artificially create an environment that is most suitable for crop growth, or even an environment that accelerates growth."

Filifa pointed to the agricultural transformation demonstration area ahead and explained, "In addition to the puzzle locks, there are also various sacred objects specially transferred from Yeerlan. Their functions include repelling insects, fertilizing the soil, increasing production, improving quality, and so on."

As they were talking, the man and the elf had already walked to a sign outside the demonstration area. In addition to information that can be recognized by the naked eye, such as text, there was also spell information, which specialized in spellcasting to understand more detailed information.

"Look, there is a small shrine on the edge of the farmland over there that houses the sacred object, the Horn of Plenty. The raw materials came from a unicorn priest of the Lord God, and after being blessed by the Lord God, it became a sacred object that has the effect of fertilizing the soil and increasing production. Its scope of effect is actually not limited to the demonstration area. Once the experiment here is successful and the relevant personnel are trained, its true effect can be brought into play."

When talking about the unicorn priest, there was no contempt on Philipfa's face. Druids are essentially priests, but priests are not necessarily druids. Although the unicorn priest specialized in agriculture, he was not discriminated against by the traditional elves, but was regarded as a kind of agricultural wizard.

Xia Duo didn't know much about holy objects. He only knew that they were blessed by holy power. The simplest and most easily obtained holy object was actually holy water. If it could exist for a long time and still play a role, it would often have extraordinary effects.

The territory of Savile has been developed for nearly a hundred years. Of course, there are holy objects in the temple, but such holy objects are not easy to obtain. Only one was born in the territory of Savile in the past.

It is also a statue of the Lord of Light in the temple. However, the code sculpture in the Shado territory should also be considered a holy object, and it is blessed by the Lord of Light himself, so its significance far exceeds other things.

After all, the Lord of Light does not intervene in the mortal world as frequently as the Lord God of the Elves, which makes the code sculptures in the territory of Shado even more rare.

However, even though the Lord of Elf intervenes in the mortal world very frequently, that is only relative to the Lord of Light. Compared to the superiors of various elven countries, the Lord of Elf is still quite elusive.

This also means that, although there are quite a few holy objects blessed by the Elf God himself, they are also quite rare. Especially when there are so many elven countries in the main plane, Yerlan actually transferred a holy object blessed by the Lord God himself.

It can be seen that they really want to develop Elam. As for the purpose of the development, there is no need to delve into it.

Considering that he had met Coranni, the incarnation of the elven god, before in Komanso and they had some friendship, Shado did not deliberately avoid the small shrine at the edge of the field, and Philipfa certainly would not avoid it either, and even went straight there.

However, with Philip's identity, he didn't need to be as respectful to the elven god as a priest. He walked to the shrine and just stopped to nod at the holy objects inside.

The same was true for Xia Duo. He and Coranie were chatting and laughing at the beginning. Although the other party did not reveal his identity, both parties knew it well. If he really revealed his identity, there would be no conversation.

I don’t know if it was an illusion, but after leaving the shrine, Xia Duo felt that the surrounding environment seemed to have undergone some subtle changes, becoming more fresh and pleasant.

He didn't feel comfortable testing it on the spot in front of Philippa, but he still kept the matter in mind. If he had the chance in the future, he would try to find a way to see what was going on and what the true nature of the so-called Holy Relic of Abundance was!
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After passing the shrine containing the Horn of Plenty, Philipfa looked much more relaxed. He continued to introduce to Shado: "Currently, this demonstration area is divided into twelve blocks, and each block has different experimental tasks.

"For example, the block we are in now is being used to explore the yield optimization of the cold-resistant wheat seeds purchased from you, Netheril.

“Master Yerevan is indeed an amazing human being, and the cold-resistant seeds he cultivated are indeed an amazing masterpiece, but those seeds focus more on cold resistance and only maintain a minimum in terms of yield.

"It's still a long way from being the normal varieties in the Elven world. Considering that the climate anomaly caused by the Dragon Madness Mystery Lock is irreversible, exploring ways to increase the yield of cold-resistant crops is already a very urgent task."

At this point, Philippa said to Shado with great confidence, "I believe that Netheril is also conducting relevant research!"

"I don't know about the Seventh Tower, but relevant research is indeed being conducted in my territory. Although we still have artificial environments such as the Arcane Garden that can maintain the growth of old seeds, just like your climate maze, the cost of using magic to grow completely is still too high and not universal. Cold-resistant seeds are still indispensable."

Having said that, Xia Duo knew that as long as magic became popular, the cost of planting entirely with magic would be significantly reduced. It would not be unimaginable to achieve the same level as in the past, and it would not be impossible to even lower it.

After all, cost is relative. With the popularization of magic and the great development of social productivity, the proportion of magic planting cost in total social expenditure will most likely decrease.

So the Chateau Territory was indeed researching cold-resistant seeds, but it did not elevate it to a strategic level of importance. Instead, it was treated as a routine subject for the territory's agricultural mages, and Atwood and his apprentices were left to do it at a leisurely pace.

Of course, the reason why Shaduo is so confident, in addition to his firm belief that territory magic will become popular, is that he planned a planting area in the floating city a long time ago, and has only built two arcane farms so far.

If necessary in the future, we can develop more and it will be no problem to meet the food needs of all the people in the territory.