Linghu Yunce had done so many messenger missions, but he had never received such a request before. This was Du Feng's first time doing a messenger mission, and he had to deliver a letter to Feng Laosan. He had already decided to go and take a look. If it really didn't work, he could only give up the 100 achievement points.
Actually, most people who received Feng Laosan's mission would choose not to go. They would rather waste the 100 achievement points than take the risk. Unless they didn't have enough achievement points and were chased out of Blizzard Silver City. Otherwise, who would be willing to play around with their lives?
"Be careful. If it doesn't work, just give up."
Linghu Yunce patted Du Feng's shoulder and reminded him to be careful. Letters were good things, but no matter how good they were, they weren't as precious as life. When Primordial Deities encountered danger, they could still fly back into the temple to save their lives. As a guest elder, he didn't have such treatment. Therefore, the danger was especially great.
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
Du Feng looked at the mission requirements. He just had to deliver the letter within 10 days. In other words, he still had some time to prepare. Since Godburial Valley was so dangerous, he naturally had to prepare well. According to Linghu Yunce's description, the hurricane in Godburial Valley should be the greatest threat.
Therefore, he had an idea. Could he use some mechanisms to sneak in? Since the higher the Cultivation level, the greater the resistance. Did it mean that the more divine power he used, the fiercer the hurricane would be? If he used less or not at all, the resistance he would face would be less.
Du Feng had a lot of thoughts. Whether it was true or not, he had to give it a try to know.
He first went to the grocery store with better service and bought some small mechanism parts according to his idea. After all, he had a lot of money now. It was fine to treat it as a hobby.
"Customer, you know about mechanisms. If you have any good mechanical puppets, you can sell them to our store."
This store's service was really good. Not only were they very enthusiastic when selling things, but they were also very proactive when buying things. In comparison, the Ouyang Family's bookstore was simply a black shop. After the previous incident, the bookstore's business would definitely plummet.
"I'm just playing around. I don't think you'll like it."
It had been a long time since Du Feng had assembled a mechanical puppet. He did not know how he was doing, so he did not dare to brag. He had to be humble for now so that he wouldn't embarrass himself later.
"It doesn't matter. Whether it's good or not, we can appraise it. We'll give you an estimate."
It could be seen that mechanical puppets were quite rare in the Celestial Realm, so the shop assistant was especially enthusiastic. He had already made it very clear that their shop would give different valuations based on the grade of the mechanical puppets. Because mechanical puppets did not have life, they could be used to complete many tasks that living people could not complete. This shop must have a special reason for buying mechanical puppets.
The reason why they were selling machine parts was probably to find experts among the people. After all, there weren't many people who knew how to use gears. Even if someone in their shop knew how to make them, the amount they could produce was limited.
"Alright, I'll show you when I'm done."
Du Feng agreed and bought some machine parts along the way. He also bought some borax. Previously, when he killed the three brothers, he took the three sets of thorny armor, but he hadn't used them yet. When he went back and melted them with borax, he might be able to use them as the main material for mechanical puppets.
To make a mechanical puppet, other than the machine parts, the body part also required a lot of materials. He wanted to assemble a mechanical puppet with combat ability. Other than knowing gears, he also needed to know how to smelt and forge. Otherwise, even if he could make it, the cost would be very high.
"Oh right, do you have any skill books? It'd be best if they're sword techniques."
Du Feng glanced around. The shop had all sorts of things, but he didn't see any skill books, so he casually asked.
"We do, but they're all old goods. Please follow me."
The shop assistant was still as enthusiastic as ever. He led Du Feng to a corner. There was a wooden box in the corner. It was covered in dust. It seemed like it hadn't been opened for a long time. Just by looking at the layer of dust, he knew that no one came to the shop to buy skill books.
The interesting thing was that the shop assistant didn't even clean it up and just opened it with the dust on it. The rest of the shelves were clean and tidy, but this wooden box was filthy. When the box was opened, Du Feng couldn't help but frown.
Because the books inside were too old and tattered. Many of them were missing corners and pages. Some even lost their covers. What was more interesting was that there were worms gnawing on the ancient books in the wooden box. The shop assistant looked at it and smiled. He pinched the worm with his fingers and put it into a small bottle.
"Hey, that's a bookworm!"
Du Feng felt that it was a little strange. Why were there so many ancient books in the shop? Moreover, they weren't protected well and let the worms bite them. The worm was quite fat. It seemed like it ate a lot of books. But Du Tulong was different. He recognized that it was a bookworm at a glance.
"What's a bookworm? What's the difference?"
Du Feng's first reaction was to quickly ask Du Tulong. Maybe he would learn something.
"Of course, a bookworm is not ordinary. But you should buy the book at the bottom of the box first."
Du Tulong was very anxious. He urged Du Feng to buy the book at the bottom of the box first. Because in the whole box, only the book at the bottom had not been eaten by the worms. In fact, it had been bitten, but only the lower corner was missing. There were no words at the small corner, so it didn't affect reading.
Nowadays, martial arts were usually stored in jade slips or written on special animal skins. An ancient book like this that was written on paper was really hard to find.
Since Du Tulong said so, Du Feng followed his advice and bought the ancient book at the bottom of the box.
The rules of the grocery store were quite interesting. Ancient books in the wooden box, regardless of their level, or whether they were tattered or not, would cost 100 merit points each. Fortunately, Du Feng had just earned merit points from completing tasks. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to afford it. If it wasn't for Du Tulong's reminder, he wouldn't have bought such a book.
Because he didn't know the value of the book, he would probably lose money if he bought it.
"Now can you tell me what the bookworm is?"
After buying the book, Du Feng hurried out of the grocery store. After returning to his temple, he asked Du Tulong again. Previously, it was inconvenient for him to say it in the grocery store. Now that he was in his house, he could at least communicate with his divine sense.
"That bookworm is a good thing in the endless void. If there's a chance in the future, you should get one too. "
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