Back in Tierlands, it was nearly a month before the start of school, so there were not many students in the school.
Zoe went with Fox to help Raven awaken the little phoenix, but she hasn't come back yet either.
After registering with Mr. Snape and returning to school, Sherlock found the Herbology teacher Professor Sprout alone.
Regarding the promotion task of cooking skills, he has some questions to ask.
What determines the quality of a bottle of wine is nothing more than the brewing process and raw materials.
To be honest, after so many years of development, the brewing process on the continent of Faerûn has been quite perfected, and it is almost difficult to improve it.
Therefore, if you want to make a breakthrough, you can only start with raw materials.
Sherlock originally prepared many high-quality wine-making materials, such as ice fruits for Leatherman Fire Wine, fire velvet seeds from the North, purple rice from the Purple Dust Plains...
Unfortunately, the results were not ideal.
Until one time, when he was brewing fire wine, he accidentally mixed fire antler seeds into it.
Of course, the brewing failed, but this gave him a whimsical idea to obtain a better quality raw material through crossbreeding.
In reality, hybrid technology is not uncommon.
Especially after the catastrophe, many plants were actually preserved through hybridization technology.
So is it possible to replicate this technology in the Forgotten Realms, which has such a high degree of fidelity?
"Your idea is very novel!" Professor Sprout stopped what he was doing: "Theoretically, through the technology you described, it is indeed possible to bring together the genetic characteristics of two plants of the same type, but in practice In operation, there are too many variables."
"What if I am favored by the goddess of luck?" Sherlock said confidently.
"The Felixir is not as powerful as you think, and its side effects are also considerable." Sprout obviously misunderstood Sherlock's meaning.
"I understand, Professor." Sherlock pointed at Huayidi who flew out of the star world and explained: "The goddess of luck I mentioned is actually her."
"What a rich life force!" Sprout was very sensitive to this kind of power and couldn't help but exclaimed: "With the help of this little guy, you might actually be able to succeed."
"Professor, can I rent a greenhouse to conduct my experiments?" The school's greenhouse can change the internal climate environment at will. There is no place more suitable for hybrid experiments than here.
Sprout is naturally happy to see the students so motivated: "This is the key to the greenhouse. You can use it as you like before school starts."
Sherlock took the bunch of keys and was a little unbelievable: "You gave them all to me?"
"Too much?"
"No, no, no..." Sherlock shook his head and quickly put the keys away.
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After taking over the greenhouse, Sherlock did not start experiments immediately, but first made an experiment plan.
Normal crossbreeding is intended to produce an offspring that possesses two dominant genes at the same time and can reproduce normally.
Hybridization is divided into distant hybridization and close hybridization, and not any two plants can hybridize.
Therefore, the first step in a hybrid experiment is to select two plants that are not reproductively isolated.
Sherlock had a certain understanding of herbal medicine, and with Professor Sprout's guidance, he quickly found the only two matching plants, ice fruit and fire velvet seeds.
It is somewhat surprising that these two plants with completely different growth environments and appearances belong to the same family.
Next is the selection of dominant genes.
His purpose is to make wine, and of course he must choose characteristics that are beneficial to wine making.
Next, as long as the selected ice fruit and fire antler seeds are artificially pollinated, the desired finished product can be cultivated.
Finally, in order to improve the quality of hybrid varieties as much as possible, it is necessary to continuously simulate various growing environments in order to obtain the best quality fruits. This whole plan seems simple, but as Professor Sprout said, In practice, there are too many variables in genetic inheritance.
Under normal circumstances, it would take at least three or four years to successfully cultivate the variety Sherlock envisioned.
Fortunately, Huayedi's ability was powerful enough to sense and control the growth of plants at will. Coupled with the invisible influence of the power of fate, this time was finally shortened to half a month.
System prompt: You have successfully cultivated a new plant, please name it.
Sherlock looked at the green vine in front of him, and a mysterious feeling suddenly came to his heart.
This feeling was very familiar, and it was 70% similar to the feeling when he obtained the Book of Truth and the Power of Destiny, but this time it seemed much weaker and did not affect his consciousness.
"It's unbelievable, you actually succeeded." Sprout couldn't use any words to describe his inner surprise at this time.
Previously, affirming Sherlock's theory and providing help was just because she did not want to dampen a student's desire to explore the truth. This did not mean that she truly believed that the other party would succeed.
Because tracing back to the source, cultivating hybrid plants already belongs to the realm of creation.
Even a god, without the relevant clergy, would not be able to get involved in this field, let alone a mortal.
What is the relationship between this Druid and Shantia or Melika?
Strautto couldn't help but doubt Shylock's identity.
Sherlock, on the other hand, didn't realize what this meant at this time, and was completely immersed in joy.
With a fertile female parent, the next step is much simpler.
Sunshine, temperature, soil, moisture...
He conducted controlled variable experiments on all factors that affected plant growth, and within half a day, he obtained a large number of high-quality fire velvet fruits.
Finally, the fire antler fruit is used to make wine.
Fermentation of fruit wine generally takes 15 to 30 days. In order to find the best fermentation time, Sherlock made 50 samples at once.
After sealing all the samples, all you have to do is wait. Whether you can successfully advance to the cooking master level depends on fate.
But speaking of it, the power of fate is in his hands, why can't he make arrangements for himself.
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While waiting for the fruit wine to ferment, Sherlock started working on improving his sewing skills.
He finally decided to make a cloak that would enhance his stealth capabilities.
Among all the equipment that players can wear, the rarity of the cloak has always been the highest.
Low-quality ones are okay, but excellent and above-quality ones are rare even for Sherlock.
Therefore, even though he is already level 50, he is still equipped with the level 15 cloak and spiritual ribbon that he got from Illyrian in the High Forest.
The properties of the Lingyue Streamer were quite perfect for Sherlock at that time, but now, they are a bit ordinary.
He needs some more functional and targeted attribute bonuses.
Especially after fighting the green hag queen, he had a new idea for his tactical system.
Invisibility, clone, transformation, psychic dream-building, illusion, this is a set of combined skills that can be called a mess in team battles.
His Catwoman form has shadow sneaking, which is slightly worse than invisibility and needs a certain degree of enhancement.
The ninja's multiple shadow clones are much stronger than the ordinary clone technique, and there is no need to strengthen them.
Next is the transformation technique provided by the Harper Badge. Not only does the badge need to be changed, but the effect after the transformation is not very good. This needs special attention.
Then there is the psychic dream-building technique. It depends on how far the hag's eyes bought for 4.5 million can improve this skill.
Finally, there is no illusion spell at all. It would be best if the cloak can be attached with the corresponding skills directly.
Summarizing all the requirements, Sherlock had a preliminary plan for the production of this cloak.
As for the materials needed to make the cloak, he had already asked people to purchase them half a month ago.
Although the price is a bit expensive, I finally got 16 sets together and can give it a try.
