Chapter 252 : Chapter 252

Chapter 252: Secret Realm Sightseeing Ends

“So beautiful… such a perfect existence… what a pity…”

Sofili squatted in front of this so-called mother plant, sighing continuously, but in the end, it turned into a single sigh.

“A pity? What’s wrong?”

I asked curiously.

“I probably can’t transplant it to my plantation alive. This large outer shell was originally the constant cavity cocoon that maintained its growth and reproduction. The corrosive liquid that sprayed out just now was the constant liquid used to soak this mother plant. Look, its color has already started to turn yellow compared to just now, and the tools I brought can’t store it…”

“So it’s my fault for being reckless?”

“No, it’s not your fault. Even without you, we would have found a way to open this. If only we had done more homework before coming, there wouldn’t be so many regrets.”

Sofili shook her head and finally closed the book.

“At most, I can make some specimens of it. Let’s just open it up and see if there are any other gains.”

“Mm.”

I nodded without any objection.

After all, I’m not a professional in this area.

Compared to specimens, I was still more concerned about whether there were any goodies left by senior sisters from previous batches inside.

After all, with such a big setup, it couldn't be an accident, right?

“By the way, if this thing dies, will it affect this entire patch of Giant Corrosive Thorn Vines?”

At this moment, I thought of something and asked with some worry.

After all, I hadn’t forgotten that I had to pay for causing massive damage.

“This… it seems like nothing will happen. This is just the mother plant. Without it, the spreading speed of the Giant Corrosive Thorn Vines here will at most slow down. On the contrary, because they don't need to feed back to the mother plant, the Giant Corrosive Thorn Vines here might grow even more lushly.”

“Mm, then I have no more questions.”

I watched Sofili’s professional technique in handling the plant vines and couldn’t really help, so I just waited quietly.

“It’s almost done. The most valuable parts for research have been salvaged, but inside here… there’s really something!”

After Sofili sorted everything, she took out a bottle from the pile of materials.

The plant roots clinging to it seemed as if they had grown on it, which showed how long this thing had been inside.

But I was also amazed at the quality of this bottle.

To remain intact in such a corrosive environment and even under strong external pressure, what kind of divine manufacturing method was this?

“Let me see what’s inside. It feels like there’s a lot of stuff inside, it should be something very precious.”

Cheng Yu took the bottle, tried to pull it open for a while, and only managed to open it with the help of her Yanyan.

“Thanks Yanyan. You’re the best.”

Cheng Yu praised the big bear beside her, caressing it.

Only then did she take out the contents of the bottle.

After pouring out the contents, inside were all parchments with densely packed text.

“Can you tell what it is?”

I asked with concern.

“Uh… it doesn’t seem to be a potion recipe… these few pages don’t seem to be…”

At this moment, Cheng Yu’s brow furrowed deeply.

One could imagine she really couldn’t understand these things.

“Let me see…”

Sofili took the parchments and brought them closer to her face.

I could see her expression becoming wonderful after reading for a while.

“This is a potion recipe, but not a recipe in the usual standard format. It’s an experimental record, with complete potion ratios and precautions! Also… the failure cases and failure summaries at the back. Although it doesn’t look as concise and clear as a recipe, its value is much greater than a recipe!”

After Sofili finished reading the beginning, her gaze swept to the content below, and she spoke excitedly.

“Sorry… I’m a bit excited. Um, this potion recipe seems to be a potion that uses this Giant Corrosive Thorn Vine and its products as the main ingredients… Classmate Yuehan, this is very important to me, I’ll go back and scrape together the money…”

“Wait, I said I needed to make a copy. There’s no need for you to monopolize it, right?”

I interrupted Sofili.

“Oh, right, right, that’s right. I was too nervous, sorry, it should indeed be like this.”

Sofili quickly reacted, realized her foolishness, and immediately couldn’t even lift her head.

“It’s fine, I’ll just take a photo with my phone to record it. Anyway, we should leave this place first. It’s best not to stay here for too long. Don’t we still have to go to the area with the Dark Thorn Grass?”

“Right, that’s true.”

Cheng Yu also nodded, agreeing to leave first.

After all, this was the only path here.

If someone came along this way, conflicts might inevitably arise.

When we left, we chose another path, and I directly took a picture of this recipe.

No matter what, it was a good thing left by a senior sister from a previous batch.

If worse comes to worst, I could exchange it for some good things.

Continuing forward, the territory of the Dark Thorn Grass was adjacent to that of the Giant Corrosive Thorn Vine.

Unlike here where the Giant Corrosive Thorn Vine was almost playing the trees to death, the Dark Thorn Grass area was much more lush.

From below, you could barely see any light filtering through from above.

And the light refraction from the leaves here was also very problematic.

Walking here really gave one a gloomy feeling.

“The Dark Thorn Grass is not quite the same as the Giant Corrosive Thorn Vine. There aren’t as many of these things as the Giant Corrosive Thorn Vine, but it is definitely the top predator here. It can be anywhere… Wahh!”

Sofili was introducing it to us as she walked forward.

Perhaps it was because of the shield I had put on her, I felt she wasn’t as cautious as before.

So before she could finish, a vine shot out and directly hit the energy shield.

“Scared me to death! I didn’t expect to encounter Thorn Grass so soon!”

After recovering, Sofili directly took out a bottle of potion and threw it towards the source.

Then a sound of corrosion and vines hitting the grass was heard.

“Wait, didn’t you say you wanted to collect Dark Thorn Grass? Doesn’t this just get rid of the grass?”

I asked.

“This is Thorn Grass. Dark Thorn Grass is a variant of this type of Thorn Grass. The environment here is special, so the probability of this variant appearing is very high. The one just now was obviously not.”

“Is that so…”

I nodded and said no more.

It seemed that one still needed to be vigilant at all times here, otherwise, without a shield, one could get injured at any time.

After a long search, we finally found such a mutated sample.

And by now, it was noon.

If we were to go back, even the nearest teleportation formation would be a long walk away, so we rested directly in a relatively safe place.

“Today’s harvest is bigger than expected, and it was also smoother than expected.”

Cheng Yu sat on a large rock, and her good partner, the big bear Yanyan, also sat down in the same way, looking a bit clumsy.

However, it was looking around, vigilant for any danger.

And we directly started a fire here to heat food.

“Anyway, thank you, Yuehan. If it weren’t for your protective spell, we would probably have returned seriously injured again this time.”

“Looks like I have to find a way to get a protective spell too. Don’t say it, it’s really effective.”

“Mm, it is indeed very good. By the way, you guys often come to the secret realms, haven’t you ever thought of using a protective spell?”

I asked curiously.

“We have, we really have, but how are spellbooks so easy to obtain? The effect of a lesser spellbook is a bit lacking. I have a lesser spellbook shield too, but the effect is just unsatisfactory.”

Cheng Yu said, shaking her head.

“Is that so, a bit unexpected… I thought…”

I raised my eyebrows, a little surprised.

I thought basic consumption spellbooks were already rampant in the academy.

I didn't expect that it was a bit difficult for them to even get a protective spellbook?

Or was this the truth for ordinary students of the Witch Academy, and I was just a lucky person, who had even detached myself from this group?

“Of course, without strength, you can’t get resources. Without resources, you can’t get spellbooks. It’s a vicious cycle… I should have been more serious in the past few years.”

Cheng Yu complained, looking at me with envy.

Obviously, the means I had shown now did make her a little envious.

“It’s okay, I can just support you.”

Sofili said at this moment.

“I don’t accept being kept! Give me a chance to try harder. If I really can’t make it, then you can keep me…”

“Excuse me for asking, what is… the relationship between you two?”

I frowned and leaned back slightly, asking.

Are you going to feed me dog food?

“We’re like a couple that hasn’t started dating yet…”

Sofili said in a small voice with her head down.

“Don’t listen to her nonsense, we’re just roommates.”

Cheng Yu corrected.

“Oh, I think I get it.”

I looked at them with a meaningful smile.

Girls in the ambiguous phase, right?

Look at this damned Witch Academy, it has already forced girls to have improper relationships with each other!

But… actually, I’m not against this kind of relationship between girls, and I’m happy to see it happen.

After all, from the moment we become witches, there is only one path we can take, which is to become a Transcendent Witch.

Otherwise, we don’t even have the ability to bear the next generation, so whether our partner is a man or a woman is not that important anymore.

By now it was noon.

I hadn't brought anything to eat; the food was shared with me by them.

They had already prepared to stay for a whole day or two.

After all, with storage equipment, all those complicated and heavy things could be put inside.

“By the way, we’ve actually collected almost everything. Our storage equipment doesn’t have much space, and it was getting full just now. Why don’t we divide some of the spoils now?”

Cheng Yu suggested.

“I have no problem.”

I nodded.

If it weren’t for my joining, they probably wouldn’t have needed this step, but after all, I was an outsider, so some things always had to be divided clearly.

“Originally, we planned for a long battle. Now that we’ve finished early and the harvest is not bad, should we continue to explore other places after this rest or go back?”

Cheng Yu asked.

This was mainly to see my opinion.

They actually wanted to seize the opportunity to continue exploring.

After all, it was a place they could only come to once a month.

It was just a pity that their storage equipment was full.

Before coming, they hadn’t expected that their harvest this time would be so rich.

The specimen of the Giant Corrosive Thorn Vine mother plant took up a large part of the space.

If they really went to explore a new area, they probably wouldn’t have any gains, and it would also waste the other party’s time.

“Actually, I can leave first. This secret realm is quite different from what I imagined. If you still intend to continue exploring, you don’t have to consider me.”

I pondered for a moment and said.

The things here were too different from what I had expected.

The harvest wasn’t that big, and the monsters weren’t that strong.

It was mainly all sorts of strange plants, so there wasn’t much trial value.

After being busy for a whole morning, it was time to go back and summarize.

“Yuehan, are you going back? Then let’s go together. Actually, we’ve also gained a lot, and our storage equipment is full. It’s a good time to go back together, we can look out for each other.”

“Mm.”

I nodded and didn’t refute.

I could also see that they wanted to continue, but out of comprehensive consideration, they still went along with my intention.

Is this the right to lead that comes with strength?

“Regarding these materials, Classmate Yuehan, is there anything else you want to take? If not, I’ll convert them into Red Copper for you at a discounted price.”

“Mm… if these are converted into Red Copper, about how much would it be?”

I asked curiously.

After all, I really didn’t have any experience in this area.

“Mm… about a hundred and something.”

Cheng Yu calculated for a bit and then said.

“A hundred and something…”

I really had no concept of this price.

I didn’t even have any Red Copper; the lowest I had was Mithril.

These things didn’t have much value to me.

“Is it too little?”

Cheng Yu asked with some worry, “This… actually isn’t that little… after all, it’s just the Carnivorous Forest secret realm. The things produced inside don’t have a high market price…”

“Maybe…”

After all, the entry fee for this secret realm was just one Red Copper coin.

This trip was a hundredfold return.

Anyone would be envious, right?

Unfortunately, I still seemed to look down on it a bit.

“Forget it, I don’t need these. May I have some information related to the techniques of planting these spirit plants, magic plants, and exotic plants? Or recommending some book titles would be fine too. I can go to the library to look for them.”

“Eh?”

Cheng Yu was also a little at a loss when she heard my request, not knowing what I was thinking.

“Yes, of course! I have a lot of planter’s notes here, many of which I compiled myself. Um, are you sure you don’t want any other remuneration?”

“Hmm? If you’re willing to provide it, I naturally don’t need it.”

I nodded and looked at Sofili.

I felt like my impression of her had changed again.

She was clearly a rich woman who owned an entire plantation, so why would she be so concerned about this point?

“Sorry, there have been some problems with the plantation recently, so finances are a bit tight… a hundred-plus Red Copper is also a considerable expense for us. By the way, I have those notes with me. See which ones you want, I can give them to you directly.”

She seemed to have seen through my thoughts and had to explain to me.

Looking at Sofili and Cheng Yu like this, I also reacted.

Although Red Copper was at the bottom of the three currencies I knew, it was essentially still a transcendent material.

If measured in ordinary money, its price was actually very expensive, so the actual price of a hundred-plus Red Copper might be much more expensive than I had expected.

I just hadn’t adapted yet.

Having achieved transcendence, I earned more, and the level of my spending had also increased, but in reality, I still hadn’t earned that much, unless I was willing to lower myself back to my previous environment.

But that was impossible.

I had already embarked on the path of transcendence, how could I be so willing to fall back?

In the end, I picked several of her notebooks.

Her handwritten characters were very elegant and neat, very clear to read.

Most of them were cultivation notes.

Maybe I could find some time to record them in the Memory Bookshelf spellbook to enrich my foundation.

We finally walked to the teleportation formation, and by now, noon had already passed.

“Um, to confirm one last time, you really don’t need any other compensation?”

“Mm, I only want what I’m interested in.”

I said again.

I felt like she kept asking me as if she was afraid I would be at a disadvantage, which was indeed a bit annoying.

“Alright then, can we add each other as friends after we get out? Um, if you need any materials or want to concoct potions, you can find me. I’ll give you a ten… twenty percent discount, a twenty percent discount!”

“I appreciate the kind offer.”

I flipped through Sofili’s notebook.

If some of the content could be remembered, I wouldn’t need to let these things take up space in my Memory Bookshelf.

“Then… see you again if fate allows.”

After coming out of the teleportation formation, I had gained a lot of understanding of the process of entering and exiting secret realms.

After adding them as friends, I left quickly.

“That was a really nice senior sister…”

Cheng Yu sighed as she watched my disappearing back.

“Sofili, say something, why aren’t you talking?”

“No… how is her name Yang Yuehan?”

“Huh? What Yang Yue… wait, what’s her name?”