On the Seven Towers

The carved wooden door of the castle's living room was opened from the inside. The first person to come out was Pinto, the earl's butler. As he stretched out his hand to lead the way, Xiao Chen, Li Jia and several commissioners from the business group filed out, and beside them, together What came out were more than a dozen businessmen dressed in different costumes, but most of them were luxuriously dressed.

The interior of the castle was as cold and dark as usual, and the light could only be spread on the ground and walls through the long and narrow windows. But the movements and whispers between these people were filled with enthusiasm, and the heat gushing from the living room warmed the stone house.

When everyone walked to the door while chatting, a chubby businessman saluted Xiao Chen and said: "Dear Mr. Xiao Chen, the negotiation method you arranged is really eye-opening for us. We never imagined that it could be so short again. During this time, so many ‘cooperative projects’ have been identified.”

He patted the bound printing paper in his hand, looked around at his peers, and said, "I want to keep this 'tender document' as a treasure. Only the miracle of magic can make the document so exquisite and gorgeous, and of course it is even more amazing. The contents inside can actually make a terribly complicated business so coherent. I think the elders of the Free City State's Chamber of Commerce will be stunned by this document. I want to go back and broaden their horizons. , Business can actually do this!”

Most of the people around him nodded and agreed with what he said.

Xiao Chen took the other person's hand, shook it hard, and said in the other person's flattered eyes: "I am very happy that everyone recognizes us. Although it is the first time for me and you to meet, but I have a hunch, Our cooperation can go on smoothly and for a long time. This is a magician's intuition. However, you can relax and talk about any problems. Don't be afraid of me. We magicians don't eat people."

The businessmen all laughed cooperatively. The leader looked at his hand nervously and said, "If I tell others that a magician took the initiative to shake my hand, they will definitely laugh at me for talking nonsense. "

"This is what I want to emphasize. We are not only here to do business with you, but also to be friends with you. You don't need to think of us as superior aliens, but you should think of me as a partner with whom you can communicate."

Xiao Chen snapped his fingers, and a cluster of flames appeared on his hand. The flames grew bigger and bigger, and finally exploded into scattered small sparks with a bang. "We have some extraordinary powers in the field of magic, and you are also in the field of gold coins." There is extraordinary power, and at the end of the day, we are all the same kind of people.”

The people around them laughed louder. A businessman said: "Then you are a master of two fields."

"There is another field." Xiao Chen raised a finger, "I am also very knowledgeable in food."

He shook hands with them one by one and invited: "Tonight, we have borrowed the earl's castle to prepare a celebration dinner for everyone. Please be sure to enjoy it..."

After the crowd dispersed, Xiao Chen said to Pinto: "I was surprised by the count's business influence. I didn't expect that his tentacles are all over the empire from the north to the free city-states in the south."

"These merchants are not all members of our family, they just have long-term trading relationships with the Arias family." Pinto explained.

Xiao Chen smiled and said: "I know how business networks form power. Even if these people are not members of the family, dense chains of interests have tied them to you. Moreover, I believe this is only a part of your strength. part."

Pinto smiled noncommittally, "I'm glad that you can recognize the ability of the Arias family. However, please allow me to remind you that as a mage, you may be able to treat these businessmen more..."

"Aloof?"

"Yes, after all, mages and nobles are the head of the world, craftsmen are the hands of the world, farmers are the body of the world, and merchants are just the feet of the world."

"Where is the king's place? Where are the gods?"

"The king is within the nobility, the gods are outside the world."

"Well, it's a very interesting model." Xiao Chen patted Pinto on the shoulder, "Maybe I will like my position in it, but the businessmen may not like theirs."

Xiao Chen returned to his room and took off his cumbersome mage robe, leaving only a short-sleeved undershirt. The thin sweatshirt could no longer cover the muscle lines on his body. Whether it was his chest, abdomen, or arms, he had changed from his past thin look, and there were strong fleshy bumps that were slightly bulging. Since his body was transformed by the white light in the underground palace, Xiao Chen has become stronger and stronger, and his physique has become stronger and stronger. It was late autumn, and he stayed in the stone house, but he didn't feel cold at all.

Lying on the hard wooden bed, Xiao Chen crossed his hands on his chest, looking at the rough stone roof, but thinking about every bit of the previous negotiation in his mind. Even though he was chatting and laughing all the way, only he knew how difficult it was to scheming with these old and cunning businessmen.

The business team actually added a lot of clauses that were beneficial to them in the agreement, but these rules and regulations organized in modern terms were found out one by one after the other party fully understood the meaning of those words. Whether it is the ownership of equity or the calculation of interest, as long as the reason is explained clearly, those businessmen can always quickly learn without a teacher, and even put forward some counter-arguments. Xiao Chen knew that this was a keen sense cultivated after dealing with money for a long time, and the teachers and students of finance, law, and economics in the business team were just rookies holding books in front of these old-timers.

You really can't underestimate the people in this world.

At this time, Xiao Chen's heart moved, and his mental power sensed that someone was walking back and forth outside the door of the room. One of the manifestations of the materialization of mental power is that he can roughly sense the movements within a range of more than ten meters around him like a human radar.

The guy seemed to be very hesitant. He stood at the door several times and wanted to knock on the door, but turned away and continued to wander outside the door. Xiao Chen waited for a while, and finally lost his patience. He jumped off the bed, put on a shirt, walked to the door, and when the man walked to the door again, he opened the door.

"I knew that you were the only one who was so entangled. Have you turned around enough? Come in and talk." Xiao Chen shook his head and pulled Li Jia into the door.

Li Jia walked into the door embarrassedly, with his hands on his chest and his back hunched, like a little boy who had done something bad. After he entered the door, he was still turning around, giving people a very uneasy feeling.

Xiao Chen pulled open a chair next to the small table by the window, "Sit down, sit down and talk!"

Li Jia chuckled twice, took out a ring from his pocket, and handed it to Xiao Chen. It was the secret inheritance ring that Xiao Chen often wore on his hand.

"I've been trying for three days. There's no response at all. I can activate the spirit whipping magic inside, but I can't feel any inheritance information. I guess I don't have the qualifications to inherit those magics."

Xiao Chen put the ring back on his hand, thought for a while and said, "Maybe it's just that the power responsible for inheriting magic has been exhausted. To put it bluntly, the most powerful thing about this ring is that it can directly engrave the structure of magic in your mind. If you learn magic by reading the records of ancient magicians, this step is very difficult. Those ancient magicians have never taken art classes, and many of them are soul painters. It would be great if we had an alternative method."

Li Jia nodded in agreement. At that time, in order to teach him a wind blade technique, Serinda demonstrated it many times with her hands and feet, and he was really able to clearly imagine this rune structure in his mind. He said, "Recording magic is a difficult problem. Some magic books collected by Serinda's family all use illustrations to explain magic. A magic that can be activated in one second has to be broken down into dozens of pictures to explain it clearly. The pictures change one by one, making it look like a comic strip."

"Haha, comic strip... eh!" Xiao Chen suddenly stood up when he heard this and looked at Li Jia blankly.

"What's wrong?"

"You mean pictures connected together?"

"Yes."

"Isn't that a cartoon?"

"But you have to look at it from all angles, because those magic structures are three-dimensional..." Li Jia didn't react for a while.

"Then use 3D animation!" Xiao Chen suddenly became excited, clenching his fists and hitting his palms repeatedly, "We are so stupid, why didn't we think of using animation software to do this? Go back to school and get a computer to try, I think this can work!"

"Are you going to use 3D animation software to make a dynamic magic structure model?" Li Jia couldn't help but stand up too.

"Why not?" Xiao Chen's voice was urgent, his eyes were shining, "The essence of magic is a three-dimensional rune structure composed of mental power, which moves constantly during casting. So whether it is oral, demonstration, or reading books, it is difficult to explain this process clearly, which is the most difficult part of teaching magic. However, this is not a problem for 3D animation! After modeling, set the movement path, and then move the mouse to turn it around, right? In this way, the magic learned by each of us can be reproduced in the computer for others to learn, right?"

"Your imagination is so big." Li Jia said with a stammer, "But it seems to be the case. Oh my god, this thing can be done! This thing can be done!

"Right, right!" Xiao Chen shook Li Jia's shoulders and said, "Now we are awesome!"

"Why do I have a feeling that what you are going to do now will definitely subvert something, and may even affect the whole world?"

"The vision of modern people makes us unable to be content with mediocrity. "Xiao Chen smiled smugly. He walked around the room several times, thinking about the feasibility of this matter over and over again in his mind. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense.

It took him a long time to calm himself down, and told Li Jia: "Okay, okay, we have to go back to school to try this, don't tell anyone now."

"Don't tell the people in our own team?" Li Jia asked.

"Don't tell before the matter is done, so as not to make others happy for nothing."

"Okay."

"Hey, by the way, what did you want to talk to me about today?"

"Oh, oh." Li Jia took out a scroll. The scroll was made of heavy leather. After he spread it out on the small table, it was 30 centimeters square. It was painted with dense patterns composed of runes. If such a scroll is used to stimulate, it can completely release a magic. If it is not used, it can also be used to study and learn, and the three-dimensional magic rune structure can be felt in the spiritual world. It is much easier to learn magic by consuming such precious scrolls than by recording it in text.

"I learned the art of flying from this scroll. This scroll has more energy, and I am not slow to learn. So, I think you may be able to learn it again with it."

"Celinda has spent a lot of money." Xiao Chen held the scroll in his hand and looked at it carefully. The workmanship is delicate and the brushstrokes are beautiful. It must be the work of a master. After putting away the scroll, Xiao Chen turned his eyes and said, "No, this is not the reason why you hesitated at my door. Don't play dumb, what do you want to say?"

"Hey, I know I can't hide it from you. This..." Li Jia hesitated for a while before approaching Xiao Chen and whispered, "Can you lend me the "Shadow Scroll of the Sea of ​​Consciousness" for a while?"