Chapter 35: Fudge
Joseph nodded, not as if he was surprised. "Since you have received initial training from druids, it is reasonable to continue training. It was originally a troublesome thing to switch between various druid communities, but you came from another world, so you saved these troubles."
Zhao Mai hung his most sincere smile on his face.
"Different druid communities have different ecological environments, and of course they also have different ideas and ideas. Can you introduce what your original community philosophy was?"
Who knows this? Zhao Mai made up his origin and now he has to face "censorship". Zhao Mai licked the corners of his mouth and his mind was working quickly.
What topic should I choose? Long live the natural life of letting industry get out? This is obviously a bit radical and may not necessarily become mainstream. And Joseph is now in Nebo Town, and the druid community here has a good relationship with the town, so it should not be such a slogan.
Discovering self-balance and studying the true meaning of nature? This one is universally applicable, but it is also a bit too mysterious and not suitable for the secular druid community, but more like the seclusion style. Zhao Mai doesn't want others to regard himself as a pure researcher and thinker. His main purpose is to learn healing spells.
Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration and had a good idea in his heart. Druid is a profession, but it is also a culture, with its own worldview and methodology. It is close to nature, close to the wilderness, and studies the way of balance in the world. But if the way of balance is truly developed, the little druid cannot be ranked.
"Our philosophy is that Tao follows nature, and the highest good is like water."
If it weren't for telepathy, these eight words would never be translated into common words. At the moment when Zhao Mai finished speaking, Joseph was struck by lightning and his whole spirit was empty. All his perceptions of the outside world turned into nothingness, and there were only those eight words in his mind: "The Tao follows nature, and the highest good is like water."
Countless information impacted his thoughts like a continuous tide, and the eight words seemed to contain endless truths. He clearly felt that these information was all the essence of the essence and contained the supreme Tao, but he just couldn't grasp it and could not become his own understanding.
It’s like coming to the golden mountain, even if you can get a little of it, you will become rich and fulfilled. But there is an invisible wall blocking it in the middle, bringing people endless regrets and nostalgia.
Joseph couldn't breathe, his face turned red until Zhao Mai found something wrong and finally returned to normal after summoning gently. The druid was breathing heavily, without any reserve, grabbed Zhao Mai's sleeve and said, "What did the sentence just now mean?"
"Well, it's hard to say it clearly in words. That's a kind of understanding. I can only tell it in my own language, and I can't translate it into a common language for the time being. Do you want to listen?"
"Don't talk nonsense, talk quickly!"
"Oh..." Zhao Mai laughed in his heart, then shook his head, and looked intoxicated, excerpted part of the "Tao Te Ching" and deliberately reversed the order:
"The Tao can be told, it is extraordinary. The name can be called, it is extraordinary... The Tao has one. One has two. Two has three. The three has all things. All things carry the yin and embrace the yang, and the qi is harmonious. The best is like water. Water is good at benefiting all things without fighting, and is inhabited by what everyone hates, so it is almost in the Tao. Live in a good place, have a good heart, benevolent with good benevolence, speak well, be good at governing, do good things, and move good times. Only when you don't fight, there is no special thing..."
Before Joseph finished listening, he sucked over with a "ga" sound.
Zhao Mai squatted down, reached out to try his breath, and touched the heartbeat between his neck. "Ah! This is too easy to faint! Isn't it just a few sentences of the "Tao Te Ching", as for?" Based on the concept of respecting the elderly and loving the young, he moved Joseph under the ginkgo tree, adjusted his comfortable lying position, and then sat back to the stone table, waiting for him to wake up.
The way to eat cheese with wine is very popular in this world, but Zhao Mai can't adapt to it. So he separates this way of eating, he is responsible for wine and reserved grains. In recent days, reserved grains have grown very fast, and the body skeletons are expanding, but the hairs have become shorter. The size seems to be similar to the past when it comes in and out, but the actual content is much richer.
When you caress it with your hands, you can often pull off some old hair. The newly grown hair is slightly harder than before, but it is still very comfortable to touch. If you have nothing to do with the reserve grain, you like to drill under Zhao Mai’s palm and ask him to help rub his back. If Zhao Mai has something to do with his hands, he will rub the soles of his feet without being picky. It gradually grows up, and when it changes its teeth, it can be considered an adult dog.
It does not look like dog meat, whether it is in the shape of the face or the tail. The breed of dog meat seems to be golden retrievers. The reserve grain looked like a soft Akita dog, but as the limbs grew, it gradually lost its cute and stupid appearance, and it looked more like a pastoral dog. However, this is not a big deal for Zhao Mai, as long as it is still by his side.
"Storage grain, do you think I can join the druid? If I can learn to build a natural bond, I will definitely choose you as my animal companion, just like Carl chose dog meat."
"Wang!" The reserve grain licked Zhao Mai's hand, then turned over and exposed his belly.
Tickling the soft flesh on the belly, the reserved grain was so comfortable that it kicked its legs. It felt very happy, and naturally never wanted to separate from Zhao Mai. Following this master, I saw the scenery I had never seen before and felt an incomparable care. The only thing I was worried about was that the master was too weak and I needed to protect him well. If I accidentally killed him, it would be bad.
As a person and a dog were sitting there playing, this scene also fell into Joseph's eyes. As a big druid, his body was quite tough, and even if he was knocked out, he would wake up quickly. When he heard the story of "Mac", the telepathic signal gave him too much impact and even shocked his natural heart. This is a very rare situation. He really wanted to know more information from Zhao Mai, but the first thing was to see if this person had the potential to become a druid.
The only criterion for judging potential is whether it can live in harmony with natural animals. So after Joseph woke up, he did not speak out immediately, but secretly observed the interaction between Zhao Mai and his pet dog. Even if Zhao Mai could disguise his character and personality, the dog could not do it, and his joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness will always be revealed naturally. The interaction between a person and a dog has shown tacit understanding and harmony, and Zhao Mai is qualified to become a druid.
After understanding this, he pretended to have just woken up and stretched his waist hard.
Chapter completed!