Chapter 107: Return to the Brass City
Chapter 107: Return to the Brass City
This journey went pretty smoothly, with just a trivial incident in between.
Hua Mi returned home with collected seeds and the unexpected prey.
If there was something valuable on the griffon, it was its "Sound Organ."
Located in its throat, it produced highly penetrating sonic waves that had a stunning effect on targets. If one's mental power wasn't high enough, a single roar could easily induce a blank state of mind, allowing the griffon to dive in for a fatal attack.
Hua Mi sliced open its throat and retrieved the Sound Organ.
About the size of a walnut, it was wrinkled on the surface, highly elastic, rich in wind elements, and a commonly used alchemical material.
Similar to the various body parts of the Shifter Beast before, it was preserved by freezing for now.
These were all genuinely useful resources. Even if he didn't use them himself, he could trade them for money.
The other body parts of the griffon held no significant value.Embark on an adventure to the origins at Nøv€lß¡n#★
Hua Mi simply tossed them into the compost well in the greenhouse.
The primary tasks ahead were greenhouse expansion and breeding the Mirage Flowers.
After about a week, the purchased materials started arriving bit by bit, and Hua Mi promptly put them all into the well.
No need to worry about waste; the excess would be stored in the material storage for future use. As long as the greenhouse existed, these materials wouldn't disappear. So, without calculating usage, he could simply go all-in.
Hua Mi expanded the greenhouse by two more areas on the original basis, making the total area inside about 40 mu.
These two new areas comprised a Mirage Flower zone and a mixed zone of Mirage Flowers and Feathered Attires.
Currently, he had roughly over twenty thousand Mirage Flower seeds on hand, and Hua Mi decided to plant this portion first.
When gathering seeds in the canyon, he specifically observed the distances between the remains of Mirage Flowers on the ground, estimating the planting intervals for this flower.
Quite large.
It could be said to have the largest planting interval among the several flower types he had.
Planting over twenty thousand Mirage Flower seeds took up nearly 4 mu of land.
At this rate, continuing the breeding process at the original speed would fill this field area after one more round.
As for the mixed zone on the other side, it required only half the number of Mirage Flower seeds.
"In another two weeks or so, the planting work for the new field area should be done."
Expanding the flower fields meant the bee colony had to keep up.
Hua Mi purchased a total of 89 regular Chinese bees in batches from several different suppliers.
Why 89? Because he had one regular Chinese bee colony left.
It just rounded up neatly to a total of 90, satisfying his OCD tendencies.
Out of these 90 regular bees, he converted 60 into Power Bees, 10 into Azure Flame Bees, and 10 into Bloodsucker Bees.
The 60 Power Bees and 10 Azure Flame Bees were all used for honey collection in the new field area, divided equally.
Hua Mi turned to look.
"..."
Beside the original Nuwa King statue in the square, there was now an additional statue.
A human figure in robes, wearing a hood, one hand slightly raised forward, while the other gripped a seemingly heavy sword resting on the shoulder, exuding a righteous aura.
Once again, he couldn't help but admire the Nuwas' forging skills.
This statue was lifelike, an exact replica of himself.
It should have been an honor.
But for some reason, there was an odd sense of embarrassment...
Perhaps the pose was a tad too edgy.
Did I strike that pose back then?
I don't think so.
I was numb from the neurotoxin, hardly in the mood for posing.
It must be the Nuwas' imagination.
...
He hadn't walked far towards the Nuwa King's palace when three Nuwas came out to greet him.
One of them was unmistakably the translator from last time, that can-like Nuwa.
He ran too fast, accidentally tripping and rolling down the steps clattering all the way down.
Being so round, he rolled swiftly.
Hua Mi maneuvered the bee colony to help slow him down, eventually bringing him to a
stop.
The can-like Nuwa hurriedly got up and respectfully said, "Lord Swordsman, welcome back to the Brass City!"
"Long time no see, Can." Hua Mi replied.
"Can?" The Nuwa was puzzled. "..."
Uh, it just slipped out.
Seeing him resembling a can, I gave him that nickname in my mind.
What was his actual name again?
Forgot it.
This is awkward.
The Nuwa was puzzled for a moment but suddenly bounced up, happily declaring, "Lord Swordsman has named me! From today onwards, I shall be called Can!"
"..."
