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3. Stewed chestnut with pheasant

Uncle Fred washed off the saddle cover of Thunder Rhino and told me to focus on the place where I was washing it, and walked away staggeringly in an unknown tune from my hometown. Before leaving, he said to me: If there is any remaining guinea pig broth, leave some for him. The leather boots under his feet stepped on the grass, bringing up moist and fertile black soil, and the debris of tender grass were blown away from the wind with its unique fragrance.

Each Thunder Rhino will be arranged to have three players, a driver and two deputy. Fred is responsible for the deputy of the old Kuru, Kuz and my Thunder Rhino. He is usually responsible for the observation and alertness, drinking water and cleaning saddle covers, etc. The other deputy is responsible for feeding the Thunder Rhino. The driver only needs to control the Thunder Rhino during the process of the team, and pay attention to the health of the Thunder Rhino. Uncle Fred is very enthusiastic. During the period when I was lying on the back of the Thunder Rhino, I have been

It was him who helped Old Kuru to get water for me, and sometimes he would secretly stuff me a piece of jerky that was not big. He always kept an optimistic mood, but he had a bad habit of drinking. Since the dancer team came to the caravan, Fred always had to go to the magic carriage to find some fun. Kuz said to me secretly: "This time I went to the business, Fred probably won't have a copper left. Anyone with a copper plate will stuff it into the little dancer's bulging chest. Why do you always have to help him with work?"

I stood in shallow water with bare back and wearing only a wide leather shorts, holding a small brown-haired brush in my hand, and burying my head and trying hard to brush the stained saddle cover. Before I could speak, Old Kuru sat on the grass on the shore of the lake and suddenly said to us with a smile: "What are the specialties of the Pai Plateau?"

"Gray Dwarf Robbers!" Kuz's answer made Old Kuz cough repeatedly, and knocked Kuz hard on his head with the rotten wooden stick, which smelled like a shameless iron.

"Is it a herb, teacher?" I guess.

"It's also considered a kind of thing, but there are no high-level herbs on the Pai Plateau, only some low-level herbs such as silver leaf clover, thorn grass, and demon king flower. These herbs are available everywhere on the continent, and it's not uncommon. The specialty that we have on the Pai Plateau is the Deer Antelope. The plateau climate here is most suitable for the growth of demon antelope. The fertile land grows with the most popular forage deer moss, the warm and cool plateau climate makes summer very short, and there are no groups of hyenas here." Old Kuru spread his eyes to the prairie in the distance, and his eyes were filled with deep attachment.

"Devil antelope!" Kuz and I opened our mouths wide. Our caravan was stationed on the west side of the lake. Looking across the lake, you can see groups of Devil antelope drinking water on the east side of the lake. We are not afraid of people at all. "What can these antelope do? Will they be made into fur coats and boots? Or will they be dried into jerky to sell?"

"The magic antelope skin is the lowest-level material that can carry magic circles. Many magicians need to use them to make primary magic scrolls. Inscriptionists with superb skills will also use these magic antelope skins to make primary inscriptions. Many adventure groups and demon hunters like to come here to hunt magic antelope. Every year, more than 800,000 magic antelope skins are transported from the plateau to all parts of the continent. The entire Pai Plateau has brought huge wealth."

Old Kulu took out a parchment scroll from his arms. The light yellow paper scroll exuded a magic halo. I could even clearly feel the rich fire elements contained on the scroll. It was a very mysterious feeling. In fact, nothing could be seen on those magic elements, but I could clearly feel their existence, and I could feel that the magic elements were attached to the thin parchment paper, following some rules, slowly flowing, but the magic array depicted was not perfect, and there were traces of fire elements dissipating.

"Is this the magic scroll?" I looked at the scroll with big eyes in surprise. There is really magic in this wonderful world. I remember a few days ago when I asked Kuz if there were dragons on this continent. Kuz answered me seriously that there was yes and wanted to become the title of brave man of the orcs. Before that, I needed to have the title of dragon slayer.

"Haha, it's said that magicians are very rich. Having said that, as long as they are junior magicians who can awaken the magic pool, making magic scrolls is a compulsory course and the most convenient way to make money. This elementary magic scroll contains three fireballs, and although the power is not very good. However, travelers from the north will carry some with them, which is a good thing. No one wants to travel in the cold winter, and be blown into an ice sculpture overnight by a blizzard. Haha!"

Old Kuru made a rare joke, and the joke was a little cold. Kuru looked at the grass in the distance, looking for traces of guinea pigs, and was obviously absent-minded. But I was very interested. Magic is an unknown and novel and mysterious existence for me. When I think of Harry Potter as he could even fly in the sky on a broom, it was cool just thinking about it. I suddenly understood what Old Kuru meant and immediately said: "Are you saying that a large number of magic antelope skins would be made into magic scrolls? This is the unique wealth on the Pai Plateau? Will too many people hunt magic antelope and make them extinct?"

I thought of the animals that were hunted in large quantities in the world before, and expressed my concerns. Old Kuru paused for a while, and after listening to my words for a long time, he raised his head and said, "These demon antelopes have few natural enemies on the Pai Plateau. They are born athletes, and they run twice as fast as wild horses. Even the rapid grassland lions do not like to hunt them, and they have strong reproductive ability and produce three cubs every two years. Their number is too large. Even if they are hunted like this, the number of demon antelope populations continues to increase. We compete with our orcs for the pasture. We need a large area of ​​pasture to herd cattle, so the vast number of orc tribes still welcome foreign adventure groups to enter the Pai Plateau to hunt demon antelope. The paper used for the primary magic scrolls, magic parchment accounts for nearly one-third, and there are also a large number of luminescent paper made of Yexu Grass that come to the Eternal Night Forest and a primary magic paper made of reeds growing in the Great Wilderness Swamp, which makes the profit of magic parchment very thin. Only the primary adventure team comes back to the Pai Plateau to hunt demon antelope. After all, this job cannot make a lot of money."

Old Kuru changed the topic and then said to me: "But it's different to accompany a caravan. The caravan has strong transportation capacity and can even buy some leather directly. That's why we have two adventure groups to follow us. Although Fred's hunting skills are a little worse, he has a good leather making skills. Jijia, I asked you to help him brush the saddle cover, and I also want you to learn leather making with this guy, but unfortunately Kuzu is not patient."

Seeing the spoiledness in the eyes of Kuz when I looked at Kuz, I suddenly understood why Kuz did his best to save me and let me grow up with Kuz. There were probably many places where we could complement each other. Kuz hated learning and even a little disgusted. He liked the bone hunting knife more. Kuz seemed to be able to see through my heart and said to me lightly: "You are the most special human child I have ever seen. You are very smart and have a good magical talent. You are born with a fire element affinity. You awaken the real name of your blood talent without going through the magic awakening ceremony. Your life is destined to be extraordinary. But these are not the main reasons why I chose you. I value your heart more."

"Can you see my heart?" I didn't understand, but I knew that Old Kuru would definitely tell me next.

"Yes, because I am a shaman of the orcs, my full words are Kuru. Shaman. Wind Blessing, Earth Walker, Soul Walker...Nimand."

The old orc's name is too long. There is a shaman inside. He is actually the most mysterious and rare spiritual leader of a certain tribe of the Orc. I looked at Old Kuru in shock and almost threw the saddle cover in his hand into the lake. Over the past few days, I have learned a lot of knowledge about this world. Whether it is humans or orc dwarf elves and demons, they will have a long full name, because there will be their real names for awakening bloodlines in the name. There are many titles for the strong people in the Orcs, such as man-eating war demons, tyrants, and overlords. But the shaman is the most mysterious. They master the inheritance of the soul power of the ancient ancestors of the Orcs. This is more like the archbishop in the human race. The druid who can communicate with the world tree in the elves world is a powerful person with transcendent status and powerful abilities.

I was a little confused. I looked at the orc man who claimed to have hidden his identity, but I couldn't feel that there was any power in him. No matter how I looked, I didn't think that an old orc like him could be a powerful shaman witch doctor. I thought maybe it was Lao Kulu's dream when he was young. This old guy always liked to brag about his adventures. I think Lao Kulu was an orc witch doctor when he was young. But now Lao Kulu said he was a shaman, and I felt that there was no reason not to believe it. So I asked: "Are you a shaman?"

"Yes, your heart is very pure. The moment you open your eyes and look at me, I can feel that there is no discrimination between races in your heart. You do not look at the orcs or dwarves around you from another perspective. Maybe only human children born in the Northern Territory will do this. You may become the close friend of Kuz in this life. What I need to do now is to teach you what I have learned in this life and teach you and Kuz. Kuz prefer fighting and hunting, but this is just the instinct of every orc child. Maybe he will become the guardian of the earth or the beast king hunter in the future. Since you can call me a teacher, and we two can meet on the edge of the burning forest, this is the fate given to us by the Beast God King. I will slowly tell you what I know, but after all, the magic in the eyes of orcs is very different from that of human race, and we don't call it.

For magic, we call them the power of totem. I look forward to seeing you grow up." When Lao Kulu said these words, his voice could clearly reach my ears, but I found that the others around me seemed to have no feeling at all, as if there was no Lao Kulu sitting on the grass and talking to me. This is his usual trick, the magic called "Music Mute", I think it is magic. Lao Kulu has always emphasized that this is the ability of the soul walker. The deputy in charge of washing the saddle gear for Thunder Rhinoceros on the lakeside were still scrubbing the saddle covers with laughter. They were like they treated Lao Kulu as air. Someone asked me with kindness: Hi, Xiao Jijia, are you unable to brush anymore? Do you need me to help you? Seeing you talking to yourself alone, are you a little tired?

I smiled and refused and expressed my gratitude.

"Child, you have a very magical talent. Even in the human kingdom, there are not many children with magical talent. A large city with millions of people may only have less than a thousand people who can awaken and practice magic. This even includes some families and royal families with strong bloodlines. If you can become a magician one day in the future, then you will understand that what you are learning now will be a great asset."

I felt dizzy when I heard this, and thought to myself: "What exactly does this old orc charlatan want to say?"

"Many magicians are more concerned about herbal medicine and pharmacy. These may have become regular courses in the Human Black Magic Academy. I have visited some magic academies and have seen the human world explain the value and function of herbs in a more comprehensive and detailed manner. However, few magicians can practice dermaturity. I once wanted to find "The Relationship between Animal Skin Textures and Magical Formation" at the most comprehensive collection of Sloyd Ivory Tower Magic Academy. Unfortunately, I couldn't find it. Leathermaking is..."

Old Kulu said a lot, only the sentence "Child, you have a magical talent" lingered in my ears. My God! Maybe one day in the future, I can become a mysterious magician? This matter is very domineering! Think about it when I was holding a crystal wand in my hand, flashing into the monster group, and shouting: Breaking! Breaking! Breaking! Breaking! A ring will freeze all the monsters around me into ice slag. How dazzling it would be! This is more promising than squatting in a big hotel to cut potatoes and carved carrot flowers.

I decided to follow what Lao Kulu said, and first learn leather making with Fered. This thing is not enough to suppress the body. After scrubbing the saddle cover, I thoroughly washed my leather jacket inside and out, hung it on the hemp rope for fixing the wooden stakes outside the tent. As long as I dry it, I applied a layer of mutton fat on the outside of the leather jacket, and the coat would look like new. It was both warm and tide-free. Then I took out the seasoning bags I had worked hard to collect in the package and placed the seasonings such as pepper, dried chili, star anise, cumin and other seasonings on the tent to dry.

I was busy sorting out the tents I stayed in at night, preparing cookware and seasonings for the guinea pigs that Kuz was about to hunt, and starting to light dry cow dung to cook soup for the caravan patients, Old Kuru and Leipas butler stood on the slope of the earth, sitting on a piece of limestone that had been weathered and broken into several pieces and talked about me.

"This child can always find something we ignore, and those royal pharmacists in the human empire probably wouldn't have imagined that these low-level herbs could make food more delicious so magically. Sometimes I have to admit your human creativity."

"Haha, old guy, I like this boy more and more. Diligence, humility, honesty, and bravery, these good qualities appear in a child who is only seven years old. I really want to know which ancient family can teach these to children before the age of five and imprint them in their hearts, as if they were born." Butler Leipus narrowed his falcon-like eyes and gently twisted his black and thin beard with one hand.

"Leyi, do you think he is coming to the family that inherits the talent of fire magic? What happened to make them abandon such blood-awakened people? The people you sent back found any clues?" Old Kuru took a deep breath.

"It's very difficult, old man. You should know that the area burns out the forest. To the east is the territory of King Stan, to the west is the Death Desert, to the north is the wild glacier tundra. There is no territory within a radius of three thousand miles belonging to the human lord. There is no clue to his origin."

"But I think he needs to receive education from a regular magic academy in the future. An excellent magician's solid basic knowledge of magic will make him go further. After all, you are a shaman. Although there are many similarities in magic elements, it is the magic of the beast tribe, and they are more suitable for orcs. Jiga must go to the magic academy of the human tribe." Leipas was rubbing the smooth bronze sword hilt, and the exquisite fine fish scale lines wrapped around the entire Roman sword. It can be seen that only the dwarf master can make exquisite weapons.

"I don't know which magic academy on the mainland will take in a wanderer without any identity, or I will write a letter of recommendation to my old friends? This time I go back to the tribe, maybe I won't have a chance to wander around the world. I must raise some orc children while I can still move. You must know that it's too difficult to find a few magical talents from orc children."

"No need to be so troublesome, I will arrange this... I will take him to find a suitable city. As long as he has a formal job and lives for three years, he will be granted the status of a city resident and will be allowed to participate in the magic awakening ceremony organized by the city junior magic school." Butler Leipas said, and the wrinkles on Old Kuru's face seemed to stretch a little.
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