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There were many types of gems, and many of them looked very similar. This sickly looking young man could tell at a glance that this finger-sized fragment was a fluorite. His eyes could be said to be sharp.
"How many do you have?" The young man looked up at Salin and instantly calmed down.
"How many do you want?"
The young man listened to Salin and frowned slightly. He then walked out of the counter and closed the door of the shop. He hung a closed sign on the door, then returned to Salin and said, "Mr. Mage, if you have a lot of fluorites, it will be a little troublesome. My shop is very small and can't handle it. If you sell it to others, I can't guarantee its safety. "
"Safety?" Salin also frowned and looked at the young man calmly.
"You're from Scotia, right?"
"Yes."
"I can tell from your accent. You may not know, but the weapon shops in the Qinyin Empire are all controlled by big families. The three most famous weapon shops account for 80% of the total trade volume. When you're strong, it's inevitable that you'll have to sell it. Small weapon shops are good at survival. You're a foreigner. This fluorite can be sold for about 2000 gold coins after processing. The weapon shop wants 40% of the gross profit, so I should give you 1200 gold coins. But you'll be lucky if you get 500 gold coins. "
Salin smiled and asked, "What if you take it?"
"Even if I want to be friends with you, I can only give you 1000 gold coins." The young man answered frankly.
"Why?"
"Mr. Mage, do you want to be friends with me?" The young man smiled. His smile was friendly and a little cunning.
Salin knocked on the glass of the counter with his finger. He was not in a hurry to answer, but looked at the magic dagger in the counter. Although this young man looked sickly, his temperament was definitely not from an ordinary family. If he could make friends, Salin certainly wouldn't mind selling his goods here.
"Mr. Mage!"
"Yes?"
"Have you thought about it?"
Salin looked like he was thinking seriously. After a while, he said, "You can call me Salin. Salin Metatlin. "
The young man smiled brightly and said, "My name is Ini. Ini Clyde. " After he said his name, he saw that Sarin did not have any surprised reaction, which confirmed that Sarin really knew nothing about the Qinyin Empire. In the Qin Yin Empire, there was no one who didn't know about the Clyde family.
What a naive youth! The two of them thought at the same time.
"Who are they?" Ainphent asked politely. He could tell from Salin's equipment that although he was a low-level mage, his status wasn't low. At the very least, he had a good teacher and perhaps a powerful inheritance. The white crystal ring on Salin's finger was worth tens of thousands of gold coins. Not all mages could afford it, and Salin's magic robe was the same. It had three permanent spells, which were beyond what mages of his level could afford.
Shika, who was sitting beside Sarin, did not speak. Sarin and Ainphent had been conversing in the Qin 'in language, which she could not understand. Neris lingered in front of the shelves and did not look back.
"This is Shika, and that's Neris." Salin dispelled Ainphent's embarrassment. "They don't speak the Qin Yin language."
"Let's talk later, cough …" Ainphent covered his mouth and coughed. He coughed so hard that the skin on his face became bright red, which reminded Salin of Cang Hong. He wondered if that guy had left the Chaos Swamp yet.
The room in the back was even bigger than the shop. To Salin's surprise, there was a huge table in the middle of the room, similar to Jason's table, which was filled with magic tools. Was Ainphent an alchemist?
The room smelled of sulfur, and also a rare spice — rosemary.
Ainphent walked into the room and coughed even harder. His waist bent deeply, and his shoulders shrunk in pain. Salin took an empty metal cup from the table and made a portion of Recovery Water. He put half of it into the metal cup and let his left hand absorb the other half.
"Thank you." Ainphent straightened his back and saw what Salin was doing. He took the metal cup and drank it in one gulp.
"Neris, don't move!" Salin saw Neris pick up a metal machine from the table, as if she wanted to take a bite and taste it. This metal machine was assembled with hundreds of tiny parts. It was more than a foot tall, like a Clark magic building block.
"Schika!"
Sarin had just stopped Nelis when Shika picked up another crystal beaker. The crystal beaker was filled with a suspicious green liquid. The green liquid was very viscous, and there were granular gelatinous particles in it, like fish eggs.
"Captain, it's a Galois!" Schika put down the crystal beaker reluctantly.
"Uh …" Salin could not hold it anymore, and said to Ainphent awkwardly, "Sorry, they've never left the house."
Ainphent waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I use it to relieve boredom. It's not worth much. Salin, come and sit. "
Ainphent led Salin to a corner. There was a low table in the corner, and the two sat on the ground. There were only two soft cushions on the ground, which were made by cloud brocade.
"How long have you been injured?" Salin could see that Ainphent was not sick, but seriously injured.
"Five or six years." Ainphent forced a smile, and changed the topic, "Salin, how many gems do you have? I can't afford too many, and I don't want you to sell to other families. Do me a favor, when I have enough money … "
Salin took his left hand out of his sleeve, and put it on the low table.
Ainphent smiled bitterly, and said, "So you also need money."
If Salin's hand was only treated with the Healing Water, it could slowly recover, but it would take a lot of time. If he could buy high-level magic potions, the time would be shortened, and it would not even affect his advancement.
"How much can you pay?" Salin and Ainphent were in the same boat, and he wanted to make friends. He had no relatives in the Qinyin Empire, and this Ainphent seemed to be from a big family, and in this remote place, it was a good opportunity to make friends. Salin had the intuition of a businessman, and he had not lost his innocence, so he had no reason to refuse Ainphent's friendship.
Ainphent was also a little touched, and he lowered his head to calculate, and replied, "The money I can use privately is only sixty thousand gold coins."
Salin also calculated in his heart. Sixty thousand gold coins was not a small amount, but his hand needed medicine every day, and high-level magic potions cost tens of thousands of gold coins. After this hand was healed, he was afraid that he would be left with nothing again. He also needed to buy magic cores and magic materials, which cost more than a hundred gold coins a day.
"Is there a good pharmacist in your family?" Salin asked another question.
Ainphent was relieved, and he also understood, and smiled, "My uncle is a senior pharmacist, but he is not in Phoenix. Your injury … "
"I have something to do in Kushui Commandery, if it is on the way, it doesn't matter." Salin had decided to have a long-term relationship with the Clyde family. Just as they were talking, Neris picked up the crystal beaker that Schika put down, put her tongue into the beaker, and licked it.
"Neris!"
"It's okay, really, the Garuda egg is not poisonous." Ainphent also found it interesting that Salin, a magician of the same age as him, was walking alone with two stunning beauties, and was only a level-one magician, and his teacher was actually at ease. Fortunately, Salin met him this time. If he had a weapon that was in cahoots with bandits, he would not even know how he died.
Salin had a headache. He was not afraid that Neris would be poisoned, but he was afraid that he would have to pay if he broke something. Schika was better. After putting down the crystal beaker, he did not move, and sat down obediently.
"Ainphent, I have gems that are worth 60,000 gold coins, and I can give them to you. But I think your injury can't be cured by magic potions. If you want to be friends with me, tell me, maybe I can help. "
"You can't help, this is a curse spell."
"Curse spell?" Salin was surprised. This was a type of godly spell. Although the name was evil, it was actually a rare skill of the Holy Church.
"Salin, to tell you the truth, I am a direct descendant of the Clyde family, and I had a bright future in the Jialou Principality. I was a senior mage apprentice when I was 8 years old, and I was a level 3 magician when I was 12 years old. Everyone thought that since I could become an archmage at 15 years old, I would definitely be transferred back to the Qinyin Empire and enter the core of the family. But in the winter of that year, I saved a mercenary, and I didn't know that this mercenary was wanted by the Inquisition. As a result, I offended the Holy Church, and I was secretly cursed. "
Ainphent's expression was a little sad, and he continued, "You probably know that the person who can curse a level 3 magician without being detected is at least a deacon or above in the Holy Church. Because of this, my parents made a big fuss. Although they didn't catch the person who cursed me, they killed all the hidden missionaries in that city. Because of this, my parents were summoned back to the Qinyin Empire, and they were never allowed to leave the family. Although I didn't do anything wrong, I didn't have a bright future. Magic String disappeared day by day, and I would become a useless person sooner or later. Therefore, I was sent to this remote area to manage a shop. "
Salin was shocked after hearing this. The Clyde Family was very powerful, and they dared to attack the people of the Holy Church. Although the Jialou Principality was a subsidiary of the Qinyin Empire, and the Holy Church couldn't directly intervene, the Inquisition wasn't something that anyone dared to mess with. However, not everyone dared to provoke the Religious Court of Inquiry. Those lunatics had no qualms about doing things.
"If my curse could be cured, my family wouldn't give up on me and let me live out my life here." When Ainphent said the word "live out his life", his young face looked a little angry.
"You found a way to cure it?" Salin didn't understand. If even the Clyde Family couldn't cure Ainphent's curse, what was the point of making money?
"There are two ways. The first is to kill the person who cursed me. But there are so many people here, and this person is a level 7 professional. The chance is almost zero. The second way … "
Ainphent looked into Salin's eyes and said, "Since Magic String disappeared, I might as well learn Undead Magic."
He carefully observed Salin's reaction. Undead Magic didn't have a good reputation. Even in the Qinyin Empire, not many people were willing to learn it.
"This path is very difficult …" Salin sighed. He remembered the time when he was troubled by Magic String, and he understood Ainphent's thoughts a little. At that time, he was willing to pay any price to obtain the power of magic.
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