Chapter 1371: Black Maple
In the arena, in the recreation room.
Su Xiao closed the status window. Because of this defeat, his rating dropped from 9,573 to 9,576. Such a slight decrease was due to the presence of a series of wins.
When he reached a 90-match winning streak, all of his opponents were mostly from the top 9,000. Each of them was quite strong, and even with enough mana, it wouldn't be so easy to break into the top 8,000 with his current strength.
But Su Xiao wasn't in a hurry. Since he had just been promoted to the fourth rank, he still had a long way to go before reaching the top five.
After leaving the arena, Su Xiao began to wander around the shopping plaza. Since he had bought a large number of different consumables before going to the world of Van Pease, he didn't need to replenish his supplies right now.
In fact, all he needed to buy was scuba gear and protective clothing against radiation and toxic gases.
He only had 70,000 Paradise coins in his hands. The blue pendant that Reed appreciated, he gave to Xia as compensation for forgetting to pay for lunch last time. As for the pendant that Reed disdained to appraise, it was sold by Su Xiao to a first-rank contractor for 3,000 Paradise coins.
This pendant was most likely of green quality. If you take into account the cost of the assessment, if this contractor is at least a little lucky, he will be able to get a very good pendant and will definitely not remain in the red.
After a shopping session in the shopping plaza, Su Xiao only had 20,000 Paradise Coins left. This money he decided to save as a last resort. He still remembered the Lucky incident when, for lack of coins, he was thrown out of the plane without a parachute.
While he was walking around the square looking for interesting items, Su Xiao noticed something that wasn't very pleasant. Prices for equipment, various potions, and so on have increased by at least 10%.
After returning to his exclusive space, Su Xiao walked over to a wooden table that had a 10 cm tall flower pot on it.
Su Xiao had originally decided to plant this plant just for the sake of testing, and he hadn't expected it to sprout and feel quite good at all.
The rhizome had already turned brown and showed signs of hardening.
The survival rate of a young bud was different from the survival rate of a small tree, and this plant had at least a 10% chance of survival.
Ten percent might seem like a very low chance of survival, but it wasn't really that bad. This tree grew in the deepest part of the Abyss. More than 98% of the Void races had never seen such a tree with their own eyes, and at most had only heard of it.
Previously, Su Xiao spent 4,000 Paradise coins and bought some information about black maple from Paradise.
The conditions for the growth of this tree were as follows:
«Black Maple.
Growth conditions: The sprout should absorb light for 1-2 hours every 24 hours. Within a radius of 5 kilometers from the root system should not be ordinary fresh water or vines.
Classification: Plant Kingdom; Type: Chordate; Aster.
Can be found: Only in the deepest part of the Abyss.
Growth cycle: Depending on the environment, black maple is considered an adult tree starting at 2 months and ending at 4,000 years of life.
Propagation method: Roots, branches and leaves can be used for transplanting and growing. The probability of germination after hardening is 90%. In most cases, it wilts within ten days after germination (during adaptation). With successful adaptation and the availability of sufficient nutrients, the sprout will be able to bloom».
After reading this information, Su Xiao realized how valuable that tens of meters tall black maple tree was. Normally, black maples couldn't grow to this size.
Most likely, the fact that this sprout was able to survive was ninety percent due to its parent..
As for why such a tree was grown and why, it was a long story.
If Su Xiao decided to sell this seedling in the Void, practically all the major factions would knock on his door and give up a lot for such a plant.
Once the black maple tree reached maturity, its price was incredibly difficult to determine. When Su Xiao had meditated earlier under the black maple tree, he clearly felt that the effectiveness of the meditation had increased by dozens of times, allowing his sword comprehension to advance further in the shortest amount of time.
And he only meditated there for about half an hour. What would happen if he grew his own black maple tree and meditated regularly around it?
Not only did the black maple leaves improve meditation, they were also almost top-level guides and could be used as materials for creating high-level magic, being used in alchemy, and so on. The famous Lomi Raven clan from the Void used to eat these leaves when they came of age to awaken their talents, but only the best of the current generation could eat these leaves..
As for the black maple tree, it was the dream of almost all magicians without exception. The mana loss rate when using a staff made from this tree was only 0.0012%, and the mana circulation rate was almost perfect.
This tree could not be better suited as a raw material for creating magicians ' staffs.
Except that in addition to magicians, this tree could also be used by demons. They could use it as the source of the focus of demonic power. This tree also accelerated the speed of circulation of demonic power in their bodies. Some old demons even turned small pieces of this tree into a part of their body, which helped them in battle.
In the Void, there were at least 1,300 races that would buy a black maple with their hands and feet, but it was very difficult to bring out such trees, and it was very difficult to get a good seed, as such trees grew in an extremely dangerous place, in the deepest part of the " Black Abyss».
In addition, due to the high demand, many of these trees were destroyed, which is why they were now on the verge of extinction, and because of this, the Eternal Mysterious Star issued a decree according to which cutting down black maples was an incorrigible sin, without any "buts" for such a crime, they were killed on the spot and irrevocably destroyed the soul.
Right now, there were only three black maples growing in the deepest part of the Abyss. One was guarded by the "Dragon of the Abyss", the other was under the protection of the Eternal Mysterious Star. Twenty-seven magicians and sages constantly observed the space around the tree and tried to breed this tree. The third maple tree was located in the center of the "Sea of Fresh Flowers". There was the tallest and most famous black maple tree in the entire Void, its height was 27.54 meters, but no one dared to approach it, or rather, no one wanted to die in this Sea of Fresh Flowers.
If Su Xiao could grow a black maple, he would become very rich, and for that, he had one very good advantage: his exclusive space.
However, the survival rate of black maple seedlings didn't exceed 10%, or else black maples wouldn't be so rare at the moment.
— Why it looks like this... A little better? Su Xiao muttered as he picked up a ruler that was lying nearby and measured the sprout.
It actually grew by about 2 millimeters.
— Did you pour water on it?" Su Xiao asked and looked at Bubtney.
— Woof, "Bubtney said, and winced, clearly meaning to say," Too expensive, ten thousand coins for one watering».
It was watered not only by Bubtni, but also by Amu. Su Xiao watered it once, Bubtni twice, and Amu once more after it.
Su Xiao took out two medium-sized soul crystals from the inventory. After hesitating for a bit, he turned them into 19 small soul crystals, then arranged them around the sapling.
He was afraid that the average soul crystals contained too many nutrients, so he decided to play it safe.
As soon as Su Xia inserted the small soul crystals into the flowerpot, thin roots slowly began to grow out of the soil.
Five white and delicate roots entangled the five small soul crystals.
*Click-click...*
Along with a light crack, five tender roots stabbed into the soul crystals. In a moment, the five soul crystals were completely absorbed by them, and the roots were hidden in the soil.
Su Xiao, Bubtni, and Amu looked at each other.
All of them had a feeling that this black maple tree seemed to be able to survive.
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