Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

Not far to the west of Backlund lies the Barchis Mountains. This north-south mountain range divides the Backlund Plain from the Takewill Plain and serves as the last barrier to Backlund's west.

Audrey's laboratory was built deep within these mountains.

It's over fifty kilometers from the Dyer's herbalist shop in the West Borough, which is the limit for a 'teleportation circle'.

Although only separated by fifty kilometers, it's far enough from the city, and because there isn't much good farmland, only a few small villages are scattered throughout the mountains, making it very remote. Many nobles have chosen to build their manors in this direction.

However, even the nobles wouldn't choose to build their manors around Audrey's laboratory because the area is full of hills, making transportation very inconvenient.

For Audrey, this is a good place to be undisturbed.

Audrey's laboratory looks like an ordinary house, but it's very spacious because it only has one room.

There are three experimental platforms, a small metallurgical furnace, and two foot-powered engraving machines that Audrey built himself to engrave mystical symbols on hard objects.

In addition, there are two tall cabinets filled with various herbs and mystical materials.

There are supernatural traps in the yard and on the walls, so Audrey isn't afraid of villagers breaking in.

Audrey didn't stay in the laboratory. Instead, he temporarily deactivated the traps in the yard and quickly went into the mountains.

There are no residents in the area where he built the laboratory. If you continue walking into the mountains, you might not encounter a single person all day.

After crossing a mountain peak, some fences, wooden houses, and other signs of human activity appeared on the mountain in front of him.

Audrey bought a large area around here.

There are no mineral deposits, no large forests, and it's not suitable for growing crops, so it was very cheap.

For Audrey, it's a good place to grow herbs and some low-level mystical plants. It's also suitable for raising some mystical animals that aren't very high-level, such as the mutated flamingo breeding area, which is Audrey's destination today.

The large-scale cultivation of mystical plants and the breeding of mystical creatures are Audrey's unique patents.

It's said that the Church of the Earth Mother had previously done a lot of research on breeding mystical creatures, but the results were very unsatisfactory. They did breed a batch, but it required the constant help of demigods.

In the end, they felt it wasn't worth it and stopped the research in this area.

They would never have imagined that a herbalist shop owner in Backlund had successfully completed their vision and was able to grow and breed mystical materials on a large scale without the help of advanced supernatural powers.

Audrey also hired seven villagers to help take care of this large industry.

The villagers don't know that these are mystical animals and plants. They only know that these are things raised and grown by a rich man.

Audrey felt that his pace was much faster after being promoted than before. The three-hour journey now only took him an hour and a half.

This is a fence built on the mountainside. Inside, not only are there a group of mutated flamingos, but also a group of red bees and fire-striped sables. In addition, there are also mystical plants such as scarlet maple trees, red crown balsams, and scarlet lilies.

Old Man Anlier, who was in charge of guarding this place, took the protective gear distributed by Audrey and entered the fence with a lasso to capture the mutated flamingos after learning that Audrey wanted a batch of them.

These spiritual creatures are only more intelligent and aggressive than normal creatures. Ordinary people can capture them with professional tools.

While Anlier went to catch the mutated flamingos, Audrey walked along the fence and checked the outer magic circle.

Almost no grass grows around the fence, forming a bare road.

Not only around the fence, but the vegetation on the entire hillside outside the fence also looked a little withered.

The magic circle is made of hard granite blocks, with mystical symbols engraved on them with a special material.

Just as Audrey was concentrating on the inspection, a woman's voice suddenly sounded in his ear: "This is the first time I've seen this style of magic circle!"

The sudden voice startled Audrey: "Can you say hello next time before you speak?"

As he spoke, he looked around, but still didn't see Bernadette's shadow.

"I can have an 'invisible servant' pat you on the shoulder or back first."

"Forget it!" Audrey quickly said. That would be even more frightening.

Especially feeling someone patting you, but not being able to see the other person, is like encountering a ghost story plot.

Audrey thought for a while: "How about this, you can write 'I'm here' anywhere in front of me, so at least I'll be a little prepared."

"No problem." Bernadette sounded very easy to talk to: "Let's continue the topic just now. If I'm not mistaken, this magic circle can concentrate the spirituality of the entire hillside inside the fence, right?"

"Yes." Audrey admitted generously.

After all, the other party was also an expert and had already seen the effect of the magic circle.

He found a stone to sit on and took out his pipe: "To be precise, it concentrates most of the spirituality in the fence, but not all of it."

Bernadette immediately understood: "The problem with the material used to engrave the mystical symbols."

"That's right." Audrey said as he filled his pipe with tobacco: "If you use too good of a material, it will cost too much, and it will easily attract the attention of extraordinary people.

"This is just right. Although the number of spiritual creatures that can be raised is limited, it's enough."

In addition to the materials used for experiments, it can also make a small profit.

In the beginning, Audrey only researched the magic circle for planting herbs.

The herbs used in mysticism are actually plants that contain more spirituality than ordinary plants.

Some people have also tried to plant those herbs, but no matter how much fertilizer they use or how robust the herbs grow, the things they plant don't meet the requirements of mystical applications.

So all along, the herbs used in mysticism and the extraordinary world have been collected from the wild.

The reason for this result is that even if there is enough fertilizer, there is not enough spirituality in that area for the herbs to absorb.

Without spirituality, of course, it has no effect in mystical activities.

If herbs lacking spirituality are used as auxiliary materials for potions, it will seriously affect the promotion of extraordinary people.

The principle of Audrey's magic circle is very simple. In a study in the 'Knowledge Wilderness', he discovered that some magic circles can be used to concentrate spirituality.

This magic circle has actually existed for a long time, but its effect is very limited, and it is an ordinary 'hexagram' magic circle, which only works within a very small distance.

Audrey improved this traditional magic circle and used the concentrated and abundant spirituality to grow many fast-growing herbs, earning his first pot of gold.

Later, with his gradual improvements over the past three years, the concentrated spirituality can completely plant spiritual plants and breed spiritual creatures.

After a few seconds of silence, Bernadette said again: "The Church of the Earth Mother's research direction is wrong!"

Audrey lit his pipe, took a puff, and then smiled: "Have you also heard of that research?"

"That's right, their direction is wrong. They have been trying to concentrate enough spirituality with extraordinary abilities to create areas where spiritual plants can be planted on a large scale.

"This idea is not a problem, but the cost is too high, and it is better to buy directly."