I'm a mage, what's wrong with loving farming?

Chapter 294: Rock Monkey Village, Earth Wine Pot

I told you that the Kingdom of Nolant is doomed!

Croix really tried hard to resist the urge to complain, because there was a dragon in front of him!
Your Kingdom of Nolant is truly a place where "hidden dragons and crouching tigers" are everywhere, and you can always come up with new ideas.

There is a person who raises a red dragon in the south, there is a person favored by God in the east, a dragon appeared in the west, and in the north... it is even more complicated, so I won't talk about it.

'With your control over the country, you still have the nerve to call yourself a king when you don't even know what's where.

And the Duke here is also a waste, right?'

He complained inwardly for a while, then raised his head and glanced at the giant creature, sensing the latter's mental fluctuations: "If you don't come again, I will destroy these boring big toys."

The fog around them spread as if it had life, separating the others from Kloya. Even if they were close, it was impossible to touch or hear any sound.

"But you still show up now." Kloya looked directly into the dragon's eyes and said, "Ms. Wu Lanlong, you really should think carefully about how to live in the West."

"I will change the environment. I believe that adapting to the environment should be your instinct."

His tone was calm.

Want to tear apart my big toy? Even without the use of zodiac signs and other powers, I can tear you apart now.

He really wants to coexist harmoniously with nature as much as possible, but if some troublemakers want to cause trouble, he doesn't mind killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, oh no, killing the dragon to warn the future.

When his race was pointed out, Wu Lanlong was shocked.

The sheer number of dragons is enough to drive scholars who specialize in studying Warcraft crazy, not to mention that they are sub-dragon species, which is an extremely rare type.

After fleeing from Dragon Island, it has lived here for so long, but has never been recognized by even a single wizard.

It stared at the young mage.

And Croa looked at it calmly.

After a long while, Wu Lanlong took the initiative to look away and invited, "Please take a look at my nursery, the home of these rock apes I keep in captivity."

"Humanity……"

As its mental power fluctuated, the surrounding fog suddenly began to change.

The magical power of water vapor rose, and actually formed an ability similar to space teleportation, bringing everyone who entered the mist to a very special place.

This seems to be a canyon located deep in the mountains, filled with all kinds of fruit trees, such as pears, apples, bananas... In short, common and uncommon fruit trees are everywhere here.

Magical plants and ordinary fruit trees were planted together.

There hasn't been any major changes in the fluctuations and properties of magic power.

In addition, there are some cultivated fields next to the fruit trees, in which crops such as corn and wheat are planted.

The small rock monkeys were holding tools made of gourds or lotus leaves, watering the fields carelessly, and it seemed as if they were playing.

"..."

"My Lord! They are actually farming?"

"Can these monsters also farm?"

In fact, the monsters in the north have already learned to farm, but that was basically under human interference and control, but these rock apes in front of them have never been tamed.

So it's normal for these people to be surprised.

The mermaid wizard noticed something different.

She looked up at the mist that was flowing down from the mountain peak like foam, and explained: "Although the rock ape is very intelligent, it still needs a powerful existence to issue orders."

"There is a very powerful monster here."

She secretly glanced at Cloya who was standing aside without saying anything, and she felt a little nervous.

She didn't even notice how she was transferred here just now, which means that the power of the monster here is beyond her expectations, and she can't deal with it!

If Cloya hadn't been here, she would have already activated the space magic device and asked for help.

After receiving the mermaid's call for help, Croa gave her a reassuring look, signaling her to lead the group forward to explore.

With Cloya's permission, she immediately became bolder and waved her hand: "But you can rest assured, there won't be any problems with me here."

“This special environment is of great help to us in building the Western Territory.

You all need to stay calm and observe carefully. If you find anything, write it down. I will apply for magic crystal rewards for you when I get back!"

When the magic crystal reward was mentioned, coupled with her calm attitude, there was no danger. Naturally, the others were like they were using the excitement spell and carefully observed the surroundings.

After all, they are just hired workers, not people from the North. If you want them to work seriously, you must give them enough benefits.

But they don't need to observe.

Because soon, the rock ape with the strongest body came over, like a mountain, and roared at people twice.

Everyone present had a certain ability to communicate with magical beasts, and this giant rock ape had a very strong mental power, so they could all understand what it meant.

"follow me."

After the Rock Monkey King finished speaking, he waved his huge arms, and a group of strong rock monkeys jumped out and stood on his left and right like a guard.

In this way, everyone was forced to move forward.

On the way, they were naturally watched by the surrounding rock monkeys for a while. It was not until this moment that people felt it was incredible.

The number of rock monkeys here seems to be a bit scary. They live in trees and caves, which is extremely comfortable.

There should be thousands of them just the ones that can be seen.

You have to know that this kind of magical beast, which is basically the same size as humans, needs an extremely exaggerated amount of food to survive in certain places.

The amount of food a rock monkey eats every day is at least three to four times that of a human of the same size, and it may even be five or six times.

The fields they grow here...can they guarantee the livelihood of so many rock monkeys?

Also, where exactly is this place?

Why has no one in the Western Territory ever discovered it before?
Kloya frowned slightly and looked up at the clear sky. Magic power rose in his body and located this place through the position of the constellations.

Then he was surprised to find that this place was three hundred kilometers away from the frontier and was located in the deepest part of the western mountains.

"That dragon has very special abilities."

He glanced at the mountain in the distance and knew very well that the guy was lurking there, staring at this place.

So it spent so much magic power to bring all of them here, and even showed them its own fields and orchards, was it really just to show off?

He didn't understand, but there must be a reason why Wu Lanlong did this. He hoped that this guy could show him something interesting.

As they walked, they observed the rock monkeys who were working in the fields.

The farming methods of these rock apes are completely different from those in the North, highlighting a carefree attitude and the survival of the fittest.

They will decisively crush all the fruit trees and crops that are not very vigorous, and then bury them under the crops that are growing well.

The planting method also highlights a barbaric nature, as if saying to the crops: If you don’t survive, I will dig you all out and crush you!
Any farming wizard from the North would be upset by this kind of farming method, but the crops here grow very well.

The law of natural selection and survival of the fittest is vividly demonstrated here, and every crop is full of vitality.

What is even more surprising is that in some streams and rivers, the rock monkeys are actually breeding some magic fish and slimes.

The captured magic fish and slimes will be made into dried fish and slime, plus dried fruits and dried meat...it seems very rich.

This is aquaculture. Rock monkeys actually know how to raise fish.

The adult rock monkeys are busy farming, while the young ones are either helping or playing.

The atmosphere in the entire valley is unimaginably harmonious, even giving people a dreamlike feeling.

"These rock monkeys..."

“They are so smart.”

“Why are you so smart?”

The druids and beast speaker mages were puzzled. Although monkey-like monsters were considered to have high IQs, their IQs were not so exaggerated.

It's even close to humans.

They continued to move forward with increasing doubts, and finally left the rock monkeys' village completely.

After walking for about ten minutes, the Rock Ape King led everyone into a cave. There was an extremely rich aroma of fruit wine in the cave.

There are streams flowing on both sides of this cave, which are filled with clear wine. As we continue along the stream, the aroma of the wine becomes stronger and stronger, and finally...

What appeared in front of everyone was a waterfall formed entirely of wine. It was about tens of meters high, flowing loudly, and splashing all over with fragrant wine.

The alcohol content of the drink should not be very high, at least Cloya did not feel dizzy.

"Monkey wine?"

After observation, he found that as long as the wine flowed through an area, the discordant sounds and magical fluctuations in the earth would be soothed by the aroma of the wine and turned into arable land.

What is going on here? Is it the special magic in these drinks, or is this some kind of sacrificial ritual that even Croa doesn't know about? It's just fruit wine, but it can actually soothe the disturbances in the earth?
He immediately became interested and walked directly to the front of the waterfall. He stretched out his hand and used magic to take out a ball of wine and sensed it carefully.

The result surprised him a little bit - the magic structure in this wine is very special, at least hundreds of different magic plants and fruits have magic flowing, but it is extremely harmonious. If you have to say it... it's like a furnace, wrapping all the magic inside, melting it into special magic.

While he was observing the drinks, the Rock Ape King beside him suddenly squatted down and roared at Kloya twice.

That means "come up."

"Do you want to carry me up?" Kloya did not hesitate. He was indeed very curious about what was up there.

It would certainly not be troublesome to fly up by himself, but he would be exposed. Now he really wants to continue disguising himself.

So he went straight onto the back of the Rock Ape King.

Afterwards, the huge ape simply grabbed the surrounding vines and climbed up extremely lightly, climbing to the highest point of the waterfall on the smooth rock wall.

The things above were exposed to Croix's eyes -

In a pool was placed a huge wine jug that was about seven or eight meters high and three or four meters wide, woven from countless vines and branches.

A rock monkey nearby was putting some ripe fruits into the wine jug.

There are also some vines with translucent skin growing around it, like water pipes, entwining the wine jug. Water is flowing inside, and some special spring water is injected into it.

the most important is……

This wine jug is actually a magical plant.

Its name is "Earth Wine Flask".

Through observation of the Astral Body Engraving Technique, it was found that the magic patterns engraved inside the wine jug were very complex. There were not only some purification and fusion patterns, but also magic patterns full of vitality.

If this thing wasn't a magic plant but some sophisticated magic device, then Cloya might be able to accept it a little.

But this is a magical plant.

"Did this thing grow naturally, or was it cultivated by someone?" Kloya glanced at the Rock Ape King.

This fellow was already a fourth-level magical beast, and his intelligence was actually no less than that of some adults. In addition, he could vaguely sense the powerful aura from Kloya.

So it cried “wooo wooo” from the bottom of its heart for a while.

The general meaning is that the dragon discovered this place, and then took them together, gradually bringing out the function of this mysterious magic plant.

The land irrigated with the wine brewed in this wine jug seems to become extremely suitable for growing crops. It is because of this that they can live here for so long.

It was obviously uneasy when answering Croa's question. This was the foundation of their rock ape tribe's survival, and it was worried that Croa would take the wine jug away.

It couldn't even... stand up to Croa.

In fact, its worries are justified. As a wizard, Kloya is somewhat similar to a dragon in some sense.

For example, they all like to hoard treasures.

Now there are a lot of treasures piled up in Croya's treasure room, all of which were obtained during this period of time. Looking at those treasures shining brightly, he will be in a good mood.

For a moment, Kloya really considered whether to pack it up and take it away, but after thinking it over, he gave up.

He could see that this "Earth Wine Flask" had completely merged with the surrounding magical environment. Taking it away by force would have a huge impact on both it and the Rock Ape Tribe.

Is the origin of the Earth Flask related to the Rock Ape Tribe's love of brewing wine? How was it formed, and how can magic heal the discordant sounds of the earth?

These are the things that Croa is concerned about.

So, he reached out and patted Rock Ape's muscles, which were as hard as rocks, and said, "I will arrange for someone to trade with you. These drinks will be very useful to us.

If you need anything, you can tell me.”

In just a few minutes, he had already figured out how to use the wine to cultivate magic plants and repair the earth.

The only question is: does this drink resolve the earth's discord in one go, or does it require ongoing irrigation?

If it is the latter, then the amount of alcohol needed would definitely be an astronomical number. Can Rock Monkey’s village provide so much?

"Awoo awoo!" The Rock Ape King's eyes lit up. He reached out and grabbed a small bag from the rock ape next to him, and showed the contents to Cloya.

That's... a bag of salt.

To be more precise, it was a bag of yellowish coarse salt, which seemed to be mineral salt.

"Are you short of salt?" Kloya asked puzzledly.

Ever since he built several salt ponds on the seashore, the North has basically never been short of salt, not even some magic salt.

"Awoo!" The Rock Ape King nodded.

Although they are intelligent magical beasts and have the help of the Mist Dragon, it is still very difficult for them to refine salt.

But salt is actually a necessity for Warcraft.

So it's very eager to get enough salt.

Croa couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Salt is easy. I can arrange for someone to check your body and provide you with salt that will help you."

In such a magical world, even the types and functions of salt are diverse.

There is table salt for ordinary people, herbal salt for elves, moonlight sea salt for mermaids, and radiant crystal salt for nobles to show off and maintain their health...

Salt, as the most basic seasoning, has evolved into many different types.

In order to build a good relationship with these rock monkeys, Cloya is willing to customize some salt for them - of course, once they like the salt, they will let Cloya do whatever he wants.

Well, this is probably what monopoly is like.

When the poor Rock Ape King heard what Kloya said, he suddenly felt extremely happy and generously allowed Kloya to take away the stockpiled wine on the spot.

At the same time, it also told Cloya: as long as there are enough fruits and clear spring water, fruit wine can be brewed continuously without the need for fermentation and storage.

"That's great!"

Both parties were very satisfied with the transaction, and the Mist Dragon never appeared again from beginning to end - it seemed to be very afraid of Kloya.

……

After the Rock Monkey King sent Chloe downstairs, the Rock Monkeys started to prepare for a banquet.

They came out of their nests with their dried fish, dried fruits and wine, built a bonfire in an open space at the front-line base, and invited these friendly human friends to enjoy it together.

In fact, the only conflict between them and humans is that humans want to transform the Western Territory, which will compress their living space. However, with the help of Cloya, this is no longer a problem.

They are certainly not stupid enough to go against humans.

The best way to maintain a relationship is to hold a party and invite human friends to enjoy the fun with them.

At this time, the sky has gradually darkened. After a busy day, it is time to take a break.

The warriors who were driving the golems were already starving, so how could they resist seeing such food?
The food of the rock monkeys actually tastes quite good.

Although they do not have enough salt, they have gifts from the mountains and forests. The juice of flowers and plants, the powder of minerals, and even the blood of some monsters are their seasonings.

Take the most inconspicuous-looking dried fish for example.

Cloya saw at least three different layers of pickling marks on the surface of the dried fish. When he took a bite, the taste of the fish itself, the sweetness of the fruit, and an indescribable spicy taste spread rampantly in his mouth.

It felt a bit strange at first, but the more I chewed it, the more delicious it became, especially the fish bones inside, which were processed using some special methods and became tough and chewy, like eating beef tendon.

One fish made Cloya taste like several different kinds of meat.

"That's great."

He chewed the fish slowly, looked up at the gradually twinkling stars in the sky, and then looked at the rock monkeys in the distance leading people to dance an unclear but extremely joyful dance.

The huge bonfire flickered with warm flames and exuded the aromatic smell of resin.

Kloya watched quietly, his eyes clear as day, and he actually felt drowsy, which he hadn't felt for a long time.

The energy and physical strength of a sixth-level mage have long been fundamentally different from those of ordinary people, and sleep may have become a luxury.

But he didn't want to fall asleep right away with this hard-earned sleepiness, like a poor office worker looking forward to the holidays.

So he took out his harp and played with the beastmen and druids who knew some music and had harmonicas and flutes nearby.

Still without any magic power, he even suppressed his mental strength and simply played suitable music according to the lively atmosphere.

Various kinds of music mixed together, with no distinction between primary and secondary, only a joyful mood.

The firelight danced in his eyes, reflecting the figures of those people who were dancing happily with the rock monkeys.

The cheerful atmosphere was like a blazing bonfire in the center of the venue, with flames shooting up into the sky.

The corners of Kloya's mouth rose slightly.

He felt... it was great.

So he simply joined the dancing while playing the harp.

Let go of all the complicated trivialities, let go of everything, and enjoy the joy of the moment.

Thanks to Yue Hua for the reward, and thank you all for your monthly tickets and recommendation tickets~
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