Chapter 523 Scarce Space Crystal (two chapters in one)
“Tap, step, step...”
A burst of footsteps sounded in the corridor, and a man was holding a black plastic hand. The figure of the bag came to the door of a room.
"207, this is it."
Lin Li came to the Psychic Research Institute and consulted the staff here. Under the guidance of the other party, he came to the front door of the room.
"Dong dong dong..." He raised his hand and knocked on the door, and a vicissitudes of sound came from the room.
"Please come in."
Lin Li reached out and pushed open the door, then walked in. What he saw was an old man with gray hair sitting behind the desk.
The other party was holding a thick book in his hand. When he saw Lin Li walking into the room, he put down the book he was holding and said with a smile, "Young man, you are here to identify the items. "Yes?"
"Yes." Lin Li nodded.
"Sit here." The gray-haired old man pointed to the chair in front of him.
Lin Li pulled up his chair and sat down. At this time, he heard the other party say, "Take out the things you want to identify!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Li put his hand in his hand. The black plastic bag he was carrying was placed on the other party's table.
The gray-haired old man opened the plastic bag and saw that the thing contained in the plastic bag was an unattractive gray stone, only the size of a fist.
Seeing such an identification item, the expression on his face did not change at all, but he took the gray stone out of the plastic bag.
"Where did you get this?" The gray-haired old man asked Lin Li before appraising it.
Um, why is this appraiser asking this... Lin Li wants to quickly go to the spirit world to hunt strange beasts and harvest ripe magical fruits to break through to the third level, so he reminds the appraiser to hurry up and help him complete the appraisal.
"I picked it up while camping in the suburbs. Old gentleman, please hurry up and help me identify it. I have other things to do and am in a hurry!"
The gray-haired old man heard that He said, without asking any more questions, he immediately mobilized the spiritual energy in his Dantian and injected it into the gray stone in his hand.
The gray stone originally exuded weak spiritual energy fluctuations. After injecting spiritual energy, a pale golden spiritual light immediately appeared on the surface.
Immediately afterwards, another energy wave different from the spiritual energy wave emanated from the gray stone.
Huh? Why is this thing emitting a strange energy wave... Lin Li didn't try to inject spiritual energy into the gray stone yesterday, so now when he was appraised by the appraiser, he discovered that the gray stone emits energy wave that he has never seen before.
"Space fluctuation?!!!" As an appraiser, the gray-haired old man sensed the energy fluctuations emitted by the gray stone and immediately recognized it as a space fluctuation.
"It turns out that this kind of energy fluctuation is a spatial fluctuation, I have learned a lot.
Why is this appraiser so surprised? Could it be that this gray stone is very valuable?" Lin Li heard the appraiser As he spoke, he noticed the change in the expression on the other person's face and thought to himself.
"Huh..."
The gray-haired old man took a breath and calmed down the surprise in his heart. Then he crushed the gray stone the size of a fist in his hand in front of Lin Li.
“Eh?!!!” Lin Li was very confused by the appraiser’s behavior and wondered why this person had damaged the appraisal items without his consent... He had to let the other party pay the compensation. Lose money.
Just when he was about to speak and ask the appraiser why he damaged the appraisal items without his consent, the other party's next move made him swallow the words he was about to say again.
After crushing the gray stone, the gray-haired old man poured the pieces on the table. He reached out and rummaged through the pieces and found a small gray crystal only the size of a fingernail. .
The surface of the small gray crystal bloomed with a pale golden aura, and spatial fluctuations spread outward from its body.
Lin Li looked at the gray crystal lying on the palm of the appraiser's hand, and instantly understood why the appraiser did what he did just now.
It turns out that most of the fist-sized gray stones are useless. The only thing of value is the gray crystal hidden inside.
"As expected, there are space crystals hidden in the stone..." The gray-haired old man looked at the gray crystal lying on his palm and said with a smile.
"Old sir, is this really a space crystal?!!!" Lin Li was very surprised when he heard this. He had heard an expert who made spiritual weapons mention the word "space" on a news program before. Crystal Stone doesn't know anything about this scarce psychic material.
"I'm pretty sure it's a space crystal." The gray-haired old man said firmly.
"I have seen an expert in making spiritual weapons mention it on TV before. It is a necessary material for making spiritual weapons for storage, right?" Lin Li asked.
"Yes, a variety of materials are needed to make a magical storage device, among which the most critical and precious material is the space crystal." The gray-haired old man said.
I didn’t expect that! This seemingly inconspicuous gray stone actually brought me such a big surprise... Lin Li's face was filled with joy after receiving a positive reply.
The gray-haired old man was very confused at this time. As a researcher with decades of work experience, he knew that the existing space crystals on Blue Star were all brought back from the spirit world.
But the young man in front of me just said that he picked it up while camping in the suburbs.
“It seems that this young man didn’t tell me the truth!”
Although the gray-haired old man had guessed that Lin Li didn’t tell the truth to him, he was not dissatisfied with it. After all, Everyone has secrets that they don't want to reveal to outsiders.
"Old sir, thank you for helping me do the appraisal." Lin Li happily thanked the appraiser in front of him.
“You’re welcome, please pay the appraisal fee.” The gray-haired old man said.
"Yes." Lin Li nodded, took out his mobile phone from his pocket, scanned the payment code on the desktop, and paid the 1,500 yuan appraisal fee.
Then, he took the space crystal the size of a fingernail from the opponent's hand, put it back into his pocket, stood up, and was about to leave.
At this moment, the gray-haired old man called out to Lin Li.
"Young man, please wait."
Lin Li stopped and looked at the gray-haired old man in confusion, "Old sir, do you have anything else to do?"
The gray-haired old man had finished the appraisal just now, thinking that after Lin Li knew that his item was a space crystal, he would definitely ask about making a storage spiritual device. In the end, the other party did not ask at all, and took back the space crystal and left.
"Ahem..." The gray-haired old man coughed lightly, wondering why this young man didn't follow the script?
This old man is quite old and has long passed the retirement age. Since he is not feeling well, he should go home and take care of himself... Lin Li muttered to himself when he saw the gray-haired old man coughing.
The gray-haired old man pretended to cough a few times, covering up his inner embarrassment, and then spoke to Lin Li.
“Young man, the space crystal in your hand is a necessary material for making a storage device. Don’t you plan to use it to make a storage device?”
Lin Li wanted to store items and put them directly into the mysterious island. He didn't need a storage weapon. After hearing the question from the gray-haired old man, he immediately shook his head, "I have no such plan for the time being." "Uh... " Lin Li's unexpected answer caught the gray-haired old man off guard. Seeing that Lin Li's attitude didn't look like he was cheating, he had no choice but to give up and speak to Lin Li.
“The technology for making storage spiritual weapons is currently only mastered by our Psychic Research Institute.
If you plan to use space crystals to make storage spiritual weapons in the future , you can come to the Psychic Research Institute and ask us to help you make it."
After hearing this, Lin Li said in surprise, "Don't the Psychic Research Institute have regulations that prohibit making spiritual weapons for outsiders? ”
The gray-haired old man explained with a smile, "There used to be such a rule, but it was changed at the beginning of this year.
As long as you are willing to pay the production fee and have enough patience to wait, we will finish our work After working, I will help make spiritual weapons..."
"The original regulations were changed at the beginning of this year! ." Lin Li nodded after hearing the explanation, and then said, "Okay, if I want to use space crystals to make storage devices, I will come to the Psychic Research Institute."
After that, Lin Li thought of another question and immediately said, "Old sir, I want to ask you a question."
"What question?"
"This small space crystal of mine can be used to make several storage objects."
Lin Li said, and took out the space crystal that was only the size of a fingernail from his pocket.
"Such a small space crystal can only make a storage spiritual device." The gray-haired old man replied.
"Then if I ask the Psychic Research Institute to make a storage device, how much will it cost?" Lin Li continued to ask.
“The specific costs vary from year to year.”
"Why is it different every year?"
"Because in addition to space crystals, making storage artifacts also requires a variety of other materials, and the market conditions of those materials are changing every moment.
Of course, if you prepare the materials yourself, you only need to pay for the crafting fee. I remember that the crafting fee seems to be 50 million," the gray-haired old man explained with a smile.
"Fifty million?" Lin Li's eyes widened in shock when he heard that the labor cost was 50 million.
You know, he only has more than 60 million in cash in his bank account now. To make a magical storage device, the manual cost alone will cost 50 million, and this does not include the cost of other materials. , I can only say that magic storage devices are really not cheap.
"Do you have any other questions?" The gray-haired old man said with a smile when he saw the shocked expression on the face of the young man in front of him.
"No more, thank you, old man, for clarifying my doubts..." Lin Li thanked the old man in front of him.
“You’re welcome.” The gray-haired old man said with a smile, and then picked up the water glass on the table.
Afterwards, Lin Li left the room.
Shortly after he left, a girl walked into the room and spoke in a respectful tone to the senior researcher who had retired for many years and was now hired back as an appraiser.
"Mr. Chen, Researcher Zhao invites you to come to his laboratory..."
"Yes."
The gray-haired old man nodded, then put down the water glass in his hand, stood up, and Accompanied by the girl, he went to Zhao Tianfu's laboratory.
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In the quiet laboratory, Zhao Tianfu was sitting on an office chair, playing with an ordinary jade card in his hand.
Just now, he used the most advanced instruments in the Psychic Research Institute to test the ordinary jade tablet in his hand, but he still found nothing, which made him very disappointed.
At this time, he happened to hear that an old senior had returned from vacation and was at work. He quickly asked his assistant to invite him over.
"Dong dong dong..."
There was a knock on the door, and Zhao Tianfu, who was playing with the jade cards, immediately said, "Please come in."
Electronics in the laboratory The door opened, and Zhao Tianfu's assistant led the gray-haired old man into the laboratory.
"Mr. Chen." When Zhao Tianfu saw Mr. Chen arriving, he quickly stood up and greeted him.
"Xiao Zhao, why did you invite me here?" The gray-haired old man sat down on the chair in front of Zhao Tianfu's desk and asked.
"Mr. Chen, it's like this. I would like to ask you to help me take a look at this jade plaque." Zhao Tianfu gestured to his assistant to pour the tea and handed the jade plaque in his hand to him.
The gray-haired old man took the jade token handed to him by Zhao Tianfu. He looked at it carefully, and then mobilized the spiritual energy in his body to inject it into the jade token.
The activated jade card immediately bloomed with light golden light, and then a message appeared in his mind.
"This is a magical weapon that can control the weather. There is nothing interesting to see."
After the assistant placed the poured tea on the table, Zhao Tianfu asked the assistant to leave the laboratory first.
"Huh?" The gray-haired old man was very confused when he saw Zhao Tianfu's behavior.
After Zhao Tianfu's assistant left, he immediately talked about some abnormalities in the jade tablet.
"You said that this spiritual weapon will activate itself after you get off work, and more than once?" The gray-haired old man was very surprised when he heard this.
"Yes." Zhao Tianfu nodded.
"It is rare for a spiritual weapon to activate automatically. You should have done some research on it. Have you found anything special?" asked the gray-haired old man.
Hearing this, Zhao Tianfu suddenly showed a helpless expression on his face, "I have conducted several studies on it, and today I also used the most advanced instruments in the hospital to test it, but the result is still no What a special discovery."
"It shouldn't be! There must be some problems with such a magical weapon that can be automatically activated." The experienced gray-haired old man was very satisfied with this answer. Puzzled.
“Yes! I also know that there must be some problems with automatically activated spiritual weapons like this.
But I have tried all kinds of methods, but still found nothing, so I would like to ask Mr. Chen to use your powers and help me look at this thing..." Zhao Tianfu said.
"Okay, I will help you right now. Take a look. "After hearing what Zhao Tianfu said, the gray-haired old man also became interested in the jade tablet.
Then, he looked at the jade tablet in his hand, mobilized the spiritual energy in his Dantian, and cast Test your own awakened abilities
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(End of this chapter)