"So much?" Jura couple was stunned.
One silver coin was equal to one hundred copper coins, and Gray's monthly salary was about two silver coins. As for Jura, her salary was slightly higher, but it was only about three silver coins. She would only get some extra commission if she occasionally visited a rich family or a lord. Ten silver coins was basically equivalent to two months of salary for them.
"What do you want so much money for?" Gray frowned.
"The task needs it. After the task is over, I will return it to you." Dean said seriously.
Jura and Gray looked at each other and said helplessly: "Well, it is your celebration fee, but you have to promise me that you will not use it to do bad things."
Dean breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that the money was indeed a lot. Jura and Jura were willing to give it to him because of his identity as a guard. Otherwise, how could an ordinary child get two months' salary from their parents without telling them the reason?
The next day.
Dean went out early in the morning and went to the Adventurer's Bazaar in the southern residential district with ten silver coins in his pocket.
Whether it was the slums, the residential district or the commercial district, they were divided into four regions: east, west, south and north. Each region was extremely vast. Dean lived in Lin Kang street which was located in the southeast of the residential district. The so-called Adventurer's Bazaar was a free trade market for civilians outside of the Chamber of Commerce. The goods here were found by civilians in the outer edge of the residential district near the giant wall.
In the outer edge, the nuclear radiation was dense in the air. Only some adventurers were willing to go there. But adventurers often didn't last long. Generally, they retired after a few times and used the money they earned to support their body.
However, Dean didn't have to worry about the nuclear radiation there. He had checked the information. He had received a set of black standard soft armor made of lead. Lead was a very dense metal that could effectively resist radiation. So he could freely enter and exit the outer edge of the giant wall. After all, compared with the outside of the giant wall, the radiation in the outer edge was not worth mentioning.
However, although he had the protection of the uniform, he would breathe in the polluted air. Moreover, the outer edge was too far away from the residential district. It was not a small price to hire a carriage. In addition, there were animals eroded by radiation. It was very dangerous. Dean was too lazy to waste time going there.
After spending five copper coins, Dean came to the Adventurer's Bazaar. There were a lot of carriages coming and going. It was very lively. He could hear the noise of hawking from far away. The ground was covered with a variety of things. Some were homemade clothes and dolls, some were strange colored stones, and some were dried rare animal meat.
Dean strolled along the aisle.
Half an hour later, he finally found a few pieces of crude sulfur ore and white ice like saltpeter in front of a stall. As for charcoal powder, he could make it himself and didn't need to waste money to buy it.
The owner was a middle-aged man with dark skin and a withered body. His hair was messy and his eyes were sunken. There were some red spots on his hands as if he was infected with some kind of disease. Even though they were covered by his long sleeves, they were still revealed when he raised his hands.
Dean knew that the person's body had a very high radiation value. Most likely, he would not live for more than a few years unless he got treatment from the Holy Church.
After some bargaining, Dean finally bought all the saltpeter and sulfur ore at the stall for one silver coin and twenty copper coins. The saltpeter was more valuable, so he spent one silver coin.
"This sulfur ore has to be refined by myself. After the refined sulfur is ground into powder, it should only be enough to make a bag of explosives. In addition, when I go out to scavenge, I'm not allowed to bring anything other than food and basic weapons. I can't bring much black gunpowder, so I'll buy this for the time being." Dean calculated in his heart.
"Little guy, these things are very heavy. Do you want to call a carriage or your family's adults to help you? Do you want me to help you carry it?" The middle-aged man said with a smile after receiving the money.
"No need." Dean picked up the linen bag. The bag weighed about 20 pounds, but it was as light as nothing in his hands. He turned around and continued to look for grinding tools.
The middle-aged man slightly opened his mouth and blinked his eyes.
It didn't take long for Dean to buy some basic alchemy tools from other stalls. In the eyes of ordinary people, these tools naturally had nothing to do with alchemy. For example, the stone wheel that Dean used to grind sulfur was generally used by doctors to grind hard drugs.
After buying almost everything, Dean strolled around the market. By the way, he knew what materials were available here. If there was a need in the future, he could directly come here to buy. At noon, Dean turned around and was ready to go back to eat.
"Boss, this broken stone, sell it to me for one copper coin, please!" Suddenly, a tender boy's voice sounded.
Dudian looked to the side and saw a stout boy who was half a head shorter than him standing in front of a stall. The boy was carrying a small linen bag in his hand and was holding a rough black stone the size of a fist.
"No, no!" The stall owner was a short and thin young man. He repeatedly shook his head and said: "This is iron ore. Although the weight is very small, but at least I can sell it for two copper coins."
"Boss, even if it is iron ore, it is just an ore. It is not iron. Such a small piece can't be refined much. You can make a profit by selling it for one copper coin." The sturdy boy changed his strategy: "Moreover, such a small piece is not needed in the smelting factory. No one will buy it. If you sell it to me, you can make money. If no one wants to buy it, you can only throw it away."
The short and skinny young man was moved by his words. He hesitated a little, but finally said, "All right."
The sturdy boy grinned and happily paid the money. He put the black stone into the linen bag and turned away.
Dean retracted his eyes and was about to turn away. Suddenly, he turned around and looked at the wrist of the sturdy boy who was carrying the linen bag. There was a very small black hook pattern on it.
"Alchemist apprentice?" Dean was startled. He didn't expect to meet an alchemist apprentice here. In Rosyard's notes, he had learned about the lifestyle and some habits of alchemists. The most impressive point was that every alchemist would have an exclusive tattoo pattern. It was the symbol of alchemists and also one of the basic ways to enter the path of alchemist.
The method of tattooing here was very old. Plants or powders were mixed with black water and injected into the skin through a needle. The outline of the pattern was arbitrary. Even if it was a small dot or a shapeless crooked line, it could be regarded as a symbol.
Although in addition to alchemists, there were nobles and Holy Church who had mastered the method of tattooing. But their tattoos were different from alchemists. They would never use 'black' as a pigment.
Once a black tattoo was tattooed, whether it was nobles or Holy Church personnel, they would be treated as alchemists. It could be said that this was an absolute proof!
Similarly, if you didn't have a black tattoo on your body, then even if you were a real alchemist, you wouldn't be recognized by others.
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