Chapter 7

To Jia Kedao's great surprise, perhaps due to the remote location or the abundant spiritual energy, there were many fish in the stream, and they were quite foolish, showing no fear of humans. Jia Kedao easily caught a few of them.

It should be noted that on Earth, with the increasing human population, the number of fish in rivers has significantly decreased, and they have become extremely cunning. Even in the Huang Stream that flows through Jia Shan Village, it is hard to see fish.

Rosie, having lost a lot of blood, felt as if a hand were about to reach out from her stomach when she woke up. After receiving the fish, she, regardless of her noble status, began to devour them ravenously.

Women like Rosie, who have practiced martial arts since childhood, tend to eat in a rough manner, which is quite normal.

In contrast to Rosie's ravenous eating, Jia Kedao's actions while eating appeared extremely elegant to Rosie. In her eyes, even the nobility could not compare.

Of course, Rosie did not know that Jia Kedao held her actions in utter disdain.

"Pah, no wonder you are a barbarian, how can you compare to the etiquette of our great China?"

Naturally, Jia Kedao even recites a food intake spell and a fasting spell while eating to quickly break down and absorb the food, replenishing his vital energy. Just this point alone makes Jia Kedao's efficiency in utilizing food several times higher than Rosie's.

Cultivating essence into qi is not just a saying. Daoist cultivation is divided into four stages: cultivating essence into qi, cultivating qi into spirit, cultivating spirit into emptiness, and cultivating emptiness into the Dao.

Once one enters the stage of cultivating essence into qi, they can fully absorb the essence from food, achieving the effects of healing and strengthening the body.

Therefore, Daoists who have entered this stage are much stronger physically compared to ordinary humans.

Of course, the most important thing is that from Rosie's eating behavior, it is evident that this world is far behind China in terms of etiquette.

Rosie soon noticed the hint of disdain in Jia Kedao's eyes.

Yes, that's right, disdain.

At that moment, Rosie suddenly felt a sense of inexplicable inferiority in front of Jia Kedao, a feeling she often saw in her servants when they faced her.

What's going on? Rosie couldn't help but shake her head, pulling at her wound and causing her body to tremble slightly in pain.

This pain made Rosie somewhat surprised. According to common sense, such a through-and-through wound should not be suppressed by her medicinal powders. Even if it were suppressed, the patient would easily develop a fever and other illnesses. If a priest used divine magic to treat it, it would be a different story.

But now, she was merely weak and in pain from the wound.

Then Rosie recalled the scene before she fainted and hesitantly asked Jia Kedao, "Are you a mage or an alchemist, sir?"

Thinking about it, Rosie mistook the talisman water Jia Kedao made for an alchemical potion, and the flame that ignited when Jia Kedao shook the talisman was even more convincing.

"What? An alchemist?" Jia Kedao was slightly taken aback, neither denying nor confirming, but merely smiled ambiguously.

Rosie, however, did not notice this and was somewhat excited.

In the subsequent conversation, Jia Kedao learned a lot from Rosie.

In this world, many people possess extraordinary powers, such as mages who can cast spells, swordsmen and knights who can activate their inner martial qi, priests who serve deities, and alchemists, among others.

Rosie herself is a swordsman who can activate martial qi.

Alchemists, in simple terms, are a combination of mages, chemists, mechanical experts, and even biologists.

Usually, only the most outstanding magic apprentices have the potential to become alchemists.

Thus, the scarcity of alchemists is evident.

To put it this way, in the city governed by Rosie's father, there is only one alchemy apprentice, who was expelled by his teacher for making mistakes before completing his studies.

Even so, this alchemy apprentice holds a status second only to the city lord, the commander of the city defense force, and the tax collector.

Speaking of the alchemy apprentice's strength, any veteran soldier who has not yet ignited martial qi can easily defeat him. However, even a swordsman like Rosie would need to salute him first.

There's no way around it; alchemy apprentices are too important.

The strongest shields and armors, the sharpest weapons, and various healing potions are all made by alchemy apprentices.

If it were a formal alchemist, they could even enchant weapons and armors with various protective spells, making them extremely expensive magical equipment.

Even many battle-specialized mages rely on alchemists.

In short, even priests who serve deities sometimes cannot match alchemists in the same social class.

At this moment, Rosie's gaze towards Jia Kedao became somewhat passionate. She had already identified Jia Kedao as an alchemist. After all, even the alchemy apprentice named Sain could not produce such a healing alchemical potion as Jia Kedao.

Undoubtedly, in Rosie's view, only a formal alchemist could create such a potion that can quickly stop bleeding. Since she had never seen a real alchemist, she concluded this after some imagination.

Before resting, Jia Kedao gave Rosie another clear water talisman. This time, Rosie did not resist at all, drinking the black talisman water in one gulp, with a look of gratitude in her eyes.

After all, an alchemist's alchemical potion is quite valuable. According to Rosie's estimation, the two potions she drank were worth more than ten gold coins.

After all, inviting a priest to treat her would cost even more.

As the daughter of the city lord, Rosie's monthly allowance is only two gold coins, which is indeed quite meager.

The next morning, Jia Kedao and Rosie continued their journey. With her injuries under control, as long as she did not strain her wound, Rosie could walk on her own.

According to Rosie's estimation, they were about a hundred kilometers away from Lion City, which her father governed. At Rosie's speed, it would take at least two days to return.

However, their luck was not too good today. They had not walked more than twenty kilometers when they heard the sound of horse neighs in the distance.

"There's a caravan; we can hitch a ride back."

Hearing the horse neighs, Rosie's face showed a hint of surprise. Although her wound was beginning to heal, walking caused some swelling and pain. Given her current condition, walking back to the city was indeed a difficult task.

Jia Kedao frowned. His hearing was much better than Rosie's. He not only heard the horse neighs but also the conversation of the people.