3. Foraging

In the morning, Zhao Yuan was woken up by the chirping of birds overhead, he raised his eyelids very reluctantly, and his vision gradually changed from blurry to clear, and the first thing that caught his eye was the fire that had been extinguished in front of him. He was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that he was no longer at home, but in a strange world.

The mood couldn't help but feel a little low, and Zhao Yuan began to miss the candy eggs made by his mother. Zhao Yuan's mother was virtuous and generous, made good dishes, and especially loved to urge Zhao Yuan to maintain a good work and rest routine, every morning at half past six, no matter whether Zhao Yuan had anything to do or not, she would wake him up and let him go downstairs for breakfast. After breakfast, he will be kicked out of the door for a walk for half an hour, which may be the reason why Zhao Yuan's dead house has not evolved into a dead fat house.

However, there was no mother to wake him up, and there were no candy eggs, only a stomach that growled again after the magic. Zhao Yuan cleaned up his mood, patted his ass and got up from the ground, and continued to set off in the direction he saw yesterday.

He planned to hunt another prey and dig a crystal nucleus to satisfy his hunger, after all, he didn't know how to cook at all, and the energy in his body had been depleted, and he couldn't make a fire. Otherwise, the corpse of the purple tiger killed yesterday can still hold on. According to the position of the sun in the morning, Zhao Yuan roughly judged the east, west, north and south, and continued to walk towards the west.

So he walked forward, while vigilantly observing the surroundings, the forest seems to be vibrant, but every animal has long been well versed in the secret of survival, running, hiding, although Zhao Yuan has great strength, but has no experience in jungle trekking, naturally can not catch those veterans who are familiar with the surrounding environment. And in the process, he saw many magical creatures, not at all like the ones he had seen in the zoo before, and they didn't look like the monsters in the game.

Suddenly, Zhao Yuan heard a beast roar from the left front, and he immediately became excited, and rushed over there without saying a word. As he got closer, he slowed down cautiously, and through the layers of branches and leaves, he saw a beast that looked like a giant rabbit. The rabbit was more than two meters tall when it squatted, and its well-developed muscles were faintly visible under the light blue fluff, and there was no shadow of the rabbit's roundness and cuteness at all. The three-petal mouth was very small when it was closed, but when it was opened, it was torn all the way to the edge of the cheek, and a mouthful of sharp teeth made Zhao Yuan firmly see what it means to have a bloody mouth!

On the other side of the blue rabbit is a little turtle, which is called a "little turtle" because it is nothing compared to the blue rabbit. With a body the size of a millstone, the turtle shell is crystal clear emerald green, and the most amazing thing is that the part of the turtle's body is not black, but a pure white, and the turtle's shell and body have mysterious silver runes, which look particularly delicate. 、

I saw the blue rabbit's thick thighs kicked, and the huge body jumped up without being bulky, and then smashed down on the tortoise, the blue rabbit's feet still had a dark blue flame-like light, and after a loud "bang", there was only a big pit with a diameter of ten meters left in the place where the turtle was originally located, and all the surrounding trees were washed down by the air waves, and Zhao Yuan, who was hiding nearby, also choked with a gray face.

He thought that the little turtle must be gone, but he saw that the blue rabbit was staring at the blood-red round eyes, and the two long ears were also raised high, obviously still in a state of alert. There was silence in the air, and the other animals in the vicinity had been scared away, leaving only the giant blue rabbit standing in the pit. In the next second, I saw more than a dozen ice picks only the thickness of a pencil suddenly attacking the blue rabbit, and the blue rabbit turned around and jumped quickly, but it was too big, and it was still pierced by five ice picks, but fortunately, its muscles were hard, and the ice picks seemed to make it suffer some skin trauma. However, the ice pick also revealed the turtle's location, and the blue rabbit reacted instantly, split its mouth, and pounced there.

A moment later, the blue rabbit took a turtle shell in his mouth and returned to the big pit where he had been trampled. He threw the tortoise into the pit so that it had its belly turned upside down, and then flapped it with its forelimbs until it was completely sunk into the earth, and then the blue rabbit began to step on it and jump continuously. The huge body leaps into the air and then falls, making a loud "thump" sound. The turtle's defense is also strong enough, and the turtle shell with a light green belly has been flashing with a faint silver light, obviously defending with magical power. But this time, the blue rabbit was only using his physical strength, and the tortoise was also embedded in the dirt because of the exposure of the vital point, and could not move, so he had to use magical power to resist the attack.

Gradually, the frequency of the blue rabbit's jumps is getting slower and slower, and the silver light on the turtle's body has dimmed and is about to disappear, depending on who can hold out until the end. At this time, the blue rabbit's body suddenly stiffened, and the whole body turned into a shiny big ice sculpture, motionless.

Zhao Yuan, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, was dumbfounded, but when he saw the silver light flashing on the turtle trapped in the soil, he teleported out, but the silver runes on its body were also extremely dim, obviously the magic was exhausted. I saw that the turtle clumsily pushed down the ice sculpture rabbit, and then went down with a precise mouthful, chiseled through the ice and the rabbit's flesh, and took out a cyan crystal nucleus the size of a ping-pong ball from the blue rabbit's body, and raised his head to swallow it.

This Zhao Yuanke didn't do it, he had already tasted the sweetness yesterday and knew that this crystal nucleus was a good thing. He rushed out like an arrow from a string, snatching the crystal nucleus from the tortoise's mouth. Looking back, the turtle's small black eyes were full of shock, and Zhao Yuan was also a little guilty, but then he remembered the purpose of his coming here, so his heart was ruthless, and he also glared back: Xiaoxiang, dare to stare at me, and I will slaughter you later!

Seeing that the silver runes on this turtle's body seemed to be a little brighter than just now, Zhao Yuan was shocked, thinking that he couldn't let it regain its strength, otherwise he would probably have to turn into an ice sculpture. So he decisively swallowed the cyan crystal nucleus. The crystal nucleus melted in his mouth, and in an instant, Zhao Yuan felt that his body was full of strength again, and the feeling of hunger was also swept away, and this time the power in his body was more abundant than the last time. This made Zhao Yuan look forward to the crystal nucleus in the little turtle's belly even more, so he gestured, and a small fireball appeared in his hand, and the turtle saw that the situation was not good, and immediately shrank its neck, and the silver barrier on its body was unfolded, protecting itself tightly.

Zhao Yuan's first actual battle, a little nervous, he carefully controlled the fireball on the turtle's shell, and at the same time felt that the energy in his body was flowing away, but the turtle's silver shield was also visibly dimmed, just when Zhao Yuan felt that victory was in sight, the shield under the fireball suddenly shrank, only protecting the piece directly below the fireball. Zhao Yuan couldn't help but feel a little angry when he saw it, how could this turtle be so cunning! So he moved the position of the fireball, but then the turtle's shield also moved, and Zhao Yuan had no choice but to use it. Fortunately, it didn't take long for the only remaining piece of shield to be thin and almost transparent, Zhao Yuan smiled, and began to think about how to take out the crystal nucleus in the turtle shell. Was it a fire that burned the tortoise's flesh to ashes, and then poured the crystal nucleus out of its shell? Will the flames damage the crystal nucleus and cause an explosion or something? These questions circled around in Zhao Yuan's mind, making him a little distracted. Suddenly, he screamed in pain, and it turned out that the turtle had taken advantage of his inattention, stuck out its head and bit his arm.

Zhao Yuan didn't even have time to maintain his magic, and reflexively covered the wound on his arm, only to find that the wound didn't seem to bleed much, and it healed quickly again. Just when he was wondering if the turtle had done him something bad, an old voice suddenly came out of his head: "Human, I have signed a friendship contract with you, so let the old man go." ”

This time it was Zhao Yuan's turn to be shocked, could the voice in his head be this turtle? He looked down at the turtle, and happened to be with its big eyes and small eyes.

"Are you a turtle?" Zhao Yuan said in his heart.

"The old man is Yinyue Xuanwu, you little doll, why are you so ignorant!" said the old voice in his head.

"Isn't Xuanwu just a tortoise?" Zhao Yuan said.

"Seeing that you are also a sixth-order mage, why can't you even tell the difference between Xuanwu and a turtle. The turtle is a turtle, Xuanwu is Xuanwu, the turtle is a beast, and Xuanwu is a monster, don't you know this basic common sense?"

"Then why can you talk to me?" Zhao Yuan asked.

"Didn't the old man just sign a friendship contract with you, why does the little doll have such a bad memory? Old Xuanwu continued to speak slowly.

Zhao Yuan rolled his eyes silently, and when you remember, I would have bled dry.

"What are the sixth-order mages and friendly contracts you just mentioned? Don't look at me, I don't know anything, I'm a wild human!" Zhao Dashao in the past, and now Zhao Savage wiped a handful of bitter tears for himself.

Old Xuanwu was silent for a moment, did this human race really think that he was a low-level demonic beast that he had not seen? How could a wild human be directly release magic with gestures without a spell, and he would treat himself as a demonic beast? But thinking that this guy who was suspected of being a sixth-order mage had just released a small fireball to roast his shield, Lao Xuanwu's heart was a little shaken.

"A sixth-order mage is a mage whose magic power has reached the sixth order, and my shield is completely immune to attacks from enemies below my level, except for physical attacks. If you can roast my shield, it means that you have at least the sixth order. As for the amicable contract, it refers to a contract in which the two parties can have a common heart after signing the contract. Old Xuanwu suppressed the complaint in his heart and explained slowly.

"That's great, I don't know anything, I don't know anything, and when you're by my side, I'll have one more teacher. Zhao Yuan said sweetly. As the so-called people are under the eaves, they have to bow their heads, if he was still the former Zhao Dashao, he would have hammered this black * who dared to bite him.

"You kid can talk, the old man is tired now, let's rest first" After the old Xuanwu finished speaking, he turned into a silver streamer attached to Zhao Yuan's forearm, Zhao Yuan looked at it, there was actually a silver rune on the forearm, and the rune looked a bit like the runes on the old turtle's body, presumably the so-called friendly contract.