Chapter 62
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...broken?
His crystal ball was so big...it was broken?
"Huh? How could this happen?" The boy withdrew his hand in disappointment.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Joel, I accidentally broke your crystal ball. Do you have another one?"
Joel nodded dully, seemingly still not coming to his senses: "...Yes."
Lian Yun looked at Joel with a little sympathy. If she had not expected the girl's ice talent just now, then the action of this last child made her sure that the two of them had done it on purpose.
Of course they were smart, smart enough to see that Joel didn't really want to teach them, and even looked down on them as "country kids."
So I played a little prank.
"No need to test." Lian Yun took the last little boy in his arms, "You are a fire element. Everyone has seen it."
The boy had no choice but to stick out his tongue and stay quiet.
The boy's name is Danny and the girl's name is June.
Joel also came to his senses at this time, vaguely realizing something, but was too embarrassed to point it out.
After all, his thinking was rigid.
Although Joel lost his most treasured crystal ball, he did not forget that there were two children in front of him who were a hundred times more important than the crystal ball.
One is the rare ice type in the continent, and the other is the plastic fire type.
This was something he had never encountered even after teaching in Kuoge City for several years.
And I dare to ask, which teacher doesn’t love talented people?
Joel took out another crystal ball from his arms with trembling hands: "Here, kid, let me test it for you."
Danny glanced him up and down and asked doubtfully, "You're not angry?"
"Of course not!" Joel smiled amiably. "You two, follow me and learn. I'll teach you everything I know."
Danny didn't expect that he could talk to him so calmly and didn't seem to care about the broken crystal ball at all.
However, when Danny hesitated, June had already shaken her head: "I won't learn from you."
Joel quickly looked at her. "My attitude just now may have been bad, and I apologize for that. But your talent is truly worth working on. You'll see a completely different world."
Joel's words made Lian Yun look at him with admiration.
He seems to be arrogant because of his talent, but unexpectedly he is also a person who values talent.
He did not hesitate to apologize to the students.
Joan is a person who is soft-hearted and does not tolerate toughness. Joel's humble attitude made her feel a little uncomfortable.
"It's not that I don't want to learn from you. Our village once had a great wizard, and he told me to hide myself and not show off my abilities too much."
Lian Yun suddenly thought that it was Rock's order, so perhaps it was to protect Qiong.
After all, judging by how excited Joel was, a child with such talent as Joan seemed to be very rare.
"How could such a person exist!" Joel slammed the table and stood up, angrily saying, "How irresponsible! Is it right to let someone born different like you live an ordinary life like an ordinary person?"
"Joan, tell me, do you want to learn magic?" Joel said seriously.
"I..." Qiong looked at him and then at Lian Yun.
Joan lowered her head.
She actually thought about it.
She had a lot of skills but nowhere to use them. Even though she knew Mr. Rock was doing it for her own good, she couldn't help but feel sad when she was alone.
Especially when people around her are in danger, the energy in her body is ready to go, but has nowhere to go.
When Gerry led them out of the fire and his body was on fire, she wished she could put out the fire with just a flick of her finger.
But it took her a full hour.
Gerry was unconscious from the burns.
She blamed herself for not being able to protect them.
"That's right! You want to learn." Joel breathed a sigh of relief.
"Tell me, what's the name of that magician who gives random instructions?" Joel was still a little angry.
He wanted to write a letter to the Magicians' Association to condemn this irresponsible magician. Isn't this misleading the young people?
Joan hesitated for a moment: "The gentleman's name is Rock."
"Okay, Rock, huh..." Joel was stunned for a moment and repeated, "Rock?"
Joan glanced at his stunned expression and asked, "What's the problem?"
"No...it can't be him." Joel shook his head to himself.
Lian Yun noticed something was wrong and kindly reminded him, "I remember you graduated from the Magicians' Association in the main city. Mr. Rock once taught there. Maybe you've heard of him?"
With a "boom", Joel was stunned by this information.
"Yes, of course I've heard of it." Joel said hesitantly.
That's his teacher!!
Oh my god, was he just criticizing his teacher?!
He must be crazy!
Lian Yun looked at Joel with pity, as he had been stimulated so many times in a short period of time, and said considerately, "It's okay, we won't tell Rock."
"No," Joel came to his senses, stood up with his hands and feet and was about to walk out, "Teacher! Where is the teacher? I want to apologize to him!"
Lian Yun and Eugene quickly stopped him, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "Mr. Rock is out escorting the caravan on a business trip, and it will take some time for him to return."
Who could have expected that Joel was actually such a good student who respected his teachers?
The two of them finally persuaded Joel to calm down. The latter calmed down, rubbed his face, and looked a little frustrated.
"I'm so stupid."
Not only did he look down on the students in this small town, he also insulted his own teacher.
And - "How could the teacher go into business? He is so old."
Joel felt distressed. The teacher was not only highly respected in the association, but also had great moral character.
Although they retired early, such people will not have a bad life wherever they go.
But now the teacher is traveling with the caravan and sleeping in the open air?
He glanced at Lian Yun, full of doubts.
The salary offered by Lian Yun doesn't seem like he would treat everyone harshly.
Lian Yun patiently comforted him, "The village was indeed a bit poor before they moved here, but it's much better now. Now that they're back, they don't have to go out to do business anymore."
She also explained that the village had been talking about □□, so the expenses were relatively high.
Qiao sighed in enlightenment: "As expected of a teacher, you have a kind heart."
Finally, he thought about his mental journey and actions along the way, and he couldn't help but feel ashamed and couldn't raise his head.
As a student of a teacher, I really bring shame to the teacher.
"I'm sorry, Lord." Joel stood up and bowed solemnly to Lian Yun to express his apology.
"Can you give me another chance?"
Lian Yun realized that the other party really wanted to stay this time, so he smiled and nodded: "If you want, of course you can."
June tilted her head slightly. "So I can learn magic, right?"
Joel, who had been resolute at first, suddenly became a little unconfident.
Even the teacher told Qiong to hide her strength, so can he teach her?
"Sure." Lian Yun answered the girl for him. She leaned down to look her in the eye. "Because if you want to, you can learn. You know, Mr. Rock has his ideas, and Joel has his opinions, but their goals are the same. I hope you're doing well."
"So before Mr. Rock comes back, you should learn some basic magic from Teacher Joel, okay? Let's discuss this matter together when Rock comes back."
Joan nodded happily.
After dealing with Qiong's affairs, Lian Yun turned around.
She had always known that June was gifted with magic, but what about Danny?
Danny put his hands behind his back, admitting his mistake: "A few days ago, Xiao Hong and I were playing with fire, and I accidentally burned its feathers while controlling the fire. That's how I realized my talent."
So it turned out that the two of them were deliberately teasing Joel.
Joel smiled good-naturedly. He lost a crystal ball but gained two plastic talents. He was willing to be teased.
Lian Yun couldn't help but rubbed Danny's little head and said, "This isn't a bad thing. You can study with Qiong from now on."
Danny nodded repeatedly.
After leaving the classroom, Lian Yun went to the pharmacy that had been renovated in advance.
When they came back last night, everyone arranged accommodation for the old pharmacist, which was behind the pharmacy.
This makes it more convenient for the elderly to work.
As soon as Lian Yun entered the door, he smelled a strong bitter aroma of herbs. Lian Yun looked around the house and finally found the old pharmacist among the colorful flowers.
The old pharmacist was called Louis. He had a slightly gray beard, a slightly bent back, and a magnifying glass with a mottled gold edge hung around his neck.
Louis's pharmacy is even more colorful than the botanical gardens.
The whole room was filled with herbs of various colors, all of which Louis insisted on bringing in.
"Sir, you are here." Louis came out from under the work table behind several pots of herbs and brushed off the fallen leaves on his head.
His thick beard obscured his expression, but Lian Yun could feel that he was smiling.
Lian Yun smiled back, "How's the cleanup going? How can I help you?"
Louis was not polite at all and pointed to a pot of plants next to her: “I need that.”
Lian Yun picked up the flowerpot, walked over and handed it to him.
"When you get old, it's always difficult to clean up," Louis said, but he was not vague at all as he broke off the leaves and threw them into the jar and crushed them quickly.
She noticed a small tube of something that was clearly newly made next to Louis and asked curiously, "What is this?"
"Hmm? ...Oh, this," Louis picked it up and shook it. "This is a supplement for Nora. Although the blue potion you gave me is very useful, for internal organ diseases like this, a specially developed potion is more effective."
He handed the potion to Lian Yun and said, "Please deliver it to me."
Lian Yun: ...I dreamed of returning to the Novice Village to complete quests.
She was about to reach out to take it, but Louis suddenly took his hand back.
He said to himself, "Forget it, let her get it herself. Walking is better for her health."
Just like the old man at home who likes to nag.
Lian Yun suddenly had an idea: "How about asking Nora to come to the pharmacy to help you?"
Louis was stunned for a moment, then thought about it for a moment and decided that it was indeed a good idea.
"Let her help you pick and crush the herbs. It doesn't take much effort." Lian Yun said.
It just so happened that Nora always wanted to do something to help the town.
Louis thought it through and nodded: “That makes sense, I’ll go find her later, this kid is a hardworking one.”
After saying that, he remembered the prescription Lian Yun had given him: "The herbs required for that prescription are all of high quality. This quality is hard to find on the market, and it would take a long time to cultivate them myself."
Louis paused and said, "If you need, I can try more to see what the last medicine is."
Lian Yun nodded quickly: "It is very necessary. Thank you very much."
The day after Lanna left.
Lian Yun and Gary prepared to take their men to the stone mountain to place the mining equipment and determine a route.
Before setting off, they brought a lot of windmill seeds, intending to plant them on both sides of the road. When the windmills grew up, they would form a road that was easier to walk on.
In fact, Lian Yun originally wanted to deal with the frog farm first, but the little frog followed Lana away, and the cave was still somewhat dangerous, so he could only wait for them to come back to discuss it.
Lian Yun brought Jamie and Aibei with him on this trip. Both of them are strong and can help fix the tools.
This time it was Aibei who led everyone again, and they soon arrived at the stone mountain.
Abe deliberately took a detour to avoid the two of them being saddened by the ruins of the village.
Several people stopped at the foot of the stone mountain. On the side facing the desert, they could see exposed stone layers, which was a relatively easy area to mine.
Lian Yun then took out the tools from his backpack and placed them in the appropriate place, and Aibei and Jamie went up the mountain to make minor adjustments.
Gary took the opportunity to discuss the next issue with Lian Yun: "It is easier to shape the stone in the quarry, but it will be troublesome to transport it."
"Don't worry about that." Lian Yun smiled confidently, "If Lanna's trip goes smoothly, then we won't have to worry about transporting the stones."
Although Gary was confused, he didn't ask too many questions. He believed in Lian Yun's plan.
Gerry took a brief tour around the mountain and planned more carefully than before to facilitate future operations.
As he was walking, he suddenly stopped, smiled bitterly and sighed: "I didn't expect it."
Jamie had already told him the origin of the village's disaster.
Who would have thought it was because of this mountain.
Lian Yun patted his shoulder as a silent comfort.
After the equipment was fixed, the two men walked down the mountain and the four of them prepared to return to the city.
They followed the shortest route planned out. Abe was responsible for digging holes on both sides of the road, while Lianyun and Jamie were responsible for burying windbreak seeds in each sand pit.
After putting down a seed, Lian Yun took out the plant stabilizer that he had bought from the store last night under the limited purchase policy, and dropped a drop into the sand pit.
The stabilizer combines with the seeds and quickly spreads to the surrounding sandy soil, taking root firmly.
In this way, even wind and sand cannot blow away or scatter the windbreaks.
The three of them worked together on the planting and quickly completed half of the process.
Lian Yun stood up straight and stretched his back. When he was about to bend down to bury the seeds again, he suddenly felt the sand pit under his hands shaking slightly.
This does not seem to be caused by excessive wind and sand.
Lian Yun frowned slightly, put away the seeds and stabilizer, and placed his palms next to the sand pit.
Now she was very sure that it was the entire sand surface under her feet that was moving!
A strong sense of crisis swept over Lian Yun, and she only had time to shout to the three people - "Be careful!"
Then the sand surface under her feet suddenly caved in, quickly forming a huge vortex. The sand pit not only spiraled downward, but also stirred up layers of sandstorms that spread outward.
Something in the whirlpool seemed to wrap around Lian Yun's ankle and drag him down desperately.
Lian Yun had nothing to leverage on, so when he reached around, he only got a handful of quicksand.
Before she could react, half of her body was swallowed up in an instant!
"Sir!" She saw Aibei transformed into a giant bear and roaring as he ran towards her, but it was too late.
Lian Yun was dragged under the sand.
Shamian returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.
The three of them threw themselves on the sand and dug desperately. Aibei used his special ability to control the wind and sand and dug three feet into the ground.
The excavated sand piled up three stories high.
There was still no sign of Lian Yun.
"You are... a knight? That profession sounds impressive."
“…”
"Those few moves you made against the Shibabeast earlier," the captain gestured, waving his hands. "Hey, that was really cool. Can you teach me?"
“…”
"Is that your pet on your shoulder? How chic!"
The captain, who did not respond but continued to chatter, rode his camel and walked side by side with the blond man, while the blond man, who had been annoyed, had a blank expression on his face.
The little frog on his shoulder had the same indifferent expression as him.
However, the members of the caravan did not think there was anything wrong at all. Instead, they looked at the blond man with equal interest, expecting him to respond.
"Are you one of the lord's men? Have you been protecting her since she was little? It seems like you two have a good rapport."
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"no."
Lanna finally answered his question after a long absence.
The captain was so happy to receive the response that he took a big sip of water. After moistening his throat, he continued to inquire about gossip: "So how did you and the master meet?"
Lana half-closed his eyes, his downward eyelashes casting a shadow, and only through the gaps between his eyelashes could one glimpse his unconcealable gentle expression.
"My Lord saved me."
"Oh - it turns out to be a story about a beauty saving a hero." Everyone joked happily.
They had already walked out of the desert and were about to reach the route designated by Lian Yun.
Even though Lana was there, they were still a little nervous and tried to ease the tension by chatting.
Seeing that Lanna was finally willing to respond to a question, the captain quickly struck while the iron was hot: "Have you been staying in the town this whole time? Then how did the adults save you?"
Lanna thought about it.
"I was injured in the desert, and you took me in and saved me."
The concise words contained almost no useful information, but everyone in the caravan still let out an "Oh" as if they suddenly understood, looked at each other, and discussed in a low voice.
The captain spoke cautiously again: "Then how did you get injured?"
Lanner glanced at the captain. He knew the man in front of him meant no harm, so he didn't bother to hide it. "I was exiled. I walked in the desert for several days and got injured fighting monsters."
"When I met you, I was almost dead, and you saved me without reservation."
He really thought he was going to die.
But he did not forget the words he was told since he was a child - believe in hope.
No matter how big the blow or how great the difficulties he encountered, he never gave up hope.
But that day, he was really tired.
The non-stop fighting for several days and nights had exhausted him. He no longer cared whether the monster's meat was poisonous or not. He killed monsters along the way, and when he was hungry or thirsty, he ate the monsters and ate their flesh and blood, barely surviving.
When he saw a town, he could not enter it but had to go around it.
Because exiles were not allowed to enter the town.
All he had for company was the endless desert.
He shuttled through the dust and yellow sand, fighting against the monsters that attacked in the blur.
In his world, there is no day or night, only dusk.
In the days ahead, the only thing that supports me is faith.
He never felt that loneliness was unbearable. After all, he had been alone since birth and grew up eating at many people's homes. He had no place to return to and no direction to go.
Being lost seemed natural, since he had no idea where he was going.
He did have hope.
But what is his hope?
You won’t be hungry at your next meal, and you’ll suffer fewer injuries the next time you fight a monster.
Years of wandering have made him lose his desire for the future.
He did not forget "hope".
But his hope turned into a prayer for being able to survive tomorrow.
Until his God came.
"I see."
When the caravan members heard that Lanna was exiled, they didn't look at him differently. Everyone has their own sufferings. Who hasn't experienced ups and downs in life?
What's more, seeing that Lanner seemed very reliable and having spent a day with him, everyone felt that he did not give people a bad impression at all.
Although we don’t talk much, we can still develop feelings.
Although they have cold personalities, they are enthusiastic.
"So, the Lord is truly great."
They heard that there were only two people in this small town at the beginning, Lian Yun and Lana. If Lana was rescued by Lian Yun, doesn't that mean that Lian Yun was the only one there at the beginning?
A lonely girl, a deserted town.
It was not easy to build it into what they saw.
"Yeah." Lanna's voice unconsciously became softer.
Adults are like gods.
It seemed to have fallen from the sky and appeared before him.
At that moment, he finally knew what hope was.
In the extremely quiet town, the girl walked against the light with light and cautious steps.
She seemed to be a chosen child favored by God, and even the fine dust on the ground gave way with her footsteps.
Even though the blood blurred his vision, even though he only had one intact eye, he could still see the light around the girl in the blood-red.
This glimmer of light illuminated his world.
She was wearing a holy beige dress, her alert and worried eyes were like a smart little deer, and her soft black hair swayed slightly with her movements.
His God came to save him.
He could safely close his eyes for a while because he saw the concern in the girl's eyes that was hard to conceal.
She will save herself.
Lanna was extremely certain.
Find a way out of a desperate situation and stand up again after being destroyed.
This is the true hope that I have always pursued.
After coming out of his memories, Lana felt inexplicably better and even told a few people about some things in the small town.
Everyone listened with great interest, and their interest in the town grew.
Lanner suddenly stopped talking mid-sentence.
They have already embarked on a set route.
He could feel the covetous eyes and threats hidden by the stones and grass on both sides of the road.
Seeing his sudden serious expression, everyone in the caravan fell silent.
Following Lian Yun's instructions, they got off the camel and took out a piece of cloth to cover the cargo box at the back.
There is no silver here.
As soon as the caravan moved, Lanna could feel the stealing gazes from both sides becoming increasingly intense, and he wished he could pounce on them and devour them alive.
They swallowed nervously.
The captain said the predetermined line: "Brother, brother, we will send you here, so be careful on your own."
Lanna, riding on the back of the camel, glanced at him coldly, looking completely different from the man he had just chatted with. "Yeah."
Just one simple word made everyone in the caravan feel relieved.
They quickly packed up their things and evacuated, still looking at Lana with concern before leaving.
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