After taking the incense ash from the incense burner in front of the shrine in the doorway and gently throwing it over their left shoulders, the young wizards of Astronomy Class 08-1 could pass through the arched stone door in order and enter the Herb Garden.
The scene in the garden remains unchanged for thousands of years.
The sun is shining brightly on the left, and the fog is thick on the right. Magic separates the whole world into bizarre pieces. The climate is the same in five steps, and the environment is different in ten steps. Occasionally, a rabbit with long legs flies past them, and you can still see it from time to time. The earth dragon swims through the waves of earth.
Professor Li carried a palm-sized dew tray and walked at the front of the team. While leading the way, he briefly introduced various knowledge related to dew to the students. His voice was as soft as ever, but was not affected by the environment at all. Everyone was Can hear clearly:
"Autumn belongs to gold, and gold is white. At this time of year, when the grass and trees condense into smoke, the humidity does not flow, and the yin becomes heavier, the dew condenses and becomes white, which is called white dew."
"The ancients said, 'Don't expose your body during the white dew'. This is because during the white dew season, the yin becomes heavier, the heat in summer subsides and the coolness comes in autumn. Exposing one's body can easily lead to the invasion of cold air... The 'exposed body' here means literally, to expose one's body. So, If there are students who like to go swimming in Linzhong Lake in the summer, and if they go into the water at this time, they must take all kinds of protection..."
Hearing this, Fatty Xin couldn't help but whisper in Zheng Qing's ear: "You're kidding, there are so many murlocs at the bottom of Linzhong Lake, who can swim in the lake without seven or eight talismans hanging on them."
Zheng Qing was originally frowning, trying his best to remember every word the professor said - because he didn't bring a pen and paper, he couldn't take notes, so he could only use this stupidest method - the fat man's nagging voice combined with the words just now Passing by a small piece of thundering garden, the knowledge he heard was immediately shattered into pieces.
The young public-funded student suddenly turned his head and looked at the fat man, glaring angrily.
The fat wizard shrugged very unconsciously: "Don't look at me like that. You can't remember much anyway. I'm just helping you get rid of this pain as soon as possible... Go to the professor after class and ask for the lecture notes, or just copy them. Aren’t the PhD’s class notes awesome? I bet half the class thinks the same way.”
Zheng Qing looked around. Indeed, except for a very limited number of people, most of the people in the class were paying attention to the magical plants full of strange colors on the left and right sides of the fields. Even Jiang Yu devoted half of his energy to controlling Li Meng. classmate.
This gave him a quiet sigh of relief.
If he hadn't carried the words "publicly funded students" on his back, he would have wanted to be as free and easy as Fatty.
Then he noticed that Dr. Xiao Da was staring at a bush of fox gloves on the side of the road - a poisonous magical plant that can cure heart failure - and he couldn't help but poke him worriedly.
"Don't be distracted!" Zheng Qing reminded kindly: "I'm counting on your notes to review my homework. The fox gloves are not as good-looking as the fox. I'll let Poseidon play with you later."
The short wizard glanced at the public student with a speechless look.
"Looking for someone to take care of your pet is so refreshing and refined. You have made great progress this year." After the doctor finished complaining, he asked: "You count on my notes, but what about me? Who do I count on?"
"Your brain." Zheng Qing nodded his head with a serious look on his face.
Xiao Xiao rolled his eyes and snorted: "The professor's lectures are all commonplace, and the knowledge points are very trivial. I know every sentence, why are you listening so seriously?... Don't worry, when we get to the reed swamp, I will I’ll take it seriously.”
"Reeds?"
"Don't you know where we are going to collect white dew?"
"Isn't it on the leaves of plants?" Zheng Qing scratched his head. The professor seemed to have mentioned it before, but he was a little distracted at the time and didn't write it down.
He also thought that white dew could be collected on the leaves of any plant.
"Theoretically, this statement is correct." Xiao Xiao adjusted his glasses and explained habitually: "White dew can be collected from the leaves of any plant, but the purest white dew still comes from Jianjia. It is collected on reed leaves.”
"Sounds good." Zheng Qing said with a smile: "I have always been worried about giving me a poisonous or cursed plant, such as the bowl flower that Fatty met last year... I don't want to spend a week just for a few drops of white dew. Feed like a pig."
"Hey, hey, these words are unpleasant to hear." Xin said dissatisfiedly from the side.
"...There's no need to worry about this." Xiao Xiao frowned and tugged at the corner of his wide robe. He seemed to feel that the dragon skin protective clothing on his body was not suitable. He pointed to the distance: "Bailu is going to be in the reed marsh." There are no bowls of flowers to collect there."
"Speaking of reed marshes," Zheng Qing blinked and said in confusion: "There are so many reeds near Linzhong Lake, why would you plant a large area of this...cheap thing here?"
He thought for a long time before he thought of a suitable word.
"It's also for the word 'purity'."
Xiao Xiao finally found the buckle on the dragon skin suit, tightened the protective suit, and then breathed a sigh of relief: "Compared with the outside, Baicao Garden simulates the original growth environment of related magical plants. The herbs grown there It can be called 'authentic', and it is naturally not comparable to the medicinal herbs outside that are subject to various unknown contaminations and influences."
While talking, the group of people had already arrived at their destination.
As far as the eye can see, there is green green on the side, and the newly born reeds have no heads. They are clustered together one by one, lush and dense, and the slender leaves can easily cross the water and reach the field ridges.
Professor Li Qihuang stopped, turned to look at the classmates, raised the small plate in his hand, and said: "Before accepting the white dew, you need to master the use skills of the 'Dew Accepting Plate'... Everyone has received his own Has your inheritance been revealed?"
"Got it!" A chaotic voice replied.
Zheng Qing also raised the plate in his hand in front of him and looked at it carefully.
The dew-receiving plate is made of copper, and is golden in color. The front is as smooth as the moon, with no flaws visible; the back is covered with fine runes, and there are also many spells of different lengths mixed in, just like the alchemist who created it. The whole page of Dharma book was branded on it.
These dew trays are provided by Baicao Garden, and students do not need to prepare their own. However, the dew collected by the students this time must be handed in to the school except for what is needed for class and homework.
Can't say who has the advantage.
"As you can see, the backs of these dew plates are engraved with spells to collect white dew."
Professor Li rubbed the edge of the dew tray and raised his voice slightly: "...Normally speaking, in the Baicao Garden, in most cases, magic is not allowed to collect herbs, except for white dew. Because its collection process belongs to the general The process of combining the yin energy of heaven and earth with the essence of plants is itself a part of preparing the magic potion.”
"Let's briefly study the mantras on the back of these dew plates. The method of use is similar to the Dharma book... Just think of it as a page of special Dharma book made of metal."
