The Cornflower Witch

Book 2: Chapter 169: The Inscription of 'Morning Dew'

Vol 2 Chapter 169 The Inscription of 'Morning Dew'

During the days spent staying in Dark Sand River Valley, aside from touring around to observe the operation of those machines, Sylutia also went fishing in places where the river flow was relatively calm.

"Miss Tia, these are the bait that 'Golden Magnetic Fish' love to eat." The steward here gifted her several packs of bait and a fishing rod.

In the afternoon, Sylutia came to a spot under a large tree, sat on a rock by the riverbank, cast out the fishing line, and waited patiently.

At first, she didn't care much about when she would catch a fish, her mind still pondering the development of the 'Gold Steam' Aspect and the differences between the two worlds.

However, after sitting for several hours with still no fish biting, even the very patient Sylutia began to doubt her own fishing skills.

Was it that there were no fish in this spot, or perhaps she hadn't laid out groundbait? The young woman immediately recalled some internet fishing tips from her previous life.

But the young woman of this lifetime clearly possessed formidable abilities that didn't belong to an ordinary fishing enthusiast. She took a deep breath, then opened her eyes again. A strange, brilliant light bloomed in her pupils, and her vision directly pierced through the turbid river water and silt, searching for targets beneath the surface.

Sure enough, there really were no fish here. It wasn't that her fishing skills were poor.

Sylutia picked up her fishing rod and started walking along the riverbank again, her gaze searching.To her surprise, the areas where those 'Golden Magnetic Fish' gathered in larger numbers were precisely the regions with turbulent, fast-flowing water. They seemed to enjoy resisting within the high-speed current, maintaining their position without moving.

This is quite interesting. Sylutia prepared the bait again, attached it to the fishhook, and cast it out.

The fishhook and bait continuously rose and fell in the turbulent current. Before long, a 'Golden Magnetic Fish' cautiously approached, slowly nibbled a small bite of the bait, but did not swallow the hook.

Watching this scene made Sylutia a bit anxious. She felt she should still be more patient, so she took a deep breath and continued waiting.

Then two more Golden Magnetic Fish came over. They circled the hook, taking tiny bite after tiny bite, slowly nibbling away the bait, just refusing to bite the hook, forcing Sylutia to watch helplessly as the bait was completely eaten.

Are these guys too cunning? The young woman thought. She took out another piece of bait, attached it to the hook for another try, and cast it into the water again.

Unfortunately, the situation was still pretty much the same as before. The Golden Magnetic Fish were still able to carefully avoid the hook.

Are they really this smart? Sylutia reeled in her fishing rod, pondering countermeasures. Could it be because the hook is made of metal, and Golden Magnetic Fish can use magnetism to sense metal? She suddenly remembered the introduction in the materials.

Well then, let's try a different method. Sylutia took out a small vine seed. After catalyzing it, slender vines extended. Then she attached the bait to the end, letting the curled tip of the vine wrap around and bind it. After that, she threw the vine into the water.

This time, the Golden Magnetic Fish still slowly approached, nibbling at the bait.

However, what awaited them was not a rigid fishhook, but flexible and powerful vines. Those vine tendrils suddenly wrapped around the fish bodies, binding them, and then the vines directly lifted them up, dragging them onto the riverbank.

Now that's a catch. They really had no respect earlier. The young woman revealed a happy expression. As for whether this behavior counted as fishing or catching fish, only the Hours would know.

After catching about twenty Golden Magnetic Fish, Sylutia felt it was about enough and carried the small bucket full of fish back.

With these fish, they should be usable for preparing the materials needed for the Fertile Soil Method.

The next day, having purchased a bag of 'First Tier · Excellent' quality 'Agate Stone' nearby in Dark Sand River Valley, Sylutia placed the prepared 'Golden Magnetic Fish', 'Clear Spring Holy Water', and 'Agate Stone' on the table.

First, was to dry and grind the 'Golden Magnetic Fish' into powder. This process wasn't difficult, except that the scales of the Golden Magnetic Fish were similar to metal, becoming even harder after drying. Sylutia borrowed a grinding apparatus from the local alchemists to completely crush them into powder.

Then, using the technique recorded in the Fertile Soil Method, she added a small amount of 'Purified Holy Water' to comb out the impurities, leaving behind relatively pure material powder, which was then placed into a dish.

Afterwards, the Golden Magnetic Fish powder, Clear Spring Holy Water, and Agate Stone were placed within a small ritual magic array. With the aid of a special Fertile Soil ritual, the three were slowly fused together.

Among them, the Agate Stone first emitted a brilliant light. Then it was poured into a basin, and Clear Spring Holy Water was added, causing the light to diffuse until the entire liquid emitted radiance. Finally, the Golden Magnetic Fish powder was added, and a series of reactions began to occur, the color changing several times.

Finally, the light faded. The Agate Stone at the bottom of the basin had softened and crumbled, and the Clear Spring Holy Water had also become dull and dim. But the powder at the bottom of the water emitted a special aura.

Filtering out the excess water and Agate Stone residue, Sylutia retrieved the powder from the bottom of the water, dried it in the sun, and these powders became the material for casting the 'Fertile Soil Method'.

Taking out a small portion and sprinkling it on the 'Gold Ingot Pear' seeds placed on the ground, Sylutia began to cast the 'Tree Sprouting' secret art.

That seed unfurled and sprouted, absorbing the nutrients and power within the powder, then rapidly grew, soon reaching the same height as Sylutia. Then it climbed bit by bit, continuously extending its branches, leaves, and canopy.

After five minutes, this 'Gold Ingot Pear' tree had already grown to three stories tall, with a sturdy trunk and lush, abundant foliage.

Sylutia continued to sprinkle down powder, then catalyzed further growth. This large tree continued to extend upwards, reaching five stories tall after ten minutes.

One after another, small golden flowers bloomed on the tree, their petals bearing faint golden veins similar to metal.

At this moment, the 'Gold Ingot Pear' tree before her eyes had already condensed the Aspect of 'First Tier · Verdant Nectar' and was in an extremely good state.

Unfortunately, the 'Tree Sprouting' ability could only go this far. The subsequent pollination and fruiting were not processes that could be completed in a short time, especially since the 'Gold Ingot Pear' was not an ordinary plant, but a special plant cultivated by gardeners. Its fruit was, at minimum, of 'First Tier' material quality.

Flower Blooming, Pollination, Bountiful Fruit—these three items. Sylutia currently only mastered the Flower Blooming Method. Only if she could learn the latter two could she catalyze the plant before her to bear high-quality fruit.

Although it wasn't perfect yet, this tree full of blooming golden flowers still gave people a beautiful feeling, making the young woman very happy.

If this era had cameras, she would probably stand under the tree to take a commemorative photo.

Wait, she actually did have the ability to record this. Sylutia took out that volume, the 'Multicolored Picture Book', dipped her finger into one of its mystical colors, 'Dewy Verdant', aimed it at the large tree before her, and blinked her eyes.

A special photograph was taken. Within it, the large tree bloomed with golden petals, 'vivid and lifelike'. And when Sylutia looked away from the picture, the real large tree in reality no longer existed.

In other words, had the real large tree been sealed and preserved within this photograph, this 'picture page'?

This was Sylutia's first time experiencing the use of the picture book, and just this once made her associate it with many things.

Spatial folding, time stasis, spacetime separation, or matter compression, etc. It was difficult to explain its effects using past scientific knowledge. This was probably some kind of ability transcending fantasy, a miraculous object bestowed by another world.