Chapter 39: Potions, Runes, Extraordinary Items
Gothe, who figured out the secret of the wooden box and received unexpected help from Pierre, did not leave immediately.
He suppressed the complicated emotions in his heart and asked Pierre again: "Boss, do you know if there are any external objects that can assist the mage in his practice?"
He practiced the guidance method step by step, but the progress was really worrying.
If possible, it is necessary to use some external objects to speed up the progress of practice.
Gaode also knew in his heart that such items must be expensive, and most likely he would not be able to afford them, but it would not hurt to understand the market first.
Pierre is really very knowledgeable. He thought for a moment, organized his words, and said: "The practice of a mage is firstly the guidance method and the other is meditation." It depends more on oneself. The auxiliary things are extremely rare and precious, so I will ignore them for the time being. There are more auxiliary things for practicing the guidance method. Fortunately, my progress in practicing meditation is not slow... Gaode said happily in his heart.
Compared with his predecessor, the speed of his practice of guidance method has not changed at all, but the progress of his meditation practice 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. If we just classify them 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 magic potions, the most common practice magic potion is magic potion." This is equivalent to eliminating the step of guiding magic power in the practice of guidance. The mage only needs to convert and polish the magic power into his own magic power. "
"In this way, the speed of practice will naturally be faster."
"It's just that the price of magic potion is too expensive. For example, the price of a set (3 vials) of the basic magic potion used by a mage apprentice is as high as 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 in three days. "
h "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."
h "If it is used as a daily practice aid, That's too luxurious, and it's not something ordinary people can afford. "
A group of 6 gold is consumed in 6 days, which is 360 gold in a 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 the 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".
It's just that this is not a method that Gaode can afford.
Pierre could naturally see this, and quickly continued:
"If the auxiliary method of magic potion tends to be the first, the runes tend to be the second method - increasing the concentration of magic in the practice environment."
"A combination of multiple runes can build a magic array to increase the concentration of magic in a specific area. The two most well-known auxiliary magic arrays are the magic crystal matrix and the magic node array."
"The former requires continuous consumption of magic crystals and releases the powerful magic power in the magic crystals to increase the magic concentration in the environment, while the latter collects the surrounding magic power in a small area."
"Both have their own advantages and disadvantages. The former increases the magic concentration higher, but because it requires continuous consumption of magic crystals, the cost is also high."
"The latter is the opposite. Although the magic power is increased, The concentration is far less than 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 profit, which is much more cost-effective. "
"But you don't have to think about this method. There is no level 0 magic array, the lowest level is level 1, and the cost of constructing a level 1 magic array is thousands of gold coins and upwards."
"Generally, mages use magic circles to practice by renting them."
h "The problem is that there is no magic circle that is allowed to be rented in Hogan City." Pierre said, spreading his hands.
Horgan 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 is extraordinary items."
"Some extraordinary items are made to assist in practice, and can automatically absorb magic power to assist the master's practice."
"Of course, the effects of these extraordinary items are definitely not as obvious and direct as those of magic arrays, but they can be carried around and work all the time, unlike magic arrays that are fixed in position once set up and cannot be moved, let alone carried."
"Obviously, the value of extraordinary items that assist in practice is much higher than other types 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."
Pierre's meaning is also very straightforward. Regardless of whether Gaode has the financial resources or not, even if he does, there is nowhere to buy them.
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 Potion 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 purchasing 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.
It would be inappropriate to go to Phil's Magic Store to purchase medicinal materials under such circumstances, as it would easily arouse the suspicion of interested people.
Adhering to the concept of being careful, Gaode had no choice but to look far away and went to a small medicinal store to purchase.
"Green spider sacs that are more than one year old cost 12 silver coins each?! Are they all 10 silver coins at Phil's Potion Store? 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 operating on this street for decades. It has been able to stand for so long because of the word "integrity". No matter what your status is, you will get the same respect and fair treatment as long as you enter our store. "
"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 shop heard Gothe's question, stepped forward lightly, and said sincerely in an unquestionable tone: "There are obviously more people going out to hunt in the city these days, and the price of primary spider poison medicine has also risen."
"Green spider sacs, as one of the main ingredients of primary spider poison potions, have become in short supply, so the price has naturally increased. Not only this store, but all medicinal stores now have the same price for green spider sacs."
"If the customer doesn't believe it, you can go to other medicinal stores in the city to see if it is consistent with what I said."
"Okay... then let's have two." Gothe 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 it was warmed up. After enduring the pain, his deposit shrank to 11 silver again.
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(End of this chapter)