Chapter 11 Mutant Elite Sea Demon Tree

"3000 gold pounds."

Old Sam named a price.

Gunie shook his head gently.

"Then how much do you think is fair?" Old Sam asked.

"At most 800 gold pounds, and even 800 feels too much."

"After all, if I want a permanent light source, I have many other options."

Old Sam pondered briefly and nodded lightly.

"800 gold pounds, it's yours."

"Since you don't have king-level transcendent plant seeds here, and I don't need many elite-level ones, I only require elite Sea Demon Tree seeds."

Then Gunie continued to ask.

"Do you have any?"

"Not only do I have them, but I also have some mutant elite Sea Demon Tree seeds."

"Mutant elite Sea Demon Tree?" Gunie's heart stirred slightly.

"500 gold pounds." Old Sam quoted the price.

Gunie shrugged.

It seemed Gunie had underestimated Old Sam's greed.

In fair transactions, Old Sam always pushed the price to the limit.

And Gunie didn't stand on ceremony with him either.

"200 gold pounds, not a single coin more. This price is only because it's a mutant; otherwise, it's worth only 100."

"I know there are quite a few places in the ocean with king-level Sea Demon Tree seeds, even mutant king-level ones."

"If you don't agree to this price, then our deal stops at 800 gold pounds."

"Deal, 1000 gold pounds total." Old Sam quoted very straightforwardly.

The reason Gunie dared to haggle so fiercely was naturally because these seeds, aside from himself, probably no one else would want them.

If he didn't buy them, these seeds would likely continue to slumber in storage equipment.

...

A dozen minutes later, Gunie left the Black Mist Home tavern.

He hailed a passing carriage by the roadside.

"To Seventh Dock Street."

As the carriage moved forward, Gunie inside opened his system's planting page.

The Dragon Blood Wood on the first planting slot had already been harvested by Gunie.

Most of it had been sold earlier.

The remaining part, Gunie had stored in his system space.

With his promotion to third-rank Blood Curse Master, Gunie's system space had also risen accordingly. Now it was quite spacious, close to the living room of a middle-class family, so naturally it could store a huge amount of things.

Gunie planned to find a place in a couple of days to sell the remaining Dragon Blood Wood.

The significance of planting Dragon Blood Wood was truly minimal.

The second planting slot: Elf Life Tree.

In the perfect environment, the Elf Life Tree grew increasingly robust.

With Gunie's promotion to elite level granting an extra 50% experience, the Life Spring Pool beneath it had completely turned into a medium-sized pool.

Through Gunie's observation, this extra 50% experience affected the growth speed of plants in the planting slots.

Previously, the growth speed was about 1000 times; now it should be 1500 times.

At the same time, this 50% extra experience also accelerated the progress of unlocking subsequent slots.

The only thing it didn't affect was the growth rate of 'reincarnation count.' The reincarnation count seemed to increase at a fixed rate, steadily increasing once every thirty days.

The adventure system did not affect things like extra experience; it was unknown whether its range had increased.

Anyway, it had been so long, and Gunie hadn't encountered a single adventure, so he couldn't determine if the range had expanded or if some functions had been upgraded.

However, once on the ocean, it would be different.

Gunie had already collected information on many dangerous and peculiar ocean locations; going around them might bring opportunities.

Now, the rich life aura of the Life Spring Water was growing thicker day by day. Gunie estimated that it shouldn't be long before Essence Life Spring Water could be produced.

"Once the Essence Life Spring Water is produced, I'll collect some materials and start my research on the soul-type 'High-Level Secret Pattern Potion.'"

As for other conventional secret pattern potions of the same level as 'Soul's Dawn,'

such as those enhancing physical transcendent traits,

enhancing agility transcendent traits,

or enhancing certain elemental transcendent traits, etc.,

the reason Gunie didn't research them was mainly because his method of using Life Spring Water to activate life traits and extract transcendent traits had already been obtained by the Pioneer Group.

The Pioneer Group would certainly adopt this method to conduct large-scale experiments on other types of potions.

Once they conquered the Blood Elf clan's territory deep in the Northern Twisted Secret Realm and occupied enough Life Spring Water, these experiments would definitely begin.

When Gunie left Sugg Ruins City, he seemed to have heard that the Pioneer Group had already gathered transcendent experts and started the northern expedition.

Once the Life Spring Water was obtained, after some time, corresponding results would likely emerge.

And since Gunie's demand for these potions was low, naturally he didn't need to spend time and energy researching them.

On the third auto-plant slot, the 'Hell Nether Tree' had five or six fruits of varying sizes at different stages of ripeness, two of which were almost ripe.

These fruits were 'True·Nether Source Fruits.'

Consuming them could greatly enhance soul defense.

Gunie had already eaten one before, and the effect was excellent.

As for the fourth auto-plant slot, Gunie hadn't rushed to plant anything else, since he didn't have any suitable transcendent plants to plant anyway.

And today, both the first and fourth planting slots would be used.

On the first planting slot, Gunie planted the king-level transcendent seed 'Sunflower Tree.'

Gunie wasn't quite sure of the specific effects of the Sunflower Tree, but following the principle of 'if it works, great profit; if not, chop it and sell it at no loss,' he planted it anyway.

As for the fourth planting slot, Gunie planted the mutant elite Sea Demon Tree seed.

Sea Demon Trees could be harvested for use at a hundred years of age, and the effect was quite good.

In recent years, the number of Sea Demon Trees on the ocean had drastically decreased.

Many Sea Demon ships used Sea Demon Trees that were only seventy or eighty years old, or even thirty to fifty years old.

These low-age Sea Demon Trees, when used to build the ship's bottom, had low compatibility with seawater, making them only slightly faster than ordinary merchant ships.

Some even dared not dive deep; diving thirty to fifty meters was their limit.

In contrast, Sea Demon ships built with a main framework of century-old Sea Demon Trees were over 50% faster than ordinary merchant ships and could dive to depths of three to five hundred meters without issue.

Moreover, the older the Sea Demon Tree, the faster the ship and the deeper it could dive.

Diving was the most effective response for pirates' Sea Demon ships when encountering steam-powered iron giants.

For Gunie, to roam the sea, a Sea Demon ship that sailed fast enough and dived deep enough was essential.

With Gunie's current planting slot growth speed of 1500 times, he could obtain a century-old mutant elite Sea Demon Tree in a month.

After four or five months, that would be a six- or seven-hundred-year-old mutant elite Sea Demon Tree.

Moreover, the main trunk of a Sea Demon Tree could grow thicker and sturdier than Dragon Blood Wood.

At that time, Gunie would harvest the Sea Demon Tree to build the deck of his Sea Demon ship, then activate them to gradually integrate into his ship, and even the entire ship's size could increase to a certain extent.

At that point, Gunie's Sea Demon ship would possess unparalleled speed and the powerful ability to sail thousands of meters deep in the ocean.

And this would be a strong guarantee for Gunie to roam the seas.