If you were asked to identify an item, would you choose to extract magical powers?

Chapter 1 Appraisal, Ladies Dancing with Swords
Great Zhou Kingdom, Shengyun County.

Inside the Shen family pawnshop.

Shen Bai was lying on a chair, holding a painting in his hands.

Next to him, Zhang Chaofeng, who was over fifty years old, was counting today's accounts and talking to Shen Bai while counting.

"Shopkeeper, you have been looking at this painting ever since that poor scholar pawned it. You don't know what's so interesting about it. It just looks old."

In the painting, a picture of a lady dancing with a sword comes to life on the paper.

Shen Bai picked up the teacup beside him, took a sip, and said, "A scholar of letters would naturally appreciate paintings and recite poems."

Zhang Chaofeng closed the account book and placed it on the counter. "You are not a scholar. If I were to ask you, this painting would be worth less than one or two taels of silver. You gave too much."

Shen Bai shook his head: "The scholar is going to take the exam, I'm just helping him. Today's accounts are being checked, Lao Zhang, you can go home first."

Zhang Chaofeng smiled helplessly, then suddenly remembered something and said, "Boss, don't go out at night recently. I heard that after the Qian family's master passed away a few days ago, for some reason, people in the family often saw him hanging around in the kitchen. It's quite creepy."

Shen Bai waved his hand: "Got it."

Zhang Chaofeng put his hands in his sleeves, glanced at the picture of the lady dancing with a sword, shook his head in disappointment, turned around and left without saying anything.

However, before leaving, Zhang Chaofeng began to feel doubtful.

"Why did the shopkeeper, who never made any eye contact, suddenly become so kind?"

……

After Zhang Chaofeng left the pawnshop, Shen Bai put down the tea and glanced at the picture of a lady dancing with a sword.

Before my eyes, a line of smoke appeared and kept drifting away.

……

[Ladies Dancing with Swords]

[Identification progress: 98%]

[A trace of evil spirit can be quickly identified]

It has been more than three months since he traveled through time and space. The golden finger has always been with Shen Bai, but there has been no movement.

It was not until more than a month ago that Shen Bai obtained this painting of a lady dancing with a sword from a poor scholar, and suddenly he discovered that he could identify it.

Shen Bai accepted the painting of the lady dancing with a sword and spent a whole month to finally bring the progress to 98%.

According to Shen Bai's understanding, there are two ways to identify it. One is to look at it and slowly grind the progress bar.

Another way is to use evil spirits to speed up the progress.

As for what the evil spirit is, Shen Bai doesn't know either.

At present, progress is slowly increasing.

Shen Bai yawned, rubbed his dry eyes, and continued reading.

Time is passing by gradually, and in the blink of an eye, an hour has passed.

Under Shen Bai's expectant eyes, the progress before him was finally completed.

"boom!"

The words made of smoke suddenly exploded, continued to condense in the void, and finally combined into new words.

[Appraisal completed, magical power obtained: Sword Dance]

Supernatural powers?
Sword dance?
What is that?
Shen Bai didn't understand, but that didn't stop him from observing the words.

[Sword Dance Level 1 (Swordsmanship +1): 1/100]

When new words appeared in front of Shen Bai's eyes, a large amount of information merged into Shen Bai's mind.

Shen Bai closed his eyes and felt that there was a lady in his mind dancing with a sword in front of him, each sword faster than the last.

At the beginning, the sword technique was weak, but not long after, it changed from weak to strong, and each sword move carried a murderous intent.

When Shen Bai opened his eyes, a stream of hot air suddenly appeared in his dantian, and Shen Bai had mastered all the sword-dancing techniques.

"This sword technique looks so powerful. The number at the end is very similar to my proficiency in playing games in my previous life."

Shen Bai thought for a moment, then stood up and searched the house.

Since he seemed to be proficient at it, Shen Bai decided to give it a try.

As the owner of a pawnshop, he has a collection of quite a few oddities.

Not long after, Shen Bai pulled out a rusty longsword from a wooden box. This was a dead pawn, meaning something that could not be redeemed. Shen Bai vaguely remembered that it seemed to have been pawned by a gangster for about three cents.

Holding the rusty long sword, Shen Bai began to dance according to the sword dance moves.

In the spacious shop, Shen Bai's posture was graceful, and each sword he struck was filled with a sense of magnificence.

At the same time, as Shen Bai danced with the sword, the smoke that appeared before his eyes once again condensed into words.

[Sword Dance +1]

"One sword dance adds a point, it doesn't seem that difficult. And there's also a level 1 at the end. Could it be the level of this magical power?"

"And the attributes of swordsmanship should be able to be improved."

Shen Bai was thinking in his mind while dancing with the sword.

Every sword strike can increase Shen Bai's proficiency a little bit. As his proficiency increases, Shen Bai's understanding of swordsmanship also increases.

After dancing with the sword for about a hundred times, Shen Bai's proficiency began to change.

【舞剑术lv.2（剑术+2，破魔+2）：1/1000】

When the sword dance technique reached the second level, a large amount of information flooded into Shen Bai's mind.

This time, Shen Bai's understanding of swordsmanship has undergone a qualitative change.

"I see. After reaching level two, your swordsmanship improves, and you gain the ability to break magic."

Shen Bai felt that the hot airflow in his dantian increased slightly.

When Shen Bai danced with the sword again, the rusty long sword was accompanied by a sense of righteousness.

Demon-breaking represents a unique effect against things with strange attributes.

Shen Bai had just obtained this information, and he felt that the amount of information was a bit too much.

"What is that thing with strange properties?" Shen Bai thought to himself while holding the sword.

Shen Bai has been here for three months and has never encountered anything strange.

If it weren't for this golden finger, he would have been ready to get a wife.

Now a new piece of information suddenly appeared, leaving Shen Bai confused.

But it's not a big problem.

Shen Bai touched his chin and decided to continue playing.

A thousand points of proficiency only means a thousand more swords, it’s very quick.

Thinking of this, Shen Bai decided to continue practicing swordsmanship.

But at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded outside the door.

Shen Bai turned his head slightly and placed the rusty iron sword at his waist.

Outside the door, an old man in a Taoist robe appeared, with long hair and white beard, looking like an immortal.

"Shopkeeper, I want to redeem something."

The old Taoist priest walked in from outside with a pawn ticket in his hand.

Shen Bai returned to the counter, put the rusty sword aside, took the pawn ticket, frowned and said, "Peach wood sword?"

The old Taoist nodded and said, "Shopkeeper, a few days ago, a disciple in the temple was naughty and lost money gambling in the county town. He pawned this sword alive. I am here to take it today."

A bag of silver was placed on the table.

Live pawning is another rule of the pawnshop. Items can be redeemed within the specified period. If the period is exceeded, they will become the property of the pawnshop.

The pawnshop only recognizes tickets, not people.

Shen Bai didn't care about anything. After counting the silver and money, he took out a worn peach wood sword and placed it on the counter.

The old Taoist priest took it, looked at it, put the peach wood sword at his waist, and obviously breathed a sigh of relief.

Just as he was about to leave, the old Taoist suddenly remembered something and turned around and asked.

"Boss, do you know where the Qian family is?"

Yes, I am back.

After such a long period of recuperation, the condition has stabilized, but you should not get too excited.

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(End of this chapter)