“There are two black lotus plants here?”

Tucker, who had just parted with Thales, made a new discovery. He stood beside a bush with a look of joy on his face.

"Rylai seemed to have said that the rhizomes of black lotus are relatively fragile. You need to be careful when pulling them out and loosen the surrounding soil first..." Tucker muttered to himself while carefully digging the surrounding soil.

Halfway through the digging, the soil had become quite loose. Based on his experience, Tucker judged that it should be fine to pull it out at this time!

However, when he exerted a little force and lifted it up, most of the black lotus followed his palm out of the soil.

However, there is a small part of the rhizome as thick as a finger left in the soil.

"Oh, no..." Tucker shook his head regretfully, "This black lotus is too fragile. If the roots are broken, the taste will be worse."

As a food lover and a typical foodie, although his father did not require the black lotus to be intact, Tucker himself was not very satisfied.

He recalled the process just now and decided to be more careful next time! Immediately, he looked at another black lotus plant two meters away, walked over, and carefully dug up the soil again.

This time, no matter how thin and soft the soil was, he didn't plan to pull it out directly.

After a moment, when the last layer of soil was peeled off and the black lotus was held intact in the palm of his hand, Tucker finally smiled.

"It seems that my luck has turned. I suddenly encountered two black lotus plants growing together!" Tucker thought contentedly, stood up and walked away - time was running out, he had to quickly find the remaining black lotus plants and complete the task his father gave him.

Then, Tucker walked only one kilometer before he found the target again.

He was certain in his heart that the goddess of luck was definitely favoring him!

Taking a big step forward, Tucker repeated the previous operation and successfully harvested the fourth black lotus. With more inner motivation, he immediately ran to another place again, shuttling through the woods.

The golden leaves and direct sunlight shine through the dead branches and vines, illuminating the surroundings.

Tucker had a wide field of vision while running and accidentally discovered a faint footprint on the ground. It was very abrupt in the forest, a bit like a mistake in the cover-up process.

Tucker paused, stepped forward and looked carefully, staring at the indentation of a familiar size, and suddenly exclaimed: "Isn't this Thales's footprint? Why is it here?"

Tucker looked thoughtful, looked around, and then continued to observe, and found that the dust around him also covered the traces, frowned and said:

"It seems that Thales' footprints were deliberately covered up? Why did he do this?"

Suddenly.

A breeze blew by, and the bushes in front of me swayed gently, and a hint of darkness flashed before my eyes.

Tucker's expression changed, "Huh? Black lotus!"

His eyesight was excellent, and he easily caught the sight of a black lotus plant mixed in with the dense bushes as the leaves were shaking.

Tucker's eyes flashed with joy.

Then, it was replaced by a hint of suspicion.

Tucker looked at the footprints next to him, frowned slightly, and felt that something was a little strange.

He continued to look around carefully, but after several minutes, he found nothing unusual.

"Am I overthinking?" Tucker muttered, shook his head, put away the black lotus, and continued to move forward.

Under the soft light, Tucker shuttled through the forest and found four more black lotus plants one after another. The whole process was quite smooth.

But the smoother it went, the more doubts he had in his heart: "Is my luck really that good?"

There was only one plant left to complete the mission, and Tucker continued searching in the forest with a heavy heart.

Ten minutes later.

Next to the roots of a gray tree, Tucker stared at the black lotus in front of him. He didn't expect to find it so easily!

Compared to the beginning, the difficulty dropped dramatically! If Tucker didn't find anything unusual along the way, he might think it was just luck and wouldn't think much about it.

But because traces of Thales' footprints were discovered not long ago, Tucker always had a trace of doubt in his heart, which made him subconsciously observe any unusual things nearby.

It wasn't until a few minutes later, when he took the black lotus out of the soil, that Tucker didn't notice anything special.

"Hmm, it seems that I really thought too much. Although the footprints are fresh, it is possible that Thales was just wandering around while I was out killing monsters. I will go back and ask him later."

Tucker shook his head and muttered to himself, patted the dirt off his hands, and prepared to turn back.

Suddenly, an imperceptible trace flashed in the air.

Tucker's eyes suddenly focused, staring at the land next to the black lotus without moving.

His eyes widened, he stretched out his hand and pinched the 'air'.

Then, Tucker maintained the 'holding' posture and put his hand in front of his eyes, and saw an extremely thin hair floating lightly without wind.

Tucker narrowed his eyes slightly - this was a slightly curly hair, Taylor Swift also had this hairstyle.

He recalled the length of Taylor's hairstyle in his mind, and compared it with the hair in front of him, and they were exactly the same!

For a moment, Tucker was stunned where he was. Even though he was usually careless, after connecting such obvious clues, he vaguely guessed the truth in his heart - the black lotus was planted artificially.

Tucker showed a look of realization on his face.

"No wonder finding black lotus grass suddenly became so easy..."

He glanced at the thin hair again, an inexplicable look flashed across his eyes, and he shook his head and laughed: "Heh, this guy Thales..."

Rhett, Riley and Taylors have already prepared the ingredients of the flaming rhinoceros and bloody boar - pieces of tender steaks have been placed on the grill.

Ruilai put the last piece of steak on the table, clapped his hands, and said with a smile: "Everything is ready! Now we just need to gather everyone and we can start eating!"

After that, he looked at the empty woodland in front of him, with a hint of suspicion in his eyes: “Huh? Tucker has been gone for three hours, why hasn’t he come back yet?

Even if the black lotus grows in scattered areas and is not easy to grow in groups, we shouldn't waste so much time..."

At this time, Rhett looked straight ahead, then glanced at Thales and found that the latter was a little absent-minded, with his eyes looking around.

Taylors lowered his head and complained secretly: "No way, my hiding place should be quite obvious, Tucker won't be able to find those black lotus plants?"

That's right, Thales did take advantage of Tucker's absence to help him deal with the monsters not long ago to carefully select a few places and secretly hide the black lotus.

In order to avoid being noticed by Tucker that he did it on purpose, the place he chose was not particularly obvious.

But now that so much time has passed and Tucker hasn't come back, Taylors can't help but wonder, is it because he hid too deeply? "Alas, I should keep it simple and not overestimate Tucker's brain..."

"Tucker, are you hurt?"

Thales, who was daydreaming, suddenly heard his father sitting opposite him speaking.

He blinked, reacted, and turned his head suddenly, only to see Tucker walking slowly from behind, holding a handful of black lotus in his hand.

At the same time, he was a little nervous and muttered to himself: "Tucker shouldn't find out what I did, right? It would be too embarrassing if he was discovered.

But... Tucker is so careless that he probably wouldn't notice..."

"Ah, I was slightly injured. I encountered a second-level ice crystal tiger and was scratched by its sharp claws." Tucker touched the back of his head and smiled embarrassedly.

Then he raised his right hand, grabbed a handful of black lotus grass, and said with great satisfaction: "Father, I have fulfilled my mission. I finally found these ten black lotus grasses."

Leiter glanced at Tucker calmly: “This is a punishment, not a mission.

But... you did a good job."

Tucker sat down carelessly, pushing Taylor away again.

This time, Thales frowned but said nothing. He smiled secretly in his heart, "Big fool, it seems that you didn't realize that the black lotus in your hand was left by me on purpose..."

At this time, Lei Te saw that everyone was gathered and said with a smile: "Children, I have good news to announce. Rui Lai has just broken through to the third-level magician. Let's applaud him."

Papapapapa As soon as the words fell, warm applause broke out.

Tucker and Taylor's eyes lit up and they congratulated sincerely.

"Congratulations, Riley. You are always one step ahead of me. I don't know when I can catch up." Tucker smiled innocently and moved his butt unconsciously to the left.

Taylor suddenly felt that the space was much more empty and glanced at Tucker inadvertently.

Then he congratulated Ruilai: "Congratulations, Ruilai, it seems that you will become the second magician of our family.

And I am the third one!"

Crackling At this time, the steaks on the grill were oozing with oil and making crackling sounds.

"Thanks for your blessing." Riley smiled and looked at the grill: "It looks like the barbecue is almost ready. It's time to enjoy this delicious lunch together."

Tucker rolled up his sleeves and started to grind black lotus. This plant has the effect of neutralizing the seasoning and making it more flavorful.

Riley and Taylors moved their fingers and sprinkled other seasonings. Rhett sat still as if he was sitting on a fishing platform, waiting for his three sons to show their filial piety.

"Sprinkle more black powder." Rhett said as he watched from the side.

The spices in this world are somewhat different from those on Blue Star, but the overall taste is better. After countless years of exploration, the varieties are also rich and diverse. Black pepper is a flavor similar to cumin and black pepper, which Lei Te likes more.

"No problem!" Ruilai was focused and controlled his strength very well.

In less than half an hour, with the joint efforts of several people, the barbecued steaks were completed.

Tucker was quick to pick up the largest and most cooked steak and put it directly on Taylor's plate.

Taylor was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Tucker to give him the first piece of steak. This was absolutely impossible in the past!

Could it be that Tucker found out? Taylor was a little panicked, but he couldn't ask at this moment, so he said hastily: "Why give me this steak? I don't eat steak with chili powder!"

"Just eat when I tell you to. Why so much nonsense?" Tucker said in a muffled voice.

Riley also touched his chin and sprinkled black powder on it while saying, "Taylor, I've never heard that you don't eat chili peppers in your life. You're lying!"

"I'm not lying!" Thales blushed and argued, "After all, people change. It's nothing strange that someone suddenly hates something."

"Really? But you ate a lot of spicy blue lobster at the banquet a few days ago..."

"Yes, that was the time when I had enough chili!"

Tucker said nothing. While Taylor and Riley were talking, he picked up another steak and put it on Taylor's plate: "This one doesn't have any peppers."

Thales was silent for a moment, his heart was slightly moved, and he took the plate calmly, "Ah, thank you."

Tucker didn't respond. He glanced at the steaks on the grill, seeing that they were not cooked through, and continued to grind the black lotus.

At this moment, Rhett, who was watching from the side, had a strange look on his face after witnessing the process just now, and thought to himself: "Interesting, the relationship between the brothers Tucker and Taylor seems to have improved a lot? Although... I don't know what caused it, and how long it will last, but it's all good things..."

"Father, your steak is ready, please enjoy it!" Riley placed the steak, which was sprinkled with seasonings and oozing with oil, on the plate in front of Rhett.

Lei Te sniffed the fragrance gently and exclaimed:

"Great! With Taylor's ingredients, Tucker's seasoning, and Reilly's grilling, today's barbecue has a unique flavor!"

Nina jumped around next to the flames. As she became more familiar with the world, she was able to treat the flames well. Although she repelled the flames in her heart, she would not extinguish them as she did when she first came to the world.

Riley picked out a steak for Nina as well, but the little one flew away with no interest at all.

In the cold and lonely wind.

The steaks were devoured piece by piece while the four father and his sons chatted casually and had a great time.

Half a month later.

Rhett, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, opened his eyes and sighed softly.

Over the past half month, he has focused his energy on the comprehension of the mysteries, and the most time has been wasted on the condensation of the mysteries.

It has to be said that without the help of the sand elves, my understanding of the mystery of Condensation can be described as slow, and there has been no progress at all during this period.

Currently, as for the mystery of solidification, he can only solidify part of his body, which is still far from solidifying the whole body, not to mention the effect on the cast magic.

Originally according to his idea, if the Sand Wolf's Roar could be blessed by the mystery of condensation and then combined with the mystery of dispersion, any one of them would probably be able to fight against an Earth Knight of the same level alone.

But unfortunately, judging from the current trend, we are still a long way from achieving this.

He looked at the blue sky in the distance, and thought: "If there are other earth-type elves, can they provide me with insights into the mystical aspects?"

As soon as the thought came to his mind, a flash of inspiration flashed through his mind! Lei Te's eyes flashed, and he thought of a new idea that might help him find new earth-type elves! "The royal family is well-informed and has abundant channels. I can try to ask Prince Hogus to help me keep an eye out for news about the collection of earth-type elves..." Lei Te muttered to himself.

Once this idea came to mind, it could not be stopped and occupied his mind. Leiter also thought it was feasible! But just in case, he should conduct a simulation.

On the one hand, they came to find out about the elves.

On the other hand, there is another very important thing - to make suggestions to the Ring Tower and see if they can be adopted to avoid its destruction.

To be honest, although he hoped to earn great merits through war and seize a lot of wealth and resources from it.

But he had to watch this disaster, which was clearly preventable, happen before his eyes and gave up the opportunity to stop it, which was somewhat against his bottom line.

Shaking his head helplessly, Lei Te turned on the system.

Two-in-one, long wait 　Thanks to the book friends for their monthly ticket support, thank you very much 　　Thanks to the book friends for their recommendation ticket support, thank you very much 　　 　 (end of this chapter)