Chapter 18: Searching for Clues
These passers-by who were shopping were obviously accustomed to all kinds of seemingly strange things, and they were not even interested in taking a second look at Fang Linyan who appeared from the gate.
Fang Linyan stood there and looked at it, and found that most of the buildings here were two- or three-story wooden buildings from the 16th century, which looked very old, and the eaves were covered with triangular tiles. These staggered houses are crowded together, and it feels like passengers clinging to the armrests in a crowded bus, and there is a sense of misery and fun.
Almost every house is a separate independent shop with a well-designed signage. Under the eaves of the shop opposite Fang Linyan, there is a wind lantern that automatically does pull-ups, and the rusty sign on the shop on the right will take a rag to wipe itself.
Suddenly, Fang Linyan heard a whistle when the train entered the station, and hurriedly looked back, it was actually a teapot on the signboard of a shop in the back, spitting steam as if it were mischievous......
In these dazzling stores, Fang Linyan roughly shopped, this was not his desire to shop, but he was doing the most basic market research work, to see how much purchasing power he had with three gold gallons.
In the end, he came up with a good answer, a normal wand costs 6-9 Galleons, and a cup of hot cocoa costs 4 silver sicoa (1 Galleon = 17 silver sicoa).
Next, Fang Linyan found a second-hand store, its name is pragmatism, there are two white gloves hanging in the air at the door, holding a broom and sweeping the floor, seeing Fang Linyan standing in front of the store for a while, a glove snapped and threw the broom away, and then flew directly in front of Fang Linyan and stretched out his palm.
Fang Linyan was stunned, and then tentatively stretched out his palm to shake it, and felt that the white gloves were not hollow at all, and the touch was like a ball full of gas, and a soft force came from above, grabbing his right hand and shaking it a few times, which was regarded as the basic etiquette of shaking hands.
Then the white gloves flew half a meter in front of Fang Linyan and made a gesture of please.
Encountering such a special reception, Fang Linyan undoubtedly felt quite novel. When he entered the shop, he saw the white glove leading the way holding a brass bell next to him, and then simply rang it.
In the sound of the bell, out of it came a woman with a black veil, dressed as if she was a gypsy, looking at her body and skin about forty years old, holding a crystal ball in her hand, this woman looked Fang Linyan up and down, and then said:
"How can I help you?
Fang Linyan shrugged and said:
"I'm just here to hang out. ”
He knows that in this kind of second-hand store, it is best not to expose his purpose as soon as he comes, because the cost of second-hand goods purchased by the boss will be very low, so it is best to buy several things together, and make a gesture of loving to sell or not selling, so that the boss will get rid of it on the basis of capital preservation in order to realize it as soon as possible.
However, after walking around, Fang Linyan didn't find anything he was particularly interested in.
Of course, this is not to say that the things in this store are worthless, but because of Fang Linyan's lack of eyesight, he originally thought that this place could use his reconnaissance skills to "pick up leaks".
But apparently, the space had long expected a similar loophole, and after Fang Linyan picked up something casually, he tried to investigate, so he reminded that the ownership of this thing belonged to the store, and he had no right to use the detection skill on it........
In the end, Fang Linyan took a fancy to a table clock, the wooden shelf of the lower half of the table clock was missing, but the upper part could still run, and the clock face was also broken.
The second hand is a happy little figure jumping happily on the dial, while the minute and hour hands are represented by light.
The most important thing is that every minute from the clock, a little fairy like a flower fairy will come out from the back, holding the clockwork next to it and tightening it around the wind, which is quite amazing.
Fang Linyan was interested in this thing, of course, he wanted to disassemble it and study the mysteries of the magical machinery in this world. However, after hearing the boss's offer of 420 gold gallons, I immediately realized that I had nothing to do with it....
The female boss saw Fang Linyan's face showing disappointment, so she took the initiative to ask him:
"What do guests need?"
Fang Linyan said in a deep voice:
"My friend has a knack for magic machinery, but he recently lost the tool he was holding......"
The female boss sighed, and suddenly realized:
"This kind of highly professional tool, unless it is very cheap, we will not buy, because it will often be pressed in our hands for a long time, we do this business, or the most happy to buy those valuables that can be carried around, and most people will like it, such as pocket watches, lighters, necklaces, rings and so on. ”
Fang Linyan nodded, in fact, there are also the most of these things in this shop. He also knew very well that among these things sold, there was a great chance that there would be magic equipment approved by the system, but this kind of thing must be very expensive, and it was impossible for you to have any things that would be missed in the space, so he could only sigh now.
"If only there was a way to ransack this damn place......"
Fang Linyan's heart couldn't help but spring up with such a thought, but he quickly shook his head.
With his current strength, if he wants to make trouble here, he is really tired, unless he is taking advantage of the situation to provoke civil strife, but now Fang Linyan has no such opportunity at all.
After Fang Linyan left this shop, he didn't delay any longer, and after finding someone to inquire, he went to the side of the Tumbling Alley.
The entrance to this place is actually not difficult to find, there are two skull lights hanging at the entrance of the alley, and even the environment in the alley is gloomy, most of the alleys are dark magic shops, and there are all kinds of things hanging on the signs, such as shrunken human heads, huge black spiders, withered human hands, and sunflower flower plates with fake smiles.
There were obviously fewer people walking in the alley than outside, all of them wearing masks or wrapped in black mage robes, and they seemed to be very afraid of being seen by the rest of the people.
Fang Linyan walked slowly in the alley, and then came to the Borgin-Bock magic shop, compared to the rest of the place, this place seemed to be relatively normal, there was just a grinning clown mask hanging at the door, but if you looked closely, the lips of this clown mask were inevitably too bright, as if they had been smeared with fresh blood.
Not only that, the corners of the clown's mouth on both sides were also raised too much, Fang Linyan took a closer look and saw that his big mouth was forcibly expanded and torn open with scissors.
Of course, more importantly, the base material of this mask looked very much like human skin, but Fang Linyan didn't want to reach out and touch it to confirm the meaning of the material, but walked in directly.
As soon as he entered the door, Fang Linyan smelled an indescribable smell, as if he had put the leather that had rotted for four or five days into a cauldron to boil, which was quite pungent.
The store is brightly lit, but it looks like it's a good way to show off the products left inside:
A shriveled human hand resting on a mat was placed in the center of the counter, and it was evident that the owner took it very seriously.
Next to it was a blood-stained deck of playing cards, and when Fang Linyan was staring at this thing, he noticed that the top J human avatar winked at him.
The opal card inside the frame next to it seems to be the only thing that is normal, but the label next to it has a clear warning:
Don't touch -—— cursed - nineteen Muggles have died in possession of it.
In addition, on the small blackboard next to the counter, a few lines of words are clearly written:
From now on, the following casting materials can be purchased at a high price:
Glitter powder
Maple seeds
Light feathers
I don't know what kind of paint is used to write these lines, which can shine with a faint phosphorescence on its own, yes, the phosphorescent light that wafts from the bones of dead people in mass graves.
And in the boss position behind the counter, there sat a little goblin with green skin, which was at most thirty centimeters tall, with treacherous little eyes, thick, wrinkled green skin, and a peculiar necklace around his neck.
This chain seems ordinary, but Fang Linyan is originally a person with a very meticulous observation, even if he doesn't enter the bullet time, he will notice a lot of small details, so he quickly judged that this chain is actually composed of finger bones strung together, and there is a very strange aura on it, which makes people feel very uncomfortable, and instinctively wants to stay away.
It's like a morgue lit up in the white light at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, and even if there are no bodies in it, no one wants to stay in it for long.
Seeing Fang Linyan enter the door, this little goblin didn't have the slightest intention of coming out to receive guests, but just yawned lazily.....
Fang Linyan was stunned, he remembered very clearly, it was said that the relevant upgrade task that triggered the title of scholar was here, it seemed that the time limit was still within 24 hours of entering this world, why did there be no reaction when he came?
However, his mind was also very smart, and he immediately took the initiative to equip the title of scholar.
Sure enough, after he did this, although the rest of the people or creatures could not see his way of moving, the little goblin suddenly raised his eyelids, then reached out and scratched it here, and then spread out his palm and sniffed it.
Immediately after, the little goblin had a confused expression on his face, and finally looked at Fang Linyan and said:
"Hey, boy, where are you from?"