The Wizard: Grinding Experience Starting with Knight Breathing Techniques 28

Chapter 0028 [Frost Wolf Breathing Technique] and [Giant Bear Breathing Technique] (Requesting Follow-up Reads)

Holy Radiance Year 1006, the last day of the Verdant Life month.

The Shining Auction was held as scheduled in the Shining Tavern.

The auctioneer was the alluring and sexy barmaid.

Dressed in revealing attire, she walked to the center amidst the admiring gazes of numerous men.

And the auction officially began.

Li Wei, wearing a white wolf mask, sat in the back.

With his hundred gold coins, he could probably only afford one item at this auction. After all, everyone who came to the Shining Tavern was a wealthy person from the Northland. In this era where nobles were everywhere and titles were worthless, who wasn’t a noble?

Each month’s auction featured ten items, generally commissioned by the tavern’s members. As Li Wei knew, a one-time payment of one hundred gold coins made one a Shining Member of the Shining Tavern, valid for five years.

During the validity period, members were exempt from entrance fees and auction handling fees.

Li Wei knew that many of those damn wealthy grand nobles were members of the tavern, such as his own father, who had been a distinguished Shining Member before his death. Unfortunately, membership wasn’t hereditary.

“This is the sword of a Great Knight from the Vigode family a hundred years ago, a divine weapon forged by the master craftsman ‘Hammer of Flames’ Haig Emmon a century ago. It has high value for both practical use and collection. The starting price is 10 gold coins, and each bid must be no less than 5 gold coins.”

With the barmaid’s seductive voice, the atmosphere in the hall was instantly ignited.

“My God, the first item is so exciting.”

“Hammer of Flames, a famous craftsman from the Northland a hundred years ago, was once the royal blacksmith. His works must be top-tier.”

An expert blacksmith exclaimed.

Li Wei was also surprised. In the past year, while learning forging, he had learned about the Kingdom’s forging history from Xiaomi Lan and some forging books. “Hammer of Flames” was undoubtedly a remarkable blacksmith.

Essentially, blacksmiths didn’t have a ranking system like Knights, but people still divided blacksmiths into three levels based on their fame and the quality of their work.

Blacksmith apprentice, which was Li Wei’s current level; however, with his third-level forging skills, he was considered a senior apprentice, only a suit of armor away from becoming a full-fledged blacksmith.

Above blacksmith apprentices were official blacksmiths. Xiaomi Lan’s father, Old Toby, was such a blacksmith. The armor Li Wei and Sir Fred wore was forged by Old Toby. Unfortunately, Old Toby was abducted by the Wild Boar Gang, but Li Wei would get him back sooner or later.

Those who reached the pinnacle of forging and were recognized as forging masters by the kingdom’s nobles and knights were called “Master Craftsmen.”

Such figures received numerous commissions daily, with countless noble knights begging them to forge divine weapons for them. Their status was prestigious, and they were absolute treasures in any force.

The gap between an official blacksmith and a master craftsman was comparable to the gap between a Knight and a Great Knight.

Ultimately, this knight’s sword, forged by a master craftsman, was bought by a wealthy noble for 100 gold coins.

It should be noted that even if the knight’s sword was excellent, due to the technological limitations of the time, its intrinsic value certainly wasn’t worth a hundred gold coins. It was simply the brand value of the master craftsman that significantly increased its price.

Li Wei’s heart was strengthened in his determination to continue his forging. Once he reached the level of master craftsman, he should be able to achieve financial freedom.

As for mithril, it was a legendary material, only possibly found where meteorites fell from the sky. According to the witch Gulwig, mithril was a recognized extraordinary material among wizards, the most cost-effective “Ether” conductive material.

This knight’s armor sold for four hundred and eighty gold coins.

“This trash plate armor is far inferior to my Frost Giant magic armor, which can sell for hundreds of gold coins. Mine is entirely made of mithril and its value is beyond the measure of mortal gold coins.”

Finally, Li Wei’s long-awaited breathing technique auction lot came.

“Ladies and gentlemen, the breathing techniques to be auctioned are sold as a pair: the Frost Wolf Breathing Technique of the Frost Wolf family, and the Giant Bear Breathing Technique of the Giant Bear family. The starting price is 100 gold coins, with each bid increment no less than 1 gold coin.”

“Although these two breathing techniques are both shallow-quality bloodline breathing techniques, as noble breathing techniques, they still have some collector’s value. If there are any breathing technique collectors present, you may want to consider them.”

The barmaid seemed worried that these two breathing techniques wouldn’t sell and promoted them with all her might.

Hearing the barmaid’s words, Li Wei’s expression changed. He didn’t expect that the breathing techniques being auctioned were those of his two neighbors.

“It seems that the descendants of my two neighbors, the Frost Wolf Knight and the Giant Bear Knight, have fallen to the point of selling their ancestral breathing techniques for a living after their fathers’ deaths. But these two breathing techniques are only of shallow quality and are bloodline breathing techniques. Besides me, no one should buy them…”

In the auction hall, other nobles and knights began to discuss amongst themselves.

After a while, there were only sporadic bids.

Finally, after Li Wei raised the price to 120 gold coins, no one else bid.

Li Wei successfully bought the two bloodline breathing techniques for 120 gold coins.

This price was reasonable.

If they were non-bloodline breathing techniques, even if they were of shallow quality, they wouldn’t be obtained for less than several hundred gold coins.

Bloodline breathing techniques are priceless treasures for disciples with the corresponding noble bloodline, but for most outsiders, they are purely useless.

After all, they can’t be cultivated, only collected. Even if noble lords have money, they don’t spend it this way, especially in this time of war, money should be used to buy necessities such as weapons, armor, and food.

The auction ended. After Li Wei received the breathing techniques, he quickly left the auction venue. He changed into a new set of clothes, then went to the Jadeite Trading Company to prepare the other alchemic materials. Except for Dragon Saliva Fragrance, the other materials were common. For the snake blood needed for the potion, Li Wei bought a basket of “White Crystal Snakes,” a type of snake unique to the cold climate of the Northland.

In addition, Li Wei visited libraries and bookstores in Icewind City, buying everything that might be related to wizards at a high price.

Then, Li Wei traveled overnight. This time, he took a more remote mountain road, and besides encountering some wolves along the way, he didn’t encounter any bandits.

Holy Radiance Year 1006, the second day of the Green Grass month.

Dust-covered Li Wei arrived at Black Water Valley. Sir Fred in the ancient castle, seeing the returning Li Wei, finally relaxed his expression.

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