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Chapter 116: The Sage Punches the Bandit Leader and Saves the Monkey-Faced Pharmacist (Two-in-One)

South wind in the dense forest.

On the moist muddy ground covered with fallen leaves, there were more than a dozen bandits' bodies lying in a mess. They died in a miserable manner, and fear was still frozen in their wide-open eyes, as if they had witnessed something incredible before they died.

The bright red blood soaked the fallen leaves, leaving dark red marks on the moist soil. The fresh fragrance of trees in the air was also covered by the strong smell of blood.

"I've become so strong without realizing it."

Xia Mingyu held his top hat in his hand, staring at the scene, and sighed silently in his heart.

Once upon a time, he was a weak college student who was afraid that he couldn't even beat a farmer with a pickaxe.

Now, with just a snap of his fingers, he easily killed more than a dozen vicious knife-wielding bandits as if he was playing a mobile game on Blue Planet.

Magic tricks, which were once only used to make flowers bloom and cleanse the body, now finally showed their terrifying power after he was promoted to the Morning Star rank.

"Who the hell are you?" The only remaining bandit leader, Ike, looked at him and asked stutteringly.

Although he relied on his strong body to resist the crazy attack of the flock of white pigeons, his body was also left with blood marks from the sharp claws and beaks of the white pigeons. At this moment, his eyes were full of fear and dread when he looked at Xia Mingyu.

Xia Mingyu did not answer, but just shook the hat in his right hand, and the flock of white pigeons flying in the air scrambled to get back into the hat.

Because the opening of the hat was relatively small, a white pigeon was squeezed out of the group on the return journey. A hint of grievance flashed across its dark eyes in a human-like manner.

It was not until Xia Mingyu touched its head that the white dove turned around in the air with satisfaction and chirped happily before flying into the hat.

Then he silently put his hat back on and clenched his fists into a fighting stance.

After seeing this scene, Ike, who was already in despair, suddenly looked overjoyed.

What he was afraid of was the other party's extremely strange ability, but if it came to a bare-handed fight, how could he, as an extraordinary fighter, lose to the thin young man in front of him?

Snapped!
As if worried that Xia Mingyu would give up fighting with his bare hands, the bandit leader threw the big knife in his hand to the ground.

Muscle strengthening!

The next moment, all the muscles in Ike's body swelled up as if they were inflated. His coarse cloth clothes were torn apart with a "sizzling" sound by his surging muscles, revealing the blue veins underneath that were as twisted as tree roots.

"go to hell!"

The bandit leader let out a beast-like growl, then flashed and pounced towards Xia Mingyu.

Swish swish!
Faced with a life-or-death crisis, Ike pushed his body to the limit.

His eyes were bloodshot and his muscles were tense. Every punch he threw at Xia Mingyu could tear through the air, making a sharp sound.

However, Ike soon discovered to his horror that the black-eyed young man was as slippery as a loach, and easily avoided his attacks with extremely flexible dodging movements.

How can this be? !
He looks like a magician, how could he have such exquisite dodging skills!
"Sure enough, wandering in the world is useful."

Xia Mingyu dodged Ike's crazy attacks flexibly while thinking secretly.

The reason why he chose to fight with bare hands instead of using magic was mainly to test his current close combat ability.

Because after advancing to the Morning Star rank, in addition to the surge in his magic power, his physical condition also benefited from the feedback and was greatly enhanced.

Now it seems that Morning Star physique + trance = not being at a disadvantage in fighting against extraordinary fighters.

"It's time to test our attack power."

After dodging Ike's fist again, Xia Mingyu's eyes turned cold.

Flow state, start!
In an instant, he felt that everything around him slowed down, and his thinking speed almost doubled.

However, he had also lost all distractions, and there was only one thought left in his mind at this moment - to beat the enemy in front of him into a meat paste!
Swish!
A ball of pitch-black flames rose from Xia Mingyu's right fist.

The awakened magic power can not only be used to cast magic, but can also be used directly to bless the body.

"Black Flash!"

The fist wrapped in black flames slammed into the bandit leader's abdomen with the force of breaking through the air.

boom!
Ike only felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. In an instant, he felt a sweetness in his throat and blood spurted out of his mouth.

"You are... Morning Star!"

He looked at the black flame cloud lingering on the fist in horror, and immediately lost all desire to fight. He just wanted to turn around and run for his life.

Because every extraordinary person knows that the gap between Morning Star powerhouses and extraordinary people is much greater than the gap between extraordinary people and ordinary people.

Only when one reaches the Morning Star rank can one truly be said to be able to ignore most rules solely by relying on strength, and even nobles will usually treat them with courtesy.

However, it was too late to escape at this time.

In other words, as a gangster, he had lost any hope of living from the moment he met the other party.

Boom boom boom!
Fists wrapped in black flames fell on Ike like a meteor shower.

The speed was so fast that it even left behind a trail of black afterimages.

As the most powerful fighter in the extraordinary class, his tall, muscular body was being ravaged like a rag bag.

In just a dozen seconds, Ike was beaten beyond recognition, his body covered with fist marks, dents, and bent limbs, and he fell to the ground in a miserable state.

"Huh, my first bare-handed fight, and I finally managed to win."

Xia Mingyu put away the magic power in his hand and let out a long breath.

When Ike, who was dying on the ground, heard these words, his eyes almost popped out of his head with anger.

But at this moment, an idea suddenly flashed through his mind.

Black magic, black eyes, and black hair revealed when the hat was taken off earlier.
"Are you the sage Xia Mingyu?" Ike asked with his last breath.

Considering that the other party had helped him test his close combat ability, Xia Mingyu nodded slightly, which was considered as his agreement.

"Why, what good would it do you to let those lords do that?"

Ike tried his best and finally asked the question that had puzzled him for days while hiding in the jungle.

Based on his understanding of those lords, he knew that the reason they were so crazy about cleaning out the villains was that the sage must have given them benefits that they could not refuse.

But what good will this do for the sage?

"You don't have to have benefits to do good things. It's just a normal human instinct."

Xia Mingyu said calmly, then silently stretched out his finger towards Ike on the ground and drew magic patterns.

"Freeze, wind."

Hu Hu Hu.

The next moment, an extremely strong cold wind blew over, quickly freezing the man on the ground completely and making him lose his voice.

"Your Highness, this monkey and this person have fainted."

At the same time, Berg reported after checking the victim lying on the ground.

monkey?
Did Berg just say something wrong?

Xia Mingyu walked over with doubts in his heart.

However, after seeing the victim's face clearly, he couldn't help but gasp.

The man was short, with a hunched back, a long and narrow face with prominent cheekbones and protruding lips, and his arms were longer than normal, looking extremely weird.

Rather than a human being, it looks more like a monkey, and a deformed and ugly monkey at that, not the golden monkey like the Monkey King.

But judging from the clothes the other person was wearing and the bags and medicine bottles scattered on the ground, it was indeed a person.

"Your Highness, is he the orc mentioned in the book?" Berg asked curiously.

"Uh, that shouldn't be the case. I remember that monkey orcs don't exist, and orcs are not so ugly." Xia Mingyu thought for a long time before he uttered this sentence.

"I remember there are two bottles of healing potion given by Madam Rosa in the bag. Feed him one, then carry him on your back and we'll find an open area to set up camp. The smell of blood will soon attract wild beasts."

"Your Highness, his injuries are serious but not fatal. He will not need a healing potion."

"There's no doctor in this remote place, so let's save him as long as we can."

"Yes."

In his hazy consciousness, pharmacist Yoder felt as if someone had fed him a bottle of magic potion. The moment the potion touched the tip of his tongue, he instinctively determined that this was definitely an extremely rare healing potion that was worth as much as the same weight of gold.

Who would feed such a precious potion to such an ugly, short monster like him?
Yoder wanted to open his eyes, but the drowsiness brought by the healing potion quickly made him fall asleep.

"Monster, monster, how can there be such an ugly person?"

"Stone him to death!"

"Mom, am I really a monster?" "You are my child. I remember every heartbeat of yours when you were in my belly. How could you be a monster?"

"But if I'm not a monster, why would Father kick us out?"

"."

"Mother.."

Beside the blazing bonfire, Yoder murmured unconsciously.

"Is this person cold?"

Xia Mingyu, who was sitting next to him, didn't hear what he said clearly. He just took off his coat and put it on the other person, and asked Berg, who had come back from picking up branches, to add some more firewood.

Soon, in the warmth of the campfire, Yod gradually woke up, his eyelids raised to reveal a pair of yellow amber eyes.

"Thank you for saving my life, sage. I am pharmacist Youde. I am truly grateful for your assistance!"

When Yode saw the black-eyed young man sitting by the campfire and looking at him, he immediately knelt on his knees and expressed his gratitude in a trembling voice.

"How did you recognize me?"

Hearing this, Xia Mingyu couldn't help but feel a little curious. After all, when he took off his hat, the other party should have fainted.

"Because, probably only the sage who is rumored to hug a crazy peasant woman would feed someone as ugly as me a bottle of extremely precious healing potion."

Yoder smiled bitterly, a hint of self-mockery flashing across his withered face.

"Uh, should I tell him that appearance doesn't determine anything? Never mind, that's too fake, so I'll just leave it at that."

Xia Mingyu wanted to comfort him, but after weighing the pros and cons in his mind for a long time, he still couldn't find the right words, so he simply didn't say anything.

Because even he cannot deny the importance of appearance to a person, and he himself is a beneficiary of the appearance bonus.

At night in the forest, the darkness hangs like a heavy curtain, suffocating you.

Fortunately, there was a blazing bonfire, which stretched the shadows of the three people surrounding it and distorted them, casting them on the surrounding tree trunks.

Crackling.

Berg was concentrating on holding a long branch with leaves cut off, on which were strung several large pieces of dried meat, which emitted an enticing aroma under the burning flames.

"Master, the meat is ready."

"Well, divide it into three."

"Thank you!"

Unexpectedly, there would be a share for him. Youde was flattered and took the dried meat handed to him by Xia Mingyu and took a bite.

so hard!

But it’s delicious!
As he ate, a layer of mist gradually covered Youde's yellow amber eyes.

This was the first time someone had been so kind to him since his mother died.

"Respected Sage, your kindness is comparable to the sun in the sky, and your generosity is unmatched. I truly have no way to repay your kindness to me."

"I am abominable, so I have no desire to be your servant. Is there anything a pharmacist can help you with? If so, I will devote the rest of my life to helping you."

Yod's small figure knelt on one knee on the ground, the firelight shining on his face, which was ugly but full of sincerity.

At the same time, a line of emerald green text appeared above his head - Pharmacist.

In this world, among non-combat professions, pharmacists can be said to be as important as blacksmiths, covering countless functions such as curing diseases, poisoning, mixing potions, etc.

The career path is roughly pharmacist apprentice, pharmacist, and pharmaceutical master
Hearing this, Xia Mingyu knew that if he didn't say something, this ugly but kind-hearted pharmacist would probably always feel guilty.

So he fell into thinking, trying to find something the other person could do for him.

After glancing at the only small piece of bear-attracting incense left in his bag, he suddenly had an inspiration.

"My servants and I came to the South Wind Forest to hunt the magical beast Earth Bear, but unfortunately, the bear-attracting incense is almost used up and we haven't seen any trace of it. Do you have any way to find the Earth Bear?" Xia Mingyu said.

"Sage, could you please let me see your bear-attracting incense first?"

Xia Mingyu gestured, and Berg took out the small piece of bear-attracting incense from his bag and handed it to Youde.

Then, in the slightly surprised eyes of the two people, Youde sniffed and licked the small piece of bear incense, and even picked off a little powder and ate it.

"Sage, I was born with a sensitive nose and tongue, and when I was a child, I unexpectedly received the gift of being able to analyze the effects of some medicines by taking them. I'm sorry to have laughed at you."

After finishing all this, Youde touched the back of his head somewhat embarrassedly.

"This is the protection the world gives you. How can you say it's a laughing stock?" Xia Mingyu said calmly.

Really, people cannot be judged by their appearance!
He sighed in his heart, he didn't expect that the pharmacist he just rescued was actually a gifted person like Haydn.

If you ignore his appearance, he can undoubtedly be called a pharmacist genius.

Yoder then closed his eyes and activated the gift, quietly analyzing the effects of the medicine.

"Sage, your bear-attracting incense is of very high quality. It will certainly attract ordinary wild bears. However, for magical beasts like ground bears, its allure will be greatly reduced, so it will be difficult to attract them."

About ten minutes later, Yoder reopened his eyes and explained.

"But there is a solution. When the bear-attracting incense is first made, it has an overwhelming and terrifying attraction to bears. Even the Warcraft Land Bear will be attracted to it."

"And I just analyzed that its core material is a beehive. As long as I can find a beehive in the dense forest, I will be able to replicate the bear-attracting incense and attract the ground bear."

Before Xia Mingyu and the others could speak, Youde continued to add.

"Master, when I used the enhanced perception earlier, I heard a lot of bees buzzing. There should be a beehive, and it's not far from here." Berg said.

Xia Mingyu was a little surprised that the matter was resolved like this. He inexplicably thought of a saying - those who are righteous have many supporters, while those who are unrighteous have few supporters.

"Very good. Tomorrow morning, we will set out to find the hive. Now go to bed."

Xia Mingyu stretched his waist and said.

Before going to bed, he did not forget to call out a group of white doves from his hat to keep watch.

Tsk, I felt a little bit of the pleasure of being a summoner, but it’s a pity that there is no profession in this world that is more enjoyable than being a mage.

In the early morning, the mist flows slowly through the dense forest like a veil. The morning light shines through the layers of treetops, forming beams of light like golden threads in the mist.

After being carefully awakened by Berg, Xia Mingyu, who was soundly sleeping, rubbed his sleepy eyes and followed Youde on the journey to find the beehive.

"By the way, Yode, are you here in the South Wind Forest to collect herbs?"

As they moved forward, Xia Mingyu looked at Youde, who was short but struggling to carry a large bag, and asked curiously.

"Yes, sage. I need to prepare a potion to treat my employer, but I'm short of moonlight grass. This grass is the core ingredient of the healing potion. I can't afford it in Twilight City, so I can only try my luck in the Southwind Forest."

When Youde answered, he remembered that Xia Mingyu fed him a bottle of healing potion in order to save him, and his protruding lips twitched slightly.

He felt that his life was not even worth a moongrass, let alone the finished healing potion.

"Don't you know that there are bandits in the South Wind Forest?"

"I know, but my employer is in critical condition and can't wait any longer."

"How much money did your employer give you to justify working so hard?"

".One copper coin." Yude was silent for a long time before answering.

Xia Mingyu, who was moving forward, was stunned. He looked at Youde with surprise and disbelief in his eyes.

One copper coin is only enough to buy a wheat cake in Twilight City!

"My employer is a little boy. His mother fell seriously ill due to overwork, and only moonlight grass can save her."

"He came to me with his only copper coin. All the other pharmacists rejected him. I wanted to do the same, but..."

"Children without mothers will suffer a lot. I understand this very well, so I accepted the copper coin for some unknown reason."

Yoder took out the yellowed copper coin from his pocket with a sad look on his face.

Perhaps the person he wanted to save was not the boy, but his past self.

Xia Mingyu didn't say anything, but just walked over and gently patted the monkey-faced pharmacist on the shoulder.

Someone who has been caught in the rain may not necessarily want to snatch someone else's umbrella; he may also want to hold an umbrella for someone else.

Xia Mingyu was very glad at this moment that he did not be stingy with the bottle of healing potion.

(End of this chapter)