Wizard Immortal

Chapter 72 Materials

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Adir quietly pondered his current situation.

At this point, after more than three months, his meditation had progressed rapidly. He had already successfully meditated on most of the thirty-six mental runes recorded on it, and estimated that he would be able to finish meditating on them all in another two or three months and advance to the second-level apprentice level.

Compared to other apprentices, this speed is already very fast. However, at this stage, the amount of knowledge that needs to be learned is also much greater, most of which is content from paid courses. Not only does the difficulty of learning increase, but the energy expenditure is also much greater.

This is just the paid public course. If you want to learn the unique knowledge of those instructors later, and purchase the witchcraft templates needed to learn after advancing to the second-level apprentice level, the magic stones required would be terrifying.

"Forget it, just daydreaming won't solve anything. I'll go to other parts of the academy every day and see if I can find some ways to earn magic stones."

Sitting on the bed, Adir rubbed his head, feeling a bit of a headache. He eventually gave up thinking for the time being and sat on the edge of the bed to continue his meditation for the day.

the next day.

As the sun shone on the earth, Adir arrived at the academy's underground space.

This place is located on the first basement level of the college, and its area is much larger than that of the college above ground.

For the past six months or so, Adir has not been very familiar with this place, having only visited once when he first entered the academy, for no other reason than to avoid being there.

There were small markets all around, with gray-robed apprentices setting up stalls in various places, displaying all sorts of things, including some common materials and other items obtained by chance.

As he passed by, Adir casually glanced around. Most of the stalls here were run by first-class apprentices, and advanced apprentices were extremely rare.

As for the items they displayed, they were quite varied, but most of them were damaged or broken. There might be some good items among them, but the chances of encountering counterfeit goods were extremely high, which would be a great test of the apprentices' eyesight.

"Huh..."

Suddenly, Adir's face showed a hint of surprise as he saw some familiar things around him.

It was a stall belonging to a gray-robed apprentice; judging from the medals on his robe, he must have been a first-class apprentice.

On the apprentice's stall, there were some dark black metals, which looked very pure and shimmered with an inexplicable luster.

"Hello, what would you like to order?"

Seeing Adir stop in front of his stall, the grey-robed apprentice looked at Adir and said.

"Hello." Adir nodded. "What are these metals used for?"

"This is black steel, which is a low-grade enchanted material."

The apprentice explained, "This black steel is usually a by-product of magic stone ore. Because it has accumulated with a large amount of magic stone over a long period of time, it has developed some unique properties and can be used to make some enchanted items."

"Of course, even if it's not used to make enchanted items, this black steel is superior to ordinary metals. It is not only strong and lightweight, but also has good conductivity for mana and life energy."

"However, this is of little use to us wizard apprentices, but it would be quite good for making weapons for those great knights."

At this point, a smile appeared on the man's face: "How about it? For just one magic stone, all this black steel in front of you is yours. You can make a lot of weapons with it."

Hearing the other person's words, Adir subconsciously reached for his waist, where the longsword made of Black Steel was hanging, before asking, "Sorry, I don't think I need these things."

Hearing this answer, the apprentice was not surprised and sat back down: "I guessed so. You don't seem to need these things."

"What's wrong? Business is bad?"

Adir glanced around and said casually.

At this moment, apprentices walked by intermittently. At other stalls, although there weren't many people, they weren't as deserted as here.

"yes."

Seemingly because business was slow, the apprentice chatted with Adir for a bit: "Although Black Steel can be used to make enchanted items, it's not particularly precious. Moreover, wizards who can craft enchanted items are rare to begin with. You can't find many even among the formal wizards in the academy, let alone these apprentices."

"I've been setting up my stall here for so long, and apart from the last time a third-class apprentice bought some of my goods, I haven't sold anything else."

The gray-robed apprentice in front of him said with some helplessness, "If selling things here wasn't just a side job, I would have left long ago."

"Just a side effect?" Adir asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Yes." Looking at Adir, the gray-robed apprentice casually said, "My mentor is Instructor Gramo, who teaches materials and anatomy. He is also one of the few people in the academy who can craft enchanted items. He needs a lot of excellent materials in his usual experiments."

"The reason I came here is that I hope to buy some materials that the apprentices have obtained by chance. As for the black steel in front of me, it's just a side thing. After all, it's not good to just set up a stall without selling anything."

He paused, then looked at Adir: "If you have any valuable materials on you, you can come to me later. I'll definitely offer you a price that will satisfy you."

Adir's heart stirred: "What kind of materials are you mainly acquiring? Let me see if I have anything that matches."

"Materials from various rare creatures, rare minerals, and the flesh and blood of certain bloodline creatures are all acceptable."

The apprentice turned around and looked at Adir: "I'll take any material that's rare enough or has some unique properties."

Standing still, Adir pondered for a moment, and finally took out a gray object.

This is a unicorn, entirely gray with some inexplicable markings, giving it an ancient and mysterious appearance.

"Huh..."

Upon seeing the unicorn, the grey-robed apprentice's face showed surprise.

He took the unicorn and tested it using various methods in front of Adir. Finally, his expression turned serious: "Its strength and toughness far exceed the standard, and its specific microstructure does not match any creature I know. It should not be a species from the south."

"Where did you get this?"

After analyzing the situation thoroughly, he couldn't help but look at Adir and ask him a question.

Adir responded with a smile, seemingly unwilling to answer.

In fact, it's normal for the other party not to be able to recognize it.

This material comes from the post-apocalyptic world that Adir visited before. It originated from a powerful insect beast of knight-level strength, and because of its good strength, he collected some of it as well.

Because he was desperately short of magic stones, he brought some with him this time, hoping to try his luck and see if anyone was interested in them.

Across from him, looking at Adir's expression, the grey-robed apprentice shrugged: "Fine, if you don't want to talk about it, then forget it."

"In my experience, this material should have considerable value. Although some of its conventional data standards are only average, its structure is very different from that of other organisms, and it is likely to possess some special properties."

He analyzed slowly, then looked at Adir and continued, "How much of this material do you have?"

"It's not bad."

Standing still, Adir thought for a moment and then gave this answer.

In that post-apocalyptic world, in order to gain the blessing of that mysterious power, he hunted down many insect beasts and collected quite a lot of materials.

Although they come from different individuals, they all originate from the same post-apocalyptic world, so their value should be roughly the same.

"That's good."

With Adir reluctantly, the grey-robed apprentice examined the grey horn in his hand with interest, saying to Adir, "I've never seen this material before, so to determine its specific value, I must give it to my mentor for his assessment."

At this point, he took out two magic stones from his waist and handed them to Adir: "Consider these as a deposit. In a few days, you can bring the materials you need for the transaction, and I will be waiting for you here."

After thinking about it, Adir finally nodded and agreed to the plan.

"That's right, my name is Esis."

Suddenly, the apprentice in front of him spoke up: "What's your name?"

"Adir," Adir said, his expression unchanged.

They continued talking for a while, agreeing on the specific time and place for the transaction, before leaving separately.

After leaving, Adir looked at the two magic stones in his hand and breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"It seems that the value of those otherworldly materials is not low; they should be able to be exchanged for a batch of magic stones."

Thinking about the materials he had left at his lodgings, Adir thought, "But this is only a one-time income. The study of wizards is a bottomless pit. I still need to find a way to continuously obtain magic stones."

Thinking of this, he quickened his pace and walked rapidly into the distance.

As he walked forward, the surrounding scenery slowly moved backward until he reached a corner and stopped.

"This is it."

Adir looked up ahead and then quickly went inside.

This is a special location within the academy, serving as a post office for issuing missions.

The academy is too large in scope and involves too many things. Maintaining the normal operation of the academy requires a large number of people. Therefore, occasionally, some tasks are issued in the form of assignments for qualified apprentices in the academy to accept.

In addition, some wizards or wizarding apprentices will sometimes post tasks here as private bounties if they need help with something.

Upon entering the hall, one finds rows of clean white stone slabs, which, though unmarked, exude a subtle spiritual energy.

These stone slabs are a unique material that can preserve the spiritual messages of a wizard, storing certain information on them.

After arriving here, Adir casually glanced around.

Around them, a group of wizard apprentices dressed in gray robes with indifferent expressions were walking around. However, there were not many of them, only about a dozen. Each of them was in a hurry and looked very busy.

(End of this chapter)