Lux's Farewell

324 Antiques and scavengers [0320]

If there is something, it will be long, and if there is nothing, it will be short.

Except for a certain little yellow-haired guy who talked too much, so that Kassadin, who wanted to save face, had a migraine, the schedule of these three teams was relatively smooth.

Lux and Ino arrived at Kennesser in the evening of the next day. After a brief resupply here, they quickly set off to the west. The next stop was a small desert town called Weinbo.

Originally, the two of them were still very interested in Kenesh, but after what happened with Kraft, they no longer have any interest in the city.

Although it is clear that the governors of most cities in Shurima are of the same virtue as Governor Kenneth, they all talk about revitalizing Shurima, but in fact they have their own little calculations, but after seeing that betrayal After that, Kenneth became extremely boring in their eyes.

What are you shopping in Kennessy?

Isn't it good to study magic theory honestly?

Learning makes me happy!

In this way, after a night of study at night, the two of them finished their supplies, set off from Kennessy, traveled all the way west, and arrived in the small town of Waynebo smoothly after three days.

In this small town, they have to replenish a lot of food supplies, because the straight-line distance from here to the next stop is more than two thousand miles.

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Walking in the market in Waynebo, Lacus and Ino had a rare feeling of being dazzled—the dazzled here did not mean that Waynebo had any novelties that they had never seen before, but that they were in this desert. In the deep town, many things that appear in the market will give them a kind of exclamation that "this thing can also be sold".

Although the two of them came to buy food, even in the food area, all kinds of strange second-hand goods still occupy the most places on the stalls.

All kinds of handicrafts and second-hand and even n-hand utensils are as if they have just been pulled out of the sand, and the quality highlights the simplicity.

It seems that the images of Lacus and Ino have caused some misunderstandings. Every time they stop in front of a stall and want to buy some sweet potatoes, the stall owner will enthusiastically take out the most valuable thing on the stall. That thing came up in front of them.

"This is an official vessel from the Shurima Empire!"

"Imperial paraphernalia!"

"Pure gold toilet, even if you pay for materials, you won't lose money!"

"..."

"..."

The helpless Lacus could only repeat again and again that she wanted to buy food, and was not interested in these handicrafts—then every time the stall owner would seriously correct her, it was not handicrafts, but genuine antiques...

"I dare say that the antique market in Piltover is not as lively as it is here." After sending a large bag of sweet potatoes to Skarash's back again, Lux complained to Kalya helplessly, "I look like Does she look like the kind of lady who is easy to deceive? Why are they all selling fake antiques to me?"

"You have wronged them!" Kalya laughed loudly after hearing this, "Actually, most of what they sold to you just now are genuine antiques - the price of counterfeiting antiques here is comparable to going to the desert. Digging up antiques is much more expensive!"

"No way?" Lacus' eyes widened in surprise, "You said those dusty-looking things are genuine antiques?!"

"That's right, they're all genuine. Few people can compare to me in identifying antiques."

"However, in Piltover, the price of genuine Shurima antiques is sky-high!" Lux couldn't help turning her head and glanced at the antiques that were just like the broken objects displayed in poor people's homes, "I'll see you at the auction house. It was completely different from these!"

"Antiques are also divided into three, six, and nine grades." Kalya looked strange, "Although the Shurima Empire was destroyed, many things left by the empire were buried in the yellow sand - time is too short , is not enough to completely destroy them, so in Shurima, the number of antiques is quite amazing."

"You mean, most of the antiques are not recognized?" Lux thought for a moment, and then said again, "Only those antiques that are in good condition and are precious utensils themselves are valuable?"

"Correct answer!" Carya admitted subtly, "You have never paid attention to the antique market in Piltover, so naturally you don't know about it—you can ask Eno, she has definitely figured out what's in it now chain!"

Lacus tilted her head in surprise, and looked at Ino beside her.

"Yes." Facing Lux's gaze, Ino looked away and nodded slightly, "I only heard about the antique auction in Piltover, but it was I who rebuilt Vazuan and reorganized the Adventurers' Association. I'm watching, so I still know some of them—but before I came here, I didn't expect that Shurima could have so many antiques."

"Tell me quickly!" Rejecting a vendor who was selling to her again, Lux asked Ino in a low voice, "What is the way here?"

"In the auction house in Piltover, every few months or more than half a year, there will be an antique from the Shurima Empire period that is extremely high in terms of material and shape." Eno explained, " This kind of artwork will naturally cause a fashion trend, but because it is rare, few people can get this level of artwork."

"and then?"

"Then soon there will be a large number of antiques with similar styles but insufficient production level entering the market." Ino spread his hands, "These inferior antiques are almost at the same level as the antiques they just sold to you. "

"So, someone used exquisite antiques to create a trend, and then used this large quantity of antiques to follow this trend and make a fortune?"

"That's right!" Eno nodded, "Before I thought those ordinary antiques were fakes made by Piltover, but I didn't expect them to be real... If you don't come to Weinbo in person, no one will be able to Imagine that antiques can be so cheap that they are indistinguishable from ordinary objects, where are so many antiques dug out from?"

"They were scavenged from the gravel by the scavengers of Shurima," Kalya said. "Did you see that group of people in tattered clothes and carrying big bags?"

"Those who bend over?"

"That's right, these are the scavengers. Whenever a desert storm dissipates, they will go to the place where the storm dissipates, looking for various antique artifacts dug out of the ground by the storm."

"When the storm has just dissipated? Isn't that very dangerous?"

"Living in the desert, isn't it normal for you to be dangerous?" Kalya smiled, "Weinbo is the largest distribution center for scavengers—let's go and say hello to them. Before we set off, we need to make sure Have there been any massive desert storms lately, and they're the ones who know that best!"

　Carya's Small Classroom Piltover's Antique Consumption Trend:

　　In Piltover, during the half year of Evolution Day, the fashion style tends to be avant-garde, bold and future-oriented; during the other half year, it is retro and conservative.

　　The cross-popularity of the two styles has greatly promoted consumption, draining the wallets of many fashion-seekers.

　　I grabbed the sofa by myself, rested tonight and watched the game.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)