"Ayo, come here!" The young man waved to his companion, motioning him to come to the front of the stall.
The items displayed on that stall were just like those found in all similar flea markets. They seemed ordinary, but the dazzling variety of goods was actually full of all kinds of novel gadgets.
This place is located in an underground market in the old city near the airport airship tower. Because it is close to the craftsman area, the air is filled with smoke. All kinds of steel beams, pipes, and lines in the sky above the smoke and dust pass horizontally and under the trusses.
There is a rusty sign hanging on it, and it is surrounded by dark and inconspicuous corners, making it look desolate.
The kind of decadence and gloom that characterizes old urban areas in big cities that decline after prosperity is something that these two young people from the Bucks Kingdom have never seen before.
However, Yayo and his companions adapted quickly. They came to this city with the Seven Seas Traveler and quickly adapted to the strange life here.
Yayo signed up with the Craftsmen Guild, and the two of them found a job. At the same time, they studied some alchemical gadgets and made some designs on a daily basis, hoping to go further on this road.
It's just that the cost of living in Ayin Block is still too high. The alchemy products sold in the craftsman area are frighteningly expensive. Even if they only buy parts and raw materials, it is enough to take a bite out of the two people's low monthly income.
Come.
Although the things on the secondhand market are not always as satisfactory, they are better than the cheap ones.
What's more, there is always a sense of excitement in searching for your favorite items among strange and weird objects. In reality, so many people are addicted to this, and it is nothing more than this.
Everything in the old city seems lifeless, except for the people here. They are many people from different regions, different races, and different faces, but they have the only common trait -
It is this quality that brings them here.
It is a spirit that is not so "comfortable in poverty but happy in poverty".
The people here have their own 'abilities', but there is an element of restlessness hidden in their bones, and the products flowing out of their hands naturally appear suspicious.
In addition to the treasures pulled out of the junk, there is another category, those "goods" that make sellers and buyers smile at each other, and they just know it well, and there is no need to reveal its source.
The young alchemist picked up just such a thing.
Although the lowland halfling boss in front of him kept his pointed ears pricked up and kept telling him that this item was a defective product eliminated from the craftsman department and its source was absolutely legitimate.
But Yayo took the thing from his companion's hand, looked at it, and then raised his head to ask about its origin and purpose, but the halfling didn't know anything about it.
Both of them are alchemists from the Craftsman Association. Although they are only in name, they have a clear understanding of the association's logistics department and will never believe that this guy is talking about Bupleurum here.
"Tell me," Yayo knocked on the shell of the thing, "Where did you steal it from?"
"Why is it stealing!?" The halfling seemed to be stimulated, "You may not want my things, but you must not insult me like this." He blushed and advocated his point of view, "Well, I actually picked this thing up.
of--"
"Picked it up?"
Yayo and his companion looked at each other. "This thing looks like an astrolabe," the young companion commented. "The star track part seems to have been dropped. It is indeed a defective product, only half of it."
"I picked it up from under the airship tower," the halfling argued in a sharp tone. "Maybe it was a valuable item dropped by a guest. Although it was broken, the remaining half is still valuable."
He looked at the two of them and said, "You can't hide it from me. I know you are alchemists, and the parts here are definitely useful to you. The price is two thousand Lisels!"
"Fifty."
"You are crazy," the other party shook his head like a rattle, "It's absolutely impossible."
"Then we'll go somewhere else," Yayo replied, "You're right, we just need parts, but it doesn't matter what the parts come from, whether it's a star tracker or an old model
It makes no difference to us whether it's a construct or not."
With that said, he took his companions and prepared to leave.
"Wait a minute," the halfling was discouraged and called to the two of them, "Five hundred Lisels, it can't be less."
"Two hundred Lisels," Yayo said, "I can leave you an address, and then you can go and have a look near the airship tower. If you find the other half or other parts, I can double it.
Buy it for the price."
The halfling looked very confused, "Really, it's a deal?"
"nature."
"Okay, it's yours," the halfling glared at the two of them fiercely, "Bring me the money!"
Ayo paid with one hand and delivered the goods with the other. He was not telling the whole truth. He had no intention of dismantling the thing, at least for the time being. If the halfling could really find his other half, he might be able to assemble the thing.
stand up.
In fact, he could tell at a glance that this was an exquisite magical device, and such things were generally worth a lot of money. However, he was actually more interested in researching this thing, and wanted to find out what its original function was.
Of course he didn't have a clue, but that didn't mean that everyone didn't. He and his companions didn't know many people in this city, but there happened to be a suitable candidate among them.
The other party had just made the front page headlines in Astrologer.
However, that person was somewhere else at the moment, and might have even left Apenand and was on his way to the border of the Sea of Trees. Yayo had no choice but to keep the matter secret until he returned to Ayinbrok.
At the same time, the premise of all this is that the halfling can find the other part, otherwise he will just dismantle the thing into parts. After all, he spent a lot of money to buy this thing, so he should let it be put to full use.
…
Yayo was not mistaken, Fang Plover had indeed left Apenande.
In that city with a strong imperial history, they left the great arena, the silver spire, and the pleasant, beautiful, red plateau that had been preserved from the previous era.
The participating team actually only stayed there for less than a week.
Although Tianlan complained more than once that she still had not visited many places in the city full of historical monuments, during that week she and Miss Ship Officer walked through every area of the city.
Daryl (or Miss Muppet) sometimes works with them, and occasionally acts as a guard, responsible for stopping those wild bees and butterflies.
According to Miss Cat's original words, Miss Ship Officer is too eye-catching, especially during the competition, Apenand is full of all kinds of people, with their own agendas, and some even have unkind intentions.
But Fang Plover was not too generous, and there were many visitors from Jiaoying Yuyan.
That's because he became famous in the competition, and most of those were noble daughters and ladies who were curious about him, including some graceful ladies. Fang Piao actually didn't know about this at first, but he was still a ship officer
The young lady mentioned this to him with a smile.
She also asked him not to refuse coldly, because in aristocratic circles, men must maintain a minimum of grace.
Fang Piao is no longer interested in the aristocratic circle, but he is a little curious about this matter. After all, who is a boy of his age without vanity?
But after participating in such salons once or twice, he realized that this kind of activity was actually no different from going to jail. Although he was surrounded by beautiful women, those pretty and lovely people seemed to be completely different from him.
people of the world.
He couldn't understand what they were discussing, and they couldn't understand him either. Both parties only spoke polite and polite words, which made people feel confused.
Fang Yu soon realized that he had been deceived by his ship officer lady. Such activities were simply killing his life. After those only two experiences, he refused to go out again and resolutely no longer accepted such activities.
A time-wasting invitation.
He couldn't care less about grace, and besides, he didn't have that kind of thing.
He is just a chosen one.
However, other people in the group heard about his experience, and everyone was very amused.
It’s just that Xiaoyao and Shui Wuming laughed so hard that they burst into tears. “It’s so interesting,” the latter said while wiping away his tears, “Ed, I think you’re doomed, Miss Sylvide will eat you up.”
You have to die."
"That's not true," Sylvide said with a smile. "He will have many such occasions in the future. As a great explorer and captain, he must see the world. Besides, the captain also has a wolf lady.
Woolen cloth."
Sylvester smiled, as if she was not unhappy at all.
But Fang Yu felt horrified when he heard this.
"Miss Wolf?" Dalil was interested in this topic and put down the sword he was cleaning in his hand.
"No, it's nothing," Fang Yu said bravely and changed the subject, "I have nothing to do with Miss Miya. Let's talk about the competition in the future."
Shui Wuming listened very interestingly and repeated it playfully, "Oh, a great explorer and captain."
"It's better not to talk about this," Fang Pliong felt that he was being publicly executed. "I am only interested in the second world, the great explorer and so on. This title should be reserved for Sir Ma Wei."
However, the ship officer lady was obviously very measured. She only said this and stepped aside with a smile.
She saved enough face for her captain.
She is never without a topic in any circle and can talk to everyone. Whether it is the topic of alchemy or the private discussions of nobles, she can make people feel like a spring breeze.
With her appearance as a ship officer, she can easily become the center of a conversation, but she always gives up that position to her captain. Although the latter is not proud of it, he is often very
pain.
The upper class circles of the empire were very closed.
What Fang Piao saw and heard a few days ago is actually not surprising. The nobles of the empire are bound by blood and have controlled the rules for entering the circle for thousands of years. Sometimes they are too indulgent, and sometimes they are too conservative.
But if you go deep into that circle, normal people will find it difficult to adapt. Those people maintain their identity through those overly lengthy stereotypes. Some of the 'norms' that originated centuries ago and still exist today have no logic at all.
The girls in that circle just have trouble knowing themselves when they are in it. After all, everyone sees the world around them. And because of this, Fang Plover retains respect for those who are willing to break boundaries.
There is no doubt that Sylvester's father is this kind of person.
The nobles and priests descended from the Corin-Yinthulian royal family are even more ridiculous, so much so that even the alchemists who are also on the upper floors of the building sneer at the mention of it. This is by no means an intentional slander by me——
After all, Fang Yu had already learned the virtues of the perverse King and the people around him.
And he was able to maintain his unique nature in such a circle, and he had extensive contacts with many alchemists, and from Sylvide herself, we could also see what kind of person that gentleman was.
Fang Yu was very curious about his 'old father-in-law' whom he had never met before.
Among all the people, only Alyssa is not there. This Miss Nightingale has been sneaking around and planning something with Nini these days. The two of them never see anyone all day long, but considering that Miss Alyssa is the intelligence officer on the ship, it is easy to
There is not much more to say.
What's more, she also brings back some gossip from time to time. By the way, this lady also got the folk remedy that goat's milk can soothe the nerves, but she just doesn't know how to pass it on to Sylvester.
The taste of that bowl of goat's milk was indescribable. Fang Plover felt very energetic soon after drinking it, and fell asleep that night.
Xiaoyao was envious and jealous of the invitations he received from those aristocratic daughters. He said several times that he wished he could replace them with his own body, but unfortunately most people were not interested in crystal craftsmen, let alone who would remember who was not the first place?
On the other hand, Weiyu's good appearance and demeanor caused a lot of discussion in the aristocratic circles. Some people also compared him with the Empire's twin stars. However, like Fang Pliong, the former also rejected all those invitations.
This made Xiaoyao feel very sad and denounced these two guys for burning harps and cooking cranes, while cows chewed peonies.
But after isolating himself from the disturbances in the outside world, time flew by extremely fast. A week passed by in a flash. These days, Fang Pliance locked himself up to study the star devices and the design drawings obtained from the underground of Nozpiz.
.
He gained something, but not much progress.
Especially after realizing the connection between the Green Star and the Green Star, as well as the relationship between the origin of alchemy and the Bane Star, he had some doubts about the previous technologies from the elves.
What he has been promoting now is multiple parallelism and elf creation, but due to the limitations of hardware conditions, the progress is very limited. Some of the insights gained from the sea of trees space are useful, but some are completely unverifiable.
On the contrary, he solved a few more questions in the Chapter of Keys, which was what he gained from all his recent experiences. He returned this part of the progress to Shana, but got no reply.
It seems that since the last meeting, several familiar IDs on the communication list have never appeared again.
The same goes for Miya.
However, there has been no news from the Second World since that big news. For him, no news at this time is actually good news.
As for the military, he did not contact Su Changfeng because the other party was still on Earth, said to be in Western Siberia. This information should be kept secret, but he himself was considered half a non-staff member, with a certain level of confidentiality.
Of course, on the other hand, he can't speak as casually as he used to. Bai Jia is quite worried about him. Fortunately, he still has Miss Nightingale and Sylvide by his side to help him check things in.
Needless to say how reliable the latter is, even Bai Jia trusts her very much. As for Miss Nightingale, like him, she is helping the military. In fact, her twin sister Alice is still in the special operations team.
Just his identity is unknown.
The participating teams were divided into two after leaving Appenand. Some of the eliminated people had to leave the empire and embark on their way home. Of course, there were also some who had sufficient funds and planned to stay with them.
As for whether the name is a long experience or a tour within the empire, that is a matter for each team.
As for the Giant Tree Hill, the Sanshak delegation had set out a week ago. Forin did not say goodbye to them, but left him a strange message. Luo Wei was responsible for delivering this message. She told him:
"Forin is waiting for you to go to Sangshak to meet him."
"Why should I go to Sanshak?"
Although Fang Plover did have a plan to go to the Giant Tree Hill, why was the other party so sure?
What's more, he might go to Sanshak before that. After all, it is the hometown of the Papalar people, and it is also the place where alchemy flourishes the most.
But after Miss Attila and the big cat man leave, he may have to rush to the Shadow Tree Temple to pick up his cheap "sister". The two directions are completely different, and Sanshak's plan may be shelved.
Besides, Parker is still wanted there.
"He has seen your Valkyrie," Luo Wei replied, "You have the withered Heart of Terraka in your hand, and you were chosen by the lady. He said that the inspiration in your hand is not complete inspiration, it is straightforward.
The Tower of Light and Spring Dawn will give you more inspiration, and you will need a lot to build that machine in the real world, so you will definitely go there."
"Then I thank him."
Fang Plover scratched his hair and was a little confused. That guy was obviously an alchemist, but why did he act like a magician? He was still not the Chosen One.
But Forin reminded him that he was indeed curious about the Light Leader now. He had met the occultists of the Silver Tower, and once again met the gray-robed scholar named Atush, and another one who was with him.
old man.
That old man should be the keeper of the Silver Tower in the empire and the current director of the Silver Great Library. His real name was Farif Heinard. Fang Plover was very familiar with that name, but he only remembered it later.
Remember where you heard it.
About two centuries ago, this name had a prestigious history. He finally remembered who it was, the master of the magic book "Book of the Sky", the sage, and the great wizard.