"Li Xiu, I have good news for you. Those woods are all magic woods, and they are not ordinary magic woods. According to my rough detection, those magic woods should be grown from S-level magic spirits, and they are not ordinary S-level ones. I need detailed detection for the specific data... These instruments really take up too much time..." In the afternoon, when Li Xiu was adding Topa to the fuel tank of the Masked Emperor, Ximen Guan called him, his voice trembling with excitement.

"Oh, I see." Li Xiu didn't think there was anything to be excited about.

Although the magic wood is very good, it is a pity that it cannot be exchanged for gems. If he uses the magic wood to exchange for gems, Ximen Guan will definitely fight him to the death.

Of course, Li Xiu had no intention of exchanging the magic wood for gems. After all, Li Xiu was also looking forward to Ximen Guan's research. If conditions were not limited, he would have made additional investments in Ximen Guan long ago.

Now that he had the materials that Ximen Guan could use, how could he possibly sell them?

"What's your attitude? Don't you know what this means?" Ximen Guan seemed to realize something and laughed awkwardly: "Sorry, it seems you really don't know yet."

"Let me put it this way. With these magic woods as materials, I can at least make three more magic suits. The magic suits I'm talking about are the ones I've researched, not those junk ones... No... I should say... They're better than the one I made before. After all, the materials I used before were far inferior to these magic woods..." Ximen Guan was so excited that he was a little incoherent.

"That's great. Now you don't have to worry about materials anymore." Li Xiu said with a smile.

"That's not the case. Demon wood is just one of the main materials. To make a complete magic suit, many other materials are needed, such as high-quality S-level magic cores..." Ximen Guan wanted to ask Li Xiu for materials again.

"No." Li Xiu interrupted Ximen Guan's delusion directly. If there really was a high-quality S-level magic core, he would use it to feed the demigod Shanshan. How could he possibly make magic armor for Ximen Guan?

It would be much more reliable to upgrade the demigod Setsuna to S-level as soon as possible than to have Ximen Guan's magic suit which he doesn't know when he will be able to develop.

Ximen Guan also knew that Li Xiu had no money, and being able to get such a batch of magic wood was already a windfall, so Ximen Guan could not continue to mention additional budget.

In order to allow Li Xiu to better obtain materials for him in the future, Ximen Guan actually took the initiative to throw out the bait this time.

"I plan to rebuild the basic components of your magic suit and use the magic wood as the base material. This will greatly improve the performance of the suit. Not only the defense, but also the speed of magic light transmission will be greatly improved, and the loss during transmission will be greatly reduced..."

"When will it be completed?" Li Xiu finally showed some interest.

"I have already assigned some people to make your magic suit first. However, it will still take some time to remake the base material. It will probably take less than a month." Ximen Guan said thoughtfully.

"As soon as possible, I hope that the magic suit can be made before the Magic Spirit Competition begins." Li Xiu calculated the time and thought he should be able to make it in time.

"No problem." Ximen Guan paused and said in a strange voice: "As for that strange container, I haven't figured out what it is yet, but from some of my current tests, it's very powerful."

"What does 'very powerful' mean?" Li Xiu didn't quite understand Ximen Guan's adjective.

"Any movement requires energy. Whether it's the thermal weapons of the past or the magic suits of today, they all need energy sources to function. It seems that when using a magic suit, an energy source is not needed, but that's not the case. To put it simply, the energy source of a magic suit is the most core magic core group. If the energy of the magic core group is used up, the magic suit will be useless."

"Of course, the energy of the magic core is not so easy to be completely consumed, and the magic core has the function of automatically absorbing free energy to replenish itself. The energy of the magic core group can be automatically replenished, but the replenishment speed is limited, probably similar to solar charging. If there is a long and intense battle, the energy automatically replenished by the magic core group will be far from keeping up with the consumption."

"Tell me something I don't know." Li Xiu is a magic costume master, so of course he knows these questions.

"After my inspection, the container is like a battery with huge energy. The energy inside seems to be inexhaustible. If we can study its principle and apply it to magic equipment, maybe we can create magic equipment with energy that will never run out..." Ximen Guan said and became excited again.

Li Xiu listened quietly to what Ximen Guan said. Before he could say anything flattering, Ximen Guan hung up the phone and continued his research.

"This old official is really a magic costume fanatic." Li Xiu smiled, put his phone on the table, and poured the remaining Topa into the fuel tank.

"Even Topaz has been used up. How can we get some money? Even if we can't get money to buy gems, it would be fine if we can get some magic cores to feed the demigod Setsuna and the Jedi Knights." Li Xiu looked at the masked emperor who was spinning freely and burning Topaz to absorb energy, and he felt worried.

Money is hard to make, and magic cores are equally hard to get. The randomness of the admission tickets is too high, and there are only a few monsters in the Black Death City, and it is difficult to find too many suitable monsters to obtain magic cores.

"Why hasn't there been any movement from the God of Death tablet recently? If you let me enter the Blood Moon Black Death City one more time, all problems will be solved." Li Xiu fed the remaining E-level Brilliant Magic Cores to the demigod Shanshan, but failed to upgrade him to C-level.

The demigod Setsuna's appetite is even greater than that of a Jedi Knight, and he needs more resources to advance.

Li Xiu calculated that he not only had to raise the demon spirits, but also the contracts on his body, and he also needed resources to improve the quality and level of the embryos.

"Having too many things is also a kind of distress." When Li Zhengxing was lamenting, his cell phone suddenly rang again.

Li Xiu took a look and found that it was Kunsha who called.

"Li Xiu, do you have time? Can you come to Tyro City?" Kunsha seemed to be in a hurry and didn't even bother to say hello.

"What happened?" Li Xiu asked.

"Something happened to Qin Shi..." Kunsha told the whole story anxiously.

Originally, Li Xiu thought that Qin Shi was injured in the battle or was assassinated, but it turned out that was not the case. Qin Shi was actually sick.

However, Qin Shi's illness was very strange. His body had been in a state of high fever for more than a day. Kunsha had found all the doctors he could find and gave Qin Shi the best treatment. As a result, the high fever showed no signs of subsiding and the cause of the disease could not be found.

Now poet Qin has fallen into a coma. Kunsha is afraid that if the fever continues, even if Qin Shi wakes up, his brain will probably be damaged.

"The doctor can't do anything, what can I do?" Li Xiu felt strange. He was not a doctor, so what was the point of Kunsha asking him to go?

Kunsha said helplessly, "At the beginning, Qin Shi's temperature reached 40 degrees. At that time, the doctor said that if the fever didn't go down, she would die. Now it's almost 50 degrees, and it's still rising slowly. Although she has been in a coma, her body functions are not damaged. The electrocardiogram and various tests are basically normal. I thought, this kind of disease is completely unheard of. A normal person with this kind of fever would have died long ago. Her current condition, could it be related to the magic costumer herself, so I thought of you, maybe you know what's going on."

After listening to Kunsha's explanation, Li Xiu frowned. Apart from having a stronger mental power, the body of the magic armor master is no different from that of an ordinary person. He is not dead even though his fever is over 50 degrees Celsius, and all the test results are basically normal. This is a bit weird.

"You are also a magic costumer. Do you think this disease has anything to do with magic costumers?" Li Xiu asked back.

"I have never encountered such a situation. I am asking you this just to give it a try. If Qin Shi continues to have a fever like this, I'm afraid he will really die." Kunsha said helplessly.

"Do you know why Qin Shi collects rubies?" Li Xiu suddenly asked a question that had nothing to do with the illness.

"I don't know about that. Qin Shi never said that. Pashan also asked her about it before, but she just smiled and said nothing." Kunsha asked doubtfully, "Do you mean that her illness is related to ruby? That's unlikely. Ruby itself doesn't have any harmful radiation. It won't make her sick, right?" Kunsha knew that some gemstones had enough radiation to have adverse effects on the human body, but ruby ​​didn't have such strong radiation.

"Has she collected any new rubies recently?" Li Xiu did not answer Kunsha and continued to ask.

"Let me think about it. The compensation I promised to give her now are all shares of the gem mine. It's not time to distribute dividends yet. But recently she seems to have taken a private job. I heard that she got a lot of benefits. It should be rubies." Kunsha said.

"Tell me in detail." Li Xiu asked quickly.

He was somewhat suspicious as to whether Qin Shi had offended the magic gem. Qin Shi's illness did not sound normal.

"I'm not too sure about this. You know, Qin Shi is basically working for me for free now. How can I have the nerve to ask her about these things again?" Kunsha said embarrassedly.

"I'll be there now." Li Xiu arranged things in the city and then set off for Taylor City.

In fact, there was nothing to arrange, and he didn't usually care about what was happening in the city.

Fortunately, he did not leave the Southern Cross Federation. Although it was not as close to Taylor City as Red Sand City, it was not far away either.

When you can ride the Masked Emperor, ride it. If you can't ride the Masked Emperor, ride the Pink Nightmare. After rushing for more than two days, you can reach Taro City.

When Li Xiu saw Qin Shi lying on the bed, he was shocked. Qin Shi's originally fair face was now as red as an apple. Standing next to her, he could feel the warm breeze and the little sun beside him.

"It's not just fifty degrees, right?" Li Xiu looked at the thermometer connected to Qin Shi. The temperature was already fifty-four degrees. If it was any higher, he would be able to fry eggs on his body.

"Her body temperature has been rising, and the doctor doesn't dare to cool her down physically..." Kunsha said helplessly.

"You go out first, I'll check her." Li Xiu drove Kunsha and Pashan out, then walked to the bed, first looked at Qin Shi's hands, then pulled her collar down a little to see if she was wearing a necklace.

Qin Shi had no rings on her hands, no bracelets on her wrists, and no jewel necklace around her neck.

"Could it be that the magic gem is causing trouble? That would be troublesome." Li Xiu is not a doctor, so if it really is a strange disease, he has no way to treat it.

There was nothing else to do at this point, he could only do his best and leave the rest to fate. Li Xiu reached out to search Qin Shi's pockets to see if she was wearing any jewels.

Qin Shi was wearing a hospital gown with only two pockets on the top. After touching them, she realized there was nothing inside.

"It seems like I can't help much." When Li Xiu got up and prepared to go out, he suddenly saw a backpack hanging next to the bed.

Li Xiu remembered seeing this backpack before. It seemed that this backpack had always been with Qin Shi. Qin Shi treasured it more than the Phoenix Magic Armor and even kept it beside him when sleeping.

Li Xiu's heart moved and he reached out to take the backpack.

As soon as Li Xiu reached out and took it, he knew that this backpack was made of special material. It looked like cloth, but it was actually a composite material with alloy wire and some special fiber threads sandwiched in it.

It is not only waterproof and fireproof, but also extremely tough and cannot be cut by ordinary knives.

Previously, many researchers in the laboratories of the Space City wore work clothes made of this material.

There is no zipper on the backpack. It is closed with drawstrings made of the same material. The drawstrings are tied with a special knot. People who have never seen this kind of knot will have a hard time untying it.

Li Xiu untied the knot in a few moves and opened the backpack. There was a metal box inside. It looked like some kind of alloy, and there was nothing else.

When I took the box out, I found that there was a miniature fingerprint lock installed on it.

Fortunately, Qin Shi was right next to him. Li Xiu took Qin Shi's fingers and tried them one by one, and soon opened the box.

Li Xiu carefully opened the lid of the box and immediately saw a red gem. The ruby ​​looked like a crystal formed from blood, with a rich and deep gorgeous color. Under the light, there seemed to be a faint glow like magma flowing inside, with an indescribable mysterious beauty.

Li Xiu knew there was something wrong with the ruby ​​at just one glance, because he immediately felt a strong sense of hunger in his stomach.

The ruby ​​was cut in a marquise shape, wide in the middle and pointed at both ends, like a red gem shuttle.

This horse-eye-shaped ruby ​​was actually inlaid on a golden mask, right between the eyebrows, and looked like a blood-red vertical eye.

Only the eyes of the golden mask were hollowed out, while the rest of the mask was intact. It looked like a woman's face, and with the ruby, it looked indescribably ghostly and eerie.

Seeing this thing, Li Xiu breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't know how to treat it, but dealing with the magic gem was a problem that he could solve easily.

"Qin Shi, Qin Shi, I'm not trying to take your gem. I'm trying to save your life. I have no other way." Li Xiu said a few words to Qin Shi, then cut his finger and dripped his blood onto the horse-eye-shaped ruby.

As soon as the blood touched the ruby, a red light flashed inside the ruby, and Li Xiu's blood evaporated immediately.

"Huh!" It was the first time that Li Xiu encountered a magic gem that resisted his blood, and he couldn't help but be shocked.

Frowning slightly, Li Xiu called Kunsha and Pashan from outside in.

"How is it? Can Qin Shi be saved?" Kunsha asked anxiously as soon as he came in.

"Have you seen this thing and know it?" Li Xiu did not answer him, but asked Kunsha and Pashan while holding the golden mask.

Kunsha and Pashan looked at each other for a while, both of them looked confused.

When Li Xiu was feeling a little disappointed, he suddenly heard Sha Lai coming in, shouting, "Li Xiu, you didn't even inform me when you came. That's really mean of you."

After Shalai came in, he went over to greet Li Xiu, but when he saw the golden mask in Li Xiu's hand, he suddenly exclaimed.

"Where did you get this thing? Is it real or fake?" Shalai asked, pointing at the golden mask.

"Do you know this thing?" Li Xiu thought to himself, "How could I have forgotten about Sha Lai?"

"Of course I recognize it. Isn't this a bride mask? Is this real or fake? If it is real, I will make a fortune." Shalai said.

"What do you mean?" Li Xiu asked quickly.

Shalai took the mask, looked at it carefully and said, "Of course, the bridal mask is the mask that the bride wears. It is the mask that a bride in a certain ancient country wore when she got married."

Shalai explained the detailed origin of this thing, and Kunsha and Pashan were both stunned.

Before the Southern Cross Federation was established, there was an ancient country on this land. In that country, there was a custom that the bride had to wear a mask on her wedding day and could not take it off throughout the day.

Only on the wedding night can the groom take off the bride's mask with his own hands.

In the beginning, groom masks were usually made of wood. Some wealthy and prominent families would also make groom masks out of silver when marrying off their daughters.

Bridal masks made of gold were rare in that era. According to legend, there was a princess in that ancient country who was very favored by the emperor. When she got married, she wore a groom's mask made of gold.

However, that wedding was a tragedy. The princess bride died in the fire for love, so the golden bridal mask was considered an ominous symbol. Since that princess, no one has used the golden bridal mask again. The golden bridal mask is also called the princess mask.

"Why does this golden mask, the more I look at it, the more it looks like a real princess mask?" As Shalai looked at it, he noticed something was wrong.

"How do you know this is a real princess mask? Didn't you just say that the princess mask is a legend and no one knows whether it is true or not?" asked Pashan.

"Look at this ruby, isn't there something wrong with it?" Shalai said, pointing at the ruby ​​inlaid between the eyebrows of the golden mask.