Chapter 217 002: Liars and Books

Luo Xi and Richard immediately walked to the street.

The market was full of goods, selling all kinds of strange materials, weapons and equipment, alchemical props, books and scrolls, and even magic pet slaves, etc. Just as Richard said, many of them were things Luo Xi had never seen in the South Coast Alliance before.

Richard's attention was quickly attracted by a stall selling magic pets, where there were several blood scorpions, which were magical creatures only found in the Death Desert.

"I'll go over there and take a look."

"Oh, ah, okay, you be careful."

"Okay."

Seeing that he was so interested, Luo Xi didn't want to disturb him. He told him something and walked away on his own.

"Hey, young man, do you want to see my books? They were just dug out from the ruins of the ancient city. They are all precious books left over from the Sigrama era. These are rare ancient secrets."

At this moment, a voice came from the street.

This was a sloppy witch who looked to be in her 50s or 60s. She had gray hair like withered straw and wore a gray cloak. It was unknown how long she had worn the cloak. It was tattered and covered with dirt. Her face and hair were also dirty.

At this moment, the old witch was smiling at Luo Xi with her mouth wide open. She was missing a tooth and the stench in her mouth could be smelled from a distance.

Luo Xi didn't want to go over there at first. The strong smell on her made him uncomfortable. However, the items on her stall really interested him. They were several books and scrolls. Judging from the patterns on the surface, they were indeed from Sigrama.

So he endured the stench and walked over to pick up one of the books to take a look.

"The emblem of the tree of wisdom. The texture is also rare red-grained paper. The craftsmanship of this kind of paper is no longer available. It seems to be from Sigrama."

After taking a rough look, Luo Xi hurriedly asked: "Can I open it and take a look?"

If it is a book from the Sigrama Dynasty, it is really worth collecting. Luo Xi is not a collector, but if there is really magic knowledge that he is interested in, he doesn't mind spending money here.

The old witch's face suddenly piled up a warm smile, and she hurriedly said: "Of course, but before that you need to put down two medium magic stones."

In some places, there will be this requirement when trading knowledge-related magic props, which is mainly to prevent some people from getting it for free.

Luo Xi also understood this, and then took out two medium magic stones and put them down, and then picked up one of the books and opened it to read.

"It's fake"

However, when he saw the content inside, Luo Xi couldn't help but be disappointed.

Although the contents were protected by magic, Luo Xi couldn't see them all clearly, but from the limited contents, he could tell that the ink used to write these contents was black elf ink, which was produced more than a thousand years ago and was widely used in copying magic books.

In other words, this book was from the Sigrama period, but the contents were actually printed later, pure fakes.

Luo Xi then flipped through the remaining books, including the scroll, but they were all similar. The materials used to make these things were all from the Sigrama period, but the contents were all written with black elf ink, all fakes.

'Sure enough, you have to be careful when buying things in such a flea market.'

Luo Xi had heard before that in such an unordered market, he often encountered some scammers. Today, he learned a lesson. It was also because he usually read more books and accumulated a lot of knowledge. Otherwise, he might really suffer a big loss.

The old witch, who didn't know she had been exposed, smiled at Luo Xi with a flattering face: "How is it, distinguished guest? These are all treasures left over from the Sigrama period. It will be difficult to get a chance if you miss them."

Luo Xi wanted to squeeze this liar, but after thinking about it, he decided not to cause trouble in such an unsafe place.

Just as he was about to answer, a voice suddenly sounded in Luo Xi's spiritual sea of ​​consciousness.

"Luo Xi, buy the book with a blue cover!"

At the same time, the whistle that Luo Xi had been keeping in the inner pocket on his chest vibrated, obviously from Lina who was following him.

The old witch originally thought that this business was hopeless based on Luo Xi's expression, but suddenly she saw Luo Xi's expression change, as if he was very hesitant, so she hurriedly continued to sell hard: "Dear guest, I am not talking nonsense, books like this are antiques, and they are worth collecting alone, not to mention that they also record the precious knowledge left over from the Sigrama Dynasty."

"You also know that in the wizard world, knowledge is the most valuable. Don't you want to know about the magic knowledge of that era?"

Luo Xi ignored the old witch's chattering, but just casually picked out the blue-covered book from the books and put it in his hand to observe it carefully.

However, he couldn't figure out what it was. This book was no different from other books on the stall. They were all fakes.

He couldn't help but ask in his heart: "Is there anything special about this?"

However, Lina's answer was very firm: "Don't worry about it. Buy it first and I'll explain it to you later. If you miss it, I guarantee you will regret it!"

Okay!

Hearing Lina's promise, Luo Xi stopped worrying and asked: "How much do you sell these books for?"

The old witch's smile became brighter and brighter, and she said with her hands rubbing: "Ten high-grade magic stones per book."

Good guy, she dared to ask!

If Lina hadn't repeatedly explained, he really wanted to turn around and leave immediately without looking back.

One high-grade magic stone is equivalent to 10,000 magic stones, and ten high-grade magic stones are 100,000 magic stones. There are about a dozen books here. If you buy them all at this price, wouldn't it cost hundreds of thousands of magic stones?

If these books were really from the Sigrama period, they would be worth the price, but if you really bought these fake books, you would lose all your money!

"No wonder there are always conflicts here"

Luo Xi went to Lina to confirm again, and after getting a very firm answer from the other party, he started to bargain with the old witch.

After a round of bargaining, Luo Xi finally agreed to 30%, which was 7 high-grade magic stones per book. He took three books from the stall, including the book with a blue cover.