Chapter 26: The Source
After learning that the source of the germ may be in the forest next to Birch Town, Essen took his tired body and set out on the journey again without stopping.
Because the two are not far away, it didn't take long for Eisen to come to the beginning of this nightmare of germs, a vast forest that seems to be unremarkable but hides danger.
The trees in the forest are very tall and dense, and under the thick foliage, only a little of the sun's rays enter the forest, so the interior of the forest is extremely dark and secluded.
Although the forest next to Birch Town is not particularly large, the trees inside are surprisingly dense, and it is difficult for sunlight to reach the forest under the shade of dense forests, so the forest is extremely dark.
And the pathogen that Aisen was looking for was hidden in the depths of this dark forest, and in front of the forest, he stepped into this silent "beast" without the slightest hesitation.
There is not much time left for thousands of patients, and there is not much time left for him, how can he take care of the dangers in the forest at this moment.
Entering the forest rashly, he cautiously opened his spiritual realm, and concentrated on probing the wind and grass around him, every sound touched his nerves, and the depressed darkness couldn't help but make him feel a trace of panic in his heart.
The closer he got to the depths of the forest, the dimmer the light became, and a dark figure suddenly passed behind Aisen, shuttling through the jungle without making a sound.
"Xiao Senzi, someone is following you, judging by the magic power, it should be a star mage, but this person doesn't seem to be hostile," the Red Dragon King in the magic source suddenly reminded Aisen.
"What?Star Mage?Still following me, no wonder I have always felt that someone is behind me, but I haven't found anything unusual through the spiritual realm, but there are not many Star Mages I know, could it be that this person is ....." Hearing what the Red Dragon King said, Ai Sen suddenly stopped, said thoughtfully, and had a general direction in his heart about the true identity of the person who was stalking.
Seeing that Aisen suddenly stopped, standing still, the graceful figure hidden behind the trees, and whispered in confusion, "Well, why didn't this little guy move? Could it be that he found me, impossible, he's just a junior magician."
After a long time, seeing that the figure still showed no signs of showing up, Aisen gradually lost his patience and shouted to the trees behind him, "Come out, I know you're following me, you don't need to be so sneaky with your strength."
Seeing that Aisen had debunked his whereabouts, the graceful figure did not hesitate, walked out of the trees behind him with light steps, and asked Aisen in a pleasant tone, "How did you little guy find out that I was following you, according to your strength, it is impossible."
And this graceful figure who tracked Aisen was naturally his mentor, Xia Yue.
"The teacher is too worried, with my strength, it is definitely impossible to find out your whereabouts, it's just my cautious nature, just pretending to ask" Regarding Xia Yue's doubts, Aisen didn't tell the truth, but just smiled in disguise.
And Xia Yue, who was exquisitely icy and snowy, naturally saw that Ai Sen was just pretending to be relaxed and deliberately concealing this matter, so she didn't get too entangled in Aisen's explanation, just bowed her head slightly, and looked at the young man in front of her who was talking and laughing quite meaningfully.
Seeing Xia Yue's deep gaze like a secluded pool, Aisen already knew that this woman had doubts about herself, but she didn't explain it, Aisen chose to pretend to be stupid, and smiled at Xia Yue, "By the way, Mr. Xia, what are you secretly accompanying me for this time?"
To Aisen, who pretended to be stupid, Xia Yue's beautiful eyes turned, her arms were folded around her chest, and she said as if complaining, "You still pretend to be stupid for me, since the last time you asked me about strange diseases, I knew what thoughts you kid had, as a teacher, I naturally want to ensure your safety, how do you know that you kid ran coldly to this kind of deep mountains and old forests, where birds don't, if you weren't worried about your safety, I wouldn't follow you"
Seeing Xia Yue, who cared so much about her students, Aisen couldn't help but feel a trace of warmth in her heart, and she had a good impression of this pretty woman who was usually strict and harsh.
Actually, Mr. Xia ...... I came to this forest to investigate the source of the disease," Aisen held his breath and explained the purpose of his trip to Xia Yue.
"You said you came to investigate the source of the germ, not even Garland's potions master could find out the origin of this strange disease, how did you know that the germ originated in this forest?" Xia Yue pondered.
But seeing Aisen's sincere gaze, she couldn't help believing the young man in front of her for a while, and compromised, "Forget it, I know what you little guy has to hide, and I won't force you anymore, but you have to promise me that you must let me follow you for the next whereabouts."
"Thank you, Teacher Xia" for Xia Yue's understanding, Aisen was grateful to her from the bottom of his heart, and gladly accepted her request.
After this episode, the two of them moved towards the depths of the forest together, because with Xia Yue joining, Aisen's heart was also much more stable.
On the way to find the giant winged bat, the two also encountered some magical beasts, but most of them were intermediate-level magical beasts, which were mixed with some high-level magical beasts, but due to the addition of Xia Yue, a powerful star mage, the magical beasts were eliminated by her before they showed up.
It is worth mentioning that during this trip, Aisen learned that Xia Yue was a magician of wood, ice, and healing, and when Xia Yu was fighting against Warcraft, he magically found that six halos with gorgeous halos appeared behind him, three of which reflected the brilliance of azure blue, light green, and light yellow, while the rest were pure white.
Later, Xia Yue also explained the origin of this aura to Aisen, when the magician reaches the magister, the magic source in the body will undergo a qualitative change, and the embodiment will be condensed into an aura, of course, the aura given by the magic source of different attributes will show different colors, the aura given to the magic source of the wood attribute is green, and the aura given by the ice attribute is azure, and the rest of the magic sources without special attributes will appear pure white.
Generally, when you advance to the Star Mage, you will have three magic rings with attribute colors, but there are still some gifted geniuses who may awaken four or even five colors of magic rings.
After listening to Xia Yue's explanation, Aisen looked forward to what the magic ring would look like when he reached the Magister.
Through the monster farming along the way, Aisen is cheeky and deserves to absorb the magic overflowing from the demonic beast killed by Xia Yue.
Aisen was very frank about this, and said leisurely in his heart, "Don't pick up the magic for nothing, don't use it in vain, Teacher Xia can't use it anyway, it will only be wasted if you put it away."
Xia Yue didn't say anything about Aisen's behavior along the way, and soon the two came to the depths of the forest and found a dark cave.
"Teacher Xia Yue, if I guessed correctly, this is the source of germs, and I will use fire magic to illuminate it in front later, and you will take care of me in the back, okay" Seeing that the cave was pitch black and bottomless, Aisen volunteered to use fire magic to illuminate in front.
Xia Yue did not refuse Aisen's proposal, but there was still a trace of worry in her beautiful eyes.
Seeing that Xia Yue agreed to his proposal, Aisen released the flames with one hand, and cautiously groped into the depths of the cave in a step-by-step manner.
Just as the two were about to reach the bottom of the cave, a piercing sound suddenly came from the bottom, which couldn't help but make the two of them feel furious, but what was even more terrifying was that under the gaze of the two, a bunch of closely connected blood-colored eyeballs appeared at the bottom of the dark cave, and the eyeballs were glowing with ghostly light, which looked extremely terrifying.
In order to see the scene inside, Aisen rubbed a fireball and threw it into the depths of the cave, and under the light of the flames, he could see completely that the blood-red eyeballs in the cave actually came from the huge bats hanging upside down on the wall, but what frightened Aisen was that these bats were all high-level magical beasts without exception.
As if sensing the two men who had infiltrated the cave, swarms of bats rushed towards them.
The swarms of bats spread their huge wings, and the crows and crows were like a wave, encircling the two of them, although Xia Yue's strength was extremely strong, blocking the swarms of bats, but it was impossible to kill them all for a while.
"Teacher Xia, it's enough to collect a bat sample" The stunned Aisen shook his senses violently and shouted to Hanyue, who was resisting the swarm of bats.
Hearing Aisen's words, she saw Hanyue casually throw the two bat corpses in the direction of Aisen, and after Aisen put the corpses in the inventory, she grabbed Aisen, broke the siege of the bat swarm, and quickly moved in the direction of the cave entrance.
At the moment when Xia Yue grabbed him, a delicate and silky touch turned from his hand, and the refreshing fragrance came from Xia Yue's body, although he was running away, Aisen couldn't help but inhale this tempting fragrance deeply.
It didn't take long for Xia Yue to notice Aisen's intoxicated expression, and her pretty face was slightly red and said angrily: "Okay, you little kid, you dare to take advantage of your teacher, believe it or not, I left you behind, hey... Bat... Bats!"
"Don't don't, don't be teacher, you can't blame me, who told the teacher that you are so fragrant" Hearing Xia Yue's words, Aisen, who was intoxicated with the beauty township, suddenly sobered up and hurriedly explained to Xia Yue.
In this regard, Xia Yue didn't say much, just concentrated on finding the direction of escape, and before she knew it, the two of them had come to a few miles away from the cave, and finally the bats gave up the pursuit of the two and returned to the cave where they lived.
"It's finally safe, Mr. Xia" Seeing the swarms of bats leaving, Aisen said to Xia Yue with relief.
While Aisen was relaxing, Hanyue suddenly raised her slender lotus arm and gave Aisen a violent shudder with her backhand.
For Xia Yue's sudden attack, Aisen shouted exaggeratedly, in fact, how could a delicate woman like Xia Yue knock out the rough-skinned Aisen without using magic.
"Let you take advantage of the teacher, if there is a next time, don't blame the teacher for being unkind to you" Xia Yue waved her fist and said pretending to be angry.
"And next time, Mr. Xia" Hearing Xia Yue's words, Aisen's eyes flickered, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and he smiled playfully.
Suddenly, Xia Yue sensed the discomfort in her words, and when she was about to teach Aisen a lesson, she didn't expect that this slippery boy had already run away.
For a while, Xia Yue also had no way to take this smart and scoundrel boy.