Chapter 33: The windfall shrinks
After Lei Xiu flipped through the three atlases in the living room, he closed his eyes with satisfaction and pondered, in these three albums, he found several materials that were more suitable for him, one is called Shen Thunder Crystal, which is a rare thunder ice dual-attribute top-level material, which not only has a good bonus for thunder and ice demon fighters, but also has a freezing effect.
The second is called black gold, which is a very heavy metal, without any attributes, the only advantage is that it is extremely heavy, and it is very hard, and the average adult can't even hold a palm-sized black gold.
As for the third kind, it is called Wind Thunder Silver, a special material with the two attributes of wind and thunder, this material has strong extensibility, and the conductivity of the lightning system and the wind system is excellent, and the only drawback is that it is softer, which is more suitable for weapons such as whips.
All three materials can be used to make elemental equipment suitable for Lei Xiu, but in his heart, the most suitable for him is the Broken Thunder Gold that appeared in the auction just now.
With a regretful sigh, Lei Xiu waved his fist in annoyance, if his dagger had been sold earlier, he would definitely have bought those broken thunder gold.
"After a while, I will ask the Divine Thunder Tower if there is any broken thunder gold, and if not, choose one of these three. ”
After making up his mind, Lei Xiu stretched out a little boredly, a little strange why it was not his turn to receive the auction proceeds, and was about to ask the waiter when a knock on the door sounded from outside.
Lei Xiu's spirits suddenly lifted, and he hurriedly opened the door of the living room, only to find that it was not the waiter outside the door, but the host of the auction, Ferres.
At this time, Ferres had a warm smile on his face that was enough to melt the iceberg, and he said very politely, "Hello, distinguished guest, I'm sorry to keep you waiting so long, please come with me." ”
Although it was strange why the chief manager needed to go out in person to receive the gold coins, Lei Xiu didn't care much, and thought that the auction amount of his dagger was relatively large, so he had this special care, so he happily followed Ferres out of the door.
After a while, Lei Xiu was led by Ferres to the door of Hanberke's office, and Ferres bowed slightly, "Please come in, our master is waiting for you inside." ”
Stunned for a moment, Lei Xiu glared at Ferres and said, "Is the chief manager inside?"
Ferres smiled embarrassedly, "I'm the deputy head of the Shenlei Tower, I'm really sorry, because Mr. Murder's matter is the secret of the Shenlei Tower, and I don't know the specific situation until now, so I offended Your Excellency before, and now the Lord in charge will personally receive you, please forgive me." ”
Lei Xiu secretly said that this was indeed the case, no wonder he would be treated like that after he made a request when he first came, but for the sake of the money still in hand, Lei Xiu nodded to Ferres in a friendly way and pushed the door open and entered.
At this time, Hanbock was looking out the window with his back hand, and he didn't turn around when he heard the sound of the door opening, and only after the door closed did he say lightly, "Is that old guy okay? I haven't seen him for so many years, I thought he was hanging up, who are you?"
Lei Xiu was shocked in his heart, you must know that Roger is a saint-level powerhouse, his strength is earth-shattering, and he has almost stood at the top of the world, this old man dares to make a joke about Roger like this, either he doesn't know the true identity of Mr. Murder, or he has a great relationship with Roger, after thinking of this, Lei Xiu kept an eye on it, but his attitude was very upright, "Hello Lord Steward, my master and his old man are in good health, you laughed." ”
Hanbock turned around slowly, and smiled a little meaningfully, "Oh, so he's still alive, he's your master, what did he teach you?"
Lei Xiu was stunned by the question, frowned in confusion, and considered it before speaking, "It should be regarded as teaching everything." ”
The light under the drooping eyelids flickered, and Han Boke looked Lei Xiudao up and down, "I heard that you are a freshman in Shenyuan Academy, since that old guy taught you everything, how could he let you go to Shenyuan Academy?"
Lei Xiu was relieved, "Oh, it turns out that you suspect this, his old man thinks that my spiritual power is more suitable for the path of an elemental mage, and he also said that I will be very useful in the future after reaching a certain level of elemental mage." ”
Hanbock frowned and said, "Is this guy crazy? didn't he pass on your martial arts?"
Lei Xiu looked at Han Burke, knowing that the other party must still be doubting his identity, and after thinking for a moment, his breathing suddenly changed, and his arms suddenly burst out into a circle of white electric arcs, crackling in the air, and the momentum was terrifying.
Hanbock's eyes shrank suddenly, his hands trembled slightly, and he muttered, "Release thunder and lightning through breathing, and sure enough, it's the Demon Thunder Battle Dao." ”
After hearing the words "Demon Thunder Battle Dao", Lei Xiu withdrew the electric arc released outside, and also put his mind at ease, this is the Divine Thunder Building, and the old man on the opposite side can still recognize the Demon Thunder Battle Dao, then it must be a friend of Grandpa Roger.
With a look of remembrance in his eyes, Hanbock completely let down his guard, and waved his hand to Lei Xiu kindly, "Come here, kid, talk to me about Roger, this ruthless guy disappeared for thirteen years, thirteen years, he hasn't come to see my old friend." ”
Lei Xiu felt a wave of sadness in his heart, he could feel the deep friendship between the old man and Roger, and he couldn't help but feel even more guilty when he thought that Roger was probably unable to visit these old friends because of his teaching.
When Hambock waited for Lei Xiu to walk in front of him, he grabbed Lei Xiu's hand, his eyes were a little moist and said, "Good boy, tell me where this old guy Roger has been in the past few years and what he has been doing, oh, by the way, you can call me Grandpa Hanbwick." ”
Humberk chatted with Leixiu for more than two hours, until a black-clad assistant knocked on the door and said that Hanbock's family had come to ask when Hanbock would be home, and the two realized that it was already late at night.
Only then did Han Boke mention the things that Lei Xiu was most concerned about, and after patting Lei Xiu's shoulder lightly, a strange look suddenly appeared in his eyes, "Child, you go and get two million gold coins from them, and then go back and wait for the news, I'll find a way for you, if you can't catch up, you can go directly to the imperial capital headquarters and ask them for it, there are more materials there than I have here." ”
Lei Xiu was momentarily stunned when he heard this, and asked anxiously, "Grandpa Hanboke, how did it become two million gold coins? Isn't it twenty million?"
A meaningful smile appeared on Hanbrick's face, "Kid, it seems that that old guy Roger didn't make it clear to you?" As his heir, you should be treated the same as him, the materials used by the two of you to make the elemental equipment will all be provided for free, not to mention 20 million, that is, 200 million gold coins, as long as you need it, we will prepare it for you, but the money from the sale of the elemental equipment forged by you and Roger can only get one-tenth, and the rest will be handed over to the Shenlei Building to deal with, you don't think that you can not only get free materials, but also take all the money, right?
When Lei Xiu heard this, he seemed to be stunned by the stormy waves, his eyes widened and he stammered, "Only, only tenth, one tenth?"
Han Boke nodded with a smile and said, "That's right, aren't you stupid to be happy?" Also, the elemental equipment you will forge in the future can only be handed over to the Divine Thunder Tower, unless it is for your own use or for a particularly close friend, and it must not be sold elsewhere!"
Lei Xiu's face was ugly like an orange peel that had been squeezed dry, and he said with a bitter face, "Grandpa Hanbock, this is too bullying, it's the first time I've heard of this kind of request, can you be accommodating this time?"
Hanbock shook his head with a smile and said, "This is not good, unless your Grandpa Roger tells me personally, otherwise you can only follow this rule." ”
Lei Xiu gritted his teeth fiercely and said angrily, "I know that this windfall is not easy to earn, okay, two million is two million!"
Smiling with satisfaction, Hanbock said, "Okay, then you can go with them in a while, and I'll explain it." ”
Lei Xiu nodded with a calm face, and just wanted to go out, but suddenly remembered something and asked, "Grandpa Hanboke, didn't you say that the mandala master wanted to see me before, and you said that it was better for me to see or not?"
Hanbock lowered his head and thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "No need to see it, Mandala doesn't know the true identity of Mr. Murder, it's just that your grandfather Roger had some kindness to him back then, I think his biggest purpose is to fool you so as to get the forging technique, I'll help you reject him." ”
A gentle smile appeared on his face, and Han Boke said kindly, "I will come to the Shenlei Building for the next few days, if you are fine, come and accompany me, an old man, if you have any fancy materials in the building, you can go directly to get them, if you create elemental equipment, I will help you buy it at a good price." ”
Lei Xiu became excited again after hearing this, and hurriedly thanked Han Boke again, but the other party waved his hand and smiled, "No thanks, this is what I should do, but if you have spare money in the future, you can buy some shops and real estate as investment, just like your Grandpa Roger, he is the major shareholder of Shenlei Tower, and the dividends have become astronomical in the past ten years, and most of his money is managed by me for him, so I bought him some properties in Yaori City and other places." ”
Lei Xiu asked curiously, "Is there also Grandpa Roger's estate in Yaori City?"
Hanbock looked at him with a strange expression and said, "Yes, it's quite a lot, even the hotel you live in now is his." ”
With a glaring of eyes, Lei Xiu blurted out, "Wouldn't it? The Star Shine Hotel is Roger's grandfather's property?"
Hahaha, Hanbock showed a smug smile and said, "Surprised, I opened that hotel with his money, of course it is his, and now you are half the owner there, go and enjoy it." ”
When he took Lei Xiu's hand and walked to the door, Hanbock suddenly slapped his forehead and said with a serious expression, " Child, look at my memory, I forgot to tell you the most important thing, as his heir, not only has the unparalleled martial arts of the Demon Thunder Battle Dao, but also has a forging technique that far surpasses that of contemporary elemental craftsmen, you must remember to keep it secret, your Roger Grandpa is a prestige who has been killed, and he is a saint-level powerhouse, naturally no one dares to provoke him, but you are different, you are still young, inexperienced, all kinds of open guns and hidden arrows will make you unguardable, you have to learn to protect yourself, if you let people with bad intentions know that you have this kind of wealth, it is not a good thing for you!”
Lei Xiu replied seriously, "I know, Grandpa Hanbock, since I came out of town, I have never told anyone my identity except you. ”
Smiling with satisfaction, Hanbock patted Lei Xiu's hand and said, "Okay, go, remember to come and accompany me again when you have time, as for the people you have met today, I will let them keep their mouths shut, and I will never reveal your identity." ”
After separating from Hanbock, Lei Xiu took the VIP carriage of the Shenlei Tower back to the Star Hotel, and the experience of more than half a day made him feel very unreal, as if he suddenly picked up a gold nugget while walking on the road, no, he encountered a mountain of gold.
Touching a million-dollar golden ticket and ten 100,000-dollar golden tickets in his arms, Lei Xiu felt his heart skip a beat again, although he missed the huge gold coin of 20 million, but these two million golden tickets were also an amazing wealth that he had never had before, so that he didn't know how to spend this money now.
"Originally, I thought that I would use the money I earned to buy some elemental materials to build equipment, but now I don't need to spend money to buy the materials of the Shenlei Building, so what should I do with this money?"
After getting out of the carriage, Lei Xiu walked down the corridor on the way back to his house, troubled by his happy problem.
"Lei Xiu, you're back, where have you been for so long?"
Following the prestige, the tired figure of the Messiah stepped out of the staircase of the promenade.
Lei Xiu couldn't help but quip, "I'm just casually shopping, but you, who have been shopping with the eldest lady for a day, are your feelings heating up rapidly?"
The Messiah glared at him angrily and said, "Don't talk nonsense, you come down to my room, and I'll talk to you about something." ”
After Lei Xiu smiled and followed Messiah into the room, Misayah first poured him a glass of water, and then his eyes were a little deep, and he said helplessly, "Seriously, Lei Xiu, don't joke with me and Miss Wei Ya in the future." ”
Slightly stunned, Lei Xiu picked up the water cup and asked, "What's wrong?"
Shaking his head, Messiah said softly, "Nothing happened, I just think it's not good, Wei Ya may have a good impression of me now, but this is just covered up by my false aura, and when I get to the imperial capital, people like me, or even better than me, abound, at that time, I will not be so outstanding, and Wei Ya will have more and better choices." ”
After a pause, Messiah chuckled, and his laughter contained indescribable self-deprecation, "I'm just a commoner in a remote city, but Wei Ya is the daughter of the city lord, our identities are too far apart, it's impossible, I just want to repay the city lord and Wei Ya for their kindness to me now, and I don't dare to ask for anything else." ”
Lei Xiu's expression became serious, and he stared at Messiah for a long time before slowly shaking his head and said, "Messiah, I'm sorry, I didn't know that these jokes would bother you, I won't make jokes about the two of you in the future, but I don't think Wei Ya is that kind of person, did you see someone or something happened today?"
The Messiah smiled bitterly, "Well, it's fine, do you remember the man who appeared behind our carriage this morning?"
Lei Xiu looked sideways and thought for a moment, "You're talking about the young man who got out of the carriage?
Messiah nodded, "That's right, it's him, his name is Kliman, he is the youngest son of the deputy city lord of Luna City, this time he is going to report to the Imperial Capital Heaven Breaking Academy, do you remember the Heaven Breaking Academy? ”