In the next half month, Zhao Xu also stepped on the train back to school, and the rotating two wheels were like the shadow of the setting sun, pulling away for a long time, far away from his hometown.

Before leaving, he glanced at the last rays of the city and stepped into the carriage without looking back.

Sometimes, the last glance often happens inadvertently, and no one knows that it is the trick.

In the train, Zhao Xu looked at the students who also embarked on the road to school, in addition to the reluctance to leave home at the beginning, they also had the excitement of returning to campus and meeting familiar classmates.

And he looked out the window silently and contemplatively the whole time, like a lonely passerby, spending this fleeting time.

On the other hand, as time passed, the progress of Arthury's players became faster and faster, and the locations they set foot in began to spread from the distance of a day's trip around the town to some mysterious caverns, dangerous wastelands that ordinary people could not design.

Arthur's magnificence and magnificence are slowly revealed in front of everyone with the pioneering spirit of these adventurers who dare to trek through mountains and rivers.

The "Spring Outing Tour", which allows ordinary casual players to pay to participate, has also begun to become a hot business for Arthur.

As for Falling Star Town, with the completion of the basic demolition of the closed area, the foundation of the association's station has also been rebuilt.

Numerous large, heavy-duty vehicles run between the town gate and the enclosed quarters.

Players and townspeople alike are slowly getting used to the fact that the Mage Guild will be part of their lives.

At this time, players are also slowly coming into contact with the charm of "Wang Ningwei", whose reputation has swept the entire Mystra player circle.

Everyone didn't know why, as if anyone could be friends with her.

Even the high-level officials of the town, who were originally extremely wary of Zhao Xu, let down their guard against him a little because of Wang Ningwei, and the two sides began to get in touch.

And the "Resistance Alliance", which originally lived in the town, also began to contact Wang Ningwei's side. It also allowed Zhao Xu to move out his former account "Starry Sky Reflection" through the forum to suppress it.

This also made Zhao Xu more curious about the wonder of the specialty of "leadership".

The construction percussion music on the station, which came with the sound of roosters in the early morning, has also become another alarm clock to wake up everyone from sleep.

And because Zhao Xu and Wang Ningwei asked for a quick rush, countless craftsmen who were called in also made this station another prosperous location outside the mining area.

Many civilians rushed over and set up small stalls along the perimeter.

As for Zhao Xu, he continued to maintain his mysterious posture and became a sharp sword above the head of the entire town.

Except for the few times when the room that had been increasingly fortified exploded after the burglars broke in, most of the rest of the time he was alone in the makeshift simple wooden tower to read a book, enjoying the peaceful scenery of the whole town by the way.

Antinoa's whereabouts are erratic, appearing and disappearing, as if she was investigating something.

Zhao Xu saw her several times, but she was in a hurry.

Sometimes, after pointing out some academic difficulties to Zhao Xu, Antinoya would turn on the high-level teleportation or otherworldly teleportation and rush to other places.

As for Zhao Xu, he continues to accumulate his own strength.

In addition to consolidating various knowledge and skills, he also slowly felt that the threshold of level 9 was not far away from him.

As soon as he felt that he had a natural opportunity, he could read the fourth "notebook" directly.

Suddenly, Zhao Xu found that he had flipped through the "Arthur's Map Sketch" in his hand to the last page, and faintly felt that his knowledge (geography) skills had become more solid.

He gently activated the invisibility spell and quietly left the tower.

And the few "eyes" staring at this place did not notice.

Zhao Xu also walked out of a few street corners before he lifted the invisibility spell in a shadowy corner, revealing his original figure.

However, his whole body had been improvised in disguise, and passers-by could barely tell that he was a spellcaster, but they could not conclude that he was Midsummer.

After Zhao Xu pulled the hood on his head to make it more able to cover his forehead, the whole person also bowed and patrolled around this bustling market.

"Come on, come and pull, the extremely authentic dragon skin material that I just hunted, adding it to the armor can greatly improve the protection ability."

"An ancient scroll excavated from the mysterious underground, maybe you and the noble mage are just a threshold away."

"Two-handed giant sword, Tong Su is not bullied, the time-honored brand in the north of the city has just quenched the sharp weapon, limited to three, if you miss it, you will be ......gone."

"Adventurer's set, sold in a package."

The shouts were passed from the street to the end of the street, one after another, which reminded Zhao Xu of his vague memories.

But when he came here, it was more to let these stalls pay taxes.

As for him now, relying on his lordship, he has been able to get his own incomparably heavy sum of money from taxes every month.

Suddenly, Zhao Xu's eyes swept over an old man's stall and found that the other party's desktop was full of bottles and cans, as if they were potions.

Curiosity rose, and he walked over quickly.

Potions, in Arthur itself, mean "value" a lot.

When players want to enjoy the convenience of magic, in addition to asking a mage to perform spell casting services, the rest is to rely on magic items.

Scrolls, rings, curiosities, staffs, wands, scepters, weapons, armor, potions, represent the remaining channels for enjoying magic.

Among them, the scroll has the highest use conditions, and the "potion" is the lowest one, as long as you have a mouth to drink water.

Magic Potions and Divine Oils are one-time consumables that can replicate the effects of spells that take less than a minute to cast and are no more than level three.

Arthur's most consumed, and most extensive, is the "Healing Potion".

It's just that this kind of "red medicine" of traditional online games is quite expensive in Arthur.

Even high-end players will only consider drinking a sip of healing potion to restore their lives urgently when they are in a desperate situation.

For example, a potion to heal minor injuries costs a full 50 gold.

When it comes to the Critical Injury Potion, it already costs 750 gold.

That's not drinking medicine anymore, it's drinking pure gold condensing slurry.

Therefore, Zhao Xu was also very curious about the fact that this ordinary stall actually sold potions.

Just looking at these mud stains that were cleaned in advance, but still couldn't wipe off the remaining mud stains on the mouth of the glass bottle, Zhao Xu understood that he had encountered a tomb robbery group again.

Apparently these are funerary goods that have been dug up.

"Are these potions still useful?" Zhao Xu couldn't help but ask.

If it is a potion that has only been developed in the last few years, it is needless to say, and even if it is stored properly, it may not be invalid for decades.

But these potions that have been buried for hundreds or thousands of years are unknown.

And the old man with a grinning mouth full of yellow teeth had a sly smile, "Small business, each depends on his eyesight, and if it is sold, it will not be returned." ”

"It's okay to smell it, right?" Zhao Xu said tentatively.

Even if he hadn't cast his detection magic or brought his own Trap Warlock goggles, he could have noticed that among the dozens of bottles and jars scattered around, a few of them were very effective when they looked at them.

The old man grinned, as if he had fallen prey, and chuckled, "That's naturally okay, but you can't taste it." ”

Actually, it's safer to take a sip.

However, these potions buried in the ground for I don't know how many hundred years, who knows what the consequences will be if you take a sip.

And Zhao Xu, who had already been in his chest, was silently observing this potion, while putting the Goggles of the Warlock on his eyes, pretending to use them to observe and analyze the concentration and composition of the liquid.

After a long time, Zhao Xu put down the light blue bottle potion that he had been playing with for a long time, and turned to touch another pure red potion.

After the identification of a one-ring spell slot that he wasted, he had already analyzed that the blue potion just now, or the "Bull's Power" potion pasted on the "label", was no longer valid.

At best, it's just a bottle of ordinary water dyed blue.

At this time, Zhao Xu carefully observed the light red potion in the glass bottle in front of him, which was shining in the light of the sun.

The luster is exactly the same as that of the legendary healing potion.

Zhao Xu also used the identification technique to probe again.

It's just that his face immediately changed slightly.

Because the conclusion of the spell is exactly the same as the Bull Power potion just now.

It's just an invalid potion that has no color.

Zhao Xu, who couldn't help but be curious in his heart, directly unscrewed the mouth of the bottle and stirred it gently, as if he wanted to feel the breath inside.

The old man who saw this scene grinned even more, as if he was very satisfied.

Zhao Xu also laughed.

Bitter almond flavor.

It's exactly the same taste as the healing potion, the same color, but it doesn't have any effect at all.

Zhao Xu already understood what was happening, and he immediately took out a copper coin from his pocket, as if to scrape off the soil on the mouth of the bottle.

It's just that the copper coin "Bilibili" floats up in the air, and then falls back into the palm of your hand.

Detect thoughts!

This prophecy spell of the second ring "affecting the heart" element was unleashed by Zhao Xu as if he were at his fingertips.

After three rounds, before a cup of hot tea had subsided, Zhao Xu noticed the surface thoughts of the old man in front of him.

Sure enough.

He actually met a team of scammers who deliberately sold fake potions.

If it really expires because of too much time, it should disappear with the smell or color.

And the taste and color are all right, but the effect is gone.

If the adventurer really took this potion as a lifesaver, it would really be bleeding from the pit.

At this time, Zhao Xu's face also became gloomy.

In his previous life, he also led a team that sold fake potions.

It's just that he grabbed the entire gang of the other party on the front foot, and a group of people on the other side got the asylum certificate issued by a certain big man and walked out of the prison with a swagger.

At this time, Zhao Xu silently put down the potion in his hand, shook his head and said, "These potions are all fake and useless." ”

In an instant, the face of the old man with yellow teeth changed, and he immediately shot a color into the distance, and then said angrily: "Young man, if you don't buy it, it's not authentic to slander me like this." ”

"We Northlanders are not bullied and dare not speak up." As he spoke, the old man's voice became excited.

Suddenly, the customers and sellers of several surrounding vendors all cast their eyes on it.

However, Zhao Xu said with a calm expression, "I believe that I am definitely not the first person to see through that these potions of yours are fake. However, the people who knew how to do it before probably didn't want to have trouble with you, so when they saw that they were all fake potions, they put it down and left. ”

"But I'm more serious about it." Zhao Xu said with a playful smile.

Swallowing his anger has never been his way.

In an instant, two tall and strong men arrived behind Zhao Xu, and they looked like they were eyeing each other.

"What's going on?"

At this time, two patrol officers who maintained law and order at the intersection of the street came over, and one of them still had grass in his mouth, looking bored.

And the old man who sold fake potions also took the opportunity to tell what had just happened.

After coming and going, the onlookers also understood what was going on.

"It's not easy to prove." The tall and thin leader of the patrol team said with a smile.

"It's so easy to try it out with a sip." Zhao Xu asserted.

"How?" The patrol turned to look at the old man.

As everyone knows, the old man said with a righteous and awe-inspiring attitude: "What I sell here is a true family heirloom, and the glory of our family does not allow you, a foreigner, to be defiled." I agree with this, but I ask for this captain to do the same. ”

"But in the future, if everyone has to take a small sip of the test, I can't afford to consume this kind of consumption no matter how much potion I have."

Zhao Xu is also just to the end, "As long as it's true, I'll buy one bottle here." ”

"Okay." The old man smiled, his eyes showing a look of satisfaction.

He began to look at Zhao Xu's whole body, as if thinking.

At the same time, he handed over the bottle of blue potion that Zhao Xu had just observed, and along the way, he deliberately covered the label on the mouth of the bottle: "My lord, this is the potion he said was fake." To avoid your psychological suggestion, you take a sip before you speak. ”

The patrolman looked a little dazed, but he still nodded, and he immediately took a sip with the assistance of the old man.

Suddenly, the patrolman's face changed, "I feel like my body has gained a little strength." ”

The old man smiled with satisfaction, and immediately let go of the palm covering the mouth of the bottle.

I saw that on the label, it was resolutely marked with "bull power", which was no different from what the patrol team said.

Suddenly, the surrounding audience looked at Zhao Xu with a bad gaze.

In fact, as soon as the word "foreigner" came out, Zhao Xu realized the existence of the "script".

When this scene was completely staged in front of him, he couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.

"That's what you said, there's a real bottle here, you can buy one." The old man with yellow teeth grinned and said, "The bottle in my hand is already 300 gold coins, and this price is the standard selling price." ”

At this time, Zhao Xu seemed to be a young man who couldn't believe all this in front of him, he took the blue bottle in the other party's hand just now, and carefully observed the ingredients of the potion inside.

Immediately, he gently "knocked" the bottle and let it sway.

"Young people, willing to gamble and lose, this is the way we Northland people do things."

"That's right. Even if you have to bear years of debt for this, you can't give up. ”

"If it's cowardice, then don't boast about Haikou at the beginning."

Suddenly, the people around him watched his movements and couldn't help but mock.

At this time, Zhao Xu handed out three tickets from his pocket and said, "This is the ticket accepted by the goddess of commerce, each of which is 100 gold coins, which corresponds to the price of 300 gold coins for this bottle of 'Bull Power' potion." ”

The old man immediately took it with joy, and after touching it, he realized that it was a genuine ticket.

It's just that he still didn't give up and said: "But what you said just now is that there is a real bottle here, and you can buy a bottle." ”

However, Zhao Xu kept a smile and said, "Don't worry. ”

Then he gently waved a mysterious gesture and shouted an uncomplicated incantation.

This seems to be an ordinary action, which a child can imitate after learning, but everyone is a little frightened.

In particular, the last ghostly light lit up in Zhao Xu's palm, and then submerged into the potion.

"I just cast the two-ring spell 'Transient Potion', which can convert magic potions into explosive substances, that is, it can be used as explosive long-range ammunition."

"The explosion range is 3 meters, and the damage is about 2-12 points, so it is enough to seriously injure the affected civilians."

As he spoke, Zhao Xu let go of his hand, and the bottle of potion fell to the ground silently.

"Bang."

The mouth of the bottle is shattered.

"Ahh The spectators, who had just watched the excitement, were taken aback and instinctively jumped to the back.

However, nothing happened.

At this moment, Zhao Xu looked at the stiff old man and the patrol member in front of him with interest.

"I just saw this scene, and I thought how helpless I would be if I were really a foreigner."

"But who made Arthur such a world - the strong are qualified to change the script."

"I still like that."

"Now, it's your turn to give me an explanation."