"Mr. Saric, no one will buy your parchments except me." Dulan's expression remained unchanged. No matter how many crooked ideas the middle-aged man in front of him had, his poor life meant that he had little knowledge.
.
If a clay pot maker could understand the shadow text, then the information in Dulan's mind would be worthless, so he was very confident.
"I won't pay a higher price for a silver dir - even less so for others." Duran said lazily. He was already thinking about whether he would pay a higher price for Saric if he stubbornly refused to sell it.
You have to choose another method to get this parchment, such as stealing. Although stealing is not an assassin's specialty, as a man in black who is proficient in stealth, stealing something is really easy, but Duran doesn't feel like it in his heart.
He is just willing to do it. If he can buy it with money, he will not take the initiative to steal it.
As expected, Saric showed a hesitant look. The old guy had never seen much money in his life. The few hard-earned money he earned from making clay pots had also gone into the pockets of prostitutes and tobacco dealers. Now such a large amount of wealth is in the pockets of prostitutes and tobacco dealers.
He was dangling in front of him, so naturally he couldn't control himself.
"I don't believe it. Someone will definitely offer a higher price!" Saric said greedily: "For two silver dils, let's make a deal."
"Excuse me, Mr. Saric. I hope some fool will give you two silver dils to buy this thing from you." Dulan turned and left. He didn't like the feeling of being blackmailed by someone who was taken advantage of. A silver dir
This is already the highest price that Dulan has evaluated for this parchment - there may be many people who know about the existence of the Tower of Shadows, but there are only a handful of people who know the shadow writing.
Seeing Duran turn around and leave without hesitation, Saric suddenly panicked. Before today, no one had ever asked about this useless tablecloth in his home. Seeing that a silver dir was about to fly away
, Saric didn't even have time to scold himself for being dizzy, and shouted directly: "Wait, Mr. Duran, maybe we can discuss it again."
Duran stopped and looked back at him. Saric did not dare to neglect, and immediately showed a flattering look: "A silver dir, this tablecloth - oh no, this precious ancestral parchment scroll"
It’s yours.”
Duran happily completed the deal with Saric, ignored the latter's enthusiastic invitation, and returned directly to the [Hometown] hotel. Although Buri Village is located in a remote place, the decoration of this part-time tavern has a local flavor. From
The building looks to be about sixty or seventy years old. The narrow hall of the hotel is dotted with some beautiful lilies of the valley, and willow or oak furniture can be seen everywhere - thanks to the influence of the magic of chaos, many trees have become abnormal.
The huge size resulted in a relatively abundant supply of local wood. However, due to inconvenient transportation, these wood could not be transported to important commercial cities for sale and could only be used by residents themselves.
The front desk of the hotel is a smart young man. When Kate checked in before, he specially opened a room for Dulan, so the young man took Dulan directly up the creaky stairs.
"Your room is at No. 04 at the corner of the corridor. If you need anything, you can call me. My name is Jimmy. When dinner starts in the evening, the head chef will ring the bell. Be sure to listen carefully. If you miss it, you will not get anything to eat."
The young man showed an apologetic smile: "I have to go down and look at the front desk."
Duran held the newly acquired parchment tightly and said to Jimmy: "I need a little wine, some lily of the valley flowers, and if there is goat's milk, that would be the best." As he spoke, he took out two copper tokens to hand over.
Gave it to the other party. The copper token is also one of the official currencies of Ruha, and the exchange ratio with the silver dir is also nineteen to one. The value of the two copper tokens completely exceeded what Duran needed, and the young man's face immediately showed
A delighted smile.
Working in such a remote hotel, it is rare to see generous customers.
"Please wait a moment, I will bring it to you in a moment." Jimmy's voice was distorted with joy, and he ran down the stairs happily.
…
"Forgive my poor eyesight, this parchment is just an ordinary piece of paper." Kate straightened the parchment on the table, looked up and down, and concluded: "Are you sure there is a shadow hidden in this paper?
The secret of the valley?”
"Very sure." At the other end of the table, Duran was carefully introducing the ground lily of the valley flower powder into a large glass of wine. The weight and proportion were crucial. Duran used his visual inspection skills several times to analyze a large amount of data.
, and finally determined the amount of lily of the valley powder.
"It's a pity that there is no goat milk, otherwise the effect might be better." Dulan thought with some regret.
"Maybe you should become an alchemist." Looking at Duran's cautious look, Kate couldn't help but smile and said, "Your movements are very stable."
"Thank you for the compliment, would you like a glass?" Duran used a wooden spoon to stir the wine mixed with lily of the valley powder evenly, and then poured it into a cowhide bag that was also found for him by Jimmy.
He only left a small mouthful in the original cup.
"I don't have the habit of drinking wine, Dulan. Did Mr. Qiu teach you these things? Why have I never heard him talk about it?" Kate asked curiously.
Dulan replied without blushing or heartbeat: "That's because you are not his disciple."
This guy has already made all preparations, and all unusual performances are blamed on the teacher. This way, it can reflect the mystery and greatness of Mr. Qiu, and secondly, it can cover up for himself.
Duran hung the cowhide bag on his waist. At this time, there was only a glass of light purple wine left in front of him. Different from ordinary wine, there was a faint layer of fluorescence floating on the top of this glass of wine. Duran
I calmly used a visual inspection:
[Rough Concentration Reagent]: Wisdom +5, Will +7 within ten minutes after taking it (the effect will be weakened after repeated use, and will be ineffective after taking it three times a day. Long-term use will cause drug resistance, and it will take more than three times to recover drug sensitivity.
.)
Duran collected the data flow with satisfaction. Not many people knew about this most basic method of making concentrated reagents. There were probably only a few alchemists on the Feinan continent who could prepare it. Wine and lily of the valley powder.
The two raw materials can be found everywhere, but the key lies in the ratio of the two - fifteen to one. The error must be extremely small to achieve successful configuration.
Fortunately, although Dulan had a shortage of tools and poor conditions, his innate sensitivity to numbers and the help of the contract assistance system allowed him to succeed in one go. The concentration reagent can enhance a person's wisdom and spirit in a short period of time. Although Dulan is not a mage,
But when deciphering the key on the parchment, these two attributes are crucial.
It was already dark at this time, and after dinner, the people in Buri village were not so luxurious as to light candles at night. These farmers adhered to the ancient way of resting, sleeping at sunrise and at sunset. But at the beginning of the month, Vanni
When Ya shed the first ray of light, most people were already asleep.
Priest Delon's generous donation allowed Duran to avoid the embarrassing situation of lack of money, so Duran's room was lit with three candles extravagantly. Abu was curiously jumping around in Duran's room, like a naughty cat.
The houses of human society were so new and unfamiliar to him that Duran had to give orders repeatedly to prevent this guy from dismantling several fragile pieces of furniture in the room.
"How long do we have to wait?" Kate looked energetic. She had slept all morning during the day, and most of her energy had been restored. She heard that Duran wanted to decipher the cipher text on the parchment, and she was also interested in ancient wisdom and insisted on it.
Naturally, Dulan wouldn't mind watching the process.
"This knowledge is not that precious, but in this dark age, most people are not even literate, and they can't even speak common language, let alone the writing of lower planes such as shadow script." Dulan thought.
Thinking of this, he walked to the window with the wine glass, turned back to Kate and said: "It depends on when our Lady Adès shows up."
Three hours later, the drowsy Kate heard Duran's voice while holding Abu who had already fallen asleep: "It's time, let's get started."
The silver-haired warlock was suddenly shocked. He saw Duran completely opening the parchment and moving the table to the window.
He drank the concentration reagent in the glass suddenly, and the world in front of him suddenly became clearer and clearer, and he became full of energy.
Chuyue Vanya has long since disappeared. The moonlight outside the window is glowing with a faint blue-grey color, and the blue moon Adès is hanging high in the distance. The moonlight penetrates the window and falls on the parchment scroll on the table. Under the green light, a
Dots of tadpole-like shadows slowly emerged from the parchment.
