The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

Chapter 1078: Chapter 1075: Royal Blue Chapter 1078: Chapter 1075: Royal Blue Under the Royal Arcane Academy, there is a Magic Laboratory named “Nature’s Source,” which does not employ a system of chief arcanists but rather resembles a scientific research institute.

The Nature’s Source Laboratory focuses on the development of Magic Plants, further divided into multiple research groups. Magic Beans, Magic Wheat, Magic Melons, Magic Eggplants, Magic Peppers, Magic Ginseng, Magic Lotus Root, Magic Tangerines, Magic Pears, Magic Sunflowers, Transforming Trees—each type of Magic Plant has a corresponding group dedicated to researching how to cultivate them.

Depending on the environmental needs of different Magic Plants, the Nature’s Source Laboratory has branch laboratories in many cities of Flame Island and has planned specialized plantations.

Even on Black Horse Island in the Sapphire Duchy, there are branch laboratories of Nature’s Source—housing several early-cultivated types of Magic Plants.

However, since the cultivation of Magic Plants began four to five years ago, not a single fruit has been harvested.

Magic Plants are cultivated from large trees through Natural Magic. Even Magic Beans, a leguminous Magic Plant, grow into trees similar to fruit trees. This process requires ten years to initially bear fruit; after another ten years, the yield of the Magic Bean tree gradually increases; it is not until forty years later that it enters a period of abundant fruiting.

Theoretically, during the period of abundant fruiting, a single Magic Bean tree can produce fifty thousand pounds of Magic Beans endowed with Magic Power annually, and a Magic Bean tree can live for over a hundred years.

It is unknown if the Moon Empire relied on such Magic Plants for food, but the Sun Empire of Mafa Continent certainly consumes Magic Plant food—the magicians of Mafa Continent have likely all evolved into Druids, which is a significant difference from those of Legendary Continent.

Unfortunately, theory is just theory. The cultivation of Magic Beans in the Flame Kingdom grows even slower than expected, seemingly poorly adapted to the local environment. The Magic Beans on Black Horse Island, cultivated for four to five years, have barely grown into crooked saplings, let alone large trees.