Coming to a large forest in the northwestern part of the province of Valyaan, Goris ordered the coachman to stop, paid the car, and sent him away.

Looking at the big forest in front of him, Goris was in a very good mood, and only when he returned here would he feel satisfied. Thirty years ago, he moved here mainly because there were many precious medicinal herbs and minerals in this psychedelic forest, and he became accustomed to it after living in it for a long time. For thirty years, he rarely left the place, except for the occasional outing to buy some necessities and special items. After 30 years of experimentation, he is finally sure that he can fulfill his wish many years ago. And the key to fulfilling his wish is in this stupid dumb.

"Let's go, we'll walk the rest of the way." Goris said lightly.

Dumb had never seen such an endless forest, and said excitedly, "Teacher, do you live here?" The air here is so good! ”

Goris ignored Dumb and walked alone into the forest, Dumb hurriedly followed, following closely behind Goris.

The main reason why this forest is called a psychedelic forest is because there is no continent in the forest, and due to the growth of many plants, it is difficult for people to discern the direction in the forest, and the terrain is high, and the occasional blowing fog will create a sense of mystery, even if people who live nearby, they will rarely go deep into it, lest they will not be able to get out. After coming here, Goris arranged many magic traps in the forest, especially one that attracted mist.

After walking for a long time, Dumb was already tired and hungry, gritted his teeth and followed behind Goris, the surroundings were white, the visibility was less than three meters, a little behind, he couldn't see Goris's body, the feeling of fear stimulated the potential in his body, so that he never fell behind.

After entering the forest, Goris didn't say a word, the dense fog around him made him feel very comfortable, no one who studied dark magic would like the sun, and Goris too, with the positioning magic array he had arranged in his residence, he didn't have to discern the direction at all.

Dumb followed Goris closely, and suddenly, he didn't know what was mixed under his feet, and he fell to the ground with a thud. As if he hadn't noticed, Goris walked as if he had walked forward.

It hurts! Dumb sat up supportively, a morning of rapid travel, so that he could no longer support it, the blackness in front of his eyes, dizziness filled his brain, he wanted to call out to Goris, but he couldn't make a sound, the white fog around him seemed to spin, Dumb could no longer support it, fell to the ground, fainted.

The eyes lit up, all the scenery became clear, and several huts appeared in front of Goris.

"Well, I'm finally back." Goris looked at the inconspicuous rooms in front of him, who would have thought that this was the laboratory of his magician Goris. Looking down at Dumb who was sandwiched under his armpit, excitement filled Goris's body, and he could finally make the final preparations before the experiment. After many years of hard work, it will be truly realized in another year.

After entering the forest, Goris deliberately ignored Dumb, wanting to see if he would beg himself, but Dumb's tenacity really surprised him, and he insisted on most of the distance before fainting. Well, it's good to have a tough personality. Goris led Dumb into the southernmost wooden house, which was empty except for a wooden bed and a few chairs. Throwing Dumb onto the bed, Goris sat on his side, stretched out his hand and drew a six-pointed star in the air, the red light lit up, and he silently felt the fluctuations of the magic element. After a long time, Goris opened his eyes, and he smiled with satisfaction. By using magic to probe the magic array arranged around him just now, he felt that no one had been here during the time he had been away.

With a spell, Goris drew a crack in the air, and out of the crack floated a Tiran made of bamboo, which he had bought in Nino. When he left in order to find a suitable object, he didn't have a certain destination, so he kept walking north, and unconsciously came to Nino City, the reason why he chose Dumb was because he felt that this was a controllable child. If you don't really cooperate with yourself to do the experiment, no matter how good the quality is, you can't do it, and Ah Dumb looks very deceitful, so I chose him.

Goris carried the bamboo blue to a fruit grove not far from the wooden house, there are many kinds of fruits in the forest, and it took a long time for Goris to figure out what the names of these fruits are, which ones can be eaten, and which ones cannot be eaten. After picking some fruit to satisfy his hunger, he returned to the hut, ate a few of them, and sat down cross-legged in meditation.

Dumb didn't wake up until the evening, and the soreness of his whole body and the strangeness around him made him feel fear. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he sat up and sat on the opposite side of the bed, meditating. He didn't bother Goris, just looked around, the emptiness around him was almost visible, there was nothing special around, and his eyes were quickly attracted by the empty chair beside Goris, no, to be precise, by the basket of brightly colored fruits on the chair.

As soon as his right foot touched the ground, the pain in his heart made Dumb almost scream. However, the temptation of the fruit was too great, and he endured the pain, carefully limped to the chair, glanced at Goris, who was breathing evenly, and quietly lifted the basket and walked back to the bed. He carefully counted the number of fruits, and there were seventeen in all, all of different colors, and few of them were the same. The hunger in his stomach made Dumb leave all his worries, pick up a rose fruit and bite it vigorously, the sweet juice ran down his throat, Dumb felt indescribably refreshing all over his body, and even his feet didn't seem to hurt so much.

Dumb ate eight fruits in a row before stopping, and although he wasn't full, he still kept most of them and carefully put them back in place. Opening the hidden door, Dumb walked outside, and what he saw was a white patch, including the wooden house he was in just now, there were three rooms here, and the one on the north side was the largest, which seemed to be fifty or sixty square meters. There is no fog or vegetation within a radius of 30 meters around the house, and 30 meters away, it is completely shrouded in fog, in which you can faintly see tall trees, and even the top is shrouded in fog, so you can't see the sun, because it is already evening, the sky is gradually darkening, and there is a strange feeling around. Is this the teacher's home?

As soon as Dumb walked out of the room, Goris opened his eyes, as early as the moment Dumb got out of bed, he had already woken up from meditation, everything Dumb did, he knew clearly, looking at the remaining nine fruits in front of him, Goris's heart was constantly changing.

Standing up, Goris sighed softly and walked out of the room, where he saw Dumb being there.

"Dumb."

"Ahh Teacher, you're awake. Me, I just ate a few of your fruits. Dumb lowered his head.

Goris said gently, "That was originally for you. This is the teacher's home, and it will be your home in the future. ”

Dumb was taken aback by Goris's sudden gentleness, and he had never seen Goris's expression like this before. The cloak that had been covering his head had been removed, and a faint smile hung on his wrinkled face. "Old, teacher, what am I going to do for you?"

Goris took a deep breath and said, "You don't have to do anything today, from tomorrow onwards, you can give me a hand." The teacher is going to do some experiments. ”

"Oh, okay."

The next morning, before dawn, Dumb was called out by Goris. After getting dressed, Goris led him to the forest where he had picked the fruit yesterday, and said, "The fruit that grows here is our food in the future, and you must remember that when you come here to pick, you must not go far, otherwise you will not be able to discern the direction." Do you understand? ”

Dumb nodded, looking at the large piece of fruit in front of him, thinking about the wonderful taste of yesterday, saliva unconsciously flowed down.

Goris picked a few red fruits and handed them to Dumb, saying, "This is the rice fruit, eating it can provide most of the nutrients that the body needs, and it is also our main food in the future, you have to remember what it looks like." Although there are many fruits in this forest, not all of them are edible, and some of them contain great poisons, which I will tell you about slowly. Your task today is to memorize the form of this fruit, understand? ”

Dumb carefully looked at the red fruit in his hand that looked like a gourd, and carefully remembered its characteristics.

"Eat, it's your breakfast. We still have a lot to do when we go back. ”

After breakfast, Goris took Dumb to the largest wooden house in the north, and as soon as he entered the wooden house, Dumb froze, this room was very different from the one he lived in yesterday. Inside, there are all kinds of strange items. What struck him the most strange thing was the circle of large cabinets against the wall, each of which was made up of many small drawers, each of which had labels on them, but for Dumb, the words on these labels were just unrecognizable symbols.

Goris looked at these experimental tools that he was familiar with, sighed, and said: "From now on, you have to memorize the names of several things every day, I will test you the next day, if you can't remember, I will punish you for missing a meal." What you have to remember today is all the signs on this row of cabinets. With that, Goris walked to the far left of the cabinet and pointed to the small drawer at the top, "The two words on it are saltpeter, and saltpeter is a thing that we alchemists often need. All the drawers here store a variety of different items. ”

"Saltpeter? Saltpeter. Dumb kept muttering.

Goris read the labels of the leftmost drawer from top to bottom, and Dumb followed along, leaving him here and starting his preparations.

Dumb's memory is really poor, and it took a whole day to ask Goris more than 30 times before he could barely remember the names of these ten labels. From this day on, Dumb also began his memory process. In the beginning, what he remembered on the first day would inevitably be forgotten the next day, and although Goriss said that he would not give him food, he always gave him more fruit at the second meal. Dumb felt Goris's concern, and was more diligent in memorizing these words that he had never seen before. His daily task was to pick the fruits that he and Goris needed to eat and memorize the names of the labels. And Goris spends his days fiddling with his experimental equipment, using magic to constantly blend and configure something. At night, Goris did not let Dumb sleep, but let him meditate. At first, Dumb was still very uncomfortable, and often fell asleep the next day when he memorized the label, but after a period of time, Dumb's spirit became better and better, and meditation became his best sleep. The only thing Dumb regrets is that Goris hasn't taught him any magic spells since he came here. When he was idle, he could only use small fireballs and pyrologies to relieve his boredom, and occasionally Goris would be happy and teach him some simple words.