Arcane Lord

"Yes!"

Xia Duo expressed his affirmation straightforwardly, and at the same time asked, "Are there no elf mages engaged in the field of planting?"

"No!"

Oripus immediately denied it, "Since you have magic talent, how can you waste it on planting? Just let the druids do this kind of thing!"

"..."

After saying this, why does Xia Duo feel that the other party is showing off his superiority! The magical talents of elf mages are indeed different from humans, both in choices and requirements.

In the elven world, mage is a very noble profession, a real profession, similar to a professional researcher. Those elves who are regarded as mages in the eyes of humans are actually not mages at all. It depends on what their essential job is. of.

In the human world, mage is more like a basic ability. People with this ability can engage in other professions, such as lords, researchers, warriors, guards, craftsmen, etc.

This can be regarded as a semantic deviation between the two parties. Xia Duo did not delve into this issue. Otherwise, the two races involved have different concepts and languages, and the discussion would last for days and nights.

He just said: "There are some apprentices in the Tower of Time who are willing to engage in the field of planting. I am going to plant the Bonu tea tree in the Arcane Garden. It will be more convenient for human mages to take care of it."

In fact, his real plan is to use the new druids that are budding in the territory. Even if the apprentices of the Tower of Time are willing to engage in the field of planting, Xia Duo is not willing.

At this stage, whether it is for them to engage in education, research, or just serve as magic technicians, it is more suitable than letting them farm!

This is just like Xia Duo's hometown. In Xia Duo's era, there were many people with doctorates and master's degrees who were farming. But if we go back a few decades, even high school students would not be willing to farm. .

The current Tower of Time does not have the luxury of using mages to farm land.

Although he rejected Oripus' idea of ​​providing the druid, but thinking that the condition for him to provide the druid was to obtain seeds, Shado proposed, "When the Bonu tea tree grows, I am willing to provide a batch of seeds to the Silverleaf family. Even setting aside an area in the Tower of Time Arcane Garden for the Silverleaf family to plant tea trees is negotiable."

"This -" Oripus was instantly moved, but the elves' habits still made him a little uncomfortable accepting gifts from humans.

"That `s a deal!"

Xia Duo saw that Oripus was moved, and the expression of desire and embarrassment was indeed a bit funny, so he immediately agreed to avoid Oripus's embarrassment.

In fact, even if Oripus doesn't mention it, Xia Duo is still prepared to wait until the tea trees grow, provide seeds to Oripus, and establish a closer cooperative relationship.

The basis of the current cooperation between the two parties is that Oripus wants to stay in the human world and develop, while the Saville Territory can provide certain convenience and shelter, and there is no very close common interest.

Even if Xia Duo fell out one day, it wouldn't be surprising at all.

But the joint planting of Bonu tea is different. Cormanso strictly prohibits "Bonu original leaves" from flowing into the human world. The tea seeds are even very difficult for elves to obtain, let alone provide them to humans.

This is simply a crime!

First, common "crimes" create friendship. Although it is not yet stable, when the scale of the tea tree expands, smuggling tea is the common interest that stabilizes the friendship.

Xia Duo gave Oripus a small hint about the future smuggling plan between the two countries. Oripus immediately understood, and his attitude and tone instantly became closer.

The two talked for a while and then began to distribute the "ship ticket income" this time. In addition to the "Bonu tea seeds" that had been pocketed by Xia Duo, there were four other harvests.

They are all "bought" by the Silver Leaf family with real resources. Even if Xia Duo wants to obtain them, he must pay an equal price. Of course, he can also use other harvests to offset them.

"In addition to the Jinfeng family, there are four other families who choose to use treasures to obtain boarding quotas, covering all members of those families. However, in order to win over other families, I have also allocated some additional scattered quotas, allowing them to use a small number of important families members sent to the north.”

"That's great! These scattered places aren't cheap, right?"

"Of course, now that the drow have chased Savile Town, true safety can only be obtained by going north. It is inevitable that they are unwilling to pay a high price."

Oripus had long received a notice from Shado and knew that the drow assassin who killed Ryan had been caught, but he did not disclose it to the outside world. Instead, he used the news that drow came to Savile Town to continue to spread rumors about other people. The Elf family put pressure.

Four treasures that are usually impossible to buy are now brought to your doorstep. Although you still have to pay a certain price, this price is extremely low compared to the treasures themselves.

Not to mention, there are also gains from selling scattered quotas, which can almost be used to pay for these four treasures.

Oripus listed all the gains from running the ship ticket "business" and finally said: "Lord Shado, you can choose two of these four treasures!"

Xia Duo glanced at Oripus with a deep look, but Oripus looked at him calmly. Xia Duo couldn't help laughing at himself. Since Oripus had such sincerity, he would naturally not dare to accept it.

So he responded, "Okay!"

In fact, according to their original agreement, the "ship ticket income" was to be shared equally between both parties. However, when Sha Duo had already obtained the Bonu tea seeds first, Oripus was still willing to share equally. This was something Sha Duo did not expect.

However, with the previous tacit understanding, Bonu Tea Seed can be regarded as jointly owned by both parties, and now it is not too much to divide it equally.

As for whether the income from those scattered quotas can be worth the price of these four treasures, Xia Duo believes that it cannot be worth it. These four treasures can make the elves so envious, and it is obvious that they cannot be measured by money.

"Chief Oripus, please introduce me to me!"

"Of course!"

Oripus first pointed to the only black gem-like treasure among the four treasures and introduced: "This is a [Wisdom Gem] from the [Stardust] family, also called a [Heritage Gem]. It contains The wisdom and knowledge of the past members of the Stardust Family can only be traded by them, and there shouldn’t be much valuable content, but even so, the gem itself is a very precious treasure!”

As if to seal his own words, Oripus added, "The Silverleaf family does not have the wisdom gem inheritance!"

Then, he introduced the other three treasures, which are——

A magic sword that can fly out and kill enemies by just chanting a spell. The attack range is only within the visual range. Once the attack time is over or the target is killed, the magic sword will teleport back on its own;

A guardian puppet also inspired by spells, said to be from the puppet country in the east, can at least protect against any attacks from the elite mage himself;

The last one, a magic scroll made of dragon skin, not only serves as an information carrier to record detailed spell details that can be learned, but can also inspire use.

Once activated, it will immediately block teleportation, restrict flight, and at the same time summon a large range of chain lightning to attack all living creatures within the range except the user.

After the introduction, Oripus took a sip of tea and fell silent, quietly waiting for Shado to make his choice.