Chapter 16: The Mysterious ······

"Bastard boy, why are you lost again!"

The Frost Tiger King is really drunk, and I don't know how many times I've been lost. www.biquge.info I had just closed my eyes and rested for a while, and this kid was lost again.

"No way, I didn't have a natural sense of direction. However, where are we now, and how do we feel more and more remote? ”

Neil now walked into a winding alleyway, leading in all directions, and couldn't find his way at all. There's no one around, forget it, just choose a direction and go to the end.

Neil walked along the alleyway to the north until it was almost dark, when he finally saw a light in the distance.

It was a small shop in the depths of the alley, and when I got closer, it was actually an alchemy shop.

When I entered the door, there was not a single clerk, and the shelves were full of various alchemy items and materials.

"Is anyone there? Is the boss there?"

"What? New here?"

Neil was startled and quickly turned around. I saw an old man with white hair appear behind him.

Master, definitely master. Even Xiaobai in his arms sent a signal to Neil to be more cautious at this time.

"Hello old man, my name is Neil. It's the first time I've come to the imperial capital and want to take tomorrow's entrance exam. But I couldn't find the way, so I arrived at your shop. ”

"Oh. You can stay here for one night, that room on the third floor you can stay. ”

With that, he disappeared in front of Neil's eyes.

Suddenly, Neil felt a chill all over his body.

Because, just outside the door, the long alleyway he began to walk through was actually brightly lit.

All kinds of stalls are lined up on both sides of the road, and there are many people picking up these things in different shops. He could even hear the voices of those people selling and bargaining.

Neil couldn't believe that the alley he had just walked through was actually crowded, but in his eyes, there was obviously nothing.

"Illusion?" Neil asked the little white in his arms. Xiaobai is a legendary-level powerhouse, and he will definitely know.

"It's not an illusion, it's a magic array. Just look at the sign on your waist. ”

After saying that, he stopped talking, shrunk his body, and began to sleep.

Neil looked at it and found that he did have a pitch black brand on his waist. He understood at once, he had read in a book, there was a kind of magic array, you must have a token to enter the magic array, and if you don't have a token, you can't enter. This waist card should be a token of entry here.

Looking at the strangely shaped eagle pattern painted on the sign, Neil didn't feel anything. However, it is not easy to come across such a gathering of magicians, of course, you have to take a good look. Maybe you'll pick up some peerless treasure? Usually the protagonist has this aura.

It's a black market, mostly set up by magicians, but there are occasional warriors. Because the warriors are not very useful when they get the materials of the magician, it is better to exchange them for something that can be used.

And, asking about the thick smell of blood in the alleyway, Neil certainly understood that it was impossible to see the light of day. He even saw the markings of a sword and a crown on a staff, which was used by royalty. However, the price is really not low, and for Neil, there is no use for eggs. Take the wand on his body that the old man refined for him, for example, he can exchange it for 10,000 wands. Moreover, if it weren't for Neil's head being kicked in the head by a brute bull, he wouldn't have changed it if he was killed.

Still, there are some good things to come. For example, Neil exchanged a fifth-level magic crystal for a nine-leaf clover, which is the water of the Force for refining the fifth-level alchemy potion. Although he can only refine it if he reaches the alchemy master, it doesn't hurt to collect the materials in advance. Moreover, the nine-leaf clover is the rarest herb in the Water of the Force, and other herbs are not very rare. However, apart from this nine-leaf clover, he didn't get anything of great value to him.

The innermost alchemy shop - this is the only shop in the alley, not a stall. Moreover, the nearest stalls are more than ten meters away from the alchemy shop. Occasionally, people would come into the store to buy alchemy materials, taking what they needed, leaving behind something of equal or even higher value.

This is the rule of this shop, take what you need, and keep what you have at the same price. Of course, the value of what no one leaves behind is not enough. Neil thought, maybe there used to be, but that horrible old man must have taught everyone in this black market a lesson.

Neil also discovered a phenomenon, the closer to the stall of the alchemy shop, the better the magic materials sold, and the stronger the owner of the stall. Xiaobai told Neil that the stall owner closest to the alchemy shop should be a great magician.

A great magician actually came here to set up a stall, really. Neil doesn't know if it's the powerhouses of this world, and they all have some quirks. Just by virtue of the identity of the Great Magician, you can join a magic academy as a magic teacher at will, and you can receive a large salary every month.

However, this place has the effect of covering the breath and changing the appearance, and it is impossible to see the appearance of others clearly.

Go up the stairs to the third floor, where there is only one room with the door unlocked.

Neil walked in directly, and the room was relatively spacious, but there was only a bed, a bookshelf, and not even a stool. Neil walked over to the shelves and grabbed a copy of it. Why do you want to take it in your hand, because magic books generally don't have the title written on the side, and you don't know what kind of book it is until you take it down. But unexpectedly, Neil found out that this book was actually one of the basic magic books that the old man had prepared for him, and the old man also told Neil that this book was a relatively rare magic book, and many magicians had never read this book.

Neil became more and more curious about the old man who lived in the depths of this mysterious alleyway. He took all the books off the shelves, one by one, and went through them one by one. He had read most of the books. However, there were many books on alchemy that he had not read. These books are not ancient books, and they feel like alchemical notes written by someone. As for whose it is, of course, it belongs to the mysterious old man.

Neil put Xiaobai on the bed, but he took the more than twenty alchemy books he had selected and read them with relish.

"Well, this method is very good, and it is more convenient than what the old man wrote. ”

“・・・・・・”

"Hey, this place is not right, the old man said・・・・・・"

Suddenly, another creepy voice came from behind him.

"Tell me, what's wrong?"

"You see, what the old man said, although the fire sand stone contains a lot of fire and earth elements, it is not suitable for refining volcanic potions at all, because according to the Zaron formula and the theory of all things, ・・・・・・"

Neil told all the accounts he had seen about volcanic potions in the alchemy notes the old man had given him.

"Oh, I see!

"Ahh

Neil suddenly came to his senses, and the grim old man appeared behind him again.

"Your Excellency, you ・・・・・・"

Neil really wanted to yell: "You old man, don't be scary, okay! I don't know if people are scary, scared to death!" However, Neil didn't dare, didn't he see that little white guy had been pretending to be dead.

The old man pulled the hair that was on his face twice, and suddenly he had the appearance of a human being.

However, Neil was suddenly stunned for a moment.