Chapter 41: The Crystal Shop
The notice was huge, plastered all over half of the building, and the position of each floor was aligned with the eight rows of large letters displayed by this huge notice. Of course, the www.biquge.info corresponding thing to it is that it indicates what this layer is for, and there are slightly smaller words behind it to indicate the details of this layer.
There are a total of eight layers marked, and there is no announcement banner on it. The upper floors may not be a place for guests to go up and browse.
Nina glanced at the map to determine where they were going. Leah didn't come forward to take a closer look, but glanced at the large characters on the map that she could discern a few times.
"There are a total of eight floors that we can go to, and we originally planned to go directly to the sixth floor...... But when you come here, you can continue to shop, and walk up layer by layer, so that you can familiarize yourself with the road in the future, so that you can come and buy it yourself in the future. Nina explained to them, and pulled Arlie to the main entrance.
Ellie followed the Nina, unifying his footsteps, towards the Crystal Shop. Ai Wei and Lili's faces even looked a little excited?
However, Leah was different from them, with a collapsed face and a boring face walking side by side beside Aiwei. For her, this kind of looking left and right, wandering around, and not going directly to the target location, is really a waste of time, if you can take this time to practice more carving techniques, how good is it?
Although her mind was vague, her ears were still listening to Nina's introduction, and she looked around.
"The first floor of the George Magic Crystal Building is the promotion and recommendation place of the whole building, mainly to do some guidance for customers, and here is the lowest promotional price of the whole building. Therefore, if you see a magic crystal here, you can buy it directly, and you don't need to go into the store to continue shopping and ask. Nina smiled and continued to speak: "However, the magic crystals and spirit crystals here are generally not very commonly used crystals, so many of the things you want are not here!"
Leah followed Nina's gaze to the sides of the counter.
After they passed through the gate of the Magic Crystal Store, there was the cash register. And after this payment, it's the inside of the store. It was divided into five longitudinal aisles, each several meters wide, lined up with various magic crystals on each side of the metal counter. There is also a horizontal aisle between each half-height metal frame to facilitate the passage between the two columns.
On the ground floor, there are twenty-four metal platforms with objects on top of them. They all have a small transparent box of five by ten, which holds the transparent crystals. Through the transparent protective shell, you can clearly see its appearance, color.
In the middle of each of these metal shelves, there is a large red letter card, on which is written the price of each small box of the current metal shelf.
At the same time, every other metal shelf, there is a waiter in a blue robe who places the position of the magic crystal box back and forth, and if there is a vacancy, it will be quickly filled. From time to time, they shuttle between the various metal shelves, and at the same time, they also act as a narration and introduction for the customers who buy.
When a customer asks to take it out for viewing, they will open the transparent protective case and let the customer take a closer look at the crystals inside.
Of course, as Nina said, the first floor is just a promotion, in order to sell some magic crystals or spirit crystals that are not very commonly used, if you want to buy items to use, you will naturally go to the upper floors to find the main target.
And these items are placed on the first floor of the entrance, taking advantage of the preconceived sight, and fully and preferentially attracting consumers.
Leah looked through the boxes a few times, and their appearance was generally about the same size as the magic crystal she had when she first met Nina.
However, the color of its crystals is dull and cloudy. This is because there are a lot of bubbles mixed in there, reflecting and twisting too much light. At the same time, there are many color impurities in their crystals, which occupy most of the inside of the magic crystals, and the shape is scattered and the number is large, which leads to their unclear color and impermeable texture. It's not pleasing to the eye, and it's not very likable.
These are basically not as good as the magic crystal that was collected in the forest before.
However, even if these crystals are not of good material, the number of first layers is complete and varied. And the price label seems to be very low, which is still quite affordable for some customers.
On the first floor, the main customers are students and adults dressed in ordinary clothes. What made Leah feel strange was that most of them didn't directly reach out to get the magic crystal box, but asked the logistician on the side to open it and explain.
Is this a habit? It's no wonder that every metal rack has a staff member.
Leah followed Nina and the others to the second floor of the dirt staircase, browsing the prices on the metal shelves. The price of these crystals is generally between one and two gold coins, and there will be a few silver coins and dozens of copper coins with suffixes. To this day, she doesn't know the exchange rate of the currencies traded here.
So, it's a bit vague about that. The price ratio of gold, silver, and copper coins is a bit confusing. Wouldn't it be enough to just use one currency, and then you need to revert back to get three types?
The five of them, led by Nina and Ellie, entered the second floor of the earth ladder, and in this earth ladder, they looked up to see a large glass plate map, suspended from the ceiling in the distance, in which, like the first floor layout, there were five vertical aisles, interspersed with three horizontal aisles.
But the only difference is that the area where the item is placed is divided into more areas. Originally, there was a metal frame on the first floor, and such a small area was divided into four pieces again, for a total of ninety-six small areas. And, of the ninety-six areas, some of the small areas are painted red with the lettering "In use", while the remaining small areas are blue with no words on them.
In the midst of the crowd. Although Ai Wei has also been here, Nina is the leader of the team, so she has not been in the limelight.
Seeing that she was familiar with the way, she continued to explain: "The second and third floors are the sales points of the magic crystals and spirit crystals. Students and adults from outside come here and sell them on their own initiative. Nina paused, "Of course, this George Magic Crystal store is for outsiders, and for outside transactions. There is a handling fee for each transaction. However, I haven't sold magic crystals here, so I don't know the price of them. ”
Nina shook her head regretfully. Her father often came here to trade and sell, but it was directly supplied to the purchasing manager of George's store. So, it's not very clear what the second and third layers are trading in.
Naturally, everyone is here today not to bid, but to see the jewelry. Although there are not many crystals placed in one stall, two floors, nearly two hundred regional stalls will make people nervously tired, and their noon break time is only four or five hours.
I also have to have lunch and rush back to school, deducting some of this, I am still a little nervous, and I can't put a lot of energy into the extra place. So, I didn't explain too much to Nina and didn't ask too much.
They passed by the fourth floor, and Nina only gave a rough introduction to it in order to make it easier for them not to understand. After purchasing the Magic Crystal Spirit Crystal upstairs, you can enter this fourth floor for testing.
Leah, who was at the back of the line, looked a little tired as she listened. In fact, the following four layers are clear, and they have nothing to do with them. I knew that I would have come up on the wind ladder on the side, and I walked so many floors in vain.
However, the activation of the wind ladder in the magic crystal store also requires that more than five levels of magic power or spiritual power can be used, which may be set according to the level of strength. At this point, Leah suddenly thought that if it was divided according to strength, then it would naturally cross out the younger and ignorant children. Just in case they have some other threats in the windslide.
On the earthen ladders, which are only allowed to walk, they are easy to be spotted by people going up and down.
Of course, the design of the wind ladder is not deliberately excluded from those who do not practice magic and spiritual powers. So, when someone is using it, allow others to enter it as a tailwinder.
Even with the Magic Crystal George Store, there are five wind ladders. There are still many customers who rely on walking stairs to go upstairs. On the walls on both sides of the earthen ladder are the profiles of the managers of the Magic Crystal Store, which have been passed down from generation to generation, or explain the history of the store, which was established there, and the main location of the branch is there.
In addition to these, there are more descriptions and uses of magic crystals on the walls on both sides, and there are also extremely beautiful crystal displays, which are breathtaking. In response, the five of them hurried up, and did not have time for the curious Leah to pay attention to the notes and observe them in detail. Of course, even if you don't read these notes, when you buy them, the waiter will naturally introduce the detailed use and effect of the crystals in detail, and demonstrate the crystals to them.
At that time, a thick glass partition was removed from the exterior. But you can even touch the crystals up close. There is no rush for such a moment.
Enter the fifth floor from an earthen staircase nearly 30 meters wide. What unfolded in front of their eyes was that it was different from the prosperity of the second and third levels.
There are not many people, and the whole room is very spacious. In the middle, there is a passage more than ten meters wide, arranged in an inverted font shape, and the inner layer near the wall is a waiter in blue robes, and in front of them is a glass counter connected into one. Like the counter of a gold jewelry store, the crystals are placed inside the glass case.
Behind the counter, blue-robed waiters, one every two meters, are introducing the items to customers in front of the glass counter.
In the middle of the room hung an inconspicuous sign with two red letters: "Battle Crystal".
Looking around the room again, the counter on the left was a metal baffle exit, which was used to enter and exit the waiters, and on the right was a display case?Leah looked at the wall, and unlike the wall lamps hanging behind the blue-robed waiters on the side, the wall was dug out a few centimeters thick. It turned into a shelf with several metal slabs on which many beautiful little boxes were placed.
At the same time, there were no crystals in the counter in front of the waiter, but a lot of ribbons. As soon as Leah glanced at it, she understood. I guess it's a place to pack.
Nina and Ellie slowly browsed past the counter.
Nina kept talking about the crystals under the counter, and Ellie could hear and understand. Even if each counter takes a long time, or may disturb the customers in the back, the waiters in blue robes do not show any urgency or disgust. Smiling, Nina talks about its shape and features.
Leah accompanied them up to examine the crystals under the glass case. The color of the crystals in this layer is smooth and translucent, and I don't know if it is due to the soft light of the Akashi lamp, or the texture itself is very good, most of them are like the blue crystal when I saw Nina, and the brilliance inside is even better. And most of them have at least one lap of volume.
Most of the outer shapes are relatively gentle, like pebbles washed by a river.
Even though each piece is placed in a small transparent box, it still has a beautiful look that can still be projected into the eye, which is very beautiful. They are like precious gems.
"Hello, can you take this spirit crystal out and show it to me?" Nina seemed to see a pleasant gem on the side, and pointed with her slender fingers.
The blue-robed waiter nodded in agreement, removed the spirit crystal box from the stand with his white gloves, took out the glass case, and placed it on it. Then, in a professional tone, she began to talk about the various levels of spirit crystals.
Through the transparent box, you can see that this spirit crystal has a smooth appearance, the whole is golden, the whole body is translucent, and there are no small fragments of other colors inside, only a few golden spots of the same color as the outer spirit crystal. And this golden fragment is mixed in this golden magic crystal, just like the stars in the sky that have just brightened at dawn, and are still shining.
The most peculiar thing is that the spirit crystal has a protrusion on one side, as if the triangular thin edge that appears when cut with a knife, which is a bit sharp.
The blue-robed waiter seemed to see that Nina had a desire to buy, and changed his somewhat formulaic tone just now, and said: "This spirit crystal is a one-sided spirit crystal, which was found in Songrong Village, thirty kilometers away from the east of Youtan City, and its appearance is unique...... Leave aside what everyone knows. But do you know how much terrifying metallic spiritual power really lies within?"
"Until now, this kind of spirit crystal is also in great supply. Many people want to buy it, you just happened to come across this prism spirit crystal, it's really lucky!" Seeing that several people's faces were a little moved, the waiter continued to add fire, and said in a mysterious tone: "Moreover, have you ever heard of the allusion of a metal magic crystal? This incident happened in Youtan City a few years ago!"
I don't know whether it was sales pitch or gossip, but the waiter in the blue robe actually began to tell a story. Leah admires the waiter here a little, and she really makes sure that you won't let you go if you don't buy something. Having said that, she continued to listen.
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