The Truth of Magic - Chapter 402
402 The Holy breath
when the old man saw zhao xu return the price, he just nodded his head silently.
The rules of this trade were that there was no such thing as not buying after haggling.
this already meant that he had already completed 70 – 80% of his business today.
The old man rolled his eyes. I’m losing money if you do this. Let’s do it this way, this is my first opening. 90, if you can accept it, then take it. ”
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Zhao Xu could only grin when he heard this.
A group of underground forces that gathered funds to do business without capital, digging from the underground, actually told him that they would lose money?
“Eighty, one price.” Zhao Xu said firmly.
At this moment, the old man also saw the determination in his eyes. He gently put down the other book in his hand and said, ” “Deal,” he said.
Zhao Xu also took out eight platinum coins from his pocket and placed them one by one on the wooden table, which was almost completely painted.
The old man glanced at it but did not go forward to clean it up. then you can take that magic book. At three O ‘clock in the morning, come to my door. Only the two of you can come, no more.”
“alright,” he said.
Zhao Xu agreed readily. At the same time, he put the magic book into his pocket and then walked out of the slightly dilapidated door.
“Oh, that’s right.”
Suddenly, the old man stopped the two of them. At this moment, Zhao Xu was just about to step out of the door, but he wasn’t completely out yet.
although you should know this, I’ll still reiterate the rules of this trade. Once the goods are out, they can’t be returned.
“Naturally.”
After Zhao Xu finished speaking, he walked out without looking back.
“If this book is fake, we can’t get even with him?”
As a Paladin, Vivian found it difficult to understand the non-return.
“This is the rule of this trade. If you see it as a fake, you can only take it as your own tuition.”
I think the demon race will definitely like this kind of trading method. Vivian responded.
that’s mainly because the others don’t dare to turn around and cause trouble for the evil demons.
“It’s already the lightest punishment to return the goods if they find out that it’s fake. The rest were returned after being damaged, and even returned the fake ones after they were made.” zhao xu explained the reason for this rule.
then, President, what’s this book in your hand for? ”
At this moment, Vivian and Zhao Xu were walking on one side of an alley. The balcony above them covered up the early morning sun of the winter.
“It’s just an ordinary magic notebook.”
“it’s a record of an immature experimental idea of a fourth-circle mage. according to the practice of stoneskin seven hundred years ago, this kind of idea has been rejected by mage druan.” Zhao Xu explained.
Stoneskin was a spell that cost 250 gold coins to cast and could absorb up to 100 points of damage. It was a well-known life-saving spell among Level 4 mages.
Although the foundation of magic had become more and more solid, and many mages could only do the repair work on the corners.
however, it was built on a self-consistent and complete logic. in other words, the magic civilization had always been advancing.
This was also the reason why some ancient magic handwriting was mixed with both good and bad. They were able to be preserved and passed down because they had been through a natural selection.
most of the useless ones couldn’t be preserved at all and had long been abandoned or even burned.
Even if they were passed down, those magic notebooks could easily only record some false conjectures of magic, which would be greatly reduced in value as antiques.
Unless it was like the legendary notebook that recorded the final fixed spell structure after Mordenkainen invented Spellbreaker. That was because of its historical significance, so it wouldn’t be strange for it to sell for millions of gold coins.
This included the path of Arcana that Antonya had written herself. It was even more difficult to estimate.
Vivian could not help but look disappointed. doesn’t this mean that the notebook will be greatly discounted? ”
“You think? otherwise, how could we have made a deal for 80 gold coins?” zhao xu laughed and said, ” but we definitely won’t make a loss. the paper used for this book was carefully chosen. after you copied the spell, it will automatically have a special mystical power. ”
“That’s why it can be used as an incomplete spellbook. It can definitely be sold for 200 gold coins.”
this was the reason why zhao xu had his eyes on this magic book.
He was not interested in the artistic value of the Arcana language or its status in the history of magic civilization.
It was completely based on the actual value of the disassembled parts.
Others thought that he wanted to buy the real but worthless bead that was only good-looking. In fact, he wanted to buy the box that stored the bead.
At this moment, in the magic material shop, the old man who looked like he was about to die immediately stood up.
He took out a book from his pocket and began to describe the ins and outs of the two people in detail, as well as the entire transaction as a file.
The black market had been able to survive in the Alliance for a hundred years, and it naturally had its own reasons.
At the same time, he couldn’t help but sigh. your vision is not bad. You jumped to the real magic books. The problem is, how can the truly valuable magic books be sold at my place? ” Forget it, that book can still be sold for 50 gold coins as a second-hand item. If you meet someone you like, it can even be sold for 70 or 80 gold coins. You can pass.”
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It was early in the morning, and there was no one on the street. Even though the northern Alliance was one of the few forces that didn’t set up a curfew at night, no one was staying there.
When they finally arrived at the magic material store they had agreed to meet in the day, they found a carriage already there.
it smells a little weird, ” Vivian said. She used to smell all kinds of burnt and bitter smells in the abyss, like garbage being burned.
This was the first time he had smelled the feces of garbage from a carriage.
it used to be in the field of transportation. Otherwise, it would be very obvious for a carriage to be wandering on the road in the middle of the night. Zhao Xu said as he pulled open the curtains and sat inside the carriage.
“Then we’re leaving?” The coachman asked after seeing that the two of them had reached a tacit agreement despite their slight disagreement.
“Sure.” Zhao Xu replied.
After that, Zhao Xu realized that the coachman had intentionally led them in circles a few times before heading in the right direction and heading back to the right path.
Such a smokescreen was naturally meaningless to the two mages.
It wasn’t until around 20 minutes later that Zhao Xu realized the carriage had slowed down. When he got off the carriage, he realized that he had already entered a place that looked like a warehouse.
There were also more than a dozen carriages parked at the side. It was obvious that they were not the only ones.
my name is Saraki. I’ll be your guide. Any deals you make will have to go through me. The young coachman, who was not even thirty years old, said.
He immediately led the two to the corner of the warehouse, where the floor’s cover had been opened, revealing a bright underground tunnel.
Zhao Xu nodded to himself as he watched this. It would be a lie if he said that he had dug out a large space under Zhenyu city and the person in charge of the city didn’t know about it.
It completely explained that this line of work could be considered a joint government-private joint venture.
After that, Zhao Xu and Vivian followed the guides that had been assigned to them as they moved underground.
No one would have imagined that there was a huge black market for magical items and antiques hidden in the sewers of the city.
The air in the underground tunnel was not turbid, and the ventilation was good.
Zhao Xu, on the other hand, was thinking about how he was going to break out of this place if a battle were to break out.
“First of all, I have to remind you that all the ‘magic items’ here have been identified to be able to emit magic light. Unless it’s damaged and can’t be released, I’ll inform you on the spot.” Sarazi said.
Zhao Xu’s expression changed slightly.
It seemed that the magic items underground were of different grades.
However, most of the magic items that could emit magic light were sold at a clear price after being appraised by the appraisal technique.
There were a few who had deliberately tampered with the magic aura and even mutated the identification spell, but not many.
Buying these things also lost the fun of “Taobao,” and it was more of a simple purchase.
What was even more challenging were the ” magic items ” that had lost part of their effects due to the long passage of time. Even when they were used to detect magic aura, it was only effective at times.
And this kind of magic item was also the one that most closely examined the buyer’s eyes.
Suddenly.
Vivian’s footsteps stopped.
she looked like she wanted to say something, but she didn’t know what to say. she looked at zhao xu for a moment, then she activated her telepathy and started to communicate with him.
President, I’ve just received an ‘order’ from lady Wuyue.
Zhao Xu raised his eyebrows a little. He didn’t think that Vivian would still be in contact with her like this, and that she would even be able to communicate with her through telepathy.
the general content of the ‘revelation’ is that the hundred-year-old seal of the ‘Holy breath’ has been touched. The executor of the evil ritual will descend from the sky in a few hours.
what lady Wuyue means is that if we want to, we can look at the sky at dawn and wait for the disaster to come. Then, we can go there and find the opportunity of fate.
“At that time, meteors will fall from the sky and destroy everything. It will also bring new opportunities.”
Holy breath!
zhao xu had jokingly recalled the day before yesterday. from what he remembered, five years later in zhenyu city, there would be a major disaster that would shake the entire alliance and even the surrounding countries!
That shooting star had actually arrived tomorrow in advance?
In an instant, Zhao Xu’s mind flashed back to the time when he had broken into the mysterious lair and obtained the brass treasure chest.
That place was also an evil ritual. Could it be related to this?
At this moment, Zhao Xu’s mind was clear.
According to Wuyue, the Holy breath, which was as mysterious as a divine weapon, was probably sealed in the sky.
If his guess was correct, that evil ritual was the way to obtain the breath of holiness.
However …
He had destroyed it.
Perhaps in his previous life, it had been destroyed as well, the only difference being that the time node was five years later.
Then, the owner of the ritual, after losing the way to ascend to heaven, dropped it into the human world and planned to obtain it in another way.
On one hand, the adventurers who had rushed over after hearing the news were the enemies of the mastermind behind the scenes.
On one hand, they were also the first to rush on their way and free cannon fodder to clear the traps.
However, time was of the essence.
According to what Vivian said, it happened not long after dawn.
It was a divine weapon that surpassed a divine weapon, and before Zhao Xu reached his peak, Lux wouldn’t be able to show off too much.
Therefore, the ” Holy breath “, another mysterious divine weapon that was said to be able to reverse the effects of a region, would definitely be able to greatly supplement his strength.
Thinking about this, Zhao Xu’s eyes became determined.
He immediately glanced at the item and equipment slots in his character stats.
Limited equipment slots-
[ head: turban of intelligence (intelligence +6,36000 gold coins) ]
[ eyes: Golem goggles (detect magic to identify magic, 1500 gold coins) ]
[ neck: time backtrack amulet (backtrack 1 round of time, 40000 gold coins) ]
[ shoulder: star cloak (immune to non-magic attacks, 132000 gold coins) ]
[ inner body: linen shirt (normal shirt, 1 gold coin) ]
[ outer body (armor): mage’s robe (normal robe, 5 gold coins) ]
[ waist: monk’s belt (defense, perception, and barehanded damage, 12000 gold coins) ]
[ hand: none (can be equipped with gloves) ]
[ arms: none (armguard can be equipped) ]
[ feet: teleportation boots (allows short-distance teleportation with movement, 5000 gold coins) ]
[ finger: ring of silence (silence effect and limited spells, 4000 gold coins) ]
Unlimited equipment slots:
Legendary Necromancer staff (four powerful necromancer spells, 1505312 gold coins)
Strength runic magic staff (partial spells and double damage, 59300 gold coins)
high-level metamagic spell-instant cast scepter (3 instant cast, 170000 gold coins)
Orange prism ain stone (caster level +1,30000 gold)
Energy-suppressing skin (damage minimized, 10000 gold coins)
Automatic quill pen (automatic Scribe Scroll, 1750 gold)
Howard’s convenient bag (portal bag, 7500 gold coins)
Zhao Xu had a look at the equipment he was wearing. Before he knew it, he had a total of 14 pieces of equipment on him, and they were already worth 1.86 million gold coins.
Even though the majority of the money was the 1.5 million Necromancer staff and the 170000 instant cast staff, the remaining money was about 200000 gold coins that he had actually gotten from Antonya.
But to be honest, when the 9th circle wizard Frank gave him the staff, he only had around 30 shots. According to the rules, he should have only gotten a 40% discount on the staff for around a million gold coins, but Zhao Xu had to rely on the Reaper’s divine persona fragment to recharge it, so he was able to get it back to the original price of 150 gold coins for 50 shots.
It was equivalent to the death God’s divinity fragment charging him at least 500000 gold coins.
But Zhao Xu could still clearly see that his inner body, outer body, hands, arms, and fingers were still empty.
if he made up his mind to intervene in the battle for divine breath that suddenly erupted, he would be able to obtain it.
He might have to buy these magic items tonight and break through from 0 to 1.
In his previous life, he had not been in the northern Alliance at the time of the explosion, so he had only heard later that the meteor fall was actually a Holy breath.
And now, with the mastermind behind the scenes wanting to obtain the Holy breath that had been sealed all this time, it meant that this news could not be concealed at all.
Even though lady may was thousands of miles away, she had noticed the change in the Holy breath with her own arrangements, and thus told them in advance that they could intercept.
Then, there would probably be many other forces who would want to get involved.
zhao xu immediately made up his mind.
He had to make a big purchase tonight, before the new wave of magical items prices rose after the appearance of the Holy breath. He had to buy the few magical items he was missing first.
“Take me to the most expensive place.” Zhao Xu ordered.
