217 Improvements
Saiya's tragic death left the team feeling a little depressed.
However, seeing Kevin's beautiful face and a look of great guilt, the rest of the people were always a little unbearable. And the mercenary profession is to lick blood to live, and he has long seen life and death very openly. What's more, they haven't been together for a long time, and if you want to say how deep the friendship is, it's not, at most, I feel sorry for a while, and I quickly adjusted my mood again.
On the contrary, Du Yuhan occasionally felt a little self-blame, but under Kevin's explanation, he gradually relaxed.
After properly burying Saiya's body, the group rested for a while and began to hurry back on their way.
*****
Carefully uncovering the lid of the pot, Du Yuhan sprinkled a layer of Hu powder on the surface of the boiling and thick soup, and after full stirring, an attractive fragrance wafted from the pot, which caused people to swallow and saliva.
"What are you cooking?" Gray, who was sitting on the sidelines wiping his sword, sniffled and leaned over to look at it.
"It's nothing, don't we encounter several enchantments this morning, one of the traps has a nest of demonic beasts hidden in it, so I'll take it together." Du Yuhan smiled, and served a full bowl while it was hot.
After more than ten days of travel, I encountered similar traps along the way, and there were more than ten large and small ones. Now that the team lacks scouts to scout the way forward, it's always a bit of a hassle to deal with. Fortunately, there is also a modeler who is very familiar with node operations, and although the cracking time has been slightly extended, the journey has been relatively smooth.
Gray tilted his head and thought, "That litter of sand lizards?" ”
"Well, I saw that it was quite fat, and it was a pity to abandon it, so I took it to cook a pot of soup without authorization."
"You make soup with lizards?" Gray was stunned, and his knife-like face became a little uncomfortable, "You, actually eating lizards?" ”
Hearing this, Du Yuhan blinked his eyes, a little unclear.
What's wrong with eating lizards? I wanted to be kicked out of my house at the beginning, and the conditions at that time were much more difficult than now, and I often caught what I ate. However, as a native of the Celestial Empire, he has a natural attachment to food, and as long as he has the conditions, he will not treat himself badly. So the demonic beasts he has encountered along the way have basically studied one or two ways to eat.
The resources of the desert itself are extremely scarce, and Du Yuhan was happy for this nest of fat lizards all day, just waiting for this meal in the evening. But Gray's reaction was so big, this shouldn't be a rare species that is forbidden to be hunted......
Glancing at the linpi stacked in the corner, Du Yuhan couldn't help but have a headache.
In fact, this lizard is everywhere, and it is not a rare species at all. It's just that in Gray's cognition, those reptiles and foreign objects are all dirty things, and they can't be used as ingredients. However, seeing that the other party's attitude was calm, he seemed cramped.
In fact, if he thought about it carefully, even if he had never seen someone with such a unique taste, but the lizard was only a kind of demonic beast, since it could eat cows and sheep, then it seemed that there was nothing to make a fuss about eating lizards......
At this time, Vik's glutinous coquettishness came from the side, "Brother, I'm so hungry." ”
"Bear with me, and you'll be fine soon." Du Yuhan didn't raise his eyes and continued to be busy.
"But—" Vic was about to say something, when suddenly a hard thing was shoved into his hand. He looked up and saw Kevin staring at him with a smile.
"Eat some dry food first, don't go hungry."
Vic was furious.
Depend on! This guy is definitely deliberate! Who would eat this junk food if there is a fresh dinner not to eat? What looks like a thoughtful offer is actually a naked personal threat!
Despite the complaints, Vic did not dare to say more. In the end, he could only flatten his mouth and gnaw on the dry food aggrievedly.
Du Yuhan secretly laughed to himself, and after serving Kevin a large bowl of hot soup, he also served a bowl for Vic.
The progress has been so smooth in the past few days, and Vic, who knows the enemy's methods well, has also played a very important role. This alone does not allow you to bully people too hard.
But neither Gray nor Hart knew about it. I only felt that Du Yuhan, who originally seemed to have a championship title, but was actually useless, had such amazing strength. Not only did they find a way to crack the trap, but they also saved the entire team by themselves at critical moments several times, which had to make them look at it differently.
I wanted to serve it for the other two, but they all shook their heads and refused, Du Yuhan shrugged his shoulders and was not reluctant, picked up the dishes and chopsticks and devoured them. After a day's journey and so much fighting energy, he was already hungry.
Watching a few people snorting and eating deliciously, Gray's expression was a little contradictory, and this scene fell into the eyes of Hart, who was quietly reading a book on the side.
Glancing at him lightly, Hart's expression still did not change, but the explicit contempt and faint disdain in his eyes pierced people's bodies.
A dignified ninth-order great sword master, he would actually be afraid of this little lizard?
Gray snorted lightly and rolled his eyes back.
Have a finger in the pie.
After knowing each other for so many years, it's not that he doesn't know that he never eats these strange things. Besides, why don't you go by yourself if you want to taste him?
Eating is stared at, and even the most delicious dishes are a little difficult to swallow. Du Yuhan opened his mouth to say something, but when he saw the two who usually didn't smile, they were staring at each other with big eyes, and their eyes were quite warm. He thought about it for a while, and finally decided to shut up and eat quietly, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.
Perhaps out of the guilt of their rude behavior some time ago, the two of them have changed their attitudes towards Du Yuhan a lot. Not only does he take care of his life, but even Hart, who has always been cold and arrogant, now occasionally tells a joke or two.
Ignoring the bored Hart, Gray stared at the soup pot seriously, "How does this taste?" ”
"Okay." The wind swept away a bowl, Du Yuhan licked the corners of his mouth and filled himself again, "The meat quality of this one is better than last night, and the taste is smoother and tenderer." ”
Last night?
Gray chuckled inwardly.
They nearly lost their way in the desert last night, but fortunately Hart sent the Water Elemental Minions to finally find the right route. Tossed until late, a group of talents set up camp to make a fire, several people worked together, and Du Yuhan, who was in charge of the kitchen, also boiled a large pot of broth and shared it with everyone.
At that time, they were tired and hungry, and in the face of the bowl of fragrant soup, he had no resistance at all, and he didn't think too much about it at all. Sullen drank several bowls, and praised Du Yuhan's cooking skills.
Now that I think about it, what they have encountered in the past few days are either menacing sand and gravel puppets, or some snakes, insects, rats and ants with no feet and many legs. So what were the ingredients used to make the soup last night......
Thinking of this, the expressions of the two were quite exciting.
Gray immediately covered his mouth and ran straight to the back of the tent without saying a word. And after Hart became a nobleman, his strict tutoring prevented him from making such a faux pas, but he was also tense and his face turned blue.
didn't notice how much impact his words brought, Du Yuhan smashed his mouth, feeling that it was not enough, and took out a special dough cake and threw it into the soup pot to make noodles.
Kevin on the side was busy giving Du Yuhan a hand, and he only glanced at it lightly and stopped paying attention.
As a foodie, Vic can eat as long as it is delicious and non-toxic, and he feels very hypocritical about his reaction to these two people.
Cut! Isn't it just a lizard, what's the big deal?
Think he is also a famous family, is it different to eat with relish?
Affectation!
Finally suppressed the stomach of the river and the sea, Hart's expression suddenly moved, and he hurriedly flipped his palm, and a fist-sized water ball, quietly suspended on the palm of his hand, exuding a blue luster.
In the next moment, the originally gentle water in the water balloon suddenly spun at high speed. The speed of the whirlpool became faster and faster, and after a while, a miniature whirlpool was formed inside, and its strong centrifugal force even faintly had a tendency to break through the water wall.
Crash! ——
With a crisp sound, the water balloon burst open, exploding a large cloud of dotted water. What is strange is that before the sporadic splash hits the ground, it turns into a wisp of blue-blue light smoke and floats in the air.
Suddenly, Hart's expression was a little ugly.
Several people were stunned by this sudden action, but Kevin reacted first.
"What's going on?"
Hart's eyes were half-lowered, and he thought for a while, and his eyebrows were gathered into a small knoll.
"I think I've found a place."
*****
The yellow sand meets the sky, boundless. Sunsets in the desert are relatively long, and although the air is still hot and dry, it is much cooler than during the day.
Against the red sun, several people stood in the sea of sand, discussing seriously.
"This is it?" Wiping the beads of sweat from his forehead, Gray looked around.
Turning over the small water balloon in his palm, Hart bowed slightly, "According to the spiritual feedback of the water element, this is indeed the destination." ”
Gray's eyebrows furrowed.
According to the information provided by the guild leader, Cared's lair should be around here. With the other party's fierce strength and cautious character, there should be a lot of traps set up in the lair, and even if there is none, there should be a sheltered house. No matter how bad it is, you have to choose a place close to the water source in order to have the conditions for survival.
But now that I look at it, there is only yellow sand left in my eyes, and there is not even a desert plant, let alone a water source house. Can such a harsh environment really make people live in?
But Hart's spiritual power is very strong, and since he said that the water element has detected that there are living beings here, then eighty percent of it will not be wrong.
But now......
Pinching his brow hard, Gray made a difficulty.
He pondered for a moment, then turned his head to look at Du Yuhan, "What do you think?" ”
Du Yuhan was stunned, and couldn't think of how to answer for a while.
When it comes to creating node puppet fights, he's still pretty good; But when it comes to reconnaissance and solving the trap and ambush, he has a black eye. But when he met Gray's hopeful eyes, he couldn't help but shudder, and could only laugh dryly, squeezing at Vic without a trace.
It's a pity that this is not a place to set traps, and even if Vic has the ability to reach the sky, he has to shrug his shoulders helplessly.
Tsk, I don't even know the strategy, so what's the solution?
Just as Du Yuhan was scratching his ears and cheeks, his palm was suddenly gently held by a slightly cool big hand.
He looked sideways at Kevin beside him slightly, only to see a faint smile on the corner of the other party's mouth, and quietly made a mouth shape.
Enchantment.