Chapter 192 Just a little bit
In the Wolf Head Courtyard in the Diku Village, in the magic potion field made of rotten wood, blood-fang fungi with flashing blood-red spots grew one by one.
Drucker, the chief of the Diku Village, was introducing the situation of the blood-fang fungi magic potion field to Russell in detail.
"During this period of time, we in the Diku Village have mobilized a large number of laborers to continuously dig the Wolf Head Courtyard and then transport rotten wood to fertilize the fields. Now the Wolf Head Courtyard, together with the various branch caves, is almost close to 150 acres."
"Is the ice cover of the cave still strong?" Russell looked at the heavy ice cover above his head, a little worried that it would collapse.
After all, the Wolf Head Courtyard was not big originally, and the ice cover had enough support.
Now dozens of external passages have been dug out, and blood-fang fungi have been planted in these passages, which is equivalent to taking away two-thirds of the support.
Drucker replied confidently: "Sir, the hot summer season will soon be over. There is no problem with the ice cap now, and there will definitely be no problem in the future. Many of our residents have lived in the cave for many years and are very familiar with the ice cap."
"It's good that there will be no problem." Russell nodded.
He was not willing to continue planting the blood-fang fungus here in the Wolf Head Courtyard.
However, experiments have been done before, and the most suitable place for the blood-fang fungus to grow is the damp and cold environment in the cave.
Therefore, the blood-fang fungus potion field cannot be moved to the magic potion village for centralized cultivation. It can only continue to expand the Wolf Head Courtyard and reclaim 150 acres of magic potion fields.
Charles, who was accompanying him, smiled and said: "Sir, you don't have to worry too much. Even if the Wolf Head Courtyard collapses, at most a part of the magic potion field will be lost, and the blood-fang fungus cordyceps and the surrounding high-quality blood-fang fungus will not be affected much."
There is no ice cap directly above the Wolf Head Courtyard, so there is no need to worry about the danger of overturning.
"No matter what, you Cordyceps Guards must check the ice cover frequently, especially the cracks in the ice cover." Russell ordered.
Drucker immediately responded: "Yes, sir."
"How is the recent output of this magic potion field?" Russell asked again.
Charles answered: "There were three batches of mature blood tooth fungi, which were picked and transported to the manor villa, and then sent to the fluorescent castle with the fluorescent mushrooms to make magic potions. The output is higher than that of the fluorescent mushrooms."
Fluorescent mushrooms have mushroom birds, which can theoretically affect 1,500 acres of land, but the birch forest is so small, and the newly planted trees have to grow.
In a short period of time, it is impossible to have too much output.
But it's okay.
After the elves evolve once, the life span is recalculated. Mushroom bird Rosie is still a 0-year-old bird at this time, and can live for a long, long time.
"In the past few years, the output of fluorescent mushrooms will probably not be too much." Russell sighed regretfully, "We still have to rely on annual dill, dandelions, and newly planted tobacco to provide potions."
Spring planting and autumn harvest, dill and dandelions are about to mature and can be picked in large quantities.
After picking, we can plant another crop at the end of the hot summer, and finally harvest the second crop before the ice age freezes.
Ordinary crops, such as wheat, barley, lentils, etc., basically have one crop a year.
But potions affected by Cordyceps can easily achieve two crops a year, and even some fast-growing potions can be three or four crops a year.
After inspecting the potion field in the Wolf Head Courtyard.
Russell waved his hand: "Let's go, let's go to the big mouth courtyard and take a look at what the snowfield looks like in the hot summer."
"Chiji!" The red-eyed rat king, who served as Russell's guard, was the first to respond.
Charles said cautiously: "Sir, why don't you let the Red Eyed Rat King send a sentinel rat squad to investigate around the large well first, and then we will climb up and take a look at the snowfield."
Catherine behind him sneered: "Sir Charles, you are too nervous. The snow around the large well has melted, especially the surrounding snow forest, where many small animals are playing."
"This is not called nervousness, this is called caution." Charles said seriously, "Knights need to be brave and diligent, but they must also know how to judge the situation."
Russell stopped the two people's argument and said: "Just do as Charles said, send a sentinel rat squad to investigate first... Red Eye, let your rats go outside the large well to investigate the environment."
It's not that Russell is timid.
But he hopes to take this opportunity to hone the sentinel rat squad. He will probably be promoted to a great knight in three to five months.
After another half a year of hard work, he will be able to practice the fighting spirit chain proficiently and make a contract with the Red Eyed Rat King.
Train the treasure hunting rat squad and the sentinel rat squad in advance. Then, they can command the two rat armies to open up new territories and build achievements for themselves.
The big skylight is the deepest skylight in the cave.
After the group arrived.
The red-eyed rat king called softly: "Jiji!"
Then a rustling sound was heard in the passage, and then dozens or hundreds of rats of all sizes came in. They were afraid of people, but they were driven by the rat king instinctively, passing under the feet of everyone and gathered around the red-eyed rat king.
The red-eyed rat king called softly again: "Jiji."
The group of rats quickly climbed up from the cave wall, and then disappeared one by one above the big skylight.
"How cool." Catherine was amazed when she saw this.
Charles smiled: "This is the power of the red-eyed rat king. Only a few beasts with extraordinary talents can achieve the body of the beast king."
"I'm afraid it's eating honey from bumble bees. Only by eating more can it grow into a beast king." Catherine said.
"Yuan beast honey, this is a good thing, but unfortunately, the big bearded Kenny's skills are not up to standard, and the bee colony has not grown yet. Even adults can't taste a few mouthfuls of that honey... Naturally, we don't have the opportunity to taste it." Charles said with regret.
The rats quickly went back.
Then the red-eyed rat king called out to Russell, and Russell understood and smiled, "It's safe up there, let's go up together!"
After saying that, he jumped up, and the fighting spirit gathered in his feet and legs. His figure rushed up like a sharp arrow and landed steadily on the edge of the patio.
Then Russell's knight squire, as well as Catherine, Drucker and others, jumped up one after another.
Only Charles blushed, remembering that when he first came to the big patio, he jumped several times but couldn't jump up, and finally asked Russell for help before being pulled up.
"Sir Charles, do you need help?" Knight squire Tom looked down.
Charles wanted to say no, but after touching his swollen belly, he admitted his mistake: "Help me, I'm quite big, so I'm a little short of high jump... not much, just a little bit."
"I understand, just a little bit." Tom laughed.
With Tom's help, Charles finally climbed to the surface smoothly. At this time, Russell had led a group of people out of the snow wall.
The snow wall couldn't be called a snow wall anymore, as most of it had melted, forming uneven gaps.
The big well could now be renamed the gap-toothed well.
"Hmm." Charles expanded his chest, followed the team as if nothing had happened, and said with a smile, "The temperature on the snowfield is actually no different from that in the cave. The snow on the surrounding ice caps has melted, and even the land has been exposed."
"This year's ice age retreated later, but this year's warm season is hotter than in previous years." Drucker said.
Russell turned around and glanced in the direction of the cave village.
Originally, this should have been a completely frozen land, but with the birth of the clay dragon Ross, warmth began to rise under the earth.
Then the warm season and the ice age alternated, and the area around the Youguang Valley was constantly frozen, melted, and eroded the surface.
Finally, a cave with a mixture of soil and ice caps was formed.
"While the weather is good, let's go for a walk in the snow forest." Russell retracted his gaze and cast his eyes on the snow forest not far away.
At this moment, there was no snow on the leaves of the snow forest. The originally lifeless dark green had been replaced by clusters of pink and tender yellow-green, which was full of vitality. Birds and squirrels were happily feeding in the forest.
From time to time, cheerful calls were heard.
Maybe it was for reproduction and courtship, or maybe it was just because they were full.
Stepping into the snow forest, Russell reached out and touched a fir tree that had been growing for who knows how many years, and sighed: "Even in such a harsh environment as the snowfield, life can grow from the cracks. In the long run, there is no worry that the snow demon cannot be cleared out."