"In view of Mr. Holmes's outstanding performance yesterday and his great contribution to Anglo. His Majesty has accepted Mr. Maxwell's request to open the Stein Chamber of Secrets for you and let you choose one of the collections. I will serve as the representative of the royal family. , witness your choice and results, and approve them. Of course, if what you choose is an item related to the national line, please forgive me that I cannot agree. Other than that, you are free to choose."
Mary's voice was polite, and you could tell that she was deliberately keeping her distance, but not obnoxious.
"Don't worry, I don't covet Anglo's national connections."
Ye Qingxuan lowered his eyes with a self-deprecating smile on his lips: "I hope from the bottom of my heart that this country can last forever."
"That's too..."
Before Mary could finish speaking, she stumbled and fell to the ground.
During the conversation, the distance between the two was narrowed, and they followed each other step by step. But Ye Qingxuan, who was in a complicated mood, accidentally stepped on the corner of Mary's skirt.
In a stunned cry, Mary shook, and the wind lantern fell from her hand, rolled in the air, and landed, about to be smashed into pieces. But the expected breaking sound did not sound.
The moment it landed, it was held firmly by a hand.
Including Mary.
At that moment, Ye Qingxuan stepped forward, walked around to Mary's right side, held up the wind lantern with one hand, and held her left arm with the other. Immediately afterwards, he felt that the princess, who had lost her center of gravity, almost ran into his arms.
In panic, Mary lowered her head, as if she was not used to being so close to someone else, and a murmuring voice came from under the veil: "Mr. Holmes... please let me go."
Ye Qingxuan took a step back and spread his hands helplessly to show his innocence.
Mary lowered her head, hid her cheek behind the brim of her hat, bit her lip, and said softly:
"Here we are."
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In the next few minutes, Ye Qingxuan closed his eyes as required and saw nothing.
There was only a sound of the machine pivoting, as if the elevator was operating, but no change in movement was felt. Until he opened his eyes again, he was already in a huge stone chamber.
Under the light that came from nowhere, the huge stone room was already filled with things. It was like entering a huge antique shop. Everything was dazzling as far as the eye could see.
Masks that survived from an unknown age, ancient calligraphy from the East, strange long swords with complex patterns, majestic armor that was incomplete and damaged, wrapped in layers of ancient bandages, corpses placed in golden coffins...
"and this?"
After just a casual look, Ye Qingxuan stood on the spot. After reacting, he quickly moved forward, touched the huge stone tablet that didn't look amazing, and sighed in a low voice:
"The earliest tuning instrument - the Rosetta Stone? The basis of all ancient documents and music theory research today, but I didn't expect it to be collected here? The inheritance festival of the Semites in the Thebes desert, and this sword …”
For a moment, he forgot about restraint and etiquette, and was attracted by those precious treasures that could only appear in legends.
As Mary said, there are many legendary natural disaster-level movements, the original manuscript of "The Majestic First March", the inheritance heart seal on it has not been used, the core movement of the illusion faction "Nocturne", and even It is a fragment of the "Fifth Concerto: Emperor" that was preserved by the first Red King...
The manuscripts of saints from past generations are placed haphazardly on display shelves here, and have been reduced to ordinary collections of books. According to Ye Qingxuan's guess, the dried corpse in the golden coffin is no longer a relic of the saint. It is a complete remains of the saint!
The main body of the Great Barrier of Avalon - the design of the Elizabeth Bell... is placed in the center, and the classics contained in the golden box are handwritten by King Arthur, and combine the essence of change and summoning factions with the chapter of destiny "The Must". "Win the Golden Chapter"!
There were more things that Ye Qingxuan couldn't identify scattered around. There was no doubt that the things that could be placed in the same room as these things were definitely not random rags picked up on the street.
However, everything has been sealed, not revealing the slightest ether fluctuation. There is no doubt that this is to better preserve the items. After all, there are so many alchemy products here that no one knows what strange consequences they will have if they interact with each other.
But this also brought certain troubles to Ye Qingxuan's selection work.
He didn't want to inexplicably pick up something that sounded awesome but was totally useless.
So, can we only rely on our eyesight
While he was deep in thought, he suddenly saw an erratic shadow flying past the corner of his eye. He turned around in shock, only to see blurry translucent shadows walking out of the wall one after another.
It's Gawain.
Mary didn't seem to notice that Gawain's shadow raised his finger and made a silent movement.
Ye Qingxuan blinked his eyes and remained calm.
He thought for a while, then looked back at Mary at the door:
“I wonder if there’s anything suitable for me?”
Mary came out of her trance and just smiled: "Then it's up to you to choose it yourself."
She wasn't going to help. Obviously, the attitude of the royal family is to let Ye Qingxuan make his own choices. If he picks something that is too excessive, it will definitely not work if it involves national ties. If you pick out an antique that the emperor likes the most, but it's of no use... then you have only yourself to blame.
"It seems that I can only choose by myself?"
He murmured to himself, looking at Gawain out of the corner of his eye.
Upon hearing Ye Qingxuan's voice, the erratic figures of the senior officials immediately started to move, as if they were lost in troubled thinking. Several figures stood together and silently argued about something, gesturing at the collection, as if they were having a meeting to discuss.
They were originally the administrators of the Jianlan Underground Palace, responsible for the maintenance and cleanliness of the area. They had no idea what was inside. After hearing Ye Qingxuan's needs, a heated discussion immediately began.
It's just that most people just have a few thoughts alternating with each other in their minds, but Gawain turned into a group of shadows and fell into a silent dispute. Just like children, they almost started fighting when they got excited.
In the end, a few winning shadows triumphantly drove away the other "people" and chose a place to stand indoors. In front of everyone, there is a collection placed.
Some are big and small, some are ghostly, some are ordinary, and some can't be seen at all, but are just baffling.
The first one is a crystal skull, crystal clear, as if it contains some mysterious wisdom. There were clouds of smoke flowing in the scattered refraction, constantly revealing the shadow of some kind of scales, but it was hard to see clearly. After watching it for a long time, I feel ecstatic.
This is some kind of alchemy equipment from the school of psychology, and it is of a high quality. According to the identification of Jiuxiao Huanpei, there should be a heart seal hidden in it. No, maybe the heart image musician put the "Daigo" that can only be used once in his life into his skull before he died for future generations.
The second pipe is carved from meerschaum and has no apparent use. However, according to the shape analysis and the signature on the inside, it should be a work of one of the Anglo-Saxon schools of thought.
After being ignited, the spirit sealed in it can be summoned, and the smoke can be used to give it a form, which is somewhere between tangible and intangible. It may also have effects such as flame transmission.
It has a wide range of uses, whether it is assassination, detection or escort missions.
The third one is a simple monocle. If you stare sideways, you can vaguely see the subtle musical notes engraved on the lenses. Alchemy equipment like this is probably the result of a rare school of revelation. Excellent auxiliary detection type.
The fourth one is a hip flask, a flat flask with a lid. It looks like it is made of pure copper, covered with wear marks and vicissitudes of life. It is an ancient object, but there seems to be some residue left in it. When it is shaken gently, it makes a small crackling sound. Ye Qingxuan couldn't tell where it came from, he could only faintly feel the strong hunger relief coming from his body.
Even across the bottle, there is a strong thirst, wanting to drink the wine...
The fifth piece is a behemoth: a huge armor, but the right hand part and the face armor are incomplete, and the inside of it is also severely damaged. Although it seemed to be scrapped, Ye Qingxuan did not dare to underestimate it... This was a worn-out Knights of the Round Table armor!
Although it is no longer possible to tell which one it is, and the phantom beast sealed in it has been taken out, it is still a rare masterpiece known as the God-given armor. If you can find a good alchemist to repair it, I'm afraid it won't be difficult to recreate its former appearance...
In the silence, Ye Qingxuan wandered in Stein's secret room, his eyes lingering on the five pieces of equipment, but he still couldn't make a decision. I have difficulty choosing... It is really difficult to make a choice.
After a long time, he sighed softly, stretched out his hand, and took out the monocle.
"That's it."
Ye Qingxuan said to Mary.
Mary was stunned for a moment, nodded, reached out and unlocked the seal for him, and faint ether fluctuations were revealed from it.
"The Eye of Silence?"
Ye Qingxuan looked at its side. On it was the name left by the alchemist, and a line of meaningful text: "-Sometimes, knowing the truth is not an easy thing."
Eye of Silence, an auxiliary alchemical equipment made by ancient alchemists.
The real vision is permanently solidified, which can eliminate the influence of most illusions and greatly increase the musician's sensing range. The effects of telescope and magnification are just incidental. What is truly precious is the special movement engraved in it.
This is a piece of equipment that is truly a "pioneering musician". As long as the items are recorded in the catalog, it can be quickly marked in the wearer's field of vision, including herbs, alchemy materials, mineral deposits, wild creatures and demons, and can be automatically interpreted and calculated.
Distance measurement, ether fluctuation detection, and enemy's approximate strength estimation and analysis... are equivalent to obtaining the Apocalypse faction's signature ability "Eye of Stars", which also has a huge bonus in interpretation.
"Are you so sure?"
Mary seemed a little regretful. Among all the collections, the Eye of Silence was not actually the best. Apart from its wide versatility, it was only remarkable for its ability to see true sight.
"If you want to change, I would actually..."