Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 327 Warning
Through the quiet path, Thorne came to the gate of a very simple courtyard on the west bank of the lower city.

He glanced at the green fields on both sides of the path, stretched out his hand and pushed open the simple gate, and walked in directly.

What caught the eye were four stone houses with two doors. The rough stone walls were without any decoration, only the vines covered with them were spitting out green shoots.

The path leading to the door of the house is all paved with stone bricks, and the winding path is more than one meter wide.

On the right side of the trail, a black bear the size of a calf is leading five or six ferocious wild boar cubs playing in the grass.

One of the most mischievous little wild boars is in the arms of the black bear, arching around with its cute little pig head, getting along very well.

On the left side is a field, which is full of various crops such as green beans and lettuce, and a group of vicious little chickens are wandering in the field chirping.

"It's really a rare visitor today, little friend Thorne, welcome to the humble house."

At this time, Druid Qingchen, who was busy in the vegetable field, got up and looked at the half-elf at the door, smiled slightly, threw the weeds in his hand aside, and said, "Let's go, let's sit inside."

Thorne looked at the Druid in plain clothes with his sleeves rolled up not far away, and nodded in response.

He stood still and waited until the Druid walked into the path from the vegetable field, then moved to follow him into the room.

"Please sit down." Master Qingchen pointed to the chair beside the wooden table, looked at the other person in surprise, and then couldn't help but take a closer look, a look of surprise suddenly appeared in his calm eyes.

Obviously, the change of the ranger in front of him was a bit beyond the druid's expectations.

Then, Master Qingchen saw that Thorne was seated, and immediately took out a plate full of fresh berries from the counter and put it on the table where the guests were seated.

Then he put the upside-down clay teacup in front of Thorne, filling up the cups of the other party and himself, and then sat across from him, and said with a smile:

"Little friend Thorn, this is a kind of scented tea that I carefully prepared. How about the taste?"

"Master Qingchen, you are too polite." Thorne glanced at the light orange liquid in the clay cup from the corner of his eye, and responded politely, then took a sip directly.

This cup of scented tea is made from unknown flowers. It has a slightly cool and bitter taste, with a hint of astringency.

However, this vaguely astringent taste suddenly evoked Thorne's memories, because this bitter and astringent taste once left a deep impression on him that he will never forget in his life.

"It tastes very good." Thorne, who regained his composure in an instant, immediately praised him, and then took another sip from his teacup. His own actions seemed to prove to the Druid opposite that the compliment just now was not a compliment.

As for the drinks in this world, what Thorne comes into contact with the most is the water in the water bag. As for the coffee, milk tea, etc., he is really not used to drinking them.

Relatively speaking, tea can still arouse his interest, at least the flower tea in front of him is very suitable for his appetite.

At this time, Thorn even started to think about whether to leave, so he packed up and took some away.

Master Qingchen smiled at Thorne's lack of elegance but natural behavior, got up and filled up the half cup of scented tea left in front of him, sat down on the chair again and said:

"It is said that the phantom scenes in the Underdark Region can cause major changes in many people who return to the surface world. In severe cases, they may even collapse. I didn't expect that your state of mind will be tempered and tougher. It seems that your this time The subterranean journey has been very rewarding."

"If I had to choose again, I don't think I should go to that depressing world." Thorne looked at the sparkling tea in the teacup, replied calmly, then took out a book and pushed it to In front of Druid, said:
"I have copied all the contents of Qi Refining Technique, Master Qingchen, let's see if there is any room for improvement."

"Thank you very much!" The druid saw the book being pushed over, his expression flashed with joy, and he immediately got up and looked at Thorne who was sitting on the chair, ready to make a big gift.

"You don't need to be so polite." Thorn quickly stood up and stopped him, then said with a smile:

"Although the improvement effect of the Qi Refining Technique is very significant, the improvement of each level is very difficult, so far I have not found a way to improve it quickly, so please ask Master Qingchen to see what needs to be improved .”

What he said was true, just the first glimpse of Qi refining technique allowed his strength, physique and agility to break through the limits of mortals.

Not only has his Qi energy been greatly improved, but he has also acquired the ability to recover from injuries such as "Vitality Recovery".

So he is looking forward to the special ability he will get when he breaks through to the next level, but the difficulty he encounters now is just like what he just said.

Apart from the increase in the experience points and practice points he gained every day, he didn't notice any upward trend in the qi refining technique.

The only change was when the Wanruide family settlement was fighting the Lone Wolf Mercenary Group.

At that time, due to his increased desire to fight, the Qi Refining Technique actually started to work without guidance, allowing him to instantly enter a wonderful state where he could recover and consume physical strength while fighting.

If it wasn't interrupted by the sudden appearance of the mercenary leader, Thorn even had the illusion that he could kill all the mercenaries.

But what made him depressed was that after this situation happened once, it never happened again. He had tried it many times in the arena of King Rezim.

He often deliberately lowers his own strength and prolongs the fighting time when fighting the enemy, and uses this to burst out his fighting will.

Unfortunately, still nothing works.

So he remembered what he had promised Master Qingchen back then, so he went directly to the other party, trying to ask him to give him advice.

After all, the other party is a cultivator, and he must be the best at refining qi and cultivating one's body.

That is to say, it is definitely easier for the other party than him to think of the correct cultivation method of this qi refining technique that requires a long time to accumulate.

"I don't dare to improve, I should ask this book for advice." Druid immediately denied it, and after finishing speaking, he looked at it seriously.

Seeing the druid's serious look, Thorne, who remained silent, did not disturb the other party, but casually looked at everything in the room.

The druid's room was just like his clothes, it looked very simple, except for a painting hanging on the wall at the entrance, there were almost no other decorations.

But the pattern on the painting caught Thorne's attention.

The painting depicts a verdant oak forest, in which there is an extremely old oak tree, and on the trunk of this oak tree is the face of a wise old man with long beards, and the skin of his face is like the bark of an old tree The same, gray-brown, and covered with many cracks.

Silvanus, god of nature.

A powerful god of absolute neutrality, his teaching is to see all things and balance all things.Everything and everything in the world is in the great cycle - the exquisite and wonderful 'one balance'.

Thorne doesn't want to comment too much on the teachings of this god. After all, one is to maintain balance, and the other is to want to survive, so it is too difficult to have no conflict between the two.

The silence in the stone house lasted about half an hour.

After reading the book, the druid pushed the book in front of Thorne again, then sighed deeply, and said slowly: "There is no shortcut in the practice of qi refining, everything needs your own understanding."

"What do you mean specifically?" Thorne put away the book and looked at the frowning druid.

From the expression of the other party, he could find that this book seemed to have shocked him, causing him to be unable to maintain a very indifferent look.

"To put it simply, the cultivation of qi is based on the heart, which is the so-called state of mind." Master Qingchen frowned slightly, then took a sip from the clay teacup, and continued:

"The state of mind is a weak, calm and persistent emotional state with rendering. It often affects people's words, deeds and emotions for a long time.

For example, the victory or defeat of a battle, the state of daily life, the departure of relatives and friends, etc., will have different degrees of influence on the mood.This kind of influence is the main method for you to improve your Qi Refining Technique next. "

"I seem to understand, thank you for your clarification." Thorne nodded secretly after listening to the druid's explanation.

At the same time, he recalled that when the Wan Ruide family was fighting, the reason why he entered that wonderful fighting state was precisely because of an inexplicable anger in his heart, which made him want to vent it completely with the weapon in his hand.

"Then, if there's nothing else to do, I'll take my leave first." After thinking about it, Thorn noticed that the druid in front of him looked a little strange, so he was about to leave.

In fact, he also has a lot of things to solve. In addition to cleaning up the hobgoblin assassins wandering outside the town of Falls, he also needs to go to the Temple of Melikai, and then let the hobgoblins in the Forest of Tranquility taste what it is like to be squatted every day. Son.

"Wait a minute." Seeing the ranger who got up and was about to leave, Master Qingchen got up and stopped him, then pondered for a moment, and reminded Thorne:
"I know that you have brought the black dragon from the city of ruins to Waterfall Town, so I want to remind you solemnly."

"What's the problem?" Seeing Master Qingchen's slightly dignified expression, Thorn asked.

"The Silver Raven Messenger of Emerald Garden found traces of a red copper dragon near Iron Horse Town half a month ago." Master Qingchen said to Thorn seriously:
"This giant dragon who has reached the Legend of Destiny has a very strange hobby, that is, she likes to turn into a human form and wander around civilized settlements, so you'd better not let her reveal her true identity and go out at will."

"I see." Thorne nodded and hurriedly turned to leave.

The five-color metal dragon and the five-color evil dragon are born rivals, and they belong to the kind that never dies.

From this, one can imagine what will happen when this red copper dragon who has reached the Legend of Destiny realizes Sigrit's identity as a black dragon.

Seeing Thorn disappear without a trace, the druid frowned again, he sighed deeply, and turned to look at the portrait of Sivanus hanging on the wall.

Though Silvanus is a wise and fatherly deity, he can be uncharacteristically indifferent when he has to maintain the balance of the natural world, and can even display terrible anger when he sees someone threatening the wild lands. .

This is his "way of balance in one body", so the God of Nature is an absolutely neutral god.

As a follower of the God of Nature, Master Qingchen's main duty is to understand the sacred 'Oneness to Balance' as clearly as possible, try to make 'Oneness to Balance' understandable to others, and fight against all fools who disturb it.

"It seems that I was really wrong."

The druid quietly watched the face of the God of Nature in the portrait, the long-bearded old man emerging from the old tree trunk. His father-like wisdom seemed to contain incredible wisdom.

After he saw the qi refining technique Thorne gave him just now, he realized that he was really wrong.Because that Qi Refining Art is about how to guide a person to walk out of a path that truly belongs to him.

He used to be a Taoist, and he is still the same now. The so-called "cultivation" means to cultivate a path that belongs to him, a unique path.

Now, as a cultivator, in order to quickly improve his strength, he has embarked on the path laid down by the God of Nature for his followers.

No matter how suitable this kind of path is for oneself, it does not belong to one's own way.

At this time, the Druid finally figured out why his master, Master Deadwood, who lived in Twilight Town, did not accept the invitation from Emerald Garden.

He, who had been a monk for half his life, made such a simple and fatal mistake. The druid secretly rejoiced that the half-elf ranger came too timely.

It was the change in the ranger's temperament and the Qi refining technique given to him to observe that made him instantly understand the mistakes he made and how to go on the next road.

"It's no wonder that my perfect advancement has been stagnant. It turns out that I was bound by the God of Nature's 'way of balance in one body'."

The Druid, who wanted to understand the reason, showed a bright smile, then waved his hand lightly, and the portrait of the God of Nature was gradually reduced to ashes in the bright firelight.

Walking on a path overgrown with weeds and wading out a road, then this belongs to the 'Tao'.

The strengths of all the families are combined for one's own use, which is the 'Tao'.

From the avenue to simplicity, to return to the basics, is also the 'Tao'.

Thousands of dharmas are in the sky, and another path is opened, which is still the 'Tao'.

All roads lead to Rome, and the most suitable one is the 'Road'.

So he has to walk out of his own 'road' instead of walking the 'road' that others have already laid for you.

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