Weird Wizarding World

   Chapter 163 Half-Elves (4k)

   After half an hour.

  The familiar bustling street scene of Tongqiangwei Street gradually came into view of Colin in the carriage.

   Uniform different shops, wide gray stone roads, endless crowds...

   In the past ten days, in order to solve the problem of meditation, it is not the first time that he has come here.

   After getting off the carriage, Colin walked towards the shops beside the road.

   After a short while, he walked around the shops of this street one by one.

   After walking around this street, Colin didn’t stop and continued to the next street, repeating the same action.

that's it.

   Maybe because he has been here many times before, although there are many shops in Tongqiangwei Street, he spent more than two hours shopping around the remaining shops one by one...

   But still nothing, and did not find what he wanted.

   Packed up his mood, Colin was not discouraged, and walked to the next place with the same expression...

   Today's main event is not these shops.

   Not long.

   A splendid building appeared in front of him.

   Slowly looked up.

The wooden plaque above    is clearly engraved with the words "Jinbei Auction House".

   On the right side of the door, another translucent white crystal projected two lines of blue characters——

   "Treasures from all countries, treasures from thousands of seas."

   "Jinbei Auction House's monthly large-scale auction will be held on Thursday."

   In fact, today is Thursday, and the slogan seems to have not been updated.

   Colin let out a sigh of relief, and with some anticipation in his heart, he walked towards the door with the golden invitation in his hand.

The invitation letter is what he got after he came to Jinbei Auction House a few days ago to show the savings of nearly 10,000 magic stones left on his body. He must have it to be eligible to participate in Jinbei Auction House's monthly auction. .

   Walking into the auction house and sitting in the separate seats in the auction hall, Colin rubbed the bidding crystal on his right, and his heartbeat was inexplicably faster.

   Over the past few days, he has inquired about a lot of information, trying to figure out what caused the decline in aptitude... and hoped to find a solution.

   The logic behind the decline in aptitude is simple.

   In fact, most of the changes to the body and mind caused by the original meditation method are irreversible.

   This irreversibility will continue to generate the magic power cultivated by the original meditation method, resulting in the pollution of the newly cultivated meditation magic power.

   Conversely, the contamination of magic power will also cause irreversible changes or deterioration of the mind and body.

  Irreversible deterioration is the most direct cause of negative effects such as a decline in aptitude.

   Of course, a situation like his is more complicated.

  The spirit and the body are a precise whole that complements each other, and the whole body is affected by one stroke. His situation also involves his own human nature and intellectual aura.

  OM——

   A soft white light gradually lit up on the main stage of the auction hall, illuminating the main stage and imprinting a circular bright spot in his eyes.

  Auction is about to start.

   Colin sat up slightly and stared at the main auction platform.

   In fact, his idea is very simple.

  Since the change of the original practice meditation method is irreversible, we simply no longer consider whether it is reversible.

   Instead, through the golden paper, the tin saint meditation method is integrated with the original ring meditation method, so that the original changes are also included, and the pollution problem is solved from the root.

   It’s just that there is an inescapable problem with this approach.

   Fusion needs to break both the Tin Saint Meditation and the Ring Meditation to gold in advance.

   But if you practice the tin saint meditation method, it will inevitably lead to the contamination of magic power, and then lead to changes in the mind and body...

  Everything seems to be stuck in an endless loop.

   But in fact, predecessors have already explored this aspect one after another, trying to find a solution.

   Of course, the final result... at least based on the information he can access now—

   This is still an unsolved problem.

   However, after reading the relevant information, he found a glimmer of light.

   He doesn't need to solve the pollution once and for all, he just needs to prevent the pollution from happening until the Tin Saint Meditation reaches golden color.

   And there are ways to temporarily avoid pollution...

   "The following is the first item to be auctioned, an unnamed witchcraft crystal. After trial, it is a fire element witchcraft. Its power is equivalent to the first-order median witchcraft, which is an excellent level."

   On the high platform, the auctioneer with a friendly face took out the first lot.

  Colin waited quietly.

Most auction items in the    auction will be printed on the list in advance, but there are still some auction items that will only reveal a few words in order to maintain a sense of mystery.

   In the publicity list of this auction, there is a keyword mentioned in the hidden lot - "eliminate magic."

   Yes, remove the magic.

   As long as all the magic power is eliminated, as long as no new magic power is generated, there will be no danger of magic mixed pollution.

   This is not of much use to other wizards. On the one hand, it is difficult to accurately eliminate only the original magic power.

   On the other hand, even if the magic power is eliminated, it is only a temporary delay, and it will always have an effect until later.

   After all, removing magic power only removes the surface, the real root cause—irreversible changes in the mind and body, but it cannot be recovered.

   But for him, as long as he can show procrastination, that's enough.

   In addition, it is worth mentioning that it is true that the magic power can be completely consumed by itself, but once you meditate, the magic power will be generated.

   Since most of the effects of previous meditation methods are irreversible, the magic power of the past will be more or less generated when meditating...

   This road is obviously not going to work.

  The auction is still going on.

  The bidding of machinery is one after another.

   There are several times when Colin has seen auction items that have his own heart.

   But after a moment of hesitation, he chose to put down the hand that touched the bidding crystal.

   Now the most important thing is to solve the problem of meditation.

   That auction item that can remove magic... I don't know the price yet.

  I really dare not spend money at will...

   After an unknown amount of time, Colin's expected voice finally sounded in the auction hall.

   "Next is auction item No. 32—" The auctioneer paused, then deliberately lowered his voice and said slowly: "The Fruit of Absolute Demon!"

As soon as the name    came out, Colin's heart suddenly felt bad.

   What he needs to remove magic power must obviously be temporary, and preferably without sequelae.

  This "fruit of absolute magic"...it doesn't sound like a mild potion.

   Sure enough, what the auctioneer said next also proved his conjecture.

   "The effect of eliminating the devil has only one effect, and that is to cut off the qualifications of the wizard, eliminate the magic power, and make him a mortal from now on.

   Of course, it is limited to the official wizard and below, and the smell of the fruit of absolute magic is strong and unique..."

  The voice of the auctioneer continued, and it was clearly conveyed to every corner of the auction hall through the magic array of loudspeakers.

   But to Colin, the sound seemed to be getting farther and farther, as if there was an invisible diaphragm, and it couldn't be heard clearly.

   "3000 Magic Stones!"

   After a while, the bidding sound suddenly sounded.

   "Call—"

   With a certain gaze, Colin was pulled back by the bidding sound, and the sounds around him became clear again.

   glanced around, Colin let out a soft breath, got up slowly, and walked out of the auction hall.

  ‘It’s not a good feeling to be disappointed, but you can’t just give up. ’

  Colin walked out of the auction room along the passage.

   It was the evening, and the rich orange-yellow light filled the earth.

   He looked at the dazzling pink orange embers left by the burning white clouds in the distance.

   My heart suddenly loosened, and then a little relieved, I secretly added a sentence in my heart.

  'But you can't be blind... For half a year, if you still can't find a solution after half a year, you can only change the meditation method directly. ’

   stopped a stagecoach and returned home.

  The galloping wind rolled up the thick curtain of the car window, and the light and shadow shook, and he quickly returned to the door of the house.

  But as soon as he got out of the car, an unexpected figure appeared in front of him.

   "Good afternoon, Senior Marjorie, where are you here?"

  Marjorie walked towards him slowly, smiled and said:

   "Didn't you ask me before, is there any kind of thing or potion that can temporarily eliminate the magic in the body?"

   "I looked through the sources and found several, but those were either extinct and hard to find.

  Either is to permanently eliminate magic power, or cause great harm to the body... The effect does not meet the requirements you describe. "

   Having said this, Marjorie paused, a smile appeared on his face.

   "But I'm here to tell you some good news."

   Colin was stunned, and a burst of uncontrollable joy suddenly surged in his heart.

   "Senior Marjorie, you mean you found it?"

   Marjorie shook his head.

  The rising joy in Colin's heart suddenly stopped, but before the disappointment reflected on his face, he heard Marjorie continue:

   "I didn't find it, but I went to Lilian-senpai for help."

  ‘Lillian-senpai? ' Colin frowned slightly.

  ‘Could it be Lilian Rudolph whom I met earlier in the tutor’s study? ’

   But it didn't matter, he watched Marjorie, waiting for his next words.

   Marjorie didn't buy it either, and said decisively:

   "Yes, you guessed right, Lilian-senpai just knows that a potion can meet your requirements...and, it's in Neustadt City."

   Colin was slightly startled, and after confirming Marjorie's words, the joy in his heart inexplicably added a bit of complexity.

   I didn't expect that I would get nothing in the shop or auction, and when I even wanted to give up in my heart, I suddenly got such a surprise.

   It's really... The east is not bright, the west is bright, and the willows are dark and flowers are bright.

   Adjusted his emotions, Colin pondered for a moment and asked:

   "So, Lillian... Did senpai say I need to pay?"

   "Pay what?" Marjorie shook his head, "I don't know about that, you have to ask her yourself."

After    finished speaking, Marjorie paused and added with a smile: "But as far as I know, everyone is the same mentor, and Sister Lilian won't ask for anything from you."

   "Yeah." Colin nodded and said sincerely: "Thank you, Senior Marjorie, this news helped me a lot."

   "But I'm in a hurry to find Lilian-senpai now. How about I invite you to Mochizuki Restaurant for lunch another day?"

  Mochizuki Restaurant is a mid-to-high-end restaurant nearby, and the monster ingredients in it are well-received... Of course, it's not cheap.

   Generally speaking, the two of them would probably have to spend at least two hundred magic stones.

   "Mochizuki Restaurant?" Marjorie hesitated and shook his head, "It's too expensive, Junior Colin.

  If you really want to invite me to dinner, next time let your maid cook a good meal, I came to you to eat once last time, that... spicy chicken? "

   "Spicy Chicken."

   "That's right, that's it... After eating it, I can't forget it." Marjorie smacked his lips and sighed again:

   "It's a pity that my cook doesn't have the skills as your maid. I've described it several times, but what she made is still nothing like it."

   "If the senior wants to, you can ask my maid Renee to teach your cook how to make it."

  Majoli is happy, his biggest hobby is food.

  This book claims to have no food that I haven’t eaten before.

   But when Colin asked him to eat one day, he realized that he had never eaten the dinner brought by his maid!

   "Then it's settled, I'll let the cook come to study tomorrow." He hurriedly said with a smile, paused and added:

   "Forget about Mochizuki restaurant, just find some information, don't spend so much money."

   "...It's better to hit the sun if you choose a day, but I'm going to go to Lilian-senpai today...Tomorrow, I'll let Renee prepare a table of delicious food, and I'll wait for you to come, senpai."

  Clinton paused, no longer insisted, and said with a smile.

   "Yes." Marjorie readily agreed, as if thinking of something, he looked at Colin and suddenly said again:

   "I'm afraid you can't find Lillian now."

   "Today is Thursday, I'm afraid Lilian-senpai is still in the tutor's study, and won't come out of the tutor's residence until twelve o'clock."

  ‘Still in the study? ’

  Colin raised his eyes and glanced at the sunset that was about to sink in the distance, and asked with some surprise:

   "I remember senior, you said that after twelve noon, you cannot enter the tutor's study..."

   "Lillian is different from us." Marjorie shook his head, then paused and said, "Actually, Lillian is the granddaughter of the mentor."

   "So..." Colin nodded slowly.

  Before the two had the same surname, he had this guess...

   seems to be thinking of something, Colin suddenly asked curiously:

   "Senior Marjorie, I see you call Lillian senpai, I'm a little curious about Lillian senpai..."

   "Lillian-senpai should be nearly seventy years old this year."

   seems to have guessed that Colin would ask such a question, and Marjorie answered first.

  ‘Almost seventy? ! ’

   Thinking of Lilian's appearance at most thirteen years old, Colin was shocked.

  Marjorie looked at Colin's shocked look and laughed a few times and explained:

   "Lillian-senpai is a hybrid of high elves and humans, with a life span of at least 600 years... 70 years old, which is only equivalent to 12 or 13 years old for humans."

   "Let's go, since you can't find Lilian-senpai now, maybe you have time for me to have dinner?"

   Marjorie smacked his lips and added, "Of course, tomorrow's meal will be indispensable."

   "...No problem." Colin came back to his senses and led Marjorie into the yard.

   (end of this chapter)