Chapter 13: Cheap Resources
As soon as Flanders left, Colly began an aggressive bargaining attempt.
The state of the merchants is very wrong, and there is a clear chance that someone will take advantage of the situation and make enough profit margins on the price.
At first, Colly tried to buy the gemstone ore at a very low price, but was quickly rejected by the merchants.
It seems that in this state of suspected sleepwalking, the merchants are also unwilling to give up the core ore profits, and only the vaguely priced things such as gem scraps and gem associated ores, which are almost impossible to sell at a high price, can give Ke Li a chance to exploit loopholes.
Even if the degree of meanness is not ideal, Ke Li's harvest is quite rich, and many leftovers that have a chance to salvage are sold cheaply.
Finished gemstones are sold in pieces, while gemstones, jade, and ore are leftovers...... For example, for a gemstone of a few hundred gold pounds, most of the same kind of leftovers are disposed of more than a dozen gold pounds a kilogram, and this is especially true for jade categories, and it is difficult to sell defective products at an ideal price.
Because even if you buy leftovers, the processing fee and design fee for special treatment are very expensive, and in the end, you can't avoid the gem craftsman.
"Maybe Colcan talked to them and knew something from the state of the merchant, so he didn't rush to contact the caravan?"
"If my methods were a little worse, I could have mixed the raw gemstone ore in the scraps, and half-bought and half-grabbed to take some profits."
"However, this anomaly is most likely related to extraordinary events, and if my actions trigger some kind of mechanism, it will be more than worth the loss."
Baskets of materials were peeled off by Colley, the dust was sanded off, and the storage crates were put back into the storage box.
This kind of is better to leave it to the owner to have a headache, we are just a traveling merchant who recycles leftovers and covers small quilts in the wooden cart of pack beasts.
The Lions Avalon Club branch is easy to find, and you can see the stone and wood fort style decoration from afar.
The pack beast pulled the cart out of the market, and Flanders didn't know what he was busy with, and he hadn't shown up yet.
Ke Li was not in a hurry, originally he was just looking for an excuse to act alone.
Moved the pack beast cart to a secluded corner, took a moment to lay out the Wall of Inspiration,
"The development of your own strength is the most important, and if it is not important, find a reason to resign, and see if the leftovers can be used first."
Skillfully purifying the gemstone, placing the energetic fragment into the mouth.
Gain +7 progress.
It really works! It's not as good as a full enchanted gem, but the offcuts are a lot cheaper!
Ke Li showed off a large box of fragments like eating gummies, still without any sense of hunger.
"I think it's been absorbed by the purple-blue patterns on my body, and if I can take the initiative to invoke these patterns and cover them on top of the gem fragments, I should be able to drain their power directly without having to stuff them in my mouth piece by piece...... But it doesn't matter now. ”
Korley quickly scraped together 500 progress points to meet the needs of the Gem Ritual.
"It's perfectly acceptable to exchange scraps for proficiency, but if the Gem Realm can only select past events as memories, can I take the initiative to choose the type to enter the Gem Realm?"
Ke Li remembered his gem apprenticeship in the snowy region, although the barbarian craftsman did his tricks, he didn't need the guidance of the craftsman at all now, he just needed to give him enough raw materials and time.
"Maybe I should try to adjust the ritual of the Gem Secret Realm, and point it to the secret realm that is beneficial to me and has a low risk, I can't fight against the unknown monsters that have been summoned for the time being in Sequence 18, and it is best to be able to get up and develop a wave."
Corrie recalls the sensation of invoking the gem's energy, and the demonic language of summoning the Hellblade.
Surrounded by the Wall of Inspiration, a twisted illusion in the wind and snow gradually appeared in front of his eyes.
"Succeeded? Why don't you try somewhere else......"
Colly tried to change the coordinates in his memory, and the distorted illusion immediately dissipated, turning into a more fragmented and narrow scene of closed buildings.
"Well, the attempt failed...... It seems that only places that have lived for a long time and left strong memories can be used as secret anchors. ”
"At present, only Ink Winter City and Snow Land can be chosen independently, and although the soul gem is fast to level up, it is a bit too dangerous."
Activate the Gem Realm and enter the Snowy Fantasy Land!
The light and shadow around him distorted and swayed, and in an instant, Colley was like falling into an ice cave.
Finger-wide flakes of snow smashed down on the face, and the wind whipped up the snow and powdered it haphazardly on the fur coat.
"I'm ...... Where is it? On a snow-capped mountain road next to a cliff? ”
"This is not where I practice gem craft, what am I doing on top of the snowy mountains?"
Ke Li's face was confused, but he still activated the energy of the gem, which he used to resist the unusually cold wind and cold of the snowy region.
Looking around, he suddenly remembered that this road was a snow-capped mountain passage leading to the barbarian mines.
Walking along the snow-capped mountain walkway, you will come to the residence of the ancestral craftsman, where the first apprenticeship ceremony of the gem apprentice took place.
"Yes, that's right, there are indeed practice materials there, and I returned to the place where the dream of the Snow Node began, which coincides with the progress of Ink Winter City."
Colly picked up a twig and clutched the wooden railing with his leather gloves so as not to fall into the cliff without paying attention.
After walking for a long time against the rock wall, Ke Li slipped into a carved passage and came to the barbarian craftsman's secret room.
Approaching the warm brazier and turning off the gem energy protection, Ke Li found that the barbarian also ignored his presence, preparing all kinds of materials and props needed by newcomers in the altar and stone basin.
"It's the day when the caravan is about to arrive again, and there is news from the Snow Eagle tribe that more outsiders want to come to the north to learn art this time, do you think the business in the tribe can continue like this? Or will we stop doing it, lest the time arise to arouse more hatred? ”
"Hate? Hmph, have you forgotten how those Imperials drove our ancestors to this bitter cold land where birds don't? What we are doing today is nothing more than giving back their original lies and traps, and we don't need to feel guilty about it. ”
"The extraordinary characteristics of the gemstone craft are not distributed enough, this matter cannot be changed, once the extraordinary characteristics of the gemstone craft are accepted, it means that the soul is integrated into the part of the ancestral path, and if they are not recognized by the ancestral path, they will gradually lose their ability to leave the snowy land."
"However, as more and more people study, this matter will one day be hidden, and when even the extraordinary characteristics used in the trial are not enough to divide up, we will directly say that we will no longer accept apprentices, and those who understand will naturally understand, and those who can't learn will never learn."
"Is it time to impregnate these raw materials with extraordinary properties?"
"No, let's talk about it in a few days, anyway, they can't come in without permission, and it's up to us to decide when they come in. Extraordinary properties that are too thin will soon lose their power and return to the bosom of the ancestors and sacred mountains, and then the gems will have to be mined again. ”
"Let's leave when you're ready, it's so cold in this place, I can't wait for a hot glass of milk wine......"
As he spoke, the two barbarians wrapped themselves in thick fur coats, extinguished the fire braziers and left the stone chamber.
As the stone door closed again, Colly re-lit the brazier and rubbed his hands together.
He noticed that casting spells in the Gem Realm did not consume his own stamina, but every move consumed the gem's energy.
"After the stone door was closed, there was still wind in the room, and I don't know where this room was connected. Now that I have already held an apprenticeship ceremony, it is only natural for me to return to the snowy region to learn the arts, even if the ancestor soul of the barbarian appears, it will not stop me from practicing here! ”
"Hell's ...... Anyway, it's better to summon a normal tool, it's too energy-intensive. ”
With a little gem energy, Colley constructs a sophisticated tool to cut a piece of gem ore.
It's easy, 3 points of proficiency are in hand!
He could be sure that as long as he got this batch of gems, it would definitely be enough for him to upgrade the gem craft to level 2.