Who would have thought that Wiltok, whose soul is as pure as a blank sheet of paper, would also lie?
Mayor Mine has seen how severe Wiltok's amnesia is and has no doubts about his inability to remember letters. The old sage had no choice but to put aside his idea of studying the ancient alphabet, at least until Wiltok's condition eased.
However, this also led to the failure of Wiltok's hope of learning general skills from the mayor and picking up clues.
Main is not a professional doctor, but as a knowledgeable sage, he has his own opinions on the complex causes of amnesia. He told Wiltok that there is no cure for amnesia, and the patient can only recover slowly. He must rest well before his condition improves, try to relax and avoid strong stimulation, and do not overuse the brain to recall. This also includes learning knowledge. , otherwise it may cause memory disorders and aggravate the development of the disease.
In short, Wiltok's current situation is quite serious. Don't think about studying for the time being and just play like a child.
Finally, under Wiltok's strong request, Mayor Myne reluctantly agreed that he could teach him ten cursive characters every afternoon, not one more. Moreover, they only teach Chinese characters and don’t talk about anything else. If Wiltok's condition is not good, Main will terminate the course. If the condition improves, he will also increase the study course appropriately.
The old sage was afraid that Wiltok would learn a large amount of common writing and completely forget the precious ancient alphabet. He also made a vivid metaphor: How much can a person's head hold? It's like a wooden bucket. If the wooden bucket is filled with water, and water is poured into it, the water in the bucket will overflow, but if the previous water is It would be miserable if they were squeezed out.
Main's metaphor seems to make sense. If Wiltok didn't know that people's spiritual power can actually grow, he would almost believe him.
Wiltok suspected that the old mayor was deliberately retaliating against him for hiding the ancient alphabet from him. Since his first deception, he had naturally learned to be suspicious.
However, Wiltok is not in a hurry. Investigating clues and retrieving his memory is the ultimate goal. Improving personal strength and ensuring one's own safety are the most urgent needs.
Wiltok still practiced the two secret forms of Funiu and Spirit Monkey every morning. In the afternoon, he went to Mayor Mine to learn ten cursive characters. Then he wandered around the plantation until dinner time, and then practiced the secret form of Golden Toad while sleeping. And review the past gains and losses of the day. However, when he was doing these things, there was an extra tail around him that he couldn't get rid of.
The barbarian boy Yog followed Wiltok and did not dare to stay away for a moment. He was frightened by the previous encounters, and Ingrid seemed to have no intention of letting him go. He always accidentally found several older barbarian female slaves viciously attacking him. Staring at himself. In this place that is hostile to him, Yog knows that Vertok is the only half-elf who has the ability and is willing to protect him. The most important thing is that by following Wiltok, he can have food to eat and a place to sleep.
When Wiltok eats every day, Yog can eat the same food. When Wiltok sleeps, he sleeps on the floor in the corridor outside the door. Because the bedroom is the only territory that Wiltok is unwilling to share with others. Yog found a place to sleep in the doorway of his bedroom. Even if he was curled up on the floor without even a bedding, it would still be much more comfortable than the cave shack of the Taka tribe.
John and Huck of the Adventurer's House originally wanted to drive the barbarian boy outside the house, but Wiltok stepped in to stop them from doing so. Yog even dared not stay away from Wiltok.
In fact, Wiltok is not sympathetic yet. He is just worried that Yog will be killed by those barbarian female slaves if he leaves the mayor's house.
As for Yog, he had to eat a day's rations for two half-elf guards every day, which made Ingrid and the others hate him so much. Wiltok didn't think too much. Anyway, he thought that the food in the plantation was provided for free.
After eating and drinking every day, Yog would follow Wiltok and learn cursive calligraphy from the mayor. It has to be said that Yog studied very seriously, and even Mine praised him for being smarter than the half-elf soldiers in the guard. Therefore, the mayor ordered someone to prepare a sheepskin mattress for Yog, plus two sets of changes of clothes, and allowed him to use the slave bathroom.
Mayor Mayne's kindness to Yog, which Wiltok thought was insignificant, shocked the barbarian female slaves on the plantation and indirectly improved the living environment of the barbarian boy. At least Ingrid and the others no longer had any feelings for him. Yog showed obvious contempt and disgust.
Wiltok looked back through the "Knowledge Puzzle" and found that this subtle change was actually done intentionally by the old mayor. He must have noticed that Yog was something special, so he questioned him calmly.
Cross-examination is also a science, and Wiltok's straightforward questioning method did not yield many valuable clues about Yog. Mayor Myne didn't ask for any clues. He didn't even know what Wiltok wanted to know from Yog, and how could he possibly get the answer to the question?
However, in just a few days, the mayor won the trust of the barbarian boy and asked him to tell all his main experiences.
Yog's life experience is actually quite pitiful. His mother is a shaman of the Taka tribe, and his father is a high-ranking barbarian fighter in the Taka tribe. Yog would have had a good life in the tribe, but when he was five years old, he was struck by lightning. Barbarians generally worship an ancient god called "Tian Ling", and lightning is the weapon used by Tian Ling to punish enemies. Little Yog was struck by lightning inexplicably, causing panic among the tribe. But when his father, a barbarian warrior, went out to find herbs for him, he died at the hands of a wandering giant monster. Yog became an unknown barbarian and was ostracized by all his tribe, even his shaman mother.
The only thing Shamanshina could do was to persuade the tribal leader not to execute Yog, but Yog could only live alone in a cave shack outside the Taka tribe. Except for his mother Xinna, he has no friends or partners, and he has not much communication with his tribe.
In this case, how much can Little Yog know about the Taka Department?
Why does Xinna speak that rare language?
What exactly did she say to Wiltok at the plantation gate?
Yog didn’t know any of these key issues. As for the blood-rage talent of the barbarians, he knew nothing more than the barbarian female slaves.
Basically, he is an orphan who knows nothing about anything, and now he is Vertok's follower.
The clues on Yog seem to have been broken, and Wiltok's attitude towards Yog has not changed at all, but his attention has shifted to the Sage of Mine.
These days, Wiltok "remembered" more than a dozen ancient alphabets one after another. Mayor Mayne was indeed very happy and increased the daily learning of ten general cursive characters to 30 per day. He would still be satisfied. Wiltok's curiosity, answering some questions.
Today, Wiltok felt that the time was ripe and asked Mayor Myne about the whereabouts of the personal notes of the Great Sage Malv.
Mine put away the quills and cotton paper on the table, raised his eyes to look at Wiltok opposite, and glanced at Yog with his pointed ears, and smiled: "Vell, you are very smart, you can think of the great sage. 's private notes are an important clue for you to retrieve your memory. I told you that no one recognizes the ancient alphabet, but you do. So how do you recognize it? You think the same as me, you should have seen Marv 's personal notes. If you can find Marv's personal notes, you may be able to know some of your own experiences."
"However, you may be disappointed..."
The mayor leaned back on his chair, adjusted to a comfortable sitting position, and continued: "The Great Sage Marv was a great man more than 1,000 years ago. His most extraordinary achievement was the founding of the Earth Goddess Sect. Don't underestimate the sect's impact on civilization. But to understand the significance of the birth of a sect, we must first understand the difference between sectarian beliefs and primitive worship.”
"The Taku and Hemo people worship the Mother of the Earth. Some people say that they believe in the teachings of the Earth Mother and are followers of the Earth Mother sect. In fact, this is not the case. The Taku Hemer have not even compiled the honorific name of the Mother of the Earth, and there is no fixed sect. There are no origins, sect rules, or sect rituals, so there is no way to distinguish believers of Mother Earth from non-believers. This is certainly not a sect, but just primitive worship of Mother Earth."
"The barbarians worship the ancient god named "Celestial Spirit" and also worship the Mother of the Earth; the orcs worship the Mother of the Earth and maintain the necessary respect for the 'Celestial Spirit'. But it is not so much that they respect the 'Celestial Spirit' as they Fear of the power of lightning, and then form a primitive worship."
"Some alien orcs also worship the Earth Mother and even hold rituals to sacrifice the Earth Mother. However, Takuhem, barbarian half-orcs, and alien orcs, these races that all worship the Earth Mother will still kill each other when they meet... You say, a sect where believers kill believers is still a sect?”
"Before the emergence of the Earth Goddess Sect, the Taku and Hemo tribes called themselves rock elves, and they called half-elves like us sub-elves. During that period, rock elves and sub-elves lived together, and their lifestyle was no different from that of Braun Town today. Difference. The ancient rock elves led the sub-elves to build surrounded villages one after another. Among them, the Taku tribe was responsible for guarding the villages, taking care of pregnant women and young children, and forging stone weapons; the brave and skilled Hemer tribe was responsible for patrolling the territory of the surrounding villages and hunting. Monsters, destroy intruders. The sub-elves assist Taku Hemo in his daily work, and also go out to collect, hunt, repair villages, and make tools..."
Mayor Myne may have been lonely for too long, and he kept getting off topic, getting more and more enthusiastic. John, who had been acting as a toolman and bodyguard, couldn't stand Mine's nagging and couldn't help complaining: "Mayor, Mr. Will asked you where Malfoy's private notes are, you went too far... "
"Hey, you can talk? I thought you were a stone statue." Mayor Mine rolled his eyes at the training camp's chief officer, and mocked a little bitterly: "You said you are too young to want to learn. What's the difference between knowledge and stones? For so many days, I taught these two children to write, and you didn't even look at me. How dare you think I'm going too far? Look at Yog, he's a barbarian compared to you. powerful."
Yog was listening intoxicatedly, his eyes shining. John gave him a cold look, closed his mouth, and stopped talking.
Wiltok also liked to listen to Myne telling stories and would not find him nagging. He just listened with interest and urged: "Mayor Myne, keep talking."
I don’t know what was aroused. Myne’s interest in chatting was greatly reduced. He shook his head and said: "I can’t finish talking. If you want to know more, you have to read the book yourself. In the future, after you finish studying general Words, it is better to read all the books I have written than to waste my saliva here..."
The old man pointed to the surrounding bookshelves, which were all neatly bound cotton paper books. He chuckled and said: "I don't dare to teach you how to recognize common characters now. I'm worried that it will consume your energy too much and make you forget all the ancient letters. However, I know where to find Malfoy's private notes. I can also find a way to show it to you, but it may not be what you think."
"Let's put it simply... Malfo founded the Earth Goddess Sect, compiling the name, origin, and sect classics of the Earth Goddess. The rock elves believed that what he compiled was false, but this is not important at all. The Earth Goddess Sect has a fixed The origins, rules, and rituals turned primitive worship into religious beliefs, and religious beliefs united the loose elves together, allowing civilization to be passed on."
"Malv accepted sixteen sub-elven disciples, who later became the famous Sixteen Pillars... Malv hoped that these sixteen disciples would support the Temple of the Earth like pillars, allowing the Earth Goddess Sect to stand. But no matter how great it is, No sage would have imagined that hundreds of years later, the sixteen famous sects who maintained the Earth Temple would divide up all the wealth accumulated by the temple, including Malfoy’s personal notes.”
"Huh? Malfoy's private notes are in the hands of the famous Sixteen Pillars family? Who specifically stole the notes?" Wiltok asked eagerly.
Sage Myen's expression became strange and he couldn't help laughing, "Haha, this thing is quite funny... More than four hundred years ago, the Dragon King Philumat woke up from his long sleep. He discovered that the Earth Temple had accumulated Then, Philumat robbed the Earth Temple, and even the original copy of Malfoy's personal notes was packed away. The Dragon King had just finished robbing, and the Sixteen Pillar Famous Families robbed it again, and they The carving up of the Temple Knights caused a serious decline in the influence of the Earth Temple. The Sixteen Pillar Famous Gates formed the Highland City Famous Gate Council to replace the Earth Temple and seize the supreme power of the Disa Alliance."
Wiltok frowned and asked: "The notes are in the hands of Dragon King Philumat?"
Mine nodded, then shook his head and said: "The notebook was originally in the Dragon King's nest city, and may have been rotten... Fortunately, a priest named Cody copied a copy of Malfoy's personal notebook, and he put it in The copy is presented to the Council of Famous Families. Now, all the famous families of the Sixteenth Pillar have collected the manuscripts of the Great Sage's Notes."
"I can borrow a manuscript for you. The problem is that the manuscript is copied by people who don't know the alphabet, and the font of the alphabet will always be more or less different from the original font. I can borrow a manuscript The alphabet is not exactly the same as the alphabet you have mastered... I hope you can understand it. If it doesn't work, we will find a way to collect all the handwritten manuscripts that have been handed down so that you can identify them."
Main took a long breath and asked with a smile: "Today's class is over, you can go out and play... I heard that you have become obsessed with blacksmithing recently, and the blacksmiths on the plantation praised your talent. You are still going to the blacksmith today. Shop?"
Wiltok nodded and said, "Go."
Mayor Mine also nodded and said: "Relaxing your mood is good for you to restore your memory. Going to the blacksmith shop to swing a hammer is also a good way to relax. Before you go to the blacksmith shop today, you'd better go see Ingrid first... You She has already found the zircon she wants, which is used to cast iron tools."
