Chapter 529

He had already estimated the area of the Giant Kelp Forest as large as possible, but after diving and exploring tirelessly, Liszt was still amazed by the vastness of the Giant Kelp Forest.

It was absurdly large. He and Acheronides nearly got lost in the Giant Kelp Forest that entire afternoon.

Fortunately, after relentless efforts, Liszt's Magic Eye finally found the feedback of magic aura, which was an entire stretch of Giant Kelp emitting a magical glow.

Their appearance was nearly identical to ordinary Giant Kelp, perhaps slightly thinner, but still over twenty to thirty meters in length. Intermingled with the ordinary Giant Kelp, there was no doubt that this was the new secret Magic Giant Kelp mentioned in the smoke mission.

And it was an abundance of Magic Giant Kelp.

Looking at the endless, densely packed Magic Giant Kelp emitting chaotic magic auras, Liszt couldn't help but gasp in astonishment.

Then he choked on seawater, and Acheronides acted swiftly, bringing him to the surface.

But he still gulped several mouthfuls of seawater and kept coughing on the surface.

"Brother, are you okay?" Acheronides patted his back worriedly, helping him catch his breath.

It took Liszt some time to stop coughing, floating on the surface and panting, but his emotions were still agitated: "I'm fine, just choked on some water! Acheronides, guess what I found in the Giant Kelp Forest? Magic! An endless stretch of Magic Giant Kelp, as far as the eye can see, it's all Magic Giant Kelp!"

"Ah, Magic Giant Kelp!" Acheronides exclaimed excitedly.

"Yes, it's Magic Giant Kelp. Recently, my magic potions have been running low, and the potions produced in my territory can't meet my needs. Buying from outside is also a challenge. I never expected that the Giant Kelp Forest you discovered would have so much Magic Giant Kelp!"

Acheronides was truly delighted for him: "That's great, brother can easily get his potions again."

Liszt smiled proudly.

A warm sensation spread through his chest, indicating that the Fire Drake had sensed his emotions and understood that it would soon have potions to eat again.

He sent a calming thought to it, then Liszt took a deep breath and signaled Acheronides to continue diving with him to determine the range and quantity of the Magic Giant Kelp.

Most importantly, he needed to find the second Giant Kelp Worm: "Except for mushrooms and other abandoned worm grasses, any plant with magic potions will have spirit bugs. The location of this Magic Giant Kelp is already far from the previous Giant Kelp Worm Grass, indicating that there is another Giant Kelp Worm hidden nearby!"

Diving.

Searching.

Today was destined to be a bountiful day. Acheronides quickly found a new Giant Kelp Worm and its worm grass. Then Liszt used jade powder again to successfully lure the Giant Kelp Worm and smoothly formed a contract. After the contract, he tossed it into Acheronides' shell, as the sea spirits prefer the ocean environment.

Emerging from the water and floating on the surface, Liszt felt extremely refreshed. The sun had already sunk below the horizon, and the afterglow dyed half the sky red, with the seawater also turning red, like large flames dancing on the surface.

"It's time to go back." He smiled slightly, looking at the nearly disappeared sunset. "Tomorrow, I'll arrange for fishermen to come and harvest these Magic Giant Kelp, and also clear out the non-magic Giant Kelp. Both Giant Kelp Worm Grasses will be relocated here to expand the growth range of the Giant Kelp Magic Potion, letting the sea cultivate more magic potions for me!"

Focusing his mind slightly.

The smoke mission was quickly summoned.

"Mission completed, reward: Magic Giant Kelp."

Then he glanced at the new mission: "The discovery of a large patch of Magic Giant Kelp is significant. It can effectively alleviate your magic potion demand pressure, but the area of Magic Giant Kelp seems to have exceeded the influence range of the Giant Kelp Sprite. Please find other spirits affecting the Magic Giant Kelp. Reward: A Giant Kelp Sprite."

"What!"

Liszt initially didn't pay much attention, thinking that the Giant Kelp Forest had already contributed two Giant Kelp Worms and a patch of Magic Giant Kelp, making the harvest already very valuable.

He didn't expect the best part was still to come.

To think there was actually a Giant Kelp Sprite hidden in this Giant Kelp Forest.

He took a deep breath, calming his emotions, and said to Acheronides, "Have you noticed that the range of the Magic Giant Kelp seems to have exceeded the influence of the Giant Kelp Worm Grass?"

Acheronides, quick on the uptake, immediately understood, her big eyes bright: "Brother, are you saying there are other Giant Kelp Worms here?"

"Perhaps not just Giant Kelp Worms, but possibly Giant Kelp Sprites too. This Giant Kelp Forest is so vast—who knows how many years it’s been growing—making it hard to determine exactly how many spirit bugs it has nurtured." Liszt grew more convinced of his reasoning, "Acheronides, there must be more spirit bugs here, waiting for us to explore!"

"Brother, shall we continue searching?"

"It’s getting dark, and diving now would be too risky... No hurry, Acheronides, let's go back first and continue the search tomorrow."

"Okay."

...

Back at the port town, Liszt had already clearly figured out how to deal with this Giant Kelp Forest.

Undoubtedly, when the Magic Giant Kelp was discovered, it had transformed from an interesting underwater plant into an indispensable strategic resource for the territory.

"With Acheronides' help, I can easily determine the kelp's extent, but for the fishermen, the location of the Giant Kelp Forest and the area of the Magic Giant Kelp are hard to distinguish—they don’t have coordinates to determine... So I need to help them map out the Giant Kelp’s coordinates."

He immediately ordered his servants to prepare ropes and sampans.

Using ropes to secure the sampans, they marked the edge of the Giant Kelp Forest and the distribution area of the Magic Giant Kelp. Naturally, this was just a stopgap measure; the best way would be to learn from marine aquaculture on Earth, using buoys to plan the marine cultivation fields.

Regularly harvesting the Magic Giant Kelp while working to master its cultivation techniques.

"So far, we haven't clearly determined how big the Giant Kelp Forest is. Based on the areas explored so far, this Giant Kelp Forest is likely to cover tens of thousands of acres." Tens of thousands of acres—Liszt and Acheronides had only explored a fraction of the area.

So the next day.

Armed with ropes and sampans, he spent the day not diving for the Giant Kelp Sprite but busy defining the boundary of the Giant Kelp Forest.

Setting down sampans every kilometer and having Acheronides secure them with ropes.

They worked tirelessly into the night, using a total of twenty-three sampans, finally outlining the boundary of this Giant Kelp Forest. Then he rode Loki, viewing from above the Giant Kelp Forest, mapping out the positions of the sampans. He concluded that the Giant Kelp Forest presented an irregular elongated shape.

Then he drew it proportionally on a map on thick paper, roughly calculating that the area of the Giant Kelp Forest might reach 24 square kilometers, which is about 36,000 acres.

This area is equivalent to the size of Flower Town.

"Truly enormous, next we should go find the Giant Kelp Sprite and determine the range of the Magic Giant Kelp!" Once the Giant Kelp is found, people should be sent to harvest it, then send it to the magic workshop for Cris Truth to make magic potions.

Days without magic potions are truly hard to endure.