Budra, the bottom of the mountain mining area.
The winding lantern stalls were filled with a dazzling array of goods.
The buildings in the distance were lit up, and the air was filled with the scent of explosives and peeled fruits.
The six of them strolled around, stopping at various small stalls.
After the recent experience, Harrington, Joan of Arc, and the others no longer dared to speak casually. They first asked Lilith, an experienced Night Watcher, about many novel things.
Under her guidance, the group bought several nice little items.
Loras bought a sharp tungsten gold dagger, Simon and Joan of Arc each bought some beautiful crystals.
Simon finally found a good quality Thai blue stone as he wished.
"Let's go, I'll take you to a shop where real adventurers go."
With a sour and sweet taste in her mouth, Lilith said to Su Li and the others while biting into a juicy and rich Tam Sangga green fruit.
Passing by the lantern stalls, Su Li and the others entered a not-so-small shop with the words "Lucky House" written on it.
They lifted the double-opening cloth curtain engraved with a hexagram formation.
The silver wind chimes immediately made a pleasant sound of collision.
Ding-ling-dong-long.
The group saw a not-so-small house. The house was dimly lit, and the glowing lamps were crystals that could emit light on their own.
On the walls on both sides hung antelope skulls, silver wind chimes, some bones, insects, and various animal specimens engraved with mystical patterns.
In front of the counter were several high stools, and the glass display cabinets contained revolvers, demon-hunting bullets, crystal balls, and scarecrows.
An elf woman with pale purple skin and a witch hat, holding a long pipe in one hand and stroking a lizard lying on the desk with the other hand, asked the visitors:
"Fortune-telling or shopping?"
Lilith walked in, looking like a regular customer, and asked, "How's business?"
The elf woman straightened her body, lifted her magic robe in an arc, and smiled, "Not bad. Why do you have time to come to Budra?"
Pointing to the five people behind her, Lilith sat familiarly on a high stool, reached out and touched the lizard with thorns and ever-changing colors lying on the desk, and casually said, "I brought them to see the world and buy some extraordinary materials."
Casually glancing at the five people behind Lilith, the elf shop owner's gaze fixed on Su Li, and her eyes lit up.
"Your friend has a lot of good things on him."
She saw Su Li's belt and the ghost revolver and the Lost Blade hanging from his waist.
Then she carefully looked at Su Li's face.
The face of the elven girl, Taliesin Dorothy, turned pale all of a sudden.
"He...is special."
Seeing the unpleasant expression on the shop owner's face, Lilith felt inexplicably pleased.
This extraordinary person who peeks into secrets can't see any of Su Li's secrets, which are not something a Level 7 wizard like her can peek into.
Lilith knew that Taliesin, who is sensitive to the aura of the spirit world, should have sensed the aura of Melin Alyssa, who is also one of the Four Emperors and has the same bloodline as her.
As for the path Su Li is on.
Whether it's the darkness of the night or the dragon, she can't see it.
Because it is covered by the pure black of the eight bottles of magic potion, Su Li's secrets, as the Keeper of Secrecy, cannot be actively discovered by anyone except for powerful figures in high personality paths.
"Shall we go upstairs?" Lilith asked.
"Okay, sure."
Taliesin pulled the bell by her side, and the iron gate of the store closed instantly, closing the door.
Walking out from behind the counter, Taliesin, wearing a tight cheongsam, made a clattering sound with her high heels on the floor, pushed open the folding board, revealing a staircase that only one person could pass through.
She took the lead and went up, her graceful figure captivating Loras, Simon, and the others.
Walking up the narrow staircase, the four young men finally understood what Lilith meant by "seeing the world".
This was an extremely large second-floor flat, with countless fireflies and butterflies dancing in the air, and the surrounding pipes were connected, with droplets of water splashing on the leaves, creating tiny water splashes.
In the soil, there were various glowing crystals, and the dome was embedded with blazing hot luminous stones.
Looking into the distance, there was a fountain in the small lake, with some dried fish hanging by the pool, and many stone mortars, seemingly used to make some mysterious materials into powder.
"Be careful, don't touch the flowers or insects randomly. These are all expensive extraordinary materials."
Taliesin reminded.
There were many people in this huge second floor.
Some were dressed as gardeners, some were strong and carried powerful weapons. One tiger-headed man sitting on a huge wooden chair, holding a brightly shining staff, looked particularly formidable and not easy to provoke.
Passing through the lush garden, the group arrived at the counter area, where there were huge cabinets like bookshelves.
These boxes were either transparent or closed.
They contained ritual crystals, metals, herbs, solutions, bones, blood, and ashes.
There were all kinds of them, with various colors.
On the other side of the bookshelf, the wall was full of various weapons, armors, tools, and books.
Taliesin, feeling proud, walked into the counter and asked the group, "Tell me, what do you need? As long as you can afford it, we sell everything here."
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The shop owner's tempting tone made Loras involuntarily swallow his saliva.
Joan of Arc couldn't help but ask, "Do you sell magic potions?"Taliesin laughed, glancing at Su Li and Lilith who were dressed in Nightwalker outfits, and replied with a smile:
"You should check the black market for that. I run a legitimate business here. Of course, if you have the formula, you can buy the ingredients and mix them yourself."
The young men couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Lilith looked at Su Li, signaling him to make the purchase.
"I'd like to buy coltsfoot powder and moonflower essential oil."
These two items were extraordinary materials used in tracking rituals and were quite common.
Taliesin expertly took out a small shovel, opened a sealed box in the herb section, and scooped out a large spoonful of ground herbs.
She poured it onto a brass scale.
As the fine dust drifted up, Su Li immediately smelled a spicy and slightly bitter scent.
"One ounce, price is 10 pennies, how much do you want?"
The price was not high. Su Li thought for a moment and said:
"Two ounces will be enough. I don't use much of this, but you have to divide it into ten small bottles for me."
He did this because of the nature of the thief's belt. He was afraid that if he put everything together and it was stolen, it would be a waste.
"Moonflower essential oil is sold by the bottle. Once opened, it easily loses its spirit. One bottle is 10 shillings. Do you also want ten bottles?"
"Is it so expensive?!"
Seeing the baby fist-sized essential oil bottle, Su Li was stunned.
He didn't expect such a small thing to cost a pound for two bottles. He suddenly felt a bit heartbroken.
Lilith said impatiently:
"Essential oil is made by laying expensive moonflower petals, which have been washed with clear water, one by one on a glass plate coated with vegetable oil."
"Placed under the sun, the heat of the sunlight makes the petals release their essence."
"After the petals turn yellow, they are replaced with new ones, and this process is repeated dozens of times. Then, the oil in the fragrance is washed away with pure alcohol. Did you think it would be cheap?"
Hearing Lilith's words, Su Li clicked his tongue and reluctantly said:
"Give me six bottles. I'll buy more when I need it."
After Su Li had bought these two necessities, he followed Lilith's instructions and bought pure dew for prayer, star crystals, and common ingredients for making magic potions such as aconite, sun orchid, and dried hemlock.
After all these, Taliesin turned to Lilith and asked:
"What do you want?"
Lilith said:
"Six pickaxes."
Hearing this seemingly nonsensical sentence, the elf with light purple skin in front of them asked in surprise:
"You're taking four ordinary people into a private mine? That's too dangerous!"
Lilith said nonchalantly:
"What's there to be afraid of? If anyone dares to cross us, we'll take them down."
Only then did Su Li realize that what Lilith meant by gaining experience was to enter Budra's private mine to dig for crystals.
The meaning of six pickaxes was six tickets to the private mine.
When they came, he had heard Lilith say that in the private mine, extraordinary people could rob, fight, and even kill at will.
And this little shop called 'Lucky House' was actually an entrance to a private mine!