Chapter 824

Xia De looked out the window. The hazy fog is the norm in Tobesk at the turn of autumn and winter. After all, steam factories and gas companies are entering the peak of operation in this season.

"I will probably be busy making a batch of No. 4 holy water recently, but I don't know if putting a large amount into the local black market will attract the attention of the church."

The old man said worriedly.

"Are you short of money recently? I can lend it to you."

Counting the 1000 pounds that haven't been taken from the foreign princess, Xia De's savings now exceed five digits.

"No need to lend it to me. I want to pay back the money. I still owe Schneider 3000 pounds."

The priest said. Xia De remembered this matter. This is the material cost for the 【Spiritual Cultivation Sect】 to hold the opening ritual.

Mentioning this problem, Priest Augustus asked with a smile again:

"However, what project did Schneider invest in that can earn so much? You said it very vaguely last time. When I give him a gift in a while, I can ask. Speaking of which, the exam week seems to be coming again. At the end of the year, the church also has to check accounts and make reports, as well as year-end summaries and plans for the next year... How come I feel that I am busier than you young people?"

Xia De just hopes that even if Dr. Schneider tells the origin of that money, he absolutely must not reveal that he also participated in gambling bets.

"If you are worried about the sale of holy water, I can take them to the black markets in Coldwater Port and Midhill to sell. This kind of scarce goods, don't worry about not finding buyers. Dispersing some sources of goods, you don't have to worry about being discovered."

"That's a good idea. However, is it only Coldwater Port and Midhill?"

The priest leaned on the sofa and asked. Xia De nodded:

"If I want to go to more places, I need a special mineral called white stone crystal, and it is to go to a certain place randomly."

The priest shared his secret, and Xia De didn't mind sharing this information with the priest.

The old man wiped his pipe and didn't express any opinion on Xia De's special "ability".

"Priest, you say... will this world be destroyed?"

Xia De asked again suddenly. The old man looked at him with his eyes raised, and a surprised expression appeared on his old face:

"All things have an end. I thought you already knew this truth."

"No, no, I want to ask, do you know the specific time of the world's destruction?"

The priest blinked:

"This is also the purpose of my collecting angel remains. Since contacting this power, I have known that the destruction of the world will definitely happen. It may be tomorrow, but it may also be ten thousand years later. If you want to get the answer from me, sorry, I don't know yet. But at least I can be sure that the Sixth Era is a very special era, and the day of the end of all things is related to the era we are in."

(Little Mia is running...)

For the next nearly two weeks, Xia De spent a peaceful and tranquil life as he wished.

There was no trouble with the time key, and the news of the next Chosen One would not appear so quickly, and he didn't even have any clues about the divinity he was thinking about, but at least he bought a new "white stone crystal" at a high price in Coldwater Port, ready to go to a city where divinity might be obtained at any time.

But Xia De didn't do nothing. He collected enough materials and held a ritual to link 【Sloth】 to the strange art - 【Chain of Great Sins】. The knowledge about original sin provided by the Tree Father was very rich, but the knowledge inside was extremely terrible and blasphemous. Xia De also just exchanged some relevant content with the doctor. The doctor warned Xia De very seriously not to tell a third person about this knowledge:

"You will get into big trouble. I don't even know how your soul can withstand this kind of knowledge."

Xia De drank a full bottle of holy water in front of him to prove that he had not been corrupted by the Great Sin.

Of course, the materials needed for the ritual, except for those provided free of charge by Miss Miss Jia Lin Na, were mostly purchased by Xia De everywhere. But at this moment, his savings were a lot, so he didn't feel pain for this expense.

The newspaper gradually began to frequently report the news that the second princess of Karsenrick, Margaret Anjou, was about to visit Tobesk, and City Hall also launched the "General Calendar 1853 Autumn Tobesk City Security Management Inspection" operation. Because of this operation, the city was in chaos for a while, but it was soon suppressed by Ridgewich Field.

During this period, Xia De unexpectedly received a request for help from Baron Passos, who was introduced by his old friend, Luo De Pai player, and the original owner of 【Ancient Fairy Tale · Match Girl】, Baron Lavender. He assisted the Baron in secretly retrieving the family heirloom—a gold medal with the family crest—that the Baron had mortgaged in an underground Luo De Pai casino in the slums in the north of the city that was about to be sealed.

Although this only took one night, secret infiltration, Luo De Pai gambling, corridor gunfights, picking locks and searching, destroying mortgage records... This was not a simple commission, and as a reward, Xia De earned three-digit gold pounds in just one business.

This included hush money. The Baron did not use money to buy back the family heirloom because he didn't want others to know that he had mortgaged this thing to an illegal casino. The loss caused by reputation was far more important than a few hundred pounds.

And after this business ended, Baron Lavender played cards with Xia De, who was free, at the Prophet Association, and almost fainted with excitement when he saw that 【Founder · Death】. This can only be considered a tail episode of this big business.

Xia De didn't do nothing serious in these two weeks. He accepted the invitation of Professor Hessen Garcia, Vice Dean of the History Academy, and after the elective course "Locked Space" in autumn, he took Professor's "Introduction to Space Exploration" course and submitted a 10-foot-long paper as the final report.

Xia De's theoretical conjecture about the nested use of multiple locks mentioned in the course was highly praised by Professor Garcia. Although Xia De was only a correspondence student, because of this paper, he was considered to have a reputation in the History Academy of Saint Byrons.

Outside the Academy's courses, Xia De used his spare time to study the "Pink Book" obtained from 【Desire】 more deeply, and successfully mastered some practical spells, such as Grease, Live Rope Trick, and Body Enlargement Spell. Of course, Xia De didn't learn these spells for the pleasure of girls. He was strong enough. He hoped to enrich his spell list through learning. After all, due to the fast upgrade speed, he lacked these basic spells.

At the same time, the strange arts shared by the 【Yellow Moon】 spiritual rune and the 【Silver Moon】 spiritual rune were successfully developed into "Yellow Moon versions" by him.

It's a pity that although he learned "Those who believe in the noble sun can also borrow the great power of the silver moon" when touching "Nameless Sacrificial Book" in the library of the Fifth Era, Xia De failed to learn skills like "Moonlight Ray" according to 【Sunlight Ray】.

For this reason, he specifically asked Iluna, who returned from Midhill, but Iluna was not familiar with the power of the moon and could not give Xia De good advice. On the contrary, because she had heard Xia De describe the usage of 【Sunlight Ray】 too many times, after ending the course from Miss Miss Jia Lin Na on the first Sunday of the Frost Month, Iluna magically learned 【Sunlight Ray】 without holding a ritual.

Xia De found it difficult to describe his mood in the manor at that time.

"The excellent talent of the balanced Chosen One is really sighing and envious."

Miss Miss Jia Lin Na said in a good mood. Before Iluna could speak, the witch kissed Xia De in front of Iluna and kindly "exhorted" her student:

"Young girl, the road you have to walk is still very long. Don't be particularly happy because of a short-term improvement."

Iluna's expression at that time made Xia De think she was going to throw a sunlight spear.