Chapter 1755

Carrying the concern that Priest Ao Gu Si would also have to go to Green Lake, Xia De returned home before Luweiya served breakfast. The purple-eyed girl knew Xia De would be using the Time Key in a while, so she used the topic of the Time Key to pull Xia De out of his frowning contemplation:

"Are you taking your cat this time? Although Little Mia doesn't like going out, for some reason, she just likes going to the Fifth Era with you. This cat is really strange."

The cute Little Mia was burying her head in goat milk on the side, and remained indifferent when she heard her name called; this cat could tell it wasn't Xia De calling her.

"I can't take Mia this time. The Black Fog Camp is very dangerous, dangerous everywhere; this time it's not as simple as sitting by the campfire telling stories. What's more, I suspect there are demons there. Those eerie black shadows have only two possibilities: either they are demons, or... but regardless, there are definitely demons there."

Seeing Luweiya was a bit worried, Xia De shook his head again:

"Don't compare the adventures of the Fifth Era with my actions in the Sixth Era. For time exploration, demons are actually not very dangerous things. This time I am worried about my companions; is it really worth it to consume one's own existence to obtain goods?"

"But you have no right to make decisions for others."

Luweiya reminded him, which made Xia De think of the "Mole" who died in the cellar:

"Yes, I respect everyone's choice; I just don't want to watch familiar people leave before my eyes."

The items that needed to be brought to the past this time were merely seawater used to activate the relic conch 【Undying Thoughts】. Because the exit of Coldwater Port was under the sea cliff cave, Xia De only went to Coldwater Port to fetch the seawater near the time of departure.

Because Luweiya was curious about what Xia De would encounter this time, she did not leave, but helped Xia De "restrain" Little Mia to wait for him to return.

Xia De came to the bedroom door with the key that already had signs of cracking, waved to Luweiya and the unhappy-looking cat, and then inserted the key into the keyhole:

"Speaking of which, is it time to give Little Mia a bath again?"

"Xia De, what did you say?"

"Nothing, see you in a while. May the World Tree protect me in the infinite time."

【Outsider, you have stepped into the "Corridor of Time."】

【Message from the Ancient God "Father of the Infinite Tree":】

【Summer, 1576 Fifth Era, Western Continent, Black Fog Camp.】

【Event: Transaction with the Old God - "Golden Sovereign."】

【Duration: Twenty minutes.】

【You have obtained additional information.】

【The figure of the Father of the Infinite Tree is watching you.】

【The Ancient God of Time gives you a test.】

【Assist mortals in completing their respective transactions.】

【The Father of the Infinite Tree will give you a reward: Spell - Oath Binding, a piece of true information - Silver Moon Library.】

As expected, the time this time was still the pitifully short twenty minutes. Xia De confirmed that the "Silver Moon Library" in the reward had not disappeared, and only then did he curl his lips and step forward again in the white fog.

After his feet touched the ground of the vast plain in the darkness, he leaped forward and appeared twenty meters ahead. In an instant, the fluttering red butterflies dyed a small area red, and the torrent formed by the red butterflies rushed into the black fog in the darkness ahead.

Before the horror of the dark wilderness could be shown to Xia De, Xia De had already entered the fog. The moonlight at his fingertips could not illuminate the surroundings, but summoning the light of a little Primordial Fire could illuminate the surroundings to a limited extent.

The ground behind him was trembling, but the surging malice could not enter the black fog. So Xia De walked up the slope in the black fog along the path almost buried by wild grass, and after a few dozen steps, he saw the light not far away. Continuing forward, the campfire appeared on one side of the path. In the small camp built around the campfire, Witch Miss Higgins, the Witch Emperor's cousin Old Lady Miles, and the timid boy Andor Ade were all still waiting for him there.

It was impossible to judge how much time had passed. Although the three of them were a bit listless, at least they were all still alive. As Xia De's figure approached, the first to discover him was the young witch, Miss Leah Higgins.

Seeing that it was Xia De's figure walking out of the black fog, she stood up and breathed a sigh of relief, but still asked a question:

"Before you left, what did you let me keep for you?"

Through the black fog, the voice was a bit muffled, and Xia De gave the answer:

"A coin."

So the coin was tossed to Xia De by the witch, and Mrs. Miles and the boy also stood up to express their welcome for Xia De's return. Even though he hadn't done anything, his appearance itself seemed to make everyone feel mental comfort and pleasure, as if a bright moon had appeared under the sky shrouded in black fog.

"During the time I was away, nothing happened here, right?"

Xia De also sat down by the campfire, stretched out his hands to warm them, and dispelled the abnormal chill here. The red-haired witch shook her head slightly:

"No, I actually wanted to explore the camp again, but the lady advised me to wait for you to come back."

The elderly woman smiled and nodded at Xia De without explaining anything, and Xia De attributed it to the wisdom of the elderly.

"Since you are back, did you bring back useful news?"

The boy huddled on the side and dared not speak, while Miss Higgins returned to that somewhat excited state again.

Xia De nodded, but did not take out the seawater immediately:

"I found information about that conch, but before that, I want to ask you a question. Where on earth did you get those black coins?"

He looked at the three of them; the boy was a bit puzzled, and the old lady and the witch were also confused about the reason for this question:

"It was given to us by His Majesty. The boy over there said last time that it was given to him by the witch who sold him the map."

"The coins, where did they come from?"

Xia De asked again. Although Miss Higgins was confused, she answered with the same answer again, thinking that Xia De hadn't heard clearly.

So Xia De asked for the third time. This time, the young witch hesitated for a moment before giving a similar answer again. After the fourth inquiry, there was also confusion in her tone. By the time Xia De asked for the sixth time, she was in a trance and didn't speak, but stared at the fire in front of her in a daze.

"Is that so?"

This sentence made Old Lady Miles and the boy also stunned. The three of them looked at the fire in front of them together. The flickering fire made the light and darkness alternate on their faces. Subsequently, the three of them simultaneously revealed expressions of horror.

Even the oldest Mrs. Miles instinctively climbed up and moved away from the campfire at this moment, but because of the fear of the darkness in the black fog, she dared not completely step out of the edge of the light.

The three of them stood there in horror, watching Xia De continue to sit by the fire with his back to them, while there was no shadow cast behind Xia De at all. At this time, those tampered memories resurfaced, and they all remembered.

"So..."

Xia De by the fire hunched his body and looked at the jumping firelight, asking inquisitively:

"What on earth is in this fire?"

The silently exploding campfire suddenly shot into the sky, and in the firelight that leaped and teased Xia De, countless coins drilled out from the bottom of the firewood, a place where the four of them couldn't see at all. Each of these coins was different, but they were undoubtedly currencies that had been and were currently in circulation.

A single one of them was just an ordinary item, but after a massive amount of currency surged out from the bottom of the firewood pile and gathered above the fire, forming a giant human-like face with the drifting firelight, the coins had an elemental reaction. Even though no investigation-type sorcery could be used in the fog, when that giant face that was enough to make a trypophobia patient go crazy on the spot stopped above the calmed campfire, Xia De still recognized what this thing in front of him was:

"A demon again?"

"Why do you say 'again'?"

The two sunken pits were eyes, the split gap was a strange big mouth, and inside the mouth were more coins and sparks constantly flowing and wriggling.

"Because I have been encountering you a lot lately."

Xia De stood up and said, patted away the fire embers that were about to pounce on his face, and turned to say to the companions behind him:

"Come over, everything here has to follow the rules; it won't hurt you."

But even saying so, the three people, including that young high-ranking witch, only dared to stand behind Xia De and completely dared not sit down like just now.

"I don't have much time, so I won't play word games. Let me guess what happened to them: came here, were attracted by the light of this campfire to warm themselves here, you appeared, and then turned their existence into that 【Power of Existence】."

Xia De looked at the big face where the coins were still changing with a clatter:

"Is that so?"

"Isn't it boring to say it out?"

That giant face looked quite dissatisfied:

"I didn't deceive them; I told them that if they wanted to trade in the camp, they needed currency. I just let them forget about this afterwards."

That face suddenly moved closer to Xia De, the eyes formed by sunken round pits narrowed, and the vertical width of the whole face was half of Xia De's height:

"How about we make a deal too? I'll let them lose their memory again, and you don't say anything. I can give you some compensation; this is harmless to you. You are a guest invited to the camp; I can't erase your memory."

Xia De shook his head:

"Do you take me for a fool?"

"Don't be in a hurry to refuse. What if I say I can teach you the method of turning existence into coins?"

The eyes that were narrowed because the coins were squeezing each other opened again. Accompanied by the sound of coins colliding with each other that made one's head swell, it smiled and looked at Xia De:

"This is not only a method of manufacturing wealth, but also a good means of attack. Think about it, you use this power to fight against enemies; not only can you easily defeat the enemy, but you can also have a good harvest. I wouldn't easily teach this ability to others."

"If I learn it, it means that Luweiya will have infinitely many coins from now on that can be used for special divination."

Xia De told himself in his heart, and then shook his head again:

"Not making deals with demons, cherishing the soul and staying away from demons, this is the first principle my teacher taught me. I said, I don't have much time, tell me the rules."