Returning from the abyss

Chapter 440 Magic Book

In terms of receiving a large amount of information in a short period of time, Lu Ning has no pressure. After all, there are many trainings in the distribution center.

After leaving the alchemy laboratory, she immediately asked Pierre to lead her into the underground guest room along a small hidden corridor, and opened the room of the brother and sister.

"Pierre?" Seeing someone walk in, Black Rose immediately stood up from the chair, "This is again..."

"Miss is the one in charge here," Pierre replied.

"Aren't you handling the affairs here?" Black Rose looked at Lu Ning suspiciously.

"Don't you look at what you brought? Even if Miss can trust me, I can't trust myself in this kind of thing! Besides, there is also the issue of confidentiality of the contract... Forget it, anyway, take out the disaster star first." Pierre He waved his hand.

White Rose took out the light brown stone from her pocket. It was just big enough to be held by hand, and it was translucent. There was a very beautiful stream of light flowing slowly inside. If you look carefully, you can still see it. Star sea and some vague building shadows.

"Don't use magic power to probe." Black Rose said to Lu Ning.Lu Ning glanced at him, and said coldly, "I know exactly what this is, and I'm here to deal with the trouble you caused."

Black Rose took a long breath and stopped talking.On the contrary, Bai Meigui raised her eyebrows and smiled at Lu Ning with great interest.

Lu Ning looked at the smile, and then her eyes fell back to the stone.

A chapter in the magic book...

In the conversation with Xue Ni just now, she has figured out what Xue Ni meant.This matter must be dealt with quickly, and at the same time, it cannot be handed over to the officials of Ewalong, because the official process must go through a formal process, but Xue Ni is concerned about whether people around her will be involved in this matter.

"Do you remember who you stole it from?" She asked Black Rose.

"Only the owner looks for the thief, and no thief remembers who stole it." Black Rose shrugged, "It's not that I took the job, but I saw someone who looked rich on the road and stole it casually. Didn't even look carefully."

"Okay, so since he looks rich, there must be a basis for judgment, right? His clothing style? The characteristics of his clothing? Where is the place that makes you feel rich? You can always remember these, right?" Lu Ning followed up and asked .

Black Rose nodded.

"The guy is dressed more like a Northwest sack mage, with a hood on his head, and they have a big feature that the necklace hangs on the outside of the clothes instead of inside. His necklace has three crystals, it is an intermediate The mark of a magician, wearing several spell-casting rings on his hands, that's how I judge this person is very rich."

"Is he wearing a Northwest-style mage robe or an ordinary mage robe?"

"Ordinary mage robes, if it's special mage robes, it won't be hard to find, right? It's just that the linen mages like to adorn a bunch of useless decorations on the hem of their robes, so I said it looks like it. But just based on this clue It’s also hard to check.”

"The stolen area, time, and specific location." Lu Ning quickly turned to the next question.

"We came across it when we came from the Ruby District. The time... probably was when the pointer just fell into the Ruby District. The location is the famous hanging corridor in the Ruby District, where you can see most of the Ruby District. Tourists always like to go to the Ruby District. Go there, and you can meet a lot of fat sheep." Black Rose curled the corners of her mouth proudly.

"Direction, from which side did that person go to the other side, Pierre, please get a map of the Ruby District."

"Oh, good." Pierre hooked his fingers, and soon a scroll squeezed in through the crack of the door, automatically unfolded and flattened on the table, projecting a three-dimensional pattern of light and shadow coiling.

"In terms of walking direction, he entered from the west door and went to the north door. The direction is like this." Black Rose gestured on the hanging corridor.

"Is his step fast or slow?"

"Not fast, after all, people who walk fast are not easy to steal."

Lu Ning stopped asking, stretched out her hand with a little magic power, and controlled the map to rotate in the air.The details of this map are well done. The names and even the appearance of all buildings can be presented. It can almost be seen as a street view except that there are no people.

"Pierre, how about the underground trading market in Ruby District?"

"The number is not particularly large, and our existence is not unknown to the Magic Council. They just acquiesced, so I definitely dare not do things that are too outrageous. For example, I have been secretly notified by the Council about this theft. I believe there The underground trading market does not dare to buy such suspicious things casually."

"What about a bar or something that supports private deals?"

"There are three places." Pierre stretched out his hand and marked the three places, but they were far away from the hanging corridor, and the location did not particularly fit the walking direction drawn by the black rose.

"How? Do you have any clues?" Black Rose looked at Lu Ning who was still checking the surrounding buildings one by one, and grinned, "I can't find any clues after searching like this."

"White Rose, does that mage in sackcloth have any scent? Does it impress you?" Lu Ning changed the subject of the question.

"Smell? Hmm... There is a strong, sweet smell of wine, and a bit of burnt smell. It's not very common for these two smells to mix together. Of course, he walks quite steadily, so he shouldn't have drunk a lot. "

"Some catering shops will barbecue on the spot, and it's normal to have some charcoal smell mixed in. It's impossible..." Pierre rubbed his head, but Lu Ning's fingers stopped moving.

Although Saint-Double Gallery is a city of mixed cultures, it is still more inclined to Western characteristics.The kind of tavern that Pierre mentioned is indeed everywhere, but grilled meat must use a lot of condiments, so the first impression left on White Rose should not be some burnt smell, but strong and even a little choking seasoning flavor.

From some similar restaurants she occasionally saw in the commercial district, the barbecue is in the store, and the method used is mostly charcoal grilling.Burnt smell?Do not……

"This shop." Lu Ning pointed to a barn-like building with a dome, and asked Pierre, "[Bronze Furnace Secret Wine], what kind of business is it?"

"Alcohol and dried meat." Pierre thought for a while, "their burnt wine and bacon taste quite distinctive, and many people like it."

"Finally, it is confirmed that teleportation in any form is now prohibited in the city, right?"

"Ah, of course, during the mass raid period, only the outside can enter through teleportation, and no teleportation and space transfer magic are allowed inside. Someone teleporting will definitely be detected."

Afterwards, Lu Ning drew a circle on the map, centered on [Bronze Furnace Secret Brew], the circle began to expand outward, and stopped at the position where it touched the suspended corridor.

"He's a book thief."

"Huh? You said he is..."

"There are no gem shops on this route." Lu Ning pointed out a direct path between the two, "He won't get the magic book by mistake. The source of the smell on his body should be in this shop. When you wait in the shop, stick it on, because the distance between the two is not too far, so you can still have a strong smell of wine when you walk past, and the smell of burnt incense wood when making smoked items."

"only these?"

"We know that the magic book is on him. This thing is difficult to pass through both openly and underground. The purpose of the book thief opening the magic book is obviously to expand the possibility of spreading the magic book. He should be squatting today. Waiting for suitable targets in various places, but he dared not shoot because of the martial law. It is also very suspicious to conduct private gem trading in incorrect places. Today he failed to find the target, but he is not afraid of being caught, because according to the head The investigation has not yet begun..."

"So..." Pierre frowned, thinking about it.

"Yes, the most important thing is that if he is the acquirer, the book thief will never dare to say that it is a magic book. And if such a precious gemstone is lost, normal people will definitely notify the guards and the like To report the loss, it is necessary to describe the specific shape of the gem. However, it is already midnight, and there is no movement in the parliament, which means that no one has reported the crime." She glanced at the black rose.

"Damn guy!" Black Rose cursed.

"He acquiesced in the theft, and was probably glad that someone helped pass it on. We were lucky that it ended up in the right hands before it had a big impact. The other party probably hasn't noticed it yet. We know this is the grimoire, and this is our chance."

"But how do we know where he has gone?" asked Pierre.

"Simple, he must have learned of the blockade of the underground market after the martial law, and then began to look for possible places to sell. It has just happened one day now, and his failure to sell the magic guide shows the high-speed response to the council. Insufficient preparation, such a person lacks long-term planning considerations, so after discovering that the magic guide book is lost, he should be happy for the completion of his task. If he can leave the city, he must leave overnight, but if he cannot, the best way is to pretend Nothing happened, normal activities."

"He's still in the Ruby District!"

"Teleportation is disabled. The time of the theft was five o'clock in the evening. In addition to the delay in discovering that he was stolen, his activity area is only two or three hours from dusk to night. However, after discovering the theft, he will eventually Return to the residence, if within this range..."

Lu Ning clicked on an underground trading place that Pierre had marked before.

"Let's look here first, and start to act now. The black rose and the white rose will follow. If you recognize someone, you will be arrested. This is the order of 'I'."

"I'll arrange someone right away." Pierre turned his head and went out, but quickly looked back: "Miss Lilian, then you..."

"I am refining medicine here." Lu Ning turned his head to the side, "Search all the places around where people can live. There is a high probability that he is there, so as to get the news as soon as possible."

"Okay, we'll do the rest, and I'll have to trouble you then." Pierre grinned and left.

Lu Ning glanced at the thieves brothers and sisters: "This is something you provoked, you should finish it yourself."

"It's amazing, little sister." Bai Meigui moved a little closer, "When the problem is solved, my sister will thank you very much."

Lu Ning looked at her expression and narrowed her eyes.

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After returning to the laboratory, her mentality changed slightly, but this did not affect her alchemy work.It is not without reason that the fake death potion is only at the elementary level of alchemy. Even if the formula is so complicated, she can still understand the meaning, which means that it is not difficult except for complicated calculations.

As for the outside affairs, she is not something she can participate in as an apprentice. Both Pierre and the thieves are senior magicians, and they must be stronger than her in formal actions.She only needs the result, and only needs to sit in a safe place to complete Xue Ni's confession.

The transformation formation was activated, and the faint blue light illuminated Lu Ning's face.In fact, she hadn't rested for too long, but she wasn't sleepy at all.

Materials, after entering the quantity, are automatically sent to the front by the short-distance teleportation magic circle behind.

"Speaking of it...it's not clear what the standard for the detection of space transmission is."

The drainage tube is the foundation, and the layered alchemy formation requires more complex alchemy devices, which appear one after another under the input of Lu Ning's magic power.

"Short-distance teleportation like this can be used. Pierre seems to have said that the focus of the teleportation inspection is on people, that is to say, the magic book cannot pass through the teleportation array...or the magic book cannot be teleported by ordinary methods?"

The materials were added, the magic liquid was injected, and the flow of magic power began to take shape. She took out a golden stick and adjusted it at the first node.

"The magic world is still strange... a lot of common sense has to be overthrown and new restrictions are found. But this is also interesting, and I can get used to this different world setting after the mission. Speaking of it... …White Rose……"

The light of the refining formation became brighter, and the drainage of the magic nodes was formed in turn. After the materials were placed and checked, Lu Ning connected the three drainage tubes, and then connected the ends together with a multi-headed rubber tube. With a slight stir at a node, the magic flow suddenly became active, and the alchemy officially started.

"That guy really doesn't hide it at all." Lu Ning frowned, "She probably hasn't recognized me yet, but it's almost too soon after hearing that inference. Do you trust me too much or don't care about the score at all? I’m too embarrassed to tell you a secret.”

Bai Meimei's smiles and strange tone of excitement when she spoke are really impressive, especially when Lu Ning has trained with her for a long time before—Shang Wenxue's politeness is slightly crazy She really didn't hear that tone from the second person.

Therefore, she is not worried that her judgment is biased, because the book thief on the left and right cannot get out of that circle. Even if the black rose does not remember the person's appearance, Lu Ning believes that the white rose, that is, Shang Wenxue, must remember the book thief. What does it look like.

"Forget it, after the library is opened, it's a big deal to inform and form an alliance with her."

Lu Ning gave up thinking about Shang Wenxue's thoughts. She could guess the brain circuits of both rational people and lunatics, but Shang Wenxue had no idea what was going on in this person's mind.

(End of this chapter)