Chapter 1734: What I Saw at the Base and the Illusion of the Past

In Xia Duo's impression, there are not many valuable specialties in the etheric plane, and most things from the etheric plane cannot be brought back to the material plane.

Of course, everything that can be brought back is good. Although it may not be of any use for the time being, it is at least a thought.

After hiding his identity and entering Base No. 3, Xia Duo found that there were not many people in the base, mainly concentrated on two streets, one horizontal and one vertical. These two streets were almost crowded with stalls.

The items on these stalls were also varied and had almost everything. Xia Duo walked around and finally stopped in front of a stall with the most variety.

Seeing a mage stop in front of his stall, the stall owner immediately greeted him enthusiastically, "Mr. mage, what are you interested in? Tell Old Barry and I will definitely give you the best price!"

This was said so skillfully that Xia Duo doubted whether the best price mentioned by the other party was the highest or the lowest. However, since there was a free explanation, it was appropriate to pay some money, so he asked the stall owner:

"This is my first time here. It stands to reason that only high-level mages dare to enter the etheric plane to hunt. Why are there so many ordinary adventurers?"

"To be honest with this mage, those adventurers are actually trapping etheric creatures around the base. You also saw some flesh, bones, fur and other materials in my stall, which are consigned by the adventurers."

"What about this painting?" Xia Duo asked, pointing to the frame that occupied a large area on the stall, and looking at the height, there were at least five or six paintings lower down.

"These paintings were also consigned by adventurers, and some were brought back by the mage who went outside."

"Not on consignment?"

"This -" the stall owner seemed a little embarrassed. He looked at Xia Duo, then at the other stall owners around him, and finally lowered his voice and said, "We can't take these paintings out, so the mage gave them to us at a cheap price."

"So that's it!"

Xia Duo pretended to be suddenly enlightened and nodded. The stall owner's performance was still too heavy for him. Was he deliberately showing sincerity to gain his favor and thus have an additional acquisition channel? Or are you preparing to cut his leeks?

"Then how do you sell these paintings?"

"Your Excellency, aren't you from the Seven Towers?" the stall owner asked tentatively.

"How did you tell?"

"I have the paintings sold to me by the mage from the Seven Towers. If you are from the Seven Towers, it shouldn't be difficult to buy them inside the Seven Towers, and you won't even stop here."

But in the end, the stall owner's voice became quieter and quieter, and finally he asked cautiously: "Do you really like these paintings?"

"No, just asking about the price, isn't that okay?"

"Yes, yes, absolutely yes. Just ask, sir. These paintings are called [Old Illusions] by the adults of the Seven Towers. Different prices are set according to the completeness. Most of the paintings here are relatively complete. The lowest price for a painting is 200 gold coins." "

When he saw the other party saying the price of 200 gold coins with a serious face, Xia Duo felt an indescribable feeling of disobedience. To him, 200 gold coins might not be as good as what was leaking out from between his fingers.

But for ordinary people, it may take at least a year to save so many gold coins (salary analogy, approximately equal to 40,000 RMB).

The people who have been granted land in the Xiaduo territory participate in the development work organized by the Development Department, and the minimum salary is 100 gold coins per month.

And if you choose to start your own business, such as Lille who opens a tavern, earning dozens of gold coins a day is really casual, which is still relatively conservative.

At present, the business field in Daxia Ling is almost completely blank. Those who join first can almost make a lot of money as long as they are not stupid. Those who join late, even if they receive subsidies, their income will not be less than working in the development department. too much.

But even so, 200 gold coins is not a small amount for them.

Gu Rong

Probably only adventurers or mages can take out this money at will!

And just these 200 gold coins are already the manufacturing cost of the Tower of Time's first-generation communication magic weapon. If everyone in the territory is to be able to afford the communication magic weapon, wealth transfer needs to increase efforts.

At the same time, it is also necessary to continuously tap into the creative potential of ordinary people, otherwise it will be difficult to continue unilateral output for a long time.

…

Seeing Xia Duo staring at the painting and falling silent, stall owner Barry couldn't help but speak:

"Sir, do you need to buy one? The Arcane Federation sells magic scrolls for fixing this kind of paintings in the shops in the base. After using it, you can bring it back to the main plane, like the one in the etheric plane now [ Illusion of the Past] can be sold for at least 500 gold coins!”

"Didn't you do such a good thing that can make money so easily?" Xia Duo asked.

"This - I haven't learned how to use that magic scroll yet. If I learn it, I will definitely do it!"

Barry looked so confident that Xia Duo couldn't help but shake his head when he saw it, "I advise you not to do this. Go and find out how much trading volume there is outside first!"

In fact, even if the trading volume is okay, Xia Duo is not prepared to do this. On the one hand, it is too slow to make these small amounts of hundreds and hundreds of dollars. On the other hand, he feels that this may be the thing Qita created to cut leeks.

Xia Duo could see the essence of these paintings almost at a glance. They were indeed as the Seven Towers named them - [Illusions of the Past], which were the manifestations of certain scenes from the Possessed Plane in the Ethereal Plane.

The caster can recreate these scenes through some means, but that's about it.

The caster can directly summon the illusion of the past in the main plane, which is much more complete and accurate than the transformation through the etheric plane.

If these paintings really have much value, why don't the Seven Pagodas digest them internally?

Like now, on the two streets of Base 3, not to mention that every stall has this etheric version of [Illusion of the Past], but if you average all the paintings, at least each stall can get two or three pairs.

In such quantities, the value almost speaks for itself.

…

Just when Xia Duo was about to ask about other items on the stall, the stall owner at the stall next to him poked his head in and said mysteriously:

"I heard that someone found a mage's secret treasure in the main plane through a painting not long ago. Is it true?"

"I've heard that too." Another stall owner also started to agree.

But their words seemed to be full of loopholes in Xia Duo's opinion. Let alone any serious mage who would create any secrets outside. Even if there was a secret, how could the news get here?

It just so happened that when he was feeling a little unmotivated, the person next to him said it.

What a coincidence, isn’t it!

But it doesn’t matter if you buy one. Xia Duo is really curious about what he can see through [Old Illusion]. He hasn’t mastered the method of detecting the old illusion yet, so it would be good to experience the etheric version first.

It’s only a few hundred gold coins anyway!

Thinking like this, Xia Duo pointed at the picture frames on the ground, and several overlapping picture frames suddenly levitated and were laid out one by one in front of him.