Chapter 670: The Banshee's Howl
Judging from the design drawing, this is a fairly small hand crossbow, according to Lin Li's estimates, it will be the size of a palm at most after it is made, which is good news for Lin Li, all the time, Lin Li has always wanted to get a long-range weapon for self-defense, one is because Lin Li used to be a hunter and has a special preference for long-range weapons, and the other is because long-range weapons are relatively light.
But what makes Lin Li, who is always a forger, very depressed, is that although he knows countless forging design drawings, there are very few that are really suitable for his own use, even if he occasionally encounters one or two suitable ones, most of them have to give up because the use requirements are too harsh.
Until just now, Lin Li picked out this forging design drawing among a pile of potion recipes.
It only took Lin Li ten seconds to determine that the hand crossbow on this forging design was the self-defense weapon he had always wanted.
According to the introduction of the High Elf text on the design drawing, the name of this hand crossbow is called Banshee's Howl, which comes from the Dark Ages, the hand of a palace forging master, it is said that when the High Elf Master designed the crossbow, it was used to defend a magician friend, but unfortunately the design has just been drawn, and before he has time to practice, the magician friend has died in the war, plus the materials needed for this Banshee Howl, it can definitely be described as terrifying, Even the forging grandmaster enshrined in the palace couldn't gather these materials enough to bankrupt any strong man for a while, so the back and forth of things was delayed, until the forging grandmaster died, and the banshee's howl was still only at the stage of the design drawing.
"Fortunately, Lao Tzu still has a little savings......" Lin Li glanced at the materials listed on the design drawing, and inhaled two breaths of cool air as if he had a toothache...... While Lin Li was studying the crossbow forging diagram with great interest, the negotiations between Gavin and Varian over there also came to a conclusion. As a magician, Gavin is undoubtedly quite talented in business, and as soon as he sits down at the negotiating table, he immediately forgets the excitement of the legendary battle just now, and is full of thoughts about how to fight for more benefits for the Tower of Dusk.
The purpose of negotiation is not to desperately squeeze the other party, if you really let the other party get no benefits, even if you get all the benefits, it will only be short-term benefits. Negotiation is about a win-win situation, maximizing one's own benefits while making the other party profitable.
Gavin knows what he can and can't let him, and knows what he doesn't care about on his side, but the other party can benefit from it. So, after negotiations, the two sides finally reached an agreement on cooperation, the general content is that the Tower of Dusk will provide the technology, and Varian will provide the cost and channels, and the revenue will be 70% from the Tower of Dusk, and 30% for Varian. This still seemed a bit of a bully, so as compensation, the Tower of Twilight promised to send two pharmacists at least intermediate or above to the Time Consignment Store if conditions permitted.
Lin Li also knows very well that a person can be strong, but he can't be strong, not to mention that he is only a legendary mage now, even if he has reached the realm of the Holy Domain, it is impossible for everyone in the world to do things for himself in vain. Since it is cooperation, it is necessary to ensure that the other party has a certain benefit harvest, and let the other party have a bone to gnaw when eating meat by yourself.
After listening to Gavin's report, Lin Li was quite satisfied with this agreement, although a condition was added in the end, but this condition was actually beneficial to the pharmacists of the Tower of Twilight. The theoretical things they can teach are almost enough, all they need now is practice, since the Time Consignment Store is willing to be responsible for the supply of herbs, Lin Li is of course happy to let his pharmacists exercise, and by the way, he can also make a reputation as a pharmacist in the Tower of Twilight.
This is to each according to his needs, Lin Li is happy to have a place for his pharmacists to exercise, and Varian is also eager to have a pharmacist to stay with him. You know, the Plains of Light Wind has been lively for so long, and various large and medium-sized forces have been running to the small place of Doland, for something, isn't it just to poach the apothecary from the Tower of Dusk.
Although judging from the proportion of revenue sharing, it seems that Varian's side has suffered a little, but with the last condition, the presence of the two senior pharmacists not only makes him not feel a loss, but also has a kind of stealing joy that he has taken a big advantage. Therefore, after the negotiation ended, he heard that Lin Li and the others were leaving, and Varian sincerely kept him again and again.
The next day, the lord of Roland City, Alasuo, came to visit Lin Li's residence with anxiety, and in addition to giving valuable gifts, he once again proposed to invite Lin Li and others to the city lord's mansion as guests.
In fact, in this matter, Lin Li is the biggest beneficiary, although he will not thank Alaso, but it is not necessary to worry about what he has done before, and it is not in line with the identity of a legendary powerhouse. Therefore, when Alasuo showed enough sincerity to come to invite him in person, Lin Li did not deliberately embarrass him.
To be honest, Araso admires himself now, it's just too prescient. Twenty-year-old legendary mages, from ancient times to the present, even the god of mages, Gresco, only stepped into the legendary realm at the age of twenty-three. Even if this Ferre master can't reach the height of Gresco, even if it's just the current achievement, it is definitely beyond the reach of the vast majority of people. Especially after watching the legendary battle in Harvest Square, there is no one who does not want to be associated with such a legendary master, and Arathso's foresight is that his two sons and daughters have already been considered students of this master Ferret a year ago.
Although Lin Li only made a verbal promise at the beginning, a big reason was actually to hide from the fanatical female knight of the Temple of Light, but no matter what the reason was, since he agreed to be someone else's teacher, he had to do a little bit of his responsibility as a teacher. Moreover, Alasuo's sons and daughters are also quite talented in magic, and Lin Li is not willing to watch such two pieces of jade being buried.
Of course, in addition to teaching these two students, Lin Li also casually asked about the elven legendary mage named Vitas. The other party was defeated by his own hands, not only did he not get a new life of the star fragment, but also lost a Sun King scepter, I am afraid that not everyone can accept the result of this failure.
It's just that on this issue, Alaso seems to have something hidden, always looking at him left and right, and the look on his face is also quite embarrassing. Lin Li looked funny, but he didn't embarrass him, knowing that there were some things that the city lord couldn't help himself.
As soon as Lin Li returned to his residence from the City Lord's Mansion, the old butler, who had a very aristocratic temperament and did not smile, came to report, and on this day alone, nearly a hundred representatives of various forces came to visit. Although these people didn't see Lin Li, they still left valuable gifts, in fact, in their hearts, it might be better not to see Lin Li himself than to see them, at least this way they won't be directly rejected as gifts.
After the legendary battle in Harvest Square, the saddest thing is undoubtedly the forces that once went to the Tower of Dusk to poach the apothecary of the Tower of Dusk. For these people, every minute and every second now passes in fear, for fear that in the blink of an eye, they and the forces they have worked so hard to manage will disappear from the Light Wind Plain.
In the face of a legendary powerhouse, all these people can do is to continue to give gifts, of course, the object of the gift has become the young president of the Tower of Dusk, who was previously looked down upon, so that the legendary powerhouse Master Ferre can only be looked up to. In fact, it's not just these former forces, even those who don't think they have offended the Tower of Dusk and haven't offended Master Ferret, they also want to get closer to this young legendary powerhouse.
No one can ignore a legendary powerhouse, let alone a legendary powerhouse who is only twenty years old, and almost all of the people who were invited by Varian to participate in the auction stayed after the auction ended. The place where Lin Li lived, even if he used the door, it was not enough to describe it, no matter how powerful the person was in the Light Wind Plain, he was carrying valuable gifts at this time, and his attitude was extremely sincere, just asking to meet Lin Li.
Of course, meeting will not be a simple chat, Lin Li has not been idle to this point, and meeting some people is not because of the expensive gifts they have prepared. In fact, what can be called valuable in the eyes of legendary powerhouses is definitely not something that these people can take. In addition to artifacts such as star fragments, there are only things that can impress Lin Li, which are beneficial to the development of the Tower of Dusk.
A week later, Lin Li took Wilkinson and others back from Roland City.
Even Lin Li himself felt surprised, this trip to Roland City actually had such an amazing and huge gain. Although all the gold coins obtained from the auction of the potion were used for the new life of the star fragments, this effort was definitely worth it for Lin Li. This is one of the seven star fragments, a unique new life in the entire Anriel world, not to mention fifteen million gold coins, even thirty million and sixty million gold coins, and it can't stop Lin Li's determination to take it into his pocket.
Moreover, in addition, the Sun King's Scepter, which was not inferior in value to the Star Fragment, and the experience of fighting with the twenty-second level legendary mage, were all unexpected gains that Lin Li had not expected before. The Sun King's Scepter was even stronger than the Star Fragment in terms of power alone, and it was so strong that it was not comparable to the Firmament Staff that Lin Li had used before. The battle with the legendary mage Vitas not only gained valuable combat experience, but also took the opportunity to strengthen his control over the Lord of Nightmares.