"Young man, don't worry, listen to me!" the old man smiled, comforted Allen's emotions, and continued:

"The Great Mage told me that although this stone has the magical function of magic amplification, it also has disadvantages, it can only increase the simplest elementary fire magic, and it is not as useful as a medium-sized magic crystal for a great mage like him, but it is different for a junior mage or a small magic apprentice, which can at least increase their magic power a lot. ”

"I see!" Alan nodded slightly, although the old man's words may not be true, but at least this explanation makes sense, otherwise there is really this kind of magic amplification artifact, and the great magician can still let the old man bring it here?

The old man looked at Allen's expression and smiled even more.

"The Great Mage gave me ten gold coins to buy this stone for his apprentice, but I refused, because it was a water mage, and I thought that if I met a fire mage like my little brother, this stone would be worth twenty gold coins. When the old man said this, he secretly glanced at Allen, and when he saw that he heard twenty gold coins, his brows furrowed slightly, and he quickly changed his words: "The worst cannot be less than fifteen gold coins, otherwise it will be given away in vain." ”

"Alan, you've been looking at that broken stone for a long time, so many fun things, I really don't know why you fell in love with a broken stone. Elvis turned around, not knowing if he had found the treasure he liked, and suddenly looked at Alan stopping in front of a hawker for a long time, so he asked puzzledly.

"I always felt that this stone was very strange, and it had a different feeling when I held it in my hand. Alan replied.

"The pebbles by the brook are all prettier than the one in your hand, and we should go back quickly, for the old man should lecture again when he gets back, and besides, we must listen to the old man's opinion on that strange thing that happened to us last night." Elvis urged.

"Sir, I have ten gold coins for this stone, and if I have twenty gold coins, I can buy a set of magic arrays for magic amplification, which is much more reliable than this. Alan looked up at the old man.

"Fifteen gold coins!"

"Old man, I only have ten gold coins on me, if you want to sell it, I'll take it, and I won't sell it. ”

"What? A broken stone costs fifteen gold coins, why don't you go and grab it? You have to know how many roast lamb shanks you can buy for fifteen gold coins, and how many jugs of delicious mule you can buy. Alan, let's go, I'll go to the creek another day and pick a pebble for you, and I'm sure it's ten times better looking than this broken stone!" Elvis on the side heard that a broken stone would sell for fifteen gold coins, so he jumped up excitedly and pulled Alan's sleeve to leave.

"Do you really only have ten gold coins?" the old man asked as Alan turned to leave with Elvis.

Alan took out all the coins in his pocket and counted them in front of the old man. The kid stared at Alan with a pair of eyes and a dripping glance at Allen's body until he was sure he wasn't carrying anything else of value before giving up.

"It's exactly ten gold coins, and I still have to save these silver coins for a big meal!"

"Oops, forget it, flowers for beauties, swords for heroes, what... Seeing that you have a relationship with this thing, I will sell it half and give it to you, so I should have made you a friend!"

"Yes, I see that the old gentleman is also a person with rich experience, and I really want to ask you a lot of experience in traveling the continent when I have the opportunity!" Alan took out ten gold coins and handed them to the old man, and patted the other party's ass by the way, and sure enough, the old man smiled happily when he heard it, patted his chest and assured that there was no place on the continent that he had not visited, no one he did not know, and even the kings of several small countries in the south of the continent respected him! .

Allen complimented the old man on the surface, but actually smiled secretly in his heart, and said in his heart: If you blow it again, maybe even the Pope will be your sworn brother.

"Alan, are you crazy? can you eat such a broken stone for ten gold coins?" Elvis was in a hurry, seeing a pile of roast leg of lamb and mule turned to stone like this, how could he not be in a hurry.

"I'll go back and study it first, maybe there's something strange to do!"

Alan put the stone in his satchel and walked with a few people in the direction of the city gate. Elvis was very puzzled, and scolded Allen for being kicked in the head by a donkey, and several people talked about making trouble and disappeared behind the city gate.

"Grandpa, didn't you say that this stone was very special, why did you sell it to him so cheaply. The child next to the old man asked puzzled.

The old man looked at the back of Alan and his group, and said thoughtfully: "Although this stone is very special, it is very dangerous to put it next to us, and it will be much safer to put it there with him!"

The child was confused by what his grandfather said about danger and safety, so he stopped dwelling on the topic, pointed to the sword on the stall and said, "Grandpa, this sword should be able to sell for a lot of money!"

"You little devil, you know money all day long!" The old man patted the back of the child's head angrily, but then said with a smile: "This must be worth much more than the broken stone just now, and the appearance is much better, at least twenty gold coins, we will sell this sword too, and grandpa will take you to a big dinner in the evening." ”

"Okay, grandpa, I want to eat roast lamb shank, and I want to drink mule!" the child almost jumped for joy when he heard that there was something delicious.

"Don't learn anything else, learn from the greedy boy just now!" the old man taught his grandson.

Elvis, who was walking in the distance, sneezed a few times for some reason, and then said indignantly: "Someone misses me?

Once you enter the Boulder City, the streets and alleys are full of merchants and tourists, and everyone's eyes are bright. From time to time, patrols from the Imperial Peace Department can be seen patrolling the city. Because there are too many merchants coming and going in the imperial capital, different races, customs, and purposes, it can be said that they are mixed, and there are often conflicts due to transactions and even misunderstandings, and the Public Security Department attaches great importance to this kind of thing, so in order to maintain the stability of the imperial capital, dozens of patrols are on duty in various parts of the city every day.

The location of the Academy of Magic is adjacent to the Royal Knight Academy of the Yus Empire, and compared to the solemn atmosphere of the Knight Academy's architecture and the perfect interpretation of modern architectural techniques and styles, the architecture of the Knight Academy is more practical, and the style is much more simple and simple.

Alan and his party entered the Academy of Magic through a small door in the northeast corner of the Academy, and soon met the old magician Fama Ax in the Dean's room. The old magician was also a little surprised that several of the students had returned so early.

Several people made a statement to the old magician about the field training, telling about the training process and the use and perception of magic in the training process, as well as the improvement brought to themselves. Of course, everyone's experience is different, so the old magician listened to each of them without the slightest impatience.