Chapter 4: The Magician
Little Grandet, dressed in a brand-new ogre suit, straightened his back and flipped through the books, but his eyes did not look at Downton, and he put on a dismissive look.
Several teenagers, led by him, followed behind, looking at Downton defiantly.
As the son of the first merchant in Morningmist Town, the seventeen-year-old little Grande felt that he was superior, except for the mayor's son, those teenagers of the same age should be like the Siberian bear hound in the house, wagging their tails to please themselves, but there are always a few guys who are not interested.
"Fox of the West?weishenme not me?" Little Grandet also knew that it was the postman's joking name for Downton, but he was jealous, he felt that only he deserved such a powerful nickname!
Wang, Wang, the white bear hound, which was one meter tall and nearly two meters long, felt the anger of its owner, lowered its front body, barked wildly, and took an attacking posture.
Several mercenaries stepped back and stared at the Hound Bear, a hint of greed flashing in their eyes.
This is a large hound known for its ferocity in the north, with a furious and bloodthirsty nature, and there is only one large hound that dares to fight with brown bears, at least it is worth 10,000 kindlands, and if it is a pure blood, it is worth even more.
Downton frowned, this guy was like a kraft candy, as long as he saw himself, he would look for trouble, he wanted to leave, but he hadn't read the book, and he was reluctant.
"What's wrong?" Durham and his party came over when they saw little Grande appear, fearing that Downton would suffer.
"Yo, the bodyguards are here!" Little Grande taunted Duren, "I heard that you were fired from the post office, how about it? Do you want to come to my shop to work? Don't worry, as long as there is a bite of my family's 'bones', you will not be missing!"
The boy was in a daxiao, the 'bone' was the bear hound, and the irony of Little Grande was self-evident!
"Let's go, leave them alone!" Justin pulled Downton.
The postmen are not reconciled, but what can they do, if they fight, they can only be their own side who are unlucky.
"Let's go!" Downton would not fall for the scheme, he knew that little Grande was trying to provoke his own side and a conflict broke out, so he would have a reason to beat everyone up.
"Yo, the fox of the Western Realms is an eggless coward!"
The henchmen taunted Downton, and even took a few quick steps, tugging and tugging at the postman's clothes.
"Hey, aren't you a bookworm? don't want this book anymore?" little Grandet regarded Downton as an opponent, and naturally adjusted his affairs, not to mention that he also had a coveted sister.
Downton didn't seem to hear it, he didn't look back, of course he wanted to, but if it was revealed, with the bad character of Little Grande, he would definitely buy it in order to hit himself.
"Haha, aren't you the Fox of the West? Have the ability to snatch this book from me? I'll give you double the Kindlands!" Little Grandet took out a money bag, threw it on the blanket, and smashed over a beast's tooth pendant, he was deliberately provocative Downton, if he could beat him up in the tavern, it would definitely embarrass him.
"Hmph, in less than three seconds, you'll have to put the book down for me!" Downton muttered, his footsteps non-stopping, but he silently counted the time in his heart.
The postmen glanced at Downton, not knowing that he was so sure.
"You loser, what kind of broken books do you want to buy, you want to be angry with Lao Tzu!" Grandet hurriedly snatched back the money bag, jumped up like a leather ball, and slapped little Grandet on the head.
"Daddy!" little Grande said in a depressed tone, feeling that he had lost face, in front of so many mercenaries, he actually didn't want to talk to his father.
Compared with the gorgeous leather armor of little Grande, Grandet wore a linen robe with no more than fifty copper plates, and the parts of his buttocks were all white, which was extremely shabby.
Just looking at his clothes, who could have guessed that he was the richest man in Morningmist Town? This guy is stingy, but he is the first in the West.
"There's not a bit of magic at all, it's definitely not magic equipment, and a copper plate is not worth it. Grande slapped his hand on his son's wrist, foaming at the stars, "Don't put it down yet, let me go back to meditate, if you can't reach the third order of the soul in half a month, I will break your legs." ”
"Daddy!" little Grandet wanted to say more, but he was kicked in the thigh, and he was too frightened to talk nonsense, so he hurried away.
"Hey, thirty silver derans, if you don't speak, I'll take you as you agree!" Grandet dropped thirty silver coins, and without waiting for the traveling merchant to reply, like a rabbit with an arrow, he grabbed the totem wood carving, and ran away.
As for the civilian Downton, in Grande's eyes, he was like an ant, and he didn't even bother to sweep the tail of his eyes.
Downton turned, walked briskly to the stall, and picked up the tome.
The yellowed parchment page is written with black words, the dragon flies and the phoenix dances, the clouds roll up, full of freehand beauty, just like the elegant and gorgeous sonnets, people can't help but flow of love, and like the heirloom sculpture under the master's carving knife, every font seems to contain a thousand years of classical atmosphere.
"It should be the code of a certain country. Justin glanced at it and saw some legal texts, "It's not a big deal, there are more books like this in the library." ”
"What if little Grande buys it?" the postmen were not interested in books, but curious about Downton's judgment.
"You are the miser of Grande, and he is the one who does not even sit in a carriage in order to save a copper plate, and he can allow his son to squander in front of him?" Downton explained casually, flipping through the pages, and the more he read, the more satisfied he became.
The postmen suddenly realized, and then they were envious, and they also wanted this reasoning ability!
"How much?" Downton didn't show any liking, his expression was flat, and he was ready to bargain.
"One hundred gold coins!" came a hoarse voice from under the cloak, like rubbing an iron object with sandpaper, almost scratching the eardrums.
"Why don't you rob it? You are not a legendary mysterious traveling merchant, a broken book, you dare to ask for so much money, it is enough for my living expenses for most of the year!" Justin was speechless and persuaded Downton, "Why do you buy this thing, you can't eat it!"
"Is ten Kindlands okay?" Looking at the traveling merchant's shabby robes, Downton suddenly lost his mood to bargain and declared his greatest sincerity!
After spending ten gold coins, Downton can only eat cheap black bread and drink water, as for the gold coins saved, they are his sister's tuition fees, and they will not be used anyway.
"It's not worth it!" Durham persuaded his friend, knowing that Downton's sympathy was overflowing again.
There are five mysterious legends in the Western Earth Continent, in addition to the traveling merchants in black robes, the most famous are the Headless Horseman and the postman Marlon, and there are countless versions of their stories, all of which are used by parents to lull their children to sleep.
The person in front of him is obviously a guy who uses the costume of a traveling merchant to bury and abduct.
"Ten gold coins, no more!" Downton offered again, if the other party refused, he would give up, after all, the value of this book was only about seven Jindland.
The Traveling Merchant looked up slightly and met Downton's gaze.
Boom, Downton only felt a pain in his brain, as if he had been stuffed into a meat grinder, and all his memories were taken away, but the next moment, there was no discomfort in his body, as if it was just an illusion for a moment.
"Could it be that I've been too tired lately?" Downton wondered.
"Deal!" the Traveling Merchant lowered his head again.
Downton ran home, quickly took ten gold coins, and bought the Codex for the book.
"Alright, let's drink. Justin tugged at Downton, found a place to sit down, snapped his fingers, and called the waiter.
"Durham, how are you thinking about it?" a young man sat down at the table and greeted the crowd.
The postman was a little restrained, and the man in front of him was Robinson, a celebrity in the town, who had been an apprentice since he was six years old, debuted at the age of twelve, started with three silver derans, and earned 200,000 yuan in eight years.
"Fifty gold coins, I'll do it!" Duren poured a sip of ale, the decision clearly bothering him.
"Yes!" Robinson looked at the dancing girls on the high platform and took a sip of red wine, showing his generosity without hesitation.
"Big brother, what chance do you have to make a fortune and take care of your little brother?" Justin's eyes lit up, and his tone was slightly flattering and pleading, "I'm a soul first-order demon!"
"I hired them to pick potions at the graveyard in Raven Ridge, are you sure you want to go?" Robinson asked rhetorically.
"No!" Justin refused, "I've heard there's ghouls out there, and I don't want to be eaten!"
Robinson shrugged his shoulders in regret, he didn't really want to hire too many people, and the less people knew about this expedition, the better.
"Downton, are you going?" Duren was still not at ease, thinking that with Downton by his side, the safety factor would be a little higher.
"He, no!" Robinson saw Downton's move, and decisively denied.
“weishenme?”
The postmen were stunned, and it seemed to them that Downton was clearly more reliable than Durham.
"I can't feel the fluctuation of magic energy from you, and you haven't condensed into a soul seed and opened your talent, right?" Robinson himself is very strong, and the excuses he makes are irrefutable.
"Downton's sister Elaine is a student at St. George's School of Magic, and if he uses all the tuition and living expenses he saved for his sister to buy magic stones and potions to refine his body, he will advance to the soul level and become a magician a year ago. "Durham fights for his friend's chances.
In the magical Western Earth Continent, there are all kinds of magical energy, such as arcane energy, elemental energy, natural energy, divine energy, and so on, collectively known as magical energy.
Their existence allows the potential of any life to be improved to varying degrees through cultivation, and those who are truly strong can even move mountains and reclaim the sea with a wave of their hands, and pick up the stars and the moon.
The path of cultivation, at the beginning, is to exercise the body, sharpen the will, as the will continues to become stronger, the will is tenacious, through meditation, you can gradually feel the fluctuation of the magic energy in the air, and then strive to absorb the magic energy, after accumulating to a certain extent, the quantitative change causes the qualitative change, the magic energy will condense into a soul seed in the body, and at the same time open the talent.
Talent, God's gift to his people, is a miraculous ability.
Only those who are promoted to the soul level are qualified to be called magicians, because only by condensing the soul seed, can they choose a suitable magical energy profession for further study according to their talents and qualifications.
After passing the soul level, it is the war stage, at this time, the soul seed in the body sprouts, and gradually grows into a towering and lush soul tree, and then enters the judgment stage, and the flowers are in full bloom.
At this level, any magician can recruit a demon servant, and the talent evolves for the first time, so the judgment level is also the first order that makes the strength a watershed.
After that, there is the dragon slaying level, but in the entire western realm, there are only a handful of such strong people, of course, there are higher realms after that, but unfortunately for ordinary civilians, let alone see it, they have never heard of it.
"Okay, thirty gold coins, you get ready, gather at the South Town Entrance in the early morning!" Robinson changed his mind, this kid seemed to be a potential stock, as a businessman, it was natural to observe to see if he was worth holding in his hands
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