Master Tongtian

The ice surface of Hanshui River.

"Monsieur Chaballet"

"No need to be so formal, just call me uncle from now on."

"Oh, okay. Uncle, didn't you say that Silver Moon Castle is directly south of White Horse Town? Why do you have to make a big circle to cross the river?"

Xia Bolai chuckled: "Little clever guy, do you really not know or are you pretending not to know?"

Rosen smiled awkwardly, knowing that he could no longer act stupid in front of Xia Bolai.

"Is it for Cyrus's relics?"

"That's right."

Xia Bolay turned around and looked back. It was completely white and no one could be seen, let alone Lilith.

"The people in the Nightingale Club are not stupid either, so we have to act quickly."

As he spoke, he quickened his pace and began to jog on the ice.

The Hanshui River is very wide. The river surface is generally more than 300 meters long, and the widest is even more than 2 miles. Although most of the river surface is frozen, there are still some places that are not frozen solid. When you walk on it, you can hear the "creak" sound. The sound of cracking ice.

Charbolet ran carefully and asked again: "Where do you think Cyrus will put his luggage?"

"He was planning to retreat to the other side of the river, so he naturally hid on the other side."

"But there are a lot of good things in his suitcase, and he has a lot of money. He would definitely feel bad if he lost it. Therefore, he will definitely not worry about going too far. He may even send one or two living corpses as guards."

Xia Bolay nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "Not bad, very good. Are there any more?"

"He planned carefully this time, put in a lot of effort, and was sure of victory. So when he placed his luggage, he most likely wouldn't bother to hide it, because it could be taken away at any time."

"So there should be some traces, maybe even footprints, left around the cache."

"Hmm~ Not bad, are there any more?"

"The snowy field is so vast that it's hard to distinguish the scenery on the ground, and it's easy to get lost. To avoid accidents, Cyrus probably hid his luggage in a relatively conspicuous place."

As soon as he finished speaking, Rosen discovered some unusual marks on the snow ahead.

After squinting his eyes and taking a closer look, he smiled and said: "Look over there, there is a long series of depressions. Judging from the distance, they should be footprints covered by the wind and snow."

Chabolais immediately changed his route and followed the footsteps.

Soon, the two crossed the river and came to a flat river beach.

In the center of the tidal flat, there are two huge rocks stacked randomly. Just where the two rocks intersect, there is a gap, and there is thick snow piled outside the gap.

"This is it!"

Xia Bolai chuckled, put down Rosen, pulled out the Demon Breaking Knife, used the knife instead of the hoe, and dug hard.

First, a frozen corpse was dug out. It was an out-of-control living corpse, and inside, there was a wooden suitcase.

Xia Bolay dragged the box out and waved to Rosen: "Stay away, be careful there are traps in the box."

After Rosen walked away, he first used his defensive skills, and a silver light suddenly appeared on the surface of his body, and then he used the tip of the knife to pick the lock on the suitcase.

The first lock was fine, and the second one was fine too. When I reached the bottom drawer, there was a 'pop' sound and a cloud of dark green mist exploded.

When the mist touched the wooden box, it immediately rotted away at a speed visible to the naked eye, and in the blink of an eye, it shed a layer of black debris.

Xia Bolai was well prepared, raised his foot and kicked the box lightly, kicking the box out of the green mist.

A gust of river wind blew by, quickly blowing away the green mist. Xia Bolai then put aside his fighting skills and pulled out drawers one by one to check.

After taking a few glances, he couldn't help but laugh: "Haha, this guy has hidden a lot of money."

He took out a bulging money bag, weighed it gently, and grinned almost to his ears: "This is at least 200 crowns! It's enough for me to live in the Rose House of Silver Moon Castle for three months!"

Then he took out two more crystal bottles, one filled with sky blue liquid and the other with amber color.

"Ah ha, sobriety potion, dream potion, I have no use for these two things. Rosen, go on."

"What's the use of this?"

"They are all used by mages. The sobriety potion can keep you highly focused and greatly save mana when casting spells.

"Dream Potion can help you sleep well. No matter how depleted your mana is before, you will definitely be alive and kicking when you wake up."

As he spoke, he took out another exquisite silver badge.

After looking at it carefully, he exclaimed: "The official mage's emblem, made of pure mithril. Such a small piece is worth 50 crowns, hehe."

As he spoke, he seemed to think of something, and suddenly slapped his thigh hard, with a look of deep regret on his face.

"Oh, what a pity! I just wanted to vent my hatred and didn't take off Cyrus's invisibility cloak. What a big loss."

On the underground black market, an invisibility cloak can be sold for at least 100 crowns.

Rosen shrugged: "It's probably useless to take it off, the cloak has already been broken by me."

That's right, and it calmed Xia Bolay's heartache a little.

Finally, Chabolai took out three books, the first one was called "Sellers' Notes on Magic" and the second one was "Principles of Exact Geometry".

Both are beautifully bound hand-written books.

The style of the third book is obviously different. The cover is black and the title is "Proverbs to Awaken the World."

Under the title of the book is drawn an open hand, with a ball of fire floating on it, and in the flames, there is a burning city.

The city is drawn very carefully, and you can see burning buildings and countless people screaming in pain but with nowhere to escape.

Xia Bolai was startled: "Tsk~ No wonder this guy's mind is so twisted, it turns out he read a forbidden book!"

Rosen was curious: "Banned book? What will happen if you read it?"

"It won't do anything if you read it. But if you let the people in the Pure World Temple know that you have read this book and keep it close to yourselves, they will try their best to burn you to ashes with the holy fire!"

Rosen became more and more curious.

Before he could ask questions, Chabolai took the initiative to explain.

“The Pure World Temple is a royal department specially established by God Emperor Deuta I. It is nominally commanded by temples in various places, but it has strong independence.

"The purpose is to cleanse the Golden Land of evil thoughts. As long as anything related to evil thoughts, regardless of people or objects, will be attacked."

He pointed to "Proverbs for Awakening the World".

"The author of this book is Burning Sky Archmage Greymane. There are two famous quotes in the book."

"First, 'Spells are the path to heaven for mortals.' Second, 'The Golden God is neither sacred nor great. He is just an extraordinary mage who deceives the world and steals his reputation.'"

After speaking, he curled his lips: "If you ask me, Greymane is just a nerd. Compared with young and beautiful girls, magic is nothing!?"

Rosen smacked his lips secretly. This was simply a declaration of war against God. Being listed as a banned book by the Golden Empire was not unfair at all.

As for cleaning up evil thoughts, it’s probably an alien version of literal prison.

He asked cautiously: "Uncle, can I take a look?"

Xia Bolay handed the book to Rosen: "Just take a look. Also, take a look, but don't talk nonsense, otherwise not even my wife can save you."

"I know."

Rosen took "Proverbs for Awakening the World" and turned it page by page very quickly. The pages of the book made a "squeaking" sound. The book was very thin and he finished it quickly.

"Back to you."

Xia Bolay was startled for a moment: "Is it interesting to finish reading now? It's just like this 'buzzing' moment."

Rosen spread his hands: "Actually, I just wanted to see if there were any interesting illustrations. Obviously, there aren't any."

"Uh~ This is not a little book, so why are there illustrations?"

Xia Bolay took the book, and with a flash of light in his hand, the book turned into powder.

He opened "Sellers' Spell Notes" again, and after flipping through it carefully, he tore out the next dozen pages, crushed them into powder, and then handed the two books to Rosen.

"Okay, you can read these. You can read the geometry book as you like. You can only read the spell notes, but don't study them without permission."

"Once a spell accident occurs, it can range from serious injuries to death!"

"I see."

Looking at the fragments floating in the wind, I knew that what was written on it must be a dark forbidden technique. Although I didn't intend to learn it, I still felt a pity that I didn't even look at it.

"Let's go."

Xia Bolay carried Rosen on his back again, quickened his pace, and headed south quickly.