"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" in the basement. It was a metal box wrapped in quilts, straw, and canvas. Inside the box were placed
Ice cubes, with large holes cut out of them, are used to place medicines or herbs that must be stored at low temperatures.
Priest August just opened it to 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 the 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 money, and you can't learn it without money."
But Shade didn't have to worry about the storage of potions. His house was very large and he had a lot of free space. After learning about these things from the priest, he planned to transform part of the basement into an ice room. Although he couldn't make ice.
, but he can 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 extracted liquid, 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 items are of little value, and the warehouse dispatcher does not have the means to identify the Ring Warlock's materials. The most valuable item is a fist-sized piece of silver ore, which is probably 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 back to trouble the priest 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 saying goodbye 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, I stopped by Old John's pawn shop.
When he 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 pawned 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, 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 also, the royal family gave you a personal reward
Thank you for what?”
He raised his head and smiled at Shade:
"If you don't mind, how about taking it out and letting me 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 here for two reasons."
Shade 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 should be smaller. The door itself must have a keyhole and can be pushed open."
"what are you up to......"
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'll go find it for you."
Shade is of course 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's certainly good to enter the second journey in advance and gain strength before the battle. But it seems good to keep the key and enter the past time at a critical moment, giving yourself some breathing time, and even gaining power from the past in a targeted manner.
Shade was thinking about this issue when he was 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. Entering in advance,
But I had no idea what to prepare for.
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] The judgment of doors is very loose. 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 came up with the idea of getting a door-shaped one.
Pendant.
But the book doesn't mention whether this kind of door is possible, so I still need to test it.
Old John was also very interested in Shade's whims, and soon 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 door body are connected together with magnets, so there is no need to worry about shaking.
causing the door to be opened.
The keyhole is only the size of a pinhole. Looking at the light, you can see that the keyhole directly penetrates both sides of the door and is a transparent structure.
"Come and give it a try."
Old John urged, he liked this fresh idea.
Shade held the door in the palm of his left hand, then took out the time key he bought last time from his pocket. He pressed the key against the door, only to realize 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 did not enter still maintained its normal size.
Shade 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, he turned it slightly. Sure enough, it couldn't be turned 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 like this before."
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?"
Shade 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.
"It doesn't cost anything, 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."
"anything else?"
Shade asked again.
The pawn 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.
Shade, 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 take out three of them here.
One hundred and fifty pounds in cash."
Except for the money reserved for emergencies, he had spent most of his savings. But since he was going to fight the Silver Eyed Man, there was no reason to leave a large amount of money unused.
Although Shade 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 help you?"
"Absolutely, so I lack weapons that I can get my hands on. 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 for 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 what you want?
Whatever the person you are dealing with is good at, I can find you some cheaper targeted relics."
After hesitating for a moment, Old John advised again:
"Young people should learn 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 was seriously injured, so 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 a full twenty minutes before Old John came back with a dusty wooden box. The box looked old. Old John asked Shade to move away. He blew on the box.
The dust immediately dispersed.
After the dust settled, he opened the box and pushed it to Shade. There was a golden candle inside. To be precise, it was a candle end. It was about the thickness of a pen. Maybe it was originally very long, but now the remaining part was less than a thumb.