I Can Upgrade Everything Infinitely - Chapter 254 - 229: Weapon Shop’s Grand Opening, Heaven-Slaying Sword, The First Customer
“Or perhaps.”
“We could go to the second floor, or even the third.”
“It’s not that simple.”
Xu Qing shook his head. “Going within the first floor’s third ring, or to the second or even third floors, would certainly make it easier to find buyers. But the dangers and trouble we’d face would also increase.”
“This…”
Kaya fell silent.
In truth,
Kaya believed that opportunity and danger coexisted. Going to the second or even third floor would indeed be more dangerous, but it would also present more opportunities.
However,
Xu Qing had already given his orders, so she could only do as he instructed.
“We’ll wait.”
Xu Qing said, “Starting this afternoon, the weapon shop will officially open. We will sell only one Level 20 Mortal Artifact per day, and we will only display one Level 20 Mortal Artifact at a time.”
“Only after this Level 20 Mortal Artifact finds a buyer will we bring out the second one. No need for advertising or any grand fanfare.”
“As the saying goes,”
“Like Jiang Ziya fishing—the willing will take the bait.”
“Yes.”
Kaya nodded. “I will follow M-Master’s command.”
「Afternoon.」
CREAK!
The doors to the weapon shop, which had been closed for over a month, swung open.
“Huh…”
“That weapon shop is open.”
“It really is.”
“Ever since that mysterious person bought this shop from Zhu Hong over a month ago, the only change has been the name—’A Weapon Shop’. Other than that, there’s been no activity at all.”
“I can’t believe it suddenly opened today.”
“…”
In the marketplace,
the opening of Xu Qing’s weapon shop attracted quite a bit of attention. After all, the sight of Zhu Hong being so deferential to Xu Qing had left a deep impression on everyone.
Naturally,
everyone had been keeping a close eye on this shop.
“Come on, let’s go check it out.”
“Yeah, yeah.”
“Let’s go see what’s changed now that the shop has a new owner.”
“…”
Soon,
many people walked into the weapon shop.
Inside the shop,
Xu Qing’s Half-Demon slaves stood respectfully to the side like statues. But there were no weapons or equipment hanging on the walls.
Looking around,
they saw that there wasn’t a single weapon.
Stunned.
Everyone was utterly stunned.
“This…”
“Isn’t this a weapon shop? Where are the weapons? The equipment? Why is everything gone?”
“How can this be a weapon shop?”
“…”
The crowd was dumbfounded.
“Wait a minute.”
“Look, over there.”
“What is that?!”
“…”
The next moment,
someone cried out in alarm.
The crowd looked over.
Sure enough,
it was an ordinary-looking Iron Longsword, yet it was floating in mid-air, suspended silently above the central display pedestal at the front of the shop.
Moreover,
the blade was long and slender, glinting with a cold light. Upon closer inspection, one could see mysterious lines etched upon its body.
Counting them carefully,
one would find exactly nine.
“A Spirit Patterned Artifact?”
“I think so.”
“But why does it look like an ordinary Iron Sword?”
“Yeah!”
“But…”
“Nine Spirit Patterns! There are nine Spirit Patterns on the blade!”
“…”
The crowd murmured amongst themselves.
“Everyone.”
Just then,
Kaya appeared. She walked with graceful, lotus-like steps to the front of the crowd, stopping before the Level 20 Iron Sword.
“There’s no need to be surprised, and no need to doubt.”
A faint smile touched Kaya’s lips, giving her a unique allure. Her voice was calm as she slowly said, “As you can see, this is indeed a ’Spirit Patterned Artifact’.”
“Moreover,”
“It is a ’Top-Grade Nine-Layered Spirit Pattern Artifact’.”
“What?”
“Hiss…”
“For real?”
“A… A Top-Grade Nine-Layered Spirit Pattern Artifact?”
“This… this…”
Instantly,
everyone’s eyes went wide, shocked by Kaya’s words. Lin Yun Street was a remote corner of the Cangzhou Prefecture. How could a Top-Grade Nine-Layered Spirit Pattern Artifact possibly appear here?
It was like a tall tale.
“Guaranteed genuine.”
Kaya continued, “From today onward, our A Weapon Shop will only sell one weapon or piece of equipment per day. Only when the currently displayed item is sold will we put out the next one.”
“Furthermore,”
“Every weapon and piece of equipment sold by our A Weapon Shop will be no less than a ’Top-Grade Nine-Layered Spirit Pattern Artifact’.”
“My god!”
“Is that true?”
“Hiss…”
“That’s a Top-Grade Nine-Layered Spirit Pattern Artifact! Why does she talk about it like it’s some ordinary weapon?”
“This… this…”
The crowd was completely astonished.
Among them,
right in the crowd,
were several former employees of this very shop, who were also members of the Brotherhood. They noticed the floating Iron Sword.
’W-Why does this feel so familiar?’
A gaunt man stared at the Iron Sword, his expression somber. An incredible thought surfaced in his mind. ’It’s too similar, just way too similar. This sword looks exactly like that ordinary iron sword that was collecting dust in the armory.’
’H-How… how did it suddenly… become a Top-Grade Nine-Layered Spirit Pattern Artifact?’
“…”
Clearly,
the gaunt man was full of doubt.
“This is the first weapon for sale from A Weapon Shop.”
Kaya continued, “Its name is the Heaven-Slaying Sword. It is a Top-Grade Nine-Layered Spirit Pattern Artifact. The price is a bargain, only one thousand Top-grade Primordial Stones.”
Then,
Kaya posted the price.
“!!!”
“Holy shit!”
“That’s so expensive.”
“My heavens!”
“Top-grade Primordial Stones? And a thousand of them?!”
“This… this…”
When the price was revealed,
the crowd was once again dumbfounded.
It was just far, far too expensive.
For the people of Lin Yun Street, it was an absolutely impossible price. The value of all the equipment many of them owned, added together, might not even equal a single Top-grade Primordial Stone.
Let alone,
a price of one thousand Top-grade Primordial Stones.
From start to finish,
no one offered to buy it. They just stared at the ’Heaven-Slaying Sword’.
“I’m afraid no one on Lin Yun Street can afford that.”
“Yeah! That’s for sure!”
“I wonder if you could even get a thousand Top-grade Primordial Stones for selling off all of Lin Yun Street?”
“Surely it’s not that dire!”
“…”
The crowd continued to murmur.
“I’ll take this sword.”
Suddenly,
right at that moment,
as the crowd was murmuring amongst themselves,
a cool voice cut through the noise.
“Hm?”
Kaya was also stunned. According to her investigation, there wasn’t a single person in all of Lin Yun Street who could afford any Level 20 weapon.
In other words,
the market on Lin Yun Street was just too small.
And yet,
on the very first day of opening, a buyer had suddenly appeared. This left Kaya quite bewildered, almost unable to believe it.
“You wish to buy it?”
Kaya looked over and noticed a handsome young man in the crowd. He was the one who had just said he wanted to buy the Level 20 Iron Sword.
“That’s right.”
The handsome young man nodded. With his left hand behind his back and a folding fan in his right, he stared intently at the Level 20 Iron Sword.
BUZZ!
The next moment,
the handsome young man flicked his folding fan, sending an invisible stream of air toward the Level 20 Iron Sword.
CLANG!
Instantly,
the sword rang out.
BUZZ!
Furthermore, a Sword Realm was unleashed.
At once,
everyone present felt immense pressure.
“!!!”
The crowd looked on in terror.
“Good, good, good.”
A smile spread across the handsome young man’s face. “It truly is a genuine ’Top-Grade Nine-Layered Spirit Pattern Artifact,’ and a pure Sword Artifact at that.”
“Most importantly,”
“The craftsmanship of this Sword Artifact has reached an extraordinary, transcendent peak. I have seen many powerful Spirit Patterned Artifacts, but in terms of forging skill, not one can compare to this Sword Artifact.”
“One could say,”
“This extraordinary level of craftsmanship is like being able to forge common iron into a Divine Weapon, to turn a Mortal Artifact into a godly one.”
