Eye of Darkness

But now Yan Ming has completely dispelled his doubts about the old man. Yan Ming has observed that the old man's palms are very rough and dull, and there are many calluses. He is not able to do delicate work like a breeder, and his hands are white due to frequent exposure to nutritional medicines. .

Those weather-beaten hands cannot be achieved simply by pretending.

And if the old man really colluded with the breeder, he wouldn't have acted like that last night. For him who was still in a coma, the purpose of everything the old man did was not to gain trust.

That's right, until now, until just now, he had still involuntarily labeled the old man as suspicious.

There was nothing that could be done about it. After all, Yan Ming was like this because of his character. Even if he subjectively gave up his doubts about those people, there would always be suspicious points about them in his heart from time to time.

In addition, the timing of the old man's appearance last night and the reason why he lived in the ancient forest made him very suspicious.

Yan Ming did not check whether the Guandu Alliance had any information on the development of the ancient forest, and as the old man reminded him before, he could not access the Internet, so he did not know whether the old man's words were true or false.

This is why Yan Ming left in such a hurry in the morning, because he knew that he was still doubting the old man, and Yan Ming, who understood his doubtful mentality, felt guilty in his heart.

But now Yan Ming is not worried anymore.

Since he has decided to stay in the ancient forest temporarily to improve his strength, he can stay with the old man for the time being.

The part of the road that the old man carried him on his back was actually nothing, but for Yan Ming, who had never been treated like this before, at this time, he had some affection for the old man in his heart. Anyway, he would stay wherever he was at night. Just stay at the old man's place, and you can help him prepare some delicious food or do some favors for him.

Thinking of the old man's slightly rickety figure, Yan Ming flashed in his mind.

Yan Ming dared to say that this was the first time that he would take the initiative to be nice to a stranger without asking for anything in return.

Even though he knew that his pack of energy cubes was enough to make up for or even exceed the little "help" that too many old men had given him before.

The forest was completely silent at night. Holding a flashlight, Yan Ming saw the glimmer of light in the cave from a distance.

Seeing this, Yan Ming's steps gradually slowed down. As soon as he turned the corner, he saw an old man sitting on a wooden chair in front of the door, teasing a giant sting bee.

The level of the giant needle bee in front of the old man is indeed level 45. In terms of skills, as a gym trainer, it is not very strong. It can only be said to be very average.

And looking at the situation, this big needle bee is most likely the old man's main site elf.

A trainer born as a commoner.

Sensing Yan Ming's footsteps, the old man slowly turned his head with a smile.

"I'm back. How's it going? I hope you have a smooth journey."

Hearing the old man's question, Yan Ming nodded.

"It went very well, but the strange behavior of the big wolf dog should have been caused intentionally by someone who used hallucinogens. It will return to normal after a while, but you still need to pay attention to who put the hallucinogens."

As he spoke, Yan Ming observed the old man's expression.

After the old man heard that the strange movement of the big wolf dog group was caused by someone deliberately, his face changed from his original kind expression and became serious.

"okay, I get it."

Obviously, the occurrence of this incident still made the old man attach great importance to it.

Seeing that the old man's attitude was as he expected, Yan Ming didn't say anything more and walked to the kitchen.

The old man asked with some confusion upon seeing this.

"Son, it will take a while for food to arrive."

Yan Ming came back a little late. The old man understood that in addition to investigating things, Yan Ming would also continue to do elf training. He would definitely come back later, so he deliberately kept busy so that he could wait for Yan Ming to come back. It's hot to eat.

Hearing this, he stopped, turned around and said to the old man.

"I'll do it. I can cook. It just so happens that the elf has been training for a day and needs some nutrition."

When the old man heard this, he no longer stopped him.

When he saw the bag of energy cubes left by Yan Ming in the morning, he knew that this child's identity was not simple. To supplement the nutrition of the elves, he needed to specially prepare food that was easy to absorb, which was not something he could do.

Walking into the kitchen, Yan Ming looked at the hot rice on the stove, thought for a while, and took some ginseng and other ingredients from the bracelet to replenish qi and blood. Although these things also have their original effects, in the elf world, these medicines are only The value is not high, one or two hundred alliance coins can buy three or four plants, which is still very cheap for Yan Ming.

He originally stored it in the ingredients just to use it to mix with other recipes at certain times, and never thought of using it as the main ingredient.

After all, for Yan Ming, its effect was useless, and his physical strength was not improved by this ginseng.

However, this thing is made into medicated food, which is indeed a good supplement for a body like the elderly.

Putting all the ingredients such as ginseng, wolfberry, and Polygonum multiflorum into the pot, Yan Ming began to cook, and a unique aroma of medicinal food spread in the cave.

There is nothing to say about Yan Ming's cooking skills. Not only Jun Yan, the alliance investigator, but also Xiao Mao, who is used to eating delicacies from all over the world, are full of praise.

Although he can only make a slightly bland medicinal meal now, it can be considered to be full of color, flavor and taste.

As soon as he smelled the fragrance, the old man appeared in the kitchen, looking at Yan Ming with surprise.

Not paying attention to the old man's gaze, Yan Ming poured the soup from the stew pot into the casserole, and then added various condiments.

This series of movements was so smooth that it was impossible to tell that it was just the handiwork of a ten-year-old kid.

After the soup in the pot turned milky white, Yan Ming turned off the fire, poured the cooked ginseng porridge into a bowl, placed the medicinal meal in front of the old man, and then sat down, waiting for the old man to eat.

As for himself, he started to prepare energy food for the elves like fire dinosaurs who had been training for a day.

This ginseng-based medicinal meal was specially cooked for the old man. The old man's shaky physical condition last night still left a deep impression on him.

"Old man, try it!"

Passing the bowl of medicinal porridge to the old man, Yan Ming smiled.

"Hmm...it smells so good."

Hearing this, the old man reached out to pick up the bowl and sniffed it gently.

"This soup is very delicious, and the taste is very rich."

The old man praised it. He didn't have high expectations for the food made by this kid Yan Ming, but he didn't expect that the other party actually gave him such a big surprise.

The old man tried to scoop out a spoonful and took a sip.

"Well...it tastes good. This soup is really delicious. It's much more delicious than the food I've eaten before."

The old man praised.

Listening to the old man's praise, Yan Ming's expression did not change.

"If you like it, the elderly can eat more and go to bed early after eating."

"well."

After hearing this, the old man was silent for a while, then nodded in agreement, and then slowly began to taste the ginseng porridge in his hand.