Otherworldly Gem Merchant

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【...Before summoning the gem tree, you must first have a gem tree. 】

Yan Xiu was sitting on the ground, resting while reading the content written on the parchment he took earlier.

The content on this parchment was somewhat unexpected to Yan Xiu, it seemed to be teaching how to use the gem tree correctly?The plug-in instruction manual of the time travel master?It's just that the sentence at the beginning is a lie...?

[The gemstone tree is one of the most precious existences on the Fang Si continent, and its historical origin is earlier than the appearance of human beings.But we can't find any information on why it disappeared, which is a pity.Even those of us who study the Gem Tree have no way of knowing when it appeared and disappeared.The only instance also disappeared as the experiment failed. 】

Yan Xiu, who thought it was the instruction manual at first, crossed off his habitual thinking, and then readjusted his mood and read the parchment.

【…… It is the only instance where we found the person who owns the gem tree. Although he finally disappeared because of the failure of the experiment, we obtained a huge amount of information about the gem tree from him.We also learned about the existence of the gem tree from him, and we have to admit that we must thank this person. 】

The name of the person who owns the gemstone tree at the beginning of the text is very vague, Yan Xiu couldn't figure out what was written on it.The person who owns the gemstone tree like him on the Fang Si continent is very special to Yan Xiu, and Yan Xiu really wants to know who this person is.

However, it has disappeared?

[After our research, it has been confirmed that the gemstone leaves—we call the gemstones produced by the gemstone tree as gemstone leaves—have a higher purity than ordinary gemstones, and the power contained is much greater than ordinary gemstones .We attribute its high purity and power to its nourishment—spiritual power.The gem tree he possesses has been growing in his body since the beginning, if it weren't for... my lord, we wouldn't be able to obtain such a precious instance.After our experiments on him, we found that as long as he has enough mental power, the gem tree can appear. 】

Yan Xiu couldn't help showing a surprised expression for a moment, and then immediately restrained himself.

Below this passage is a rare luxury with a picture.The pained expressions of the people in the picture are all portrayed exactly, which is enough to show how hard the person who drew this picture put their heart into it.However, this picture made Yan Xiu short of breath, and his whole body seemed to explode.

Deformed and sharp branches stretch out from various organs of the human body.Those thin branches in the ears and nose and mouth that Yan Xiu was extremely familiar with made him feel terrified.It was as if something had taken root in this person's body and exploded out.

[This is simply fantastic.The gem tree grows very well in his body. In order to obtain more information about the gem tree, we have controlled the time when the gem tree can appear.If it wasn’t for the existence of the gemstone tree that would kill him, we want to see how it grows every moment, oh, it’s like seeing the favorite girl in my hometown...]

【so terrible.His body is getting worse and worse, the gem tree has been absorbing his spiritual power, and he can hardly support it anymore.He can't just die like this, the information on the gem tree hasn't been collected yet... Your lord will be angry.It would be nice if he was a magician or warrior. 】

【...It was too late, we couldn't save him after all.The only instance died just like that,...the adults will definitely not be happy.But we have collected information on how to make the gem tree appear, I believe...the adults will not blame us too much. 】

Yan Xiu almost couldn't wait to read it.

[As long as you instill enough spiritual power into the gemstone tree, it will appear—no matter who instills it. 】

[The gem tree that appears outside the body can be planted on the Fang Si continent. 】

……

"Hey, Hughes, why is your face so ugly? Did you see something scary?" Moore squatted next to Yan Xiu, who hadn't spoken since the beginning of the rest, and looked at the latter's pale face Moore His tone of voice was no longer so frivolous.

"It's nothing." Yan Xiu sensed the dryness of his answer, and tightly grasped the parchment in his hand.He would rather go back and burn this parchment than keep it.Who knows if anyone else can understand these words?

——Since Moore and Victor couldn't understand it, who was the 'person' who did the experiment?

——Who is that 'adult'?

—Will he become like that too?

"..."

"Hey Hughes, why are you distracted again?" Moore felt that Hughes' current state seemed very wrong.

"Sorry." Yan Xiu readily apologized.

"It's really insincere..."

Yan Xiu didn't have time to pay attention to Moore's complaints, and lowered his eyes to stare at the parchment in his hand.Suddenly, the parchment was pulled away by another slender hand, "Dewey?"

"Leave me here." Dewey put the roll of parchment into his arms with a blank expression, and unexpectedly poked Yan Xiu's face with his slender fingers, "Ugly."

Sensing the problem with the fingers on his face, Yan Xiu knocked off Dewey's hand, and gave Dewey a slanted look.

"Hey, are you ignoring me?" Moore began to hold his breath inexplicably watching the interaction between Hughes and Dewey.He is a big living person here, do they dare to stop ignoring him like this?

"I found something, you... what's the matter with you?" Victor walked out of the room with a bunch of things in his arms, and the strange expressions of several people who were resting caught his attention, "What happened?"

"No." Yan Xiu stood up from the ground, walked to Victor's side and glanced at the things Victor took out of the room.

Starting from the first room, they found three more rooms one after another.There are a lot of books in each room and machines that don't know what to do.Only the last room contained a few small boxes.

Apart from finding the parchment related to the gem tree in the first room, Yan Xiu had nothing to gain after that, and he didn't know if those parchments were sent to that 'adult'.It couldn't have been worse for him.The huge impact made Yan Xiu's mind a little messy, and his thoughts ran uncontrollably.

"Give this armor and wand to Dewey?" Seeing Moore's disgusted expression, Victor gave Dewey a gray-looking silver armor. Moore didn't even look at the wand, and Victor also Handed it to Dewey.

When Moore saw Victor's actions, he squinted his eyes and did not speak. Carnegie also stood beside Moore, so he naturally saw Victor's actions.

"That's all the rest." Victor pointed to the remaining alchemy potions, mechanical puppets, some blueprints, and some gems. "No one wants it?"

"I want gems~" Moore unceremoniously pointed to a few golden gem leaves.What is the use of potions and puppets for a magician?Not to mention drawings.

Victor glanced at Yan Xiu, who shook his head. "Then you take it."

"Pharmaceutical." Carnegie simply said what he wanted.

Victor handed the potion to Carnegie, and all that was left were mechanical puppets and a few blueprints that were of no use.Don't think that the drawings dug out are all useful, some may be drafts or discarded drawings with wrong ideas, not the drawings dug out are treasures.

Yan Xiu looked at the rest and shook his head. He was not interested in mechanical puppets or blueprints.The contents of that parchment had shocked him enough.Thinking that if he summoned the gemstone tree, he might become like the person in the picture, Yan Xiu felt bad.

A gem tree that can be planted in normal soil.

How tempting is this?

As long as the gem tree is infused with spiritual power, it can always exist in reality and continue to grow, and it can be instilled with spiritual power by anyone.

——This is simply killing people.

Just, why does the gem tree in that person's body look so deformed?

Thinking that there is such a thing in his body, Yan Xiu has the urge to dig out the fragments in his brain.Moreover, he is still an ordinary person without elemental affinity and grudge.

"Hughes, your complexion is not very good." After Victor put away the rest of the things, he also noticed Yan Xiu's pale complexion.To be honest, no matter how ugly the face of the beauty is, there is nothing ugly about it.Hughes's originally cold and slightly gorgeous face, even if it was pale, had a unique charm.

"I am fine."

"Excuse me." Carnegie interrupted Victor's continuation by Moore's side, "Laud, I haven't found it yet."

"..."

Carnegie's words were met with silence.The purpose of their coming here is to look for Lauder, but until now there is no trace of Lauder.This is not a good sign.

Looking at the other end of the passage swallowed by darkness, Victor couldn't help but feel a little chill, "The only thing we can do is move on."

"It seems so." Moore also sullen. "Although we haven't searched here yet, have you noticed that we have come all the way without even a clue? If it weren't for my magic, there would be no mistakes, and I don't believe Lauder would be here."

Yan Xiu recalled that they did not see anything along the way, not to mention whether there was a hair or not, and they didn't even have the most basic footprints.This place has been deserted for so long, they have left a mess of footprints along the way, but there is no trace of any footprints on the road ahead of them, and even the dust stays quietly on the ground without floating.

This is so strange.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" Come out and start flying around.

"Lucy is going out!"

"Lucy don't stay here!"

With a stream of light, Lucy disappeared in front of everyone's eyes.Bala froze for a moment, slammed Victor away and ran after Lucy.

Seeing the direction in which Bala and Lucy were running, Victor gave a wry smile and chased after them.

Moore and Carnegie also followed Victor's footsteps without hesitation, only Yan Xiu froze for a moment, and then froze for a moment when he was picked up by Dewey.

"Master, please forgive me."