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Chapter 258 Did you empty the entire ruins?
After confirming the upgrade plan, Celia embarked on a grand shopping spree.

As a border city, Southern Border City has trade relations with various empires, and can basically buy all the materials and potions that Ross requires.

After the first round of purchases was completed, Celia exclaimed, "Southern City is so prosperous! You can buy anything here."

Ross just smiled and didn't say anything.

If you can't buy it here, I won't list it; I'll just tell you to go find it yourself.

However, the materials required by second-tier mages are not of high quality and can be purchased in most cities.

There happened to be an ancient ruin near Southland City that had been conquered, and it was said to be rich in various low-level materials, which directly made Southland City a trading center for elves, orcs, and the Ishtar Empire.

After purchasing the materials, Celia did not continue her training in Southern City but chose to return to Starash Town.

While Celia was away in Southland City earning money and exploring the ruins, the temple in Starash was under construction.

The new temple adopts the same style as other towns, but is much larger than other small towns.

After learning that Vanessa had broken through to the fourth rank and that her invitation to become the bishop of Southern City had failed, the Holy Court had no choice but to send people to plan the new temple properly. In addition to the original temple grounds, they expanded outwards, including a lot of land behind the temple within the temple's construction area.

Fortunately, Vanessa used a lot of land outside the temple to grow potatoes and wheat. At first, she disagreed with using it to build the temple, thinking that the temple should be about the same size as before.

It took a lot of persuasion from the people of the Holy Temple, along with the city lord and bishop of the Southern City, to convince her to stop, citing the need to set up a magic array to protect the entire town.

The attacks on Star Ash Town and Southland City by fourth-order heretics have sounded an alarm for both Southland City and the Holy See.

The Holy See believes that there cannot be only one Deepsea Aid stronghold within the Protoss Forbidden Lands; there must be others, even other cults, that would also establish strongholds within the Protoss Forbidden Lands.

During this period, based on information revealed by the two captured heretics, the city lord and the bishop led a team to successfully wipe out a stronghold of the Deep Sea Aid Society.

Their sense of crisis did not disappear with the destruction of the stronghold; on the contrary, they became even more vigilant.

Therefore, while the protective array for Southern City was being built, they also came to Star Ash Town to assist Vanessa in building an array to protect Star Ash Town.

When Celia returned to Starash, she found that not only was the temple under construction, but the area next to it was also under construction.

The construction sample looked very familiar to her.

After a moment, she immediately remembered what it was—

"These are the coordinates of the directional teleportation device?" Celia exclaimed in surprise. "Why would a dilapidated town like Star Ash need a directional teleportation device?"

Vanessa said helplessly, "It was requested by the bishop of the Southern Temple and the city lord that the Holy Court and the Southern City jointly fund its construction."

She looked at the site where the directional teleporter was being built and said, "They also plan to use this place as a relay station, a rear supply depot for subsequent explorations of the Protoss Forbidden Lands."

Celia was taken aback: "Isn't the Protoss Forbidden Zone a protected area?"

When she entered the Protoss Forbidden Lands before, apart from the eagle's feathers, Celia didn't bring out the corpses of the other magical beasts she killed.

Even that eagle was just brought back by plucking its feathers.

Because she sneaked into the Protoss Forbidden Lands.

"I remember that while the Protoss Forbidden Zone is open to entry by default, it prohibits the construction of temporary outposts like ruins?"

Vanessa nodded. "Yes, it's a treaty signed by all the races near the Protoss Forbidden Lands and the Empire. That's why they didn't set up camps around the Protoss Forbidden Lands. They just used it as an excuse to develop Star Ash and as a base to wipe out heretical strongholds within the Protoss Forbidden Lands." Celia suddenly understood and pondered, "I feel like the bishop and the city lord are trying to curry favor with Mother Vanessa?"

Vanessa smiled slightly: "Who knows?"

When she saw Celia and the puppet returning with large bags and bundles, she asked curiously, "What did you buy? So much stuff!"

Celia took out a high-grade magic crystal and handed it to Vanessa: "This is something I brought back from the ruins. It's for you, Vanessa, Mom!"

Vanessa didn't take it, but shook her head with a smile and said, "You can keep this for yourself. I don't need anything expensive. I'd be happy if you gave me a flower."

Celia chuckled: "Besides this, I also made you a bouquet of flowers."

As she spoke, she pulled a bouquet of flowers out of her package. "This Magic Crystal Flower is for the most amazing Vanessa Mom!"

Vanessa took it, her eyes wide. "Intermediate magic crystals... so many intermediate magic crystals! Celia, why did you buy so many intermediate magic crystals? It's a waste."

Celia shook her head: "I didn't buy them. These were all brought out from the ruins. You know, right? That newly discovered ancient castle maze, it's full of intermediate-level magic crystals."

Before Vanessa could say anything more, Celia simply picked up the bag specifically for holding magic crystals and began to shake it out.

Wow!
Among the pile of intermediate-level magic crystals, quite a few high-level magic crystals fell out and piled up into a small mountain.

Vanessa was dumbfounded.

A mid-level magic crystal is worth one or two gold coins, while a high-level magic crystal is worth nearly one hundred. With so many, roughly estimated, plus that flower, the total value is at least five hundred gold coins.

Vanessa was silent for a moment, then asked, "You emptied the entire ruins?"

As a newly discovered ancient ruin within the territory of Southern City, Vanessa had naturally heard of it; the bishop had even invited her when he investigated the Curse of Forbidden Healing.

She had heard from the bishop and many others that the ruins were rich in magic crystals, and that the lowest grade was mid-level magic crystals. If she could completely conquer the area, she hoped to drive down the price of mid-level magic crystals.

However, among all the mercenaries and mercenary groups that explore, very few mercenary teams are lucky enough to obtain magic crystals. Most of them suffer for a whole day and only get some junk.

Unlike Celia, who carries a whole bagful at a time.

Celia chuckled and said, "No, I can't carry that many magic crystals, so I can only leave them inside."

Vanessa: "..."

"In short, we have plenty of magic crystals. Making a flower is no big deal."

Vanessa was both amused and exasperated, but she accepted the bouquet of high-grade and mid-grade magic crystals.

"I don't need intermediate-level magic crystals right now, so I'll keep them for you. You can ask me for them later if you need them."

Celia said, "Mother Vanessa can use intermediate magic crystals to grow wheat and potatoes. These are the purest magic crystals, and they'll definitely be great for moisturizing the soil."

Vanessa said irritably, "Who uses intermediate-grade magic crystals to fertilize? The value of one magic crystal is more than enough to grow crops for five years."

"Okay, anyway, these all belong to Vanessa's mom, so she can use them however she wants."

After saying that, Celia slipped into the makeshift shelter that Vanessa had prepared for her and began her plan to greatly enhance her strength.

(End of this chapter)