Chapter 1347: Night and Dragon Blood

Because the rules did not forbid conversing with these artworks, Xia De stopped. He had never intended to take anything he did not need out; he simply wanted to know what this fellow truly intended:

"But you must explain clearly, Sin of Greed, Zhen Pin 3.2 Ke, what does this mean?" the golden head immediately spoke from the cushion:

"This represents the degree of my greed. You see, I only have 3.2 Ke. I know quite a few people approach double digits. I merely accidentally took something I should not have, Mr., I am not very greedy, please save me!"

"Indeed, some approach double digits; I am 9.9 Ke."

Xia De spoke and quickly departed, ignoring the head's low curses: "However, my greed does not reach the level of a Zhen Pin."

The journey from the exhibition hall back to the museum's front hall encountered no accidents; that bone-piercing chill and the unknown crisis that tightened the nerves only made Xia De somewhat startled, but in reality, no incident occurred.

And obtaining that golden needle meant he could leave the museum and seek the Wang Zuo where the Great One sat at the city's deepest point. Yet Xia De still could not awaken the Red Dragon Miss; he not only did not know how to combine this needle with the compass, but was also unclear about what mission Fiona truly bore.

"Must I really force her awakening?"

Although in a dormant state, she could wake if faced with a fatal crisis, but Xia De was very unwilling to do so. With no other good options now, Xia De paced a few circles in the front hall, then looked at the exhibition catalog placed on the counter:

"There should be a way in here?"

This journey totaled forty minutes, and currently only ten minutes had been used. Furthermore, this key was extremely special, granting four opportunities for entry; this was the third time, meaning Xia De had ample time to try Ji De Xiang Fa.

He quickly returned to the counter, but the items for sale in the catalog were more than the clock shop and coffee shop combined; reading page by page was clearly impossible.

Xia De thus closed the entire booklet, then held the golden needle in his hand. The effect of the Special Item 【Golden Needle of the Lost Goddess】 was actually quite similar to Xia De's bright yellow treasure 【Source of Chaos】; it only guided direction and did not possess the function of finding items, but at this moment, this was all Xia De had.

"Blessings of the Goddess."

He spoke softly, inserting the golden needle from the side of the booklet between the pages. After turning open the page pierced by the needle, the text on the right read:

【Fragment of the Heart of the Earth, Special Item, comprehensively enhances the power of the Earth.】 【The legendary Heart of the Earth was nurtured jointly by the power of the Old Gods and the world itself.】

The exquisite illustration on the right was a piece of black stone that looked very ordinary, appearing everywhere on the ground. 【Purchase requires payment with Earth Runestones tainted by the Night.】

Although this only stated the name of the trade item, Xia De strangely felt that "Earth Runestone" was the one he had obtained from the Plague Merchant.

"So that runestone is so useful... Although I indeed very much wish to find the Heart of the Earth, what is needed most now is not this."

Xia De covered his forehead and sighed, casually flipped a page backward, then suddenly widened his eyes: "It's this! So that needle really works."

【The Book of Dragons: Breeding and Growth, a dragon-shell book made from eggshell fossils, recording the reproductive secrets of the great dragons.】 【The book's material is eggshell fossils from First Era ancient dragons; the book's content was written in the Third Era; the complete set of The Book of Dragons comprises 32 volumes.】

The illustration on the right showed a stone slab with uneven edges and an overall curved shape. Text was carved on the slab, but the illustration had blurred those symbols.

【Purchase requires payment with Dragon Blood tainted by the Night.】

According to the Old God "Grey Robed Sage" who appeared in the Silent Valley—Gadis Library, any data and text from the First Era were taboo content for subsequent eras. And the destruction of Gadis Library was related to their study of ancient books from the First Era.

Although this book's carrier came from the First Era, its content was not

taboo, so it was not a prohibited item. "However, the price, Dragon Blood tainted by the Night..."

Xia De was quite troubled by this; he naturally did not have such an item in hand, but it was not impossible to obtain. When searching for "Time Sand tainted by the Night," he had guessed that the night of the Eternal Night City might be sufficient to taint any Special Item.

However, attempting it in the Eternal Night City not only involved huge safety risks for himself, but if it failed, there would be no remedial measures. Therefore, he sought the Night Spirit Temple in the Lander River Valley rather than bringing the Time Sand directly.

But now, he could only try.

Fiona was a Red Dragon hybrid; her blood could also be called Dragon Blood. Because the exact amount was unknown, Xia De planned to take a bit more.

He entered the tent again, carefully apologized to the sleeping Miss, then used a small knife to cut the smooth, Bai Xi skin on her wrist, subsequently taking two test tubes of warm blood.

Having done this, he sprinkled the liquid infused with the "Satiety Food" effect on her wrist to stop the bleeding and heal the wound, then took the two test tubes to the door.

Outside was the sound of drizzling rain; without special candles, Xia De alone could not enter the thick night, but fortunately, he still had Mia.

After restoring Mia and holding her in his arms, he opened the door, cautiously leaned his body forward, and then Xia De's body first emitted a soft light.

Continuing forward, Mia's body also touched that night, so a warm, midday-sun-like golden-yellow light appeared on the cat, just like last time.

Xia De breathed a sigh of relief, used his clothes to shield the cowering Mia from the rain, then completely left the shop and entered the street.

The night and rain curtain surrounded them, but feared the light of the sun and moon, daring not advance. Xia De looked at the two tubes of blood in his hand, but found the blood itself had not changed.

"Failed?... Oh, they are not yet fully in the night."

Xia De summoned the black Chain of Great Sins, tightly wrapped the two test tubes with the chain, then walked forward a few steps, placing the test tubes on the puddle-ridden stone pavement, while he retreated with Mia to the shop entrance, letting the light of the one person and one cat not shine on them.

He planned to wait five minutes, then retrieve the test tubes. If this still did not work, then he would have to forcibly awaken Fiona.

The drizzling rain made the cat in Xia De's arms quite interested; in the past when it rained, it often lay on the living room window, looking at the rain scene outside through the glass. Now protected in Xia De's arms, this cat, unaware of the danger here, also looked at the street scene in the heavy night as usual.

Whether because Mia was more sensitive, before Xia De noticed the abnormal situation, the cat first alerted with a cry. Subsequently, Xia De felt his chain actually showed signs of being pulled:

"What situation?"

He immediately pulled the chain toward himself, hoping not to break the test tubes in the process. And as the two tubes of blood, now half-black, entered Xia De and Mia's field of vision, a human-shaped creature entirely black appeared immediately after. "What thing?"

Its entire body was black, even its face was smooth black, so much so that hair could not be seen, like a character representing crime in the memories of outsiders.

The black hand tried to grab those two test tubes, but seemed to fear the 【Chain of Great Sins】 and could only try cautiously. Xia De could confirm this thing was absolutely not his hallucination, because Mia also became restless; this cat saw it too:

"Want to steal my things? Moonlight Slash!"

A brilliant silver light trace slashed forward, but as that black shadow re-entered the area where light could not reach, the Moonlight Slash also dissolved into the night.

Xia De sensed the opponent had not left but was peering around, so he did not immediately pick up the two test tubes, but instead drew the Moonlight Greatsword from the night rain, watching the surroundings alertly.

The rain sound drizzled; Xia De tried to distinguish unusual sounds from this noise. "Meow!"

Suddenly Mia cried again

once; the great sword in Xia De's hand immediately slashed forward, then he felt the half-melted sword strike something soft and gelatinous in the night.

A not very obvious scream came through the night; Xia De knew he had found the right target, so the other three great swords summoned by 【Blade of Chaotic Time and Space】 stabbed out from the void, clearly also hitting the target.

Xia De continued forward, only then seeing the previous black figure pierced by four great swords. And as the light from him and Mia fully illuminated that figure, its body rapidly melted in the light, finally leaving only some black gel on the ground before disappearing completely.

"What exactly is this?"

Xia De squatted to examine the black gel remaining in the rainwater; it was scattered in puddles between the broken stone bricks, very much like a certain food outsiders ate in their homeland.

【Living people melted in the night.】

"She" whispered softly; Xia De nodded, also accepting this guess. Then he touched the remaining gel with his hand, and his glowing finger almost instantly turned black.

Xia De hurriedly moved his finger away, watching the skin color slowly return to normal, a surprised expression appearing on his face:

"Concentrated Night power? This is truly... excellent!"

He opened the two test tubes that were half-blackened, then picked up the gel on the ground, divided it into two equal portions, and quickly tossed them into the test tubes.

He jogged back inside the art gallery, gave the test tubes a slight shake, and discovered that the gel had completely dissolved into Fiona's blood.

The blood had originally been half-painted, looking as though it had rotted. But now the blood was completely pitch-black, a shade with more texture than even the highest-grade black ink. If Xia De were to describe it, this was the color of night.