Chapter 18

Translator: Henyee

Reiter smiled. He pointed in a direction. It was to the north of the manor, which was also on his right. “I’m going to build the outer castle field there. Go over and observe the terrain first and think about how to plan it better. I’ll send someone to look for you later to discuss the construction matters.”

Seeing that it was also a flat land, Tardell pondered for a moment and his mind formed a prototype. He nodded and said, “Understood, my lord.”

In the back garden of the castle, there were many types of flowers and plants in the periphery. If it was spring, they would be able to show off their colorful elegance. Now that they were living in the cold wind, thousands of branches were controlled and swayed casually.

Reiter looked around but couldn’t find the butler. As expected, he saw Svieta here.

“Hey Svieta, did you plant all these seeds?” Reiter asked in surprise. He noticed that the magic plant cultivation field had opened up a new area, roughly corresponding to the hundred or so water-element magic plant seeds he had brought.

Svieta was originally admiring the flowers. When he heard the familiar voice, he hurriedly straightened his back and turned around with a smile on his face. “Good morning, Master. Of course, I didn’t plant it. I woke up early and happened to see Young Master Rylei coming out early today. He came to the back garden before breakfast and personally planted some magic plants.”

This way, Reiter was not surprised. He pondered and said, “In that case, after you go down, tell the servants that this place will become a forbidden area of the manor. No one is allowed to come here without my orders.”

Svieta replied, “Understood, sir. I’ll go back and instruct the fruit farmers and gardeners not to set foot in this area.”

Although without the care of servants, family members would have to personally do the planting, watering, and other necessary segments in the future, it was completely worth it to do this when it came to relatively precious mid-level magic plants.

Even other nobles often chose to take care of the more precious magic plants themselves and did not allow servants to approach them casually. Moreover, it did not take much effort to take care of the magic plants. One watering session was enough to support them for many days, or even more than a month.

In the past, low-grade magic plants were planted in the manor, so they were not rare and precious.

Now that the magic plants planted had reached a higher level, and there was also the secret of the snow elf promoting the growth of the magic plants, he naturally had to take measures. It was not suitable to expose it in the short term.

As long as he avoided contact with others, he could plant them in staggered cycles. For example, he could plant and harvest them in batches every year. This way, the magic plants of the same species would mature every quarter. Even if the quantity of goods was considerable in the future, it would be very difficult for outsiders to discover anything abnormal.

Reiter stood beside a magic plant cultivation field and turned to face the butler. Finally, he said, “There’s one more thing. I need you and Tardell to gather the men from the Kurtin Logging Camp and the masons in the territory to build the outer castle field.

“This matter must be carried out seriously. During the construction process, they will mainly listen to the opinions of Tardell and Kurts. After all, the two of them will be the coaches of the Knight Training Ground for the next few days.”

“Understood. I’ll go now.” Svieta said happily and left quickly. When he left, he was happy. Ever since his master returned and his body recovered, the territory had begun to undergo gratifying changes.

“Before you go, inform Rylei to come here,” Reiter ordered after Svieta turned around.

After Svieta left, Reiter looked at the wet black ground in front of his feet.

Including the magic plants that Reiter had planted when he was not around, and the medium-level water-type magic plants that Rylei had planted this morning, there were a total of 557 plants.

Reiter stared at the field, thinking carefully.

Of these 557 plants, 430 had been planted in the past. They were all low-grade magic plants. There were all kinds of plants, and in Reiter’s opinion, their value was mediocre.

For example, water-element Blue Leaf Grass, earth-element Rock Cow Fruit, fire-element Three Leaf Sparks, and so on. The growth cycle was generally six to eight months.

In Reiter’s opinion, the reason why he chose these magic plants back then was definitely because they had a shorter growth cycle and were easier to turn around. These low-grade magic plants planted in the past were about half grown. They stood on the ground tenderly.

The precious magic plant seeds brought by Reiter were generally medium-level magic plants.

In this world, generally speaking, potions of the same level contain more energy.

Medium-grade magic plants could only satisfy the minimum requirements for the main ingredients of low-grade mental power potions or combat aura potions.

Under normal circumstances, low-grade magic plants could only produce things like healing potions, antidotes, and explosive potions. Their value was inferior to mental power potions or combat aura potions of the same level.

And so on. Medium-grade mental strength potions and combat aura potions required magic plants of the above grade as the main ingredients.

Only when one reached the upper level did Reiter hear that an alchemist’s level had to reach an unfathomable level to be able to use several high-level magic plants to refine a high-level mental power potion or combat aura potion.

Reiter’s original plan was to rely on mid-level magic plants to slowly replenish the family’s foundation and at the same time lay the foundation for the strength of the family members.

Although there were no alchemists in his territory at the moment, it didn’t stop him from trading with other alchemists. Some alchemists liked to barter. They would collect a certain amount of magic plants, refine potions, and return them according to the corresponding ratio.

Especially mental power potions or combat aura potions, they were very happy to carry out such transactions.

After all, not all alchemists had a stable channel to obtain magic plants. Why not use such a mutually beneficial method?

Reiter squatted down and closed his eyes to carefully sense the changes in this area of magic plants. After a long while, he opened his eyes and revealed a strange gaze.

“I can’t feel any changes?” Reiter thought to himself. At the same time, he was surprised.

Generally speaking, if he wanted to accelerate the growth of the magic plants, he could use the corresponding essence of a higher level to help.

Regardless of the other elements, Reiter knew that the source of the Water Element Essence was rather complicated. Blood, urine, saliva, tears, secretions, and so on were all possible. However, it might not be the case. It also depended on the specific Magical Beast.

Some Magical Beasts had extremely high production rates, but some Magical Beasts basically did not secrete water-element essence.

In Reiter’s memories, the water essence secreted by a magical beast could increase the growth of a magic plant by about 10% for every level higher. For example, for low-grade magic plants, the water essence of a Class 4 magical beast could increase it by 10%, and the water essence of a Class 5 magical beast could increase it by about 20%, and so on.

However, after using the essence, it would definitely leave behind the corresponding aura and he could feel the rich elements.

On the other hand, Reiter could not feel any changes in this newly opened field. He was very curious. “I wonder how much faster the snow elf helped these water-type magic plants?”

Not long after, Rylei hurried over. He seemed to have guessed the reason why his father asked him to come, and his eyes revealed a hint of joy.

However, he carefully looked around and realized that there was no one around. He spoke first, “Father, aren’t you an Earth Mage? Why don’t you surround these fields to increase your safety?”

Reiter looked at Rylei and nodded thoughtfully. Then, he raised his hands and gathered his aura. He used the earth elements to condense walls and rose from the ground. The scene was extremely magnificent.

However, with his strength, he clearly could not surround these acres of land in one go. Although they were not fully planted, other places were reserved for future water-element magic plants.

When this place was filled, he would definitely find another place to open a new farm.

Half an hour later, Reiter finally completed his mission. The field where the magic plants were planted was surrounded by a three-meter-tall stone wall.

Reiter wiped the sweat from his forehead. It was obvious that this action had exhausted him greatly. He clapped his hands and said, “In the future, only a few people in the family will have the authority to enter and leave this place. Especially you, water mage. The watering task must be on you.” He pointed at Rylei.