Chapter 989

Taking advantage of having time today, after Xia De and Leisia went out together, the first stop was Old John's pawnshop. He not only spent more than 100 pounds to order a sufficiently powerful alchemical crossbow from the old man but also purchased the materials needed for "Water of Moonflower" and "Fire of Sun."

Xia De had gemstones himself; the harvest in Huntington was a lot. And those special materials, although it might be cheaper to go to Cold Water Port to buy them, Xia De was in no mood to wait at this time.

He decided to set up the ritual in his attic. The attic window could allow the sunlight at noon and the moonlight at midnight to shine directly on the ritual base array. Because the position of moonlight and sunlight incident varies in different seasons, to prevent himself from getting the position wrong, Xia De also went to find Luvia with Leisia.

The purple-eyed girl was proficient in astrology. After learning that Xia De needed help, she asked for leave and followed him back to No. 6 St. Deran Square.

Xia De and Leisia built the main body of the ritual, while Luvia relied on the astrological equipment on the third floor to calculate the best position for the attic.

Finally, Xia De brought a wooden round table. Luvia used a file to outline a star map on the dark brown tabletop, then filled the depressions with silver powder, and finally poured mercury. After being treated with special methods, the whole tabletop presented a strange silver aesthetic, and at the two symmetrical positions of the round table, circular areas outlined by mercury were left respectively, where rituals related to the sun and moon were to be set up.

This made the whole tabletop look more like the back of a Luo De card, but in fact, the "Sun, Moon, and Stars" pattern on the back of the Luo De card itself was a kind of clever astrological ritual.

After setting up the ritual, it was 11:30 in the morning. Luvia adjusted the position of the table again to ensure that sunlight and moonlight could shine on the tabletop from the window in this season. And next, Xia De only needed to customize a special rotating wooden table and then connect the tabletop where the ritual was set up to the surface of the rotating wooden table.

In this way, in different seasons, he only needed to rotate the angle of the tabletop to adapt to the position of the sun and moon at noon and midnight.

Time approached noon on Sunday, and the three who were quite expectant waited for the effect of the ritual in the attic.

As Xia De's "time perception" accurately captured the moment when noon arrived, a faint spark actually appeared in the transparent crystal bead in the center of the ritual base array representing the "Fire of Sun" ritual.

The storage of "Water of Moonflower" uses crystal containers, while "Fire of Sun" uses crystal beads. Both can store up to a week's amount. Xia De only needs to remember to collect it once a week.

"Water of Moonflower" is a liquid, and larger capacity crystal containers can be used for long-term storage. While "Fire of Sun" itself is a flame and cannot use ordinary containers, so it was stored by Xia De in the old-fashioned lantern that Sister Daifulin once gave him, which can preserve the fire seed (Chapter 831).

The sister not only needs the firewood of the initial fire but also needs "alien fire" for the initial fire to devour.

The sky is shrouded in gray fog, and the clouds also reduce the sunlight. The "Fire of Sun" produced at noon is just a very weak spark. This weak spark caused a reaction in the "Primordial Fire" in Xia De's body. Obviously, like the "Fire of Flame Demon," this is also a fire that can be devoured by the initial fire, but because there are only a few sparks at present, Xia De did not hand it over to Sister Daifulin.

"Devouring fire, as long as you are not burned to death, you can make your own abilities related to fire sublimate; lighting a campfire can dispel the undead and evil spirits within a certain range; attaching it to a weapon can make the weapon possess characteristics such as 'holy,' 'fire,' and 'evil nemesis' for a period of time."

Xia De carried the old-fashioned lantern and explained the function of the spark to the two girls with a smile. Of course, the prerequisite for these functions is that there must be enough fire.

Therefore, although these two brand-new rituals are very important to Xia De, they cannot exert much effect for the time being.

Fortunately, the outsider understands the meaning of "many a little makes a mickle" quite well, and is happy to wait for the harvest. Although this gave him the illusion that he was "growing vegetables" in the attic and had to "harvest vegetables" every few days, this kind of waiting made people feel happy in their hearts.

To thank the two girls for their help, the three had lunch together on Silver Cross Avenue at noon. Although due to the outsider's deadly sin, the relationship between the three was actually quite subtle, both Leisia and Luvia performed very normally during lunch.

After lunch, Luvia continued to go to work, and the blonde girl accompanied Xia De to handle things in the city, leisurely enjoying the winter time in the "City of Steam" and "Pearl of the North" without worrying about livelihood and work.

By the evening, the two and the cat had dinner outside, and then specially went for a walk in the university district with better scenery. At about seven o'clock, Xia De sent Leisia back to Feather Pen Avenue.

This beautiful day made the princess quite satisfied:

"It's really nice to take time to relax like this occasionally."

She hugged Xia De downstairs in the apartment building where Dorothy rented, and Xia De noticed the landlady looking at the two with dissatisfaction from the window on the second floor.

"Tomorrow night, the opera house, absolutely don't forget."

The princess emphasized in Xia De's ear in a low voice, then pushed him with a smile, making him stumble and retreat from the steps:

"See you tomorrow, Knight."

She seemed to want to end this perfect day with a kiss. But Leisia also noticed the landlady looking at them on the second floor. For Dorothy's reputation, she finally just pressed her red lips with her gloved right index finger and then blew a kiss to Xia De.

The apartment Dorothy rented only rented to single women. Every time Xia De entered the door, he would be questioned by the landlady. Dorothy once said that the landlady was warm but old-fashioned and cared very much about the private morality of the girls who rented, so even Leisia was a bit "afraid" of that enthusiastic lady.

Returning home in a good mood, after washing up, the diligent outsider did not go to bed early to welcome the arrival of Monday, but read a book in front of the fireplace until midnight.

Sleeping very late was not because he wanted to review better, but because Xia De was also thinking about what "Water of Moonflower" was.

At midnight, Xia De, wearing pajamas and holding the cat that was very energetic at night, climbed to the attic. The attic was not lit, the bright moonlight shone on the tabletop of the round table from the window, and the starlight made the astrological ritual personally set up by Luvia glow slightly. Also exuding light were the weak firelight in the old-fashioned lantern and the silver-white spirit light produced by the operation of the moon ritual.

That scene was exceptionally quiet and had an exceptionally visual impact, so much so that Xia De was stunned for a moment before walking toward the table.

At the bottom of the transparent crystal bottle in the center of the ritual, a shallow layer of silver liquid with a very small amount had appeared at this time. The "Moonflower" was glowing slightly in the dark night. Its texture was very much like mercury, but it was undeniably also very beautiful.

"About half a drachm (0.5dr≈1.8ml). In today's moon phase, the three moons are all leaning towards the full moon, so the amount is a bit more."

Xia De calculated in his heart, but only considered the amount and did not directly calculate the pounds. He did not intend to sell "Water of Moonflower" and "Fire of Sun" to anyone. Even if he didn't use these two precious substances himself, storing them was something that made him quite happy.

"Meow~"

Little Mia jumped nimbly onto the tabletop with glowing star patterns, shrinking her head timidly, looking at the sparks in the old-fashioned lantern for a while, and then at the liquid at the bottom of the bottle in Xia De's hand, her eyes full of desire to try it.

"How should I use this precious liquid?"

Xia De pondered in his heart, looked at the liquid against the moon outside the window, and thought of his sealed spirit rune. So, he carefully unplugged the crystal stopper and poured the liquid directly into his mouth.

"Oh~"

Even though the amount was very small, that refreshing feeling still swept through his whole body immediately. The comfort at this moment made him groan, which made the cat squatting on the tabletop widen her eyes, calling out a few times in an anxious but very sensible way.

The taste of the liquid was hard to describe. If he really had to give an adjective, Xia De could only use the two non-taste words "soft" and "cool" to describe it. It felt great the moment he drank it, as if he were really bathing in the moonlight and absorbing the power of the moon.

He raised his left hand, letting his left hand emit a slight silver moonlight, vaguely feeling that his understanding of the power of 【Silver Moon】 seemed to be deeper.

"Long-term drinking will definitely be able to greatly enhance all my powers related to the moon."

Xia De sighed in his heart, and "She" in his ear also gave a hint:

【The power of the Red Moon is still sealed, but if you can drink about 90 to 120 times the amount at once, the spirit rune has a probability of lifting the seal.】

"About three to four months?"

Although the time was a bit long, at least there was hope, which made Xia De's mood even better. And the amount 100 times more than just now was only close to 200 milliliters. Xia De felt that if he really did that, he might experience the feeling of truly "melting" into the moon.

"I don't have much now. When I have accumulated some, I will let you have a taste. As for fire, Sister Daifulin and Iluna probably both need it, I can't give it to you. And, good cats can't play with fire."

Putting the expensive crystal bottle back to the center of the ritual base array, Xia De picked up Little Mia and said with a smile. Since this cat had once absorbed a trace of divine power, drinking this special liquid should be fine.

The cat probably understood Xia De's words, called out sensibly again, and then leaned her fluffy little head against Xia De's pajama chest.

Compared with the rewards given by previous time key missions, this time although there were no strange arts, the two rituals were quite useful. Looking at the moon outside the window, Xia De couldn't help but start to imagine what kind of rewards the 【Father of the Infinite Tree】 would give in the future.

The various strange powers given by this Old God were not limited to "trees" and "time," and the power given to Xia De was always what Xia De needed most.

"What kind of story will I encounter in the next key?"

He held the cat and prepared to rest. The first day of the last month of 1853 in the General Calendar officially ended, and this Sunday was also a perfect day for Xia De.