Chapter 14

Gao De took the yellow parchment handed over by Yomu and quickly browsed the information on it.

The spell list contained a total of five zero-circle spells: 【Acid Splash】 (Conjuration, 0-circle) fires a small acid ball at the target, with an initial maximum range of 25 feet (approximately equal to 8.5 meters).

You must make a successful ranged touch attack to hit the target, and the acid ball will cause acid damage.

The acid from the acid ball will disappear after a few seconds.

【Resistance】 (Abjuration, 0-circle) injects mana into the target (the target can be oneself) to increase the target's spell resistance, thereby reducing the spell damage and spell effects suffered; one casting can last for one minute.

【Blade Ward】 (Abjuration, 0-circle) reaches out to outline a protective mark in the air, causing oneself to have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage caused by weapon attacks.

【Ray of Frost】 (Evocation, 0-circle) fires a cold blue-white ray at the target to perform a ranged spell attack, with an initial maximum range of 25 feet.

If it hits, the target will suffer cold damage and their speed will be slowed.

【Read Magic】 (Divination, 0-circle) you can interpret magical text on items: books, scrolls, weapons, etc., that cannot be interpreted in other ways. Such interpretation usually does not release the magic contained within these texts.

Furthermore, once you have cast this spell and interpreted a piece of magical text, you can understand the same text afterward without having to resort to Read Magic again.

"How is it? Are you satisfied?"

Gao De forcibly suppressed his excitement and looked up with an expressionless face.

Satisfied, very satisfied!

How could he not be satisfied? The spell list provided by Yomu not only had the offensive spells he needed most, but there were two of them.

However, the most important principle of trading is not to let people see your satisfaction with the traded item, otherwise, what follows will inevitably be a price hike.

"One or two spells are okay, barely meeting my needs, it's just that the number of spell formulas is a bit small." Gao De replied with a mix of praise and criticism.

"It's not small. To master all five of these spells, it would take at least a year or two for a magic apprentice," Yomu muttered.

Gao De acted as if he hadn't heard Yomu's muttering and asked straight to the point: "How much are you asking for one spell formula?"

"3 small roosters." Yomu held up three fingers.

"Too expensive. I will pay at most 1 gold coin for one spell formula." Gao De frowned slightly, directly cutting Yomu's asking price by more than half.

"At the official Magic User Association, the average price of a zero-circle spell formula is 6 gold." Yomu immediately emphasized.

"You said it yourself, this is the official price. If your price has no obvious advantage over the official one, why should I buy a spell formula from you, not to mention violating the ban, and taking a huge risk? After all, who knows if the spell formula you are selling me is real or fake?"

"2 gold, 10 silver," Yomu was silent for another moment, and his voice finally sounded, "I am a native of Hogen City, born and raised. I am right here and cannot run away, so at least there is a certain guarantee regarding the authenticity of the formula, which is far from what you can compare to trading with someone you just find."

Gao De looked at Pierre, who had been watching the show on the side.

Pierre was also a shrewd person and nodded, saying: "Yomu is indeed a Hogen person; he has lived in Hogen City for so many years and has never left."

Gao De's heart stirred. If Pierre wasn't lying to him, then the authenticity of the formula in Yomu's hands indeed had a certain guarantee.

After all, the monk can run, but the temple cannot. It was impossible for Yomu to flee his hometown just to make a deal of less than ten Saint Xi En gold coins.

Looking at it this way, it was not unacceptable if it was slightly more expensive.

"Sell me three spell formulas as a package, one price, 6 gold coins." 2 gold and 10 silver was actually already at Gao De's psychological price, but he chose to continue bargaining.

"The price I gave is already the lowest price." Yomu gritted his teeth.

"Then that is a pity." Gao De shook his head, returned the list to Yomu cleanly, and immediately turned to walk out of the shop, his expression extremely calm, though his heart was full of tension. Will he call me back?

He knew very well that if he missed Yomu, it would be very difficult to find someone willing to trade spell formulas with him again in a short time.

Yet what Gao De lacked most right now was time.

But unfortunately, he was indeed short of money, so some money should be saved where possible.

Anyway, this was just an attempt.

Gao De had already prepared himself. If Yomu really didn't call him back before he left Pierre's Grocery Store, he would immediately turn back with a smile of failed speculation: "Alright, sir, 2 gold and 10 silver, you win."

Face cannot be eaten as a meal, but the 30 silver saved can buy many meals.

One step, two steps, three steps... Gao De saw that he was about to walk out of Pierre's Grocery Store, and Yomu's slightly frustrated voice finally came from behind.

"Wait..."

Gao De turned back and looked at Yomu.

"Alright, just 6 gold coins, you win. If it weren't for the fact that I'm short on cash recently..."

Beautiful! Whether in my past life or this one, the first bargaining could be so successful; I am indeed gifted.

Gao De praised himself fiercely in his heart, and then a calm smile appeared on his face, "Sir, this should be called a win-win."

His mood was really good, so the smile was from the heart.

"Which three spell formulas do you want?" Yomu asked.

"Acid Splash, Ray of Frost, Resistance." Gao De had already made his decision in his heart.

With his current financial resources, purchasing three spell formulas was the limit.

First of all, the two offensive spells were a must.

Of the remaining three spell formulas, Read Magic could be excluded first. It wasn't that this spell was worse than the others, but Gao De didn't need it at the moment.

What he needed were spells that could improve his combat power.

As for Blade Ward and Resistance, both spells belonged to the Abjuration school, only targeting different types of damage, which is the difference between "magic resistance" and "physical resistance."

With Master Seda as the hypothetical enemy, Resistance was undoubtedly more suitable: an elderly magic user wouldn't pull out a longsword to engage in a bayonet fight with you, right? Although it was 30 silver coins less than the expected transaction price, it was clear that the transaction price of 6 gold coins was also within Yomu's psychological acceptance range.

He very cleanly took out three thin booklets from his person, which were the three spell formulas Gao De had chosen.

Paying and receiving the goods, Gao De also took out 6 gold coins from his person and completed this transaction with Yomu.

After receiving the money, Yomu greeted Pierre and left first. He had been waiting for Gao De in the shop for a long time and was already in a hurry to go back.

"Thank you, Mr. Pierre." A satisfied Gao De expressed his gratitude to Pierre.

"I take money to do things, it's reasonable and fair. You don't need to be polite with me. On the contrary, I hope you will take care of my small business more often," Pierre still said with a smile.

Ten Three-Leaf Flower silver coins were not a big deal to him, but it was just a matter of saying a few words, and he didn't need to pay anything else to earn a sum, so Pierre was naturally extremely happy.

(End of chapter)