Chapter 174

Chapter 174 Perseus Eye Lichen

Chapter 174: Perseus’ Eye Lichen

In the evening, in Locke’s second plantation, next to the ten-acre emerald iris lichen magic field that shone like a jewel jungle.

Locke squatted in front of the rootstock of a shield-shaped emerald iris lichen. Under the reflection of the differential magic mirror, he carefully guided the contaminated Super Mandra vine and grafted it onto the emerald iris lichen.

There was a serious clash of wounds between the two.

But Locke carefully used the magic co-frequency cultivation method, just as he had imagined thousands of times on the blueprint, switching different frequencies and using magic energy to change the conflicting magic structure parts.

The wound between the two gradually returned to normal, but occasionally a stream of mucus would suddenly burst out, and the mucus was covered with tiny white foams, but Locke’s expression did not change, and he was still methodically changing the magic frequency in the reflection of the differential magic mirror.

Under Locke’s delicate operation, the two magic plants were quickly grafted, the wounds of the two magic plants healed together, the Super Mandrake Vine showed benign changes, and then the Emerald Iris Lichen variant also showed changes.

I saw that the emerald iris lichen, which had originally turned into a round shield shape, had concentric stripes on its surface. These concentric stripes formed an eye-like pattern, and the white of the eye and the pupil were very lifelike.

“It’s done.” When Locke saw this scene, a hint of joy appeared on his face.

He bent down and cut open the surface of the Emerald Iris Lichen with a utility knife, then dripped the fungal mucus secreted from the surface into the mixed blood of twenty-one common cursed people that he had collected in the Healing Hands treatment room.

After the mucus was dripped into the mixed blood, it was like fire meeting ice and snow. The mixed curse in the mixed blood quickly dissipated. In almost no time, the originally filthy black blood turned into a healthy bright red.

“It worked.” A look of encouragement flashed across Locke’s eyes. “Through grafting, I’ve indeed utilized the Emerald Iris Lichen’s own mechanisms to complete a magical plant mutation.”

“This Emerald Iris Lichen has completely mutated into another type of magical lichen, with its own characteristics and properties.”

“And the mucus secreted on the surface of the fungus has a broad spectrum of resistance to common curses. There are many kinds of curses mixed in the blood, but after touching the mucus, they are all dissipated.” Locke thought.

He took out a [Cursed Stone] from the Star Ring that he had purchased at the Chimera Market before. The appearance of the Cursed Stone was similar to a pebble.

As long as you crush it, you can release the curse that was previously stored in it.

The cursed stone cannot store very powerful curses, so it is generally only used by white wizards for experiments and research.

At this moment, Locke crushed the cursed stone, and the 0.3-ring bleeding curse hidden in it immediately hit the emerald iris lichen variant in the magic field in front of him.

Suddenly, a strange light flowed from the eye pattern on the surface of the Emerald Iris Lichen, and then it actually bounced the curse back, turning it into an emerald green light, which fell into the cursed stone fragments in his hand, completely purifying the remaining curse in it.

Locke’s eyes flashed with excitement.

Previous tests only proved that this Emerald Iris Lichen produced broad-spectrum magic resistance.

But the actual test now proved that this Emerald Iris Lichen did have a certain curse rebound function as expected.

“I saw it in the B-level article I bought before. Grafting the Tifrogens onto a defensive combat magic plant unexpectedly created a slight ability to reflect attack magic.”

“At that time, I guessed that the automatic counterattack feature of the magic vines could be inherited by some defensive magic plants.”

“The author of that article subsequently conducted several experiments, all of which failed. In the article, he made several hypotheses about these failures and the occasional successes he had previously experienced. One of these hypotheses was that his magic power wasn’t precise enough.”

“That’s why all subsequent experiments failed, and why his paper only received a score of 71, a B grade. If he could find a way to increase the success rate, his paper might have been rated A.”

Locke said, “So, following his advice, I repeated the ideal scenario he’d outlined in his article, grafting and cultivating magic vines and defensive magic plants. I also rented the Differential Magic Mirror and the Concentration Monocle.”

“Then, with the help of the Deep Sapphire Diamond, I enhanced the accuracy of my magic power and weakened the magical conflict between the Super Mandrake Vine and the Emerald Iris Lichen. It actually worked.”

A glint of satisfaction flashed in Locke’s eyes. He had only wanted to give it a try, after all, it was the last magical plant curse, and the other party had actually cursed his own creation, the Super Mandrake Vine.

Then I can use the Super Mandrake Vine to complete the experiment hypothesized in the article I bought.

Who knew that it would allow him to take a step further and cultivate a defensive magic plant that was slightly beyond his expectations.

“The Lilith Hut, or the article system within the White Wizard Society, is indeed very meaningful.”

Locke pondered, “If I hadn’t purchased those six B-level articles, even if I could create a defensive magic plant, it would have taken me much longer, and the results would definitely not be as good as they are now.”

“That article gave me a lot of inspiration.”

“I need to rethink a name for this new species of lichen.” Locke pondered. “It’s a pity that this magical plant has already been classified as level 7 in the synthetic Rubik’s Cube.”

“Maybe it’s because its original Emerald Iris Lichen is a Level 7 synthetic plant.”

Locke recalled the story of Perseus using his shield to deflect Medusa’s petrification curse from ancient Greek mythology in his previous life, and said, “Then let’s call it the Eye of Perseus Lichen.”

“This mutant lichen looks like a shield and also has a certain magical counterattack ability.”

“It does fit in perfectly with the myth. After all, I’m the original creator, so I can call it whatever I want. I don’t need to worry about others. I don’t quite understand the meaning of the name Eye of Perseus.”

“Next, we’ll use this combat magic plant to conduct further actual combat data testing, write a report, and then participate in the custom magic plant competition held by the combat department within half a month.”

Locke thought, “If I can make it into the top three, I can earn myself another centralized procurement order from the academy.”

“Furthermore, since I can replicate the experiments hypothesized in that B-level article, I can continue to delve deeper into this field. This way, I should be able to write my first A-level article in Lilith’s Hut.”

A-level articles can earn you more contribution points and greater honor, and contribution points mean you can exchange them for the opportunity to enter the wizard’s secret realm.

Honor will bring you more conveniences, and you can also obtain many Lilith House titles and additional rewards.

(End of this chapter)