Chapter 73: Profit! Huge Profit!!

The next afternoon, as the sun set and dusk approached, Sophie stood alone at the entrance of Talim Village. She looked at the small path leading to the village with a face full of worry.

However, just as Sophie felt she could no longer bear the wait, a burst of crisp laughter suddenly drifted over. Sophie immediately cheered up. She saw two figures, one large and one small, appearing around the bend ahead. Both wore smiles on their faces; they were none other than Luo Yan and Isaiah.

Sophie suddenly felt a sense of relief, but she also felt a bit angry. However, before she could speak, Luo Yan noticed her standing at the village entrance. He immediately cried out in surprise and ran toward her quickly, asking with a face full of concern, “Mom, why are you here? The wind is so strong, you shouldn’t have come to wait for me!”

Seeing her son’s smiling face, Sophie immediately forgot her previous anxiety. She hurried to pull her son close to look at him carefully. After a while, she actually said, “You’ve grown thinner… and darker…”

Hearing this, Luo Yan rolled his eyes. Was she being too exaggerated? He had only been gone for one day, yet he was already thinner and darker. However, he understood Sophie’s current mood. He rubbed his nose and said sillily, “Mom, Isaiah and I haven’t eaten yet. Did you make anything?”

Hearing this, Sophie immediately said, “Why haven’t you eaten yet? You should have prepared some snacks for the road!” As she spoke, she pulled Luo Yan and said hurriedly, “Come, I just happened to prepare some stir-fried wild boar meat at home. Let’s go back and eat quickly.”

As soon as he heard this, Luo Yan’s small face slumped. He thought to himself: Dad, it looks like there is no dinner for you today…

Setting aside whether his father, Luo Pei, had dinner tonight or even had time to come back for it, Luo Yan ate very happily—except for that plate of greasy stir-fried wild boar meat. During the meal, Sophie didn’t care at all about what Luo Yan had actually gone to do this time. She was more concerned about the situation of her eldest daughter, Luo Lan. Luo Lan was thirteen years old and was attending a vocational school in town. She usually lived at school and could only return during holidays and winter or summer breaks. However, there were actually only half a month left of winter break this semester, so this was simply a mother’s concern.

Luo Yan patiently answered his mother’s questions. In truth, there wasn’t much to tell; he wasn’t coming home until Sunday anyway. In fact, his eldest sister was also very surprised to see her little brother suddenly arrive in town. However, Luo Lan didn’t think too much of it, assuming that their mom had sent Isaiah and her little brother had just insisted on coming along.

By the end of the meal, his head was covered in sweat, mainly because his mother’s questioning was incredibly detailed. Finally, Luo Yan used the excuse that he was exhausted from walking all day to escape his mother’s interrogation. He quickly ran back to his room and impatiently pulled a small black velvet bag from his chest. At this moment, the small bag looked quite bulging.

He casually poured the Magic Cores from the bag onto the bed with a clatter. A satisfied smile filled Luo Yan’s mouth. The irregular crystals on the bed were much smaller in size, at most the size of a soybean, but the quantity…

“Thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three… Ha… thirty-three in total!”

Satisfied, he counted them one by one again, and Luo Yan smiled very happily. He had indeed had good luck in town this time. Originally, he wanted to find a Magic Core buyer to sell his cores, but Isaiah suggested checking the Mages Guild. As it turned out, they met a very kind old clerk. Seeing that Luo Yan was a child and a Level 1 Magic Apprentice, the old clerk’s desire to support talent was stirred. The price the old clerk gave was a full thirty percent higher than the market price. Finally, at Luo Yan’s request, the clerk helped him exchange them all for first-order Magic Cores, totaling thirty-three pieces. This number was beyond Luo Yan’s expectations; he had originally thought that getting over twenty would be very good.

Thirty-three first-order Magic Cores meant that if everything went smoothly, Luo Yan could synthesize a total of eleven Second-order Magic Cores. Even considering possible losses, he could gain seven or eight. Exchanging two Second-order Magic Cores for seven, eight, or even eleven Second-order Magic Cores was something even someone thinking with their knees would know was a gain.

Huge profit!!

Speaking of which, when the old gentleman helped Luo Yan exchange the Second-order Magic Cores for first-order ones, his face had been full of pity, looking as if Luo Yan was wasting heavenly treasures. If he knew the truth, he didn’t know how shocked he would be.

“Haha!” He rolled on the bed in excitement and kicked his feet wildly in the air. Luo Yan was truly thrilled at this moment. It wasn’t just that exchanging for such cheap Magic Cores excited him, but rather that he felt he saw a golden path laid out before him.

He didn’t have to do anything except collect Magic Cores and sell them…

This wasn’t just a matter of strengthening his summons. Luo Yan now needed a large amount of Gold Plang. Many of his plans were waiting for initial investment. After a few more such attempts, collecting the next part of the “Tears of the Aurora Goddess” would no longer be a problem.

Luo Yan had always known that one of the flying needles lay quietly in a certain place. The problem was that he had no money; even if he wanted to make a move, he had no way.

“Being a Wizard is really useful…” Lying on the bed, Luo Yan sighed with emotion. Previously, due to his age, there were many things he could only dream of but not do. Now, with the protection of this identity, he suddenly felt his actions were much freer. However, the next step was to have money; without money, it was still hard to move a single step.

Of course, it was obvious that this didn’t seem to be a problem; he just needed a little bit of patience.

“Ah… stay calm, stay calm… it’s more important to do the real work first!” After dazing on the bed for a while longer, Luo Yan suddenly reacted. Gold Plang wouldn’t just fall from the sky while he lay here acting silly; taking immediate action was the key.

He flipped over and stood up. First, he selected two Magic Cores and casually drew a very simple magic circle in a corner of the room. Then, with a snap of his fingers, he summoned A Dai and gestured for him to step into the magic circle. Luo Yan activated the circle, and suddenly a wave of elemental fluctuations emerged. A very weak, almost invisible seven-colored light washed over A Dai like a tide, moving back and forth.

Strengthening a summon was a slow process that required precision. Currently, A Dai had only just begun the strengthening process, and first-order Magic Cores were sufficient for him. As for the magic circle… a level-one magic circle was as simple as a fart to the former Undead Alchemy Master, Luo Yan!