Two days later.
After completing the conditions of the deal, Jon finally received an invitation.
The elders of the Smith family felt that Jon was a good person. Although their positions were not the same, they were the best partners. Not to mention that Jon himself was so outstanding.
However, this underground palace did make Jon see something.
Why did it feel so similar to the one under the Hogwarts?
But on second thought, it made sense. There were only two camps in Europe back then. The Smith family was obviously not on the Vatican's side, so it was normal for them to be related to the Hogwarts.
He just didn't know if there were any who survived from the Helga era …
No.
Jon scanned the area with his force field. After becoming a legendary Wizard, his ability had improved a lot. There was no way to stop his investigation.
Not to mention, he still had the Mystic Bird.
"As you can see, I have completed your first condition. So, what about my second condition?"
Jon walked down the stone steps and reached out to the elders in front of him.
The people in front of him did not speak. Obviously, they were waiting for someone to speak.
"We have brought it. Although we don't know what you want to do, we still hope that you can make good use of it."
Behind the group of people, an old man lying on a cushion waved his hand weakly.
As soon as he finished speaking, three Wizards who were not that old but did not have any human features slowly floated out from the darkness. Then, heavy footsteps came from the darkness. Surrounded by the three old Wizards, a few young Muggle with blank faces carried the thing and slowly walked in front of Jon. This was the only place with light.
How should he say this?
This was not the core of the earth that Jon expected.
Although the weight was correct, Jon originally wanted a gem, not this weird leech-like bug in front of him.
Or rather, it was a leech.
Under the dim light, Jon could see the face of this leech.
It was as big as a human fist, maybe even a little bigger than a fist.
Its whole body was dark brown, and the emerald patterns were engraved on the wrinkled body of this giant leech in an inexplicable way. It was moving quietly in the nutrient solution in the glass bottle. If it were not for the bubbles and the slight wriggling of the wrinkles, Chown would have thought that this thing was already dead.
This is the European medical leech.
European medical leeches were found in almost all of Europe and throughout Asia in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. They liked to live in freshwater pools and ditches where the climate was warm and full of mud and weeds. However, Jon did not know much about them. He only knew that because of overexploitation in the 19th century, their habitat was reduced and their distribution was scattered.
Another reason for their decline was the replacement of horses in agriculture by European cattle, which also drank tap water, thus reducing their food supply.
Now, there are only about twenty scattered groups of them left in Britain.
But from the looks of it now, there should be another reason why this thing disappeared.
The reason why he knew so much was because not long ago, Jon heard some news from Grindelwald.
From the information he received, there were indeed people in reality who were constantly trying to achieve immortality. It was not only the great alchemist Nicholas Flamel, but also most of the ancient families.
Now, this news was confirmed.
Once people grew old, they would start to want to live longer. This was understandable. For this matter, the old people, especially the powerful ones, would do a lot of things.
But they had money, people, and all the power.
So they could do it.
But, something like the Earth Core that could be absorbed, there was no need to put it here, right?
"Are you sure that this is what I want …"
"Of course."
The old man who looked like he was about to die said indifferently, "Don't be fooled by his appearance. We paid a huge price to get to this point. We are a group of people who are about to die of old age. There is no way we can directly bear such a precious treasure like the Earth Core. We can only let the creatures bear it and then release the blood.
We paid a huge price to show the power of the Earth Core in these shells.
But no matter what, this is what you want. In fact, under our modification, this thing has become a power that is easier to accept.
Dozens of generations of alchemists and Wizard research accumulated experience and results, and the result of countless lives sacrificed. Do you think our result is something easy to achieve?
We paid too much. No matter how you want to use it, it will be able to satisfy you. After all, when we started dealing with this thing, it was for the sake of life. "
"But this has nothing to do with me. But speaking of life, I can do another business with you."
Jon looked at the leech in front of him. He could see that this was a container, a modified container.
Of course, he knew what the Earth Core was. It was a real crystallization of magic. There was almost no way to preserve it in the material world. It could only be found in the sea of magic. This sea of magic was not referring to the deep blue sea, but the entire world.
If he wanted to find it, unless he had a huge amount of manpower and resources, it would be very difficult. Otherwise, he would not have come to the Smith family.
He carefully looked at the leech in front of him, carefully identifying the existence inside. The topic that he had just started did not continue.
He did not say anything.
Those old men did not ask either.
He was not in a hurry. He first looked at the quality of the goods. As for when those old men would start talking about business, what did that have to do with him?
He had time. Comparatively speaking, those old men did not have any time at all.
At this time, whoever spoke first would be at a disadvantage.
Time would solve everything.
But this time, it was a little too long.
"Since the matter here is almost done, then I will take the goods and leave first. If there is anything else, we will contact again."
Chown suddenly said when he couldn't wait any longer. A mana barrier appeared in his hand and wrapped around the leech. Then, he turned around and was about to leave.
There was no need to waste time with a bunch of old men. These old men were best at negotiation. So, his choice before was indeed a mistake.
But now, he chose to flip the table.
Young people should not talk about martial ethics.
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