The Bizarre Wizarding World

Chapter 690 - 427 Strange Behavior_2

Chapter 690: Chapter 427 Strange Behavior_2"No significant progress," Lillian shook her head, "We have

Although he felt that agricultural pollution wouldn’t be resolved so easily, Shelley’s suggestion was still a viable option.

"Let’s try that for now.

Later, once you’ve discovered more about the agricultural pollution, we can try other methods based on its newly exposed characteristics," Shelley added.

"Uh-huh." Colin nodded, "What we plant might not necessarily be plants, as long as it entices that polluted flow to enter, we can try it..."

A week had passed in a blink.

Colin had not made further progress in solving the pollution in the farmland, the main reason being that each plant infected by the pollution consumed such a negligible part compared to its massive total volume.

The size of a palm’s worth of soil, continuously planted with plants for a week, had its pollution reduced by less than one percent.

Nevertheless, they did not give up trying to plant new plants, as different plants could remove different amounts of pollution, and they hoped to find some particularly effective species.

However, Colin had not found such a plant, but instead, he received a guest from afar.

Wizard White Tower salon.

"Master Ryden, what brings you here today?"

Colin and the brilliant wizard sat opposite each other on comfy sofas, with steaming white porcelain teacups of red tea on the brown coffee table in front of them.

"I didn’t come specially to find you, I just happened to be passing by," Ryden said straightforwardly.

Colin was not annoyed; he could feel that the wizard opposite him was merely frank and meant no harm.

"Just passing by?" Colin took a sip of his red tea and continued along Ryden’s words.

"Yes." Ryden nodded, not saying why he was passing by, but instead asked, "Master Colin, would you be interested in a friendly duel with me?"

Colin set down his teacup, paused, and said, "A duel... perhaps it’s not necessary, we’re not in the Sky Duel Field, without the Witch Array to assist, it’s hard to control our force."

Ryden frowned slightly, but he didn’t insist, only saying, "If you ever feel like dueling, you’re welcome in Merredith City."

With that, he stood up, preparing to leave.

Colin stood to see him off.

"By the way, there’s one more thing." Ryden walked a few steps, as if he remembered something, then turned back:

"Do the Tilamei Plains under your control still have enough food?"

"...For the time being, they can still hold on," Colin replied after a pause.

"I saw the serfs you provide for on my way here," Ryden paused, not giving any opinion, only saying, "In Merredith City, the food reserves generally can last only for a year and a half, I imagine Tilamei Plains must be about the same, Master Colin, please be cautious."

"I will." Colin nodded.

Ryden paused, then spoke in a lowered voice: "Merredith City’s food market has already collapsed, schools and wizards are plundering the kingdom nobles’ grain reserves, and nobles are plundering the lower-class civilians’ reserves... and as far as I know, Neustadt isn’t faring much better."

"That the Tilamei Plains under your control, though the farmlands are ruined, still have considerable food storage..."

"Are you saying, someone in Neustadt is eyeing the grain storage of Tilamei Plains?" Colin inquired.

Ryden didn’t answer; he just smiled and said, "Actually, my visit this time wasn’t that incidental."

With that, he turned briskly and left.

Watching Ryden’s figure gradually disappearing into the distance, Colin’s heart sank.

This distinguished and brilliant wizard from Merredith City had clearly not spoken without cause.

Moreover, if the Supreme Council of Neustadt issued a directive needing Tilamei Plains’ food, he indeed couldn’t stop it.

This place was known as the Golden Barley of Neustadt, and according to the Council’s rules, Neustadt could requisition Tilamei’s grain reserves at market price, and such requisitions couldn’t be refused.

Furthermore, in extraordinary situations, this requisition was compulsory and would offer no compensation.

Arriving at the laboratory with a slightly anxious mood, Shelley brought him a piece of good news.

A plant called No Flower Plant, when used in pollution soil planting experiments, exhibited peculiar behavior.