The reason Xia Nan wanted to contact the collector named "Auriye Silverheart" through Ellison's connections
was mainly because he had learned from Ellison that this collector was deeply interested in items with exotic styles. Ellison himself also often gathered intelligence from Auriye in search of possible traces of his father, Lyle Molton.
He was currently between missions, and there were still several dozen days until the Moon Tide Feast. He wanted to take this opportunity to see if he could find another Secret Realm, replenish Dreamweaver Corridor's energy, strengthen himself, and prepare for the matters involving "Algae Scale" Dodd.
Thus, from the moment Xia Nan followed Auriye into the tower, he maintained an extremely focused state of mind.
For every item that appeared in his sight and seemed likely to be a product of a Secret Realm, he summoned its Attribute Panel and examined it carefully, searching the [Remarks] and [Description] sections for keywords such as "time-space travel" and "another world."
Unfortunately, at least so far, Xia Nan had found nothing special.
They truly were items from foreign lands, but these so-called "foreign lands" were all based around Barracuda Bay, rather than Aifala Continent—or this world.
There were remnants of ancient buildings from the western desert, as well as ancient totems from Barbarian tribes in the northern Frost Moss Land. Yet not one of them possessed the shared otherworldly nature of the Faded Old Coin or Type III Integrated Scalpel Xia Nan had once discovered.
In fact, even now, after Auriye brought him into a small study that clearly stored higher-grade collectibles, the precious treasures carefully kept beneath the glass covers of display cases still lacked any otherworldly attributes.
Through the Attribute Panel, Xia Nan could clearly see that the crown Auriye had mentioned—of uncertain origins, supposedly three thousand years