Chapter 170: The first clues
"Customer, are you going to sell this box?" The owner's voice was a little dull. This vicissitudes of life just matched the old shop just right. His voice seemed to be opening an ancient picture...
Luo Yu gently patted the box: "You estimate the price. If the price is appropriate, this box will be sold to you."
The shop owner raised his wrinkled eyelids and looked at Luo Yu, stretched out his wrinkled thin hands, and held up the box. As soon as the box arrived in the shop owner's hand, it seemed like there was a sudden life. It flipped and jumped quickly in the old hands, making a whispering sound from time to time. At this moment, the lacquerware box was like a child acting coquettishly towards the shop owner. Unfortunately, this magical process was just a blink of an eye. The shop owner had put the box back on the counter, as if the jumping box just now was just a phantom.
"Fifteen Hardware."
The owner gave a dry purchase price. To be honest, this price is still good. The recycling price of similar auxiliary prop system stores should be less than ten gold.
Wu Wei looked at the shop owner curiously, then quickly swept Luo Yu's face, then turned his head slightly, and exchanged a look with Jiang Zhiqian. Jiang Zhiqian shook his head gently, indicating that he had not found anything special.
Luo Yu stretched out one hand and pressed it on the box, slowly moving the box in his direction. The box rubbed against the wooden counter and made a slight sizzling sound, which looked particularly loud in the small shop.
"Wait, twenty gold, no more."
Luo Yu grinned and continued to move the box toward him. The owner's eyes suddenly lit up, no longer as dim as before. The sharp light looked like a knife that was unsheathed, but he was staring at the box in Luo Yu's hand.
Luo Yu's hand stopped and said slowly: "Boss, I don't understand lacquerware, but I still have some vision. The reason why utensils can be transcendent is the same. The lacquerware in your store should be from your own hands, so each utensil is different, and it looks vaguely like aura."
The owner's eyes slowly looked towards Luo Yu's face, and Wu Wei couldn't help but look surprised. Could it be that Luo Yu had entered the plot mode? Thinking of this, Wu Wei's heart suddenly increased its beating speed.
Luo Yu looked at the owner and continued slowly, "I guess the owner is a senior carpenter, right? I heard from a friend that a craftsman, when he has already made the skills, his obsession is simply as if he is possessed by the devil and cannot be stopped at all, I wonder if it is?"
A trace of splendor flashed in the owner's eyes. Under Luo Yu and others' gaze, he actually nodded. This surprised Wu Wei and others. Isn't this an ordinary low-level NPC? How did Luo Yu see it? Wu Wei's eyes moved away from the owner's body and slowly turned to the shelves behind him. The only possibility that Luo Yu could see through the owner's background. I'm afraid it was on the goods on the shelves, right? Why didn't he see it?
In Wu Wei's eyes, these seemingly ancient lacquerware are nothing special. I carefully recall the shops I saw yesterday. The things in this shop are inconspicuous and even a bit rustic. However, Luo Yu just took this one. Moreover, it seems that he chose the right choice, and the owner here is really not ordinary.
"Brother, you have a good look. Could it be that you want to become a disciple? If you use this box as a discipleship ceremony, I can accept you barely. Don't worry, if I promise to accept you, I will definitely give you all my gifts."
Wu Wei gasped in a "hiss". He realized what he saw. There was such a secret in the shops in the city!
What does a senior carpenter represent? It means that you can quickly improve your life skills. If the owner of the wood shop found by Luo Yu is not the only one, then the value is very high. For many professional life players, it is definitely a secret that they want to know. The same is true for big guilds. This news will definitely be sold for more than ten thousand gold.
Unfortunately, if you know this secret in the early stage of the game, the value is even more immeasurable. Now there are more and more advanced life professional players among players, and there will be more and more. The value of this kind of NPC with advanced skills is not that high.
Wu Wei looked at Luo Yu in surprise. Could this be Luo Yu’s purpose?
"Shopkeeper, you misunderstood. I don't want to be a disciple. Moreover, don't you think this is too expensive as a disciple-apprentice ceremony?"
Wu Wei was shocked and subconsciously looked at Jiang Zhiqian and found that Jiang Zhiqian had a shock on his face. Could it be that Luo Yu's purpose is more than that? This box can be regarded as a master with advanced skills, which has satisfied Wu Wei and others. Unexpectedly, Luo Yu is not satisfied. So the value of this box...
The owner's eyes flashed and he asked expressionlessly: "What do you want?"
Luo Yu smiled: "You have always avoided talking about the true value of this box. Why don't you tell me directly? In fact, this box is not something that I have to keep for me."
The shop owner pondered for a moment and said, "I just mentioned the value of this thing, twenty gold, no more! But..."
The owner hesitated for a moment, and Luo Yu said, "But for you, its value is immeasurable, right?"
The owner still had no expression, and Ryan's eyes returned to a dim state, and he said in a low voice: "Everyone is just watching his eyes."
"Very good, did this flower fall into your eyes? If the owner says there is no, I will turn around and leave. I believe there are people who know the goods elsewhere."
The owner was silent, the small shop became quiet, and only a few breaths of varying degrees were heard, and everyone's eyes were staring at the hunched owner.
After a while, the owner finally sighed and said, "Okay, what do you want?"
Luo Yu showed a winning smile: "I want to know the secret of this box."
The owner glanced at Luo Yu, ignored Wu Wei and others' surprise, and kept his unchanged tone and said, "Secret? Haven't you guessed it? The making skills of this box are the biggest secret. For a craftsman who is keen on improving the skills of carpenters and lacquerware, this is the most precious secret. What other secret do you want to know?"
"No, no, I don't need to know this secret. Even if you can enter the ranks of masters by understanding this secret, I won't envy you. What I need is another secret. I think you must know."
The shop owner thought for a while, reached out to pick up the box again, rubbed the box gently and said, "Have you heard of the Mo family?"
"Of course, the Mohist family in the Gongshuo class have heard that they love Feiying, Jizi Swordsmen, etc. There are also this secret sect activity in the world, and it is said that they have some relationship with the Demon Sect."
Wu Wei suddenly interrupted and answered this question for Luo Yu. Luo Yu smiled and nodded at Wu Wei and said, "Thank you, I really don't know these things. Is the Mo family also accepting disciples?"
Wu Wei smiled and said, "Don't you want to accept disciples? The inheritance of not accepting disciples is not going to be broken. I just heard that the Mo family is very strict in accepting disciples, and the Mo family has split and become the two families of the South, Mo and North, and are still hostile to each other..."
The owner coughed, and Wu Wei quickly closed his mouth.
The owner's dull voice continued to sound: "What you are talking about about the Mo family is telling me is a different matter. Those who are not considered Mo family, but are just unworthy people of the Mo family. The Mo family aims to study technology as the purpose. This box is said to be the hands of the Mo family's Gongshu team. This box is called the Hidden Star Box. There are 283 boxes in total, and the stars in the sky are summarized."
"Wait, there are no signs on this box?"
The owner hummed softly: "If you can't see it, it doesn't mean there is no."
Wu Wei smiled embarrassedly and stopped talking. Luo Yu blinked and didn't know what he was thinking. In his memory, there were about a dozen images of boxes he had seen, and they were all different, but there were definitely no obvious zodiac signs. But since the owner said there was, there must be some. As long as you go back and recall carefully and re-analyze the box, you can find the rules.
The shop owner continued: "This box is the heavenly constellation in Ziwei Palace, which is responsible for going to the jail and breaking the law."
Luo Yu nodded and asked respectfully: "So, in addition to the value of this box in carpenter craftsmanship, does this box also imply something, or is there any legend?"
The owner nodded: "Yes, the box itself represents the inheritance of the skills of the ancestors of Gongshu. If you experience it day and night, you will get something. This is the treasure that every carpenter wants to get. However, it is worthless to players, because they cannot understand anything from here."
Wu Wei curled his lips when he heard this. There were also high-level carpenters among the players. The owner was too self-righteous.
Luo Yu smiled indifferently and said, "What about outside the box?"
"Legendly, these 283 boxes are not empty, but are filled with some props made by the ancestors of Gongshu. Of course, these props are not simple."
Luo Yu frowned: "No, this box contains a treasure map. Although the things found based on the treasure map are also good, they are definitely not the level props made by the Gongshu squad."
The owner shook his head: "Then I don't know. All I told you is an ancient legend. Believe it or not is your own business."
Luo Yu thought for a while and said, "That's all? Are there any other words about this legend?"
"Also, the things contained in the box are called star pattern props, which are said to have the function of communicating with the power of zodiac signs, so I don't know anything else."
"In your opinion, where did this star pattern go?"
The shop owner thought about it and shook his head blankly: "Okay, I'll tell you everything I know, this box..."
Luo Yu smiled: "You can give the box to you, but you can't give it to you for nothing."
"Twenty gold?"
"Haha...I need you to give me a promise to accept disciples, so forget about the money."
The owner's eyes lit up and nodded vigorously, "No problem, I will write something for you. I can accept the person who has this promise as a disciple. Do you think this is feasible?"
Chapter completed!