Choice

The scent of the herbal water is fresh, but the fish is even more fragrant.

Although many people advocate eating fish and seafood for that fresh taste, unfortunately, Ian has a heavy taste. He can't eat without chili. He doesn't like to dip French fries in ketchup, but prefers to add some salt and pepper.

Not to mention fish, at least there should be some steamed fish soy sauce, right? Unfortunately, there is none.

This is what makes Ian quite dissatisfied with the Terra continent-the spices and various food sauces here are quite precious, even refined salt is a luxury, and only coarse salt can be used for daily cooking.

"Eat? There's no rush for this."

Walking into the house, Hilliard carefully observed the fish fillet on the plate. The orange-red fish was steaming hot, the heat was well controlled, the fat in the fish was overflowing, the fragrance was exuding, and it was appetizing, and there was a small spoonful of salt next to the plate.

The price of salt in the empire is quite high, but it is limited to refined salt. In Harrison Port, there is no shortage of coarse salt. Not to mention that there are salt fields in the surrounding villages, and there are also rock salt mines in the Baisen Mountains nearby.

"Very good craftsmanship, very fragrant."

Feeling that he did have an appetite, Hilliard turned his head and exclaimed: "And you are really lucky to find a primordial monster..."

"No. Wait..."

Looking at his disciple's blue eyes, the old knight suddenly thought about something. He changed his words and said in a daze: "It's not luck... It's your spiritual power?"

Ian did not answer, he smiled slightly, Hilliard did not ask, he just laughed and turned to look at the fish steak: "It seems that even without me, you can live well, even quite well!"

Since Ian did not ask him where he went in the afternoon like other children, he would respect Ian's secrets.

Relying on his own experience, Hilliard discovered in advance that there were natives in the house through Ian's attitude towards him, as well as the characteristics of "picking out the difficult-to-find primordial monsters in the fish pile". He was able to infer that Ian's psychic power had the characteristics of "emotional control", "perspective", "high-precision observation" or "source quality observation".

In short, it is an extremely rare composite observation-type psychic power.

This kind of psychic power has no special direct combat power, but it has a great auxiliary effect on the growth of awakeners. It can be said that the higher the energy level, the more useful the psychic power.

If it weren't for this psychic power, Hilliard would most likely not consider accepting Ian as a disciple.

Because he would leave after all.

If the disciple does not have the potential to become stronger on his own, why should he take him into the dangerous world of sublimators and be implicated by his identity?

But if he does not accept the other party as a disciple, he will not be able to discover Ian's talent on the road of sublimation.

"Your spiritual power is really the ability to bring good luck."

After sighing and looking at the steaming fish fillet, the old knight noticed Ian's smiling expression, but shook his head and said, "Eat more. These things are very useful for beginners like you, but they have no effect on me."

"It's just dinner, teacher, just treat it as tuition." Ian insisted, and looking at his student's eyes, Hilliard laughed dumbly: "Okay, okay, I'll eat a little and taste your cooking skills."

He walked forward, picked up the fish meat, and took a bite.

Immediately, Hilliard's eyes lit up.

Ian handled the fish meat very well. He thought there would be some bones and bone residue left, but he didn't expect there would be nothing, only tender fish meat, and the degree of roasting was also quite appropriate. With a slight pressure on the tongue and the upper palate, the delicious gravy contained in the fat and fish fiber spread to all taste buds. The fresh taste of the demonized salmon has not been tasted for a long time.

Of course, strictly speaking, the taste of the fish meat was a bit bland according to his evaluation criteria, but an eight-year-old child could not compare the amount of seasoning with the court chef.

"It's hard to imagine." Hilliard couldn't help but wonder in his heart: "My student, in addition to practicing, is he also a natural chef? If he is well trained, just with this pair of eyes that can identify excellent ingredients, he can be a top-class court chef..."

After taking another bite, he recalled some memories of the past and couldn't help but sigh: "Amazing."

When Hilliard turned his head again, he saw Ian's curious eyes.

"Teacher."

The boy asked: "What is a primordial monster?"

"Are there many kinds of monsters? Can this fish, which is so weak, be considered a monster?"

Ian was very interested in this knowledge. After all, he was still young in this life and didn't know much about many "common sense" that might be taken for granted on the Terra continent.

It just so happens that his teacher seems to be well-informed. In addition to common sense, he may also know a lot of "secrets".

Of course, more importantly, Ian wants to know the origin of the food he eats.

"The primordial magic beast is an ordinary natural creature. After being infected by the psychic field, which is the 'magic' and 'psychic energy' in the mouth of ordinary people, it is transformed from a normal creature into a magic beast."

Putting down the fork, Hilliard thought for a few seconds, sorted out his words, and then slowly said: "The magic beasts that people usually talk about are scientifically called native magic beasts. They inherit the genetic genes of the primordial magic beasts... inherit the blood of the primordial magic beasts, and stabilize the benign blood. The optimized species."

"All the magic beasts on the Terra continent are basically native magic beasts. A small number of primordial magic beasts continue to appear. Most of the weak ones become food, and some excellent primordial magic beasts, their offspring will increase the types of native magic beasts and enrich the complexity of their blood."

"But in addition to this, there is another kind of magic beast that does not have this chain. They have existed since ancient times, as if they have no source and no derivation."

Said so, Hilliard raised his hand, he stared at his palm, and said lightly: "Its name is 'ancient magic beast', which is also a lot of magic beasts The most powerful and mysterious species among all the beasts."

At this point, the old knight noticed Ian's serious listening expression, and he couldn't help but smile and said, "To explain these in detail is equivalent to giving you a Warcraft biology class. I will explain it to you in detail when I have time in the future."

"As for now... since you can eat Warcraft meat, it can be predicted that your source accumulation speed and the condensation of source seeds will definitely be faster than I thought."

Nodding to signal Ian to sit up straight, Hilliard said seriously: "Ian, the next question will determine your future path of cultivation."

He said seriously: "Which inheritance do you want to cultivate?"

"Which 'bloodline' or 'true form' to cultivate?"

"Huh?"

Hearing this, Ian, who was also solemn, was slightly stunned. He was a little confused and said in confusion: "Isn't it the same as you, teacher, who inherited the Unmovable Strong City and started to cultivate from the Sand Armor apprentice?"

He still remembered Hilliard's expression when he talked about his inheritance in the morning.

The old knight looked as if he was fifty years younger, full of vigor and energy, and was obviously filled with great pride and pride.

He thought the other party would let him practice the same true form.

"That's the most suitable true form for me, but not necessarily for you."

Hillyard shook his head and said frankly: "Moreover, the true form of the Immovable Castle is indeed powerful, but the required potion materials and rare parts of various monsters are all very rare."

"Sand Armor Apprentice, Rock Cast Knight, may still be able to rely on ordinary monster materials to transition. But once you reach the realm of 'Stone Lord' and 'Mountain Apostle', most of the materials needed are organs of extremely powerful monsters, and the auxiliary materials are also sublimated plants that are hard to find."

"As for the 'Immovable Castle'..." At this point, Hillyard couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Its core materials require three incredibly powerful 'ancient monsters', or in other words, 'ancient dragon' materials."

"The heart core, spinal cord glial and spiritual neural network of the ancient dragon, even if I..."

At this point, the old knight paused and shook his head.

Hilliard said slowly: "Do you understand? Being strong also requires a price. Some bloodline true forms can only be practiced by sublimators of great power. You are my disciple, and you are more systematic than ordinary wild sublimators, but in terms of resources, you are not much better than rural sublimators."

"I went out this afternoon and also took the opportunity to conduct a field survey of the distribution of magical beasts around Harrison Port. I am going to list several most suitable bloodline true form inheritances for you tonight. It is best to rely only on the materials of the surrounding monsters to advance to the second energy level."

"By then, you will probably be in your twenties, and your strength will be enough to protect yourself. You can travel freely throughout the continent and look for higher-level materials, so I don't have to think about the future."

After speaking, Hilliard didn't say much, but Ian knew it very well.

The old knight didn't expect that his psychic power was so convenient that he could easily find magical beast meat as food. It can be seen that there will be no shortage of future, and the speed of practice may be much faster than he imagined.

In this case, the subsequent considerations also need to be adjusted - after all, if it is Ian, he may really find some materials that are difficult for ordinary people to obtain.

However, Hilliard cannot be sure of this, so he can only let Ian choose.

- Is it to choose a road with a promising future, but destined to be difficult and bumpy.

- Or a road that is stable and smooth, but the end may not be high.

"Indeed, we must also consider the objective situation..."

With a frown, Ian whispered to himself.

He raised his head, looked at the old knight and said: "Then teacher, apart from the apprentice of Sand Armor, what kind of inheritance can I choose now?"

It's not that he wants to change his flag now.

He just wants to listen to other options.