northernbook Chapter 249 Gem Enchantment
Chapter 249 Gem Enchantment
Cheng Jiu wanted to select some fabrics to give to his master; these fabrics from another world were a unique local specialty!
As expected of a shop that Yan Ji frequently trades with, the shop has all kinds of fabrics, and the variety is so great that Cheng Jiu couldn't choose from them all, so he simply bought everything.
When it came to jewelry, she simply chose a gorgeous necklace inlaid with sapphires.
She paid for the fabric, of course. The proprietress was beaming with joy. What a wonderful day it was! Not only did a big customer come, but she also introduced another big customer.
Cheng Jiu bought a lot, totaling 10,000 kilos of Sikkim.
Since it was such a rare and lucrative deal, the proprietress was happy to do Cheng Jiu a favor and simply gave him the piece of jewelry that Cheng Jiu had chosen.
Yan Ji wanted to pick out a few more items for Cheng Jiu, since she had already promised to treat him, and she couldn't just leave it at that, but Cheng Jiu refused.
Seeing this, the proprietress simply waived the cost of the jewelry chosen by the other two people. It was a small amount of money, nothing compared to the business here. The proprietress was very good at dealing with people.
Seeing this, Yan Ji did not press the matter further, paid for her goods, and filled in the hotel's address.
Have the landlady deliver Cheng Jiu's cloth and Yan Ji's jewelry to the inn.
After leaving the shop, Zhu Yu enthusiastically suggested that they visit the enchanting shop, as the enchanter in the team.
She was very interested in all enchantments, and whenever she visited a city, she would go to an enchanting shop to learn about their outstanding skills and see the new enchanting techniques.
Of course, the most crucial thing is to maintain her enchanted pen.
Cheng Jiu was also interested in the enchanting shop. In her eyes, enchanting and talismans in this world were very similar, but also very different.
There are two types of enchantments in this world.
There is a type of gem enchantment where special enchantment gems can add so-called attributes to weapons. However, these attributes are random and not subject to the enchanter's will, resulting in a high failure rate.
If the enchantment fails, the weapon is ruined and cannot be used. For example, Zhu Yu has excellent enchanting abilities, but she doesn't dare to touch her companions' weapons. This is mainly because her failure rate is too high compared to those masters, and a weapon is not cheap.
However, the advantage is that if you're lucky, you can keep enchanting it, and the abilities can keep stacking up without any limit.
The higher the grade of the enchanted gem, the higher the success rate. This has led to the high price of high-grade enchanted gems on the market. The grade eight enchanted gem they sold to Cheng Jiu was priceless.
Another type is combat enchanting, and these are also called enchanters, who belong to the support category.
It can apply various buffs to teammates, but these buffs cannot be maintained for long periods and are only available immediately. However, skilled enchanters can indeed produce unexpected results in battle.
Zhu Yu's enchantments are more priestly. According to her, they, the Blessers, are priests by nature. In addition to basic enchantments, she can also bestow blessings, although the effect is rather negligible.
Therefore, Cheng Jiu was very interested in enchanting. He wished he could draw talismans in the void like the combat enchanters here, or he could learn from the enchanting diagrams here and invent new talismans.
Regardless of the type, Cheng Jiu was happy to go with Zhu Yu to visit the enchanting shop.
The other two had no objections. Although they weren't interested in enchanting, the enchanting shop didn't just have enchanting; it also had weapons, and they wanted to check out the weapons as well.
With their minds aligned, the group headed towards the enchanting shop.
The enchanting shop was even bigger and more luxurious than the clothing shop we had visited before, and it had a lot more customers.
Most of them came with weapons, and there were quite a few enchanters as well. They were indeed there to maintain their enchanting pens, just like Zhu Yu.
This enchanting shop has three master enchanters, who are also the owners of the shop, and their rank is no lower than sixth grade.
The shop is mainly operated by these three master chefs and their apprentices and grand-apprentices.
This enchanting shop alone could handle all the enchanting needs of the entire city, no wonder it's so bustling.
Besides the dedicated enchanting area, the other side displays practice items enchanted by these enchanters, and many mercenary caravans are there looking at and buying weapons.
"Fifth Uncle, what are you doing here?"
After finally getting into line, without even looking at who the chef in front of him was, Zhu Yu exclaimed in surprise when he finally saw him.
Yan Ji, who had been waiting for Zhu Yu, also came over: "Fifth Uncle!"
Cheng Jiu looked up and saw a little old man with fiery red hair, a long beard, and a messy appearance.
However, he has a very robust physique, like someone in their forties or fifties in their prime.
After being exposed, the other person appeared extremely ashamed, covering their face and refusing to acknowledge the person.
"Fifth Uncle, what are you doing! It's me, Zhu Yu!"
Those queuing behind heard the pleasantries from those in front and knew that the people in front knew this enchanter, so they could only suppress their impatience.
Those at the back of the line, seeing that those in front hadn't moved for a while, probably thought it would be a while before they had to switch to another line.
"Hey, you brat, stop yelling!" Fifth Uncle dropped his self-deceptive act: "The owner of this enchanting shop is my friend, I'm just here to help out!"
"I'm afraid not!" Yan Ji interrupted, "You'll feel at ease staying in one place if you haven't met Fifth Uncle. If that's really the case, Grandpa and Grandma will be moved to tears!"
Fifth Uncle glared at her, this brat showed no respect for her elders at all, and said impatiently, "Are you still going to take care of me? The people behind are waiting!"
"Maintenance, maintenance!" Seeing that Uncle Wu was getting impatient, Zhu Yu considerately stopped asking questions and handed his enchanted pen to Uncle Wu.
Fifth Uncle skillfully took the pen she handed him, took out professional tools to carefully maintain it, and in no time the somewhat worn enchanted pen was restored to its former glory.
Zhu Yu paid for the maintenance and, without any hesitation, prepared to follow Yan Ji and the others to the other side for a look.
"Wait!" Fifth Uncle called out to the two.
"What's wrong?" The two stopped.
Fifth Uncle seemed a little awkward. His red hair covered his face, but you could still see that his ears were red. He whispered, "Did you bring Kathy?"
The two exchanged a glance, both showing a hint of doubt. They knew that someone like Fifth Uncle, a gem enchanter and high priest, was certainly not short of money, and he had never been one to lack funds before.
"How much?"
"Ten thousand!" Fifth Uncle breathed a long sigh of relief: "Ten thousand Sikkims will do."
Yan Ji took out a card and handed it to Fifth Uncle: "There's ten thousand in here, is that enough?"
"That's enough!" Fifth Uncle took the bag, stood up, and ran to the back without paying attention to the bewildered eyes of the customers who had finally managed to get into line.
"?" He finally got his turn, but the enchanter had run away? The customer was on the verge of tears.
Fortunately, he didn't have to wait long before another enchanter apprentice came over and took over Fifth Uncle's position.
The guest had mixed feelings. Although he had been served by an enchanter, the enchanter in front of him was clearly inferior to the one from before, and he felt inexplicably cheated.