Chapter 368 - 320: Massive Settlement

Chapter 368: Chapter 320: Massive Settlement

[Eye of Enchantment]

This was a Spirit Magic spell developed by Mage Hedley.

Zelir remembered that Mage Hedley had even personally acted as a test subject once to test its effects.

While the average for charm points was 30, Zelir now possessed a staggering 61.

Combined with his already outstanding looks,

the effect of the Eye of Enchantment...

was naturally exceptional!

"Shopkeeper Mary, the flaws you mentioned are just minor blemishes. They don’t affect the actual efficacy of a Magic Potion at all..."

Zelir’s smile softened, and his voice seemed to be infused with Magic Power.

"So, could you please re-evaluate the buy-back price?"

Mary’s red lips parted and closed several times, her breath trembling slightly.

She had run this shop for many years. Instinctively, Mary had wanted to haggle with Zelir over the price.

But now, her mind wouldn’t obey her... It was completely occupied by Zelir.

Mary couldn’t help but let her imagination run wild.

Many unspeakable images drifted through her mind.

Mary now only craved to engage in a much more intense "haggling" session with Zelir somewhere else.

Meanwhile, even Hill, whose gaze had been wandering around the shop, now found herself involuntarily drawn to Zelir.

An Assassin would rarely stare at someone so openly.

Doing so would expose her presence and make the target suspicious.

But now, Hill’s eyes were glued to the side of Zelir’s face, unable to look away.

"This... This is too..."

Hill dug her nails into her palm, forcing herself to regain her focus.

She shook her head, trying to calm her racing heart.

’Good heavens, what in the world is wrong with me...’

"Mage Zelir..."

Mary had already fallen for it completely.

Faced with Zelir’s words, she had almost no will to resist. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

A flush crept up her cheeks. Her voice dropped, and her words came out in a slight rush.

"You... You’re right. I really should re-evaluate the price for you properly."

"Look, the essence in this Vitality Orchid is so rich... How about twenty Gold Coins per stalk? That’s a fair price."

Zelir coaxed her persuasively, "The damage to the leaves is completely irrelevant, right?"

"Yes... Twenty Gold Coins is a very fair price," Mary nodded lightly.

"And the Evening Primrose..."

The scene that followed was rather dramatic.

One by one, Zelir raised the price for every single one of the Magic Plants.

And Mary, as if she were possessed, didn’t raise a single objection and simply agreed to everything.

In the end, Zelir sold fourteen Magic Plants, keeping two stalks of Evening Primrose for himself.

The Spiritual Light Potion made from Evening Primrose had an additional effect compared to an ordinary Source Energy Crystal Stone, aside from just a Magic Refill.

It increased the recovery speed of one’s Magic Power.

Normally, the amount of Magic Power a Mage could recover while awake was very limited, almost negligible.

They mostly relied on sleep to replenish it.

So, this Gain from the Spiritual Light Potion was quite good and could play a key role in a battle of attrition.

The fourteen Magic Plants sold for a total buy-back price of three hundred and twenty Gold Coins.

If he had gone with the price Mary offered initially, he would have only gotten a little over two hundred Gold Coins.

The difference was over one hundred Gold Coins!

Zelir glanced at Mary and couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

’Charm really is a useful thing in social interactions...’

’Heaven knows how much money Mary made off that bracelet from earlier.’

"Oh, right... Do you know what these three Magic Plants are?"

Zelir thought of the three mysterious plants he had picked earlier, which were not recorded in the Atlas.

One had petals that seemed to be cast from liquid gold, another was a Crystal lotus with sharp edges, and the last was a rose brimming with life.

He carefully took them out of his Storage Pouch one by one, unwrapped them, and pushed them in front of Shopkeeper Mary.

Mary examined them carefully for a long while before frowning slightly and shaking her head.

"This... Forgive my ignorance, but I’m not sure either."

"Besides the species recorded in the *Common Magical Plants Atlas*, there are other Magic Plants whose origins are mysterious or are just extremely rare."

"To identify them, one would need profound knowledge passed down through generations and vast experience."

Although Mary was a worldly and knowledgeable shopkeeper, she didn’t possess that level of expertise.

"I see..."

Zelir wasn’t too disappointed, as he had anticipated this outcome. He put the plants away.

’Looks like I’ll have to wait until I get back to Black Stone Town and have Instructor Manlin take a look.’

Afterward, Zelir took out the large Magic Crystal.

THUD...

The heavy Magic Crystal was placed on the table, taking up more than half the counter and causing Mary’s beautiful eyes to widen.

"It’s... It’s so big!"

"Yes."

Zelir clapped his hands together. "Shopkeeper Mary, could you please appraise it?"

Mary put on a pair of silk gloves and placed her palm on the surface of the Magic Crystal.

She closed her eyes, carefully perceiving the Magic Power flowing within it.

Then she tapped it lightly in several different places with her knuckles, listening to the echoes.

"Hmm... The crystal structure is very complete, with almost no faults, which means it formed naturally in an extremely stable environment."

"The raw Magic Power inside is immense, but there are quite a few impurities..."

"If it were to be purified and made into standard Source Energy Crystal Stones, the loss rate would be quite high."

"For this piece of Magic Crystal, I can offer two hundred Gold Coins."

’Two hundred...’

Zelir nodded slightly.

’That’s not bad.’

He had already made a rough calculation of the Magic Crystal’s value before he came.