The Return of the Genius Farmer - Chapter 143



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Episode 143

72. Started research on elixirs – 1

“Hey~! Isn’t this an elixir?!”

“Doll Seol-sam?! A doll Seol-sam?! This looks like it could be a hundred-year-old root?!”

As you get stronger, increasing your magic power is never an easy task.

Only by pushing myself through considerable training and meditation could I increase the magical power within my body just a little.

As such, I couldn’t help but be interested in an elixir that would greatly increase one’s magical powers and allow one to overcome the walls blocking one’s way just by taking it.

“Are you going to grow this?”

“Yes. Say hello. Mr. Heinkel. Since you have considerable knowledge of elixirs, I am glad you decided to help me.”

“Nice to meet you. My name is Heinkel.”

“Huh? Heinkel? Where have I heard of it… … .”

While Shredder tilted his head, Hongryeon’s eyes sparkled.

She was also quite interested in doll making.

“Where did you get such a precious thing?”

“The sailor gave it to me as a gift.”

“Oh~! That’s good! Hehehe. Lee Han. If I raise a doll, you’ll give it to me too, right?”

“That’s a given.”

Anyway, I have received a lot of help from Hongryeon in various ways.

No, if I had to say, if I succeeded in cultivating the doll-shaped ginseng, I planned to give one to each person I had a connection with.

“Ooooh~! This is exciting~!”

“Give me some too!”

“Don’t worry. But why do you need a doll? You weren’t interested in the doll’s cradle. Do you lack magic?”

The doll plant, a medicinal herb that increases magical power in small quantities, has been cultivated since ancient times.

But Shredder didn’t show much interest in the doll.

“Actually, I’ve been stuck in a wall for quite some time now. It’s a bit difficult with just the doll candles.”

“Aren’t you already pretty strong? Can you get stronger from here?”

“Hehehe. Of course. There is no limit to the growth of our people.”

“You seem to have considerable strength. If it’s okay, can I ask you to spar with me?”

Heinkel stepped forward happily towards Schroeder, who was smiling coolly.

Shredder, who had been watching him play with his sword with amusement, waved his hand and led him to the empty lot.

“But can I raise this… … ?”

Hongryeon looked around the doll doll.

She knew it to some extent too.

What are the conditions for the growth of the doll seol-sam?

“Doll ginseng only grows on spiritual veins. Spirit veins basically refer to land with a high concentration of magical power. In other words, if the land is strongly imbued with magical power, wouldn’t it create the conditions for doll ginseng to grow?”

“That’s not all. It is said that dolls grow in lands filled with cold air. But there is no such land here.”

“How could that not be possible with Frost?”

“I’ve already discussed that with Mr. Heinkel. He said there are records of humans trying to cultivate doll-shaped ginseng in the past.”

While unloading the luggage, Lee Han, Hong Ryeon, and Seol Myung exchanged opinions for a while.

They chatted until they finished moving their luggage, and when Schroeder and Heinkel returned after finishing their training, they joined them and continued their conversation.

“One of the ways to create a cold atmosphere in the land was through alchemy. Of course, it wasn’t easy to create a cold atmosphere in a land filled with powerful magic, but I predicted that it would be possible if there was a great alchemist.”

“We happen to have an excellent alchemist on our side.”

“Oh. Someone?”

When Heinkel smiled, Lee Han picked up the crystal ball.

And after a while, the dragon and Leticia came running with happy expressions.

“omg!”

Heinkel took a deep breath as he saw the dragon.

He was frozen with extreme nervousness, but Yong and Leticia didn’t care.

“Oh my god. A doll-shaped sack. Can this also be used as material?”

“I never thought I would see the real doll Seol-sam!”

Yong and Leticia, both alchemists, also seemed interested in the doll’s three-dimensional appearance.

When I heard that Lee Han was growing doll-like ginseng, I couldn’t help but be more interested.

They continued their discussion after taking their seats at the table in front of the cabin where the meeting was taking place.

-Gulp.

That was when.

A sound was heard inside the boat.

It was embarrassing to ask whose it was, so Lee Han snickered and got up from his seat.

“Please share your opinions.”

I should at least make something simple to eat.

Lee Han went to the refrigerator to check if there was any leftover food.

I guess I should say that.

There was nothing left of the dishes I had prepared before going to Hwarien.

He stared at the empty refrigerator, shrugged, and headed to the storage room.

‘I guess I should make some potato chips.’

I took a bunch of sweet potatoes, sliced ​​them thinly, removed the starch, and fried them in oil until crispy.

And Lee Han, who made simple snacks sprinkled with salt and herbs, returned to his seat after making drinks for them.

“Then let’s do this. To infuse magic into the land, we use the fruits of the tree and the earth tree.”

“Master and I will take care of creating the cold air.”

“Hongryeon and I will gather the ingredients to make the cold lingering potion.”

It seems like the opinions were roughly organized while making potato chips.

Lee Han took a bite of a potato chip while listening to their story.

Heinkel spoke with a serious expression while chewing on a salty, crispy potato chip.

“The problem is the speed at which the doll-shaped ginseng grows. It takes at least ten years for the doll-shaped ginseng to gain the power of an elixir. What are you planning to do about that?”

“that…….”

At Heinkel’s question, everyone’s eyes except for him were fixed on Lee Han.

His special ability, accelerated growth, might have been able to solve that problem.

“Let me give it a try.”

Growth acceleration is the ability to increase the growth rate of crops.

If so, it might be possible to increase the growth rate of the dolls and solve the problem Heinkel presented.

“Okay, then let’s do that!”

Hongryeon tapped the table and picked up the glass containing the drink.

As everyone raised their glasses and smiled at her proposing a toast, Schrader opened his mouth.

“But who eats this doll-shaped rice cake?”

At those words, everyone fell silent.

For now, I decided to postpone the issue of taking Hyeong-in Seol-sam until later.

Heinkel, Schroeder, Hongryeon, and Yong were disappointed, but the owner of the doll was Lee Han.

“Until we succeed in cultivating the doll-shaped ginseng, no one can consume this.”

What can I do when the owner speaks bluntly?

It’s a shame, but there’s nothing we can do about it.

I just hope that the cultivation of doll-shaped ginseng will be successful.

“I think it would be better to start from scratch.”

Even though it has the power of trees and earth tree fruits, it is a land where elixirs are grown.

You can’t use just any land.

Since the doll’s ginseng is a type of medicinal herb, it consumes a lot of energy from the earth, so the land had to be chosen carefully.

“I wonder if it’s not okay to use intelligence enhancement… … .”

“It doesn’t matter as long as you stick around.”

“That’s hard.”

No matter how important the cultivation of Hyeong-in Seol-sam was, I had no intention of neglecting other farming.

Anyway, we need to eat to live, right?

As Lee Han chewed on his bread while mentioning that, Seol-i, who was sitting next to him, said:

“Leave the selection of land to me. I’ll find a good piece of land, even if it’s not at the level of Yeongmaek.”

“Thank you.”

“Why are you bringing this up? It’s okay because we’re friends.”

The explanation that allowed one to see the magic and wisdom contained in the land was received with little consideration by Lee Han.

As the light-hearted explanation finished eating breakfast and started running with Shredder, Lee Han headed to the field he had prepared.

The field was better made than I expected.

‘I guess I can leave the work of making the fields to you from now on.’

“But is it okay to only grow barley?”

“No, we have to grow hops too.”

Barley is not the only thing needed to make beer.

Hongryeon tilted her head as she looked at the seeds that Lee Han had shown her.

But since Lee Han knew farming well, he just did whatever he said.

“I never thought I would become a farmer.”

Heinkel also decided to join the barley farming.

Anyway, since he had decided to participate in the doll ginseng cultivation, he too had to live in a hut.

Among those who live in huts, there is no one who can eat and play.

So he decided to help with the farming, smiling awkwardly and fiddling with the straw hat on his head.

“Okay. Listen to this.”

The tree handed him a bag of barley.

This must be planted in this wide field.

Thinking that this would be an unusual event, Tree took him to a corner of the field.

“You can plant it like this.”

“Hmm. Is that what you mean?”

“You covered too much dirt.”

Tree, who had experience helping Lee Han with his farming, squatted down with Heinkel and taught him how to plant seeds.

It’s like seeing a grandfather and granddaughter getting along well.

Lee Han looked at them with warm eyes, and as Hongryeon continued working next to him, he planted seeds with her.

“Mr. Lee Han. Is this the right way to do it?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Red and Willem, who came here to escort Leticia, also participated in the sowing.

They too, like Heinkel, were awkward, but they followed along well as instructed.

It was around the time the sun was high in the sky that we finished sowing the fairly large field.

My back was quite sore because I had to keep bending over while working.

“Farming is definitely not an easy job.”

“Where in the world is there anything easy?”

“Hahaha. Up until now, I’ve only eaten crops grown on land blessed by Gaia, so now I understand how difficult farming is.”

Wiping away the sweat that had dripped down his face, Heinkel looked around the wide field.

Thinking about the crops that would grow here, I felt proud, even though it was hard work.

“Then let’s eat.”

After lunch, Lee Han and Walter headed to the field to grow hops.

Walter, who couldn’t come in the morning because he had work to do, laughed while planting hops with him.

“I heard you’re going to grow doll-shaped ginseng. Do you think that’s possible?”

“Well, it won’t be easy.”

I only knew about the cultivation of third-rate rice through knowledge.

What we have to grow this time is not just a simple third-rate plant, but a medicinal plant called Hyeonginseolsam.

It was questionable whether it could be raised properly.

“If you succeed in growing Hyeong-in Seol-sam, why not try growing other elixirs as well?”

“Are there any other elixirs?”

“I know about the place where the elixir grows.”

“Oh. Where is that?”

“It’s an island at the southern end of the continent. Did I ever tell you the story of how I wandered around the continent before settling in the Great Forest?”

“No. This is the first time I’ve heard of it.”

“I was wandering around with my brother when I came across that island. That island was covered in a very bad poison.”

“Hoo… … .”

“If we weren’t undead, we wouldn’t have been able to enter that island. Anyway, there was a flower in the center of that island. The poison couldn’t approach only the area around that flower.”

“Are you saying that the flower was purifying the poison of the island?”

“Yes. We thought about picking that flower because it was so interesting, but the flower’s energy also repelled the approach of the undead.”

“Hmm… … .”

“If a flower has that much energy, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say it’s an elixir. If it’s okay with you, go and see it sometime later.”

“Thank you for the good information.”

“With something like this.”

After that, we finished the work while chatting about various things.

It was only when the sun was setting that Lee Han, who had returned to the cabin, was able to see that Seol-i had returned.

“I found a good place!”

“But… … there was an owner there.”

With a trembling expression, Shredder looked straight at Lee Han and said.

“There was a spirit.”