Chapter 44

Chapter 44 Grafting Cultivation

Inside the magic plant cultivation room.

Locke and Sophia stood at the door of the breeding room. It was then that Locke discovered that this breeding room was much larger than he had imagined. The internal space was as big as a small castle, and there were endless fields all over it.

There are so many magical plants here that it’s like a garden.

Locke stood at the entrance and saw the several acres of magical plant fields closest to him. “There are chicken blood vines, soul-dwelling irises, boiling blood berries… and even the expensive holy blood roses.”

Locke exclaimed at the scene before him: an acre of pale golden sacred roses with pure golden petals, pale golden glimmers flowing through the veins, and stamens that looked like miniature holy grails.

Holy Blood Roses are extremely valuable, and their materials can be used to make a variety of precious potions. The dark elf Sassari mentioned in his All Things class that any wizard apprentice who possessed half an acre of Holy Blood Roses would be rich.

The Holy Blood Rose can even be used to make longevity potions and is sought after by many wizards, especially those whose lifespan is about to end.

Witch Sophia glanced at Locke and said, “How do you feel now?”

Locke was stunned for a moment, and then he felt that after entering this breeding room, he felt some weakness in his limbs and felt a little dizzy, but if he did not feel it carefully, these slight feelings would not be enough to attract his attention for a while.

Locke expressed his feelings truthfully.

Witch Sophia said, “Well, this is normal.”

“There are many first-ring level magical plants here. The concentration of magical pressure here is extremely high, far exceeding the concentration of magical pressure that can be generated in the natural environment.”

“If you weren’t a second-class wizard apprentice, I wouldn’t even take you into this place. Otherwise, you would die, Locke.”

Locke saluted Sophia the Witch with awe. “Thank you for the reminder, teacher.”

Witch Sophia said, “Before you become a first-class wizard apprentice, try not to stay in this place for more than three hours.”

“After every three hours, you must leave this place and stay in a normal magic pressure environment for at least one hour.”

“Otherwise, your soul will still suffer some chronic damage.”

Locke asked doubtfully, “Teacher, will the magic pressure harm the wizard’s soul?”

“Of course,” said Witch Sophia, “but explaining it clearly would be too complicated, and that’s not our purpose today.”

“Come with me.”

Witch Sophia took Locke to an acre of magic vines. In this plant room, there were actually elves with petal wings flying.

These elves are taking care of the magical plants in this plant room.

It seems that because of racial reasons, they are much less affected by the magic pressure than Locke himself.

Of course, Locke also had another guess – that his teacher, Witch Sophia, only used these elves as consumables, so there was no need to worry about whether they had suffered chronic soul damage.

As her number one student, I will not sit idly by and watch my soul suffer chronic damage, thus affecting my future.

Witch Sophia pointed to the acre of Thymeleaf vines in front of them and said, “Locke, you’re lucky. I just became a formal wizard not long ago, so the plant room isn’t that dangerous yet. Most of the magical plants here are first-class apprentice-level magical resources.”

“That’s why I also planted an acre of Tifrogane vines here.”

“You can use these vines to practice, but you can only use them in this place and not for anything else.”

Witch Sophia said, “Assistant breeders must at least master the most basic breeding method—grafting.”

Witch Sophia bent down and selected two Tivro vines. One was thicker, and the other was brighter green. She said, “Grafting is the process of grafting a bud or branch from one magical plant onto another.”

“Use the healing mechanism of injured plants to artificially cultivate the magical plants we desire.”

Witch Sophia brushed her palm across a Tivro vine, breaking its roots, and then brushed her palm across another Tivro vine, breaking its branches.

Then, she used a bamboo stick to insert the roots and branches of the two Tivro vines respectively, connecting the two, and then chanted a spell. Under the effect of the spell, the roots and branches of the two Tivro vines grew together.

After doing all this, Witch Sophia buried the Tivro root vine, which she had modified through grafting, in the soil, and also buried it with high-grade fast-growing hormone gel.

Under the effect of the advanced fast-growing agent gel, this Tivro root vine grew at an astonishing speed and soon became brand new and was reborn.

Witch Sophia pointed at the new Tivrogen vine and asked, “What did you see?”

Locke thought for a moment and said, “This grafted Tivro root vine has the characteristics of both original Tivro root vines.”

“Teacher, the grafting method allows us to obtain the desired characteristics of magical plants and improve their performance.”

Witch Sophia said, “Good, you noticed.”

“Locke, you have very keen observation skills.”

Witch Sophia said, “This is the most basic breeding method, but don’t think I did it so easily.”

“If it were you, this grafted magical plant would wither and die. This is because grafting has three difficulties.”

Locke perked up. “Teacher, please go ahead.”

Witch Sophia said, “First, grafting two plants requires the cambium layers of the two plants to be precisely aligned, otherwise the healing will fail.”

“Secondly, the stability of mana is extremely high. This is the first point to note. For the two to heal successfully, the accuracy and precision of mana is required.”

“Third, you need to learn a basic trick to complete this grafting and cultivation method.”

Witch Sophia handed Locke a magic book. “Again, you only have the right to learn it, so you can’t show it to others.”

Locke took the book and took a look at it. The title of this magic book was Trick [Secondary Grafting Healing].

This spell creates a healing mechanism between different plants, forcing the healing mechanism to occur between two plants.

That is, a peach tree branch is grafted onto a vine, and using this magic model, the vine and the peach tree branch are forced to heal and become one plant.

In other words, in the later stages of grafting cultivation, after becoming proficient, you can even graft completely different types of plants.

Using this method, you can make your magic plant obtain the characteristics you want.

Witch Sophia said to Locke, “The Tivro root vine was obtained by an excellent breeder who grafted a Mandrake vine onto the root of a Tivro cactus.”

“Besides, even if the plant heals successfully, it’s not certain whether it will develop the traits you want. It’s also not certain whether it will survive.”

“Therefore, we are accustomed to using fast-growing gel to accelerate the growth of plants. And fast-growing gel can increase the survival rate of the transformed magical plants.”

“Locke, you still have a lot to learn.”

“Until you pass the Breeder’s Assistant exam, you’ll have to stay in the patrol for now. However, it’s not a bad thing for young people to gain some experience.”

(End of this chapter)