Lord of Arcane

Chapter 704 Heavy Asset Painting Plan
Fortunately, this kind of asset-heavy investment does not need to be made once a year, but it can be invested once and benefited for a lifetime, and can even be passed on to future generations without depreciation.

Similar to the spell book is the mage tower, but the mage tower is more "heavy".

Even Xia Duo has not considered building his own mage tower at this stage. It is too expensive. Even with Niya's help, it is difficult to afford the down payment for the mage tower.

Just from the fact that one overhaul of the Tower of Time costs nearly a million gold coins, one knows the magnitude of the cost of building a mage tower.

Of course, the Tower of Time is a bit special, and the plane exploration array is not counted. Just multiple sets of equivalent spare arrays of different ring levels make its construction cost more than ten times that of the normal version.

In the case of an ordinary mage tower, one million gold coins can be started to be built. This amount of money should be able to be raised by Niya, but Xia Duo is not willing to make such an excessive request.

In reality, no matter how close Nya is to him, the sustainable development of the Tower of Time itself must be taken into consideration. If he really wants to raise money for Xia Duo desperately, then Xia Duo really dare not take it.

Such an irrational person, God knows what unexpected actions will happen in the future, if one day it turns black, Xia Duo has no doubts at all.

Fortunately, although Niya is sometimes a little childish, she is not coquettish. She is still a normal woman with normal thinking, normal rationality, and normal emotions. Well, she is also very beautiful.

Otherwise, Xia Duo would have thought about running away.

……

Putting away the spell book, Xia Duo summoned a clean water polo according to his body's instinct. As soon as the water polo appeared, he trembled and leaned towards Xia Duo, rolling back and forth on his body.

In a short while, Xia Duo's whole body was refreshed and full of energy, sweeping away the sloppy "retreat" for many days, and then he called Ta Ling to cancel the "do not disturb" status.

"Xia Duo, you're finally out!"

As soon as Xia Duo's authority status in the Tower of Time was restored, Niya came to the door directly and looked at Xia Duo nervously: "Has the spell book been completed? Is there any missing material?"

"No shortage, I've already done it."

Xia Duo comforted Niya to sit down first, and then asked, "How many days have passed? Has Lord Rodney sent an invitation?"

As long as there is no special operation on the sixth floor of the Tower of Time, the temperature and brightness are constant. During the "retreat", as long as Xia Duo feels a little tired, he will send [deep sleep] to himself.

At first, he would ask Taring about the current time and date after waking up, but then he didn't bother to ask, anyway, he wouldn't go out if he couldn't finish his work, so he lost the concept of time.

Out of respect for Xia Duo and the habit of high-level mages avoiding detection, Niya did not know the specific behavior of Xia Duo during this period.

After listening to Xia Duo's inquiry, Niya felt a little strange. She looked at Xia Duo carefully, and didn't find any signs of Xia Duo being in such a bad state that she ignored the time, but she still replied seriously:
"Four days have passed since Archmage Greta left, and Lord Rodney's invitation has not yet been sent."

Just as she was talking, Niya seemed suddenly a little embarrassed, she quickly looked away from Xia Duo, lowered her head and explained softly: "I contacted the teacher, but the teacher didn't reply."

Xia Duo was taken aback for a moment, and then realized what Niya meant, and couldn't help feeling a little moved, "You don't need to bother Her Royal Highness anymore, I believe that since Grand Master Greta said there is no danger, there must be no danger, besides I'll be fully prepared myself, so don't worry."

Niya hummed and didn't speak, but she didn't leave either. She just looked at the ground not far away, wondering what she was thinking.

cough--

"Niya!"

Xia Duo yelled softly, and when Niya looked over, he said in a rather unpleasant way: "Do you know any silver or light gray dyes that are not easy to fade?"

"what--"

A surprised whisper came from Niya's mouth. She obviously didn't expect Xia Duo to ask such a question, so she wanted to confirm again:
"Xia Duo, are you looking for dye?"

"Correct!"

Xia Duo took out the previously prepared spell book from the portable space, and did not hand it to Niya, but just shook it in his hand. This is obviously because the dark blue of the original color of fine gold is more eye-catching than before at this moment:

"This is the spell book I made, but I don't like the color very much. I want to change it to a more low-key one."

Xia Duo didn't know much about the dyes in this world, and of course the dyes on the earth, so when he asked Niya for help, he just caught someone and asked.

Looking at Xia Duoyou's blue spell book with an obvious metallic luster, Niya's expression was rather weird, "You used pure gold as the packaging material? Do you still want to use it to hit people?"

However, she didn't want to interfere too much with such a personal item as the spell book, but seriously recalled which dye could last for a long time on the surface of pure gold.

After thinking for a moment, Niya gradually frowned. In her memory, it seemed that there was no silver or light gray dye that could last for a long time on the surface of pure gold.

"Sorry Xia Duo, I can't think of any dye that can last for a long time on the surface of pure gold. Let me ask other people, but I don't think there is much hope of finding it."

Hearing this kind of answer, Xia Duo was a little disappointed even though he had prepared himself before. However, the color of the equipment is secondary after all, as long as the function is normal.

Just when Xia Duo was about to give up painting the spell book, a sudden flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he thought of a person—the dwarf Broto who was with him not long ago when he slayed dragons.

Maybe you can't find a dye that can color a metal surface, but that doesn't mean there's no way to change the color of the metal surface.

The so-called coating is not simply adhesive dyeing, but also directly changes the color of the metal itself, such as the coating on the earth, which changes the color through chemical reactions.

Although chemical reactions of an electromagnetic nature on Earth do not exist in this magical world, similar elemental reactions are common.

For example, the transmutation of Mithril means that different elements and energies are constantly circulating, hedging, and converting in Mithril components, causing a small amount of Mithril to become other substances, thereby reducing the purity of Mithril, which in turn affects the content of Mithril components. Energy runs.

As a master blacksmith in the magical world, Broto the dwarf should be quite clear about the various reactions to these metals. Perhaps he has a way to coat the surface of fine gold with a different-colored film that can conceal its blue color.

There may be a choice of colors, or even a custom pattern!

Thinking of this, Xia Duo couldn't help but look forward to it. Of course, there is no need to give up on Niya's side. If he can find a more convenient dye, then he will still choose to use dye.

After all, in many cases, convenience is enough to override everything else.

Even, if he can't find any way to change the color, he won't be unable to accept the current spell book, but it's more pleasing to the eye if he can change the color under certain conditions.

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(End of this chapter)