Chapter Fifty-Eight: "White Prostitution" Makes People Happy
Eat, prepare spells, and study for a while the techniques of casting spells.
It wasn't until four o'clock in the afternoon that Zuo Si left the hotel and headed for the gathering place of scholars and spellcasters in the XC district of Port Carlin.
Unlike the rest of the city, which is noisy and crowded, it looks very quiet and orderly.
The road is lined with large and small mage towers, libraries and garden villas.
More than one-fifth of the pedestrians on the street have very obvious magical fluctuations on their bodies.
Basically, they are either mages, warlocks, bards, or wearing magic items of no low level.
And they were followed by hordes of servants and slaves.
On top of that, it's not like the docklands, which are full of pickpockets and burglars.
And the soldiers on patrol are also very conscientious.
As soon as a suspicious person is detected, he or she is immediately interrogated, and then a quick decision is made on whether to arrest or expel him.
The cleanliness of the streets is almost comparable to that of a modern city.
Even on the edge of a desert where water is scarce, there are still plenty of fountains built near the square.
In contrast, the poor on the other side of the slum struggle to even get a sip of clean drinking water.
With the address left by the businesswoman, Zuosi quickly found a four-story minaret.
Before he could reach out and knock on the door, the closed door suddenly opened automatically.
"Thank goodness! You finally woke up before dark. Don't talk nonsense, come in quickly, I've got enough materials ready, let's get to work. Aisha stood in the doorway and urged.
"In such a hurry? You don't think you've already received an order, right? ”
Zuo Si asked, and followed the other party into the hall on the first floor of the Mage Tower.
Compared to the one in Asta, the necromancer of the Floating City, this place is obviously much more "beautiful", and some places seem very compact and cramped.
Stairs and passages can only accommodate one person.
Materials, tools, scrolls, and half-finished magical items are piled up everywhere.
The businesswoman replied proudly, "Of course! In fact, I've already gotten fifteen orders ahead of schedule. Many spellcasters, adventurers, nobles, wealthy merchants, and even some Djinn plane merchants in the city have shown considerable interest in this energy storage device. If the first shipment is delivered on time without sacrificing quality, there will be more orders immediately. ”
"How broad do you do?"
Zuo Si was completely stunned by the energy displayed by the other party.
In particular, the magic merchant who can freely travel between different planes and trade is definitely not something that anyone can access casually.
Compared to the woman in front of him, Epuk, the leader of the Thieves' Guild who rules half of the docks, seems to be infinitely beautiful, but in fact he is a "younger brother".
"Or what do you think?" Aisha chuckled and asked rhetorically. "I'm one of the very few merchants in Port Carlin who has a steady supply of magical items. Of course, this is also partly due to my special pedigree. It makes it easier for me to deal with the cunning plane merchants. ”
As they spoke, the two of them went to a workshop on the second floor one after the other.
The businesswoman pointed to the materials piled up in the corner and said, "Well, everything you need is here." I've just turned on permission, and you can use the reserve energy of the Mage Tower as much as you want. ”
"You don't even invite me to a cup of tea, and you let me work directly when you come up?" Zuo Si couldn't help but complain.
Because of the other party's impatient appearance, he recalled the unscrupulous capitalists on the earth who desperately squeezed their employees.
Aisha pursed the corners of her mouth and smiled in response, "Time is money, my young friend. Tea or something, it's too late to drink it after finishing work first. What's more, for every one sold, you can also get a share of 9,100 gold coins. ”
"Well, you win. But I don't like to be disturbed when I'm working, so you'd better get out of here. I'll call you when I'm done. ”
Zuo Si casually found a reason to take the businesswoman away.
After all, wool picking is easy to be found in front of you, and it is more convenient to be alone.
"No problem, I'll wait for you on the first floor."
Aisha didn't say a word, turned around and disappeared at the end of the spiral staircase.
After the other party walked away completely, Zuo Si carefully cast a detection spell, and after confirming that there were no other surveillance magic or devices in the workshop, he immediately grabbed the small jars filled with silver metal particles in the corner of the wall and stuffed several into his waist bag.
This was followed by a translucent filamentous substance like liquid mercury in the bottle next to it.
The former doesn't need to ask to know that it is one of the most famous magical metals in Ferron, Mithril.
It's characterized by lightness.
The hardness and toughness of the best steel are almost the same as those of the best steel in the same volume, but the weight is only half that of steel.
Whether crafting weapons or armor, it can save more stamina for the user, and it will also become extremely flexible when fighting.
The latter bottle contains a kind of spider silk called [Phase Spider].
Because this terrifying predator has the ability to travel between the Aether Plane and the real world, its spider silk is actually a special form formed by mixing the matter of the Aether Plane with its own magic power, which contains extremely powerful magical powers, and is the best material for making robes, cloaks and other equipment.
Many people who don't understand magic or don't understand it tend to mistake the [Phase Spider]'s ability to travel for teleportation magic.
You don't need to ask to know that these two rare materials, which are expensive and not easy to obtain, were all taken by Zuo Si to fill his pocket under the guise of making energy storage devices.
But in the process of making the next production, he did not mean to cut corners at all.
Quite the opposite!
Zuo Si has almost pathologically demanding requirements for crafting magical items.
It's like the combination of a late-stage obsessive-compulsive patient and a perfectionist, and there is absolutely no room for the slightest flaw.
With the ability of the creator profession, he completed the production of six energy storage devices in less than half an hour.
As for the rest of the time......
Of course, I continued to gather wool!
Since next door to the workshop was the library of the Mage Tower, Zuo Si went directly into the library after extracting some of the tower's reserve energy, and began to quickly flip through the books and notes one by one in order.
With the ability of the [Thinking Library] to remember by sight, in less than forty minutes, all the books on a shelf were memorized in the depths of my mind.
Those precious knowledge, which were worth thousands or even tens of thousands of gold coins, were easily and successfully "prostituted" in this way.
The only pity is that spells can't be recorded through the [Thinking Library].
Because it is so abstract, it has to be transcribed and studied slowly to master.
Facts have once again proved that "white prostitution" can really make people happy.
However, considering that as the sky gets darker and darker, it is possible that if you continue to "prostitute for nothing", you may be caught.
Zuo Si decisively gave up "prostituting" all the books in the entire library in one breath, and came to the first floor with six made energy storage devices.
The moment Aisha saw the cylindrical storage device, she stood up from the sofa and asked with a look of surprise, "You got it done so quickly?" ”
"Hmmm! Today's volume is finally done. Zuo Si deliberately pretended to be tired and nodded.
"Great work! Here, I've got the best mint tea in Port Carlin for you, come and drink two cups of pick-me-ups. It just so happens that I'm going to charge them a little bit too. ”
As she spoke, the businesswoman raised her hand and began to chant the incantation.
In the blink of an eye, a blinding, bright arc of electricity burst out from between her fingers, constantly jumping between several energy storage devices.