Chapter 128: Collecting Herbs
There was a sudden movement in the bushes behind Ronan, and Hagrid raised his stone bow again, and it turned out to be only a second centaur, with black hair and a black body, looking a little rougher than Ronan.
"Hello, Bane," Hagrid said, "how are you doing?"
"Good evening, Hagrid, I hope you're doing well."
"It's okay. Look, I was asking Ronan if you've seen anything weird here lately?"
Bane walked over and stood beside Ronan, looking up at the sky. "Mars is bright tonight." That's what he said.
"We've heard it before." Hagrid said irritably, "Well, if any of you see something, come and tell me, okay?" So let's go. ”
Hagrid held his breath and pulled Charon away, "These centaurs are always nervous, and they can't communicate with them at all. Let's find a place to train Lu Wei as soon as possible, I always feel that the Forbidden Forest has been a little strange lately. ”
Charon also has some bad premonitions, and it seems that he really improves himself as soon as possible, and he can't grind anymore.
Crossing the knoll, Charon found a familiar plant, with a dozen palmate compound leaves on a slender main stem, the small leaves slightly obovate, the apex acute, the base wedge-shaped, the margins finely serrate, a few bristles scattered on the upper veins, and glabrous below. If I'm not mistaken, this is a ginseng!
Charon hurriedly pounced, quickly took out a red rope, and gently tied it to the main stem of ginseng, this is the rule of ginseng pickers, all Oriental people know, it is said that they are afraid of ginseng and run away.
Hagrid walked and walked, and in the blink of an eye Charon was gone, startling him, and hurriedly looked down, only to find Charon lying on the ground, staring at a plant in a daze, and hurriedly calling his name.
Xia Yi didn't care about Hagrid at this time, he was counting the leaves of ginseng, and the more he counted, the more frightened he became. Wow, it's developed now, it's been around for almost a thousand years. Ginseng is not uncommon for cultivators, but thousand-year-old ginseng is a treasure that even cultivators can't ask for. This kind of treasure has long been extinct in the Eastern Continent, and has been dug clean by generations of tireless ginseng diggers. I didn't expect to find one casually in this forbidden forest.
Hagrid couldn't move Charon, so he walked back to Charon and saw that he was carefully digging out the whole ginseng, not daring to destroy the slightest strand of roots. That is, Charon will spell, if it is an ordinary ginseng digger, this thousand-year-old ginseng will have to be dug for at least a day or two to be completely dug up.
Finally, Charon dug up the thousand-year-old ginseng in its entirety, showed it to Hagrid, and carefully wrapped it and put it in his own material box.
After all this was done, he excitedly told Hagrid, "You know what? This thing is called ginseng, and it can be used to refine ginseng and replenish blood pills and replenish the body's vitality. Have you seen this thing anywhere else? ”
Hagrid was a little unimpressed, he didn't think there was anything magical about this thing, but since Charon liked it, he thought hard: "Oh, I remember, the centaurs sometimes eat this thing, they say that eating this thing can refresh the spirit, but this thing is poisonous, you can't eat more, eat a little more, and you will have a lot of nosebleeds." Since you like it, I'll ask them for some when I go back. ”
Charon is almost vomiting blood, and such a thousand-year-old ginseng is directly ruined by those horsemen who don't know how to fart, which is simply a tyrannical thing. We must find a way to get all the ginseng out of the horse people.
After this episode, Charon was full of energy, and his eyes were always looking at both sides of the road, for fear of missing any more treasures. Sure enough, along the way, I found a lot of spiritual grasses, such as the yellow essence with an arm thick of more than one meter, a thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum the size of an umbrella, a large He Shou Wu that has a slight human shape, a red bead grass, a soul rejuvenation grass, and so on.
After such a long time, Charon became a little impatient, and it took twice as long to reach the intended place.
It was an open space, quite a distance from the castle, and after all, there was no one, so it was perfect to train Luwe.
Charon opened the suitcase of the magical creature and called a few times at the mouth of the box, and suddenly the three big heads came out of the box one after another, and jumped out. Hagrid also hadn't seen Lu Wei for a long time, and he was excited, and he called "baby, baby" and greeted him.
Louwe was stunned at first, but soon recognized Hagrid's master, and rushed at him excitedly, knocking the huge Hagrid to the ground, and the three big heads stuck out three big tongues and licked Hagrid's face, making him saliva and wet. Hagrid didn't care, wiped the saliva from his face, hugged Lu Wei's big head, stroked it happily, and muttered in his mouth: "Good baby, hairy boy, I have wronged you!" ”
Charon then felt that Hagrid really loved these big guys from the bottom of his heart!
The two played with Lu Wei for a while, and Charon began to train Lu Wei. The main content of the training is two, don't be too greedy, don't eat what strangers give; Someone played music on it and immediately shouted to interrupt and attack.
This training method is actually similar to training other pets.
Charon put food on the ground, and then led Lu Wei to the neighborhood, when it showed that it wanted to eat, it took the above methods such as scolding and slapping to stop it, and repeated the training many times, Lu Wei understood that the food on the road could not be eaten, and basically would not pick up food.
In addition, there is another way, that is, to prepare some food with a spicy smell for strangers to give him, Lu Wei will definitely be uncomfortable after eating, no matter how greedy he is, he will have a long memory, and he will not easily pick up other people's food.
The same goes for training resistance music, taking out a music box that automatically plays music, and quietly placing it next to Lu Wei. When the music plays, Lowe immediately wakes him up and reprimands him, ordering him to attack the music box. After repeated repetition, Lu Wei formed a conditioned reflex to the music, and once he was hypnotized, he immediately shouted and interrupted, and began to attack wildly.
The training lasted two hours, and Charon felt that he had finished what he had learned for the day, so he stopped and instructed Lu Wei to get back into the box.
As the two returned happily, a white shadow suddenly flashed in the bushes, shining in the night. Hagrid hurriedly motioned for Charon to silence him, and moved closer and closer to it.
That's right, it was a unicorn, and Charon had never seen such a beautiful, sacred creature. The slender legs are toned and powerful, and the long mane spreads down and glows like pearls. A long, sharp horn resembles a holy sword, illuminating the night with divine light.
Hagrid stopped at a distance, the unicorn is a magical and timid creature, they will only accept the approach of the innocent maiden, and if Hagrid goes any further, the unicorn will run away.
Xia Yi stood in place and watched for a while, and began to walk forward cautiously. The unicorn was more alert to Charon, so he raised his head, stared at his dark eyes, snorted, and glared at Charon. Charon wanted to move forward, but the other party swished and disappeared.
Charon was very disappointed, it seemed that the unicorn was very repulsive to him, and it was impossible to stroke it, but fortunately, his eyes were sharp, and he walked forward, groping in the grass where the unicorn had stayed, and when he got up, a shiny unicorn mane in the palm of his hand lay there, exuding a charming brilliance.
Hagrid smiled and said, "This is a good thing, it is very suitable for the inner core of a wand, and this mane can be exchanged for at least 5 Galleons." ”
Charon was a little excited, but unfortunately the money was not enough to impress him, and he still wanted to study such rare materials. So he smiled and said, "It's a gift from that holy animal, and I can't just sell it." ”
The two spent the rest of their journey talking about the unicorn as a magical animal, and although they had slightly different starting points, both men had a strong interest in it. Charon listened with great interest as Hagrid's eyebrows fluttered.
The unicorn is a beautiful animal, originally found in the forests of Northern Europe, but unfortunately it has not been seen for a long time except for a small colony in the Forbidden Forest. Adult unicorns are silvery-white and golden-yellow as children.
The horns, blood, and hair of unicorns all have strong magical effects: horns have the effect of detoxification (it is said that a knife with a handle made from the horn of a unicorn can tell whether it is poisonous when cutting food); The mane and tail hairs can be used to make wands, while its blood is silvery-white and can prolong life. Hagrid cautioned him not to hurt the unicorn, you'll regret it, because you're cursed.
Unicorns have a very different personality and docile appearance, and can fight elephant dragons. It generally avoids contact with humans, preferring to have witches rather than wizards approaching it, and is very fast running, making it very difficult to capture.
Since unicorns are full of treasures, there are many wizards who want to sneak into the Forbidden Forest and get something out of them, in fact, most of the focus of the protection of the Forbidden Forest is this.
Charon tactfully inquired if Hagrid had the bones of a dead unicorn, only to receive the news that disappointed him. Unicorns live in groups, and every unicorn on the verge of extinction will go to the unicorn's holy land, where they quietly wait for death. The unicorn sanctuary is unknown to outsiders, and neither is Hagrid.
Charon had to ask Hagrid about the bones of the other magical creatures, but Hagrid didn't usually care about that, and the only thing he could provide was the fangs of the eight-eyed spider, which he had a large crate. Fangs can be used to perform bone tooth spells, and they are also a spell casting material, which is also needed by Charon. The other bones still have to be found by Charon himself in the Forbidden Forest, and if there are, there must be, but it will be difficult to find good quality. Charon is not in a hurry, it's a big deal to let his father buy it for him in Tumbledown Alley, and money can completely solve these problems.
The two of them talked and laughed and came to Hagrid's cabin. Charon took a few spider fangs, and hurried to say goodbye to Hagrid, it was almost twelve o'clock in the evening, and he had to hurry back to the dormitory, and there was still class tomorrow.
Charon put Lu Wei back into the secret room in the corridor on the fourth floor, and when he arrived at the dormitory, it was almost one o'clock in the morning, and he was also sleepy, and he fell asleep not long after, and he didn't even enter the dark world.