Lord of Arcane

Chapter 979
"My lord, you are embarrassing me. I also received this thing from someone else. How could I know its origin!"

The stall owner smiled innocently, but from time to time there was a hint of cunning and greed flashing in those roving eyes. Seeing this, Xia Duo took out another exchange voucher, waved it in the air, and said regretfully. said:

"Since you don't know, then I have to give the 100 gold coins to someone who knows!"

As he spoke, he turned his eyes around the stall. The stall owners on the left and right stalls had been waiting for this moment for a long time. Seeing that Master Mage wanted to ask them, one of them immediately started to dismantle the stage:

"My lord, I know!"

"Okay, tell me, as long as you don't lie to me, the 100 gold coins are yours!"

100 gold coins is not too much, but it is definitely not too little. These adventurers may not be able to sell a so-called treasure of 1000 gold coins after setting up a stall here for a long time. Having 100 gold coins will at least make them happy in Severton God.

The stall owner who spoke first got up and gave the stall owner in front of Xia Duo a smug look, then saluted Xia Duo respectfully, and replied:
"My lord, I accidentally saw that kid when he was handing over to someone the day before yesterday. Hehe, the crystal frame in your hand was in that batch of goods. I clearly heard what that kid said when he was handing over to someone. Treasure or something."

"Very well, you didn't lie!"

Xia Duo nodded, threw the 100 gold coin exchange voucher in his hand, and then took out another one.

Immediately afterwards, another person stood up and said, "I saw the people who connected, I know them, it is said that they just came back from Janis not long ago, I guess if there are any relics, they should be near Dennis."

Xia Duo confirmed that this person was not lying, and threw the exchange voucher over as usual. Then he looked at the smirking stall owner in front of him, and didn't say anything sarcastic. He just took out another exchange voucher and said lightly:
"Help me contact those people, just say that someone wants to talk to them about exploring the ruins."

Direct contact with the real first-line adventurers is far more useful than asking these adventurers who have become second-hand dealers.

Then, Xia Duo left a magic imprint on the back of the stall owner's hand, then threw the exchange voucher to him, and said: "If the other party is willing, trigger this imprint and let them wait for me in the Arcane Union! "

At this time, Niya quietly sent a message to ask: "What are you looking for with those people? Do you know the function of this crystal frame?"

"I don't know, I'm just curious and want to ask those adventurers about the specific discovery process." Xia Duo replied.

In fact, he didn't necessarily want the use of the transparent material, it was really just curiosity, but now he can fully afford the cost of such curiosity!
In the past, busy survival wasn't enough, where did you find the time to investigate these things!
Wasn't his original purpose of learning magic just to make his life more comfortable and to do whatever he wanted!

Of course, he has a higher pursuit now, but satisfying some curiosity without hindering himself is just the most basic operation.

Xia Duo gently squeezed Niya's little hand, and led her to the next booth, which was similar to the previous two. Niya chose another one, and Xia Duo helped her put it away and pay for it.

Then move on to the next stall, until he finished visiting all the five or six stalls here, he has already spent nearly ten thousand gold coins.

As for the nearly ten thousand gold coins, to be honest, apart from the transparent frame, it was probably only selected by Niya at the beginning, and then thrown away by her.

In the end, the talisman of youth that Xia Duo put away because the stall owner was scared away may have some value.

The transparent frame is an unknown material. Although its specific properties and possible uses are not yet known, unknown itself is a kind of value.

As for the tomb-item youth talisman, although it was a fake, it was very well-made and almost perfectly restored its authentic structure, which meant that Xia Duo was likely to discover an elf spell related to youth from it.

As for other things, some are true and some are false, but for arcanists like Xia Duo and Niya, their value is negligible.

Instead, there is a rune statue. This is not a magic item, but a hand-carved rune. If it is decrypted to be a new spell or new element, that would be great.

But this thing is too much of a gamble, and Xia Duo hopes that nothing will be discovered.

However, because of this, he also thought of a new way of making money, that is, to manufacture similar rune items and sell them to those immature spellcasters who have pursued and achieved something on the path of magic.

Of course, it may be okay to do this kind of thing once or twice for fun and experience, but if it is really a career, Xia Duo thinks he can't afford to lose that person.

……

Back at Gilles Tower's residence, under Nya's expectant gaze, Xia Duo released a bunch of "leaks" that he had just picked up at the corner of Pulan Street from his personal space.

I picked one of them, put it away again, and said, "I'll use this youth talisman for research, and you can put the rest away!"

"Ah! That's not—" Niya's eyes flashed with surprise, and she didn't say the following words.

But Xia Duo understood what she meant, "Yes, it is the youth talisman you chose at the beginning. Although it is a tomb object, it is not the original version, but a meticulous imitation by the latecomers. Maybe you can find spells related to youth."

"Youth spell?" Niya asked in confusion.

"Yes, you don't think elves are always in a state of youth, do you?"

"Isn't it?" Niya asked back.

"Of course not! As long as the elves are over 500 years old, they will inevitably face aging, so there is the existence of youth spells. Of course, the most used cases are still those elves who have passed away at the end of their life. This is probably the last dignity of elves. Already!"

Not every elf can't accept old age, but many elves will pretend to be old to show maturity, stability, strength, self-confidence and so on.

There is a similar phenomenon among human beings. For example, after experiencing the baptism of the secret flame and rejuvenating, Eberke still maintains his middle-aged and older form.

It's just that the practice of returning to youth after death may only be available to elves.

After listening to Xia Duo's explanation, Niya's focus is not on youth magic, but——

"You said elves don't age until they're 500 years old?!"

"Yes!"

There is no doubt about this. Xia Duo has seen countless elves in the projected plane, and even turned himself into an elf. In this regard, he knows much better than Niya.

If he hadn't been born as a human, he would have gotten used to being a human long ago, and because of the awakening of his blood, his life span had actually been extended, otherwise he would really have to find a way to become an elf!

Human beings are desperately working hard and trying their best to prolong their lifespan, but they may not be able to extend a fraction of the normal lifespan of elves, how sad it is!
The founding time of the main plane Comanthor is not far from that of Netheril, about a hundred years or so, but——

The crown king who established Comanthor is still in power now, and the original Nether king is estimated to have melted away even his bones.

Thinking about it is really reconciled!

……

The topics of lifespan and life and death are too heavy, Xia Duo and Niya did not go deep into it, both of them are still very young, and from a human perspective, it is far from the time to think about these.

After the two of them roughly sorted and collected the gains from this trip, the invitation to the exchange meeting that Xia Duo had been looking forward to finally arrived!

(End of this chapter)