Returning from the abyss

Chapter 439
In the alchemy laboratory of the Crow Hotel, Lu Ning suddenly raised her head from the table, rubbed her eyes, and looked at the empty coffee pot beside her, feeling that this thing was of no use to Lilian or herself.

However, I finally understood why the fake death potion was so complicated.

Lu Ning picked up the last piece of calculation paper at hand, folded it and stuffed it into her pocket, got up and walked outside to eat something before continuing.

This bottle of potion can also be refined simply by following the instructions, but then Lu Ning will not know what kind of potion Xue Ni wants.When she first asked, Xue Ni didn't directly say that she would provide the formula, and she only said it when she continued to ask, implying that she wanted her to ignore these questions.

There is nothing wrong with the main body of the potion, that is, the part of the fake death potion itself. It is of the same quality as the standard of alchemy potions circulating in the market, but the key point lies in the "impurities" part.

The standard purity of alchemy potions is above 95. In fact, there is no [-]% pure potion. Any potion will always produce impurities due to environmental disturbance.The essence of alchemy lies in "exchange", so there is no need to consider the problem of drug conflicts, so usually no one will care what the impurity is.

However, this formula also guides the impurity part to a certain extent, adding some hidden "small functions" on the premise of not violating the medicinal properties of the main body of the feign death potion.

Lu Ning walked to the front while thinking. It was late at night to early morning, and it was the busiest time of the hotel. The empty shop before was now full of drinkers, and some magic could be seen outside. Crowd under fire.The clerks were busy shuttling through the aisles to deliver the drinks and dishes, and the smells in the air began to mix.

"You came out? How is it? Are there any difficulties?" The boss was sitting very close to the entrance, and got up immediately when he saw Lu Ning coming out.

"No, I'm just hungry, do you have anything to eat?"

"Meat and vegetarian dishes?"

"It can last for a while."

"Okay, eat here or send it to you?"

Lu Ning was a little puzzled: "Can I eat outside? I don't want to shy away..."

"It's too deliberate to attract attention. This entrance is slightly adjusted to lead to the guest room, and it is used to receive some temporary guests. No one will be suspicious." The boss waved his hand, "But you'd better not talk to anyone , find a corner and wait, I'll bring you something."

Lu Ning nodded. There were still vacancies in the store. She sat in a dimly lit corner and could basically see the whole picture of the store.

Most of the customers were partying outside, and there were only about 20 people in the store. Except for two tables with multiple people, there were also some guests in twos and threes.The clothes styles of these people can be said to be very different, probably because of the people from all over the world who came to the exchange meeting.

Lu Ning habitually observed everyone's words and deeds, but soon a clerk brought her a grilled steak with a thick layer of sauce, a bowl of stew and a glass of mixed juice.

Lu Ning picked up the knife and fork and began to eat. From time to time, she could hear a chatter or two from the people in front of her, all of which were the changes or various anecdotes in the city these days.

"Only after visiting it can I realize that the Ewa Gallery is really big."

"Oh? How many districts have you transferred?"

"The Diamond District started to play here, and I haven't finished watching the outer districts yet. I will go to the Central District after the tour here is over."

"anything fun?"

"Hey, if you listen to those people's guidance, you won't see anything new if you go to the commercial street and the like. If you want to go, go... underground." The man lowered his voice slightly.

Lu Ning still heard the two words he said clearly, probably because she drank too much and couldn't suppress her excitement.She glanced at the boss sitting on the other side. It stands to reason that this hotel is actually some kind of "underground" facility, but she hasn't planned to start with this route, so she didn't start investigating the clues here.

At this time, two men and women who were eye-catching walked in.

Usually it is difficult for a man and a woman to recognize the twin relationship at a glance, but these two people can make such a judgment at the first sight.The two have almost heroic faces, with short, dashing hair. The only thing that can be distinguished is that the female's hair just reaches the shoulders, while the male's is behind the ears.The clothes of the two are also exactly the same style, but they are men's black and women's white, with two roses embroidered on the side above the waist in reverse colors.

Seeing these two people, even the boss stood up directly.

"Good evening, you two brothers and sisters haven't been here for a while." He walked to the bar and greeted him personally.

"Pierre, it's good to see that you are still so energetic. Maybe you haven't done experiments that can kill you recently?" The corner of the man's mouth was slightly raised, but his smile was a little cold, "How is it? Are you still working here? work with...?"

The word with his mouth in the middle was only opened and he didn't pronounce it.

"That depends on whether you can afford it." The boss quickly restrained his smile, "Aren't you here to meet old friends?"

"Of course, after all, the first thing that comes to mind when you come to Moonstone District is your old friend."

The woman leaned sideways on the counter, her voice soft and comforting, but Lu Ning frowned when she heard these words.

"Old friends? Then I wonder if I can know your real names?"

The man coughed lightly: "If we tell the name, I'm afraid we'll be arrested a long time ago."

"It's better to just use the code name. We used to come here like this, right?" The woman leaned into the bar with a smile, just blocking Lu Ning's perspective, and the perspective of most people in the store was probably also blocked. The man blocked it.

Lu Ning saw a slight movement of the woman's hand, which should have taken out something.

The boss's expression changed suddenly, and even his hands were shaking.

"You two."

"Hey, Pierre, we have principles, this matter has nothing to do with us." The man said dissatisfied.

However, the boss didn't listen to his nonsense at all, and directly grabbed a room number plate from under the bar and stuffed it into the man's hand, pointing to the stairs leading to the underground: "Get the keys and you damn trouble and get out of here now!" , old room, wait until I think about how to deal with this matter before going down to find you guys, don’t come out until then!”

"...Thank you Pierre." The man said after a slight silence.

"Wait until you have killed me before saying this."

The men and women went down the stairs in silence, and Pierre immediately took out a jewel from his pocket, pulled a clerk over to look at the bar, and went behind himself.

He went to contact Xue Ni.

Lu Ning put a small piece of meat into her mouth, but she paid attention to the whole process from the corner of her eyes.There are not many people in the store who are as concerned about this matter as she is. After all, everyone knows what business the Crow Hotel does, and this kind of thing is commonplace.

But for Lu Ning, everything that happened now is a clue if it can be tracked.

She counted the time a little, and soon Pierre came out from behind, sweat even dripped from his dark face, he swallowed slightly, and walked to Lu Ning's side.

"Lillian... er... ma'am?"

"Just call me Lilian."

"Miss Xue Ni said that she will contact you, please go to the alchemy laboratory with me." Pierre lowered his voice.

"Oh?"

Lu Ning glanced at the dishes on the table, and Pierre immediately helped her carry them out: "I'll help you carry them down, I'm sorry it's urgent..."

"understood."

The two quickly returned to the alchemy laboratory. At this time, Lu Ning had already felt that the contact gem was heating up. She took the gem out, and Pierre closed the door, and Xue Ni's voice came over.

"Lilian, there is an emergency."

"Well, so you have to tell me yourself, right?"

"Yes, Pierre and I have an employment contract. I believe in his loyalty, but loyalty does not necessarily keep secrets, and between you and me is a master-slave contract. At this time, I must rely on the binding force of the contract, otherwise things will It's going to be bad... very bad."

"Let's talk." Lu Ning already had a vague guess in her heart.

"Pierre has just received two people. Since you have been working in my laboratory, you can probably guess what my 'business' involves with your intelligence. Those two people are one of us who are more valuable. The 'supply source', code-named black rose and white rose, identity is thief."

"Ah."

"They are clever. In addition to some work such as exploring ruins and picking up corpses on the battlefield, they also have to steal some powerful and rich people. Let's not mention these things for the time being. They brought the trouble today because of the people who came to the hotel. I touched someone along the way."

"...And then you got something incredible?"

"Yes, it's the thing we discussed in the morning. Fortunately, the black rose is an advanced magician, and the white rose's transfiguration is also advanced. In addition, the experience brought by their work allows them to identify what it is, so it It hasn't been opened yet."

"They stole from whoever did that?"

"It would have been better if that was the case... but Pierre told me that although the thing wasn't opened, it was taken apart."

Lu Ning was confused: "I don't quite understand?"

"Pierre is at the side?" Xue Ni suddenly changed the topic.

"Yes, ma'am."

"Now you leave the house, guard the door, and cast a silencing spell. After Lilian comes out, all actions will be carried out according to her instructions. What she means is what I mean, understand?"

"No problem, I'll guard the door right now." Pierre replied harshly, turned and walked out of the laboratory.

"Can't you tell him?"

"This part of the information needs to be 'filtered' by yourself. I am not present and cannot directly command, but you should be competent for this position."

"I'm just an apprentice!"

"I'm just a junior mage, but I already have so many properties in Avalon. Lilian, the attainment of magic has nothing to do with a person's ability to survive." Xue Ni's voice was extremely calm, "Next I What I tell you is all information, but I don’t care which ones to take and how to arrange them, and you must not hand them all over to anyone.”

"You will also break up this matter and do it."

"Yes, after all, it hit my hand. By the way, don't talk about this matter with Catherine and Liz. The contract can't bind you to report it to them, but I don't want them to get involved."

"And I got involved." Lu Ning said.

"No one is immune to the storm, but there must always be someone who can detect first-line. Lilian, you are safe now, your identity is your layer of protection, and you are the most suitable person I can contact so far. The person who handles this."

"one?"

"One, don't worry, the pressure won't be all on you. Well, let's get down to business, what Black Rose stole is one of the five lost magic books..."

"Five magic books?"

"Five. After you raise that possibility, of course I will go to find out the news. The news is not exact, but at least it is this number."

Lu Ning was silent. It wasn't that there were too many, but...too few.

For tourists with more than 20 people, the task of identifying thieves is a personal main line, which means that the number of thieves must at least meet the needs of tourists to complete the task.So either gang thefts are counted, or the number is lower, or there is more than one theft.

"That thing should be a chapter of the book "Garden of the Gods" among the five stolen."

"It's all confirmed? Didn't it open?"

"Lilian, you don't think the magic book is really a book, do you?"

"Sorry, I haven't had a chance to go to the magic bookstore, so the form of the magic book is different?"

"It is a powerful magic tool that carries the knowledge, experience, talent and part of the soul of a magician above a great magister. One person can only write a magic book, but it can be written on anything. People who have achieved such a glorious and magnanimous life and reached the level of a great magister usually choose a souvenir that is very important in their life to write a magic book."

"So the places to search are actually not just bookstores."

"That's different. The opening of a book with a special form requires careful exploration and communication with magic power. People won't do that when they buy some magic props or decorations."

"please continue."

""Garden of the Gods" comes from a magical emperor who is magical. He has performed twelve times in his life, and his soul is very close to the form of the gods. Image. He picked up twelve lake stones from the lake where he prayed, and wrote this magic book with these most ordinary stones, and strung these stones together with his own hair."

"So, Black Rose stole a stone?"

"After so many years, even ordinary stones have undergone qualitative changes under the influence of the magical power of the magic book, and as thieves, of course they will not miss this kind of gemstone that looks very high-quality. The problem is, is it a stone, is it not A string."

"Isn't that the toughest question?"

By now, Lu Ning also knew that Xue Ni would definitely not bother to explain to the guards why the magic book was in her hands. The strength she has shown now can already deal with these obvious problems.What Xue Ni wanted her to handle was the matter of the magic guide book that had been disassembled.

(End of this chapter)