Chapter 159 The Culinary Clan Mage Prepares to Welcome the Harvest Month
The eighty-three magic wands each contained a strand of river elf hair, which belonged to twenty-one river elves.
Having been thoroughly exploited by the human magicians, who practically skinned her alive and drained her of her marrow, Shu Xin initially thought it was a flower fairy. After all, there were quite a few flower fairies who had been taken away, and the king's actions made it difficult for Shu Xin to have a good impression of him, so she assumed it was someone with the utmost malice.
However, when Shu Xin actually saw the thin mist that Xi had taken out of the dimensional space, she was almost immediately certain that the owner of these soul fragments must be the true Riverside Spirit—even though they had been divided into fragments whose consciousness had been completely annihilated, the soul power contained within them remained stable and pure.
The flower fairy's soul wasn't that powerful.
Flower fairies' hair can indeed be used as magical materials, but it has very limited magical power, so it can never become the core of a human mage's wand.
Therefore, of the river elves who were taken away by human mages, only some were transformed into flower fairies, while the rest were used directly as precious magical materials.
...and because of its excellent attributes and quality, it has been passed down as family wealth from generation to generation to this day.
Even with limited knowledge of magic, she could deduce the intentions of the human mages who had changed from white robes to black robes from Xi's description—
By crafting a magic wand from the hair of a river elven and then using fragments of the river elven's soul to wrap and disguise one's own soul, one can fully utilize the river elven's natural ability to purify magic, thus using dark magic without any side effects.
In Shu Xin's original world, many animals went extinct due to indiscriminate hunting by humans. In this magical world, for some humans, the river elves are probably just magical animals with humanoid forms.
Shu Xin cut up all the magic wands, took out the hair of the river elf, and buried it under the Tree of Life along with all the soul fragments collected by Xi Tu.
The funeral for river elves is burial. In the distant past, dead river elves would be buried under the Tree of Life by their people. The following year, new life would be born on the branches of the Tree of Life. Life and death would thus cycle endlessly.
Although this cycle of reincarnation was interrupted by humans, the riverside fairies who became flower fairies still multiplied and, even though they had forgotten many things, still retained the custom of burial.
The moment Shu Xin smoothed down the last handful of soil, the Tree of Life in front of her, this enormous magical plant that stood tall and upright, trembled slightly in every single branch and leaf.
The extremely slight vibration was fleeting, and Shu Xin almost thought she was hallucinating, but she soon noticed that the shape of the Life Leaf had changed. What originally looked like a fan shape of ginkgo leaves had become more irregular.
Shu Xin tried communicating with the Tree of Life again, and sure enough, it wasn't a misperception; the Tree of Life's response was much less weary!
Although still weak, it was clearly no longer in a state of barely breathing—was it because the soul and body of the dead river spirit were scattered outside that the Tree of Life was unable to repair itself?
A total of sixty-nine river elves were cut and used as magical materials, while twenty-two river elves died in foreign lands for unknown reasons. This is the data that Shu Xin obtained from the Tree of Life.
To be honest, this number wasn't much. Shu Xin asked about the total number of River Elves in the past, and then she learned that the number of River Elves was less than four hundred at most, and less than one hundred at least. The number of people they maintained all year round was only around three hundred. She immediately understood why the Tree of Life was so weak—these ninety-one River Elves were almost a third of their population!
In other words, the river elves used to number only two or three hundred. They were all exceptionally beautiful and kind-hearted. Although they were skilled in natural and mental magic, they had no offensive means or defensive awareness. They possessed magical plants made from fragments of divine essence and had no intention of disguise or concealment. They lived happily and openly in their own little world until they were discovered by humans.
The human race is the most powerful on the continent of Lefra, occupying almost three-fifths of the land area. There are several empires and states that have been powerful for more than 10,000 years. The Blazeman Empire, which attacked the River Elves, does not belong to these old powers. Even though it rose rapidly three thousand years ago, it can only be considered a third-rate country now.
When Xiang Xi learned about this information, Shu Xin had the feeling that the moral standards of the humans in this magical world were much higher than those in her original world—the river elves were like a delicious dish that jumped onto the table on its own, and anyone could take a bite, but only one reckless person actually picked up a chopstick.
Perhaps it's because there really are gods in this world, Shu Xin thought uncertainly.
After carefully burying the relics of the riverside elves, Shu Xin swiftly dealt with the human mage brought back by the stream—
First, cut off some hair and extract a small amount of blood to preserve for future tracing of blood relations and to facilitate revenge. Then, Shu Xin handed these human bodies to Peng Peng An, instructing him to use these still-living human bodies as attack targets and add them to the flower fairy's training program. Once they lose vital signs, he should directly crush them with magic and bury them in the field as fertilizer.
The pitch-black soul was studied first. Under Xi's guidance and help, all the memories that could be extracted were extracted. Shu Xin then experimented with the soul magic and mental magic in Shu Shu Xin's memories. Afterwards, a part of the soul was cut off and saved for later use. It was given to Peng Peng An and added to the training program as usual until the soul body disintegrated and dissipated.
The clothes and accessories that were taken off were not wasted. Many demons liked the dark magic robe, so Shu Xin simply gave it to them along with the nut candy they had so eagerly requested as a reward. As for the remaining odds and ends, Shu Xin gave them to the flower fairies and told them to choose whatever they liked.
These human mages also contributed a lot of storage devices. Shu Xin opened the ones she could herself, and the ones she couldn't open herself, she went to the Tree of Life to open. Shu Xin sorted through the various magical materials stored inside. The ones that were usable were sent to the wand workshop to be refined into magic wands. The ones that were not usable were all dark magic materials, so she put them in the underground warehouse for the time being, hoping that they could be used by the human race someday.
After quickly dealing with the human mage, Shu Xin focused on preparing for the arrival of the harvest month.
As the temperature dropped further, Dedean stopped turning off the flint after cooking. Only with the continuous low heat emanating from the flint could the soup in the bowl stay warm enough to icy cold.
Of course, there were also those who wanted to slack off. The demons that Dedean saw at the sheepfold were eating cold food. Some little brats tried to be clever and drank cold soup like the demons. They got a fever that day and were sent to the medical room. After they recovered, they were naturally given a good scolding by their parents.
The wind was getting stronger, but the Flower Fairy had carved windproof runes on each treehouse. Dedean and Papame also moved the small house that was originally placed on the treehouse terrace to the inside of the treehouse. The small sun fountain that was located on the terrace also moved automatically to the inside of the treehouse.
The treehouse is decorated with a miniature garden magic circle. Even when the wind outside is howling and lashing against the branches and leaves, there is no wind inside the treehouse. It is quiet, peaceful, and warm.
With the harvest month fast approaching, it would be dangerous for the little snow sheep to stay on the ground any longer. The Flower Fairy instructed them to move the sheepfold, along with the little snow sheep, to the underground city. Dedean has been busy relocating the little snow sheep recently.
"Good morning, Papak!" Dedean raised his voice to greet the tall figure busy in front of the sheepfold from afar.
The demons wouldn't come this early. Those big guys still have to fight to decide who gets to work in the sheepfold. The one who's coming now is definitely Papak. He's a servant of the Flower Castle and was assigned by the Flower Fairy to mainly draw magic circles.
He is also Papame's younger brother. Dedean never expected that Papame, who had lost her memory, would find her long-lost family after arriving in the Land of Sin. Dedean was very happy for his wife. Fortunately, they came to the Land of Sin!
Today was supposed to be a day off, but in order to welcome the harvest month, all recent days off have been suspended. DeDean had no objection to this. In fact, he was still a little unaccustomed to the days off. Why was he suddenly resting when he still had so much work to do...
"Good morning, Dedean!" Papak turned around and greeted him with a bright smile.
Seeing De'an fly over, he took out a piece of nut candy from his pocket, broke off a corner, and handed it over: "New flavor of nut candy, come and try it!"
Dedean reached out and took it, sniffing it. "Did you add white moon fruit? Only white moon fruit has such a strong sweetness, but isn't white moon fruit a berry? Could it be fruit juice? But the sugar cube looks very dry..."
Shaking his head, Dedean couldn't figure out how to handle it. He took a bite, squinted his eyes happily to savor it, and then remembered something: "Papamei asked you to come over for dinner today. She said the irrigation team can get some fresh water vegetables today, called Golden Wheat Vegetable. Judging from the name, it should be as sweet as Golden Honey Wheat. She said it's produced in the underground city, and you've definitely never eaten it before. She asked you to come over and try it today. After you finish eating, you can also take some water vegetables home for your family to try."
Popak was also munching on nut candy when he heard about mizuna. His eyes lit up: "Golden wheat vegetable? I've never had it before! This must be a new type of mizuna that's recently grown in the underground lake. I heard Meimei and the others talking about making mizuna dumplings yesterday. I'll ask my sister for the recipe later!"
“Just give me the recipe when you get it,” Dedean said with a smile. “I usually do the cooking. Can you make takoyaki with mizuna? Do you need acorn powder? I just got a big jar of acorn powder yesterday. Remember to give me the recipe when you get it. Mizuna takoyaki sounds delicious!”
Papak nodded quickly, and just as he was about to speak, his eyes suddenly narrowed: "Has something happened to the Snow Elephants? Snowflakes are drifting all the way here!"
As soon as Dedean turned around, he saw a white snowflake rushing towards him.
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Author's note: I'm trying to adjust my sleep schedule...
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