Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1365
Of course, the dark stone is not the most expensive item in this store, the most expensive item is the sword hanging from the vine support in the store!

The hilt is blue-gray, and the body of the sword is translucent, like a crystal with high permeability. With the tip of the sword pointing down, you can even faintly see the body of the sword shrinking and extending slightly, like a living creature breathing .

Seeing this sword, Xia Duo immediately thought of the psychic master from Zamdas in the south that he saw in the Dawn Square. He seemed to be wearing a long sword of this shape on his waist.

It's just that the oppressive feeling the other party gave him was too strong at that time, so he couldn't observe it carefully. Looking back at the memory now and comparing that sword with the current one, it really seems to be carved out of the same mold.

Xia Duo didn't know how much the psionic master's sword was worth, but in this shop, this similar sword sold for as much as 60 yuan, and it had to be settled with Cormanthor gold coins (Hilmel).

It is a magical gold coin cast by a high-level mage. It is not something that can be cast in private by just digging up some gold. It can be regarded as an anti-counterfeiting measure, and it can also be regarded as a credit currency made of gold.

The [-] gold coin black stone has no such restrictions, as long as it meets a certain standard, it can be used, such as the Mingshui gold coin used by Da Xia Ling now.

Even today, when the Northland Alliance has been established, it is possible that the gold coin exchange certificate of the Netheril Alchemy Federation can also work here.

It's just that Xia Duo couldn't come up with 60 gold coins in a short time, otherwise he really wanted to buy this sword back and study it carefully.

Although he was not able to observe the magical aura on this sword, Xia Duo was sure that it must be extraordinary just based on the slightly stretching and contracting sword body like the breath of a living creature.

After thinking about it, he came to the shopkeeper who was suspected to be exercising spiritual power, and asked tentatively, "I've seen that sword before. What's the use of it?"

"A powerful human guest! That sword may not be of much use to you. It is a focusing magic weapon only used by psionic masters. The one you see is just an imitation, not the authentic one from Zamdas."

It was still the voice that came from the void at the beginning, but this time, under Xia Duo's careful observation, he finally discovered a trace of abnormality that he hadn't noticed before——

The slight vibration of the magic net involves several combinations of magic net strings related to sound waves, but it is not directly operated by the caster, it is more like being reversely excited by the sudden appearance of sound waves.

Creatures on the main plane live in the environment of the magic net. The magic net is not a mechanical and fixed specific creation, but more like a dynamic feedback mechanism to maintain the balance and stability of elements.

The caster can manipulate the magic net to create various magical effects to affect reality, but conversely, if the reality changes out of thin air, this change will also have a negative effect on the magic net environment.

To judge whether it is magic, the most fundamental point is whether the change of the magic net is within the magic system (in a broad sense, referring to the lawful energy operation transformation system), if not, then it is not magic.

Although Xia Duo observed at this moment that the vibration of magic involves several combinations of magic net strings related to sound waves, they are not complete and cannot form an energy flow process that conforms to objective laws.

Just a few units of spell-casting elements, if Xia Duolai were to cast them, at most they would be able to make some noises without any practical meaning, and it was impossible to form the effect of the shopkeeper's sound transmission through the void.

This means—the so-called psychic magic must contain elements that have nothing to do with objective laws, and there are quite a few of them, and maybe even that is the key!
Perhaps that is the power of idealism!

Xia Duo was thoughtful, and continued to ask: "Boss, forgive me for being presumptuous, are you practicing spiritual power?"

"Yes, I have been to Zamdas in the south, and conducted spiritual enlightenment there. After I came into contact with this kind of power, I realized that this is the truth I have been pursuing so hard!"

"truth?"

Xia Duo's heart moved, and he seemed to understand something. Before he practiced psionic energy, the owner of the emotional shop was a non-mainstream. Generally speaking, mages had the highest status in elf society.

But the pursuit of elf mages is not the truth, at least the mainstream is not the pursuit of truth, but the pursuit of the pinnacle of magic skills.

In layman's terms, it is to become a high-level mage.

If this step is achieved, the next step may be to seek to leave one's own mark on the mortal world, but this step does not necessarily have to do with magic, and nation building and murder are all possible.

The shop owner claims to be a seeker of truth, isn't it non-mainstream, and now that he is practicing psionics, it is even more non-mainstream.

Even in Netheril, there are very few mages who are dedicated to the pursuit of truth, and almost all of them are busy with various desires in this mortal world.

Becoming a mage is the best way to fulfill these desires.

To a certain extent, Xia Duo is also such a person, but his desire or ideal has long since left the level of low-level interests and moved towards a broader world.

The truth is what he pursues, but it is not the only one, let alone change the only one easily like this shop owner.

For a while, Xia Duo didn't know how to describe the other party. If he didn't insist, he didn't forget to practice even when receiving guests.

how to say?

Perhaps this is the complexity of intelligent creatures!

However, it is hard to say whether one can maintain the complexity of human nature after embarking on the path of idealism.

Xia Duo was quite emotional about this.

……

And in the process of the shopkeeper answering this time, he also observed the phenomenon of magic net vibration again, and at the same time he confirmed the speculation just now——

Psionic magic contains ingredients that have nothing to do with objective laws!

But if there is a part in it that conforms to objective laws, it will induce the passive vibration of the magic net. This vibration has a certain delay and is not long, but it is very likely to lead to very fatal consequences when it comes to the critical moment of the battle.

Going a step further, Xia Duo also thought, if the power of psionic magic is completely contrary to the objective law?Will there be no signs at all?Completed the spell without a trace of movement?
Perhaps this is how the strange impression of psionic magic came from the mind of the mage Ilfaran!
……

Just when Xia Duo was about to ask the shopkeeper for more information related to spiritual power, the clever girl's voice appeared again outside the door——

"A guest, a guest! Welcome, Kalisheri's psychic hut!"

Afterwards, Luna Hiss, the fair-skinned and graceful moon elf maid, walked in slowly from the outside, and after seeing Xia Duo, she walked straight over.

It's just that she didn't speak after approaching, and after saluting, she just quietly stood beside Xia Duo.

The arrival of Lunasis made Xia Duo swallow what he wanted to say in an instant. Regardless of whether it was useful or not, he still didn't want this elf nobleman who was suspected of working for Evereska's intelligence department to know his thoughts and ideas. .

As for the other party's understanding from the shopkeeper, Xia Duo can't care so much. Anyway, up to now, he hasn't asked any overly sensitive questions.

His performance is no different from that of a normal tourist.

(End of this chapter)