Nelson looked at the old man expectantly and said: "When I was at the academy, I read an article on the Wezzik people. The article described the Wezzik people as the masters of the Black Forest and the race that knows the most about herbal medicine in the world.
.Teacher, since you have the Wezzik people's officiating ornaments here, then the Wezzik people's human bone book recording the Black Forest herbs..."
The old man raised his head slightly, rolled his eyes at Nelson angrily, and said: "If I found the human bone book, I would not stay here. Instead, I would sit in the spacious office of the college, smoking cigars from the Kingdom of Mogaganu, and drinking
Port wine from the French Empire.”
Nelson scratched his head in embarrassment and sat back on the chair next to the old man.
Leo looked at the necklace back in his hand and fell into deep thought, while Jason walked around the store a little bored.
After about ten minutes, the old man finished writing the letter, took out his special seal from the drawer, stamped it on the letter and envelope, and handed it to Nelson.
Nelson took the letter and carefully stored it in a waterproof wallet. Then he asked the old man, "Teacher, I also need to buy some deworming medicine you made."
"Anthelmintics?" The old man frowned upon hearing this and said in a deep voice, "Are you going through the black forest?"
"Yes." Nelson looked at Leo, and after receiving a tacit nod, he told the old man their plan and said: "If you are lucky, it will only take four days at most to cross the Black Forest.
To reach Miria City, if you walk around the Black Forest Avenue on the edge of the Black Forest, even if you take a carriage, it will take more than ten days. It may be shorter if you ride a horse, but it won't be much shorter."
While listening to Nielsen's words, the old man took out his pipe, lit it, took a puff, and exhaled the smoke, and said, "Don't you know that it's a foggy month under the Black Forest, and it's not a good time to enter the Black Forest?"
"Fog Moon?" Nelson had a confused look on his face, obviously he didn't understand what it meant.
"I forgot, you are not from the Black Forest, so you don't know the meaning of the foggy moon." The old man smoked a cigarette and took out a map of the Black Forest printed by the Royal Publishing House of the French Empire. He traced the map with his fingers and said: "Every year
For one to two months, the thick fog from the Great Black Forest in the north will move south and enter the Lower Black Forest. This period is called the Fog Moon by the Black Forest people. It will be very dangerous to enter the Lower Black Forest during this period.
This danger does not come from the black forest beasts and poisonous insects hidden in the fog, but from the fog itself. People who break into the fog usually lose their way and are guided by the fog to the depths of the black forest.
Finally died in the black forest."
"There is such a thing!" Nelson's expression also became serious. He knew very well that the character of the old man in front of him would never say or write any exaggerated words. Since the old man said that, then the black forest in the foggy moon must be very dangerous.
So he asked Leo with some worry: "Mr. Leo, what do you think? Why don't we take the Black Forest Avenue instead? If we use a fast horse, we can take the steam train to the nearest Doha in two days."
, we should reach Milia City in seven or eight days."
"There is no need to change the route, we still go through the Black Forest." Leo could hear the shrinking in Nelson's tone, but he ignored it and still maintained his original decision, and said with great confidence: "If you are just worried about being in the fog,
If you get lost, there is absolutely no need, because I will never get lost."
The reason why Leo is so confident is entirely because the accessory brain system can easily help draw any map, and it is also all-dimensional and three-dimensional. This has been proven in countless experiences in the past, so it can be called a death trap for ordinary people.
The dense fog in the forest had no effect on him.
Leo's confidence made Nelson and Pierre stunned for a moment.
It's just that Nelson had seen Leo's ability to choose the right route in the mountains and forests before, and he also felt unexpectedly that Leo's confidence was not without purpose.
On the contrary, Old Man Pierre felt that Leo's behavior was just ignorant rhetoric. Once he really entered the black forest, he would be scared to wet his pants like those rookie hunters.
Therefore, the old man was ready to persuade Nelson not to adopt this plan of walking through the Black Forest of the Misty Moon, which in his opinion was no different from seeking death.
However, Nelson seemed to have expected that the old man would persuade him, so he said first: "Teacher, I think that since Mr. Leo has said this, he will definitely be able to do it, and we will not change our plan."
"Damn it!"
The old man knew very well the character of his student, so he could only curse in his heart and did not try to persuade him.
Then he walked up to Leo and grabbed Leo by the collar. He looked like he wanted to vent his anger on Leo and was about to say a few harsh words to teach others.
But for some reason, when he saw Leo's extremely calm expression, he couldn't help but feel that the other party might not be just talking nonsense and could really do it.
So, he swallowed the words that were on his lips, and finally could only give Leo a fierce look, then turned around and walked to the small room behind the shop.
After a while, the old man took out a simple wooden box from the house, placed it on the counter, pushed it in front of Nelson, and took three spherical incense burners hanging on his body and placed them on the box.
Said: "My repellent may weaken during the foggy month. In addition to wearing it on your body, you also need to light one in the incense burner and scrape it outside the body. And before leaving the forest, the repellent in the burner will be used."
Can’t stop.”
"Thank you, teacher." Nelson said sincerely.
Jason on the side suddenly asked in English in a somewhat embarrassing manner: "How much does this cost? Do we have enough money?"
Leo and Nelson glared at Jason in unison, telling him to shut up.
The old man's face was a little ugly when he heard the English language. Although Nelson had already said that they were soldiers of the Kingdom of England when he introduced Leo and the others, Nelson and Leo both used Bodo accents when talking to him.
French, which made him forget for a moment that he was in front of several people from hostile countries, they were just his students and his friends.
But Jason's English with a strong local accent brought back bad memories in him and reminded him of the current hostile relationship between the two countries. Naturally, the expression on his face was not much better.
I saw him glare at the three people in front of him, and said angrily: "Needless to say the price, you will definitely not be able to afford it in your current situation." As he said that, he took out a very thick book and put it on the table.
He opened it on the counter, quickly turned to a page with a bookmark in the middle, pointed to the herbal pattern on the page, and said: "However, as long as you can help me find this herb, these things will be given to you."
"What is this?" Leo looked at the page in confusion.
I saw that the pattern on the page was a flower that looked very similar to the earth plant lily of the valley, but this flower only had one flower, one stem and one flower leaf. The overall color of the flower was purple, and there were some swirling patterns on the surface.
The gold thread looks very beautiful.
"This is the Purple Crown Flower." Nielsen only glanced at the page and could already identify this flower with such obvious characteristics without looking at the introduction on the pattern. However, he then asked doubtfully:
"Didn't the Herbal Society say that purple crowns don't exist?"
"When have those idiots ever been correct about what they said?" The old man snorted with great disdain, and then said very cautiously: "I have definite news that Purple Crown Flower will appear in the Black Forest in the Fog Moon, but
It needs to be put into a special container so that it can be preserved intact and not wither."
Leo interrupted a little abruptly at this time and said: "Wait a minute, since we know that this plant will appear in the Black Forest of Fog Moon, it means that someone has entered the Black Forest of Fog Moon and came out alive. Didn't you say before?
No one has ever..."
"Idiot, what comes out may not be human." Before Lei Hou could finish his words, the old man retorted.
"It doesn't have to be a human being?" Leo was stunned. He didn't understand what the old man said. He was about to ask more, but the old man first signaled that he didn't want to say anything.
The old man asked: "What do you think of this deal?"
Nelson hesitated and said, "I may not be able to find this legendary plant."
The old man said cheerfully: "It doesn't matter. It's best if you can find it. It doesn't matter if you can't find it."
"Okay, I can give it a try." Nelson nodded and agreed.
Leo interrupted again at this time: "Wait a minute, I think we seem to be at a loss in this deal." As he said that, he pointed to the pattern on the page and said: "If I am not wrong, this plant is
A unique plant in the world, right? Don’t you think it’s a bit excessive to exchange for such a unique plant that can bring you both fame and fortune with just some anthelmintics?”
"Don't forget, I'm in danger of losing money!" The old man immediately showed his businessman's instinct and bargained with Leo: "After all, you may not be able to find the purple crown flower, but I must invest in these precious flowers in advance.
Insecticide.”
Leo hit the old man's target directly and said, "But you will never find someone willing to enter the black forest in the foggy moon, right?"
The old man was silent for a while, gritted his teeth, and said angrily to Leo: "Okay! Greedy Inge Octopus. What reward do you want?"
Leo didn't know the value of the purple crown flower, and he couldn't consult Nelson now, so he deliberately acted like you wouldn't cheat me, and gave the pricing power to the old man, saying, "I don't want it."
It’s about what reward you are willing to pay.”
"Three thousand gold flanges." The old man thought for a moment and said.
Leo said: "No, I think three thousand gold shields is more appropriate."
"Are you crazy! Three thousand gold shields? Do you know how much three thousand gold shields are worth?" The old man showed an exaggerated expression, as if Leo had offered a sky-high price that could buy the entire French Empire.
Leo said calmly: "I know how much three thousand gold shields are worth, and I think the Purple Crown Flower is worth this price."
Although the French Empire is one of the strongest land powers, it is much poorer than the Kingdom of England, which started from maritime trade and has commercial contacts with countries on three continents. And because the Kingdom of England and the mainland
All countries in the Congress have commercial relations, so the gold shields they issued became the common currency of the member states of the Continental Congress, and the price ratio with the gold flange was two to one.
The old man had a gloomy face and pondered for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, just three thousand gold shields!"
After saying that, the old man took out a barrel-shaped container that should be used to hold the Purple Crown Flower, handed it to Nelson, and then told Nelson the address of Milia City, asking him to find the Purple Crown Flower whether or not he found it.
Everyone go there.
During the whole process, the old man didn't look at Leo again, obviously hating Leo for demanding such a harsh price.
After leaving the herbal shop, Nelson took Leo and Jason to buy some forest-specific hunting clothes, leather shoes, tents and other necessary items. He spent more than half of the money recovered from the dead bodies and spent more than a month.
I returned to the hotel only hours later.
"I need a separate room." Leo suddenly asked the lobby manager when he was in the hotel lobby.
The lobby manager quickly responded: "Sorry! There are no more available rooms in our hotel."
Not hearing the answer he wanted, Leo frowned.
Nelson next to him didn't understand why Leo suddenly needed a separate room, but he could tell that Leo must be in trouble, so he suggested: "It's impossible to find a separate room in a hotel now, if you really need a separate room
If so, we can use our own room. I just need to prepare medicine, so I can go to the teacher's place to do it. It's okay to rest at the teacher's place at night." After that, he looked at Jason and said, "Jason can come and help.
I."
Jason seemed a little reluctant and glanced at his mouth, but he did not refuse the proposal.
Leo didn't show any pretense, nodded and said, "Let's arrange it this way! The time I need doesn't take long, maybe half an hour is enough. I will go find you when it's done."
After hearing what Leo said, Nelson and Jason both showed the same ambiguous look and looked Leo up and down. It was obvious that Leo's words made them misunderstood.
Leo could tell that the two had a misunderstanding, but he had no intention of explaining. He took the key from Nelson and went upstairs.
After returning to the room, Leo casually threw the package in his hand on the ground, then locked the door, checked the window latch, and lowered the curtains. After that, he checked the walls of the room again. Although the appearance of the room was a wooden structure,
rooms, but there is a layer of fire-proof asbestos sandwiched in the walls between the rooms, and this asbestos also plays a role in sound absorption. No matter how much noise is made in the room, the rooms on both sides will not hear anything.
sound.
After checking carefully and finding no problems, Leo took off all his clothes, took out the Wezzik necklace from his pocket, and then lay on the bed in the most relaxed posture.
Chapter completed!