The Whispering Verses Chapter 232: Doors and Relics
"Cold temperatures below freezing point can better preserve liquids."
The priest shook the test tube and said to Shade. Then he showed Shade his "refrigerator" located in the basement. It was a metal box wrapped in quilts, straw, and canvas. There were ice cubes inside the box, and large holes were dug out of the ice cubes to place medicines or herbs that must be stored at low temperatures.
Priest August just opened it and let Shade take a look. The cold air didn't even come out, so he was immediately covered by the priest:
"Ice in Tobesk is very expensive in summer, I got this from..."
The old priest blushed rarely:
"Some were made from the wear and tear of the church. So, the School of Chemistry at St. Byrons cost a lot of gold pounds, and you can't learn it without money."
But Shade doesn't have to worry about potion storage. His house is large and there is a lot of free space in the house. After learning these things from the priest, plans were made to convert part of the basement into an icehouse. Although he can't make ice, he can make snow and can control the size of the snow.
Just be careful of a curious cat breaking into the ice house. Although it is timid outside, it is very curious about things at home.
In addition to the extract, Shade also gave several pieces of ore and some labeled liquids he brought back from Coldwater Port to Priest August for identification (note).
Unfortunately, most of those things are of little value, and the warehouse dispatcher does not have the means to identify Ring Warlock materials. The most valuable thing is a fist-sized piece of silver ore, worth about 12 pounds.
For only 11 pounds, Shade sold all the things to the priest, which was considered a thank you to the priest for helping to make the extract diluent for free.
He will definitely come to trouble the priest again in the future, so the accounts must be settled clearly, but not too clearly. This is also a foreigner's little tip on how to behave.
After bidding farewell to the priest, it was only ten o'clock in the morning. Predicting that the reply to the urgent letter would not come back yet, he stopped by Old John's **** shop.
When I entered the store, there were actually customers in the store. Fortunately, they were just ordinary people. Shade pretended to be curious and wandered around the store, carefully observing the **** goods on the shelves that looked like garbage, but seemed to have some value.
Almost everything is sold here. If Shade doesn't have time to buy some new furniture to fill the empty room, he can buy used items here at very low prices and bring them to his home.
Wait until the customer leaves before walking to the counter.
"The relics you asked me to help find will still have to wait for a while. It's not easy to find those kinds of requests."
This was Old John's first sentence.
"It doesn't matter, and the price can be increased. Now that I have money, I can increase the purchase price to 200 pounds."
Shade said, and Old John nodded to show that he remembered it, and was busy keeping accounts. He just spent 3 pounds to buy a pipe from a poor middle-aged man. It is said that it is some kind of antique:
"I saw you from the newspaper. The 200 pounds was the reward given to you by Ridwich Field? When did they become so generous? I thought they would give you 100 pounds at most. Oh, and the royal family gave you What is your personal thank you?”
He raised his head and smiled at Shade:
"If you don't mind, how about showing it to me so I can learn more about it? I can help you estimate it."
"The queen gave me a ruby ring. Please bring it over next time. This time, I came for two things."
Xia De held out two fingers:
"First, I want an ordinary item. Is there a door that can be used as a hanging decoration? It should be made of metal and smaller. The door itself must have a keyhole and can be pushed open."
"What are you going to do..."
Old John was stunned for a moment, then put down the pen in his hand and looked at Shade in surprise:
"Last time you bought a time key... Oh, your idea is really interesting, interesting, wait a minute, I will go find it for you."
Of course Shade is looking for this pendant for the [Time Key]. The next key can be used in the early morning of Thursday, and the time to carry out the operation with the two ladies is Thursday night.
It would be nice to enter the second trip early and gain strength before the battle. But it seems good if you keep the key, enter the past time at a critical moment, give yourself some breathing time, and even gain targeted power from the past.
Shad was thinking about this issue while swimming under the sea yesterday, and finally decided to save the opportunity to use the key until Thursday night. If you really encounter trouble that cannot be solved, you will at least have a chance to try your luck. But when I entered early, I had no idea what I was going to prepare.
But if you want to use the [Time Key] in battle, a new problem arises, that is, you may not necessarily have a door around you when fighting a silver-eyed person.
[Time Key] is very loose in judging doors. As long as it is a door with a keyhole and can be pushed open, it does not limit the style and size of the door. The key can automatically match the keyhole. That's why Shade thought of getting a door-shaped pendant.
But the book doesn't mention whether this kind of door is possible, so I still have to test it.
Old John was also very interested in Shade's whims, and he quickly found what he wanted among the debris he recycled.
The pendant is made of pure metal, and the pendant itself is a door. The skilled craftsman used bearings and nuts to enable the small door to be pushed open. The door frame and the door body were stuck together with magnets, so there was no need to worry about the door being opened due to shaking.
The keyhole is only the size of a pinhole. Looking at the light, you can see that the keyhole directly runs through both sides of the door, making it a transparent structure.
"Come and try it."
Old John urged, he liked this fresh idea.
Shad held the door in the palm of his left hand, and then took out the time key he bought last time from his pocket. Putting the key against the door, he realized that the key itself was almost bigger than the door.
But with a gentle push, the key actually "entered" the keyhole the size of a pinhole. The part that has not been entered still maintains its normal size.
Shad continued to push the key inward until only the key handle was exposed.
Old John raised his eyebrows and smiled, while Shade whispered:
"May the Father of the Infinite Tree bless me in time."
After reciting it, he turned it slightly. Sure enough, he couldn't turn it because time was not up, but this in itself meant that Xia De's attempt was successful.
"Interesting, really interesting. I never thought that [Time Key] could be used in this way."
Old John said with a smile on his face, and asked Shade to try from the other side of the door. The key could still be inserted.
This novel idea is actually not complicated. People in the past have never thought of it, probably because those who entered the past time never thought of using the journey in the past as a resting point.
If Shade was not forced to do anything by the pressure of reality, he would also like to enter the past time in a stable environment.
"I want this pendant, how much does it cost?"
Xia De didn't even let the other party wrap up the pendant. Instead, after confirming that there was no rust on the surface, he hung it directly around his neck.
"No money, I'll give it to you for free."
Old John shook his head.
"Why are you so generous this time?"
Xia De said suspiciously, this is not like the other party's behavior.
"First of all, who do you think I am?"
The old man raised his head slightly, not giving Shade a chance to answer this question:
"The idea you just proposed is enough to pay the price."
"What else?"
Xia De asked again.
The **** shop owner looked at him and smiled:
"Don't you have one more thing? So, what else do you want to buy? I can give you a good price."
He twirled his fingers at Shade, Father John's behavior was just right.
Shad, standing in front of the counter, sighed:
"Okay, this time you may have a chance to kill me hard. I want to buy an offensive [relic] that can be used by low-level warlocks and has weak negative characteristics. I can get it here. Take out three hundred and fifty pounds in cash."
Except for the money set aside for emergencies, he spent most of his savings. But since he was going to have a decisive battle with the Silver-Eyed Man, there was no reason to keep a large sum of money unused.
Although Xia De is stingy, he also knows that some money cannot be saved.
"What are you going to do?"
Old John asked in surprise. Older people have more experience and see things more directly:
"Based on my understanding of your finances, even if you make a fortune, you shouldn't spend money like this... Are you going to find someone to merge with?"
"It's almost the same, so I don't have any weapons. I know that you can't buy a truly powerful relic with 300 pounds. I also have a few Rhodes cards here that I can temporarily mortgage to you. The appraisal certificates are all there, so don't worry about them being counterfeit. ”
As he spoke, he was about to take out the cards, but was immediately stopped by Old John. The old man shook his head and said:
"Do you think relics with small negative characteristics and strong positive characteristics are available everywhere? If you want it, I can't take it out immediately. Even if I can take it out, you definitely can't afford it. Why don't you tell me , whatever the person you want to deal with is good at, I can find you some cheaper targeted relics."
After hesitating for a moment, Old John advised again:
"Young people still need to know how to be patient and don't always think about dueling with others. You only have one link, and you shouldn't get involved in dangerous things at will."
"But this time I have to go. As for the opponent...I'm sorry, I can't say more, but the opponent is seriously injured, I think it should be fine."
"Today's young people are really..."
The old man sighed, then walked out of the counter and left the antique store through the back door.
Shade waited for twenty minutes before Old John came back holding a dusty wooden box. The box seemed to be old. Old John asked Shade to move away. He blew on the box and the dust immediately dispersed.
After the dust settled, he opened the box and pushed it to Shade. There is a golden candle inside, to be precise, it is a candle end. The thickness of the pen may have been very long originally, but now it is less than the length of a thumb.