In the dark underground, a giant jellyfish was waving its tentacles and trying to dig a maze.
Its flexible tentacles had the ability to use many tools. Whether it was moving or carving, nothing was a problem for it. Around it, a maze was gradually taking shape.
Looking into the distance, if one had sharp eyes that could see through the darkness, they would see a huge maze. It was like an ancient relic, buried deep in the ground. Only a flash of light somewhere proved that it was still connected to the ground.
Sui Xiong was digging hard. As he dug, he hummed a little song.
"There is a monster, there are two monsters, the monster's friend is the third monster, the monster's brother is the fourth monster …"
To be honest, the melody of the song was not bad, but the lyrics were a little weird. Fortunately, he sang it in Chinese, so no one in this world could understand what he was singing. Even if they did, the only thing they would think of would be …
"Your Majesty, it seems that you are in a good mood today." After Arcaian came down from the deep well, he heard the song echoing in the dark underground. He flew over with a smile and praised, "The melody of this song is very interesting, and the rhythm of the lyrics is also very good. Unfortunately, I don't understand the lyrics. Which world is this folk song from? "
Sui Xiong nodded with a smile, silently praising the artistic cultivation of this mushroom alchemist.
Although this song was composed by Arcaian himself, the style was indeed a folk song.
It could be seen that even in different worlds, different races, different cultures, and even different forms of life, everyone's love for art and understanding of music were still the same.
"Why are you here suddenly? Have you made any new progress in your research? "
Arcaian nodded and said happily, "The two little dragons found several kinds of very valuable mushrooms. I combined them with the existing varieties and successfully developed a variety that can absorb negative energy efficiently and transform it into small crystals. Now the cultivation room is ready for mass cultivation, and we can officially start sowing at any time! "
Sui Xiong was so happy that he clapped with his tentacles and said, "That's great! Then I will start preparing the cultivation pool. "
"But the ability of those mushrooms to decompose flesh and blood is very weak," Arcaian said. "The cultivation of the mushrooms that can decompose flesh and blood is not going well. The existing varieties are either poisonous or mutated, so they can't meet the requirements."
"Don't worry," Sui Xiong said with a smile. "We have plenty of time. Take it slowly."
The special mushrooms that used the flesh and blood of magical beasts as the medium were supposed to be the backup staple food. First, it had to be able to quickly and efficiently decompose the useless flesh and blood of magical beasts to avoid contamination. Second, it had to be non-toxic and could be used normally. Third, it had to not have any malignant mutations, so he didn't have to worry about it turning into a mushroom monster.
Arcaian had already cultivated a few types of mushrooms that could efficiently decompose the flesh of magical beasts. However, these mushrooms were either highly toxic, or they could condense energy from the flesh of magical beasts and quickly transform into magical beasts that were dangerous to ordinary humans.
Of course, these did not meet the requirements. So he continued his research, hoping to cultivate mushrooms that completely met Sui Xiong's requirements.
He felt that if he could cultivate the two kinds of mushrooms proposed by His Majesty the Void Mask to perfection, then the achievements of these two mushrooms alone would be enough to change the Druids' prejudice against the Pasteur School of Alchemy, wash away the long-standing bad name of his family, and even set his father free!
So he was full of enthusiasm and worked hard every day. He spent all day in the research room, the cultivation room, and the bedroom. The first two places were used for research, and the last place was where he slept and ate.
If it were not for the fact that there were too many dangerous things in the research room and the cultivation room, and it was not safe to eat in there, he would probably not even come out to eat!
With such enthusiasm, his research progressed very smoothly. In less than two years, he had already achieved results that ordinary mages might not be able to achieve in decades.
Today was a good day to announce that one of the two major topics had been solved. So he planned to give himself a holiday after informing His Majesty the Void Mask and sleep for a whole day.
But after Sui Xiong learned of his plan, he advised him not to always sleep for holidays, but to go out for a walk.
"If you stay in the research room all day, you won't find a girlfriend," Sui Xiong said. "Even if you are a great sage, you have to get married and start a career!"
"I am still young, and it is too early to think about these things."
"Young? I knew such a teacher in the past, and I always felt that I was still young and should put my energy into research. Unknowingly, decades passed, and when he finally succeeded in his research, he found that his classmate's grandson was already his student … "
"Haha, that's a little too miserable."
"Yes! So you can't learn from him! A person's youth is very precious! "
"But I am really still very young …"
"Don't talk nonsense, climb out of your hole and have a good talk with people!" Sui Xiong laughed and used his tentacles to wrap up this technical geek who had lived underground for a long time. The light of magic flashed, and an advanced transmission spell directly sent him to Dragon-roar Town.
Most of the members of the Church of the Void Mask currently lived here. Some of them were learning various skills, some were hunting with Gerrard, and some were providing logistical support for their companions. All of them were busy and lived a very fulfilling life.
The arrival of Arcaian was welcomed by Gerrard and others. They even held a small welcome party to welcome the most senior scholar of the church.
At the welcome party, when they learned that the mushrooms used to remove negative energy had been cultivated, and soon they could start to clean up an area, and that there would be no need to worry about the skeleton attacks at night, and that the land and water would not be polluted, and that they could live and farm normally, many people cheered happily.
Although they knew that under the guidance of the infinite power of His Majesty the Void Mask, these things would happen sooner or later, but when it finally became a reality, and it was coming to them at a predictable speed, no one could not be happy or excited.
Starting from Gerrard, everyone toasted Arcaian one after another. Nobody knew how many glasses they had drunk, but in the end, the alchemist master, who could eat poisonous mushrooms without changing his expression, finally fell to the ground and fell into a deep sleep.
Even in his sleep, he was still muttering, "Well said! Yes! Let's have another glass! "
The next morning, with some hangovers and dizziness, he was woken up by the Armored Demon Phil. He followed Phil to the depths of the barren mountains, to the nest of the "Arctic Tyrant," which used to be the dragon cave of the ancient temple.
"There are a lot of magic beast corpses in the mountains," Phil said. "To be honest, these corpses are really troublesome, and often attract some disgusting things. I used to clean them up myself, but now that you have developed mushrooms that can decompose corpses, why don't you spread them in the mountains? "
Arcaian told him that the mushrooms he cultivated were either poisonous or would mutate into magic beasts. Either one was very troublesome.
"Then spread the second one," Phil said indifferently. "There are enough magic beasts in the mountains, and one more kind of weird mushroom doesn't matter — but I want to ask, what are the abilities of these magic mushrooms?"
Arcaian recalled and said, "First of all, they can move. Although they are not fast, they can use magic to fly slowly in the air, and they can slowly wriggle on the ground."
"That's nothing."
"Secondly, they can use collision and self-destruction. Although the power of self-destruction is not great, it can emit a fragrance that will attract other magic beasts."
"… Oh, that's nothing."
"If they grow to a certain extent, they will grow sharp, sawtooth-shaped arms that look like two short knives. Although they are not powerful, it will be very troublesome to treat the wounds if they are cut. "
"Can't they be changed to normal knife arms?" Phil asked.
"No, because these arms are used to cut up the corpses of large magic beasts."
Phil shrugged indifferently, "Then that's it. Are there any other questions?"
"If it continues to grow, it will be able to use spells. The first spell is the Nausea spell, which can make people feel nauseous. "
Phil laughed loudly, "What an interesting spell! What else? "
Arcaian counted with his fingers, "Next is the Smelly Cloud spell, then the Sleep spell, the Fixed Body spell, the Plague spell, the Poison Fog spell … and finally the Cloud of Death spell."
Phil stopped laughing, and he stopped walking, turning to look at Arcaian.
"The Cloud of Death spell?"
"That's right, the Cloud of Death spell."
"The level of the Cloud of Death spell is not low!" Phil said, "This is a typical mid-level spell, even a low-level wizard would not be able to cast it!"
Arcaian nodded, "That's why only magic mushrooms that have grown to an old age have this ability. In my laboratory, after using a spell to speed up the growth, mushrooms that have matured for about 25 years will have this level of ability."
"25 years … To be honest, it's not that long …" Phil was a little hesitant, and asked about the age of the other spells.
"From the third year onwards, it can grow knife arms, from the fifth year onwards it can use spells, and after that, it will be able to learn a new spell every three to four years. At around 25 years, it will have mastered all the spells." Arcaian had studied this type of magic in detail, and spoke of the results of his research with great familiarity, "Even if it continues to be cultivated, it will not grow any further. This is probably the limit of its race, and it needs to break through this limit to improve further. "
Phil thought for a long time, and even when they reached the dragon nest, he could not make up his mind.
In the end, he gave Arcaian several kinds of mushrooms that were unique to the flower field in the temple, but he put aside the matter of cultivating carnivorous mushrooms in the mountains.
Sui Xiong did not delay at all, and the first kind of mushroom cultivated by Arcaian was quickly cultivated in the underground labyrinth. They quickly absorbed the negative energy that pervaded the labyrinth, and grew very strong. Under the illumination of the luminous ores, the clusters of mushrooms emitted a deep black luster, and even had a bit of a metallic texture.
These luminous ores were not from the Ashes Forest, but from the Death Meteorite Desert thousands of miles away. Sui Xiong bought a lot of these ores through the commercial channels in Garth City, and then personally went to the desert and brought back a lot of them.
They were scattered all over the labyrinth to provide light. Under Sui Xiong's careful design, most of the places in the labyrinth were shrouded in just the right amount of dark light, and only some special places for explorers to rest were sufficiently illuminated.
Along with the bright light, several layers of protective magic circles could be seen. These "resting places" were well protected, and they could also relax the nerves that had been tense in the labyrinth.
Of course, they had to pay to rest in the resting places. After all, maintaining the magic circles consumed magic power. If Sui Xiong did not regularly replenish his own magic power, he could only use the backup energy — expensive magic crystals.
There were also several transmission circles in the labyrinth, which could allow explorers to safely leave. They did not need to pay to use them, because leaving meant the end of the adventure, and the next time they entered, they would have to buy a new ticket.
When all the luminous ores were placed in place, the huge and magnificent underground labyrinth was finally completed.
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