Mysterious journey

"Take your time, let's settle the current matter first." Garen looked at the Ninth Golden Ring aside, and the latter's expression suddenly tightened.

The Eighth Golden Ring sneered, rushed over, and pointed his index finger.

laugh!

"Well!"

The Ninth Golden Ring groaned, and a blood hole instantly appeared in his chest. With a bang, his whole body flew out of the handrail and fell into the dark void in the middle of the stairs.

"Let's go." The Eighth Golden Ring turned and walked up without looking down. "We've got what we asked for. Once we hand it over, it won't be our business. The appraisal will be discussed later."

Garen looked down at the direction where the ninth golden ring fell. It was so dark that he couldn't see anything. He quickly followed the eighth golden ring up.

"By the way, have you got another clue about the scent of the tea vine? Why haven't I seen the tea vine?" He recalled the weirdness of Yinsha Castle and asked suddenly.

"Tea branch vine? That thing is very effective in causing hallucinations and killing people. Our people have collected them all. The only thing left is the crazy woman who has some, but not much." The eighth golden ring said casually. "Okay, I'll go up and lead the people to retreat first, and then you go up, so as to avoid the suspicion of Mercury in the tower. If you join us and become the Ninth Golden Circle, this identity will not be bad as a cover."

"Okay." Garen nodded. Standing still, watching the eighth golden ring speed up, disappear into the darkness quickly.

He looked back at the darkness behind him. The stairs extended downwards, as if they could lead all the way to the bottomless abyss. The entire staircase was eerily quiet.

"Why is the Ninth Golden Ring so eager to grab things?" He still had doubts in his heart, but unfortunately the Ninth Golden Ring was dead. It was almost impossible to survive after falling from such a high place and being seriously injured.

Shaking his head, Garen accelerated and ran up.

bottom of stairs

The Ninth Golden Ring was lying on his back on the ground, with countless spikes from the ground mechanism piercing his body. He lay on his back with his eyes wide open, and he was completely out of breath. The blood slowly seeped into the black soil below and slowly solidified.

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In the afternoon, the Yinsha Castle glows slightly red under the faint sunset light. On the grass of the castle, a few sparse police officers held up their guns and inspected the bodies of their teammates. Each of them looked pale, some cursed in a low voice, and some even choked faintly.

The Sheriff's arm was wrapped in white gauze, and he stood with Detective Tali with an ugly expression. The White Eagle and Black Panthers were also there, and Grace stood with Gallon Cynthia. Cynthia's face wasn't too bad. Her men didn't suffer too many casualties, and the losses were still bearable.

Garen stood aside, watching the group of detectives in front discussing something in low voices, and he didn't bother to listen. The biggest gain this time is to connect with Jin Huan. If everything goes well, at least you don't have to worry about your family being threatened.

"My visit this time basically had no effect. Unfortunately..." Garen whispered, "Originally, I planned to come here and follow the detective to figure out the secret of Yinsha Castle and see if I could get some antiques or something. Now it seems that I am overthinking it.”

"Next time you run around, could you please tell me in advance?" Cynthia said angrily. Her face and body were dirty, but miraculously she was not injured. She was not injured in that fierce gun battle, which showed her superhuman combat qualities.

"I got it." Garen smiled and said no more, "Okay, it's time for us to go back. This situation is not the time for us to stay."

He walked directly towards the group of detectives in the tower in front.

After simply saying goodbye to a few people, Garen took Grace and Cynthia and rushed to Konu Town along with the rest of the people who came with him.

Arriving back to Konu Town in the evening and before dark, Garen got into Grace's car and headed for the city.

Back in the city, life gradually returned to calm. Garen completely forgot about the Yinsha Castle. In addition to reading in the library every day, he went to the old man to learn appraisal knowledge. At the same time, he was also waiting for the boss of Manleyton Company to find time to meet him.

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A few weeks later.

In the library, surrounded by bookshelves, Garen was sitting in a small room, leaning against a red sofa, holding a magazine-sized black hard-cover book in his hand and flipping through it, looking focused.

There was a cup of black coffee on the black table in front of him, and the coffee was completely out of steam.

"The Silent Book?" On the red sofa on the right side, a beautiful light-blond girl sat crookedly, with a black hairband in the middle of her long hair. The black silk skirt on her body tightly highlights her slender waist. There are dark red flowers on the skirt, and the black and red colors give it an elegant and tranquil temperament. The length of the skirt also just covers the knees, not too long nor too short.

"Why do you suddenly want to look up information about this book?" The girl was Finestine, who had just returned from Manroland the day before yesterday, and then contacted Garen to come out for a get-together.

"I heard this name some time ago, and I feel very curious. It seems that this book is very mysterious." Garen shrugged, and it was definitely impossible to tell the truth.

"Regarding this information, you really asked the right person." The girl's eyes curled up, showing that she was in a good mood, "The Silent Book is an ancient book that records mysterious knowledge in legend. The most mysterious and cruel civilization in ancient times—— The ancient Yinduo civilization is the birthplace of the Silent Book. Well, there are also a few occult books here that I want to read. I'll take you to look through them together." Finestine stood up, patted her butt, "Follow me. Come."

Garen quickly put down his book and followed her out of the small room.

Finestine whispered a few words to a maid girl at the door of the room. The latter nodded and started to lead the way.

The three of them passed through several connected study rooms and soon walked in from a small door on the left. Inside the door is a wooden staircase leading down, which is a bit dark. The ground is covered with a thick black blanket, and there is no sound when you step on it.

Garen followed Finestine and the maid down the three flights of stairs, opened several doors in succession, and unlocked a series of large locks. Finally we came to a very spacious and deserted underground library.

The library is a rectangular hall, dark and dark. There are more than ten rows of black wooden bookshelves from left to right, but most of them are empty bookshelves. There was no one inside, and it was deserted.

After Finestine waved off the maid girl, she happily led Garen towards the bookshelf at the right end.

"The books here are all old ancient books, and some of them are about occult science, but you need to find them yourself."

Garen nodded and sniffed, there was a faint musty smell in the air.

Without saying a word, the two simply rolled up their sleeves and started looking through ancient books.

There are very few books on the bookshelf, and even if there are books, they have accumulated a lot of dust. When you take them down, you will bring out a big cloud of white dust, which is very choking. Finestine really didn't care at all, and started looking for occult books with Garen with great interest.

Search the bookshelf on the right to find the bookshelf on the left. The two of them did find a few occult books, but at first glance they were just nonsense. The contents were just enough to be used as storybooks for children.

"Many of the books here are the property left by my friend's ancestors. He sorted out most of them, and there are still many left that have not been sorted out. Later, due to family reasons, these books were not all sorted out, and they were almost destroyed. It was forgotten here. If you hadn't asked about it today, I might not have remembered this place. Ahem." Finestine whispered. At the same time, he pulled out a gray book and patted the dust on it vigorously. A puff of white dust suddenly spread out, and the girl was choked and coughed repeatedly.

"Don't be in a hurry, just look for it slowly." Garen smiled, showing no sign of impatience.

The firelight on the wall danced slowly, and time passed by in the dim hall.

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly a muffled sound came from the left corner.

A thick cloud of dust rose high.

"Ahem. Ahem. I'm so choked! Why did it all fall down?" Finestine complained as she walked out from the bookshelf. Her whole body was dusty. The black silk skirt was no longer pure black, and the surface was completely covered with dust. There was a layer of white dust on it, making it look very miserable.

"Huh?" Garen suddenly let out a soft sigh, "There is actually a book here." He was standing not far from the girl. After the bookshelf was knocked down, he suddenly saw a book rolling down from the top of the bookshelf. Book. He quickly walked over and picked it up.

Gently pat the dust on the book. The book is all black, with a gold necklace on the cover and the author's name below: Philip Jeffes.

Garen opened it gently. The pages of the book were light yellow. It could be seen that it was originally supposed to be white, but it took too long and turned into light yellow.

There is a sentence recorded on the first page.

‘Dedicated to the scholar who has spent his life in pursuit of arcane knowledge. ’

Turn to the second page and there is a concise table of contents. There are only three sections: nightmare, white, and ritual.

There are many detailed labels under each small section, followed by page numbers.

"What is this?" Finestine came over and asked, "Gold necklace? Why doesn't this book have a title?"

"No book title?" Garen was stunned. "There really is no title for the book."

“There are two situations like this. One is that this is a private book and is not managed by the National Bibliography Bureau. Not writing the title is a way to avoid it. Such a book will be considered to be a handwritten diary or something like that. "Finestine is well-informed and explained, "And the other kind." When she mentioned this kind, her face became serious.

"The other type is the so-called banned books. They contain forbidden content, and not writing the title is also to avoid the bibliographic bureau. This is because books of this type have been banned by the bibliographic bureau. Most of these books only have the author's signature."

"Forbidden book?" Garen suddenly became interested and flipped through it casually. The entire book is filled with intricate drawings and strangely shaped words that are incomprehensible.

"Come on, let's go over there and sit down and read. This book must be a banned book! I have never seen a real banned book." Finestine also became more interested.

The two came to a mahogany table in the library, pulled out the chairs, wiped them clean, and then sat down. The lamp on the table had been lit by the maid. The light was a little dim, but it did not affect reading.