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Xiao Gu was very depressed for a while, and he did not go to see a doctor because there was only one doctor in Duke Town, the priest himself. Xiao Gu is qualified to learn divine arts, and practicing divine arts as a temple priest is one of the daily affairs, but not every priest is an excellent divine arts master, it depends on his personal qualifications and cultivation.

It took Xiao Gu several years to awaken his power just by getting started, and finally it was completed under the ceremony hosted by the great magician Gelie in the Syrian Temple. However, it has only barely reached the standard of a second-level magician. He will use few low-level magicians, including prayer magicians, the most important of which is the healing magicians.

The healing technique in the art of praying for blessing is the most important training content for a priest in a rural temple. This is not only a guarantee for him to gain the respect of the residents, but also a symbol of a miracle.

It has been almost a month since he vomited blood and fainted in public. Lord Xiao Gu has used healing techniques for himself a lot. After he recovered, his health was no longer a problem. He just felt depressed and felt like something was stuck in his heart. He had a heart disease that he had to get rid of, and finally he waited for the opportunity. After breakfast that day, he called Ma Qi, a servant in the temple.

Xiao Gu is the only priest and clerk in the town, but he cannot be the only one in the temple. Many of the work is done by servants and assistants. Lord Xiao Gu is pampered and his work is just registration. Ma Qi is his most capable assistant, helping to manage the daily affairs in the temple and manage other servants. This person has already achieved the third-level physical skills.

Lord Xiao Gu was very amiable today. When he saw Ma Qi, he smiled and said, "Come here, sit down."

Ma Qi was a little flattered: "Sir, is it too rude for me to sit in the same seat with you?"

Lord Xiao Gu pretended to be displeased and said, "What are you saying? You are my most capable assistant and trusted partner. Is there anything wrong with sitting at a table? Sit down quickly, otherwise I will be angry!"

Ma Qi sat down at the table with his body in owing his body. Xiao Gu pushed a plate of snacks on the table in front of him. It was a fresh wild fruit picked by the servants in the mountains and forests east of the town. It was sweet and sour. Ma Qi took one and ate it carefully. Xiao Gu asked with a smile: "Your physical skills have reached level three, right? You are only one step away from the achievement of an intermediate warrior."

Ma Qi quickly replied: "I was just an ordinary miner in the town. You told me that there were contents similar to physical skills in the miners' skills and read the books practicing physical skills to me so that I could have such achievements. Don't worry, sir, I did not tell others as you told me."

Xiao Gu smiled happily: "What's wrong with this? The person I trust the most is you. If you can become a mid-level samurai, I can go to the adults of the city-state to be compatible with you. If you are lucky, you can find an opportunity to make you a nobleman, and at least you can become a samurai in the temple of this town and have a clergy deputy."

Ma Qi quickly stood up, pushed the chair away, walked back and said, "Thank you, Lord Xiao Gu, I don't know how to repay you."

Xiao Gu waved his hand: "Sit down, sit down and talk...Ma Qi, have you figured out what I asked you to investigate a few days ago?"

Ma Qi took his seat again and replied seriously: "According to your instructions, I have been paying attention to Amon these ten days. In addition to often going to the old madman's house, he also went to the black fire jungle alone in the middle of the night, passing through a very hidden path among the rocks."

Xiao Gu frowned and said, "He is really brave. A child entered the black fire jungle in the middle of the night? What are he going to do?"

Ma Qi shook his head and said, "I don't know." After saying this, it seemed that he felt that such an answer was inappropriate. After thinking about it, he said, "Has he gone to look for mineral cores again? Last time he picked up so many mineral cores in the black fire jungle, and he still wanted to try his luck?"

Going to look for the mine core in the middle of the night? Xiao Gu was a little confused and asked in a low voice: "What about another thing I want you to do?"

Ma Qi also whispered: "When Amen went out in the middle of the night, I went to his house three times, and the drunkard didn't notice it at all. There were very few things in his house and it was very simple. You can see it at a glance without pursuing it. I found dozens of silver coins and two gold coins. According to your instructions, don't move anything if you don't find the divine stones. Those divine stones should have been carried by Amen. I remember they were wrapped in a sheepskin."

Xiao Gu turned his body over: "Ma Qi, tonight, I hope you do something..."

After some secret words, Ma Qi's face turned pale and his expression was a little stiff, and he didn't say anything for a moment. Xiao Gu stood up and walked behind him, reached out and patted his shoulder gently and said, "The twenty divine stones belong to you. As for there is another blue divine stone, please enshrine it in the Temple of Goddess Mu Yun, and don't be discovered by anyone. This is dedicated to the goddess. I will not be present, and you didn't give it to me, remember?"

Seeing that Ma Qi had not answered, Xiao Gu pressed his hand on his shoulder and said, "If you can become a mid-level samurai, I will definitely apply for the position of a temple samurai for you, and you will not have to pay taxes and receive a salary. As for that amount of money, if it is a gift to the city-state, you may have the chance to become the third noble in the town. You can choose your own life, but don't forget that now, I am treating you as my most trusted assistant."

Ma Qi gritted his teeth, the flesh on his face twitched a few times, and finally nodded and said, "Sir, I understand, everything is as you told me!"

Xiao Gu walked to the corner and poured two glasses of wine, sat down again and handed Ma Qi a glass, and shook his head seriously and said, "Wrong, you must remember that this is not my order! If someone finds out, it can only be said that you are following Amon yourself and trying to find the place where he picked up the mine core, but I don't know."

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In the dark fire jungle in the middle of the night, Amon sat by the spring water to practice summoning water elements. On that day, he did not practice the magical arts taught by the old madman. After all, children like to play, Amon regarded the magical arts of water elements as a game. The water in the environment was controlled and condensed into tiny crystals, like a layer of mist, floating around on the water surface and changing into various shapes, which was very interesting!

Sometimes it is tiny drops of water, sometimes it is fine ice crystals, sometimes it dissipates in the air.

Amon was having fun, and suddenly felt something was wrong. The muscles behind him were a little tight, as if they were staring at him. He stopped, quietly took out the Youlan Shuixin with his left hand, and held a stick beside him with his right hand. In the middle of the night, Amon did not have any empty hand. He brought a very special stick, which was the most valuable thing in his family besides the divine stone.

Amon's father was an alcoholic. He was particularly addicted to alcohol after Amon's mother passed away, but when he was young, he was also the best blacksmith in Duke Town. The stick was a souvenir left by the drunkard's father many years ago. It looked like a not straight branch with mottled marks on the surface, yellow is rust and black is gray. It is almost impossible to recognize that this is the best iron embryo.

The miners in Duke Town were forbidden to turn the processed iron into armored weapons, and no one taught them how to build it. They only produce iron embryos and refined iron embryos. The best refined iron ore sand was not mined in the mines, but refined from the feces of an iron-armored beast living in the mountains rich in iron ore. It is very rare.

When Amon's father was young, in order to test his skills, he secretly collected the best fine iron ore sand and smelted and created such a umbrella. Later, he never used this "stick" to exchange for wine, but put it in the fire room as a fire stick to fiddle with coal. Every time Amon passed through the black fire jungle at night, he would take the stick as a crutch, and he could also defend himself.

The gloomy black fire jungle is not as dangerous as it seems. If you don’t get lost, it is actually a very quiet place. But occasionally there will be hares and wild dogs, and they will run far away when they hear the voices. However, when you are the hungry, wild dogs may also attack people or flocks. Be careful, it’s absolutely right.

Amen held the stick in his hand and looked around quietly. The moonlight was quiet and silent, and nothing was discovered. The surroundings were covered with strange black stones and bushes, which were the most suitable environment for hiding. Even if something was hidden, it was difficult to see. For some reason, Amen always felt uneasy. He suddenly closed his eyes and held the Youlan Water Heart with his left hand.

The blue water heart emitted a faint blue light, but it was held by Amon and did not shine. Unconsciously, a faint mist rose from the spring water and floated in the surrounding jungle. Amon used the blue water heart to exert the simplest water element summoning magic technique he had learned to maximize his ability, and he found something was wrong!

Within the range of the magical magic, the water mist in the air was quietly summoned by him. When Amon closed his eyes, he could feel the shape of the stones and bushes between the mist. About a few dozen steps behind him, there was a man! This man was hiding behind a strange rock, revealing half of his head and passing through the bushes and looking at him, holding something in his hand, with a very familiar shape, which was the most common miner's sledgehammer in Duke Town.

Elemental magic is usually not used for detection because its sensing range is much smaller than that of detection magic, and the casting speed is slower. If the opponent is a smart magician, you may notice it in an instant. Detection magic is a mid-level magician, and the most typical one is the puppet eye technique. It can detect situations at a large range and long distances.

Amon didn't know what the detection magic is, and he had never even heard of the puppet eye technique. However, he accidentally used the simplest water element magic technique to detect magic, and it also conformed to the most basic principle of detecting magic technique. Ma Qi, who was following the dark, didn't know that he had been exposed at this time.

Amon did not move, and still sat quietly. The night was getting deeper and deeper, and the coldness around him seemed to be getting heavier. Ma Qi finally couldn't help it. He almost thought Amon was sitting there asleep, so he walked out of the bushes with a sledgehammer.

Level 1 warriors have extraordinary explosive power, and level 2 warriors usually require agility beyond their strength. To reach the third level of physical skills, they need to master the coordination of strength, speed, and endurance. The third-level warriors in the Rhode Dick personal guards can penetrate several cows with a single shot. Although the horse brigade has not undergone this kind of training, the heavy sledgehammer is like a light raccoon cat, making almost no sound.

There was a small open area beside the spring water. Ma Qi walked out of the bushes and came to a position where Amon could see when he turned around. He was only more than twenty steps away. At this time, his eyes were fierce, and he suddenly accelerated and rushed over, waving a mine hammer with his right hand. For a third-level warrior, the sprint was in a blink of an eye, which made Amon not have time to react, and Amon seemed to have no reaction at all.

However, Ma Qi had an accident just after rushing two steps. His feet slipped and his body shook. He tried his best to stabilize his body, but his other foot slipped again. Due to the inertia of rushing forward with force, he could no longer stand steadily and fell to the ground. The mine hammer slid into the spring. He reacted and remembered that when he got up, he suddenly suffered a heavy blow on his shoulder and almost fainted without pain.

Ma Qi raised his head barely and saw Amon standing in front of him, pointing at his face with a branch in his hand, and stepping on his shoulder with the other foot. The child was so strong that he couldn't turn over. The ground close to him was cold and made him want to shiver. Amon asked in surprise: "Ma Qi, how could it be you? Why did you come here with me in the middle of the night?"

Ma Qi deserves to be unlucky today. Usually, if a third-level warrior is wary and prepared, he doesn't have to be afraid of the first-level magician who has just begun in melee combat. But Ma Qi never dreamed that Amon knew the magical arts. Although it was just the simplest first-level water element magic, the control and application effect was so perverted!

After Amon discovered Ma Qi, he quietly condensed a layer of slippery ice on the way he came, and covered the reflection with mist, which made it difficult to detect. If Ma Qi walked slowly, the situation might be better, and he would have to slip heavily when exerting force. This is the power of the magic technique. It does not need to be very powerful, but it is the mastery of another kind of power. Amon also used the Nine Blue Water Heart.

Ma Qi was very angry and stretched out a hand to grab Amon's ankle, shouting, "Amon, let me go quickly! If you can come here, can't I come? How can you, kid, be so rude?"

"Of course you can come to the black fire jungle, but why are you following me in the middle of the night?" Amon did not loosen his feet, and the "branch" in his hand gently lit the back of Ma Qi's hand. Ma Qi grinned his teeth in pain, and his bones were so hungry that they were not broken. Then he realized that the stick in Amon's hand was not a branch, harder than pig iron, and heavier.

Ma Qi was panicked and suddenly realized that in this place, Amon's stick could be beaten to death as long as it fell hard, and no one would notice it. His original idea was to quietly bear Amon in a secluded and deserted place. Unexpectedly, the situation turned around now and quickly explained: "Amon, I followed you just to see where you picked up those mine cores? I also want to try my luck!"

Amon narrowed his eyes: "Do you think I'm here to look for a mine, it's midnight?"

Ma Qi: "Isn't it? Otherwise, why are you doing in the dark fire jungle every day?"
Chapter completed!