When he woke up again, Yiran found himself lying in a small wooden house. Everything in the house was made of wood, just like the dilapidated wooden houses left in China in the 1970s and 1980s.
The only difference is that the furniture here rarely only consists of tables, chairs and beds, and the wooden furniture has no paint protection on its surface.
The slow general sat up, observed his surroundings carefully, recalled his own experiences, and gently analyzed the current situation.
He was struck by lightning but did not die, and his body became younger. This is probably because he traveled through time.
The key is where you travel to, although seeing an old man with a stick that can fly is probably someone who has traveled to another world.
But since I have become a cultivator, it is not impossible to say that someone could fly dozens or hundreds of years ago. Moreover, this house is really the same as the modern houses I know.
While thinking about it, I remembered that my parents spent countless efforts to educate themselves, but when they were almost fifty years old, they had to give away a white-haired person to a black-haired person. Thinking of this made my heart twist. He clutched his sleeves tightly and burst into tears.
After thinking for a moment, Yiran calmed down again.
"If I travel through time and go back to the past, then as long as I live long enough, I can meet my parents or even my future self again in the long stream of time; or if I travel to another world, then As long as I am strong enough in cultivation, I will definitely be able to travel back in time!"
Thinking of this, I felt a little relaxed. In order to live longer or become stronger, I need to go step by step. Just thinking that it took me seven years of breathing and breathing to enter concentration to refine Qi, and that I didn't know how far I had come on the road to refine Qi after seven years of meditation, made me feel bitter.
But because Daozang allowed himself to experience a foundation-building experience, he allowed himself to feel the majestic true energy. Let yourself believe that if you persist, you will always become stronger. It's just that Daozang didn't travel with him, probably because he was shattered by lightning.
There was no one in the house, so Yiran got off the bed and wanted to check the surroundings.
The empty room only contained a few heavy classics on the bookshelf.
I came to the bookshelf and wanted to look through the books. Before I could look through the books, I heard a rush of footsteps.
The wooden door opened in response, and the person who walked in was the white-haired and white-bearded old man he saw before he fell unconscious. There was also a little girl following behind. She was too shy to follow the old man, but she was so weird that she stuck her head out and looked into the house.
Seeing that the boy in the room had woken up, the old man coughed twice and said a long speech.
Yiran's eyes were glazed over, showing a hint of confusion, and his hands grasped his sleeves uncontrollably.
Seeing Yiran standing in a daze without responding, the little girl gently pulled the corner of the old man's clothes and said coquettishly:
"Grandpa, did this brother hurt his brain? Why didn't he react?"
The old man shook his head gently. He saw the shock in Yi Ran's eyes. Although he didn't know why the boy didn't answer him, since he could understand his words, he must not be deaf.
As for Yiran's surprise, first, it came from the words on the book he saw at a glance, and second, he heard the old man's words.
I have never seen the characters before, but I feel that they are very similar to the hieroglyphics that appeared in China's history. And I could understand most of what the old man said, and it was extremely similar to Chinese.
In an instant, Yiran thought that he had returned to the distant past.
The general meaning of the old man's long words was to ask about Yiran's origins, his physical condition, how he came here alone, and whether he needed any help.
The old man did not feel any familiar aura from Yiran, indicating that he was still not practicing yet. It's a bit strange to be walking alone without practicing.
As soon as the old man said these words, Yiran knew that this must be a very kind senior.
After being shocked, Yiran also realized his impoliteness and answered the old man's question.
Modern time travellers, who have read thousands of books and seen countless "strange people and strange things", make up the same story, and with the fact that they have turned into a little kid, they will definitely not arouse suspicion.
"My name is Yiran. I ran out to play secretly. I chased a beautiful butterfly for a long time, but I met a monster with wings preying on other little monsters. Its wings flashed, and many of them were very big. The tree broke, and a big tree I was holding was blown away. I didn’t know anything after that. I just felt a pain in my head.”
The old man didn't take it seriously when he found that what he was still speaking was not Mandarin. After all, there were different pronunciations in Shili Village, so he thought it was the dialect of nearby villages.
He was just a child. There was no magic wave or the aura of a warrior on his body. He was probably a commoner from a nearby village. I have never seen a World of Warcraft before, so I described it that way.
The old man nodded after listening, and a plant suddenly appeared in his hand. He pulled out a stem and let Yiran take it. Then he whispered: "I checked your body when you were in a coma, and your health was very good. Xiaodie'er fed you a lot of medicine when you were in a coma. Now that you have woken up, you will take one ginseng tablet at the end. Your body will not be in good condition." There will be any sequelae.”
"If you are in a hurry to go home, I will send you away in a few days. I just don't know which village you came from. The nearest village is hundreds of miles away. If you are not in a hurry, you can also stay here for a while. It depends on your physical condition. It’s not bad and he doesn’t panic when doing things. If you practice it, you might be able to change your life.”
Yiran was shocked when he saw a plant suddenly appear in the old man's hand. Then he saw clearly that the old man's hand was a ginseng that was over a hundred years old. My mouth will drop in shock.
Based on my familiarity with Tao Zang, I speculate that this ginseng plant is likely to be more than three hundred years old and is something that has become extinct on the land of China.
The shock in his eyes was clearly seen by the old man, but he didn't take it seriously.
But if he accidentally recognizes this thing, then the authenticity of his previous answer needs to be verified.
Yiran discovered his mistake in an instant and felt resentful in his heart. He was glad that he had not been discovered.
He quickly nodded in agreement and said to the old man in a "dialect": "I do, I also want to become like you."
After listening to Yiran's words, the old man walked out of the house silently. A quirky and shy little girl jumped up to Yiran with her ponytail swinging, and looked at Yiran curiously.
"You said you can catch butterflies, can you help me catch a few?"
"Why are the words you speak different from the Mandarin that my grandfather taught me? Is this the dialect of your village?"
"I'll teach you Mandarin, and you can help me catch butterflies. How about it, little brother."
After saying that, he grabbed Yiran's arm and shook it.
Yi Ran pondered for a moment and said okay.
"My name is Yudie." Then the little girl jumped and left the room, leaving behind a pretty and cute figure in red.
Yi Ran was the only one left in the room again, so he walked to the bookshelf and slowly started browsing.
Looking through each book carefully, Yiran didn't recognize most of the words on it, but the composition of each stroke made Yiran feel familiar.
As for the four words on the cover, Yiran thought it should be "Lingxu Continent".
Yiran finally understood his situation and knew that he had not traveled back in time, but to another world. It's just that the word "Lingxu" always made Yiran very familiar, but he forgot where he had seen it before. The ability of photographic memory seems to have lost its effect at this moment.
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In the following days, the old man would appear occasionally and bring a lot of materials. Then he left in a hurry.
Yiran spent most of his time with Yudie, either reading books to learn languages or the history of Lingxu Continent, or following Yudie to catch butterflies in the nearby woods.
According to Yudie, the old man's name is Gude, a magician and a master of alchemy.
He was also adopted by Grandpa Gude since he was a child. Since then, he has been living in this valley and learning alchemy skills from his grandfather.
Grandpa Good also said that when you are eight years old, if you have talent, you can start learning magic. If you don't have talent, you can only learn martial arts.
Sometimes Yiran would watch Yudie refining medicine. Refining medicine was the homework assigned by the old man to Yudie.
Grind plants and strange stones that Yi Ran knew or didn't recognize into powder, add special liquids and boil them in the furnace, sometimes boiling them into potions and sometimes boiling them into powders.
When Yiran sees the potion brewed, Yiran will think of traditional Chinese medicine. But when Yudie boiled out the powdery substance and rolled it into a ball, Yiran inexplicably remembered the alchemy in Daozang.
But Yiran didn't dare to ask in detail, because the medicinal materials used to make a concoction include century-old wild ginseng, century-old Ganoderma lucidum, etc. The other materials required for refining medicine are not much different.
So Yiran silently wrote down the names and appearances of all the treasures of heaven, materials and earth, and helped Yudie to boil the liquid and mix the pills. Occasionally ask Yudie about the efficacy of some medicinal materials and the functions of medicinal liquid pills. Yiran silently remembered all of this in his heart.
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Before I knew it, a month had passed. During this month, Yiran also became familiar with the world through books. Books record that this world is a continent surrounded by the Infinite Sea. The continent is vast and boundless, and the Infinite Sea is even more boundless.
There are three major empires and countless principalities on the continent, and the Warcraft Forest is surrounded by them. In this continent, cultivation is open to everyone, and if you have excellent qualifications, you will be attracted by various forces.
Because the Warcraft Forest occupies more than two-thirds of the continent, countless warcraft among them pose endless threats to humans.
There have been countless times in history where waves of monsters have attacked human territory, leading to the near-extinction of humanity.
There are countless powerful monsters in the boundless sea, but because most of them cannot leave the sea water to land, the harm is not particularly great, but there are also many seaside cities that have been destroyed.
Because of the threat of Warcraft, Lingxu Continent can be said to be preparing for war. All those who are qualified to become magicians will enter the magic academy to study, and those who cannot become magicians can also enter the martial arts academy. It's just that there are only two or three people with magic talents, and the resources to practice martial arts are even more prohibitive for civilians.
Everyone can practice martial arts, but most of them stay at martial arts their entire lives due to lack of talent. Even the first level of martial arts warriors cannot step into it. Even though they can dominate the world, they pose no threat to Warcraft.
Even if they have the talent to practice martial arts, there are countless of them who cannot endure the hardships of practicing martial arts, and there are even more countless people who have no training resources because of their ordinary background.
Resources are limited. National preparation for war gives everyone the opportunity to practice, but the resources are definitely skewed towards those with high talents, while those with average talents will tend to become mediocre as they grow older.
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On this day, Goode called Yudie and Yiran to his study room with a solemn look on his face.
The study is Gude's forbidden area. It is also a small bamboo house, but the moment he stepped into the study, Yiran felt that it seemed to be a world isolated by some kind of force.
The temperature was lower than outside, and it even gave Yiran a sense of eeriness and solemnity.
Yiran stayed here for more than a month and never entered the study once, and Yudie came in only a few times. And every time you come in, there will be new potions and pills that you need to learn to brew.
Yiran knew that there must be many secrets hidden in the study. It was the place where Goode made medicine himself, and it was also the place where Yudie was taught the art of medicine refining.
But Yiran was calm enough to accept that the secret skill of alchemy would only be taught to his apprentices and relatives.
What's more, I have learned a lot by refining medicine with Yudie, and these ancient old men must also know everything about it.
Inside the bamboo house, you can see a large four-legged cauldron at a glance. The cauldron is engraved with gorgeous runes. The runes alone make people feel that it is not simple.
The cauldron is made of various materials, and its color is black and green, making it look more primitive and heavy.
This big cauldron is actually the same as the alchemy cauldron recorded in the ancient books of China.
This approximation should be used by Old Man Gude in refining medicine.
Rows of bookshelves are neatly filled with books, including books on magic, martial arts, medicine refining, weapon refining, planting, etc. The wooden box, stone box and jade box on the table are filled with various medicinal powders.
Goode's eyes were slightly narrowed, his white hair on his temples was calm, and he was sitting upright with his hands folded and his sleeves folded.
A solemn aura is born as soon as the eyebrows are raised, that is the aura of a superior!
The elders who were usually very amiable but violent and resolute in their work suddenly turned into solemn and serious teachers. Said to the two of them.
"I was unable to make any progress in magic twenty years ago, but refining medicine was my specialty. So I left the empire and began to travel across the continent to seek opportunities for breakthroughs. Now that I am over eighty years old, my cultivation is not advanced. Only in He has achieved some success in alchemy, and he can barely be considered top-notch in the empire."
"Eight years ago, I was traveling on the edge of the Warcraft Forest and felt unusual aura fluctuations. When I went to investigate, the scene was in a mess, with dozens of corpses lying strewn about, and even a few first-order Warcraft."
"According to my analysis, a group of people was being hunted. They were not as strong as the enemy, so they attracted the monsters to die together. When I arrived at the scene, there were more than 20 lives, but only one baby girl was still alive. That's you, Yudie!"
"And Yiran, you said that you met a magical beast after getting lost, and then came here inexplicably. But I can't believe it."
"The outer edge of the Warcraft Forest is still hundreds of miles away from this valley. It is impossible to cross such a distance after being unconscious. Besides, I chased you and found you because I felt a sacred breath. This breath does not belong to any Warcraft."
"And you haven't talked to Yudie about any past events this month. Everyone has their own unspeakable secrets, and I don't want to ask. At least in my opinion, you are pretty good."
"I can't feel any magic or inner energy in your body, which means you have never practiced. Generally speaking, a family of your age should have already passed the secret method to allow you to practice. If you are not from a big family, how can you cultivate it? It’s because of your calmness in dealing with things and your talent in alchemy.”
"Because I don't know your situation, I didn't teach you the art of alchemy myself. After all, you have many secrets. If you have a great teacher, I can't go past it."
Good frowned slightly, looked directly at Yiran and the two of them, and said more words in one breath than he had said to Yiran in the past month.
After Yudie heard her story, her eyes were full of tears and she was heartbroken. The sleeves of her red dress were instantly soaked with tears.
She knew that she was adopted, but she didn't know her life experience, let alone that so many people died for her.
However, Yiran's heart was filled with turmoil. It turned out that her lies had been easily exposed as early as the first meeting.
But even if he was exposed, the old man still didn't stop himself from learning to refine medicine. A trace of guilt arose in my heart, but I didn't dare to admit that I had traveled through time.
After a moment, Goode continued.
"Now Yudie is only half a month away from turning eight years old. I think you are more than eight years old, Yiran boy. When you turn eight years old and take root in your heart, you can feel the elements, and when you feel the elements, you can practice magic power to form magic. If you can't feel the elements, it means there is a leak in the heart, so you can only practice martial arts. The inner strength of martial arts is born in the heart and travels in the meridians."
"It's just that I'm not strong enough. I've been practicing magic for eighty years and can't become a fourth-level wind magician. I can't set up the spirit gathering array. So we will set off tomorrow to go to the capital of the Wind and Fire Principality to take the talent test, that is, Use the Spirit Gathering Array to test whether you have magical talent. You may spend the next few years of your life there."
The door to life in another world opens to Yiran from this moment.
Yiran clenched his fists and raised his spirits, taking a deep breath, his mind filled with endless fantasies about the future.
