Chapter 58: Fairy Tales and Libraries
Chapter 58: Fairy Tales and Libraries
"I must be crazy, why would I bring you here to buy fairy tale books, my lord."
Listening to Shaya muttering behind him, Gu Xi just smiled and didn't mind.
After buying the elder wand, Gu Xi didn't linger at the dock under the sewer but followed Shaya through a few turns to a bookstore deep in an alley.
According to Shaya, this bookstore sells some vocational skill books and employment books, as well as various books related to professionals and the extraordinary.
If Gu Xi wanted vocational skill books, Shaya definitely wouldn't have brought him here.
Because the prices of these books are quite high, some are even more expensive than the small building Gu Xi has yet to complete.
But since Gu Xi was only looking for fairy tale books, it was fine.
These fairy tale books are not very expensive. Gu Xi searched for a while and found many interesting fairy tale books.
For example, The Three Little Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Jack the Giant Killer, these are the most classic British fairy tales.
However, during the process of reading these fairy tales, Gu Xi felt that these fairy tales carried too much bloodshed, violence, and weirdness.
They don't look like they are written for children, but rather like magical books hiding evil powers.
But judging from the attributes of these fairy tale books, they are not.
[The Three Little Pigs (Gray): A fairy tale storybook with illustrations. It is too gory in description, not suitable for children.]
[Jack and the Beanstalk (Gray): A fairy tale storybook with illustrations. It has a very improper worldview, not suitable for children.]
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If it weren't for the fact that when he touched these fairy tale books, Gu Xi automatically generated a temporary task, he might not have looked at these fairy tale books at all.
[Temporary Task: Weird Library]
[Task Description: Collect enough books to enrich the library's collection.]
[Task Requirements: Collect more than 10 books (0/10).]
[Task Reward: Library Design (Medium-sized).]
[Note 1: Please try to collect books of the same type, there will be different transformations when rewards are given.]
[Note 2: The library can be linked with the Magic Tower to produce a linkage effect.]
[Note 3: After increasing the number of books in the library, it can enhance the library's additional attributes. The extent of the increase depends on the quality of the library and the books.]
It was precisely because of such a temporary task that Gu Xi straightforwardly bought all these fairy tale books.
At the same time, Gu Xi also found the information he wanted in these fairy tale books.
It was a fairy tale about three brothers dealing with a Death God.
In it appeared an elder wand, a resurrection stone, and an invisibility cloak.
This fairy tale made Gu Xi suddenly realize that Shaya's transformation into an undead was done using a fake resurrection stone. Her body carries the attributes of a resurrection stone.
If he hadn't encountered the other two items, it would have been fine. But now that he had, it naturally caused such a temporary task to trigger.
After reading the fairy tale, Gu Xi understood the situation.
He just needed to find an invisibility cloak, or even not necessarily an invisibility cloak, but some special invisibility means to gather the three elements of the death artifacts.
Afterward, what he would face would be the embodiment of death, which wasn't too difficult for Gu Xi.
After closing the fairy tale book, Gu Xi looked up at the shop owner.
"Do you have more?"
"No, all the fairy tale books are here."
"Alright, then these will do. Boss, I've bought quite a few books from you, and these books aren't exactly valuable. Can I get a discount?"
"I'm really afraid of you. I don't know what kind of person you are, coming to my place to buy fairy tale books. There are thirteen books in total, I'll charge you 10 pounds."
"Deal."
Gu Xi didn't refuse and agreed decisively.
Shaya, understanding the situation, stepped forward and helped Gu Xi pick up the books.
After paying, Gu Xi had no intention of helping Shaya and instead took out something like parchment to read.
[Library Design (Medium-sized): Use 500 resources, 10 units of stone, 10 units of wood to build a library in the city (medium-sized building).
After construction, each floor of the Magic Tower can research +1 spell slot (requires linkage with the Magic Tower), the Magic Academy can train +1 wizard (soldier) (requires linkage with the Magic Academy), the library will randomly produce mysterious books (if the collection reaches 100 books), the library will randomly produce fairy tale characters (if there are more than 10 fairy tale books)...]
Looking at the contents on the parchment, Gu Xi realized that although the library and the Owl House he had obtained before were both medium-sized buildings, the library had many more functions.
It was clear that these two were not on the same level at all.
Putting away the parchment, Gu Xi reached out to take the fairy tale books from Shaya's hands.
"Let's go, we're going back."
"My lord, aren't we going to keep looking around?"
Gu Xi paused for a moment, then shook his head, "Forget it, no more money, and some things are not meant to be encountered just by looking."
Shaya didn't understand what Gu Xi was planning. Since Gu Xi said so, she didn't ask further and quickly followed his steps.
When they came, Shaya led the way, taking shortcuts or the nearest routes.
When returning, Gu Xi was quite happy, moving with a mindset of window-shopping.
As long as the route was not problematic, Shaya didn't persuade Gu Xi to change direction.
Gu Xi kept watching the road's situation, but unfortunately, in Victoria City, professionals' items weren't as openly displayed as in the countryside.
In the street shops, there wasn't anything Gu Xi found appealing.
Even those stores catering to professionals often had mysterious signs.
Like the Fate Compass where Shaya initially stayed, a thieves' guild that sold information but had a tavern sign.
How could anyone know what role each shop had?
If Gu Xi didn't ask, Shaya wouldn't proactively tell, so they missed many famous shops among professionals.
After lunch, Gu Xi brought Shaya back to Greenwich Street, wandering leisurely.
Before reaching the end of Greenwich Street, Gu Xi saw that the original ruins were now covered with green cloth.
A strangely dressed man was watching the ruins from a distance.
Gu Xi thought for a moment, then glanced at Shaya. Shaya gave a knowing look, retreated, and disappeared from Gu Xi's perception.