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Chapter 75 The Black Jade Ring (Please continue reading)

This time, Richard gave the sword and shield skeleton an order to throw the Fire Dance Star at a piece of "dead wood" in the swamp dozens of meters away.

At first, the sword and shield skeleton was stunned for a moment after receiving the order, but the next second, it planted the iron sword in the ground, freed its right hand, took out the bottle of red liquid that Richard had given it, and threw it forcefully at the piece of "dead wood".

With a loud "boom!", "Kumu" immediately landed belly up, revealing itself to be a sharp-toothed crocodile.

Richard was overjoyed; it seemed his idea was working.

Skeleton Grenadier!

Unfortunately, it consumes a lot of magic stones.

A tube of Fire Dance Star is now selling for eighteen magic stones.

Therefore, it cannot be used regularly.

Before entering the school's territory, Richard sent three sword-and-shield skeletons back to the Netherworld.

Before returning, Richard imprinted a trace of his mental energy on the three sword-and-shield skeletons. If Richard wanted to summon them again next time, he could quickly find them in the underworld and thus quickly complete the summoning.

Of course, Richard can also choose not to summon them next time and instead look for new skeleton soldiers in the Netherworld to summon.

However, Richard's mental imprint is relatively weak. If the mental imprint is not reapplied to the three sword and shield skeletons after half a month, the original imprint will slowly disappear.

Of course, the mental imprint will last longer as Richard's mental strength increases.

Back in his dorm, Richard couldn't help but ponder.

Richard's original idea was to disguise himself, or at the very least wear a mask.

But on second thought, it felt like this was a case of overdoing it.

First of all, I am trading within the school's trading area, not in some unfamiliar market in the wild, so I don't need to worry about my personal safety at all.

Secondly, as the top student among the new students, he already has a very high exposure rate. His face is the best passport. Even if he takes out a precious witchcraft item, the other party will think it's normal.

So this time, Richard boldly went to the innermost shops in the school's trading area. These shops mainly sold witchcraft items, and of course, the prices were quite expensive. The people coming in and out were at least second-level wizard apprentices.

It's highly unlikely that any first-level wizard apprentices will come here.

This is one of the few shops that doesn't have much foot traffic.

Richard chose the largest store, and as soon as he entered, he sensed that the clerk was a third-level wizard apprentice.

The other party didn't even raise their head, merely glancing at the bone club pattern on Richard's chest out of the corner of their eye, and immediately lost all interest in receiving him.

Busy with his own business, he said, "Junior, the items sold here might not be suitable for you."

Richard said slowly, "I want to sell one intermediate-level sorcery item, and at the same time, I also want to buy one."

"Huh!" The fat guy, clearly surprised to hear Richard's voice, finally looked up and saw Richard's face: "My apologies! I didn't expect the top freshman to grace us with his presence. I'm so sorry!"

As expected, Richard's judgment was correct; his face, in a sense, had become a passport within the school of thought.

Simply put, he became famous!

The fat man immediately came out from behind the counter, smiling broadly, and said, "Hello, junior Richard, my name is Tulio, it's nice to meet you."

"Hello, Senior Tulio." Richard also bowed slightly.

The fat man was not good-looking, but his narrow eyes revealed his shrewdness.

After a brief conversation, the fat man Tulio very politely asked Richard to show him the intermediate-level sorcery items he wanted to sell.

Richard handed Tulio the charred wooden cane wrapped in linen.

After examining it, Tulio said, "Richard, this charred wood staff has intact runes and magic circles on its surface, but the craftsmanship can only be considered excellent, not outstanding. Look, the lines of the magic circles here and here are of different thicknesses, and the energy transmission channels are flawed."

Sure enough, everyone has their own expertise. Fat Tulio spoke with great confidence and didn't seem to be deliberately trying to lower the price.

Richard looked in the direction Tulio was pointing, and indeed, there was a runic array on the surface of the charred wooden staff, with slightly different thicknesses. Otherwise, even if the fat Tulio had pointed it out, he would have overlooked this tiny difference.

"So, Richard, my purchase price for this charred wood staff is 486 magic stones. However, as the top freshman, I'm deeply honored that you chose my shop. How about 490 magic stones?"

Richard was delighted to hear this, as it had exceeded his expectations.

He had previously learned that non-shadow magic artifacts sold in the Ignis School were about 30% cheaper than those of the same rank.

If you want to sell it for a good price, you have to go to other places, preferably places with more fire wizard apprentices, where you can definitely sell it for a high price.

Richard originally thought he would be lucky to get 450 magic stones from the School, but Tulio's asking price was 490 magic stones.

Richard immediately nodded in agreement, and then asked, "Sure, Senior Tulio, I'd also like to buy a witchcraft item. Do you have any recommendations?"

"Of course!" Tulio led Richard to a cabinet on the side.

Pointing to a black ring in the cabinet, he introduced: "【Black Jade Ring】, a mid-level sorcery item. If the holder uses the level zero sorcery Dark Element Shield, the power of the sorcery will be increased by 18%. At the same time, the item solidifies the level zero sorcery Dark Element Shield. After use, it needs to be charged for 24 hours before it can be used again."

"I saw Richard use Dark Element Shield in the match. This item is very suitable for you, and it can release an extra Dark Element Shield at crucial moments. It costs 680 Magic Stones."

Richard was quite tempted upon hearing this, but he was also on high alert. It seemed that many people had seen and remembered the witchcraft he had used in the competition.

I should avoid doing things that show off in the future.

Richard took the black jade ring from Tulio. As soon as he touched it, he saw that it was indeed completely black, without a single impurity, and had a warm and smooth feel.

After playing with it for a while, Richard handed it back to Tulio.

"It really suits me perfectly, but I'd like to see some other witchcraft items!" Richard nodded, and Leo continued his explanation.

Tulio glanced at Richard with his small eyes, and suddenly realized something. He then began to introduce the next witchcraft prop.

"And this one, the [Stealth Walker's Cloak]: a low-level sorcery item. This item solidifies the level zero sorcery of Stealth. After use, it allows the holder to become invisible in dark environments. The cloak can be moved during its duration, which lasts for half an hour. It requires 24 hours to recharge before it can be used again. It costs only 440 magic stones."

Wait, why are we introducing low-level witchcraft items now, when we were just introducing intermediate-level ones?

Richard realized what Tulio was thinking when he saw Tulio's expression. It turned out that Tulio had misunderstood his earlier refusal of the black jade ring as a sign that he thought it was too expensive.

"Senior Tulio, could you introduce some intermediate to advanced witchcraft items?" Richard smiled slightly and said with considerable confidence.

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