It wasn't until the early hours of the next morning that the flying boat descended upon the Long Mountain Tower in the county town.
"I will return to the main campus of Changfeng Academy today. During the explosion, I used some ice spells, which had a slight effect on me. I plan to return to the main campus to study further, and I might not come back to Qinghe County for a long time," Yu Jingqiu said suddenly as she just sat on the back of a fiery red flying bird. She didn't know why she suddenly said this.
"The main campus of Changfeng Academy, I haven't been there yet. I should definitely visit it when I have the time," Dongbo Xueying replied casually.
"Uh-huh."
Yu Jingqiu didn't say anything more. The fiery red magical bird immediately took off, and Yu Jingqiu, dressed in a green robe, her hair fluttering, quickly disappeared into the distance.
In the high sky, she turned to look at the Long Mountain Tower, which had already become small, and then looked towards the south.
...
Dongbo Xueying rode out of the Long Mountain Tower on his Snow Treading Horse and came to a place in the county town where magical artifacts were sold. The shop was quite quiet, with only a few customers, as there were very few mages, and even fewer who came to buy artifacts.
"Lu lu lu~~~" Dongbo Xueying dismounted and handed the horse to a servant.
"Sir." A female attendant immediately greeted him.
"Introduce me to all the Heaven-grade ice-type magical artifacts in your shop," Dongbo Xueying said casually. The attendant's eyes were a bit strange... Introduce all of them? This customer is really domineering. Is he really powerful or just trying to make things difficult? However, the female attendant still led Dongbo Xueying and briefly described each item.
"The Winter Hand Ring, a top-grade Heaven-grade artifact! It contains an improved small ice field model, with a power equivalent to about 30% of a Stellar Stream mage's ice field!" The female attendant said skillfully, "With it, ordinary mages can instantly cast a 'small ice field.'"
"Continue." Dongbo Xueying instantly decided to take this one as well.
"This hand ring is a mid-grade Heaven-grade artifact, containing a magical array. Once activated, its power can rival the Arrow Torrent spell cast by a Heaven-grade mage."
Dongbo Xueying listened and selected.
The magical models inside the artifacts are fixed and very stable; mages only need to infuse mana to activate them! This is the most convenient method... Of course, the power of the spells cast by the artifacts cannot be enhanced. A powerful mage still needs to study and research to understand and create more powerful magical models.
Even a Silver Moon mage, despite having powerful magical artifacts, cannot cast spells under the control of a titled mage's power over the elements.
Therefore, one's own strength is the foundation!
Of course...
The probability of encountering a titled mage is very low. His younger brother is currently just an ordinary mage and can only activate Heaven-grade magical artifacts! As for Stellar Stream mage artifacts, he cannot activate them.
"Uh-huh, not bad." Dongbo Xueying carefully selected, "This one, this one, this one, and another one, and this one, I'll take them all."
The female attendant's eyes widened and her mouth opened wide.
Dongbo Xueying selected all top-grade Heaven-grade artifacts! What are top-grade Heaven-grade artifacts? Generally, their power is about 30-40% of a Stellar Stream spell, or they are some specially created artifacts.
"Calculate how many gold coins are needed." Dongbo Xueying instructed.
"Right, give me that staff and that mage robe as well," Dongbo Xueying also selected a staff and a mage robe for Youyue. The staff was relatively cheaper, costing only 2,000 gold coins, as it mainly assists a mage in casting spells. For a mage with weak power... giving them the best staff wouldn't be of much use.
The mage robe, actually a Heaven-grade artifact, was much more expensive, costing 18,000 gold coins.
Dongbo Xueying felt that, given his relationship with Youyue, this was about right, not quite as much as he would give to his younger brother.
"Sir." The shop owner was immediately attracted over and said, "These five top-grade Heaven-grade artifacts are quite expensive. I'll round off the change, so it will be 200,000 gold coins in total! As for the mage robe and staff, they are 20,000 gold coins! Ha ha, altogether... it's 200,000 gold coins. I hope you will visit us more often in the future. The price I give you is not necessarily the cheapest in the entire Qinghe County, but it's not far off."
In the entire county, there are very few who dare to spend 200,000 gold coins at once! Like Gabei of the Scimitar Alliance, who has been plundering for so many years, how many gold coins does he have?
He probably needs to have a fortune of a million gold coins to dare to spend so much at once. Such a big customer must be well taken care of.
"Uh-huh." Dongbo Xueying nodded.
"May I ask who you are, sir?" the shop owner asked in a low voice.
"Dongbo, just call me Dongbo," Dongbo Xueying said.
"Sir Dongbo, our 'Fiyue Tower' has many branches throughout Anyang Province. Here is a token. Even if you buy the cheapest items in the future, you can get a 10% discount." The shop owner immediately presented a purple-golden token, clearly made by mages. In fact, this time, even with the change included, a 10% discount would still be just over 200,000 gold coins.
The shop owner also decided to thoroughly investigate later, to find out where in Qinghe County such a powerful customer had emerged, capable of spending 200,000 gold coins at once.
...
After that, Dongbo Xueying also bought some alchemical artifacts. His own clothes and inner armor were indeed too poor, even worse than many Silver Moon Knights. Uncle Zong and Uncle Tong also needed some good artifacts. After purchasing everything, that day, Dongbo Xueying rode his Snow Treading Horse and hurriedly headed towards Yishui City.
After two days of travel, he arrived at the Snow Eagle Manor in the evening of the second day.
"Finally home." Looking at the towering Snowstone Mountain and the castle on its peak, Dongbo Xueying was filled with joy. This was his home.
Da da da...
The horse galloped, quickly reaching the castle.
"Lord has returned."
"Lord has returned, quickly inform Young Master Qingshi."
The entire castle soon became bustling and lively, the drawbridge began to lower, and the city gates slowly opened.
Zong Ling and Lionman Tong San also came to the city gate with joyful expressions.
"Uncle Zong, Uncle Tong." Dongbo Xueying dismounted and smiled.
"You must have had a hard journey back. Qingshi is still with his teacher. The servants have already gone to inform him. I believe Qingshi and Youyue will return soon," Zong Ling said with a smile.
Dongbo Xueying smiled and nodded, as he had prepared gifts for them.
"By the way, there is something I need to tell you. A talented mage from the Si family, 'Si Chen,' has come to our place," Zong Ling said.
"Si family?" Dongbo Xueying frowned. Could it be because of Si Boyong's death? But logically, the Si family shouldn't know the list of the five who took the mission. The Long Mountain Tower wouldn't dare to leak it, and Yu Jingqiu wouldn't say it. Moreover, Yu Jingqiu had already gone to Changfeng Academy.
"He came two days ago, specifically to visit Master Bai Yuanzhi. They are both Stellar Stream mages and apparently need to exchange ideas on a certain research topic," Zong Ling said, "You know the status of the Si family in our Qinghe County. I didn't dare to be negligent, but fortunately, Si Chen has been staying in the mage tower. Since you're back, you should meet him."
"Uh-huh." Dongbo Xueying nodded.
How coincidental?
Just encountered a Si family member, Si Boyong, during the mission, and now another mage, 'Si Chen,' has come to his place? But since he arrived two days ago, it should be unrelated to Si Boyong's matter.
"It seems I have a special connection with the Si family," Dongbo Xueying thought to himself.
"Uncle Zong, send someone to invite him. Please have this young master of the Si family attend a banquet tomorrow," Dongbo Xueying said.