Chapter 99: Spiritual Greenhouse
Ethan walked silently out of his mansion after the brief conversation with Elena.
A plan for the mass production of spiritual herbs.
That was what occupied his mind now.
Honestly, the dozens of liters of blood extracted from the giant wolf would, on their own, be enough for another five hundred bottles of wine, if none of it went to waste.
Since mana beast blood didn’t spoil easily, it could be stored for years without losing its properties.
The real problem was the Lunar Spirit Green Grass.
He had fifty kilograms of its seeds, but the herb itself was already depleted. Outside the vicinity of Goldenveil, finding it was nearly impossible.
It was considered a common spiritual grass, though only "common" when compared to other spiritual grasses.
It grew quickly, but like any spiritual herb, it needed very specific conditions to thrive, with accumulations of mana and aura enriching the soil.
The problem was... how to achieve those conditions?
He knew of structures built specifically to cultivate magical herbs, equipped with arrays that drew mana and aura from the environment itself to enrich the soil.
But wouldn’t they be too expensive?
Upon reaching an empty plot of land, next to where merchant Ron’s shop would be built, Ethan activated his instant construction ability.
After scrolling through the many available options, he let out a sigh.
Even the cheapest ones would cost more than half of his current wealth.
Sure, there would still be more than enough left to inject into Goldenveil’s small economy for months, but the weight of that expense was hard to ignore.
After a minute of thought, he smiled bitterly and decided to go see Alice first.
She seemed excited to show him something, and he didn’t want to keep her waiting too long.
Passing by her mansion, Ethan finally reached the garden.
Evelyn was training with her axe, her body ablaze with aura as she combined swift slashes with crushing blows.
Her creamy, tanned skin glowed in the morning sunlight, beads of sweat rolling down the deep valley of her huge tits.
Alice was sitting in a corner of the field, reading her grimoire, just as sweaty, clearly having just finished a physical training session with Evelyn.
Even though she was a mage, she wanted to keep her body strong as well.
"Ah..." Evelyn halted mid-swing, her last blow releasing a slight burst of air.
The sudden stop sent her large, tanned tits into a heavy sway beneath the tight neckline of her leather top, their soft weight settling slowly against each other.
She looked up at Ethan and smiled sensually.
"Look who remembered his secondary wives. Were you too busy filling Elena’s tits with your cum to come say good morning to us? Fufufu~~"
She was clearly joking, though a hint of jealousy tinged her voice.
"I’m sorry, love. Tonight I’ll be all yours and Alice’s..." Ethan stepped closer, pulling her into his arms.
His hands dropped onto her ass with a loud smack, the plump flesh flattening under his palms before bouncing back, warm and slick with sweat.
Soft ripples traveled across both cheeks from the impact, and Evelyn pressed tighter against him, the heavy swell of her breasts squishing against his chest.
"Nghnn~~ yeah, and don’t you dare think about sleeping! ♡"
She sank her teeth into Ethan’s shoulder, drawing a pained grunt from him.
They weren’t even in bed yet and she already wanted to devour him.
"Alice has something to show you, too."
Evelyn smiled provocatively, pulling away.
Ethan’s eyes lingered for a moment before falling on Alice, sweet and flushed as she watched the two of them.
"Uh... eh..."
She stood up hurriedly, brushing the dust off her clothes.
"It’s a new spell I learned from the spellbook. I think hubby would like to see it!"
She pointed a hand toward a small plant sprout in the center of the garden. Her eyes closed, and when they opened, they were filled with a deep green.
The sprout, surrounded by Alice’s mana, grew rapidly, passing through all the stages of maturation in a matter of seconds.
A spell capable of accelerating plant growth.
An incredible spell, one that could even be used on spiritual herbs and which, due to the way it was channeled, also served as mana manipulation training.
"So, what do you think?"
Alice barely had time to finish her sentence before Ethan grabbed her, his lips claiming hers.
"It’s amazing, darling... How would you like to have your own spiritual garden?"
"A spiritual garden? You mean, with magical herbs?" Her eyes widened.
Well, she was a mage. Wasn’t it natural for her to have a spiritual garden?
With a big smile, Ethan guided Alice to an empty plot of land and used the instant construction skill.
[Name: Spiritual Greenhouse
Description: A closed spiritual greenhouse with a glass roof and the capacity to produce up to five hundred spiritual herbs at a time across its two floors.
Price: 650 gold coins
Effect: Converges the aura and mana from the region or from magical cores into the soil in the beds, increasing the efficiency and speed of herb growth by 110%.]
He didn’t hesitate to buy it. His fortune dwindled even further, but the smile on his face only grew as the structure rose before him.
It was an elegant building, certainly out of place among the rest of Goldenveil, clad in beautiful bluish-white stones with polished steel doors.
The interior housed dozens of beds for spiritual herbs, along with a small office and a vault where magical cores could be inserted for energy extraction.
Ethan left Alice and Evelyn to explore the building, their voices echoing with amazement, while he made his way to the office.
It was larger and more luxurious than his own, even equipped with formations designed to increase mana density inside and facilitate mages’ meditation.
Upon reaching the vault, he deposited the giant wolf’s mana core along with two smaller cores they had collected from the goblins.
These three should be more than enough to keep the place operating at maximum efficiency for a few months.
The moment he closed the compartment door, the entire building shook.
The density of mana and aura inside exploded all at once and the black soil in the beds glowed like gold.
Alice and Evelyn, standing just outside, could only stare in awe.
With a huge smile on his face, Ethan took out the fifty kilograms of Lunar Spirit Green Grass seeds, along with another eighty kilograms of various seeds.
Literally hundreds of thousands of seeds, in total.
The ones that couldn’t be used for wine and had no strategic importance would be sold to Ron.
Exchanging glances with the two beauties, Ethan got to work.
It was time to grow some herbs and make Ron go broke with the amount they’d sell him!
In a single month, he wanted to recoup everything that had been spent, both on the greenhouse and on the wall.