On the morning of the 15th day, the three of them had a rare nap. Even Luana didn't get up to do her morning exercise. It wasn't until two hours after the sun came out that Luana was the first to wake up. She shook the bed beside her and saw him pulling the blanket and continuing to sleep. She immediately pulled the blanket away angrily, but she blushed instead. On the other side, Hilo quietly got out of bed and ran away.
When they came to the dining table, Hilo had already prepared breakfast for them. He thanked them and sat down to eat while discussing today's schedule." I want to go shopping later. Do you want to go with me?"”
"Mr. Gongyou, if we don't go on an adventure today, I want to go to the Great Shrine in the City of Agriculture to pray.”Hilo voiced her thoughts. She had heard that the Great Temple of the City of Agriculture was the headquarters of the Church of Earth Mother in the kingdom, just like the headquarters of the High God Church in the Water Capital. It was rare for her to come to this city, so as a devout believer and an on-duty priest, she naturally wanted to pray.
"Okay, then you go. I might be very busy today. I'm sorry I can't accompany you.”Gong You nodded and handed Shiloh a gold coin (3000 RMB) for her to donate. After receiving her polite thanks, he looked at Luana and asked,"What about you? Do you want to go shopping with me or pray with Shiloh?"”
"No, I want to go to the martial arts club to take a look. I heard that only big cities have martial arts clubs of various sects. Some even accept external teaching.”Luana excitedly mentioned the schedule for today. Her so-called " teaching to the outside world " probably meant that after paying, the master of the guild hall would teach her one or two martial arts moves. Anyway, she was not interested, but she still gave her 1 gold coin as pocket money and let her have fun.
"Alright then, I probably won't be back for lunch. Dinner…you don't have to wait for me.”After saying that, he sped up his eating speed. He had a lot of things to do today.
After breakfast, Gong You wanted to go to the hotel to do the laundry for him, but Luana said that she only needed one silver coin (50 RMB) to do the laundry for him. Seeing that she was so free, he left a few silver coins for her to feed the horses, and the deal was successfully completed.
Since the three of them were going to split up today, Gong Yu would leave the hotel directly. He would use the time in the morning to try his best to earn money, and then he could rest assured to shop in the afternoon. He followed the omniscient navigation into the dark alleys in every town and randomly found a large-scale clamshell field. After ten minutes, he left and changed to another one. With the speed of ten minutes or half an hour, each clamshell field would earn a small amount of money. He would not catch a sheep and cut it off. It would be too easy for him to get into trouble. However, it was indeed a big city. It took him three days to collect the IQ tax at the border, but he had collected three times the amount in the morning in the City of Agriculture. Before noon, he had received more than 300 magic crystal coins (30 million rmb) as the activity funds. This kind of magic crystal coin was a high-grade currency used in big cities. The purchasing power of one magic crystal coin was equivalent to 90,000 rmb, which was 30 times the weight of gold. It was even not circulated in the market in small places like border towns because the face value was too large.
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In the afternoon, they went to the largest Chamber of Commerce in the City of Agriculture. According to the gossip in the Shell Market, all the goods in the city could be bought from the large Chamber of Commerce, including some prohibited goods that only appeared in the black market. They were also manipulated behind the scenes, and the sources of goods were all from the same source.
After arriving at the luxuriously decorated Dondy Chamber of Commerce's main hall, Gong You directly expressed that he wanted to buy a magic tool. When a beautiful employee with excellent observation skills saw that he was wearing a custom-made costume that was worth at least one gold coin, she immediately invited him to the reception room and served him a cup of hot tea. Soon, a middle-aged man came in and introduced himself as Doug, a senior employee of the Chamber of Commerce.
Gong You sat in the reception room with his employee Doug while drinking tea. He looked at the device used to heat the tea and asked curiously," Is this a magic device?”
"This is not a magic tool, but a magic tool.”Doug replied with a smile. He didn't look surprised because of Common Cause's ignorance, showing good professionalism.
"Is there any difference between the two?" This was not the first time he had seen a magical tool. The box that once contained the Petrified Magic Book was a super-high-level magical tool, but he had never thought about how it was different from a magical tool.
"Magic tools are tools created by mages engraving magic incantations, while magic tools are tools created by alchemists engraving runes.”Doug explained with a serious and professional expression. This was a detail that Gongyou had never noticed before.
"What are seal scripts?" Gong You asked curiously. This was the first time he had heard this term.
"This…please forgive me for not being able to answer this question, because I don't know either.”Doug said with a stiff expression. The originally relaxed atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward.
" What are incantations and runes respectively?』
" Omniscient: Incantations are the principle of the magic net, runes are the art outside the net."
What do these two words mean?』
" Omniscient: The principles of the Weave refer to the Dharma and Logos that operate on the Weave developed by the gods, while the spells outside the Weave are derived or inferred from living creatures."
" Oh, I see. To put it bluntly, it's about science and mythology.'According to his own understanding, the incantation was not effective because it was a physical law, but because it was a set of commands. It allowed the world-class Mana Net server to express changes similar to natural phenomena according to the contents of the command set, which gave people the illusion that the incantation was power. Runes were designed according to the laws of physics, similar to the application of electronic circuits. It was just that it wasn't an electron that was operating. Instead, it was some kind of energy-carrying particle that was unique to this world. Although the runic patterns were very complicated and troublesome to use, it was a real power.
After figuring out what runes were, he avoided the overly profound questions in his conversation with Doug, and the atmosphere suddenly became relaxed and happy. After a cup of tea was finished, the two began to talk about business. He mentioned that he wanted to buy a magic book, but Doug said that his employees were not qualified to discuss the transaction of this kind of secret treasure, so he could only look at other equipment first.
Doug, the senior employee, first asked the ordinary employees to bring a magic weapon, and then recommended it to Gong You in detail. It was called the 'Little Ghost Killer.' According to the description, it was a sword that would glow with a light blue light when goblins approached. It was both practical and artistic. If he had encountered it a few days earlier, he would have bought it without hesitation. However, he felt that he no longer needed this unique equipment that specialized in killing small fries.
Gong You directly expressed that he wanted to buy the best and most expensive equipment. Then, he was brought to the treasure of the Chamber of Commerce by Doug, an employee. It was a beautifully designed armor. It had a helmet, a breastplate, a gauntlet, a belt, a trouser, and a pair of boots. After careful inspection, he found that it was not made of metal, but a non-metallic material that he could not recognize. According to Doug's introduction, he knew that the real name of this armor was-Soul Power·Dragon Scale Armor (Rune Language).
"This set of dragon scale armor is written in the language of runes. Even ordinary nobles might not be able to own one.”Doug proudly introduced it as if it was the most precious treasure in the world. Although the word 'most' was still negotiable, the word 'treasure' was worthy of its name.
"What is Rune Language?" Gong Yu asked modestly. Although he had guessed that the Dragon Scale Armor must be different after hearing that it was the treasure of the shop, he was still very curious about this unknown term.
" Ordinary enchanted equipment only refers to equipment that has one type of magic incantation attached to it. That's because different incantations will cause intense conflict between them. Rune Language, on the other hand, is to add runes to reconcile the conflict between two or more incantations. Only then can a powerful equipment with multiple runes be created.”Doug didn't stutter this time. He must have memorized all the information about the dragon scale armor.
"So the price is higher?" After listening to the introduction, Gong You really liked this set of equipment, but considering that he still needed to save some money to buy a magic book, he felt a little embarrassed and asked.
"Because making Rune Language not only requires adding runes, it also requires materials that are more precious than ordinary enchantment equipment. For example, this Dragon Scale Armor uses the scales of a flying dragon.”Doug, the employee, saw that Gu Yuwang had bought the equipment and immediately increased his praise for it.
Wyverns were a subspecies of giant dragons. It was said that an adult Wyvern was at least ten meters long, which was enough to make many sets of such armor. However, considering the difficulty of multiple enchantments, it was normal for the price to be high. Therefore, in the end, they decided to buy this set of Dragon Scale Armor with four runes that added mental suppression, mental strengthening, mental resistance, and magic resistance. It was worth 40 magic crystal coins and 20 gold coins (3,660,000 RMB).
The dragon scale was truly a high-end carbon-based composite material. It was light and hard, and it could be engraved with four different incantations. After some thought, it was actually worth it. It was at least several grades better than his original magic beast leather armor. Whether it was defense or fashion value, it was many times higher. Moreover, the carbon-based material was obviously much lighter than metal. Even if his physical fitness was very ordinary, he could still walk as if he was flying after wearing this dragon scale armor.
After buying the large Dragon Scale Armor, he picked out three enchanted accessories from the collection room of the Chamber of Commerce. The first was two bracelets, which could temporarily increase the wearer's strength and speed to 10,000,000 cal.(1e7cal), which was equivalent to an additional 25 times (about 57 horsepower) strength of a poor horse. It allowed the adventurer, who was originally a normal adult man, to reach several times the strength of an Olympic weightlifting champion and several times the speed of an international track and field athlete. Unfortunately, each time he could only activate it with full energy for about 17 minutes. The third item was a ring-type magic item. This item could cause the wearer's normal attacks to be accompanied by lightning damage (9e4J/s). At full power, it could produce at least a hundred effects. When the energy was exhausted, it would need to be charged with magic stones.
Bracelet with additional power incantations, worth 6 mana crystal coins and 20 gold coins (600,000 RMB)
A bracelet with an additional Agility incantation that costs 6 mana crystal coins and 10 gold coins (570,000 RMB)
A ring with additional lightning incantation, worth 13 magic crystal coins and 10 gold coins (1.2 million RMB)
He did not expect that he would use up one-fifth of the coins he had just obtained before he even bought the magic book. It was difficult not to buy crazily when there was a high-ranking employee who kept recommending him when he visited the magic tool collection room.
After returning to the reception room, the four items had already been wrapped in exquisite gift boxes and were held by several beautiful shop assistants. They were in the process of handing over the final transaction procedures with a few employees of the Chamber of Commerce. Due to the huge amount, there were two accountant accompanying them to review. The sale of 6.03 million RMB had already reached the turnover of the Chamber of Commerce store for half a month.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Doug, the employee, stood up to open the door. He led in a middle-aged man in his fifties who was wearing a gorgeous robe. When they sat down at the table, the middle-aged man introduced himself," Hello, I'm Andy, the vice president of the Winter Chamber of Commerce. Nice to meet you.”
Because they still needed to buy magic books from the Chamber of Commerce, Gong You greeted Vice President Andy politely. Then, they sat down and chatted again. After a few minutes, he finally signed the contract and completed the transaction procedures. At this time, Vice President Andy suggested that they go for lunch together, so he happily agreed. Everyone moved to a high-class restaurant next door that belonged to the Chamber of Commerce.
"Are you an adventurer?" Vice President Andy took the initiative to talk while waiting for the meal to be served. As an older man, he was obviously very experienced. After a short period of observation, he could tell what the job was on the surface.
"Yes, I just came to the City of Agriculture from the border. I came here mainly to buy magic books.”Gong You felt that there was no need to hide it, so he directly stated his most fundamental request.
"Magic book? This kind of secret treasure was not cheap. Some that could be used would cost at least 50 magic crystal coins (4.5 million RMB) each. Since the customer had already bought the Rune Language, would he still have the budget to buy a magic book?”Vice President Andy asked Gongyou in surprise. If the average market price of the magic book was included, Gongyou would have used up at least 10 million RMB today. Ordinary small nobles might not have so much money even if they were to mortgage all their assets.
"I had some gains in the ruins before, so I can use them to increase my strength.”Gong You smiled and said that most of his money was from the IQ tax that he had just received this morning. Of course, the truth was too exaggerated, so he did not dare to say it easily.
"If that's the case…I remember that the Chamber of Commerce's treasury should still have some secret treasures. I'll go and get one later.”Vice President Andy thought for a moment before replying. The Chamber of Commerce was originally open for business. Since someone was willing to pay for it, the Chamber of Commerce had no reason not to sell it.
"One book is not enough. I want to buy a few more.”He was not satisfied with just one or two magic books. He planned to buy as many as he had. When he ran out of money, he would collect some IQ tax. Anyway, gamblers were everywhere, so he did not have to worry about not finding money.
"The guest's budget is actually so much? However, in the entire City of Agriculture, our Chamber of Commerce should be the only one left with two magic books that are more practical for adventurers. There's no way we can get more of them. We can't buy these limited combat items anywhere else.”Vice President Andy was first shocked by Gongyou's wealth and was dazed for a while before explaining. This business was comparable to the entire Chamber of Commerce's revenue for more than a month.
Andy, the vice president, looked at Gongyou in disbelief. He could only explain the reason in detail. It turned out that every Chamber of Commerce had a powerful noble or an ancient family behind them. For example, the Dongdi Chamber of Commerce was the Chamber of Commerce of the Lord of the City of Agriculture. As long as there were goods in the City of Agriculture, there was nothing that the Chamber of Commerce could not get as long as the money was paid. However, magic books were the secret treasures of mages. They were precious inheritances left behind by Epic experts outside the secular world. As far as Andy knew, there were only a few magic books in the Chamber of Commerce's treasury and the Lord's treasury.
Through omniscience, he knew that there were more than that. He did not refute. He planned to buy the magic books that could be obtained on the market today, and slowly think of ways to hide the others. When the food was served, the two of them happily ate and chatted. Because they had mutual needs, the atmosphere at the table was relatively harmonious.
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After lunch, the vice president Andy personally served them. The two of them returned to the VIP room of the Chamber of Commerce with a smile. Andy said that he had sent someone to the treasure vault to retrieve the magic books. Then, he took the opportunity to recommend other services of the Chamber of Commerce to him, such as the custom made magic tools. If the customer needed any magic tools but did not have them in stock, the Chamber of Commerce could find someone to make them as long as the deposit was 30% of the original price.
Gong You was very interested in this business and placed three more orders. They were all similar to the magic ring he had bought before. This world was the real world, and there was no limit of one or two rings in the game world. If he could buy it, he could wear the ring on all ten fingers. Then, he could add ten different elemental damage with a slash. Just thinking about it made him like it. He originally wanted to order nine pieces to make a round, but in the end, the Chamber of Commerce said that there was limited manpower and resources. It was a pity that he could only order three magic tools at a time.
Because he had a reserve of semi-finished magic rings, it would take him three to four days to finish one. He had chosen three enchantments: Freeze, Purify, and Burn. He had agreed with the Chamber of Commerce to collect the magic rings in three, seven, and eleven days. If he was adventuring outside and could not make it, the Chamber of Commerce would at most help him keep them for half a month. After that, they would put the finished magic rings on display in the collection room and sell them. The deposit would not be returned.
"Does your adventurer team have an exclusive emblem?”After Vice President Andy signed the contract, he started a new round of recommendations. The nature of a merchant was undoubtedly revealed.
"Emblem?" Gongyou repeated the term. He didn't understand why adventurers needed a coat of arms. Wasn't this something only nobles had?
" In the near future, your adventurer team's reputation will definitely spread throughout the kingdom. Therefore, you should prepare the exclusive title and emblem that only high-tier adventurer teams have.”Vice Guild Leader Andy wasn't just flattering them. He was just speculating. After all, with a large number of enchanted equipment and magic tools, they would grow into an excellent high-level adventurer team.
"Hmm…that's true. You guys have a business of designing heraldry?”Gong You felt that having a coat of arms was not a bad thing, but he was still curious about the strange business that the Chamber of Commerce operated.
"Our Chamber of Commerce has received countless adventurers. Naturally, we have a complete range of related services.”Vice President Andy proudly declared. Although he did not know where his confidence came from, could it be because of the long history of the Chamber of Commerce?
After that, Vice President Andy recommended the best magic props for embroidery. A cloak that could reduce the damage the wearer received and a backpack that could reduce the weight of the luggage by 90%. Although the cloak had to cover the body to deal with the attack, the damage reduction effect was only 10,000 joules.(1e4J). The backpack could only reduce the weight caused by gravity and could not change the actual mass and inertia of the movement. When he was hesitating whether to buy these two items, the vice president Andy said that it was the standard quality of an adventurer to be prepared to the best of his ability, so he was persuaded and decided to buy them.
Protective Cloak with additional damage resistance incantation, worth 3 mana crystal coins and 20 gold coins (330,000 RMB)
[Heavy-duty backpack with additional anti-gravity incantation, worth 3 magic crystal coins and 10 gold coins (300,000 RMB)]
"If I can engrave these two incantations on the carriage, won't I be able to make a very powerful chariot?”Gong You fantasized about transforming his carriage into a double rune chariot. The shape would definitely be much cooler than a sports car.
"Chariot? No, no, no. It would be too wasteful to do so. Usually, such incantations were integrated and engraved on the magic airship.”Vice President Andy shook his head in denial. He looked at Gong You as if he was looking at a fool.
He bought three cloaks and three backpacks, and then asked the Chamber of Commerce to embroider the coat of arms of the Golden Boots Adventurers on them overnight. The pattern was a golden traveling shoe. This was his definition of himself in this world. Although it was not good to not discuss it with Hilo and Luana, he did not have time to discuss it with them.
Vice President Andy said that the cloak and backpack would be ready the next morning, so after some calculations, the deposit for the three rings and the six team items had cost a total of 33 magic crystal coins (2.97 million RMB). The magic book had not even been seen, but it had already cost a total of 9,000,000 RMB. The Chamber of Commerce was really a scary place.
After signing the trade contract, the deputy president Andy started another round of product recommendations when he saw that the magic book had not yet been retrieved from the treasure vault. Everyone suspected that Andy had deliberately sent the person to retrieve the book to stall for time. However, he had learned from Omniscient that this was a necessary time to open the core treasure vault of the Chamber of Commerce, so he could only calm down and continue to listen to Andy's introduction.
When he was in Border Town, he had purchased a large number of Healing, Antidote, and Vitality Potions. It was not that there were no other types of potions, but that there were only three types of potions that adventurers needed at the border. However, in the City of Agriculture, there were a few new potions that he had never seen at the border, and two of them were very tempting.
The first was the Potion of Great Strength, which could temporarily grant the user tremendous physical strength. During the period of effect, the user's arm strength could reach up to 1,000 kilograms. However, there were side effects such as fatigue after the effect, and it might even cause muscle strain. Therefore, he had only bought a few bottles as a backup. He decided not to use them unless it was a critical moment. The price of each bottle was 10 silver coins (500 RMB). If he used it with the Energy Serum and Healing Potion, it would be more than 800 RMB.
The second was a Mana Potion that could reduce the cooldown time of a spell slot. Each bottle could accelerate the cooldown of a spell slot by one-third in ten minutes, which meant that it could completely cool down a spell slot after half an hour after using it every ten minutes. Therefore, this potion was also known as the Grace of the Goddess of the Weave. It was a personal item that mages would always keep in reserve for emergencies, although the price of each bottle of Mana Potion was as high as 20 silver coins.(1000 RMB), but Gong You still bought all 30 bottles of the Chamber of Commerce's stock without hesitation. This made Vice President Andy smile with a sense of accomplishment.
While waiting for the Mana Potion to be placed into the gift box, the magic book that they had been waiting for was finally delivered by two beautiful women on a tray. Behind them were several strong escorts. In order to prevent the magic books from being read secretly, these two magic books were sealed with magic locks. According to Vice President Andy, the incantations recorded inside were the two Intermediate Spells, Rock Spear and Rock Hail. To open the magic locks, one had to buy the corresponding keys to open them. The key was stored in another treasure vault and would only be taken out to the buyer after the transaction was confirmed.
After confirming the truth of the matter through Omniscient, he did not hesitate to pay for the magic books. After converting them into RMB purchasing power, the prices were 4.5 million and 4.6 million respectively. The price of each book was above the Treasure Dragon Scale. After the accountant counted the coins used for the transaction, Vice President Andy immediately sent someone to get the key. Then, he took the opportunity to recommend other products.
This time, they were introducing some alchemy tools. When Gong You, who had been uninterested, heard about the tools that Vice Guild Leader Andy had specially chosen for him, he couldn't help but sigh. There were actually some items that he urgently needed. Four of them were tools that wealthy adventurer teams had to buy.
The first item was a portable stove. It was a cylindrical object that was only half the size of an iron pot and only about the height of a fist. It was a general alchemy item rather than a magic item. By putting standard magic stones in one end, the item would extract the energy of the magic stones and release it from the other end, thus achieving the effect of a stove. Because the energy came from the magic stones, it needed to purchase magic stones that were processed into standard shapes before using it. Adventurers, on the other hand, could pick up firewood from anywhere when camping in the wild. There was no need to spend money to buy standard magic stones (about 250 grams, about 8e7J, about ten times the heat of heavy coal) that cost 1 silver coin (50RMB) each. As a result, the sales of portable stoves among civilians were not very good. Only some wealthy businessmen would consider buying this portable stove that cost 16 silver coins (800RMB).
The second item was the Illumination Magic Stone, which was a pale white stone the size of a fingernail. Each piece had been processed and polished into an oval sphere. It could be used for an average of 40 hours and could emit light equivalent to 50 W.(5e1J/s) The illumination of an incandescent lamp, which meant that it contained energy equivalent to two kWh (7e6J). Compared to those magic stones that were made of unpolished or polished powder, the cost and price of the lighting magic stones were many times higher. The price of each piece reached 8 silver coins (400RMB, an average of 10RMB per hour), but its convenient size still made him buy 20 pieces in one go. At this point, the torch could be eliminated.
The third item, the Cleansing Magic Stone, was a light blue stone that was slightly larger than the Illumination Magic Stone. Each piece could be used about 30 times, and it could clean a person and their entire set of equipment. It could remove oil stains on their body and blood stains on their equipment at once. It was a super convenient living tool. Of course, the average poor adventurer would not buy it. They would rather take a bath by the river and clean their equipment than spend money on the Magic Stone. Because the price of each cleaning magic stone was 1 gold coin (3000 RMB), each use was equivalent to spending 100 RMB. However, he did not care about the cost, so he bought 10 magic stones in one go.
The fourth item was the Barrier Magic Stone, which was much larger than the other Magic Stones. It was a dark green stone the size of a fist. If it was used in camping in the wild, it could only be used up to ten times. The Magic Stone could form an invisible but solid spherical protective shell. The radius could be adjusted from at least two meters to a maximum of twenty meters. It was enough to cover the entire camp and could prevent wild beasts from disturbing it at night. It could even block a magical beast attack for half a minute, giving the adventurers time to prepare. Each Barrier Stone was priced at 2 gold coins (6000 RMB), which meant that each use would cost at least 600 RMB, which was even more than the accommodation fees of ordinary high-end hotels. Other than adventurers who were not short of money, only large-scale teams of more than ten people would choose to buy it. In short, he would buy five first.
Later on, he was recommended a magical item similar to a refrigerator. He didn't plan to buy it at first. After all, the structure of this item was too big. It was impossible to bring it to camp in the wild. However, excellent businessmen always had a special excuse.
"You don't have a place to stay in the City of Agriculture, right? Why don't you just buy a house? The Chamber of Commerce also has a real estate agency to expand its business.”Vice President Andy was boasting, but he listened to him.
"What kind of house?" Gong You asked. Although he didn't know how long he would be staying in the City of Agriculture, having his own house was better than staying in a hotel.
"Some freelance merchants affiliated with the Chamber of Commerce have houses for sale, and they are all ready-made large single-family houses. The title deed and real estate are sold together.”Vice President Andy was really a good businessman. Selling the house first in order to sell the refrigerator? Or was the truth the other way around? Did he deliberately mention the refrigerator first to sell the house? First, he planted a seed and watered it slowly to wait for it to sprout.
However, Gong You was still persuaded by the vice president, Andy. He agreed to go with Andy to look at the house before deciding whether to buy it. After receiving the reply, Andy immediately sent the subordinates of the Chamber of Commerce to clean up the house and prepare the car. Then, time returned to Andy's product recommendation segment. At this time, the novice employees who were serving tea and pouring water were already dumbfounded by the vice president's tricks.
Vice Guild Leader Andy continued to recommend Magic Scrolls that Adventurers would buy whenever they had money. Magic Scrolls were an important method to immediately increase combat power. In fact, even if Andy did not recommend Magic Scrolls, he would have bought them himself. The two of them first discussed the most popular Fire-type Magic Scrolls.
The entry-level flame of a cantrip was only around 300 degrees Celsius, similar to a lighter. The advanced cantrip flame, after removing the word 'small', had a temperature of 700 to 800 degrees Celsius, but it was too small to be useful in actual combat. The temperature of a Basic Fireball was only a little over 1,000 ° C, which was only slightly better than a cantrip flame. It could barely melt iron, but he did not buy a scroll at the border because he did not think much of its power. The fireball was also a Basic Spell, but only the core could reach 5,000 ° C, and the outer layer could only reach 2,000 to 3,000 ° C. However, steel had no defense against such high temperatures. As for the Intermediate Level Fire Ball, its temperature was 5,500 degrees Celsius, and its volume was several times that of a fireball. It was almost the size of a balloon. As for the Purple Flame Bomb, which was considered excellent even among Intermediate Spells, it was even more ridiculous. The outer layer of the ball had a temperature of over 6,000 ° C, and its core had a temperature of over 7,000 ° C. Even Magic Steel could be vaporized in an instant. As for the pillar of fire and sea of fire, they did not have any advantage in terms of temperature. They only increased the range of damage.
Among the Magic Scrolls in the Chamber of Commerce's inventory, there were some Gray Flame Bullets and Purple Flame Bullets for sale. As for large-scale destructive Magic Scrolls such as Flame Pillar and Sea of Fire, although there were a few in stock, they would not be sold to low-level adventurers. This was a rule jointly set by the rulers with real power. Therefore, they could only choose from the scrolls that had considerable damage or were more practical to purchase.
In the end, he decided to buy 10 pieces of Wind Armor.(9,000 RMB), 10 Grayflame Bullets (10,000 RMB), 5 Purple Flame Bullets (20,000 RMB), 5 Little Lightning (40,000 RMB), Total 30 (490,000 rmb) It was just enough to fill a new bag. The Wind Armor was an upgraded version of the Wind Wall. Not only could it protect the user from all directions, but the compressed air also had a stronger defense than the Wind Wall. After wearing the Wind Armor, an ordinary person could use a staff to fight with an Ogre. The other small lightning magic scroll was even more powerful. It was considered top-tier among Intermediate Spells. Even the small lightning in the Ogre had to lie down for a long time to recover. Unfortunately, he could only choose one target to cast the spell on. He did not have the ability to kill a large number of targets at once like Chain Lightning.
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They only left the Chamber of Commerce at three o'clock in the afternoon. Then, they went to the East District of the City of Agriculture with Vice President Andy to look at the houses for sale. This time, they took a four-wheeled box carriage. There seemed to be a shock absorption device installed between the wheels and the carriage. They did not feel particularly bumpy on the stone roads in the city. The experience was different from a small place like the border.
The Chamber of Commerce was built on the border between the East District and the North District, so it wasn't far from the East District. In the carriage, Vice President Andy had just spent ten minutes explaining the basic situation of the house. The carriage stopped in front of the yard of the house for sale under the driver. After getting off the carriage, he saw a replica of his small building in the border town. Could it be that all merchants liked to build such a style of house?
However, after entering the courtyard, Gongyou still felt a little different. First, the ground here was covered with large slabs of stone, while the courtyard at the border was filled with mud except for the walkway. Then, the main material of the house was a strong wall made of baked bricks, while the main structure at the border was made of natural stones and wooden pillars. The layout inside was even more different. Most of the houses in the City of Agriculture were covered with lime. Although the walls were grayish-white, they were still smooth. On the other hand, the border was directly made of thin wooden planks, which would swell and distort when it was wet. If the same material was used in a town, it would be fine if there was no comparison between neighbors. Once the comparison was made across cities, the difference in materials would make people throw away the inferior one.
"It's alright. There's no need to renovate it. It can be used as long as the furniture is added.”Gong You told Vice President Andy that he was satisfied with the house.
"That's great. I originally prepared a few different houses for you to choose from. I didn't expect the first one to satisfy you.”Vice President Andy said happily. He even specially mentioned the existence of alternative houses.
"What are the other buildings like? Are they better than this one?”Gong You asked curiously. If there was a better option, he would definitely choose another one.
"No, this house is the best. The other houses are not as good, but they are cheaper. Do you want to take a look?”Vice President Andy was a very good businessman. He would take the initiative to offer more options to his customers instead of deliberately hiding some of them so that his customers had no choice. Especially when facing a VIP with extraordinary wealth and strength like Gong You, he was even more meticulous.
"Hmm…let's go take a look then." After saying that, he turned around and returned to the carriage with Vice President Andy. He had plenty of time today and could slowly choose a house that he was satisfied with.
The carriage left under the coachman's guidance, but after an hour or so, the carriage returned to the front of the house.
"This is it. How much is it?" Gong You asked after taking another look at the house through the window. He had looked through all the options before. Some of the houses were so dilapidated that he was not even interested in walking in. In the end, he returned to the house he had first seen.
"Only 14 mana crystal coins (1,260,000 RMB).”Vice President Andy said with a smile. He had accompanied Gongyou the entire time and had seen Gongyou's attitude towards the house. The price he was offering now was the price that he believed Gongyou could afford.
How much is this house worth?』
[Omniscient: Market price: 12 Magic Crystal Coins and 10 Gold Coins (1,110,000 RMB). This is the final price including the intermediary fee and transfer tax.]
'So you've been accompanying me for half a day because you're planning to trick me here.'Gong You thought to himself, feeling ridiculous. The previous products did not deviate too much from the market price because no matter how much they sold, the turnover belonged to the Chamber of Commerce. Even if Vice President Andy was a high-ranking member of the Chamber of Commerce, he would only get a small commission at most. However, the house in front of him was commissioned by other merchants to be sold. There was a lot of room for manipulation.
"It's too expensive. I think this house is worth at most 12 mana crystal coins. How about adding another 10 gold coins as the intermediary fee?”Gong You replied with a smile and hit Vice President Andy's dead shin.
"This…I'm afraid that won't do. The houses are sold by other independent merchants. The Chamber of Commerce is just a platform, not a seller.”Although Vice President Andy's expression remained unchanged, there was a subtle change in his tone. He even rejected all the changes.
"In that case, I'll look for a professional agent when I'm free. I'm tired after looking at houses for a day and want to go back and rest first.”Gong You said in a relaxed and casual tone. When he knew the other party's bottom line, he would not lose no matter what. Although he did not care about the 2 mana crystal coins, he hated it when others tried to trick him.
"Why don't you add another 13 mana crystal coins (1,170,000 RMB)? After that, I will represent the Chamber of Commerce to negotiate with the merchant. I am confident that I can convince him to agree to this price.”Vice President Andy asked carefully. If they didn't buy a house, then he would have worked for nothing today.
"12 mana crystal coins and 11 gold coins. This is the final transfer price.”After saying that, Gong You leaned against the carriage and closed his eyes to rest. He was really tired. Anyway, it didn't matter if he bought a house or not. At most, he would find a real estate agent when he wanted to buy it. With omniscient information, he wouldn't lose out no matter what.
"Alright, customer, please return to the Chamber of Commerce and wait. I will persuade the other merchants.”Vice President Andy was old, so he naturally understood the principle of stopping while he was ahead. If he didn't stop now, everything would be gone. Moreover, he had earned an extra gold coin. At least he didn't work in vain today.
After that, Andy, the vice president, asked the coachman to send Gong You back to the reception room of the Chamber of Commerce to rest, and then went to handle the procedures himself. He didn't stay idle either. He called Doug, a senior employee who hadn't gotten off work yet, and asked Doug to find the furniture list in the Chamber of Commerce. He wanted to take advantage of his free time to choose furniture.
After a round of picking and choosing, they had selected all the furniture that could be used. Other than a few high-quality items that were only produced after receiving orders, most of the rest were finished products in stock, including three sets of beds and wardrobes, as well as a large number of kitchen utensils and daily necessities. There were even a few magical props, such as a self-heating jacuzzis, a magical oven, a magical low-temperature box, and so on. In the end, the total price was 150,000 RMB. He sighed at how expensive the settling fee was, and calculated the total cost for today again. It was almost 20 million RMB, which used up two-thirds of the IQ tax that he had just collected in the morning.
It was not until the evening that Vice President Andy returned with all the contract documents for the house. After that, he entrusted the transfer of ownership, cleaning the house, cleaning the sewers, and arranging a series of procedures such as furniture delivery. Even if he continued to pay the employees of the Chamber of Commerce to work overtime, the house could only be moved in the day after tomorrow at the earliest. He would be busy until nightfall to complete all the contract procedures. At this time, the street was already lit up with magic stone lamps. He thought of the two women waiting for him in the inn. He rejected Andy's invitation to dinner and night entertainment. In the end, he took more than ten gift boxes and took the carriage sent by the Chamber of Commerce back to the hotel.
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When Gongyou returned to the hotel room suite with the day's harvest, he found that Luana was alone on the living room sofa in a daze. However, she had saved him dinner on the table. He did not dote on her for nothing, but he still asked," Where's Hilo?" He's not back yet?"
"Hilo is staying at the temple tonight," Luana stood on the sofa with her hands on her hips and said condescendingly," You finally know how to come back. It's already dark. Why are you so late buying something?"”
"Ahem, I even bought you a present.”Gong You held back his laughter as he looked at Luana's deliberate posture. He awkwardly changed the topic because her tone and actions were getting weirder and weirder. He didn't know how to complain.
"Gift? Where is it?" Luana could no longer keep a straight face. She smiled and pestered Gongyou for a gift.
"Wait, I'll get it for you." He placed the gift boxes on the tea table in the living room and ran back to the bedroom without even having dinner.
Luana looked at the gift box on the table strangely, then looked at the common reason for rummaging through the closet in the bedroom. She wondered if he had hit his head on the ground after going out. Why would he look for a gift in the closet? She was the one who cleaned up the closet after washing the clothes this morning. There was no gift hidden in it.
After a while, Gong You ran out with the magic beast leather armor. He held the leather armor with both hands and handed it to Luana. He said," This is the gift I wanted to give you. How is it? Do you like it?"”
"You…you…you gave this to me, then what about yourself?”Luana was really shocked by Common Cause's actions this time. They knew how important enchanted equipment was to adventurers.
"I bought a new set today. This old set is really for you.”Gong You let out an exaggerated laugh and explained that he had already considered this when he bought the Dragon Scale Armor today. Instead of letting the equipment rot, it was better to use it to increase the combat power of his teammates.
"You bought a new leather armor? " It's really your style…" Luana felt that she was already used to jumping out of her thoughts. This kind of thing could not be bought as she wished. Most adventurers might not even get one even if they worked hard in their entire lives. However, after thinking about it, she said seriously," This gift is too precious. I can't accept it."”
This situation was akin to a dorm mate who was on good terms with her in university suddenly throwing his car keys in front of her and saying," I'll give it to you." Most normal people with self-esteem would reject it politely after being excited. Although Luana usually liked to take advantage of others, it was just a friendly joke. It was like freeloading on each other's takeout. If she really received such an expensive gift that was worth half a lifetime's savings, she would not dare to accept it. Last time, she could say that it was compensation for giving up the magic book. This time, she would not accept it no matter what.
"How about this? You will help me wash my dirty clothes in the future. This leather armor can be considered as an advance payment.”Gong You helplessly found an excuse. He still wanted to give this leather armor away anyway, because there was no point in keeping it.
" This..." Luana held the enchanted leather armor and let her imagination run wild. However, she had already walked away.
He first ate the dinner on the table to fill his stomach before opening the gift boxes one by one to take out the items he had bought today and put them into different categories: equipment, accessories, deposit contract, group uniform list, potion box, the two most expensive magic books, a large collection of alchemy items, scroll bag, land deed, and furniture receipt. After checking, he found that there were quite a lot of things. However, for him, he only brought about 10,000 RMB when he left in the morning, and when he returned at night, he had 30 million RMB in his pocket.
After packing up the gift box, he saw that Luana was still in a daze while holding the magic beast leather armor. She was arguing in her mind, so he said," Luana, stop daydreaming. Try on the leather armor first to see if it fits."”
"Oh." Luana responded in a daze and then began to take off her clothes. When she was only left with her underwear, she realized that she was in the living room and Gongyou was still watching. She immediately screamed and put the clothes she had changed into on his head, covering his eyes and saying," Don't look."”
"Haha, alright, alright, I won't look.”Gong You replied with a smile. He didn't expect Luana, who was usually lively and active, to be so dull sometimes.
Luana picked up the leather armor and ran back to the bedroom to change. After a while, she came out with a red face. At this time, the size of the magic beast leather armor on her body had been automatically adjusted. This was a small function that all enchanted equipment came with. It immediately highlighted her perfect curves. The leather armor had the effect of a tight suit, showing off her beautiful body.
Luana realized that something was wrong when she saw Gongyou's strange expression. She blushed and ran back to her bedroom. When she came out, she had already put on a loose set of clothes over the magic beast leather armor. She walked around in front of him a few times and asked happily," How is it?" Does it look good?"
"I can't see it now." Gong You waved his hand and smiled. Luana was indeed a willful child. She had forgotten about her unhappiness just now.
"Hmph, I'm not showing it to you." Luana turned her face away and snorted to show that she was unhappy again. She wanted Gonglai to make her happy, but she didn't realize that she was actually acting coquettishly.
"Alright, alright, don't be angry, what was it about Hilo not coming back tonight?”Gongyou changed the topic after coaxing her. He happened to be very curious about Hilo's schedule, so he asked directly.
" Ah, today..." Luana finally found an opportunity to tell the Common Lord about her entire day's schedule. First, she helped him wash his clothes in the morning and took them to the balcony of the suite to dry. Then, she went to the martial arts club in the morning and exchanged a few moves with a few apprentices. Although she did not gain much, she had a good time. Then, in the afternoon, she went to the Grand Shrine to look for Hilo. However, she was taken to see the assistant bishop on duty by the clergy. After explaining the situation, the assistant bishop told her that Hilo was temporarily unable to leave the prayer room. She would probably have to stay at the temple for the night. In the end, she had no choice but to come back before evening to collect her clothes. In the end, she waited for him to come back for more than two hours. It made her very angry. If it was not for the gift, she would have taught him a lesson.
Gong You listened attentively and thought for a moment, but he still couldn't understand what had happened to Hilo. He was a little worried, so he asked for Omniscience…
"What is Hilo doing now?』
[Omniscient: Prayer]
Is it dangerous?』
[Omniscient: No danger]
Since Omniscient said that there was no danger, then there was really no danger. So, he comforted Luana, who was worried about Hilo, and went to take a shower first. Although Luana smiled and asked if he wanted to help him scrub his back, he knew that she was joking and did not reply. Otherwise, he would be laughed at.
After washing up, he returned to his bedroom. While Luana was still taking a shower, he quickly took out his magic book and unlocked it. Just like the previous two times, when the first book turned into ashes, he obtained four spell slots and an Intermediate Spell. However, when he flipped through the second book, something unexpected happened. Although he obtained an Intermediate Spell as usual, only one bright spell slot was added to the magic net in his mind. There were also three new spell slots that were now dark gray, which made him think,'Is there a problem with the second book? Fake?
" What's the situation with the second book?』
[Omniscient: The spellbook is normal. There is no damage or counterfeit.]
" Then why are there three spell slots that are lost?』
[Omniscient: Your current spirit can only accommodate 14 spell slots on the magic net.]
'Is it my problem?』
[Omniscient: Your Spirit is only slightly higher than that of an ordinary adult. It is not enough to accommodate more spell slots.]
How do I improve my spirit?』
[Omniscient: Meditate, read, think, train hard, or rely on life experience to grow naturally.]
So, I've revealed my true colors as a fake mage…He had originally wanted to become a powerhouse by accumulating magic books endlessly, but now he realized that he still had to learn what he needed to learn. He had to make up for all the lessons he had missed.
After calming down, he began to calculate the gains and losses. He had used a total of four magic books and obtained seventeen (5 4 4 4) spell slots. Although he could only accommodate fourteen spell slots now, he had also obtained four spells through shortcuts. Among them, Petrification was a high-level spell, and the other three were mudslide, rock spear, and hail. It was not a loss to use local coins equivalent to 10.9 million RMB to obtain such magic power.
However, when he compared the value of a few magic books, he found that each spell slot was worth about one million RMB, then the intermediate incantations were worth hundreds of thousands of RMB, and the advanced incantations were worth millions of RMB. However, even if he found this pattern, it seemed meaningless. After all, his magic could no longer rely on cheating to grow quickly in a short period of time. This made him a little absent-minded. In the beginning, he did not think about obtaining the power of magic. At that time, magic did not matter. After accidentally learning about the magic book, he was frustrated because he could not continue cheating. Humans were just so insatiable.
Just as he was thinking about it, Luana, who had just finished her shower, walked in. She looked at him in confusion, then climbed onto the bed and sat beside him. She wiped her hair with a dry towel and said," I'm warning you, don't think you can do whatever you want without Hilo tonight. If you dare to touch me, I'll kill you."”
"Sigh…Let me help you dry your hair.”His thoughts were interrupted, so he decided not to think about magic anymore. He took the towel and gently wiped Luana's hair as if he was stroking a kitten's fur. He thought to himself, Actually, I have enough power now. I have enough power to protect myself, and I have enough power to protect you guys. Anyway, we will part sooner or later. I just hope that you guys will be stronger by then.'
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After helping Luana dry her hair, he picked up the magic textbook and continued reading. When she was so sleepy that she rubbed her eyes, he turned off the magic stone lamp and lay down to sleep. She immediately took the initiative to hug him and wrapped her arms and legs around him before falling asleep. He was now used to sleeping with someone beside him. It was another quiet and peaceful night.
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