I Can Upgrade Everything Infinitely - Chapter 248 - 225: Thousand-Faced Mask, Soul-Locking Arrow, Purchasing Slaves Again
It was no exaggeration to say that any single Level 20 item in Xu Qing’s possession could cause a stir at a major auction in the Cangzhou Prefecture if he put it up for sale.
Even the Level 20 Iron Sword was no small matter, having reached the limit of a Top-Grade Nine-Spirit Pattern Artifact. As for the Level 20 Wandering Dragon Sword, Level 20 Copper Coin Sword, and Level 20 Clear Heart Wooden Fish, they had all surpassed that category entirely.
“Mm.”
Xu Qing’s expression shifted slightly. With a quick glance, he took in all the information.
Within…
The Brotherhood’s armory.
Among the First Realm weapons and equipment:
Mortal Artifacts: 1,980.
Sharp Artifacts: 580.
Treasure Artifacts: 220.
Divine Weapons: 100.
Divine Sharp Artifacts: 52.
Unparalleled Divine Weapons: 20.
Exceedingly Rare items: 10.
One-of-a-Kind items: 2.
Among the Second Realm weapons and equipment:
There were only three Low-Grade Spirit Pattern Artifacts, and each was only engraved with a single Spirit Pattern. A Low-Grade One-Spirit Pattern Artifact sold for one million silver.
Furthermore…
Starting from the Low-Grade One-Spirit Pattern Artifact…
For each additional Spirit Pattern, the price increased by another one million silver.
This meant that…
A single Low-Grade Spirit Pattern Artifact with nine Spirit Patterns could fetch nine million silver. Furthermore, a low-grade artifact capable of holding nine engravings could be worth as much as ten million silver.
After that…
There were the First Realm weapons and equipment.
The ones worth mentioning…
…were the two “One-of-a-Kind” weapons and the ten “Exceedingly Rare” weapons. These twelve weapons and items could only be refined under the perfect alignment of time, place, and people.
However…
Because of the materials used and the special nature of their forging, Artisan Spirit Masters could not engrave Spirit Patterns on them, so they naturally could not become Spirit Patterned Artifacts.
Even so…
The Mighty Power and effects of these twelve weapons and items were no worse than an ordinary Spirit Patterned Artifact. However, no matter how “One-of-a-Kind” or “Exceedingly Rare” they were, they could not be engraved with Spirit Patterns, awaken their Spirituality, or gain consciousness, so their price wouldn’t be too high.
Of course…
If they encountered a wealthy person who liked to collect such items and weapons, it was possible to get a high price for them.
Generally speaking…
The price of such items and weapons was in the range of five hundred thousand to one million silver.
Next…
Xu Qing had Kaya and the others take out all the weapons from the armory and arrange them neatly before him, glinting with a cold light.
“Record!”
“Record!”
“Record!”
“…”
With a thought…
Xu Qing stood before these weapons, his consciousness connecting with the Encyclopedia of All Things. The weapons flashed with white light, and one by one, images appeared before his eyes.
…
[Recording Successful!]
[Iron Long Saber Lv1: 0/5 (This is an ordinary long saber forged by a common blacksmith.)]
…
[Recording Successful!]
[Refined Long Sword Lv1: 0/10 (This is a Sharp Artifact-grade long sword forged and refined by a common blacksmith.)]
…
[Recording Successful!]
[Refined Treasure Spear Lv1: 0/20 (This is a Treasure Artifact-grade long spear forged by a blacksmith using Refined Iron.)]
…
In his mind…
As each weapon and piece of equipment was recorded, streams of information and corresponding images immediately appeared.
Not long after…
The total of 1,980 Mortal Artifacts, 580 Sharp Artifacts, 220 Treasure Artifacts, 100 Divine Weapons, 52 Divine Sharp Artifacts, 20 Unparalleled Divine Weapons, 10 Exceedingly Rare items, and 2 One-of-a-Kind weapons and equipment were all recorded.
Among them…
Xu Qing paid the most attention to the two “One-of-a-Kind” weapons and equipment.
There were two in total.
Of these…
One was a transparent mask as thin as a cicada’s wing, made from some unknown material. When worn, it could disguise one’s appearance and even change one’s aura.
You could say…
…that it was significantly worse than Xu Qing’s Level 20 Evil Ghost Mask.
Moreover…
The effects and abilities of the Evil Ghost Mask at Level 10 might not even have been a match for this cicada-wing-thin transparent mask.
…
[Recording Complete!]
[Thousand Faces Lv1: 0/100 (This was created by a Third Realm powerhouse. He controlled an Extraordinary Powerhouse who had mastered the ’Divine Technique: Thousand Faces’ and used a special method to infuse the man’s entire essence and Origin into his skin. Upon death, only this skin was left. It was then refined to create this ’Thousand Faces’ mask. Wearing this mask is like having mastered the ’Divine Technique: Thousand Faces’ yourself.)]
…
Similarly…
The method for the Thousand Faces mask to gain Experience Points was also very simple. You just had to wear it, and it would gain one Experience Point for every second that passed.
“Mm.”
With a thought, Xu Qing formed a sword-finger with his right hand. He swiped it lightly across a finger on his left hand, drawing a drop of blood that slowly seeped into the Thousand Faces mask before him.
VMM! VMM!
Soon…
Xu Qing had blood-refined the mask. After absorbing his blood, the Thousand Faces mask seemed to possess Spirituality, emitting waves of fluctuations.
Of course…
This was, after all, just a “One-of-a-Kind” human-skin mask, not a Spirit Patterned Artifact. So while it seemed to possess Spirituality, it had not actually awakened it.
“Very good.”
Xu Qing nodded and placed the “One-of-a-Kind” human-skin mask on his face. The mask, thin as a cicada’s wing, felt as if he were wearing nothing at all.
“Huuu…”
Xu Qing took a deep breath.
…
[Experience +1]
…
[Experience +1]
…
For every second that passed, the Thousand Faces mask gained one Experience Point.
“Not bad.”
Xu Qing nodded in satisfaction. “With this Thousand Faces mask, once I upgrade it to Level 20, my Level 20 Evil Ghost Mask can be retired.”
…
[Recording Successful!]
[Soul-Locking Arrow Lv1: 0/100 (This is an arrow that contains the power of a curse. It requires an extraordinary bow to be fired. It was refined by a ’Third Realm’ powerhouse from the brow bone of a Buddhist Monk who had mastered a ’Cause and Effect’ type Divine Technique. One shot is guaranteed to lock a soul, killing the enemy’s soul in a single strike.)]
…
Apparently…
This Soul-Locking Arrow was also an extremely special weapon. There was only a single arrow, without even a bow, and it required an extraordinary bow to be used.
VMM!
At the same time…
Xu Qing also received the method for the Soul-Locking Arrow to gain Experience Points.
It was actually quite simple.
He just needed to keep shooting the arrow.
Every time it was shot, the Soul-Locking Arrow would gain one Experience Point.
Also…
Shooting it didn’t require activating the Soul-Locking Arrow’s true Mighty Power. He just needed to fire it. A normal shot was enough to gain Experience.
That made things much simpler.
“Huuu…”
Xu Qing took a deep breath and put the Soul-Locking Arrow away.
Clearly…
As they were now, the Soul-Locking Arrow and the Thousand Faces mask were not of much use to Xu Qing, but both items were only Level 1.
In time…
Once he upgraded both of them to Level 20, they would undergo an earth-shattering transformation, and their Mighty Power would become terrifying.
“Good, good, good.”
Xu Qing nodded in satisfaction.
Therefore…
Xu Qing decided to keep these two items, as they would surely be of great use in the future.
“Record!”
Finally…
Xu Qing’s gaze fell upon the three Low-Grade One-Spirit Pattern Artifacts.
VMM! VMM!
A flash of light.
The three Low-Grade One-Spirit Pattern Artifacts were recorded.
Moreover…
These three Low-Grade One-Spirit Pattern Artifacts were all very common types of weapons.
…
[Recording Successful!]
[Geng Metal Spirit Pattern Sword Lv1: 0/1000 (This is a Spirit Pattern Sword refined from materials such as Geng Metal Refined Iron, Spiritual Cloud Stone Mother, and Refined Profound Iron. An Artisan Spirit Master has engraved a single Spirit Pattern on its blade.)]
…
[Recording Successful!]
[Heavy Spiritual Pattern Saber Lv1: 0/1000 (This is a Spirit Pattern Saber refined from materials such as Heavy Mountain Cloud Iron, Falling Feather Demon Ore, and Refined Profound Iron. An Artisan Spirit Master has engraved a single Spirit Pattern on its blade.)]
…
[Recording Successful!]
[Mountain-Opening Spirit Rune Axe Lv1: 0/1000 (This is a Spirit Rune Axe refined from materials such as Mica Refined Iron, Mountain Spirit, and Refined Profound Iron. An Artisan Spirit Master has engraved a single Spirit Pattern on its body.)]
…
“Finally, that’s everything taken care of.”
Xu Qing nodded in satisfaction and handed all these items and weapons over to Kaya and the others, telling them to use them to gain their respective Experience Points.
“Master.”
Kaya fell silent for a moment before approaching Xu Qing and suggesting, “The number of these items and weapons is simply too great. We’ll also need staff and employees to keep the weapon shop running.”
“Therefore.”
“This servant suggests we buy more slaves.”
“Mm.”
Xu Qing pondered for a moment, then nodded. “You have a point. We’ll go to the slave market tomorrow and buy some.”
“Yes.”
Kaya nodded.
“How many slaves do you think we should buy?”
Xu Qing asked.
“At least ten.”
Kaya said.
“Fine.”
Xu Qing nodded.
「The next morning.」
Xu Qing and Kaya went to the slave market on Lin Yun Street. There were indeed many slaves in this market, most of whom were Half-Demons.
In the end…
After looking around, Xu Qing and Kaya selected fifteen slaves. Each slave had reached the ’Second Realm: Extraordinary’ and had mastered the First Layer of a Mental Realm. All of them were Half-Demons.
However…
The price of slaves in Cangzhou Prefecture was much higher than in Moon River Prefecture City. Each Half-Demon slave who had mastered the First Layer of a Mental Realm cost one hundred Low-grade Primordial Stones.
By this calculation…
One would find that a single Low-grade Law Stone was enough to buy one hundred million Half-Demon slaves who had mastered the First Layer of a Mental Realm. This showed just how valuable a Law Stone was.
In addition…
One could only say that human lives were cheap.
And the lives of Half-Demons were even cheaper.
Moreover…
The extremely powerful slave traders and their factions actually possessed a method to mass-produce Half-Demon slaves who had mastered the First Layer of a Mental Realm.
That’s why…
The price of Half-Demon slaves was so low.
Also…
And this was in Cangzhou Prefecture.
In Moon River Prefecture City…
…the price of slaves was even lower.
Fifteen slaves would be enough for now.
After buying the slaves and completing the necessary procedures, Xu Qing led them back to the weapon shop and had them start using the weapons and items to gain Experience Points.
