Chapter 520: Chapter 264: Minor Commission and Special Training (Part 3)
The girl laughed happily, revealing a mouthful of small white teeth, with a bit of dirt on her face.
Xia Nan couldn’t possibly be a killjoy, so he smiled and gently patted her small head, while nodding to Janice, who was looking at him a bit shyly from the front.
It was only during yesterday’s dinner that he was asked if he had any favorite food, and he casually mentioned mushroom soup.
Unexpectedly, today she had indeed taken the child into the woods to gather some for him.
This surprised Xia Nan somewhat.
Naturally, he was also looking forward to tonight’s dinner.
Janice’s cooking skills were pretty good.
Certainly not comparable to the professional chefs in inns like the White Sparrow or the Resting Dragon Nest, but it was at least above average.
And with mushrooms as ingredients, as long as you know the cooking method and don’t add any “little innovations” of your own, it’s hard to make them taste bad.
Due to the limited conditions of the remote village, Janice couldn’t make the creamy mushroom soup that Xia Nan hadn’t tasted for a long time, but instead, she cooked a large pot of clear mushroom soup in the most basic and pure way.
She supplemented it with precious salt, wild parsley, and onions, and mixed in a small amount of lard to fully highlight the fresh aroma of the mushrooms themselves.
She couldn’t afford those expensive spices from the towns that adjust flavors, nor did she have a restaurant environment or fancy plating to stimulate the appetite.
She could only use the simplest way to express her gratitude to Xia Nan for saving the village from the goblin attack, preventing her husband from most likely being killed in action, and helping her brother with combat training.
The mushrooms in that pot of soup were even more than the broth.
The pillar of this small family, Janice’s husband “Tom,” was also present, and at this moment, while Xia Nan was eating dinner, he was outside advising his brother-in-law “Leon.” The most update n0vels are published on NoveIＦire.net
“Opportunities are something people like us might never encounter in a lifetime, so you must learn well.”
“Your brother Tom may be for the rest of his life, but Leon, you’re still young. If you learn everything that Mr. Xia Nan teaches… trust me, Uncle Mike mentioned the scenes in the forest a couple of days ago. Someone managing to handle so many goblins alone, and even taking down an Earth Goblin, he’s definitely not an ordinary person!”
“Being an adventurer is out of the question for us, it’s too dangerous, your sister would worry.”
“But going to Vilgrove to become a guard or a militiaman might actually be a possibility.”
“By then, our whole family can move out of this small place, and we won’t have to worry about those damned Green-skinned Goblins anymore.”
The experiences of his parents were vivid in his mind, and this always clever and mischievous boy, who at times seemed particularly stubborn, faced his brother-in-law’s exhortation with utmost seriousness and nodded heavily.
Meanwhile, in the house, as Xia Nan tasted the mushroom soup, he was also contemplating his next plans.
Vier had previously mentioned to him that there might be something in Grey Valley Village that could help him, but she mysterious did not give specific details.
He had been pondering about it over the past days, and concluded there were actually only a few things that could help him at present:
1. The key and charging method of the [Dream Weaving Corridor]— urgently needed;
This special effect allows for a significant increase in skill level in a short time, making the current Xia Nan feel like having a mountain of gold but being separated by a thin door, only able to look at it.
2. Battle skill, equipment, or other enchanted tools;
This goes without saying, as every adventurer needs them.
But these past days, aside from training, he had already explored the entire village yet did not find any signs of anything special.
“Could it be that the timing isn’t quite right, and I need to wait a bit longer?”
“Or… is it simply not in the village?”
He carefully pondered and planned to make good use of the next few days to explore thoroughly.
Additionally, concerning Leon’s training plan, it had reached the practical stage.
Perhaps tomorrow, he could find two goblins or some other ordinary demon to give him some training.