The number of magicians staying here will only be more than the headquarters of the district, not less. And a large number of mages gathered, of course, a considerable number of shops and various services in the city, it is inevitable that magicians are the main group. Coupled with the prosperity of various types of trade in the river port itself, the business form here is different from the appearance of the headquarters of several magician guilds that Lin has seen.

The biggest difference is that there is an unimaginable amount of art. If you see something like this in the headquarters of the general district, the first thing that comes to mind is to be careful.

The artwork that appears in the mage community, usually magical artifacts with curses or other strange effects, is something that is difficult for common sense to explain or imagine. Here, it's just an ordinary work of art.

Nowadays, what catches someone's eye is a small portrait. To compare it with the standards of the earth, it is the style of the Renaissance, with the change of light and shadow, the use of color, and the delicate texture can be seen.

Prior to this, Lin had seen some paintings that were not known to be the pride of the aristocracy, like mosaics, with monotonous blocks of color pieced together into meaningful patterns. In the mouths of those nobles, the value of a painting lies in the fact that the more people paint on it, the more valuable it is, because the more lines and the more complex they are.

Someone just looked at a painting that was no different from an Egyptian mural, at most with some trees and mountains in the background, and was blown out of a high price by a group of nobles. Like the earth, so-called art is a hyped thing.

"What, do you know this woman?"

The lich's voice came faintly from the side, causing a man immersed in art to break out in a cold sweat. Hurriedly said: "How can I know her." I'm looking at the technique of this painting. ”

"Technique? It's just a painting, what techniques can it have? Wouldn't it be more realistic to take the pictures you said, or to record the images with the Arcane Eye? ”

"No, no, no, it's something different. What's more, even if you take a photo, there is still a difference in the feeling of taking a picture between those who can take it and those who can't take it. You've also seen the miserable situation of those product photos in the forum mall. ”

"Indeed." After pondering for a while, Fen asked, "What's the difference?" ”

Lin is like opening up the conversation, from the angle of the light source, the position of the shadow, the processing of distance and nearness, to the presentation of three-dimensionality, these are all photographic knowledge. When I was on Earth, I also touched a professional camera for a while, and I learned some related knowledge. When it comes to painting, there is also the choice of color, the difference between warm and cold tones. This is a different field of knowledge from photography.

All kinds of arguments, because I am not an art major, so I can only use a hammer in the east and a hammer in the west, and say whatever comes to mind. No one even knows if there are any errors in it. In the end, to sum up, this picture is good. And the previous bunch of nonsense, in fact, is just to use some more specific arguments, trying to explain what is good about this painting. At the end of the day, feeling this kind of thing is quite subjective.

And after this level-sounding discussion, Lin realized that a bunch of people had gathered around him at some point, looking at him dumbfounded. At the same time, there stood in front of him a decent man who kept himself very neat, and from his body he had a badge with the same mark as the art shop, which was supposed to be the owner or clerk of the art shop.

Seeing that the other party was also looking at him in a daze, and looking at the portrait in his hand from time to time, Lin smiled shyly and said, "Ah, I'm really sorry to have held this painting of yours for so long." How much does it cost, please make a price, I'll buy it. With that, Lin picked up his money bag and prepared to take out the coins.

"No, no, no, Your Excellency the Magician. I've learned a lot from your explanation. This painting can be given to you directly, but please tell us more. "The owner of the art shop originally relied on his vision and eloquence to do this business, and the former is not so much to see whether things are valuable or not, but more important to see people. And the latter, no matter what you do, is important.

The master in front of him was wearing a small shawl of a magician and tied with a golden spike thread, and the ornament on his shoulder was a very rare shape, a three-headed monkey made of many small squares.

The shopkeeper had no idea what this one's reputation was in the wizarding world; But in the merchant world, this is the recognized apostle of the god of wealth, and perhaps even the sage who walks in this world. With this kind of opportunity to ask for advice and even get closer to the relationship, how could he not try to work hard.

For this inexplicable enthusiasm, someone is still wary. And the main thing is that he didn't expect it. If he explained the mathematical equation of celestial motion to the shopkeeper, Lin could guarantee that he would not be able to finish it in seven days and seven nights. But when it comes to art, the explanation I just gave to Fen is already a unique exhibition, and I don't keep it at all.

So how can someone expose their shortcomings. He smiled, took out a few gold coins, and said, "Painting, I'll take it." This money should be used as the price of asking you about the author of this painting. ”

"This ......," the shopkeeper hesitated for a moment, then immediately turned into a smile again, and said earnestly, "Please wait a moment, the account book from which I bought this painting will be recorded." Even if you are not the author of the painting, it must be related. ”

After a while, the shopkeeper who entered the painting shop quickly ran out with a large account book, followed by a man. The shopkeeper used the man as a makeshift bookshelf and let him hold it, while he flipped through it on the spot, and soon found the original purchase record of the painting, saying: "The seller of this painting is a wandering magician, who claims to be Leonardo, the son of Piero from Vinci Village." An obscure magician, of a completely different rank than Lord Tripwood. The shopkeeper grinned and pointed out someone's name and gave it a handful.

But someone listens to the name, and a lingering sense of familiarity ...... However, seeing that the surrounding crowd is gathering more and more, Lin has a feeling that he can't leave if he doesn't leave now. He grabbed a handful of gold coins and stuffed them into the shopkeeper's hand, saying, "Thank you for informing me." If you ever meet that magician, please pay my respects. ”

The group finally squeezed through the crowd, and Lin Xiang played with the small portrait in his hand. Then Halumi's complaining voice came, saying, "Teacher, you have never taught me this. ”

"Ugh." The blonde girl is very talented in this regard, even more talented than she is in magic, and is an example of how it would be a pity to be a magician. But no matter what the reason, it is also true that I haven't told her about this knowledge, and as soon as her eyes rolled, Lin opened her mouth and said: "It's not because you have your own ideas about painting and other creations, if I talk to you too much, instead of you figured it out yourself, it will just shape you into what I imagined." It's better to say nothing and let you play freely and get out of the framework I know. I expect more from you than you feel. ”

"Really." The blonde girl giggled without a scheming. A few people next to me who are more familiar with the world of people, how could they not hear someone's words, just procrastinating. However, the girl actually believed it, and everyone was worried about her future.

After passing the hurdle safely, Lin said haha, and then prepared to go back to the hotel where he stayed and have a good rest. It's just that this time I turned around, and I accidentally collided with someone else. Fortunately, neither party was knocked down or injured, so after greeting each other, they separated.

Uzov, who was following someone, and his companions were also well-informed, how could they not understand this routine. grabbed the man who was suspected of being a pickpocket and said loudly, "Lord Tripwood, I think something is missing from you." Maybe you should hurry up and look for what's missing. ”

Lin still had a smile on his face and said, "How could I have something missing, I am so alert, who can touch something from me." It's okay, don't hurt anyone, let him go. ”

As soon as he received the victim's confident words, the man secretly sneered in his heart, and shook off Uzov, who had grabbed him. After saying a few words about the scene that was not painful, he got into the crowd and walked away quickly.

However, even if they don't notice it at the first time, most people can see that something is wrong. The only person who might have been robbed of his money bag still looked at the direction the man left with a smile. Although everyone was puzzled, they didn't ask much.

For Uzov and the others, they were not yet familiar enough to question each other, and a few straight-hearted silver-bearded dwarves couldn't figure out that two apprentices wouldn't question their teacher about something they weren't supposed to do. But the Lich is not one of them.

In fact, Fen was quite aware of that little gesture. And being able to integrate most of the functions of the Arcane Eye into his almost instinctive system is impossible for someone not to notice. So she asked, "What do you think?" Give away money for nothing? That's not what charity does. ”

"Didn't we grasp the curse of the plague god before—" said one of them very implicitly. Moreover, it is not big news that the magician has mastered the power of some divine powers through various methods and rituals. In fact, he has a much higher level of knowledge than that," so I made some gadgets about plagues and curses. But I haven't tried it, so it's not good to use. I'm a good person, how could I casually let this scourge go out and harm people's lives. It's not like I happened to meet a person who was looking for death, and he sent it to the door himself, not that I wanted to harm him. So what happened to him in the end, it has nothing to do with me. Wait a few days and see what happened to him. Check to see if my magic experiments are working as I thought they were. ”

Suddenly, the man who should have gone far away magically appeared on the road where everyone was walking. He greeted warmly and respectfully held a money bag. It was someone who was buying a painting at a painting shop and pulled out a bunchcloth bag of gold coins. The man said, "Your Excellency, you are really careless, I found that your money bag has been dropped. Didn't I send it to you in a hurry? ”

"Oh? Is this really mine? ”

"It must be yours, it must be yours. I saw it fall out of your arms with my own eyes. ”

Lin Hu suspiciously took the money bag, took out a miserable green coin from it, held it forward, and said, "Thank you for bringing this back." Then this Kiel (gold coin) will be used as a condolence money to thank you. ”

If there were still doubts, after seeing this strange coin, where would the pickpocket dare to take it. The head and hand shook continuously, saying that he didn't dare, and ran away as soon as he slipped away.

"Tsk!" Lin snorted, but unfortunately took the thing back into his arms and put it away. At this time, the people who followed behind and watched the whole show affirmed one thing, this man is a pit goods!