The Truth of Magic

Chapter 531 Give me an explanation!

In the next half a month, Zhao Xu also set foot on the train back to school, and the two spinning wheels were like the shadow of the setting sun, pulling away, far away from his hometown.

Before leaving, he glanced at the last twilight of the city, and walked into the carriage without looking back.

Sometimes, the last glance often happens inadvertently, and no one knows that it is farewell.

In the train, Zhao Xu looked at the students who were also on their way to school. In addition to the reluctance to leave home at the beginning, everyone also had the excitement of returning to campus and meeting familiar classmates.

And he was looking out the window silently and contemplatively the whole time, like a lonely passer-by, spending this fleeting time.

On the other hand, as time goes by, the progress of Arthur's players is getting faster and faster, and the places they set foot on also begin to spread from the distance of a day's round trip around the town to the depths of some mysterious caves. A dangerous wasteland that is difficult to design.

Arthur's magnificence and magnificence are slowly revealed to everyone along with the pioneering spirit of these adventurers who dare to trek through mountains and rivers.

The "spring outing tour" 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 also rebuilt.

Countless large and heavy-duty appliances go back and forth between the town gate and the closed resident 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 also slowly come into contact with the charm of "Wang Ningwei", whose reputation has swept the entire Mistra player circle.

Everyone didn't know why, as if anyone could become friends with her.

Even the town's senior management, who had been extremely wary of Zhao Xu, let down a little wariness of him because of Wang Ningwei, and the two sides began to get in touch.

And the "Fighting Alliance" who first moved into the town also began to contact Wang Ningwei. It also saved Zhao Xu from moving out his former account "Starry Sky Reflection" through the forum to suppress it.

This also made Zhao Xu even more curious about the wonder of the specialty of "leadership."

The "ding ding dong dong" construction percussion music on the resident that came together with the sound of cock crowing in the early morning has also become another alarm clock that wakes everyone up from sleep.

And because of Zhao Xu and Wang Ningwei's request to rush to work quickly, countless craftsmen were summoned to make this resident another bustling place outside the mining area.

Many civilians rushed over and set up small stalls along the periphery.

As for Zhao Xu, he continued to maintain his mysterious posture and became a sharp sword that overwhelmed the entire town.

Aside from showing his face a few times after the increasingly reinforced room was broken into by thieves and exploded, most of the rest of the time he spent most of his time hiding alone on the temporary wooden tower and studying, enjoying the peaceful scenery of the whole town by the way. .

Antinoya's whereabouts were erratic, appearing and disappearing from time to time, as if she was doing some investigation.

When Zhao Xu saw her several times, she was always in a hurry.

Sometimes, after giving Zhao Xu some advice on academic problems, Antinoya would start advanced teleportation or alien teleportation, and rush to other places.

As for Zhao Xu, he continued to accumulate his own strength.

In addition to strengthening 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 feels will come naturally, he can read the fourth "notebook" directly.

Suddenly, Zhao Xu realized that he had read the "A Brief Map of Arthur" in his hand to the last page, and faintly felt that his knowledge (geography) skills had become solid.

He lightly activated the invisibility technique, and quietly left the tower.

And the several "eyes" staring at this place did not notice it.

It was only after Zhao Xu walked out of several streets that he lifted the invisibility spell in a shadowy corner, revealing his original figure.

However, his whole body has undergone a simple disguise. Passers-by could barely tell that he was a spellcaster, but they couldn't tell that he was Zhong Xia.

After Zhao Xu pulled the hood on his head so that it could better cover his forehead, he also hunched over and wandered around the bustling market.

"Come quickly, come and pull, the extremely authentic dragon skin material that I just hunted, can be added to the armor to greatly improve the protection ability."

"An ancient scroll unearthed from the mysterious underground, maybe you and the noble mage are just a threshold away."

"Great two-handed sword, no deception, just quenched and produced by the time-honored brand in the north of the city, the sale is limited to three, if you miss it, it's gone..."

"Adventurer suits, packaged for sale."

The yelling sounded from the street to the end of the street, one after another, reminding Zhao Xu of his vague memories of the past.

But when he came here, it was more to let these stalls pay taxes.

As for him now, relying on the lordship, he can already get his own extremely heavy sum from the tax every month.

Suddenly, Zhao Xu glanced over an old man's booth, and found that the other's table was full of bottles and jars, which seemed to be potions.

Curious, he walked over quickly.

Potion, in Arthur itself, means "worth" a lot.

When players want to enjoy the convenience of magic, in addition to asking mages to perform spellcasting services, the rest is to rely on magic items.

Scrolls, rings, wonders, staffs, wands, scepters, weapons, armor, and potions represent the remaining channels for enjoying magic.

Among them, the usage conditions of the scroll are the highest, while the "potion" is the lowest one, as long as there is a mouth to drink water.

Magic potions and divine oils are one-time consumables, which can reproduce the effects of spells with a cast time of less than one minute and a maximum of three levels.

Arthur consumes the most and has the widest quantity of "Healing Potions".

It's just that this kind of "red medicine" for traditional online games is considered a rather expensive item for Arthur.

Even high-end players would only consider drinking a sip of healing potion to restore life urgently when they were in desperate situations.

For example, the potion for treating minor injuries requires a full 50 gold coins.

When it comes to the treatment of severe wound potions, 750 gold coins are already needed.

That is no longer drinking medicine, but drinking pure gold condensed serum.

So Zhao Xu was also deeply curious that this ordinary stall actually sold potions.

Just looking at the mud stains on the glass bottles that had been cleaned in advance, Zhao Xu knew that he had encountered another tomb raiding group.

Obviously these are the funerary objects that were dug up.

"Are these potions still useful?" Zhao Xu couldn't help asking.

If the potion was developed in recent years, it goes without saying that even if it is properly preserved, it may not be invalid for decades.

But those potions that have been buried for hundreds of years or thousands of years are unknown.

And this old man with yellow teeth grinning with a sly smile said, "Small business, everyone depends on their own eyesight, anyway, if it is sold, it will not be returned or exchanged."

"Is it okay to smell it?" Zhao Xu tentatively asked.

Even if he didn't cast detection magic and didn't wear his own artificer goggles, he still noticed that among the dozens of bottles and jars scattered here and there, a few of them seemed to have extraordinary effects.

The old man grinned, as if he had caught a prey, and said with a chuckle, "Of course it's okay, but you can't taste it."

In fact, the safer way is to take a sip.

But these potions have been buried in the ground for unknown centuries, who knows what the consequences will be if they take a sip.

Zhao Xu, who had already been prepared for a long time, was observing the potion silently, while wearing the Mechanician goggles on his eyes, pretending to use it to observe and analyze the concentration and composition of the liquid.

After a long time, Zhao Xu put down the light blue bottle potion that he had been playing with for a long time, and turned to another pure red potion.

After he wasted a one-ring spell slot, he has analyzed that the blue potion just now, or the "Bull's Power" potion "on the label", has no effect.

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, which glistened under the sunlight.

Exactly the same luster as the legendary healing potion.

Zhao Xu also used the appraisal technique to investigate again.

It's just that his face changed slightly immediately.

Because the conclusion drawn by the spell is exactly the same as the bull's power potion just now.

This is nothing more than an empty potion of ineffectiveness.

Zhao Xu, who couldn't help being curious in his heart, unscrewed the bottle and stirred it slightly, as if to feel the breath inside.

Seeing this scene, the old man grinned even more, as if he was very satisfied.

Zhao Xu also laughed.

Bitter almond.

It has exactly the same taste and color as the healing potion, but it has no effect at all.

Zhao Xu already understood what happened, so he immediately took out a copper coin from his pocket, as if to scrape off the dirt from the bottle.

It just bounced up in the air with the "beep" of the copper coin, and then fell back into the palm.

Detect thoughts!

Zhao Xu cast this prophecy spell with the "mind-affecting" element of the second ring as if he knew it at his fingertips.

After three rounds, without a cup of hot tea fading away, Zhao Xu sensed the superficial thoughts of the old man in front of him.

as expected.

He actually met a team of liars who deliberately sold fake potions.

If it really fails because of too long time, it should disappear together with the smell or color.

But the taste and color are all right, but the effect is gone.

If the adventurer really uses this potion as a life-saving straw on the spot, he will really be bleeding from the pit.

At this moment, Zhao Xu's face darkened.

In his previous life, he also served as a team selling fake potions.

It's just that he arrested the entire gang of the other party on the front foot, and the group of people on the other side got the asylum certificate issued by a certain important person, and walked out of the prison swaggeringly.

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 yellow-toothed old man changed. He immediately turned towards the distance and said angrily, "Young man, it's fine if you don't buy it. It's not proper to slander me like this."

"It's not like we Beidi people will be bullied and dare not speak up." The old man's voice became agitated as he spoke.

Immediately, the customers and sellers of several vendors around turned their gazes over.

However, Zhao Xu said calmly, "I believe I'm definitely not the first person to see through that your potions are all fake. However, those who were knowledgeable before probably didn't want to have trouble with you, seeing that they are all fake potions. Let go and go."

"However, I'm more serious about this." Zhao Xu said with a playful smile.

Swallowing his anger was never his way.

In an instant, two tall and strong men arrived behind Zhao Xu, and they looked eagerly.

"what happened?"

At this time, two patrol officers who maintained the law and order of this street came over, one of them was still holding grass in the corner of his mouth, looking bored.

And the old man who sold the fake potion also took the opportunity to lament what happened just now,

After going back and forth, the 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.

"It's simple, you can try it with just one sip." Zhao Xu asserted.

"How to say?" The patrol member turned to look at the old man.

Unexpectedly, the old man said righteously: "All the potions I sell here are real family medicines. The glory of our family cannot be tarnished by you, a foreigner. I agree with this approach, but I ask the captain to identify it."

"However, if everyone has to drink a small sip of appraisal in the future, no amount of potion I have can withstand this consumption."

Zhao Xu also just finished, "As long as it's true, I'll buy a bottle here."

"Okay." The old man smiled, his eyes showed a look of satisfaction.

He began to look at Zhao Xu's whole body, as if thinking.

At the same time, he handed over the bottle of blue potion that Zhao Xu had just observed, along with the label that deliberately covered the bottle mouth: "My lord, this is the potion he said was fake. In order to avoid your psychological hints, you first Have a sip before talking."

The patrol member looked a little dazed, but he still nodded, and immediately took a sip with the help of the old man.

Suddenly, the patrol member's face changed, "I feel like my body has gained a bit of strength."

The old man showed a satisfied smile, and immediately let go of his palm covering the mouth of the bottle.

I saw that on the label, "The Power of the Bull" was resolutely marked, which was no different from what the patrol team said.

Immediately, the surrounding audience looked at Zhao Xu with unkind eyes.

In fact, Zhao Xu realized the existence of the "script" as soon as the word "outsider" came out.

When this scene was completely staged in front of him, he couldn't help shaking his head and laughing.

"That's what you said. If there is a real bottle here, you can buy one." The yellow-toothed old man grinned and said, "The bottle in my hand already costs 300 gold coins, and this price is the standard selling 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 party's hand and carefully observed the ingredients of the potion inside.

Immediately, he lightly "knocked" the body of the bottle to make it sway.

"Young man, be willing to bet and admit defeat. This is the way we Northlanders do things."

"That's right. Even if you have to bear years of debt for this, that's not a problem."

"If you are a coward, then don't start boasting."

Immediately, the people around watched his movements and couldn't help but mock.

But at this time, Zhao Xu handed out three coupons from his pocket and said, "This is a coupon accepted by the Goddess of Commerce, each of which is worth 100 gold coins, exactly corresponding to the 300 gold coins for this bottle of 'Bull's Power' potion." price."

The old man immediately took it over happily, and after touching it, he realized that it was a genuine ticket.

It's just that he still didn't give up and said: "But what you said just now is that if there is a real bottle here, you can buy the next one."

However, Zhao Xu kept smiling and said, "Don't worry."

Immediately, he waved a mysterious gesture and chanted an uncomplicated incantation.

This seems normal, a movement that a child can imitate after learning, but everyone is a little frightened when they see it.

In particular, the last faint light lit up in Zhao Xu's palm, and then submerged in the potion.

"What I just cast is the second-ring spell 'Energy Transfer Potion', which can convert magic potions into explosive substances, that is, it 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 without a sound.

"Boom."

The mouth of the bottle shattered.

"Ah!" The audience who were watching the fun just now were startled, and instinctively jumped back.

However, nothing happened.

At this moment, Zhao Xu looked at the old man and the patrol member with stiff faces in front of him with interest.

"I saw this scene just now, and I felt how helpless I would be if I were really a foreigner."

"However, who made Arthur be like this-the strong are qualified to change the world of the script."

"For this, I still like it."

"Now, it's your turn to give me an explanation."