Above the mage!

Chapter 439 [Summoning Mounts +]

Now, only a tiny bit of the origin stored in Fengling Yueying remains in Gaode.

The origin of the first ring was all used up before the ring was upgraded. That bit of origin was for the second ring, which was obtained when the Snowfield Guardian was sent out.

Apart from this, there is no surplus food.

This is because it is much more difficult to capture a second-ring earth vein creature alive than a first-ring earth vein creature.

The members of the clan who go out to capture earth creatures alive for Gaode are all second-ring Iceborn mages.

For them, if they want to capture the underground creatures alive, it is actually quite risky.

A basic concept: If you want to defeat an enemy, you only need to be slightly stronger than him; if you want to kill him, you need to be much stronger than him; if you want to capture him alive without any risk, you need to have the strength to crush him.

Obviously, most second-ring Iceborn mages are unable to crush second-ring earth vein creatures. It is already a rare opportunity to defeat a second-ring earth vein creature in a one-on-one battle.

Therefore, if Gaode wants to continue to reap the fruits of his labor by obtaining the second-ring origin, the safest way is to dispatch the third-ring Iceborn Mage.

But after all, even in the Zhenbing tribe, there are only more than 200 three-ring mages, who are considered high-level in the tribe, and it is not easy to send them out to do "odd jobs" for him.

But now that Gaode has been promoted to the second ring, there is no need to be polite anymore.

He is the King of Zhenbing and has done so many things for Zhenbing. It is his right to dispatch people from the tribe to serve him.

If you only take care of this and that, what kind of king are you? Just call yourself a steward!
Gaode has no psychological barriers to this.

On the first day of his promotion to the second ring, he mobilized nearly ten third-ring Ice Mages to go out "hunting" for him.

While waiting for the return of the "hunting team", he was concentrating on constructing the spell model.

After finishing today's "homework", Gao De just left his residence when he received good news from the Ministry of Agriculture:

Northwest barley variety No. 2 (Blood Crystal Wheat*Cold-resistant Wheat) has been successfully bred.

You have to know that it has only been more than two weeks since the Ministry of Agriculture started breeding Northwest Barley No. 2!

But after thinking about it carefully, it is not surprising.

With the assistance of a large number of mages who have mastered the "art of nature" and can produce blood crystal wheat and cold-resistant wheat, and with Flora, who can be called a "great druid" and does not need to rest, leading the work, the hybridization and breeding of wheat, for which she has rich experience, does not require too much time.

Soon, in the newly developed Flora Harvest Farm, Godd saw the mature Northwest Barley No. 2 variety.

Compared with the original blood crystal wheat, the new generation Northwest barley No. 2 still retains the characteristics of blood red, but there is an inconspicuous brown color in the red.

This shade of brown comes from the cold-resistant wheat.

Gaode’s requirement for Northwest Barley No. 2 is to retain the characteristics of blood crystal wheat as much as possible.

The cold-resistant property of cold-resistant wheat is a supplementary property, not a replacement property. We should not lose the effect of blood crystal wheat in replenishing qi and blood and improving physical fitness just because of its cold-resistant property.

It is because of this requirement that it took so long to cultivate the Northwest Barley No. 2 variety, otherwise it would have been successful long ago.

The time spent is worth it, and this Northwest Barley No. 2 variety perfectly meets Gaode's requirements.

However, there is still a lot of room for optimization.

"The yield per mu can only reach 100 kilograms, and it matures in June." Gao De murmured softly.

This is the data Flora reported to him.

The Northwest Barley No. 160 variety produced by Jinhuimai* cold-resistant wheat has an acreage yield of 180- kilograms and matures in April.

On the same land, the yield of Northwest barley No. 1 will be more than twice that of No. 2.

"Please try to increase the yield per mu, Lady Flora." Gode said to Flora.

Flora patted her chest confidently. It didn't make a popping sound, but it was full of momentum.

"In addition, the cultivated land area of ​​Flora's Rich Farm is close to 200,000 acres, but only less than 10,000 acres can be put into use." Aisha, who was also present to check on the Northwest Barley No. 2 variety, reported another point to God and handed over a farm map.

Unlike Northwest Barley No. 1, Northwest Barley No. 2 perfectly inherits the strict requirements of Blood Crystal Wheat for planting conditions, namely the three key points of "awakening from dormancy, rusty iron, and stopping growth in barren areas and fertile lands."

Waking up from sleep is the simplest thing and you don't need to worry about it.

The last two points require that the land be barren, no other plants have grown on it for the past hundred years, and that the soil be rich in iron.

The former is easy - in the North, it is difficult to find land where other plants grow.

But the latter requires a little bit of management and cultivation.

Phoenix is ​​not small in size, so after a simple search, a large number of rusty ironware were easily obtained.

By burying these rusty iron tools in the reclaimed fields, they soon obtained nearly 10,000 acres of usable land.

However, after this batch of stockpiles is consumed, the construction of subsequent usable farmland will have to rely on the mining of iron ore, and the energy required for this can be imagined.

Gao De looked at the large tracts of land marked on the map that had been reclaimed but could not be put into use. He thought for a moment and said, "Fengrao Farm is currently unable to handle the amount of land. We can temporarily stop the reclamation process and continue to invest manpower in the reclamation of Jinhui Farm."

"As for Fengzao Farm, take your time and don't rush. Northwest Barley No. 1 is positioned as a staple food and needs to be rolled out on a large scale. The No. 2 should be positioned as a nutritional supplement and there is no need to rush." ​​Goder said to Aisha.

This is equivalent to the difference between rice and eggs.

Eggs are important, but without eggs, at most people will suffer from malnutrition; it will not starve people to death. The production can be increased slowly.

"Okay." Aisha made some notes on the manuscript she carried with her.

This is her habit, because there are too many things to deal with in Phoenix and too many changes. If she doesn't record them in time, it's easy to forget.

"Also, it seems that the plain land around Phoenix is ​​running out of space?" Goder said after putting down the map.

Phoenix's radiation area is also limited.

"Yes, the War Mother discovered this a long time ago," Aisha put down the manuscript and looked directly at Godd and said, "Her idea is to open a farm in the snowy area between Phoenix and Valar Bay."

"Okay." Gao De nodded slightly, confirming Sunaifa's idea.

The area of ​​snowfields available for planting in the North is vast, but that doesn't mean that the land can be cultivated and planted just because it meets the planting conditions.

It is very important that Phoenix cannot be out of reach, it must be under our noses.

At least that was the case before the unification of the North.

Otherwise, it would be troublesome to take care of and it would be easy to be targeted by other Iceborn tribes.

Afterwards, Flora took Godard to see the cultivation site of the low-end version of the Dragon Bird Blood Fungus.

Since there is only one frost lizard, both the amount of feces and the area covered by its daily breathing are extremely limited.

Therefore, the cultivation area of ​​the Northern Territory Dragon Bird Blood Fungus is even smaller than a small workshop, just a very small piece of land, where the spores taken from the tail of the Dragon Bird Blood Fungus were planted. Because the Ice Mage who mastered the art of nature was busy with the birth of the Everfrost Oak and Northwest Barley No. 2, he could not spare manpower to take care of these spores.

Therefore, in the past two weeks or so, the Northern version of the Dragon Bird Blood Fungus, which has not been stimulated by the art of nature, has only just begun to sprout, but fortunately it is full of vitality and can be considered to be alive.

Just as Flora said, because all conditions are for the low-end version, the efficacy of the cultivated dragon bird blood fungus will be less than 20% of the original version.

The good news is that you can make up for it over a longer period of time.

"Let's call it Ice Lizard Blood Fungus." Gao De thought about it and simply gave the Northern version of Dragon Bird Blood Fungus a new name.

One is for image, and the other is to draw a clear line with the dragon bird blood fungus to avoid possible trouble in the future.

After inspecting the Northwest Barley No. 2 and the Ice Lizard Blood Fungus, Gode took Elsa to inspect the road construction site in Phoenix.

This is his first time to inspect the construction site.

But in fact, relying on the farsightedness of Mandola's Magic Eye, Gaode has "inspected" the construction site countless times.

However, Gaode also understands that inspections often have more significance than just themselves, they also contain other meanings, and the form cannot be ignored.

The simplest point is that if he has been back for so long but has never inspected a project of the Ministry of Construction, but instead has been running to the Ministry of Agriculture every few days, whether he is partial or not is one thing, but it is also a potential hidden danger to coordination between departments.

Many times, the political system is like a big family. He and Sunaifa are the parents, and these departments are their children. It is inevitable and reasonable to pay more attention to the outstanding children.

But no matter what, no child can be completely ignored.

The timing chosen by Gaode is also very coincidental. Today is the day when the first phase of Phoenix’s road network expansion project is completed.

Of course, it was a coincidence, but it was actually under his control. Yesterday, he observed through the Magic Eye of Mandorla and deduced that it should be completed today.

Because it was the completion day, many senior officials from the Ministry of Construction came, and the main roads were crowded with workers.

As Godard had originally requested, at least one person should be selected from each tribe that merged into Phoenix to be incorporated into the Ministry of Construction.

Therefore, most of the senior officials from the Ministry of Construction present were from outside the tribe, and there were only one or two people who were truly from the Zhenbing tribe.

Even the current nominal Minister of Construction, Peter, is from an alien tribe.

During this period, Gao De also gained a preliminary understanding of his background. Before becoming the Acting Minister of Construction, this guy was the young chief of a tribe called Arutai.

The Arutai tribe is a medium-sized Ice Clan tribe. It was the first medium-sized Ice Clan tribe to join Phoenix because of the "stubbornness" of the young patriarch, Peter.

It was for this reason, and because Bird himself was indeed very capable, that Sunaifa appointed him as Acting Minister of Construction, shouldering the heavy responsibility of expanding Phoenix and building the Valar Tunnel.

Godard brought Elsa and Flora to the scene to join in the fun. This lineup is definitely the best of the best in Phoenix.

Minister Beard came forward in a hurry, rubbing his hands nervously.

The first phase of the road network project was mainly carried out around the construction of main roads.

After the construction of the main road is completed, the zoning becomes simple and clear. Next, construction can be gradually carried out around the zoning, square by square, that is, the second phase, the third phase and even more phases of the project.

It can be said that the first phase of the road network project is the foundation for Phoenix’s expansion, and its importance is unquestionable.

Godard first took Aisha to check out the entire road network, and then put a cart loaded with goods on the road again.

In addition, the mages were asked to knock on the road surface with ice picks to confirm its resistance to pressure.

The last step is to inspect underground pipelines.

Everything made Gaode very satisfied, even beyond Gaode's expectations.

After all, his design, let alone for Phoenix, is too advanced and harsh even for the outside world, and it is difficult to understand.

Although Beard may not necessarily understand the necessity of certain designs, he still carried out the construction strictly according to the requirements without any negligence.

This is what makes Beard so great.

Anyone who has worked in renovation knows how rare it is to find a construction team that can perfectly reproduce the design drawings.

Satisfied, Gao De did not hesitate to give praise and delivered an impassioned "speech" on the spot, affirming the work achievements of the Ministry of Construction and putting forward prospects, which aroused cheers.

Another week passed quickly and it was the end of May.

During this period, Gaode successfully mastered his third second-level spell, which was also his first second-level attack spell.

[Bloody Face] (Necromancy, Second Ring):
You imbue a melee weapon with the ability to inflict a horrific wound to the target's forehead.

When the weapon strikes a living creature, in addition to the normal effects on the hit, the wielder can, as a free action, create a bloody gash on the target's forehead, dealing bleed damage.

A skill that is somewhat useless for most mages, but is a perfect general skill to complement [North Wind] for God.

As long as you hit the target, you can just “spend it”.

It's just that this spell is too brutal, so even God doesn't want to try its power.

This trouble lasted less than a day.

The next day, the hunting team composed of three-ring mages sent by Gaode returned with the first batch of prey.

While obtaining the origin, Gaode immediately used these prey to try out the power of [Bloody Face].

In terms of spells, melee spells have a natural disadvantage in applicability compared to ranged spells.

But it can be classified as a second-level spell, and as compensation, its power is increased.

The total amount of bleeding damage that can be caused by [Bloody Face] is as high as forty degrees.

However, this is an ideal situation, because bleeding damage is continuous damage. As long as the opponent heals the wound and stops the bleeding in time, the damage can be interrupted.

Another point is that the visual effect of [Bloody Face] is very prominent.

Directly making a crack on the enemy's forehead is much more powerful than using a wine bottle.

After a "massacre", Gaode obtained his second complete two-ring origin.

After the landlord had surplus food, as expected, he directly used this origin point to [Summon a Mount].

Along with the "branches and leaves growing, and the light becoming brighter", the [Summon Mount] spell model that was originally composed of 229 spell stars quickly expanded into a new model composed of 289 spell stars.

[Summon Mount +] (Conjuration, 2nd Ring):
Summons a spirit with extraordinary intelligence, strength, and loyalty as a mount, and establishes a long-term contract with it
additional:

[Equipment Sharing]: You can use the same contract method to contract a set of weapons and armor that you are proficient in using. The mount's spirit space will be able to accommodate them, and you can take out the equipment from the spirit space when you need it.

[Spiritual Guardian]: Your spirit mount will take one melee attack on you (taking full damage), then it will disappear immediately.

(End of this chapter)