Chapter 18: Quiet and peaceful
The sky was slowly darkening, and as dusk approached, the entire caravan stopped and prepared for camping.
Under the command of Captain Rooney, the mercenaries and the workers in the caravan moved very quickly into several squads.
Collect firewood separately, hunt some animals for dinner, set up tents, and build four bonfires out of the collected firewood.
There is also a makeshift barbecue grill made from tree branches on top of the campfire.
Even Berwen and the others were very cooperative and followed one of the teams to the nearby hunt for dinner.
The entire caravan was busy, but Tong Xi, Xi'er, and Ai Li sat on the side and watched the people busy.
Strictly speaking, it was Tong Xi who casually watched others busy, and Ai Li on the side excitedly held a notebook to write and draw, it was in the carriage just now, Tong Xi simply taught her the basic theory of making the first combat potion.
"Think about it, when we make potions, if we fail, will there be some effects, such as explosion, freeze, etc.? These effects don't look like magic used by magicians? Tong Xi earnestly induced and explained to Ellie.
Tong Xi seemed to be serious about this newly recruited disciple, and seemed to really want to pass on some of the knowledge left by Austin I to her.
Anyone who knows Tong Xi knows that even though Tong Xi seems to be very easy to get along with and seems to be very good to everyone, on the other hand, it is the same for everyone, and the only people who can really make Tong Xi trust and rely on are Wayne and Xi'er.
Now, maybe there should be an additional Andrea, I have to say that habit is really a very terrible thing, although Tong Xi didn't intend to accept Andrea like she accepted Wayne Hill at first, but she was stuck by the other party for several years, and now Tong Xi seems to be used to Andrea's arms......
And Tong Xi, who seems to be good to everyone but is actually not, has now taught the most important secret to Elle, a "new" disciple.
It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the most important secret, the book and the spell left by Austin I are Tong Xi's greatest reliance.
"Hmm." Ai Li sat on her knees facing Tong Xi, her eyes fixed on Teacher Tong Xi who was lecturing, looking like a good student.
"As we all know, the reason why a magician can cast magic is purely by using the magic elements in the body and the magic elements in the air, in short, magic is what is formed by the magic element."
"Then we pharmacists all know that any kind of material in the pharmaceutical material has its own properties, so try to think about it, what makes them have properties? Magical elements, of course! ”
"The magic element in the magician's body is called mana, and the magic power and the magic element in the air can generate magic, so of course the magic element in the potion material can also generate magic!"
"Our usual method of making potions is to find a way to make the elements in the potion materials reach a balance, so that the properties in them tend to be stable, the more stable the potion, then the better the color of this potion."
"And the potions we usually make are basically used on the human body, and the elements that the human body can withstand are limited, so we need to ask about the attributes in the potion, on the other hand, if the attributes in the potions are unstable, then there will be some phenomena like attack magic. For example, an unstable fire element with a little earth element can cause an explosion-like effect, and an unstable water element with a little wind element can cause a freezing effect. ”
"These unstable phenomena often occur when we fail to make potions, and I believe that you will not have less experience in blowing up the laboratory." Tong Xi looked at Ellie, who looked like a good student in front of her.
"Yes." Elle nodded slightly, the excitement in her eyes never going away.
"In other words, if you want to make a potion for attack, you just need to deliberately let the potion experiment fail?" Elle speculated along with Tong Xi's words.
"No, you're only half right." Tong Xi shook his head lightly and smiled, seemingly liking this feeling of being a teacher very much.
"If you deliberately fail to refine the potion, then this tube of potion on the test bench will blow up by itself, not to mention whether it can blow up the enemy, it must be the pharmacist himself first."
"Oops! Teacher Xiaoxi, you can finish it in one breath! Don't gasp! Ai Li actually stretched out her hands to grab Tong Xi's right hand in front of her and shook it gently, and said in a coquettish tone.
A girl with a height of more than 1.65 meters grabbed the hand of a little girl less than 1.3 meters and coquettish, how do you look at this picture...... Joy......
As for Xi'er on the side, after listening to Tong Xi's lecture curiously at the beginning, she yawned boredly, and then sat aside to continue meditating......
If these three people don't help set up the camp, the people in the caravan won't have an opinion anyway.
Nonsense! Do you still expect the magician to help chop wood and hunt wild boars? As for Ellie, she is the boss!
From another point of view, isn't it normal for a group of big men to go out to work and let the girls rest?
As for Wayne and Andrea, they are also girls......
"This should be enough to eat, right?" Wayne single-handedly carried a boar twice her size.
"Take it and deal with it and take it back!" Andrea, who was squatting by the river and carrying a dagger, was disemboweling a rabbit, waved and shouted, still with that smiling expression on her face, but it was estimated that when she killed the rabbit just now, she had a few drops of bright red blood on her cheeks, and how weird it looked with Andrea's smiling expression......
"Oops! Teacher Xiaoxi! Say it quickly! Not to mention I'm going to tickle! Ellie smiled excitedly as she spoke.
"Huh? Are you threatening the teacher?! Tong Xi joked with a smile, obviously in a very good mood.
"Ahem...... Without further ado, we moved on with the lesson. It seemed that seeing that Ai Li was still ready to pounce, Tong Xi hurriedly put his right hand into a fist and put it to his mouth and coughed lightly.
"Tsk......" Ai Li pursed her lips, but when she heard Tong Xi start explaining again, she withdrew her playing hand and resumed the appearance of a good student sitting on her knees.
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"Young man! Don't pick up those branches! The smell of burning from this kind of tree branch is not very good......" On the side, the experienced old mercenary smiled and collected firewood, while teaching Berwen and Brooke some basic field knowledge behind him.
"Huh? That's amazing! Is this really your first time doing this? On the creek beside him, the mercenary in charge of hunting returned with his prey, and saw Andrea disemboweling one prey after another.
In the middle of the open space where she was about to set up camp, Tong Xi was giving a lecture to Ellie, who looked like a good student and took out a notebook to take notes, and Xi'er on the side stopped meditating at some point, and fell asleep gently next to Tong Xi......
The whole caravan was quiet, peaceful......