Chapter 1051: Collector Mr. Book

Miss Danister was calculating which relic she could get, but most of these relics had long been lost:

"Some can indeed be borrowed, but I must wait until I return to the Academy to contact the owners of those relics. However, I know from the Orthodox Church that finding the Yellow Moon is one of the trials for Keepers. In other words, perhaps, Tobesk has similar relics."

She said softly. Because Xia De shouldn't have been present at the time, he pretended not to understand:

"If it can really be found in Tobesk, then this matter of finding relics still needs to be done by you, and I will wait for your good news."

"Yes, no problem. Compared to finding the core spirit rune, finding specific relics is simpler; after all, the information is right there. Even if it can't be found in Tobesk, we have other relics to choose from after returning to the Academy. I still have some face in the material world."

She stood up:

"Mr. Hamilton, no, let's call you Xia De. Xia De, I think the mystery of the 【Silver Moon Library】 will soon be displayed to us, and I will not forget your contribution. Also, in the past few weeks, major events may happen in the city. Be careful during this time."

"No problem."

Xia De stood up and said, sending Miss Danister downstairs.

But before this female Shushi left, he took out a crystal cylindrical small bottle about a quarter of a little finger size. This bottle was specially customized by Old John for Xia De, and it contained liquid with starry light:

"Miss Danister, this is for you as a Year-End Festival gift."

He handed out the small bottle in the hall.

"It's still half a month until the Year-End Festival. And, the Academy also has clear regulations prohibiting professors from accepting gifts from correspondence students at will."

Although she said this, she still took the small bottle, clamped it with two white fingers, shook it in front of her eyes, and revealed an incredible look.

"This is..."

Her right-hand fingers emitted red moonlight, and the moonlight touched the liquid. In the originally nearly transparent liquid, red light representing the moon was also reflected.

Miss Danister in the hall looked at Xia De in surprise:

"This is Moon Essence Water? That kind of essence of the moon that can only be naturally formed in specific locations after thousands of years?"

"Yes, you recognized it? It's truly amazing."

Xia De nodded immediately.

However, he didn't need thousands of years. The amount of "Moon Essence Water" in that crystal container about the size of a little finger was the amount that could be produced in a night with sufficient moonlight.

"Even by the standard of Year-End Festival gifts, this is a bit too precious."

She shook the small bottle, hesitated for a moment, and handed it back to Xia De:

"This is too precious, and compared to me, you need it more. I'll give you a formula for a potion, you find a trusted pharmacist to help you prepare it. That potion can significantly increase your perception of moonlight power, and it is a permanent increase, which is very useful for a low-ring Shushi like you."

"No, no, actually I kept some for myself, you just take this... the formula can be given to me."

Xia De said with a smile. Miss Danister also revealed a smile on her face, took back the bottle, and tucked it into her skirt belt:

"I'll have someone send it to you tomorrow, Xia De, you are very good."

Xia De opened the door, and the library manager Miss walked into the snowy St. Deran Square, waved at him, and then turned and disappeared into the night.

"Does this count as bribery?"

When Xia De closed the door and prepared to go upstairs again, he saw Luweiya standing at the turn of the stairs looking at him with a smile, obviously having heard the conversation just now.

"Bribery? No, no, how can this count as bribery? It's just using gifts to deepen the friendship between me and the school's public officials, which will be very helpful for the future."

Xia De bent down to pick up the cat on the steps and walked toward Luweiya at the top of the stairs:

"And the point of this matter is not what I sent, but that Miss Danister accepted it... is your business finished?"

"Of course not, but now the astrolabe is automatically recording data, so I came down to see you. Tonight, I will probably be very busy."

After saying that, she also glanced at Xia De, her eyes clearly wanting Xia De to say something.

So Xia De coughed:

"Then don't go back, just stay here for the night. Although it's not snowing outside, you know, the night road is not easy to walk. Yesterday, MI6 was looking for the lost girl."

The purple-eyed girl revealed a faint smile and walked upstairs with Xia De:

"Tell me about the military intelligence. You can, take your time."

(Little Mia is running...)

It can be foreseen that the Chosen One ritual will begin probably after Sir Pulin returns to Huntington City with the visiting group. And in order not to let the Chosen One qualification fall into the hands of the second successor, Miss Pawo, this time, Luweiya does not intend to solve Sir Pulin in advance.

On Monday morning, after taking the crystal ball from the gift box and giving it to Luweiya, and accepting the task of wiping the glass inside the bedroom by hand before the weekend, Xia De set off for the entrance of the Natural Church in the east of the city to meet Sir Pulin.

The relic Sir Pulin invited Xia De to contain together this morning was the document-level relic 【Book of Fools】, but the more widely circulated name was "The Book That Fools Can't See." Judging from the name officially recorded, it is difficult to infer the characteristics of the book, but the widely circulated name explains the specific function of the book—

【Book of Fools】 is a book without any text, but once the inner pages are observed by someone, knowledge will appear on it. The smarter the person, the more useful knowledge they can see; and the stupider the person, the less knowledge they see. This book is rumored to have been written by an ancient prophet of the Fourth Era, and most of the knowledge on it is related to that prophet.

This book is only rated as document-level because a large part of people really cannot see any text on this book, and the content seen by those who can see text on this book is mostly not very dangerous.

Because in the eyes of most people, this is a wordless book, so it was named 【Book of Fools】, implying that most people are actually fools. But the negative characteristic of this book is that smart people sometimes fall into irreversible madness after reading this book, and then go completely crazy.

Therefore, 【Book of Fools】 also refers to the fact that those who can see the content are actually the real fools. After all, given the danger of this book, not reading it is the behavior of a truly smart person.

Currently, 【Book of Fools】 is in the hands of the stingy private collector Mr. Book in the East District of Tobesk. He runs a club and a library. The library adopts the membership system common in this era, paying a certain fee every month to enter the library to read, and copying and taking away books requires paying extra fees.

If it were just like this, Sir Pulin could have gotten the book himself, but according to his investigation, Mr. Book has been affected by 【Book of Fools】 and has even gained some strange powers because of it.

For safety's sake, he called Xia De to act together. After all, when containing relics, no matter how careful one is, it is not too much. Even if it is a document-level relic, once it is out of control and encounters a suitable scene, even a 13th-ring Shushi may feel tricky.

Mr. Book is a middle-aged man who is balding, sturdy, wears glasses, and is forty-three years old this year. Sir Pulin has made an appointment in advance, so the two can enter the library directly this morning.

There is a special reception room in the library. Mr. Book entertained the two in the reception room. This wealthy gentleman has many servants, and after everyone sat down, they served them hot tea and snacks shortly after.

And during the self-introduction and handshake, Xia De also perceived traces of whisper elements on Mr. Book. If he were a Ringed Shushi, this would not be strange at all, but for ordinary people, this often means big trouble.

For the holder of 【Book of Fools】, it is impossible to let them hand over the book voluntarily, especially now that Mr. Book has gained "power" from that book, so the two who came to recover the relic need some small means.

The reason Sir Pulin made an appointment to visit was to purchase another book. After chatting with Mr. Book for a while and signing the book purchase agreement, he suddenly asked:

"Mr. Book, you also know that I am a foreigner from the Karsenrik United Kingdom and will return to the country next week. I don't know if I have the opportunity to visit your private collection? I have admired your reputation for a long time."

A well-known book collector like Mr. Book must have his own treasures. And this time, Mr. Book just thought about it and nodded in agreement.

On one hand, it was because the purchase price given by Sir Pulin was very high, and on the other hand, it was because the identities of Sir Pulin and Xia De were very worthy of respect in the eyes of this ordinary person without a noble title.

The collection room of the library is in the underground area, which looks like it was converted from the basement of the house. Entering the collection room requires opening two doors and three locks, and the lock of the innermost metal door uses the most advanced gear piston structure, controlled by an independent steam pressure system.

Even in the eyes of the well-informed Outlander, its technical level is quite amazing.

Of course, in front of the spell 【Key of the Gate】, these locks without mystery are not worth mentioning at all.

And corresponding to the expensive and exquisite defensive measures were Mr. Book's priceless collection of books, as well as the magnificent decoration of the collection room that looked like a museum collection room.

He introduced his collection to Xia De and Sir Pulin one by one with great interest, and proudly boasted about how much gold pounds each of these collections was worth.

Even Xia De, who didn't understand books at all, could know how valuable old books like 【Cavendish Bloodline Glory】 and 【Crown of Honor: Ancient Crown Appreciation】 were.

Of course, his attention was not always on Mr. Book's collection. The communication with Mr. Book was mainly done by Sir Pulin, while Xia De just followed behind the two and quietly put on the ring.

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PS: The first time entering the Silver Mountains, Miss Chloe said the team had 19 people in total. Therefore, change the details of Chapter 1065 from "the team has 13 people" to "due to the influence of the snow mountain, Miss Chloe only remembers the information of 13 people, and others are very blurry."

It does not affect the direction of the story, just a different way of saying it. Those who are interested can go and take a look. ===== CHAPTER 1052 =====