Chapter 2: The Worn-Out Scroll
The person has long since left, Xuanyan stood silently in place, the words were ambitious, but now he feels that there are some fantasies, the Red Star Palace, it is really out of reach
Sighing, don't think about anything else first, you must do your best in the assessment of the Samsung Demon Academy! Xuanyan turned around and went back to the house, Mercury Xingchen was already gone, so naturally there was no need to take a walk, so he had to hurry up and cultivate, hoping to make progress before the assessment. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The juice of Bixing Grass is transparent and clear, a little viscous, with a hint of fishy smell, Xuanyan drank it in one gulp, the taste was strange, but it was much better than the spirit grass, closed his eyes and entered the state again.
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It is said that you get what you pay for, the effect of Bixing Grass is worthy of its unacceptable price, the medicinal effect is dissolved, Xuanyan's perception of magic has been significantly improved, and the ripples caused by the perception of touching the ocean of magic are several times bigger than before, no matter how hard and tired he is, he can endure it, and the effect is what makes Xuanyan the most excited.
The effect of the blue star grass surprised him, and he couldn't stop at all after a night of continuous perceiving, and Xuanyan, who couldn't even open his eyelids early in the morning, hurriedly said goodbye to his parents, and fell asleep after getting into the carriage that had been booked a long time ago.
The three-star magic courtyard is located in the center of the three-city encirclement, the road is smooth, and it is close to the Red Demon Forest, there are many beginner-level magic beasts in the forest, which is a good place for trial and actual combat, which leads to huge business opportunities, all kinds of shops are built around the magic courtyard, after decades of development, the Samsung magic courtyard has a small city.
It had been ten days since the carriage arrived, and although it was shaky all the way, the Xuanyan complexion, who had not felt the magic power for ten days, was much better, and he hurried to the enrollment location without stopping long.
Although the three-star magic courtyard is far inferior to the Red Star Demon Courtyard, it will not affect the young people's yearning for magic in the slightest, and the young people who know that they can't enter the Red Star Demon Courtyard in the land of the three cities have almost all arrived here, and the square outside the main entrance of the Samsung Demon Courtyard can be called a sea of people!
There is a red band in the square, which divides the crowd into two parts, on one side the huge square is lined with a few long lines that almost extend to the street, and on the other side there is a new red carpet on the ground, and there are only a few dozen teenagers talking and laughing.
The teenagers on the red carpet are members of the magic family, they are nobles, and as long as they become magic apprentices in the Marquis of Chiyan, they will be canonized as nobles, with many rights and great honors.
Many people in the long queue looked enviously at the teenagers on the red carpet, who came to the Samsung Magic Academy with the dream of magicians, hoping to one day get ahead and stand tall.
Xuanyan took a deep breath, he also had a big dream of being a magician, but his pressure was beyond the imagination of the teenager in the square, and standing out in the assessment was only the most basic condition for Xuanyan to catch up with Shui Yan'er.
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When the registration was over, it was already very late, Xuanyan then remembered that he was going to rent a house, and he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, when he got off the carriage and was thinking about the Samsung Demon Courtyard, he actually forgot about renting a house, and it was not okay to have no place to live for a full month from registration to assessment, but I am afraid it will be difficult at this time.
Xuanyan had no choice but to ask one by one, it was full without accident, and there was no room for sharing, and finally found the only remaining luxury room in a high-end hotel, but the price was also quite luxurious, and a month's rent cost him half of the gold coins, which really made Xuanyan's flesh hurt, but this is also something that can't be helped.
As soon as Xuanyan entered the room, he was sighing at the exquisite decoration in the room, when a knock sounded outside the room.
When I opened the door, the hotel shopkeeper came in, a middle-aged uncle in his forties, with a round belly that looked like he was pregnant with a child, looking at Xuanyan with some embarrassment.
"Shopkeeper, is there something wrong?" Xuanyan had a bad instinct, and it wouldn't be a good thing to have an embarrassed look on the face of a shopkeeper who was supposed to greet guests with a smile.
"Little brother, I'm sorry..... I'm afraid I can't rent this house to you. The shopkeeper said apologetically.
"Why?" said Xuanyan calmly. He had already roughly guessed what the situation was, and similar things had happened in Chixi City before.
"I'm sorry, because of this room, I have taken a fancy to it!" An arrogant voice came, and a tall and thin young man walked in, looking at Xuanyan with contempt and disdain.
"Shopkeeper, I have already paid the rent for this house. Xuanyan looked at the shopkeeper with an apologetic face at this time. At this time, if you check out, it will not be a problem to sleep out tonight, I am afraid that there will be no place to live for the whole month, but if the shopkeeper does not agree, this man can not do anything about him even if he is a nobleman.
"Little brother, how about I return all the money to you and compensate you for some losses?"
Xuanyan is impatient, the aristocracy is the elite class, and this shopkeeper can't offend them, otherwise the business will not be able to continue.
Seeing that Xuanyan gave up, the middle-aged shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief and said gratefully, "Thank you, little brother, for your understanding!"
"What kind of garbage things, I don't wipe my dog's face, and I fight for a place to live with my master!" The tall and thin man saw Xuanyan give up, and laughed wildly, unscrupulous.
"What are you talking about!" Xuan Yan turned around and scolded angrily, he was already about to leave, he didn't expect this man to humiliate him like this.
"Why, you want to hit someone? You dare to try it, I'm ......"
"Little brother, don't be excited!, he is a follower of the son of the city lord of Yanju City, we can't afford to mess with him!" the shopkeeper hurriedly stopped Xuanyan, afraid that he would be impulsive.
Hearing this, Xuanyan was stunned, and he ignored everything else, he only heard three words, "follower".
Seeing Xuanyan stunned, the man was proud, and couldn't help but look at the shopkeeper twice, he can speak, I like it!
"Followers. Isn't he a nobleman?" Xuanyan looked at the shopkeeper.
"It's not a nobleman, but it's harder for him than an ordinary nobleman....", halfway through the shopkeeper's words, he stopped, "It's over." The shopkeeper's heart wailed that he had said the wrong thing!
Xuanyan rushed towards the tall and thin man with an arrow step, and smashed it into his face with a punch, the tall and thin man's smug smile stopped abruptly, he wanted to block it, although Xuanyan was dedicated to the devil, but he was born tall and big, extremely lean, and the strength of his hands was not small, where could the tall and thin man's fine skin and tender flesh be blocked.
"It's not a nobleman, what kind of green onion are you, what kind of garlic cloves are you pretending to be with me?" Xuanyan was furious, and punched him right in the face, and the tall and thin man had nosebleeds, and the bridge of his nose was about to sink in.
"It's not a nobleman, what garlic are you pretending!"
Another punch, the tall and thin man roared violently, he wanted to resist, but a pair of tender little hands were pressed to death by Xuanyan
"You're done..."
"It's not a nobleman, what are you pretending to be onions!" a few teeth flew out of the tall and thin man's mouth.
"My family...", "Garlic!", one eye purple.
"I won't put it", "green onion!", and the other one is also green.
Looking at the tall and thin man who passed out, Xuanyan was so angry that he was almost deceived by this stupid x, or I was witty, Xuanyan nodded and affirmed himself.
"You, you, you" The shopkeeper was about to cry, one misstep turned into a thousand hatreds, he lost twice today, and he was heartbroken. "The last room has just been taken away." As a result, the man forcibly came here, with the phrase "not a nobleman..... Oh, my God!
Looking at the overly sad shopkeeper Xuanyan felt a little guilty, and said to the shopkeeper a little shyly, "Don't be sad, don't compensate me, let's refund the house money." ”
"I.... You!" the shopkeeper rolled his eyes and passed out.
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Coming out of the hotel with something, Xuanyan let out a long breath, don't worry about the shopkeeper, there must be some energy behind opening a high-end hotel here, as long as it doesn't really hit the nobles, there is no big problem, but the hotel definitely can't live, just listened to the meaning of the shopkeeper, it seems that what followers are more difficult to mess with than ordinary nobles, if he brings a group of people back, it will be troublesome.
Xuanyan didn't want to cause trouble, he was going to turn around and leave, and the man was humiliating, unbearable! If the man was a nobleman, he would just arrive, and if he beat the nobleman, then there would be no need to go to this three-star magic courtyard, but that man was not, so he didn't have to endure it, as for the son of the city lord of Yanju City, if he was afraid of this, then he would not be worthy of pursuing Yan'er!
As for now, what to do, Xuanyan ran out of ideas for a while.
Walking on the brightly lit street, Xuanyan browsed the various shops on both sides, and he didn't take a good look at the hurry to find a place to stay, and he found that the specifications of the shops here were higher than those of Chixi City, but it was reasonable to think about it carefully, and the young beginners of the three cities were gathered here, and it was strange that the business was not developed.
When I thought of business, Genyan had an idea!
Xingyan Pavilion, the largest top chamber of commerce in the Chiyan Hou Country, operates all kinds of magic-related transactions, has an excellent reputation, and does business throughout the entire Chiyan Hou Country. Three-Star Magic Courtyard, Star Flame Pavilion will be his residence for the next month!
Coming to the Star Flame Pavilion, even at this time, the business is still excellent in and out, it is an all-weather operation, as long as you have money, you can buy what you want almost at any time.
When you entered, Xuanyan was greeted warmly, Xingyan Pavilion will not be treated differently because of your dress, even if you want to eat, they are welcome, and the reputation of the Great Chamber of Commerce is like this.
"Little brother, what do you need?" The hostess said with a smile.
"I came looking for a job. Xuanyan responded.
"Oh, then I don't know what will you do, little brother?" The receptionist was a little surprised, Yanxing Pavilion has a wide range of business, in fact, there is indeed a shortage of manpower in many aspects, but Yanxing Pavilion is very demanding, and those who are not skilled will not be recruited, this little brother is fifteen or sixteen years old, not like a skilled person.
"Make scrolls. ”
"I'm sorry, I have enough people here to make scrolls, little brother, I don't want people. The hostess shook his head and smiled, the production process of the scroll is not difficult, and there are many people who know it.
"Top-grade scrolls!" Xuanyan said confidently, raising his eyebrows.
"Really?" The hospitality is surprised.
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Scrolls are in high demand, from hard-to-reach authentic magicians to magic apprentices, and even beginners like him need scrolls to engrave magic.
However, the scrolls that are usually seen are the most basic blank scrolls, and it is very difficult to depict magic on them, and the failure rate is extremely high, a failure will waste a lot of mana, and when you are unlucky, you can't carve a single one out of dozens of them, and the mana consumption is extremely huge.
The human hand that speaks of hospitality refers to this kind of person who can only make basic scrolls.
However, the quality of the scrolls can also be good and bad, and when making a good scroll into a magic scroll, not only does the carving be smooth, but it can even improve the success rate of the engraving, which is the hot thing.
And the high-grade scroll that Xuanyan refers to is a scroll that can improve the success rate of depiction to a certain extent. The scroll shop run by Xuanyan's parents, this is the skill of pressing the bottom of the box, but the cost of making high-grade scrolls is not low, and it is extremely energy-consuming, and the two of them can make one at most a day, and they have to stop and rest in the middle.
Xuanyan was sensible and practiced this skill at the request of his parents from the beginning, and the mental wear and tear was extremely hard again and again, which also cultivated the quality of Xuanyan's perseverance, so he was able to survive such a difficult magic perception.
"The little brother said he would make a high-quality scroll. The hostess took Xuanyan to the back hall of the Yanxing Pavilion.
"High-grade scrolls?" a beautiful woman about twenty-two or three years old in a low-cut long skirt glanced at Xuanyan slightly, frowned and said to the hostess, "Use your brain, is it possible, give him some money, and send it out." "The beautiful woman is speechless, just kidding, at such an age, high-level scrolls?
"This beautiful sister, don't talk about heroes by age, how can you know if you don't try!" Listening to the beautiful woman's words, Xuanyan was not angry at all, her thinking logic was not wrong, at his age, a medium-grade scroll might be possible, and a high-grade scroll was almost unthinkable.
"What do you try, do you know how expensive the materials are, and if you fail, will you pay for it?" The beautiful woman was extremely displeased, this kid really didn't know how thick the sky was.
"Three hundred gold coins, the cost of the top grade scroll with the bottom shaft plus materials is a total of three hundred gold coins. Xuanyan said sonorously and powerfully.
The beautiful woman's eyes changed, and this kid seemed to really know something.
"Let's go, don't waste your time. The receptionist pulled Xuanyan and was about to go out, and he was reprimanded before, and his attitude towards Xuanyan was not so friendly at the moment.
"Go get some materials for a high-quality scroll, and call a scroll master by the way. The beautiful woman pondered for a moment, then suddenly spoke.
"Principal, do you want to give the materials to the kid to try, if it fails, what will happen to the material fee?" The receptionist was stunned, he couldn't figure out why the principal suddenly changed his mind.
"If you want to go, you will go, what so much nonsense. ”
"Oh"
"Tomorrow morning, I'll come to see the results, and if I succeed, I'll keep you. After the reception left, the beautiful woman looked at Xuanyan.
"Thank you, sister. "Genyan's mouth is sweet.
Hearing this, the beautiful woman smiled slightly, but her eyes were suddenly sharp, "The ugly words are ahead, if you fail, I'm afraid you will sell it to us Xingyan Pavilion in your life!"
"Absolutely no problem!" Xuanyan looked at the woman straight with his gaze.
"Hmph. ”
It didn't take long for the receptionist to return with a middle-aged man, who glanced at Xuanyan and led him to a row of rooms outside the back hall.
"Mind master, why did you let that kid try?" After the others left, the reception really couldn't figure it out, and couldn't help but ask.
"When you understand, you're in charge. The beautiful woman laughed.
The corners of the beautiful woman's mouth turned up, she only made money and didn't lose money in this deal! When the kid said the cost of the high-grade scroll, she was shocked, the process of the high-grade scroll is extremely complicated, and there are very few people who know the selling price, but there are only two kinds of people who know the cost, one is the person who buys in large quantities, and the other is the person who sells and makes, this kid can't be a person who buys in large quantities, otherwise he won't come here to find a job.
Since you know the cost of the materials and dare to try it, as long as you are not crazy, then you really have a good craft, so take 10,000 steps back, even if you fail, it doesn't matter, you can let him make the medium-grade scroll, as for how long you will do it in vain, you can't help that kid, maybe after a long time, you can really cultivate a person who can make high-grade scrolls, such talents are very scarce even if they are Yanxing Pavilion.
Of course, the premise of all this is that this kid is not really crazy, otherwise she can only cry without tears.
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Xuanyan, who had already entered the working state seriously, suddenly shuddered, a little unclear, he would not have thought that he had been calculated from head to toe.
Tonight is destined to be hard, to make a high-grade scroll, you need to grind the materials one by one into powder or liquid for combination and mixing, and then use a good fine soft brush, in order, layer by layer to brush onto the blank bottom shaft.
The brush is not large and only two fingers wide, during which the spirit should be absolutely concentrated, not the slightest distraction, because the thickness of each layer must be uniform, so there can be no missing brush, can not be repaired.
Once the brush is missed, then the scroll will be scrapped, and the material of the high-grade scroll and the medium-grade scroll is not the same, so it cannot be converted into a medium-grade scroll with much lower process requirements.
This has extremely high requirements for the maker's mental concentration and thinking control, which has something in common in the practice of magic, but Xuanyan's perception is too poor.
There is also a fatal difficulty in the top grade scroll, after each brush, how to control the amount of material in the next brush, how to achieve perfect docking with the previous brush, which is a great test of thinking control and judgment ability.
This is just one layer, how to start the second layer, which requires a hand-to-hand craftsmanship secret method. The final scroll is as clean as a blank sheet of paper, and there are almost no traces of smearing.
It takes unimaginable mental power and extreme fatigue to make a high-grade scroll from the beginning to the end, and as for the more advanced superlative, the super-grade scroll, it is not something that ordinary people can make.
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Xuanyan sat on the ground with a buttocks, there were fine beads of sweat on his forehead, and the sound of birdsong had already sounded outside the house, Yanxing Pavilion was still good, and he was given a few spiritual grasses, plus the skillful skills he had practiced since he was a child, and it was finally completed before dawn.
Too tired, Xuanyan wanted to lie down on the spot, and suddenly he saw a worn-out looking scroll in the trash can, he was very curious, this scroll style is a little strange, it doesn't look like a regular bottom scroll, and it's so old, with yellowing, it can't be made by brushing at all.
Xuanyan took this shabby scroll in his hand, without some disdain, the current businessman is really getting more and more unscrupulous, taking this kind of defective product to rush the number, a bottom scroll is not worth a few dollars at all, this has to be black, it is really speechless.
Take a look, sure enough, there is nothing on it, it is estimated that the previous master was too lazy to look at it and threw it away, hey, no, Xuanyan found that this scroll was not paper, and touched it carefully, it was very strange, it was not cloth, nor silk, and after observing it, he couldn't see what kind of material it was made of!