17: Chapter 17 Gift

Biological composting belonged to the sub-direction of microbial application within the life field studied by wizards, and Ross only had a slight understanding of it from textbooks.

After all, courses specific to a certain branch were already considered relatively advanced research directions.

Let alone unpopular directions like mana microorganisms.

Even at the Erlius Primary Wizard Academy, there were actually no corresponding wizard lords opening and teaching related courses and knowledge.

However, wizards' research on knowledge never merely stayed on the surface.

Even general public classes taught to Wizard Apprentices might not have such specific courses.

Some wizards often diverged into the fields they studied when teaching in class.

Ross also observed that Magical Botany classes or Curse-type classes might involve knowledge of microbial cultivation and application.

It was just that in Magical Botany classes, this also belonged to a relatively unpopular category.

The most common application was instead in the curse department; these tiny spore-like or single-celled lives were frequently encountered by sorcery apprentices who excelled in curse research.

It was just that the application methods were different.

Curse-type wizards typically used classic sorceries like [Plague Spread], [Corrosion], and [Life Drain] as offensive means.

Ross, however, went against the grain.

He applied the favorable side.

This was actually much more difficult; creating things was often much harder than destroying them.

In fact, traditional wizards studying the field of curses could also be considered half-experts in the medical field.

Prolonged illness makes one a doctor; otherwise, in case of a mishap, those playing with curses would be the first to suffer.

For now, if Ross just wanted to use composting technology to assist in cultivating magical plants.

The current methods and materials could still support it.

But from a more professional perspective, this seemed a bit elementary.

"Compared to ordinary plants, magical plants possess extraordinary ability characteristics."

The voice of Old Wizard Pulang came slowly from the podium.

"Some magical plants can evolve tentacles or movable dangerous organs, which can attempt to attack and resist some natural enemies."

"In the defensive field, they generally produce hardened tissue on the surface of magical plants, differentiating into specific tumor-like tissue."

"Or sac-like closed organs that secrete toxic mucus inside, and will spray exogenous venom when encountering danger."

"Some magical plants will also adapt to regional mana elements and produce corresponding adaptive evolution."

"This is also the reason why various unique and peerless magical plants are produced in the extraordinary world. It is the result of the combined influence of mana, magical plants, and the outside world."

"Therefore, [Magical Plant Symbiosis] is also an important branch in [Magical Botany]."

Old Wizard Pulang said so.

While listening, Ross seriously took notes of the knowledge.

Due to his advanced age, Old Wizard Pulang taught more casually, and this kind of Magical Plant Symbiosis belonged to the content in advanced magical plant cultivation courses.

Old Wizard Pulang didn't care whether the trainees below could understand or comprehend it, nor did he care if the trainees could apply it, but Ross absorbed all of his experience with a voracious appetite.

When class was over, Ross actively called out to Old Wizard Pulang.

"Your Excellency, I am very interested in the Magical Plant Symbiosis you explained."

"As it happens, I currently found in cultivating magical plants that magical plants in certain areas grow with a higher quality compared to normal magical plants."

"Combining your classroom knowledge and the knowledge I queried from the basic Magical Botany textbook, I suspect it might be caused by some extraordinary beneficial magical organisms playing a role."

"However, regarding specific maintenance microorganisms, I only used the basic soil cultivation method adopted in the textbook. Therefore, I would like to consult you on related questions of this kind."

Old Wizard Pulang initially thought this apprentice was just asking about some trivial questions.

If it weren't for the impression that this apprentice had always performed well in his class, he wouldn't have intended to stop and listen.

But with Ross's words, Old Wizard Pulang became serious.

"The most extraordinary power in the Wizard World is the existence of mana."

"Wizard civilization also develops around mana. One of the manifestations of the progress of wizard civilization is the exploration of unknown fields."

"The seniors in the wizarding world have different research developments in various fields. But we still need juniors like you, with a spirit of exploration, to tirelessly contribute to the Wizard World."

While encouraging Ross, Old Wizard Pulang fished out a somewhat aged but sufficiently precise instrument box from his dusty old magic robe.

Inside were petri dishes made of unknown spar, Erlenmeyer flasks, and multi-mirror preparation barrel-shaped microscopes, etc.

Old Wizard Pulang then handed Ross a research notebook.

"This is my research notebook during the apprentice stage; it contains the knowledge you want to know. At my age, besides the exploration of knowledge, I am only interested in training excellent apprentices."

A trace of kindness flashed across Old Wizard Pulang's wrinkled face and vanished instantly.

"If you have any questions, come find me again. Now go study it by yourself first."

After accepting Old Wizard Pulang's gift, Ross hurriedly expressed his gratitude.

It was just that this old-looking wizard quickly disappeared from Ross's sight as if he were in a hurry to go home.

Through studying Old Wizard Pulang's Apprentice Notebook》, Ross understood that the outside world in Mana Symbiosis was a rather complex type.

It not only contained the macroscopic influence of mana elements in the region, but also tiny life forms invisible to the naked eye like mustard seeds, as well as exotic pollen brought by the spread of wind, and so on.

As for these instruments, they could reasonably observe and cultivate the existence of mana microorganisms.

Such tiny microorganisms were often existence that wizards tended to ignore.

But just as at the beginning of the extraordinary civilization, mortals feared the existence of wizards and blamed the spread of plagues on them.

At that time, extraordinary power was not strong, so quite a few Wizard Apprentices were killed by mortals.

However, with the wizarding world's research on plagues and the study of curseology, this kind of invisible tiny creature was discovered.

Or by using the sorcery Sharp Eyes.

One could also observe these kinds of tiny creatures.

Alternatively, one had to wait until the Official Wizard stage; due to the successful solidification of spiritual power, spiritual power could be used to observe these tiny microorganisms.

And now at the Wizard Apprentice stage, observation and cultivation could only be carried out through corresponding tools.

This set of instruments was the tool used by Professor Pulang during his apprentice stage.

But if one wanted to conduct deeper research, more precise cultivation and maintenance might be needed.

Tucked inside Old Wizard Pulang's Apprentice Notebook》 was a slip of paper: "If you can complete this research topic, the classroom credits for the Magical Botany class can be given to you directly."