For the next two days, he stayed at the Air Coral Base, focusing on observing the Sea Spirit Lingzhi spores while enjoying a little vacation on the side.
The results were quite encouraging.
The white hyphae had slowly left the beads' magical eggshells and begun spreading outward. They spread very slowly and would only start growing upward after covering the entire reef.
Their growth cycle was roughly three months.
Only after those three months would they begin producing Sea Spirit Lingzhi secretions.
Then he could start making Sea Spirit Lingzhi potions to cultivate his own core followers, and fleece some of the surrounding nobles along the way.
But since they had left their magical eggshells, that meant they had truly adapted to the magic here and could grow.
Through the Astral Body Inscription Technique, he could also see that they were brimming with vitality.
"Now I can rest easy."
Kroya let out a small sigh of relief. His greatest worry had been that they would refuse to absorb the magic filtered by the Air Coral. That would have been a huge problem.
Now that the problem was solved, he could finally eat in peace.
He lowered his head to look at the duck eggs frying on a clean plate of sacred white iron, then used a magical hand to pick up the prepared squid tentacles and fish beside him and put them on the plate to fry as well.
He sprinkled on some spices, too.
With a steady sizzle, they soon gave off a delicious aroma.
Their color also changed from bright red to pink.
He picked up a squid tentacle with his magical hand and popped it straight into his mouth to taste it.
Mmm... chewy, but the flesh is tender, too.
Those two different textures combined to give