Chapter 20: Wine Gourd
A month later, as the news of the six of us eradicating the remnants of the Demon Sect spread throughout the rivers and lakes, we finally arrived at the county town, which was dozens of times larger than the remote county town I had seen before, and it was full of bustling traffic. Unexpectedly, the government of the county town actually sent someone to receive us, which made the handover of the body of the mad judge and the receipt of the bounty much smoother than expected.
After receiving the bounty, Hui Xu and Hui Nu said goodbye to the rest of us, saying that they were going to Xia Lan Kingdom and left. I have money now, so I want to stay in the county town for two more days, and it just so happens that Hua Ling'er has a lot of fun and wants to take her two senior brothers to play around in this county town, so I will take this opportunity to follow them everywhere to see the world.
After two days of playing, I now feel like I've basically integrated into the world in every way. Today, Hua Ling'er said that she would take me to the Treasure Pavilion, which is a neutral organization that is mainly used to make magic weapons and sell spiritual objects all over the Middle-earth Continent.
This treasure pavilion really opened my eyes, including spirit swords, talismans, magic weapons, elixirs, and spirit beasts. Of course, the price is also very exaggerated, and I usually look like a lot of money, but it's basically not enough to do anything here.
At this time, I saw a gourd that had not been carved and refined, this gourd was full of aura, and the size felt suitable for wine, so I stepped forward and asked, "How do you sell this gourd?"
The shopkeeper said enthusiastically: "The guest officer is really good eyesight, like this kind of congenitally conceived and full of aura gourd is very rare, and want to come to this guest officer with your eyesight, you must feel that this gourd has brought a trace of spirituality, this gourd is through countless opportunities... ”
I said, "That... Shopkeeper, tell me directly, how much are you going to sell? I'll see if I can afford it, and if I can't afford it, forget it. ”
The shopkeeper smiled: "This guest officer is really a true temperament, and at first glance he is a disciple of a master." Then I won't tell you that it's false, you take 30,000 taels of gold, do you think it?"
I said, "Oh, thanks, I can't afford it." At this time, Hua Ling'er came over and asked, "What are you looking at? What are you going to buy this gourd for?"
I said, "It's nothing, I just want to get a gourd for wine, but this one is too expensive, it costs 30,000 taels of gold." ”
Hua Ling'er exaggeratedly said: "Thirty thousand taels of gold!?What are you kidding from the shopkeeper?!
I saw that the shopkeeper was a little embarrassed, so I said to Hua Ling'er: "Ling'er, do you understand? Don't make trouble for others if you don't understand, the aura of this gourd is indeed not ordinary." ”
Hua Ling'er said: "Why don't I understand! No matter how good the gourd is, what is the use, whether it is used for attack or defense, it is difficult to assist the corresponding exercises, how many people will practice the gourd into a magic weapon? Except for someone like you, who will buy it?"
Xu Zilan came over and said, "Ling'er is right, the gourd is indeed a good gourd, but basically no one wants it, so the price is too high." Shopkeeper, what do you think of three thousand taels of gold?"
"Come up and cut it to a tenth?!, are you teasing me, Xu Zilan?" I thought to myself.
The shopkeeper smiled bitterly and said, "This son, the price you gave is too low, I really can't sell it." ”
Hua Ling'er said: "If this gourd is left like this for a long time, the aura will slowly leak out, and the quality will continue to decrease. Shopkeeper, it's not easy for you to meet such a bad head next time, sell it for five thousand taels of gold. ”
The shopkeeper was very embarrassed and thought for a moment and said, "Alas... This gourd is indeed the best of the best, but it's a pity that it's a gourd. A few young heroes, I sold it for 8,000 taels of gold. ”
I said, "Well, okay, I have the money, I'll buy it." Hua Ling'er said: "You are crazy, you spend so much money just to fill wine!? ”
I said, "I want a good wine gourd to fill the wine, isn't that enough? I'm just a little Taoist priest, what do I want to attack the magic weapon? Of course, spending money is to buy what I want and make myself happy, and nothing else matters!"
Xu Zilan said with a smile: "Brother You is free and easy, and I admire it." ”
The shopkeeper said: "This young man, we also have an excellent treasure alchemist, if you need it, you can spend some more money to refine the gourd directly here into the magic weapon you want." ”
I said, "This refining magic weapon still needs to engrave the formation diagram, right? Xiaodao knows some formation Qi Sect, can I draw the formation diagram myself and let the treasure refining master engrave it?"
The shopkeeper said, "Of course, there is a room upstairs where you can paint." ”
Originally, I was embarrassed to let Xu Zilan and the three of them accompany me to draw the formation diagram, because it still takes a lot of time to draw the formation diagram. Especially since this is my first time designing, I must get one well. But Xu Zilan and the three of them were particularly curious, so they must visit on the side. In the end, it took me more than an hour to finally draw a formation that I was satisfied with.
"Brother You is a good method, you can still understand it in the first half an hour, but you can't understand it more and more in the back, and in the end, you can't understand Brother You's formation diagram at all. Xu Zilan said.
I said, "Actually, I didn't draw anything special, so that the gourd could hold more wine, I added a magic circle to expand the space. In order not to accidentally spill the wine gourd, I added a reinforced magic circle. In order to make the wine taste better, I added a magic circle to gather spiritual energy. And then that's it. ”。。。
The treasure refining master looked at the formation diagram I drew for a long time, then looked up and asked, "Dare to ask which masterpiece this is?"
When asked by a gray-haired master, I was a little embarrassed and said, "I just painted this, isn't it?"
The old master stared at me for a moment and said, "It's really a young talent, it's not that there is a problem with your formation, but that the formation you drew can't be carved with the old man's ability." ”
"Ah?? wouldn't you?!" I asked, surprised.
Xu Zilan said: "This is expected, not to mention anything else, just talking about the formation of expanding the space is already quite a profound magic circle, not to mention that you are still drawing a compound magic circle." ”
I said, "That's right... Do you know anyone who can engrave this formation for me, master?"
The old master said: "In the mountains two days away, I heard that there is a treasure alchemist who lives in seclusion to avoid the enemy. He may be able to do it, but he is hard to find. ”
I said, "Okay, then I'll try my luck." ”
Hua Ling'er said: "Hey, can you do it just for a wine gourd?"
I said, "Oh, I'm fine, anyway." Check it out. How boring it is for people to live without doing what they like to do. ”
The next morning, I said goodbye to Xu Zilan, Li Shuyun, and Hua Ling'er, and before leaving, Xu Zilan told me that I looked forward to meeting the world's heroes again in more than a year. The World Heroes Association is a conference held every five years for disciples of various forces under the age of 25 to learn from each other.
This conference is highly valued by all forces in Middle-earth, and through the conference, you can understand the strength of the younger generation of various forces. At the same time, during the conference, the contradictions between the various forces will be reconciled, or some major matters affecting Middle-earth will be discussed together.