The core area of the Elven Forest was about four kilometers away from the City of Heaven's Chosen.
There used to be a high-quality forest that was very suitable to be used as building materials. It was straight and made of good materials. There was also a faint fragrance that could calm one's mind.
When completing the daily quest of collecting wood, Alice would give more EXP and Contribution Points if the wood was turned in.
Therefore, after players who discovered this place mentioned the location in their guides on the official website, many players who were looking for lumber would come here to collect lumber.
Over time, the area was cut down by the players.
Even on the day Eve was revived, many saplings appeared, but they were all dug up by the later Second Beta Players and used as roadside trees in the City of Heaven's Chosen.
However, although the trees were all cut down, there was a large empty space. Because it used to be a forest, the soil here was very fertile. It was chosen by the players as an experimental field to cultivate crops.
Elves were natural Magic creatures and were one of the many intelligent species of Druids.
Perhaps for ordinary humans, the cultivation of crops was a long process that depended on luck, but for players with Nature Magic, everything could be sped up.
After obtaining some crop seeds from the captured Human caravans, the Salty Meow Guild gave them to the Trade Players under the Guild to accept the relevant side quests and try to cultivate them.
When they were captured, the players received a total of three types of seeds. After identification, they were Mannia Plain Wheat, Mannia Fast Growing Rice, and Ayres Sweet Potato.
Plain Wheat and Fast Growing Rice were the main agricultural products in the Segers World and had a long history of cultivation.
After being identified by the elf Nightingale, who had once lived in human society, the smuggled goods were likely to be the latest crop variety cultivated by the official Magic Association of the Holy Mania Empire, which had been widely spread in human society recently.
The third type, Ayres Sweet Potato, was a bit like the potatoes on the Bluestar, but it was gray in color and tasted sweeter than potatoes.
It was said that this was a foreign crop from another plane. A thousand years ago, before the plane passage was closed, it was introduced to human society by the Legendary Wizards of the Kingdom of Ayres.
Because of the high yield of this crop, it was soon widely planted in human society and was welcomed by the civilians.
However, unlike potatoes, Ayres' potatoes needed seeds to grow.
According to Nightingale's analysis, the potato seeds that the players had seized should be the improved variety of the Kingdom of Ariel!
Thinking about it, it made sense … If it was not a good breed, how could it be valued by the Sauron Caravan and smuggled?
After all, the profits from magical items were higher! Wouldn't smuggling magic items be better?
Only such a rare breed would catch the eyes of smugglers.
Of course, the players had benefited from these items.
The Chinese players were very interested in growing vegetables in the game.
Moreover, although the Elven Forest was rich in resources, almost all of them were fruits and vegetables. There was indeed a lack of staple food.
The people of the Celestial Empire were not used to having no staple food to eat.
Therefore, the players had high expectations for these seeds.
Moreover, unlike reality, there was magic here. The soil of the Elven Forest was extremely fertile, and the air was rich in mana. The growth of plants could be artificially accelerated, and there was no need to wait for a long time.
In just a few days, the players saw results …
In fact, the results were even better than what the players had imagined!
Now … this land had become a field of farmland. Plain wheat, fast-growing rice, and potatoes grew separately.
Moreover, because of the effects of magic, some players had obtained the feces of The Black Dragon Merril, and with the help of the Silver Druid, Basaka the Oak Guard, these crops seemed to have undergone some kind of mutation …
They grew thicker, and their fruits were more plump. Even the sweet potato seemed to have sprouted more lumpy roots …
Under the players' experiments, they found that through various bonuses, the growth of these crops could be increased to a terrifying level!
The fastest fast-growing rice matured in three days, while the latest flatland wheat matured in a week.
One had to know that in human society, even the fastest fast-growing rice would take at least four months to ripen!
Of course, this was because normal humans could not enjoy the bonus of magic. They also did not have the fertile soil and abundant mana of the Elven Forest, not to mention the feces of the Black Dragon …
Not to mention other things, because of the revival of the Yggdrasil, the level of mana in the core area of the Elven Forest was already on a different level from the outside world!
Under these conditions, everything grew well and quickly.
And now, after the players had harvested the first batch of crops, they had chosen better seeds to plant the second or third batch of crops.
After harvesting the crops, the Oak Guard Basaka the Great Druid identified that perhaps due to the abundance of mana in the Elven Forest and the fact that the players had used the Black Dragon's feces, these crops had faintly surpassed the category of normal crops and had a hint of the smell of magical plants …
After eating these crops, there was a certain effect on the absorption of mana!
Although the effect was weak, it was still very impressive.
This made the players sigh again. The Black Dragon was really a treasure!
Of course, only the players had the opportunity to use the Black Dragon's feces as fertilizer …
And this further stimulated the players' enthusiasm for experimenting.
After the successful planting, the new crop seeds quickly spread among the players. Many players used contribution points to purchase some seeds from the Mengmeng Committee and began experimenting in their own courtyards.
They came up with all sorts of strange ideas and began to collect all sorts of magical materials in the Elven Forest to experiment with them as fertilizer. They wanted to see if it would cause the crops to mutate more violently …
Even … some players had their eyes on the Yggdrasil and began to dig the soil around the Yggdrasil, only to be reprimanded by Basaka the Oak Guard.
And on the official forum, the players who participated in the planting gradually summarized the different planting effects according to the progress of their fertilizer experiments.
Needless to say, there really were some effects!
The feces of the Black Dragon could increase the production of crops and increase the quality of the crops. The feces of the Elves could greatly increase the growth rate of the crops. In addition, the soil under some special magical plants in the Elven Forest could mutate the crops to have similar magical characteristics as the plants and a different taste!
Therefore, it was not unreasonable for the players to have their eyes on the soil under the Yggdrasil's roots …
That was the soil where the true gods took root! Divine soil for short!
In fact, some players had secretly obtained some when the NPCs weren't paying attention, and after using it, they were surprised to find that the crops grew wildly! The effect was even better than the feces of the Elves!
And then … even more players began to dig under the Yggdrasil when the NPCs weren't paying attention …
Eve didn't know whether to laugh or cry at the situation. In the end, she set up a magical barrier beneath her so that the soil was immune to the players' digging, and the players finally gave up.
Basaka the Oak Guard was also very satisfied with the players' performance in planting crops.
Hmm … except for those who wanted to dig the soil near the roots of the Yggdrasil …
Basaka was the NPC that Eve had chosen for the [Planting Crops] mission, and was responsible for the entire process of the players' planting.
Due to his sensitive identity, he couldn't join the expansion of the faction, and so stayed in the Elven Forest obediently to help the elves and players develop, doing his job as a druid.
However, Basaka's appearance had changed from before.
Worried that his exposure would cause the Mother Goddess's revival to be noticed, he prayed to Eve and asked her to pass on the transfiguration spell to him. Now, he had transformed into a two-meter-tall, bald elf …
He even looked a little scary.
However, because transfiguration would limit mana, he couldn't use his full power when he transfigured, and so he had to do the logistics obediently.
Basaka was very pleased with the players' enthusiasm for planting crops.
He was also curious as to why the Chosen Ones liked to plant crops like humans. After all, the native elves basically only ate fruits, and the Elven Forest was so rich in produce that they couldn't finish all the fruits, and even if they finished eating them, they would grow again with a spell.
But at least … with the crops, the Chosen Ones hunted less frequently.
In fact, it wasn't that they hunted less, but that there was almost no place to hunt around. Now that the players had gone further away to hunt magical beasts, he wouldn't be able to see them if he stayed in the core area …
The players completed the [Planting Crops] side mission very well.
The related processed products were also quickly sent to the players' dining tables with the help of convenient magic …
The spices collected from the human merchants also inspired the players, and they began to look for similar substitutes in the Elven Forest to use as seasoning.
Soon, the players' talent for cooking was also revealed, and various common Bluestar dishes began to appear in the World of Segers, and some vegetarian dishes even attracted the curiosity and welcome of the native elves …
However, compared to the successful planting, the animal husbandry led by The Black Dragon Merril suffered a setback.
During this time, the Little Black Dragon led some players to mess with the mid-tier magical beasts in the Elven Forest, and every day they searched for magical beast nests to catch their young.
Needless to say, they caught quite a few, but none of them were suitable for taming.
Moreover, magical beasts weren't like plants. Plants were more sensitive to magic and could grow faster in a high-magic environment, but magical beasts weren't so obvious … They were just slightly stronger.
At this time, due to the precedent of planting crops, some players suggested that the Little Black Dragon go to human society to catch some tamed animals, but they were quickly reprimanded by Merril.
"Rua —! Go to human society to catch tamed animals? Do you think that I, Merril, am a robber like the Megalosaurus?! "
Wasn't that the case?
The players recalled the scene of the Black Dragon greedily plundering the treasures of the Orcs and human merchants …
Of course, they could think about it in their hearts.
"But …"
Merril changed the topic and raised his proud dragon head.
"Robbing is impossible, but Merril thinks that we can buy some from human society, but Merril needs the permission of the True God, and … you have to pay for it! You have to give Lord Merril half … no, double the errand fee! Rua —! "
He emphasized the problem of money.
Buy?
The players' eyes lit up.
That was a good idea!
After plundering the Orc tribe and the human mercenaries, the players obtained a lot of common currency in human society. They didn't have much use for it, so they could use it to buy tamed animals.
"Buy tamed animals?"
Eve, who received the Black Dragon's request, was slightly stunned.
She thought about it for a while and agreed.
After signing the master-servant contract and becoming a believer, Merril couldn't run away. Moreover, after knowing his true identity, Merril kept his mouth shut, so there shouldn't be any problem.
But … could he really buy them?
Would he be besieged by the humans as an evil dragon once he appeared?
Of course, Eve didn't discourage him and let him be.
Knowing that the Black Dragon wanted to buy tamed animals from human society, the players were excited and clamored to go together.
But after knowing the distance, they were disappointed.
The nearest human country was seven hundred kilometers away from the core area of the Elf Forest, and the players' range of activity was only three hundred kilometers.
"Sigh … we can only explore after the map of human society has been opened."
The players were a little regretful.
Although the players were regretful that they couldn't explore human society, the door to the Underworld had been opened.
The fastest adventurer players had also entered the mysterious Underworld through the underground caverns …
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