Chapter 45: The Secret of Huo Cha

  (Today's first update~)

  Xia Ya was born in the mountains as a hunter, and after shooting down his prey, he would skin and debone it with ease. However, he had never hunted a dragon before, and faced with such a massive creature, Xia Ya hesitated for half a day before coming up with a plan and daring to take action.

  He first used a fire fork to cut off dozens of scales from the dragon's body. The size of the dragon scales was not small, and even the smallest piece was as big as a washbasin. Xia Ya cut off more than 30 pieces before stopping, and looking at the dragon, it seemed that only a small piece had been cut off.

  After being stunned for a while, a strange idea suddenly popped up in his mind!

  Dragon scales armor... isn't it just polishing and piercing the dragon scales together to form a piece? Although I don't have this craftsmanship, but I have other methods!

  Right!

  I cut off a big piece of her skin! The dragon's skin was covered with scales, and then it was thrown on the body.

  Isn't this just dragon skin cloak plus dragon scale armor?

  With this method, what's the point of finding a dwarf?!

  Xia Ya thought and acted, the fire fork in his hand was sharp, and this poor dragon was instantly cut into pieces by him.

  Busy with sweat, he finally cut off a large piece of skin and flesh from the dragon's abdomen, covered with a layer of scales, but the bloody appearance was a bit nauseating. However, Xia Yazhong had even wiped away dragon blood, so why would he care about this little bloodiness?

  With a happy smile, she wrapped herself up and turned around, but suddenly remembered the sparkling glass stones in the cave, ran back in big strides, picked up a few large ones, and shone them on her body...

  He was a tall and majestic man, wrapped in a layer of scaly skin all over his body.

  "Ugh... how come it looks more and more like a pufferfish? Dammit! Aren't fish supposed to have scales all over their body..."

  This is also too ugly, Xia Ya immediately sat down and started cutting the leather with her hands. Soon, she made a short vest out of it. Although the shape was extremely rough, if worn inside an outer garment, it wouldn't be visible from the outside.

  "Haha! Who says I'm a country bumpkin? No need to find a dwarf, I can make a set of dragon scale armor too!"

  Xia Ya was overjoyed.

  He was so excited that the fire fork in his hand fell to the ground with a loud crash, hitting him right on the back of his foot. The toad was overjoyed and suddenly became sad, let out a mournful cry, hopped around for a few steps while clutching his foot, then sat down, but soon realized something was wrong, so he quickly grabbed the fire fork again.

  "Why is it getting heavier and heavier?"

  Xia Ya furrowed her brow in deep thought.

  This fire fork was originally very light in weight, after all, it's for digging out the furnace. In the past, with Xia Ya's physical strength, holding it in her hand felt like pinching a toothpick, although sharp, but too light and not handy.

  But now, there is a subtle sense of satisfaction!

  You should know that Xia Ya is used to wielding axes of several tens of kilograms!

  Realizing the strange change in the fire fork, Xia Ya understood that it was not his own illusion. He thought for a while with his head in his hands, then picked up the fire fork and walked back to the dragon's corpse. At a glance, he saw that several pieces of flesh had been cut from the dragon's body, and he was stunned!!

  These few pieces of flesh and blood were just cut off with a fire fork, but now one look...

  All turned into jerky!! Just like it was put in the wind to dry for a few months, not a single drop of water left, just a few shriveled pieces!

  "Blood's gone?!" Xia Ya immediately lit up in her mind and realized where the problem lay!

  He immediately stabbed a hole in the dragon's body, watching as the dragon's blood flowed out, and then brought the fire fork up to it...

  As expected! The dragon's blood landed on the fire fork, and with a slight pause, it was sucked in! Not a single trace of blood was left on the fire fork! It was as if the fire fork had turned into an infinite sponge, and the moment the blood came into contact with it, it permeated inside!!

  "My god!"

  Xia Ya let out a cry of surprise and subconsciously plucked the fire fork lightly...

  Buzz!!!!!

  A deep humming noise echoed through the cave, startling Shia.

  The humming sound of Huo Cha, faintly seemed to have a few points, as if just now heard the roar of this Dora!

  Dragon's roar?!!

  Even if he was ignorant, he realized that the thing in his hand was absolutely a treasure, and he couldn't help but laugh wildly at the sky three times!

  "Back to Ye Huo Town, find a blacksmith, and re-forge it into an axe!!! It's too ugly like this now! Who has ever seen a top master wielding a fire fork for a duel? People will laugh at me! Forge it into a magnificent battle-axe, that suits my status as a big brother!"

  Xia Ya thought to himself that he was wearing a dragon scale armor, holding a battle axe, and had a majestic appearance, and couldn't help but drool.

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  Xia Ya had been in the cave for a long time, but the poor worm and Duoduo outside were already getting impatient.

  Just now, Ada came out alone again, didn't greet the two of them, just nodded and floated away.

  The poor worm was worried and was about to walk into the cave, but where did Doro dare to be by its side?

  Duoduo Luo saw that the tail was still dragging outside the cave, and he couldn't help but feel a strong urge to pee his pants, and his feet were even more unwilling to take another step forward.

  The poor worm ran to the entrance of the cave alone, but heard a dragon's roar inside. He was suddenly frightened and his legs went soft, but he was also worried and couldn't help but call out in a low voice: "Xia Ya! Xia Ya, are you okay?"

  Then I heard the earthworm's maniacal laughter.

  She was momentarily blinded, and when she opened her eyes again, she saw the toad walking out with big strides. The poor creature's eyes scanned Xia Ya, and suddenly let out a shrill cry, its face turned bright red, quickly turned around, and ran out at full speed, running for several steps before tumbling to the ground with a thud.

  Originally, Xia Ya's grandfather had just wrapped himself in that dragon skin and wasn't satisfied with it, so he changed it into a vest. After changing clothes, however, he didn't bother to put them on properly. He even forgot to fasten his pants belt, turned around, took big strides, and **that thing swung back and forth in the wind...**

  The poor worm had never seen such a formation before, and was suddenly frightened pale, turning around and running away.

  Duoduo Luo hastily went up and helped her up, with a flattering expression: "Your Highness, you..."

  The poor insect's expression changed, and he stared at the guy nervously: "You! You actually recognize me?!"

  The smile on Dororo's face bloomed like a flower: "Your Highness, I am a magician. In Osgiliath, I once caught a glimpse of you from afar in the great cathedral, when you were leaving with the Crown Prince... Although it was just a distant glance, Your Highness' beautiful countenance is something that cannot be forgotten..."

  The poor insect heard the sound of Shia's laughter in the cave, and his expression changed. He covered Dororo's mouth tightly and said in a low voice, "Shut up! Don't say anything!"

  She looked worriedly in the direction of the cave, took a deep breath, gritted her teeth and said in a low voice: "You, what's your name?"

  "Hello! I'm Dororo! I'm a low-ranking first-class earth-system mage, willing to serve you, Your Highness!" Dororo's heart was filled with joy.

  "Alright! Doro." The poor insect narrowed her eyes, and at this moment, there was no longer any trace of the pitiful look she had when facing Xia Ya. A natural gleam of majesty flashed in her eyes: "Listen carefully, Doro-sama, about my identity, you are not allowed to mention it to that guy! Not a single word is allowed! And he...he has always thought I was a man, so you...do you understand?"

  Duoduo's head shrunk, thinking "My god!" Did he think she was a man? How bad must his eyesight be?! Is this little thief really an idiot?!

  But thinking that I was actually robbed by a moron, no matter what, it's unbearable.

  "Didn't you hear?!" The poor worm was getting anxious.

  "Right, right! I won't say anything!" Dororo immediately thought of a reason: It must be that the princess is worried that this little thief has designs on her beauty, so she's disguised as a man! Ah no, it's terrible! I absolutely can't reveal the secret! Otherwise, if that little thief gets ideas and something happens to the princess... wouldn't I become a criminal?!

  Thinking back, if this royal highness were to be humiliated, I would be held responsible for leaking his identity...

  The stake in front of the church, the executioner on the guillotine...

  Duoduo roared loudly: "I won't say it! I definitely won't say it!!"

  "Great! If you dare to say it out, I'll have my brother kill you! Let your head fall to the ground!" The poor worm still didn't feel at ease and added another threatening sentence.

  "Uh... what if you accidentally leaked it yourself?"

  "I... I'll make your head roll too!"

  "... Duoduo blinked his eyes, and with a sincere sigh on his face: "Your Highness is indeed just and strict, making people convinced and willing to obey!"

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  (The last few sentences of this passage pay tribute to Stephen Chow......)

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