Chapter 9: Treasure Map

"Yes, treasure map!" replied the little goblin in a loud voice.

The surrounding mercenaries were attracted by the words of the little goblin, and they all turned their heads to look at Wang Xu, and when they saw the "so-called" treasure map held by Wang Xu in his hand, and the little goblin sitting next to Wang Xu, they all sneered and shook their heads, with a lively expression.

Glancing at the expressions of the mercenaries around him, Wang Xu understood that it was not the first time that the little goblin in front of him was selling this "so-called" treasure map here, and it seemed that those sneering mercenaries should have already seen this old parchment scroll.

After a little muttering, Wang Xu looked at the little goblin and asked softly, "What's your name?"

"My name is Rook!" replied the little goblin in a milky voice.

"How old are you?" asked Xiao Luke with a smile.

"I'm seven years old," Xiao Luke looked at Wang Xu with his head held high, and said with a firm gaze: "I'm already very old." ”

"What about your family, why did they let you come here alone to sell things?" Wang Xu said tentatively in a low voice.

"My father and mother don't believe that this parchment scroll is a treasure map," a faint sadness in little Luke's gaze before he continued, "Only I know it's definitely a treasure map." ”

"Oh," Wang Xu tried his best not to reveal a suspicious expression in order to avoid hurting little Luke in front of him again, "Why do you think it's a treasure map?"

"Because," said little Luke's voice crisply, full of childlike persistence, "this parchment was netted from Lake Ether when I was fishing, and it was sealed in a small iron kettle with the sign of the elves engraved on it. ”

"Oh," Wang Xu immediately became interested in the old parchment scroll after listening to Xiao Luke's words, "Otherwise, I bought this treasure map, but I have to see its contents first, and then we will discuss its price, okay?"

"Good. Little Luke replied crisply.

Wang Xu smiled slightly, untied the black wool string tied to the sheepskin roll, spread it on the table, and then took a closer look.

He found that if you only look at the color, this parchment scroll is indeed very ancient, ordinary parchment scrolls are golden yellow, this parchment scroll has been corroded and blackened by time, there are many unnatural notches on the edges of the parchment scroll, as if it was gnawed by insects, and there is a map painted on the scroll as if it is an ink painting, there are mountains, rivers, lakes, There is also a swamp, if you don't look closely, you really think it's a map, but if you look closely, all the geographical locations on it are not marked with words, so it can be seen that this parchment scroll is probably a landscape painting.

Suddenly, Wang Xu found a number "8" written in ancient elven script on the upper left corner of the parchment scroll, and similar to this parchment scroll with numbers in the upper left corner, Wang Xu had seen it in the past, and he had seen similar parchment scrolls in the library of the Elven Palace when he was a child, most of them were ancient history books, but he had never seen this kind of parchment scroll used to draw maps, nor had he seen this parchment scroll used to draw landscape paintings.

And among the mercenaries, there are many people who know the ancient elven script, and they have also seen a lot of this kind of ancient parchment scroll with page numbers, and they also know that this kind of parchment scroll was used by the ancients to record historical events, and it cannot be a treasure map at all, so except for Wang Xu, all the mercenaries who have seen this parchment scroll are not interested in it and feel that it is worthless.

In any case, even if this parchment scroll is not a treasure map, it can be regarded as an ancient work of arts and crafts, and the other mercenaries don't know how to appreciate it, Wang Xu understands, this thing can still be bought and hung on the wall as a landscape painting.

"Well," under the curious eyes of some mercenaries, Wang Xu looked at the parchment roll several times, and then, pursed the corners of his mouth, shook his head slightly, and showed a very dislike of seeing it, and asked Xiao Luke, "How much do you think it is worth?"

"How about five gold coins?" Xiao Luke asked in a low voice as he glanced at Wang Xu with a somewhat weak squint.

"Well," Wang Xu bit his lower lip, frowned, and said, "Or ......"

"Or," before Wang Xu could speak, Xiao Luke stretched out three fingers and asked carefully, "How about three gold coins?"

Wang Xu took a deep breath, put on a very painful expression on his face, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll be the talker, three gold coins bought it." ”

After receiving the three gold coins handed to him by Wang Xu, Xiao Luke quickly jumped off the drum stool, grabbed his grass hat, and said "thank you" after quickly rushing out of the mercenary union.

Those mercenaries who watched this scene looked at Wang Xu as if they had seen a wronged man, and they didn't know whether they were contempt or sympathy in their eyes.

Wang Xu spread his hands helplessly, and put the parchment roll into his backpack system, suddenly, Wang Xu used his consciousness to find that the old parchment roll in the backpack system emitted a weak golden light, and experience told Wang Xu that only unidentified high-level equipment will shine in the backpack system, and the golden light is the light emitted by the spirit weapon-level equipment, and the spirit-level equipment is second only to the high-level equipment of the magic weapon-level equipment.

"Could it be that," said Wang Xuxin, "I have found a treasure?"

Although I really wanted to use the identification scroll to identify what this old parchment scroll was, this occasion was not suitable, this was a mercenary union, and there were many people here, so I couldn't act recklessly.

Just as Wang Xu got up and was about to help Sangu back to his nest, suddenly, several acquaintances walked into the mercenary union.

Wang Xu saw that Warren, the great magician of the fire system, led his female student Livka into the mercenary union, and the two of them were followed by two young men about twenty years old.

After entering the mercenary union, Livka's pretty eyes glanced around, and suddenly, she noticed a familiar figure standing at the round table in the corner of the union.

"What's wrong?" Warren frowned at his student's narrowed eyes and grinned lips, "What do you see?"

Downs and Thornton also squinted at Livka with a puzzled expression, taking the opportunity to look for an opportunity to show their affection, to be honest, looking at the girl in front of them who was so beautiful that she could rank one of the four beauties of the Terran race, it was impossible to say that she was not tempted, but the two of them also understood that in the Terran race, there were more outstanding young talents than them, and they had almost no competitive advantage.

Despite this, Downs and Thornton still plan to give it a try and pursue Livka, in their opinion, the little girl is at the age of the beginning of love, in case they have been together for a long time, maybe they can fall in love with themselves for a long time, both of them also understand that although the two are in the same team and are partners, but in the pursuit of Livka, the two are enemies of each other, although they can't hit the opponent openly, but it is inevitable to make trips in private.

"Teacher," a bright smile bloomed on Livka's face, and Downs and Thornton trembled in their hearts, and a rush of blood rushed to their minds, and their faces gradually turned red, "Wang Xu is over there, let's go look for him." ”

"It's okay," Warren thought for a moment and whispered, "Since we have decided to set up a mercenary group, we must at least understand the surrounding situation so as not to get into trouble." ”

"Who is Wang Xu, Master Warren?" Downs and Thornton turned to look at Warren at the same time, and asked in unison, "Do we know him?"

"You don't know, he is the space archmage that the princess and I met in the Warlock's Hut, and he is also a Terran," Warren looked at Downs and Thornton, and replied in a low voice, "Let's go over and talk to him, you guys be careful, don't make trouble, we don't know him well, however, we will go to the Cat's Paw Trail with him tomorrow morning, and he took over the task of Agrel the Bronze Skeleton to help Agrell, and Agrell wants us to follow him, so we will stay with him for a few days." ”

"What, the Terran Space Archmagician!" Thornton only heard the words "Spatial Archmagician" clearly, he twisted his forehead into a "Chuan" character, and muttered to himself: "The Terran has not had a Space Archmagician for hundreds of years. ”

"Okay," Warren patted Thornton on the shoulder, looked at the three young people around him, and encouraged: "As long as you work hard, you can become a master, don't be discouraged, let's go." ”

When the four of them walked to the round table where Wang Xu was, Wang Xu nodded and greeted: "Meet again, Warren Wizard, Livka, I don't know who these two are?"

After Tang Si and Thornton saw Wang Xu, they couldn't control their expressions in surprise, and they all stared at Wang Xu with staring straight eyes, maybe because Wang Xu was too young, in their concepts, it was impossible to have such a young great magician, maybe because of Wang Xu's delicate appearance, those big purple eyes, long nose bridge, small nose, cherry moist mouth, in their concepts, it is impossible for anyone to be so beautiful, especially men.

"This is the high-level swordsman Downs, and this is the high-level earth-based magician Thornton. Warren replied softly.

"Hello, Downs Senior Swordsman, Thornton Earth Senior Mage. Wang Xu nodded slightly and said hello softly.

"Who is he?" Livka felt as if Wang Xu didn't care too much about herself, so she squinted at the minotaur Sangu who was still drunk on the round table, found a new topic, and took the initiative to ask Wang Xu, "Do you know this minotaur?"

"He's my friend Minotaur Sangu, let's sit, sit down and talk," After seeing the four people in front of him sit down, Wang Xu smiled slightly, and changed the topic, he didn't want to leak Sangu's privacy too much, "What are you doing in the mercenary union, you have a task to release?"

"No," Livka was still so innocent, especially when she saw the people she admired, she couldn't wait to tell Wang Xu all her secrets, "We want to register a mercenary group, aren't you also a mercenary, how about joining our mercenary group?"

Looking at the smiling students on the side, and listening to her "gurgling" everything in one go, Warren sighed slightly, shook his head helplessly, and said nothing.

"I'm sorry," looking at Warren's helpless application, Wang Xu also knew what he was thinking, and also understood how helpless he was, "I can't join your mercenary group, because I have a mercenary group myself, I'm sorry." ”

"It's okay," in order to prevent his students from talking nonsense, Warren hurriedly interjected: "Anyway, we are new to the city and don't know much about the environment here, I'm afraid that we will accidentally offend people, so, I want to ask you, are there many mercenary groups here, are there any more powerful mercenary groups?"

"Well," Wang Xu thought for more than ten seconds, looked up at Warren, and replied in a low voice: "There are about fifty mercenary groups I have seen, and there are three powerful ones around here, and they are ......."