The Wizard's Secret Journey

Chapter 7 Quotes
Cuilin City was particularly hot and humid in July, and the sky seemed to be neither clear nor sunny, as if a heavy rain would fall at any time.

Gigos and Leona walked out of the Wuhuan gathering and walked along the roadside in silence, sweat quickly appearing on their faces.

"Where are we going next, Gigos?" Leona asked a little dejectedly after a while.

They looked through the missions for the Wuhuan rally but didn't find anything suitable.

There are too few commissions that mortals like them without extraordinary powers can fulfill.

"In addition to commissions, we can also find a job." Jigos said, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

"Work..." Leona nodded and asked, "Where should we find a job?"

Jigos was stunned for a moment, frowned and thought for a moment, then hesitantly said:
"Maybe we can go to a nearby store and see if they have any openings."

Leona nodded, took a breath, and suddenly said, "I don't know what happened to Ant."

"I don't know. Maybe we can go find him in the evening and tell him about the rent," said Gigos.

Leona nodded: "If Lin En is here, let's call him too."

Gigos nodded slightly, and then suddenly paused.

A familiar figure appeared at the intersection not far ahead.

"Are you okay?"

Ant looked at the two of them in surprise, then walked over quickly with a little anger and asked in a deep voice,

"Where's Lynn?"

Leona whispered, "He's not with us, he's gone..."

"He left you behind?"

"No..." Leona wanted to argue, but Ant patted his shoulder and continued,

"Let's not talk about that. I begged Senior Dorr again yesterday. Guess what, in the end, Master Charlie agreed to lower my rent. Although it was only reduced by 2 silver wolves, it was still cheaper than 20 silver wolves elsewhere.

“Are you going to move here? I’ll go ask Lord Charlie and see if I can give you a discount.

“Except Lynn, of course.

"—if he doesn't apologize to me."

"Uh..." Leona opened his mouth, looked at Gigos next to him, and explained everything to Ant.

The summer cicadas in the trees were chirping noisily, and the sultry air enveloped the three of them.

"...Only 8 silver wolves?"

Ant muttered to himself in despair, looking very ugly.

He looked at Leona, trying to find any trace of lying:

"Are you kidding me, Leona?"

Leona shrugged. "Gigaus can vouch for me. Lin En led us to a good place."

Jigos nodded gently: "Lin is right, Ant, you have been deceived by Dole."

Ant lowered his head, his expression changing again and again.

No wonder Dole disappeared after signing the contract yesterday...

He wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked with a little grievance: "Why didn't you remind me more at that time?"

"Because we can't be sure, Ant."

Jigos explained, "No one knows whether the rent around here is as high as Dole said, at least 20 silver wolves.

"We did take such a risk when we left... Now we are just lucky that the gamble was right."

Ant fell silent.

He couldn't refute Jigos's words, so he thought about it and asked again:

"But what about Lin En? He was so sure that he must have known all this. Why didn't he remind me?"

"Ante, he didn't know. We didn't know either... Besides, I actually reminded you at the time, but you chose to stay."

Jigos looked into Ant's eyes and suddenly said in a deep voice,

"You have no reason to blame Lynn, Ant. He did nothing wrong. What's more, we have been good friends for 9 years. This is just a small matter."

Ant's lips moved as if he had lost all his strength. He nodded slightly and whispered dejectedly:

"…You're right, Gigos."

"But don't you think Lin En is a little different from before?" Leona beside him suddenly said, with some doubt in his eyes.
“He used to be just as quiet and gloomy…but everyone could tell that it was because he was timid.

“But although Lin En is still taciturn now, he looks more calm than gloomy, and he has obviously matured a lot.”

Ant nodded repeatedly. He thought of Lin En's calm face when she ignored him yesterday, and agreed with some discomfort:

"Lin En has indeed changed." Jigos shook his head, "It's probably just because he left the school.

"You're different, too, aren't you?"

After a pause, Gigos asked again,

"…Do you want to move in, Ant? We still have a few vacancies there."

"…Let me think about it."

……

……

On the other hand, after spending 30 silver wolves, Lin En basically investigated the market situation of crystal magic tablets.

I didn't notice it when I was still a member of the school.

But in fact, in the entire Cuilin City, except for some small shops and stalls, basically all places selling wizard-related items will charge an entrance fee to mortals, but the fee varies.

Let's get back to the point. Among the seven crystal tablets recorded in the book, five correspond to magic tricks, namely:
"Fire magic", "breeze magic", "light magic", "soundproof magic", "echo magic".

The so-called magic tricks refer to those witchcrafts that have little effect and a very low threshold. Even a newly promoted third-class apprentice can use them after simply practicing for a few days.

The more formal name is 0-ring inferior witchcraft.

Among the above five types of magic tablets, Breeze Magic Tablets and Light Magic Tablets are the best-selling.

The former is mostly used for cleaning, and can also be used for bathing when combined with the "water drop technique" not mentioned above.

The latter is mostly used for lighting, and the effect is very good, not inferior to the incandescent lamps of the previous generation.

The remaining two crystal tablets correspond to the lower-level healing of minor injuries at level 2, and the medium-level mental shock at level 0.

Both of these are popular crystal magic tablets, but the one with the highest gross profit is the crystal magic tablet corresponding to mental shock witchcraft!

'The raw material needed for the mental shock tablet is white crystal, and only low-grade quality is required.

'For every 1 gold dragon worth of materials, approximately 2 crystal tablets can be made.

'And the lowest market price for each crystal piece is 1.5 gold royals!'

In other words, if Lin En can have a 1% success rate, he can earn a profit of gold dragon for each magic tablet he makes.

Based on the efficiency of one gold dragon per day, that would be 30 gold dragons and 3 secondary magic stones per month!
Even if the school debt is paid off, there will still be 25 gold dragons left!

'Of course, the premise of everything is that the success rate is 100%.'

Lin En warned himself secretly, but still felt a little relieved.

At least there is hope.

I continued walking around the market when I suddenly heard an argument at a roadside stall.

"My sword staff is a top-grade fine product, but the blade has a chip on it, it's worth at least 1 gold royal... If you want to buy it, buy it. If not, get out of here and don't affect my business!"

Lin En's mind suddenly flashed back to the scene where Charlie pulled out a dagger and threatened her yesterday, and her heart suddenly moved.

"The conditions down the mountain are not as good as those up there. Maybe I should get myself a weapon to defend myself."

Thinking of this, Lin En walked past the stalls selling swords and sticks and came to an affordable weapons store.

He had no intention of buying the sword cane the vendor was talking about. A weapon like that would cost 1 gold royal even if the blade was broken, and he couldn't afford it at the moment.

A few minutes later, he spent 25 silver wolves to buy a cross dagger the length of his forearm, hid it close to his body, and then returned to the rented shack.

As for why he didn't buy the crystal, one reason was that he didn't bring enough money, and two, he thought it would be better to buy it after confirming the effect of the peeping.

When passing by the green river not far from home,
A loud noise suddenly came from the corner of the alley ahead.

Mixed in with it were the men's cries for mercy and the dull thuds of bodies being beaten with sticks.

Lin En paused for a moment, held the purse on his chest, and quickened his pace to walk around.

Although there are laws in Cuilin City, there is no surveillance. Wizards will not easily take action except for extremely serious cases, so the crime-solving rate is terribly low.

If ordinary people are robbed, most of them can only blame themselves for their bad luck.

Quickly return to the shed, close the door, and put away the purchased food and cooking utensils.

Lin En took out the only secondary magic stone and chose to absorb it.

With the talent of peeping, the magic stone in his hand gradually dimmed, and at the same time, the source energy of the world began to increase.

After a while, the secondary magic stone in his hand turned into powder, and the world source energy column just increased to 1.

Lin En stood up and wandered for a moment, then sat quietly on the bed for a long time before he took a deep breath, took out the light green book, and turned to the page on the mental shock crystal film.

Then, without any hesitation, he activated his talent of peeping!

(End of this chapter)