Chapter 2671: [Language Expert] and

Mr. Edmund listened very carefully, and only evaluated after Xia De finished speaking:

"Now I understand why there have been rumors since last month that the Chosen One of Time is about to appear, but this time all major forces have strangely remained calm, as if nothing had happened. That forest, it turns out, has so many secrets."

He hesitated for a moment:

"Regarding the twisted tree hole and the time curse, I can't give you much help either. How about this, I'll give you the information I studied on the Temple of Time back then. Also, regarding the wreckage of the World Tree you mentioned at the end... you know what this means. It is said that the World Tree is the body of that Ancient God of Time. Even if it is just an incomplete piece of wreckage, it is not something mortals can easily face."

"I understand. I will handle the matter in Vista Forest cautiously. It seems that before finding a popularizable method to suppress time instability, the church will not easily send large troops into there."

Besides the information on the Temple of Time, Mr. Edmund had two new coin-type relics in stock. Unlike the stingy Old John, Mr. Edmund sold them directly to Xia De at the acquisition price.

The two brand-new special coins were not of a type Xia De had come into contact with before. This time, the coin was a Document-level relic 【Language Expert】. The coin was similar in size to a one-penny copper coin, and the material was like a silver alloy mixed with mithril—meaning silver accounted for the main part of the metal.

On the side that Xia De considered the front, there was an open book with ribbon decorations on both sides, and the ancient rune for the number "1" was written inside the book; on the side that Xia De considered the back, there was a crescent moon pattern, the moon was surrounded by laurel flowers, and at the bottom of the moon were ancient elf words:

【The moon is my love.】

But the function of the coin seemed to have nothing to do with the words on the coin, because the function of this coin was to allow the user to roughly master a language.

The specific method of use is to write at least thirteen words of the language you want to learn, then wrap the coin with the paper you wrote on and put it into a bowl filled with clear water. Place it under the moonlight of the full moon phase, and after a whole night, the coin disappears, the clear water turns into silver moonlight water, and you master the corresponding language after drinking it.

The languages that can be learned through this method are quite extensive, even those that have mysterious properties themselves can be learned. And the danger level of the coin comes from the fact that when mastering a language, it usually comes with terrible knowledge.

The older the language learned, the more terrible the knowledge mastered along with it, and that knowledge without exception would all cause Ring Mages to be more prone to losing control.

But this negative characteristic does not prevent this coin from becoming one of the most useful Document-level (Level 4) relics. Although people dare not use it to learn those languages that have been lost for a long time or only appear in legends, learning the common language of the Fifth Era or even the Fourth Era is no problem.

Therefore, the price of 【Language Expert】 is abnormally high compared to ordinary Document-level relics, just as the price of 【Youth-Preserving Leaf】 is far higher than the average level of Poet-level relics.

In the end, Xia De spent a full 420 gold pounds to buy them, which was nearly ten times the average price of Document-level relics.

"However, is there any relationship between the moon and language?"

When paying, Xia De asked while rubbing the crescent moon pattern on the coin. Mr. Edmund thought for a while:

"The Ancient God of the moon, that is, the 'Sage of the Silver Moon', is said to have the blessing of letting people understand words."

"The Ancient God of knowledge, that 'Secret-Keeping Mentor', should also have blessings related to language, right?"

Xia De asked curiously again, and the old gentleman nodded:

"Of course, but judging from the content on the unearthed ancient stone slabs, the blessing of the Moon Sage is to let people know the recorded language, but it does not guarantee complete mastery, that is, you can read it when you see the words, and understand their meaning, but you cannot speak this language out of thin air, nor can you write this language;

But the wisdom of the 'Secret-Keeping Mentor' can allow mortals to immediately master a certain language. The moment the blessing is obtained, it can be used directly, and writing, communication, and exchange can be carried out without any obstacles.

The coin you bought is more inclined to the blessing effect of the Moon God, but it is much weaker than the blessing of a true god."

Xia De nodded understandingly. Regarding "can read, can listen, can understand, but cannot speak, cannot write", he understood its meaning more clearly than anyone else.

When he left Mr. Edmund's old lighthouse and returned home, it was already noon. Xia De, who had been running around all morning, decided to have lunch at home and read the information provided by Mr. Edmund carefully before going to Vista Forest.

There was no one at home on Monday during the day, and Xia De was too lazy to cook for himself, so he took the cat staying at home to the restaurant on Silver Cross Avenue. The weather was still sunny when he went out happily, but by the time he and Little Mia finished lunch, the heavy rain immediately drenched Tobesk City.

When he returned home using an umbrella borrowed from the restaurant, Xia De was very surprised to find that Dorothy happened to arrive at the door, and the blonde girl was taking out her key to open the door.

Seeing Xia De's funny appearance of holding a cat in one hand and an umbrella in the other, the female writer laughed and asked:

"Are you forcing Little Mia to watch the rain?"

"Yes, this cat seems to be too lazy lately. It's either shrinking in the corner of the sofa sleeping or lying on the windowsill basking in the sun. Even when going out, it doesn't like to walk by itself. I want to exercise it."

Xia De opened the door to let Dorothy in:

"This cat performed so well in Moon Bay. Maybe if it gets rid of laziness, it can show that majestic look again... Actually, thinking about it carefully, there's nothing good about doing it again, after all, that was 'wrong evolution'."

The Outsider was talking about things only he understood again.

Dorothy came this time to borrow the "Secret-Keeping Hall" in the house, using the power of accelerated learning and enhanced creativity to rush to complete her thesis for the "Elf and Demon: Opposing Character Appreciation" course.

However, since Xia De was also at home, she didn't go to the second room on the second floor to open that door, but spent most of the afternoon in the study with Xia De.

Xia De was checking notes, and she was writing her report, which led to neither of them making very fast progress on this rainy afternoon. But Dorothy was very satisfied with such an afternoon. When Xia De decided to go to Vista Forest to see the situation before evening, she even decided to stay the night, but finally gave up because she received a message from Lei Lei Qianya in her heart:

"Lei Lei Qianya asked me to help her pick up goods outside the city. She bought a batch of alchemical materials for Angelina... Princesses can't go out so late, so I have to do it."

The cat was left at home, and it was also raining in Vista Forest. Today is Monday. Although the time key cannot be used temporarily because the priest's relic has not been prepared, he has not forgotten this week's gift.

【God's Gift Box】 is currently in the hands of the elf girl to contain the book "Opening the Forest Gate: Our Animal Partners", so Xia De first visited the elf. In the rainy weather, the elf girl really didn't go out, but sat very comfortably under the eaves of the third floor of the tree house, drinking tea and watching the rain scene. It could be seen that she was quite comfortable.

And in the flower pot on the windowsill behind her, a small sapling with the 【Time Flute】 long sword inserted was planted. This containment method was exactly the same as Emilia's containment method during the Moon Bay period.

"What will it be this week?"

The elf girl watched Xia De take the gift:

"Will it be the arrow I'm looking for?"

She guessed excitedly, but unfortunately, it wasn't. But this time, what was obtained was not an ordinary item. When Xia De took out the warm yellow feather pendant, he realized that this was an alchemical item.

However, he didn't recognize what it was. Instead, the elf girl checked it and said very affirmatively:

"This feather is a chocobo feather. This pendant can be used to summon chocobos."

Xia De asked expectantly:

"Can it summon chocobos out of thin air when needed?"

"Of course not, you are talking about summoned creatures of the spirit essence type."

The elf girl shook her head immediately:

"First, you must have a familiar chocobo settlement. Second, those chocobos must be nearby. After using this pendant to establish a cooperative relationship with them, as long as you shake the pendant nearby, the chocobos that sense the breath will fly over to find you."

"It cannot summon chocobos out of thin air, but it can let chocobos find you."

This kind of alchemical item can still be made by the elves of the Sixth Era, and the one Xia De obtained this week looks like an ancient object, and its effect is relatively powerful, that is, the coverage range as a beacon is larger.

So the elf girl took Xia De to establish a cooperative relationship with the group of chocobos she adopted. The specific method is to let Xia De feed the three oldest chocobos in the settlement in the rain, and let them smell the scent of Xia De and the feather pendant.

Although the effective range of this pendant cannot cover the entire Vista Forest, as long as Xia De doesn't run to the diagonal position of the southwest of the city, he should be able to get their help.

Even because of the beacon guidance, these chocobos can easily walk out of this forest that should have been impossible to walk out of. But the elf girl still told Xia De very worriedly, telling Xia De that if he summons these chocobos, he must take good care of them:

"Their survival ability is not as strong as your cat's. It's okay to use them as transportation, but they cannot participate in combat. Please don't let them get hurt."

As for the task of obtaining this pendant, which the elf girl called "Friend of Chocobos", it requires Xia De to try at least one riding practice of no less than twenty minutes this week.

This practice must be carried out in cooperation with non-humanoid creatures, so Xia De cannot complete the task by cheating:

"But this is not difficult. If I still need to go into the forest for investigation this week, I will try to use a chocobo for transportation." ===== CHAPTER 2672 =====