Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Su Li looked at the Star Dew Sweet Orange in the corner and could see that the ambitions of the Dawn Church were quite large.

Even if they obtained this Star Dew Sweet Orange, it couldn’t satisfy their expectations. They still planted this spirit plant in the corner of a purple Spirit Field.

This signifies that they aim to create a second Fantasy Garden of the heart, and this place’s scale shouldn’t fall too short of Ingrid’s garden.

So they would rather leave this purple Spirit Field empty than plant Ghost Vine.

Su Li immediately asked curiously, "So how do you plan to arrange the Ghost Vine?"

The Ghost Vine is the seeds gifted to Su Li by Charlotte from the West High Merchant Guild. This plant’s price is quite high, up to 10 Golden Crowns per plant.

This means that a single one can be as valuable as a Dragon Blood Stone or a Fantasy Pearl.

And per acre, 2,000 acres of Ghost Vine could grow! If the Ink Green Ghost Vine were to appear, the price would surge to 50 Golden Crowns.

More importantly, the ownership of these Ghost Vines can be arranged by Su Li himself, and he’s not necessarily required to give all of them to Charlotte; instead, it’s a mutual resource transaction. Su Li gives her Ghost Vines, and she pays accordingly.

This allows the Ghost Vines to be used by Su Li, playing an important role in the upcoming war against the Night Wanderer Corpses.

After all, the effect of this Ghost Vine is quite powerful, almost like Caltrops against Knights.

As long as this Ghost Vine is placed on the preset battlefield, once the Undead Legion charges over, they’ll be massively attracted to it. They might even forsake the Knights at arm’s length and madly rush towards the Ghost Vines to vent their resentment and hatred.

This Ghost Vine has a lot of Reversed Spikes, which injure some undead attacking it, causing Black Magic instability, resulting in some of the undead turning to ashes.

Once attacked by the undead and injured, the Ghost Vine becomes a noose, engulfing the nearby undead and turning them into swamps.

From this perspective, this Ghost Vine is very suitable for Hesse Territory’s current needs and situation, given that Hesse Territory’s Knights are very good at luring enemies into a preset battlefield.

Vandar also understood Su Li’s needs and said, "My Lord, this time at Moonlight Highlands, the outbreak of Rainbow Hail has been quite considerable. More importantly, we already have a sufficient number of Ice Attribute Knights, so we brought back far more Rainbow Hail Crystals than usual. Besides expanding our purple Spirit Field here, we also set up a purple farm near Saint Leonard’s Shallow Bay to cultivate the Ghost Vine there."

"Saint Leonard’s Shallow Bay!" Su Li recalled the relic left by the Holy Sanctuary Knight. This shallow bay is upstream of the Black Water River, where its Broken Lance can continually purify Death Qi, making the life force there exceptionally pure.

It is said that beneath Saint Leonard’s Broken Lance, the remains of the Legendary Undead Dragon [Naglich] are suppressed.

Previously, Kappa said it hadn’t seen this huge Undead Dragon, so Su Li relaxed.

But after witnessing the Night Wanderer Corpses and the vast Undead Legion in the spider cavern, he had a clearer understanding of Black Magic’s power. Who knows, that Undead Dragon might really be under Saint Leonard’s Broken Lance, just having lost its form as a Legendary existence.

But as long as Black Magic gathers, the Wind of Death can reshape its form, merely binding lots of bone ashes with the power of Black Magic, once the Broken Lance is pulled out.

Therefore, the Dawn Church planting Ghost Vine here is quite meaningful, at least to prevent potential crises, locking this place down entirely so the Undead Legion can’t approach or break through.

Whether or not it has any chance of resurrection, they needed to seal it up, ensuring that it can’t be resurrected.

To know, this world is full of risks and crises, the forces of justice are constantly besieged by evil and darkness. Over the millennia, countless monsters were sealed. Once, a group of cultists unearthed a Divine Chosen level demon in Gray Mountain.

Allowing these evil minions to continue exploring in Hesse territory, accidentally uncovering a Legendary level monster, would not surprise Su Li at all.

Compared to the evil Legendary Undead Dragon, Su Li was clearly more interested in the various Fantasy Creatures in Saint Leonard’s Shallow Bay and said to Vandar, "Your church has druids and nuns there; do you understand the habits of the local Fantasy Creatures?"

"Yes, my Lord," Vandar immediately replied. "For instance, the Silver Armored Shrimp, which is our new special product of the territory."

"Silver Armored Shrimp’s extraordinary trait mainly stems from the pure water bodies filled with a dense Power of Life. We tried to cultivate these shrimps in Lake Reiflin before, but it wasn’t ideal. Once the Silver Armored Shrimp entered Lake Reiflin, they appeared very uncomfortable, one could even say they loathed it, as if the lake water in Lake Reiflin was toxic to them."

This was relatively easy to understand, as Lake Reiflin’s water is almost akin to a Witch Moon being soaked in it, turning less like water and more like liquid fertilizer. This breeds many organisms inside, such as cave corals and magic-absorbing leeches, rare worms used by sea elves that consume mysterious energy and can drain creature magic. Elven mages are accustomed to handling these creatures’ influence on them, and the Sea Guard occasionally uses these creatures to weaken enemy mages’ abilities (only effective on low-level mages, as notable mages find it merely ticklish).

Of course, besides these weird and malevolent creatures, there are also some relatively neutral ones, like the Elephant Shell, a shelled organism from the Mortal Realms. Its shell is often used to make Elephant Halberds for the Sea Guard, River Guard, and sailors’ Long Lances.

Even Vandar was unclear how these strange creatures ended up in Lake Reiflin, but like the ubiquitous Wind of Chaos, once it passed by, some aquatic life might mutate.

Lake Reiflin had always been like this, beautifully clear, vast and undulating, yet harboring risks and filth.

Su Li had always been carefully maintaining this Holy Land’s balance, making sure it was rich in nutrients to nourish the Bjorn Shallow Bay below, ensuring a bountiful harvest. He avoided letting its internal risks spread. Every year before the Summer Solstice’s festival, Su Li would dispatch the Holy Land Guard to clean this Holy Land to prevent disasters and bloodshed during the Summer Solstice, keeping the territory’s residents in the dark about their most beautiful and vital Holy Land being simultaneously the source of many evil creatures.

So, if Silver Armored Shrimp didn’t adapt to Lake Reiflin’s water, Su Li wasn’t surprised at all.

The thick Wind of Jilun and the thick Wind of Death are matters that would trigger disasters; any extremity in this world brings calamity.

That actually aligns well with the Eastern philosophy of moderation.

Vandar continued, "Later, we found that these shrimps kept running away, following them led us to the Jade Pool, and then they settled there. The Jade Pool was constructed with the gemstone known as Vidage’s Emerald, initially thought suitable for fish farming, but we found it’s also very suitable for cultivating these Silver Armored Shrimps."

The Jade Pool’s formation process purifies the pond, making it exceptionally clear and possessing a considerable Jilun force, clearly conducive to the Silver Armored Shrimp’s life.

"Here, they have no natural enemies, and their reproduction is rapid. Currently, the territory has started selling these Silver Armored Shrimps, highly sought after by various Knight Clans. While their effect isn’t as powerful and dominant as the Fire Rabbit, they have a wide applicability, allowing knights of any bloodline to consume these Silver Armored Shrimps and enhance their defense."

"As a result, their price is even higher than the Fire Rabbit, with a 20-pound Silver Armored Shrimp selling for at least 50 Golden Crowns each!"

"But nearly every Jade Pool has a few Silver Armored Shrimps, and I believe that in the future, this extraordinary creature’s scale might exceed that of the Light-Scaled Fish."

This suggests that Silver Armored Shrimp might be even more suitable than Light-Scaled Fish for Hesse Territory.

What’s the biggest characteristic of the Human Empire’s Knights? Isn’t it their remarkable resilience? Be it morale or defense, they are taken to the extreme. It’s extremely difficult for an enemy to crush a Knight Order on the front battlefield.

The Silver Armored Shrimp can comprehensively enhance the toughness of Hesse Territory’s Knights, making a very significant impact.

In time, once a Knight Clan builds a Jade Pool on their estate, these Silver Armored Shrimps could benefit the entire family line.

So to speak, this means the lofty swallows from the halls of yesteryear shall fly into the homes of ordinary people!