Chapter 20
Deep in the dark underground, a huge jellyfish was waving its tentacles to dig out the maze.
The flexible tentacles combine the ability of a variety of tools. Whether it is a big opening and closing or a meticulous carving, it cannot be difficult for it. Around it, a maze is gradually taking shape.
Looking into the distance, if there are sharp eyes that can see through the darkness, you can see a huge maze, like ancient ruins, buried deep in this place far away from the ground. Only a light from somewhere proves that it is still connected to the ground.
Sui Xiong digged hard, while digging, while humming a small song.
"There is a monster, two monsters. The monster's friend is the third monster, and the monster's brother is the fourth monster..."
To be honest, the song of this song is actually quite good, but the lyrics are a little weird. Fortunately, he sang it in Chinese, and no one in the world can understand what he is singing. Even if he hears it, his impression is nothing more than...
"Your Majesty, it seems you are in a good mood today?" After Arcain came down from the deep well, he heard the song echoing in the darkness from afar. He smiled and flew over and praised, "The song is very interesting, and the lyrics have a good sense of rhythm. Unfortunately, I don't understand the lyrics - is it a folk tune in what kind of world?"
Sui Xiong smiled and nodded, silently giving a thumbs up for the artistic cultivation of this mushroom alchemist.
Although this song was actually composed by him, the style is indeed a folk tune.
It can be seen that even if the world is different, the race is different, the culture is different, and even the form of life is different, everyone's love for art and understanding of music are still the same.
"Why did you come here suddenly? There are new results in research?"
Arcain nodded and said happily: "The two little dragons found several valuable mushrooms. I combined them with the existing varieties and successfully developed a variety that can absorb negative energy efficiently and convert them into small crystals. Now the cultivation room can be cultivated in large quantities and officially sown at any time!"
Sui Xiong was so happy that he bulged his tentacles and applauded: "That's great! Then I will start preparing for the cultivation pool now."
"But the mushrooms have a weak ability to break down flesh and blood." Akane said that the mushrooms that can break down flesh and blood that are scheduled to be used as backup staple foods are not smooth. The existing varieties are either poisonous or mutated, and they cannot meet the requirements."
"Don't worry." Sui Xiong said with a smile, "We have time, take it slowly."
Special mushrooms with the flesh and blood of the monster as culture medium are reserved as reserve staple food. Therefore, Sui Xiong has three requirements for it. The first is to be able to quickly and efficiently decompose useless flesh and blood of the monster to avoid pollution; the second is to be non-toxic and can be normal and practical; the third is to not produce malignant mutations, so there is no need to worry about turning into mushroom monsters.
Akane has cultivated several mushrooms that can efficiently decompose the flesh and blood of the monsters, but probably because their mother originated from mushroom monsters, these mushrooms are either strongly toxic or can condense their strength from the flesh and blood of the monsters and quickly transform into monsters that are quite dangerous for ordinary people.
Of course, this is not up to par with the requirements, so he is still continuing to study, hoping to cultivate mushrooms that fully meet Sui Xiong's requirements.
He felt that if he could cultivate all the two mushrooms proposed by His Majesty Void Mask to perfection, then the achievements of these two mushrooms alone would be enough to change the druids' prejudice against Pasteur flow alchemy, clear the family's long-standing infamous, and even let the father be released!
So he was very energetic and worked hard every day, and was in the research room, the training room and the bedroom all day long. The first two places were used for scientific research, and the last place was a place to sleep and eat.
If it weren’t for the fact that there were too many dangerous things in the laboratory and the culture room, and eating inside was unsafe, he might not even have eaten!
With such enthusiasm, his research progressed very smoothly. In just less than two years, he had already achieved results that ordinary mages might not have been able to achieve in decades.
Today is a good day to announce the conquest of one of the two major topics. So after he told His Majesty the Void Masque, he would give himself a vacation and sleep well all day.
But after Sui Xiong learned of his plan, he advised him not to always use sleep for vacation, and it would be better to go out for a walk.
"If you stay in the research institute all day, you will not be able to find a girlfriend." Sui Xiong said, "Even a great sage, you have to start a family and start a career!"
"I'm still young, it's too early to think about this."
"Young? I knew such a teacher back then. I always felt that I was still young and should focus on research. Before I knew it, decades passed. When he finally achieved success in research, he found that his classmate's grandson was already his own student..."
"Haha, this is a little bit miserable."
"Yes! So you can't learn from him! A person's youth is very precious!"
"But I'm really young..."
"Stop talking nonsense, crawl out of your cave and communicate with people!" Sui Xiong laughed and used his tentacles to wrap this technical house that had been living in the light of nowhere in the sky for a long time. The light of the magic flashed, and an advanced teleportation technique directly teleported him to Longhou Town.
Most members of the Void Mask Church currently live here. Some are learning various skills, some are hunting with Gerald, and some are providing logistical support for their companions. They are all busy and have a fulfilling life.
Arcain's arrival was welcomed by Gerald and others. They even held a small welcome party to welcome the visit of the most senior scholars of the church.
At the welcome meeting, when we learned that the mushrooms used to remove negative energy had been cultivated and we could soon start cleaning up a area, and we would not have to worry about skeleton attacks at night, and the land and drinking water were not contaminated and areas where we could live and cultivate normally, many people cheered happily.
Although we know that under the guidance of His Majesty the Void Masque, these are things that will happen sooner or later, when expectations finally become a reality and are coming toward oneself at a foreseeable speed, no one can be unhappy or excited.
Starting from Gerald, everyone toasted Akane, one cup after another, one cup after another, and I don’t know how many cups I drank before and after. In the end, this alchemy master who could not change his face even when eating poisonous mushrooms finally couldn’t bear the effort and fell to the ground and fell asleep.
Even in his sleep, he still muttered: "Well, right! Have another drink!"
The next morning, with some drunken dizziness, he was woken up by the armored demon Phil, followed him behind him towards the depths of the desolate mountains, and headed to the old nest of the "Extreme Cold Tyrant", which was once the dragon's cave of the ancient temple.
"There are a lot of monster corpses in the mountains," said Phil. "To be honest, these corpses are really troublesome and often attract some annoying things. In the past, I used to clean them up by myself. Now that you have developed mushrooms that can decompose corpses, why not spread them into the mountains."
Arcain told him that the mushrooms he cultivated were either poisonous or mutated into monsters, and it was very troublesome to either.
"Then spread the second type." Phil said indifferently, "There are enough monsters in this mountain. I don't care about the more weird mushrooms - but I want to ask, what abilities does this kind of monster mushroom have?"
Akane recalled and said, "First of all, they are not fast, but they can fly slowly in the air with magic and slowly squirm on the ground."
“This is nothing.”
"The second is that they can use collision and self-destruction. Although the power of self-destruction is not great, it can emit a fragrance that will lure other monsters."
“…Well, it’s nothing.”
"If they grow to a certain level, they will also grow sharp zigzag arms, like two short knives. Although they are not very powerful, if they are cut, they will be troublesome to treat the wound."
"Can't it be changed to an ordinary knife arm?" Phil asked.
"No, because this kind of arm is used to divide the corpses of large monsters."
Phil shrugged indifferently: "That's it, is there any other problem?"
"If you continue to grow, it can use spells. The first spell is nausea, which can make people feel nauseous."
Phil laughed: "What a funny spell! What else?"
Akane counted one by one with his fingers: "The next is the stinky cloud technique, then the sleep technique, the immobilization technique, the poisonous fog technique... and finally the death cloud technique."
Phil stopped laughing, he stopped and turned to look at Arcain.
>"Death Cloud Art?"
"Yes, Death Cloud Art."
"The level of Death Cloud Technique is not low!" Phil said, "This is a typical intermediate spell, and even a mage with a lower level cannot be used!"
Arcain nodded: "So only monster mushrooms that grow to the age have this ability. In my laboratory, after using spells to proliferate, mushrooms with a maturity of about twenty-five years will have this level of ability."
"Twenty-five years... To be honest, it's not long..." Phil hesitated and asked about the age corresponding to other spells.
"From the third year, you can grow a knife arm, start with spells from the fifth year, and add one spell in about three to four years, and master all spells in about twenty-five years." Akane has studied this monster in detail and has revealed his research results in detail. "Even if you continue to cultivate, you will not grow any more. It is estimated that this is the limit of its race, and it needs to break through the limit to go further."
Phil thought for a long time, but he couldn't make up his mind until they arrived at the Dragon's Nest.
Finally, he gave Akane several mushrooms unique to the flower fields in the temple, but the matter of cultivating carnivorous mushrooms in the mountains was finally put on hold.
Sui Xiong did not delay at all. The first mushroom cultivated by Akain was soon cultivated in large quantities in the underground maze. They quickly absorbed the negative energy that permeated the maze and grew extremely vigorously. Clues radiate a deep black luster under the illumination of luminous ores, and even had a bit of metallic texture.
These luminous ores are not minerals in the ashes forest, but minerals in the desert that die from thousands of mountains and rivers. Sui Xiong purchased a large amount of this mineral through the commercial channels of Garce City, and then took it in person, bringing many of them back at one time.
They are spread throughout the maze, providing light. Under Sui Xiong's careful design, most parts of the maze are shrouded in just the right dark light, and only some places dedicated to explorers to rest can be sufficient lighting.
Accompanied by the bright light, several layers of guardian magic circles can be seen. They not only protect these "rest points" well, but also relax the nerves that have been tense in the maze.
Of course, you have to pay for rest at a rest point. After all, maintaining the magic circle requires consuming magic power. If Sui Xiong had not replenished magic power regularly, he would have to consume reserve energy - expensive magic crystals.
There are several teleportation arrays in the maze that allow explorers to leave safely. You don’t have to pay to use them, because leaving means the end of the adventure. If you go in again next time, you will have to buy a new ticket.
After all the luminous ore were placed, this huge and magnificent underground maze was finally completed.
Chapter completed!