Chapter 5 Plants
Hamelton Town is one of the few towns located in the eastern periphery of the Duchy of Pompeii in the south of the mainland. Its origin seems to be very simple. According to legend, the founder was Tucker Hamelton, a deserter under the Grand Duke Nawell Vining Firs, a warring party in western Pompeii, 134 years ago. It was established only to allow Tucker and his men to avoid the pursuit of Phils.
I can't help but admire Tucker's wisdom and vision. Although Hamelton is located in a remote and prosperous city, it also keeps Tucker and his men away from the whirlpool of politics and avoids being oppressed. More importantly, Hamelton is close to the land of hell and heaven - the Comnike Peter Forest, which is only 47 kilometers away from the outermost part of the jungle.
The Connike Peter Forest is named for its continuous and dense trees. Because the trees are dense, even on sunny days, the entire forest presents a faint twilight, so it is also called the Twilight Forest. Later, there were fewer people who remember its original name.
The twilight forest is vast and boundless. Except for a small area covered with ice and snow in the extreme north, it runs through the entire continent of Endres almost longitudinally. Most countries in the easternmost part use it as the eastern border, but no one knows what the other side of the forest is.
The trees are dense and vast, and the twilight forest is simply a cradle of life, just like the ocean on the earth! It has nurtured countless strange lives. In this magical world, the fertile lives have gone through billions of years of survival of the fittest before they have developed to this day. It is conceivable how many powerful creatures are living in it, and this is simply a forbidden place for humans.
But there is a saying that benefits are always accompanied by danger. This sentence can also be understood in reverse. Many brave adventurers have walked into the Twilight Forest to explore. Most of them have lost their lives, but those who can finally come out alive have gained huge wealth, precious medicinal materials, rare gems, and even monsters!
Determined by nature, people often only value success, so the deeds of successful people have led a large number of people to enter the ranks of adventures and are constantly circulating. Therefore, as a most ideal transit place, Hamelton Town, close to the twilight forest, quickly attracted many adventurers and mercenaries.
Hamelton was unusual tonight. A lit torch was inserted every 25 meters on the bluestone street, making the entire Hamelton lights brightly. The adventurers in the bar were also particularly excited, and everyone knew that something big had happened.
Camby is an old alcoholic living in Hamelton who often hangs in taverns. At this moment, he is sitting sideways on an old long-legged round stool, smashing the wooden cup in his hand hard on the greasy round table to attract the attention of adventurers.
Seeing everyone looking over, Camby grinned with satisfaction: "Hey, guys, do you know? Just the day before yesterday, I was fighting with a mad wolf with a man tall man. Just as I was about to win, I heard a huge roar, and then a double-headed dragon fell in front of me and bit my prey. He flew away before I could react! This abominable coward, but unfortunately I didn't have time to cut it to death!"
"Hahaha..." A voice came out in the laughter: "Drunk Cambi, you are blowing Cato again. I guess you have never seen what the Twilight Forest looks like. Everyone knows it is Chimera. Today Baron Fok Roller has issued a notice to hire excellent adventurers! You should go and scare the children! Haha..."
"Is that so, why don't I know? Hey, cunning little Jack, be careful I'll beat you up!" His annoyed and angry look aroused the adventurers' laughter.
In the Baron Fok, the big man in the town center, Fok Rollor, who was little Jack's mouth, was smiling humbly at the sergeant in front of him: "General Clyde, follow your instructions, the employment announcement has been issued. It's not bad to see the adventurers' reaction."
Hearing this, a middle-aged man in his forties with a thick black and hard beard nodded gently, looking at Baron Folk who was kind and slightly fat in front of him, pulled the corner of his mouth and expressed a smile: "Don't be so polite, Mr. Luo Luo, I'm just a brigade general, all for Grand Duke Pompeii. I hope you can prepare the equipment and food for this expedition early, and there is not much time left."
"Well." Baron Fok nodded, "except for the beef tendon rope that he just proposed, everything else is ready. I'll ask, what you are facing this time is the legendary Chimera. Is it too hasty to act tomorrow?"
Looking at Folk Rolloer's frown slightly, the sergeant clearly felt the baron's kindness, and his expression became more kind. "Thank you for your concern, but this time we are not going to fight Chimera, but just looking for medicinal materials around its territory, and Master Merlin is here."
"Oh! Oh my God, was it the legendary Merlin Gandhi Master of Pompeii? Oh, I couldn't entertain him. It was so rude!" When he heard Merlin was coming, Baron Fok couldn't help but say he was rude with respect.
"Minister Merlin needs a quiet environment to prepare spells to deal with tomorrow's adventure, so there is no time to come here. Okay, I'll arrange something else first, and hope you can bring me an excellent adventurer tomorrow morning!"
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Deep in the jungle, in the dark night, Li Yan lies on the tree and sleeps like a baby. The faint energy flow not only repairs the scars of all sizes that Li Yan has suffered during his journey these days, but also strengthens his body. At the same time, it greatly improves his absorption speed of magic elements in the natural environment, especially the fire elements (these cultivation systems and the like will be slowly displayed to everyone in the future). If Li Yan's ability was equivalent to 1.75 ordinary people before, it has now increased to 1.85! This is only the speed of improvement for one night, and the energy will last for several hours.
The sun in another world rises west and sets east. It always looks down on everything and will not change or change due to human will. For Baron Roller, a busy night is just a moment after Li Yan falls asleep.
It was early morning again. Because he was worried about yesterday's rabbit, Li Yan did not dare to make too loud noises and climbed down the tree gently. He was still as refreshed as yesterday morning. Li Yan spread his arms and was raising his hand to the top of his head. He suddenly stopped, and then stretched his arm back hard.
‘No pain!’ Li Yan clearly remembered that his back muscles were still sore yesterday afternoon. When he escaped under the attack of the super rabbit, the damage to his back further deepened. The feeling of severe pain after a little movement can be felt before going to bed. Now it is healed?
After a moment of stasis, Li Yan immediately raised his left arm to his eyes and wiped it hard. Except for some stains, there was no trace of scar on his entire arm! The scratches that had been damaged a few days ago actually disappeared. 'This is definitely not the reason for talent.' Li Yan knew very well that although talent was powerful, for himself at present, he was not strong enough to recover from this not-so-simple injury in one night.
Since it was not his own reason, it must be an external factor. When he turned his head, Li Yan stared at the food he put on the ground, his eyes were hot, and the fat and tender green with a slight dew looked so extraordinary in his eyes now.
It is indeed extraordinary. Whether it is uprooted or broken from the roots, after a night, these plants have not changed at all. They are still tender green and firm, as if they are making Li Yan savor the endless taste of last night, with a bit of the aroma of wine that is not afraid of the deep alley.
Not daring to neglect, Li Yan counted carefully and there were 28 leaves. The long leaves were much easier to carry than fruits. Take out two of them, Li Yan tied the remaining plants firmly with a suit top and confirmed the degree of strength several times. He deeply understood that these plants were the guarantee of his survival in the future! He could cure the uneasy injuries in one night, which was impossible for any medicine on earth. What's more, in an alien world where even food was lacking, it seemed that his adventure yesterday had received a deep reward.
This is the food that the powerful super rabbit likes to eat, how could it be simple? But what I don’t understand is why the rabbit doesn’t guard it and lets take away some precious plants. But since it is already a fact, Li Yan will not bother with some questions that he doesn’t understand now. That’s not curiosity, that’s stupid!
A little reluctant, Li Yan picked up a leaf and ate it. It was too luxurious to use such a precious plant as breakfast. However, there was no way to go. There was no food anymore. If you didn't replenish as much energy as possible, you might die in this dangerous jungle. Li Yan would not lose his money.
After using up the food, Li Yan carried the remaining plants in his hand. With Li Yan's physical fitness, it was easy to lift these things and basically would not affect the speed of progress. In order to avoid rabbits as much as possible, Li Yan bypassed the area where the plant was yesterday and continued to move towards the sun.
I don’t know if it’s luck or the weather here is like this. It’s also the jungle, and there are a lot of rain in the jungle on the earth. Li Yan, who has been in this world for four days, has not encountered even a light rain, which greatly facilitates Li Yan’s journey.
After walking for more than 10 minutes, a warm airflow appeared in Li Yan's body and began to circulate. It was very dull at first, but as Li Yan's movement slowly increased, it finally attracted Li Yan's attention.
His brows slightly raised and stopped, Li Yan squatted down gently with caution and began to check the energy that seemed to appear in his body for no reason. "It's very warm, no danger." This was Li Yan's intuition, "Is it caused by the plants I ate in the morning?" Although Li Yan had experienced the efficacy of flaky plants, Li Yan fell asleep during the treatment, so he was not sure how the plants felt during the healing process.
Without hesitation, Li Yan untied the belt, and then used a slightly clean corner of the belt buckle to cut a small hole in the back of his left hand. It was indeed correct. As the hole was cut, blood slowly emerged, but in less than 5 seconds, Li Yan obviously felt that the wound began to heat up and itch. One minute later, when he wiped off the blood stains, only a faint white mark was left. "Real and powerful therapeutic effect." After realizing this magical effect, Li Yan felt more joy.
Unconsciously, Li Yan, who experienced the warm current, focused his spirit on his left hand. Suddenly, a hot feeling on his left hand came from his mind. The hot feeling on his left hand came from his mind? This seemed to completely violate the logic! But the signal was indeed coming from his mind, a very strange feeling. His left hand was not hot, but his thinking was making him believe that his left hand was already very hot, which almost made Li Yan think that he had hallucinated because he had eaten too many plants.
But the facts told him that this was not an illusion. In Li Yan's incredible gaze, a dark green leaf on Li Yan's left hand slowly curled, shrank, and then turned yellow at a speed visible to the naked eye!
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Chapter completed!