Those magic apprentices in silver robes were walking around nervously, busy. Some are holding thick and tall sheepskin files in their hands, and some are even doing cleaning work with buckets—the only difference is that they don’t need to do it themselves, even the cleaning tools, brooms or buckets It is a magic prop, as long as you read the spell, you can automatically start the cleaning work, and these busy magic apprentices just need to pay attention to control.
Walking into this hall, what made Du Wei feel the most different was... the headquarters of the magic union is not as majestic and mysterious as he imagined... On the contrary, it has a touch of secular taste!
There are two spacious passages extending out on both sides, and there are some weird shops on both sides. It sells all kinds of strange magic materials, magic props, and even some special things like Gu Xun.
These shops are all favorite places of magicians, and all of them are opened by magic unions. Magicians from all over the continent can purchase all kinds of magic materials they need here.
The currency used is not the gold coin or any currency commonly used in the empire on the mainland.
Instead... Swap!
The oldest exchange, barter!
This made Du Wei very curious and interesting.
Because, this place is the last place in the whole continent where the custom of exchanging goods with goods is preserved. And in the branches of the magician unions in various places in the mainland, there will also be shops of this kind of magic materials. But you can use the gold coins of the empire to buy anything.
Only in the headquarters of the magic union in the imperial capital, in order to protect the tradition, the ancient traditions of the magicians thousands of years ago are still preserved. Barter.
Du Wei took a few steps casually, and all the people he met around him, those magic apprentices in silver robes, saw Du Wei in black from a distance, and quickly stopped their work, and bent over from a distance, Treat respectfully. And the one or two magicians in gray robes who walked by occasionally looked surprised when they saw Du Wei, and then nodded one after another. Smile in a friendly manner while being respectful.
It seemed that Clark wasn't lying, the position of the Bachelor of Magic was indeed detached, and magicians below the sixth level would respectfully salute him.
Du Wei was not in a hurry to meet the chairman of the Magic Union anyway—in fact, he didn't know how to meet the chairman. Anyway, there is nothing urgent, but I have a strong interest in the magic props shops next to me.
These shops are not big, but in this tall and spacious hall, each of them is a sealed and separate building, forming a room within a room. Shops are built with all kinds of strange materials. For example, the shop next to it is a big house built with a black stone that exudes a strange smell, and there is smoke on the top of the house. There were bursts of black smoke, and the black smoke came out of the smoke, and when it reached the illusion like the sky created by magic above the head, it actually dissipated!
At the entrance of the store, on the table in the window, there are densely packed crystal balls of various qualities. Obviously. This is a shop that specializes in selling crystal balls for magicians. Du Wei glanced at it, thinking that he didn't have a crystal ball of his own, so he couldn't help being curious, so he walked in.
Standing in the shop was an old man who might be Du Wei's grandfather, but he was still wearing a silver robe of a magic apprentice, and his long beard almost reached his chest. When he saw Du Wei coming in, although Du Wei was younger He didn't know how much younger he was, but he still hurriedly bowed his head to Du Wei to salute, and then used a dry voice. Respectfully and respectfully said: "Honorable Mage, what do you need?"
Du Wei's face was kind, and he was very polite to the old magic apprentice: "I need a crystal ball... um."
"Oh, let me see..." The old apprentice's eyes were a little muddy, but he still took out a form and handed it to Du Wei. His face was wrinkled like dried orange peel, but piled up. Smiling face: "I don't know what kind of ground you need? Is it a magic power test ball? Oh, a magician like you must be ready to accept disciples, right? I have a good magic power test ball here, which can clearly test children The magic power talent... oh. There is also the detection ball, if you are ready to go on an adventure. Then you might as well buy a detection ball. As long as you inject a little magic power, you can use the crystal ball to turn any square within a mile around Show it... Of course, if you need a more advanced land, I also have a magnetic black crystal ball here, which can display everything within a ten-mile radius, but the exchange price is also slightly more expensive... "
Du Wei became more and more curious: "Is there anything else?"
"Of course!" The old apprentice looked proud: "This is the oldest crystal ball shop in the magic union! Do you know? The current president of the magic union, Mr. Yago Doug, when he was young, he became a magician The first crystal ball at that time was bought from my store! The person who sold him the crystal ball was my father! I have crystal balls of all styles here... I don’t know which one you need?"
Although Du Wei's magic ability is not bad, he has not systematically studied formal magic knowledge after all. Most of his understanding of these magic props is from those messy books. The knowledge of magic props such as crystal balls is really not much. After thinking for a while, he smiled wryly, "Old man, I have just become a magician and am planning to buy my first crystal ball, so I don't know what I need? Do you have any suggestions?"
The old apprentice froze for a moment, looked at Du Wei's black robe, and opened his mouth: "Oh... you, a master of magic, haven't you ever used a crystal ball before?"
Du Wei smiled: "I also just became a magician."
The old apprentice immediately realized that he was rude. The position of a magic apprentice is the lowest in the entire magic system, let alone a magic bachelor wearing a black robe. Even if you are a first-level magician, you have to be polite to each other. It's already inappropriate to ask such impolite words just now.
But... as a Bachelor of Magic. But just became a magician... It's very strange.
"So..." The old apprentice hesitated for a moment, and the smile on his face was even more polite: "May I ask you, which department of magic is the main practice?"
"Is there a difference?" Du Wei asked.
"Of course, if you are majoring in fire magic, here I have a fire magic power enhancement auxiliary crystal ball, which allows you to act as the best formation eye when arranging fire magic formations. As long as you have one ball in hand, the whole Any slight fluctuations in the magic field cannot escape your eyes. If you are practicing water magic, I have a water summoning ball here. Even if you are in the dry northwest wilderness, it can also increase the range of magic summoning and detect it. Going to the ground to help extract water elements... Uh, let me think about it... Alas, I am old and my brain is not very good. I almost forgot. I still have a few wind-type earth crystal balls here, but they can only be low-level A predictive ball. It can predict the cloud fluctuations in the sky, and predict the strong winds within a hundred miles. When you set up a wind magic formation, you can use this crystal ball to find the surrounding wind power, so as to mobilize... er, mobilizing the ready-made wind is better than It's much less mana to make a whirlwind yourself with magic. Don't you?"
Du Wei thought for a while, then smiled and said, "What if it's dark magic?"
The corners of the old apprentice's eyes twitched slightly, and there was a trace of fear in his eyes. He looked Du Wei up and down, and sighed: "Alas... dark magic... there are not many magicians who practice dark magic now. Let me think think… "
After a while, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said with a smile: "I remembered, I have a special item for dark magicians here, but it is an antique for decades, and no one has been buying it here. .This is a "dead search ball". If you are a magician of the dark system, when you want to collect undead to refine undead creatures, then this undead search ball can help you detect those after-death activities around you Ghosts that haven't dispersed."
Du Wei couldn't help shaking!
Collect ghosts who have not died? Refining undead creatures
In other words, the necromancer summoned by Master Clark was also refined by himself
Doing this... Such an evil thing, is it also allowed by the Magic Union
Seeing the change in Du Wei's face, the old apprentice quickly added: "However, I must remind you that if you want to buy this crystal ball, you must first sign a contract with me."
"contract?"
"Of course!" The old apprentice's face became more and more puzzled... This little guy was wearing the robe of a noble magician. Why does it seem like you don't know anything about these most basic things
If it weren't for the protection of the magic field in the magic union, outsiders would not be able to pretend to come in... I'm afraid the old apprentice would really think that Du Wei came here pretending to be!
"Although it is legal to refine dead creatures with dark magic, there are many prohibitions and restrictions on practicing this kind of magic. For example, collecting the dead souls of creatures to refine undead creatures is permitted, but There are also several prohibitions. One of the most important ones is that only ghost souls that are dead and lingering are allowed to be collected. Magicians are absolutely not allowed to kill innocent people and refine their dead souls! This is an absolute taboo! So, if If you want to buy this crystal ball, you must sign a contract with me! To put it bluntly... If you go out and use my crystal ball to do something that violates the regulations, then this matter is absolutely irrelevant. I have nothing to do with it! Even if the responsibility is pursued, it will not be pursued on me. The magic union has regulations that all dark-type magic items must sign a contract before purchasing. So... "
After the old apprentice finished speaking, he secretly glanced at Du Wei.
It's no wonder that Du Wei doesn't understand these things, after all, he hasn't really studied the magic system systematically.
In the magic guild, dark magic has always been an embarrassing and ambiguous existence.
In particular, there is a kind of magician, which is an evil existence that is absolutely strictly prohibited by the magic union. Once discovered, no matter how much effort is spent, the evil magician must be eliminated!
Black Necromancer.
Although in dark magic, magicians can be allowed to use those dead souls who are still alive for refining. But refining with living people is absolutely not allowed!
In history, there have been some evil dark magicians who had evil thoughts in pursuit of powerful power. They often used their powerful strength to kill ordinary people at will for their own selfishness. There were even some evil strong men in history. , Will massacre villages and towns at every turn, even kill all the people in a city, and then refine all the people into dead creatures for him to drive!
Therefore, the difference between the dark magician and the evil necromancer lies in this line.
If you only occasionally capture one or two ghosts that linger after death, the kind of ghosts that are filled with resentment and linger after death will harm the world instead, so you capture them and refine them into your own necromantic creatures , then not only will Li not be blamed, but it will be considered a good thing.
And slaughtering living beings to refine undead creatures is evil.
After listening to the old apprentice's introduction, Du Wei probably understood something in his heart. He was about to leave, but for some reason, his heart suddenly moved, and he said like a ghost, "Then, I'll buy your dark-type crystal ball."
This was completely a random thought in Du Wei's heart, and he asked himself for a long time, if he didn't buy something and left, he would be a little embarrassed.
Although he doesn't practice any dark-type magic now, it is also of interest to buy one and study it back.
The old apprentice immediately became happy, and walked into the back of the shop. It took a long time before he took out a box made of black inkstone, placed it heavily in front of Du Wei, and said with a smile: "This thing, I I’ve waited for decades, but I haven’t sold it. Since you like it, I’ll sell it at a low price…”
After some bargaining, Du Wei exchanged for this crystal ball with two high-quality orchid diamonds and a catty of magic crystals for arranging the magic circle. Anyway, he has quite a lot of luggage now, and he brought a lot of things with him in the magic luggage that was sent by the Luolin Plain Magic Union branch last time. Although the value of this crystal ball was very expensive, Du Wei didn't care - after all, it was a gift from someone else.
The old apprentice was very happy to sign a parchment scroll contract. He casually picked up a bell behind the counter that was so rusted that its original color could not be seen. The music floated out.
A moment later, a young man wearing a silver magic apprentice robe ran in, holding another six-pointed star badge on his chest, slightly sweating on his forehead, and smiled when he came in: "Father Hans, are you calling me? "
"This... I sold a dark item. This is a contract. You should take it back for the record." The old apprentice smiled.
The young apprentice was obviously a staff member of the Magic Union. He took a look at Du Wei, bowed down to salute, carefully collected the contract signed by Du Wei, and then left.
Du Wei was very curious about the system in the magic union, but he was embarrassed to ask more questions, and then left.
The black ink crystal ball was also casually thrown into the magic baggage carried on his body.
This seems to be just a small episode of Du Wei's wandering...
But history is often like this. A small wave can often change the direction of the trend of the entire era...
A small dark-type crystal ball, faintly, seems to have a slight change in Du Wei's life, and there is no sign of this change yet.