"Mr. Black Crow, the results of the tasks you completed are out. This is the task reward, 10 gold shields for each task."

"Also, please bring your junior membership badge and go to No. 11 Shiban Road, Baishi District at 8 a.m. tomorrow."

Early this morning, when Jiangxi Lin just walked into the activity center on 5th Street in Kodakrang District, the old gentleman Lester said these two words to him and directly presented him with a small bag of gold shields.

Jiangxi Lin couldn't react for a while.

It was as sudden as when he went to inspect the project management department of his subordinates in his previous life and was dragged to a hotel just after getting off the plane.

No. 11 Shiban Road, Baishi District?

Where to go and what to do?

Although he was confused, Jiang Xilin, who was wearing a mask, nodded.

"good."

After saying that, he turned around and went up to the second floor.

After reading for a while and waiting for Laird to arrive, the two left the activity center under the curious eyes of the old gentleman.

Today, he and Laird made an appointment to go shopping for books in a black bookstore in Water Tower Square.

According to Laird, he got all his books on arcane magic circles there.

I went out and hailed a carriage at the roadside and drove all the way to Water Tower Square.

This world does not actually prohibit the sale of ordinary books such as bards, stage plays, epics of kingdom heroes, or some religious fables that encourage people to do good.

But books related to religious theology, arcana, or some recording of scientific truths are not easily found on the market.

One is the prohibition of the divine court and the kingdom, and the other is the protection of extraordinary knowledge by those in high positions.

This world only requires a small number of dominant people to master extraordinary power. In their eyes, ordinary people are just producers of means of living, tools to maintain their luxurious life and a foil to their aristocratic status.

However, human characteristics determine human behavior.

Where there is oppression, there is resistance, where there is prohibition, there is demand, and where there is demand, there is interest.

Therefore, in order to seek profits, various black bookstores selling banned books came into being.

Just like Jiangxi Lin's previous life, some roadside book stalls or pirated CD stalls always have unexpected "good stuff".

The carriage soon arrived at Water Tower Square, and this time Laird did not ask the coachman to take them to the entrance of the Black Bookstore.

After getting off the bus and paying, two figures, one taller, one taller, one thin and one strong, walked into the "square" lined with water towers.

The black bookstore that Laird mentioned is under the water tower No. 36.

Jiangxi Lin didn't know what rules these abandoned water towers left over from the Ice Age were numbered according to.

Fortunately, Laird knew, and he took Jiang Xilin and walked straight to the "community" under the No. 36 water tower.

This small "community" consists of eleven houses surrounding the main body of Water Tower No. 36, as well as a number of humans, rats and other small animals.

“This is it”

Laird pointed to an old two-story building in front of him.

Jiang Xilin raised his eyes slightly and looked at it carefully.

I saw that the stone exterior walls were covered with rusty iron plates, which looked like they had been patched. The original roof was also somewhat damaged, but the owner had patched it up with thin steel plates.

"Master Black Crow, shall we go in?"

"Let's go."

Jiang Xilin nodded and walked into the store side by side with Laird.

The interior of the bookstore is completely different from what Jiang Xilin imagined.

The study room in the activity center is more in line with Jiangxi Lin's imagination of a bookstore, and this so-called bookstore...

They don't even have a decent bookshelf, and almost all the books are piled on iron tables.

And whether it was a cloth scroll or a bound book with pages turned, everything except one column was wrapped into a roll and tied up with small wires.

Therefore, those who come here to buy books can only look at the title at most.

Jiang Xilin was not completely interested in these poetry collections, heroic epics, and other ordinary books, so he didn't even bother to read them.

Laird was obviously interested in these books as well.

As soon as he and Jiang Xilin entered the door, they went straight to the counter and asked the blond bearded man who looked to be at least in his forties,

"Kandam, yesterday you told me that there will be new goods today,"

Laird's two arms as thick as thighs pressed against the counter.

"How about taking it out and taking a look?"

The blond bearded man named Kandam looked at the masked Jiang Xilin with some suspicion and said nothing.

Jiangxi Lin naturally understood what the bookstore owner was worried about, but he did not take the initiative to explain.

After all, this was his first time here, and he didn't understand the boss's personality, so he was afraid that the more he explained, the more passive he would become.

It would be better to leave it to Laird, and judging from the casual way the two talked, they should be quite familiar with each other.

"Don't worry, this is Master Black Crow, my partner and guide."

As he said this, Laird couldn't help but look at Jiang Xilin with admiration.

Candam, the bookstore owner, was disgusted by the look in Laird's rough man's eyes, so he trembled and waved.

"I really can't stand you."

After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the stairs on the second floor.

Jiangxi Lin:???

The bookstore owner's tone and demeanor indicated that he seemed to have misunderstood something?

But forget it, I didn't bother to explain to this corrupt-minded bookstore owner, I just silently moved a step aside and put a little more distance between myself and Laird.

Not long after, the bookstore owner came down with a cloth package.

He stood behind the counter again and opened the cloth package.

Inside lay a bound paper book with a large octopus on the cover, and a few... yellowed paper pages.

Looking at those paper pages, Jiangxi Lin's breathing suddenly became rapid.

The fragmentary pages of "The Book of Thorol" finally saw the fragmentary pages of "The Book of Thorol" again.

You must know that Jiang Xilin's current knowledge of arcane magic formations was all based on the thirteen remaining pages he owned.

The arcane magic circle knowledge on those pages is truly profound and all-encompassing.

"Ymir Scholar Newsletter?"

Laird's slightly rough voice suddenly sounded next to him, bringing Jiang Xilin back to his senses as he stared at the fragmented pages with burning eyes.

The lips behind his mask moved and he swallowed.

I have to get this book and the remaining pages no matter what.

"Boss, how much is it?"

Jiang Xilin asked directly. He just wanted to keep them as his own now and didn't care how much it cost.

As long as the bookstore owner asks a suitable price, he will pay directly.

If the asking price is too high and he can't afford it, then he can wait until night to steal it. If he can't steal it, he can go out and rob it directly.

Anyway, he wanted to order these remaining pages.

"These are all made of paper. According to the average market price of paper, you can pay as much as you want for each page."

In this world, paper can basically be equated with gold and silver.

Jiang Xilin pursed his lips.

He currently has 30 gold shields, which is 300 silver enamels. This booklet, plus a few broken pages, only has more than 30 pages.

The price of three gold shields does not seem to be unacceptable.

Just when Jiangxi Lin was about to nod in agreement, Laird on the side couldn't help but jump out to "protect the Lord".

"Kandam, you are being unreasonable. For my sake, can you please make it cheaper?"

"Blacksmith, this is paper, I really can't make it cheap."

"It's not cheap, right? That's okay. If your house is damaged in the future, don't ask me to repair it for you."

After a disagreement, Laird directly began to threaten.

Bookstore owner Kandam suddenly put on a bitter face and looked at Laird with great grievance.

However, Laird seemed determined to bargain with him.

"Okay, okay, 10% off."

Candam relented, but Laird was even more ruthless.
To be continued...