A small wooden boat was parked in the very center of the Lianxi River, and Snow was bent over the boat to work. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 He tied a large rock to one end of each rope, then picked up a rope, grabbed one end and gently threw the stone into the water. The stone sank quickly into the depths of the river with the rope, and Snow observed it with a solemn expression.

Brissy on the side was holding parchment and a pen, her face full of puzzlement, "Brother Snow, what are you doing here?" ”

"Measure the depth of the river." The rope in Snow's hand no longer descended, and he looked at the remaining rope and estimated that the depth of the river was only about four meters.

"What do you do when measuring water depth?" Brissy asked, curious, as if the baby was curious.

"As soon as the river freezes, the fish dive to the deepest depths because the water temperature is relatively high. We now have to find the depths of the river first, and only by casting the net here can we have the best harvest. Snow explained as he rowed.

Brissy nodded as if she didn't understand.

For an entire morning, Snow and Briss were both measuring the depth of the river using this most primitive method. However, the efforts of the two finally paid off, and Snow found three relatively deep waters. Tied a piece of wood to the other end of the rope, he made a few simple buoys, and had Briss mark the depth of the river and the markers on both banks.

These three waters are all eight or nine meters deep, which is relatively deep water, and it is also the most suitable fishing spot for existing fishing nets.

When he was done, Snow took Briss back to town. Before he knew it, it was lunchtime, and Snow ate a piece of wheat cake one morning. I didn't feel anything when I was busy, but as soon as I got back to town, my stomach began to growl.

Brissy glanced at Snow, covered her mouth and snickered, "Brother Snow, are you hungry, grandpa caught a few fish today, you go back to the room and wait, I'll go stew fish for you." ”

"That's too much trouble for you." Snow said with a smile, originally he was thinking of bringing the fish that Randolph caught early in the morning to make up for Yalian's body, and Brissy mentioned this, just so that he didn't need to be cheeky anymore.

Walking into the room, Arlene was coming down the stairs. The task that Snow had arranged before, Yalian hid in front of the window on the second floor and listened to it. Snow turned and closed the door, dropping the deadbolt.

"The task you gave me is very strange, and this is the first time I've heard of fishing in winter." Yalian stepped forward and said, "If there's anything you need help with, I'm happy to help." ”

"What you need to do now is to recuperate in peace, and maybe when a beast strikes and we can't deal with it, we will trouble you to help." Yalian went in and out of the mountains and forests alone when she was seriously injured, which shows her strength.

"Definitely." Yalian nodded and agreed, even if Snow didn't say it, she would help deal with the beast, after all, the current Rook Town is also her only habitat.

"If you don't mind, can you talk?" Snow sat down at the table and asked with a smile.

Yalian nodded, and sat down opposite Snow.

"Actually, I don't really understand in my heart, how does the church tell that you are a wizard?" In fact, Snow had questions about this question when he was studying history.

Originally, he thought that it was because some people were harming the interests of the church under the banner of magic. That's why the church claims that these people are witches, and then uses this to unite the world and suppress them.

But last night, after listening to Yalian's self-report, Snow found out. During the whole process, the family did not do anything to threaten the church. Moreover, Yalian's family has lived incognito many times and lived an ordinary life, but they are still discovered by the church. In this era when there is no Skynet and no convenient communication, it is undoubtedly a needle in a haystack to hunt down wizards who look like normal people. If the church can do this, then there must be something special about wizards.

Looking at Yalian in front of him, in addition to her outstanding appearance, Snow really couldn't find any point in her that could be linked to the evil wizard.

"Every town has the power of the church, and there are believers in the church everywhere. In the past, we wizards were still very well hidden, as long as we didn't make good use of black magic and stayed away from the people and things of the church, we wouldn't be detected by the Inquisition. But since the church set up the exorcism circle four years ago, things have taken a turn for the worse. ”

Yalian said hatefully: "This exorcism array is arranged in front of the gate of each town, and all civilians entering and leaving the town must pass through the array. Because the exorcism array stores light mana that is completely opposed to black magic, as long as a wizard passes by, the formation will emit white light. By relying on this discernment, the church can easily find us. It was because of this exorcism that my parents revealed their identities. ”

Hearing this, Snow was even more puzzled. According to his understanding, whether it is the church or the wizards, the magic in their mouths is just a simple chemical reaction, and it is used to deceive the world. There is no such thing as black magic, white magic, or green magic. When you think about it this way, there are only two possibilities.

First, Arrene is lying. There is no such thing as magic, and there is no such thing as an exorcism. But looking at Yalian with a hateful face in front of her, it really didn't look like she was lying. And now that Snowian has accepted the identity of the wizard of Yalian, there is no need for Yalian to lie and deceive him.

If Yarlian hadn't lied, it would have been a little incredible. He wouldn't believe that there was magic in this world.

"Neither of them is reliable...... No, there is a third possibility. Snow thought to himself.

If magic didn't exist, Araine didn't speak. It could only be a lie from the church that deceived Araine and her parents. Maybe it's because of some kind of coincidence that happened to Yalian and the others, which made them think that they would have some kind of incredible power. Coupled with the preaching of the church, they voluntarily classified themselves as wizards.

Snow's idea is very likely, for example, when some strange celestial phenomena appear, it is like a thunderbolt in the sky that happens to split into a tree, and Yalian is doing something not far away. Combined with the preaching of the church, she may think that her black magic caused the thunder and lightning. This possibility is not impossible.

"That makes sense." Snow decided to help Yalian get out of this misunderstanding, thought for a while and said, "Yalian, in fact, many things that you can't understand can be explained in a word called 'science'. For example, rainbows in the sky, or thunder and lightning are normal phenomena of nature and have nothing to do with magic. God's gods, including the devil, are nothing more than imaginations. Can you understand me when I say that? ”

Yalian frowned, it was not easy to understand Snow's words that were so ahead of the times.

However, the intelligent Yalian still roughly understood Snow's meaning, and after thinking for a while, she said, "You mean, magic doesn't exist, it's just science in your mouth?" ”

"Yes." Hearing Yalian's words, Snow clapped his hands with some excitement, "Science is a very powerful thing, it can make reasonable explanations for all unknown things on the basis of godlessness and magiclessness. In other words, you are not a wizard in the mouth of the church, nor are you a pawn of the devil. ”

Yalian looked at Snow, whose expression was a little excited, and fell into deep thought.

After a while, she raised her head and slowly raised her right hand. Snow looked at Yalian with some confusion, and when he didn't know why, he saw a black light flicker, and then a cluster of black flames appeared on Yalian's fingertips out of thin air.

"If what you say is true...... Can you use science to explain to me what this black flame is all about? ”