Imperial Crown

This time, Raven ordered two kinds of magic plants, namely "Red Mist Fruit" and "Green Root Peach", both of which are first-level magic plants. Since 200 seeds were ordered for each, two adult samples of each were also given as a gift.

It must be said that every time Raven saw the magic creations in this world, he would feel a sense of tearing - the exquisiteness of magic creations and the low productivity on the continent are simply two different worlds.

This is the consequence of monopoly.

But Raven has no intention of breaking this monopoly, at least not before he has enough ability, because that means confronting the entire magician group.

Retracting his wandering mind, Raven's attention returned to the magic plants.

The four samples were placed in four glass boxes, which were tightly sealed, with holes for air exchange in the corners, ensuring that they would not be damaged by bumps and would not cause these magic plants to die of lack of oxygen.

The red mist fruit is a shrub, low and dense, with grayish-green branches and short, oval purple leaves. On the branches grow red fruits the size of a small fingernail, plump and round, emitting a faint red light, forming a hazy red mist, which is also the origin of its name.

However, no matter how Raven looks at it, he feels that this thing looks like fresh wolfberry.

Then there is the green peach, which looks very much like a common bonsai or potted plant. The roots are knotted and tied in the pot, showing an emerald-like dark green color, and the trunk is dark and old. The leaves on the branches are shaped like scales. When you push aside the layers of leaves, you can see the ripe green fruit the size of a walnut, shaped like a peach, covered with fine hairs.

"Tsk."

Seeing the appearance of this thing, Raven began to secrete saliva, smacked his lips, and thought of the green apricots he had eaten in his previous life, which were so sour!

There are hundreds of first-level magic plants. Raven chose these two, of course, with a clear goal.

First of all, the red mist fruit is one of the raw materials for the healing potion. If its fruit is dried and crushed, it can be brewed into the famous "red mist fragrant tea". It not only has a unique flavor, but also can make people energetic after drinking a cup, and the sleep time can be greatly compressed. It can be called the "functional beverage" of this era.

As for the pecan green peach, it is one of the auxiliary ingredients of the "fighting spirit potion", which can replenish the knight's fighting spirit.

If ordinary people take the fruit of the pecan green peach, one can provide the energy needed for three days. It is an excellent marching ration. It's a pity that it will quickly rot and become ineffective after leaving the mother body.

Both of these magic plants can be sold to ordinary people.

The red mist fruit can be sold to the nobles who are obsessed with money, the wealthy businessmen who indulge in pleasure, and the middle class in big cities who have a little money in their hands and want to keep up with the trend. Improving energy and restoring spirit can be made into a rigid demand.

It's like a worker who buys coffee at his own expense to go to work.

As long as the storage problem of the pecan green peach is solved, it can be sold to the nobles on a large scale.

Wars are fought with logistics.

Take Raven's previous example. He planned to march for half a year with only more than 30 personal guards, but brought more than 200 pack horses, and more than half of them were for the food and grass needed by the pack horses themselves.

If there were a large number of green peaches, the logistical pressure would be greatly reduced. The food that originally required 100 people to transport would now be enough for more than a dozen people.

As a first-level magic plant, the speed of maturity is not much different. The red mist fruit is a perennial herb. After planting, it will mature in half a year, and a batch of fruits will be produced every two to three months. The total life cycle is about four to six years.

Although the green peach looks small, it is a solid woody plant. It has strict requirements for the environment and a growth period of nine months. The advantage is that once it grows up, it can produce new fruits every month, and if it does not suffer from natural disasters or man-made destruction, it can grow for at least a hundred years. The longer the growth time, the more fruits it will produce.

Raven thought he was not stupid, but his intelligence was not much higher than others. If he just planted magic plants step by step, even if he opened up a market, it would soon be snatched away by his peers with stronger capital.

We must find ways to make new things!

Raven raised his eyebrows and a thought came to his mind.

Since magic beasts can be strengthened, can magic plants also be tried?

Thinking of this, a silver light bloomed in Raven's eyes, and the Eye of Truth quietly opened.

This was the first time Raven observed magic plants with the Eye of Truth.

Like magic beasts, magic plants also have natural magic energy in their bodies.

There are differences. The energy in magic beasts has a place to gather. For example, the horned eagle has a magic core in one place and a pair of secondary wings in the other.

The energy in the magic plant is always flowing in a specific way, which constitutes a cycle in itself.

Taking the Red Mist Fruit as an example, Raven could see that it used its roots to absorb elements from the soil and transported them to the fruit through its branches, while the fruit intercepted the fire elements it needed, and the remaining energy flowed out, part of which remained in the branches and the other part was transmitted back to the soil.

The same was true for the Green Peaches, but the difference was that the Green Peaches intercepted more life elements.

As he watched, Raven noticed a detail, that is, the Red Mist Fruit had been producing some kind of extremely fixed frequency fluctuations, but if he caught it carefully, it seemed to disappear.

Raven rubbed his temples and looked at the fruit, trying to peek into the secret.

At this moment, the operation of the Eye of Truth exceeded a certain limit.

The edge of his vision gradually dimmed, and the only thing Raven could clearly see was this fruit. After that, the fruit disappeared, leaving only chaos.

Maybe Raven will never forget this scene.

Next to him, there is an endless sea of ​​dirty blood. It is the power of the blood curse. The sea of ​​blood is churning, and there seems to be a huge monster hidden underneath. He is alive and breathing, and every time he takes a breath, something will surge up. There was a huge tidal wave.

The blood stains turned into steam, and Raven felt that his eyes were slowly becoming dry, as if they were stuck with blood when he turned. His vision turned scarlet, and then gradually turned to darkness, as if his eyes were being completely polluted.

His eyes were completely stained with blood, and there were even faint signs of melting.

At this moment, the spiritual power stored behind the eyebrows suddenly surged, as if breaking through some kind of barrier, and poured into Raven's eyes!

Click——

Tiny crackling sounds appeared. If you look from the outside, you can clearly see traces of ice cracks appearing on Raven's pupils, which is a bit mysterious and terrifying.

The crack expanded, and silver-white spiritual light flowed through it, connecting with the wisps of golden light bursting out of the ice cracks. The blood color was washed away bit by bit, making his eyes clear again.

Golden light shines through, and mysterious runes are outlined on Lei Wen's pupils. If Lux were here, he would be able to recognize them at a glance. They are not ordinary words, but sacred books that only gods can use!

Any life that sees it, regardless of whether it has intelligence or not, will immediately understand its meaning.

At this moment, the divine book jumping in Lei Wen's eyes means——

truth!

Raven felt his eyes were burning, like a monkey who fell into an alchemy furnace. Tears kept flowing down, but in this weird itching pain, Raven could clearly feel that some new power was being born!

The Eye of Truth... is evolving?

But why?

Raven has never delved into the origin of the Eye of Truth, but judging from his recent performance, the Eye of Truth has a profound connection with the blood curse.

Did the deepening of the blood curse stimulate the transformation of the Eye of Truth, or was it because of the existence of the Eye of Truth that he was able to activate the power of the curse?

The stinging sensation quickly dissipated. Raven buried his doubts in his heart and blinked. More than half of his mental power had been eliminated. Now he was slowly recovering with the support of the magic vortex, and the world in front of him was different.

If the previous Eye of Truth was a magnifying glass, now it has become an astronomical telescope, which can not only see traces of energy flow, but also details that were originally unobservable.

For example, in the red mist fruit in front of him, Raven could clearly see that the flowing energy in the trunk of the plant was actually mixed with traces of rotten soul essence, even in the fruit!

"Oh, what I said..."

If you want to plant magic plants, you don't just have to find a field. Each type of magic plant has its own preferred elements, so magic cores are used to fertilize the fields. Before that, Raven was still wondering about the rotten soul essence in the magic cores. Won't it pollute the fields?

Now it seems that pollution is definitely there, but it is difficult to detect.

Raven's eyes fell on the Red Mist Fruit again, and the fluctuations became clearer and clearer. The Eyes of Truth pulled the mental power, sorting out these fluctuations bit by bit into something that Raven could understand -

Word!

“It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts!!!”

The words kept jumping, as if the magic plant was talking.

This was beyond Raven's expectation. He rubbed his eyes and found that the text had not changed. His eyes moved to the green peach next to him.

The text that pops up next to Bigen Green Peach is different:

"Acid! Acid! Acid!"

Raven scratched his chin, a realization rising in his heart.

This is the first role of the Eye of Truth after evolution. It can observe subtle emotional fluctuations and display them in a form that one can understand.

The Eye of Truth displays words. If it is the Ear of Truth, it is probably a voice. If it is the Tongue of Truth...

Licking?

In his previous life, Raven had seen some eye-catching videos and articles, and mentioned that plants also had feelings and emotions. However, Raven didn't believe it at that time. He only thought it was a kind of novelty marketing. Vegetarians conspiracy.

I didn't expect it to be true.

Moreover, even with the most sophisticated instruments in previous lives, it was impossible to draw a systematic conclusion, but the Eye of Truth was able to clearly distinguish it.

No wonder it's called truth, it's not an exaggeration.

Raven was a little proud. If he wrote his findings into a paper and published it on Deep Blue, all the magicians would be shocked!

I wonder if some magic academy will ask me to be a visiting professor?

This thought passed away in a flash, Raven would not expose his Eyes of Truth just for the sake of fame.

The emotions shown by the Red Mist Fruit and the Big Root Green Peach are both negative, and what they have in common is that they both contain soul-corrupting essence.

Take it out and try it?

Lei Wen had never tried to extract the rotten soul essence from a living creature, so he paid full attention, used his mental power to form tweezers, went deep into the red mist fruit plant, and pinched the trace of rotten soul essence. Lead outward.

This process was smoother than Raven expected. The magic plant itself seemed to cooperate with Raven. The trace of rotten soul essence was not pulled out, but squeezed out by the magic plant itself!

When the last bit of rotten soul essence was extracted, the Red Mist Fruit plant trembled for a while, as if it had enjoyed a full massage service, and it was visibly stronger to the naked eye.

The fluctuations on the red mist fruit also changed accordingly, becoming relaxed and comfortable, with a bit of hunger and thirst:

"Fire~fire~fire~"

Obviously, what Red Mist Fruit wants is more fire elements.

Taking out a first-level fire attribute magic core from his belt, Raven felt a little pain in his body for a moment.

The price of a Red Mist Fruit is between six and eleven silver coins. The two Red Mist Fruits only have more than thirty fruits in total, which is worth a little more than three gold coins.

The market price of a first-level magic core is between three and five gold coins.

Not profitable!

But it was an experiment after all. Raven gritted his teeth, crushed the magic core, and directed the escaping flame energy toward one of the red mist fruits, preparing to conduct a control experiment.

When the energy was poured into it, the Red Mist Fruit plant, which was originally only one foot tall, grew to a foot and a half tall as if it had blown air. The purple leaves also turned fiery red, and the fruits hanging on the branches began to grow. They were originally only as big as a small fingernail. , gradually expanded to the size of a grape, and the color became even more red as if it was burning!

Looking at the plant next to him, if he hadn't watched them being sent together, Raven would have thought they were two completely different magic plants.

Moreover, less than one-tenth of the energy in a magic core has been used now!

Absorbing the remaining energy into his body, Raven did the same to the Beacon Green Peach next to him, and it also showed its desire:

"Meat~meat~meat~"

In the context of occultism, "meat" can have two interpretations, one is the element of life, and the other is the element of blood, both of which are directly related to flesh and blood.

Raven weighed it a little and decided to try each one.

Strengthened by different elements, the two green peach plants underwent completely different changes.

Infused with life elements, it became stronger and stronger, growing from a potted plant into a dwarf tree. The fruits also became extremely moist, so ripe that they seemed ready to explode at any time. They were as shiny and smooth as green jade carvings. You can smell the fragrant aroma when you smell it.

The green peach that was infused with bloody elements underwent a strange transformation. It fell to the ground like a vine, and its leaves became as black and soft as a rotten banana. Only the fruit changed from the size of a walnut to the size of a fist. Dark and shiny, it looks like both mangosteen and black plum.

At this time, the three mature magic plants, including the Red Mist Fruit, no longer had words appearing on them, but observing the past, Raven could feel the sense of satisfaction emanating from each of them.

It seems like everything was successful?

Raven couldn't be sure for a while, and he didn't want to test the medicine on his own body.

God knows what will happen if you eat it.

But fortunately, there are professionals in the territory.

Raven opened the door to the secret room and gave a few instructions. Not long after, a dry old man came into the secret room. It was Bucky, the alchemist that Raven had "invited" from Meng En City.

He didn't have a good impression of Raven to begin with, especially after coming to Eagle Town.

Even though Raven was kind to him, he didn't touch his savings, and even built an alchemy shop for him in Eagle Town.

Because he was somewhat jealous of Raven.

The so-called alchemist is actually a magician who cannot enter the world.

They have awakened their magic talents and can meditate and accumulate magic power, but they cannot release even the lowest level of magic. They can only engage in magic potion refining work through their sensitivity to magic power.

Just like buying a car but not having a driver's license, you and the eunuch have the same problem.

But Raven, who was obviously a gangster that Bucky watched grow up, turned out to be not only a baron, but also a magician!

This is simply a blasphemy to his image of a mage!

So when he was summoned by Volaf, he made up his mind. No matter what Raven asked him, he must control his posture and let Raven know - even if your kid's magic power increases quickly and he is already a second-level magic. I am a master, but there are specialties in the art industry, and you must respect the seniors!

As a result, as soon as he entered the door, his eyes were straightened, staring at the enhanced red fog fruit without blinking.

Raven stretched out his hand and waved it in front of his eyes: "Bucky?"

"Ah!" Bucky finally came back to his senses and tried to show off his strength: "Baron Raven, did you invite me here to see this Red Mist Fruit?"

Raven nodded: "I used some tricks, but the red mist fruit turned into what it is now. Can you see if it can still be used?"

According to Bucky's expectation, he should shirk the problem at this time and let Raven take the initiative to give him gold coins. However, he has been in the industry for decades and has never seen a Red Mist Fruit growing so perfectly!

It was like a glutton seeing delicious food, a pervert seeing a beautiful woman, Brother Kun seeing basketball, and they couldn't suppress their inner excitement at all.

His legs involuntarily walked forward, observed carefully, held his hands in vain, and praised repeatedly: "Okay, great! The condition of this red mist fruit is simply perfect! Look at the leaves, look at the fruit, my God... Is this grown from the blood of a dragon?"

"Baron Raven, can I take one off and study it carefully?"

Raven smiled and said, "Please."

Bucky carefully picked off a fruit, first took out a magnifying glass to look at the lines on it carefully, then took a deep sniff, then put it in his mouth, chewed it carefully, his eyes became brighter and brighter: "Perfect... so perfect !”

"It doesn't have the astringent and strange taste of ordinary red mist fruit, and the energy it contains is very strong. If it is used to refine healing potions, the effect can be increased by at least 50%!"

Raven is not most concerned about this: "What if it is made into 'Red Mist Fragrance Tea'?"

"That would be a waste!" Bucky was a little excited: "Red mist fruit of this quality, even the Mage Guild would buy it at a high price!"

"But... if it is made into red mist fragrance tea, then similar products on the market are completely garbage compared to it. It will sell for at least one gold coin, no, three gold coins per cup!"

This enhanced red mist fruit has produced 26 fruits. If it is sold for three gold coins per fruit, it can sell for 78 gold coins.

And the cost is only one-tenth of a fire attribute magic core!

A fire attribute magic core can be exchanged for 780 gold coins, and this does not count its subsequent growth cycle!

Raven's face showed joy, as if he saw a golden future: "Look at these two again!"

Baki was still immersed in the red mist fruit, and was somewhat impatient when he heard this, but when he saw the two green peaches, he was shocked and almost jumped up: "Baron Raven, Magician Raven, where did you get so many top-quality products!?"

"Especially this mutant! This is something you can only encounter when you encounter it!"

It can only encounter when you encounter it?

Raven's expression was a little strange. For this kind of thing, if you give me a bloody magic core, I can get ten!

According to Baki's narration, Raven learned that the medicinal properties of the green peach strengthened with the life magic core have been greatly improved. If it is used directly, it can ensure that a person will not feel hungry for five days.

And the so-called "mutant" strengthened with the bloody magic core can not only be used to prepare the bloody knight's upgrade potion, but also one of the main raw materials for the God-given potion. The price of each one is more than 100 gold coins, and there is no market for it!

In his excitement, Baki even forgot the purpose of coming here, and took the initiative to beg Raven to sell these magic plants to him at a high price.

Although Baki can't make the God-given potion, if he can make high-quality magic potions with these magic plants, he will definitely be famous in the alchemist circle!

Baki Alchemy Master! It all sounds so wonderful.

This made Raven laugh and cry, and finally told Baki that these things could be provided to him, but the condition was that he must teach Raven alchemy.

Baki agreed immediately without hesitation, and then left happily holding the three magic plants.

Raven didn't rush to ask Baki for alchemy, but turned around and continued to study the magic plants.

After detailed observation, Raven found that perhaps because of the problem of the mother plant, even the magic plant seeds were full of corrupt soul essence. After extracting them, the activity of these seeds was obviously much higher, and they also released their own demand fluctuations.

For the next period of time, Raven was almost never tired of staying in the secret room. Every time he completed the needs of these seeds, he could see their changes with his naked eyes.

From soil, to water source, to magic power concentration, the needs of the two magic plants at each stage are different. Raven recorded them clearly so that when he was not there, others could complete these processes step by step.

Except for extracting the essence of the corrupt soul, no step required Raven to do it himself.

In a blink of an eye, eight days had passed, and the seeds had already been planted in a tray full of soil. Now they have begun to take root and sprout, and the first batch of leaves have grown!

"It's done!" Raven pursed his lips, feeling relieved and happy.

According to the information on Deep Blue, it takes at least one month for a first-level magic plant to germinate from planting to germination, but now it's only eight days, and both magic plants have sprouted.

In other words, after extracting the essence of the corrupt soul and cultivating it strictly according to its needs, its growth rate has increased by more than three times!

The red fog fruit takes less than two months to mature, and then it can bear fruit once a month.

It takes about three months for the green peach to mature, and then it can be harvested every month.

Taking the red mist fruit as an example, the profit of each plant is about 80 gold coins per month. Two hundred pieces means a profit of 16,000 gold coins!

What is a money tree? This is a money tree!

Raven said to himself happily: "Magic is indeed the first productive force in this world!"

The next thing to do is to choose a piece of land, transplant these magic plants into it, and find someone to take care of it.

There is no need to rush this step, just complete it within ten days.

Raven yawned, returned to his bedroom, and fell asleep.

When he got up the next day and looked in the mirror, Raven himself laughed.

Before entering the secret room, he was Chen Kun, and after coming out, he became Hu Jun directly.

While shaving, Petty pushed open the door and walked in timidly: "Baron, two visiting cards have been delivered."

Raven was stunned for a moment. Now is the peak period of reconstruction in Nord Province. The nobles are busy licking their wounds and redeveloping. Who would still want to visit him?

"Read it."

Petty nodded and read the contents of the visiting card.

The format is similar. Apart from the nonsense, the basic purpose is similar. They all want the priority supply of granite.

After all, the supply of granite is limited, and it is not something that can be bought with money. It has almost become a symbol of status. Now, at Denise's place, people who have ordered granite have been scheduled until next year. It's not that no one has asked Raven, but he has rejected them all.

But this time, the names of the letter writers made Raven more interested.

They are Hyde, the youngest son of Earl Tyrone, the new viscount of the Slater family, and Guldan, the eldest son of Earl Montreal, the heir of the Fox family.

The time is five days later.

"Haha, someone really sends a pillow when you want to sleep."

Raven smiled and scraped off the foam on his chin, turned around and pinched Petty's face:

"You are really my lucky star!"

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