Berger had once lent a book to Adam. The title of the book was 'Ingredients of the Spirit World.' It was a book jointly authored by Magi who had traveled to the Spirit World.
This book wasn't widely known and its copies were only available to the select few. After all, the vast majority of the Magi couldn't travel to this dimension. But more importantly, such types of books were strictly guarded because the information inside was very valuable.
Thanks to the gnome, Adam had the fortune of reading that book. In that book, he had read about all sorts of herbalism ingredients that could be found only in the Spirit World.
And right now, he was looking at them!
The place he had teleported to just now was filled with precious plants and herbs. Moreover, he also saw many unknown ingredients that weren't even mentioned in the book.
Realizing what this place was, Adam's voice trembled in excitement. "T-This place… it's a treasure trove!"
If he managed to get even a handful of herbs from this place out into the material world, the amount of money he'd be making was mind-boggling. Just thinking about it made his mind blank.
There was a reason as to why Spirit World herbs were precious in the material world. It was because only such herbs could be used in the concoction of potions that increased one's spiritual power!
Spiritual Power was equally important to a Magus as mana. The more spiritual power one had, the more convenient casting a spell would become. After all, a magic circle—the model component of the spell—was made out of spiritual power.
It was extremely difficult to increase one's spiritual power. The only known method was to consume potions. However, such potions were exceedingly rare. That is why a Magus could only passively increase their spiritual power ever so slightly with each advancement.
Adam had never bothered about such a thing because he had the white lotus. If he wanted to increase his spiritual power, all he needed to do was enter the white lotus' mysterious space and devour the souls inside.
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If not, they could only focus on advancing to the next rank and depend on the minute increase of spiritual power that takes place with each advancement.
That is why Adam was so shocked when he realized where he had arrived.
He looked around and could see that the entire place was filled with herbs, plants, and trees of all kinds. Different types of ingredients could be seen all over the place.
It didn't seem like someone had planted these, after all the vegetation was growing wildly with no proper structure. But despite that, this place was a dream come true for any Herbalist!
Adam looked at the butterfly hovering beside him and smiled brightly. "This place is truly amazing! Did you bring me here knowing that I'm a Herbalist?"
The butterfly simply fluttered around Adam, not replying. Seeing this, the youth pursed his lips. "Ah, whatever. This place is very beneficial to me, so thank you for bringing me here."
With that said, he rushed to a nearby plant that had small, red, berry-like fruits growing on it. He skilfully harvested these fruits and kept them on the ground.
"Crimson Liptus, hehe, not bad, not bad at all," He muttered in amazement. These small fruits could be eaten raw, but using them to brew potions would bring out the most efficacy.
Then, he hurried to a shrubbery nearby and started harvesting all the fruits, seeds, grass, and herbs he had read about.
While he was harvesting these ingredients, many spirit creatures that resided in this garden approached him and curiously stared at him. They had never seen a foreigner come to this place after all.
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They simply looked with curiosity and wonder.
While Adam was busy taking out these ingredients, a large, blue-colored stag appeared out of nowhere and approached the youth from behind. There was clear hostility flashing in its eyes.
The stag's antlers were made of turquoise crystal that looked majestic yet deadly. It silently crept up behind the youth, angered that he had invaded its territory.
But the next moment, the butterfly fluttered toward the stag and landed on its snout. The stag was greatly surprised by the sudden appearance of this butterfly.
The two seemed to have communicated in some form because a few moments later, the hostility in the stag's eyes had vanished. Still, the stag wasn't happy that a foreigner was taking so many ingredients from its territory.
Thus, it approached Adam. This time, however, it made its presence known. Right when it was a few steps behind the youth, it grunted in displeasure.
"Uwaahhh!!" Adam was scared out of his wits and he hurriedly retreated, but in the process, he fell on his butt. He turned around and saw that a huge, light blue stag was looking at him with discontent.
Adam nervously gulped when he saw this Spirit World creature. His soul body height was already around six meters, but despite that, this stag still towered over him. Moreover, its crystal antlers gave him a very dangerous feeling.
Just as he was staring at the stag's antlers in trepidation, the stag sent him a mental transmission.
"Huh? Wait, what?" Adam was taken aback as he looked into the stag's eyes. Then, he looked at the pile of ingredients that had piled up beside him and asked, "You don't want me to take any more than that?"
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However, Adam protested. "But why? This much is too little. Look, I haven't even damaged any of the plants that I've harvested the ingredients from. They are perfectly fine—"
ROAR!
But the stag furiously interrupted him with a loud, bellowing sound.
Hearing it, Adam shrunk back and lowered his head. He felt like he was getting scolded by an elder. The next moment, the stag sent another mental transmission.
"What?!" Adam was shocked. "This… this place is your territory and I've been trespassing?"
The stag snorted and looked away in annoyance.
"S-Sorry…" Adam meekly replied. He realized that he was indeed the one at fault. The stag agreeing to even let him take the ingredients he'd already harvested was already a great favor to him.
After having realized this, Adam bowed with his hand on his chest. "Thank you for allowing me to take these. If I get the chance, I'll repay you in the future."
The stag didn't reply. It deeply looked at Adam and then turned around and walked away. Seeing it leave, the other animals that had gathered also left one by one after casting one last glance at the foreigner.
Adam sighed and looked around, trying to find the butterfly. "Did it leave too?"
After making sure the butterfly was not present, he tidied up the ingredients and placed them on a large leaf. Then, he tied the leaf and made a makeshift bag out of it. Seeing that the ingredients won't fall out of the lead, he nodded.
Then, he looked around once more but still couldn't find the butterfly. "I hope we meet again."
With that said, he made a hand gesture and the next moment, he disappeared from the Spirit World.
