Chapter 459: Can you really hear the voice of the carved object?
"Princess?" The shop owner was a little surprised when he heard Eileen calling Lu Qing, but he didn't think too much about it.
This is the royal capital, so why is there any surprise when Her Royal Highness the Princess appears on the streets of the royal capital?
"Guest, you are so kind. He is just an insignificant beggar. There are too many such people in this world. If you help him once, no one will help him next time he is hungry."
"Of course I know, I just saw it and wanted to help." Lu Qing stood up and looked at the store manager.
It was just a bowl of porridge, which was nothing to her, but to the person in front of her, it was life-saving food.
If that's the case, then why not help out?
This incident brought back some memories of her childhood before time travel.
I remember when I was still in elementary school, some dirty old beggars would occasionally appear on the street, knocking on doors and performing some not-so-nice musical instruments.
At that time, her family would give her one or two one-dollar coins and tell her that as long as this happened, these beggars would leave directly.
It's just one or two yuan, it's nothing. Most of these beggars may be fake, but as long as one of them is real, that's enough.
Of course, there is actually another operation that is quite popular on the Internet, but it is a little more troublesome.
If you really meet a beggar, you can ask him to eat until he is full...
But now there are no beggars to be seen. Not only the beggars, but also the coins I used when I was a child have also disappeared.
Times have been advancing. I don’t know since when, but I have been using smartphones unconsciously. When I see fifty cents on the street, I don’t even have the interest to bend down to pick them up.
........
After coming back to her senses, Lu Qing looked at the room behind the shop owner curiously and said, "Boss, what do you sell here?"
"Magic props, alchemy materials, some commissions, and divination can be accepted." After hearing Lu Qing's words, the store manager thought for a moment and said.
"Can I try divination?" Lu Qing asked with some interest.
"sure."
The store manager nodded, then turned around and pushed open the wooden door of his store, and walked in with Lu Qing and the others.
"Jingle bell..."
A soft bell rang, and Lu Qing raised her head, and immediately saw a green fake snake on the door, holding a bunch of bells in its mouth.
There are no windows in the house, and the only lighting is a magic lampshade hanging on both sides of the exhibition stand, making the house look a little dark.
Lu Qing looked around and found a blue game prop by accident, except for most of the useless white props.
[Item name: Words of the Rock]
[Prop quality: blue]
[Introduction: The knife is carved from rock. The carver has put a lot of effort into it. Listen carefully to the lines on its body. It is so natural that it seems like it has grown like this. There is no doubt that this is a top master.
Class work!]
[Skills: Rock Solidity, Rock Language]
[Rock Solid Technique: A special rock attribute magic rune, which makes the rock language as hard as steel and can heal itself by absorbing rock elements. 】
[Words from the Rock: The blade of the blade seems to be breathing. When carving an object, you can feel the "breathing" and "texture" of the object being carved.]
[Note: Rocks also have memories, but they are not good at words.]
"Guest, are you interested in this stone knife?" The store manager noticed Lu Qing's gaze and explained:
"This knife was carved by a master carver who had no choice but to hide under a rock when he was walking in the wild. He was listening to the sound of rain and found a rock on the spot."
"When I use this stone knife to carve something, it's as if I can hear the 'sound' of the object being carved, and my skill greatly improves."
"However, because the material of this stone knife itself is not good, it is easily damaged when carving objects. In desperation, the master carver sold this thing to me."
When he said this, the store manager smiled slightly proudly and said: "After I got this stone knife, I added the enchantment of rock solidity to it."
"Making it as hard and tough as steel, it can also heal itself by absorbing rock elements."
"Hmm...it's exactly the same as the attributes described in the diary. There's no deliberate exaggeration or anything." Lu Qing glanced at the store manager and thought.
Because of what happened outside the door before, Lu Qing thought the store manager would be a black-hearted profiteer or something, but she didn't expect him to be so honest.
Well, at this time, she didn't realize that this might be because of her identity.
In short, Lu Qing's impression of the shop owner became slightly better and she asked, "How much does this cost?"
"2500 gold coins." The store manager said without hesitation.
"Two thousand and five..."
Lu Qing frowned, thinking in her mind whether the price of two thousand five thousand was expensive or not.
When she went out this time, she brought three thousand gold coins with her. When she bought things before, she only spent two silver coins in total.
But then I thought about it, this thing is a master-level carving and a magic prop. Doesn’t 2,500 gold seem very expensive?
Seeing Lu Qing's frowning expression, the store manager's heart suddenly tightened.
Could it be that the price I was asking was too high, or did Her Royal Highness feel that this thing was not worthy of the price?
Except for people who can carve, no one would be interested in this stone knife, so it has been unable to be sold. Now that I have finally found someone who is interested, why don't I lower the price myself?
"Well... Your Highness, Princess, didn't bring too much money when she went out this time. How about two thousand?" the store manager said with a high emotional intelligence.
Well, that's right, Her Royal Highness frowned because she didn't bring much money when she went out, not because it was too expensive.
"Two thousand..."
Lu Qing thought for a while and decided whether to discuss it with Irene, so she quietly pulled Irene's sleeve.
"Please wait a moment, I want to ask my maid how much money she brought for this trip." Lu Qing said with an apologetic smile.
"It doesn't matter, you can buy it whenever you want." The store manager also smiled and said.
"Your Highness Princess, we brought three thousand gold coins with us when we went out this time." Irene said after being pulled aside by Lu Qing.
"No, I don't want to ask you this, I want to ask, do you think that magic item is worth two thousand gold coins?" Lu Qing shook her head and said.
"Um...well, I'm sorry, I don't know." Irene said with a somewhat troubled expression.
"It doesn't matter, just say what you think."
"I........"
"Hahaha, don't embarrass her. As a maid, she cannot give advice to her master." Knight Myron came behind Lu Qing and patted her on the shoulder.
"Then Knight Myron, do you think two thousand gold coins are worth it?" Lu Qing turned to look at Knight Myron and said.
"Well...the price of every magic item on the market is different. Most of the lowest-level consumables cost 200 gold coins each."
"Weapons enchanted with rock solidity can be sold for 3,000-5,000, but this knife is not a weapon, it is just a carved object."
"And this carved object was made by a master. I think two thousand gold coins is still very cheap."