Food Poems

Chapter 41 You'd better not be talking about Gu Long

The next day, the caravan set off again.

As the caravan was crossing the hillside, a chessboard-shaped relic came into view.

This chessboard-shaped ruins is located on a hill. Each square is a huge stone slab, and the black and white chessboard is covered with moss and traces of wind erosion.

There are still a few stone chess pieces left on the chessboard. Without anyone controlling them, the chariot pieces are rushing around on the board, the horse pieces are leaping up and then falling back onto the board, and the scene reveals a strange atmosphere.

"This is the King's chessboard that King Golden Lion ordered craftsmen to cast on the mountain to commemorate the great victory in the Battle of Morning Frost Ridge. This is to offer a prayer to the God of Strategy, the Black Knight."

Lena looked at the chessboard in the distance and said, "But for some reason, the chess pieces on the board seem to be cursed. They can move on their own and attack passers-by."

After saying that, Lena looked at the red-haired woman beside her and said, "We are going to pass this chessboard. I hope you can help break these gargoyle-like chess pieces."

Hildre nodded slightly.

Ye Zhi objected and said, "In my opinion, it is better to just stop the chess pieces. There is no need to break them and avoid the wrath of the Black Knight."

"But how can we stop these chess pieces if we don't smash the stone statue?" Lena asked puzzled.

"Based on my understanding of this kind of magical beasts -" Ye Zhi looked at the leaping warhorse chess pieces on the chessboard, "They look like moving stone statues, but in fact, there is an elemental creature called 'air nail worm' living inside the stone sculptures."

"Air nail bug?" Lena was stunned.

She had heard of this creature before, and it could be used as a material to make a "Wind Blade Bottle". Just throw the Wind Blade Bottle to create a strong wind to hit the enemy.

"Air spike bugs are able to compress and fire a powerful gust of wind from their bodies, creating the illusion that the stone sculpture is moving."

Yeats said: "These tiny elemental creatures will gather and live in the cavities of the statues, using these spaces to provide them with shelter."

The silver-haired boy's popular science was well-reasoned. Hildreth couldn't help but look at the chariot chess piece, narrowed his eyes slightly, and used the "Eagle Eye" combat skill.

With his eyesight improved exponentially, Hildreth carefully observed the moving stone sculpture and indeed found traces of the movement of the air nail worm on the stone sculpture.

"To deal with a statue inhabited by air spike bugs, it's not wise to just break it. They will fire a large number of air spikes in all directions in an instant, which might turn a person into a sieve." Ye Zhi said, "So, just find a wizard who can cast the sleep spell and cast it on the stone chess piece."

Although he knows how to cast a sleeping spell, it is inconvenient to explain its origins, so it is safer to let Lena's men do it.

The wolf girl Lena's golden eyes flickered slightly, and she quickly adopted Ye Zhi's suggestion, sending out an accompanying wizard to wave his staff and cast a sleeping spell on the chessboard.

After a flash of light pink light, a moving chariot chess piece on the chessboard stopped moving. Lena was overjoyed to see this and ordered the wizard to do the same and hypnotize all the remaining chess pieces.

Then, tiny creatures fell out from the cracks in the chess piece statues.

Behind Lena, the dwarf and the tiger man, two of her trusted followers, both had their eyes wide open.

It was exactly what the lord expected!
"How come your lord has such a deep understanding of Warcraft?" The Asian dragon man was so curious that he spoke to Gray.

He revealed the weakness of the poisonous crocodile bird when hunting it, and now he pierced through the air nail worm in the stone statue with one glance. This lord's attainments in Warcraft are already far superior to those of some elite adventurers!
Gray's lips curled up slightly, and she looked up proudly and said, "Don't ask, if you ask, it's talent!"

Air nail worms are rare elemental biological materials. Lena ordered her men to use knives, shovels and other tools to collect air nail worms from stone chess pieces and put them into glass jars.

The air nail worm is a tiny silvery-white worm whose interior is made entirely of air elements. When its outer shell is crushed, a stream of air will surge.

"Can you give me a can of gas nail worms too?" Ye Zhi asked.

"Of course!" Lena smiled generously, "Without your advice, passing through this ruins wouldn't be so smooth!"

Lena felt more and more that this lord had extraordinary qualities.

I really don't know how the name "rotten wood" spread throughout the capital. Could it be that Brown has become so prosperous that even Yeats looks down on him?
"Excuse me, what do you want the air spike worm for?" Lena asked kindly, "If you want to make a wind blade bottle, you don't need to ask for the air spike worm as a raw material. I can just give you the wind blade bottle!"

"I plan to make the air spike worms into jelly beans." Ye Zhi said truthfully.

Lena's smile froze, and she leaned forward slightly, indicating, "Say it again?"
Yeats smiled but said nothing.

That night.

[Air Spike Candy Beans: One star. Made from elemental creatures, air spike candy beans and honey. When you bite them, the gas will crackle on the tip of your tongue. Eating them will permanently increase your jumping ability (slightly)]

Ye Zhi shook the jar of honey jelly beans in his hand, called Gray over, and asked her to take a jelly bean from it to taste it. "What is this made of?" Gray asked suspiciously.

"Honey," said Yeats.

Gray was skeptical. She sniffed the fragrance of the jelly beans, opened her mouth and put the jelly beans in, and suddenly her whole body trembled.

She widened her eyes and looked at Ye Zhi in horror: “Ugh…Ugh!”

After finally swallowing the candy beans, Gray was horrified: "This candy, it, it's jumping in my mouth!"

"This is normal." Ye Zhi said with a smile, "These candy beans are not only harmless, but also quite childish, don't you think?"

It’s childish...what a ghost!

Gray suddenly seemed to realize something, her face turned pale: "You didn't add it..."

"It has been added with air spike worms." Ye Zhi said generously, "It's just called a worm, but it's still an elemental creature in nature.

Gray: (ノдヽ)
If Yeats is a crazy lich studying Warcraft cuisine, then I must be the poor guinea pig!
Ye Zhi himself also tried the air nail worm candy beans, which are a bit similar to the popping candy in his previous life, but it has a honey flavor and is also called snowy owl test candy.

"Gu~ (￣～￣;)"

The Snowy Owl chewed, then suddenly its eyes widened and its head began to shake wildly.

This candy is jumping up!
Yeats observed the frequency at which the Snowy Owl shook its head and stroked its chin.

This brain sensitivity is enviable...

In line with the principle of clinging to the Valkyrie, Yeats also invited Hilde to taste the freshly baked desserts together.

Hildurde arrived still wearing her eagle helmet, accompanied by her herald.

She looked at the candy that Ye Zhi handed to her, was slightly startled, and finally took one and put it in her mouth.

"How do you feel?" Ye Zhi couldn't see Hildreth's expression under the eagle helmet.

The candy that bounced on the tip of the tongue gave people a strong sense of surprise. It couldn't be simply described as delicious. Hildreth covered her mouth with her hand and couldn't help laughing:

"It feels like... a very interesting candy."

The Asian dragon people seemed to have seen something that subverted their worldview and their eyes widened in shock.

Just a piece of candy made the leader laugh?
You kid, you added medicine to the sugar, didn’t you?
……

Another day passed.

Icicles hung from the frozen cliffs, reflecting the dazzling sunlight, and long lines of caravans passed by on the winding and rugged mountain road.

According to Hildur, they were not far from the location of the temple in the manuscript.

Ye Zhi and the other two asked Lena for permission to leave the team for half a day and got her permission.

Following the instructions in the manuscript, they crossed a stretch of snow-capped peaks, and the familiar cry once again echoed in the ears of the three.

On the ice cliff, the snow leopard looked down at Ye Zhi and others, with an ice-blue light flashing in its eyes.

Ye Zhi was surprised and realized that the voice came from his own mind.

"Please follow me, warriors who are not afraid of the shadows."

The snow leopard's telepathy produces the voice of a mature woman.

"A cold wave is approaching, a natural disaster is coming, the goddess of the kingdom of winter needs your help."

Gray:

Natural disaster? Could it be the ancient dragon?

Yeats: (ー`ー)
Natural disasters? You better not be talking about the ancient dragons!
(End of this chapter)