Grandmother Lizzie's Reminder, Gaining Experience
The starry sky was unexpectedly bright, adorned with starlight and moonlight, a sight Tang Zheng had never witnessed even in the countryside of his previous life.
Crack, crack! The firewood in the bonfire crackled, the flames leaping and emitting sounds.
Nfirea sat by the bonfire, studying several herbs in his hands, occasionally sniffing them, and even taking a bite to taste.
Grandmother Lizzie stood not far away in front of the carriage, checking the condition of the herbs on board.
In the Rock team, besides the captain Dosari and Land, the older of the twin brothers, stood guard on the periphery.
The remaining two had gone to scout the surrounding environment.
They were currently camping in the wilderness.
According to Captain Dosari, there was a village not far from their location where they could find lodging.
However, Grandmother Saji had refused, as she didn't want to take a detour.
Since there was a box of relatively precious herbs purchased from the Royal Capital on the carriage, which needed to be returned to E-Rantel for refining as soon as possible, they had chosen the fastest route.
As a result, some towns along the way were skipped.
Such a choice by the client would undoubtedly increase the danger on the road, and under normal circumstances, it would naturally cause dissatisfaction among the adventurer team.
After all, the relationship between the client and the adventurer team was merely one of cooperation. If the client did something unacceptable to the adventurers during the mission, the adventurers could naturally terminate the commission midway.
However, this would require paying a considerable sum of money to the Adventurer's Guild.
In the current situation, where they were being used as laborers and not following a safe route, a normal adventurer team would have already clashed with the client.
However, after the Rock team learned that Grandmother Lizzie was the owner of the apothecary in E-Rantel, known as the best apothecary in E-Rantel, their original dissatisfaction disappeared completely, and they even became much more attentive along the way!
This made Tang Zheng sigh at how pragmatic the Rock adventurer team was! Tang Zheng sat by the bonfire, observing Nfirea's focused actions as he studied the herbs.
Nfirea was holding a slender, root-like plant about the length of a thumb in his hand, taking a small bite.
In the next moment, Nfirea spat out the bit he had bitten off: "So it's Bitter Root; the two are completely indistinguishable from the outside."
After saying this, Nfirea noticed Tang Zheng, who was sitting beside him watching.
"This herb is called Bitter Root, and it's exactly the same as this Megan. You can't tell from the outside; you can only distinguish them by tasting."
"The effects of the two are also different. Bitter Root is suitable for soaking in wine and has a certain detoxification effect. It's a basic material for making detoxification potions."
"And although Megan also has a bitter taste, it has a hint of sweetness and is suitable as a basic material for making healing potions."
Nfirea's already shy personality shone when he talked about herbs, and even his voice became much more confident.
"I see."
Tang Zheng nodded, appearing to listen attentively.
In fact, he just wanted to see if he could obtain the Apothecary job by learning about herbal knowledge.
Currently, there was no prompt on the stats panel.
"Tang, are you very interested in herbs?" Nfirea's bright blue eyes looked at Tang Zheng.
"I am indeed somewhat interested," Tang Zheng nodded.
"Hmph!"
Just as Nfirea was about to say something, a soft hum sounded.
Grandmother Lizzie walked over with her hands behind her back, "Nfirea, don't show off your shallow knowledge."
"Tasting with your mouth is the most basic and lowest-level method of identification. Can't your nose smell the difference!" Her voice was stern with a hint of scolding.
"I understand, Grandmother," Nfirea lowered his head, speaking with some shame.
Tang Zheng retracted his gaze, unsure if Grandmother Lizzie's scolding of Nfirea was meant as a warning to him.
In this other world where the spread of knowledge was clearly limited, his recent inquiries to Nfirea about herbal knowledge had indeed been somewhat inappropriate.
"Don't be nervous."
"Although I'm a bit stingy, I won't get angry over such a small matter."
Grandmother Lizzie looked at Tang Zheng and spoke calmly.
Uh...
She called herself stingy, and while it was true, Tang Zheng, as an outsider, knew that anything he said at this moment would be inappropriate.
"Just by understanding the properties of a few herbs, you think you can create healing potions? Don't even think about it."
"Since you have some talent in faith-based magic, don't waste your energy on other things. Whether it's Martial Arts or herbal knowledge, it's all a waste of time."
Grandmother Lizzie spoke in a measured tone.
Tang Zheng was taken aback, realizing that she was kindly reminding him. He quickly came to his senses and said, "Thank you, Lady Bareare."
Hearing Tang Zheng's address, the wrinkles on Grandmother Lizzie's face smoothed out considerably, seemingly quite pleased with the title.
"Bareare" was her surname, which Tang Zheng had learned during his conversations with Nfirea, although he already knew it.
Tap! Tap! Two sets of footsteps came from the wilderness.
It was the twin brothers Lel and the archer Bask, who had left not long ago to scout the surrounding area.
With their return, the expressions on the faces of the other two members of the Rock team relaxed slightly.
"Grunt... grunt..."
A weak moan came from behind Lel.
Lel was carrying a wild boar weighing over 200 jin, looking remarkably relaxed. "Good luck, caught a wild boar. We'll have something to eat tonight."
"An arrow through the brow? And it's still not dead."
"Hey, Bask, your archery skills have improved again."
Land, with his hands on his hips, looked at the wild boar on his younger brother's back, especially the visible bloody hole in the boar's forehead.
"Just a wild boar," Bask said with a light smile.
Bang! Lel walked to the bonfire and dropped the wild boar on the ground, making a dull thud.
"Tang, still has a breath left."
Lel grinned at Tang Zheng, then pointed to a spot on the wild boar's neck. "Strike here, and you can kill it with one blow."
"Thank you." Tang Zheng got up from the bonfire and walked towards the wild boar lying on the ground, barely alive.
Since Grandmother Lizzie wanted to return to E-Rantel as quickly as possible, the chosen route was faster but didn't allow for rest in towns.
Grandmother Lizzie had naturally planned the route in advance, so she was prepared and didn't lack food, but that obviously didn't include the Rock team and Tang Zheng.
Therefore, in addition to conserving their own food, the Rock team also hunted for food and supplies, which was obviously not a problem for adventurers.
During this process, Tang Zheng mentioned that if possible, he would like to deliver the final blow to the captured prey.
The explanation given was that he had the idea of becoming an adventurer, but he had never seen bloodshed, so he wanted to get used to it in advance.
As for this explanation...
The Rock party harbored no suspicions.
Tang Zheng indeed didn't seem like an adventurer. Even the lowest-ranked adventurers would carry some tools when traveling far, but Tang Zheng completely lacked this awareness.
They might doubt their strength, but they could discern this much from their experience.
Therefore.
The Rock party didn't hesitate at all. During this time, they made sure to keep any captured beasts alive just long enough for Tang Zheng to kill them.
Swish! Tang Zheng drew a short sword from his waist and walked to the side of a wild boar lying on the ground, its body still twitching slightly.
Without the slightest hesitation, he raised the short sword and stabbed it into the boar's vitals, the same spot Lel had mentioned earlier.
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