Xiao Gu was very depressed for a while, and he did not go to the doctor, because there was only one doctor in the town of Duke, and it was the priestess himself. Xiao Gu is qualified to learn divine arts, and as a priest of the temple, practicing divine arts is one of the common affairs, but not every priest is an excellent divine magician, it depends on personal qualifications and cultivation.

It took Xiao Gu several years just to awaken the power, and finally it was completed under the ceremony presided over by the great magician Ge Lie in the Xuya Temple, but so far it has barely reached the standard of a second-level magician, and he can use a few low-level divine arts, including the blessing divine technique, the most important of which is the healing divine technique.

The healing technique of the god of blessing is the most important part of the practice of a priest in a village temple, which is not only a guarantee that he himself is respected by the inhabitants, but also a symbol of miracles.

It's been almost a month since he vomited blood and fainted in public, and Lord Xiao Gu has used treatment techniques for himself, and after he recovered, there was no problem with his body, but he felt that he had been languishing, and his heart always seemed to be blocked by something. He had a heart problem that had to be removed, and finally when the time came, he called the servants in the temple to Ma Qi, after breakfast that day.

Xiao Gu is the only priest and clerk in the town, but he can't be the only one in the temple, a lot of work is done by servants and assistants, Lord Xiao Gu is pampered, and the work he usually handles personally is just registration. Ma Qi is his most powerful assistant, helping to take care of the affairs of the temple and manage other servants, and this person already has the achievement of third-level physical arts.

Lord Xiao Gu was very amiable today, and when he saw Ma Qi, he smiled and greeted, "Come here, sit down." ”

Ma Qi was a little flattered: "My lord, is it too rude for me to sit at the same table with you?"

Lord Xiao Gu pretended to be displeased and said, "What are these words? You are my most powerful assistant and most trusted partner, is there anything wrong with sitting at a table? Sit down, otherwise I will be angry!"

Ma Qi leaned over and sat down at the table, and Xiao Gu pushed a plate of dim sum on the table in front of him, which was a fresh wild fruit that the servants had picked in the mountains and forests east of the town, sweet and sour. Ma Qi took one and ate it carefully. Xiao Gu smiled and asked, "Your physical skills have already reached the third level, right?" ”

Ma Qi hurriedly replied: "I was originally just an ordinary miner in the town, but it was you who told me that there was something similar to physical arts in the miner's skills, and read me books on physical arts, so that I could have this kind of achievement." Rest assured, my lord, I did not tell anyone else as you commanded. ”

Xiao Gu smiled happily: "What's wrong with this, the person I trust the most is you." If you can become a mid-level samurai, I can go to the adults of the city-state to accommodate you, and if you're lucky, I can find a chance to make you a nobleman, or at least a samurai in the town's temple, a deputy with a priesthood. ”

Ma Qi hurriedly stood up, pushed away his chair and stepped back and saluted, "Thank you, Lord Xiaogu, I don't know how to repay you." ”

Xiao Gu waved his hand: "Sit down, sit down and talk." ...... Ma Qi, did you figure out what I asked you to investigate a few days ago?"

Ma Qi re-seated and replied seriously: "According to your orders, I have been paying attention to Amon for the past ten days, in addition to often going to the old madman's house, he also went to the black fire jungle alone in the middle of the night, through a very hidden path among the rocks. ”

Xiao Gu frowned and said, "He's really bold, a kid enters the Black Fire Jungle in the middle of the night, what is he going to do?"

Ma Qi shook his head and said, "I don't know." After saying this, he seemed to feel that it was inappropriate to answer like this, so he thought about it and said: "Did he go to look for the cores again, he picked up so many cores in the Black Fire Jungle last time, and he still wanted to try his luck?"

Xiao Gu was a little puzzled in his heart, and asked in a low voice, "What else do I want you to do?"

Ma Qi also whispered: "When Amon went out in the middle of the night, I went to his house three times, and the drunkard didn't notice it at all. There are very few things in his house and they are very simple, you don't need to turn them over to see them at a glance, I found dozens of silver coins and two gold coins, according to your instructions, don't touch anything if you don't find the divine stone. The Divine Stones must have been carried by Amon at all times, and I remember they were wrapped in a sheepskin. ”

Xiao Gu leaned over: "Ma Qi, tonight, I want you to do something." ......”

After some secret words, Ma Qi's face turned pale and his expression was a little stiff, and he didn't speak for a while. Xiao Gu stood up and walked behind him, stretched out his hand and patted him lightly on the shoulder, "The twenty divine stones are all yours." As for the blue divine stone, please enshrine it in the temple of the goddess Mu Yun and not be discovered by anyone, this is dedicated to the goddess. I won't be there, and you didn't give it to me, remember?"

Seeing that Ma Qi hadn't answered, Xiao Gu put his hand on his shoulder and said, "If you can become a mid-level warrior, I will definitely apply for the position of a temple warrior for you, and you will not have to pay taxes and can still receive a salary." As for that money, if it is given as a gift to the lord of the city-state, you may have a chance to become the third nobleman in the town. It's up to you to choose how your life goes, but don't forget that right now, I'm treating you as my most trusted assistant. ”

Ma Qi gritted his teeth, the horizontal flesh on his face twitched a few times, and finally nodded: "My lord, I understand, everything is according to your orders!"

Xiao Gu walked to the corner and poured two glasses of wine, sat down again and handed Ma Qi a glass, and shook his head very seriously: "Wrong, you must remember that this is not my order! If someone finds out, it can only be said that you want to follow Amon and try to find the place where he picked up the core, and I don't know." ”

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In the dark fire jungle where there was no one in the middle of the night, Amon sat by the spring and practiced the summoning of the water element, and he did not practice the magic taught by the old madman on this day. After all, the child's surname likes to play, and Amon treats the water elemental magic as a game. The water in the environment is controlled and condensed into tiny microcrystals, like a layer of mist, floating around on the surface of the water and changing into various shapes, which is very interesting!

Sometimes they are tiny droplets, sometimes they are fine ice crystals, and sometimes they dissipate into the air.

Amon was playing happily, when he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and the muscles behind him were a little tight, as if he was being stared at. He stopped, quietly took out the dark blue water heart with his left hand, and grasped a stick beside him with his right hand. Walking through the gloomy black fire jungle in the middle of the night, Amon certainly didn't go empty-handed, he brought a very special stick, which was the most valuable thing in his house besides the divine stone.

Amun's father was an alcoholic, especially after the death of Amun's mother, but he was also the best blacksmith in Duk Town in his youth. The stick was a souvenir left by the drunkard's father many years ago, and it looked like a not-so-straight branch, with mottled traces on the surface, yellow rust, black and gray, and it was almost unrecognizable as a finest iron embryo.

The miners of Duk Town were forbidden to make the processed iron into armor weapons, and no one taught them how to make them, only iron and fine iron blanks were produced. The finest refined iron ore is not mined in the mines, but is mined from the dung of an ironclad beast that lives in the mountains rich in iron ore, which is very rare.

When Amun's father was young, in order to test his skills, he quietly collected the finest refined iron ore and smelted it to create such a blank. Later, he never took this "stick" to exchange for wine, and put it in the fireroom as a burning stick for plucking coal. Every time Amon walked through the Black Fire Jungle at night, he used this stick as a crutch and could defend himself at the same time.

The eerie Blackfire Jungle isn't as dangerous as it seems, and it's actually a quiet place if you don't get lost. Occasionally, however, hares and wild dogs would come and go, and they would flee far away when they heard the sound of people. However, when they are at their hungriest, dingoes can also attack people or sheep, so it's always a good idea to be careful.

Amon held the stick in his hand and quietly looked around, but the moonlight was quiet and silent, and he found nothing. The surrounding area is full of black rocks and bushes, making it a perfect environment for hiding, and it is difficult to see anything even if you are hiding from it. For some reason, Amon always felt uneasy, he suddenly closed his eyes, and his left hand clenched the blue water heart.

The blue water center glowed with a blue glow, but it was held by Amon and did not shine out, and before he knew it, a faint mist rose from the spring and floated in the surrounding jungle. With the help of the blue water heart, Amon used the simplest water elemental summoning magic he knew to the maximum ability, and sure enough, he found that something was wrong!

Within the scope of the divine art, the mist in the air was quietly summoned by him, and Amon could feel the shape of the stones and trees between the mist when he closed his eyes, and about dozens of steps behind him, there was a person! This person was hiding behind a strange rock, showing half of his head through the bushes and looking at him, and he was still holding something in his hand, the shape was very familiar, it was the most common miner's sledgehammer in Duk Town.

Elemental Magic is not usually used to detect because it has a much smaller sensing range than Detection Magic, and it is slow to cast spells, which may be detected in an instant if the opponent is a shrewd magician. Detection is a mid-level magic technique, the most typical of which is the puppet eye technique, which can detect situations over a large range and at a great distance.

Amon didn't know what Detection Magic was, and he hadn't even heard of Golem Eye Magic. But in doing so, he inadvertently used the simplest water elemental magic to have the effect of detecting divine art, and it was also in line with the most basic principle of detecting divine art. The horse company that followed and lurked in the shadows didn't know that it had been exposed at this time.

Amon did not move, but sat there quietly. The night was getting deeper and deeper, and the cold air around him seemed to be getting heavier and heavier, and Ma Qi finally couldn't help it, he almost thought that Amon was asleep sitting there, so he walked out of the bushes with a sledgehammer lightly.

The first-level samurai has extraordinary explosive power, the second-level samurai usually needs agility in addition to strength, and the third level of physical skills requires mastering the coordination of strength, speed, and endurance. The third-level samurai in the Rod Dick Guards could pierce several cows with a single blow of his spear, and although Ma Qi had not undergone such training, he carried a heavy sledgehammer like a light tanuki, barely making a sound.

There was a small open field by the spring, and Ma Qi stepped out of the bushes and came to a position that Amon could see when he turned around, only more than twenty paces away. At this time, his eyes showed a fierce light, and he suddenly accelerated and rushed over, wielding the mine hammer in his right hand. This distance was for a third-level warrior, and the sprint was in the blink of an eye, so that Amon didn't have time to react at all, and Amon didn't seem to react at all.

However, Ma Qi had just rushed out of two steps when an accident occurred, his feet slipped and his body suddenly shook, he tried his best to stabilize his body, but the other foot landed on the ground and slipped again. Due to his habit of rushing forward, he could no longer stand on his feet, and fell to the ground, and the mine hammer slipped out of his hand and into the spring. When he reacted and wanted to get up, he suddenly received a heavy blow to the shoulder, and he almost fainted without pain.

Ma Qi barely looked up and saw Amon already standing in front of him, holding a branch in his hand and pointing at his door, and the other foot on his shoulder. This kid's strength is so great that he can't turn over when he steps on it, and the ground close to him is so cold that he can't help but want to shiver, only to hear Amon ask in surprise: "Ma Qi, why is it you? What are you doing here with me in the middle of the night?"

Normally, a third-level samurai wouldn't have to be afraid of a first-level magician who was just starting out in close combat if he was wary and prepared. But Ma Qi never dreamed that Amon would know the magic technique, although it was only the simplest first-order water element magic technique, the effect of control and use was so perverted!

After Amon found the horse company, he quietly condensed a layer of slippery ice on the way he came, and used the mist to hide the reflection so that it was not easy to notice. This is the power of divine art, it does not need to be very strong but it is the mastery of another power, and Amon also used the blue water heart.

Ma Qi was very annoyed, stretched out a hand to grab Amon's ankle, and shouted: "Amon, let me go quickly! You can come here, can't I come? You kid, how can you be so rude?"

"Of course you can come to the Black Fire Jungle, but why are you following me in the middle of the night?" Amon didn't let go, and the "branch" in his hand lightly touched the back of Ma Qi's hand. Ma Qi bared his teeth in pain, and his bones were broken when he realized that the stick in Amon's hand was not a branch, it was harder and heavier than pig iron.

Ma Qi panicked, and suddenly realized that in this place, the stick in Amon's hand could kill him as long as he fell hard, and no one would find out. His original idea was to quietly end up in a secluded and uninhabited place, but he didn't expect the situation to turn around now, and quickly explained: "Amon, I just want to follow you to see where you picked up those cores? I also want to try my luck!"

Amon narrowed his eyes: "You think I'm here to find the core, in the middle of the night?"

Ma Qi: "Isn't it? Otherwise, what are you doing in the Black Fire Jungle every day?"

Of course, it is impossible for Amon to tell Ma Qi that he is practicing magic in private, and suddenly he realized one thing, he used magic just now to make Ma Qi fall, this person must have noticed something, this is a secret that cannot be revealed. The iron rod in his hand was raised, but it did not fall, and he asked coldly: "Tiantian? Have you followed me many times? Why did you rush over with a sledgehammer just now?"

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