Fusang Sword Heart Diagram

Chapter 62 Shattered Light Sword

Manager Qian led Ning Fusang to the third floor of Tongbao Tower.

On the sword rack, swords gleamed with spiritual light.

Shopkeeper Qian introduced them one by one: "This sword is called Green Will, a first-tier spirit sword. It shines like a green shadow, is two feet eight inches long, and has a slender and beautiful blade, making it very suitable for female cultivators to use..."

Ning Fusang appeared nonchalant, but was actually still listening to Manager Qian's introduction. Suddenly, she pointed to another snow-white spirit sword. Manager Qian, with his keen and perceptive mind, immediately understood:
"Fairy, you have a keen eye. This spirit sword is called Shattered Light. It is a superior-grade second-tier spirit sword. It shatters jade like shattered light and is incomparably sharp. It is not inferior even to a third-tier spirit sword."

Ning Fusang knew whether Manager Qian was exaggerating or not. She recognized swords; otherwise, she wouldn't have chosen this Shattered Light Sword among all the spiritual swords.

The word "sharp" pleased Ning Fusang, so he asked, "How many spirit stones does this Shattered Light Sword cost?"

Shopkeeper Qian gestured a number: "Four thousand six hundred spirit stones."

Ning Fusang: ...

She had never bought a magical artifact before, and she underestimated its market value.

Seeing her hesitation, Shopkeeper Qian said, "If you truly like this Shattered Light Sword, I'll reduce the price by one hundred spirit stones, charging you only four thousand five hundred. What do you think?"

Ning Fusang remained calm and said, "I have two more items here. I would like to trouble Manager Qian to appraise them and tell me how many spirit stones they can be exchanged for."

She took out the golden spirit net and the bronze bell, and handed them to Manager Qian, saying, "Keep this Shattered Light Sword for me, I'll come back to pick it up later."

Ning Fusang went to Dancaozhai again and sold the fifth-tier azure snow lotus, returning with a thousand spirit stones.

The timing was perfect. Tongbaolou had also estimated the value of the Golden Spirit Net and the Bronze Bell to be around 1,600 spirit stones. Adding the previous Spirit-Breaking Needle's value of 1,100 spirit stones, Ning Fusang only needed to pay Tongbaolou another 1,800 spirit stones to take away the Shattered Light Sword.

Finally, Manager Qian also gave her a sword tassel worth ten spirit stones.

"The days of prosperity, as expected, lasted only a few days before they were gone," Ning Fusang sighed to himself as he walked out of Tongbao Tower.

She now has five hundred spirit stones left, which is barely enough to comfort herself.

After leaving Tongbao Tower, she strolled around the market for a while and then walked to the West Market.

The clothing shop from last time has been converted into a cosmetics shop.

Taoist practitioners rarely use rouge, but women's love of beauty is irresistible, so this shop is always bustling with people and does pretty good business.

Ning Fusang went to the clothing shop across the street, gave the proprietress the few bolts of snow silk satin he had obtained to make a few clothes, and asked, "I remember that cosmetics shop across the street used to be a clothing shop, why has it been changed to a cosmetics shop now?"

The proprietress paused for a moment while taking her measurements, then continued measuring her waist as if nothing had happened, saying, "There was a big fire, and everyone died. After the market was rebuilt, it was taken over by someone else, so it was turned into a cosmetics shop."

The proprietress took back the measuring tape and said gently, "Miss, you can pick it up next time the business opens."

"Thank you."

After paying the deposit, Ning Fusang left the shop. She had almost finished what she needed to do that day, but she didn't feel any urgency about cultivation, so she strolled around the market for a while longer.

It was the same restaurant as last time. As soon as she sat down, the little girl recognized her and came over with the menu: "Fairy sister, what would you like to eat today?"

Ning Fusang smiled, her eyebrows slightly raised, beautiful yet without any aggression. She looked at the menu and said, "My surname is Ning." The little girl called out in a clear voice, "Sister Ning."

Ning Fusang didn't look up, but scanned the words on the menu. Many items had been replaced. She said, "One serving of cold rice balls and one serving of summer-flavored crispy mountain."

Just as the young girl put the menu back, a youthful voice called out to her, "Wait, let me see the menu too."

The boy greeted Ning Fusang and then sat down opposite her.

Since they weren't within the sect, Ning Fusang didn't bother to greet them, not even lifting his eyelids.

Yang Ruo took the initiative and said, "Junior Sister Ning, what a coincidence, do you also like this restaurant?"

This was Ning Fusang's second time visiting this restaurant. She couldn't say whether she liked it or not, but there was no need to explain, so she just let Yang Ruo misunderstand.

Oblivious to the girl's coldness, Yang Ruo continued, "Junior Sister Ning, do you know that Elder Lu Cong and Elder Dou Yuan have returned to the sect to be punished?"

"Senior Brother Yang Ruo, I only took a day off today."

He paused for a moment, then nodded: "Oh, right, I forgot."

Seeing that Ning Fusang was unaware of this matter, Yang Ruo said, "Elder Lu Cong suffered lightning punishment, which damaged his dantian. He can no longer cultivate and has been moved to Rain Valley. Elder Dou Yuan was only an accomplice and suffered fewer lightning punishments, but his cultivation level has regressed to the first level. He will probably be stuck there for the rest of his life."

Ning Fusang lowered her eyes slightly. Lu Cong was an eighth-level cultivator, and the Nanxing Sword Sect was willing to part with him. It seemed that the sect attached greater importance to the Sword Challenge four years later than she had thought. The Nanxing Sword Sect was determined to win the championship.

That makes sense, since the leader of the Sword Inquiry Tournament determines which sect or force will replace Beiyu Lingzhou in the Five States Tournament, which takes place every sixty years.

Yang Ruo was young and naive, and never really knew what was going on in her mind: "Junior Sister Ning, guess which elder went to guard Qingbo Cave Lake?"

There are many elders in the sect, and the one who went is of noble status. Yang Ruo thought that Ning Fusang would definitely not be able to guess. Just as he was about to speak, he heard her ask him, "Master Qingyang?"

His eyes widened instantly. Ning Fusang knew from his expression that she had guessed correctly. She slowly said, "Master Qingyang is of a tranquil nature and loves music. Merfolk are good at singing, and Qingbo Cave Lake is a paradise on earth. It is not surprising that Master Qingyang is willing to go there."

Yang Ruo admired her greatly for her reasoned analysis.

"However, Master Qingyang has gone far away to Qingbo Cave Lake. What about Bai Qingci? Did she stay in the sect or go with Master Qingyang?" Ning Fusang asked.

Yang Ruo said, "She went with Qingyang Zhenren and returns to the sect for a month every spring and winter. The sect leader has already allocated her cultivation resources for the second half of the year in advance."

For a sect as large as the Southern Star Sword Sect, granting an inner disciple half a year's worth of cultivation resources in advance is a trivial matter.

However, this was only because she was a disciple of Master Qingyang. Ordinary disciples were not allowed to withdraw next month's cultivation resources in advance.

When the two finished their meal and left, Yang Ruo packed a few portions to take back with him in his storage jade. Later, because Yang Ruo was going to buy new storybooks, Ning Fusang parted ways with him.

There are so many free books in the library that you can't even read them all, so why bother spending spirit stones to buy miscellaneous books?

The previous text mentioned that a fifth-tier freesia cost 200 spirit stones, while this text mentions a fifth-tier azure snow lotus cost 1,000 spirit stones. This is not due to a currency system collapse. Freesias are ornamental flowers, while snow lotuses can be used in medicine and alchemy, hence their different values.

P.S.: Although you may have forgotten about the Freesia mentioned earlier, I'll briefly mention it again in the author's meticulousness.

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