Chapter 704: Chapter 246: Golden Rune
The stall owner watched Lin Zheyu’s retreating figure, a faint, inexplicable smile appearing on his face.
Unless it’s an extremely precious artifact refining material, failed magical artifact embryos hold little recovery value.
Having bought the weapon, Lin Zheyu continued browsing.
Passing by a stall selling storage bags, Lin Zheyu spent twenty lower-grade Spirit Stones to purchase a ten-volume storage bag.
A one-volume storage space was too small and somewhat inconvenient.
"How much are these manuals?"
Lin Zheyu stopped at one of the stalls.
There are many stalls here, and you can often find some interesting cultivation techniques and books.
Like right now.
"These are ten lower-grade Spirit Stones, these are thirty, and these are fifty,"
the stall owner pointed to the manuals divided into several areas, smiling as he spoke.
Compared to the stall owners Lin Zheyu had encountered before, this one was much more enthusiastic.
Judging by how well-prepared he was and the sheer number of manuals, he was probably a small vendor, not just doing this part-time.
"What about those over there?"
Lin Zheyu pointed to a few solitary manuals in the corner.
"Those aren’t worth much, three lower-grade Spirit Stones each."
"These manuals are used for crafting puppets or dead soldiers and have huge side effects, not suitable for one’s own cultivation," the stall owner explained.
"Oh."
Lin Zheyu nodded.
He took one from the ten Spirit Stone and one from the three Spirit Stone area and then retrieved thirteen lower-grade Spirit Stones from his storage bag and handed them over.
These two manuals were the "Nine Revolutions True Demon Body" and the "Thunder Gang Body Tempering Skill."
The "Nine Revolutions True Demon Body" was from the three lower-grade Spirit Stone area, a cultivation technique used to refine a physique with demonic strength and resilience.
Including similar body refining techniques, Lin Zheyu had bought a total of thirteen books, spending over three hundred Spirit Stones, which made him quite pained.
But to create the most suitable and powerful Martial Arts Body Refining Skill for himself, these Spirit Stones had to be spent.
"Thank you, fellow daoist."
"Are you a body cultivator, fellow daoist?"
"I have some formations and magical artifacts here that can assist with your cultivation, care to take a look?"
The stall owner smiled as he spoke.
"Oh?"
"May I have a look?"
Lin Zheyu’s interest was piqued.
He had already set his sights on a few unique formations, using an array flag and supplementing with Spirit Stones, they could allow him to break his limits without venturing into the deep sea.
However, the prices for those formations were steep, and their effects weren’t very ideal.
Lin Zheyu planned to return and purchase them if no better options were available.
"This is the Celestial Spirit Thunderfire Array; once activated, it can rain down thunderfire all around, having an excellent effect on tempering the body."
"This is the Phoenix Blood Elixir; taking one monthly can refine the body, and over ten years has a certain chance of bestowing a trace of the legendary Fire Phoenix Bloodline."
"..."
"This is the Thousand Mechanisms and Ten Thousand Layers Treasure Armor, made primarily from Purple Profound Spider Silk, inscribed with special formations, resistant to water and fire.
It can withstand a blow from an Early Stage of Foundation Establishment, though that’s not the main point."
This armor can let the wearer experience a terrifying force of up to ten thousand pounds, and wearing it regularly has unimaginable effects on tempering a cultivator’s body."
"This is..."
"..."
The stall owner droned on, explaining various formations, elixirs, and magical artifacts, his eyes appraising Lin Zheyu, gauging his reaction.
Yet Lin Zheyu remained expressionless, seemingly unmoved.
Upon hearing about the Thousand Mechanisms and Ten Thousand Layers Treasure Armor, Lin Zheyu’s heart stirred quietly.
Finally!
He had scoured the market for so long, finally finding the armor he wanted.
The defensive capabilities of the armor against an attack from Foundation Establishment didn’t interest Lin Zheyu at all; what caught his eye was its ability to subject the wearer to a force of ten thousand pounds.
If he had this armor, breaking limits and acquiring Source Power would no longer be such a hassle.
Despite his interest, he maintained an indifferent facade, appearing unaffected.
Much to the stall owner’s frustration.
"What are the prices?"
After the stall owner finished, Lin Zheyu said calmly.
"The Celestial Spirit Thunderfire Array is eighty lower-grade Spirit Stones; if you buy the Thunder Stones and Red Flame Stones needed for the array in bulk from me, I can offer you a discount."
"Phoenix Blood Elixir, thirty lower-grade Spirit Stones per... "
"..."
"Thousand Mechanisms and Ten Thousand Layers Treasure Armor is sixty lower-grade Spirit Stones; if you wish to activate the ten thousand pound force, it requires one lower-grade Spirit Stone for half an hour."
The stall owner spoke as he observed Lin Zheyu’s expression.
Seeing Lin Zheyu’s annoyed look, expressing the sentiment that this junk was overpriced, he hurriedly continued:
"Haha, don’t let the high requirements of this armor deceive you; it doesn’t require high purity Spirit Stones, and even unrefined mid-grade stones can be used."
"As for this one..."
The stall owner slowly said.
After he finished introducing everything, Lin Zheyu nodded slightly and said slowly: "Too expensive."
"Fellow daoist, it’s already very cheap."
"Elixirs like the Phoenix Blood Elixir are crafted using Inner Elixir from exotic beasts with the Fire Phoenix Bloodline, incredibly rare."
"But..."
"Thirty lower-grade Spirit Stones for the Thousand Mechanisms and Ten Thousand Layers Treasure Armor, I’ll take it," Lin Zheyu interrupted before he could finish.
"Uh..."
"The Thousand Mechanisms and Ten Thousand Layers Treasure Armor... uh... fellow daoist, sixty Spirit Stones is already quite cheap; fifty Spirit Stones is impossible."
"This armor not only withstands a blow from a Foundation Establishment cultivator but also..."
"Haha, an attack and a full-force attack from a Foundation Establishment cultivator are two completely different concepts; don’t play word games with me."
Lin Zheyu interrupted again, coldly saying before the stall owner could finish.
