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Chapter 106 The Phenomenon of Creation
Loren's goal is to cultivate more high-quality plant varieties, preferably magic plants.

The Demon Flame Grass possesses this ability.

So he decided to start his research with the Demon Flame Grass.

The reason why the Demon Flame Grass can induce mutations in other plants is inextricably linked to the flame magic it carries.

Loren's first hypothesis was that the mutation of plants could be induced by extremely high concentrations of elemental magic.

After several days of research, the experiment failed.

The magic he provided was potent enough that many plants mutated.

However, not a single one mutated into a demonic plant.

This method is not as stable as the Demon Flame Grass method.

Magic alone is not enough!
There must be other factors involved in the mutation of the Demon Flame Plant!

The Demon Flame Grass is just a weed and has no special characteristics.

The problem lies with the demonic flames on the weeds!

That's the magic left behind by the Demon Flame Dragon!
Elemental magic and dragon power coexist, and among the many magical plants in the farmland, the Ice Crystal Flower also possesses this characteristic.

Ice Crystal Flowers are born in the Ice and Snow Maze.

The Ice Maze was formed from the remains of a giant dragon.

Like the Demon Flame Grass, the Ice Crystal Flower was born from the magic of the dragon.

However, after such a long time, the Ice Crystal Flower did not cause any plants to mutate.

Could it be because there's a lack of spirit insects?

After a moment's thought, Loren rejected this conjecture.

It is not the magic flame grass or cordyceps that guides the plant's mutation, but the magic flame grass itself.

In other words, the Demon Flame Grass must possess other unique characteristics compared to the Ice Crystal Flower.

Through observation, Loren discovered the difference between the Demon Flame Grass and the Ice Crystal Flower.

That is the level of magic activity.

The magic flames of the magic flame grass are very active and highly invasive.

In contrast, the Ice Crystal Flower has stable magic and will not affect the surrounding plants.

If we make the magic of the Ice Crystal Flower more active, could we create new mutated plants?

Loren began the experiment again.

The experiment quickly yielded results.

Loren transformed his magic into ice, making the Ice Crystal Flower's magic even more abundant.

Excess magic dissipated, affecting nearby plants.

Following the Magic Flame Plant, Loren has successfully cultivated a new mutated magic plant!
Ice Crystal Plants!

Iced potatoes, iced watermelon, iced tomatoes, frost-covered elm...

Compared to the spiciness of the Flame Plant, the Ice Crystal Plant gives a cool feeling.

These plants would be very popular in the summer.

Most importantly, they are both semi-magical plants, just like the Magic Flame Plant.

Although it doesn't possess the special abilities of magical plants, it can help elves evolve quickly!
The development of the Ice Crystal Magic Plant validated Loren's theory.

The power of the dragon, combined with active elemental magic, can guide plants to mutate into elemental magic plants.

Unfortunately, Ice Flame also possesses both ice and fire attributes; otherwise, he could have created even more mutated magical plants.

Ice Crystal Plants alone are not enough for the little sprite to evolve.

Loren still needs to conduct research in other areas.

The Demon Flame Grass can affect ordinary plants, but it cannot affect other demonic plants.

So how did the other magical plants appear?

First, there must be active magic in the environment that nurtures plants.

Loren repeatedly experimented with plant growth techniques, quickly cultivating various plants such as potatoes, tomatoes, and cucumbers.

Based on the cultivation experience of the past few days, the plants have an extremely low probability of mutation, and the probability of mutating into demonic plants is even lower.

Why do these plants mutate in the same environment and after the same growth, development, and maturation process?

When exactly do the genes of mutant plants change?

Loren couldn't come to a conclusion.

He decided to change his approach and start from the aspect of witchcraft.

The effect of plant growth is to accelerate the rate of plant development.

While promoting plant growth, magic also stabilizes their genes, ensuring that offspring will produce the same variety.

If the goal is to induce plant mutations, this effect can be completely disregarded.

The specific implementation details require further refinement of the witchcraft model.

This improvement differs from previous simplifications.

The effects of witchcraft vary drastically, from plant growth to plant mutation.

Loren was essentially creating a new form of witchcraft.

Based on the original model, the characteristics that accelerate plant growth are retained, the effect of stabilizing genes is removed, and then the survival rate of offspring plants is further enhanced.

After half a month of research, Loren constructed a new model of witchcraft in his mind.

Meanwhile, dark clouds surged in the sky above Shashi Town, and a light drizzle began to fall.

Everyone felt a sense of oppression.

Only a few people with an exceptionally strong sense of magic could realize that this rain was not simple.

Xuefu immediately sensed that something was wrong.

She rushed to the farmland and found Loren meditating.

Is Loren getting promoted again?

wrong!

Despite the unusual celestial phenomena, Loren's aura remained largely unchanged.

The strange phenomenon in the sky was undoubtedly caused by Loren. What exactly happened?

The Queen's elven insect avatar sensed the strange atmosphere of Sandstone Town.

She emerged from the Ring of the Elves and found Loren meditating with his eyes closed.

"What is this guy fiddling with now?"

Mir, who was temporarily staying in Shashi Town, gazed at the dark clouds on the horizon, her eyes sparkling.

"A wizard's spellcasting phenomenon? That's something..."

Her knowledge seemed to be broader than Lucia's.

The strange phenomenon in the sky dissipated, and Loren opened his eyes.

"It's done!"

Seeing Xuefu appear in the farmland, Loren asked curiously, "Xuefu? What brings you here?"

"Didn't you feel the strange phenomenon just now?"

Loren then noticed that he was soaked by the rain.

He was so engrossed in his work that he didn't notice the changes in the outside world.

The Queen's avatar, the elven insect, has secretly returned to the Elf Ring to eavesdrop on Loren and Shirley's conversation.

“I thought you were getting promoted.” Loren shook his head. “I’m just improving my sorcery.”

Unexpectedly, improving witchcraft would also bring about strange phenomena in the heavens and earth.

Xuefu nodded. "Then you can go ahead and get busy."

After speaking, he turned and left.

She generally wouldn't disturb Loren when he was cultivating or conducting research.

Continue with the witchcraft experiments.

The new magic can make plants grow rapidly, while also significantly increasing the chances of mutation.

Of the plants selected by Loren, at least half exhibited characteristics different from their parents.

Although most of them are inferior varieties.

But as long as we can cultivate a high-quality variety, it's not a loss!
Combining the characteristics of witchcraft, Loren named it Rapid Mutation.

Through rapid mutation, Loren can cultivate 2-3 high-quality plants every day.

It will take about 8-12 days to cultivate a new magical plant.

This efficiency is many times higher than before!
Hybrid breeding can indeed effectively increase the variety of plants.

However, in the absence of high-quality parent plants, the number of plants that can be cultivated is quite limited.

Rapid mutations are different.

Plants can mutate on their own through magic, without needing to select superior parents.

The mutated plants are then cultured using hybridization techniques.

Within ten days, a new type of magical plant can be cultivated.

The effects of the magical plants vary.

Some can attract magical beasts, increasing the probability of magical beast reproduction.

Some can make magic potions, providing various special effects.

Some can treat diseases and improve physical fitness.

Some can accelerate cultivation and improve the efficiency of meditation and breathing.

Loren has been focusing on cultivating thorny elm for the past month.

The "magic plant" type of thorn elm usually enhances the plant's aggressiveness.

For example, the Flame Thorn Elm can provide the thorn elm's attacks with the fire attribute.

Frostthorn Elm provides the Ice-type attribute to the thorn elm's attacks.

Through rapid mutation, Loren also cultivated various magical plants such as the Poisonous Thorn Elm, the Psychedelic Thorn Elm, the Swift Thorn Elm, and the Giant Thorn Elm.

Hongyu has been particularly excited lately.

It's clear that it's about to evolve into a powerful spirit!

Unlike Fran, it does not have evolution crystals to assist it, but evolves solely through many different kinds of magical plants.

This made Loren realize just how difficult it is for elves to evolve naturally.

It took nearly ten magical plants for Red Elm to have the opportunity to evolve into a Great Elf.

How could there possibly be so many magical plants under normal circumstances?

Loren couldn't help but wonder how Manaphy evolved into the Seaweed Sprite.
Could it have obtained an evolution crystal in the sea?

For the past two months, Loren has been studying witchcraft and plants in Sandstone Town.

The intelligence from December is not of much value.

The end of the month is fast approaching, which is also the end of the year.

This year's New Year celebrations were even more lively.

On one hand, they have contracted with many spirits, and many of these spirit insects have already successfully evolved.

On the other hand, Loris and Hela also attended the celebration.

Even Mil joined in the fun.

I don't know where they got the information from.

This prevented Loren from preparing enough red envelopes.

Although Loren wasn't very familiar with Mil, he didn't want to send her away.

Amidst the lively atmosphere, Loren conducted his annual summary as usual.

This year has also been very fruitful.

Regarding farmland.

Numerous new plant varieties and magical plants have been cultivated.

Especially in the last two months, the variety of magical plants in Sandstone Town has increased significantly.

Moreover, these magical plants are cultivated by spirit insects, so they can be planted on a large scale very soon.

Regarding the spirits.

All the insect sprites evolved into sprites.

Fran has evolved into a Great Elf, and Red Elm is about to evolve.

In addition, I also acquired several new Pokémon and the seaweed Pokémon Manaphy.

I didn't harvest many fairy bugs this year.

Because Loren went to both the royal city and the Ice and Snow Empire.

He spent most of his time traveling, which caused him to miss many things.

The Knights, on the other hand, haven't seen much improvement.

Danny led a group of knights to advance to the intermediate level, which was better than nothing.

In terms of individual ability.

Liz has successfully been promoted to Earth Knight.

Xuefu has been promoted to Level 3 Apprentice Wizard.

Lilia gained the power of dreams, greatly increasing her strength.

Loren was promoted to Earth Knight and became a formal wizard.

Ice Flame successfully hatched.

Contract Demon Girl Bai Xi.

Loren's significant improvement was largely due to his divine essence.

There were many other gains as well.

For example, successfully being promoted to earl and acquiring several territories.

Other items include the Dragon Summoning Flute, Dragon Spirit Crystal, and Snow Country Token.

The Dragon Spirit Crystal was specially prepared for Amitil.

If she doesn't come to collect it, Loren will have no choice but to keep it for himself.

If one can absorb and consume the pure magic power of the crystal, it will definitely increase one's strength considerably.

Unfortunately, Loren's energy was limited.

He hadn't had a chance to explore the mysteries of the Star Sea and the Emerald Realm mentioned in the annual intelligence report.

We will receive new annual intelligence tomorrow.

Loren only hoped that the new intelligence would not overlap with these two pieces of information.

(End of this chapter)