Reincarnation Paradise Park-Chapter 855 - 86: The True Mage Lord
Due to the nature of the Annihilation Law Profession, even though Su Xiao’s Intelligence Attribute reached 79 points, he couldn’t perceive any elements, hence he had no idea what ’Element Connection Strength’ and ’Elemental Perception Sensitivity’ were.
Though he didn’t know, someone he was acquainted with, Yan Chen, might know.
He had collaborated with Yan Chen before, and they had gone through life and death together, so they had exchanged contact information.
Su Xiao contacted Yan Chen, and after several seconds, a virtual screen appeared before him, revealing the sleepy-eyed Yan Chen within.
"Early morning, can’t a man enjoy his morning sleep?"
Yan Chen was clearly just waking up, and as the leader of many crazies, his morning grogginess was considerable.
"What are Element Connection Strength and Elemental Perception Sensitivity used for?"
Su Xiao got straight to the point; he had previously tried to ask Reincarnation Paradise, but unluckily, both pieces of information required payments of 10,000 Paradise Coins each.
"Just that question? I thought you were going to treat me to breakfast."
Yan Chen felt a bit disgruntled but still answered Su Xiao’s question and gave a lengthy, detailed explanation, which cleared up Su Xiao’s long-standing confusion.
"Element Connection Strength is essential for every mage. You could understand it as a line between a mage and elements. The thickness of this line represents the value of Element Connection Strength; the thicker the line, the faster and more stable the casting speed.
As for Elemental Perception Sensitivity, this is quite rare. For example, a mage with 50 Intelligence points can perceive a surrounding element concentration of 300 TC units. As for what ’TC’ is, just consider it a unit, a measurement unit exclusive to Mage Lords. Not being a mage, the higher the perceived TC units, the less mana consumption, colloquially reducing mana cost, though this only applies to Mage Lords, not mages."
Yan Chen emphasized Mage Lords and mages twice, suggesting there might be some difference between the two.
Yan Chen cleared his throat and continued:
"Casting involves several processes: first, perceiving a certain concentration of TC elements, mobilizing these elements, converting mana value into the same category of elements, controlling, shaping, fission, secondary shaping, compressing, tertiary shaping, then silently chanting + mana resonance, and finally, releasing it. Overall, it’s annoyingly complicated, essentially the path an Academic School Mage must take.
Also, don’t confuse Academic School Mages with skill-based mages. In Reincarnation Paradise, the title Mage Lord was established by Academic School Mages. Among mages of the same level, Academic Schools are several times, even dozens of times, stronger than Skill Schools. But Academic School Mages are rare; nowadays, most self-proclaimed ’Mage Lords’ rely on fixed magic skill circuits.
Yan Chen spoke at length, and Su Xiao concluded that if the "Essence of the Moon" could find a true buyer, it seemed quite valuable, meaning the Academic School Mages.
"So, you’ve acquired equipment that can boost ’Element Connection Strength’ and ’Elemental Perception Sensitivity’?"
Yan Chen apparently wasn’t very interested in the "Essence of the Moon"; he was just a fake mage.
"A kind of potion, do you have a sales channel?"
"Of course... I do."
Yan Chen’s sleepiness subsided.
"7%."
"Maximum 3%."
"I’ll help you raise the price, so 6%."
"Deal."
Su Xiao and Yan Chen agreed to a transaction, evidently Yan Chen was connected to Academic School Mages.
Su Xiao had previously wondered why mages were called Mage Lords in Reincarnation Paradise. Most mages he met didn’t possess overwhelming combat strength and just randomly cast skills. The stronger ones simply released skills more logically; the title Mage Lord seemed somewhat undeserved.
Now he finally understood; Mage Lord wasn’t a term for all mages but exclusive to Academic School Mages.
Academic School Mages also learn skills, but they study the skills they’ve mastered, analyzing the principles and then integrating their own realizations.
It’s akin to how Su Xiao uses Soul Crystals + Paradise Coins to enhance Master Sword Technique but still meditates for 1-3 hours daily without fail. Not only that, but he also delves deeply into Blue Steel Shadow Energy analysis, thus developing the Divine Skill Counter Shield.
It would take Yan Chen some time to contact the Academic School Mage Priests; Yan Chen had said those Mage Lords were practically shut-ins, mostly staying in their private rooms researching magic.
For Academic School Mage Priests, researching magic is the most exciting thing. They pursue knowledge, subsequently arming themselves with knowledge to attain higher levels of knowledge.
Su Xiao left his private room and headed to the trading market, intending to sell the Malicious Yell Tower Shield first; this item could fetch a nice price.
Main Tanks might not be able to afford it, but the adventure group behind them would surely pay for it. A competent Main Tank is akin to a ’panda’ in Reincarnation Paradise, belonging to endangered protected professions.
Typically, leaders from various adventure groups would treat their Main Tank better than their own son, yet during battles, the Main Tank must endure hits at the forefront until they fall, which often correlates with group destruction.
Su Xiao arrived at his ’exclusive’ stall, which he frequently used.
Sitting behind the stall, Su Xiao hesitated for a moment before pricing the Malicious Yell Tower Shield at 600,000 Paradise Coins. This price wasn’t high. To be precise, the shield’s pricing is much lower than Magic Wands since the number of Main Tanks and mages differ greatly.
When supply exceeds demand, prices naturally drop, such as for shield equipment. As for Magic Wand weapons, they are consistently produced less than needed; mages are numerous, inherently safe within groups, combined with attractive and impressive magic as well as the title of Mage Lord.
As soon as Su Xiao’s stall opened, the golden glow attracted many Contractors, yet after seeing it was a shield, those Contractors admired it briefly before leaving. Out of nearly a hundred Contractors, only one burly man remained squatting in front of the stall, gazing eagerly at the gold shield displayed.
"Sir, could this shield be cheaper?"
"Sure."
Su Xiao didn’t want to lose his few customers.
"Uh~ how about 210,000?"
The burly man grinned awkwardly.
"A bit low, at least 550,000."
Su Xiao smiled; the man probably wasn’t trying to stir trouble, just not financially well-off.
"Sorry to bother, but could I feel the shield?"
Seeing that Su Xiao didn’t show any disdain, the burly man relaxed inwardly.
"Sure."
The burly man excitedly picked up the shield. Although his attributes and skills couldn’t activate its abilities, holding the golden shield felt satisfying, and the burly man chuckled foolishly.
"Thank you."
The burly man carefully placed the shield down, inwardly seizing the resolve that he must eventually wield a shield of the same quality and stand before his teammates.
Contractors came to the stall in steady streams, stopping briefly and then leaving in droves; soon, a stout man in a red shirt exposing ample chest hair stopped at the stall, his physique quite robust—a common Main Tank trait.
The chest-hair man didn’t ask for the price immediately but instead began contacting someone. Witnessing this, Su Xiao knew the real buyer had arrived.
Several minutes later, a middle-aged man with gloomy triangular eyes approached.
"Leader, it’s over here."
The chest-hair man waved; upon seeing him, the gloomy-faced middle-aged man smiled awkwardly, his grin apparently even worse than crying—he simply couldn’t smile.
The gloomy leader examined the shield at the stall, hesitating for a while.
"548,620 Paradise Coins; how’s that price?"
The gloomy leader had precisely calculated to the tens place for an item worth hundreds of thousands of Paradise Coins.
"Not bad, but all the way to the tens..." 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂
"It’s a personal preference; just consider me obsessive-compulsive."
The OCD leader’s offered price was a balanced judgment of market rates and his team’s affordability.
"Alright, but let’s forget the 20."
The price wasn’t high, naturally Su Xiao wouldn’t let the opponent have it easy.
Sure enough, as soon as Su Xiao spoke, the OCD leader appeared as if he had eaten something nasty; nonetheless, the transaction was completed.
"Steel Bullet, come have breakfast with me, immediately, now, the price must be exactly 20 Paradise Coins."
The OCD leader left with a bewildered Main Tank named Steel Bullet to eat breakfast costing exactly 20 Paradise Coins; should the breakfast price exceed 20 Paradise Coins, the OCD leader would feel terribly uncomfortable for days.
