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Chapter 82 Taobao Fire Spirit Sword (Please Subscribe)

Xixiafang Market.

As the largest market in Xicheng, it sees a significant number of visitors every day, even on ordinary days.

Zhou Ling soon stopped at a street stall.

[You discovered a broken magical artifact; Search the mountain for treasure +1]

[Ritual implement: Black Gold Seal]

[Grade: Tier 1, High Grade]

[Description: Refined from black gold, this item bears a mountain inscription, allowing for mountain-based attacks. The mountain inscription is somewhat damaged.]

"Young man, what do you want to buy? My things are of good quality and inexpensive, you'll definitely find what you need!"

A middle-aged man with a beard looked at Zhou Ling and smiled.

"How much does this iron shield cost?"

Zhou Ling pointed to a black iron shield and asked.

"This is a first-grade low-level black iron shield. It has strong defensive capabilities. If you want it, young brother, it will cost twelve low-grade spirit stones."

The middle-aged man glanced at Zhou Ling and said with a smile.

"Shopkeeper, don't take me for a child, don't be so gullible. Everything you sell here is substandard."

"Besides, even a perfectly intact black iron shield wouldn't cost twelve spirit stones!"

Zhou Ling stared at the middle-aged man and said unhappily.

Although he is only a little over ten years old, he is already nearly 1.4 or 1.5 meters tall.

However, his face still looked somewhat immature and inexperienced.

The middle-aged man glanced at Zhou Ling in surprise, only then realizing that the young man before him was already in the mid-stage of Qi Refining. He quickly smiled ingratiatingly and said, "Young brother, you're quite the expert. How about eight low-grade spirit stones?"

"Not very good!" Zhou Ling shook his head.

Pointing to the black gold seal beside him, he asked, "What is the price of this damaged black gold seal?"

The middle-aged man looked at Zhou Ling with suspicion, then glanced around nervously before whispering tentatively, "I didn't expect you to have such a discerning eye, young man. If you want it, it'll be thirty low-grade spirit stones."

Zhou Ling glanced at him sideways and shook his head.

This top-grade black gold seal is of good quality, but the inscription is damaged and needs to be repaired.

The middle-aged shopkeeper pointed at the black gold seal and said solemnly, "Although it has some minor flaws, it can still be used once or twice. The power of this top-grade seal is enough to deal with late-stage first-tier demonic beasts!"

Zhou Ling continued to shake her head.

The middle-aged shopkeeper said in a deep voice, "A flat price of twenty-eight low-grade spirit stones!"

"Eighteen low-grade spirit stones!" Zhou Ling stood up and said.

The middle-aged man's eyes widened, and he muttered, "No way!"

"Twenty spirit stones is the minimum!"

Nineteen spirit stones!

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After some haggling, Zhou Ling bought the top-grade first-tier black gold seal for nineteen spirit stones.

This can be considered as picking up a pretty good bargain.

A perfectly intact, top-grade, first-tier black gold seal would cost several tens of spirit stones to acquire.

Although the black gold seal was damaged, he already had a general idea of ​​how to repair it through the [preliminary analysis].

After receiving the black gold seal, he continued to stroll around the market.

"Shopkeeper, how much is this sword?"

At another stall, Zhou Ling pointed to an inconspicuous black sword and asked an old man with a gray beard about it.

[You discovered a broken magical artifact; Search the mountain for treasure +1]

[Magic Weapon: Fiery Sword]

[Grade: Low-grade Tier 2 Spiritual Artifact]

[Description: Refined from fire crystal stone, this item bears a second-tier fire aura inscription, capable of condensing fire aura sword energy for attack. The fire aura inscription is somewhat damaged.]

"A low-grade second-tier spiritual weapon?"

Seeing the prompt that appeared on the panel, Zhou Ling couldn't help but feel a surge of joy.

I never expected that the market vendors would have such good stuff. But considering it was Old Man Sun, it makes sense.

The vendors searched for avenues four times to acquire various magical artifacts and treasures.

It's normal to sometimes find one or two good items.

However, the inscription on this Fire Qi Sword was damaged.

Although the inscription was damaged, rendering the sword unusable, it was actually a good thing for Zhou Ling.

It would be best to buy this spirit sword at a low price and have it repaired later.

If not, then keep it for research on second-order inscriptions.

It won't be wasted.

Through "Analysis of Second-Tier Low-Grade Inscriptions", he learned some information about spiritual artifacts.

This is a treasure whose power far surpasses that of magical artifacts.

Only Foundation Establishment cultivators can truly control it.

Of course, Qi Refining cultivators can also use it, but they can only unleash four or five levels of power at most.

But 40% to 50% is already a lot.

After all, this is a magical artifact!
This already possesses immense destructive power against ordinary Qi Refining cultivators.

Spiritual artifacts are rare in Xixia Market, and are often priceless.

The old man looked at Zhou Ling and smiled, saying, "Young brother, this is a ruined spiritual weapon. It can only be sold as material. If you want it, it'll cost fifteen spirit stones!"

"Twelve spirit stones!" Zhou Ling tried to negotiate the price down.

Bian solemnly took a clean cloth and carefully wiped the black sword.

[You are analyzing the Fire Spirit Sword. Basic Analysis +1, Fire Inscription Proficiency +1]

A thought emerged in Zhou Ling's mind.

Zhou Ling was overjoyed. Although he was still unable to repair the second-tier inscription, he knew that the Fire Gang Sword could still be repaired, and that was enough!
"Fourteen yuan!" Seeing that Zhou Ling seemed genuinely interested in selling the broken sword, the old man said cautiously.

He actually looked a little nervous.

Although it is a spirit sword, a damaged spirit sword is not worth much money.

He also tried to find ways to fix it, but the answer he received was that it was simply impossible.

Therefore, they can only be displayed on the stall and sold as defective products.

But it's been sitting there for months and no one has asked about it.

Now that someone has finally inquired, he naturally wants to sell it as soon as possible so he can make a profit.

After some bargaining, Zhou Ling purchased the damaged Fire Qi Sword for twelve low-grade spirit stones.

Afterwards, Zhou Ling continued to wander around, but without finding anything else, he left the market.

He spent thirty-one spirit stones to purchase a high-grade magic weapon and a low-grade spiritual energy weapon.

This is truly excellent value for money!
Of course, they were all damaged.

If it can't be repaired, then not much was earned.

After leaving the market, Zhou Ling hurried home.

Feeling a surge of excitement, he secretly calculated, "If I can repair these two treasures, my combat power will increase by another grade!"

"If Aunt Wang fails to acquire the Blood Lotus at the auction, I will go to Blood Raven Valley to give it a try!"

"After all, there are only about four months left until the assessment."

"And I have only activated forty-three spiritual acupoints, still quite a distance from the sixth level of Qi Refining!"

"As long as our strength can be improved further, and with the help of [Crisis Response] and Rock Rats, and as long as we are careful, the risks should be within a controllable range!"

Zhou Ling felt a sense of self-consolation.

However, the opportunity to be assessed by the six major academies is truly rare.

Simply put, it's an opportunity for independent disciples to rise to prominence.

You absolutely cannot miss it.

Before long, he returned home.

(End of this chapter)