"That, friend...... Friend?" Jonah raised his hands to show his palms and staff, and Syla Fina, signaling that he was not carrying a dangerous weapon, stammered, "Me, friend, you...... Food, water, transportation?...... Do you have any friends who know Western Continental?"

But his movements clearly caused a misunderstanding, and the white-robed men took a few steps back guardedly, their eyes focused on the staff, and the strong man in the lead shouted, fingering the face of the astrologer's apprentice and shouting, the voice short and powerful, needless to say, a imperative that meant a command.

"What? I, I don't understand......" Jonah took a step forward in confusion, and suddenly realized: "Oh, you're looking at my staff, right, yes, I'm an astrologer's apprentice, a member of the five guilds, and voila, astrology!"

In order to prove his identity, he activated the illuminated star array at the top of the staff, and the scorching light ignited in the center of the town in an instant, and the men were startled and let out a crazy shout, and the strong man immediately took out a swarthy object and spun it in the air, making a buzzing sound that broke the air, and then with a release of his fingers, the weapon flew with a rope and struck at the astrologer's apprentice's door. “...... Bucket?" By the time the weapon was clear, Jonah couldn't dodge a bucket of blows.

"Bang!"

The wooden bucket tied with lead wire smashed squarely on his face, and Jonah, who had experienced the earth-shattering changes of the ghost Bahamas and trekked alone through the desolate Gobi without stopping, immediately fell to the ground with a grunt, and without saying a word, he simply fainted neatly.

Of course, his body does need to rest. I don't know how long time has passed, and when he finally opened his eyes slowly, he found that he was in a narrow stone house, and under him was a pile of soft hay, the hay exuded a fragrant smell, which should have just been replaced in the past few days. There was a window with iron bars embedded in the opposite wall, and the sky was full of stars, and night had fallen.

"Uh......" Jonah rolled over and got up, and immediately groaned and arched himself to cover his nose, the bucket almost broke the bridge of his nose, and with a little force, two lines of nosebleeds flowed out, and he fumbled with two clumps of hay to stop the bleeding for a while. Moving his body, his hands and feet were complete, there was no other pain, his deerskin bag was still hanging from his waist, there was nothing missing in it, the astrologer apprentice suddenly looked nervous and stroked his chest, and then let out a sigh of relief, and the fragments of the prophecy book also stayed honestly in the inner pocket, it seemed that the men did not rummage through their own things. The staff Hila Fiena also leaned quietly against the wall, and Jonah clutched the warm handle of the staff with great joy, and only then did he feel a little safe.

Suddenly the smell of food rushed to his nostrils, and by the starlight of the window, he saw a tattered black wooden door in the room, and two plates were stuffed under the cracks, one full of food and the other full of hot soup. "Great!" Jonah pounced on the clay plate, scooped up the food with a spoon and gobbled it up, and after a few bites, he choked on the coarse grains of wheat and minced meat, rolled his eyes, and quickly picked up the soup bowl and took a few sips of the soup, sending the food down his throat.

In just one minute he had finished the food and the soup, and he had cleaned the soup at the bottom of the plate, put the two plates that were too clean to be washed back on the floor, lay down on the straw, and spread his hands and feet comfortably. His nose was strangely uncomfortable, and Jonah carefully pulled out the straw ball, the nosebleed was no longer flowing, and the feeling of breathing made him sigh with pleasure.

Now that the physiological problem is solved, it is now possible to think about your situation. Jonah recalls the scene before he fainted, and thinks that the locals just didn't understand his identity, and they didn't seem to have any bad intentions, they didn't embarrass themselves, and they didn't steal his things. But being knocked unconscious by a farmer and herdsman with a wooden bucket used to draw water, the more I thought about it, the more depressing it became, "Hmph, sneak attack...... If you meet on the battlefield, I will never give you a chance to sneak attack......" Jonah muttered indignantly, "This must not be known to a big mouth like Danny, otherwise the whole continent will know about my loss to a bucket......"

"There's no shame in that, in fact, I was knocked down by the bucket too. A voice reassured.

"Thank you. The astrologer apprentice nodded gratefully, "...... Who!" He jumped up with wide eyes, and looked around with his staff in hand, and his nosebleed spurted out again from the exertion.

"Oops, you're bleeding, Mr. Unknown. It turned out that there had been a man sitting in the shadow of the small stone house, and he had not spoken since the beginning, and he watched Jonah get up, eat, and talk to himself, and finally could not help but speak. "Do you want to help? You've got a serious nose injury. "He stood up and was eager to help.

"No!" Jonah was ashamed and angry, and hated to pick up two balls of hay and stuff them into his nostrils, but this time the blood flow was so fast, he rushed out of the blockage, and he sat down on the haystack with a dizziness, and pinched the wing of his nose in panic.

The man said in a gentle, nice voice, "This will not work, unknown sir. If you believe me, take off your boots, use your fingers to find the depression between the outer ankle and heel, and press down hard. ”

"What are you talking about? Why do I have a nosebleed on my feet?...... And who are you? Why didn't you speak just now?" said the astrologer apprentice, pinching his nose and angrily.

"A little magic from the East. The nice male voice replied unhurriedly, "I'm just guessing what kind of place you are from, hoping to find a suitable language to communicate with you, and I'm afraid that if I speak rashly, I will lose your trust." By the way, you can call me Arsay, it's nice to meet you, an unknown gentleman from Saint-Boren. ”

"Assai, what's that strange name......" Jonah muttered, taking off his boot on his left foot suspiciously, and pressing the thumb of his right hand between his ankle and heel, from where a strange tingling sensation came up, "...... Is it here? And then?"

The man smiled, his white teeth shining in the starlight: "Then there is a depression on the inside of your ankle, the corresponding position, don't doubt it, press it down as hard." After a minute, your nosebleeds will stop. ”

According to what he said, Jonah pressed his thumb and forefinger on these two places, and it was strange to say that the nosebleed slowly stopped, and he let go of his fingers, wiped the blood on his face, and said in surprise: "It really works! Why does pressing the foot stop the nosebleed? It's amazing!"

"The two acupuncture points of Kunlun and Taixi are used to treat nose bleeding caused by trauma, and they are immediately effective. If there is heat in the internal organs and too much fire and bleeding, you should press the Bailao acupoint, which is here at the back of the head, and if there is bleeding caused by respiratory problems, you should acupuncture the three acupoints, the trapped bones, the wind pool, the Shangxing, the Yingxiang, and the Yintang acupoints. The man gestured, with a kind smile on his face.

Although he didn't understand what he was saying, Jonah was completely discouraged and stood up with a formal astrological etiquette: "I'm sorry, my attitude was not friendly enough...... I'm D. Jonah II, an apprentice astrologer of the fourth degree, and it's a pleasure to meet you,...... Arsai. ”

"Hello, Mr. Jonah. Don't worry about my name, my real name is not easy to pronounce in the lingua franca of the Western Continent, so please call me that way. The man with the strange name came up to him and held out his hand to shake him, "You are an astrologer, and Isaibaink the Great of Tocharian recognized the Joint Amnesty Decree, why were you attacked by the herdsmen of Marakanda?"

"It's called Maracanda, I don't know why, I tried my best to explain my identity to them, probably because of the language barrier...... Oh!" The astrologer's apprentice suddenly came to his senses, rummaged through his deerskin bag, and took out a beautifully crafted badge, the dark blue disc symbolizing the starry sky with four pale blue star flowers, which were the fourth-level astrologer apprentice badge issued by the Astrologer Guild, the only sign that the members of the five guilds walked in the world, and he had forgotten to pin the badge to his robes, no wonder the locals looked at him with suspicion. “...... I'm stupid!" Jonah tapped his head, "and that should make it clear." By the way, why were you locked up by them, Assai? You don't speak the lingua franca of the Southern Continent?"

The man sighed: "It's a long story, there is no problem with communication, but I accidentally killed one of their livestock, and I had no money to compensate, so I was beaten and locked up." ”

"Accidentally killed a livestock?" Jonah thought a little strange.

"That's just the kind of carelessness, and he's dead. The man gestured a little shyly, "I didn't mean to ...... either."

It was only then that the astrologer's apprentice could see the man standing opposite him by the light of the stars, a very good-looking man, with a pair of dark eyes embedded in a well-defined face, and eyes that were always smiling and narrowing into a slit, which made people feel kind and friendly, and under the high bridge of his nose were thin lips, and the corners of his smiling mouth showed white teeth, and his complexion was a healthy wheat color, which should have been the color of the sun, and the color of his original skin could not be seen, but a large thick and black braid explained his origin, and only a man from the Far East would have his long hair in braids。 But then again, Jonah had never heard of a man with braids, so he couldn't help but look at him a few more times.

The man was not too tall, a little above his head than Jonah, his muscular body was full of vitality, he wore a brown jacket, trousers, leggings, and thin cowhide boots, and a sheathed sword hanging from his waist, and his shiny hair hung down his shoulders, and the end of the braid was tied with a ribbon of gold and silver thread, which was the only ornament on his body.

Braids do not make good-looking men look unmasculine, on the contrary, they add a mysterious oriental charm to him, "If you want to ask a man why he has braids, I can only answer with the ancient customs of my hometown, that's it, no way." The Oriental named Asai spread his hands and reluctantly responded to Jonah's gaze.