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"Is the custor selling local goods?"
I give up on your grandma.
Lin Suo was unapologetically direct.
"Last month, at the Antique Guild's auction, soone sold a sacrificial artifact of the Elf Royal Family—a clay pot."
Old John was startled, his lean body trembling slightly in fear.
But it lasted only for a negligible mont.
"Why are you telling this?"
Lin Suo startled him with his next words.
"That item, I sold it to you."
"You...?!!"
Old John jumped in shock but quickly retorted.
"That has nothing to do with , I passed it on to soone else, and I didn't manage the auction."
"The authenticity of that item, you and I both know very well."
"Are you interested in a long-term partnership."
Old John shook his head as if he was a bobble-head.
"Don't get your hopes up; I, Old John, have always upheld my integrity, never selling fake antiques. You deceived with that clay pot! Leave now, or I'll call the enforcent team."
Lin Suo just stared at him blankly.
His right hand grasped a tal object displayed on the counter.
"The decades of reputation of Uncle John's Antiques Shop..."
Creak~
"I won't... possibly..."
Creak~
"Collaborate..."
Clang!
"Pleasure doing business with you!!"
Lin Suo smiled.
He let go of the crumpled tal ornant and shook Old John's hand, revealing his pearly white teeth.
"Pleasure doing business."
Physical persuasion has its rits but isn't sustainable.
Ultimately, it's all about the gains.
Lin Suo placed his handbag on the counter and undid the clasp.
"No matter how much you sell, give fifty thousand Gold Coins a month. My people will contact you later; the sales mustn't go through the auction house but rather undercover sales only."
"How about it?"
When Old John heard fifty thousand Gold Coins, he was dizzy with greed, but dumbstruck upon seeing a dozen exquisitely made "antiques" inside the bag.
With his level of appraisal, he couldn't discern any flaws in these items; if aged expertly, they looked genuine.
Inside the bag were antiques from the Elf Clan, Beastn, Sea Clan, humans—a diverse collection, each with unique characteristics.
This damn criminal syndicate, gotta hold onto it tight!
When he ca to his senses.
Lin Suo had already vanished into thin air, but he left a note on the table, detailing a place and date, as well as instructions on how to proceed.
Yes, he only planned to et with Old John this one ti.
Hereafter, he'd hide the goods at the appointed place and could leave; when needed, he could retrieve them, largely increasing the safety.
There's no surveillance in this era; this sche is already perfect.
With his imminent Peak Knight strength, plus so training in surveillance and counter-surveillance tactics, he didn't believe himself inferior to anyone; to catch him, one would need a real Wizard.
With the pitifully short detection distance of a Wizard Apprentice's spiritual power, it's tough to spot him.
There are no permanent resident Wizards in Kouste.
Dabbling in shady dealings requires courage and ticulousness, so it's done.
After returning to the bookstore successfully and shedding his disguise, Lin Suo reverted back to his handso, sophisticated young self, wearing gold-rimd glasses (self-made) and sitting behind the bookstore counter, leafing through a dical textbook.
The ditation thod has limited daily training ti; overdoing ditation would only exhaust the Spiritual Space.
Moderation is key.
Nowadays, aside from managing the bookstore, he's brushing up on the proficiency of various Skills.
To today's date, he doesn't possess a single ability that can be judged as a [Skill]. Lin Suo estimated, if it's not the Combat Skills of a Knight, it must be the Witchcraft of a Wizard.
He's working on the money.
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According to his knowledge, the cost of Apprentice Level witchcraft was not high, far less valuable than items like the Enlightennt Flower or ditation thod.
Taking the [White Rose] opened by White Tower in Kouste as an example.
Apprentice Level witchcraft.
The defensive type of witchcraft was the most expensive, reaching the ceiling of one hundred thousand Gold Coins, attack type only cost thirty thousand Gold Coins, and functional types varied from thirty thousand to eighty thousand depending on the specific effects.
Of course, this was for Apprentice Level. No one would sell First Rank witchcraft, even if comrce in the Dan Dong Empire was well-developed, they wouldn't sell.
It involved fundantal inheritance.
The Gold Coins of the Dan Dong Empire were only the size of a fingernail and were not pure gold but mixed with other tals.
In the alchemy of wizards, many things required gold dust and silver dust as materials.
Thus, even though Gold Coins were the common currency for ordinary people,
They also had a certain material value.
If calculated based on the value ratio of gold dust to Magic Stones.
The gold dust refined from one hundred thousand Gold Coins could almost be exchanged for ten Magic Stones.
Unfortunately, no one was willing to make the exchange.
What use would they have for so much gold dust.
The estimated value would be much lower, and since Gold Coins were currency, refining them for gold dust ant that that amount of money would be permanently removed from the market, not a big deal once or twice.
But fear cos if it happened too often.
Therefore, there were also issues of imperial control and such.
Between Magic Stones and Gold Coins, unless it was a private illegal transaction, there was no place to exchange.
Being able to use Gold Coins to purchase witchcraft was already good enough, nothing to be dissatisfied about.
Lin Suo had set his sights on a few Apprentice Level witchcraft, but unfortunately, he didn't have enough money, and fake antiques could only be sold slowly, preferably to rchant ships passing through Kouste Port.
It was best to let them spread it around.
This way, the likelihood of finding the source was very low.
Fifty thousand Gold Coins a month was an exorbitant profit, even nobles couldn't earn that much, indeed, there's a stupidity tax on luxury goods.
But it was still far from enough to buy a set of witchcraft.
Lin Suo pondered back and forth.
He planned to use the Enlightennt Reagent to test the waters, this item couldn't be handled by him directly, he needed to find a controllable agent, so if anything happened, it wouldn't be traced back to him.
Before that, he had to solve the problem of obtaining the Enlightennt Flower.
And fulfill his own needs for cultivation.
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A few days later.
Valia ca as usual for a free al, with her hands behind her back, shaking her head and swaying as she walked into the Rhein Bookstore.
"Rhein Rhein, what are we eating today..."
Lin Suo: ▄█▀█●
Honestly, he was about to throw up eating vegetarian all the ti, every ti Valia ca, he had to accompany her eating fruit salads to satiation, he was fed up.
The crystal pork knuckle he had just made was hidden away by him.
He pulled out a vegetable similar to a cucumber and chopped it into small strips.
"Spicy cucumber mixed with sweet lon..."
The legendary savory, sweet, and spicy flavor with a crunchy texture, not sothing ordinary people could handle.
But Valia liked this taste and often brought her own ingredients.
"Yay!"
The Elf lass sat on the sofa and didn't move, Lin Suo had to finish the job quickly and mixed a few fruit salads of normal tastes.
"Eat"
"Thank you, then I won't be polite!"
Chomp chomp～
The cheeks of the little Elf girl were puffed out, her words unclear because her mouth was full.
"Say, Rhein, why do you like eating Elf Clan food... It's really rare to see soone like you."
Lin Suo's face darkened.
He took a bite of an apple, tasting as bland as wax.
After a while, Valia was well-fed and drank her fill, so Lin Suo conveniently put down his fork.
"Lea, about that matter of the Enlightennt Flower seeds."
"That, uh..."
"I can give them to you, no problem, but you've already completed your Enlightennt, haven't you? What do you need the seeds for?"
"Besides, the concentration of Magic Power in Kouste is too low to sustain the Enlightennt
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