After leaving the village chief's house, Chen Yao went into the village chief's library, pulled out a copy of "Made in Blue Star: Collection of Miscellaneous Things" from the Snakewood Bookshelf, put it in the binding ring, and left the library.
"Old village chief, I borrowed an old ancient book and will return it to you tomorrow." Chen Yao said to the old village chief who had just arrived at the door.
"Just don't break it."
"knew."
Chen Yao turned around and hurried back to his shack.
After Chen Yao left, the old village chief also entered the library, and soon returned to his room. If you look carefully, you can see that there is a book in his hand, with four big words on the cover: "The Erotic Music Master"
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After returning to the shack, he closed the door and lit the grease candle. Chen Yao took out his book and turned to the page he marked last time. The title of this page was: The Structure and Production of Firecrackers.
"Well, it is recorded in ancient books that this kind of thing was a toy of children in the old days. If it is ignited by fire, it will make a loud noise after a few seconds, but it has no power."
Chen Yao rubbed his chin.
"The recorded toys are usually only half the length of a child's finger and the thickness of a little finger. So if I make a large one, it should be able to have a certain power and make a huge sound. It should be more than enough to deal with ordinary strange beasts... .”
According to the materials in the book, I took out the materials from the binding ring and placed them one by one on the stone table. They were snakewood branches with four sections that seemed to be fairly straight and three fingers thick, with one end hollowed out and the other sealed.
Then there were three sealed cloth bags, a stone mortar, a slender snakewood branch, and a few black strings.
As if remembering something, Chen Yao moved the clay pot at the door into the room. The pot contained a large piece of clay. The pot had been placed at the door two days ago so that the excess moisture in the clay could be naturally dried out. .
Speaking of which, a hollowed-out snakewood branch and several bags of powder were the most difficult to make.
Most of the snake trees under the black abyss grow in a curved shape, and it took half a star and a month to select the materials and make them.
The three bags of powder are nitrate powder, sulfur powder and snakewood carbon powder. The raw material ores are easy to find. Most of the Heiyuan villagers who go out to collect the minerals do not know these special minerals, so every time they collect the ores, they bring them back all at once, and there is no need for them. Just placing it in the warehouse is convenient for Chen Yao.
Chen Yao refined saltpeter powder and sulfur powder according to ancient books, and almost burned down the shack, but fortunately he succeeded in extracting some.
Since there is no paper to waste, the lead part of the firecracker is made of air-dried snake bark fiber mixed with three kinds of powder.
Then here comes the problem. According to the book, the mixing of the three powders requires precise proportions, four to one to one, six to two to one, or fifteen to three to two. There are no weighing tools in the village.
"Hiss...just four to one to one, other ratios are too complicated..."
Chen Yao first laid the map given by the village chief on the stone table, and then took out a test tube. Talking about why Chen Yao treasured this thing, because except for this set of utensils, there was no complete glass product found in the Heiyuan garbage dump. .
When the villagers of Heiyuan brought back this set of boxes and utensils, the old village chief regarded them as treasures and kept them for several months. Later, he found that these things were of no use in the village and could not withstand Chen Yao's repeated abuses, so he put them away. He was given a set of glassware, but no box.
According to the scale on the test tube, Chen Yao carefully mixed the ratio.
"Four parts of nitrate powder...one part of sulfur powder...one part of carbon powder...that's it."
There were six small piles of powder neatly separated on the leather map. Since this was the first experiment, the total mass of powder was only slightly larger than the demand for making firecrackers recorded in ancient books.
He took the mortar, held the map in both hands, carefully poured all the powder in, and gently mixed the powder with snakewood branches. A pungent smell filled the room.
"Very good, the most difficult step is completed..."
Chen Yao raised his hand and wiped away his sweat. He was really afraid that this thing would explode. Injury was a trivial matter, but disfigurement was not good.
Take one of the hollow snakewood, first put a lead into it, and then carefully fill in all the powder in the mortar. Because this time I did it more conservatively, the powder can only fill one-third of the snakewood. During the whole process, Chen Yao did not dare to be distracted at all.
"Okay, the last step."
Chen Yao took out a small piece of low-humidity clay from the pottery pot nearby and tightly sealed the top of the snake wood. Due to inconvenience, a section of the snake wood was removed.
Chen Yao picked up the completed firecracker and looked at it carefully. The body of the firecracker was black, with a small black lead protruding from the top. It is somewhat similar to the "King Wang" recorded in ancient books. It was the most famous firecracker in the old times recorded in ancient books.
The remaining three Wang Zhiwang were made in the same way. Since the first one was a test product, the weight of the powder was not grasped, so the next three were more powerful than the first one.
After making these large firecrackers, there were not many materials left.
Holding two in one hand, Chen Yao closed his eyes and felt the heavy weight in his hands. He breathed a sigh of relief. This was their insurance measure for seven days of exploration...
"Huh... finally the production is completed..."
"boom!"
"Brother Yao!"
Qiu Yueli suddenly pushed the door open and Chen Yao was so frightened that he almost threw the firecrackers! People cannot afford to be frightened when they are thinking about something.
"Lili! Why are you as careless as Xiaohu! Girls need to be more ladylike!"
Chen Yao quickly collected the materials and finished firecrackers on the table.
"I know... you will be cruel to me... Huh? What was that black thing in my brother's hand just now?"
"Ahem...secret! By the way, why are you looking for me? Why are you in such a hurry?"
This girl has sharp eyes like her sister, Chen Yao touched his nose and thought.
"Ah! Come on, father asked me to call you for dinner. Today we have offal and wild vegetable soup! The soup also has fragrant fennel!"
Yue Li suddenly slapped her little head and said.
"What! There's meat again! And herbs are added?! Come on, come on! Let's go, let's go!"
Chen Yao grabbed the girl's tender little hand and started to leave.
Under the Black Abyss, wild vegetables are rare delicacies, not to mention the rarer spice plants. Some of the animals under the Black Abyss are also vegetarian, and they also like spice plants, so every villager who goes out in Xingyue You may not be able to find a few.
"Hehe, I thought Brother Yao was so obsessed with research that he didn't want to eat!"
The girl said playfully.
"How is that possible! Hiss..." Chen Yao swallowed. He had forgotten the last time he ate fennel grass.
The two walked quickly to the Qiu family's courtyard. Jiang Hu and Yun Xi were already waiting in the courtyard. Today was obviously an outdoor meal. Qiu's father was preparing bowls in the courtyard, and Qiu's mother was busy adding firewood to the fire in the center of the courtyard. .
"Brother! You came so late?"
Xiaohu said naively.
"Xiaohu? Did Lili call you?"
"No, I passed by Uncle Qiu's house and came in after smelling the smell..."
Xiaohu scratched his head in embarrassment.
There's nothing you can do about it. Even the village chief's family may not be able to eat the fennel grass.
"You have a good nose."
"It's okay. I originally planned to call Hu Zi, but I didn't expect him to come by himself. It saves trouble. Let's eat together. It's rare for your Aunt Luo to find a fennel grass. You two will go out tomorrow. It's a rush today. Let’s have a good meal.”
Father Qiu said kindly.
"Aunt Luo, where did you find this fennel plant? No one has found the fennel plant for several months."
"Well, when I was chasing crested pheasants in the rye field in the east of the village today, I found it growing in the middle of some snakewood vines on the edge of the field."
"And this time, the fennel grass has not been damaged by alien animals. The roots are intact. I only picked part of the fennel leaves and left the fennel roots. When I came back, I told the Qingshan Village Chief, and he had already sent people to clean up the surrounding areas. The snakewood was cleared, fenced, and looked at every day.”
Aunt Luo said while stirring the tumbling offal pieces in the pot with a wooden spoon.
"Isn't it true that every star and moon will grow?!" Xiaohu said with excitement.
"Yes, as long as the roots of the fennel grass are left, new branches and leaves will grow every star and moon."
Qiu Yunxi added.
"Great! From now on everyone can eat spices."
"Yeah? But there are so many people in the village, how can one plant be enough?"
Qiu Yueli said blankly.
"Silly Lili! The fennel grass is a perennial plant, not an annual plant. When the seeds are ripe, everyone will find a piece of land and plant the seeds in the ground. New fennel grass will grow again, so that the whole village can have enough food. separated."
Chen Yao curled his lips and explained.
"What's annual and perennial... Hmm... I don't understand... Anyway, as long as everyone can eat it!"
"Chen Yao, you know better. Indeed, the village chief did have this plan. Most of the fennel we found in the past had their roots destroyed by alien beasts, and there were never intact plants. So this time Pingshui found a complete plant. , the village chief does have plans to plant."
Father Qiu nodded.
"Yeah! It seems that mother has really made a great contribution this time!" Qiu Yueli started spinning around excitedly.
Aunt Luo rolled her eyes at her daughter angrily.
"It's not about meritorious service! We all belong to the same village, so we must think about everyone!"
"Okay, come here, it's almost done."
Aunt Luo opened the lid of the pot, and a strange fragrance hit her nostrils. Even Qiu Yunxi, who used to be cold and cold, showed an intoxicated expression.
Chen Yao stretched his neck and leaned forward to take a look at the pottery pot. Small pieces of internal organs were tumbling in the milky white soup, and the surface of the soup was dotted with tiny purple-black fennel leaves.
"Sniff...this is the smell!!!"
Chen Yao's stomach was already drumming.
As we got closer, the fragrance became stronger and stronger, and even the door was surrounded by several villagers who came after smelling the smell.
"Hey, it's Lao Zhang and Lao Wang, come in and have something to eat?" Father Qiu greeted warmly.
Qiu's father is a well-known carpenter in the village. Qiu's father is involved in the construction and repair of most villagers' shacks.
"Oh, no, no, we heard. Thanks to Sister Luo for finding a good fennel plant, everyone will be able to eat spices in a while, hahaha."
Lao Zhang laughed.
"Yes, yes, oh, Widow Liu asked me to go back for dinner. Brother Qiu, I'll leave first.
Lao Wang also agreed.
All the villagers dispersed.
"Little guys, come and sit down and talk about the etiquette here with uncle!"
Father Qiu waved his hand.
Aunt Luo also served everyone soup and rye rice at the right time.
"Thank you Aunt Luo! Suck it...ah! Hot, hot, hot!"
Chen Yao couldn't wait to take a sip after getting the soup bowl, which made everyone burst into laughter.
In the courtyard of the Qiu family, there was a lot of laughter and joy...
Chapter 12: Departure
When Chen Yao returned to his shack, it was already night. At this time, there was no light above the black abyss.
The village was lit up with scattered candles. Before going back, the village chief deliberately stated the departure time tomorrow. No late arrivals were allowed at twelve o'clock in the morning.
After touching his swollen belly, Chen Yao fell down on his bed, causing the broken bed to creak.
"Huh... there are about twenty stars left, so you can have a good sleep."
After mentally going over all the preparations that need to be made, there should be nothing left to prepare.
Although most of the reason is due to limited conditions, there is only so much I can do, well, it seems that there is still...
A carp is struggling, okay, but it can't get up.
After getting up honestly, Chen Yao got out of bed and took out a small cloth bag from the bag containing the sundries under the bed.
I opened it and took a look. It was very good. It was not damp. After putting it into the ring, I lay back on the bed. This time, I really had nothing to prepare.
It is easy to feel sleepy after eating a full meal, even if you have slept for a long time before.
He closed his eyes. I don't know how long it had passed, but he felt something strange. Even if he closed his eyes, there were some small light spots flickering in the darkness in front of him. Chen Yao focused all his energy on the center of his eyebrows, and finally he could see the strangeness clearly. What is the light spot.
The light spots in front of him were clearly the three light spots that appeared when Chen Yao was exhausted from the binding ceremony before!
Three light spots were arranged in a straight line, the middle light spot was flickering slowly, seemingly brighter than before, and the light spots on both sides were constant and weak.
Chen Yao concentrated further, trying to touch the flickering light and find out what it was, but after a long time, until he became dizzy, he made no progress.
Annoyed, Chen Yao opened his eyes and shook his head. When he closed his eyes again, the light spot had disappeared.
"Well... this should be a sign of awakening. Forget it... I don't understand. I'll just wait for Yun Xi to teach me."
Letting go of his mind, Chen Yao fell asleep directly...
He slept soundly that night, but Chen Yao had a dream. In the dream, he fell down when he was dealing with the out-of-control Blacksmith Li, and Lili ran towards him crying.
"Brother Yao! Brother Yao, wake up!"
Opening her eyes, Qiu Yueli was shaking Chen Yao anxiously in her blurry vision.
"Lili!!!" Chen Yao stood up suddenly and hugged the girl.
"Ah!! Brother Yao, you..." Qiu Yueli was a little panicked.
"!!!" Chen Yao came back to his senses and realized it was a dream. He quickly let go of the girl and held her shoulders.
"Lili, listen to my explanation. I had a dream. It was at Tiejiang Li's house that day..."
"Pfft! Brother Yao is acting weird today, okay! It's okay, it's over. It's not like we haven't hugged each other before. When we were little, you still carried me on your back every day!"
The girl's face was a little flushed, and she patted Chen Yao on the shoulder to comfort her. Apparently she was also shocked.
"Ah! Brother Yao, it's time to get up! It's already ten o'clock and you're sleeping in again! We're about to set off!"
Just as Chen Yao was about to defend himself, he was rudely interrupted by Qiu Yueli, who had her hands on her hips.
"Okay! Get up soon!" Chen Yao didn't stay in bed this time, he stood up and tidied up briefly.
"Let's go, everything is ready."
Chen Yao simply wiped his face and glanced at the ring-binding space uneasily to make sure nothing was left behind.
"Oh~ By the way, this is for you." Yue Li took out a folded cloth bundle from the binding ring.
"This is the food and water that mother prepared for us. This is your share, hehe."
"Okay, let's go." Chen Yao put it into the ring.
"Uh-huh!"
When the two of them arrived at the village chief's house, the old village chief, Qingyan Village Chief, Jiang Hu, and Yun Xi were already there.
"Brother! Come on! Try your equipment to see if it fits?" Jiang Hu said excitedly.
At this time, Jiang Hu was fully armed, including iron schist leather pigskin armor trousers, alienated lizard skin boots, and lizard skin fingerless gloves.
He also carried a half-human tall tower shield on his back. The shield was made of snake wood and had several irregular pieces of iron embedded in it. He was holding a rough forged hammer in his right hand.
Qiu Yunxi is also fully equipped. Except for a wooden bow, they are all light armors. They have no defensive power and are mostly for keeping warm.
"As soon as you put on this equipment, Xiaohu, you look a lot more domineering."
Chen Yao praised rarely.
"On this trip, Huzi will be the strongest shield in your team, and he is very strong, so his equipment should be thicker. Here are your equipment."
The old village chief nodded and gestured to his feet.
I saw a small pile of equipment piled at the feet of the old village chief, including two sets of coats, leggings, leather boots and gloves made of iron-crowned chicken feathers and alienated lizard skin, a pair of small leather shields, and a half-meter-long roughly forged The short sword and armor are basically the same as Yun Xi's equipment.
"Yueli girl doesn't need weapons. You three must protect her. She is an equally important healer in your team."
Everyone responded to the old village chief.
The two of them put on their armor. Chen Yao picked up the dagger in his hand and waved it twice, okay. The armor is light and does not affect movement, the dagger is just right in weight, and the small leather shield can also provide good protection, so it is very practical.
"Brother Yao, does this look good on me?"
Qiu Yueli looked at Chen Yao with her eyes fixedly and asked unconfidently.
Chen Yao carefully observed it for a while. The armor Yue Li was wearing at this time had a large number of iron-combed rooster feathers embedded on the waist and shoulders. These feathers reflected brilliant colors in the dim light, and the edges of the feathers had a slight tinge. metallic silver light.
"Hiss...Although Lili, you look good in anything you wear, but with this armor made of iron-combed chicken feathers on you, it feels like you are cute yet a little wild...well..."
"Is that good-looking or not?"
The girl puffed her cheeks and stamped her feet, obviously not hearing the answer she wanted.
"It's so pretty! It's so pretty! Well... your sister is pretty too." Chen Yao nodded.
When Qiu Yunxi heard this, he glanced at Chen Yao indifferently, not knowing the meaning.
"That's right! My sister and I are sisters from Black Abyss Village! Of course we are good-looking!"
Qiu Yueli's posture with her arms akimbo and neck raised at this moment, combined with her outfit, made her look like a proud pheasant... no, a swan.
"Smelly..." Chen Yao touched his nose habitually and shook his head.
"Okay, now that everything is ready, it's time to set off. This time you go out for experience, you must remember that safety comes first! Don't go to those dangerous places marked on the map!"
The old village chief looked at the top of the abyss, and then said seriously. These words were mainly meant for Chen Yao.
"Don't worry, old village chief, I'm sensible and won't hold you back." Chen Yao vowed.
The other people nodded in agreement.
"let's go."
Chen Yao tightened the armor on his body and put the dagger into its scabbard. To be honest, this was the first time he was fully armed like this. His palms were slightly sweaty and he was obviously a little nervous.
When the old village chief and a few others arrived at the entrance of the village, there were already many villagers waiting, including the Qiu couple. Most of the villagers wanted to see off a few little ones, and some just wanted to join in the fun.
"Chen Yao, take this."
Qiu Mu stepped forward and handed Chen Yao a small cloth bag.
"Aunt Luo, what is this?"
"This is the fennel grass that I didn't use last time. I dried it and ground it into powder so that you can carry it with you. You will definitely have a hard time traveling this time. It will be better if you bring this."
Being so close, Chen Yao could clearly see the wrinkles on Luo Pingshui's face, which seemed to be deeper than before. Although she had a warm smile on her face, the worry in her eyes could not be hidden.
Taking a deep breath, suppressing the rising emotions, Chen Yao spoke.
"Thank you Aunt Luo, I will make good use of it, and I will definitely...protect Yue Li and Yun Xi."
"Okay, now that you have grown up and become sensible, I can rest assured. You should also pay attention to your own safety."
After saying this, Qiu's mother returned to Qiu's father. Qiu's father patted Qiu's mother on the shoulder and said nothing.
"Mom! My brothers and sisters look so awesome. When will I be like them?"
The boy on the side asked his mother longingly.
"When Rarity passes another star year and accepts the binding ceremony, she can be like her brothers and sisters. Hush! The village chief is about to speak!"
The mother on the side immediately stopped the boy from continuing to ask questions, and the crowd became quiet at this time.
At this time, the old village chief walked quickly in front of everyone, pressed his hands down to signal everyone to be quiet, and said calmly.
"Today is the binding training day that occurs every five star years. However, today is different from the past because the four young people who went out to practice this time are almost all awakened ones! This was the day in the past 120 star years. This has never happened before!"
The old village chief had a rosy complexion and spoke loudly.
Although Black Abyss Village has a population of thousands, the binder training held every five years only has one or two awakened binders. Most of the time, ordinary villagers and awakened binders accompany the training. This is why the old village chief does this. explain.
"This is the hope of our Black Abyss Village! Lord Binding God is paying attention here! He is helping our Black Abyss Village! Thank you Lord Binding God for your guidance!"
The old village chief mobilized the emotions of the villagers in just a few words, but his posture was slightly weird at this time. He stood up straight, hugged himself tightly with his arms like a restraint, raised his face, closed his eyes tightly, and shouted excitedly.
"Thank you Lord Binding God for your guidance!"
The villagers quickly followed suit.
"Thank you Lord Binding God for your guidance!"
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Chen Yao and others also quickly followed suit, fearing that the old village chief would be unhappy. The old village chief always dealt with this matter seriously.
"Okay, Lord Binding God has heard our prayers, and the little guys' experience will definitely go smoothly this time."
The old village chief returned to normal and chuckled.
"It's already twelve star hours. Let's go. Remember what I said."
"Don't worry, old village chief." Chen Yao responded.
"Remember Grandpa Qingshan! Let's go!"
Yue Li hurriedly pushed Chen Yao and pulled Xiao Hu, seeming a little uncomfortable.
"Okay, okay, don't push, don't push..."
"Father and grandpa, let's go!"
Xiaohu said hurriedly, hearing the village chiefs Qingshan and Qingyan nodded.
The group of people left the village under the watchful eyes of all the villagers. After that, the villagers dispersed and went about their own business...
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