Chapter 1962: Huge Harvest and New Strange Technique

"Siris."

Xia De checked the small pistol in his hand and looked at the blonde girl who was helping to check the books beside Miss Aurora.

As a believer of the Ancient God 【Old Man of Oblivion】 and the current supreme leader of the 【Order of the Forgotten】, this pistol that manipulated memory was most suitable for her to use.

Siris of course wanted to refuse, but Xia De explained again:

"If I hadn't obtained that 【Star Trace】, I might have kept it. But now I have an excellent long-range attack weapon, and I don't want to carry a lady's pistol with me when I go out... In this way, people in Tobesk City will despise me, a detective who eats by the Duchess, even more."

The girls who heard this all laughed. Miss Bernice pushed Siris gently, and the latter then took over this Relic.

The relationship between the blonde girl and Xia De was very unusual. Xia De didn't need her to thank him. There was still a long time in the future, and everyone would have more and more stories.

Xia De didn't plan to keep those Relics here, and he didn't have the time to worry about these dangerous things at all times. Relics that could be used would be chosen by the witches separately, and the remaining dangerous Relics would be reported to the Witch Council by Megan, claiming that they were found in the family's old mansion. If the Council was not interested, St. Byrons, which was famous for Relic containment, should not refuse.

Besides things related to Ringed Shushi, the letters Laplace Howard contacted with organizations such as 【Deep Sea Drowned Order】, 【Tyranny Club】, 【Truth Society】, 【Blood Spirit School】, 【Dragon Feast Order】, etc., all disappeared, probably destroyed by him in advance.

But he also left a large amount of property, among which the house deeds and land deeds of the Green Lake Central Island in reality were all given to the Green siblings, but the cash, jewelry, and antiques he left behind were still a large amount. This fortune teller should be very good at accumulating wealth. Even if it was just a rough estimate, Miss Bernice thought this already far exceeded the wealth she had accumulated.

But Xia De still chose to share these with Megan and Audrey. Even if the witches insisted on not wanting them, he absolutely wouldn't agree. Finally, the two, or three, agreed to keep most of the property, and Xia De would find Megan directly when he needed money. A small number of gold and silver utensils with low value would be sold, and Megan promised to handle it.

The cash part was about 23,000 pounds. Megan was not interested in this "small money" and let Xia De not think about her share. Xia De then planned to donate 5,000 pounds to the local Church as funds for post-disaster reconstruction and comforting refugees in Green Lake City, which was also considered Edwards' atonement.

Xia De kept the remaining 18,000 pounds to fill his not-so-rich wallet.

These cash were only a small part of the fortune teller's property, and even antiques and gold and silver jewelry were only a small part. Expensive alchemical equipment and materials, the magic potions and alchemical items he made himself, as well as his divination notes and personal star charts, were each worth a fortune.

But Xia De didn't plan to sell these. He wasn't very short of money either. These items wouldn't exist anymore if sold, so it was better to leave them in their original place. Even the proceeds from selling ordinary items were planned by him to continue investing in Miss Sylvia's business. The young witch already planned to start mass-producing and selling those textiles after returning.

"You don't need to add investment to me, Margaret has a lot of support there."

Miss Sylvia heard Xia De's plan and didn't want his money, so Xia De explained his idea:

"This is not for you to commercialize, but to support you in researching those high-end products... The feel is very good, and the touch in other aspects is also excellent, but there should still be room for improvement."

A smile appeared on her face, and she patted Xia De lightly.

This afternoon, the group only barely managed to register and classify the items left by the fortune teller, but the subsequent processing would not be very simple. Just talking about the stone slabs, parchment, manuscripts, and extremely rare printed books that made Xia De's scalp numb, Xia De had to check them one by one to see if they were what he needed.

He wanted to know many things from Laplace Howard's research. The other party researched the seal and the first fire on the island, and might know the location of other first fire flames;

The other party researched human body alchemy. Although Xia De would not touch those taboo experiments of fish-man, demon, and dragon fusion, he was interested in the content of uniting as one and flesh shaping;

The special ritual base array of sun, moon, and stars created based on the card back of the Tarot cards needed to explore the purpose, as well as where the fortune teller had used this ritual. Miss Danister was still waiting for news;

And Howard's research on the Philosopher's Stone would fill Xia De's alchemy blank. Next time, Xia De didn't want to use the precious Philosopher's Stone so simply;

In those alchemy notes, there were indeed methods for making "butterfly cards," but the steps to make this kind of blank card were extremely cumbersome, and Xia De had to ensure he could learn it;

The research on the elixir of life, although not as good as the "Secret of Immortality" left to him by Miss Violet and Miss Theresa, was not without the need for research;

The way to summon demons and the origin of those angel bones might help the doctor and the priest. Those hidden knowledge were not easy to find elsewhere;

Finally, and most importantly, those materials about the apocalypse, disasters, and other Chosen would directly affect Xia De's subsequent adventures and explorations. Luweiya should also be interested in these contents. After all, the epic of the Sixth Era of 【Whispering Poetry】 had only gone halfway.

【And divinity.】

"Yes, and divinity."

In Laplace Howard's collection, there were a large number of materials related to the Ancient Gods who had already left, among which some were ancient documents of unknown origin, and more were rural rumors and regional legends. Xia De didn't know why the other party collected these, but these materials were very important to him.

Because in the Green Lake-Moon Eclipse event, he continuously obtained divinity from the "God of Deep Sea Drowned" and 【Silver Moon Library】, so even now after advancing to the seventh ring, there were still two drops of divinity shining with light in his soul.

Although it didn't look like he was lacking divinity, considering that once a conflict with an evil god broke out, having no divinity meant having no power to fight back. And judging from the current situation, the stories of the Chosen in the future would only be more dangerous.

Therefore, divinity supplementation was necessary. Xia De felt that he must hold at least 10 drops of divinity at the same time to safely spend every day.

【Do you remember how much divinity you have obtained so far?】

"Let me calculate... 11 drops. Advancement consumed 6 drops, facing evil gods 【God of Blood Feast】, 【God of Vampires】, 【Stone Heart Demon】 consumed 3 drops, and 2 drops remained. Speaking of which, really thank the 【God of Blood Feast】. Just He gave me power twice."

【Outlander, don't be too greedy.】

Xia De looked at the girls helping in the basement with a smile:

"You know, I am greedy."

"She" smiled gently, and Xia De knew "She" approved of his choice.

Although Xia De said on the surface that inheriting so many books was troublesome, he was still happy that his collection could expand. The knowledge of a thirteen-ring fortune teller was something others couldn't get even if they wanted to. Xia De could be considered to have truly picked up a big bargain.

Besides Ringed Shushi knowledge, there were books about strange techniques in his private underground library. Xia De only flipped through them slightly in the afternoon, and found the strange technique he was interested in, which was a strange technique improved and created by Laplace Edwards himself:

"【Edwards' Eye】, look, he used the family name to name it."

At this time, Siris was following Xia De, who was helping to check the books between the bookshelves.

"What is the effect of the strange technique?"

The blonde girl asked curiously between the bookshelves.

"This is a reconnaissance strange technique. Like 【Blood Echo】 and the ancient witch hunter's 【Demon Vision】 I currently possess, it is a strange technique that acts on the eyes. The effect only has one line, observing whether a certain object's body has undergone human body alchemy. The scope of this 'human body alchemy' is quite broad. As long as it is not a naturally formed body, or a body reshaped by my 'Active Soil', it can be judged as 'human body alchemy'."

"In other words, as long as it is not a natural body, it can be discovered?"

Siris summarized, and Xia De nodded:

"Yes, fusion Relics, being given power by demons, physical deformity caused by the petrification curse in Randall Valley, these can all be seen, and even the location of the deformity can be seen very accurately. Let me see the explanation behind..."

He flipped the notebook backward:

"The fortune teller used this strange technique to observe the changes in the body of his experimental subjects, which was convenient for real-time monitoring of the scope of benign and malignant deformities... This guy is really a genius. The required spiritual rune must be Enlightenment, 【Nature】, 【Flesh】, 【Truth】, 【Eye】 all work."

So Xia De decided to learn this, not only because he newly obtained the spiritual rune 【Flesh】, but also because it was really useful. Even if it wasn't to improve his reconnaissance ability, he could observe whether the girls around him had physical abnormalities at any time.

Most of this afternoon, Xia De spent with Siris. The young blonde girl walked through this underground space with Xia De, talking with him about learning, knowledge, and life. In the hidden corners of the library, or in inconspicuous corners like separate Relic containment dark rooms, Siris didn't mind being intimate with Xia De.

But the price of intimacy was that everyone only basically completed the item counting this afternoon. Subsequent work still required more careful inspection, but Xia De left this work to Megan.

"You found leisure."

The twin sisters said, but didn't object. ===== CHAPTER 1963 =====