With this in mind, the two of them approached a stall. The stall owner was a middle-aged man with a weathered face.
He was wearing an old leather armor, with a faint magical aura coming out of it. Apart from a short-handled dagger on his waist, he had no other weapons.
Seeing the two master mages lingering not far away for a long time, they finally chose their stall. The stall owner immediately greeted them warmly:
"Two Master Mages, these goods have just been sent to me from the Kangchi Plain in the southwest. There are pioneers there who are exploring new lands. They are absolutely fresh! First-hand!"
Konchi plain?
Hearing this familiar place name, Xia Duo couldn't help but reveal a playful smile. In the demiplane, he had more or less exchanges with other pioneers, either on development matters or in the field of magic.
But he has never heard anyone mention that relics were found on their own or other people's territory. If those pioneers hadn't deliberately concealed it, then the relics and items here would be——
He glanced at the pile of groceries on the gray cloth stall. Judging from the appearance, there were various exquisite talismans in the elven style, rough and primitive stone statues, rusted metal creations, and even something similar to a spell book.
exist.
While Xia Duo was still considering how many of these items were genuine, Niya had already picked through the stalls and selected an elf amulet.
"What's the price of this amulet?"
"Sir, these goods of mine are all fresh and first-hand. Each item is 1,000 gold coins, and there will be no bargaining!" the middle-aged stall owner said respectfully while rubbing his hands.
However, Xia Duo noticed that this guy seemed to be respectful, but in fact he was confident and did not know whose influence he was relying on.
If he knew that he was facing two arcanists, one of whom was a student of the princess, he didn't know what his expression would be like.
Of course, without knowing the background of the other party, Xia Duo did not want to rashly challenge the unspoken rules of the streets in the old city, but——
Sha Duo stopped Niya's attempt to pay and said to the stall owner: "If I admit it correctly, this amulet should be the youth amulet that was once popular in the Yeerlan Kingdom hundreds of years ago. How could it appear in the ruins of the Konchi Plain?"
Woolen cloth?"
"This, this -" the expression on the middle-aged stall owner's face suddenly froze, "Maybe this was accidentally lost by the elf adventurer in that ruins! Yes, that's it!"
"I didn't say this was a talisman used by living elves! Although this talisman is called [Youth], it is more often used as a funerary object!"
In fact, when he saw the style of this amulet, Xia Duo knew that none of the things on this stall were real, at least not from some ruins on the Konchi Plain as the stall owner said.
After listening to Xia Duo's explanation, Niya said "Yeah" and threw the amulet out. Then she looked at the stall owner with an angry face. The meaning couldn't be more obvious -
You are actually a tomb robber!
In Netheril, although the belief in the Lord of Death is not widespread, it is at least officially recognized and considered one of the mainstream. One of the teachings of the Lord of Death is "let the dead return to death."
This not only means letting death not interfere with the present world, but also not wanting the living to disturb the dead, which is specifically reflected in respect for the deceased and their gravesites.
At the end of each year, there is a Moon Festival dedicated to priests for the dead and blessing the graveyard. On this day, relevant celebrations and ceremonies will be held in various parts of Netheril under the auspices of the death priests.
Therefore, in Netheril, tomb robbers can definitely be regarded as a rather despicable and shady profession.
Seriously, they may even be hunted down by some fanatical death priests.
As for robbing elven tombs, in a sense, it may be more serious than robbing human tombs.
Even if the current relationship between Ellan and Netheril is not as close as it was originally, it can still be regarded as a serious diplomatic incident.
In fact, after Xia Duo pointed out that the talisman was a funerary object of the Erlan elves, the stall owner didn't even want to leave the stall. He just hurriedly picked up a few trinkets that seemed to be made of mithril and left in a hurry.
From the looks of it, maybe only those few are genuine, or even just genuine in terms of mithril material.
Xia Duo shook his head and collected all the things on the stall. After all, even if they were fakes, he might not be able to find some useful things.
Knowledge is intangible. It can be reflected by genuine products, and naturally it can also be reflected by fakes. Xia Duo is also very happy now that he has picked up a bunch of things for nothing. This has more or less broken up some of the worries about the New Year celebration that he has been feeling recently.
worry.
Maybe I can really pick up a lot of leaks today!
Pulling Niya, who was still a little dazed, Xia Duo came to a stall adjacent to the one just now, and said calmly to the stall owner who looked full of surprise and overjoyed:
"Let me introduce you!"
"Oh, yes, yes!"
The stall owner came to his senses, stepped on the corner of the gray cloth stall, and then shrank back while rubbing it, and then said:
"Two adults, the ones I have here come from different ruins. I guarantee that they are all genuine, but I can't guarantee whether they are in line with your wishes. Each piece is 1,000 gold coins, and there will be no counter-offering!"
The guy spoke more fluently and forcefully. Xia Duo didn't feel dissatisfied, but found it quite interesting. After staying in the mage tower for too long, he felt a little out of touch with the world.
This kind of market atmosphere is indeed what the Daxia Territory lacks today. Even the Saville Territory is not as good as it is.
"Niya, which one did you choose?" Sha Duo asked.
"Not sure yet." Niya said hesitantly.
In fact, she had just chosen a tomb object, and now she was a little unsure. She couldn't help but ask for help from Xia Duo, "Please help me take a look at those two!"
As she spoke, Niya pointed at something that looked like a transparent frame in the corner of the gray cloth and a small wooden carving engraved with various runes.
Xia Duo took a look and found that Niya's choice was half the same as he had guessed. Except for the thing that looked like a transparent frame, the rune wood carving was also the most valuable thing in the stall that he thought.
Of course, since it is a rune, it means that it is encrypted. Only through cracking can you know what it means. It is still a probability.
But compared to other things, this rune wood carving has at least a certain probability. Although other things may indeed be genuine, they are basically worthless to arcanists.
As for that thing that looks like a transparent frame——
Xia Duo couldn't help but frowned. There were glass and crystals in Netheril, but this was the first time he had seen one made like this.
Maybe Niya wanted to buy it after seeing it for the first time.
Xia Duoyi stretched out his hand to lift the transparent frame-like thing from the ground and took it into his hand. Only then did he realize that the thing was not crystal or glass, but something similar to metal.
It's just a frame the size of a palm, but it has the weight of almost iron.
Xia Duo checked repeatedly and found that this thing was not a magic item. In other words, the weight of this thing was its own, not given by magic.
At this moment, even Xia Duo felt like he was missing something. Although he didn't know what this thing could do yet, it was enough for him to collect it just as a material he had never seen before.
It's only 1,000 gold coins.
To avoid unnecessary trouble, Xia Duo immediately put this thing away together with the rune wood carving, then took out two 1,000 gold coin exchange vouchers from the Arcane Law Federation and handed them to the stall owner, and said:
"If you are not sure, you can also exchange it for gold coins!"
"OK, sure!"
The stall owner smiled philistinely, but still checked several times before putting it in his bag. After that, he looked at Xia Duo expectantly, hoping to sell a few more pieces.
"Don't worry, tell me the origin of this thing first." Xia Duo took out the transparent frame again and hinted.
Regardless of whether this transparent material is useful in the end, knowing it is better than not knowing it.