Chapter 20 The Magical Effect of "Mage's Hand"

Joan washed his hands and stretched himself. Looking up, the vast wetland spread out in front of his eyes, extending to the end of his field of vision. There is still snow in the shady area, and the sunny area is already lush and green. Large areas of reeds and rushes are swaying in the wind, and birds chirp from time to time in the grass. If you look at the spring in front of you with the mentality of a tourist, it can be regarded as a resort for outings.

Qiao An shook her head slightly, secretly warning herself not to be fooled by the bright scenery in front of her. There are countless bottomless quagmire hidden in the lush green reeds, and once you step on it, you can never climb up again. In the depths of the swamp, there are many predators that are far more terrifying than the quagmire, not to mention dinosaurs, giant pythons and lizardmen, just the crocodiles and poisonous snakes lurking around the swamp are enough for him to have a headache.

Making money is urgent, after all, it is not as important as your own life. Joan didn't want to go into the depths of the murderous swamp, raised his hand to disperse the annoying mosquitoes, and waded through the muddy water to the opposite slope near the edge of the swamp. Just to enjoy the cool.

Qiao An turned over all the large and small stones under the tree to confirm that there were no poisonous insects such as centipedes and scorpions lurking, and then sat down on it with confidence, leaning against the tree trunk and letting out a comfortable sigh. After resting for five minutes, he untied his backpack, took out a wooden box about two feet long, one foot wide, and half a foot high, and carefully opened the lid. There was a layer of soft and damp sawdust inside, and it was faintly visible in the sawdust. More than a dozen brown-yellow leeches wriggled slightly.

After confirming that all the gains he had made in the morning were alive, Joan's mood improved slightly. After closing the wooden box and placing it in the shade, he will try to catch leeches in a new way.

Joan closed his eyes and meditated for a moment to calm down his mind. He successfully entered the spell-casting concentration state, skillfully made the spell-casting gesture, chanted the elf mantra, and finally ended with a short start character.

"Rúma!"

Joan's right hand glowed palely, and the magic power transformed into a nearly transparent "mage's hand", protruding towards the mud below the slope.

With Qiao An's current spellcasting ability, the limit extension distance of the 0-ring "Mage's Hand" is almost eight yards. This distance is not long or short, but it is enough to extend from the slope where Qiao An is standing to the bottom of the slope. swamp.

There is no upper limit to the duration of the "Hand of the Mage". As long as Joan can maintain his concentration, this invisible force field hand can replace his hands to tirelessly turn the mud and catch leeches from it. This magically shaped hand is different from flesh and blood, dexterous enough to not be afraid of leech bites. The maximum load limit of 5 pounds is more than enough to pick up a small leech, which is very suitable for the work he is currently engaged in no matter how you look at it.

Joan sat in the shade of a tree, and without moving his fingertips, he could remotely control the "magic hand" to churn mud to catch leeches. Not only was it less labor-intensive than doing it himself, but the catching efficiency was also higher. Within an hour, hundreds of leeches were caught. Leeches.

Joan put all the leeches he caught into wooden boxes, and seeing the increasing number of prey, his mood became more and more comfortable.

Based on the minimum standard of catching one hundred leeches per hour, at least 1,000 leeches can be caught every day, which can be exchanged for 10 Kindurga from Mr. Kelendir. Unless a more profitable way to make money is found, Joan is still very satisfied with the current income.

Catching leeches is a very boring job. Fortunately, Joan can also exercise his spellcasting ability at the same time - maintaining the "Mage Hand" for a long time can strengthen his concentration, and constantly catching slippery and small leeches can improve his ability to cast spells. Details of the manipulation of the "Hand of the Mage".

With the improvement of remote control skills, the efficiency of catching leeches has also continued to increase. By the time the sun was about to set, Joan's average capture volume in an hour was approaching 200 leeches.

The last ray of light in the western sky finally sank to the horizon, and dusk enveloped the Great Swamp, and the sky quickly darkened. Joan rubbed his sore eyes, stood up and stretched. As the night darkened, he could no longer see the mud thirty feet away. He couldn't continue to catch leeches in such an environment, so he had to end today's homework and pack his bags back to Delin Town.

Walking back to the town from the swamp, Joan walked for two full hours. It was almost eight o'clock when I got home, and while the leeches were still alive, Joan went to the clinic first and handed over the wooden box containing more than 800 leeches to Mr. Galandil.

Dr. Galandil is a handsome and elegant half-elf man. Judging by human standards, he is almost in his early 30s. His taciturn personality fits well with Joan. He opened the wooden box and saw the dense leeches inside, he couldn't help raising his eyebrows, showing a look of surprise.

Although a little surprised, Galanduil did not ask Joan what method he used to capture so many leeches in just one day. He simply estimated the approximate number of leeches, took out 10 gold coins and handed them to Joan.

"Doctor, I have counted, and there are a total of 831 leeches here." Joan accepted 9 gold coins, took out the purse, and planned to give Galandil some change.

"You don't need to look for it." Galanduil waved his hand, "I've worked hard for you all day, and the rest of the money will be considered as your travel expenses."

Joan thanked him gratefully, hesitated for a moment, and summoned up the courage to ask Galandil: "Doctor, can you let me see how you distilled the leech potion?"

"How much do you know about alchemy and pharmacy?"

"I've only read a few related books, but I can't understand many places."

"interested?"

"Yes." Joan nodded seriously.

Galanduil smiled, and murmured: "Yes, if you aspire to become an outstanding mage, my little friend, then you have to spend some energy learning alchemy and pharmacy, after all, this is also part of the An important branch of magic knowledge, mages who don't know how to make medicine will be laughed at."

"Are you willing to teach me?" Joan looked at the half-elf expectantly.

Galanduil thought for a moment, then nodded slightly.

"The clinic opens at eight o'clock in the morning. I'm free between six o'clock and eight o'clock. You can come and watch me make medicine. There are also weekends. If you are free, you can come to me anytime."

"Well, the tuition fee..." Qiao An hesitated to speak.

"There is no tuition fee, just help me catch a few more leeches." Galanduil said lightly.

"That's really... thank you so much." Joan bowed deeply to him excitedly.

Galanduil smiled gently, turned around and took out a book from the shelf, and handed it to Joan.

"This is the "Introductory Manual of Alchemy and Pharmacy" written by me. Take it back and read it. There are a lot of basic knowledge worth reading. After reading this book, you are almost qualified to be my experimental assistant."

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