The investigation results of the Linzhong Lake conflict have not been released yet.
In the evening, another breaking news robbed most of the students of their attention.
The North District Wizard Patrol, who went to the Silent Forest to "Fight the Autumn Wind" (this is the statement passed back from Alpha Academy), had a conflict with the hunting team of the Beta Town Merchant Corps. The two sides seemed to have conflicts because of the ownership of a small disaster fight. The rumors did not explain who took the action first, but in the end, someone of the Beita Town Merchant Corps hunting team was seriously injured, while the North District Wizard Patrol took the small disaster fight away.
"——The merchant group was so angry that they pulled a magic carpet and put the seriously injured hunter on it. A large group of wizards blocked the streets of the North District. The northern district was naturally not willing to be outdone. Although the Gini House did not come forward, a large number of wizards also stood up. When I came back, I heard that the confrontation between the two sides was not over yet. The Sancha Sword and the Assistant Group sent people to maintain order, for fear that a spell would accidentally explode and the situation would be out of control."
In the 403 dormitory, Fatty Xin wiped the sweat from his forehead, and spoke with a sad expression of regret that he secretly hated the school for setting up a curfew, which made him unable to continue to "collect the field" on the scene.
"Didn't the great wizards come forward? The school lets this matter continue to ferment?" Xiao Xiao's head raised from the textbook of "Standard Pharmacy: Third Grade of University" and asked curiously.
The fat wizard's face suddenly drooped.
He has not completely forgiven the doctor's behavior of "escape without permission" - just as when talking about the conflict between the wizard in the North District and the Beta Town Merchant Group, he insisted on watching Zheng Qing talk, as if there was a piece of air across from a table.
Zheng Qing cleared his throat.
"I probably know the reason why Sister Colma didn't come forward."
He guessed that the witch should have gone to see her "Yuanshi", but at the same time, he felt a little strange about the school's almost laissez-faire attitude: "—But it is impossible for a great wizard to be sent out in the school, right?"
The fat wizard showed a completely different attitude towards Zheng Qing, a question that was almost the same as Xiao Xiao.
"I don't know if the school staff is nervous."
He answered Zheng Qing's question very enthusiastically: "But I know that there was only Andrew who came to the scene at the Sancha Sword Sect, and the assistant coach only went to three black robes... The number of people in a basic hunting team on both sides could not be as large as possible. What should I use to mediate the conflict between the two sides? It would be great to maintain the situation and not fight."
The basic number of a hunting team is five hunters.
From this perspective, the school and Sancha Jian are indeed inadequate in manpower.
After a moment of pause, the fat man mentioned the attitude of most merchants in Beta Town towards this matter: "——The public opinion in the town is very unfriendly to the wizards in the North District. Many old wizards privately use 'locusts' to describe the wizards in the North District, saying that the place they passed by did not grow any grass, which seriously damaged the business environment on Bouji Island..."
“Damn it?”
Zheng Qing scratched his head, looking confused: "Don't you feel that Beta Town is different from before? The star map of Green Grocery Store is still five copper coins per, green bee is still two silver horns per bottle, twenty-four copper coins of small roast chicken, and the prices of keel bone powder and dragon blood ink have not become more expensive... But the price of standard talismans has increased a little, but isn't this a good thing?"
“What changes is the raw material market.”
Fat Xin took out a bottle of coconut water from somewhere, and drank it on his own, then spoke again: "The wizard in the North District is now strong, and he dares to go deeper into the silent forest to collect it, bringing back a large number of magical raw materials, which are sold very cheaply, directly squeezed the profit margins of the merchants in Beta Town who were originally making money - you just said that most of the products have not become expensive? According to the current level of shipments in the North District, everything in the market should be very cheap! It has not become cheap, which means that there are still too many bad merchants selling star maps, green bee and small roast chicken!"
He was indignant.
The bottle of coconut water in my hand was already unconsciously seen.
"—In the words of some old wizards on the pedestrian street, the world has changed now. Originally, those wizards who went to the Silent Forest in the North District would take the initiative to avoid the hunting team of the merchant group and even 'give' the prey they had just collected. But since the wizard team of the North District took shape, the hunting team of the merchant group found that their profits were getting less and less..."
"It's time." Zheng Qing snorted in a tone.
If you don’t ask, how cruel the people in the north who entered the forest were exploited by these merchant groups - including the fat man just mentioned "giving out prey" and who dared to go deep into the silent forest with the level of a "tricking master"? Is it possible that such a ruthless person be allowed to "willful" give up the hunt?
If you think about it well, it is to force buying and selling; if you think a little bit worse, it may be robbery or even killing people and robbing people! You should know that the magic interference in the depths of the silent forest is very strong, and it is difficult for ordinary fortune tellers to observe what is happening deep in the forest. Unless the student is involved, one or two magicians will disappear there and will not cause any trouble on the island at all.
Even people in the North District may not care.
“That’s it.”
Fatty Xin shook his head, obviously worried about the contradictions hidden behind the conflict: "Remember the analysis of the Beta Town Post, the wizard group mentioned that the North District Wizard Group would squeeze the interests of the original wizards in Beta Town? This is the most direct manifestation. In the past, the wizards in the North District could not go, but now they could go; in the past, the hunting hunts sold by the wizards in the North District, they now even dare to raise prices... The merchant groups in Beta Town could tolerate it until now, which was beyond my expectations."
"Then someone beat him up." Zheng Qing curled his lips.
Turning his head to look at Xiao Xiao.
But he saw that he took off his glasses at some point, pinching a piece of red velvet cloth, rubbing the lens casually, staring at the front with his eyes blank, obviously thinking about something.
"Is there any problem?"
After two years of partnership, Zheng Qing could see at a glance what abnormality Dr. Xiao should have discovered.
"As the end of the period approaches, the Fringe Academy is about to be established... At this time, these things suddenly pop up... It feels too subtle."
Xiao Xiao pinched his glasses and thought to himself: "Do you know the ripples when the wind blows across the lake? It's circled and continued, but most people's attention will be attracted by the beautiful ripples on the lake, and instead turn a blind eye to the wind that causes all the results."
"You mean someone is making trouble behind the scenes?" Zheng Qing narrowed his eyes, and the first suspect that flashed through his mind were those mysterious crows.
Xiao Xiao ignored it and slowly put on his glasses again: "—I just think that if there was a wind blowing across the lake, the wrinkled ripples would definitely not be just these two circles."