Chapter 4058 4060 [Traceless Stretching Spell]
"Of course, this is the income certificate issued by Shuangma Entertainment City for me." Xiang Nan took out an income certificate and said.
For any customer who wins a large amount of money in the entertainment city, the entertainment city will issue a proof of income to ensure that the customer will not be investigated by the relevant departments. After all, many countries have the crime of "unknown sources of huge amounts of property."
The goblin took the income certificate and checked it carefully. After confirming that it was valid, he nodded.
“Since you exchanged so much Muggle currency, the exchange rate has temporarily fluctuated.” The goblin then calculated, “Your one hundred thousand pounds can only be exchanged for nineteen thousand galleons.”
“Okay.” Xiang Nan nodded.
ˆExchanging large amounts of currency will lead to exchange rate fluctuations, which he had expected and was not surprised at all.
Those who want to rely on arbitrage to bring down Gringotts and cause an economic crisis in the wizarding world really underestimate the wisdom of the goblins. I have been running a bank for more than 400 years, and I really didn’t do it in vain.
The goblin then helped Xiang Nan exchange 19,000 gold galleons, and thoughtfully gave him a money bag with a "traceless stretch spell" so that Xiang Nan could take the money away directly.
Otherwise, nineteen thousand galleons would be piled up like a mountain, making it inconvenient to carry.
The Traceless Expansion Spell is an advanced spell that can expand the internal space of an item without changing the external size of the item so that it can store more things.
For example, Arthur Weasley cast the Invisible Stretch Charm on his flying car, allowing a small Ford to hold eight people, six large boxes, and two birdcages.
When Hermione Granger was searching for Horcruxes, she also cast the Invisible Stretching Charm on her beaded bag, so that a small bag could fit into a warehouse.
In "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", Newt Scamander's suitcase hides a huge zoo, which is estimated to be larger than Disneyland.
And the space opened up by the Traceless Stretch Spell is just like Doraemon's four-dimensional space bag. Hiding items in it will not increase the weight of carrying it. That's why Hermione can easily carry a beaded bag, and Newt Scamander can carry a suitcase.
The Traceless Stretching Spell is equivalent to the storage ring in fantasy novels. However, storage rings can usually only store dead objects, not living objects.
The Traceless Stretch Spell does not have this restriction. Dead objects, living objects, animals, and plants can be loaded into it. It is quite convenient and can be said to be a must-have item for home travel.
It's just that the Seamless Stretch Spell is strictly controlled by the Ministry of Magic because of its potential for abuse. It cannot be used for private purposes, but can only be used for the production of individual items approved by the relevant Ministry of Magic departments (such as suitcases and homes). tent).
Therefore, wizards who want to use the Traceless Extension Spell to transport and smuggle bulk commodities will definitely be punished by the Ministry of Magic. Arthur Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Newt Scamander are all illegal.
Xiang Nan originally planned to use the traceless spell to make himself a portable storage bag for money, clothing, books, wands, sundries, etc.
Anyway, he has not officially entered the school yet and is not considered a student of Hogwarts, so there are certain loopholes to exploit. But now it’s saved.
The money bag the goblin gave him was quite big. It was half the size of a room. It contained more than 10,000 gold galleons and he was still rich. It could at least hold hundreds more books, dozens of clothes and a lot of sundries. .
After leaving Gringotts, Xiang Nan went to Slug & Giggs Alchemy Store to buy the raw materials needed to refine the flying sword. Such as mercury, fine gold, feldspar, wind-milled copper, ice spring water, etc. These are all necessary materials for refining flying swords, drawing talismans, and carving formations.
“Hello, what would you like to order?” shop owner Adam Giggs asked Xiang Nandao.
"One pound of mercury, three pounds of fine gold, five ounces of feldspar, one pound of wind-milled copper, six pints of ice spring water, one pint of Chinese fire dragon blood..." Xiang Nan said immediately.
After hearing this, Giggs looked at him in surprise, "Guest, the items you want are not cheap. Are you sure you have brought enough money?"
A pound of mercury costs ten galleons; an ounce of feldspar costs five galleons; a pint of ice spring water costs three galleons; and a pound of wind-milled copper costs twenty galleons. And fine gold is a precious magic metal, the price of one pound is seventy galleons.
These materials mentioned by Xiang Nan add up to more than three hundred galleons. For many wizarding families above the middle class, these materials are considered expensive.
For example, Horace Slughorn is the potions professor at Hogwarts, and his income must be considered above the middle class. But knowing that a pint of the eight-eyed spider's venom costs one hundred galleons, I still couldn't wait to take out the small bottle...
So Giggs looked at Xiang Nan with an angry face. He was not a regular visitor, and he was not well-dressed. Therefore, he did not believe that he could come up with three hundred gold galleons, and naturally he was not willing to make a fool of himself.
"OK." Xiang Nan nodded and took out three piles of gold Galleons from his wallet. Each pile contained as many as one hundred gold galleons. The golden light was dazzling and eye-catching. "I just took it out from Gringotts. I don't believe you can do it." Just check it out.”
Seeing what he said, Giggs was surprised when he took the gold galleons in his hand and carefully identified them one by one. There was no doubt that they were indeed genuine, "Okay, wait a moment, I will help you get the materials."
Subsequently, Ziggs took out precious alchemy materials from the deepest box in the store. Mercury, fine gold, wind-milled copper, feldspar, ice spring water, etc.
“Chinese fire dragon blood is a product prohibited from sale by the Ministry of Magic. Sorry, I don’t sell it here.” After Xiang Nan finished settling the bill, Giggs said again.
"Boss, can you tell me where to buy it?" Xiang Nan asked regretfully after hearing this.
"Hmm, I don't know." Giggs waved his hand, "With all due respect, that's not the place you should go."
"I understand, I'm just curious." Xiang Nan smiled and took out ten Galleons and handed it into the boss's hand, "I will definitely not take any risks."
"Okay." Giggs secretly accepted ten Galleons, and then whispered to Xiang Nan, "There may be something you want at No. 12 Knockturn Alley. But if I were you, I wouldn't Going to that kind of hellish place.”
Xiang Nan nodded, "Thank you for your guidance. Don't worry, I won't do anything random."
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After putting mercury, fine gold, wind-milled copper and other alchemical materials into his purse, Xiang Nan immediately headed to Knockturn Alley.
The blood of Chinese fire dragons contains powerful magic power and is the main raw material used to draw talismans and formations.
If he can't find it, then he won't be able to practice his flying sword, so even if he knows that Knockturn Alley is dangerous and contains many evils, he still has to try it.
(End of this chapter)