Chapter 92 You are actually quite good
Shen Jiang raised his chin stiffly, his face showing a mixture of annoyance, uneasiness and frustration, appearing particularly depressed.
She tried to recall her memory. Did Black Dragon say anything else just now?
Shouldn't there be...?
Oh, it's a big no-no to let your mind wander during a conversation. Especially since she's dealing with a big boss.
As soon as Godwin saw the believer's appearance, he knew that she must have been thinking about the gap between her and himself, and was therefore hit hard.
It’s better to face reality sooner rather than later.
"There's no need to remove the trees here, just let them continue to grow."
"Yes, my lord, you are wise." Shen Jiang responded with his eyes lowered.
Such a precious tree, she wouldn't be willing to cut it down even if Black Dragon said so.
Forget it, she will wait until she thinks of a way to collect the dragon blood. If that doesn't work, she will wait a few more years until the trees bear fruit before collecting the fruits. Anyway, this is the territory of the evil dragon, and no one dares to touch these dragon blood trees.
Shen Jiang looked at the vast dragon blood tree in front of him with regret. Looking into the distance, the sharp-eyed Shen Jiang immediately discovered that there was a dragon blood tree in the distance that was actually oozing "blood".
"Lord Godwin, the tree!"
Godwin narrowed his golden eyes as he watched the believers hurriedly running towards a giant tree.
"It's okay. These trees are born this way. Every once in a while, they crack because of the magic of this mountain. Once the sap drains away, the bark will heal naturally."
At this moment, Shen Jiang's silence was deafening.
All her mental preparation just now was regretting that she couldn't make a hole in these trees to collect the resin, but who knew that these trees would crack on their own every once in a while?
Then what about her psychological preparation just now? Does it mean that she has rich inner activities?
"This resin, which looks like blood, is a bit unsightly, isn't it?" Shen Jiang tried to control his excitement. "How about I clean up this unsightly red liquid for you?"
"Are you disgusted with them?"
Godwin glanced at the believer who was inexplicably excited, and suddenly felt a sense of evil pleasure in teasing her.
"No, I wouldn't." Shen Jiang scratched his head, and suddenly an idea came to his mind. "These trees are witnesses to the love between the old Black Dragon couple. I actually want to collect them as a souvenir."
Godwin had originally found the believers' fearful expressions very amusing, but after hearing her say this, he fell silent again.
Have his followers become obsessed to this extent?
Even this sticky and disgusting juice can be regarded as a treasure.
She is awesome.
After a long silence, Godwin finally said, "Humble believer, here you are."
"Thank you, Lord Godwin, for your kindness and generosity! I will surely work even harder to serve you!" Shen Jiang beamed. She took out a large basin from her storage ring and carefully used a hollow magical branch to drain the water. This way, the scarlet sap flowing from the tree trunk would fall directly into the basin instead of onto the ground.
Godwin watched the believers' methodical work and surprisingly didn't find it boring. On the contrary, the believers' expressions while working were different from her fawning expressions. A mixture of indifference and a bit of joy, they seemed more divine than her fawning appearance.
After Shen Jiang finished her work, she remembered that the big boss had said before coming that the workload here would take them "a year or two", but the sunny ridge in front of them was visibly barren except for the dragon blood tree, and it would take more than two years to pull out these short and thick weeds.
"Lord Godwin, where are the 'weeds' you mentioned earlier?"
Godwin came to his senses and flew directly to the other side of the mountain with his believers.
"This is it."
Shen Jiang looked at the lush bushes in front of her and couldn't help swallowing silently. Let her see what good things are here.
Shen Jiang walked forward, and the thick vines wrapped around a main tree first attracted her attention. The emerald green leaves and purple-red tower-shaped inflorescences set off each other, adding a touch of romance to the forest.
What is she going to do?
Godwin remembered that humans had a hobby of weaving wreaths, and guessed that the believers were also interested. If it were in the past, he would definitely be very impatient, but the believers' meticulous collection of sap just now did not cause him impatience.
Perhaps the believers just wanted to weave a ridiculous wreath for him to please him.
The closer Shen Jiang got to the big tree, the more confident he felt.
She took out a small steel sickle from her storage ring and chopped down the thick vine without hesitation.
Godwin looked at the rude believer in disbelief, and the dragon froze in place.
Shen Jiang cut the vine in half, exposing the cross section. On it were dozens of bright red eccentric rings. At this moment, red and black juice like fresh chicken blood was flowing from those circles of bright red rings.
Shen Jiang was immediately delighted upon seeing this. With so many rings, this Cistanche must be at least a hundred years old. Looking at the sap, it was truly top-grade Cistanche. As expected, this was Longshan, where the old Black Dragon couple had lived. The medicinal herbs here completely exceeded Shen Jiang's expectations.
"Lord Godwin, may I take this with me?"
Godwin: "Whatever..."
This scarlet sap reminded him of the giant tree they had just passed by.
Godwin watched in silence as the believers cut off the branches, leaves and flowers of the thin vine, then cut it into several sections without hesitation and arranged them in an orderly manner.
His followers did things neatly and efficiently, as if they had already known what they were doing. They moved their knives in one go with a smooth and effortless movement, which was even more pleasing to the eye than when she had just collected the sap from that miscellaneous tree.
Godwin gradually became fascinated by it.
Shen Jiang tied a bundle of chicken blood vine with magic branches and threw it into the storage ring, thinking that Priest could do this kind of rough work.
Shen Jiang froze as his peripheral vision caught sight of a large dark shadow not far away. He said with a guilty look on his face, "I'm sorry, Lord Godwin, I kept you waiting. I was itching to do something..."
Godwin looked at her with a complicated expression that Shen Jiang couldn't understand. He didn't say until he almost made her hairy. "Believer, you're actually quite good."
A question mark emerged in Shen Jiang's mind.
But she knew she couldn't just sit there and wait for praise, so she immediately responded, "Lord Godwin, I'm just working hard with you as my goal."
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"I'll leave the task of harvesting medicinal herbs on this mountain to you all." Shen Jiang said with a smile.
Catherine: "My Lord Witch, please don't say that. You are too polite. It is our honor to serve you."
Ellis: "That's right, and you paid such a generous reward."
Priest had already finished collecting herbs outside the Golden Dragon Kailan Valley. Since his master hadn't instructed him otherwise, he'd spent most of the year in his own castle. Finally having new work, Priest was incredibly motivated. "Dark Witch, how many potions can I get from collecting these vines?"
Shen Jiang said without hesitation: "If you collect all of them without any loss, I can consider giving you 40 potions."
Priest was slightly disappointed. The owner of the contract was not as generous as before.
"At least four hundred vines are enough. Look carefully at this mountain. I have to cut a lot of vines."
Shen Jiang smiled at him and said, "If you don't want to earn money from the potion, forget it. I think Ellis will be happy to take over your job."
Ellis stepped forward and said, "Of course, it's my honor to work for the Witch."
"Go away, you have nothing to do here." Priest showed his sharp fangs at Ellis.
When Catherine saw him showing his fangs towards her lover, she quickly showed the little flame that the other party feared the most, and the atmosphere between the two sides instantly became tense.
Seeing that the three men were about to fight, Shen Jiang began to have a headache.
"Priest, you don't want the potion anymore?"
With Priest's abilities, he could have cut down all the chicken blood vines here in less than a month, so the reward she promised was actually quite reasonable. But if it were Ellis, it would likely take much longer. Furthermore, she still needed Ellis to gather other herbs. Her words were just a warning to Priest, the vampire.
Faced with the blatant threat from the Contract Master, Priest pursed his lips, aggrieved and dissatisfied, "Why don't you let that red dragon come back to do this thankless task? That red dragon has been quite arrogant lately. I heard he claimed that he escaped from Godwin's clutches through his own strength. Such a shameless dragon is simply despised by all."
Shen Jiang took a deep breath and softened his expression. "Xiao Pu, Kuik has been busy lately. I have other plans for him. And look, is it appropriate to ask him to cut these vines?"
Priest was quite dissatisfied. How could this be unreasonable?
"Think about Quick's dragon claws. Can he hold this sickle well? Can he chop these vines well? Can I trust him?"
Priest silently suppressed the corner of his mouth: "Maybe he can?"
Shen Jiang: "Of course he can cut it off, but my requirements are so high, I really don't trust him to do it. If you really don't want to do it, then forget it. I can only ask Ellis to do it."
Ellis took another step forward and was about to speak when Priest interrupted him: "Forget it, I can reluctantly help you with this job."
Priest's mood turned from gloomy to cheerful. He kicked the plants at his feet with some joy and muttered, "But where did that red dragon go?"
It all started when Beatrice heard a rumor at the magic academy that the empire was planning to send several great magicians to encircle and suppress the evil dragon.
Fearing that the incident might infect the witch, the young girl immediately tried to ask the larks to take the news back to Dragon Mountain, but the birds refused. Finally, she had no choice but to trade her thermos for a magic teleportation scroll and return to Dragon Mountain herself.
Shen Jiang had never expected that the rulers of the empire would have such ambitions and actually try to subdue the Black Dragon Godwin... They probably didn't know enough about Godwin's firepower, so they made such a rash decision.
But if she doesn't act, the fact that the Iron Forest is protected by the black dragon is fake will soon be discovered by the rulers of the First Empire.
But it is definitely unrealistic to send the Black Dragon Godwin to the Iron Forest regularly, but hasn't she recruited a powerful general under her command?
"Quick, can you defeat the human Grand Mage?"
"Are you insulting me? How could a mere human Grand Mage possibly be my opponent?"
"What if there are several human Grand Magisters combined?"
Quick rolled his green dragon eyes impatiently. "What on earth are you trying to say? The dragon clan doesn't like to measure their own abilities by ordinary creatures like humans."
Seeing him say this, Shen Jiang tentatively believed that he should be able to defeat the great human magician.
"I've arranged a new job for you that's easy, well-paid, and close to home. If you're up to the task, I'll offer you a monthly salary of five Philosopher's Stones. What do you think?"
"What job?" Quick pricked up his ears.
Damn it, he was shamefully moved by the olive branch extended to humanity.
After hearing the details of the job, Quick breathed a sigh of relief. While the humans' request was a bit overkill, it was indeed an easy job for him, and he could even earn top-grade Philosopher's Stones in exchange. It was much more prestigious than collecting red and yellow fruits on Dragon Island.
A week later, Beatrice heard at the Magic Academy that the plan to encircle and suppress the dragon had failed.
At this time, the wind dragon Quick was flying in the clouds above a forest that shone like a silver mirror, when he suddenly sneezed several times for no apparent reason.
Because of his sneeze, people in the distant village heard thunder in the sky and began to collect the clothes that were drying in the sun.
"It's such a nice day today, is it going to rain?"
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