Chapter 1552 The Endless Possibilities of Crossbreeding!


    ?1552  The Endless Possibilities of Crossbreeding!


    "Since your knowledge about natural treasures and materials is already great, we will start with crossbreeding." Lady Sphinx informed.


    Usually, one would need to learn about nts and such before going intoplex details, but Felix''s knowledge was already at its peak.


    He had studied and memorized all books handed to him by Lady Sphinx to assist with his potion-making.


    Of course, those books were merely concentrated on natural treasures and their details, like grade, history, evolutionary tree, etc.


    So, he was still quite ignorant about crossbreeding and other fields of botany.


    Without wasting time, she began her exnation, by selecting two particrly unique nts for their lesson.


    "Now, let''s use these two remarkable nts."


    Lady Sphinx gestured to a tall, slender flower with glossy, silver petals, which she called the Lunar Silkflower, and a low-lying bush with fiery red blossoms, known as the Phoenix Firebloom.


    "These two are both B-graded natural treasures in their own right," she exined. "But imagine if we couldbine their qualities into a single nt."


    "How is that possible?" Felix''s interest was piqued.


    He was always fascinated by the biology of natural treasures with all the readings he had done on them.


    Obiviously, he was referring mostly to nt-based natural treasures.


    In this universe, anything could be a natural treasure as long as it held within it a decent amount of elemental energy.


    For example, if a strong creature died and his corpse wasn''t dposed, standing strong against the power of time, it would start to absorb elemental energy slowly corresponding to the corpse''s highest elemental affinity.


    After centuries, millennials, or even millions of years, what remained of the corpse would be considered a natural treasure.


    Its grade would be decided by the amount of elemental energy it held within it and its unique effects.


    However, since those treasures were rted to previous existing creatures of the past, Felix wasn''t nning to focus on them in his studies.


    After all, there was no way to figure out the SSS+ flesh-based natural treasures'' location with his current method.


    "Crossbreeding is the process of mating two different nts with desirable traits to create a new hybrid species. In this case, we aim to merge the Lunar Silkflower''s hardiness and its ability to thrive in tough conditions with the Phoenix Firebloom''s fire-resistant capabilities."


    Lady Sphinx carefully plucked a blossom from the Phoenix Firebloom and gathered some of its pollen on a brush.


    Moving to the Lunar Silkflower, she brushed the pollen onto the silver petals while exining, "By pollinating the Lunar Silkflower with the Phoenix Firebloom''s pollen, we encourage the Lunar Silkflower to inherit some of the Firebloom''s traits."


    "Since those two nts shared a simr environment, theirpatibility is decent and it will help with the birth of new nts with the desired traits."


    "What if they weren''tpatible?" Felix inquired.


    "If two nts weren''tpatible at all, it doesn''t mean that crossbreeding them will end up in failure, it just means that the failure percentage will be in the higher ends." Lady Sphinx shared, "However if a miracle urred and against all odds, the crossbreeding seeded, the new nt would be stronger than both ntsbined."


    "That''s because it will inherit the strengths of its parent nts and since their environments were different, it will allow the new nt to survive tougher situations."


    "In other words, the new nt will be given more time to evolve, and enhance its gic pool, which will increase its grade slowly over time," Felixmented with a look of intrigue.


    "Exactly, time and environmental hazards are the primary killers of natural treasures. However, if they survive and evolve, it''s almost a guarantee to turn into a high-graded treasure." Lady Sphinx nodded.


    "No wonder it''s impossible to cultivate S-graded and above natural treasures even if the right environment was given."


    Felix knew that there were many botanists in the alliance working on cultivating natural treasures either for research purposes or for sale...None of them had yet to cultivate an S-graded natural treasure in the real world.


    That''s because for their evolution to happen, they require specific extremely harsh conditions plus a very, very long period.


    No one would want to invest trillions of coins in such a project when even the end rewards might note after thousands of years of struggle.


    So, almost all botanists focus on cultivating A-graded natural treasures and below...Even those natural treasures weren''t easy to get.


    "Time is the biggest wall any botanist faces. Even I have managed to cultivate only four SS natural treasures, and one SSS natural treasure after countless trials and errors." Lady Sphinx shared.


    "That''s already too impressive." Felix raised an eyebrow in surprise.


    Lady Sphinx didn''t have any time maniption abilities, so she had to wait for god knows how many years for each natural treasure to reach its peak evolution.


    Such godly patience and resolve only true researchers possessed!


    "With illusion domain, it will be a million times easier to run controlled simtions...For example," Lady Sphinx requested while pointing at the silkflower, "Speed up the time by a hundred and increase the richness of fire elemental energy around it."


    Felix did as he was told and created a small invisible bubble around the flower filled with fire elemental energy...Then, he sped the time specifically inside the bubble.


    With the time sped up by a hundred, Felix and the rest were able to watch with anticipation as the seeds began to sprout and grow at an astonishing rate.


    Within moments, the slender shoots burst forth from the earth, their petals a rich, silvery green.


    As they stretched toward the sky, the buds at their tips started to unfurl, revealing a new breed of flowers.


    They bore the same fiery hue as the Phoenix Firebloom''s blossoms but retained the unique shimmer of the Lunar Silkflower''s petals!


    Felix couldn''t help but smile as he witnessed the birth of this extraordinary creation.


    "Lunar Firebloom, high-quality B-graded natural treasure. If consumed raw, it gives the user a decent 1% to 3% fire affinity rating with a few stomach-rted side effects. But the majority of people use it as the main ingredient to concoct rank three FireShell Potion." He shared, "It gives the user a temporary seven days peak resistance to fire, making it high in demand for anyone desiring to explore hot areas."


    Lady Sphinx nodded. "It''s a crossbreed that incorporates the best of both parent nts. It possesses the Lunar Silkflower''s resilience and adaptability, while the fiery blossoms enhanced its absorption of fire elemental energy and heat resistance."


    "Even though the grade remained the same, the treasure''s quality and effects make it extremely desirablepared to its parents." Felix smiled, "Crossbreeding is truly a universe with endless possibilities."


    "I have been giving books rted to natural treasures and their details." Lady Sphinx manifested a mountain of books next to Felix and said, "Those are specific for crossbreeding, batonic gics understanding, biochemistry, and more. Use your clones to read them and when you are done, we can start straightaway with crossbreeding some new variations."


    "I understand," Felix replied while staring at the mountain of books. If they were organized into a library, it would fill up at least a hundred shelves!


    Felix knew that even with his clones'' assistance and wisdom eye, it would take him a week or less to integrate and condense such a heavy load of information in his brain.


    Lady Sphinx wasn''t going to let the week go to waste.


    "For now, let''s return to potion-making." Lady Sphinx said, "It''s time you mastered some rank-six potions."


    "I am more than ready," Felix replied with a hint of excitement as he had been waiting for this day for a long time now.


    Who could me him? Potions capable of affecting primogenitors were simr in rank to high-quality divine equipment!


    In other words, Felix could use them in his battles!


    "Let''s start with God''s Pir Potion." Lady Sphinx uttered with a faint smile.