Chapter 4: The Ambition of a Tech Nerd Zhao Yannian, who advanced to become a junior magician, has been following the old magician in the magic tower for the next two years, learning various knowledge of beginner magicians.
The magic crystal generated in his chest provided Zhao Yannian with an additional storage of 4 first-level spells, which greatly alleviated Zhao Yannian's lack of magic power.
This brought the number of first-level spells that Zhao Yannian could release after a meditation to 12.
Although it still has 4 to 5 fewer first-level spells than other mages of the same level.
However, it has already made Zhao Yannian feel satisfied.
According to the old mage's original examination, Zhao Yannian's body was abnormally changed due to the erosion of the dark power of hell.
In just one month, a blonde baby has become a black-haired and black-eyed baby.
If it weren't for Zhao Yannian's demeanor and demeanor later, he would have been no different from ordinary children.
The old mages had all considered sending Zhao Yannian to the Hell Defense Department under the Magic Legion for research.
There are still many ways to replenish the magic power of the mages in this world, in addition to the most basic meditation, it can also be replenished through magic potions and equipment.
The magic crystals produced in the minerals and monsters have no way to replenish the magic power of the mage.
Because the elements in these magic crystals are chaotic, the mage absorbs them into his body and cannot use them as magic power if he does not assimilate them with his spirit.
Therefore, the power of the magic crystal can speed up meditation at most, and it cannot replenish the magic for the magician.
Zhao Yannian's embarrassment is that he has too little magic power.
If there are too many enemies or if you are dragged into a war of attrition by a stronger enemy, you will surely die.
And the ten gold coins given by the old mage every month are enough if they are used to eat and buy some daily necessities.
But if you want to get a bottle of primary magic potion with the cheapest 10 gold coins, it will be a tragedy.
Therefore, Zhao Yannian has never thought of using magic to fight in the past few years, even if he goes to the woods behind the academy to catch first-order demonic beasts and roast them for the sake of tooth sacrifice, he basically uses crossbow arrows and traps.
Most of the pocket money of ten gold coins per month was spent in the hands of caravans that followed the supply convoy of border guards once a month, in exchange for various metals and alchemical materials.
Speaking of magic potions, we have to mention the makers of the potions.
In this world, because there are no gods to protect human beings, priests and priests only exist in a few legends of different races, and mages eat whole grains after all, and they will also get sick and injured.
So the world gave birth to the profession of magic apothecary a long time ago.
Since the potions themselves were made by mages who had a deep understanding of plants, all of them later formed a subclass attached to the mage profession - the Potions Master.
The classification of occupations in the Dragon Sleep Continent is very complex.
Non-combat classes can be used as regular classes or as subclasses.
Like Zhao Yannian's part-time alchemist, it is a relatively high-end sub-profession.
Potions, appraisers, enchanters, etc., few can determine the number of subclasses.
With the exception of a few officially recognized guilds, most subclasses are passed down as masters and apprentices.
Combat classes are divided into official classes that have a guild and are officially recognized, and wild classes that have no guild or will not appear under the light.
Most people are familiar with formal occupations.
Warriors, knights, mages, hunters, wanderers.
The characteristics of wild occupations are that they cannot be trained on a large scale or their characteristics affect the stability of society.
For example, warlocks who have a cold relationship with the magic guild and rely on their natural bloodlines and like to communicate with demons, magicians who practice spirituality, illusion, soul, etc., who are not recognized by elemental mages or even hostile, are considered wild professions, bounty hunters who hunt human lives in exchange for money, and wanderers who wander the city - thieves.
These are not officially recognized professions.
Most of these wild professions live on the dark side of this world and have their own dark guilds, which they will also take on quests through their guilds and survive in this world in their own way.
Today is the day when the border guards supply team passes through the city of Dante, and according to the custom, the supply team will rest for one night in the city of Dante and then continue on the road the next day.
It is also a monthly festival in Dent City, and the merchants who come with the supply team bring a large number of goods that are usually scarce, and sometimes bring a song and dance troupe or circus.
From noon, hot dancers and funny clowns bring Dent City into its monthly revelry.
And at this time, it is also a great opportunity for Zhao Yannian to supply alchemy materials once a month.
As mentioned before, all the spellcasters in Dent City add up to about twenty.
And more than a dozen of them mage apprentices don't have the money to buy any magic alchemy materials.
The only great mage among the remaining casters, Hendrek, is an appraiser, so he basically doesn't need any magic materials.
The two Intermediate Mages under the Magic Legion have their own supply quotas.
The research materials of the magic teachers in the junior magic academy were all distributed by the magic guild.
Therefore, Zhao Yannian is the only one who will buy materials from merchants in this border city.
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Without demand, there is no transaction.
As a result, there have been no material stores in the city, which is famous for producing black iron ore and barley wine.
At noon that day, Zhao Yannian came to the open space outside the east gate of the city with a wooden box after lunch.
Since the merchants' caravans could not have a special barracks for them to rest like the supply teams, nearly a hundred merchants and men were setting up camps in the open field.
The wagons were unloaded and concentrated in a corner of the camp, and the pack animals were all surrounded by wagons guarded by men.
The open space between the two rows of tents that the camp is being set up is the place of the market.
Normally, the market will officially start at 1 p.m.
This practice is said to have lasted for a hundred years, so the merchants and men alike are very relaxed.
And Zhao Yannian came at this time, in order not to intersect with ordinary citizens.
Although in the crowded bazaar for the first few times, there would always be a 2-meter open space around Zhao Yannian, that kind of awe-inspiring look made Zhao Yannian uncomfortable.
So from then on, Zhao Yannian would buy and sell with merchants as a mage in advance.
Then change into ordinary clothes, participate in the bazaar, and party with ordinary people.
"Good day, Mage Black."
A stocky, meatball-like merchant stepped out of his tent and greeted Blake with a courteous salute.
"Good day, Mr.
Bunier.
I'm going to buy some alchemy ingredients.
The boy politely replied.
"Please come in, dear Master Black.
I brought a large amount of alchemy materials for the mage of the border guards this time.
The meat ball merchant warmly invited Zhao Yannian into the tent.
"Please come here, these are the materials that the border guards asked for by name last month.
I've specially prepared an extra twenty percent, so Master Blake is welcome. ” The meatball-like merchant opened a large wooden box in the corner of the tent as he spoke.
There are more than a dozen materials used in alchemy, but most of them are the blood and horn claws of demonic beasts.
"The border guards are obviously next to the Warcraft Forest, why do they still ask for these Warcraft materials?"
Zhao Yannian was a little puzzled.
"That's right, Mage Black.
These materials are all ice and snow materials brought from the Northland, and it is said that the mages of the border guards need to create alchemy items with ice attributes.
But I don't know exactly what it is.
"The merchant Bunier clearly doesn't care about the needs of the border guards.
As long as there is money to be made, who cares what they use it for.
"I've got all the extra ice materials.
Pay your bills according to the old rules. ” "Okay, please wait."
It's not like the protagonist in the time-traveling story who can just go to a store and buy some bargains, and go back and study either an artifact or a mythical beast.
Zhao Yannian, who has been trading with the merchant for several years, has never taken advantage of this short and fat businessman, although the businessman's attitude towards the mage is extremely respectful, but as long as he talks about money, the merchant's mouth that can tell the dead alive, and the expression of the grievance like a loss sale, will make people feel deeply guilty.
In the first transaction, Bunier completely suppressed Zhao Yannian.
Therefore, Zhao Yannian also plans to bargain with this cunning businessman in his next life.
Fortunately, the businessman was still very measured and did not make a sky-high price.
Therefore, the two have formed a certain tacit understanding over the years.
"Mage Black, the price of what you want is 140 gold coins."
Zhao Yannian handed the wooden box he was carrying with him to the smiling businessman.
The merchant opened the wooden box and looked at it carefully, and then locked the wooden box into the wooden box with a smile on his face. and took out 60 gold coins and put them in a small pocket and handed them to Zhao Yannian.
Zhao Yannian, who had made a deal, was about to leave, when he suddenly turned around and asked the merchant, "Mr.
Bunier, have you ever seen a tree whose bark is cut and leaves some sticky gelatinous substance." ” "Mage Black, you can ask me, I've been in the magic materials business for 20 years, and I've seen hundreds of plants.
But I haven't seen the tree you're talking about.
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I thought if you had any clues, I could ask my supplier for you. ” "I also read from a travelogue in my teacher's collection that this plant should grow in a place where the climate is warm all year round."
"Well, don't worry, I'll keep an eye on it for you."
"Hope to find it.
I need to make some utensils out of this plant. ” After bidding farewell to the merchants, Zhao Yannian returned to the basement of the Mage Tower with the purchased materials.
Zhao Yannian's spiritual power talent is very good, if you only look at spiritual power.
Zhao Yannian had even reached the standard of an intermediate magician, so in terms of alchemy that relied on spiritual power to eat, Zhao Yannian showed a very good talent.
A 9-year-old advanced junior alchemist, a 15-year-old advanced intermediate alchemist, if Zhao Yannian hadn't taught himself in a border town, he would have been accepted as a treasure by the alchemy master as a closed disciple.
Zhao Yannian asked businessman Bunier about rubber trees because many modern machines in his mind need rubber, and according to historical data, this world has only been 400,000 years since its birth, so there are no fossil resources such as coal and oil in this world, and it is extremely difficult to synthesize rubber.
In fact, for this world where the evolution of biology is very different from that of the earth, Zhao Yannian only has the mentality of trying it out to see if a well-informed businessman can find a rubber tree.
And with the rubber tree and alchemy, which can adjust the structure and shape of matter at will, many of Zhao Yannian's ideas can be turned into reality.
Zhao Yannian casually started a miniature machine on the tool table, and as the metal lines shone brightly, the metal shaft in the center of the machine began to rotate at high speed.
"An otherworldly version of the Industrial Revolution?"
Zhao Yannian muttered to himself.