Witch Special

After the two civil engineering magics ended, Lin Zhenxi looked at the land in front of him, which was no longer grayish white but had turned grayish black, and nodded with satisfaction.

Although the land here is very compacted because no one takes care of it, as long as the topsoil is turned over, the new soil underneath still looks suitable for growing crops.

In the following time, Lin Zhenxi took out the seeds, explained the reasons for doing so, and demonstrated how to plant these modified demon flowers.

The demon flower is a magical plant, after all. Its need for soil nutrients is far less than its need for elemental particles in the air. If it has a dedicated magical energy supply channel, it will grow and mature quickly, blooming and bearing fruit. In this respect, it is much more convenient than ordinary crops that require watering and fertilization and wait for several months to mature.

In fact, whether the demon flower can grow in the land of the demon world is not a question that Lin Zhenxi needs to worry about. In terms of survival ability, the demon flower may be stronger than the beastman tribe.

The outskirts of the Orc Canyon are covered with plants with thorns on their vines. They can suck blood and eat people. In nature, they are even predators rather than producers. In the past, countless orcs have died under the thorns of the Demon Flower just to pick a fruit of the Demon Flower.

Upon learning that Lin Zhenxi was planning to cultivate the Demon Flower, both Norni and Benjamin's eyes flickered with fear. The Orcs had mixed feelings about the Demon Flower. On the one hand, the fruit of the Demon Flower was a vital source of food for the Orcs. If it weren't for the vast, boundless forests of Demon Flower, many Orcs would likely starve to death. On the other hand, the Demon Flower also held countless Orc corpses buried beneath the trees. That forest of Demon Flower was a sad place for every Orc.

Lin Zhenxi didn't care what the two natives of the Orc Canyon were thinking. After throwing the seeds into the ground, she took out a bottle of magic water and poured it on them.

It's definitely not magic essence, it's just pure water rich in magic. If it really has anything to do with magic essence, it's probably just magic essence diluted a million times. But to be honest, the magic fountains in fairy tales are basically this concentration of magic.

Pure magic essence, but just a few milliliters can replenish Lin Zhenxi's magic power. If a large bottle of that level of magic power is poured on a seed, what will it mutate into? Lin Zhenxi's imagination is limited and he really can't imagine it.

Watered by the magic spring, the seeds quickly germinated, grew, developed, and matured. In the blink of an eye, a purple-black plant with a large number of vines intertwined but growing upright broke through the ground and appeared in front of Lin Zhenxi.

The vines of this plant are covered with small, seemingly non-sharp thorns. Unless you rub them hard with your hands, it's unlikely that they'll prick your palm. As the plant grows, it blooms with many bright red flowers, which quickly wither, leaving only the pedicel and ovary.

The ovaries wrapped by sepals are the fruits of the Demon Flower. When these fruits grow to the size of a dragon fruit, it seems that all the nutrients have been absorbed by the fruits. The entire plant of the Demon Flower becomes somewhat wilted. Not only are the vines no longer plump, but the thorns on the vines also begin to fall off naturally in large numbers.

At this stage, the fruits of the Demon Flower are completely ripe. Lin Zhenxi twisted a fruit off the Demon Flower, peeled off its skin, and revealed the white flesh inside.

Why did Lin Zhenxi claim to have cultivated a dragon fruit that tastes like a potato? It's because the fruit is filled with countless black seeds, making it look no different from a white dragon fruit. However, the taste of the Demon Flower Fruit is far inferior to that of a dragon fruit. It's almost like a potato, perhaps even worse than a potato. Potatoes at least have a nice fragrance when cooked, while the Demon Flower Fruit probably only tastes slightly sweet after being chewed for a long time and the starch is broken down by saliva. Normally, it has no flavor at all.

However, it has a high yield, high energy content, and can feed more people. For the Orcs, who are in need of a new source of food, this is the most suitable crop.

This single demon flower alone bore ten fruits, each the size of a dragon fruit. While Lin Zhenxi's magical spring watering had caused it to grow faster than normal, even without the spring's influence, it would normally produce six or seven fruits.

Lin Zhenxi picked all the fruits and stuffed them all at once to Noelni and Benjamin behind him. Of course, Noelni handed the fruits to Benjamin, and Lin Zhenxi didn't touch them at all. After picking the fruits, Lin Zhenxi took out the magic spring and poured it on the shriveled demon flower vine. The vine immediately began to suck the magic spring water from its surface eagerly, becoming plump and shiny again, and the slightly sharp thorns on its once smooth surface reappeared.

And it was obvious that the thorn that grew this time was a circle larger than the previous one.

"A demon flower can bloom and bear fruit approximately ten times. During this process, the thorns on its surface will grow larger and larger, eventually becoming like ordinary demon flowers—sharp, long, and exceptionally hard. Therefore, after bearing fruit ten times, its value is exhausted, and it must be completely eradicated to make room for new demon flowers."

In the short time Lin Zhenxi was speaking, the second batch of demon flower fruits had already begun to bloom and bear fruit. Lin Zhenxi had obtained eleven more demon flower fruits, each of which was even larger than the previous batch. This time, Norniel and Benjamin were too busy to hold them, so Lin Zhenxi simply conjured a bamboo basket and dumped all the fruits from the second round into it.

As soon as Norni saw Lin Zhenxi take out the basket, she immediately threw the fruits in her arms into it and breathed a sigh of relief. Her chest was already crowded enough, and if she was asked to hold all those fruits, she would be a little breathless.

Benjamin was different. He held the fruit tightly in his arms, knowing that it was edible food. In the Orc Valley, where people often went hungry nine times out of three days, no one knew how precious a single bite of food was, better than him, having lived here for hundreds of years.

Lin Zhenxi had already cut away the above-ground portion of the once-wilting demon flower. Without the anchoring force of its roots, the intertwined vines had become twisted branches that could be separated individually. Their uses clearly extended beyond firewood, but Lin Zhenxi was too lazy to explore them further; the orcs could use them however they pleased.

After cutting the above-ground portion, the lower part became much more difficult, as the demon flower's root system was quite developed. After all, it needed to use its roots to obtain rare elements from the soil; simply absorbing magic power wouldn't produce so many tricks. Lin Zhenxi didn't expect to clear all the roots. She chose the mincing method, which involved plowing the land, mincing the roots, and then burying them in the soil to allow them to decompose naturally.

After demonstrating the entire planting process for the demon flower seeds, Lin Zhenxi handed two bottles of seeds to Noelni, whose hands were now free, and said to her, "There are two types. One has a high yield but no taste, and the other has a much lower yield but is sweet. It's up to you to decide which one you want to plant."

"The one with less output also has the effect of speeding up mana recovery. Although it's not very obvious, the difference is still quite big."

Norni stared blankly at the two large bottles of seeds in her hands, then looked up at Lin Zhenxi's relaxed expression as if a burden had been lifted off his face. The uneasy feeling in her heart was rapidly increasing, and she suddenly had a very strong feeling that the distance between Lin Zhenxi and her seemed to be rapidly widening.

"Lin Zhenxi, are you leaving?" Noelni suddenly stared at Lin Zhenxi and asked nervously.

Lin Zhenxi was a little surprised. She hadn't said anything yet, so how had Norni guessed it? Was it just her sixth sense? It was too accurate.

But there is nothing wrong with admitting this. Lin Zhenxi was not originally from the Orc Canyon. She came to this place by accident. Now that everything is done, it is understandable that she left.

Lin Zhenxi nodded and said, "Yes, I met the Golden Clown of Silent City some time ago. It has invited me, so I will go to Silent City to find a stable job and a safe experimental environment."

In fact, the latter is the main thing, because Lin Zhenxi really wants to study the fragment of the Eye of Darkness in her hand, but the magic power contained in that thing is too terrible. If she is not careful, it will cause a big noise. If she does not have the protection of the Silent City, she dare not act rashly.

The Xiaxiu Sect was the true expert at manipulating the Eye of Darkness. Lin Zhenxi wasn't even sure if the Xiaxiu Sect had located the fragment of the Eye of Darkness in his possession. If the Xiaxiu Sect attacked, the natives of the Orc Rift would clearly be defenseless. Lin Zhenxi's departure was actually a good thing for the Orc Rift.

But it was obvious that Norni didn't think so. She just felt that if Lin Zhenxi left, she would lose the only friend with whom she could communicate about magic. When she thought that in the future she would be overwhelmed by the trivialities of the Orc Canyon, she suddenly felt like the sky was falling.

"No, I don't want you to leave!" Noelni suddenly shouted out of control.