The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 112 Planting Magic
When Amisa arrived at her planting magic class on a broomstick, she was amazed by the size of the fields the little witches had cleared.

The smallest plot is a little over one mu (approximately 0.16 acres), and the largest, she estimated, is about three mu (approximately 0.16 acres).

“Sylph, you didn’t spend the whole weekend clearing land, did you?” Moran asked.

The biggest one is Sylph's.

"Yeah! I was busy until dark last night before I got back to the dorm!" Sylph said, looking tired but with excitement in her eyes. "The land's been cleared out, so it's mine now. Whether I plant anything or not doesn't matter. But I think I'll need it. There are so many things I want to plant! Grains, vegetables, fruits, spices, flowers... I want to plant every single plant in the 'Complete Guide to Common Plant Cultivation in the Valen Continent'!"

Moran: "..."

Even flowers need to be planted; these three acres might not be enough!

The Complete Guide to Common Plant Cultivation in the Continent of Valen has more volumes than the Encyclopedia of Magical Plants in the Continent of Valen!
Other little witches farm for survival, but Sylph farms out of hobby.

Moran felt inferior.

In her opinion, planting flowers and plants that she couldn't eat or use was not as good as reading more books.

Amisha flew over the farmland once, checking everything: "Everything meets the standards! Go get your wooden tags!"

The little witches cheered quietly, "Great!"

Once the wooden sign was placed on the ground, the field belonged to them.

"Alright! Have you roughly looked through the textbooks? Do you know what planting magic is?" Amisha asked.

The little witches all nodded.

On their way to school last week, they were all reading "A Few Things About Growing Vegetables: The Magic of Planting for Beginners".

Originally, I was just going to do a little preview, but I didn't expect that I would spend a whole week not seriously learning planting, let alone magic, but just cultivating farmland.

I spend several hours traveling to and from the Academy Castle every day, and even the slowest reader has already read more than half of it.

Moran has already finished reading it.

This book records witch-magical methods for growing common edible plants such as grains, vegetables, and fruits.

The entire book only involves three planting magic spells: Fertile Soil Magic, Growth-Inducing Magic, and Abundant Magic.

Besides these three planting spells, it also involves the application of potions and magic circles in planting.

"Ordinary plants can actually be grown well without magic."

Many human farmers, relying on their rich planting experience, are able to reap a bumper harvest.

However, factors such as land conditions, climate, natural disasters, and pests can all affect the harvest.

Ordinary farmers have no way to deal with these situations, but we witches are different.

We can use magic, potions, and magic circles to overcome the effects of these adverse factors to the greatest extent possible, increase crop yields, and obtain a stable harvest!
"Let's start with magic..."

Ms. Amisa finally began to give a serious lecture:
"For planting ordinary plants, the apprentice-level planting magic is sufficient."

Regardless of their talent for planting magic, every witch can master the apprentice-level Fertile Soil Spell, Growth Spell, and Abundance Spell, allowing them to support themselves through farming.

The Fertile Soil spell can turn barren land into fertile soil. The soil cultivated by the Apprentice level Fertile Soil spell is enough for ordinary plants to grow vigorously.

Growth-inducing techniques can accelerate plant growth. While the effects of beginner-level growth-inducing techniques on plant growth are not very significant, they are quite effective at germinating ordinary plant seeds. Therefore, we often use them to promote germination during the planting process.

When applied to the entire plant, Fengmaoshu nourishes it, making it stronger and more resilient. When applied to a specific part of the plant, it directly increases the yield and quality of that part.

For example, applying it to the ears of wheat and rice plants can result in more and fuller grains; applying it to the branches, fruit stalks, and flower buds of fruit trees can result in larger and tastier fruits.

The effect of the Apprentice-level Abundance spell is already quite powerful for ordinary plants.

In addition to these three types of magic, there are two other potions used in planting: weeding potion and insecticide potion.

And a type of magic circle that will be used: a temperature control magic circle.

In the planting magic class, in addition to learning these three types of magic, we will also be taught how to use these two types of potions and a magic circle in the planting of ordinary crops.

The methods for making them will be learned in later potions and alchemy classes.

Wheat is a learning example in our planting magic class.

The first step in planting: fertilizing the land!

Humans fertilize their fields with excrement and decaying leaves; we can simply use soil-fertilizing techniques.

When magic was mentioned, the little witches immediately listened attentively.

"Transmit the command of fertile land to your magical power, and then channel it into the soil until it becomes soft and brownish-black."

Let’s get started!

The little witches: "???"

Seeing that the little witches were still hesitant, Ms. Amisa asked, "What's wrong? Is there anything you don't understand?"

"Dean! We learned the Clear Spring and Light spells from the books, but those have corresponding physical objects as references so we can accurately convey instructions to magic. Doesn't the Fertile Soil spell have fertile soil that we can directly reference?"

Vasita looked towards the farmland tended by the fairies in the distance and said, "Could we go to that farmland and dig up some soil to study?"

"Of course! Observation and understanding of things are the prerequisites for us witches to cast spells accurately. It seems that you have already grasped the true essence of magic."

Amisha first praised them, then changed the subject:
"However, if you understand the meaning of the word 'fertile,' I suggest you try another way of conveying instructions to magic."

"What method?" Moran couldn't help but be curious. The magic manuals for Fireball, Clear Spring, and Light spells didn't mention any other method.

Not all magic has a visible or tangible object of observation.

Or rather, the effects of most magic are difficult to observe and imitate directly in real life before we learn it.

The spells of Clear Spring, Light, and Flame are special because they create real water, light sources, and flames.

Therefore, the most realistic physical object is needed as a reference; even a slight deviation will affect the magical effect.

Other spells are not so strict; having a tangible reference point will certainly enhance the effect.

But when we can't find a tangible reference point, we can also use language, memory, and imagination to form instructions and direct magic to cast spells.

For example, the word 'fertile', or the fertile land in memory, or even the fertile land in imagination.

In the past, many witches were accustomed to using language to form spellcasting commands, which has led to the fact that even now, many races still believe that we witches cast spells using incantations.

In reality, incantations are just one of the methods that help us form clear instructions.