Chapter 38: New job?

The delivery day agreed with Dolly is still some time away.

Although the seeds and such haven't arrived yet.

But Luo De wasn't idle either.

Besides the daily routine of teasing A De Ba Yi, most of his time was spent preparing for the next round of trial planting.

Kantisi's side acted quickly.

After the order was placed, it only took two days for the first batch of cages used to confine the grass slimes to be completed.

What Luo De has been doing these days is placing the juvenile grass slimes that he and Dixiya brought into the cages, burying them all underground at set intervals.

This is data from the experiment report given by Tinari, saving Luo De much trial-and-error hassle.

Don't look down on grass slimes just because they are elemental lifeforms.

Raising them is still quite troublesome.

Unlike other elemental lifeforms, juvenile grass slimes don't like staying on the ground; they prefer to burrow, and lush, moist soil rich in vegetation is their ideal habitat. Only when the surrounding environment is unsuitable do they actively release grass elemental energy to begin modifying their surroundings.

Because the juvenile grass slimes' ability to modify the environment is limited.

Therefore, when burying them underground, they must not be buried too deep, lest the grass elemental energy they release fail to affect the surface environment.

Because they like water and plants.

At the same time, they need a large amount of water and green plants to replenish their stamina.

In order to raise these little ones well,

After careful measurement, Luo De also went to the village to apply for an irrigation canal.

A Ru Cun indeed does not lack water.

However, if one wants to use water privately, they must obtain the village's consent and cannot arbitrarily modify the irrigation canal.

This irrigation canal was dug by Luo De himself.

The mercenaries of the Blazing Light Hunt helped dig the irrigation canal as a branch.

Many hands make light work.

In just one day, the irrigation canal and the branch canals around the land were all dug out.

The following two days.

The bricks and stones to fix these canals were also all laid.

The problem of needing a large amount of irrigation water was basically resolved by this point.

The coming time.

Luo De then went to buy several carts of sunset fruits, mint and similar fruit plants.

These are plants very common in the Sumeru region; even in the desert area, their price is not high, and they make excellent feed for raising the grass slimes.

Chop these green fruits and vegetables into small pieces, mix them evenly, then scatter them over the land where the slimes are buried, and afterwards let water flow.

After that, the operations become simple.

Feed them every three hours, day and night, until these grass slimes have completely transformed the land.

Fortunately, Luo De is now full of energy; if it were someone else, just using grass slimes to remodel the land would be enough to exhaust them.

While waiting for the grass slimes to transform the land,

Luo De calculated all the costs of land renovation, etc., compiled them into a detailed table, and also wrote several experimental reports on farming, burying slimes, and soil improvement.

The reason it's several copies is

because he needs to fabricate an experimental procedure.

to turn the technique of planting crops after land renovation into his own achievement.

Although this carries the suspicion of academic fraud, it is a shortcut; Luo De must fabricate such an experimental result of his own in order to enter the Academy.

Sitting on the drainage canal, Luo De clenched his fist, drew back the flame in his palm, and sighed.

"Indeed, I can't improve any further."

This period has been very busy.

Yet he hasn't forgotten his daily practice of martial arts and honing his elemental energy.

That ice Vision is temporarily unusable.

But this gives him more time to study this fire Vision.

What Dixiya said earlier is correct.

Even the use of different elemental energies has a certain mutual compatibility.

Moreover, what Dixiya uses happens to be a fire Vision.

With her help and her experience using the ice Vision,

Luo De picks it up quickly.

In just a few days, he can already skillfully wield fire elemental energy in combat.

Just like with that ice Vision, early progress is swift, but eventually it is inevitable to hit a bottleneck like other Vision holders.

The temperature he can control has once again reached a limit.

Just as when he previously studied that ice Vision, it seems he has reached a threshold where no matter how he operates, he cannot advance further.

This is also why Luo De decided to try taking the Academy entrance exam.

Knowledge is power.

Having learned sufficient knowledge is very beneficial for enhancing his development of the Vision.

Dixiya has a saying that is quite right.

【"Burying oneself in hard work alone ultimately isn't as convenient and swift as following the shortcut summed up by predecessors."】

Of course.

If Luo De continues to delve deeper into his studies for a while, he also has confidence that he can figure out how to break through this current bottleneck.

But since there is a shortcut we can take.

Then why waste this time?

Furthermore.

The Academy is one of Teyvat's oldest organizations dedicated to research.

Although over the years, due to the death of the previous Dendro Archon, knowledge has stagnated.

A skinny camel is still bigger than a horse.

Even if the Academy has made no progress in five hundred years, its foundation remains, and it is still one of the organizations representing Teyvat's academic representation.

"Let's first think about what's at hand."

He pinched out the flame in his hand, Luo De stood up, took out an experiment log, and carefully inspected the newly opened experimental field one by one.

The effect of the Dendro Slime is still quite good.

Compared to the experimental field in the house he previously rented, the soil quality of this land is obviously much better.

The most obvious manifestation.

It's that the soil here is sticky, not the kind that remains loose after being watered.

Especially in the area where the Dendro grid and willow twigs were used, the soil feels better.

Luo De was very satisfied with this.

As for why Tighnari previously said that the effect of the Dendro Slime in his experiments was not as desired.

Actually, the reason is quite simple.

What Tighnari meant by 'not as desired' was in comparison to the rainforest area, and in comparison to the effect of the Fertility Blessing.

And in fact.

Even without the Fertility Blessing, the crop growth effect in the rainforest area is far beyond what the desert region can match.

Therefore, don't think that the modification effect of the juvenile Dendro Slime is considered ordinary in the eyes of the Academy's scholars.

But in the desert, in A Ru Cun.

This is already a satisfactory result.

Moreover, the cost of using Dendro Slimes is not high either.

If conditions allow, one can go to the rainforest area to catch them oneself; if not convenient, one can ask Duoli to buy them, since she sells anything, as long as Mora is provided, she can get anything for you.

Feeding Dendro Slimes is even simpler.

As long as there is water and food, it's fine.

They are easy to keep alive.

The cheapest fruits and vegetables will do, the only condition being that they are fresh.

However, once the land improvement is completed, there will no longer be a need for Dendro Slimes to consume such a large amount of Dendro elemental energy; at that point, the feeding interval can be extended considerably, to once or twice a day, or even not at all.

Another plot of land for raising Quicksand Eels has also been almost ready.

After a couple of days, when Dixiya and the others bring back the Quicksand Eels, we can start putting them to use.

"Now we only need Duoli's side."

After finishing the work at the experimental field, Luo De packed up his things and returned to his new house.

Before he could even enter the door.

He saw Kantisi guarding outside the door.

"Has the custom-made cage arrived?"

Luo De smiled and went up to meet her.

The cages for raising Mushroom Pigs and smoked chicken were not yet ready, and he thought Kantisi had come to deliver the cages.

But after looking around, he found that only Kantisi had come.

Before Luo De could even ask.

Kantisi then said: "No, this time I came to discuss another matter with you."

Then.

She stared at Luo De's face and said word by word: "I want to arrange a new job for you."

(End of chapter)