Chapter 137: Happy Trading
It's not just Colleen who walks around in the Elven Tree Mother, Jacqueline also walks around out of curiosity.
Because the elves' attainments in magic impressed Jacqueline deeply, since she had decided to stay and cultivate, Jacqueline would not let go of the opportunity to learn.
Fortunately, for the safety of these human girls, the elf princess ordered some elite elf guards to protect them, and it was Liu Pu who was in charge of Jacqueline's bodyguards.
"Can you show me around?" Jacqueline asked Liu Pu.
"Of course. For this polite little human girl, Liu Pu was happy to help.
Please don't mind Liu Pu using "little girl" to describe Jacqueline, after all, Liu Pu is an elf and has lived for hundreds of years, compared to Jacqueline's age, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a "little girl".
Following Liu Pu, Jacqueline came to the elf's market.
The Elven Market is located on the main trunk of the Elven Tree, and I don't know if it is a natural formation, there is a huge platform where the Elven Market is built.
The fairy market is huge, and although it is open-air, it is shaded by leaves, so the light is soft and the temperature is quite pleasant, so you can feel very comfortable.
The stalls above were full of dazzling trading items collected by the elves, but there were very few stallholders in the stalls - if it weren't for the fact that these goods were some very rare weapons or magic materials, Jacqueline would almost think that they were all insignificant!
There are several wands made of leyline crystals alone, not to mention other powerful weapons.
Jacqueline asked Liu Pu curiously: "Why is there no one stationed at these stalls, aren't you worried that the goods will be stolen?"
She doesn't know much about the elf, and she prefers to believe that it is because of the elf's extremely high moral level.
However, Liu Pu's answer was beyond Jacqueline's expectations: "These stalls have their own magic arrays set up by the stall owners, and others can't take the items inside, of course, if they are cracked and the goods are taken away, then the stall owners will admit themselves." ”
Liu Pu's statement is to show that the elves encourage this kind of behavior, although in the human world, there are similar behaviors of picking locks and stealing things, but it is a crime, and the elves are generous, and they admit that they are broken by the defensive magic array.
But on the one hand, it also shows that the elves are confident in magic, which is not seen in human society, and those few elves who stayed in the stall estimated that they had been broken by the magic array before, and the losses were serious, so they insisted on sticking to it.
Jacqueline walked over to a stall and saw that it was written in Elven language: "The best black dragon bones, need to be exchanged for the ivy of eternal spring".
Jacqueline had learned some ethnic languages in the academy, and for the elves who were the initiators of magicians, their language was mandatory, so Jacqueline could read elven words.
Jacqueline looked at the other stalls, and most of them were barter, rarely traded with gold coins, and only those very low-grade things needed gold coins.
Jacqueline was puzzled, and she asked Liu Pu about the situation.
Liu Pu smiled helplessly: "The life of elves is much longer than that of humans, enough for them to accumulate a lot of wealth, for those very precious things, they don't care about money at all, they only care about whether they can exchange for what they want." ”
It's a very simple truth, but Jacqueline listened to it with deep understanding, and she understood at this time that many things need to be put in a specific environment in order to have a reasonable response, not the human set that can eat all over the world.
Liu Pu also told Jacqueline that in addition to defending against thieves, this magic array also has the function of conveying information to the arrayer, as long as someone wants to trade, the buyer can notify the stall owner through the magic array on the sensing booth. The stall owner may still be adventurous thousands of miles away at this time, and may not be able to carry out the transaction until he returns ten days and half a month later.
Jacqueline listened with relish, she didn't have any good things to exchange with the elves now, and she didn't have enough ability to crack the elves' magic array.
Of course, Jacqueline could have summoned her magically immune primordial beast to sweep the trading floor directly, but the kind little girl didn't choose this sinful act of greed.
Jacqueline, as a hard worker, although she was not able to buy anything good, did not hinder her interest in this elf market, she carefully observed and studied the magic arrays arranged by the elves, although most of them did not know much, but it was also quite rewarding.
"Stay away from me, I won't trade with you here!" At this moment, a commotion disturbed the otherwise peaceful elven market.
Jacqueline and Liu Pu followed the sound and saw a tree man arguing with an elf.
"Really, I thought someone was going to trade with me, I was exploring the Cave of the Winds, but I came back from afar, and it was actually a tree man, which was really disappointing. The elf shook his head arrogantly and tried to leave the scene.
In fact, the transaction does not have to be in front of the stall, as long as the magic array is triggered and the stall owner is sensed, the buyer can contact the seller anywhere, and the two traders are negotiating in an open place in the square at this time.
The elf was a woman with a gorgeous silver light armor that could be seen to have a large amount of magical defense attached, and the price should be very expensive.
And the tree man was not tall, his face was sad, and the leaves on his body were few, and he looked quite miserable.
"Please, my daughter needs this for medicine. The Treant pleaded with each other in a peculiarly slow voice.
"Stay away from me!" the elf took a few steps back, looking panicked.
Liu Pu sighed, although the elf princess was not allowed to discriminate against the tree people, but for these fecal races that eat feces, it is impossible for the elves with serious cleanliness habits to like them.
In fact, treemen like to eat dung, but they can use their roots to absorb nutrients from the soil most of the time, and do not survive on the staple diet of three meals a day like other creatures, so it is rare to see treemen eat dung.
However, since the Treants have this attribute, the elves feel disgusted just thinking about it, so they stay away from the Treants.
"Well, can I help you?" all the elves were watching, and no one wanted to get involved in something related to the treants, but Jacqueline stepped forward.
Looking at the delicate human girl, the elf showed an impatient look: "Please get out of the way, there is no human thing here!"
Seeing that the communication could not continue, Liu Pu also stepped forward: "This human is the princess's honored guest, I hope you can be respectful." ”
Liu Pu, as Lariel's bodyguard arranged by Jacqueline's side, naturally didn't want the object he was protecting to be unhappy, so he decided to help Jacqueline.
"Oh, in that case, then I'll just say it. The elf woman recognized Liu Pu, she glanced at the corners of her mouth slightly, and seemed to be still a little dissatisfied, "This tree man wants to exchange his branches for my five-colored flowers, but I don't want to, I originally opened the price of 20 gold coins, not this kind of inexplicable branch." ”
The Elven Woman's statement makes a lot of sense. However, five-colored flowers are not very rare things, and there is a certain distribution in the tropics, and the price of 20 gold coins is completely unreasonable, but for the elves with amazing wealth, they have no concept of gold coins at all, and it is estimated that 20 gold coins are just to sell this drug as garbage, but they didn't expect it to attract tree people, not to mention how much this elf woman regretted it.
The Treants have no choice, they don't dare to contact humans, and the south is the territory of humans, and in the legend of the Treants, humans are too greedy and dangerous, so ordinary Treants don't even dare to trade with humans outside the city, and the only way for them to obtain the five-colored flowers is the market of the elves.
At this time, looking at Jacqueline, a delicate human girl, this tree man who was twice as tall as the girl still had a frightened look, if it weren't for his urgent need for five-colored flowers, he would have escaped.
The price of the trade item offered by the Treant is actually above 20 gold coins, but the elf doesn't want to trade with him.
"20 gold coins. Jacqueline didn't hesitate to take out the gold coin from the action space and put it in the elf woman's hand, "Can I buy this five-colored flower?"
"You ......" Looking at Jacqueline's resolute look, the elf woman knew that the other party would not back down, thinking that she was still the elf princess's honored guest, the elf woman finally relented, "Okay, happy deal." ”