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Chapter 148 - 140: Everyone, the Experiment was Successful_2

Chapter 148: Chapter 140: Everyone, the Experiment was Successful_2

"Alright, Arbitrator, let’s swap these scrolls." Libra made the decision right away, both scrolls were mutually beneficial, no need to take them back.

"Aries the Boss, let’s exchange ours too!" Lion immediately suggested, handing back the Weather Curse scroll to Mu You.

"Okay, but this is a high-ranking spell, what do you want for the extra value? I have a few magic cards here; you can select from them." Mu You pointed at a row of cards in front of him.

"Haha, no need to pick, I only want to reserve five Evolution Elixirs from Aries the Boss for my future breakthroughs. Of course, I’ll provide the materials."

"Okay, like Sagittarius, prepare two sets of materials for each elixir."

Mu You nodded and agreed.

"Moreover, if others also need Evolution Elixir, the same conditions apply: prepare two sets of materials, plus any treasure."

Mu You did not limit the type of treasure, mainly because he was afraid they might not have any. He was not in this business for a small profit. His main aim was to collect materials. Every time someone asked him to make a potion, he’d get some materials, which he’d use to generate more elixirs.

He was indifferent about additional rewards; whatever others could offer was fine. However, since they were the ones asking for his services, they were not supposed to underpay.

So they settled on this price. Everyone was quite satisfied, as it was a reward they could afford.

In the current game, without a shop, the collection of materials was difficult but definitely easier than finding a hidden Evolution Elixir in some ruin from scratch.

Then, they passed around a few scrolls, tested them according to Mu You’s methods, and came to a few conclusions: Virgo was a water type; she responded to two water type scrolls. Libra had a resonance with ’Quick Repair’, which indicated she was of the light type.

Seven out of ten people on the scene had confirmed their types, and there weren’t many options left. The remaining series could be easily confirmed by the process of elimination.

"I happen to have an Earth Series spell. According to Aries’s method, I indeed sensed a resonance. It seems that I’m of the earth type." Cancer said.

"Ah, then I might be of the air type. My first magic legacy card was a wind type..." Aquarius Girl said uncertainly.

"Wait a minute, could I be...?"

Scorpio, seeing the others confidently confirming their types, suddenly had a sinking feeling, realizing a headache possibility- time-space type...

"Well... Play down your grief."

Everyone else had apparently thought of this, and they offered their condolences.

Scorpio could only smile bitterly. Why was he so unlucky to end up with the most challenging time-space type? He couldn’t even make the existing magic cards, let alone create Dark Magic from scratch...

The discussion about the Dark Magic Faction ended here. After the discussion, seeing that half of the time had already passed, Mu You quickly switched the meeting to the Magic Card exchange session.

As usual, he displayed all the seven types of existing Magic Cards.

Others looked at him with envy. While everyone else brought one or two cards to trade, he brought a whole small shop to sell!

After Mu You, others displayed their cards in turn. However, this time everyone quickly realized a problem: they were just a few cards, and if this went on, they wouldn’t be able to continue trading for much longer.

Fortunately, in this session, they learned the secret of converting common magic into Dark Magic. In the future, they can keep all the scrolls they find and exchange them in the guild hall with those in need, thus continuously producing new Dark Magic.

After everyone had displayed their items, they started trading for the cards or spell scrolls they wanted.

Two people came to Mu You for trades.

One was Virgo.

This seemingly mute girl had agreed at the last session to swap with Mu You for ’Rejuvenation,’ but the card she brought this time was a Water Magic with a faint blue glow.

Water Prison Technique: Middle-ranking Black Magic. It forms a spherical water prison around the target, sealing all space-shifting abilities within it. It also absorbs 50 magic points per second from the trapped person, replenishing the caster. The water prison lasts up to one minute, it can’t be destroyed from the inside, only from the outside. If cast in snowy weather, the water prison can freeze into a more solid ice prison.

The Black Magic version of the Water Prison Technique!

Mu You had firsthand experience with the original version. At that time, the obese wizard had used this trick on him. The overlaying water walls formed a labyrinth, which seemed quite spectacular. However, it was raining at that time, and water spells received a substantial bonus. Its actual usability was average.

But now, the black magic version of Water Prison was way more practical than the original: firstly, it didn’t require the process of forming water walls; once cast, it’d form a water prison right away, significantly reducing the probability of the enemy escaping.

Secondly, it had the added effect of continuously absorbing magic power; 50 points per second, up to 3000 points. If someone got trapped for a full minute, their magic power would be sucked dry by the time they got out.

The last added effect was that it could transform into a more challenging ice prison in snowy weather, which could work in tandem with the ’Weather Curse’ he just obtained.

Besides Virgo, Cancer also came to him for trade. The quiet youth pulled out a card that made Mu You quite happy.

Tide of Mana: Middle-ranking magic, it doubles the natural magic recovery speed after loading

This card was special. It wasn’t a spell card, but a rare mana card that enhanced the absorption of natural magic. It wasn’t loaded in the three output positions of the Magic Crystal like the usual magic, but placed on the other three faces for importing magic power.

In other words, it’s a passive effect, but it wouldn’t occupy one of his card slots. These three input faces meant that he could load three of such cards at the same time, tripling his recovery speed!

Of course, Mu You wouldn’t reject such a practical card and immediately asked what card Cancer wanted in return.

But Cancer didn’t exchange for a middle-ranking magic card of equal value. He took three lower-ranking magic cards, clearly hoping to boost his power as soon as possible.

Mu You had no objections. Others might feel that three for one was a bit of a loss, but he didn’t lack cards at all. Moreover, these three lower-ranking cards had been slow to sell, and he was glad to trade them for something more useful.

Due to the previous scroll discussions, time for today’s meeting was rather tight.

They barely finished trading within the last minute.

At the last moment before the meeting ended, Mu You reminded everyone about an item he needed: the Degradation Stone.

He had searched for this stone before in Dragon Soars software but did not find it; it seemed to be a rare item.

At this point, he made a passing mention of it, asking everyone to keep an eye out for it. If anyone found it, he’d trade something of equal value for it.