Chapter 159: [Guidance]

"I recommend the Taro Fruit among the zero-rank magical plants and the Thorn Fruit among the first-rank magical plants."

Gao De nodded, quite in agreement.

These two magical plants were both relatively resilient in vitality and met the characteristic of having a short growth cycle.

"Then let's go with Taro Fruit and Thorn Fruit; thirty Taro Fruit seeds, and just give me ten Thorn Fruit seeds."

The number of seeds Gao De claimed was also very particular; whether it was zero-rank or first-rank magical plant seeds, he kept them right at the threshold for a full score.

The two types of magical plants complemented each other, ensuring the final grade.

"Good." The Alchemy Department student neatly sifted forty seeds for Gao De and divided them into two cloth bags.

After selecting the seeds, it was time to claim the medicinal field.

"The medicinal fields available for the Magical Plant Cultivation course are all located in Medicinal Garden No. 11; this is specifically opened by the academy for assessment."

The senior student pulled out a plot map of Medicinal Garden No. 11, which showed that the medicinal fields in the garden had been artificially divided into nearly a hundred plots.

A small portion of these medicinal fields had already been marked, indicating they had been claimed.

"These few medicinal fields have only been planted with a few cycles of magical plants, so the fertility is more vigorous." While Gao De was choosing a medicinal field, the Alchemy Department student suddenly winked at Gao De and quietly pointed out a few medicinal fields.

Gao De was slightly puzzled; he didn't know the Alchemy Department student in front of him and couldn't figure out where the other party's "goodwill" came from.

It couldn't be because he saw that he was "kind."

"Chief Shadi specifically instructed to help you choose a good field to help you achieve better grades," seemingly seeing Gao De's confusion, the Alchemy Department student added, "For members of our Mutual Aid Society, this little benefit is still available."

Gao De suddenly realized.

As the chief student of the Alchemy Department, Shadi could naturally cover for Gao De in such a small matter.

Gao De didn't stand on ceremony either; after all, he joined the Mutual Aid Society for its resources.

He directly claimed the one with the best geographical location among the few medicinal fields pointed out by the Alchemy Department student.

After completing the medicinal field claim registration, Gao De brought the forty seeds to the location of his medicinal field.

The soil of the medicinal field had already been cultivated.

It was just that it was exposed to the outside and quite dry; if he wanted the seeds to absorb more fertility and grow faster and better after germination, he had to dig a little deeper.

But if he dug too deep, it would affect seed germination, causing the seeds to suffocate in the soil.

The degree of this was something Gao De had to grasp himself.

Standing in front of his own medicinal field, Gao De's mind stirred, he took a deep breath, and magic energy began to gather.

The next instant, the soil in the medicinal field became soft and compliant, and chunks of dry soil were easily turned over, then moved to the side under the drive of Gao De's will.

As Gao De continued to cast the spell, one pit after another soon appeared in the medicinal field.

A simple application of 【Earth Shaping】.

Three days had passed since he bought the seven spell formulas.

In these three days, Gao De had constructed two spell models in total; one was 【Guidance】, and the other was 【Earth Shaping】, which he had mastered specifically for this moment.

—If, as a magic user, he still had to turn the soil himself, that would be too degrading.

Under the application of the 【Earth Shaping】 spell, the land in the medicinal field had taken on a new look, becoming suitable for cultivation, with each pit turning over the surface soil to a depth of about 5-7 centimeters.

If this were done purely by human labor, it would take at least half an hour, and it would be impossible to control it so precisely. Subsequently, Gao De added some fertilizer to the corresponding pits according to the variety of seeds to further increase fertility, ensuring that there were enough nutrients around each seed to support its early growth.

This step was completed through 【Mage Hand+】.

Sowing was much simpler; sow the seeds in the corresponding pits, and then gently cover them with a layer of fine soil through 【Earth Shaping】, and it was done.

Finally, there was watering; he had to ensure that the water could penetrate to the location of the seeds, while avoiding too much water, which would cause water accumulation; in addition, the water used for watering also had to be specially prepared.

Gao De had no problems completing all of these; he had always been very focused in "class."

Everything was done, and today's work was finished.

However, he would be busy from now on; he needed to come to the medicinal field every day to check the soil moisture and seed germination, as well as weed, watch for pests and diseases, and a pile of other work.

Farming had always been a meticulous job.

On the 16th of the Fog Frost Month, the usage time of Gao De's "account" for the first-rank cultivation room was exhausted again.

This time he threw 20 gold coins directly to secure 80 hours of cultivation room usage time.

It was also on this day that the seeds he planted in the medicinal field began to germinate one after another.

Gao De ran to the medicinal field more and more diligently.

Since the seeds germinated, he had to pay attention to both the fertility issue and the magic power absorption of these magical plant seedlings.

A major characteristic of why magical plants are called magical plants is that their growth requires not only the fertility needed by plants but also the absorption of magic power.

At the same time, a major difference between magical plants and ordinary herbs is that if there is enough magic power, the growth cycle of magical plants will be greatly shortened.

On the 21st of the Fog Frost Month, Gao De successfully constructed the spell models for all seven new spells.

After this, his spell library had expanded to the exaggerated level of 27 zero-circle spells.

It was getting closer and closer to the 35+ cantrips required to awaken a super-tier feat mentioned by Bjorn Otero in his graduation project.

However, although Gao De agreed with what he said about the positive correlation between the number of spells and the strength of the awakened feat, he was skeptical about the number "35."

After all, this was entirely Bjorn Otero's speculation based on very few samples.

In Gao De's view, the difficulty of improvement naturally increases as you go further, and it cannot be calculated proportionally.

Therefore, the number of "35" spells was not secure, and even 40 spells couldn't make him feel at ease.

Gao De's idea was to expand his spell library to over 45 before advancing to a first-circle magic user.

And after mastering all seven new spells, after some thought, Gao De placed the 【Red-Eyed Sparrow】 origin point he had just obtained not long ago onto 【Guidance】.

The function of Guidance is to temporarily and slightly improve performance in a certain skill.

This effect makes it look like just a spell, but in reality, it has a great many effects.

Especially at the Cyrus Academy, learning skills has always been a very important part, so the importance of 【Guidance】 was even more highlighted.

And finally, "Feng Ling Yue Ying" did not disappoint Gao De.

【Guidance+】 (Divination School, 0-circle):

Choose a target to cast this spell, temporarily and slightly improving their performance in the next skill.

Including but not limited to: lock-picking success rate, archery hit rate, item manufacturing success rate. Extra: The blessing of Guidance will no longer be limited to the next skill, but will last for one hour, regardless of how many skill activities the target performs during this process.

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