Chapter 35

In the supermarket, what products can be eaten by vegetarian elves?

Jiang Li quickly scanned the few silver coins in the elf's palm.

That's too much!

Whether it's rice and flour products as staple food, or various snacks such as dried beans, preserved fruits, candies, and chocolates, Jiang Li had countless choices in his mind just by thinking about it.

He walked around the shelf and came back with an armful of food.

Wow, all these snacks were poured on the counter.

Jiang Li said with a little distress: "Mr. Messenner, you can choose it yourself."

With the prices of supermarkets in the other world, those few silver coins could not buy all of them, but Jiang Li didn't know his preferences and couldn't pick out the food that best suited the elf's appetite.

Messenner lowered his eyes and looked at the things in front of him.

His emerald green eyes looked at every food, chocolate, jelly candy, spicy strips, dried tofu, preserved fruit, canned fruit... His eyes paused on the canned fruit, and he widened his eyes in surprise.

In the transparent glass bottle, the yellow flesh cut into pieces was squeezed together, floating in the sugar water. Through the glass, you can see the distinct fibers of the cut surface of the flesh, with an alluring color. In such a winter, the store actually sells such fresh fruits?

But his eyes only stayed for a moment and quickly moved away. Although it is strange, magic can also do it. Give him a seed, and he can also produce fruit in winter.

Except for the canned fruit, everything else is the first time he has seen it. Messenner can't tell what they are from the appearance.

One of the snacks had a picture of potatoes printed on it. He picked it up, and the puffed food package made a clacking sound. "What is this?"

Jiang Li took a look: "It's potato chips."

"Potato chips?"

"It's a snack made by slicing potatoes and frying them."

Potatoes?

Thinking of the delicious potato shreds in the restaurant, the recipe was also made by the person in front of him, and the elf made a quick decision: "I want this."

"Okay." Jiang Li scanned the code to pay the cashier, put the silver coins into the drawer, and moved a stool for him to sit down and taste it slowly.

Messenner looked at the potato chips in his hand curiously. Although it was a big bag, it was very light. He shook it in his hand, and there was a clacking sound from inside. He carefully tore open the package along the sawtooth edge, revealing the crispy potato chips inside. In such a large package, two-thirds of it is filled with air. The fried and shaped potato chips cannot be folded softly, but a few pieces take up most of the space.

The elf pursed his lips slightly and looked up at the owner of the supermarket. The black-haired human had already picked up the magic book again and didn't notice the customer's eyes.

Messener carefully twisted a piece of potato chips. The golden potato chips were fried so crispy that they were layered. When he got closer, he could smell the fragrance of the potatoes. The concave surface was sprinkled with red powder. He smelled it, and it looked a bit like the tomato hot pot he had eaten before.

Speaking of which, what kind of plant is a tomato?

Messenaar put the potato chip in his mouth.

Click.

So crispy!

It is completely different from potato shreds and crispy, like the thin ice on the lake in early winter, which will break if touched lightly. The potato slices were so thin, after being fried, that they were incredibly crispy. The lightest touch of the teeth would break them apart without even a little effort. The tomato-flavored powder on top blended with the slightly sweet taste of the potatoes, a perfect combination!

Potatoes, can you eat them like this?!

Jiang Li held the magic book and read the contents on it, with a continuous crackling sound in his ears.

After a while, the sound stopped.

Messenner turned the package over and shook it, but nothing came out. It was empty.

The silver-haired elf pursed his lips and touched his stomach. He had clearly finished eating, but it felt like he had only eaten a belly full of air. He looked at the owner of the supermarket again.

Perhaps because his sight was too obvious, Jiang Li raised his head in confusion: "Mr. Messenner?"

Jiang Li: "Do you need anything else?"

Messenner: "..."

He pursed his lips tightly, and stared at Jiang Li with his emerald eyes without blinking. Jiang Li felt a chill on his back and his hair stood on end. Just when he thought the elf in front of him was going to take out his staff to attack him, he saw Messenner suddenly lower his head in frustration, and his silver hair shining like the moon seemed to be covered with a layer of dark clouds.

"No need." He said disappointedly: "I don't have any money."

Jiang Li: "..."

Did he just exchange all the elf's property for a bag of potato chips? !

Jiang Li suddenly felt a pang of conscience, "I, I'll treat you?"

"Hmm?"

"How about that... canned fruit?" Jiang Li said, "This product is very popular recently."

As he spoke, he stood up and went to the shelf to get a can of oranges in a glass bottle. The orange-yellow flesh floated in the sugar water, and the orange segments after the peel was removed were clearly visible. Jiang Li placed the can of oranges in front of him and brought a stainless steel long-handled spoon.

The silver-haired elf didn't take it, and he asked in confusion, "Why treat me?"

Jiang Li: "..." You can't say that he is just feeling guilty as a profiteer, right?

Glancing at the magic book beside him, he suddenly remembered: "Mr. Messenner is a very powerful magician, right?"

"Of course."

"You also know that I learned magic by myself." He picked up the magic book and just marked some parts that he couldn't understand. He originally planned to write it down in his notes and slowly figure it out. In Jiang Li's self-study process, there were many similar problems. He had no teacher and no one to ask. He could only solve all the problems by himself, so his learning efficiency was much slower. The elf who knew his background was a great candidate to solve his problems at this time. "I don't understand a few places. Can you help me solve them?"

The elf looked at him for a long time, lifted the hem of his robe, and sat back on the bench.

He didn't refuse, which meant tacit consent. The lid of the can was a little difficult to open. The elf's slender fingers tapped the lid, and the aluminum lid unscrewed with self-awareness and fell to the ground with a clatter. Messenner picked up a long-handled spoon and scooped out the orange pulp from the can.

What kind of plant is this fruit from? Messenner thought as he put it into his mouth.

Hmm, so sweet.

The sweet flesh retains the original sweet taste of the orange, and becomes even sweeter because of the soaking in sugar water. Although it has been soaked in sugar water, the flesh is still full and juicy, and the taste is not rotten.

Can fruits be preserved like this? He thought to himself: The elves who are good at communicating with plants have never thought of such a method.

Jiang Li handed over the basic magic he had read before, and he marked a part of it with a colored marker.

"Mr. Messenner, look here." The highlighted part is a magic. In fact, Jiang Li saw someone use it not long ago. It was a magic that magicians used to erect ice sculptures when decorating the central square for the Ice and Snow Festival. After seeing other magicians use it, Jiang Li has always wanted to try it.

Jiang Li said distressedly: "I have tried several times, but no matter how many times I tried, I could not make ice."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hands towards Messenal, and a stream of water appeared out of thin air, flowing in his palms and condensing into a water ball. The water ball was surging, and the clear and transparent water ball tried to change its shape, but no matter how it changed, it was still just a water ball.

The silver-haired elf stretched out his hand, and as soon as it touched, the water flow wrapped around his fingertips intimately. Soon, the active water element slowly stopped flowing, and ice crystals spread from his fingertips with a crackling sound. The water ball quickly turned into an ice ball, and the ripples of water could be seen at the edge.

Jiang Li was stunned, and the next moment, his hand felt heavy, and the ice ball that was originally suspended in the air fell into his palm.

He hurriedly caught it, but such a large block of ice was too cold for his hands. He trembled and changed hands several times, but still couldn't catch it.

"Basic magic is the control of magic elements. Magic elements are ever-changing. Any change in form is just a deformation of magic elements. You were wrong from the beginning." Frosty white ice crystals appeared in Messenner's palm. The ice crystals spread wantonly and condensed into a crystal clear ice flower with stretched branches and leaves, tender and juicy. If it wasn't made of ice, it would look exactly like a real flower, and even the texture on the petals could be seen. "Instead of trying to figure out how to freeze water into ice and shape it, it's a waste of time. It's better to just imagine the changes in ice."

Jiang Li was stunned: "But, isn't ice just water..."

"Magic is fantasy. It originates from reality and transcends reality, creating everything that reality cannot do. Being too rigid about the form will only constrain your thinking." The elf said lightly: "If you have been to a magic school, someone will tell you this common sense."

Jiang Li shook his head a little embarrassedly.

He has never been to a magic school, he has only done exercises on Earth, and his thoughts are not that unrestrained.

Don't think about the shape of the water, just turn it into ice...

Jiang Li stared at his palm, thinking hard, the shape of ice crystals looming in the palm of his hand.

If you can conjure ice out of thin air, how can you make it into a beautiful ice sculpture?

What Messenal didn't say was that the quickest way to use this magic was to make it in the snow with ready-made ice and snow. That would not only reduce the consumption of magic power, but also be much simpler. Although the magic of making ice sculptures is simple, it also tests the magician's ability to control magic. The more delicate the details, the more subtle the control of magic. For a magic to take shape, it requires a stable output of magic power. If the caster hesitates for a moment, the magic will fail.

If you walk to the central square, you will also find that the level of ice sculptures there is also uneven.

The elf looked at the young magician in front of him quietly.

Creating a delicate and lifelike ice sculpture out of thin air may seem simple, but it requires stable magic power, a keen sense of magic elements, and meticulous control... Only a mature magician who has been with magic for many years and can manipulate magic elements as easily as breathing can do it.

For a beginner in magic who is still laying the foundation, it is no different from a novice adventurer directly challenging a high-level monster, not to mention that this beginner does not even have an important staff.

Messenner retracted his gaze and continued to taste the can of oranges in his hand.

He will go outside the city to fight monsters later. If he wants to continue to taste these delicious foods, he needs a lot of money...

snap, snap.

Ice crystals spread and changed in the hands of the black-haired young man, first the branches and leaves, then the petals, and soon, a fresh and tender ice flower took shape in Jiang Li's palm. The petals and branches had distinct textures, so fine that even the traces of the veins could be seen at a glance, and there was a drop of crystal clear dew.

It was exactly the same as what Messenner had just done.

Jiang Li looked at the result in his hands with surprise: "Wow!"

Messenner paused while scooping the orange pulp: "..."