Floating islands are a very special type of terrain.

Even today, when the magical civilization has developed, people have not been able to analyze the principle of the floating island, and there are only various conjectures.

For example, the ore theory that "there is a special ore in the stratum of the floating island that can provide buoyancy", the element theory that "because the nearby wind elements have formed a special arrangement by coincidence, it provides magic-like abilities", and the ancient heritage theory that "the floating island is actually a product of human civilization in the previous era".

If someone can really find the principle of floating islands, it may cause a revolution in the magic ship and even the entire magic world. However, either statement has its own inexplicable points. All in all, the reason why these large and small rocks were able to float in mid-air remains a mystery to this day.

Although rare in some places, there are several groups of floating islands in the eastern plains.

They also vary in type - from twenty or thirty centimeters above the ground to tens of thousands of feet in the air, from the size of a ping-pong ball to a huge city.

In the Empire, there is also a large group of floating islands, which is the Quelinkong Island Chain located in the southwest of the Quilin Province.

"This ......"

"Alphonse."

"Oh, Mr. Alphonse." A man dressed in a baronial costume who looked like a bamboo pole rubbed his hands and said with a flattering smile, "Are you really planning to buy a floating island?" ”

It is said that the baron surnamed Mace was once a grand duke, but because he had not been able to make achievements for a long time, he was gradually reduced by the royal family while inheriting the title. Passed on to his generation. The original vast land has become a floating island that can only be seen but not used, and the land below the sky island is also unable to get sunlight all year round because of the huge sky islands above, and there is no way to grow crops, except for moss and some plants that tend to be negative.

No one settles in the same way that there is no tax revenue, and without tax revenue, you can only gnaw at the old capital, and there is no way to pay the rated tax like the royal family. Obviously, there is a huge castle inherited from the ancestors, but it is empty. has become a declining nobleman, and the amount is not huge, but because of the accumulation of a lot, it is now a tax that he can never afford to pay. If nothing else, their family's aristocratic career can only end with him, and even these useless floating island fiefdoms will be repossessed because of the mortgage of those taxes.

I was ready to just live my life like this, but at this time. A young man dressed in a black robe and hooded appeared in front of him, and said that he would buy the title deeds of the floating islands.

How could this not make him overjoyed?

"Of course."

The man who calls himself Alphonse and wants to buy the floating island is naturally Sivi, who has completed the quest dungeon.

In addition to the Magical Blunt, Sivi also learned the two two-ring arcane magics of 'Active Aether' and 'Repulsion' at the other two lights. In addition, after clearing the customs with S-level assessment, in addition to a large amount of resources that can be regarded as rich in the account, Xiwei also obtained the construction drawings of the achievement buildings 'Star Vein Furnace', 'Airport', and 'Ao Neng Engine'.

The task has also been updated again, and it has officially entered the stage of college construction, but from the perspective of the task. If you want to start building the academy, you have to get the floating island first.

While it is possible to find unowned floating islands in some of the inaccessible wilderness, it is too random and takes a lot of time and effort.

At a time when the Night Nobles of Zhilu Dao are trying to resurrect monsters, and at worst, they are planning to resurrect ancient demons, time is obviously more precious than money, in case war breaks out. Even if you don't want to, unless you leave your homeland and flee the Eastern Plains, you have a great chance of being drawn into the war, no matter where you hide. …,

Therefore, establishing the academy as quickly as possible has become the first priority at present.

"Is the biggest empty island for sale?"

Now that the decision has been made, Xiwei is not hypocritical, and immediately asks straight to the point.

The largest empty island he was referring to was located in the middle of the Quilim Sky Island Chain, and looked like an upside-down hill. It's fairly flat and huge, but the most interesting thing is that in the middle of the island there is a castle that looks very grand, even compared to the Lylian National School of Magic.

"Of course it sells. Mr. Alphonse, you have a great eye! Although he was still troubled by how to call Xiwei, who was dressed like a mage's robe and like a nobleman's cloak, the bamboo pole man immediately gushed out: "The castle on the island is a castle handed down by the next family, and it was built by employing the most famous craftsmen at that time, using the best stones, even if it goes through a hundred years of wind and rain, it will not be damaged in the slightest!" And there is everything in the furniture, as long as you clean it a little, you can move in immediately! ”

It's not that this bamboo pole man doesn't have the slightest nostalgia for his family heirloom castle, but the problem is that the thing is built on an empty island, which makes it just an ordinary bamboo pole man how to cross the distance of thirty meters above the ground and live in a luxurious castle?

If his family was still as prosperous as in the past, renting or even buying a magic ship could solve the problem, but now he doesn't want to lease a magic ship, even if he gives him a magic ship for nothing, he can't afford to pay for the fuel necessary for sailing every day......

Although he had some savings at home before, he also fought to build a bridge or ladder from the ground to the sky island, but after a period of observation, he found that the floating island did not always stay still, but would move in a small area, this discovery made his whole person Spartan - if the bridge was built, but the thing directly broke the bridge the next day, and flew to other places, how to break it?

The last bamboo pole man had to give up, looking at the unattainable castle every day and sighing.

Now that Xiwei opened his mouth to ask, he also agreed to sell the castle that had witnessed the glory of his family under the idea that he would not need it anyway, and that it would be more cost-effective to sell it for real money than to hang around there all the time.

"Needless to say, let's talk about how much money you don't have." Sivi didn't intend to argue with the other party, and asked bluntly.

"That's, four hundred gold coins!" The bamboo pole man gritted his teeth, and the lion opened his mouth: "As long as four hundred gold coins, the island and the castle will be yours!" ”

Unlike some novels that often cost tens of millions of gold coins, the gold coins in this world are still relatively valuable, and some slightly poorer families will not even see a gold coin in their lifetime. In addition to magical items and various luxury goods, the main circulation in the market is only copper and silver coins.

If it is on the ground, then a large castle and land is not a big one, and it is nothing to collect four hundred gold coins, but the problem lies in the floating island.

"Hmph, aren't you so naïve as to think that I don't know anything about the market of the floating island and come to buy it?" Xiwei narrowed his eyes and stared at each other coldly, making the bamboo pole man uncomfortable.

"That, what did Mr. Alphonse say that......

"First of all, there is no water source on the floating island, except for waiting for rain, you can only use magic ships to transport or hire magicians who are good at water element magic, and you have to be high-level, after all, many water element magic made out of it before are undrinkable elemental water." Xiwei sneered and pointed out the fact that the bamboo pole man wanted to hide without hesitation: "Secondly, because of the stronger wind than the ground and the temperature below the ground, the vegetation on the floating island grows very little, and it can also be seen from that floating island that most of the plants outside the castle are just knee-high ferns and shrubs, not even a tree!" In addition, there are many other supplies to be transported, as well as to dispose of the garbage on the floating islands, which requires additional manpower and magic ships, and the cost of caring for the castle is not cheap, which is equivalent to a lot of additional expenses. You sell me four hundred gold coins like this? This makes me very suspicious of your sincerity. To tell you the truth, I bought the floating island purely for freshness, and I don't mind if you don't want to sell it! ”…,

"Hey, don't say anything like that, Mr. Alphonse, I'm just kidding you...... The actual price is three, no, two hundred and fifty pieces, only two hundred and fifty gold coins! ”

After being beaten by Sivilian for a while, the hapless baron re-quoted a price with some hesitation.

Xiwei first pretended to man for a while, and in the other party's worried eyes, he stretched out three fingers and shook them in front of the other party: "I can give out three hundred gold coins, but you have to sell me the few smaller floating islands around!" ”

"Huh? This ......"

"Not for sale? That's it. Sivi flicked his sleeves. Without hesitation, he turned and left, but before he could take a few steps, the baron of the bamboo pole hurriedly dragged him back.

"Sell! Of course sell! The bamboo pole man said in a loud voice along with the smiling face, although this smiling face looked more like a crying face no matter how it looked.

Although I always feel that this price is too cheap, I have suffered a big loss, but after all, it is a buyer's market now, and it is not my turn to talk more, in case this God of Wealth is gone, then I really have to drink the northwest wind, it is better to have money than no money, isn't it?

Besides, it's useless to keep the floating island, so it's better to sell it to this guy who looks more like a rich kid than a magician in front of him, and exchange it for some money.

A subtle hint of joy flashed on Sivi's face, and then he returned to the expression he had just now, pretending to complain with 'I would have said it earlier', while taking the contract that the other party had prepared and checking it a few times, and after confirming that there were no omissions, he signed Alphonse? Edric's name, and then the man with the bamboo pole paid for the goods and obtained the title deeds representing the ownership of a total of seven floating islands and a castle.