Back at the Botanical Gardens, Yolanda kept telling Charlie in his ear.

"Junior brother, this bloodthirsty konjac is not a joke, although the teacher gave you this task, but he told me a thousand times that you must try to complete this task on the premise of ensuring your own safety, so you must learn about its habits from Master Karl. ”

Although Master Ron did not directly agree to Charlie's request, who is Yolanda? She is the best at grasping the psychology of the master, and she is also good at looking at people, and she is afraid that this junior brother will achieve extraordinary achievements in the future, and now is the time when he is weakest, and it is a good time for emotional investment.

"Understood. ”

Yolanda added: "The teacher has to take into account the feelings of a group of herbalists and gardeners, so he will not arrange any position with you for the time being, and besides, the position of third-order blue medal gardener promised by Martin will not be fulfilled, can the junior understand?"

Charlie smiled: "Those are all false names, it doesn't matter, what I am concerned about is whether the permission to read the materials of the botanical garden is open to me, and in addition, there is also the permission to use laboratory materials." ”

"That's natural, the teacher still depends on you to create miracles, how can he restrict you in this regard?" Yulanda pondered for a moment and said: "Evan herbalist may take over the position of the principal, the teacher told him, try to cooperate with your work, in short, do a good job! The teacher is not a stingy person, as long as you put in the effort, even if you don't get the desired result, I believe that the teacher will give you a fair treatment." ”

Charlie smiled: "I understand, senior sister is busy first, if you have any questions, I will contact you." ”

"Okay, then I won't waste time. ”

Charlie sent Yolanda away and went straight to the botanical garden to find Master Carl, who was also a workaholic, and after hearing Charlie's duties, he experienced a brief surprise and entered the state of work, he took Charlie directly to the place of work, and the two walked in the labyrinthine botanical garden until they reached the heart of the botanical garden.

Carl smiled: "The layout of the botanical garden is a bit complicated, it is easy to get lost when you first arrive, and some places have set up magic taboos, I will accompany you for a walk these days, and when you are familiar with the terrain, you will act alone." ”

A kind reminder, but Charlie didn't need it, and along the way, he had already mapped out the route in his mind and remembered the key references.

Charlie smiled in return: "Okay, then it's time to bother the master." ”

"You're welcome, I've been interested in your cultivation techniques for a long time, and I was blocked by Martin before, but I didn't understand it, and now I finally have the opportunity to feast my eyes. ”

Charlie smiled: "It's all some local methods in my hometown, nothing special." ”

Soon, the two of them came to a piece of the botanical garden in the center of the garden, and from the equipment and room layout, it can be seen that the plants planted here are very precious.

This area has the best sunlight, the area is very open, and a plant occupies a room, which is very luxurious.

Karl took out a metal badge and embedded it in the wall, and the stone door shrank into the wall, revealing a 30-square-meter black earth in front of him, the soil was black-brown, soft and damp, and the weeds were cleanly treated, and a purple-brown plant was planted in the center of the black soil.

It is about 0.8 meters high, the leaves are fat, purple-black, several leaves arch to guard a bucket-shaped flower, the mouth is small and the belly is thick, as thick as an adult's thigh, the edge of the petals is slightly curled, emitting a pungent smell, the smell is indescribable, like the bones of various animals piled together, let it erode and ferment, the unpleasant smell emitted.

Although it was not the first time to face it, Carl still felt that his breath was not good, and he just wanted to escape from this place, he turned his head to look at Charlie, and when he saw his calm appearance, he was surprised: "I thought you would escape, I was so embarrassed the first time, and I vomited all the overnight food." ”

Charlie smiled: "My patience is still good. ”

"That's good, putting up with the smell is the first small step to success. Karl pointed to the bottom of the plant and said, "When you come into contact with it, be careful of the thorn vines hiding in the dirt." ”

Charlie carefully distinguished, and sure enough, at the end of the rhizome, he saw black-brown dry and hard vines, these vines were inserted into the dirt, and if he didn't distinguish them carefully, he wouldn't notice their presence at all.

Karl drew a circle with his finger and admonished, "The range of the thorny vine is about five meters around it, and if you don't carry a sachet made of konjac powder on your body, you will be attacked by it."

The tip of the thorn vine is very sharp, it will tear your flesh and skin, burrow into your body, suck blood, and it is poisonous, once it is bound, it will quickly lose its mind, when the time comes, no one can save you, and the best ending is to destroy with it, this is the lesson we learned with three lives and a crippled herbalist working for half a year. ”

Charlie frowned and said, "Is there anything else that needs to be paid attention to besides the thorn vine?"

"Its flower juice is so corrosive that you must never touch it with your bare hands!

In addition, it is very sensitive to sound stimuli, and if it is attacked, it is best not to scream, otherwise, it may trigger a more violent response.

Of course, if it starts attacking you, the chances of saving yourself are slim, unless you're a paladin of the Church, or a powerhouse like an archmage, with light and fire as its nemesis. ”

"Sounds like a tough thing to deal with. ”

Another point, you need to pay special attention, it has a unique smell, you can't smell it for a long time, you will have a headache after smelling it for a long time, you will have hallucinations, and you may have an accident. ”

Listening to his description, this bloody konjac has a variety of attack methods, and it is indeed a very dangerous plant.

Charlie asked, "How did you cultivate this bloody konjac, and did you already have some methods?"

Karl smiled bitterly: "It was matured by Master Ron himself, using a bottle of 'Powerful Life Elixir', three bottles of 'Stone Blood Oil Ointment' and five 'Growth Scrolls', these consumables alone cost nearly 50,000 gold coins, and now in order to maintain its life, it has to consume a natural magic 'Powerful Moisturizer' every day, and the scroll is worth nearly 2,000 gold coins, and the maintenance cost is quite high." ”

Charlie frowned and said, "That's really worth the loss." ”

"Yes, and the bigger problem is that its vitality is still weakening, no matter what we try, it will not help, at this rate, without using more expensive potions or scrolls, it will wither within a month, so it can only rely on you, if you don't solve the problem for a day, it will consume the master's energy and time for a day, and the cost is unbearable. ”

Charlie nodded silently and replied, "I'll do my best." ”

Carl handed him a sachet with a strange smell, pointed to the badge on his chest, and said, "What's the problem, you activate the button on the badge, and I'll rush over as soon as possible." ”

When Charlie saw him covering his nose, he knew that he didn't want to stay in this place, so he asked, "Master Karl, I have another question, where can you find wild bloody konjac in general? Can you describe in detail the details of the discovery of this type of plant? For example, the surrounding environment. ”

Carl shook his head and said: "I don't know very well, the main reason is that there are relatively few cases of wild bloody konjac found, and because of its super high value, generally speaking, sellers will not provide the location of the discovery, and they want to make more money!"

This konjac plant was bred from its seeds, not a wild plant, but you can check the books in the botanical garden and you may be able to find some clues. ”

Charlie sighed in his heart, knowledge is unwilling to share, which is also one of the reasons why the biology of this continent is so backward.

In the past few days, the collection of books and handwritten notes in the botanical garden has basically been looked through by Charlie, and those who can understand are directly studied into it, and those that cannot be understood are temporarily stored in the chip, and he searched carefully, but did not find any information about the bloody konjac.

Carl asked, "Do you have any more questions?"

Charlie shook his head.

"Then I'll go first. ”

Charlie was a pragmatist, and after Carl left, he went straight to work.

Through a competition and reading in recent days, Charlie found that the botany of the Wagland continent is lagging behind for the following reasons:

First, the excessive prevalence of magic has suppressed the development of other fields, and people have formed a habitual thinking that when they encounter any problem, they first try to solve it from the perspective of magic, and if they can't solve it, then give up.

Second, the whole society has no habit of sharing, the broom cherishes itself, the mainstream inheritance method is master-apprentice inheritance, the inheritance efficiency is low, the scope of influence is small, the knowledge is relatively closed, some valuable discoveries are drowned in the torrent of history, and the empire has not made efforts to promote this knowledge.

Third, experts in many fields do not have a scientific research mentality, they know what it is, they don't know why, they are not sensitive to data, and they do not have the habit of summarizing, so that many conclusions are simply wrong.

However, it is precisely because of the backwardness that Charlie is given some opportunities to use the methods on earth to solve the problems he is facing in front of him.

Charlie searched the data in the chip and found that the bloody konjac is extremely similar in appearance to a class of plants on the earth - Titan konjac: Euphorbiaceae, shade-tolerant crops, most afraid of direct light, requires weak sunlight intensity, short hours, requires a suitable temperature of 15-25 °C, requires good soil drainage, low groundwater level, and sandy loam soil with a soil moisture content of 50-65%. The relative humidity of the air is 55-70%, the annual rainfall is 1000-1500 mm, and the most suitable soil pH is 6.5-7.5.

The difference between the two is that the bloody konjac is more vicious and has some predator characteristics, and it stands to reason that a powerful predator should not be so vulnerable.

Thinking of this, Charlie suddenly found a trace of inspiration, it is always in front of the limit of Charlie's thinking, which is unpredictable, but it is just a little bit of a distance, so that Charlie can't grasp it.

After thinking about it for a long time, but still without any results, Charlie gave up his plan to chase inspiration and began to try to use experimental methods to find the reason for the weakness of the bloody konjac.

Charlie tries to transform its living environment according to the survival habits of the 'Titan Konjac', for fear of alarming its thorny vines, Charlie does not plan to replace the sandy soil for the time being, and the rest of the conditions can be adjusted accordingly.

First of all, the easiest problem to solve was the problem of lighting, and Charlie found a huge parasol to shade the sun from the top and create a shaded environment.

Secondly, it is the problem of air humidity, which can be solved together with the acidity and alkalinity of the soil, the requirements of the bloody konjac for the soil are weakly acidic, and Charlie has tasted a small amount of soil in the botanical garden, and the chip analysis function found that the soil of the botanical garden is neutral, and the pH value of the soil needs to be improved, there are many methods, combined with the conditions of the botanical garden, Charlie found a suitable method:

The botanical garden has a special first-order water magic scroll "Cloud Mist", which can create a large area of water mist, before using the scroll, Charlie must first understand its spells, and be prepared to mix some private goods, the juice of the lime fruit is acidic, and after mixing with water, it can be used as a medium for cloud mistry, and its juice is a class of extractants, which is cultivated in the Botanical Garden.

One spell solves two problems.

Next, Charlie begins to contact Carl and Yolanda, with the former helping to get the lime fruit, and the latter teaching Charlie the spells and techniques of casting cloud magic.