The wooden carved door of the castle parlor was opened from the inside, and the first to come out was the earl's butler Pinto, as he stretched out his hand to lead the way, Xiao Chen, Li Jia and several commissioners of the business group rushed out, and out of them came out together, more than a dozen merchants in different costumes, but most of them were richly dressed.

The interior of the castle was as cold and dark as ever, with light only shining on the floor and walls through the narrow windows. But the movements and whispers between these people were filled with an atmosphere of enthusiasm, and the heat pouring from the living room warmed up the stone house.

When everyone walked to the door with greetings, a chubby businessman saluted Xiao Chen and said, "Honorable Lord Xiao Chen, the negotiation method you arranged is really an eye-opener for us. We can't imagine that we can identify so many 'cooperation projects' in such a short period of time. ”

He patted the bound printing paper in his hand, looked around at his peers, and said: "I want to put away this 'bid' as a treasure, and only the miracle of magic can make the document so exquisite and gorgeous, of course, what is even more remarkable is that the content inside can make a complicated business so coherent." I think the elders of the chambers of commerce in the free city-states will be stunned by this document. I'm going to go back and give them a boost in their eyes, business can do that!"

Most of the people around him nodded their heads in agreement.

Xiao Chen took the other party's hand, shook it vigorously, and said in the flattered eyes of the other party: "I am very happy that everyone recognizes us. Although it is the first time I have met all of you, I have a hunch that our cooperation can go smoothly and for a long time. It's a magician's instinct. However, you can relax a little more, you can talk about any problems, don't be afraid of me, we magicians don't eat people. ”

The merchants laughed cooperatively, and the first one looked at his hand a little nervously and said, "If I tell someone that a magician has shaken my hand, they will laugh at me for talking nonsense." ”

"That's what I want to emphasize, we're not just here to do business with you, we're here to be friends with you. You don't have to see us as a superior outlier, but as a partner with whom you can communicate. ”

Xiao Chen snapped his fingers, and a cluster of flames appeared in his hand, the flames grew bigger and bigger, and finally exploded into scattered small sparks with a bang, "We have some extraordinary power in the magic field, and you also have extraordinary power in the realm of gold coins, in the final analysis, we are all the same kind of people." ”

The people around him laughed louder. A businessman said, "Then you are a master of both worlds." ”

"There's another area. Xiao Chen held up a finger, "I'm also very good at food. ”

He shook hands with them one by one and invited, "Tonight we have prepared a celebratory dinner for you at the Earl's Castle, please enjoy the ......."

When the crowd dispersed, Xiao Chen said to Pinto: "I was surprised by the count's commercial influence, I didn't expect that from the north to the empire and the south to the free city-states, there were all his tentacles. ”

"These merchants are not all branches of our family, they just have a long-term trading relationship with the Arias family. Pinto explained.

Xiao Chen smiled and said, "I know how the business network forms power, even if these people are not members of the family, the dense chain of interests has already tied them to you." And, I believe, it's only part of your power. ”

Pinto smiled noncommittally, "I'm glad you were able to recognize the abilities of the Arias family. However, let me remind you that as a mage, you may be able to be more ...... with these merchants."

"High up?"

"Yes, after all, the mage and the nobleman are the head of the world, the craftsman is the hand of the world, the peasant is the body of the world, and the merchant is only the foot of the world. ”

"Where is the king's place, and where are the gods?"

"The king is within the nobility, and the gods are outside the world. ”

"Hmm, very interesting model. Xiao Chen patted Pinto's shoulder, "Maybe I'll like my position inside, but the merchants may not like them." ”

Xiao Chen returned to his room, took off his cumbersome mage robe, and only left a short-sleeved undershirt. The light undershirt could no longer cover the lines of the muscles on his body at this time, whether it was his chest and abdomen, or his arms, he changed his thin appearance in the past, and there were thick lumps of flesh that bulged slightly. Since his body was transformed by the white light in the dungeon, Xiao Chen has become stronger and stronger, and his physique has become stronger and stronger. It was late autumn, and he stayed in the stone house, and he didn't feel cold.

Lying on the hard wooden bed, Xiao Chen crossed his hands on his chest, his eyes looked at the rough stone roof, but his mind was thinking about the bits and pieces of the previous negotiations. Don't look at him talking and laughing all the way, only he knows how difficult it is to intrigue with these treacherous and cunning businessmen.

In fact, the business team added a lot of clauses in the agreement that were beneficial to their own party, but these rules and regulations organized in modern terms were found one by one after the other party fully understood the meaning of those words. Whether it is the ownership of equity or the calculation of interest, as long as the reason is explained here, those businessmen can always quickly learn from themselves, and even put forward some countermeasures. Xiao Chen knew that this was a keen sense cultivated after dealing with money for a long time, and the teachers and students of finance, law, and economics in the business group were just rookies holding books in front of these old fritters of the other party.

You really can't underestimate the people of this world.

At this time, Xiao Chen's heart moved, and his spiritual power sensed that outside the door of the room, someone was walking back and forth. One of the manifestations of the materialization of spiritual power is that he is like a humanoid radar, which can roughly perceive movement within a radius of more than ten meters around him.

The guy seemed hesitant, and several times stood at the door and tried to knock, but then turned and walked away, continuing to walk around the door. Xiao Chen waited for a while, and finally lost his patience, he jumped out of bed, put on a shirt, walked to the door, and when the man paced in front of the door again, he opened the door.

"I knew that you were the only one who became entangled in such a situation. Have you turned enough? Come in and talk about it. Xiao Chen shook his head and pulled Li Jia into the door.

Li Jia walked into the door in a daze, clasped his hands in front of his chest, and bowed his back a little, like a little boy who had done something bad. After he entered the door, he still swirled, giving people a very uneasy feeling.

Xiao Chen pulled out a chair next to the small table by the window, "Sit, sit down!"

Li Jia laughed twice, took out a ring from his pocket, and handed it to Xiao Chen, which was the Secret Law Inheritance Ring that Xiao Chen often carried on his hand.

"I've been trying for three days. There was no reaction at all, and I was able to activate the spiritual whipping magic within, but I didn't feel any inheritance information. I guess I don't have the qualifications to pass on those magics. ”

Xiao Chen put the ring back on his hand and thought for a while, "Maybe it's just that the part of the power responsible for inheriting magic has been exhausted." To put it bluntly, the most powerful thing about this ring is that it can directly engrave the structure of magic in your brain. If you look at the records of ancient magicians to learn magic, this step is more difficult, those ancient magicians have never taken art classes, many of them are soul painters, if only we had an alternative way. ”

Li Jia nodded in agreement, and at that time, in order to teach him a wind blade technique, Selinda danced and demonstrated many times, and he was really able to clearly imagine this rune structure in his mind. "Keeping a record of magic is a problem," he said. Some of the magic books in Selinda's house are all illustrated to explain magic, a magic that can be activated in a second, and it has to be disassembled into dozens of pictures to explain clearly. ”

"Hehe, comic strips...... Huh!" Xiao Chen suddenly stood up when he heard this, and looked at Li Jia in a daze.

"What's wrong?"

"You say paintings that are connected together?"

"That's right. ”

"Isn't that a cartoon?"

"However, you have to look at it from all angles, because those magic structures are three-dimensional......" Li Jia didn't react for a while.

"Then use 3D animation!" Xiao Chen suddenly became excited, clenching his fists and smashing his palms repeatedly, "We are so stupid, why didn't we think of using animation software to do this? Go back to school and get a computer to try, I think this can be done!"

"Could it be that you are going to use 3D animation software to make a dynamic model of the magic structure?" Li Jia couldn't help but stand up.

"Why not?" Xiao Chen's voice was urgent, and his eyes were literally shining, "The essence of magic is a three-dimensional rune structure composed of spiritual power, which keeps moving in the casting of spells. Therefore, whether it is dictated, demonstrated, or watched by books, it is difficult to explain the process clearly, and it is the most difficult part of teaching magic. However, this is not a problem at all for 3D animation! After modeling, you can set the motion path, and then move the mouse to look at it, right? Wouldn't the magic that each of us learn be reproduced in the computer and learned by others?"

"You've got a big brain. Li Jia opened her mouth and said, "However, it seems that this is the case." I'll go, this can be done!

"That's right, that's right!" Xiao Chen grabbed Li Jia's shoulder and shook it, "Now we're going to break it!"

"Why do I have a feeling that what you're going to do now is going to turn something upside down, maybe even affect the whole world?"

"The vision of modern people makes us unable to be resigned to being bland. Xiao Chen smirked proudly, he walked around the house several times, thinking about the feasibility of this thing over and over again, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense.

It took him a while to calm himself down, and instructed Li Jiadao: "Okay, okay, we have to go back to school to try this matter, don't tell anyone about it now." ”

"Don't we say anything from our own team?" asked Li Jia.

"Don't say anything until it's done, lest others rejoice. ”

"Okay. ”

"Hey, by the way, what are you trying to say to me today?"

"Oh, oh. Li Jia took out a scroll, the scroll was made of heavy leather, and he spread it out on the small table, which was thirty centimeters square, and on it was drawn a dense pattern composed of runes. If such a scroll is used to excite, it can release a magic completely, and if it is not triggered, it can be used to figure out and learn, and it can also feel the three-dimensional magic rune structure in the spiritual world, and it is much easier to learn to consume this precious scroll than to record magic with text.

"I learned the art of flying from this scroll. This scroll has a lot of energy, and I'm not slow to learn. So, I think you might be able to use it again to learn again. ”

"Selinda has paid for it. Xiao Chen held the scroll in his hand and looked at it, the workmanship was delicate and the brushstrokes were beautiful, it must be the work of a master. Putting away the scroll, Xiao Chen's eyes turned and said, "No, this is not the reason why you hesitate at my door. Don't be sloppy, what the hell are you going to say?"

"Hey, I know I can't hide it from you. This ......" Li Jia squirmed for a while before approaching Xiao Chen and whispered: "Can you lend me "Knowing the Sea Shadow Scroll" for half a day?"