Returning from the abyss

Chapter 438 The Crow Hotel
If you want to buy the fake death potion, you will definitely be able to buy it. Since Xue Ni came to Lu Ning on purpose, it means that she doesn't want to leave traces of the purchase.

"If there is a formula, I can try it. If not, I need a lot of materials to deduce it."

"I have the formula here, and the materials can also be provided, but I need to get it as soon as possible."

"So anxious?" It didn't sound like Catherine's business, but Xue Ni's words were probably to prevent Lu Ning from understanding too much.The contract stipulates that Lu Ning is not allowed to spread the information obtained from them, but the binding force of this clause is not very strong. If you say too much and let Lu Ning guess what it is, you will be in trouble.

"You go to the southeast side of the commercial street at dusk, there is a cypress path, go straight along there, turn right at the end of the bluestone road, there is a small hotel called [Crow]."

Lu Ning almost thought that Xue Ni was implying something.

"Ask the boss to order a bowl of [Flaming Chicken Soup], and he will take you to work. Don't worry about the ingredients, but I will see the finished product the day after tomorrow at the latest."

"Uh...Okay, I'll go back and talk to Howard."

"It's not necessary. I've already sent someone to tell him that you will serve us these two nights—if you don't mind the wording—he won't ask about your whereabouts."

"Understood." Lu Ning sighed, "By the way, isn't this hotel one of your 'sources of income'?"

"...You are a smart person, Lilian. Maybe the exchange meeting is over, and I can give you a letter of recommendation."

"Thank you, Miss Xue Ni."

Xue Ni is very measured, and Lu Ning can't refuse such a free practice opportunity.But it was still early, she walked around the street, came to the shop of [Old Ink Fragments] again, and opened the door.

She came here a little late today, and there were already several people studying in the bookstore, but she didn't see the girl who was learning magic arts, Jefni.

The boss glanced up at her, then lowered his head and continued reading.Lu Ning shook her head, this time she didn't go to the alchemist's pile of books, but went to the bookshelf, rummaged through a row of basic magic books, and took out a copy of "Introduction to Magic".

Even though magic has developed to this day, there are countless schools of mathematics, and various unique magics have long been classified separately, but the common basis remains unchanged, that is "magic power".

The content of this "Introduction to Magic" is very simple, and it can be understood by Lu Ning's magic level. It does not involve any esoteric magic knowledge, but it simply classifies all the magic sciences in a simple and general way. Generalization and basic popularization.

There are even annotations written by previous people in the second-hand bookstore, which is exactly what Lu Ning needs.She flipped through it twice and found that the book was basically undamaged, so she took it to the boss, Anli.

"Buying books again? I really can't save money." The boss took the book and shook his head, looked at it casually, and offered a price of ten copper coins. This time Lu Ning had enough change, so he bought it immediately. Book, turned and left the bookstore, and set off for the hotel that Xue Ni mentioned.

The instructions were very clear, and it wasn't too hard for Lu Ning to find the way, but the path was a little longer than expected, and Lu Ning even saw the shadow of the tower peak in the distance projected onto the faintly visible ruby ​​area, and then she reached the The end of the bluestone road.

The intersection of different blocks is usually a little more desolate, and you can see a large area of ​​open space and more casually built houses.After observing, Lu Ning found that these houses seemed to be made of some inconspicuous but very expensive materials, so this place should not be a wasteland that is not taken seriously, but a suburb where some big shots go on vacation.

The Crow Hotel is one of the few leisure places here. It seems that it has not officially opened at this time, but the target customer group is such a group of people. No wonder Xue Ni was so confident before.

"Wait, so is the medicine order also placed by someone from here?" As soon as there were more clues, Lu Ning naturally started to make contact.But she doesn't have any evidence now, and she just passed this idea in her mind, and then came to the hotel.

Several young clerks were moving tables and chairs out of the store. A tall man with a short wand in his waist stood with his arms folded. When he saw Lu Ning approaching, he immediately waved his hands: "Come early!" Well, we won't open until the moon comes out."

"But I have traveled a long way, can you bring me a flaming chicken soup?" Lu Ning asked.

The boss scratched his chin.

"That's all right. Come in with me."

He took Lu Ning into the shop. The interior of the hotel looked quaint and clean, and a somewhat intoxicating aroma of wine floated in the air, making Lu Ning a little dizzy.

"I thought Miss would at least invite a junior alchemist."

"Employing people in the Holy City is easy to find out, and it would be strange to sign a contract. If you don't sign it, it will be unsafe." Lu Ning said casually.

"That's right, it's really better to find an insurance company to do this kind of thing. Since Miss trusts you, I trust you too." The boss replied.

It's confirmed, Xue Ni is really doing something.

"As an aside, can I ask why the password is 'flaming chicken soup'?" Lu Ning immediately changed the subject.

The boss suddenly looked a little embarrassed.

"That was one of my failed...experiments."

"Imagine."

"In short, because of that incident, I blew up half of the hotel. The lady helped me clean up and repair it. I owed her a lot of money and couldn't repay the favor. As a result, I have to repay the debt for the next 20 years. So as long as someone mentions to this..."

"Understood." Lu Ning nodded, "Sounds a lot like what the Fire Magic Society did."

"I'm a fireman." The boss grinned.

The so-called "fire method" does not refer to the flame mage, but one of the names of the genre among mages, which means offensive magician.They can be learners of any branch of magic. What they have in common is the pursuit of powerful spells or prop development. Many famous war mages in the outside world are fire magicians.

After getting to know the boss a little bit, Lu Ning saw the alchemy laboratory.

Xue Ni's alchemy laboratory is obviously much more advanced, even better than that of Rainbow Mushroom.A U-shaped alchemy table made of mithril, with five three-layered alchemy formations embedded with runes, six insulating crystals are placed around the alchemy table, and a dark cabinet stands on the rear wall, which is a magic guide. Type of material cabinet, as long as the alchemist clicks on the appropriate command, the required materials and quantity will be sent to the hand immediately through the short-distance teleportation array.

Don't look at other things, Lu Ning's hands are shaking a little just because of this equipment.

"It's hard to go from extravagance to frugality..."

"what?"

"No, it's nothing. Xue Ni doesn't learn alchemy, so why set up such a luxurious alchemy laboratory?" Lu Ning was surprised.

"Just in case." The boss also had a somewhat unnatural expression, "I heard that Miss not only has an alchemy laboratory, but also laboratories for enchanting, runes, drawing, gemstones, etc., which are arranged in different places in the Ewa Gallery. It's all the same as here... She probably took on a lot of private work."

God knows that Lu Ning thought Xue Ni was the most honest of the three this morning.

"Anyway, I'll leave it to you later. No one will bother you until you come out. If you want to eat, come and find me. I'm always there." The boss patted Lu Ning on the shoulder, "They're all working for the young lady. Used to it."

"...Is there anything else you should give me?"

The boss patted his forehead: "By the way, this envelope is for you, with your name on it, it will spontaneously ignite in a meeting, don't worry."

He took out an envelope from his pocket and handed it to Lu Ning. After Lu Ning took it, the sturdy magician turned his head and left the laboratory, as if he was afraid of hearing something he shouldn't have heard.Lu Ning looked at the oil stain on the envelope, shook her head and scraped off the wax, and opened the envelope. Inside was a line of formulas, a schematic diagram of the flow of magic power, and Xue Ni's signature.

【please. —— Xue Ni. 】

And Lu Ning, who had begun to like alchemy, was quickly attracted by the formula and the magic flow diagram.

As mentioned earlier, the fake death potion is only at the level of junior alchemists, so there are actually many formulas for fake death potions in the market. After all, junior alchemists who are too poor to sell handbooks are everywhere.Lu Ning had also seen it in the few books she bought before, but she didn't particularly remember it.

But the difference is still recognizable.

The formula in front of her was different from any formulas for the fake death potion she had seen before. Even if she couldn't remember the specific content, Lu Ning can guarantee that the two or three fake death potion formulas she accidentally scanned were not so long.

And the schematic diagram of the flow of magic power is even more obvious. It is no wonder that Xue Ni wants her to come here. This flow of magic power must be guided by using more than three layers of formations.In the eyes of alchemists, stacking is an increase in dimension. According to Lu Ning's understanding, the three-layer stacking is to replace all the numbers substituted in the formula into a third-order matrix square, which brings about an extremely terrifying increase in calculations, but The basis is still the same.

So... Lu Ning couldn't even start to try. She sat down on the desk next to the laboratory, opened a roll of parchment, and planned to figure out the formula in front of her first, and then think about which crazy guy is doing it. It took so much effort on a fake death potion.

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In the Twilight Academy in the Amethyst District, an experimental course has just ended.The tall blond teacher walked out of the school, said goodbye to each student with a smile, and walked towards the dormitory area.

In the Twilight Academy, and even the entire Amethyst District Academy, Mr. Garcia is also admired by the younger generation of professors.At a young age, he obtained the qualifications of senior magicians of the three departments of elemental, arcane and necromancy. He was hired by Twilight College, the first college in Amethyst District, with a high salary. He also has his own special magic laboratory. Well, the kind of person who is so good that you can't even arouse jealousy.

So Shu Xingruo felt a little challenging to play such a person.

She returned to the dormitory, put today's class supplies aside, first cast a cleaning spell on herself, then turned on the magic stove in the room, and soon the green potion in the round-bottomed flask on the stove began to boil, adding more energy to the room. There was a scent of fragrance.

Even when no one is around, she still plays the role of "Garcia".

She added some tea to the kettle on the table, poured water into it with a magic wand, then closed the lid and tapped it, and immediately a pot of tea was brewed.Then she sat in front of the table, poured herself a cup of tea, and took down a hardcover notebook from the temporary bookshelf on the table. With a flick of her finger, the three locks were opened one by one, and the contents on it were unfolded.

This is the record she really observed from the perspective of a tourist, and the words on it are mixed with incantations, runes, divine words and undead words, which seem to be just some sudden inspiration for incantations.

"The 560 nine students in the Twilight Academy can be excluded." Shu Xingruo casually wrote another mark next to a symbol, "Teacher still has [-] students, and they can be observed by tomorrow. The principal...maybe wait until the meeting is over." There is a chance. Then the distribution of tourists this time is really quite scattered. It is not a scene with concentrated clues. It will probably wait for a big event to gather everyone in one place. But on the other hand, as long as I go to other areas to search, it is almost inevitable A tourist can be found. The next two days of holiday need to be used to good advantage...find a tourist to ally with."

Shu Xingruo smiled and turned a page.

"Among the people I know, who is more trustworthy? Fujii? Lu Ning? Tiangong? Watanabe? It's a pity that I only know that they came to this scene... But if there are five people, as long as they 'report each other', this group It is probably the largest among the tourists.”

Unlike most people who try their best to hide their identities, Shu Xingruo has no intention of fighting alone in the scene. She always thinks about "alliances", how to form a stable relationship of trust, and how to form a strong group.And the simplest trust under this rule is clear to her at a glance-it is not a promise not to inform, but an alliance based on mutual informers.

The only thing to be concerned about here is the time when the library is opened. After all, this method of alliance cannot be used before the library is opened under the constraints of the task.However, this is actually not very difficult. After all, Shu Xingruo's identity starts from a very high level. She doesn't need to keep a low profile. The background of Garcia's character makes her keep a high profile. With the opportunity of the theft of the magic book, she even wants to be high profile. Let's try to see if we can participate in the subsequent search of the Magic Council.

And in this way, he may be able to know more information related to the "library", and while mastering the timing of the main mission, he can also use the banner of the Magic Council to solve his secret mission.

The plan is basically confirmed.

Shu Xingruo made the last stroke, took a sip of the tea, the smile on his face seemed to have just completed a surprise magic gizmo.

"The first scene of the third level... I'm really looking forward to it." She looked out the window, the towering spire cast the shadow of the pointer towards the opposite side, the crimson sunset was reflected on the tower, and the sky was the color of burning.

(End of this chapter)