Food conquers the world

The sky had already darkened, but the magic flame flowers growing in the valley were like candles spread all over the floor, illuminating the place extremely brightly, so they didn't need to worry about the lighting problem.

Just when Zou Kai was amazed by this plant, the shopkeeper not far away saw his movement and sneered disdainfully: "You boy from the country, have you never seen a magic flame flower?"

Thinking that the person traveling with him was a prince, and their journey into the valley was considered safe, the shopkeeper finally couldn't help but take a break from his busy schedule to comfort himself with a sense of superiority, to show how different he was.

"I haven't seen it before." Zou Kai replied honestly.

The salesman became more and more frightened: "It's normal for you country people not to know. Many masters like to grow magic flames in their houses, and country people can't afford it."

Speaking of this, the shopkeeper asked the prince like a dog: "Prince, there must be a lot of magic flame flowers in the palace, right?"

Prince Prius was thinking about something silently, when the shopkeeper called him, he thought for a while before he understood what he asked, nodded and replied: "There are many."

"Hey hey." The shopkeeper came to Zou Kai again, and was about to say something, but Zou Kai asked, "Do you have any at home?"

"What?" The shopkeeper was suddenly stunned.

"I thought your family had it." Maier continued, with disgust in his voice, "It turned out that your family didn't have it either?"

Zou Kai smiled with a good temper: "The child can't talk, don't mind."

What do you mean don't mind?You definitely did it on purpose!

The shopkeeper turned his head to the side angrily, ignoring these two people.

The three of them could quarrel here because they didn't know the danger of the future, but the atmosphere of Prince Prius and his party was extremely silent, only the rustling of packing things came.

Soon they cleaned up a piece of land, swept away the hard soil and weeds on the ground, a swordsman took off the cloak that was half burned behind him, spread it on the ground, and respectfully said to Prius: "Prince, please sit down."

Prius, who was in deep thought, raised his head and glanced at the half of the cloak on the ground, then shifted his gaze to the face of the swordsman who just called him to sit.The swordsman's face was so smoky that he couldn't see the color of his skin, only a pair of eyes were extremely bright, and his left hand was resting weakly by his side, but there was no painful expression on his face.

Price moved slightly, as if he didn't hear what the swordsman asked him, but asked, "What's wrong with your hand?"

"It's just a little injury." The swordsman was very embarrassed for the prince's concern, he lowered his head and said, "It's okay, it will be fine after a while."

"Show me." The prince held out his hand to the swordsman.

The swordsman looked very embarrassed, but he just lowered his head and didn't put his hand up.

Prius maintained the posture of reaching out his hand for a long time, then suddenly sighed: "Is it broken?"

The swordsman hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

At this time Zou Kai came over, and he said to the swordsman, "Give me your hand."

The swordsman didn't know, so he looked at him.

Zou Kai stretched out his hand and recited the spell silently, a white light floated on his hand. This is the healing technique given to him by Mrs. Huo Sen. Although he has only learned a little bit, but now there are no other priests, it is better than nothing.

Seeing Zou Kai know spells, Prius looked up at him in surprise, and said to the swordsman, "Let him heal you."

The swordsman nodded.

The white light in Zou Kai's hand filled the swordsman's entire arm. After a while, the white light disappeared. Zou Kai frowned and said, "Take off the armor on your arm."

"Ah? I still can't move my arm—" The swordsman felt that his arm was not getting better at all, and was surprised by Zou Kai's request. Could it be that this person doesn't know healing skills at all?

"Why so much nonsense." Zou Kai turned around and went to the shopkeeper's car to dig out the inferior staff. Seeing that the swordsman was still staring at him, he tapped his arm with the staff, "Is it unconscious? Your arm healing technique Not at all, you have to use some physical methods."

Only then did the swordsman obediently take off the armor on his arm, and he was wearing a half-arm chain mail. Zou Kai looked at it and directly put his staff into the chain mail.This staff is a straight and smooth wooden stick, only a low-end magic circle is engraved on the top of the staff, so it is no problem to use it for fixing at this time.

After stuffing the staff into the chain mail, Zou Kai found two cloth strips to tie the staff and the swordsman's arms together, and said: "The conditions are simple, let's make it up, and I will let the priest show it to you when I go out later." Look, I can only guarantee that your arm won't be too deformed by then."

Saving the swordsman's arm was almost as good as saving his life. He was extremely grateful. After touching his body for a long time, he sighed and said, "I have nothing to give you. If you can go out..."

"What a big deal." Zou Kai waved his hand casually, indicating that he didn't care about any repayment at all.

While Zou Kai was fixing the swordsman's arm, Prius glanced at the people who were still alive following him. There were only four swordsmen, and they were undoubtedly injured in various ways. Not the slightest bit was hurt.

This time, a team of hundreds of people came out with him, but they were slaughtered by those who wanted to usurp the throne. The suppression of the power of several great magicians was a unilateral massacre at the beginning.

Thinking of this, Price's eyes turned red, and the muscles on his face twitched violently. Realizing that his emotions were in danger, Price slowly closed his eyes.

Noticing the prince's unusual quietness, the swordsman raised his head, looked at the prince's closed eyes, his heart skipped a beat, fearing that something might happen to him, he tentatively called out: "Prince?"

Prius opened his eyes, smiled at the swordsman very slightly, and said, "I'm fine."

Then he turned his head to look at the other three swordsmen, his expression suddenly became serious: "Come here, tell me about any injuries on your body, and take care of the wounds now."

His eyes moved to the depths of the Valley of Death, which was obscured by the light emitted by a piece of magic flame flower, and he said in a voice so calm that the passing wind would freeze, "We must pass through the Valley of Death."

Everyone couldn't help looking up at him, even Zou Kai and the shopkeeper Maier who were a little far away from them couldn't help looking over.None of them had thought about going through the Valley of Death before, they just wanted to take shelter in the Valley of Death for a while, and go out in a few days or ten days to see if the people outside had left.At this time, the pampered prince said: We are going to pass through here.

"There's no time." Prius began to explain, his face was tense all the time, it was obvious that he had made this decision with great determination, "The Valley of Death is not as scary as imagined, passing through the Valley of Death There is not only one record in history. And according to the laws and regulations of the Kingdom of Kenton, if the king disappears, no heir is appointed after his death, or the heir disappears, the Holy See can directly appoint the person who will be in charge of state affairs."

At this time, there was a sneer on his face, but it was different from his usual modest style. The sneer quickly disappeared on his face, and he said: "Since my uncle has sent someone to intercept me halfway, he must have already negotiated with the Holy See." If we have communicated well, I am afraid that within a few days the whole Wilder Continent will know about my disappearance and his interim management of state affairs."

"Prince!" Hearing this, the swordsmen who were devoted to him were very worried.

"I'm fine." Prince Prius's expression was solemn at this time, "Even if we can wait in the Valley of Death until the outsiders leave, by then I'm afraid my uncle has already cleaned up all the courtiers in the kingdom and replaced them with others. his own bodyguard. And if we return to Plains through the valley of death in less time than we took the old road, my return will surely throw them off their feet. Now we need to take a rest and do Get ready to cross the valley of death."

"What if you die inside?" the shopkeeper asked suddenly without making a sound.

Prius just glanced at him, he was silent for a moment, and said, "That's my life."

Hearing this, Zou Kai was a little strange. The prince shouldn't have said: Is that because Wilder gave up on him?

But he didn't need to think too much, he is the one who cherishes his life the most, and naturally he will not participate in the crazy behavior of the prince who is almost suicidal, and what the prince said just now is not only for those swordsmen, but also hints at them Is a person who goes all the way.So he said: "The ideal is lofty, but I am a small person, and I don't know anything. I just wait here to find an opportunity to go out. You don't need to worry about us."

The "we" he said naturally refers to the salesman and Maier.

But the peddler, who couldn't even care about his life all the way, but still cared about his own goods, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly said, "My truckload of goods should still be useful, so I'll give them all to you."

Zou Kai turned to look at the shopkeeper in surprise, only to see the shopkeeper say: "I don't have any strengths, but as a shopkeeper, I often sleep by the side of the road. I can find places where I can't eat anything. I can help you with food."

At this time Zou Kai heard what the shopkeeper meant, he wanted to follow the prince, but he still hadn't figured out why.

What Zou Kai wanted to say, Maier also shouted: "I can also use magic! I can also be useful! I will follow the prince!"

Since Maier said the same thing, Zou Kai glanced at him and didn't say a word. He knew that the kid just thought it was cool to be with the prince, he could use magic, and he was so happy to see magical creatures

After hearing what he said, the prince smiled and said, "Thank you."

Seeing the prince's acceptance, the shopkeeper happily said: "I still have some food in the car, you must be hungry, Kai, go cook something!"

At this time, the salesman seemed to feel that he was a few grades higher, which made Zou Kailai full of confidence.

Zou Kai wanted to say something else, so he glanced at him, since he found the jerky in the shopkeeper's cart.

"Do you want to attract wild animals by cooking the jerky here?" Seeing the jerky in Zou Kai's hand, the salesman immediately ran over.

"Are you looking for death, are you looking for death, or are you looking for death?" Zou Kai asked him in a low voice.

"What do you know?" The shopkeeper glared at him, calmed down after being frightened, and his smooth side also showed, "You think the green goblin vines are easy to deal with? And who knows how long those people will stay outside? And we are safe If I go out, I will definitely be hunted down. I still have a wife and children. I am fine by myself, but what if I am hunted down? If I follow the prince and he really takes back the throne, then what are we?"

The shopkeeper smiled and asked Zou Kai again: "How do you think he will treat us?"

Zou Kai was silent. Although he was a rootless person, Maier had relatives, and they were from the village of Woliji. If he was really hunted down, the people in the same village might be involved.

"Do things with peace of mind." The salesman patted him on the shoulder and said with earnestness.

Zou Kai thought for a while, he was hungry, and decided to eat first.

Originally, dry wood was the most difficult to find in this damp valley, and it was also difficult to start a fire, but fortunately, there was a pile of magic flames beside it.

He shoveled some soil clods on the ground and set up a stove on top of the magic flame flower, then put the pot on it, and put two ice cubes into the pot.After all the ice cubes in the pot melted, he poured all the potatoes from the shopkeeper's cart into it, and boiled a pot full of white water to boil the potatoes.

Probably because there are small towns and villages along the road, the peddler’s cart didn’t have many potatoes, but there were a lot of other things, such as oil, salt, vinegar, chili powder, flour, and even a bag of rice. As for other things for children There is also a little bit of the wand or something.

Zou Kai roughly figured out that these things should be enough for them to eat for four or five days, but after four or five days, they have to find food in the Valley of Death by themselves, but there is no place where they can find anything to eat?

Not long after the potatoes fell, the water began to boil. Zou Kai kept staring at the water, as if there were flowers blooming in it.At this time, Maier came over and said, "Kai! We have finally entered the world of magic!"

"You have always been in the magical world." Zou Kai said coolly.

"This is different!" Maier looked very excited, "This is where heroes have been!"

"You are a bear when you come in." Zou Kai hit him mercilessly.

But Maier's enthusiasm remained undiminished, and he didn't listen to what he said at all, and ran to find the shopkeeper again.Zou Kai was almost stunned looking at the optimistic Maier. After the initial panic, he comforted himself with stories of adventurers. Now this child seems to think that they will definitely be able to go out. Where does he get his confidence?

Zou Kai also hit Maier during the meal: "Heroes can go out, but you can't afford to come in."

"What's the matter!" Maier didn't care, "To be able to die with the prince, and die on the road of exploring magic, this is the greatest way of death I have ever thought of!"

Zou Kai didn't know how to persuade this stubborn child, so he had to eat potatoes silently.

"Since we have decided to walk together, we should know each other's name." At this moment, Prince Prius showed his usual smile again, but this time the smile was not as sunny as before, and it was a little more stable. He did it first. He introduced himself, "I am the prince of Kenton Kingdom, Preskorn."

The oldest and most stable swordsman was named Pfister. He was the captain of the prince's escort this time, and he was also the person who blocked their carriage before.The swordsman stuck behind the carriage was called Sekender, the one with the broken left arm was named Ster, and the little swordsman who explained to them what was in the Valley of Death was named Firth.

After several people finished speaking, the prince and the swordsman looked at Zou Kai, because they spoke one by one, and now it was Zou Kai's turn.

"Kai." Zou Kai said, "Kai Huosen, a cook."

Maier glanced at Zou Kai in surprise, and was about to open his mouth to say something, but suddenly he didn't know what to think, shut his mouth, and after struggling for a while, he still didn't speak.

The name Kai Huosen was thought of by Zou Kai early on.

Everyone in Wuliji Village calls him Kai, and no one pays attention to his last name, but if asked, many people may say his name is Kaizou.

But the pronunciation of Zou is a bit strange in this world, but Kai is very easy to pronounce, so he plans to change his surname, just use Kai as the first name.And he didn't even need to think about what surname to use. The first surname that came to mind was Mrs. Huo Sen's surname: Huo Sen.

After Maier was stunned for a moment, he realized that it was his turn, and immediately said, "Melhardy, you know a little bit of magic... Apprentice Chef."

Because the name chef apprentice is not very pleasant to say, Maier added a little awkwardly: "I learned magic from the great magician!"

Prius just smiled and shifted his gaze to the salesman.

The little old man who had been around for half his life was rarely nervous. He licked his dry lips before saying, "Dele, Delepin, shopkeeper."

After everyone finished speaking, Prince Price said with a smile: "From now on, it will depend on everyone."

"We must be able to get out!" Maier shouted at this moment.

"Yes," Prince Price looked at everyone and said firmly, "I will definitely be able to go out."

When the young swordsmen heard the prince's words, their blood went up immediately, and they shouted: "We must be able to go out!"

Infected by the atmosphere, Zou Kai also yelled, and even he himself found it funny after the yelling.

After shouting, the swordsman Firth lowered his head to get the potatoes in the pot, and found that the last one in the pot was gone, and immediately shouted: "Who took my potatoes! It was agreed that there will be two for each person, and hand them over!"

"You ate it yourself, I saw you ate two!" Saikend said.

"It turned out to be you!" Firth looked at him, "You used to like to rob me for food, but you still rob me now, call out!"

"If you say you didn't grab it, you didn't grab it. Did you see that I took it?" Saikende teased him.

Firth rushed over: "You are still stubborn, hand it over!"

The two were arguing happily, and the few people were infected by the relaxed atmosphere. They temporarily forgot that they were in danger now, and laughed rarely.

At this time, a snake with dark green skin slowly swam past them, with a boiled potato wrapped around its tail.When everyone was fighting and determined, the snake slipped into the pot next to it and took away the last potato with its tail while no one was paying attention.

At this time, the little snake leisurely climbed up a tree along the mountain wall and placed the potato on the tree branch. It didn't swallow the whole thing, but opened its mouth and took a bite.I don't know if the potato didn't suit his appetite. After he took a bite, he looked at the potato for a long time, and after walking around on the tree branch, he ate it all in one bite.

After eating, the little snake lingered on the tree branch for a long time, staring at the people under the tree, and then left after a while.