Chapter 40 Turning
Point The situation was frozen for a moment. Logically speaking, as Joseph's identity, he should treat the wizard with respect and not be rude at all.
Although the high knight is of the same level as the second-class wizard, the wizard is the ruler of this world. His status is naturally higher than that of the knight, and his strength is far superior to that of the knight of the same class.
However, Joseph's father was a top third-class apprentice.
Seeing the tense situation, Yihua also frowned.
He brought more than twenty witch crystals with him on this trip. Even at the price of eight crystal coins, Yihua was enough to buy three hundred sheepskin scrolls.
This means the finished product of one hundred second-class light therapy scrolls.
If you sell them all, you can get more than a hundred witch crystals.
But at the high price of twenty crystal coins each...
Yihua could only buy more than a hundred blank scrolls, and the finished products were reduced to thirty or forty.
Even if you sell them all, you can only get your money back and you won't be able to make a big profit, let alone get a lot of merit.
He was involved in something strange and took great risks to travel through Fangorn Forest, but he could only earn twenty witch crystals in one trip?
What to do with the at least fifty witch crystals needed for the next auction?
Do we still need to take the risk and make two more trips to Youle City?
After a long silence, Yihua took the lead and said,
"We want at least a thousand sheepskin scrolls. Can we talk about the price?" "
No, to tell you the truth, there are not many scrolls left and they have already been reserved. If you If you want it, you have to pay a higher price than them."
Joseph spread his hands to express his helplessness, and looked at the gray stone badge on Yihua's chest, which symbolized the status of a first-class apprentice, with a flash of disdain in his eyes.
After a moment, Ural's slightly hoarse voice sounded.
"Otherwise, let's just settle for this price. Maybe when we return to the academy, we can try to sell the raw materials at a higher price." Anna was shocked when she heard
Ural's suggestion and quickly dissuaded her:
"Are you really planning to sell the raw materials at such a high price? Buy it? At this price, combined with the magic ink, it costs at least 30 crystal coins to make a scroll. No one will buy it!" The price of
second-class witchcraft scrolls is often between 1-3 witch crystals. In reality, , buying 2 witch crystals is already considered a high price.
With the scroll-making skills of ordinary apprentices, the success rate of making a second-class scroll is between one-fifth and one-tenth.
The cost of making a scroll of at least 30 crystal coins is not enough for most apprentices except Yihua, let alone selling the raw materials at a higher price.
If not, they would not choose to go through Fangorn Forest to purchase goods here.
"You're here, are you ready to go back empty-handed?"
Ural said with an aggrieved face, suppressing his anger.
Seeing that there was no room for negotiation, everyone had no choice but to hold their noses and suffer the loss.
Yihua's pupils flickered slightly, and he said warily:
"We need to see the goods first."
Joseph snorted coldly when he heard this, hesitated a little, but did not refuse.
Everyone followed the footsteps of Joseph and the steward to the warehouse of the city lord's mansion.
I saw that the scrolls had already been bundled in bundles and neatly stacked on the shelves in the warehouse.
Yi Hua took a quick glance and found that there was nothing wrong with the scroll on the surface.
However, Joseph did not stop and led everyone directly through the door and into the warehouse next door.
This warehouse also houses a large number of scrolls, but the environment looks a bit damp and shabby.
Just when Yihua wanted to step forward to untie the rope and look through the scroll carefully, he was stopped by Joseph.
"Why, are you afraid that I will cheat? This is my father's property. Are you looking down on a third-class wizard?"
Joseph seemed unwilling to let Yihua and others check, so he slapped him with a big hat.
Yihua's eyes flickered, knowing that there was something suspicious. Before he could take any action, Ural spoke to try to ease the situation.
"Forget it, Yihua. For the sake of that third-class wizard, Joseph shouldn't commit fraud."
Ural's eyes signaled to Yihua that he would check after he went out.
Yi Hua frowned slightly, no one had the witchcraft to preserve evidence.
If there is something wrong with the scroll after going out, without evidence, the other party will be beaten to death and refuse to acknowledge it, and there will be nothing that can be done to the other party.
However, it was obvious that the situation at this time could not force the inspection, so we had to give up.
The five people collected hundreds of witch crystals in exchange for more than 500 scrolls that seemed to be intact, and left the place in a carriage.
Seeing Yihua and his party leaving in a carriage carrying a sheepskin scroll, Joseph smiled as if his conspiracy had succeeded.
"Master, when they leave the city, they will definitely find something wrong with the scroll. There are four second-class wizards among them. If they come to visit..." "What are you afraid of?
Those wizards have already investigated it. On the surface, there is nothing wrong with it." What kind of background do you dare to cause trouble for me? Do these apprentices still want to ask for the supply of scrolls in the future?"
Joseph said nonchalantly, and then seemed to remember something, and said:
"Besides, the deputy city lord Mr. Anderson will also protect me, just for me. A few second-class wizards can't make a big splash."
"Master, the deputy city lord went out this morning to the edge of Fangorn Forest to suppress the ferocious beasts that attacked the surrounding areas of Youle City. He is not in the city at this time..."
Hearing that the deputy city lord is not there ... After hearing the news in the city, Joseph's body froze slightly, his scalp felt numb, and a chill crawled down his back.
But now that the deal was done, recalling the slight fear that arose in his heart before, Joseph snorted angrily:
"So what if I don't have the protection of Anderson, who is an earth knight? They don't dare to attack me in the city! How dare they attack me? Can they escape Anderson's pursuit afterwards?"
"When my father comes back, he will definitely praise my business acumen!"
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After leaving the city lord's palace, Yihua randomly pulled out a bundle of scrolls and untied it.
"Sure enough..."
Yihua's eyes narrowed and he threw aside the scroll with large black spots in his hand.
The other apprentices took a closer look and saw the sheepskin scroll scattered on the ground. Although it looked intact on the surface, the inside was already damp and moldy.
"This!"
Several apprentices looked ugly, but without any further hesitation, they quickly untied all the remaining scrolls.
As a biological product, the storage environment of sheepskin scrolls has extremely strict requirements on temperature and humidity.
The scrolls had apparently been improperly preserved and had become damp and moldy.
Making witchcraft scrolls requires the raw materials to be intact, and rot and mildew also mean that these scrolls are useless and lose their original value.
After a while, everyone opened all the scrolls and saw that all the scrolls on the car were rotten and mildewed, and none of them was intact.
Looking at the invalid scroll in front of her, Anna's face was gloomy and uncertain, and her originally fair face was also a little red with anger.
"What should we do? Should we go back to Joseph to ask for an explanation?"
Ural's face was ashen and he said feebly:
"It's useless. After leaving the city lord's palace, Joseph refused to admit it. How can we defeat him? Once we offend him, If we lose him, our future supply of goods will be cut off."
The gray-robed man Lege slammed the scroll in his hand on the ground, and said aggrievedly:
"Damn it, is there no other way? It's just because there is a third-class wizard. Father!"
Jack on the side said nothing about this.
Hearing the extremely pessimistic attitudes of Reg and Ural, Yihua did not let his anger go to his head at this time, and an idea flashed in his mind.
Speaking of which, he was about to face an exam and would most likely leave the island in the future. Why should he be afraid of Joseph?
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