Chapter 259

Chapter 246 Purchase

“Here you go.”

Inside Green Shade Town No. 37, Beverly placed a thick, bulging envelope on the table in front of Dorothy. After taking a look, Dorothy’s eyes lit up, and she picked it up, feeling the layered texture of the paper inside with her hands.

‘The largest denomination of Pounds is 50 per note, so 5500 Pounds would be 110 notes. This thickness is correct!’

Without opening the envelope, Dorothy judged the approximate number of banknotes inside just by looking, and after confirming there were no mistakes, she smiled and put the envelope away. Then, smiling at Beverly, she said:

“Great cooperation!”

“Great cooperation. If you hear about similar news next time, remember to come find me,” Beverly responded, waving her hand. Dorothy then opened the envelope, glanced through it casually, and after putting it away, she continued to ask Beverly:

“By the way, do you have any information about other ruins of the Star Number Repair Associations? If there is, I am willing to pay for it.” Dorothy said this because she was planning to accumulate spirituality while also looking for ways to advance to White Chalk status, and such methods could only possibly be found in the ruins of other Star Number Repair Associations.

“Other ruins of the Repair Associations… So your job here is already done? That’s pretty fast.

“But I’m sorry, I don’t know where there are still ruins of the Repair Associations. Although we collect items dug out from the ruins, we don’t personally dig into the ruins ourselves. If you want to know more about this, you might have to inquire elsewhere.”

Beverly said as she shrugged. Listening to her words, Dorothy continued asking:

“So do you know any places where one can get such information?”

“There are many places. For example, the archive of the An Yin Bureau records many unusual locations within Prit, some of which are ancient ruins. I think there should be some records of the ruins of the Repair Associations. Also, the Church has a specialized team that searches all over the world for ruins and tombs to excavate treasures. Although they mainly focus on the Glimmer line of ruins, they should know something about other ruins too.

“But if you’re talking about who knows the most about various ruins and tombs, it would be the Treasure Theft Society. These bandits roam across the three continents, appearing wherever there are ancient sites. Seventy percent of the artifacts we receive annually come from them. If you can find a large enough group, perhaps you could learn something from them.”

Beverly told Dorothy this, and after hearing this, Dorothy couldn’t help but ponder:

‘Treasure Theft Society? So an extraordinary organization composed of tomb robbers? Yes… There are extraordinary factors affecting all kinds of ruins and tombs in this world. Undead, mechanisms, curses, and so on must be everywhere. If these tomb robbers themselves aren’t extraordinary beings, it would be too dangerous.’

“Tomb robbers? And there’s an extraordinary society composed of tomb robbers. Do you have any ways to introduce me to them?” Dorothy asked Beverly further, thinking that Beverly should have many ways.

“Well, I’m sorry, although I have many ways, none of them involve the Treasure Theft Society. Since there are few ancient sites in Prit, their activity level isn’t high. I haven’t had much contact with them due to their lack of presence. They are only very active in places where ancient civilizations were once prosperous, with many ruins, like Northern Ufeiga.”

Beverly waved her hand and said to Dorothy, and upon hearing this, Dorothy’s eyes lit up again.

‘Northern Ufeiga? Right, if I remember correctly, Nephnis’s grandfather seemed to be a tomb robber, right? An active tomb robber in Northern Ufeiga, who dug up a relic with poison recognition ability and could provide resistance against poison to Nephnis… This suggests he was likely an extraordinary being, affiliated with a certain Treasure Theft Society.

‘Maybe… When there’s an opportunity later, I could ask Nephnis about her grandfather and perhaps gather intelligence on the Treasure Theft Society.’

Thinking this, Dorothy realized that she still lacked a lot in accumulating spirituality and thus didn’t urgently start searching for other ruins. She decided to focus on accumulating spirituality first.

After receiving the money, Dorothy started buying things from Beverly again. She spent 860 Pounds on three “Lamp” storage items. Due to Eight-pointed purchasing many “Lamps” and “Shadows” alongside “Enlightenment,” the prices of these two had increased significantly. Afraid that prices would rise even higher, Dorothy didn’t buy more.

Dorothy bought “Lamp” storage items not only for her daily divination needs but also to stockpile for the next “cutting the wheat” phase. The “Enlightenment” storage items from the Tiwian Artisan Guild were almost sold out, so she had to wait until she collected enough or got them from elsewhere.

Once the “Enlightenment” storage items in the Artisan Guild were sufficient and their price dropped, Dorothy planned to use her stockpiled “Lamps” to make another profit.

In addition to the “Lamp” storage items, Dorothy spent 840 Pounds on two secret transmissions, one themed “Shadow,” and another which she originally wanted to be “Lamp,” but since Beverly didn’t have it, she settled for a “Silence.”

Actually, from the perspective of accumulating spirituality, the returns from buying secret transmissions were far greater than those from buying storage items. However, compared to storage items, secret transmissions were unstable in supply, and merchants did not always have everything available.

Before leaving, Dorothy spent a total of 1700 Pounds on three “Lamp” storage items and two secret transmissions. Combining her earnings and existing cash, Dorothy now held 4450 Pounds.

Then, carrying the largest sum of money she had ever received, Dorothy left No. 37 and returned home, immediately sitting down at the desk in her study to examine the two secret transmissions she had obtained today.

First, Dorothy began reading the secret transmission titled “Poem of Pain.” Despite its appearance as a poetry-themed secret transmission, it was actually about the fate of a poet.

The protagonist was originally a disheartened poet with little talent, suffering daily from the unappreciated nature of his poetry collection.

One day, by chance, the poet offended a gang and was beaten. In the midst of the pain, he unexpectedly felt an inspiration surge, and after returning home, he wrote a widely published and popular poem despite his injuries.

From then on, the poet actively sought out pain, allowing others to ab*se him and even abusing himself. His mental state deteriorated, and he claimed he could talk to spiders.

Brands and whips made the poet scream in agony, yet he remained immersed in it, unable to stop. He tortured himself harsher than anyone else. In his suffering, inspiration flowed like a tide; the more broken his body, the more his thoughts gushed forth, producing excellent works continuously.

Finally, the poet died from self-torture at home. Before dying, he had needles inserted all over his body, his nails pulled out, and bl**d flowed freely from his entire body. Before his d*ath, he left behind a final poem, praising the queen of deep web spiders.