The magic apprentices in silver robes were all walking around nervously and busy. Some were holding thick and tall sheepskin files in their hands, and some were even carrying buckets and doing cleaning work. The only difference was that
, they don’t need to do it themselves, even the cleaning tools, brooms or buckets, are magic props. As long as they chant the spell, they can automatically start the cleaning work, and these busy magic apprentices only need to pay attention to control.
Walking into this hall, what made Du Wei feel the most different was that...the headquarters of the magic union was not as majestic and mysterious as he had imagined...on the contrary, it had a touch of worldliness!
The two spacious passages extending out on both sides are lined with some weird shops. All kinds of strange magic materials, magic props, and even some special antiques are sold inside.
All of these shops are places that magicians like, and they are all opened by magic unions. Magicians from all over the continent can purchase all kinds of magic materials they need here.
The currency used is not gold coins or any currency commonly used by empires on the mainland.
But... exchange!
The oldest exchange, barter!
This made Du Wei very curious and interesting.
Because this place is the last place in the continent that preserves the custom of using foreign goods. The branches of the Magician Guild across the continent will also have such magic material shops, but they can be purchased with the empire's gold coins.
anything.
Only the Magic Guild Headquarters in the Imperial Capital still retains the ancient tradition of bartering among magicians thousands of years ago in order to protect the tradition.
Du Wei casually walked a few steps. All the people he met around him, the magic apprentices wearing silver robes, saw Du Wei dressed in black from a distance, and they quickly stopped what they were doing and bent down from a distance.
He treated him respectfully. One or two magicians in gray robes who walked by occasionally looked surprised when they saw Du Wei. Then they nodded, smiled friendly, and behaved respectfully.
It seems that Clark is not lying. The status of this bachelor of magic is indeed transcendent. Magicians below the sixth level must pay respect to him.
Du Wei was not in a hurry to meet the chairman of the Magic Union. In fact, he didn't know how to meet the chairman. Anyway, there was nothing urgent, but he was very interested in the magic props shops next to him.
These shops are not big, but in this tall and spacious hall, each one is a sealed and independent building, forming a house within a house. The shops are built with a variety of strange materials. For example, this one around you
This shop is actually a big house built with a black stone that exudes a strange smell. There is actually a chimney on the top of the house, and bursts of black smoke are coming out. This black smoke comes out of the chimney and reaches the top of the head.
The illusion like the sky created by magic actually dissipated!
At the entrance of the shop and on the table in the window, there were densely packed crystal balls of various textures. Obviously, this was a shop specializing in selling crystal balls for magicians. Du Wei took a look and thought that he didn't have one yet.
My own crystal ball, I couldn't help but feel curious, so I walked in.
Standing in the shop was an old man who was probably old enough to be Du Wei's grandfather, but he was still wearing a silver magic apprentice's robe, with a long beard that almost reached his chest. He saw Du Wei come in, even though Du Wei was older than him.
I don’t know how much younger he was, but he still hurriedly bowed his head to Du Wei and saluted, and then said respectfully in a dry voice: "Dear Magician, what do you need?"
Du Wei had a kind face and was very polite to the old magic apprentice: "I need a crystal ball... um."
"Oh, let me see..." The old apprentice's eyes were a little cloudy, but he still took out a form and handed it to Du Wei. His face was full of wrinkles like dried orange peels. But there were many wrinkles on his face.
With a smile on his face: "I don't know what kind of magic test ball you need? Is it a magic test ball? Oh. A magician like you must be ready to accept disciples, right? I have a good magic test ball here, which can clearly test the child.
Their magic talents... Oh. There is also a detection ball. If you are ready to take risks, you might as well buy a detection ball. As long as you inject a little magic power, you can put any place within one mile around the crystal ball.
All are displayed... Of course, if you need something more advanced, I also have a magnetic black crystal ball here, which can display everything within a ten-mile radius, but the exchange price is also a little more expensive..."
Du Wei became more and more curious: "Is there anything else?"
"Of course!" The old apprentice looked proud: "This is the oldest crystal ball shop in the Magic Guild! Did you know? The current Chairman of the Magic Guild, Mr. Yago Doug, became a magician when he was young.
The first crystal ball I bought when I was young was from my store! The person who sold him the crystal ball was my father! I have all styles of crystal balls here...I don’t know which one you need?"
Although Du Wei is not bad at magic, he has never systematically studied formal magic knowledge. Most of his understanding of these magic props is from those messy books, bit by bit.
There is really not much knowledge about magic props such as crystal balls. After thinking about it, he smiled bitterly and said: "Old gentleman, I have just become a magician and am planning to buy my first crystal ball, so I don't want to
Do you know what you need? Do you have any suggestions?”
The old apprentice was stunned for a moment, looked at Du Wei's black robe, and opened his mouth: "Oh... you, a magician like you, haven't you ever used a crystal ball before?"
Du Wei smiled: "I have just become a magician."
The old apprentice immediately realized that he was rude. The status of a magic apprentice is the lowest in the entire magic system. Let alone the magic bachelor wearing a black robe. Even if he is a first-level magician, he must be polite to him.
Angry. I just asked such a rude question, which was inappropriate.
However... as a bachelor of magic, he has just become a magician... which is very strange.
"In this way..." The old apprentice hesitated for a moment. The smile on his face was even more polite: "Excuse me, which type of magic do you major in?"
"Is there any difference?" Du Wei asked.
"Of course, if you are majoring in fire magic, I have a fire magic enhancement auxiliary crystal ball here, which can serve as the best eye when setting up the fire magic position. You only need one ball in your hand, and the entire
Any subtle fluctuations in the magic circle cannot escape your eyes. If you practice water magic, I also have a water summoning ball. Even if you are in the dry northwest wasteland, you can enhance the magic summoning range and detect
Underground water aid, thereby extracting water elements... Well, let me think about it... Well, as I get older, my brain is not very good. I almost forgot, I still have a few wind crystal balls here, but they are just
It can be a low-level prediction ball that can predict cloud fluctuations in the sky and strong winds within a hundred miles. When you set up a wind magic array, you can use this crystal ball to find the surrounding wind and adjust it... uh, adjust it.
Ready-made wind saves much more mana than relying on your own magic to create a whirlwind. Are you right?"
Du Wei thought for a moment and smiled: "What if it's dark magic?"
The old apprentice's eyes twitched slightly, and there was a hint of fear in his eyes. He looked Du Wei up and down, and sighed: "Ah... dark magic... there are not many magicians practicing dark magic now. Let's
let me see……"
After a moment, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said with a smile: "I remembered, I have something here that is specially designed for dark magicians. But it is an antique that has been around for decades. No one has bought it here.
.This is an 'undead search ball'. If you are a dark magician and you want to collect undead to refine undead creatures, then this undead search ball can help you detect the undead creatures that are active around you.
The dispersed ghost."
Du Wei couldn't help but tremble!
Collecting dead ghosts? Refining undead creatures?
So, the undead warrior summoned by Master Clark was also refined by himself?
Doing this... is such an evil thing allowed by the Magic Guild?
Seeing Du Wei's expression was different, the old apprentice quickly added: "However, I must remind you that if you want to buy this crystal ball, you must first sign a contract with me."
"contract?"
"Of course!" The old apprentice's face became more and more confused... How come this little guy, wearing the robe of a high-status magician, seems to know nothing about these most basic things?
If it weren't for the protection of the Magic Guild's magic formation, outsiders wouldn't be able to pretend to come in... The old apprentice might really think that Du Wei is pretending to be here!
"Although the dark magic to refine dead creatures is legal by the Magic Union, there are many prohibitions and restrictions on practicing this type of magic. For example, collecting the souls of living creatures to refine undead creatures is allowed, but
There are also several prohibitions. The most important one is that only those ghosts who have died are allowed to be collected. Magicians are absolutely not allowed to kill innocent people with their own hands and refine their souls! This is an absolute taboo! So, if
If you want to buy this crystal ball, you must sign a contract with me! To put it bluntly...if you go out and use my crystal ball to do something that violates the regulations, then this matter will definitely be related to
I have nothing to do with it! Even if the responsibility is investigated, I will not be held accountable. The Magic Guild has regulations that all dark magic items must sign a contract before purchasing. So..."
After the old apprentice finished speaking, he glanced at Du Wei secretly.
It's not surprising that Du Wei doesn't understand these things. After all, he has never really studied the magic system systematically.
In the magic union, dark magic has always been an embarrassing and ambiguous existence.
In particular, there is a kind of magician who is an absolutely evil existence that is strictly prohibited by the magic union. Once discovered, no matter how much effort is spent, the evil magician must be eliminated!
Black Necromancer.
Although in dark magic, magicians are allowed to use the souls of the dead to refine it, but it is absolutely not allowed to use living people to refine it!
There are some evil dark magicians in history who have evil thoughts in pursuit of powerful power. They often use their powerful strength to kill ordinary people at will for their own selfish purposes. There are even some evil strong men in history.
, will slaughter villages and towns at every turn, even kill everyone in a city, and then refine everyone into death creatures for him to drive!
Therefore, the difference between a dark magician and an evil necromancer is just this line.
If you only occasionally capture one or two ghosts that linger after death, the ghosts that are filled with resentment and linger after death will actually harm the human world. You capture them and refine them into your own undead creatures.
, then not only will Li not be blamed, but it will be considered a good thing.
But killing living creatures and refining undead creatures is evil.
Du Wei listened to the old apprentice's introduction, and he probably understood something in his heart. He was about to leave, but for some reason, suddenly something happened in his heart, and he said, "Then, I will buy the darkness you have here."
Get a crystal ball."
This was a random thought in Du Wei's mind, and he vaguely asked himself for a long time. It would be a bit embarrassing if he left without buying something.
Although he doesn't practice any dark magic now, it would be of interest to buy one and study it.
The old apprentice immediately became happy and walked into the back of the shop. After a long time, he took out a box made of black inkstone, placed it heavily in front of Du Wei, and said with a smile: "This thing, I
I've been waiting for decades and still haven't sold it. Since you like it, I'll sell it at a low price..."
After some haggling, Du Wei exchanged two pieces of high-quality aquamarine and a pound of magic crystal for setting up the magic circle for this crystal ball. Anyway, he now has a lot of luggage, and the Luolin Plains Magic Union branch gave it to him last time.
He brought a lot of those things with him in the magic baggage around him. Although the crystal ball was very expensive in exchange, Du Wei didn't care, after all, it was given by others.
The old apprentice was very happy after signing a contract with the sheepskin dossier. He picked up a bell behind the counter that was so rusted that the original color could not be seen. He shook it a few times, and a wave of faint magic power rippled out.
The music floated out.
After a while, a young man wearing a silver magic apprentice robe ran in, holding another six-pointed star badge on his chest, with a slight sweat on his forehead. He came in and said with a smile: "Dad Hans, are you calling me?"
"
"This... I sold a dark-type prop. This is a contract. You can take it back and record it." The old apprentice smiled.
This young apprentice was obviously a staff member of the Magic Union. He glanced at Du Wei, quickly bent down and saluted, carefully collected the contract signed by Du Wei, and then left.
Du Wei was very curious about the system in this magic union, but he didn't want to ask any more questions, and then left.
The crystal ball in black ink was also thrown into the magic baggage he carried.
This seems to be just a small episode in Du Wei's wandering...
But history is often like this. A small wave can often change the direction of the entire era...
A small dark crystal ball seemed to have a subtle change in Du Wei's life. However, there is no trace of this change yet.