Even if Xia De could successfully reach Middlesburg, it wouldn't be easy to find the missing Priest in such a large, unfamiliar City. And given Priest Augustus's current condition, he probably wouldn't be able to wait for Xia De to search for him like finding a needle in a haystack. Furthermore, Xia De's Echo of Blood could only detect traces left by the fluid's owner within 24 hours, so he had to depart before the afternoon.
Actually, the sooner the better. Although the Priest appeared in a dream at night, this didn't mean he immediately sought out Xia De as soon as he encountered danger.
"Alright, I can perform a divination with a price, but weren't you playing cards last night? How did you get a new coin?"
Luvia took the silver coin from Xia De's hand, examined both sides, and nodded with certainty:
"I recognize this one. It's a Poet Grade relic, the Cheater's Coin. This relic has the smallest negative characteristics. This coin will always end up in the hands of the next owner with the current holder being deceived. In other words, if you hold it, you will definitely be deceived. Who did you deceive?"
"I didn't deceive anyone," Xia De said, watching Luvia close her eyes, preparing to flip the coin, but he felt very strange in his heart:
"But now this coin has transferred from my hand to Luvia's hand. What did she deceive me about?"
The coin was tossed into the air in the moving carriage, then fell from its highest point, scattering into dust. This Poet Grade relic, because the power of its 'currency' itself was not strong, could not provide much power for Luvia's divination with a price. It would certainly be impossible to use it to find the third Chosen One, but it could be used to find Priest Augustus's Blood.
Luvia opened her eyes, and a purple arc of light flashed in them:
"The Blood you want is in Priest Augustus's potion workshop. Preparing potions sometimes requires human Blood. If it's a small amount, Priest Augustus uses his own. He stored some, hidden under a large iron box in the bottom left corner of the basement. Although preserved with ice, it's probably not fresh anymore."
"Understood. As long as it's Blood, it's fine. But if it's not fresh, the duration of my Miracle will be shortened, so we must act quickly."
The Tobesk Mineral Association was located in the University District, within the Delarion Royal University. Originally, the association and the university had no connection, but due to the Kingdom's geological exploration policy for the New World, and the Delarion Royal University's newly established geology department, the Tobesk Mineral Association, which was originally a semi-private organization, became affiliated with the university.
A white sign hung on the columns at the association's entrance, and the interior resembled an exhibition hall more than a university research room. After explaining his purpose, Xia De met Mr. Francis, the president of the Mineral Association, and confirmed that there was indeed a white stone crystal hidden there.
"However, this ore is difficult to process, Mr. Hamilton, what are you buying this for?"
Mr. Francis, who also taught at the university, agreed to sell the association's only crystal to Xia De for 30 pounds, but he was puzzled by this. (Note)
"Precisely because it's difficult to destroy and difficult to modify, even though it's useless except for being pretty, doesn't that perfectly fit the metaphor of 'love'? 'white stone crystal lasts forever, one piece passed down for eternity.' I plan to polish and cut it, then give it to this pretty lady beside me."
Xia De made up a casual excuse. With Mr. Francis's slight confusion and Luvia suppressing her laughter, he obtained the crystal that could provide new coordinates.
Next, Xia De and Luvia went to Dawn Square, opened Priest Augustus's workshop located in a friend's basement, and found the Blood he had hidden.
Ring術士s usually do not casually store their Blood, as many curses are activated using Blood as a medium.
Although the Priest was a bit careless, the Blood he left was actually not much. The liquid content barely covered the bottom of the bottle. After a rough estimate of the spoilage, Xia De believed it would probably be enough to activate Xia De's Echo of Blood for about three to five hours.
"Time is very tight."
When they returned to Saint Delan Square together, Dorothy and Dr. Schneider had not yet arrived. Since they were unsure of the situation on the other side of the Space Labyrinth, whether diving, swimming, or wilderness survival would be needed, Luvia helped Xia De pack his luggage, then put those items into a suitcase, turning them into toys for him to carry.
Mia squatted beside Xia De the entire time, watching him pack. She probably guessed that Xia De was going on a long journey, so she looked very unhappy.
It wasn't until noon that Dorothy and Dr. Schneider arrived one after another.
Dorothy couldn't get a method to gain good luck, but she quietly gave Xia De a pendant with the royal crest and explained that with this emblem, he could seek help at the police station in Middlesburg. This should be Leia's item.
Dr. Schneider, on the other hand, brought the relic he mentioned, but the relic's characteristics were somewhat different from what Xia De had imagined:
"This is it."
In the second-floor living room, Mia squatted on the back of the sofa behind Xia De's head, watching the four people sitting around the tea table.
The Doctor took out an item contained in a blood-soaked iron box, and he didn't know how the coachman allowed him to get on the carriage.
Only after opening the box did they discover that it contained Blood, and what the Doctor, enduring his disgust, fished out of the Blood was a section of black hair:
"Don't worry, this is pig Blood. This relic must be contained in Blood."
He placed that section of about a dozen slender black hairs on the towel Xia De had prepared. As the relic left its containment environment, some faint whispers gradually became clear in their ears.
Those hairs actually writhed slowly on the towel like worms. Not only Mia, who cried out, but Xia De, Luvia, and Dorothy all felt uncomfortable.
"The keeper-level relic, the unfortunate's hair, this is actually a relic that brings misfortune."
The Doctor said, carefully dipping his finger in some pig Blood and drizzling it on the hair. The whispers in the surrounding environment weakened, and it immediately stopped moving. The coin earlier was fine even when held in hand, but these hairs would immediately show abnormalities as long as they weren't in a containment environment, which was enough to prove their power.
"Extremely dangerous, unusually dangerous. Allan originally planned to submit it to Success Higher Medical College on the weekend. If I hadn't borrowed it, he would never have taken it out. Legend has it that this is the hair of an unfortunate lady who lived in the third epoch. Her life was full of big and small accidents; she even choked while drinking water."
Although the Doctor's luck wasn't very good either, it was limited to rarely having good luck, and not exaggerated to this extent.
"After she died, her hair was obtained by a transcendent from the third era and made into a cursed object of misfortune. After long years, it became this relic that brings misfortune."
