Chapter 26 is a completely accidental and extremely tense and exciting event.
Shu Xin felt ashamed. What kind of "creation" was this? It was just a complete accident!
To understand this, we need to rewind the timeline a bit—
After planting the ground grass by the Sun Spring, Shu Xin would regularly check on its growth, but the actual situation differed somewhat from what the shepherd had said.
The ground grass is indeed a plant that loves sunlight. The seeds that the flower fairy servants scattered in sunny spots quickly sprouted into tender shoots.
The creeping lichens that stretched out in a continuous green expanse by the Sun Spring looked to be growing well. The problem was that even after so much time had passed, that green expanse remained just as green, without producing even a single new flower.
Mu Maishi once said, "The better the sunshine, the more flowers will bloom!"
Shu Xin could understand. While Earthgrass does love sunlight, it doesn't mean that Earthgrass only needs sunlight. Plants in the magical world definitely need to absorb a certain amount of magic to grow normally.
In this land of sin where magic is so scarce that several lords have died, the fact that the Earthweed could successfully sprout is probably thanks to the many efforts she made to improve the magical environment after arriving.
Moreover, although the sun is bright and clear to the naked eye, and the weather is always sunny, if you use detection magic, all you can see is a thick black fog!
However, there is good news: in the field of vision of the detection magic, the faint light emitted by the Tree of Life is getting brighter and brighter.
If the initial light of the Tree of Life was as faint as the tail light of a dying firefly, or the bioluminescence of seaweed torn apart by the waves, then the current light is more like a small lamp on a table with a windproof cover, or a distant beam of light from a lighthouse at sea. Although it is still dim, it no longer makes people feel that it will go out at any moment.
Although Shu Xin's plan to distribute "petal skirts" to the flower fairy slaves to cover their bodies fell through, she would still come to see this lush green meadow every day, trying to find other uses for the ground grass.
What Shu Xin regrets the most is that the Earthgrass growing in the Land of Sin is completely inedible. The Earthgrass in the Wheat Village is not only sweet in juice but also full of magic, while the Earthgrass by the Sun Spring has no taste at all. It contains even less magic than Bitter Wheat!
That day, Shu Xin made over a dozen more Poké Balls for the flower fairy slaves, and her mental and physical exhaustion far exceeded that of usual. In order to better recover her energy, she was extremely tired and did not sit quietly as usual—while reviewing the various spells in Shu Shu Xin's memory—but went straight back to her bedroom and lay down for a short rest.
When Shu Xin woke up and opened her eyes, it was already midnight.
Although still exhausted, Shu Xin left the Flower Castle and headed to the Sun Spring to study the Ground Grass again.
If we can't find any other uses for it, we'll just level it and turn it into green manure tomorrow, Shu Xin thought to herself as she rubbed her still slightly aching temples. Anyway, there are still quite a few grass seeds we brought back, so it's not too late to plant them after the magical environment has been completely improved.
The flower fairy servants had moved out of the wheat field and into the underground warehouse of the Flower Castle. It was quiet all around, and Shu Xin could only hear her own footsteps. She felt like she hadn't rested well and was a little dizzy, so her steps were unsteady.
In fact, it was precisely because the servants had already moved into the Flower Castle that Shu Xin sped up the production of the semi-circular spirit balls. She wanted the flower fairy slaves to also have a place to live. As a result, she got too busy and exhausted herself to the point of feeling dizzy and seeing stars.
A gentle breeze caressed my face, and the night was peaceful.
This land seemed to have fallen into a deep, sweet dream.
The three full moons hanging high in the sky gently draped the flower fairies wandering on the green grass by the spring with a veil of moonlight.
The long, white-purple hair that reached her ankles fell down as her body swayed in a daze, the ends of the hair gently brushing the surface of the water, creating ripples like scattered silver.
Shu Xin, who was crouching down to pull up a creeping plant, was completely unaware of what was happening. She was struggling with the overly delicate leaf strands, trying to use her weak fingers to pull the incredibly tough leaf strands and the entire plant from the ground.
The tenacious ground grass remained motionless, and the tenacious Shu Xin persisted to the end, using both hands and feet, trying to pull off a miracle with sheer force—
Thump! Splash!
Shu Xin successfully pulled up the ground grass, and also successfully threw herself into the Sun Spring.
The icy spring water splashing onto her cheeks brought Shu Xin back to her senses, and the sharp pain between her eyebrows finally made her realize that her condition seemed to be worse than she had imagined.
Immersed in the cold water, Shu Xin felt the intense presence of the Flower Fairy's wings for the first time—the bone-chilling cold emanating from the Sun Spring water was relentlessly invading through the wings on her back, penetrating her limbs and bones with unparalleled force. Shu Xin felt as if a layer of ice was about to form on the surface of her skin!
Perhaps driven by a strong will to survive, Shu Xin instinctively flapped her wings. Facing the moonlight, she broke through the water and flew ashore with incredible speed and lightness.
After regaining her footing, Shu Xin thought she would shiver from the cold, but to her surprise, the terrifying chill vanished instantly. If it weren't for the fact that her clothes were still dripping wet, she would have thought it was just her imagination.
There's definitely something wrong with the water in Taiyangquan!
Shu Xin glanced at the smooth, mirror-like surface of the water, where the three flawless full moons were clearly reflected. She raised her hand to rub her throbbing temples, only to find that she was still tightly clutching a root grass in her hand.
Seeing the creeping grass, Shu Xin couldn't help but laugh. But when she tried to pick it up, she found that her clenched fist couldn't be opened properly, as if her fingers were stuck to something.
"By soaking the roots of the Earthgrass in the water of the Sun Spring, and then mixing it with the fine sand under the Tree of Life, you can obtain this highly viscous magical material!"
Fast forward to the present, Shu Xin heard Peng Peng An's excited voice ringing in her ears, and glanced at the white clod of earth he was holding high. She couldn't help but clench her fingers and silently looked away.
Although the process was a bit tortuous, the result was quite good; it led to the discovery of a new use for creeping violet (Groinella seseloides)...
Peng Peng'an proudly proclaimed, "I've already tested it, and it also has a very strong magical barrier! We can use this magical material to build a magic workshop!"
Nono asked a series of questions cautiously: "What about its lifespan? Will its viscosity gradually decrease and eventually fail? We don't have the workshop blueprints, Peng Peng An. If we find places that need to be repaired during the construction process, is this kind of magical material you mentioned easy to disassemble and handle?"
Shu Xin clenched her fingers again, as if she could still recall the feeling of clay residue on her fingertips. She casually explained:
"It should be quite easy to disassemble. Once the moisture evaporates, the clay will become very hard, and then you can use cutting magic or crushing magic to deal with it."
That's how she handled it. Whether she used cutting magic on her fingers or shattering magic on her palms, it was undeniably thrilling.
Shu Xin: ...It was really tense and exciting.
A note from the author:
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Pigeon ball: The principle of leveling and fertilizing the soil by shoveling the grass can be roughly compared to returning straw to the field.
Shu Xin's handmade, otherworldly version of a super miniature, half-sized residential Poké Ball [?] does indeed consume very little magic power. In contrast, setting up a miniature garden magic within such a tiny hemisphere consumes a great deal of mental energy!
To use a game character's status bar as an analogy, vitality corresponds to the health bar, mana to the blue bar, and spirit to the green bar.
When your mana bar is empty, you can't cast spells; when your health bar is empty, you're dead. The automatic regeneration speed and maximum values of your green, mana, and health bars are all directly proportional. When your green bar is empty, your health bar will start to deduct. If it's empty too many times, it will directly deduct the maximum value of your health and mana bars. In other words, you're getting a demotion gift pack...
In other words, Shu Xin doesn't use magic to make Poké Balls by hand, but it takes a lot of her life!
Shu Xin doesn't understand magic, but she knows how to balance work and rest. Whenever she feels tired, she will take a break, so she has never made any mistakes. This time, she overdrawn her mental energy in order to meet the deadline, but she will definitely not do that again in the future.
Everyone, please remember to get some rest! Being able to eat well, sleep well, and laugh out loud are truly three very important things in life! Wishing everyone good food, good drink, good sleep, and lots of smiles!
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