72: Chapter 72 Harvest and Cleanup

Mentally calculating the resources needed for advancement, Ross could not help but shake his head.

Not to mention an Official Wizard, simply the magical resources consumed to break through to the advanced levels of a Level 1 Wizard Apprentice were an astronomical figure.

Cultivating a veteran Level 1 Wizard Apprentice basically started at 10,000 magic stones as a baseline.

10,000 magic stones—speaking of a Mortal, even if they worked without rest or sleep, it would be impossible to earn.

As for a Wizard Apprentice, although there was a chance to earn this much magic stones,

by that time, they would probably already be senile, with one-third of their life having already passed.

Coupled with the age at enrollment, it was almost scraping past the age of 60 to try for a chance to advance to an Official Wizard.

"It truly is difficult."

Ross also withdrew his thoughts; these were not things he needed to consider right now.

These past two days, Ross had been busy with the submission of his own thesis on one hand,

and busy registering his advancement information and then collecting the academy's welfare and resources on the other.

He finally stopped his hands and had some time.

Thus, hurrying along, Ross took small steps back to the Advanced Plantation.

First, he went to his own 5 mu of magic fields to take a look.

During the days he was away, this batch of Water Lily Magic Plants had already been harvested.

With the Goblin Supervisor helping to watch over them and these slaves taking care of this batch of magic plants,

the magic plants grew quite quickly. Even without the watering of mana microorganisms, they grew quite well.

Just the harvest of this batch of magic plants could yield quite a lot of magic stones.

Ross's wallet could also recover its funds somewhat.

Originally, renting magic fields still required rent, but these 5 mu were given to Ross by his mentor, Professor Pulang, for his use.

Originally, after deducting the consumed principal, earning 50 magic stones per mu of magic field would have been pretty good.

But right now, each mu could provide him with a profit of 150 magic stones.

If it was 5 mu, that would be 750 magic stones.

Of course, this batch of Water Lily Magic Plants had not undergone the nourishment of mana microorganisms,

so there might not be that many, but 700 magic stones should be attainable.

If he kept another 100 grains as snacks for his usual consumption, he could earn about 600 magic stones.

Surrounded by these Minotaurs and horse-faced men, Ross also admonished them and urged them to continue working hard.

Then he left behind 500 lotus seeds of the Water Lily Magic Plant as seeds, instructing them to continue sowing.

Of course, before sowing, some fertilization treatment also needed to be done for these magic fields,

as well as clearing out some accumulated diseased microorganisms.

Although these slaves did not have any Spells they could cast, they still possessed a lot of brute strength.

They could clean up quite a bit of fallen branches and leaves, as well as the compacted soil within these magic fields.

You must know that magic plants might secrete some acidic substances or some special viscous substances during their growth process, which would cause the soil to compact.

If these soils were not plowed over in time and then carefully combed through,

it was very likely that malnutrition phenomena or problems with difficult seedling emergence would occur after sowing again.

Relying on these orc slaves, these matters could be mostly completed.

Ross also took out about twenty magic stones from his hand, crushed them, and evenly scattered them into these 5 mu of magic fields.

Actually, sowing a batch of magic plants in a short period of time would not consume too much of the soil's mana components.

It was just that Ross was not lacking in magic stones, plus these 5 mu almost already belonged to him, so it was better to maintain them well.

After all, if you want a horse to run, you must feed it enough grass.

And as Ross's crushed magic stones seeped into the soil of these magic fields,

the mana in these magic fields also quickly became full.

The magic stone fragments and the viscous substances in the soil were intertwined with each other, and when the orc slaves plowed the soil anew, they deposited at the bottom.

Waiting only until the magic plants were sown again,

these fragments that had not released mana in time would slowly release mana to nourish the growth of the magic plants.

[Purification Spell]

After Ross condensed mana and cast the Spell Model engraved in the mana pressure structure,

a brilliance condensed from water elements quickly covered the magic field before him. Under the nourishment of the water elements, some somewhat withered soil was quickly moistened.

And some rotting sludge was also quickly diluted under this brilliance, then became clear.

The effect of this spiritual ring Spell could not only clear away many Impurities, clean clothes, clean rooms, and so on,

but it could also purify some Impurities within the magic field.

However, after all, it was not a Spell specially used for planting; it was already good that it could produce a certain effect.

After all, the craft of planting, to put it bluntly, still required a lot of physical strength.

Even with two planting experiences, one still could not lower their guard.

Fortunately, Ross was not alone anymore; not only were there orc slaves taking care of it around the clock, but they would also notify him in time if there was a problem.

Moreover, actually, the planting of magic plants was a very complex matter; it was just that what he was currently planting were ordinary apprentice-level magic plants,

which was why it appeared simple.

In fact, the growth of those Official Wizard-level magic plants was extremely harsh.

Not only were the conditions required for the environment harsh, but there were also very high requirements for whether the wizard could discover potential diseases, insect pests, and so on in time.

If it was just about keeping them alive, perhaps in a magic field with sufficient mana, the magic plant could survive, but its fruiting rate would drop.

When the magic plants finally bore fruit or matured, if they failed to reach the expected yield, then for a wizard, this batch of investment would go down the drain.

Like those magic medicine dealers who contracted magic fields in bulk and then went to plant magic plants,

if they encountered a decrease in yield, even if it was only a few percent lower, it might lower their own profits, or even turn into a losing business.

For wizards engaged in this magic medicine planting industry, it was almost a fatal blow.

However, for magic plants of a higher Rank, or magic plants that Ross himself was not yet familiar with, he did not plan to rush into trying to plant them.

After all, it was better to do fewer risky things.

"Let the orc slaves slowly do the remaining work."

Under Ross's intervention, this magic field had been mostly cleaned up; as for some of the remaining matters, he would let the orc slaves do them.

After all, Ross still had other work.

Right now, he also had to go to the laboratory in the center of the plantation to check on how the batch of mana microorganisms he had cultivated was doing.

If the quantity was sufficient, not only could he test a batch of microorganisms in the magic field,

but Ross himself could also carefully study this batch of mana microorganisms once more.

Furthermore, his mentor, Professor Pulang, had already returned. Regarding some things he wasn't too clear about, he could also inquire about them from him.