The Wizard's Secret Journey

Chapter 26 Plan
"You want to know why there are no guards on the south side of Cuilin City, and there isn't even a city gate?"

In the Black Alley Market, Ba Jin looked at Lin En who was sitting next to him and raised his eyebrows and asked.

Lynn nodded slightly.

"I don't understand why there is any doubt about this. It's right next to the Green Shadow Forest, and there are only some wild beasts and monsters.

“As for the beasts and monsters that can be resisted by ordinary city walls, gates, and ordinary guards, there is no need to resist them at all. Those who often go to the Green Shadow Forest for adventure will rush to deal with them.

"And if they can't resist, wizards will naturally come to deal with it."

Lin En nodded. This was consistent with his guess. He was about to skip this question and continue to ask about the main business, but Ba Jin spoke first:
"You are not going to ask me again, if there is no one warning on the city wall, how can the wizard know."

Lin En shook his head and said, "I know, if so many people died, the wizard would naturally know... I just think..."

"It's a bit cruel, isn't it?" Ba Jin shook his head. "It can't be helped. Wizard Huosens led the team to the dangerous and remote place of Green Shadow Forest. It's normal for wild beasts and monsters to attack them.

"Besides, the third-level magic energy veins are all on the hillside of the academy, and no wizard is willing to guard the south where the magic energy is scarce.

“But for wizards, it doesn’t matter. Those large gangs and schools are protected by wizard formations. Even if all the mortals outside die, nothing will happen to them.

"At most, we can buy a few batches of mortals from the outside mortal kingdoms... just like when the Horsens School first moved here decades ago."

At this point, Ba Jin suddenly asked, "Speaking of which, you used to live in a mountain with abundant magic energy. Didn't you have any special feelings? The Hosens School has retained most of the magic energy there."

"No, you know, mortals' minds can't feel the difference. I haven't crossed the extraordinary barrier yet." Lin En replied.

"It's an extraordinary hurdle. I don't know when I can cross it." Ba Jin shook his head and sighed.

Ever since Lin En found the Broken Sword at a bargain price from him, every time he sold French films, Lin En would come over to take a look, and the two of them would chat for a while, and they became familiar with each other after a while.

Lin En also learned that Ba Jin was the descendant of a wild wizard. His father was once a third-class wild wizard apprentice, but he went to the Cuiying Forest one time and never came back.

The so-called wild wizards are a general term for wizards who are not from any school.

"In fact, the main reason I came here this time is to ask you some things about the Cuiying Market in the south. Do you know about that place?" Lin En said again.

"Of course I know. I go there almost every two days. I also hired two men to help me keep an eye on the place every day." Ba Jin nodded.

He glanced at Lynn and said hesitantly,
"I'm telling you because I like you. That's a good place to make money."

"What do you mean?" Lin En pretended to listen attentively.

Ba Jin continued, "Don't be fooled by the fact that it only takes two hours to walk from here to Cuiying Market. Many ordinary hunters there have never been here in their lives and have no idea that there are so many markets here.

"Do you know what this means?"

"Is there a cognitive information gap between them and us?" Lynn said.

Ba Jin was stunned for a moment, looked at Lin En, and said, "Yes... information gap, I like your word!

“This is one of the most important things I have learned about doing business!

"Remember the broken sword?"

"You mean, we can trick the hunters there?" Lin En frowned slightly.

"Don't look at me like that. I'm not that bad. That time was... Never mind. What I mean is that the prices of many commodities are not fixed. Sometimes you can make a profit by buying them there and selling them here!
"And all you need to spend is a little time."

"It's that simple?"

"It's that simple... No way! You have to be familiar with the prices of all the goods, and you have to have a keen eye and decisive judgment!" Ba Jin curled his lips.

"I still don't understand. If they can get a higher price by walking for two hours, there's no reason for those hunters not to come."

"Lin En, you come from a school, and my father is a wizard. You can't use our perspective to judge those mortals. Most of them can't even read." Ba Jin patted Lin En's shoulder.

"Let me tell you, among the many mortals I have come into contact with, there have always been quite a few who believe that the Stone House District is as dangerous as the Green Shadow Forest, or even more dangerous than the Green Shadow Forest. They will be brutally killed by the terrifying wizards as soon as they come here!"

“This…” “Yes, it’s stupid, right? But they don’t have teachers to teach them, and they can’t contact people like us, so how can they get more information?

“The only thing they know is that they need money to buy things and they have to pay the rent on time.

"Especially the rent must be paid on time. It is related to the income of the school and is the most important thing in the entire Cuilin City besides food. You should know this better than me."

Lynn nodded.

Wizards of the Horsens School generally do not engage in production, but they enjoy an inexhaustible supply of abundant materials, which are not created out of thin air.

All the land in the entire Horsnes Wizarding Territory belongs to the school. Anyone living on it, even a wizard, needs to pay rent to the school, even if the houses were built by themselves.

For convenience, usually the school would subcontract the land to large gangs in the city at a certain price every once in a while.

Those large gangs then subcontracted the business to smaller gangs like the Iron Claw Gang, which then collected rent from the civilians.

"Ordinary people are like this, and so are we." Ba Jin shook his head and said, "Although this Cuilin City is not big, the water inside is deep!
“Even I still don’t know a lot.

"For example, I've been researching the membership requirements for the Wuhuan Assembly for a few days, but I still can't figure out what the requirements are."

"Wuhuan rally?" Lin En was stunned.

"You know this place?"

"know a little."

Ba Jin showed joy on his face, and took out a secondary magic stone without hesitation: "Tell me how to obtain its membership, and it will be yours."

"That's what you said." Lin En raised his eyebrows, took the magic stone, and replied, "One, you are a wizard; two, there are second-level or higher wizard apprentices willing to guarantee you; three, master the extraordinary power with an attack power greater than 5 degrees; four, be a member of the Horsens School; five, pass any of the seven extraordinary knowledge tests set up by it. Six, the commission points reach 100 or more."

When he was still a member of the Horsens School, he and his friends went to the Wuhuan gathering and learned this knowledge.

"I see..." Ba Jin muttered, looking at Lin En and said, "See? This is the information gap. You idiots from the school have no idea what you have."

Lin En just smiled and did not refute. What Ba Jin said was indeed true.

But no matter what, he felt relieved as he held the secondary magic stone he had just earned.

He originally just wanted to come and ask Ba Jin about the situation in Cuiying Market, hoping to get some suitable hunting targets from Ba Jin.

But I guess I worked too much in my previous life, so my thinking is still too rigid!

There is no essential difference between making money by relying on a skill and making money by hunting in the Cuiying Forest. Both are inefficient choices.

In this world without the Internet, information asymmetry is everywhere.

Since Ba Jin could earn a good income in this way, he threw a secondary magic stone to him without blinking an eye. There was no reason for him to refuse!

Dusk.

Lynn returned to his shed with a full harvest.

The door of the shed where Gigos and his companions lived was locked.

'You haven't come back yet?'

Lynn was puzzled and walked into his shed.

Before I sat down, there was a knock on the door.

He opened the door and saw Gigos.

The tired look on the latter's face made his heart sink.

(End of this chapter)