Returning from the abyss

Chapter 449
It’s a pity that the second-hand bookstore was not open, but meeting Jiefuni allowed Lu Ning to chat with people again. The two introduced themselves to each other formally this time, and it was only then that Lu Ning knew that Jiefuni came from Bell Tower College. The bell on her waist It's the school's logo.

Both Guanwu and Huoshi are comprehensive colleges, and the courses offered involve many well-known magic subjects, while Bell Tower College is more similar to a junior college. This college only has four magic disciplines, namely, divine arts, Taoism, and incantations. and magic mechanics.

Jiefuni's personality is also the kind that is relatively plain on the surface but passionate in her heart. After learning that Lu Ning was only here for shopping, she immediately invited her to the tea room to taste tea together.

The tea room in the commercial street naturally includes many types of tea drinks from the mainland. Lu Ning naturally ordered her favorite vanilla tea, and Geoffrey ordered a cup of iced tea.The two sat down in an elegant small room, someone brought tea, took a sip each, and then began to talk.

"Has the bookstore not been open for a long time?" Lu Ning asked.

"I have been here two days ago, but the door was not opened. I have a magical book that I really want to read. I remember that the boss has collected it here."

General bookstores do not allow you to read the full version, so it is not easy to find a book that you can read.Lu Ning could tell from the lack of decorations on Jiefuni's body that she was at least frugal in life, and in fact she was.

People say that magic does not cost money, because there is no need to buy those expensive materials and consume huge potions, let alone travel around to broaden one's horizons.Knowledge can be learned as long as there are books. For ordinary magical magicians, as long as they master two kinds of divine words, they can perform many necessary divine spells.

But there must be a gathering of elites here in Ewalang, and Geoffrey is the "talented" one among the four types of people.She is amazingly talented in divine arts, and she has mastered four kinds of divine words, which is the level of knowledge that many advanced divine arts magicians only have.Such a level is still just an ordinary genius in Ewalong, and the competition pressure is quite high.

"Taking advantage of this opportunity, everyone is enriching themselves. Maybe after the exchange meeting is over, the student level of each school will be raised by one level." Jiefuni sighed, "If the shopkeeper can't come tomorrow, I just I can go to the bookstore and buy a copy.”

"Do you usually learn in this way?"

"This will save me some money. I'm saving money to buy myself a good holy bell." Geoffrey smiled slightly.

Lu Ning already has an idea of ​​the price of many things when going to various high-end places these days. A good holy bell costs about five gold coins, which is enough to meet the standard of "good".

At this time, Lu Ning suddenly had some ideas.

"Have you ever thought about refining one yourself?"

"I know you're an alchemist, but you're not..."

Lu Ning took out the bottle of healing potion and smiled at her: "I just successfully refined it this morning. I haven't taken the exam yet, but I must be a junior alchemist and qualified for precious metal refining."

"Yes, is it?" Geoffrey was a little overwhelmed, "But the alchemist... the cost..."

"I'm still learning, if you leave it to me, I won't charge you a lot of money." Lu Ning said immediately, "And a special alchemist can tailor it for you. For example, if you are willing to use some of your own In exchange for your blood, then the refined product must have a high degree of compatibility with you."

Jefni smiled politely, she could see that she was a little moved, but she was still hesitating.

"It doesn't matter if you don't want to. I know you won't be particularly relieved. But the finished product of Shengling costs at least five gold coins. It is far from necessary to provide raw materials. At most, you can rent an alchemy For the price of the laboratory, the junior laboratory only has [-] copper coins per hour."

"The devil's temptation..." Geoffrey nodded, "No matter what I do, I can't get around the hurdle of money..."

"How about it?"

"If you can give me a list and let me know how much I can spend, I'd like to give it to you for a try." Geoffrey smiled wryly, "I do have some savings, but they are worse than those from nobles or royal families. Far."

"This is easy." Lu Ning is a person who has finished elementary alchemy and is also doing intermediate alchemy. The most basic alchemy formula is basically at her fingertips. She immediately asked the store for a pen and paper, and quickly listed it for Jiefu made a list.

When the facts were in front of her eyes, Geoffrey hesitated even more.Looking at her, Lu Ning couldn't help but feel sympathetic. After all, money issues are something people like them think about every day.

"I agreed."

After all, Jiefuni agreed, and agreed with Lu Ning to send the materials to the scheduled alchemy laboratory tomorrow, and paid some alchemy fees in advance.

Afterwards, she hurriedly contacted various stores to purchase, and Lu Ning really earned her first pot of gold with her alchemy skills... Of course, she hasn't really earned it yet.

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The garnet area has always claimed to be the oldest area among the twelve outer areas. Whether it represents the meaning of the birthstone of January or the glory of the five o'clock sun that shines on this area first when the sun rises, it makes the garnet area The residents of the city place a lot of emphasis on their status.

But despite this, they must also accept more and more external shocks.At least in the view of Garcia, who is taking a break today, it is not a bad thing that the Garnet District has been rejuvenated due to the injection of fresh blood.

There is no commercial street here, which is popular in other districts. The Garnet District is full of centuries-old shops, hidden in the streets and alleys, which are almost indistinguishable from houses except for an inconspicuous signboard.However, after Garcia visited two shops, he found that these people were proud but not arrogant. They all carried the kind of restraint accumulated over the years, and they should not show it at all.

"The atmosphere is really satisfying."

Garcia stepped into the third store, [Penglai Island].

Since Pengshan Junyan came to Ewalang, the store has been in operation for four generations. Pengshanhui, who is running the store now, is in his prime of life. While inheriting the business of his ancestors as always, he is also steadily expanding the island of Penglai. Influence in the garnet zone.

Adhering to the characteristics of the oriental system, the main business of Penglai Island is spells and talismans, including comprehensive services for exorcism, Yin Yang, divination, and Feng Shui.In addition, businesses such as the purchase of ancient books and the identification of antiques are also operated here.The pavement looks ordinary on the outside, but in fact there is a lot of space inside, and each business area has a specific division.

In Ewalang, where parchment is still popular, there are not many places where you want to buy high-quality rice paper, and here is one.Garcia walked on the porch with a faint fragrance, turned a corner, and could see the layout of the shop hall.

"And if it's the only thing that Pengshan Huizheng needs to pay attention to..."

She quickly saw the person she was looking for, and walked quickly to a giant sand table.

"...Probably because this generation needs to recruit children, Pengshan Yuanzi, hello."

Garcia smiled, and stretched out his hand to the girl with long jet-black hair standing beside the sand table thinking.

The girl raised her head slightly.

"Hi, I'm not a clerk here."

"I know, but you are the future owner of this store?" Garcia said.

Pengshan Yuanzi raised his hand to shake her hand, and then looked away after sweeping her eyes.

"I'm not necessarily the future owner. My father is in the prime of his life and manages the business well. It is still unknown whether he will have brothers or sisters in the future."

"But... at a young age, you already have such a reputation as a writer." Garcia said.

"... Give what you should, give what you should, be famous for one's own ability, just like the morning sun was born in the East China Sea, it is a natural principle." Pengshan Yuanzi's attitude was neither humble nor overbearing.

And Garcia raised his eyebrows and nodded slightly.

"Please take a nap indoors." Pengshan Yuanzi raised his hand in salute.

As soon as the two of them turned around, they had already arrived at the quiet room next to a courtyard at the back of the shop.

"There is an enchantment here to prevent multiple investigations, so it's okay to be frank."

"Watanabe, do we need to be so tired talking?" Garcia——Shu Xingruo sat in the room before completely relaxing.

And Pengshan Yuanzi started to make tea, her expression was serious, she was not as relaxed as Shu Xingruo.

"I thought you were used to the promotion. Well, how did you find me here?"

"It's just that your name hasn't changed, it's just a surname." Garcia grinned, obviously trusting the person in front of him, "Why is the distribution center so reassuring about you? Or is it just targeting you?"

"Even if I didn't change, it would be very difficult to find me in the crowd with just one name."

"That's why I made a careful judgment. The role of Pengshan Yuanzi is more difficult than mine. The temperament of family education can't be played casually. Finally, just in case, didn't I come here today? "

"Are you willing to expose yourself?"

"As far as I can judge, there are probably no other tourists in the Garnet District except you."

“How come you see?”

Garcia pondered for a while before saying: "I searched the campus in the Amethyst District before, but I didn't find any suspicious people. Later, I expanded the scope and used the little ghost to investigate the entire block. Except for some Besides the restless and well-meaning thieves, only one suspect was found.”

"who?"

"His name is Eliel, and he is an enchanted apprentice. This is not the key point. The key point is that he seems to have participated in the suppression of the magic book in the Amethyst District a few days ago, and if we investigate carefully, we can find that it has something to do with other things. It is related, normally speaking, an apprentice from other places doesn’t have so many opportunities to participate in such important events, right? It’s like having a halo of trouble.”

"No, it is because they are easily involved in these things that their identities are worth being replaced." Pengshan Yuanzi poured out the tea that had been scalded twice from the pot and handed Garcia a cup, "Such people There may be more than one, but one happens to be in the Amethyst District."

"So he's a tourist?"

"The judgment is yours to make, it has nothing to do with me. I am not going to make a whistleblower at this stage."

"I'm not going to either...Why? You are actually in a very dangerous situation now."

"Justice." Pengshan Yuanzi's attitude was very calm, "The distribution center has given me an identity that is easier to reveal. Under such whistleblowing rules, I will undoubtedly fall into a huge disadvantage. Correspondingly, I will have a huge advantage." Advantage. Compared with you, Mr. Garcia, your status and magical attainments are even better than mine. Even so, you have not taken the risk of this name, proving that my advantage does not lie in what I have In these identities, but in others."

"You are really as steady as ever."

"People need to be vigilant, and they also need to be safe. They would rather take a risk and take the nine out of nines than fight for one's life to get the best out of them. Mr. Garcia, there is one thing you didn't judge correctly."

"You mean... the number of people in this area?"

"Perhaps I'm the only permanent resident, but the flow of people in Ewalang, when Penglai House is still unique, it is inevitable that someone will come to visit, and you are one of them."

Garcia raised his head slightly: "Is someone already here?"

"It seems that you don't dare to face your identity like you do, and I'm happy to save you some trouble. But based on this, you may be able to infer the real mystery of the distribution center arrangement."

When Pengshan Yuanzi said this, he raised his teacup and stared at the rising tea mist, and put it down after a while.

Garcia was not good at all kinds of divination, and did not understand the meaning of her action, but the previous sentence gave her inspiration.

"Isn't it a coincidence?"

"The thing that the distribution center is best at is to split the inevitable into many chances, which should not be underestimated." Pengshan Yuanzi said, "Among so many people in Ewalang, looking for tourists depends on your status and ability. One, when it comes to open day, it becomes more difficult to distinguish. So, if this task is to be more reasonable, it should be thrown into a whole network, which not only speeds up the speed, but even makes the situation more interesting."

There was nothing interesting in her eyes.

"Everyone here has several old acquaintances, so it's actually not that easy for everyone to hide." Garcia took a deep breath, "Well, in this way, many things will indeed become subtle. "

"You are not a hard-hearted person."

"Are you?" Garcia asked.

Pengshan Yuanzi was silent, and she drank tea slowly, with no attitude visible in her expression.

"You're worrying." Garcia sighed, "You... think too much, and sometimes you don't have to care about other people's feelings. We haven't reached that level of strength yet."

"Since you are in your position, you should worry about it. Garcia, don't you think that the position of you and me should be the culmination of the arrangement of the distribution center? According to what I heard a few days ago, everyone should be crowded with tourists. There is an opportunity to participate, but the council itself did not directly take action, and all matters continue as usual, in other words, there should be no people in the inner block among the tourists."

"From the perspective of easy balance, it is true. But from the perspective of the overall strength distribution, if senior magicians are the peak of tourists, then those secret tasks will not be easy to do." Garcia said.

"This is a sign of chaos." Pengshan Yuanzi put down the cup, the tea has been drunk, and the tea fog has long since dissipated.

(End of this chapter)