Born with immortal seed

Chapter 152 The Forbidden Spiritual Weapon
"I never imagined my first bargain would be found in a place like this..."

Bai Zichen stroked the brass ring; it was indeed the most common first-tier material.

It's no wonder that no one has discovered the secrets of the brass ring, unless it's a cultivator who happens to be extremely skilled in swordsmanship and seriously handles this magical artifact.

Otherwise, even if a cultivator noticed the light and shadow of two sword shadows colliding and flying, they would only think it was a rune engraved on a magic weapon.

How skilled was he in swordsmanship? I estimate he must have at least half of my own swordsmanship level.

This brass ring is not an offensive magical artifact at all, but a legacy artifact.

Those two sword shadows contained a set of exquisite sword techniques. If copied out and sold separately in the Wanbao Pavilion, it would be worth at least five hundred spirit stones.

Even from Bai Zichen's perspective, there was something remarkable about it.

Of course, you only need to watch it once; there's no need to actually learn it.

In the Wuzhen Sword Manual, any sword technique he picks would surpass it in its profound mystery, and he hasn't even learned a tenth of it yet.

“Young lady, I advise you to change the price to five hundred spirit stones… Anyway, you can’t sell it for one hundred and twenty spirit stones. If you really meet someone who knows its value, sees the exquisite swordsmanship, and wants to keep the brass ring with them to study day and night, they will definitely be willing to pay five hundred spirit stones.”

Bai Zichen tossed the brass ring back to the naive young girl, feeling it was a bit of a pity.

For the first time, I managed to snag a bargain using my own judgment, but unfortunately, it wasn't in the market area.

How could the top swordsman of the prestigious Qingfeng Sect possibly take advantage of a mere junior member of the sect, a naive young girl?

The naive young girl stood there blankly, watching her senior brother, whose cultivation level seemed not much higher than hers, walk away, unable to understand what he meant.

“Selling for five hundred spirit stones… Even a high-grade magic weapon can’t sell for that price. That senior brother must be talking nonsense and making fun of me.”

The naive girl initially dismissed what the other person had said, but then she remembered the way he was squatting there studying the brass ring, his focused and serious expression suggesting he wasn't joking.

"Could the brass ring left by my grandfather really have some other purpose?"

Bai Zichen quickly toured all the stalls and found no more items like the brass ring, whose actual value differed greatly from their listed price.

Finding a bargain is a rare occurrence, and it's not something people can do often.

"Fellow disciples, as you all know, I became an inner disciple last month. However, thinking of the friendship we've built together over the years, I've returned specifically to hold this trade fair. By exchanging information and strengthening our bonds, I believe there will be more inner disciple positions available for you all in the coming years!"

Tian Kang stood up, raised his glass, and said.

"At the same time, we are also honored to have a senior, Senior Brother Gan Guangde from the Talisman Hall... Senior Brother Gan was also an inner disciple a few years ago and is currently the manager of the Talisman Paper Department of the Talisman Hall. He will join me later to appraise the rare items for trading and give a reference price for the transactions."

Tian Kang came from a poor family, and more importantly, he was too old, so even if he won first place in the preliminary competition, he would not be a true disciple.

Therefore, my biggest goal is to make as many connections as possible with seniors during these five years as an inner disciple.

This trade fair is divided into two parts.

In the first half, everyone set up stalls to buy and sell, each getting what they needed.

In the latter half, several outer disciples who possess truly valuable items will take turns displaying the items they wish to sell, with the highest bidder among the disciples below winning the prize.

This is already somewhat similar to the auction model.

"Junior Sister Jiang, if you see anything you like later, just let me know and I'll buy it for you."

After Tian Kang sat down, he spoke to the beautiful woman beside him in a soft, ingratiating tone.

"No need, I will buy it myself if I see something I like."

Jiang Shu frowned slightly and took a small step back almost imperceptibly.

Her appearance was outstanding among all the outer disciples, stunning and otherworldly.

Once he joined the sect, he attracted the attention of countless fellow disciples, and a large number of suitors gathered behind him.

This Tian Kang is one of the most active ones here.

Tian Kang wanted to say something more, but the first disciple had already walked onto the corridor to display the items, so he had to give up for the time being.

"A piece of second-tier yellow jade, soft in texture, can be molded into different shapes, making it the best tool for weapon refiners to hone their skills... In exchange, one Breakthrough Pill and three bottles of Purple Ginseng Pills. If you're using spirit stones, the price will increase by 10%."

The first outer disciple to step forward was already quite old, with a sallow complexion and thick bags under his eyes, giving him a very tired appearance.

"That's interesting. I didn't expect that after all these years away, there would still be some good stuff at every trade fair."

Gan Guangde leisurely drank a cup of spiritual wine, marveling at the fist-sized piece of yellow jade.

Second-grade topaz is a mineral with an extremely soft texture that can be easily molded into various shapes.

Once quenched in fire, it can be restored to a solid state.

Although the magical artifacts made from it have serious flaws, it is the favorite practice tool of low-level artifact refiners, who can use it to try to refine various magical artifacts.

Whether you succeed or fail, as long as you use fire to reheat the topaz back to its original state, you can use it again.

For disciples who cannot afford expensive refining materials, having a piece of second-tier yellow jade can solve most of their training problems.

You should know that weapon crafting, like alchemy, relies heavily on proficiency.

This person only seeks elixirs, and regards spirit stones as a secondary option, clearly eager to break through his cultivation level.

"I don't have any Breakthrough Pills, but I do have three bottles of Purple Ginseng Pills. How about I give you some spirit stones as a supplement, Junior Brother?"

After waiting for a long time, only one disciple spoke up, wanting to make a deal with the outer disciple with a sallow complexion.

The disciple, whose face was ashen, thought for a long time before finally agreeing.

Both of these are popular elixirs, and second-tier topaz is only popular among low-level weapon refiners, with vastly different target audiences.

"A top-grade magical artifact, the Centipede Whip..."

"The second-tier spirit herb, Phosphorus Flame Grass, is still growing. It can be brought to the site. If it cannot be transplanted, the entire deposit will be refunded."

"The Golden Bell of Unity, each Daoist partner hangs one, and within a radius of a hundred miles, they can sense each other's location... to exchange for the Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation Secret Technique."

The outer disciples who were next to display their items brought out some truly extraordinary treasures.

Some were traded away, some went unsold, or failed to meet the seller's expectations and were not sold.

"Everyone, this bronze mirror was picked up by my elder brother during the pioneering war and given to me... I had a weapon refiner examine it, and it is a sealed spiritual artifact. It can be unlocked if a Foundation Establishment cultivator is willing to spend a year constantly refining it."

This outer disciple was short in stature, and his Taoist robe had clearly been altered, but it still didn't fit him well, being loose and baggy.

"According to that weapon refiner, this bronze mirror was originally likely a high-grade spiritual weapon, but unfortunately it was missing a part, so it can only be considered a low-grade one."

"But no matter what, it belongs to a spiritual artifact... I want to exchange it for a Foundation Establishment spiritual artifact!"

The crowd below erupted in uproar, both because of the sealed spiritual artifact and because of the foundation-building spiritual object mentioned by this person.

“Zhen Lao Er, have you gone mad? What’s the value of a Foundation Establishment spiritual item? You think you can exchange it for a broken mirror? Besides, which of the people here has a Foundation Establishment spiritual item? If your elder brother wants to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, he’d be better off asking the elders of the Enforcement Hall for help.”

The effeminate disciple who had just taken out the Golden Bell of Unity seemed to know the short boy and kindly offered advice.

The outer disciples, each contributing their own thoughts, quickly pieced together a complete storyline.

The Zhen brothers were born to parents who were both low-level rogue cultivators. They were extremely fortunate to have two descendants with spiritual roots.

The eldest son of the Zeng family was thirty years older than the second son and was already a steward in the Law Enforcement Hall. He had distinguished himself in the last land reclamation war by risking his life to issue an alarm signal and protect a logistics team.

With the rewards from the pioneering war and the accumulation over the years, it is enough to exchange for a Pure Yang Gang Sha.

For the Zeng brothers, even a Foundation Establishment item was a rare find.

Such a treasure as the Foundation Establishment Pill is simply beyond their reach.

Even deacons have to wait in line for ten or twenty years, let alone a mere steward like him.

Instead of wasting your energy, you might as well try your luck with a Foundation Establishment artifact; you might just create a miracle.

Unexpectedly, upon returning to the mountain gate and gathering the last hundred or so sect merits from the gap, the pure Yang Qi that had just condensed in the Earthly Fiend Yin Vein was replaced by someone else.

The eldest son of the Zhen family had already exhausted his energy in the war of reclamation, and in his anger, he fainted.

I've been in bed for a long time, and I only recently recovered.

"Senior Brother Gan, I'd like to exchange this sealed high-grade spiritual artifact component for the Pure Yang Qi Fiend in your possession... I wonder if you'd be willing?"

The short disciple turned around and stared straight at Gan Guangde at the table.

"The Gan family of Nine Talismans truly lives up to its reputation as a family of cultivators with two members at the Foundation Establishment stage. They can easily gather enough sect contribution points to exchange for Foundation Establishment spiritual items through resource exchange. But you're only at the eighth level of Qi Refining. What use is that Pure Yang Gang Sha to you?"

"Give it back to my elder brother!"

The second son of the Zhen family spoke with a voice as if weeping blood, stepping forward step by step, trying to force Gan Guangde to give an answer.

"My exchange for Foundation Establishment spiritual items met the sect's requirements; I neither stole nor robbed them, so why should I return them?"

Gan Guangde's expression changed, but he finally stood up to respond.

He is currently in charge of the Talisman Hall. If his reputation among the grassroots disciples is truly ruined, it will be very difficult for him to carry out his work.

Even if you look at it from all angles, it's not really a wrong thing to do.

However, knowing that a newly condensed Pure Yang Qi had been temporarily added to the list of treasures available for exchange during the pioneering war, he immediately reported it to his clan.

The two Foundation Establishment ancestors of the Nine Talismans Gan Clan immediately mobilized their manpower to help him complete a large number of sect tasks that required the submission of cultivation resources, and collected 1,500 contribution points to exchange for the Pure Yang Gang Sha.

Gan Guangde's idea was simple: the Pure Yang Gang Sha would remain effective for forty or fifty years if placed in a special jade bottle.

Since the goods are currently available, we should exchange them for them immediately.

If one waits until the day they reach the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, only to find that it will take several years to condense Pure Yang Qi, wouldn't that be a waste of precious time?

The only thing they hadn't expected was that the eldest son of the Zhen family regarded this pure Yang Qi as something he absolutely had to obtain.

Unable to redeem the item, he became so anxious upon returning home that he fainted.

Fortunately, he was out of danger, otherwise his reputation would have been completely ruined.

(End of this chapter)