A sparse forest is located on the northern hillside of this valley of the tribe, and a small depression is naturally formed on the hillside. Obviously, the goblin tribe attaches great importance to this place, and they actually dug a small road on the hillside. Direct access to the woods.
When Xia Ya came here with Tiangong and a few goblins, he was quickly attracted by the strange trees around him.
The trees here, at first glance, are clearly much thicker than the half-dead trees on the hillside.
The big trees grow straight, with thick trunks and lush crowns. The bark and the leaves that hang on the branches all have a dark metallic color faintly. When he came to the woods, Xi Ya immediately picked up a leaf on the ground, played with it for a while, and couldn't help but sighed—what kind of leaf is this, it's clearly a small piece of iron! However, the weight is much lighter than real iron.
Looking at the luxuriant canopy on the surrounding big trees, when the wind blew, the canopy swayed slightly, the branches and leaves swayed and collided, but there was a clanging sound of gold.
Soon, under the guidance of Tiangong and two goblins, Xiaya found the poisonous spring of the goblins.
The spring is located in the middle of a piece of rotten rock in the depression. Most of the rocks are deeply buried in the hillside, only a small part is exposed. In the crack of the rock, a spring is emerging from the ground.
Obviously, this spring has dried up, and even the soil around the spring is dry gravel, but there are still water marks washed away over the years on the rocks of the spring.
Grabbing a handful of dry sand from the ground, Char's brows were tightly twisted into knots.
The sand was so dry that it had formed particles, and it was obvious that the spring had been dry for quite some time. He raised his head and asked Wen Tiangong again, but the other party only said that this poisonous spring has never dried up since it was recorded. And this dry up is also what happened after it left home to find his wife last time, so Tiangong himself didn't know it.
Xia Ya thought about it, and could only sigh, and asked a few questions unwillingly, but these goblins are too ignorant, and naturally they don't understand anything like "dry season". Any valuable news, I am afraid there is no hope.
Now that the spring water has dried up, Xiaya put the last ray of hope on this legendary "poisonous mushroom".
It's a pity that these goblins told Xia that the poisonous mushrooms originally grew around the spring, under the tree closest to the spring, and they would grow mushrooms one by one on the trunk all the year round. Every year when spring comes, when the weather is humid and warm, these mushrooms will come out one by one.
But this year... After the spring water dried up, there was no more mushrooms growing on the dry gravel here.
"What does that thing look like?"
Xia Ya was still a little unwilling to give up, and asked such a sentence.
The few goblins looked at each other for a while. Under Tian Gong's questioning, there was a goblin with a strange expression. He slammed into his arms for a while, and finally found something wrapped in a small piece of animal skin.
The animal skin was dirty and greasy, and it was so black that it was no longer visible its original color. After opening it, there was a small piece of mushroom-like thing in the shape of a coronal umbrella!
There was only a palm-sized piece, which had been air-dried and turned black.
Xia Ya's eyes lit up and took it with both hands: "Is this the thing?"
The goblin murmured a few words, and Tiangong told Xia Ya that the goblin secretly hid the remaining piece. This guy knew that these things were poisonous, so he hid a piece and prepared to boil it into juice and smear it on the weapon.
Xia Ya took this black thing, and only after looking at it twice, she heard an exclamation from the depths of her mind!
Dora's exclamation sound seemed to be extremely shocking, and it seemed to be full of surprises. The sound of the cry was very abrupt. Xia was so startled that she almost threw the last piece of mushroom in her hand on the ground.
"It's this thing! Sure enough, it's it!! Hahahahahahaha! These ignorant goblins actually say what kind of ridiculous 'mushroom' is this??! Simply ignorant and stupid!! Mushroom? Hahaha! Mushroom??! This It's just a magic flame grass! It's a magic flame grass!! Hahahahahaha!!"
Dora's laughter was extremely arrogant and carefree, and Xiaya also became solemn, and carefully looked at the palm-sized piece of dong - Demon Flame Grass? What it is
"Haha! You ask these goblins, what is the reaction of the poisonous mushroom they say if they accidentally eat it and die of poisoning?"
Soon, Xiaya asked Dora's question again, and the goblins answered in a garrulous manner under the scolding of Tiangong. Said that Xiaya was dizzy, but in the end it boiled down to the specifics: Anyone in the goblin tribe who ate this kind of food by mistake will suddenly go crazy, become bulging, and suddenly become mad, just like suddenly It was as if Berserk had lost consciousness, and in the end he was so mad that he died, and when he died, his whole body twitched.
When Xia heard this, she felt a little strange in her heart: where is the poisoning caused by this kind of reaction? What is this toxin
"Idiot! It's not poison at all! It's an extremely rare good thing! These goblins are ignorant and poison this thing on the spot. Humph!"
Dora paused: "You heard what these goblins said... Those goblins who died of poisoning were not so much poisoned as they were overexcited, they turned into rage, and finally they went mad and died... This is not Poisoning, but the spirit is too excited, and the degree of excitement has exceeded the limit that the goblin itself can bear."
Excited
"Pig brain." Dora sighed and suddenly sneered: "I don't blame you, you are not a magician... Alas, even the useless magician under your command should know the name of this thing... Well, he He should have never seen such a thing, but he knew the name of this thing as soon as he heard it."
Xia Ya was silent for a while, raised his head and looked at Tian Gong, and gestured a few times, expressing that he wanted to stay here for a while.
Naturally, the goblins would not refuse this kind of request. Anyway, the poisonous springs in the woods have dried up, and there is nothing of value. After Tian Gong led a few goblins away, Xiaya walked around the woods around the spring again, and after confirming that no one was there, he whispered, "Dora! What the hell is going on? I'll make it clear!"
"Hmph, the magic flame grass, it was first discovered by our dragon clan as a miraculous good thing. After our dragon clan discovered the magical use of this kind of thing, other races gradually came to know about it. Speaking of which, the name of this magic flame grass is still ours. Named by the Dragon Clan."
"Say what's important." Xiaya frowned.
Dora snorted and seemed to be a little dissatisfied, but after a pause, she still continued: "You are an idiot in the field of magic, if you want to explain the magic of this thing to you, you have to spend a lot of words. … Well, let me start with the simplest, you know the magician, right?”
Xia Ya stared: "Nonsense! Who doesn't know the magician."
"So, do you know what the magician's magic power is?"
This time, Xia Ya only shook her head.
"Hmph, to put it simply, a magician's magic power is actually a person's spiritual power. It's just that the use of magic is to refine the spiritual power bit by bit through some peculiar cultivation methods and turn it into a kind of Powerful energy, this kind of energy, is called 'magic'. Speaking of which, you humans are the least gifted among the few races that can use magic. Because we dragons and elves are born with very powerful abilities. Pure spiritual power, without training, is full of magic power. But your human spiritual power cannot be directly turned into magic power, but needs to be refined and sublimated through some cultivation methods. In this respect, you humans are also called It is a bit wise, and it is quite remarkable to actually invent the method of 'meditation' to refine one's own spiritual power into magic power."
Speaking of which, Dora concluded: "In a simple sentence: In fact, magic power is spiritual power."
"Well, what does this have to do with this what kind of grass?"
"Of course it has something to do with it." Dora sneered: "Whether it's our dragon family, the elves, and your human magicians, the most direct manifestation of the level of magic power lies in the strength of magic power. The stronger the magic power, the more natural it is to display it. The magic power of the magician will be stronger, and some powerful magics cannot be displayed without strong magic power. In this way, magic power is naturally the most important for magicians. But after all, a creature, even if it is us For such a powerful creature as the dragon race, no matter how strong the spiritual power is, there is a limit. And once the spiritual power consumption is too great, the strength will naturally be greatly damaged, then at this time, in addition to supplementing your own cultivation, uh... You humans use it. It is the method of meditation. In addition to these self-recovery methods, you can also use some external forces to recover.”
Xia Ya's face was solemn: "I understand... Could it be that this is some kind of grass... "
"It's the magic flame grass!" Dora seemed a little annoyed: "Idiot! It's the magic flame grass!"
"Okay! Magic flame grass." Xia glared: "This magic flame grass can replenish magic power?"
"To be precise, it's to replenish mental power!" Dora couldn't help but show a bit of greed in her voice.
"Qi... I haven't seen any medicine that makes people excited." Xia couldn't help but be a little suspicious: "There are also some plants in the mountains. If you accidentally eat them, they will also make people excited, but they will become extremely high after that. Weak."
"The things you said are not really supplementary mental power, but only a short-term stimulation of your own mental power. That is to say, to burst out all your remaining mental power in a short period of time is not for you. The real supplement can only be regarded as an ordinary stimulant stimulant drug." Dora was very disdainful: "How can those things be compared with this magic flame grass! This magic flame grass can really replenish spiritual power. Good thing!" Speaking of which, Dora's voice was low: "Although I haven't seen this kind of thing with my own eyes, and I've heard of its various magical effects, but... the effect of this kind of thing will never be faked. Yes! The effect of the magic flame grass is the most direct and obvious for us dragons and elves, because we dragons and elves do not need to practice, the natural spiritual power is magic. After taking the magic flame grass, you can Adding a lot of magic power, in a weak state, you can quickly return to normal, and a small amount of skillful consumption in a normal state can also improve your strength! Of course, for you human magicians, this thing is also Very rare treasure, although you human magicians have to go through meditation to obtain magic power, the foundation of meditation is also from spiritual power. After taking this magic fire grass, you can make your own spiritual power base greatly. The more powerful you are, the bigger the base, the more magic power you can cultivate on this basis. And I also heard that there are also genius magic pharmacists among you humans. A long, long time ago , there have been inventions, mixing this magic flame grass with other medicines, making some strange formulas, and finally formulating a very useful medicine called magic potion! After taking it, you can directly add magic power! And the main material of the magic potion is this magic flame grass!"
Having said that, Dora added: "When encountering a battle, if the magician runs out of magic power, it means that he has no ability to resist... At this time, if you can have a bottle of magic recovery potion by your side ... Hmph! It's almost equal to double your own strength! Such a good thing, do you think it's important?"
Xia Ya nodded and swallowed his saliva: "Recovery in a full state... Sure enough!"
"Hmph, just a piece of magic flame grass the size of a slap in your hand, don't look down on such a little thing, if you dare to take your human world, it will be enough to cause a duel between two high-level magicians!!"
"How much is this thing worth?" Xiaya asked the most concerned question very directly.
"Money?" Dora laughed: "This thing is of no use to ordinary humans! If ordinary people eat it, they will be excited to death because they replenish too much spiritual power! But for magicians, it is priceless! Money... a joke! If you are willing to give this thing to those high-level magicians, even if you ask for 100,000 gold coins, some magicians will break their heads and buy them! Those high-level magicians are definitely richer than you can imagine!"
It seemed that Xi Ya was still a little unbelievable, and Dora said again: "You know Mithril, right?"
Although Xia Ya is a magic idiot, he still knows about the well-known good things like Mithril. This is the only metal in the legend that does not repel magic elements, and it is an extremely rare and expensive magic material.
"If the magic flame grass is used to exchange for mithril, according to the price I know back then... it is about four times! That is to say, the magic flame grass in your hand can be exchanged for mithril four times its own weight. !"
Xiaya fell silent, stood there, stared at the magic flame grass in his hand, and stopped talking.
After a while, Xia Ya's eyes flashed, and her expression became more and more strange...
"This magic flame grass, since what you said is so precious and magical... hum! These goblins are ignorant and ignorant, they don't know this is a good thing. But what about the Zaku natives? They are not as stupid as the goblins. Those Zaku natives , willing to use so much gold and food every year to exchange the goblins for magic flame grass... Those guys must know the function of this magic flame grass. They exchange magic flame grass... what is the use? I heard that the Zaku natives are nothing Is it magic?"
"Why don't you ask!" Dora's voice suddenly became severe and ruthless: "Those Zaku natives collect so many magic flame grass every year... Naturally, they are used for 'Damandras'!"
"Damandras?"
"Humph! It's the little earthworm you saw." Dora's voice was bitter.
Xia Ya was stunned for a moment, and then she remembered that Dora was talking about the big snake...
earthworm…
Turtle sighed, indeed... If compared with Dora's body when she was alive, the big snake, in front of a real dragon, can only be regarded as an earthworm.
But then Dora's voice became solemn and awe-inspiring, and there was a faint look of being on the verge of an enemy.
"I can't believe... There is actually a Damandras, hidden in the tribe of the Zaku natives... These damn cunning earthworms!! I thought they were all extinct, but there is still a living Damandra. Russ exists..."
Dora's tone was full of hostility, Xiaya frowned and said, "This Damandras, isn't it a snake, you seem to be very jealous of it."
"Dread! Haha! Joke! My dignified dragon family! The most powerful race would be afraid of Damandras, who is as small as an earthworm?!" Dora suddenly shouted. Sha Ya's mind was a little dizzy.
But then, Dora was silent for a while, sighed deeply, and whispered in a serious and dejected tone that Xi Ya had never heard before: "Little Turtle... You are right, I am indeed jealous. ... It's no ordinary snake, it's Damandras! If you don't know what it is... Let me tell you in the simplest terms, they are Damandras, once the mortal enemy of our dragons!"
mortal enemy
This time, even Xia Ya was speechless.
The title of mortal enemy is not something that can be said casually.
First of all, to become the enemy of the dragon family... You must at least have a strong strength! Otherwise, they would not be eligible to be regarded as an enemy by the Dragon Clan.
Wouldn't it be a joke to say that a grasshopper is the mortal enemy of a lion? Those who can be called "dead enemies" by the dragons must at least have the strength to compete with the dragons!
Compete with... Dragon Race
Xiaya remembered Dora's mighty appearance when she was alive... A few magicians turned into scum just in front of her. This kind of race... the... mortal enemy