Chapter 36: The Book of Spells
After leaving the small building, Mu Yusi looked angry, and Zhang Jingjing was also very unhappy.
"Xiao Ming, why did that guy say we were beggars?" asked Zhang Jingjing.
Wang Xiaoming said: "In the eyes of anyone, the world is what it is. In the eyes of a pig, others are pigs, in the eyes of a dog, others are dogs, and in the eyes of beggars, others are naturally beggars. β
"I see. Zhang Jingjing nodded thoughtfully, "I really didn't expect that guy to look quite fat, and he is also a beggar." Oh, I see, since he's a beggar, he must be jealous that we're wearing new clothes. β
"I guess so. Wang Xiaoming smiled, then turned his head to comfort Mu Yusi and said, "Aunt Sisi, don't be angry, don't be like beggars, they don't deserve your anger." β
"You're right. Mu Yusi tried to smile.
"Take me to the artifact shop, my sister needs a spell book. Wang Xiaoming said.
"Good. Mu Yusi nodded.
"I didn't ask for a spell book. Zhang Jingjing said.
"With the beast core, without the spell book, wouldn't the birthday gift only be half given? β
Zhang Jingjing thought for a while, but still couldn't resist the temptation of the spell book. She said solemnly: "Then you give my sister another spell book, and my sister will also give you another green hat, this time I will make up a greener one." β
Wang Xiaoming: "......"
The three of them soon arrived at the trade area of Bohai Academy.
The trade area of Bohai University covers a very wide area, which is mainly divided into two parts, the western area is for daily necessities, and the eastern area is for special products for spiritual masters.
Walking into the East District, Wang Xiaoming immediately saw a variety of shops with a variety of patterns. There are those who specialize in selling weapons, those who specialize in selling armor, those who specialize in selling elixirs, those who specialize in selling spell books, and there are also those who sell all kinds of things.
Those people who came and went to sell and buy, when they saw Wang Xiaoming and Zhang Jingjing wearing homespun clothes, they were first surprised, and then disdainful. It seems that if the material of one's clothes is good, he naturally has the right to despise others.
Wang Xiaoming looked at them with the same disdain. In his eyes, these people are all humble and weak, food for demon beasts. As a strong man, he has long passed the level of looking at people from clothes, and he doesn't care what the ants think.
You pass by an ant nest and you need to get dressed up so that the ants say you're decent? Of course not. Only ants want to be decent in front of them.
The world is a mirror, and how you see others, others will see you. When you think you are superior and put on a mocking face, the truth is the opposite, the real you are just the level of an ant, not worth mentioning.
"If you want to buy something, I recommend going to Feng Fatzi's shop first. His stuff is not the most complete, but it is the most reasonably priced. Mu Yusi suggested.
"Okay, let's go there first. β
Feng Fatzi's shop is on the corner of the street, not conspicuous, and the signboard of the store is not big, but the name is very atmospheric. This shop is called "Wanquan Yuling Department Store".
"Ouch, Second Miss Mu, what kind of wind blew you here? I remember that the school team didn't go to Hongyan Mountain to practice?
As soon as he entered the door, a fat man greeted him. He was very old, his hair was a little gray, but his smile was very bright.
"Uncle Feng, you are mistaken, I am not En'en, I am Sisi. Mu Yusi said.
"Ouch, I'm sorry, it turned out to be Miss Muda, the youngest teacher in our school! Haha, you two sisters are carved out of the same mold, not to mention me, even your parents can't tell the difference. β
The fat man continued to laugh, and then looked at Wang Xiaoming and Zhang Jingjing, who came with Mu Yusi, and his smile suddenly froze.
Clothes made of homespun cloth?
This is Bohai College, only the children of the nobles and the noble attendants, even if there are some special students, they will not dress up very shabbyly, how can anyone wear homespun clothes? Only the slums will wear homespun clothes, right?
Feng Fatzi rubbed his eyes and looked at them several times before he was sure that he was not dizzy.
But then, the fat man laughed again. He pointed at Zhang Jingjing and said, "Yo, you're wearing a new dress!"
Zhang Jingjing immediately said happily: "Yes, this is the new dress my mother made for me, beautiful, right?"
Feng Fatzi showed a look of memory on his face, and nodded: "Beautiful, very beautiful." β
Wang Xiaoming said: "You are very good, you are the first person to praise my sister for wearing new clothes today." β
Feng Fatzi sighed: "Although I have been in Wangcheng for thirty years, I was born in a small remote village. When I was young, the happiest thing I did every year was when my mother could make me a new dress. How did you get your new clothes today?"
"Today is my birthday for Xiao Ming and me!" Zhang Jingjing said loudly.
Feng Fatzi said: "You guys are really good, you can have new clothes to wear on your birthday." At that time, I would only get new clothes when the Ancestral Day came. I still remember one year when I was showing off in my new clothes and was torn by my cousin, and the two of us fought for a whole year. Until the second year, everyone had new clothes, and there was still no reconciliation. β
"We don't wear new clothes on our ancestors' day, we only wear them on our birthdays. My aunt also made me new shoes. The girl raised her little feet.
"It's also very beautiful!" Feng Fatzi nodded.
"It's rare to be able to judge people without judging them by their clothes. Wang Xiaoming smiled lightly.
Feng Fatzi found that the boy was very old-fashioned, and couldn't help but tease him: "I never judge people by their clothes, only by their money." It doesn't matter what you wear when you come to my store, but if you want to buy something, you have to pay!
"There is no spell book, I'm going to buy a spell book for my sister. Wang Xiaoming said.
Feng Fatzi didn't pick up, but looked at Mu Yusi. In the eyes of this shopkeeper, the two children are not customers at all.
Mu Yusi nodded, and Feng Fatzi said, "I have the spell book here." This is made of the skin of the raw lizard and frog, which can carry spells within a hundred papa, a total of one hundred pages, and three thousand pieces. This is the skin of the black water snake, which can carry a spell within one hundred and fifty pafa strong, and it is also a hundred pages, but it costs five thousand pieces......"
Spell books are different according to the materials and workmanship, and the spells that can be carried are also different. Spell books of inferior materials cannot transcribe high-level spells, so it is crucial to have a good spell book.
"Wow, it's so expensive, such a small book costs 3,000 yuan. Zhang Jingjing's eyes widened.
Although she is young, she also knows how important money is. Wang Xiaohong washes five pieces of clothes, only charges one dollar, and earns five or six yuan a day. And before Ji Cuiyun was fired from the school, her salary was 1,000 yuan, and such a small book in front of her had been working for her mother for three months.
Feng Fatzi looked at the girl's homespun clothes, sighed and said, "I also want to give you a cheaper, but in the entire Bohai Academy, the price of my Feng Fatzi's goods is the lowest, and you can't find a cheaper one." β
In the world of the Soul Guardian, the cost is measured in gold coins, and the poor have no place to stand at all. The two small books he took out were still spirit disciple exercise books, and the real spell books were more expensive.
"It's too expensive, Xiao Ming, we won't buy it. Zhang Jingjing said.
"It's okay, we still have some gold coins, you have a birthday today, my brother can't just give you a beast core and it's over. Wang Xiaoming flipped through the two small books handed over by Feng Fatzi, shook his head after just one glance and said, "I want a real spell book, not an exercise book." β
"The real spell book, are you already a spirit master?" Feng Fatzi smiled lightly.
The top group of spirit masters in the Bohai Kingdom are all geniuses who are unique in ten thousand, and the age of promotion is about twelve or thirteen years old. The child in front of him was only eight or nine years old, and he was wearing homespun clothes, so he was not that kind of person no matter how you looked at it.
"Sooner or later, we will be spiritual masters. Wang Xiaoming casually threw a bag on the counter.
The bag was full of gold coins, which he had obtained after killing the mayor, and there were hundreds of them.
Feng Fatzi was taken aback, he didn't expect that a child in a homespun shirt would also have so many gold coins.
"A spell book is the most important item on a spirit master, if you have the confidence to become a spirit master, you should naturally buy a good one. I have all kinds of finished spell books here, which are made of Fuhe python skin, which can carry spells within 320 pa, and the price is 50,000 gold coins. This is the Frost Deerskin, which can carry spells within 300 pascal of magic strength, and the price is six gold coins......"
"It's terrible. Wang Xiaoming frowned.
Feng Fatzi said with a smile: "The strength of the nine-grade spell book that can carry the spell is around three or four hundred, which is not bad." Those spells with a strength of more than four hundred, even if you can engrave them in the spirit vortex, they will consume the aura once they are cast, and they are of little use. If you have to be good, I also have eight grades here, which can carry the law strength of seven or eight hundred, but the price must be at least ten times higher. β
"The best thing you have here is Bapin?"
"I've also bought a few of the seven-grade ones, but you really don't need to buy them. The seven-grade spell book costs at least hundreds of gold coins, but for ordinary spells, the magic strength will not be so high, and it is useless to buy it. Unless you can become a Lingzun, but if you are a genius who can become a Lingzun, there is no point in buying a seven-rank spell, it can only carry the weakest supreme-level spells, and you have to get at least a six-grade spell book.
I don't sell the six-grade spell book here, and there are only three stores in the entire Bohai Kingdom that can sell the six-grade spell book. In fact, those nobles who bought the six-grade spell book can only fill their faces, and they can't use them for a lifetime. There are only a few Spirit Venerables in the entire Bohai Kingdom?"
"Haha, that's true. Wang Xiaoming smiled, "The best spell book that can be bought in this country is the fifth or sixth grade, right?
"The four-grade spell book can already transcribe some sub-king-level spells, and there is no one in the entire Bohai Kingdom, and it is impossible to have one, so no one can use this thing. But people's hearts are always not satisfied, as far as I know, the four books are really good, and I can buy more than ten copies every year. That's tens of thousands of gold coins, these big nobles are really rich and burned out. β
Wang Xiaoming said: "You are wrong, the spell book is the life of a spirit master, and no one will mind spending more money on their own life." β
Feng Fatzi said with a smile: "Yes, there are countless people every year who put their lives into it for the sake of the spell book!"
"How can buying a spell book kill you?" Wang Xiaoming blinked.
Mu Yusi said on the side: "He is talking about the relics of Emperor Taizu. It is said that when Emperor Taizu discovered the remains of ancient demon beasts, he used the remnants of demon beasts to make nine first-class spell books. β
"A first-grade spell book, isn't that even the legendary king-level spell able to transcribe?" Wang Xiaoming was taken aback.
King-level spells are only available to some legendary demon beasts, and they are as rare as the king-level powerhouses in the world. A first-grade spell book that can transcribe all king-level spells is even more difficult to find, except for the ancient supreme demon beasts that have long been extinct, there are almost no other materials that can be made into a first-grade spell book.
Some king-level powerhouses don't even have first-grade spell books in their hands, so they can only use this second-grade spell book as a faΓ§ade.
Feng Fatzi said: "That's right, it is indeed a first-class spell book." When the Bohai Academy was completed, Emperor Taizu laid out the Nine Palaces Array in the Academy, and no matter which Palace Array was broken, he could get a first-grade spell book. It's a pity that the Bohai State has not been able to crack a palace for thousands of years, but every year there are many people who are not able to step into the palace and finally die. β