Before entering the city gate, Alan and his party could already see the vendors on both sides of the road. There are mostly speculators from all over the continent who come to the Yus Empire to seek opportunities to get rich, and they collect all kinds of new and strange things from all over the continent, and try their luck in Boulder City, maybe they can sell them for a good price if they meet someone who knows the goods. Of course, if the price is right, most people will choose to sell their goods in the market or in a special store, and if they can't get their ideal price in both places, they will choose this free way of trading, and this kind of trading has the advantage of avoiding taxes. Therefore, in principle, the Yusi Empire does not allow this kind of transaction, and taxation is on the one hand, and on the other hand, it will also disrupt the commercial order of the imperial capital. So when the patrol encounters this situation, in principle, it will drive them away, confiscate the goods at the worst, and hand them over to the law, but in reality, as long as the traders pay a few silver coins, the patrol turns a blind eye to their actions. Of course, this kind of free trading environment, although it gives Taobao people a shortcut to get rich overnight, but it also provides scammers with the opportunity to make black money.

This kind of place is naturally the favorite of Alan and Elvis, last time Elvis collected a pangolin core at a very low price, you must know that this thing is worthless for ordinary people, but for an earth magician, especially a magic apprentice like Elvis, it can be regarded as a good treasure. Since the academy usually does not allow students to go out of the city, a few young people naturally will not let go of such a great opportunity, and they are competing everywhere to discover new things from the entire continent.

Alan Dong looked at the west and picked, and didn't see anything he liked, just as he was thinking that he might return empty-handed today, he saw a decorative sword inlaid with gems in front of a stall, and a piece of red crystal was placed next to it, this is a medium-sized crystal, if the texture is pure enough, the stored fire magic can make the magician instantly send a mid-level fire magic, which is equivalent to the power of a dozen fireball spells, such a pure crystal, if it is in a regular store, is worth at least twenty gold coins. Alan looked at the crystal and thought: if they had such a crystal and increased their casting speed to the point where they could instantly fire wall magic, then they might actually be able to eat roast leopard meat last night. However, if the texture of the crystal is not pure, the stored magic elements will be lost too quickly, and they will need to be replenished frequently, and even affect the consistency of the magic release, resulting in the inability to instantaneously generate medium-sized magic, which will naturally greatly reduce the value.

It was an old man with a child who set up the stall, and if Arman was here, he would have recognized it at a glance as the miracle doctor who had cheated him out of his money and then treated him with horse dung by the way.

The old man watched Alan study his red crystal there, so he took the initiative to talk: "This little brother, you are interested in my red crystal, are you a fire magician?"

"Hello old man, I'm just a magic apprentice, not a qualified magician!"

"Magic apprentices, as far as I know, there is only one place in Boulder City that is rich in magic apprentices, could it be that the little brother is from the Imperial Academy of Magic?" the old man continued to ask.

"The old gentleman seems to be familiar with our academy?"

"Where! It's just that the great magician of Kers is so famous on this continent that who doesn't know his name like us?"

"Does the old gentleman know Mr. Kers?" Alan couldn't help but feel a little more good when he saw the old man praising his teacher!

"I know him, he doesn't know me, and no one knows a little person like me. ”

"That's not necessarily, Mr. Fox has a lot of ordinary friends, and he said that these people are the wealth of his life!By the way, old man, how many gold coins does this crystal cost?" Alan asked the old man as he picked up the red crystal.

"This is a genuine, pure red crystal, the best weapon for fire magicians, I bought it from a dwarven tribe in the Capra Mountains for twenty gold coins, but I have a relationship with you today, how about I give it to you at the original price?"

"Twenty gold coins?" Alan shook his head, hesitated, and put the crystal back again, twenty gold coins are almost all of Allen's current net worth, and it seems a little unworthwhile to spend it just for one crystal, not to mention that this old man said it well, in fact, he has a profiteer's face, maybe the texture of this crystal is very poor, and when he buys it back, he finds that he will run away long ago.

"What's the matter, little brother, it's too expensive? This is already the purchase price, if it weren't for the fate of you and me, I might not be willing to sell it if someone else gave me twenty-five gold coins! But if you don't like it, it doesn't matter. I have another thing here, which is definitely a treasure for a fire mage like you, and it's cheap and abundant, you see. As he spoke, the old man took out a pebble-shaped stone from the box next to him and handed it to Allen, motioning for Allen to take a look.

Alan took it, looked at it for a while, and found nothing strange about it, so he looked up and asked the old man, "This seems to be a rough and average stone!"

Hearing this, the old man immediately shook his head and said, "This is not an ordinary stone, this is a stone found by an adventurer from the lava of a volcano, and it is said that when it was found, this stone was floating on the surface of the lava, and even the magma could not melt it. ”

"I've never heard of such an amazing stone. Alan fiddled with it for a while, but didn't feel any magic, and was ready to put it down.

"Little brother, this world is so big, there are no treasures, you haven't heard of a lot, if you don't believe me, you can try to drive the fire magic, and then you can experience its magic. But don't release the magic, there are a lot of people here, it's not good to be scared, even if you can't scare people, it's not good to hurt the flowers and plants!"

Alan thought to himself that this old man was really verbose, but it didn't hurt to try, so he softly recited a short fire magic spell, halfway through the spell, when the magic elements were still gathering, Alan already felt that the stone in his hand seemed to resonate with the chanting of the spell, Alan stopped the spell, and after the magic elements in the air lost control and dispersed, the vibration of the stone also dissipated. Not only did Alan let out a strange "huh" and tried again, he did clearly feel the resonance coming from the stone.

"How's that, young man, I didn't lie to you!" said the old man with some smugness.

"There's something strange about this stone. But what's the use of it? If it doesn't work, I'm not interested in it. ”

"At first, I didn't know what it was for, but then I consulted a great magician, and he studied it for a long time before telling me that it was a fire-type magic amplification stone. ”

"I've never heard of a stone with this kind of function, and if it does, isn't it an artifact that every fire mage wants to get their hands on?" Alan shook and retorted.