Xia De didn't tell them that he planned to go between life and death to find out about Priest Augustus. Instead, he planned to wait until the group meeting tomorrow afternoon to figure out the words before talking together.
Needless to say, the girls definitely objected to Xia De doing this.
"Shad, Papa John is here this afternoon."
Thinking about things with her head down, as soon as she reached the second floor, Mia rushed over. When Shade was holding it, the blonde girl in the study said.
"What's Papa John doing here?"
Xia De asked while hugging the excited cat. The cat sniffed Xia De's front with some suspicion, and then sneezed.
"The old man said that the special blood you want to buy has been found. He paid the deposit for you, and the blood has already arrived at his **** shop, so that you have time to take the blood away with good money. How expensive did you buy? John Dad actually came to look for you in person?"
asked Dorothy, put on the cap of her pen, sat behind the imposing desk in the study, pressed her neck, and came out with a smile:
"You don't know how surprised Dad was when he knocked on the door and saw Luvia and me opening the door."
Old John was very familiar with the Schneider team, so he said he was "surprised", but he didn't think much about it.
"Is there anyone coming to see me in the afternoon? There won't be a client coming, right?"
Xia De asked again, putting the cat on the coffee table.
"No client came to the door. Didn't you say that your business may not meet a client in a week?"
Luvia also came down from the third floor. She wiped her palms with a towel, and Xia De could vaguely smell the oil that lubricates the mechanical bearings.
"But at least I make a lot of money."
Xia De told the truth, Luvia shrugged:
"But how do I remember that most of your income comes from another source?"
"Yes, the Duchess."
Dorothy sneered.
The three of them went out together and had dinner at the restaurant on Silver Cross Avenue before the two ladies went back separately. But they would all be back tomorrow, with Luvia fiddling with her astrological equipment and Dorothy helping to keep an eye on the cat in case Shad didn't come back all day and starved him.
After saying goodbye to the two ladies, Xia De took Mia and the gold pound to Old John's Pawn Shop. Papa John lives above the **** shop, so it closes late:
"Good evening, Father."
When Xia De pushed the door open, the old man in the store was keeping accounts. Hearing the voice, he raised his head to greet him, and only after finishing the accounting in his hand did he talk about business with Xia De:
"I know you are very anxious to get special blood, so I paid a deposit to my friend in advance for you to send the blood over. Don't say that you don't have enough cash, so you can't afford it."
While talking, Old John called Shade for help, and the two moved out a wooden crate from under the counter together.
After prying the box open with a crowbar, the cold air rushed out immediately. The wooden crate was full of straw, and among the straw were some ice cubes for cooling, but most of them had melted.
Old John reached out and rummaged in the straw, and found a cold brass-colored metal box. After opening it, the cold air was even heavier, and there were two pieces of solid ice buckled together inside. And between the ice cubes was a long glass tube as thick as a thumb, and the viscous red blood seemed to be frozen because of the low temperature.
"Why is there a fishy smell?"
Xia De asked, Mia looked at the box in front of her curiously, but did not jump into the straw.
"Together with the fish stored in low temperature, it is sent by ship, of course it has a fishy smell."
Old John took out the glass tube from the ice with wrinkled and old hands:
"Oh my god, it's cold. Shade, grab it!"
Handing the glass tube to Shad, he rubbed his hands together violently. And Xia De, who took over the glass tube, also felt the chill of the glass tube.
He thought for a while, then moved the glass tube closer to the cat on his shoulder, and Mia immediately yelled to stop Shad's behavior.
This cat wouldn't be so stupid as to risk freezing his tongue by licking something like this.
"What kind of blood is this?"
Xia De asked curiously.
"The blood of the Rhine demon, shake the container."
Xia De shook the glass tube in his hand slightly, and the bright red blood gradually showed the colors of a rainbow with distinct layers.
"It's really beautiful."
"Blood is very beautiful, but the Rhine Demon is extremely dangerous.
This is an extremely dangerous alien creature that is active on a small island in the outer sea. According to legend, the number of the entire population has been maintained within 49. In any case, if you see a Rhine demon, you must kill a relative who is related to you by blood, otherwise your parents, children and spouse will all die. Therefore, in addition to being called the "Rhine Demon", this dangerous thing is also called the "Miemen Demon Ghost". "
Old John couldn't help being speechless:
"It's very dangerous. Only God knows why this kind of creature exists. There is a saying that they were created to restrain a very fertile and terrifying subspace evil, but this kind of argument has to be It has been confirmed. In any case, the blood of the Rhine Demon is extremely precious, and it can be used as auxiliary materials for various rare potions. After the language is advanced, this blood must be used as a ritual material."
"It's really good, how much is it?"
Shad was very satisfied.
"I won't bargain with you this time. It belongs to a friend. He wants 4,900 pounds."
This price is very expensive. You must know that 4900 pounds can even buy a very useful weapon relic. The murloc's elixir sold by Shade does not have this price. But the problem is that according to Papa John's description, the price is actually just a bit high. After all, Xia De needs it very urgently. Under normal circumstances, Xia De thinks that 4500 may be able to buy it. .
"Because of this kind of blood, my friend had a grudge with a blood-sucking species with 9 rings. You don't know how dangerous the situation was at that time."
Old John said again, and began to pack the wooden box.
"Forget it, 4900 pounds is 4900 pounds."
Xia De sighed and said, actually thinking about going to Miss Galina tomorrow to get another kind of blood. In this way, the second adventure in the Fifth Epoch 3014, which he had postponed for a whole week, could begin.
He believed that [Time Key] could still be used even in places where life and death were unknown.
"I bought a very expensive spell at the St. Byrence Library the other day. If I hadn't won some money later, I wouldn't even be able to put out so much cash. Your friend can really estimate the price, and he should be higher I can't even afford it."
As he spoke, he began to take money out of his pocket. After this high consumption, he only had a deposit of more than 200 pounds left. The gold pound in his hand immediately fell below double digits, which caused great anxiety to the outsider.
Papa John had seen Shard pull out of his pocket bills that would never fit in before, so he was not surprised:
"Didn't you just win 3,000 pounds because of a big city player? Don't be so sad, young man, gold pounds are earned and spent.
And it's still for my sake that I only charge you 4,900 pounds, otherwise it will be 5,000 pounds. Oh, and I also bet on you to win, so the shipping fee will not be charged to you. Detective, you would never imagine how many people died for this blood before he got it. Although these lives have nothing to do with us, they are indeed worth only 4,900 pounds in the end. "
"So, we have to be people who can put a price on our lives."
Xia De said, the old man looked at him unexpectedly and nodded:
"That's true, and I'm glad you're aware of it. But before you go on an exciting adventure, I need to remind you that this blood should be stored at low temperature. No matter how you plan to use it, keep it for no longer than a week."
This world is so real that any material will expire rather than be kept forever.
"I understand, Father John."
He put the glass tube back into the ice, and the cold feeling reminded him of the dryness of his wallet at the moment:
"The acquisition of rare blood is still going on, I still need blood."
Before leaving, I did not forget to remind, after all, blood is still required for the third reception.
"It's not easy. I'll help you inquire about the news, and you should also remember to prepare money."
Pop shrugged, so Shad had to find a way to get himself some money.
After sending Mia and the tube of blood home, he changed into an old suit of Detective Sparrow that he didn't usually wear, then put on a wide-brimmed black hat, and Xia De hurried out in the night.
Originally, he didn't intend to get involved in the affairs of "Grey Eagle" and the spies of neighboring countries, but now it was time to spend money, and he had to complete the tasks that Detective Sparrow had not completed.
The information obtained from Mr. Virgil Cameron needs to be passed on to 1 Vic Street. It was a street in the lower city. In the city map left behind by Detective Sparrow, this street was not particularly marked.
The carriage sent Xia De to the intersection, and after getting off the car, he could only see a few gas street lamps flashing vaguely yellow light on the misty street.
The municipal maintenance in the lower city is very poor. The gas street lamps on Vic Street do not know when they were erected. Now at a glance, only two-thirds of the lamps are still on.
One Vic Street is at the corner, behind the street sign to be exact. Standing on the street and looking at the buildings, every floor of the three-story apartment building is lit, and every window has curtains drawn.
The street was so quiet that Shad could not hear a sound from the house at all.
"The problem now is that I know where the information is being delivered, but I don't know how to tell others that I have the information."
Thinking in his heart, he stepped up the steps, hesitated and knocked on the door.
After dozens of seconds, footsteps appeared behind the door. Without asking who was outside the door, the person behind the door directly opened the door, but did not remove the anti-theft chain.
Xia De stepped back a little, and saw an old man with a white wig, brown pajamas, and round reading glasses who opened the door.
He looked up and down suspiciously at Xia De:
"who are you?"
This seems to be an ordinary citizen of Tobesk City, who may have been reading a book in the living room with hot tea just now.
"I... I'm here to sell pens."
Xia De took out the pen from his pocket.
The old man behind the door lowered his head slightly, looking at the pen from above the reading glasses:
"Why did you come? I've been waiting for several days. Isn't the appointment day Wednesday?"
Xia De breathed a sigh of relief:
"Sir, you have to understand me. There are so many buyers who want this pen, I can't just let others know that this pen is in my hand."
"That's right, I thought you failed..."
Instead of taking the pen, he turned and went back into the house. Xia De was standing at the door, and he didn't push the half-open door.
It seems that "Grey Eagle" is really good at disguising and hiding, and the contact person doesn't even know the real "Grey Eagle".
"Negotiated price."
Not long after, the old man inside the door handed Xia De a suitcase. When Xia De handed the pen to the other party, the old man pointed to the box:
"You did a good job this time. In addition to the negotiated price, there is also a letter from your hometown. Don't forget to read~www.mtlnovel.com~Mr. Do you think I just started this business?"
Xia De said calmly, nodded politely as farewell, turned around while pressing his hat, and walked into the long night again.
The old gentleman at No. 1 Vic Street twitched his mouth, watched Xia De's figure disappear at the intersection, and then closed the door:
"This guy is so cautious."
After returning home, Xia De couldn't wait to open the box. Inside were stacks of five-pound banknotes, and all of them were old banknotes without consecutive numbers, and there were no conspicuous marks on the banknotes.
Xia De put the suitcase under the gas lamp on the desk, and enjoyed the spectacular sight of a box of banknotes with Mia the cat.
But the letter was not found in the box. Xia De thought for a while, and after dismantling the box little by little, he thought of using Priest Augustus's revealing potion to deal with the cloth lining the box.
Sure enough, a long string of numbers appeared on the cloth. After interpreting the codes corresponding to the three novels, the general meaning is that this time the "Grey Eagle" was riskyly mobilized for intelligence, so all the original contact methods are invalidated for safety. "Gray Eagle" has entered a long-term latent state again, and when a mission is required, the next special letter will be sent.
"Don't contact me anymore, Grey-headed Eagle's final mission has been completed."
Xia De said in a low voice, and burned the piece of cloth covered with passwords. After confirming that the probing cat was not interested in the brazier, he turned the paper money into a toy and stuffed it into the top drawer with a lock on the desk:
"Grey Eagle is dead, don't bother me! I have enough things in my hands."
He whispered to the table again, and he didn't know if he said it to himself or to the soul of Sparrow Hamilton that might exist.