Chapter Seventy-One: The Shadows Lurk
At the eastern end of the skywalk on the upper level of Rulei, there is a private house built on the edge of a mountain cliff, where a small academic exchange meeting is being held today.
The number of people attending the academic exchange meeting was very small, only about 20 people in total.
In the hall, an old gentleman dressed in neat clothes was presiding over the meeting: "According to the research of the Red Moon Research Society, in the past twenty years, the red moon has appeared more and more frequently. Now, the research society has compiled a book of research on the appearance of the red moon, and each book only costs 100,000 meters. Remember, piracy and outflow are strictly prohibited after purchase. If found, a fine of 100 times will be imposed, and the qualification to participate in the exchange meeting will also be disqualified. ”
Don't look at it as just a thin booklet, but the people present are happy and pay for it.
Seeing that everyone was paying for it, the old man looked happy, took out another trading item, and shouted loudly: "This is compiled by the six elders of the association, how to speed up cultivation in the red moon, and even break through the experience of personal realm, no two prices, 1 million meters." This price is still in line with the purpose of supporting newcomers, and it is a big discount. After today, even if you give ten times as much Mira, no one will sell it to you. ”
The old gentleman said with a lot of drooling, and the group of rookies below were all happy, and some of them didn't have enough money, and they were secretly thinking in their hearts, even if they took the treasure real estate as collateral, they had to buy a copy.
At the top of this mansion, there is an attic, and at this time the doors and windows are closed.
In the center of the attic, a magic circle was slowly moving, and six people were sitting around, chatting.
One of the handsome young men listened attentively to the movement downstairs and teased: "Every year at this time, the lord can take the opportunity to make a fortune. ”
The lord, who is the owner of this mansion, is a short and fat man with a dark green cross noble coat of arms on his body, and he smiled and relieved himself: "This mansion costs so much, how can it be done if you don't find some way to get money." I can't compare to you with all kinds of channels to get rich. ”
Another old woman in black was engrossed in manipulating the crystal ball in the magic circle, and through some secret method, she was looking at the grand scene of the east gate from afar.
As the young candidates walked through the east gate one by one, the huge crystal ball kept changing into different brilliance, yellow and green, light and dark, which obviously had a special meaning.
Although everyone was chatting and occasionally glancing at the crystal ball, no one expected anything in their hearts.
After a long time, the old woman, a witch to be precise, pinched the crystal ball and couldn't help but scream: "Beat into a dozen little fresh meat!" Just walked in front of him. ”
A rough-looking man sitting next to her sneered, "If you're hungry, you can pounce on it now and eat as much as you want." ”
The witch stretched out a purple finger, pointed at the man who spoke out, and sneered: "It's actually you who is really unbearable." Look at yourself, what kind of fall has become, even under the red moon, your form is incomplete. ”
The man's face changed suddenly, and he was about to retort two sentences, when suddenly there was a knock on the attic door.
The person who presided over the auction downstairs, that is, Wyndham, the housekeeper of this mansion, walked in respectfully and asked the lord for instructions: "There is a woman downstairs who says that she can't look down on those goods downstairs, and hopes to meet the master and ask some questions." ”
The lord withdrew his gaze from the crystal ball in surprise and asked, "A newcomer, even picking and choosing, what is the background of the origin?" ”
The butler leaned down and whispered, "She's taking Miss Imelda's invitation." ”
"Oh!" The owner of the room hesitated, the old woman, but notoriously difficult to entangle.
He raised his hand generously: "Then give her a chance." ”
A few minutes later, the butler came upstairs with a young woman. She looked apprehensively into the attic, and under the guidance of the butler, she bowed to the master of the room: "Miss Imelda greets the lord on my behalf. ”
The lord smiled kindly and said, "Don't you dare to be, are you a descendant of Imelda?" ”
The young woman flicked her purple hair back to the back of her head, and a sly glint flashed in her eyes: "Her old man has a deep relationship with me. ”
The lord glanced at her purple hair, and secretly wondered if it was the old woman's descendant. A friendly smile appeared on his face, and he pointed to a chair next to him and said, "Come, don't be restrained, just sit casually." ”
The woman knew very well the origin of everyone in the attic. Although the lord asked her to sit down, she did not dare to sit down, and said timidly: "Before I came, Miss Imelda instructed that I must see you in person, and I ask you for some advice. ”
The lord didn't feel the emotion when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Miss Imelda, is this teasing me?" In front of her, it's up to me to guide you. ”
The purple-haired woman chuckled in her heart, her eyes rolled, and she immediately made up a reason: "Her old man said that the time for my breakthrough is imminent, so please ask for a few words." ”
"Breakthrough?" When several people in the room heard this word, they all looked up, and the witch looked up, looked carefully, and said, "Haven't you already broken through the threshold of the fifth order?" Could it be that at such a young age, he actually wanted to break through the Great Martial Realm? ”
The woman didn't speak, but raised her eyes and met the lord's gaze, and her brown pupils were a little dark blue.
The lord felt that his eyes were actually stung.
This woman is actually cultivating the Pupil Technique!
The lord immediately understood what the woman wanted to ask. She wanted to ask when the Hitomi technique would be refined. It's a pity that the lord can't answer this question.
But if you can't answer in front of so many people, wouldn't it be very shameless.
He made a 360-degree brain teaser, and when he raised his head again, he had already thought of a way and instructed the butler: "Prepare a pen and paper for me." ”
The housekeeper hurriedly brought up the four treasures of the study.
The lord walked to the desk, took a pen in his hand, wrote a line on the white paper, lifted the white paper, handed it to the woman, and said, "Little girl, the future is limitless. ”
The purple-haired woman took it and looked at it, and it read: "The years are alternate, the red moon appears frequently, and the writing wheel is out." She stared at the last line, unconsciously happy. It's just that he still has some doubts in his heart, and asks in a low voice: "What year is this year of alternation?" ”
The lord said unhappily: "Why are you so ignorant, this little girl is a year, what is the age, don't you understand?" ”
When the purple-haired woman heard this, she thought that the lord was talking about two years, and she was overjoyed, and took the note, as if she had found a treasure.
When the housekeeper saw that the fire was coming, he pulled her aside and whispered, "Please solve your doubts, and benefit 1 million meters." ”
The woman gritted her teeth and agreed: "Before I came to participate in the exchange meeting, I paid a deposit of 1 million meters, and you can deduct it directly from the account." ”
The man who spoke to the lord before thought that the lord had finally come up with some real skills this time, but who would have expected that he would fool the juniors at will like this. He stood up and said with great interest: "I'm sleepy, let's go sleep first, you guys will say goodbye, and see you next time when the red moon rises." ”
When the others saw that he was leaving, they all stood up and stayed: "Now there are still a few days before the end of the red moon, why are you in such a hurry to leave, everyone got together and carefully studied the mystery of this red moon." ”
The man didn't appreciate it, and said coldly: "It is precisely because the red moon is precious that we must seize every minute and every second, and don't waste time." You guys are slowly researching when the next red moon will come out, and if you have the results, write to me. ”
The lord hurriedly walked over and said in a low voice: "Ansel, can you leave a little later, I have something I want you to help crack it." ”
"Oh, sir, what's the good thing that you don't take out and make us look long?" The witch asked sensitively.
"A note received from the thrift market, the material is very strange, it looks very ordinary, but I think it may be a little valuable, please help me to take a long look, and share the results with everyone."
Notes and the like were of the greatest interest to the group in the attic, who craned their necks and waited for the lord to take them out.
"If that's the case, then I'll delay a little longer." Ansest also seemed interested.
The lord hurried downstairs, and after a while, came up with an old book.
Everyone invoked their mana to probe the cover of the book, the material was very simple, but it absolutely did not contain magic. I opened the book and flipped through it, and it was blank.
The witch took out her wand and cast a dozen detection spells on the book one after another, but she didn't feel anything, she spread her hands: "It seems that I can't help it." ”
Even the purple-haired young girl secretly invoked her pupil power and quietly glanced at it a few times, but found nothing.
Ansest's identification method is different from others, he stretched out his fingers, did not invoke any force, purely felt the material of the book cover with his fingers, and said:
"It's a very old material, it's definitely not processed by modern technology, even in the Middle Ages, there was no such process. But if it is a product of the Dark Ages, if it is not condensed with magic power, how can it be made, do we think too much, is it really just an ordinary blank notebook? ”
He was pondering when suddenly the witch let out a scream: "Who just walked under the east gate!" Who saw it? ”