I'm a mage, what's wrong with loving farming?

Chapter 24: Water Essence and Vine's Consciousness

ten minutes later.

Croix personally escorted the Baron out of the castle.

They finally signed the contract, and Croa agreed to help him refine the ore quickly and try to deliver it within ten days.

But what made Cloya feel strange was that... he didn't mention sunflower seeds, never mentioned them from beginning to end, as if he didn't know anything about them.

And that Serius also cast pleading looks at him many times.

It seemed that he was not allowed to mention this matter.

There must be something going on here.

However, he had no intention of interfering in other people's business. No matter what happened between the two people, as long as it did not affect his income, it was fine.

"The harvest this time is not bad. Promise to bring me a kind of magical beast next time you come to collect the goods..."

He stood there and stared into the distance for a while.

Then he ordered his men to store all the 200 kilograms of holy white iron brought from the Baron's carriage into the warehouse, and then Robert personally brought Kabamon in.

The fact that Kabamon can refine ore must never be spread.

It can only be done by someone you trust.

"Just take care of the rest."

After watching the Baron leave, Croix quickly left and returned to his laboratory.

Just now, when he activated the Star Body Imprinting Technique, he heard the monster named "Mu Yao Qu Teng" say that he wanted the power of Shui Yao.

Isn't this a coincidence?
He just happens to have the power of water!
However, to be on the safe side, he needed to completely build the Seven Stars Divine Law Array before that, otherwise, no one knew what impact the chaotic power of water would cause.

So he started to get busy immediately.

The most difficult part of the Seven Stars Divine Law Array is the flow of magic power, and the rest is very simple. He has reviewed it many times during this period of time.

The speed of construction, the lines for inputting magic power, and the accuracy of the magic power impact are of course also well controlled.

After an hour of construction, he quickly completed the Seven Stars Divine Law Array, and the array network that was originally unable to be connected at once was also successfully connected.

Pieces of energy-gathering crystals floated up, forming some mysterious patterns around the magic circle. The center of each crystal was facing the core of the magic circle.

That is a metal platform made of demon-absorbing iron.

The seven colors of light flashed inside the energy-gathering crystal in turn through invisible veins, but it only lasted for a moment, and only the blue light representing the position of the water moon was still flashing.

All other lights dimmed.

This is because among the seven nodes building the Seven Stars Divine Law Array, only the Water Star uses Water Star crystals, while the others are magic crystals of different properties.

In other words, it can only purify water crystals.

If you want to purify other crystals, you can only find more Seven Stars Crystals.

It is worth mentioning that there are seven types of Seven Luminaries crystals: earth, water, fire, wind, time, space and illusion. The first four are relatively easier to find, but for the latter... it really depends on luck.

"Phew, it worked."

Upon seeing this, Kloya quickly placed a piece of water crystal into the magic circle, and then used his own power to resonate with the ripples of the magic circle.

During this period, he discovered that his magic power and the magic circle were extremely harmonious, as if they were born to resonate with each other.

The magic power within, under his control, was like a beating note, continuously washing the water crystal.

The whole process was not painful at all and did not consume any magic power. Instead, there was a sense of pleasure that made one indulge in it.

Soon, the crystal, which was already clear blue, became even bluer, but it changed from a somewhat deep blue to a pure blue.

It's like the difference between shallow sea and deep sea.

The water power inside became very docile, without any of the violent feeling just now.

"So fast?" Kloya was a little surprised. According to the parchment, a second-level wizard would need at least ten minutes of magic manipulation to purify. But now it's... thirty seconds?

He easily pushed away those violent forces in thirty seconds. Could it be related to his magic and meditation?
Perhaps it was because of the Red Song's strong control over magic power and the resonant technique of the Red Overlap that allowed him to quickly control the magic power of the formation.

He didn't understand, but it didn't stop him from continuing to control the magic circle to absorb the power inside the water crystal. The blue crystal soon lost its color and turned gray.

Then it fell to the ground with a "crack" and instantly shattered into gray dust, which was blown away by the wind.

But in the beaker next to the magic circle, there was about one milliliter of liquid with a blue glow like the ocean.

That is the product of purified water crystals, and this is the liquid that mermaids need.

Cloya walked over, picked up the beaker and shook it, and found that the liquid was similar to a colloid, which would always remain intact when rolling.

He touched it with his fingers and immediately felt abundant water magic power, but other than that he didn't find anything special.

He was soon relieved when his attempt proved fruitless.

"Hey, that makes sense. If I can easily find it, then the tenth-level magician can also find it, right?"

He put aside his doubts for the time being and continued to refine this strange essence of water. Thanks to the peculiarity of his own magic power, he hardly spent any energy at all.

Of the one hundred pieces of water crystals given to him by the mermaid, except for the one piece given to the demon-killing bottle grass, the remaining ninety-nine pieces were all refined.

To be honest, he was still a little bit in disbelief.

Because according to what was written on the parchment, anyone who could refine forty pieces out of a hundred pieces when using the formation for the first time would be considered a genius.

But what about him?

All ninety-nine pieces have been refined!
According to the mermaid, as long as he extracts half of the one hundred dollars, the rest will all be his gains.

However, he would not pay even a single drop more, and even planned to pay only forty-five or six drops - he couldn't let the mermaids think that he could refine it stably, and a step-by-step controlled process was needed.

If he really paid the entire hundred dollars, the mermaid might think there was something strange about him, and it would be hard for her to bear the consequences if she tied him up and took him back to work as a wage earner.

As for the contract?

When the Mage Association finds out and sends people over, he might be treated inhumanely.

……

Holding a full cup of water essence, he first came to the Demon-killing Bottle-hanging Grass - a tender bud had already appeared on the grass.

Without hesitation, he dropped a drop of essence onto the tender bud.

The azure essence fell onto the soil, quickly blended into the soil layer, and was absorbed by the tender shoots.

"Grow up quickly. I'm looking forward to what you'll look like when you grow up."

After saying this, he took out another drop and slowly dripped it onto the monster named Mu Yao Qu Teng.

The emerald green vines that looked like a bracelet immediately began to shake and vibrate after coming into contact with the essence of water.

"Woo~"

It faintly emitted a consciousness, as if it wanted more water essence.

Without hesitation, Croa continued to drip.

One drop, two drops, ten drops...

It wasn't until fifteen drops that it finally stopped craving.

Then, under Kloya's gaze, it quickly sprouted branches and leaves, and soon turned from an ordinary vine into a giant vine that was one person tall.

A gentle voice came from inside.

"Praise your mercy, Master"

The sound was like a clear spring flowing through the grass, formed by the vibration of magic, but there was no sense of incongruity at all, as if there was really a woman speaking.

(End of this chapter)