Stepping into this primeval forest full of the smell of decay, after thousands of years of countless springs, summers, autumns and winters, the trees sprout in the spring, and the withered leaves in the autumn accumulate and rot into black soil in this mountain forest, and the fallen leaves make the land here extremely fertile, sometimes the deposition of the leaves will reach tens of meters deep, those leaves rot, frozen into ice in the harsh winter, and then melt in the early summer, like some soft black big quagmire.The dead leaves were covered layer by layer, then rotted and covered again, and the methane was pressed deep into the soil.Every time we camped, he would choose to be on the mountain, and he would be very strict about where we would start the fire, according to the guide's words: "There is a fire-breathing earth dragon hidden under this mountain forest, and if it is angered, it will burn the whole team to ashes!"
”It is full of all kinds of dangerous traps, and the guide who walks in front always has a long pole in his hand, and he will constantly use the long pole to test whether the road under his feet is strong.Even though he was extremely familiar with this mountain forest, he seemed to be cautious, and his small eyes were very flexible to pay attention to the movements around him, and I knew by his eyes that he was a good man with experience."
We'll never see the danger under those rotting leaves!"
It was the first thing he said to us, and I think Benjamin hired him back, and that's the only thing he said was of some value, he was a chatterbox, always babbling and babbling, always telling some cliché story of the adventure party capturing monsters in the mountains.A foot into the deep dead leaves, the withered yellow leaves flooded my knees, even if I blessed myself with the wind to walk, want to cross this primeval forest, there are still many difficulties and dangers, those tree rhizomes hidden in the dead branches and rotten leaves, a little carelessness will trip people at once, never just those slippery and mossy branches, Minotaur Ruka followed behind me, his patience has been worn away by this forest, he gasped, his heart became a little anxious, In a fit of rage, he broke a branch that stood in front of him and threw it at his feet.I thought I should appease him, so I said, "This mountain forest contains countless precious gifts from nature, these leaves that have fallen off the trees and died, and after death, they will also fall back to their roots, yes, they will make the soil of the roots of the trees extraordinarily fertile, and many precious and delicious fungi will be bred in these roots and rotten leaves, and their taste will be very delicious!"
”"Really, why didn't I see those so-called mushrooms in your mouth?"
Although he is a vegetarian through and through, this does not mean that he does not like food, the Minotaur is very familiar with the plants in the wasteland, but he rarely has the opportunity to enter this primeval forest, so he is also very unfamiliar with the plants here.I didn't know where the so-called mushroom was, I squatted under a dead pine tree, gently brushed away the pine needles covering the ground, and on its rhizome there were a few matsutake mushrooms as thick as the size of a thumb, the irritable face of the minotaur Karu suddenly became full of surprise, he grew his mouth, and with a somewhat novel look, he carefully picked up the matsutake mushrooms with two big hands, and a faint fragrance emanated from the matsutake mushroom's body, he gently put it to his mouth and smelled it, With a smile on his face, he said to me, "Jijia, this mushroom is so fragrant!"
”Andy, the Ranger walking behind us, came up and looked at me with wide eyes and said, "Your luck is really good, this kind of delicious mushroom is unique to this mountain forest, and it is a very rare thing!"
”Andy is also quite familiar with this primeval forest, in the whole team, only he and the guide are very accustomed to the mountain roads here, I feel that he walks in this mountain forest, like visiting his own back garden, and now I have such a tasting of the mushrooms I found, so I asked him: "Senior Andy, you are very familiar with this place!"
”"Of course!"
Andy wears a soft and light armor of demon antelope skin, and carries a short forest bow, which is far more useful and convenient in the forest than a longbow.Benjamin came up from behind, kept wiping the slimy green moss on the palms of his hands, stopped beside us and exhaled a long breath and said, "Andy, this kid has lived in this side of the mountain city since he was a child, and he only moved to our city of El when he was about to go to school, of course he is familiar with the things here!"
”Andy was a little embarrassed after being debunked, but he didn't annoy Benjamin, but rubbed his shoulder with one hand and explained: "This fungus is called matsutake mushroom, even in the mountain city, it is very precious.I remember when I was a child, you could only eat this delicacy at festival banquets, and if you fry it in good butter, it will be very delicious!
”"This ugly guy is matsutake mushrooms?"
Mia, who followed behind, also looked at her in amazement.Obviously, this group of noble children knew much more about food than the common children, and the guide who walked in front looked up at the sky, and just said: "We must find a safe place in this valley before it gets dark, and then set up camp, whether we can find the two-headed snake lizard this time, and we must return to the mountain city in four days."
Now, though, it looks like we need to take a break!
”Hearing the human guide say a rest, all of us let out a long breath, in this forest, the biggest enemy so far is not those fierce monsters, but the natural environment of this forest, we are just trekking in the mountains and forests, we are already exhausted, it seems, those seniors of the warrior academy also have a tired look on their faces, before facing the two-headed flame snake lizard, we should indeed take a good rest and adjust."
This kind of mushroom is very rare, and some of us here are in this mountain forest to collect this precious mushroom, and it is good luck to be able to find these mushrooms!"
The man's guide said the same thing.The members of the team who were sitting on the sidelines also looked at us curiously.When Ruka the Minotaur heard that these delicious mushrooms were so valuable, he was very honest and stuffed them into me, and although his Adam's apple kept stirring, he no longer looked at these matsutake mushrooms."
There are no mushrooms in the Minotaur's recipe, so I think the wild radish over there might be a little more crisp to eat!"
Ruka gave himself a reason to be lame.I took advantage of the moment he opened his mouth to speak, and stuffed a few mushrooms in his hand into the mouth of the minotaur Ruka, he chewed these matsutake mushrooms at once before he finished speaking, he looked at me with wide eyes, and pointed to the matsutake in his mouth with some panic, I reached out and poked twice in his hairy chest, hehe smiled, and asked him, "How is it, is it delicious?"
”He nodded violently, and then he chewed it heavily, carefully tasting the delicious taste of those few matsutake mushrooms, and the impatient mood disappeared without a trace!
The man's guide sighed softly on the side: "It's a pity!
”Then he patted his thigh and said, "This is really a terrible thing, if you cut these mushrooms into thin slices, I will go and come back with a few grouses and put them together to make soup, enough for us to drink beautifully!"
”Ruka the Minotaur also regretted eating all the matsutake mushrooms in one bite, so he quickly squatted down and tried to find more matsutake next to the pine needles that he had opened, but unfortunately he couldn't.I don't believe that this person guide with a very good mouth, willing to hunt the notoriously cunning grouse for us, probably because I gave all these matsutake mushrooms to Luka, and it was a pity and an atmosphere, before we found a delicious taste, all for everyone to share a little bit, everyone shared and tasted, but this time I just gave these matsutake mushrooms to my own subordinates, and the person who accepted calmly became a habit The guide's heart was slightly unbalanced, but everyone in the academy was from a noble background, Their own recuperation is higher, and although they may have some ideas, they will not just say it."
It's just a few matsutake mushrooms, and it's nothing special.Since we are here in the mountain city, there are still these delicacies sold in the market in the city, and when we finish hunting the flame snake lizard this time, I will return to the mountain city and I will invite everyone to have a butter-fried matsutake feast!
”Seeing that there was a slight little contradiction in the team, because of the complaint of the human guide, the members of the team looked at me and became a little hesitant, senior Benjamin sat aside and said.Mia sat at the root of the tree next to me, looking at me curiously, and the servant she was traveling with was a female swordsman, and she was probably curious about why I was so kind to my servant.Senior Sister Mia's face is extremely ruddy because of the strenuous exercise, in this extremely hot primeval forest, she is such a weak priest apprentice who can persist with us until now, I admire her very much.Senior Benjamin, dressed in delicate manticore-tailed leather armor, was handing a kettle to Mia-senpai, and he hesitated to find a test-tube-sized bottle of pale yellow potion, and also handed it to Mia.Senior Sister Mia didn't take the bottle of potion, but just took the kettle in her hand, but the potion was pushed back to Senior Benjamin, and then said: "Wait until I find that double-headed flame snake lizard, I don't know what kind of situation I will encounter, this bottle of physical strength potion should be saved for the battle time and then used!"
I'm not too tired yet, if I can't walk, let Ellie carry me!
”Ellie was Mia-senpai's female swordsman, and when she heard Mia say her name, she nodded her head this way.I think a female swordsman like Ellie, maybe it is those civilian students who graduated from the academy before, they will choose to join some aristocratic families after graduation, and they have never been the followers of some big people, for some civilian warriors, this is not a way out, at least they can have a well-fed life, and unlike joining an adventure group, they always have to face danger, if they are servants, as long as the noble master does not die by himself, they will generally live a very nourishing life, especially when they are the servants of a future priest, Then it's even more of a beauty.I patted Ruka's broad shoulder, and then said to Mia-senpai, "Otherwise, you will sit on Ruka's shoulder in a while, he will walk smoothly and sit comfortably on his broad shoulder!"
”Ruka the Minotaur is definitely a warm-hearted person, he doesn't think it's humiliating to sit on his shoulder, and after listening to my advice, he nods honestly and repeatedly.Mia gave me a grateful look and whispered, "I'm holding on, I'm still going to hold on!"
”I also secretly praise Senior Sister Mia's persistence, this young lady from a noble family has a precious character of perseverance.However, I didn't intend to let go of that human guide so simply, and I thought he deliberately did it, probably to let us noble sons know how difficult it is to adventure in the forest, otherwise once these noble boys are interested in this forest they live in, it will not be a good thing for everyone in the mountain city.According to my calculations, if we walk at a slower pace, we will probably arrive in this valley tomorrow morning, in that case, our physical strength will become very abundant, and then spend the whole day searching in the valley, in fact, it will not delay too much time.It's like now that we've arrived in the valley early, we're so tired that we can't do anything this afternoon, so we can only choose a suitable place to camp.I think the human guide is also very tired, but he didn't show it, every time he rested, he would quietly strive every minute and every second to recover his strength, some of his careful thoughts, fell in my eyes, it was difficult to get rid of the mustard in my heart.But he has nothing to denounce the thoughts of a small citizen, but when he bragged that if there were matsutake mushrooms, he would go to the forest to catch a few grouses, so that the grouse was not so easy to catch, although this pheasant had lost the ability to fly, but it could still fly short distances in this dense forest, and it could cross a distance of one or two thousand meters from the pine forest as long as it spread its wings gently.Sometimes people have to bring their pets with them to catch this alert and nimble bird.Since the human guide said so, how can I let him sit here and rest peacefully, and he can be regarded as a real toss for us in the past three days.Actually, these people don't know that finding those matsutake mushrooms is actually surprisingly easy for me, although these matsutake mushrooms grow under this thick pine needle, and it is difficult to find these matsutake mushrooms without peeling off the pine needles.The places where these matsutake mushrooms grow are very scattered, and it is not easy to find.But no one knows that each matsutake mushroom grows under the pine needle quilt, and before it is harvested, a little water element will gather under the umbrella cap of the matsutake mushroom.With my current affinity for the water element, it is already the limit to be able to feel the water element in the air, and it is difficult for a high-level magician who has not reached the second rank of the twentieth level to be able to perceive the essence of the water element.However, I have one exception, because I can feel the existence of Sister Guoguo, the spirit of the water element, after entering this valley, Sister Guoguo has become a little active, she is not content to follow me, but floats around casually within a certain range of my side.At first I thought she was a curiosity about the natural world, maybe it was caused by the extraordinarily strong water element caused by the sultry heat here, but then I found out that it was not because of this, every time she found a place, she would squat down and gently float over, leaning her head over and inhaling gently, her mouth suddenly had a bright fluorescence, and I could feel through her excited and cheerful body at this time, it was actually a small ball of water element essence.There are a lot of matsutake mushrooms in this valley.That's right, before Sister Guoguo absorbed it, I still couldn't feel the little bit of water element essence, but only the essence the size of a fingernail was sucked into her mouth, in her light blue translucent body, like a fluorescent firefly, constantly floating in her body, and then absorbed by her little by little, I knew that the essence she inhaled was water elemental essence.I followed where she had stopped and tried to peel off the pine needles on the ground, and sure enough, I found a few matsutake mushrooms underneath the pine needles.I found that what people call food must have something unique, just like matsutake mushrooms, which can actually gather the essence of the water element, and maybe that's why it's delicious.I smiled at the guide and said, "Okay, if I can get some more matsutake mushrooms, you'll go and get a few grouses back to make soup!"
”The man's guide looked at me and continued his words, and he was also stunned, for a magic apprentice nobleman like me, he needed to use honorifics when he spoke.Now that the words had been spoken, there was no room for repentance, so he said, "You are right, Your Excellency the Magic Apprentice!
”I smiled, sat down next to Benjamin, and said to everyone casually, "Maybe sometime, if we're lucky enough to find some matsutake mushrooms, we'll all be blessed!"
”After saying that, I seemed to casually pick up a dry pine tree with the thickness of an egg, and threw it into the distance, as casually as if I was throwing away the miscellaneous things around me.That's right, that was the place where Sister Guoguo had just left, and she had absorbed two balls of water elemental essence there.The crooked dead tree smashed to the ground, splashing the pine needles on the ground there, revealing a round earth-colored mushroom, and the honest Ruka ran over curiously and pulled the pine needles away."
Hehe" he laughed openly, and a few matsutake mushrooms lay quietly under the pine needles, and the team suddenly became so quiet!
Some looked at me in surprise, while others looked at the man with an imperceptible smile as the guide was not finished.