Among the goods worth 1,463 pounds, an ancient Carsenric coin that was said to be very rare was the most valuable, estimated at 700 pounds. The rest of the goods totaled only more than 700 pounds, but Shad was very satisfied. After all, he got it for free, so he didn't even raise the price.
Seeing Yin Luna still looking at the list of relics, Xia De took out the brass shield badge he got after the horse race in the afternoon:
"I'm not selling this. I wanted you to see how much it's worth."
He held out the badge, and the old man took it:
"Since we just did a big deal, I won't charge you for the appraisal. Let me take a look..."
After checking both sides of the badge, he frowned slightly and looked up at Shade:
"Where did this come from?"
He and Xia De were very familiar with each other, so there was no need to avoid such questions.
"I'm racing with a weird guy. This is the prize. The other person is an ordinary person, at least I think so. What's wrong with this thing?"
"No problem, I just didn't expect to see it. From about 421 to 583 of the Sixth Era, there was a very small kingdom in the southwest of the current United Kingdom of Carsenrick. You know, there were many such small kingdoms in the south before the unification of Carsenrick. The Kingdom of Stonewell, yes, this is a medal from that small kingdom era. It's rare, very rare. If you come across a collector who likes to collect such items, it's no problem to sell it for a high price of 100 pounds."
"Mr. Oxenfurt is really generous."
Xia De was thinking in his heart, and Yin Luna beside him asked curiously:
"Stonewell? Is it the kingdom that was cursed and sank into the earth? I have seen records in the church, very obscure records - cracks appeared in the earth, and the abyss swallowed the kingdom."
"Yes, it was a regional disaster. It happened quite suddenly and we still don't know what happened that year."
Old John nodded:
"But it's definitely not a simple natural disaster. Some people believe that an unknown evil god came and devoured the kingdom. Others believe that it was an angel-level or unknowable relic that destroyed the kingdom."
He returned the medal to Shade:
"That accident nearly a thousand years ago caused the entire kingdom to disappear and was buried deep underground, so artifacts from the Stonewell Kingdom period are rare and very valuable. These kinds of things usually appear in batches. Since your friend was able to produce one, there should be a lot more."
Xia De nodded, and Yin Luna pointed at the list and said:
"Oh, there's this here! I'll buy two empty bottle fruits."
This is a relic derivative of the Secret Keeper-level relic bottle tree. The fruit of this strange glass tree is a round glass bottle that is similar to the shape of an apple. These bottles with whispering elements attached can store most of the light without loss. Because of the strange shape, it is very beautiful to hang them up as lamps. The current owner of the "bottle tree" is the forest hermit group that sold the "Oak Lucky Potion" to Shade not long ago. Obviously, Old John also bought the goods from them this time.
"In addition to storing light, light from the same source can be continuously poured into the bottle. When a certain amount is reached, it can be thrown out at the cost of damaging the bottle. It can be used as a one-time 'light bomb'."
When he put the two glass bottles into the box and handed it to Yin Luna, Old John reminded her. This kind of information was not in the records that Xia De had seen. It was obviously developed by the Forest Hermits themselves.
"Yes, I just want to try to see the limits of how much sunlight can be compressed. It will be interesting."
Yin Luna smiled and nodded. She probably wanted to develop new solar magic.
After returning to Saint Teresa's Square, Yin Luna handed a bottle to Xia De and asked Xia De to shine moonlight into it, while she channeled sunlight into the other bottle.
Soon, she got two bottles, one gold and one silver. Yin Luna didn't want to treat them as disposable consumables, so she didn't let Xia De use too bright a light. But even so, the two bottles emitting gold and silver light were still very eye-catching.
Mia was quite interested in them. She patted the "sun bottle" with her claws. It seemed that if it was not difficult to bite, she would definitely give it a try.
After staying at home until eight o'clock in the evening, Xia De and Yin Luna got up and prepared to leave. Of course, they had to bring the night watchman with them, because they didn't know what would happen at that time, so both of them were fully armed.
After entering the hidden space from the basement, touch the ancient god statue to enter the space maze. After the Pantanal War last winter, Yin Luna also entered the space under the lighthouse on the lake island and touched the statue to establish a signpost, so now she can cross the space with Shade and return to the lighthouse on the lake island again.
I don't know if it was Shad's illusion, but the temperature on the island in the middle of Lake Pantanal was even lower than that outside the Randall Valley at night. When the two of them walked out of the old lighthouse together, they could only see the stars and moonlight shining on the snow. It was very quiet all around, and the church obviously did not send anyone to the island to investigate tonight.
“Huh~”
The exhaled breath turned into white mist and formed a long dragon in the night wind. Xia De pointed in a direction:
"Let's go. I hope we don't have to fight tonight. Once the church pays attention to the manor, we won't have a chance to investigate it in the future."
It wasn't far from the lighthouse to the manor, and along the way one could still clearly see the aftermath and traces of the battle that took place more than a month ago. To this day, the residual power of the Pantanal evil has not subsided on this island, and this pollution is at least more expressive than the "Crazy Land".
When they landed on the island more than a month ago, Xia De and Yin Luna encountered a ring sorcerer from the Wanshu Guiyi Society at the gate of the manor. After repelling the opponent, they passed through the manor and entered the dead forest from the gate behind the courtyard. Now the dead forest behind the manor has been destroyed because of the war. The traces of earthquake damage cleverly extended to the back wall of the manor and disappeared.
In the darkness of the night, Xia De and Yin Luna checked together and found that there was not even a very obvious crack on the rear wall of the manor. The church was obviously temporarily like Xia De a few days ago, focusing all its attention on the evil creatures and not noticing the manor. This kind of secret hidden under the brightest light is the most difficult to be discovered.
Entering the deserted manor through the back door, the first thing you see is naturally the fountain in the shape of an angel with wings on its back. The angel's head and left arm are gone, which is the same as what I saw last time.
"I didn't notice it last time, but I just realized this time that the shape of this angel is a typical 'Angel of Plenty', which is the angel of the old man holding the lantern, the sun god that I believe in."
Yin Luna explained quietly as she passed the remains of the fountain, pointing out the features of the remaining pedestal and the decorations on the statue:
"If the head of the angel statue is still there, it can be easily identified as the Angel of Plenty by the wheat ear ring on its head. However, this kind of statue is erected in many places, which can only mean that the owner of this place, the Farmer family you mentioned, is also a believer in the God of the Sun and the Earth."
The starry sky above the island in the middle of the lake was cloudless, and the moonlight could illuminate the view of the manor for the two of them. They did not find anything unusual in the courtyard, and when they looked out the window of the manor house, they could see the ghosts of men and women in formal dresses standing at the window looking at them, just like last time.
The target tonight was these ghosts, so the two did not waste any time. The metal double doors of the abandoned mansion did not disappear, but were sealed with layers of wooden boards. They did not want to destroy the wooden boards, so they planned to climb in through the window.
Just as they walked towards the window on the side of the first floor, Xia De grabbed Yin Luna:
"Wait a mininute."
The seventeen-year-old girl looked at Shade and noticed that he was listening. Then he nodded, bent down, pushed aside the snow, and dug out a small piece of frozen hard soil.
He carefully broke up a large piece of soil, and then, in front of Yin Luna's slightly surprised expression, Xia De put a handful of dust into his mouth. In other words, he ate a mouthful of soil.
For a moment, Xia De had a strange expression on his face. It was obvious that the soil did not taste good. Then, he turned around in a hurry, made a few uncivilized "Puh, Puh, Puh" sounds, and spat out the soil he had eaten.
Yin Luna knew that Xia De had a unique way of perception:
"Why, are you checking the impact of the remaining power of the evil creature on this place?"
"No, I sensed something I didn't notice last time."
Xia De took a sip of water, gurgled his lips, and then looked at the mansion in front of him with a sigh:
"You know, the last time we landed on the island, the influence of the Pantanal evil on this land had reached its limit, so the power of the evil covered up other powers."
"Yes... Are you trying to tell me there are other problems with the land beneath our feet?"
The girl with long brown hair frowned slightly and squatted down like Shade had just done. However, she did not eat the dirt, but placed her palms on the soil that Shade had turned over. After waiting for a moment, she whispered:
"There is indeed a problem, but the power of the Pantanal evil still remains. This power is too strong, so I can only barely feel that something is wrong with the earth. The balance has been broken, and this land is..."
Suddenly her eyes widened, Yin Luna understood:
"Going crazy! So this is what you call the crazy earth! The abnormal phenomena that deviate from the essence of the earth and flow out are one of the characteristics of the world's decline - this statement is too accurate."
"Yes, it's the Crazy Land again, and the scope seems to be this manor. Because of the abnormality of the land, the earthquake on the night of the decisive battle more than a month ago did not damage the buildings on this land. The Crazy Land has the characteristics of self-protection. And because the powerful power of the Pantanal evil creatures covered up the curse under the land, the Pantanal Voodoo Society, the Orthodox Church, and even the two of us, were unable to realize what happened in this manor."