Chapter 319: Power of Withering
After a moment of contemplation, a withered yellow light once again emerged from Jia Na's palm, but this time, she was not taking away the vitality of the magical plants. Instead, she was returning the few wisps of “Life force” she had just extracted to the magical plants.
“It really is the conservation of energy—”
As the “Life force” returned to its original place, Jia Na’s body also reverted to its initial fatigued state.
“Growth—”
A green light flashed, and the magical plants grew. In just a few breaths, the magical plants that had just been withered and dying actually grew back—however, their size was much smaller than at the very beginning.
“With my current mastery of the Growth Law Fragment, it’s no problem to cultivate ordinary magical plants. However, for magical plants that require specific Growth environments and have slow Growth rates, the effect will be greatly weakened.”
Looking at the smaller magical plants in the flowerpots, Jia Na shook her head, and then cast the Wizard's Hand to move the magical plants back to their original positions.
“It’s not too late now. I’ll rest for a while, then go to the Mist Forest to do the mission—”
More than three months had passed since Jia Na first received the Main Quest.
From barely being able to heal two or three polluted trees a day at first, to now, as Jia Na's control over the Growth Law Fragment became stronger, her efficiency in healing trees also increased.
As of now, Jia Na can almost complete the healing of five trees in one night.
Therefore, Jia Na deduced that, at the current efficiency, she would be able to complete the Main Quest of “resurrecting five hundred trees in the Mist Forest” by the end of next month at the latest.
“I wonder what the reward for completing the Main Quest will be.”
Thinking of this, Jia Na opened the quest panel once again.
【Main Quest: Save the Withering Life, resurrect the dying trees in the Mist Forest (397/500);
Quest Reward: 1000 talent experience, 3000 skill experience, three random rewards;
Quest Time: Unlimited.】
Since the Main Quest was judged to be red in difficulty, in addition to the high amount of talent and skill experience, there were also three random rewards.
Jia Na remembered that her previous red-level quest was “Annihilate the Remnants of the Dark Sun Church,” and the random quest rewards at that time were an increase in “Constitution” and “Luck” attributes, as well as “Purification Law Insight Knowledge * 1.”
It was precisely because of the “Purification Law Insight Knowledge * 1” quest reward that Jia Na successfully comprehended her first Law Fragment later on.
Therefore, Jia Na boldly speculated that the reward for the Main Quest “Save the Withering Life” might also include related “Law Fragment insights,” most likely concerning the Growth Law Fragment.
“If it really is an insight into the Growth Law Fragment, that’s great. This will also help me condense the Law Seed as early as possible.”
So far, among Jia Na's four Law Fragments, the Growth Law Fragment has the highest comprehension progress, reaching 10%. The Purification Law Fragment ranks second, at only 1%.
As for the Fragment of the Law of Beauty and the Withering Law Fragment, which she had only recently comprehended, their comprehension progress was completely 0%....
Thinking of this, Jia Na couldn't help but recall that three months ago, when she attended the dinner with Sophina-Silvermoon and Kou Ji-Wo Fu, they mentioned that there was a way to comprehend the Fragment of the Law of Beauty within the Witch Faction.
However, before Jia Na officially became a member of the Witch Faction, she was not yet qualified to know the specific method.
“I wonder if Sophina and Kou Ji have completed the mission they mentioned last time.”
For three whole months, Sophina-Silvermoon and Kou Ji-Wo Fu had vanished as if into thin air. After the last dinner, they never appeared again.
If Jia Na didn't still have the Witch Faction's contract scroll, she would really suspect that they had gone back on their word.....
“Let’s wait a bit longer. If I still don’t hear anything by August, I’ll just pretend this never happened.”
Sighing with a slight sense of frustration, Jia Na looked at the time displayed on the wall clock and stopped dwelling on these bothersome thoughts.
Instead, after casting a Cleaning Spell on herself, she sat cross-legged on the bed, preparing to enter a state of meditation.
“I still hope the Witch Faction can give me a reply soon—”
Slowly exhaling, and clearing her mind of distracting thoughts as much as possible, Jia Na closed her eyes and gradually entered a meditative state amidst the sound of her even breathing.
“Inhale—Exhale—Inhale—Exhale—”
Light flowed, and vitality flourished.
As Jia Na's breathing became more steady, glowing specks of light once again surrounded her body.
However, this time, amidst the dense emerald green light specks, there were also a few specks of light shimmering with withered yellow light.
As the light specks grew brighter, the magical plants in the dormitory also began to absorb the surrounding magic particles in sync with Jia Na's breathing frequency.
In the ebb and flow, the magical plants that had shrunk due to the “Power of Withering” gradually began to grow, and soon, the magical plants used for the experiment returned to their original state.
As if nothing had ever happened.
Compared to the long winter, Turin's summer was not long. However, the hot temperatures were enough to make the Ravens perched in the shade listless.
Especially in August, the hottest month of the year, even the usually boisterous cicadas quieted down a bit.
“At this time, the persistent mist above the Mist Forest can actually provide some relief from the heat.”
At the Magic Tower Barrier of the Mist Forest, Jia Na, who was still carrying out the Main Quest, couldn't help but wipe the thin sweat from her forehead.
As a Plant-based apprentice, Jia Na had always preferred the summer climate, but by August, the hottest month in Turin, even she felt uncomfortable from the heat.
“That Vivian, she actually took a month off to escape the heat. I wonder if she’ll pass the exam at the end of this semester.”
Vivian, who had awakened the Koshi's King Serpent bloodline, hadn't left Rose Manor for almost a month.
In addition to the inherent fear of heat in ice-element magical beast bloodlines, it was also because Vivian currently only had the strength of a Second-level Wizard Apprentice and could not freely control the bloodline power of the Koshi's King Serpent.
This caused her to be unable to maintain her basic human form for long during this period, and she could only live in a half-human, half-snake bloodline form—.
