Chapter 12: Meeting Acquaintances
The breakfast is an oriental-style barbecue burrito, with a seasoning that tastes a bit like stuffed green peppercorns, sour, spicy and refreshing, without losing the rich flavor.
It's just that the portion is not enough, so it can only be counted as a snack.
Speaking of which, the rotisserie seems to be doing good business. In the cold winds of Mammoth Horn, many guests are accustomed to fishing, spending half a day in cafes, barbecue shops, taverns, etc., and although the inn provides meals, the quality and price are far less affordable than the taverns.
Ke Li didn't bother to wait in line, and directly packed 1 magic stone and 10 pounds of second-grade barbecue as the main source of energy for the day.
I felt that the difference in nutritional value was not very large, so I purchased a large number of dried fish, dried meat, and seasonings, which was convenient for me to cook on the wooden cart when I didn't have time to dine-in, saving me from having to run around for a meal.
Time flashed to noon.
Ke Li drove to the rubble market to buy raw materials, and the shouting and noise one after another diluted the chill after the rain.
Unlike the vendors who sell matches and newspapers, most of the shouting here is very dreamy.
They are not shouting about the price of the item, but about the precious substrate that has risen with the fame of the legendary gem:
"Blood-stained jade, blood-stained jade, blood-stained jade, ahhhh
"Platinum dragon scales, platinum dragon scales, platinum dragon scales, ahhh
There are also precious gemstone substrates such as purple jade pomegranate, pink cocktail, frost star shavings, and obsidian amber.
But what about the actual situation...... I didn't see a few really valuable substrates, and the owner of the goods was stunned on the spot.
There are also people who cut bad materials and collapse on the spot, or cut out some materials that are not high or low, and try their best to carve and rescue them.
Ke Li glanced at it a few times, presumably the owner of the goods who vomited blood with repeated blood pressure jumps would not easily agree to sell at a loss, so it was better not to mention this stubble.
"It seems that the rough stone market here has been increased by several dealers, and it is a lot more expensive than the place of origin, making it as if they are losing money, so it is better to inquire about the address of the waste gem mine, and it is more efficient to make money than to dig a few pieces yourself......"
Colley was a little disappointed, but not surprised.
In fact, he was considering the progress conversion rate of the Broken Gem: if eating the Broken Gem would also provide the same percentage of the progress value, that would be perfectly acceptable. You can use leftovers to quickly improve your proficiency and explore more special benefits from gems.
"When I work, I focus too much on the number of shaped gemstones, but I don't leave a lot of leftovers."
“…… The main thing was that I didn't expect to burn so much money at first. ”
Colley's gaze wandered, trying to pick up the gap.
Many vendors are calm and relaxed, hoarding and hoarding, and there are actually few people who are in a hurry to get rid of and run away, and they are not in a hurry to sell on the surface.
Suddenly, a white light approached from the corner of his eye.
Colley's palm was placed where the holster was, ready to give the other party a gem essence bullet ignited by demonic fire.
Hearing the sound, I heard that it was the previous armor rich brother knight, he was wearing white steel armor inlaid with gems, and the armor was also covered with a sleeveless dragon burqa with dark gold rim and orange and red background, and the weather in Mammoth Horn was cold, so it should not be a sunscreen burqa, but a burqa that covered the gems and highlighted the identity of the camp, after all, the white steel armor was also biased towards standard equipment, and if you didn't wear something outside, the whole person would have no recognizable tin can.
The knight of the rich brother in armor took the initiative to raise his hand to greet him: "Hello, we meet again, do you come to the market to buy goods?" ”
Ke Li withdrew his hand without a trace, and looked the other party up and down: "What a coincidence, you also came to buy?" ”
A woman in a matcha-colored nun dress walked out of the shop, and a strange color flashed in her eyes: "Flanders, your new friend?" ”
The rich knight in armor, known as Flanders, did not mean to take off his helmet at all:
"Oh! I forgot to introduce myself last time, but let me know it again, my name is Flanders-Ryan, the foot knight of the chariot path, in order to digest the potion as soon as possible, I have been following the chariot path to play the rules, and I may act in armor all day long, I hope you don't mind. ”
Ke Li quickly gestured: "It's okay, I understand, it's safer to digest the potion early, and it's not easy to get out of control." ”
Flanders smiled: "Oh, it's very calm, there is no fuss of the wild extraordinary at all." ”
"Looks like you've already seen Wayne from Mammoth Horn, he's a strange man, right? Ha ha! ”
Colly glanced at Flanders' armor again, and said to himself: Actually, you don't look much better......
The woman in the matcha nun dress was a little helpless: "Flanders, can you not ignore me, who said that you want to come out to buy something?" ”
Flanders immediately introduced: "Mmmm, this is Mary, the card builder of the Tower Path, her initial deck has not reached 10 cards, which is still far from me, she is only good at fighting with cards, and she has not yet figured out the trick of playing." ”
Mary jumped to her feet in anger: "Flanders, why did you directly reveal my sequence information to strangers!" ”
Colley's eyes moved slightly, and he glanced at Mary briefly:
"Tower Pathway, fortunately, I'm Colley Kidman, the Extraordinaire of the Infernal Path."
Colley didn't reveal the specific branch of the sequence, and the conversation ended with the pathway.
Speechless, Mary tugged at the hem of her skirt and tugged at the stud buckle fanny pack, as well as the metallic leather card pocket tied to her left forearm:
"Jewels? Forget it, you guys have something to talk about yourself, I'm looking for inspiration to make cards, don't bother me. ”
Flanders' armor trembled slightly, as if someone was hiding inside and snickering silently: "Look, Mary is like this, don't mind." ”
"I came to the market today to find materials that can upgrade legendary gems, but my luck is not very good, some people take the opportunity to increase the price as soon as they see me coming to buy, or they lie to me and say that they are out of stock for the time being, so it is better to hire a few orcs to mine."
Not only does this rich brother knight have a workshop in Mammoth Horn, but he also has a mine at home?
Ke Li agrees: "I also walked around and felt that it was abnormally expensive, so it was better to try my luck with a gem scrap mine." ”
Flanders nodded: "Since the interruption of the trade route from the snowy region to the Mammoth Horn, the prices of various materials have begun to rise wildly, and some materials that are not of snowy origin have also followed suit to make money. I'm not short of that money, but the attitude of their gang makes me very unhappy. ”
"I asked the group of snowy traders, and they said that the caravan was attacked by a demonic beast and lost a lot of property, and today they have sent someone to find the key goods escorted, but the goods are damaged, and they can't return to China until they are repaired and completed, and they can't leave for the time being."
"I kind of like the snowy ore in their hands, but just when I wanted to buy it, I saw some gem apprentices in the caravan scolding them, saying that the northern barbarians were liars and taught them problems with their craft and ore, so I didn't rush to buy it."
Ke Li was slightly stunned and said with a smile: "There is indeed a problem, because the craftsmanship of the barbarian sect itself has a certain influence of the extraordinary characteristics of the ancestral path, once you leave the snowy region, without the assistance and guidance of the barbarian craftsman, it is normal to find that the craftsmanship is partially ineffective." ”
Flanders asked curiously, "Are you old enough to design unique legendary gems?" ”
Ke Li laughed: "Not yet!" I'm going to think about it again after a little more practice, because the unique and unique legendary gems may not sell well, and the latecomers want to compete with other legendary craftsmen and it's very stressful, so I'm just running a small business at the moment. ”
"However, it will take less than a month for ordinary caravans to travel back and forth to the snowy region, and if the snowstorms are frequent and the Warcraft clan becomes active, it will drag on even longer. Although there is a problem with the craftsmanship taught by the barbarians, the raw gem ore is usually not fake, if you want to buy it, I can help you take a look? ”
Flanders agreed: "When you encounter difficulties, it is a good habit to take the initiative to overcome them, always try to get around them, and sometimes you will miss a lot of opportunities for success, I appreciate your approach." ”
The steady, glittering Flanders turned to lead the way, and he really seemed to have some unique understanding of the way to play the chariot.
Along the way, Flanders never gave way to others, as if there was an invisible deterrent to open the way for him, and extraordinary people in other fields also seemed to be facilitating each other in playing the law, and did not pursue this seemingly domineering and rude behavior.
If this had been placed in an ordinary city, Collia might have heard the damned nobles start babbling and complaining:
"Oh! My moon goddess, Laurel bud, look what you are doing! Oh my God, let me say, for the moondial's sake, Lotus the Priestess, you are like a bunch of learned and rude groundhogs! I promise, if you walk in line like this, the kind Miss Witch will poke your ass hard with her moonlight broom, I promise! ”
Then Flanders, who plays the chariot, will face the challenges of the ladies and gentlemen head-on and try to "overcome the obstacles".
However, in the "Extraordinary Known" Mammoth Horn, such a ridiculous thing does not happen.
It didn't take long for Colly and Flanders to arrive at the large, colorful tent area.
Here, Colley saw several familiar faces.
Although there is an intersection of apprenticeship, but thinking of a fake craft that I have also learned for several years, I can't help but feel that talking about those things again is a bit of a clown party.
"God damn it, those bitch-bitched savage orcs, we have learned the skills and crafts for several years, and in the end they are fake!"
"If you want me to say, that group of barbarians must be half-truths and half-truths, first teach a group of real people to go back, and when the others receive the news and want to go to the snowy region to learn art, they will change their methods, only teach us the most superficial methods, and the real core skills are hidden."
"Why do I think it's your own elm head, and you haven't learned it and relied on others to teach you a problem?"
"My God, what the hell are you talking about! Now we're all victims! It took a few years, and the goods that were going to be brought back to China were also heavily damaged by the attack of the Warcraft, and if those barbarians didn't plan to give an explanation, we would not be able to return to our home now! ”
A muscular, orange-bearded, earth-colored orc with rough bark-like skin, grinning with a large mouth with four buckteeth, slapped the table with a rough cracked broad-bladed axe: "Hey, it's okay to scold the white-skinned barbarians, don't scold us hard-working half-orcs?" ”
The merchant who spoke was stunned when he heard this, and then grabbed the red and green beads in his hand, and scolded and quarreled about the difference between orcs and barbarians.
Ke Li took the initiative to ask, "Excuse me, is there still business here?" ”
"Don't do it!" The merchant lying on the side of the cart screamed rightly.
There was silence for a moment, and then other merchants came over and smiled: "I'm sorry, it's our fault, we sell all kinds of ores and materials brought from the snowy region here, if you buy them in large quantities, it can be cheaper." ”
Ke Li glanced at the gray stone: "I heard that your materials have some quality problems, to what extent can they be identified in person?" ”
The smiling merchant was a little embarrassed and said, "This ...... As long as you don't cut the gem ore badly, or make too obvious marks to affect the resale, you can check the rest. It is not acceptable to cut the skin first and then buy it, we cannot afford such a cost. ”
Ke Li nodded: "They said you can see, what color gem material do you need, or is it specific to the type of gemstone?" ”
Flanders crossed his arms and said, "The blue ones, volcanic violet, sea stripe Fangna can be, and the most important one is lapis lazuli." ”
"The orange ones are topaz, osmanthus pomegranates, sun opals, persimmon agate, and the least citrine is citrine."
"Oh, then leave it to me, these two colors are quite conspicuous, not snow blue, yellow-green that is difficult to distinguish." Korley opened the Demon's Eye and quickly picked out the desired color from the colorful primary ore.
This frightened the vendors, and they were a little worried that the goods that were picked up by the extraordinary person would not affect the reputation and affect the next sale.
However, the other party clearly asked for the color system, and let the vendors relax: at least in the market of Mammoth Horn, the extraordinary still talk about the rules.
The Demon Eye was quickly extinguished, and after experiencing the increase in proficiency of the Gem Secret Realm, Ke Li became more adept.
Flanders estimated the active gem composition slightly: "It should be enough, can you help me deal with it?" ”
"Now, then, I'll have something else to do in a moment."
With a wave of his hand, the pale blue transparent demonic fire quickly burned away the stone skin, and his fingers tore through the peeling shell like a chiseled knife.
I rubbed it twice, revealing the crystal clear gemstone ore inside.
Flanders was amazed by Colley's skill, and happily went to the merchant to pay at a discounted price.
Ke Li tried to take the opportunity to mix up the discount price of raw materials, but found that the other party seemed to have completely forgotten about it, and his eyes were very wandering:
"Hello, here sells all kinds of ores and materials brought from the snowy region, and it can be cheaper if you buy them in large quantities."
“?” Ke Li didn't squeak, carefully observing the changes in the group.
After completing a business, the merchants returned to the state of sighing and trying to form a group to find the barbarians to explain.
Flanders came back with the box after paying: "Hey, I'm right, don't these guys look very wrong?" ”
Colley: "Well, there's a feeling of collective drunkenness, maybe the theft of goods has made them eager to escape reality...... "No, it's more than that, it's like sleepwalking.
It's as if a group of game NPCs immediately return to playing idle animations after the transaction is completed, and the lines are repeated.
Colley thought for a moment and felt that today was an opportunity to learn about Mary and the Tower's path, so he didn't want to get too involved in the caravan's affairs: "I'm going to go to the Lions' Avalon Club, if there's nothing special, why don't you say goodbye?" ”
"Lions Club Avalon, I happen to know the Knights of the Holy Grail there, and when I get back to the workshop, I'll call Mary along, she also knows the answerer there, maybe she can give you some more useful help?" Flanders proposed.
Collie: "Okay, I'll buy some scraps and bits and pieces, and I'll see you later." ”