King of Ten Thousand Years

Chapter 63: Chapter 62: Antiques

An hour later.

Luo Tian left the Holy Mansion by himself.

The Sun Chasing Holy Mansion was located near the Celestial Extreme Mountain Range.

The Celestial Extreme Mountain Range stretched across more than half the continent. It was a major stronghold for Demon Beasts and one of the most dangerous places on the Dongchen Continent.

The Black Demon Ridge that Luo Tian had visited before was merely a small offshoot of this mountain range.

As far as Luo Tian knew.

Within a thousand-li radius, there were seven or eight Advanced Martial Mansions alone, and the Sun Chasing Holy Mansion was one of the best among them.

These Martial Mansions were established near the Celestial Extreme Mountain Range for two reasons.

First, it was convenient for students to gain real combat experience, hone their Martial Skills, and suppress the Demon Beasts within the mountains.

After all, the entire continent’s nations were founded on martial power, so most Martial Mansions had official backing.

Second, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was abundant near the Celestial Extreme Mountain Range.

So many Martial Mansions, combined with the trade of parts from hunted Demon Beasts, brought about great prosperity.

A prosperous place would naturally have a Martial City.

A large Martial City was located a hundred li away from the Holy Mansion.

This Martial City was a huge city, comparable in size to a County City.

"Celestial Extreme Martial City!"

Luo Tian saw the four imposing, grim characters above the city gate.

It was named this because of its proximity to the Celestial Extreme Mountain Range.

"One Spiritual Essence Coin per person for an entry permit."

A crowd of Martial Artists was lining up in front of the city gate.

Martial Cities only opened their gates to Martial Artists, and the minimum required Cultivation was the Meridian Opening Realm.

The threshold for this Celestial Extreme Martial City was even higher. Just to enter the city, one had to pay one Spiritual Essence Coin for an entry permit.

An entry permit was only valid for three days.

Of course, the Martial Artists who came and went from this place generally had Cultivations at the Fifth or Sixth Layer of Meridian Opening or higher. Those at the Seventh Layer of Meridian Opening or above were also quite common.

"Holy Mansion students may enter and exit for free."

Just as Luo Tian was about to get an entry permit, one of the guarding Martial Artists saw him and quickly let him into the city.

’Holy Mansion students have this privilege?’

Luo Tian was a little surprised.

This Martial City was built in the middle of the Sun Chasing Holy Mansion and many other Martial Mansions, so they probably had some cooperative relationship.

Amidst the envious and resentful gazes of some Martial Artists, Luo Tian walked directly into the city.

The scale of Celestial Extreme Martial City far surpassed that of Qingchang City and Lingyun County.

On a wide market street, Luo Tian saw stall after stall, all run by Martial Artists selling various Cultivation Resources.

Due to its proximity to the Celestial Extreme Mountain Range, the most common goods here were the hides, bones, and claws of various Demon Beasts.

Besides the stalls, there were also more formal shops, though their prices were slightly higher.

’The scale is huge.’

Luo Tian felt as if he had truly entered the world of Martial Artists.

Luo Tian’s purpose in coming to the Martial City this time was to find some Sword Martial Skills to improve and complete the subsequent parts of the Star Condensing Sword Point.

However, it wasn’t easy to get out, so he might as well look around and broaden his horizons.

"Everyone, come and see! Antiques excavated from ancient tombs and old dynasties!"

A greasy, fat middle-aged man shouted loudly.

In front of him was a large, long stall, the size of several ordinary ones.

Scattered across the stall were all sorts of old, antique-like objects.

At that moment, a dozen or so Martial Artists were gathered around the stall, appraising these old items.

"Did you hear? Yesterday, a Scattered Stream Martial Artist bought a broken rock here, and it turned out to be the rare ’Deep Sea Profound Iron,’ worth several hundred Spiritual Essence Coins!"

"Yeah, and I also heard someone bought a fragmented Spirit Level Martial Skill here."

In front of the stall, two shifty-eyed Martial Artists were talking in "low voices."

However, their voices were just loud enough for all the Martial Artists at the stall to hear.

"This young master! Come have a look. Whether the old things here are good or bad depends mainly on your personal judgment."

The fat middle-aged stall owner’s eyes lit up when he saw Luo Tian’s Sun Chasing Holy Mansion attire.

Most students from the Holy Mansion were disciples of Noble Families with deep pockets, not to mention such a young Silver Student.

"Oh? Personal judgment?"

Luo Tian showed a hint of interest, feeling quite confident about this.

He cultivated the Creation Technique, possessed Spiritual Sense, and also had the Qi Observation Skill.

Not only could he observe a person’s Qi, but true treasures also had a unique Treasure Qi. Of course, he didn’t rule out the possibility of treasures with restrained auras.

Seeing Luo Tian’s confident look, the fat middle-aged man was secretly pleased but also felt a hidden disdain.

He loved dealing with these Noble Family disciples who thought they were "knowledgeable." Usually, a round of flattery and trickery was all it took to make a huge profit off them.

Luo Tian stood before the stall, not making a move immediately.

SWOOSH!

He first unfurled his Spiritual Sense and gave the several hundred old items on the stall a rough scan.

Mundane items could be eliminated with a single sweep of his Spiritual Sense.

That scan alone ruled out eighty percent of the items.

Afterward, Luo Tian used his Qi Observation Skill to sense the auras of the remaining old objects.

Genuinely ancient artifacts would have an aura steeped in the passage of history.

His Qi Observation Skill allowed him to see through items that had been deliberately aged in a single glance.

And so, Luo Tian eliminated another batch of items.

In the end, only ten to twenty-odd items remained within Luo Tian’s scope of observation.

After appraising them for a while, Luo Tian narrowed his focus down to two items.

The first was an extremely heavy, crystalline white shell.

The second was a drab gray, belt-like leather whip with a crescent-shaped black hook at its tip.

The first item, the shell, was only palm-sized but weighed over a hundred pounds.

The strange thing was, no matter how much force was used, the shell couldn’t be opened, and even his Spiritual Sense couldn’t penetrate it.

The hooked leather whip was even more bizarre.

The moment Luo Tian’s Spiritual Sense touched it, it was devoured. A cold, dangerous aura assaulted him, nearly causing a backlash that would have injured his consciousness.

"Young master, you have a good eye! The shell in your hand is suspected to be formed from the remains of a giant deep-sea clam. Its material is extremely hard, impenetrable by blades or spears."

The fat middle-aged man said with a fawning smile.

"As for this whip, some suspect it’s an Ancient Divine Soldier that has lost its Spiritual nature..."

Hearing this, Luo Tian scoffed.

Many of the items on the stall had some strange and peculiar aspects.

In the fat middle-aged man’s mouth, any item here could be connected to Dynasty Mausoleums or Ancient Divine Soldiers.

"How much?"

Luo Tian asked nonchalantly.

The fat middle-aged man’s eyes immediately lit up, like a cunning wolf spotting a fat sheep.

"This giant deep-sea shell is only one hundred Spiritual Essence Coins. You should know, not even a Treasure Artifact can scratch this shell! If you manage to open it, who knows what earth-shattering secrets might be inside."

The fat middle-aged man chuckled and started naming an exorbitant price.

"This whip... oh, I mean, this Ancient Divine Soldier, is only eighty Spiritual Essence Coins. This item was dug up from a Dynasty Mausoleum by a Tomb Raider."

The fat middle-aged man boasted endlessly.

"You’re hyping it to the heavens. An Ancient Divine Soldier? Why don’t you take it and go on a killing spree yourself? Give me a fair price!"

Luo Tian rolled his eyes.

Of these two items, Luo Tian was set on buying the leather whip; after all, it could even devour Spiritual Sense.

One must know that only a Martial Artist at the Earth Element Realm or higher could possibly develop Spiritual Sense.

The fat middle-aged man’s eyes darted back and forth.

That shell had once been bought by an Artifact Refiner, but he couldn’t smelt it no matter what he tried.

Although its material was hard, it was useless if its value couldn’t be extracted.

As for the hooked leather whip, if you called it a Treasure Artifact, it didn’t react at all when True Qi was injected. At most, it was a broken Treasure Soldier.

"If the young master is sincere about buying, the giant deep-sea shell will be seventy Spiritual Essence Coins, and that Treasure Soldier whip, fifty-five Spiritual Essence Coins."

The fat middle-aged man wore a pained expression, as if it hurt him to say it.

"Cut the crap! A regular Low Grade Treasure Artifact only costs around a hundred Spiritual Essence Coins, let alone this junk of yours."

Luo Tian retorted mercilessly.

After some haggling, the shell sold for fifty Spiritual Essence Coins, and the whip for thirty.

"Sigh! I’m really taking a huge loss! My purchase price was more than this."

The fat middle-aged man put on a look of being greatly wronged.

Just as the two were about to close the deal.

Two men and a woman walked up to the stall. When they saw Luo Tian’s Sun Chasing Holy Mansion attire, their gazes turned hostile.

"Hold on!"

The leader, a pale-faced young man, spoke up to stop them, saying with a faint smile, "I’ll take that shell. I bid sixty Spiritual Essence Coins!"

Luo Tian immediately looked toward the three of them.

He had noticed them earlier while he was haggling.

He hadn’t expected this pale-faced youth to suddenly interfere and compete with him for the item right after he finished negotiating the price.

Without waiting for Luo Tian or the stall owner’s agreement, the pale-faced youth directly picked up the White Jade Shell.

This arrogant display made Luo Tian frown.