In the next half month, Zhao Xu also boarded the train back to school. The rotating wheels were like the shadow of the setting sun, pulling away from his hometown.
Before leaving, he glanced at the last afterglow of the city and walked into the carriage without looking back.
Sometimes, the last look often happens inadvertently, and no one knows that it is farewell.
In the train, Zhao Xu looked at the students who were also starting school. In addition to being reluctant to leave home at the beginning, everyone was also excited to return to campus and meet familiar classmates.
And he spent the whole time looking out the window in silence and contemplation, like a lonely passerby, spending this fleeting time.
On the other hand, as time goes by, the progress of Arthuri players has become faster and faster, and the places they have set foot have begun to expand from a day's round trip around the town to the depths of some mysterious caves. A dangerous wasteland that is difficult to design.
The beauty and magnificence of Arthur are slowly revealed to everyone with the pioneering progress of these adventurers who dare to travel across mountains and rivers.
The "spring tour group" that allows ordinary casual players to pay to participate has also begun to become a booming business for Arthur.
As for Falling Star Town, after the demolition of the closed area was basically completed, the foundation of the association's residence was rebuilt.
Countless large and heavy-duty equipment traveled between the town gate and the enclosed garrison area.
Players and town residents are slowly getting used to the fact that the "Mage Association" will be integrated into their lives.
At this time, the players were also gradually exposed to the charm of "Wang Ningwei" whose reputation was popular among the entire Mystra player circle.
No one knows why, but it seems like anyone can become friends with her.
Even the town's senior officials, who were originally extremely wary of Zhao Xu, were a little less wary of him because of Wang Ningwei, and the two sides began to get in touch.
The "Resistance Alliance" who first moved into the town also began to contact Wang Ningwei's side. It also saved Zhao Xu from having to move his former account "Starry Sky Reflection" through the forum to suppress it.
This also made Zhao Xu even more curious about the wonders of "leadership".
The “ding-ding-dong-dong” construction percussion music that comes along with the rooster’s crow in the early morning has also become another alarm clock that wakes everyone up from their sleep.
And because Zhao Xu and Wang Ningwei wanted to rush the work quickly, countless craftsmen were summoned, making this station another prosperous place outside the mining area.
Many civilians came over and set up small stalls along the perimeter.
As for Zhao Xu, he continued to maintain his mysterious posture and became a sharp sword that suppressed the entire town.
Except for the fact that he showed up a few times after his increasingly fortified room exploded after being broken into by thieves, at other times, he mostly hid alone on a temporary simple wooden tower reading a book while admiring the peaceful scenery of the entire town. .
Antinoya's whereabouts were erratic, appearing and disappearing from time to time, as if she was conducting some investigation.
The few times Zhao Xu saw her, she was always in a hurry.
Sometimes after giving Zhao Xu some advice on academic problems, Antinoya would activate advanced teleportation or otherworldly teleportation and rush to other places.
As for Zhao Xu, he continued to accumulate his own strength.
In addition to consolidating various knowledge and skills, he also gradually felt that the threshold of level 9 was not far away from him.
Just waiting for an opportunity that he felt would come naturally, he could read the fourth "notebook" directly.
Suddenly, Zhao Xu found that he had flipped through the "A Brief Map of Arthur" in his hand to the last page, and felt that his knowledge (geography) skills had become more solid.
He gently activated the invisibility technique and quietly left the tower.
And the few "eyes" watching here didn't notice it either.
After Zhao Xu walked several streets, he lifted the invisibility spell in a shadowed corner and revealed his original figure.
However, his whole body had been simply disguised. Passers-by could barely tell that he was a spell caster, but they could not tell that he was Zhongxia.
Zhao Xu pulled the hood on his head so that it could better cover his forehead, and then he hunched over and patrolled the bustling market.
"Come on, come on, come on. The extremely authentic dragon skin material we just hunted can greatly improve the protective capabilities when added to armor."
"The ancient scroll excavated from the mysterious underground may be the only gap between you and the noble mage."
"A two-handed giant sword, a child without any bully, a sharp weapon that has just been tempered and produced by a time-honored brand in the north of the city. The sale is limited to three pieces. If you miss it, it will be gone..."
"Adventurer suit, packaged and sold."
The shouts came one after another from the street to the end of the street, reminding Zhao Xu of the vague memories of the past.
But when he came here, he wanted these stalls to pay taxes.
As for him now, relying on his territorial sovereignty, he can already get an extremely large sum of money from taxes every month.
Suddenly, Zhao Xu glanced at an old man's stall and found that there were bottles and jars on the table, which seemed to be potions.
His curiosity aroused, he walked over quickly.
Potion, in Arthur itself means "valuable".
When players want to enjoy the convenience of magic, in addition to asking a mage for spell casting services, the rest is to rely on magic items.
Scrolls, rings, rare objects, staffs, wands, scepters, weapons, armor, and potions represent the remaining channels for enjoying magic.
Among them, the scroll has the highest usage conditions, while the "potion" has the lowest one, as long as you have a mouth and can drink water.
Magic potions and divine oils are disposable consumables that can replicate the effects of spells with a casting time of less than one minute and a maximum of level three.
The thing that Arthur consumes the most, and at the same time has the largest quantity, is the "healing potion".
It's just that this kind of "red pill" in traditional online games is considered a rather expensive material in Arthur.
Even high-end players will only consider taking a sip of healing potion to restore life urgently when they are in desperate situations.
For example, a potion to treat minor injuries requires a full 50 gold coins.
As for the potion to treat serious injuries, it already costs 750 gold coins.
It was no longer drinking medicine, but drinking pure gold condensed slurry.
So Zhao Xu was also very curious that this ordinary stall actually sold potions.
Just seeing the mud stains remaining on the mouths of the glass bottles despite being cleaned in advance, Zhao Xu knew that he had encountered another group of tomb robbers.
Obviously these are exhumed burial objects.
"Are these potions still useful?" Zhao Xu couldn't help but ask.
If the potion was developed in recent years, it goes without saying that if it is stored properly, it may not lose its effectiveness for decades.
But it is unknown whether these potions have been buried for hundreds or thousands of years.
The old man with yellow teeth grinned with a sly smile, "It's a small business, it all depends on your eyesight, and it won't be returned or exchanged after it's sold."
"Is it okay to hear it?" Zhao Xu asked tentatively.
Even if he didn't cast detection magic or put on his own mechanical warlock goggles, he could still detect that among the dozens of bottles and jars scattered around, some of them had extraordinary effects just by looking at them.
The old man grinned, as if he had caught prey, and chuckled: "Of course you can, but you can't taste it."
In fact, the safer way is to take a sip.
But these potions have been buried underground for who knows how many hundreds of years. Who knows what the consequences will be if you take a sip.
Zhao Xu, who had already known it for a long time, silently observed the potion while wearing the mechanist goggles on his eyes, pretending to use them to observe and analyze the concentration of the liquid.
After a long time, Zhao Xu put down the light blue bottle of potion that he had been playing with for a long time, and turned to touch another pure red potion.
After he wasted a first-level magic slot to identify it, he has analyzed that the blue potion just now, or the "Bull's Power" potion pasted "on the label" has expired.
At best, it is just a bottle of ordinary water dyed blue.
At this time, Zhao Xu carefully observed the light red potion in the glass bottle in front of him. It sparkled under the sunlight.
It has the same luster as the legendary healing potion.
Zhao Xu also used the identification technique again to investigate.
But his expression immediately changed slightly.
Because the conclusion reached by the spell is exactly the same as the bull's power potion just now.
This is just an ineffective potion with nothing but color.
Zhao Xu, who couldn't help but feel curious, unscrewed the mouth of the bottle and stirred it slightly, as if to feel the breath inside.
Seeing this scene, the old man grinned, as if he was very satisfied.
Zhao Xu also laughed in the same way.
Bitter almond flavor.
It has the exact same taste and color as the healing potion, but it has no effect at all.
Zhao Xu already understood what had happened. He immediately took out a copper coin from his pocket, as if to scrape the dirt off the bottle mouth.
Just as the copper coin bounced in the air, it fell back into the palm of my hand.
Detect thoughts!
Zhao Xuxin cast this prophecy spell with the second-ring "mind-affecting" element as easily as he picked it up.
After three rounds, a cup of hot tea didn't even have time to subside before Zhao Xu noticed the superficial thoughts of the old man in front of him.
as expected.
He actually met a team of scammers who deliberately sold fake potions.
If it really fails because it takes too long, it should disappear along with the smell or color.
The taste and color are all right, but the effect is gone.
If the adventurer really uses this potion as a life-saving straw, he will really be tricked and bleed.
At this time, Zhao Xu's face also turned gloomy.
In his previous life, he also managed a team that sold fake potions.
It was just that he arrested the entire gang of the other party, and then a group of people from the other party obtained an asylum certificate issued by a certain big shot and walked out of the prison in a big way.
At this time, Zhao Xu silently put down the potion in his hand, shook his head and said, "These potions are all fake and useless."
In an instant, the face of the old man with yellow teeth changed. He immediately looked away and said angrily: "Young man, it's fine if you don't buy it. It's not fair to slander me like this."
"We Northerners will not be bullied and dare not say anything." The old man's voice became excited as he spoke.
Immediately, the customers and sellers of several nearby stalls cast their gazes over.
However, Zhao Xu said calmly, "I believe that I am definitely not the first person to see through that these potions of yours are fake. However, people who are knowledgeable in the past probably don't want to cause trouble with you. Seeing that these potions are all fake, Just put it down and leave.”
"But, I am more serious about this." Zhao Xu said with a playful smile.
Suffering and swallowing his anger has never been his way.
In an instant, two tall and strong men arrived behind Zhao Xu, looking eagerly at him.
"what happened?"
At this time, two patrol officers who were maintaining security at the intersection came over. One of them had grass in his mouth, looking bored.
The old man who sold the fake potion also took the opportunity to narrate everything that had just happened.
After going back and forth, everyone onlookers also understood what was going on.
"This potion is not easy to prove." The tall and thin leader of the patrol team said with a smile.
"This is simple, you can try it after just one sip." Zhao Xu asserted.
"What should I say?" The patrol member turned to look at the old man.
However, the old man said righteously: "What I sell here are all authentic potions passed down from our family. The honor of our family cannot be tarnished by a foreigner like you. I agree with this approach, but I ask for the captain to authenticate it."
"But if everyone has to take a sip for identification in the future, no matter how much potion I use, I can't withstand this kind of consumption."
Zhao Xu also insisted, "As long as it is true, if there is a bottle here, I will buy one."
"Okay." The old man smiled, his eyes showing a satisfied look.
He began to look at Zhao Xu's outfit, as if thinking.
At the same time, he handed over the bottle of blue potion that Zhao Xu had just observed, and deliberately covered the label on the bottle mouth: "Sir, this is the potion that he said was fake. In order to avoid your psychological suggestion, you first Let’s take a sip before talking.”
The patrol member looked a little confused, but he nodded. He immediately took a sip with the help of the old man.
Suddenly, the patrol member's expression changed, "I feel like my body has become a little stronger."
The old man showed a satisfied smile and immediately released his palm covering the mouth of the bottle.
I saw that the label resolutely marked "Bull Power", which was exactly what the patrol said.
Suddenly, the surrounding audience looked at Zhao Xu with unkind eyes.
In fact, as soon as the word "outsider" came out, Zhao Xu realized the existence of "script".
When this scene was completely played out in front of him, he couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.
"This is what you said. If there is a real bottle here, just buy one." The yellow-toothed old man said with a grin, "The bottle in my hand is already 300 gold coins. This price is the standard sales price." price."
At this time, Zhao Xu seemed to be a young man who couldn't believe what he was seeing. He took the blue bottle from the other person's hand and carefully observed the ingredients of the potion inside.
Then, he lightly "tapped" the bottle and let it slosh.
"Young people, be willing to admit defeat. This is the way we Northlanders do things."
"That's right. Even if you have to bear debt for many years, that's okay."
"If you are a coward, then don't boast at the beginning."
Suddenly the people around him looked at his actions and couldn't help but laugh at him.
At this time, Zhao Xu handed over three coupons from his pocket and said, "These are the coupons accepted by the Goddess of Commerce. Each one is worth 100 gold coins, which exactly corresponds to the 300 gold coins of this bottle of 'Bull Power' potion." price."
The old man immediately took it over happily, and after touching it, he realized that it was a genuine ticket.
But he still refused to give up and said: "But what you just said is that there is a real bottle here, so you should buy a bottle."
However, Zhao Xu kept smiling and said, "Don't worry."
Then he made a mysterious gesture and chanted an uncomplicated spell.
This seemed to be an ordinary action, something that even a child could imitate after learning it, but it made everyone a little frightened.
In particular, the last faint light lit up in Zhao Xu's palm, and then disappeared into the potion.
"What I just cast is the second-level spell 'Conversion Potion', which can convert magic potions into explosive substances, which can be used as explosive long-range ammunition."
"The explosion range is 3 meters and the damage is about 2-12 points. It is enough to seriously injure the affected civilians."
After saying that, Zhao Xu let go of his hand, and the bottle of potion fell to the ground quietly.
"Bang."
The mouth of the bottle shattered.
"Ah!" The audience who had been watching the excitement just now were startled and instinctively jumped back.
However, nothing happened.
At this moment, Zhao Xu looked at the stiff-faced old man and patrol members in front of him with interest.
"When I saw this scene just now, I felt how helpless I would be if I were really a foreigner."
"However, Arthur is just like this - a world where a strong person is qualified to change the script."
"I quite like this."
"Now, it's your turn to give me an explanation."
(End of chapter)