Chapter 123: Big-Headed Genius
Coming out of the magic shop in the crystal ball land, Du Wei walked forward, and was attracted by a strangely shaped prop shop on the side.
This shop is a complete tree!
In the hall of the Magic Guild, there are strange buildings on the front and back, left and right, but only this big tree stands alone.
The strangest thing is that the inside of this vigorous tree has been completely hollowed out and turned into a tree-shaped house, and I don't know how the tree survived with its trunk hollowed out.
Anyway, a square window and a rectangular door had been dug out of the bark surface, and the back of the hollowed-out ground was arranged to look like a room.
Obviously, this is a party that specializes in selling magician wands.
Standing inside the big tree, with a tall wooden counter in front of him, the whole room was filled with the smell of stuffy shavings, but Du Wei was immediately attracted by the various magic wands hanging from the surrounding walls!
Wands are also indispensable equipment for magicians.A good wand must be made of special wood materials, because metal usually repels magic.Wands are extremely picky about wood requirements.For example, Du Wei is now in the magic baggage on his body.There is a half-finished wand, which is a gift from the magic union of the Rollin Plains.It is a piece of walnut, and it is a branch that picks the first sprout of the earth to make the earth.
As for the wand, Du Wei knows a little, the magician is usually weak, because of the long-term addiction to the study of magic, the body can not be exercised, the physical strength is insufficient, in this case, the lighter the wand weight is, of course, the better.
At the same time, the wand needs to be strong, because when casting magic, the wand must be able to withstand the fluctuations of magic smoothly.
The third point is also equally important, that is, although metal repels magic, so that most tree magicians choose wood to make their wands, but not all wood has a good magic guide.
It should be light and sturdy, and at the same time have a good magic guide xìng.
Generally speaking, Roland Continent makes wand lands, and the most used wood on the market is divided into three grades.
The lowest level is a kind of wood called "Zijialuo Tree", which is very light and strong, and easy to collect, especially in the south, where the sun is abundant all year round, making this wand naturally sensitive to fire magic, suitable for fire magicians.
But the weakness of this kind of purple family tree is obvious: in addition to fire magic, the effect of using other earth magic will be greatly reduced.
However, because of the ease of collection and production, usually low-level earth fire mages on the continent will still choose this wood, which is also the original choice of most fire mages.
There are a lot of medium-grade materials, and the most widely used on the mainland at present is a kind of tree called "Tung Tree", which is born with a strong magic guide xìng, and is strong enough. Even the weight is comparable to that of the same volume of metal! Only some rare varieties will be lighter.
However, the high-grade material is currently recognized as a common tree in the world of Du Wei's previous life, "walnut tree", but strangely, walnut trees are very rare in the Roland Continent!
The process of making a wand from a walnut tree is very special, and it is necessary to select an old tree that is more than fifty years old.
However, walnut trees are originally rare in the Roland Continent, and usually walnut trees cannot grow to the age of fifty years! Unless there are professional magicians who use various magic potions to cultivate it, making this material even rarer.
Du Wei looked around in this shop and found that the wands here are all semi-finished, most of the materials are medium-grade, and occasionally one or two high-grade walnut trees can be seen.
"Excuse me, do you need any help?" Just as Du Wei was casually watching, a head popped out from behind the high counter.
The man looked to be about thirty years old, with a large head and a pitifully thin neck, with sparse hair on his head, and a dazed look, as if he had just woken up, especially to Du Wei's ridiculous place, this man actually wore a monocular glasses, which were obviously inlaid with the kind of magnifying glasses used by craftsmen when carving. It's ridiculous.
The man leaned out from behind the counter, wiped his saliva, apparently secretly fell asleep just now, saw Du Wei's body serving on the ground, and quickly ran out from behind the counter and bent down to salute: "Hello, respected magician, do you need a wand?"
Du Wei glanced at this person, and Du Wei felt slightly surprised that this person was actually wearing a gray magic apprentice robe, not a silver magic apprentice robe, but a gray sè formal magic robe!
After being slightly stunned, Du Wei recognized that the person in front of him was wearing a magician's robe
It's his true identity, but it's a magic potion
The Magic Apothecary is not as good as a Magic Apprentice.
This is a well-established fact in magic circles.
However, Du Wei started by learning magic potions, and of course he would not look down on magic apothecaries, and he smiled politely: "I'm just looking at it casually, um. I'm curious, why are your wands here all half-finished?"
The big-headed guy grinned, "You're kidding...... Where are the wands for sale? I only provide wood materials for making wands, and the magic gems are inlaid on them, you have to go to the front, you can find a few. The process of making wooden wands is different from refining magic gems, I am only good at woodwork, and I don't understand alchemy."
Du Wei nodded, picked up a black walnut in his hand, weighed it in his hand, and said, "This walnut, it seems that the age of the tree is not enough, right?"
"Of course, the stalk in your hand is made of twenty-year-old walnut wood, which is already very rare. If you really want to find fifty-year-old walnut, I'm afraid there are not many in the whole continent! Moreover, the fifty-year-old walnut tree has been regarded as a forbidden body by some great magicians. How can people casually mine and sell it?" The man looked at Du Wei and said with a smile: "However, twenty-year-old walnut is already rare, and it is good in all aspects, and many middle-level magicians are willing to use this kind of wand, you ......?"
Du Wei smiled and put down the one in his hand: "I'm just a little curious about the craftsmanship of making wands. I ask, if I have the right wood and good gems in my hand, how can I make a finished wand?"
Seeing that Du Wei didn't mean to buy it, this big head didn't have any impatience at all, and still said politely: "Well, there is a magic prop shop around the corner in front, which can undertake the manufacture of various props, as long as you provide the right materials yourself, and then you can do it according to your requirements."
"So, the magic array pattern on the wand, they can do it too?" Du Wei frowned.
He had seen the wand of Gandalf's land, which looked unremarkable, not even the wood was walnut, and he didn't know what it was made of.
The big head's eyes lit up, as if he heard the topic he was most interested in, and he immediately became much more enthusiastic: "It seems that you are a very experienced magician! Generally speaking, it is possible to bless some auxiliary magic on a wand, but because of the different materials, only the best ground wood can be blessed with magic, and some low-grade materials, such as purple Luo wood and paulownia wood, cannot do it...... But you also know that the best material for depicting a magic array is crystal stone, even if it is a good wood, it has a slightly worse effect on the adsorption of magic power.
Du Wei smiled and said casually, "Since that's the case, then it's better to use pure magic crystals to make a wand."
The big head couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, and slapped his thigh, and his face suddenly showed a surprised expression: "Yi? Do you think so too? Aha! I think so too! From the point of view of the magic guide, no earth material can compare to crystal! Even walnut, which is known as the best quality wood, can't do it! I have calculated that the effect of the same level of land spells is increased by one or five times compared with wood! But ......"
Du Wei also became interested: "But what?"
The big head sighed, with a helpless expression on his face: "But when I proposed this idea, I was scolded so badly by the teacher...... Well, after all, that's just a pipe dream."
Du Wei frowned, and then after thinking about it, he understood the reason.
Normally, the length of the wand is about one meter or more, and most of the wands used by earth magicians are more than one person tall.
Two or three hundred kilograms? I'm afraid that even a strong savage warrior with a huge two-handed sword in his hand would not be so heavy! Let those old magicians with weak bodies fight with wands that are several times heavier than the weapons in the hands of barbarian warriors?
If there really is such a good wand, I'm afraid that none of the magicians in the whole continent can lift it!
Indeed, the earth is a fantasy;
This big head is obviously the kind of person who is a little confused, and when he saw that he met a person who was actually interested in what he was studying, he immediately forgot everything.
"It's impossible to use pure crystal, but it's not without a way to improve wood." There was a jīng glint in his eyes.
In terms of magic principles, the wand is actually a kind of magic land amplifier, and the better the amplifier material, the more useless the consumption of magic power when casting magic land, and the power is naturally more sè.
"I've researched it for many years, and I've found a lot of materials, but they all have congenital defects, such as Zijia Luomu, which is very good for fire-based magic.Purely in terms of fire-based magic, magic guide xìng is even better than walnut.But other systems are not good, and they are especially restrained by the water system.If you hold the Zijia Luomu staff and meet a water magician, then it is completely inferior...... I've been studying these trees and plants for years...... If you can cross-breed the ground......"
The more the big head talked, the more forgetful he became, and he couldn't help but dance: "For example, I used Zijia Luomu to cross with a kind of morning glory, originally morning glory vine is the most afraid of water, I think I can neutralize the weakness of Zijia Luomu who is afraid of water......"
Du Wei's face was silent, but the surprise in his heart was like a cháo surge!
This big-headed, confused-looking guy is actually a genius!
Tree grafting?
This kind of thing, Du Wei naturally knew in his previous life, and the modern technology in his previous life could naturally do it, but in this world...... Except for the magic flourishing, all other lands are almost in the Middle Ages!
Plant hybridization? I'm afraid it's shocking to say it!
Looking at this big head, his hands fell into Du Weidi's eyes, which made Du Wei's heart move! The fingers of these hands were thick and strong, and there were thick calluses on the palms, and there were many square cracks.
Such a pair of hands does not look like a pampered person at all
It's mostly like a gardener who works with plants and soil all year round
“...... Unfortunately, I cultivated a lot of strange things myself, but in the end the teacher saw me, and scolded me for not doing my job, and all the things I cultivated were burned, and then I was brought here to make a wand...... The teacher said that I still have a good eye for wood, alas......"
Speaking of which, the big head couldn't help but sigh.
Du Wei's heart was beating wildly...... Such a guy was actually sent to work in a shop? What a terrible thing! That teacher in his place, Du Wei really didn't know whether to kiss him twice or kick him twice!
It's a good thing to waste the talent of such a genius, but if you don't...... How can I, Young Master Du Wei, have a chance?
Thinking of this, Du Wei had already made up his mind, and his face couldn't help but show that kind of unique smile - if there were people from the Luo Lin family next to him at this moment, he would definitely recognize it, and the young master's smile now was almost exactly the same as when he blackmailed poor little Vivian!
"This old man, don't be too discouraged......" Du Wei casually comforted him, and immediately asked: "I'm very interested in your views, in fact, I myself am also very good at studying magic plants, why don't we have a chance, let's sit down and have a good chat...... By the way, after talking about it for so long, I still don't know what your name is?"
"Me?" the big head grinned, with a look of indifference, "My name is Seth, and I am a disciple of Master Azi of the Magic Guild...... Alas, but I have been following Master Azi for twenty years, and I am the most useless ...... among Master's apprentices."
Seth Dewey secretly remembered the name.
But...... Aziz?
Du Wei is more familiar with the name!
Gargamel?
Dewey remembered that Gargamel's most hated magician! Gargamel had followed Azi into the Frozen Forest.
Could it be the magician??
Du Wei's face was very calm, and he said with a smile: "My name is Du Wei, and I belong to the Luo Lin family."
"Ah, you must be the new Earth Magician." Seth smiled: "I've heard of your name.Now the Magic Guild is talking about you.Dear Lord Du Wei, the Magic Guild hasn't accepted the Bachelor of Magic in the New Land for decades!It's just ......" Seth glanced at Du Wei and said with some embarrassment, "It's just that I didn't expect you to be so young."
Du Wei smiled casually, and talked to Seth about some magical plant things, which made Seth happy that today, when magic potions are gradually disappearing, this new magic bachelor is so good at studying magic potions!
While the two were talking, they suddenly heard someone outside shouting: "Ah! Your Excellency Du Wei, you are here, I have been looking for a long time."
As he spoke, a person walked in outside, it was Mage Clark.
Du Wei looked at Clarke, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.Clarke's appearance at this moment is very different from yesterday's separate place.I haven't seen you for a day.This gray guy seems to be much better, and his eyes show a smug look.The gray sè mage robe on his body is also brand new.And there is a slight difference, that is, the badge on his chest, in addition to the original magician-level badge, There's another oddly shaped badge: a miniature wand, which is not a gem at the top, but a six-pointed star.
Seth was stunned for a moment, and when he saw Clark, he couldn't help but show a trace of fear - no matter in any era, dark magicians are always terrifying.This big head was clever, and quickly put down his waving hands, and whispered in fear: "Ah! Master Clarke...... paused, and suddenly saw the badge on Clark's chest, and couldn't help but be stunned, and quickly changed his words: "Ahh
Deacon?
Du Wei secretly wondered in his heart, maybe it was a high-ranking position in the Magic Guild, right? Looking at this Seth's fearful appearance, I'm afraid that the position of this deacon is not low.
Du Wei guessed right.In the Magic Union, those great magicians are usually devoted to the study of magic, where do they have the effort to manage the normal affairs of the Magic Union? And in this case, in the Magic Union, a large number of ordinary affairs are presided over by a few deacons. As a deacon, it is equivalent to holding real power in the Magic Union!
Clark made a great contribution to Du Weidi's affairs this time, and brought Du Wei back to Dìdū safely, and even saved Du Weidi's life on the way...... This also shows that in the eyes of the Magic Guild now, Du Wei is important!
"Your Excellency Du Wei, I just came out, and I heard people say that you have come here, I have been looking for you for a long time, come on, now the Chairman must be very eager to see you."
Clark naturally didn't have a good face towards a small earth-level magician (and the most despised earth-level pharmacist), and glanced at Seth slightly, then came up and pulled Du Wei out.
Du Wei paused for a moment and smiled at Seth, "I'll come to you when I have time."
Leaving Seth stunned, Dewey and a confused Clark left together.
Du Wei is a very smart person, looking at the extra badge on Clark's face, and Seth's temporary change of words just now, he understands that this Clark is most likely promoted, and he is promoted after returning to Dìdū with him, and most of them have something to do with him.
"Forgot to congratulate you, Lord Deacon Clark." Du Wei smiled, Clark did not dare to be arrogant in front of Du Wei, and smiled: "You're welcome, Your Excellency Du Wei...... You're a Bachelor of Magic, and you're a much higher status than I am.
Isn't it worth mentioning? I'm afraid not!
Although Du Wei didn't know much about the specific concept of the deacon, but the two of them walked along the way, and they met people on the way, and they all gave salutes to the two of them.