73: Chapter 73 Fruity Fragrance and Pills

Following Ross as he walked into the laboratory, he came to the culture room.

Various magic plants and Demonic Beasts were still placed here in abundance.

Inside these spaces enclosed by iron cages, fences, or crystal glass, various magic plants grew or Demonic Beasts inhabited.

Some lightning sheep still carried static electricity, making crackling sounds.

Or the feathers of the armored eagles shimmered with a cold light.

It was still the familiar environment, still the familiar scent.

Only these magical creatures belonged to Professor Pulang.

Ross himself did not have sufficient conditions to study these magic plants and Demonic Beasts.

Wanting to unearth some latent Bloodline or some innate skills from these powerful Demonic Beasts would require a long time to grind away at.

It was not something that a Wizard Apprentice like Ross could attempt to research within his short lifespan.

Right now, his best research subject was this batch of mana microorganisms he had discovered.

As Ross's footsteps arrived, a slight scent of fermented apples also drifted through the air.

This faint fragrance of fermented fruit, similar to the scent of white wine, came from some ethereal substances produced by the batch of mana microorganisms he cultivated.

It was a natural fruit aroma.

Of course, Ross did not add any fruits to the Materials he put in; they were just some basic nutrients.

On the shaker in the culture room, jars of culture solution for [mana microorganisms] were being cultivated.

On the constantly shaking shaker, these jars and bottles loaded with culture solution swayed left and right continuously.

The shaking frequency of this alchemy shaker was not low, so these jars and bottles also made clattering sounds, emitting soft noises as they collided with each other.

But these were all normal phenomena. After all, Ross had already utilized this alchemy shaker at maximum load.

Some noise was also inevitable.

As for those that had already been successfully cultivated, they had been removed by the Goblin Supervisor and packed into barrels tightly sealed in the storage room and wrapped with magic crystals.

This type of magic crystal was an empty shell left behind after the magic stones originally filled with mana were completely consumed.

Compared to ordinary Materials, this crystal that had lost its mana not only had excellent airtightness for the Materials stored inside.

Moreover, it could also reduce the loss or wastage of mana to the minimum.

Furthermore, placing these airtight containers composed of crystals in low-temperature storage environments or high-temperature storage environmental conditions could test the environment very well.

These crystals that had lost their mana had high tolerance in different environments and were not prone to cracking.

Therefore, these used magic stones were not merely waste stones.

They had been developed by wizards for other uses, and were also used as good, highly confidential packaging Materials.

"Not bad, not bad. The reproduction speed of these [mana microorganisms] is very fast. Aside from being used in the cultivation of magic fields and magic plants, quite a bit can also be left behind for continued research and re-reproduction."

These [mana microorganisms] themselves were tiny, cell-like spores.

Even if they reproduced in large quantities in the culture solution, or even proliferated exponentially.

Yet they were actually still impossible to observe with the naked eye.

The culture solution itself was a dark yellow liquid substance, but after being consumed by these [mana microorganisms], its color had also faded a lot.

If these microorganisms were not transferred to a new culture solution in time, or if these culture solutions were not placed under frozen environmental conditions.

After heavily depleting the nutrients in the culture solution, these [mana microorganisms] would begin to compete with each other for nutrients.

As for the reason why the [mana microorganisms] researched by Ross could help increase the yield of [Water Lily Magic Plants].

It was roughly that these [mana microorganisms] could be at the roots of the plants.

Competing for ecological niches with some tiny bacteria and viruses that might harm the growth of magic plants.

Engaging in competition with them and fighting for nutrients.

Then causing these harmful organisms to ultimately decline and die out due to being unable to compete with these [mana microorganisms].

"The apparent effects produced between these magic plants and the [mana microorganisms] are relatively easy to observe."

The paper submitted by Ross this time had also perfected many experimental steps, processes, and verification results under the guidance of Professor Pulang.

Naturally, these apparent data mainly came from the data and supplementary experiments submitted by Ross.

However, the writing of the entire paper still received a lot of help from Professor Pulang. After all, before writing the paper, Ross actually had very little experience.

These [mana microorganisms] had only been verified on a single kind of magic plant, the [Water Lily Magic Plant].

If more magic plants could increase their yield under its nourishment.

That would be quite a good product.

It would have the potential to be developed into a magic plant cultivation auxiliary agent.

However, this would require a tremendous amount of manpower and material resources. It might not be easy to promote with Ross's own network.

"These still require the help of Professor Pulang to see if he has any connections over there, or if he can help test some other magic plants."

After all, some conventional magic plants, even those that could mature in a short time, still required a certain growth cycle.

Coupled with wanting to verify whether it could play a role in increasing yield, it could not be proven by just one or two experiments.

It required proof from multiple experiments.

Otherwise, even if Ross himself thought it was useful.

But whether it was the doctor of general knowledge reviewing the paper on that end, or the market looking at his [mana microorganisms], they would only view it with distrust.

"However, all of this is fine. We can set up the framework and take it slow. Originally, the enhancement of Mental Energy is a long-term matter. If I can realize these conjectures one by one during my spare time, it won't be considered a difficult task either."

Right now, however, Ross had another task, which was to purify this batch of already stored and cultivated mana microorganisms.

That was to separate them from those liquid culture mediums.

Those liquid culture mediums that had already lost their nutrients could be called waste liquid.

But they had not completely lost their nutrients; in fact, some of the culture substances originally put in still remained.

If they were directly thrown into the magic fields, although they could also play some role as nourishment.

More likely, it might attract pests like mosquitoes and insects.

That would mean the losses outweigh the gains.

Moreover, Ross did not plan to use them crudely like those culture solutions cultivated previously through soil cultivation methods.

This time, he planned to truly extract and purify these [mana microorganisms], and then roll them into things resembling individual medicinal pills.

Perhaps each pellet formed by squeezing these [mana microorganisms] together was not large, but the quantity contained within was massive.