Chapter 383 - 384: The Wild Boar’s Treasure

Chapter 383: Chapter 384: The Wild Boar’s Treasure

These pine nuts were called Demon Pine Nuts. The name was simple, but their effect was anything but.

Demon Pine Nuts could directly expand the source of Magic Power within a person’s body.

For Morning Star Wizards and those above them, after they created their own worlds, their internal Magic Power was exchanged with the World Origin of their Morning Star World.

Thus, it was called the source of Magic Power.

And enhancing this source of Magic Power was no easy task.

For Wizards below the Morning Star Realm, increasing their Magic Power was very simple.

They could use Potions, Witchcraft Artifacts, and Meditation Techniques to enhance their Spiritual Power, absorb more Elements, and form their own Magic Power.

But after becoming a Morning Star Wizard, the Magic Power in their bodies underwent a transformation. This meant the previous methods no longer worked, or rather, they became extremely slow.

To change this situation, the sages of the Wizard World researched the matter.

The sages discovered that the fastest way for a Morning Star Wizard to increase their Magic Power was to absorb external substances, fill their Morning Star World with them, or refine these substances with Magic Power.

This was also why the value of Elemental Crystals had been continuously rising.

Because Elemental Crystals could be directly absorbed by Morning Star Wizards, their conversion efficiency ranked among the top of all substances.

Although Demon Pine Nuts couldn’t achieve the same terrifying conversion rate as Elemental Crystals...

...they had one quality that many other substances couldn’t match.

Demon Pine Nuts contained a trace of the Power of Life.

Although the Power of Life within each Demon Pine Nut was incredibly faint—so faint it was almost negligible...

...if one consumed them over a long period, this Power of Life could accumulate and accelerate the birth of life within their Morning Star World.

And after becoming a Morning Star Wizard, to become a Moonlight Mage, one had to nurture life of their own within their Morning Star World.

Only then could a Morning Star Wizard begin the process of advancing to the Moonlight Mage Realm.

Therefore, after the effect of Demon Pine Nuts was discovered, their price remained sky-high.

There was another reason their price was kept at a relatively high level.

The Power of Life within Demon Pine Nuts didn’t suffer from diminishing returns; unlike some other substances, their absorption efficiency and conversion speed wouldn’t decrease even after consuming a large amount.

Being nurtured from Magic Plants, Demon Pine Nuts naturally lacked this limitation, which further increased their value in the Wizard World.

’This many Demon Pine Nuts... if I were to eat them all myself, it would be enough to last me 200 years, even if I ate them like regular meals.’

’To me, this is a huge amount of Demon Pine Nuts. But for that boar, this quantity is very small. So, that boar must own an entire Cangmo Pine Forest.’

At the thought of the Cangmo Pine Forest owned by the boar, Andre couldn’t help but feel a pang of envy.

A large-scale Cangmo Pine Forest, in mortal terms, was like a mint that ran day and night, constantly producing vast quantities of Gold Coins.

’These hazelnuts... they must be Pure Bright Hazelnuts. Their effect is very simple: to continuously purify the negative power within one’s body.’

’Moreover, their effect isn’t limited by one’s Realm. Unless the one eating them is a Truth Great Wizard, Pure Bright Hazelnuts can purify all negative power.’

’As long as you eat enough, even a fatal curse can be gradually eliminated by the power of Pure Bright Hazelnuts.’

’The boar collected so many... it’s probably related to its conflict with the Sea Race.’

’There are quite a few poisonous creatures among the Sea Race.’

Andre nodded as he looked at the carefully stored hazelnuts.

These Pure Bright Hazelnuts were also an enormous fortune.

In fact, their value was even greater than that of the Demon Pine Nuts.

Pure Bright Hazelnuts were life-saving items. Even if one were struck by a fatal curse or wounded by Witchcraft, as long as they continuously consumed Pure Bright Hazelnuts...

...once the Pure Bright Hazelnuts started to take effect, the injured person wouldn’t die. Although, they might feel uncomfortably full afterward.

’As expected of a Level 6 World... to think it could even nurture such a precious Magic Plant.’

Andre’s gaze changed as he looked at the Pure Bright Hazelnuts.

A raging fire of greed burned in his eyes.

Next, Andre looked at the chestnuts. When he saw them, his expression turned strange.

’This Magic Plant... hasn’t it already gone extinct in the Star Realm?’

’Weren’t they all snatched up by races with low fertility, like the Titans, Giants, and Giant Dragons? How could this Magic Plant still exist in the Barbaric Universe World?’

Staring at the chestnuts, the look in Andre’s eyes grew stranger and stranger.

Because these chestnuts had only one effect: to stimulate desire and aid in pregnancy.

And its effect on aiding pregnancy was incredibly potent.

Just how strong was the effect of these "Many-Birth Chestnuts"?

Even for Giant Dragons, who had immense difficulty reproducing, if a male and female each ate 100 of them, they would be 100% guaranteed to conceive offspring.

Furthermore, under the effect of these chestnuts, the Giant Dragons wouldn’t just conceive a single offspring as usual.

Instead, they would have multiple births, just like the chestnuts clustered inside their shells.

It was precisely this unique effect of the so-called "Many-Birth Chestnuts" that caused them to be snatched up by hordes of Giant Dragons, Titans, and Giants the moment they appeared.

For these races that struggled to produce heirs, the Many-Birth Chestnuts were their lifeline.

But for some unknown reason, the lifespan of a Many-Birth Chestnut tree was very short, typically only about 200 years.

To mortals, 200 years was naturally a very long time.

But for these naturally long-lived species, 200 years was no more than the time it took for a nap.

And in those 200 years, a Many-Birth Chestnut tree would only bear fruit four times, with each harvest yielding only three chestnuts.

This caused the price of the already highly coveted Many-Birth Chestnuts to skyrocket. Someone even once traded 10,000 chestnuts to the Giant Dragon Race for two Morning Star Witchcraft Artifacts.

Although the species was later optimized through artificial intervention to improve its variety and yield...

...the price of Many-Birth Chestnuts in the Star Realm remained sky-high, even far surpassing that of the Pure Bright Hazelnuts.

’Why did this boar collect so many Many-Birth Chestnuts?’

’Don’t tell me it wants the boar family to rule the entire Barbaric Universe World?’

Andre’s face grew odd as he stared at the Many-Birth Chestnuts.

’Or... can it only rely on Many-Birth Chestnuts to reproduce?’

A few malicious thoughts surfaced in Andre’s mind.