Wizard Farming Guide

Chapter 22 Turning Mud into Stone

After the ley lines were spiritualized, Rhode began guiding the Demon Field to explore the underground water veins.

The Hanshui River flows to the west of Pingdingshan. Finding the water veins is not difficult. With the fossil mud cleared, a large pit began to sink next to the Demon Field.

A crack appeared at the bottom of the pit, and clear groundwater gushed out from the spring.

The sprinkled water droplets shimmered in the sunlight.

The river water accumulated and eventually formed a small lake ten meters wide.

Rod wiped the sweat from his forehead, relaxed, and let out a long sigh of relief.

He gazed at the masterpiece before him; the sandy land, covering an area of ​​about one acre, had been successfully transformed into a magical field, the smooth soil glistening with moisture.

A mountain lake, connected to the Hanshui River, has formed nearby, with a clear and transparent surface.

[Tier 1 Low-Level Magic Field]

[Quickly digests all internal impurities, nourishes the magical plant (up to Tier 1 mid-level magical plant), and accelerates growth (Tier 1 low-level magical plant grows 10% faster)]

Next, as long as this magical field is continuously provided with nutrients, it can autonomously nurture various magical plants, allowing them to grow vigorously.

Rod didn't need to spend time and effort taking care of himself.

He gently pressed his temples to relax his mind.

Using the earth vein spiritualization to channel the demon field will place a great burden on the mind.

Based on his current wizarding level, Rhodes knew that he could create one acre of magic field per day, with a maximum capacity of fifty acres.

The spiritualization of the earth veins is equivalent to him signing a contract with the earth.

If the number of demon fields becomes too large, exceeding Rhodes' spiritual capacity, it will cause a backlash.

Furthermore, there is a high probability that Demon Field will spiral out of control and transform into an all-consuming earth demon.

Judging from the warning highlighted in red in the wizard's handbook, it's probably not something to be happy about.

After finishing today's construction work on the magic field, Rhodes felt that the surroundings were somewhat quiet.

He turned his head and was surprised to find that all the villagers around him had stopped what they were doing.

He was kneeling on both knees with a devout expression, kowtowing to him repeatedly.

Let's go back two hours.

Just as Rod was setting the trees on fire.

The flames that shot up in the distance caught the attention of the villagers who were working, and they looked over curiously.

To their utter dismay, they discovered that the trees they had painstakingly chopped down had been burned by that lord!

"This, sir?" The young man, who had been diligently chopping down trees, suddenly froze upon seeing this scene, and the force in his hands gradually decreased.

"This is the finest timber, our future home," he murmured to himself, a bittersweet feeling welling up inside him.

The bricks and stones transported to the fortress were expensive, being materials for building castles and walls; he dared not even dream of such a thing.

Now that the timber is gone, are they going to sleep in tents for the rest of their lives?

In Pinecone Village, he witnessed the magistrate's heroic act of killing the rogue knight and was impressed by his benevolent virtue of caring for the common people.

This made him genuinely believe that this man was different from other nobles, and he chose to follow him.

In order to prove himself to that person, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to all kinds of work, daring not to slack off in the slightest.

But now, looking at his companions cutting down trees around him, he saw confusion in their eyes.

"Don't think like that! Maybe, maybe the adults are just..." Lily hurriedly explained when she saw their expressions.

As she hesitated, her voice trailed off, "It's just... it's just that I was worried we'd be cold, that's why..."

Luke walked over, glanced at his daughter, and gestured for her to shut up.

Seeing the flames rising, Luke felt little emotion.

This lord possesses a powerful leadership charisma, so it's normal for him to make some mistakes in the development of his territory.

It's hard for nobles to be without flaws.

Luke knew that these young men were simply influenced by the military and had developed blind faith, so he found it difficult to accept them at first.

This is for the best; the relationship between the villagers and the lord will eventually return to peace.

Just as Luke was pondering how to tactfully persuade this adult to stop this behavior...

He witnessed a scene he would never forget in his life.

As the adult pressed down with his palm, the earth trembled, the ground surged and churned like waves, and the soil transformed from barren sand into loose, fertile earth.

What made him even more dizzy was...

As the adult raised his other hand, the spring water gushed forth, and a lake appeared out of thin air right before his eyes!

"On that day, the Father made a covenant with the King, granting his descendants a land flowing with milk and honey, a promised land of freedom."

Luke stood there, lost in thought, unconsciously reciting the prayers from the Gospels he had heard in the big city.

That's a legend from the capital city of Fuxing.

He had already knelt down without realizing it.

The villagers behind him suddenly realized what was happening as he prayed.

The panic and fear in their eyes turned into ecstasy at that moment, and everyone rushed to kneel down.

When Rod turned around, this was the scene he saw.

Looking at the rows of kneeling villagers and listening to the incessant prayers of Luke, the leader, he felt a bit overwhelmed.

The Promised Land is the City of Restoration, but his Flattop Mountain doesn't want to join in the fun.

Don't read it aloud, or it might attract the attention of some strange creature. I'm just a weak, newly initiated wizard, and I can't handle that.

"Keep working, don't waste time kneeling here." Rhodes interrupted their prayers, while warning Luke, "The Gospels are the prerogative of the church, remember, they cannot be read here."

After the villagers and Luke kowtowed devoutly, they got up and, as if they had been injected with adrenaline, diligently cleaned the residential area once again.

As the villagers dispersed, Rod did not correct their thinking.

It wouldn't do him any harm to spread the legends of the Father and Rothsdale.

This can effectively offset the speculation surrounding him after the territory expands.

At least this way, no nobleman would dare to label him a devil, thus avoiding political slander.

A few hours later, the army that had gone to deal with the wolves, led by the raven, returned.

Behind them were more than twenty dead winter wolves, and a severely wounded Ice Fang Wolf was captured alive, bound in chains.

The white bread was excitedly darting around in front of the other, occasionally baring its teeth defiantly at the much larger creature.

Under Rhodes's arrangement, the blood of the winter wolf flowed into the demon field, and the cut pieces of meat were stewed in the hanging oven for dinner.

He then took the bone powder from the crushed Winter Wolf to the Demon Field.

Then a large chunk of sand was dug out from the side and pressed into a long, brick-like shape.

Rhodes poured a solution made of bone meal, a little bit of magic field soil, and lake water onto the sand.

Alchemy: Turning Mud into Stone!

The loose sand began to interlock and compress inward.

In just a few seconds, the cracks and holes on the surface disappeared, turning into a flat and hard rectangular sandstone brick.

Rod slammed the sandstone brick against the stone next to him.

The latter has a crack on its surface, while the sandstone brick is intact.

By stacking multiple sandstone bricks and pouring in the prepared alchemical binder, you can obtain sturdy house walls.

"Sandstone bricks require the use of animal bone meal as a binder. For terracotta bricks, bone meal should be replaceable with wood ash."

Rhodes improved the formulation of the gold binder.

Using the magical soil provided by the magic field, he can produce a large amount of binder that turns mud into stone, accelerating the construction of his territory.

Once the houses in the residential area are completed, the next task is to try to produce higher-grade stone bricks.

The castle was built with marble bricks, and the city walls were built with granite bricks.

The two alchemical spells, turning fossils into mud and mud into stone, allow Rhodes to build his house as he pleases.

Everything in the territory is getting back on track.

(End of this chapter)