Magic Chef Of Ice And Fire

MCIF Chapter 22.2

Chapter 22.2 – Scrolls and Magic Arrays

Nian Bing knew roughly how precious scrolls were. Smiling slightly, he said, “I accept your proposal. Anyway, the resources I used were given to me by the Association. Without the materials from the library, I would be unable to make the scrolls. It’s fine like this. All the scrolls I make, except the ones that I need, will be contributed to the Association. I won’t even take a penny. But I hope that the President will grant me some privileges and in exchange, if I ever need money, the association can just offer me a more limited amount. Is this okay?”

Long Ling was at a loss. “I, I haven’t misheard what you said, right? You don’t want money?”

Nian Bing let out a small laugh and said, “What would I do with all that money? It’s much too troublesome to carry it on my person, and what’s more, my expense aren’t that big.”

Long Ling cheered and suddenly embraced Nian Bing before she forcefully pressed a kiss onto his face. “This is so great, this really great. Nian Bing, as you know, because of the existence of the Ice Goddess Pagoda, we, the Ice Moon Empire Mage Association had no standing in the continent. The Association does not only have sparse  magic experts, its reserves are also much smaller than every other Empire’s Association. In the eyes of the royal family of the Ice Moon Empire, the symbol of the empire is solely the Ice Goddess Pagoda. We do not amount to anything, so the allocated funds is pitifully small. Father is always troubled over this. I really did not know you were such a monster. You should know, even if father made low level scrolls, his success rate would be lower than yours. At least half of the Association’s expense is dependant on father making scrolls.”

Nian Bing touched the spot where Long Ling kissed him and said in surprise, “That can’t be. An Empire’s Mage Association can actually be maintained like this?”

Long Ling said sadly, “In reality, this is how it is. Our Association and the other  Empires’ Associations are different. Other empire associations are entirely supported by the Empire. In our case, the Ice Goddess Pagoda strength grows bigger and bigger while the Association continues to lose the acknowledgement of the Imperial Family. Our allocated funds are a mere pittance, basically just symbolic. Nian Bing! With your scrolls, the whole Association can improve. This is really too great. Thank you so much. Father can finally stop working so hard. Did you know? Father is fifty years old this year and Uncle Xue, Xue Jing’s father, is already over sixty years, but dad is much better than Uncle Xue in cultivation, but he looks older than Uncle Xue. Nian Bing, thank you, you are the Association’s hope! Just continue reading books, I will go tell Father the good news. Can I bring some of the scrolls you made?”

Nian Bing smiled slightly and said, “Of course you can, please choose whatever you wish.” Having known Long Ling for some days, this is the first he saw Long Ling in such a tizzy of excitement. This of course was not just because of the Mage Association, but more importantly, it was because of her father.

Long Ling snatched up a scroll from the ground with such happiness and excitement she did not look at its rank before she immediately ran off. In a blink, she had disappeared from the stairs.

Nian Bing looked at her fleeing figure and felt his face was warm. Muttering to himself, he said, “She really is such a cute girl! Scrolls are actually this great. En, the normal level ones I will leave with the Association and the higher grades I will keep for myself. If I accumulate a few scrolls, I can be very relaxed when I travel to the continent.”

He didn’t continue to make scrolls. After over ten days, he had already finished reading basically everything he needed to know on the second floor. He only had one last thing he was interested in, and after he finished reading he would go to the third floor for a higher understanding of magic.