Chapter 36: You Look Familiar (Third Update!)

  "...Moreover, alchemists are still very popular in some big cities. After all, alchemists generally master 'pharmacology' and can manufacture some miraculously effective medicines, which are very welcome among some nobles. And...alchemists are generally the richest group among magicians."

  "The richest" remark stimulated the toad, Xia Ya's face reignited with excitement and looked at this book: "Then, can I learn alchemy according to this book?"

  "It's beautiful." Ada smiled at Xia Ya: "This thing is just a collection of various magical materials, recording many magical materials' properties, appearance, changes and so on, but there is no formula! For alchemists, the formula is the most important craft. And the book in your hand is just a basic theory book for magic learning printed by the Royal City Church Headquarters. In the church's magician guild, you can buy one with just a few gold coins. So if you want to get rich with this thing, forget it."

  Xia Yan was instantly disappointed and immediately lost interest in the book, casually throwing it to Ke Li Chong, but picked up the transparent ball again, full of hope: "What about this? Since this thing is carried by a magician, it must be an amazing magical equipment!"

  This time, even the poor worm looked at Xia Ya with some sympathy and didn't have the heart to strike him.

  Ada let out a sigh, looked up and down at Xia Ya for a while, making Xia Ya feel somewhat guilty, before speaking in a cold tone: "I really doubt it, you actually dare to call yourself a Demon Hunter."

  "What's wrong?" Xia Ya was somewhat displeased.

  "This is a crystal ball……" As soon as Xia Ya heard the word "crystal", her eyes lit up, and Ada immediately continued: "Don't get too excited just yet, this kind of crystal is the cheapest kind. It's indeed a magical equipment, but it's considered one of the lowest-grade and most inexpensive ones. Its name is called 'Appraisal Ball', basically, for all magicians and demon hunters, this is the most basic and minimal configuration. Its only function is to appraise the target's magic level. After demon hunters kill demons and obtain a demon core, they use this appraisal ball to shine on it, and through the color of the light reflected on the appraisal ball, they can identify the quality of the spoils of war, whether it's valuable or not. Apart from that, it has no other uses."

  Ada paused for a moment before adding, "A Demon-Slaying Orb is to a demon hunter what a compass is to a sailor. You've never even seen one of these before? And yet you have the nerve to call yourself a demon hunter... These things are sold everywhere, and usually cost only one silver coin. Even high-quality ones won't set you back more than three or four silver coins."

  Xia Ya heard that it was a bit disappointing at first, but when he heard that this thing was worth one silver coin, he became happy and put it in his arms with joy - after all, one silver coin is also a considerable windfall for the current poor Xia Ya.

  The miserly behavior of this turtle made Ada snort with derision and she disdainfully turned her head away.

  It was a pitiful insect, but Xia Ya carefully treated the burns on his body. This guy's physique is abnormal, although he was burned all over his body and smoke was coming out, fortunately, he ran through the fire scene at an incredible speed, after all, he didn't really get seriously injured, looking disheveled, it was just some external injuries. With his physique, he should be able to recover in no time.

  According to the intelligence provided by Ada, going up the mountain slope through the forest, the dragon's lair is at the top of the mountain. However, now that they've seen the wizard's corpse, based on the burn marks on the body, both Ada and Shaya judged that the wizard must have passed by here for some time. Whether these guys are dead or alive, or whether they've all been killed by the dragon, or whether they've slaughtered the dragon and left, is impossible to determine - Ada scoffs at the latter possibility. In his words: "If a few second-rate wizards can easily kill a dragon, then dragons wouldn't be called the strongest creatures on the continent."

  However, Xia Ya, who was determined to get rich, still refused to give up. Under his proposal, the three of them continued to move forward, but Xia Ya kept a watchful eye and remained vigilant in his heart, deciding that if anything went wrong, he would immediately run away.

  Ada provided a valuable piece of intelligence: the dragon's eyes were blind, and even if it was extremely powerful, with its eyes blinded, it should be able to escape on its own.

  The mountain peak was originally covered with dense forests, but the three of them walked all night and half a day, and when they reached the middle of the mountain, they saw that the uphill area in front of them was a mess!

  Originally, there should have been a large forest here, but it seemed to have been crushed by something, with a large area of trees toppling and shattering, the ground was filled with broken and powdered tree trunks and leaves, and even many rocks on the ground were pressed deep into the earth's surface!

  Xia Ya immediately became vigilant: These were probably all done by that dragon!

  But having run halfway up the mountain, there was still no sign of those magicians... Could it be that they really weren't here?

  Looking up at the distant mountain top, the peak of the mountain is quiet, with only sunlight spilling over the sea of clouds, without a single movement.

  As he continued to walk in the forest, the higher he went, the heavier his heart felt. He had been walking in the mountains and wilderness for many years and had developed a strange and special feeling. Whenever danger was approaching, he would have a special feeling in his heart. At this moment, as he walked further up, that uneasy feeling grew stronger, and several times he couldn't help but want to stop or turn back.

  He came to find Long, it was his own strong insistence, now if he turned around and left, it would be too embarrassing for Xia Ya's face, so he could only grit his teeth and move forward silently, but unknowingly, he quietly grasped the fire fork in his hand.

  The poor worm followed Xia Ya closely, but found that Xia Ya's eyes were strange, staring at Ada's back, and saw that Xia Ya was holding a fire fork, with a fierce light flashing on his face from time to time...

  The poor worm's body trembled and he said in a low voice: "Hey, you won't be thinking of doing something to him..."

  Xia Ya snapped back to reality, a sly smile spreading across his face as he gazed at the poor bug: "I'm thinking, how does this little white-faced, effeminate guy know so much? Majik language, and even things about magic users... Hmm, I recall him having some knowledge of earth spirit culture too. He actually dared to claim that Ox was an earth spirit pretty boy... And before that, the flame swamp's magic array - he managed to memorize the directions of those who entered it so firmly! Hmph... Since it's placed at the entrance of the dragon's lair, it's naturally a defensive barrier set by the dragon. But how did he know? Heh heh, this guy isn't simple!"

  "You know or don't you know, talking about others behind their backs is not a good habit."

  Xia Ya showed no signs of embarrassment, speaking loudly: "Anyway, I didn't plan on hiding it from you. Speaking of which, what's your background? If this question isn't cleared up, I really won't be able to rest easy."

  "Alright." Ada stopped, leaning against a nearby tree with her hand. She had also been walking for a long time and was slightly out of breath, with beads of sweat on her forehead. She looked at Xia Ya, whose exquisite face wore an enigmatic smile: "Actually, I am..."

  Just as Ada was about to finish this sentence...

  Suddenly, everyone felt a sudden jolt under their feet! A loud rumble shook the entire mountain peak, as if it had trembled instantly. A low, muffled roar like thunder came from beneath the ground, causing the earth to shake and tremble, making it impossible for anyone to stand firm, stumbling and staggering about.

  The poor worm fell into Xia Ya's arms, while Ada tightly hugged the tree trunk beside her...

  Then came a loud roar from the top of the mountain!

  That roar seemed to come from outside the sky, with a distant and deep sound, yet carrying an endless sense of awe-inspiring terror. The voice was like muffled thunder, but it made people's hearts more shocked than thunder! Although that voice was far away, it seemed to hit people's hearts directly, making them listen, their hearts racing wildly, a primal fear feeling sweeping through the whole body, even the scalp went numb!!

  The three were stunned for a moment, then Ada's expression changed, her brow furrowed: "Dragon! It's the one calling!"

  Xia Ya held the poor worm in one hand and sat on the ground, scolding loudly: "Nonsense! If it's not the dragon calling, then who is it? Damn it! This guy's voice is really loud!"

  Looking up, the mountain top was just a few hundred meters above, and on the mountain peak, a huge green shadow suddenly flew into the sky, circling around the mountain top for a week!

  The enormous body, a dull grey colour, seemed to be shrouded in a faint mist. Behind the massive torso was a pair of bony wings, which vibrated and produced a sound like a fierce gust of wind. On top of the massive torso was a long neck, with an enormous oval-shaped head at the end. The mouth was wide open, emitting grey smoke! What's even more terrifying is that this dragon's tail stretched far behind it, and at the tip of the tail was a huge lump, like a flesh tumour, with sharp edges...

  Just as the dragon was spinning, its long tail trailed behind, and the angular tip of the tail scraped against the mountain peak, instantly shattering the rocks on the mountaintop into powder!!

  Xia Ya had finally seen a real live dragon for the first time in her life!!

  "Awesome! Fucking awesome!!" Xia Ya's eyes widened and her mouth dropped open...

  He was still in amazement when Ada, who was looking at the dragon in the sky, suddenly gasped and her face changed greatly, exclaiming: "It's bad! It's going to breathe fire!!"

  As soon as Ada's words fell, she saw that dragon suddenly spiral down and lower its altitude, opening its huge mouth towards the bottom...

  BOOM!!

  It was as if a fierce gust of wind came, and a large area of dark gray flames burst out, sweeping across the area! From the top of the mountain down, about ten meters wide, a deep and narrow strip, whether it was trees or rocks, were all shrouded in the violent flames. In the flames, the branches of the trees shattered instantly, turning into countless flying wood chips, and the stones on the ground were all turned over, rolling everywhere...

  Just as the flames were about to spew towards Xia Ya and the others, suddenly a few muffled shouts could be heard from the front of the forest, followed by a bright transparent light screen bursting into the air, like a huge transparent glass mirror suspended in front of them. The flames crashed onto the light screen and were immediately blocked, with the remaining flames curling back...

  In the woods, four human figures suddenly appeared in mid-air. Each figure wore a luxurious leather cloak, but they were all tattered and worn out, like those of a beggar. These guys opened their arms, each holding a wooden staff about half a person's height, and rose into the air, facing the dragon from afar, emitting a series of urgent and strange notes...

  Xia Ya's eyes widened as he watched, but suddenly saw a figure tumbling down from the top of the forest, rolling and crawling in a flustered manner, rushing straight towards Xia Ya. Suddenly, his foot stepped on a stone, and he fell to the ground with a thud, rolling over and almost crashing into Xia Ya.

  The guy raised his head, a thin face full of panic, and suddenly exchanged a glance with Xia Ya.

  "Hey? Old brother, you look quite familiar." Xia Ya was taken aback.

  This lean man was also stunned for a moment, and then the two of them exchanged a glance and shouted out at the same time.

  "Ah! You little scoundrel, stealing my cloak!"

  "Ah! You're that magician!"

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