Chapter 39: Potions, Runes and Extraordinary Items
Gothe, who figured out the secret of the wooden box and received unexpected help from Pierre, did not leave immediately.
Suppressing the complicated emotions in his heart, he asked Pierre again: "Boss, do you know if there are any external objects that can assist the mage in his practice?"
Step-by-step guidance on practice. Wow, the progress is really worrying.
If possible, it is necessary to use some external objects to speed up the progress of practice.
Gaode also knew that such items must be expensive and most likely not something he could afford, but it didn't hurt to understand the market first.
Pierre is really very knowledgeable. He thought for a moment, organized his words, and said: "The master's practice includes the guidance method and the meditation method."
"Meditation method What you practice is your own mental power, without the involvement of external energy, so your practice depends more on yourself. The auxiliary things are extremely rare and precious, so we will ignore them for the time being. There are many auxiliary things for practicing the guidance method. "
Fortunately, my progress in practicing meditation is not slow... Gothe said happily in his heart.
Compared with his predecessor, the speed of his guidance method has not changed at all, but the progress of his meditation method has been greatly improved.
Here, Pierre has already sat down behind the counter, "There are many things that can assist in the practice of guiding methods, but if they are classified specifically, there are actually three categories: magic potions, runes and extraordinary items."
"Essentially, there are two ways. One is to improve the efficiency of the mage himself in guiding magic power into mana, and the other is to increase the concentration of magic power in the practice environment."
"As for potions, the most common practice potions are Magic potion. "
"Magic potion contains powerful magic power. After drinking it, the mage can directly absorb the magic power in the potion, replacing the magic power that should be guided into the body through the guidance method.
This is equivalent to eliminating the step of guiding magic power in the practice of guidance. The mage only needs to convert and polish these magic powers into his own magic power. ”
"In this way, the speed of practice will naturally be faster."
"It's just that the price of magic potions is too expensive. For example, for the basic magic potions used by mage apprentices, a set (3 vials) costs Up to 6 gold.
A set of basic magic potions is enough for a first-class apprentice to practice for six days, while a second-class apprentice will consume one set for three days."
"So. Usually only when the guidance method is about to break through, the mage apprentice will buy a set of magic potions to help break through the bottleneck."
"It would be too extravagant to use it as a daily practice aid. , not something ordinary people can afford.”
A group of 6 gold is consumed in 6 days, which equals 360 gold in one year, which is equivalent to 360,000 in the previous life. After Gothe calculated it in his mind, he knew that what Pierre said was true.
How many people can afford an annual expenditure of 360,000 yuan?
This is only the potion expenditure for a first-class apprentice. For a second-class apprentice, it is 720 gold per year.
Of course, if you are really willing to spend such money, you will be able to push the apprentice guidance method to perfection in a short period of time.
There must be many so-called geniuses who were fed with this "magic potion".
However, this is not a method that Gaode can afford.
Pierre could naturally see this, and quickly continued:
“If the auxiliary method of potions tends to be the first, the runes tend to be the third. Two ways - to increase the magic concentration in the practice environment. "
"A combination of multiple runes can build a magic circle to increase the magic concentration in a specific area. The two most well-known auxiliary practice magic circles are magic circles. Crystal matrix and magic node matrix "
"The former requires continuous consumption of magic crystals to increase the concentration of magic power in the environment by releasing the powerful magic power in the magic crystals, while the latter requires the concentration of magic crystals from all around. Magic in a small area ”
"Both have their own advantages and disadvantages. The former increases the magic power concentration more, but because it requires constant consumption of magic crystals, the cost is also high."
"The latter is the opposite, although the increase in magic power concentration is far less than that of the former. , but once the magic circle is successfully constructed, it can automatically gather the magic power around it without any consumption, and the magic power in the world is constantly regenerated and flowing, which is equivalent to a huge profit, which is much more cost-effective."
"However. This way you don’t have to think about it. There is no level 0 magic array. The lowest level is level 1, and the cost of constructing a level 1 magic array is upwards of thousands of gold coins.”
“ Most mages use magic circles to practice by renting them. "The problem is that there are no magic circles that are allowed to be rented in Hogan City," Pierre said.
Hogan City is still too small, and the number of mages is too small, which is not enough to support the operation of a magic circle.
"The last are extraordinary items."
"Some extraordinary items are made to assist in practice and can automatically absorb magic power to assist the owner in practice."
"Of course these extraordinary items The effect of the item is definitely not as obvious and direct as that of the magic circle, but it can be carried with you and it works at all times. Unlike the magic circle, once it is set up, it is fixed in position and cannot be moved, let alone carried. "
“Obviously, the value of extraordinary items that assist in spiritual practice is much higher than other categories of extraordinary items.”
"It is also a level 1 extraordinary item that assists in practice. Even if the effect is not particularly significant, it can often be sold for a high price of hundreds of gold coins, and it has always been priceless but not marketable."
Pierre's The meaning is also very straightforward. Regardless of whether Gaode has the financial resources or not, even if he does, there is nowhere to buy it.
After talking a lot, none of them could be used by him. Gaode was also helpless.
The root cause is still one word:
Poor!
After leaving Pierre's Grocery Store, Gothe, holding 1 gold and 15 silvers, went straight to a medicine store at the end of the street.
The preparation of primary spider poison potion requires three main materials: 1 snake tooth grass, 1 sagebrush, and 1 green spider sac.
Among them, the Snake Tooth Grass and Sagebrush Garden can be produced by oneself, but only the Green Spider Sac needs to be purchased from the medicinal material store.
Although Phil's Potions Store's main business is the sale of potions, it also sells medicinal materials, including green spider sacs, and the quality is guaranteed.
The problem is that in the past, when Master Seda was still around, the purchase volume was based on more than half a month. Now Gaode is short of money and can only buy one or two pieces in bulk.
Under such circumstances, it would be inappropriate to go to Phil's Magic Store to purchase medicinal materials, as it would easily arouse suspicion among interested people.
Adhering to the concept of being cautious, Gaode had no choice but to look far away and switched to a small medicinal store for purchasing.
“Green spider sacs that are more than one year old cost 12 silver coins each?! Do Phil’s Potions Store sell them for 10 silver coins each? Why are you 20% more expensive than them?”
In the medicine store, Gothe frowned subconsciously when faced with the price mentioned by the clerk, and asked aloud.
“Guest, our store is an old store that has been opened on this street for decades. The reason why it has been able to stand for so long depends on the word "integrity". No matter what your identity is, as long as you enter our store All will receive the same respect and fair treatment.”
"Hogan City is such a big place. If our store cheats customers, once its reputation spreads, the business will not be able to continue. How can our store be short-sighted and deceive you."
The owner of the medicine store heard Gao De questioning, stepped forward lightly, and said sincerely with an unquestionable tone: "There are obviously more people going out to hunt in the city these days, and the price of primary spider poison potions has also gone up."
"Green spider sac is a primary One of the main ingredients of spider venom potion has also become in short supply, so the price has naturally increased. Not only in our store, but now all the medicine stores have green spider sacs at this price."
"If you don't believe it, you can go there. Check out other medicinal stores in the city to see if they are consistent with what I said."
"Okay... let's have two," Gaode said, unable to stop his pain.
Although this medicine store is not particularly large in scale, it is indeed an old store that has been open for almost 20 years. It is impossible to tell such a self-destructive lie.
The "little cock" left Gaode again before he could warm it up. After enduring the pain, his deposit shrank to 11 silver again.
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(End of this chapter)