Mechanical Alchemist

Chapter 258 [The Poetry of Curcuma]

Su Lun and Yuta strolled along the forest path, like walking into a fairy tale world.

There is a green with a strong sense of layering, new green, light green, dark green.

Those flowers and plants in the forest, all-seeing eyes can see that many of them are alchemy materials that are very scarce outside, or even extinct, and only recorded in the classics.

Su Lun looked very new, and Yuta warmly introduced him all the way.

The two walked along the bluestone slab all the way to the depths of the forest. After walking for a few kilometers, the vision suddenly became clear.

Only then did Su Lun realize that they had walked out of the forest and were standing on a small slope full of Asakusa.

The eye is full of emerald green, dotted with some bright purple flowers. The fresh breeze blows across the face, and the breath is lightly and elegantly filled with a fresh fragrance that makes the pores comfortable. Under the hillside, a meandering river flows in front of you. It is amazing that the sun shines on the river surface, the scales are shining, reflecting the colorful luster.

There are giant trees next to the riverside, and there are log cabins with triangular roofs on the trees, row upon row, like a dwarf's cabin in a fairy tale.

The children of the Daru ethnic group were playing on the grass by the river, and the laughter burst into their ears.

A peaceful scene.

As if all the beauty in the world is in sight.

Su Lun's eyes froze for a while.

Yuta looked at the familiar things with a happy smile in her crystal eyes: "Mr. Su Lun, we are here."

Su Lun nodded, the beauty seemed to have washed away all the filth in his heart, and even the restless emotions in his heart had calmed down.

The illusory feeling that he felt carefully, he murmured in his heart: "Is this the 'law of nature'?"

Su Lun thought, taking off the clown mask from his face.

The wind blows.

The news that Yuta and the two had entered the Holy Land had already been spread to the Atrium Tribe by the patrolling sentries.

As soon as they walked out of the forest, a group of half-sized Daru children ran over from a distance, including wolves, bears, tigers and leopards, and others. They shouted, "Sister Uta!"

Yuta seems to be very popular in the tribe, and many people know her.

She also happily waved towards the group of half-sized boys.

Putting down her hands, she explained to Su Lun with a crooked smile on the corners of her brows: "If you want to become a qualified Druid, you must be taught by the elders in the Atrium Tribe for a long time. I have been taught since I was very young. I live here and only left two years ago.”

After a pause, she pointed to the half-eldest and said, "They are all apprentice druids sent by various tribes to the Holy Land to study."

Su Lun listened and understood why the fire of these children's souls was so strong in his perception. Most of them are second-order, or even third-order. The average is a lot taller than the demihumans who met the White Deer Tribe before.

In the blink of an eye, the half-eldest group of boys rushed in front of the two of them.

In addition to welcoming Yuta warmly, they also looked at Su Lun, the human, with cautious and guarded eyes.

Su Lun noticed and didn't mind, with a friendly smile on his face.

Yuta naturally knew that the clansmen were not very welcoming to humans, and she introduced it seriously: "This is Mr. Su Lun, my savior, and he also saved the White Deer Tribe."

With that said, the light in the eyes of these Daru children is not so piercing.

But before she could finish speaking, the leading wolf boy saw the wolf amulet hanging on Su Lun's neck, his eyes suddenly became sharp, and he asked in an unbelievable tone: "Sister, you gave the wolf claw of your life to you. This human?"

When Yuta heard this, she didn't know what to think, and her cheeks flushed slightly. She smiled softly and responded: "%&...%&*."

They communicated in Daru, which Su Lun didn't understand.

But at this moment, he clearly felt the eyes that had been softened, suddenly became hot and angry.

Su Lun felt a little inexplicable, what did Yuta say, why are these boys suddenly hostile?

Yuta didn't translate the conversation just now, she just smiled and introduced to Su Lun the wolf boy who looked the most hostile, "Mr. Su Lun, this is my brother Aku."

Su Lun asked curiously, "Brother?"

"Um."

Yuta had a doting expression on his face, "He's just a naughty guy, don't mind."

Hearing this, Su Lun took a careful look.

The elder sister is good-looking, and this wolf clan boy looks very handsome, but there is still some childishness on his face.

Hearing what his sister said, Aku looked like a thorn, and said with dissatisfaction: "Human, do you dare to fight me?!"

As soon as these words came out, the energetic tiger and leopard demi-human boys behind him also roared eagerly.

The druids of the Daru tribe all learn the common language of mankind. These apprentice druids can't speak very clearly, but their emotions are clearly expressed.

Su Lun also understood, these guys are trying to beat themselves up?

He felt a little inexplicable, and he didn't know how to provoke these little druids.

Before Su Lun had time to ask, Yuta, who was on the side, interjected, staring at the group of little brats, and scolding angrily: "Aku, Gale, please stop making trouble. Mr. Su Lun is very powerful, you are Jia Together, we can't beat it."

Su Lun glanced at her, this way of persuasion seems to add fuel to the fire?

If not, the anger in the eyes of a group of teenagers became more intense, and they shouted that they were going to duel on the spot.

Aku was also not convinced: "Hmph, how is it possible! I am the first warrior of the White Wolf clan in the future! I must let this human know how powerful I am!"

Yuta rolled his eyes at him, and sneered in a tone of disdain exclusive to her own sister: "You can't even beat me, so you still want to fight Mr. Su Lun?"

These words were spoken in common language, and Su Lun could understand them clearly.

He glanced at Yuta out of the corner of his eye, and always felt that it was strange for her to persuade him like this.

Yuta didn't care, as if it was a custom in the Daru tribe, and smiled: "Don't worry about them, a bunch of little kids. Sometimes they'll be good when they beat them up."

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Su Lun was a little helpless to hear this, and didn't want to really beat these little brats.

After a pause, she blinked and added meaningfully, "Among our Daru clan, Aku is the king of children. Beating him up will save you a lot of trouble, Mr. Su Lun~"

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Hearing this, Su Lun couldn't help laughing and crying.

As a sister, how much do you want your brother to be beaten?

With the elder sister Yuta standing in the way, the appointment was never made.

However, there are more and more Daru people watching Su Lun, a human being.

There are more teenagers who want to fight him.

Su Lun also realized that it seems to be the reason for the wolf claw amulet that Yuta gave him?

Yuta is nothing, and he naturally doesn't mind.

At this time, from the village by the river, an acquaintance of Su Lun greeted him and greeted him from a distance, "Mr. Su Lun, long time no see."

Su Lun recognized it immediately: "Elder Pasu!"

This is the bear clan elder who bought the batch of slaves at the Port of Caldurante auction.

He had encountered an accident because of the group of Dalu people who came back from the sea, and now he was inexplicably relieved when he saw the people.

Pasu greeted him warmly and said, "I didn't expect us to meet again."

With that said, he said to the Daru people surrounding him, "This is the human warrior who saved me and the people before, Mr. Su Lun."

After saying this, Su Lun felt that the gazes in the crowd eased again.

Many older Daru people smiled kindly at him, and Su Lun responded politely.

After Pasu's introduction, he said, "Mr. Su Lun, we will talk about the old story later. The patriarch and elders know that you are coming and are waiting for you."

Su Lun nodded: "Yeah."

When he came, he really had to go and get the business done first, talk to Mr. Jing, and ask the patriarch about mental aberrations by the way.

The group walked towards the village.

Stepping on the shallow rocky beach and crossing the colorful river, here is a forest of sulin, most of which are elm and ash trees, not dense, but very huge. On the giant trees surrounded by dozens of people, there are small tree houses that look like colorful mushrooms.

Su Lun looked at the house, and stuck out heads one after another, looking at him curiously as a human being.

Almost all of the Daru people in the Emerald Holy Land have never seen a human in their entire life.

Oh no, it was before yesterday.

Now it's the second one.

Su Lun has also been thinking about who the warrior predicted by the Daru tribe will be.

I didn't want to walk and walk, but I came across it.

There are not many man-made buildings in the treehouse village, at most some stone-paved paths.

But in the center of the village, there are several very conspicuous large black stone tablets.

Each piece of stone tablet is as big as a dozen blackboards.

Because the time is too old, the stele is covered with moss and vines.

At this moment, a man wearing a red cloak was standing in front of the stone tablet, carefully looking at the tablet.

Even if it was just the back, Su Lun recognized it as a human at a glance.

Because the Daru people wear animal skin clothing, and the red cloak is a high-grade textile in the human world.

However, even more coincidentally, Su Lun also knew the person who passed on the cloak!

The crowd walked over, and the noise made the cloaked man who was watching the inscription turn his head.

It was a little girl with two large flaxen braids and freckles on her face.

"Katyusha?"

Su Lun had been thinking all the way before, who would be the "prophetic person" of the Daru tribe, never expected that it would be the noble lady who returned the ring and gave a [Star Amulet].

Katyusha also saw Su Lun, and seemed a little surprised that he saw a human being in his eyes.

After looking at it for a moment, she seemed to recognize something.

Although Su Lun did not wear a mask, the aura on her body and the amulet around her waist made her feel very familiar, so she tentatively asked, "Mr. Nicholas?"

Su Lun looked at her and recognized herself, but she didn't pretend she didn't, and responded, "Miss Katyusha, why are you here?"

Katyusha listened to his response, her crystal eyes lit up immediately, as if she was excited to meet an old friend in a foreign land, "Yeah, it's really you!"

She happily trotted over, chirping like a magpie, and said, "My family guards and I came to the forest to look for meteorites, and then came across the Daru Slaves Captured by chance. By chance, I helped a little bit more. Busy. Then, they invited me here as a guest."

Su Lun was also surprised when he heard it, it turned out to be the case.

He naturally knew that the girl had come to look for meteorites on the ice sheet. There are many slave-hunting teams in the forest, and it is not surprising to encounter them.

Meeting acquaintances, Katyusha looked very excited, but her expression suddenly froze again.

She seemed to remember something embarrassing, and a blush appeared on her snow-white neck, and she asked weakly: "Last time I was drunk, please take me back, Mr. Nicholas. I didn't do anything. Too rude, isn't it?"

Su Lun smiled and shook his head, which was considered a response.

Seeing that the two knew each other, Yuta, Pasu, and a group of Daru people were also surprised.

It turns out that the two "warriors" knew each other?

Yuta and Su Lun knew each other very well, she asked directly, "Mr. Su Lun, do you know each other?"

Su Lun nodded, "Well, I saw it twice in Blizzard City before."

Yuta: "Oh."

Katyusha blinked when she heard the title, as if she was curious about the name "Su Lun".

Su Lun didn't explain much, just laughed dryly.

There are too many enemies, and I am used to using pseudonyms to hide.

He said again: "Wait for me to go there with the patriarch, and talk about it later."

Katyusha nodded politely, "Okay."

Before taking two steps, Katyusha went to the stone tablet again, as if planning to continue studying the text on it.

Su Lun took another look, and those strange symbols were Daruwen.

Can Katyusha understand Daruwen?

And it still looks delicious?

Probably aware of his gaze, Katyusha wanted to share her joy, and her little face was full of excitement and introduced: "Mr. Nicholas, this is [Osang's poem]! Osang was once a member of the Daru tribe and even the entire One of the greatest bards in the mainland, he once traveled in the human world and left behind a lot of beautiful poems. My family is fortunate enough to collect some fragments. I didn’t expect that there are complete poems here!”

She said, like a fanatic little fan girl, without hesitation in her praise: "Oh, these poems are absolutely wonderful. Mr. Nicholas, when you are busy, I will read these wonderful poems to you. It will be the most enjoyable experience in the world.”

"Um."

Su Lun nodded.

It was only then that I realized that poetry was recorded on the stone tablet.

On the way here, Su Lun also learned a lot about the customs of the Daru people through Yuta.

One of the distinctive features of the Daru people is that although they have writing, their inheritance, especially spells, is not recorded in any books.

In their words, the text analysis of predecessors can indeed allow future generations to quickly understand an abstract concept, but it also limits the field of vision and solidifies certain ideas.

People have different perceptions and perceive the world differently. Even if they look at the same paragraph of text, they understand different content.

The Daru people believe that everything they have is given by God, and what spells are recorded in writing must be misinterpreted.

This is also the most important reason why no one of the high-level Druid warriors can communicate with the gods after the "Battle of the Cursed Valley", and the inheritance is directly broken.

It sounds incredible, even a little "superstitious". But there used to be many top powerhouses in the Dalu tribe, which means that this inheritance method must be "reasonable" to some extent.

Su Lun guessed that the "oracle" might be an existence like perception, which can only be understood and cannot be expressed in words.

But there is only one exception, and that is poetry.

Poetry is not a partial literary technique, but one of the rules that can truly unite the divine.

The god of nature believed in by the Daru people is said to be a higher god who combines the three godheads of nature, poetry and peace.

Su Lun doesn't understand the difference between these gods for the time being, but listening to Yuta's description, the god of nature seems to be much higher in rank than the fallen angel in Dawn City.

It is also because of this belief that the Daru people have historically been a wise race rich in bards.

The top powerhouses of the Daru tribe are almost all great poets!

Although Su Lun did not understand poetry, he also knew from the classics that the essence of the poetry created by the top troubadours was no different from the "secret book" in the field of alchemy, and contained some special rules and spells.

[Oxiang's poem] He also heard Mr. Jing mention that in some fields, the value of this poem is not even lower than [Isaac's alchemy notes].

The stone tablets of the Daru tribe in front of them are truly priceless treasures.

There are some things in the holy place of the Daru people. Su Lun is not surprised. What he is more curious about is that Katyusha actually understands the Daru script?

Although I have seen this little girl more than once, the impression is not bad.

Her origin is also clear.

But everything is perfect like a story.

The feeling this noble lady gave Su Lun was not only unclear, but became more and more hazy and mysterious.

(End of this chapter)