Chapter 169 Is the discovery of a magic gem mine really normal?! ...
They can write "one, two, three," but why can't they remember "four" and "five"? Do those two characters look that similar? Huh? Shu Xin was practically crumpling the reed paper in her hand. If she hadn't given them a good whack, they would have just found it amusing. Shu Xin really wanted to give them a good whack one by one.
Stepping out of the teleportation array, Shu Xin was not surprised at all to see a large group of demons surrounding the stove. Without asking, she knew they were still cooking, washing every single vegetable leaf eight hundred times.
Today we're supposed to make asparagus and fish soup; Shuxin can smell the aroma of asparagus and lake fish.
Because asparagus is delicious and can grow back after being harvested, Shuxin specially reserved a piece of land by the artificial lake to grow asparagus. Now, there is another dish on the flower fairies' table.
When it comes to eating, Shu Xin used to eat with a spoon and fork like the flower fairies. Now that there's not so much to do in the territory, she made a tube of chopsticks to use—chopsticks are so much more convenient!
The result might be that because she had been using chopsticks, Xi followed suit. Before delivering the petal cloak to the Snow Clan, he was already proficient in using chopsticks. Then Nonoli and Pengpengan also started learning to use them. Later, the flower fairies also started using chopsticks. Now, the demon standing in front of the big pot on the stove is also holding a pair of big, long chopsticks and stirring the soup.
Shu Xin didn't know why he was stirring the soup with chopsticks, and she didn't want to ask. She stuffed the reed paper into the space stone, then took her magic wand and went to water the newly planted land.
The newly opened plots in the planting area are now planted with a kind of glowing mushroom. The cloud-shaped caps, layered together, are somewhat like Ganoderma lucidum, but the color is a rather brilliant and vibrant blue-purple, which looks like it is poisonous. However, it is actually a rare magical plant with a strong detoxifying effect.
The flower fairies call it the Detoxifying Mushroom, a very simple and unadorned name. Shu Xin originally thought the flower fairies would call it the Cloud Mushroom, probably because its color is not white!
The reason why this detoxifying mushroom is so precious and rare is actually because its growing environment is quite unusual. It only grows in a dark, lightless environment that is full of magic, warm and humid, and also highly toxic. If any of these conditions are not met, it will be difficult for it to grow. Such a geographical environment is indeed not common under normal circumstances.
The flower fairies bought the mushroom spores at the Wind Market. Shu Xin initially scattered them in the experimental field on the ground, and this was the only one that failed to sprout.
Later, Shu Xin went to ask the Tree of Life and learned that this kind of mushroom has very strict requirements for its growth environment. But when Shu Xin thought about it carefully, wasn't the dungeon of the Land of Sin a perfect fit?
The underground planting area is absolutely dark without any lighting. The magical, warm, and humid conditions, even if slightly different, can be achieved through miniature garden magic. As for the poison, the demons in the dungeon are all poisonous by nature!
The antidote mushrooms did indeed thrive under the influence of the demons' highly poisonous magic.
Previously, Shu Xin had been worried that the toxins carried by the demons might accidentally harm the flower fairies. Now that the antidote mushroom had appeared, she felt a little more at ease, so she started to try to assign the demons more ground-based tasks—the demons were all very enthusiastic in order to avoid studying.
After carefully watering the mushroom field, making sure the soil beneath the mushrooms was so moist you could squeeze water out of it, Shu Xin put away her magic wand, took out a reed paper, and flew expressionlessly toward the large group of demons still gathered around the stove.
Seeing the Flower Fairy flying menacingly towards them, the two demons ran happily toward the mushroom field, while the rest of the demons scattered in a panic.
The demons, running wildly towards the mushroom field, were responsible for providing the antidote mushrooms with toxins today. They were overjoyed to be exempt from class.
Inside the large pot on the stove, fish slices and asparagus were bubbling in the soup, but it was obvious that they had just been put in. Clearly, the demons hadn't eaten lunch again today.
The cooks, Lilia and Ananna, only appeared after the demons dispersed. The two elves seemed quite used to the scene. Ananna went to fetch more fish slices and threw them all into the pot, while Lilia picked up a jar and started sprinkling seasoning powder into the pot. It seemed that the demons would be eating asparagus and fish soup tonight.
Herding the demons like sheep into an open space, Shu Xin frowned and began the lesson. But just as she used illusion magic to enlarge the Chinese characters they were to learn that day and smash them onto the demons' heads, she faintly heard shouts and screams coming from the mushroom field—
"By the Demon God! What level of magic gem is this?!"
"Mmm, mmm, it's delicious! You should try some!"
"I love this color! My cave would look even better if it were filled with gems like this!"
Shu Xin: …………
She cast a wide-range freeze spell to immobilize the restless demons on the open ground below, and then teleported to the mushroom field. However, she didn't see the two demons who were supposed to be watering the antidote mushrooms in the field. She frowned, released a detection spell, and quickly found a deep hole leading down to the bottom at the dark edge of the mushroom field.
...She had no idea when the demons had dug a hole in the mushroom field. Sure enough, she hadn't done enough work!
Upon landing, Shu Xin discovered that the cave entrance was covered with several layers of illusion and illusion magic. She sneered and didn't bother to break through these overlapping and messy spells. In the Flower Fairy's detection magic vision, the demons below had a strong presence, like two high beams in the night sky, and their spatial coordinates were naturally exposed. Shu Xin drew her staff and cast a teleportation spell on herself.
"Keep your voice down! You were talking so loudly just now, what if someone heard you!" The demon who had punched his companion to the ground warned in a low voice.
"We've discovered magic gems! I never imagined there would be magic gem mines underground."
“Yes, yes, we can—” The demon, who had been speaking subconsciously, was brought back to her senses by the horrified look on her companion’s face. She slowly turned around and saw the radiant Flower Fairy in the dark cave.
"You can come and mine from now on," the Flower Fairy said with a forced smile.
Thanks to the demons' diligent mining efforts, the pale yellow ore, which the Tree of Life called the Magic Gem, was continuously delivered to the Flower Castle.
It looks somewhat like citrine, but its texture and luster are more like jade. It is essentially the same as the magic gem that Shu Xin used before, which was formed from pure magic. However, artificially formed magic gems are more like crystals, and their colors are all non-attribute and translucent. This naturally formed magic gem is more like jade, and its color itself is a symbol of the magic attribute.
These pale yellow magic gems are formed from natural earth-elemental magic.
Upon learning this, Shu Xin was more surprised than happy. She was once again shocked by the magic of the magical world. Magic gems could be formed naturally? It was like RMB growing out of the ground!
Calming down, Shu Xin convinced herself that in her original world, gold and silver were used as currency in ancient times. Silver and gold both grew from the ground. Silver mines produced silver, gold mines produced gold, and magic gem mines produced magic gems. It was perfectly normal!
Is this really normal?!
In any case, discovering a magic gem mine underground in the dungeon is still a joyous occasion. From now on, the Land of Sin has truly achieved magic freedom. Those two demons who were digging holes for fun should each be rewarded with a month's supply of nut candies and five different colored petal cloaks, but they still have to copy the words they were supposed to copy a hundred times.
Under normal circumstances, this magic gem mine is unlikely to be discovered. After all, even if someone were to reach the depth of the underground lake for some reason, no one would expand the underground space where the lake is located in all directions, let alone continue digging deeper underground. Only demons would be looking for trouble...
Afterwards, Xi returned from the Snow Clan with good news. The Snow Clan accepted the petal cloak that Xi had brought, gave him a lot of snow dragon fruit, and made a custom request. They said they liked the cloaks made of magical fabric from the leaves of the Tree of Life, but they hoped that the lining would not be made of petals from the Earthgrass, but rather branches from the snow dragon fruit.
Xi readily agreed and brought back the snow dragon fruit branches provided by the Snow Clan, along with all the money they had prepaid.
All that was needed was to make one hundred cloaks lined with snow dragon fruit branches. The Snow Clan not only paid for a huge amount of snow dragon fruit, but also wiped out the previous debts for snow dragon fruit, and didn't even make any demands regarding the production time!
Shu Xin truly felt the weight of the statement, "The Snow Clan are the River Spirits' eternal friends."
With the magic gem mine and countless snow dragon fruits, there is a sufficient reserve of magic power, and large-scale transfer magic can be released normally. Therefore, Shu Xin once again put the functional area division of the Sinful Land on the agenda.
After holding several meetings with Nonori and Pengpengan in the restaurant, Shuxin collected the opinions of the servants in the Flower Castle one by one. She also used confusion magic to ask the flower fairies, commoners, and slaves about their ideas for the future of the Land of Sin. Finally, Shuxin did not forget the demons. She also used confusion magic to visit the dungeon and carefully inquired about the different requirements and preferences of the demons for their dwellings.
When Shu Xin asked about Lan Jiao, her disguise was exposed. The latter was quite excited and volunteered that she could not only help the lord plan the new layout of the Land of Sin, but also completely entrust the specific construction project to her for follow-up and control. She swore to the demon god that she could build the Land of Sin exactly the same as the blueprints.
Shu Xin thought of the miniature version of the city lord's mansion that Lan Jiao had perfectly replicated using underground caves, and immediately nodded vigorously.
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Author's note: Mushrooms aren't actually plants, they're fungi, but calling them magical fungi sounds a bit strange [scratching head]... In the story, they're referred to as magical plants.
The "magic gem" on the continent of Lefra is actually the "magic essence gem" on the continent of Dehongspo in "Elf Farmer". It is set in a world with extremely high magic, where the magic power on each continent is so abundant that it can naturally condense into high-density entities and appear in the form of large-area mineral veins.
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