Chapter 437 Clock

"The Stonemasons' Union is a stronghold in the city?"

"Yes, there is a trading point in the city where secret items can be traded at any time. I want to go there to trade some things. Do you know if there is such a place in Troyes?"

In the living room of the apartment, Brandon spoke casually. After hearing these words, the woman codenamed Wuyan began to think. After thinking for a while, she responded to the uninvited guest sitting on the sofa with a nervous look.

"In the past, during the gathering, Mr. Jie Shi once told us that if we urgently need to trade outside the gathering, we can go to a certain place to find people there. They can trade a lot of extraordinary items there, but the price is usually much more expensive than the price we trade in the gathering, and the level is also higher. It is not recommended for low-level people to go..."

Wuyan said this, and after hearing her words, Brandon's eyes lit up and he continued speaking.

"According to your description, it is indeed possible. May I ask where exactly is the place you are talking about?"

"According to Mr. Jieshi, it's in the Pebble Lane on Yinzhang Road in Dongshuiwan District. There's a watch shop called Hexi Clock Shop in that lane. If you ask to buy a Stone Heart watch, the clerk will take you to the place where the transaction takes place..."

"A watch shop? I know. Have you ever been there before? Is there anything worth noting when going there?"

"Well... I've only been there once before, and I went to buy some medicinal herbs. But after asking about the prices, I felt that it was too expensive compared to the fair, so I didn't decide to buy anything... As for what to pay attention to, there's nothing special to note. I just feel that the store owner there is a bit serious, and the staff are treated very harshly. If you make a mistake at work, you will be scolded. If you go there to make trouble, it's best to talk to the staff directly. The store owner is not easy to talk to."

Wuyan said this. Listening to her words, Brandon nodded and then spoke.

"I understand. Thank you for your cooperation, Miss Wuyan. Your information will save me a lot of trouble."

As Brandon spoke, he took out a small envelope from his pocket and placed it on the coffee table in the living room, then continued speaking.

"Here are some of the experiences I have accumulated while exploring the secret path. You can take a look at them. It's my reward. When you read them, pay attention to the protection against poison. I have already written down the rhythm and order of reading for you."

"Thank you so much, it's my honor to help you!" Wuyan said with shining eyes when she saw the envelope on the coffee table, and then bowed to Brandon Mansion. She didn't expect that the powerful extraordinary person in front of her would pay the reward voluntarily. She originally thought that she could deal with the other party peacefully and everything would be fine, and she didn't expect the other party to repay her at all.

"It's nothing. Let's help each other. The exploration of secret paths is full of dangers. You should take care of yourself in the future."

Brandon said, took another sip of tea, stood up from the sofa, put on his hat, walked to the door of the living room, and opened the door at Wuyan's nervous expression.

"Finally, your tea is pretty good."

After saying that, Brandon went out and left, leaving Wuyan alone at the scene looking at the newly closed door.

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In a restaurant not far from the Huijin community, Dorothy sat at her seat, eating cakes and snacks while examining the Troyes city map spread out on the table in front of her, and determined the specific location of the place Wuyan mentioned.

"Dongshuiwan District... Let me take a look. It doesn't seem too far away. It should be within a kilometer from here. If that's the case, just let Brandon take a taxi there."

After getting enough information from the local secret learners in Troyes, Dorothy decided to take the corpse doll Brandon to a new location without stopping. Under Dorothy's control, the corpse doll stopped a rented carriage not far from the gate of the Huijin community, and then let the carriage take Brandon all the way to the area indicated by the mist swallow.

Early this morning, Dorothy followed her plan and found the shops in Troyes that sold herbs and were most likely to be frequented by local secret practitioners. She then used several dog puppets to wait in front of these shops, using their canine sense of smell to sniff the odors of these shop patrons, and from the combination of their odors, she could determine who the secret practitioners were, just like she had used the dog puppets' sense of smell to sniff the living Brandon in Egwent.

Directly using the dog corpse to smell the scent is not as effective as the breath-seeking seal, and you need to get close to smell it, but it is still enough to deal with this situation.

So far, Dorothy's plan has been going smoothly. After successfully obtaining the information from the Stonemasons' Union, she also gave Miss Wuyan some rewards, mainly some apprentice promotion ceremonies, the prevention and identification of poisons circulated within the History and Classics Department of the Glow Church, and the harmless spiritual accumulation method of body forging, etc.

"Okay, now let's just focus on going to that base. I hope there's something we need there..."

Thinking of this, Dorothy finished her cake and called the waiter to serve her a cup of tea. Then she sipped the tea while waiting for Brandon to arrive.

As time passed, the cab that Brandon was riding in finally arrived at Silver Rod Road in the East Bay Water District. After Brandon got off the car, Dorothy asked him to search along this seemingly ordinary street. After asking passers-by on the street, she finally found the alley called Cobblestone Lane.

Under Dorothy's control, Brandon walked into a real alley paved with countless cobblestones. Unlike the dark and dirty alleys in the west of the city, this alley was very clean and tidy, and there were more shops and people. Brandon didn't walk a few steps before he found the place he was looking for, a watch shop called Jose's Clock Shop.

After taking a look at the store's dignified sign and admiring the large standing clock in the window that was covered with a light gray, Dorothy asked Brandon to open the door and walk into the store. The next thing that caught her eye was a room full of clocks.

In the watch shop with simple decoration, there are numerous wall clocks of various types hanging on the wall. Most of these wall clocks are running slowly with a ticking sound. On the exquisite dials of various styles, different hands are running faithfully at their own speeds. Most of them are indicating the current time, which is around 3:30 in the afternoon.

In addition to the wall clock, there are many tall and beautiful standing clocks on both sides of the store. Facing the door is a glass cabinet with various smaller pocket watches placed in it. Behind the cabinet, there are two young male clerks sitting in their seats bored. When they saw Brandon come in, there was a hint of vigilance in their eyes, and one of them stood up and said.

"Welcome sir, how may I help you?"

Listening to the clerk's words, Brandon did not answer immediately. He walked around the watch shop, glanced at the various wall clocks and standing clocks hanging on the walls, and after fully observing the surrounding scene, he slowly came to the counter and began to observe the pocket watches in the cabinet through the glass, talking as he looked.

"Is your boss not here?"

"Mr. Felipe has gone out. Are you looking for him?" The clerk looked at Brandon seriously with a wary look in his eyes, and Brandon answered lightly.

"No, I just asked you. I'm interested in watches. I heard that his craftsmanship is very good, so I wanted to see it. It would be a pity if he wasn't here."

As Brandon spoke, he focused his eyes on a certain place in the cupboard. After looking for a while, he pointed to a watch with dense patterns and fine workmanship and said.