16: Chapter 16 Biological Composting

Even though Magic Flame is more commonly applied to the refining of corresponding materials in potion-making.

But utilizing void elements to drive the Magic Flame Model greatly supplemented Ross's attack methods.

As he grew more proficient with the Magic Flame Model branded in his soul, Ross felt his mental power improve.

Currently, the proficient application of the flame model has brought an increase of nearly 20 points in magic power, which means reaching the 400-point mental power scale line.

In the apprentice stage, every one hundred points of mental power represents a threshold.

For most Wizard Apprentices, even exhausting their talent, being able to break through 100 mental power to reach a Level 3 apprentice is already a major hurdle.

As for the threshold of a Level 2 Wizard Apprentice with 1,000 mental power, some students might not be able to break through even by the academy's stipulated 10-year limit.

Yet Ross reached 400 mental power in less than 4 months, which can almost be said to be extremely rare.

Even students supported by wizard families would not have the conditions to drink magic plant essence that enhances mental power during the apprentice stage.

Nor would they have the convenient conditions of drawing cards and getting Spell Models for free like Ross.

Due to the differences in complexity of each rank-zero Spell Model, the mental power enhancements brought to Wizard Apprentices also varied.

Under various conditions, Ross had actually walked to the very forefront of this batch of Wizard Apprentices.

It's just that Ross didn't care about the academy's evaluation, nor did he join any gangs of apprentice organizations.

Otherwise, judging by his performance, there would probably be quite a few followers.

Of course, if Ross were a person who valued vanity, he wouldn't have made such progress.

Even with the existence of a golden finger, his talent and diligence were also an indispensable link that could not be ignored.

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Not only did Magic Flame enrich Ross's wizard models, but it also brought some new ideas to Ross's cultivation of magic plants.

Therefore, Ross decided it was necessary to go to the Magic Plant Garden to check on the acre of apprentice-grade Water Lily Magic Plant he had planted.

He had been observing this acre of swamp magic field since before he was promoted to a Level 3 wizard; after careful observation, he found that its magic power content was not low, and its fertility was also above standard.

The Magic Plant Garden did not neglect him just because he was merely a Level 3 Wizard Apprentice, nor did it deprive him of the right to choose magic fields.

Judging solely from the abundance of magic power, apprentice-grade magic plants were sufficient to absorb magic power and grow in such a stable environment.

This was also one of the advantages of apprentice-grade magic plants.

The substances and magic power they required were singular.

As long as the magic field's magic power reserves were sufficient and the soil contained concentrated fertility, they could grow very quickly.

After planting the apprentice-grade water lilies, Ross came here every day to observe the growth conditions of the magic fields he had cultivated with great effort and the magic plants he had planted.

Ross walked to the gentle muddy ground beside the swamp magic field, looking into the distance at patches of emerald green scenes, with duckweed of various sizes blooming on the water surface.

During these days, the growth of the magic plants was quite rapid, but there were still some situations that Ross himself needed to deal with.

Breaking away from the seedling state, as the first false leaf fell off, the growth of the true leaves changed appearance every single day.

The rapid growth efficiency led to the appearance of a lot of growth waste in the water body.

The broken branches and fallen leaves shed by magic plants.

If it were in a wild environment, there would be many small fish, shellfish, or snails that could feed on these fallen leaves.

However, because the Magic Plant Garden itself excluded the appearance of certain natural enemy creatures, and Ross had cleaned it once before planting, almost no living organisms remained in the water body.

Due to the lack of fish and corresponding predators in the water body, a batch of decayed and fallen leaves accumulated.

If these old, withered leaves resulting from plant metabolism were not cleaned up in time.

They would breed bacteria, and the emitted sulfur-containing mixtures would produce a foul odor that attracted mosquitoes and brought viruses.

Magic plants were not just plants with magical characteristics.

First and foremost, their greatest characteristic in themselves was their plant nature.

Therefore, they would also have the loopholes in some of the plant's defense methods.

For example, bacteria and viruses.

If there was an accumulation of a large amount of pathogenic substances, or if the environment continued to deteriorate, the growth of the magic plants would inevitably be affected.

Whether it was getting sick or reduced yields, it would greatly affect Ross's harvest.

This was also something Ross could not tolerate.

Now there was another important matter; he squatted by the swamp, trying hard to recall planting knowledge in his memory.

The cultivation of magic plants was not simply a planting skill.

If one were only relying on nature to provide food, it would be far from enough.

It was not fast enough.

The growth cycle would become longer.

The time cost would also be high.

Ross had a faster method.

He looked towards a place where withered branches and rotten leaves gathered.

First, he used the Wizard's Hand across the water surface to salvage the broken branches and rotten leaves.

Then he used Magic Flame to burn them to ashes.

He buried these ashes and relatively dry fallen leaves into a deep pit.

Ross observed that a few patches of Water Lily Magic Plant were growing very well.

So he used the Wizard's Hand again to dig out several clumps of soil from the ground in these areas.

To people who didn't understand cultivation, these actions undoubtedly made them scratch their heads in confusion.

But as a member of the Flower Country from his original Blue Star, cultivation techniques were a piece of cake for him.

Individual magic plants growing better might be caused by the seed's own more vigorous vitality.

But if fields with a better growth momentum appeared in patches.

Then there was a great possibility that the mud where they grew was rich in some invisible microorganisms that were quite beneficial to the growth of the Water Lily Magic Plant.

Throwing these clumps into the deep pit could not only use some microorganisms in the soil layer to decompose these broken branches and fallen leaves, but also utilize inorganic nutrients for composting.

The potential beneficial microorganisms in the soil could compete with these decomposing microorganisms to screen out beneficial microorganisms with the strongest adaptability and the ability to secrete benign natural products.

A wizard's mental power was quite useful.

In a world without magic, if one wanted to produce structures with micropores on the surface, a mature industrial system was required.

But in the Wizard World, as long as one had apprentice-level mental power, they could perform micro-manipulation refining.

Ross used Magic Flame to refine some long tubular ceramic hollow tube rods with micropores on the surface.

Then he used the Magic Flame to refine some stones, leaving behind clean quicklime after removing impurities.

Placing this quicklime in the hollow part of the ceramic tube rods could act as a heating rod.

As long as the humidity in the environment was sufficient, it could continuously absorb moisture and slowly release heat.

Placing it in the biological compost could provide a stable heat source for cultivating microorganisms.

Coupled with the heat naturally generated by decomposing these withered branches and fallen leaves, it could accelerate the reproduction of microorganisms.

A few hours later, the broken branches and fallen leaves in the magic field were cleaned up.

The Magic Flame cleaned up the potential pathogenic microorganisms in the vicinity.

The biological compost was also done, and Ross straightened his waist.