Chapter 154: The Alchemist
Ye Han's face remained unchanged on the surface, but he was secretly shocked in his heart.
The tremor in the space bag is said to be the abnormal movement of the metal totem pole, but it is better to say that the "Ode to the Golden God of the Book of Heaven" was affected by something, which produced a mutual attraction to each other.
What is the "Ode to the Golden God of the Book of Heaven"? It is the natural divine spell scripture that bursts out of its body after killing the river god Yaksha, representing the most powerful power of a race, which has evolved into a pure metal nature of the divine curse through heaven and earth, and is mixed in the metal totem pole, and the thing that can cause its reaction must be a divine object of the same pure metal nature.
What is there in the hands of that down-and-out black-robed human vendor that attracts it?
Ye Han walked over quietly, and the first thing his eyes were attracted to was the peculiar beetles of red gold color on the business stalls, one by one sealed by runes in a transparent glass lattice, densely arranged neatly, there were hundreds of them, and they were obviously all living creatures.
Just at first glance, Ye Han knew what this thing was.
"Scarab!"
This is actually a creature of alchemy that has been handed down before the Dark Destruction Calendar, and it is said that it is not a pure flesh and blood lifeform, but a product of the ancient alchemy discipline, which was created by taboos in the early Dark Destruction Calendar and once shined. Originally, it was impossible for this kind of life that violated biology to reproduce offspring, but somehow, it was mutated and able to self-divide and reproduce asexually, and gradually, it was passed down and became a new branch of insects.
The scarab beetle is also known as the 'corpse turtle', most of them inhabit the ancient tombs handed down from the destruction of the ages, the original creator of them is a powerful dark alchemist, through the study of the body mystery of the necromantic mummy to breed this kind of bug, used to guard the mausoleum, and even form a large-scale corpse turtle insect tide, that kind of overwhelming scene is enough to make the scalp tingle, where it passes. Barren.
Legend has it that during the Destruction Calendar, the most powerful dark sorcerer once controlled an overwhelming number of scarabs to rush to the headquarters of the Holy See of Light, almost capturing the entire Holy See of Light. A single one may not be terrible, but when a large number of them are gathered, there is a feeling of the end of the world, and everything in the area passed by. The main thing is that this scarab beetle is from the Dark World realm. But he was not afraid of the Holy Light's power, which was one of the reasons why the Dark Alchemists were wreaking havoc on the Holy See in the first place.
However, later, this scarab beetle gradually lost control, and the dark alchemist gradually disappeared, cut off the inheritance, and withdrew from the stage of history, and the original famous insect tide technique was also lost.
Most of the scarab beetles found today were caught by bounty hunters in the tombs before the destruction of the calendar, because of their rare properties. This scarab beetle is a catalyst for good karma and one of the essential neutralizing medicines for certain agents.
But this kind of thing is more popular in Zhongzhou, I didn't expect to be able to see it here? This is what surprised Ye Han.
"This lord, did you take a fancy to these scarabs? They are definitely good goods, and they are only produced in certain areas of Zhongzhou. It's going to take a lot of effort to catch them. ”
As soon as he saw Ye Han approaching, the down-and-out black-clothed human trader immediately came to his senses and recommended it hard.
"Oh! how do these scarabs sell?!"
Ye Han picked up one of the glass boxes on the table, and a scarab was sealed inside. The metallic carapace looks hard and shimmers with a faint icy luster, with two large crows in front. The white hairs on the six legs were delicate under the transparent glass box, and they looked even more lifelike, and with Ye Han's eyesight, he could even see its slightly trembling tentacles, proving that these scarabs were indeed alive. It's just that it's blocked by runes, and you can't tremble.
"My lord, these scarabs are all top-notch goods, and they only need a medium-energy spar for each. ”
The black-clothed human vendor may also feel that the price is not easy to say, looked at Ye Han, and said tentatively.
"So expensive?!"
Ye Han frowned, and finally knew what the black-clothed vendor was doing.
The price he asked for was too high, even if he was in the most prosperous trading place in Zhongzhou, a top-level scarab beetle was only a low-grade energy crystal, but in the hands of this black-clothed vendor, it had increased nearly tenfold in the blink of an eye, which was really unacceptable. Although these scarab beetles sound good, they are ancient alchemy creatures left over from before the destruction of the calendar, but in the final analysis, they are just a medicine primer, and it is not that they cannot be replaced by other things, and the price is so outrageous, no wonder no one wants to buy it.
If it weren't for the constant vibration of the "Ode to the Golden God of the Book of Heaven" on the metal totem pole from the space bag on his body, even Ye Han was wondering if this person was crazy about money.
Unexpectedly, the man immediately became anxious when he heard it, and said.
"My lord, you get what you pay for, the origin of these scarab beetles is not simple, they come from the royal tomb of the ancient empire that was destroyed before the destruction of Zhongzhou......
"During the period of the destruction of Zhongzhou, the royal tomb of the ancient empire that collapsed?"
Ye Han glanced up at him and said.
"How do you know Lu Dao?!"
The human black-clad vendor looked very excited and said.
"This is what I saw with my own eyes, and I tell you a secret, these scarabs are definitely not ordinary scarabs, I have seen with my own eyes the thunder of the heavenly general, the entire tomb has been split. Everything was destroyed and turned to charcoal, only these scarabs survived, and what I saw with my own eyes was absolutely no fake ......"
Hearing his words, Ye Han raised his eyebrows and said.
"You've been to Zhongzhou?!"
"Yes, I'm from Zhongzhou. ”
From the account of the black-clothed vendor who looked down, Ye Han gradually understood the details of the entire incident and knew the true origin of these scarab beetles.
It turned out that this human trader named Mordesan was originally a bounty hunter from Zhongzhou, and the people in this line of work sounded good, but in fact, they did everything, bodyguards, caravan guards, mercenaries, and even cameos and bandits at a critical moment, and they did different things with the change of identity and role. And what this Modesan did was actually the business of thieves, and the object of their theft was not the living, but the ruins of various ancient tombs before the destruction of the ancient era, and among the tombs that could be preserved in that chaotic era, there were many top powerhouses of that era, although there were many crises, but if they succeeded, the harvest was also extremely rich.
And this Modesan is just a small thief who does not enter the stream, and the tombs of these princes and strong people naturally have no part in him, and he can only occasionally make a move. Later, once he and a group of people entered the ruins of an ancient emperor's mausoleum in Zhongzhou, and everyone went down, leaving him alone outside. I don't know what mechanism was touched by the road, the group that went down was all dead, and the whole ruins shook the mountain, and Mo Desang was frightened and wanted to escape.
Unexpectedly, a thunderbolt was smashing into the ancient tomb, everything was charred, and a huge coffin was split, and there were no corpses inside, but full of scarabs.
Although this Mo Desan's strength is not good, but he has been a thief for so long, he still has this bit of eyesight, and he immediately knew that these scarabs were probably not ordinary, so he immediately swept the scarabs in the entire coffin into the bag he carried with him, and then ran away with his head in his arms. Behind him, thunder struck down, and soon the ruins were truly in ruins, and the whole thing was gone.
Mordassan didn't tell anyone about this, he also wanted to study what secrets these scarabs were, but, it backfired, he spent seven or eight years in vain, and he didn't find out why, Mordassant was not reconciled, and found all kinds of identification masters, and they all said that these were ordinary scarabs, and there was nothing surprising.
This made Modesan completely lose hope, but he always believed that these scarabs were definitely not ordinary scarabs, but he had not found them.
Later, this guy offended people in Zhongzhou, was retaliated against by the enemy, and had no choice but to flee all the way, and finally came to the Western Wilderness Continent, and with the caravan entered the range of power of the Beamon Empire, making a living in this commercial city.
This time he was really discouraged, so he wanted to sell these scarabs and start again, but unfortunately, although the scarabs were still rare, his offer was too high, and no one cared about him for several days, and he had all the delusions in his heart.
Therefore, seeing that Ye Han intended to buy it, he only asked to get rid of it as soon as possible and stay away from these scarabs that brought him endless bad luck.
Although he was very interested in the stories told by the black-clothed human vendors, Ye Han was not a fool, so naturally it was impossible for him to agree so easily. Even the scripture mantra of the "Ode to the Golden God of the Book of Heaven" on the metal totem pole in the space bag kept trembling, reminding him that these scarab beetles were definitely not ordinary things, but if he was too anxious, I was afraid that it would attract the suspicion of this black-clothed human trader, which would be counterproductive.
In the end, after a round of bargaining, the two sides made a deal at a twenty percent discount, Ye Han put away those scarab beetles, and sighed lightly in his heart.
And the human black-clothed trader was also smiling, "Finally, a fool who has been wronged has really believed in this story, and these unlucky things can finally get rid of it." ”
These scarabs, which had been pestering him for several years, were sold for a good price, and such a large fortune was enough for him to start a new business as a start-up capital and start a new life.
As for Ye Han, he didn't care what this human trader thought in his heart, the violent fluctuations of the "Ode to the Golden God of the Book of Heaven" on the metal totem pole in the space bag told him that this time he definitely picked up the treasure.
The two said goodbye to each other tacitly, and after that, Ye Han accompanied the fox girl Luo Shi to have fun all the way, and it was not until the evening that Luo Shi was sent to the station where their chamber of commerce was located, and Ye Han left alone.
He couldn't wait to go back to his hotel room to see what kind of secret was hidden in these scarabs?!
...... (To be continued......)
PS: The first shift is complete, and the second shift is being played.