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There are many types of gemstones, and many of them are very similar in appearance. This young man with a sick face could tell at a glance that the finger-sized fragment was fluorite, and his vision could be called vicious. wWW!QUaNbEn-xIAoShUO!COm
"How many do you have?" The young man looked up at Salin and instantly regained his composure.
"How much do you want?"
The young man frowned slightly after hearing Salin's words. Then he walked out of the counter, closed the door of the shop, and hung a sign saying "out of business" at the door. Then he returned to Salin and said: "Mr. Master, if you have a lot of fluorite, there will be some trouble. I am a very good person here. Small branches can’t eat it, and if you sell it to others, you can’t guarantee safety.”
"Safe?" Salin also frowned and looked at the boy calmly.
"Are you a Scotian?"
"Um."
"You can tell it just by listening to the accent. You may not know much about it, but the weapons shops in the Qin Yin Empire are all controlled by big families. The three most famous weapons shops account for 80% of the total transaction volume. With great strength, * like this It is inevitable that things will happen. For survival, small weapons dealers have good means. You are a foreigner, and this fluorite can be sold for about 2,000 gold coins after processing. The weapons shop wants 40% of the gross profit, so it stands to reason that it should give you 1,200 gold coins. . But it’s good if you can get 500 gold coins in your hand.”
Salin smiled and asked, "What if you accept it?"
"Even if I plan to make you a friend, I can only give you 1,000 gold coins." The young man answered calmly.
"why?"
"Mr. Master, do you want to be my friend?" The young man smiled, kindly and a little cunning.
Salin tapped his fingers on the glass of the counter and was not in a hurry to answer, looking at the magic dagger inside the counter in a trance. Although this young man has a sickly appearance, his temperament is definitely not that of an ordinary person. Of course Salin wouldn't mind working with the boy if he could make friends.
"Mr. Wizard!"
"Um?"
"Have you considered?"
Salin looked like he was thinking seriously, and then said after a while: "You can call me Salin. Salin Metatrin."
The young man showed a bright smile and said: "My name is Ani. Ani Clyde." After he said his name, he saw that Salin did not have any surprised reaction, confirming that Salin indeed had no interest in the Qin Yin Empire. known. In the Qinyin Empire, no one does not know about the Clyde family.
What a simple boy! The two of them were thinking the same thing.
"Who are these two?" Aini asked politely. He could tell from Salin's equipment that although Salin was a low-level magician, his status may not be low. At least he had a good teacher, and maybe a powerful one. inherited. The white crystal ring worth tens of thousands of gold coins on Salin's finger is not something that all magicians can afford. The same goes for Salin's magic robe, which has three magic powers. Magicians above his level can possess it. of.
Sikka, who was sitting next to Salin, didn't speak. Salin and Aini had been talking in Qinyin language, which she couldn't understand. Nailisi lingered in front of the shelves and did not look back.
"This is Sika, and that's Nailis." Salin resolved Aini's embarrassment. "They don't know Qin Yinyu."
"Let's talk about it later, cough..." Aini covered his mouth and coughed. He coughed so hard that the skin on his face turned bright red, reminding Salin of Cang Hong. I don’t know if that guy left Chaos Swamp.
The room at the back was larger than the store. What surprised Salin was that the huge table in the middle of the room was somewhat similar to Jason's. It was filled with magic instruments. Is Aini an alchemist
The room smelled of sulfur, neutralized by a rare spice—rosemary.
Ani walked into the room, coughing even more violently, his waist bent deeply, and his shoulders shrank in pain. Salin took an empty metal cup from the table, made a portion of healing water, put half into the metal cup, and let his left hand absorb the other half.
"Thank you." Aini straightened up and saw Salin's actions. He took the metal cup and drank it in one gulp.
"Nellis, don't move!" Salin saw Nellis picking up a metal machine on the table, as if she wanted to take a bite and taste it. This metal machine is assembled from hundreds of tiny parts and is more than a foot tall, like a Clark's Magic Brick.
"Shika!"
Only after Salin stopped Nailis' move did Sikka hold up a crystal beaker, which was filled with suspicious green liquid. The green ** is very viscous and contains granular colloids, like fish eggs.
"Captain, it's Garamon!" Sika reluctantly put down the crystal beaker.
"Uh..." Salin couldn't hold it anymore and said awkwardly to Aini: "Sorry, they haven't been out."
Aini waved his hand and said, "It's okay. I just use it to relieve my boredom. It's not worth much. Salin, come and sit here."
Aini led Salin to the corner. There was a low table in the corner, and two people sat on the floor. There were only two soft cushions on the floor, but they were made of Yun brocade.
"How long have you been injured?" Salin could see at this time that Aini was not ill, but had suffered a serious injury.
"It's been five or six years." Aini smiled reluctantly, changed the subject, and said: "Salin, how many gems do you have? I can't afford too many, and I don't want you to sell them to other families. Help. Just a favor, when I raise enough money..."
Salin stretched out his left hand from his sleeve and placed it on the low table.
Aini smiled bitterly and said, "It turns out you are in urgent need of money too."
If Salin's hand is treated with repairing water, it can slowly recover, but it will take a lot of time. If he could buy high-end magic potions, this time would be shortened and it wouldn't even affect his promotion.
"How much can you give?" Salin and Aini share the same problem and want to make friends. He has no relatives in the Qin Yin Empire. This Aini seems to be from a big family, and being in this remote and small place is a good opportunity to make friends. Salin has the intuition of a businessman and has not lost his innocent heart. He has no reason to reject Aini's friendship.
Aini was also a little moved. He lowered his head and calculated, and replied: "The money I can get privately is only 60,000 gold coins."
Salin was also calculating in his mind. 60,000 gold coins was not a small amount of money, but his hand needed medicine every day. Advanced magic potions cost tens of thousands of gold coins. After curing this hand, he might have nothing. I also need to buy magic cores and magic materials, which consume no less than a hundred gold coins every day.
"Does your family have a good pharmacist?" Salin asked another question.
Aini felt relieved and had an epiphany. He smiled and said, "My uncle is a senior pharmacist, but he is not in Phoenix. Your injury..."
"I have something to go to Bishui County. It doesn't matter if I'm on the way." Salin has decided to have long-term dealings with the Clyde family. Just as he was talking about speculation, Nailis picked up the crystal beaker that Sikka put down and put it in. He stuck his tongue into the beaker and started licking it.
"Nelise!"
"It's okay, it's really okay. Garomon eggs are not poisonous." Aini also found it interesting that Salin, a magician of similar age to him, was walking alone with two stunning beauties, and he was still only a first-level magician. , his teacher was actually relieved. Fortunately, Salin met him this time. If he had colluded with the thieves group in the weapons business, he would have died without knowing how.
Salin had a headache. He was not afraid that Nailis would be poisoned, but he was afraid that he would have to pay for breaking something. Sikka was feeling better. She didn't move after putting down the crystal beaker and sat obediently aside.
"Ani, I can give you gems worth 60,000 gold coins. But I think your injury cannot be solved by magic potions. If you want to make me a friend, just tell me. Maybe I can help. place."
"You can't help, it's a curse."
"Curse spell?" Salin was surprised. This is a type of divine spell. Although the name is very evil, it is actually a rare skill of the Holy See.
"Salin, let me tell you the truth. I am a direct descendant of the Clyde family. I was originally in the Principality of Garulan and had a bright future. I became a senior magic apprentice when I was 8 years old, and a third-level magician when I was 12 years old. Master. Everyone thought that I could become a great magician when I was 15 years old, and I would definitely be transferred back to the Qin Yin Empire and join the core of the family. But in the winter of that year, I rescued a mercenary. How did I know about this mercenary? He was the one pursued by the Inquisition, but he offended the Holy See and was secretly cursed."
Aini's expression was a little sad, and he continued: "You probably also know that the person who can curse a third-level magician without being noticed is at least a deacon or above in the Holy See. My parents went to war for this, although they were not arrested. The person who cursed me also killed all the hidden missionaries in that city. Because of the abuse of family power and huge losses, my parents were recalled to the Qin Yin Empire and were not allowed to leave the family for even half a step. Although I did nothing wrong, But there is no future, the magic string disappears day by day, and sooner or later he will become a useless person, and will be sent to manage a shop in this remote area."
Saleen was greatly irritated when he heard this. The Clyde family was so powerful that they dared to attack people from the Holy See. Although the Galulan Principality is affiliated with the Qin Yin Empire, the Holy See cannot directly intervene. But not everyone dares to provoke the Inquisition. Those lunatics do things without any scruples.
"If my curse can be solved, my family will not give up on me and let me retire here." Aini said the word "retirement", and there was a bit of resentment on his young face.
"Have you found a solution?" Salin wondered. If the Clyde family can't lift Aini's curse, what's the point of making more money.
"There are two ways. The first is to kill the person who put the curse on me. However, there is a huge crowd and this person is a professional of level seven or above, so the hope is almost zero. The second way..."
Aini looked into Salin's eyes and said: "Since the magic string is gone, I might as well learn necromancy magic."
He carefully observed Salin's reaction. Undead magic had a bad reputation. Even in the Qin Yin Empire, few people were willing to learn it.
"This road is very difficult..." Salin let out a long sigh. He thought of the time when he was troubled by the magic string, and he somewhat understood Aini's thoughts. At that time, I was willing to pay any price in order to obtain the power of magic.