Chapter 779: Leaving a Mark, Giving a Book

Next, Xia Duo briefly introduced the concept of rebates, then added: "With your status, it should not be difficult to check the sales records at the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce, especially when you have financial settlements with them."

*Cough*—

At this moment, someone finally spoke up: "Mage Xia Duo, what is the selling price of your Tower of Time's Communication Magic Artifact?"

"The retail price is 1,200 Gold Coins per unit, and it also comes with a 2nd Circle 【Magic Net Background Communication】 Learning Scroll worth nearly 1,200 Gold Coins," Xia Duo replied.

The 1,200 price tag was true; although there was a profit, the water content in a 1,200 Gold Coin Learning Scroll was far too high, as even the High Mages present were well aware.

Aside from not being encrypted and thus able to display spell details, Learning Scrolls were not much different from Ordinary Scrolls; they were only expensive because they were unencrypted.

An ordinary 2nd Circle Spell Scroll would be lucky to sell for 200 Gold Coins.

At the same time, it was somewhat inappropriate to compare the price of other Learning Scrolls to that of the 2nd Circle 【Magic Net Background Communication】 Learning Scroll, which had been almost entirely made public.

This type of Learning Scroll from the Tower of Time, aside from the less than 50 Gold Coin material cost, required no labor costs at all; it was simply a byproduct of the Magic Technicians practicing their spells.

Of course, this was only possible because of the Magic Scroll Printing Machine Xia Duo had created; if it were anyone else, the spellcaster cost alone for a single copy would exceed 50 Gold Coins.

But if one insisted that this Learning Scroll was worth 1,200 Gold Coins, it actually made sense, as sometimes one couldn't even buy Learning Scrolls for other 2nd Circle spells for 1,200 Gold Coins!

Unless one joined a Mage Tower, from which they could be learned relatively cheaply.

Xia Duo's arrangement was also learned from certain shopping malls on Earth: for clothes marked at 1,200, when haggling, one would usually first cut off a "0" and then slowly negotiate.

On the surface, one could buy a New Communication Magic Artifact that others would sell for 1,500 Gold Coins, plus a Learning Scroll worth 1,200 Gold Coins, for just 1,200 Gold Coins—it was a huge bargain; not buying it would be insane!

After stating his pricing plan, the expressions of the High Mages loosened, though they still did not agree on the spot. Xia Duo was not anxious; he could understand their concerns, so he added:

"You can take this Communication Magic Artifact back and try it out for a period of time. If it works well, then there is no need to refuse a benefit that can be obtained just by opening your mouth!"

With things said to this extent, Beilaila was the first to stand out, indicating she could consider it. Although she did not agree outright, with her leading the way, Luodite immediately followed by saying he could consider it as well.

The remaining seven people, following these two, also expressed that they could consider it.

At this step, Xia Duo was already very satisfied. He did not expect this group to agree directly; with that 10% rebate constantly persuading them, fully automated and around the clock, there was no need for Xia Duo to push too hard.

Afterwards, everyone exchanged contact information using the Tower of Time's Communication Magic Artifact.

Speaking of which, before the exchange meeting began, Xia Duo had actually exchanged contact information with Beilaila. When Beilaila said "leave a communication mark" at the time, he had been a bit stunned and didn't react for a moment.

Later, when Beilaila explained that a communication mark was a Twin Mark, Xia Duo finally understood—it was just like saying "leave a WeChat" on Earth!

It was just that here, "leaving a communication mark" required two people to cast the 【Twin Arcane Mark】 spell together.

Thinking back, this spell was actually created by Xia Duo himself, specifically to provide an encryption measure for Communication Magic Artifacts while also facilitating subsequent upgrades.

It was also possible to cast spells directly for Sending. In the Arcane Federation Monthly, besides publishing the communication scheme provided by Xia Duo, a spell similar to an answer interface on a mobile phone was provided, which could manage received communications.

Using this method, it felt somewhat like being a human mobile phone.

Moreover, one had to cast a spell every time information was transmitted, and 【Magic Net Background Communication】, even as a simplified version, was still a 2nd Circle Spell; the threshold was still a bit high.

Rather than that, it was more convenient to use the Communication Magic Artifact directly; this way, even ordinary people could use it after training, which was the best way to increase communication efficiency.

……

When Xia Duo finished talking about the promotion rebates, the High Mages prepared to leave, but Xia Duo still did not let them off, giving each person a copy of the book *Principles*, explaining:

"This is a book I wrote recently, which is quite suitable for magic beginners. If you have any juniors you favor, perhaps you can give it to them as a gift!"

These High Mages were not very old, around forty, and although they might not have children of their own, they always had juniors. Since it didn't require paying any price, these people just accepted it casually.

They only thought of it as a benefit Xia Duo gave to make them promote the Communication Magic Artifact and didn't take it to heart; some even put it away without looking at the title.

Seeing this, Xia Duo couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but even if these people were to give his book away, they would certainly flip through it themselves. Once they saw the content inside, they would know how important this book was.

This was a complete treasure manual for beginners; if one were willing to study this book diligently, becoming an Archmage along the way would be no problem at all.

The only shortcoming was probably that the second volume on Arcane Geometry in this book was incomplete, missing the advanced parts. If the reader themselves did not have a channel to obtain Advanced Arcane Geometry, then wanting to become an Arcanist would be very difficult.

Of course, even with it, there were many conditions to becoming an Arcanist, even if Xia Duo stuffed all the knowledge-based conditions into this book.

The Advanced Laboratory couldn't be stuffed in!

Therefore, he really intended this book for beginners, not for those High Mages who wanted to become Arcanists.

Of course, High Mages, or even Arcanists, would also gain a lot from reading this book. For example, Niya, before coming to Saivendun, spent two days and two nights without sleep or food just to conduct experiments on the conclusions or speculations Xia Duo proposed in Volume 3 of this book.

After giving out the books, the exchange meeting, which had been going on since noon, was officially over.

At the same time, it was getting late, and everyone soon dispersed.

……

Today, Xia Duo and Niya did not go to the restaurant to dine, but instead ordered two standard Mage set meals and chatted while dining at Niya's residence.

"Was it alright at your teacher's place this morning?"

"Mm, the teacher examined the academic tasks previously assigned to me and said that my foundation has been supplemented, so I can choose a research direction next."

"Did Princess give you any specific research directions to choose from?" Xia Duo asked.

"Yes, and there are three!"

"Which three?"

"One is the analysis of feedback patterns of the Perception Field in the Ether Interlayer, which is actually the study of the space-time state of the Ether Interlayer; the second is the study of the elemental composition of matter in the Main Plane; and the last one is the analysis and traceability study of Magic Web Background Fluctuation."

After finishing, Niya looked straight at Xia Duo, seeming to want to hear Xia Duo's opinion.

"I think personal interest is very important. After all, this is something you will be in contact with for a long time in the future. If you are not interested yourself, then how can you research it? Also, did your teacher only give you these three research topics to choose from?"

Xia Duo did not have any opinions on these three research directions themselves, and one could even say he was very optimistic about their prospects, but he would not influence Niya's own choice because of that.