Teyvat: The road to becoming a god begins in the desert

"No, don't be too impulsive."

After writing this idea down in his notes, Rhodes touched his once again shrunken pocket and decided to wait until he had consulted enough information before taking action.

Time passed like this day by day.

After Rhodes' third batch of experimental seeds sprouted, the long-separated blazing beast finally returned from the desert.

Calculate the time.

The Blazing Hunter spent nearly two months in the desert on this mission.

When I saw Desiya again.

The always energetic leader of the mercenary group had an expression of indescribable fatigue on his face.

She has always been very concerned about her personal image, so this situation can be described as embarrassing.

The pleasant smell of powder was covered up by the thin smell of blood. Her shoulders, arms, thighs, and abdomen were all covered with bandages, and even the bandages on her abdomen were still oozing with traces of blood.

The other team members were also more or less injured.

It is clear.

The Blazing Hunter encountered a tough problem this time.

Even worse.

Rhodes keenly discovered that there were few people in the blazing hunting beast.

Not one yet.

"Hi Rod."

The tired Disiya forced a smile: "Sorry, I may not have time to drink with you today. I will invite you again tomorrow."

Say it.

She then limped towards the location of the Blazing Hunting Beast.

Looking at the depressing blazing beast, Rhodes, who had no time to talk to Disia, did not choose to catch up to comfort Disia, but sighed heavily.

This is the life of a mercenary.

The edge of the knife licks blood, and the situation is precarious.

No one knows whether they will be able to come back safe and sound the next time they go on a mission.

That's why being a mercenary means you need to enjoy yourself in time and leave no regrets.

Chapter 23: Come with me to catch slimes

Disiya still kept her promise as before.

I said yesterday that I would treat Rhodes to a drink, and he came today.

What she brought this time was a bottle of dandelion wine produced in Mondstadt.

Rhodes, who had just finished taking care of the experimental field, saw the bottle of wine, shook off the mud on his hands, and said with a smile: "This thing is not cheap."

"Given by the employer."

Disiya shrugged: "It's not strong enough, and the brothers don't like it. I thought you don't like strong drinks, so I brought it to you."

"The relationship is great. This good thing happened to me."

Rhodes chuckled, walked to the basin, washed his hands that were stained with a lot of mud, and then took the expensive bottle of dandelion wine from Disia's hand.

Mondstadt's Dandelion Wine is a famous drink famous in the continent of Teyvat.

Corresponding to its fame is its price.

If someone hadn't given it to her as a gift, Desiya wouldn't have wasted money on buying this kind of wine that everyone didn't like to drink and was ridiculously expensive.

"Why aren't the things you grow in these two fields the same size?"

Seeing the two experimental fields with completely different growth patterns, Desiya asked doubtfully.

She knew that Rhodes was growing things at home.

It's just that the last time she went on a mission, the two fields had not sprouted yet.

And let’s see again this time.

Desiya was surprised to find out.

The things in these two fields, one is almost mature, and the other is just sprouting.

Disia knew that Rhodes had a lot of benefits in his hands.

With such a magical tool for farming, how could the land be grown like this?

At this time, Desiya really wanted to say something.

If you don’t know how to farm, you don’t have to farm. Why are you wasting so much money?

In Sumeru.

The benefit of fertility is a well-deserved farming artifact.

After adding this kind of thing to the ground, as long as it is watered on time, lush crops will grow in the ground.

This Rhodes is the first person Desiya has ever seen who uses the Benefit of Fertility in this way.

"Oh, that piece of land, that piece of land has no use for the benefits of fertility."

Rhodes knew what Disiya was asking and what she had misunderstood, so he pointed to the experimental field that did not add the benefits of fertility and said: "Traditional farming methods are used."

"Traditional farming methods?"

Desiya tilted her head.

She hadn't heard this word in a long, long time.

I only heard my dad mention it once when I was a kid.

But that was all before the benefits of fertility.

At that time, people could only rely on the weather to make ends meet. If there was a natural disaster, the output would be reduced or the harvest would be completely eliminated.

Until the blessings of abundance appear.

As long as there is water, people can easily grow a large amount of food to feed both people and livestock.

It is precisely because of the benefits of fertility that Xumi's national power has entered a period of rapid development.

“Why should we use traditional farming methods when we have the benefits of abundant fertility?”

This is another place where Desiya is confused.

"Because I live in Aru Village now."

Rhodes seemed to have no answer for the question.

Next.

He told Disiya some of his views on Aru Village.

Desiya, who had a relatively relaxed expression at first, became more and more serious as Rhodes spoke.

She used to come to Aru Village.

It's because this place is really a pure land, and she and her brothers of the Blazing Hunter can sleep peacefully for a few days.

Her friendship with Candice also began at that time.

Disia has never quite understood why Candice was so worried about the village and was not even willing to give herself a day off.

Could it be that Aru Village cannot function without Candice?

until today.

Rhodes' words gave a reasonable explanation to this problem.

Candice really can't leave Aru Village easily.

Use four words to describe the current situation of Aru Village.

Those are internal and external troubles.

The reason why this place has become a pure land in the desert is all based on Candice's personal prestige and her powerful military force that can crush all invaders and internal fighters.

If the successor does not have Candice's ability.

Then all these internal and external troubles will break out in a short period of time.

With luck, Aru Village will return to its former closed and backward desert village form.

If we are not lucky, Aru Village is likely to be divided, with conservatives and reformers each occupying one side.

And what Rhodes is doing now.

It is enough to eliminate some internal worries and some external troubles.

"People must eat enough."

"Although it is said that when you are full, you will do many useless things, but if you are not full, then there is nothing you can't think of. There is nothing they can't do."

Rhodes's concluding remarks caused Desiya to fall into silence for a long time.

Many tribesmen in the desert do not have enough to eat.

Desiya has seen a lot of the things they can do to fill their stomachs.

Therefore, she felt deeply about these two sentences from Rhodes.

"Ugh--"

"Do you still have enough money? It must be very expensive for you to do this, right? By the way, does Candice know? You can tell her that she might be able to provide some help."

While sighing, Desiya began to worry about Rhodes' wallet again.

Last time in Kavanyi, Rhodes did make some money from selling sand pupa fat, but before the complicated experiment he described, this money plus the guard salary he paid every month was probably just a drop in the bucket.

However, what was beyond Desiya's expectation was.

As soon as she finished asking, she heard Rhodes say: "I killed hundreds of monsters during the last big sandstorm, and Candice gave me a mora as a bonus, so the money has been enough recently, Candice I haven’t told Si yet, I’ll wait until the results of my experiments come out.”

Talk about it.

Rhodes lamented that it was a timely blessing.

After the last big sandstorm, Rhode had almost used up all the money he had on hand to buy books and cultivate experimental fields. As a result, when he was short of money, Candice specially gave him a gift in recognition of his contribution to guarding the suspension bridge. A moola was offered as a bonus.

A total of ten thousand Mora, more than the total Mora he had seen since traveling to Teyvat.

After listening to Rhodes' story about how he severely wounded a holy beast with a sword during a big sandstorm, and then killed hundreds of monsters with his sword, Desiya couldn't help laughing.

"Let me just say, a genius like you will definitely have his time to shine."

As she said that, she seemed to be overwhelmed with skills and started to move her hands and feet directly. Then she waved to Rhodes and said, "Come on, practice for a while and let me see how much ability you have now."

Will Rhodes refuse?

of course.

will not.

This sparring session didn't take long.

It ended with Desiya's defeat.

This was a result she had been mentally prepared for.

When Rhodes was able to kill people quietly without telling her in Kavanyi, Desiya already knew that Rhodes's martial arts skills now surpassed her own consciousness.

to be frank.

At that time, Desiya felt a little itchy and wanted to compete with Rhodes to see how strong this genius was.

It's just that the Blazing Hunter still had a mission to perform at that time, and she could never find the right time.

Now this result was just right, satisfying her curiosity.

The only thing that didn't make her very satisfied was that she lost too quickly.

Now Rhodes is superior to her in terms of strength, speed and reaction, and Rhodes was taught by her. It can be said that he is not too familiar with Disiya's boxing style.