Ang entered a mountain hollow in the southwest of the Beastlands alone. This low-lying area, hidden amid an unbroken range of mountains, had once been a remote village.
With the establishment of North Wind Town, the original villagers had long since moved elsewhere, leaving behind only abandoned ruins and lush forests.
Its level terrain and exceptional concealment made it Ang's ideal choice for a "secret garden."
He took a deep breath, and a pale yellow magical glow lit up in his palm. He then cast Earth Magic, carrying out large-scale terrain modifications across the entire mountain hollow.
The soil was turned over anew, several natural barriers rose along the mountain walls, and the wild trees around the perimeter were cleared in an orderly fashion, leaving behind a dense ring of trees as a natural barrier.
The original space was expanded by more than double, forming a level depression roughly the size of a football field.
Next, Ang took several hundred bags of special soil from regions rich in magical elements out of his Magic Waist Pouch and spread them evenly across the ground bit by bit, maintaining a thickness of around half a meter.
The faint magical glimmer flickering within the soil seemed to fill the entire mountain hollow with vitality.
"Time to plant," Ang murmured.
He carefully took out the well-preserved magical herb seedlings from the Demon Sealing Box. These precious plants had originally grown in the Purple-winged Bees' former habitat and possessed extremely strong adaptability.
He planted them one by one with his own hands, watering each plant with water infused with life magic and tending to them with care.
Over the next few days, he devoted himself to caring for the herbs almost without sleep or rest.
As soon as dawn broke, he began checking the plants'