Settling in this batch of resources took Kroya some time, but he was brimming with motivation. These were all the fruits of his labor!
No amount of hardship or exhaustion mattered now.
With these resources and the magic crystals he had left unspent, he probably wouldn't lack anything for a while.
If he needed anything, he could simply buy it.
First, he moved the Magic-Storing Hanging Flask Grass into a separate room, prepared the culture dishes, and planted the twenty specimens he had purchased alongside his original one.
Before planting them, he had inspected each one with the Astral Body Inscription Technique. None were special seeds.
However, he discovered an unexpected bonus: one specimen in this batch had five flasks, while all the others had three.
"Did the Sacred Spring Trade Guild include this on purpose?" Kroya found it a little strange. Could the Sacred Spring Trade Guild have miscounted the flasks on the Magic-Storing Hanging Flask Grass?
He thought that unlikely. Such a powerful organization surely had advanced identification and appraisal magic.
Besides, he had paid for three-flask Magic-Storing Hanging Flask Grass. If they could even get that wrong, the Sacred Spring Trade Guild would be utterly ridiculous.
"So..." Was it really a gift?
It was a little strange, but he didn't dwell on it. The goods were already in his hands, after all. Surely the Sacred Spring Trade Guild couldn't ask for them back.
What he needed to consider now was how to induce mutations in this Magic-Storing Hanging Flask Grass.
In theory, with their veteran predecessor guiding them and a little hypnosis from him, these new specimens should soon develop the desire to evolve.
"I'll try that first. If it doesn't work, I'll figure something else out." He cast Mage's Hand and continued planting.
Five minutes later,