Arcane Lord

There are seven paintings in total, of which only two are relatively complete. The rest are like the graffiti of a mental patient. The brushstrokes are distorted and the paint is diffuse. It can only be vaguely identified as a person, an object, or a certain scene.

And the two more complete paintings are only "more complete". Compared with the normal paintings on the main plane, the "Old Illusion" that has been transformed and condensed by the etheric plane still looks very distorted.

One of the two paintings is a painting of a scene of farmers farming. The picture is bright and has more yellow and blue patches; the other is a painting of a dark forest, where the trees seem to have grown tentacles and are entangled with each other. Together, deep in the forest, a crooked tower can be vaguely seen.

The contrast between the two paintings was strong. Xia Duo's original intention was to prefer the first one, but thinking about what the stall owner just said that someone had found the real secret treasure of the main plane through these [Old Illusions], he moved both paintings to In front of me, I asked:

"Just these two paintings, how many gold coins are there in total?"

"Sir, you can pay 500 for these two paintings." Barry replied in a flattering manner.

"Can."

Xia Duo didn't bother to bargain, and directly took out an exchange voucher for the Austrian Law Federation with a face value of 500 gold coins. As a veteran who often hangs out in the market, Barry could tell the authenticity of the voucher at a glance.

But he still took it and inspected it carefully before putting it away. "Sir, the 500 gold coins have been received. These two paintings are yours."

Xia Duo looked at these two paintings, but did not put them away immediately. The current plane environment was an overlapping state of the main plane and the etheric plane, and the two [Old Illusions] could still be maintained normally.

But if you put it away, the 500 gold coins you just gave out will probably be wasted.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo turned his head and looked at the stall owner at the stall next to him who had just interrupted, "I need two scrolls to solidify [Illusions of the Past]. You go buy them for me and I'll settle the bill for you when I come back!"

The man probably didn't expect Xia Duo to come. He was stunned on the spot, and then he realized what he was doing. He made a sad face and said at a loss, "Sir, this, this -"

"What? Are you still afraid that I will run away?"

Xia Duo wanted to tease him, but then he thought, if he had the time to tease people here, he might as well go back and finish building [Mithra] as soon as possible.

"Hurry up, don't let me say it a second time."

After saying that, Xia Duo threw over a 500 gold coin exchange voucher. In fact, he could probably guess what the principle of the solidification spell was, but if there was an example to refer to, he would know better.

After taking the money, the stall owner immediately changed his attitude, "Sir, wait a moment, I'll be back soon."

"Um."

Speaking of which, when Xia Duo came, he passed by the shop opened by the Austrian Law Federation, but that shop was more about buying Ether specialties than selling them.

And at that time, he only asked if there was any news about ectoplasm, but he did not expect that it was related to the solidification of [Old Illusion].

After the stall owner who had received the money left, Xia Duo continued to ask Barry: "Tell me about these flesh, bones, and fur!"

He had just spent 500 gold coins. For an ordinary stall, he was already considered a major customer. At this moment, Barry's attitude was definitely more than twice as enthusiastic as before!

"Sir, this is the blood of warping beasts. It is rich in aura and can be used to make starry sky ink. It has a high degree of compatibility with spell elements related to designing force fields and planes. It is generally used to make teleportation scrolls."

Valley

Barry pointed to the blue-black liquid with specks of stars sealed in a glass bottle on the stall and introduced it to Sha Duo. Sha Duo nodded repeatedly.

In the past, he upgraded too quickly. Although he knew that different magic scrolls required different inks, in fact, he rarely used certain inks, and even made scrolls very rarely.

General-purpose ink mixed with five-color gemstone powder is often used during production. Of course, it is only relatively universal. In fact, the type of gemstone powder doped needs to be selected according to the elements involved in the spell.

At the same time, there is a more serious problem - expensive!

For example, making a fireball scroll requires the use of [sand crystal graphite ink]. In addition to the "sand crystal stone" in the name, this ink also contains a considerable proportion of ruby ​​powder.

A small bottle is sold outside for 200 gold coins. One bottle can only draw two fireball scrolls. If it fails once, the cost will be doubled.

Generally speaking, most Mage Tower organizations produce all types of ink themselves. Of course, if it is cheaper to buy it from outside, they don’t mind purchasing it from outside.

Because of some undisclosed special materials or formulas, ink bought from outside may not necessarily be more expensive than buying the materials yourself, provided of course that there are other competing products on the market.

If there are no competing products, it will naturally be left to others to decide.

"How much do you sell this bottle of warp beast blood? How much starry sky ink can you produce?"

"If you want this bottle, you can take it away for a hundred gold coins. This bottle can be brought back to the main plane without additional solidification spells. As for how much starry sky ink can be produced -"

Barry shook his head with a sad expression, "This is not something that a small person like me can know, but I heard someone say that even if you use the blood of a warp beast with thin aura to make starry sky ink, you will not lose money."

The warp beast blood aura in Barry's stall was not abundant, but it was not too thin either. Xia Duo could tell that the goods this guy was selling were quite real.

Unlike other stalls, the blood that some people buy has completely lost its magical aura and is no different from dead things. They still dare to sell it. They really are not afraid of meeting the otherworldly version of Liu Huaqiang.

"Currently, only warp beasts can be stably hunted in Base 3, but occasionally mages will bring back some other beast materials from outside. However, the only one assigned to me is this vial, which is said to be from the 'Nightmare' blood."

At this time, Barry introduced a transparent vial at the edge of the stall near his feet. However, the liquid inside was not the common liquid form of blood, but a wisp of black and red smoke, flying up and down, gathering and dispersing in the bottle. indefinite.

Shado noticed the bottle very early. At first he thought it was something similar to [Ether Mist], but to his surprise, Barry said it was [Nightmare Blood].

However, the contents of the bottle did not show any special aura. Although the caster's perception in the etheric plane would be weakened, some could still be easily distinguished.

Either the stuff in the bottle is just a gimmick, or it's actually a bit magical.

"How many gold coins does it cost for Nightmare Blood?"

"Only 500 gold coins." After saying that, Barry added an additional sentence, "The price that the mage sold to me at that time was 500 gold coins. I didn't earn a single copper from you."

"500 gold coins? Can this thing be brought back to the main plane?"

"This - to be honest, sir, this bottle of [Nightmare Blood] cannot be taken to the main plane, and there is no way to solidify it for the time being. Someone has tried to solidify the magic scroll of [Old Illusion], but failed."

When Xia Duo heard this, he immediately lost interest. Obviously, [Nightmare Blood] and [Old Illusion] were not the same type of thing. If they were, at least part of them could be solidified and taken away.