"Is it possible that the pollution here has taken away too much power because of the flower girl just now?"
Yin Luna asked, and Xia De agreed:
"It is indeed possible. I wonder if you have heard about what happened on Tuesday. The distortion that directly connects to the root of the earth also lost its polluting properties because the evil god drained its power."
He took out the soil and petals, pinched the earth rune stone, and cast the spell "Power of the Earth·Healing Aura", which easily purified the place. Because the pollution here was really minor, the holy grail that was finally formed was only the size of an ordinary wine glass, and the inscription on the cup was "Flourishing Flowers".
Yin Luna had seen records of this holy grail in the church. Flowers grown with this cup would bloom more brilliantly, and the flowers would also have some unique effects.
At this point, Shade still has five holy grails in his hands: healing, gold and stone, conservation, memory, and flowers.
After purifying the black mud, Yin Luna followed in, and then checked the place with Xia De. The secret room was not very big, and it was a storage room built in an unknown era. There were many rusted swords and armors placed against the wall. Because the degree of rust was so serious, it was impossible to even sell them as antiques.
In addition to the rusty cold weapons, there was a heavy-looking iron box placed against the wall on the other side. The box was not big, but it was tightly tied with iron chains, and the old-fashioned lock was completely rusted.
Xia De used the Moonlight Greatsword to split the chain, and after he and Yin Luna opened the box with great effort, they saw that the box was filled with brownish-red metal blocks.
"Gold bricks."
Yin Luna took out a piece, weighed it with her hand to test the weight and guess the density, and then knocked the gold brick against the wall to listen to the sound:
"The surface is rusted. After all, it has been stored for such a long time. Let me test the purity."
As he spoke, he summoned a flame and burned it:
“It looks like the purity is pretty good.”
"Gold bricks, huh? I didn't expect to get such a reward."
Xia De counted the gold bricks in the box, but he found that only the top layer was gold bricks, and underneath were square jewelry boxes. In those jewelry boxes of different sizes and styles were all kinds of valuable or worthless jewelry.
At the same time, they also found a line of small words engraved on the box:
The nobles of the Free Randall Valley raise funds to fight against the tyrannical Southern Realm's Carsenric forces - 1124 CE.
"In 1124, although the United Kingdom of Carsenrick had not yet been officially declared established, I read the local history on the airship and saw that the Randall River Valley area had already been conquered."
Yin Luna said, Xia De nodded:
"It should be the funds raised by the resistance army, temporarily stored here, but for some reason no one has come back to collect them... How about donating a quarter to the Church of the Sun in this parish, a quarter to the Church of the Dawn in this parish, and the rest to us in half? This way, half of the money will be used for its original purpose."
The resistance was long gone, but this was money raised by the citizens of Randall Valley after all.
"Of course, I just happened to have my eye on some new dresses."
So Shade packed up the gold bricks and jewelry into toys and took them away. He would transport them to Tobesk City. When the matter in the Randall River Valley was over, he would sell them to Old John for cash and then donate them separately.
It was only when they finally checked these antique items that Xia De actually found something at the bottom of the box that definitely shouldn't be there:
"Sapphire earrings?"
The earring seemed to have accidentally slipped from a jewelry box and fell to the bottom of the box. After Shade picked it up, he found a drop of blood sealed in glass in the gem earring.
Inspiration told him that this was the last item that Stone Oxenfurt asked him to find. However, Shad could never have imagined that this thing was hidden here.
If it weren't for Yin Luna's miraculous fate leading the way, Xia De could not think of any possibility that he could find it except to seek help from Luvia.
"Is that what the demon asked you to find?"
Yin Luna also heard Xia De talk about demons. She looked at the earrings curiously:
"The ring is at the bottom of the river, the medal is in the stone, and the earrings are in the secret room of the sewer. If, as you think, these were hidden by the devil, then it really doesn't want Oxenfurt to find these things at all."
"The ring is already in his hands, and he asked me to return the medal and the earring to him."
"Why, do you want to go find him tonight? Maybe in a few hours, you can get the Genesis Earth."
Yin Luna asked with a smile. Although Xia De was very moved, he still shook his head:
"Don't be too anxious. I'll write him a letter next Monday morning and we'll meet on Monday night or Tuesday. Return this thing to Oxenfurt. He might be able to use it to fight the devil. There aren't many days left anyway. Just wait a little longer. I have the patience... Sooner or later, it will all be mine."
The earrings were carefully put back into the pocket:
"Yin Luna, you really helped a lot today."
"So to thank me, do you want to have dinner together? Just the two of us, and then you can go to Huntington."
So Yin Luna modestly extended the invitation and added:
"If you want to ask Luvia to come along."
"Then Miss Yin Luna Bei Yasi, would you like to have dinner with me in a foreign land?"
Xia De then said, and the 17-year-old girl nodded and turned to hide her smile. Compared to the wealth she had just found, Xia De's invitation was the happiest thing for her today.
After having dinner with Yin Luna, Yin Luna returned to the church and made an appointment to meet with Shade and Luvia at the Land of Plenty Inn tomorrow morning.
After Shade went to the Wilde Opera House to say hello, he returned home. After feeding Mia dinner, he took the cat, who seemed to be full and didn't want to move, to Huntington.
Starting from the White River Valley Vineyard, which now belongs to Margaret, Shad first went to the estate of his friend, the vampire Mr. Bernhardt, but found that Mr. Bernhardt was still in Willendel City and had not returned.
So, he rode his horse directly to the west of the city. Because he had no definite destination, he rode casually under the moonlight. When he felt it was enough, he stopped by a large lake. Then he led the horse, took Mia out of his pocket, and put her on the head of the big chestnut horse.
"Meow~"
Mia's cry sounded quite reluctant, and upon hearing the cat's cry, the horse automatically walked towards the direction of the lake.
Huntington City is now in the season of melting snow, but there is still ice on this unknown lake. A man, a cat, and a horse walked on the ice. When they arrived at the center of the lake, they found a big hole in the middle of the lake. The water below the hole reflected the light of three moons:
“Every time there’s something new.”
Xia De muttered something, then led the horse and jumped directly into the ice hole.
He did not feel soaked, but felt like he was landing as lightly as a feather. When his feet touched the ground and he looked around, he had already arrived at the island in the middle of the Lake of Cherubim.
I always came here during the day before, but this was the first time I saw the Lake of Cherubim at midnight, and it felt like I was seeing a different kind of beautiful scenery.
Letting go of the horse's reins and letting it graze freely on the island, Shad led Mia towards the center of the island.
There was a little snow on the island in the middle of the lake, but the central lake of the island was not frozen. It was originally impossible to use "walking on water" here, but this time when Xia De wanted to call his boat, "she" told Xia De to just walk on it.
So, without using any supernatural powers, Shad walked directly on the water.
Under the moonlight, the Cherubim, wearing a white robe, knelt on one knee and prayed under the angular rock in the middle of the lake, which was engraved with runes. When she finished praying and stood up, Shade greeted her:
"Good evening, I'm sorry to bother you."
"It doesn't matter. I already know what kind of enlightenment you want to seek."
The angel stood with a staff, emitting a soft white light in the dark night. After not seeing her for two months, she still looked the same:
"But you should know the rules. To gain enlightenment, you must complete the test."
"No problem. Please test me and tell me how to put together the three summoning rituals for the Feast of the Mother Earth."
The angel shook his head:
"It's actually not as complicated as you think, wise man. You have learned the whole truth, but you just didn't see those unnecessary things clearly. Now the turmoil of the earth has begun. Standing on the earth, you lack the final perception."
"Well... Actually, you can just tell me what the test is about. I really don't understand."
Xia De said hesitantly, patting the cat on his shoulder. Although the cat had followed Xia De here before, it still seemed curious about this place.
“Here’s the answer.”
A page of parchment flew out from the sleeve of the robe towards Shade:
"Complete my trial: Use wisdom instead of force to crack the stone mirror demon - Goethe, a test I will give you soon."
Xia De looked at the parchment in surprise. There was a simple message written on it:
Offer sacrifices of flowers of the four seasons and invite five controllers of the power of the earth to participate in the banquet.
"I haven't even completed the test yet, and you're telling me the answer?"
The lady in white robe holding a staff smiled:
"Haven't you guessed the answer? The content of the chosen one's ritual is never important. It is impossible to require twelve different sacrifices. Therefore, overlapping sacrifices are the key. You came to me this time just to verify your guess."
"I see."
Xia De nodded:
"But are you sure that the content of the trial is to play a game with the devil?"
“It’ll get you more.”
The angel said calmly.