My Magic Age

It was two days later when we returned to the mountain rock gathering place with a full load.

Marvin and Si Pei, who greeted us, looked at us in amazement. They didn't know what we had experienced and how miserable we were. And they were curious when they saw a huge rock golem standing quietly behind us.

It was obvious that this elemental biological construct belonged to one of us.

The soldiers of Hank's team looked exhausted and covered in dust. Sweat and dust washed out black mud marks on their faces and necks. Everyone was almost covered with heavy ore. On this way, we walked and stopped. I needed to apply "Wind Sprint" to the members of Hank's team. Even so, we needed to rest after almost an hour.

On the way, people kept getting sprains or muscle strains, which required me to use "hydrotherapy" to treat these simple minor injuries. Perhaps it was because I was a very easy-to-talk to water auxiliary magic apprentice that made Hank's team members so hardworking and not afraid of getting hurt. You know, getting injured in the wild is a serious matter for an adventurer, but these young expedition members don't consider this at all. Anyway, there are auxiliary therapists accompanying the group, and they increase the weight of their luggage to the maximum limit.

In this way, we returned to the rock gathering place very bumpy. Hank's team (including Hank's seven warrior apprentices) was completely exhausted. Only Theresa, who could control the rock golem, had a relaxed expression, but her magic pet rock golem was not so lucky. The whole body was carrying a huge net bag filled with nearly a thousand kilograms of red copper ore, and the two earth element light balls at the position of the eyes on the huge rock head had become extremely dim.

Theresa explained to us: This big guy is just a little tired, and he can recover after a half-day rest.

Compared with Hank's team, my team seemed much more relaxed, because except for Rita, everyone in our team had a magic waist bag, and even the most basic luggage was packed in the magic waist bag. Rita's luggage was a bit heavy, and Ying Li offered to help Rita pack some of the red copper she had brought back, but Rita refused. She was small, carrying a big mountaineering bag, and staggered at the back.

Darwin was jealous of the fact that each member of Hank's team had a huge luggage on their backs, and Rita also had a huge mountaineering bag, so he decided to give it a try, so he forcibly shared half of the red copper ingots in Rita's backpack. Now he was lying on the ground like a dead dog, gasping for breath with the members of Hank's team. After untying the burden, these team members collapsed directly on the ground, not even wanting to move a finger.

Si Pei brought them a pot of water. These tired guys were too lazy to even lift their hands. Si Pei even accused Hank: "Do you treat your teammates as human beings?"

"I don't even treat myself as a human being!" Hank didn't even untie the backpack behind him, and lay on his back on the huge backpack.

That's right, who can remain calm when seeing these red coppers that are worth more than gold?

I helped Theresa unload a net bag of ore weighing a thousand pounds from the rock golem. I have been in the caravan for a long time and have seen people in the caravan unloading those large thunder rhinos. At this time, it took Theresa half a quarter of an hour to unload the weight from the rock golem.

Ying Li and the others did not look so embarrassed. They only selected some valuable red copper ingots and put them all into the magic waist bag. They walked all the way back, which was no different from when they went there. However, for these noble ladies who have been spoiled since childhood, such an adventure in the wild is a very hard thing.

Back at the gathering place of the rock, the four girls sat on their luggage and tapped their legs, looking very tired. Only Rita was in good spirits. She put down her bag and started to build the tent. Everyone needed a good rest for this adventure, and building the tent was the top priority. I helped Rita build the girls' large tent, and then went back to build our small tent with Darwin.

Halfway through, Helena called me to the big tent.

Unless it was time to build the tent, I rarely went to the girls' tent, because I was worried that the girls' personal belongings would be scattered everywhere in the tent, and some of them would embarrass them if I saw them. Even if Ying Li invited me, I would try to avoid it as much as possible. Although Helena and Becky listened to Ying Li in everything, they still had to consider Rita's feelings!

When I walked out of Ying Li's tent, Rita had already helped Darwin build our small tent. When she saw me coming out, she asked me expectantly, "Is it done?"

I nodded, and Rita cheered, and she no longer cared about Darwin and ran back to the tent.

Darwin looked at the disappeared Rita blankly, then looked at the large tent, and asked me curiously: "Jia, what are those girls doing in secret?"

I whispered to him, and he looked at me with his eyes wide open and said: "They are so willful!"

... Beautiful dividing line...

Rock gathering place.

It always seems busy here, with teams constantly returning here to rest, and some teams constantly preparing to set off. They all have their own gains. Since Marvin and Si Pei were in the gathering place, there are several more services here, making it more like a gathering place.

The first item is that the wounded are accepted here. Usually, any injured team member can recover in the gathering place, and there is no need to leave someone else to take care of him. If it is just for meals and dressing changes, Si Pei can take care of him.

The second item is that the gathering place began to provide delicious food, including hot soup, wheat cakes and braised meat. The hardworking Si Pei was loved by all the expedition teams. Just say to her: Hey, do you have any food here? I'm a little hungry, but I don't have money. She will take out some wheat cakes and hot soup and say straightforwardly: Eat, you're welcome!

When she is not too busy, she may also comfort you: It's just bad luck now. This dense forest is rich in products, but you need to be careful, there will always be gains!

The third item is the most important, that is, you can trade here, and barter is also accepted. Whether it is herbs, minerals or game in the forest, you can take them out to exchange for some other items. There are many things that can be exchanged, among which the most popular ones are some rare magic scrolls. The magic apprentice Marvin who broke one hand always has some unsold "water therapy" scrolls and "fire gathering" scrolls.

There are also those hemostatic bandages and detoxification bandages. I don't know since when, every expedition team has a very cheap and easy-to-carry first aid bandage. These bandages are covered with ointments. Some can disinfect and stop bleeding, and some can clear away heat and detoxify. They are all very useful necessities when traveling in the wild.

The most important thing is that these first aid bandages are very cheap. In the past, the members of the team suffered some minor injuries, and they were simply bandaged and ignored. But now, with the first aid bandages, these minor injuries have been properly treated, making this expedition much easier.

Nowadays, in the dense forests a little closer to the mountain rock gathering place, even the small animals have migrated to other places. All the low shrubs in the dense forests here have been trampled flat, and the herbs that can be dug have been dug out. If you want to find herbs, you must go to a farther place. However, the expedition team would still return here every few days. They piled up the materials they collected neatly, made some simple marks, and then let Marvin manage them.

These ordinary herbs were not too rare. Each team had more than one pile, which was not uncommon. No one was willing to take the risk of stealing these worthless magic herbs. That was why Marvin seemed to be managing these materials easily.

After a week of outdoor life, the students were used to setting up tents and stoves. They were busy with their own things skillfully, and they could also talk and laugh about their adventures this time, discussing where they were lacking and what they had overlooked during the search. Until our team returned, we became the focus.

Everyone saw that Hank's team returned with a full load, and the whole backpack was filled with red copper. These magic metals that made everyone jealous were as many as cabbages in the vegetable garden, everywhere. Some people even began to speculate that Hank's team should have found a treasure. This time, Hank was completely rich. Almost everyone in Hank's team had their backpacks bulging. They put the copper ore they brought back together and piled them up like a small mountain.

Marvin sat on the pile of goods nearby, squinting his eyes as he watched Hank and his team members stack the copper ore neatly like a wall, then frowned and asked him: "Hank, are you really determined to leave all this copper here?"

"With so many and so heavy, it will definitely be difficult for us to take them away. Why don't you help me manage them? In two days, we should have a lot of copper to transport back. Jijia, are you really not going to go with me this time?" Hank said to Marvin, and finally asked me.

I sat next to Marvin, shook my head, and just said two words: "Too tired!"

"Well, I despise you noble magic apprentices who have no worries about food and clothing, but it's okay. You need to endure more to manage the gathering place. Jia, I can exchange copper for the game you hunted back..." After hearing what I said, Hank was like the funniest joke, and he laughed endlessly.

Marvin forgot to close his open mouth after hearing what Hank said, and said to me in a low voice: "Jia, since when did magic metal become so cheap? It's even more ridiculous to exchange some wild goods for copper than to buy mountain rabbits with gold. Jia, by then, do you have to catch all the wild rabbits in the mountain to be worth a piece of copper ore from the rich man Hank?"

"Hank, maybe it will be more efficient if you cooperate with Marvin on this matter..." I had an idea, and a thought flashed through my mind.

They both looked at me with some doubts, and then I began to explain to them: Marvin was responsible for purchasing some prey brought back by the expedition team at the gathering place, accumulating them together, and letting Hank's team members take the prey to exchange for copper with the goblins in the underground world, which should be more efficient.

The reason why I wanted to stay was very simple, because Yingli and Helena no longer wanted to go into the cold and wet mine tunnels. Yingli secretly told me that while we still had a few days of free time, we should wander around the mountains and forests of Xinliu Valley and appreciate the exotic scenery here.

And I also want to change my mindset. Before entering the mine, Marvin told me that he found several bottles of ocean ink, which was exchanged with him by a magic apprentice in exchange for five "water therapy" magic scrolls. This means that I actually want to draw the "water therapy" magic scroll here in the mountain rock settlement. Nowadays, a "water therapy" magic scroll has soared to a sky-high price in the mountain rock settlement. Why bother to do other hard things.

However, Darwin and Rita still want to go to the underground world to exchange copper ore with the goblins, so they just let them follow Hank's team. Hank has agreed to this.

Hank and Marvin didn't expect that one day they could exchange food for magic ore. This business is a sure win. What needs to be discussed now is how to bring as much copper ore as possible out of the underground world before the portal opens again. Hank and Marvin's cooperation is a very good way.

And I can finally have some free time.

At this time, I sat on the cargo pile and found that the whole pile of magic herbs below was all silverleaf grass. These magic herbs were piled up like a haystack...

After the girls took a nice bath and took a nap, Si Pei prepared dinner, which was delicious mushroom soup and meat pie. Recently, Si Pei's cooking skills have improved a lot, and the mushroom soup he cooked is very delicious.

A piece of bad news reached the mountain rock gathering place. Swift and Thomas led the most elite team of our El City War Academy. After passing through the one-way portal, they were unable to defeat the guardian monster of the one-way portal channel returning here. They asked for help from the exploration teams of other academies, but were told by those exploration teams that the price they had to pay was half of the spoils harvested by the team...

The incident was in a stalemate...