Chapter 164: Do you know how heavy that knife is?
"Shi Hu!" Yun Xiwu's face changed slightly and he quickly opened his mouth to stop him.
"Mom, that's how it is. Mr. Qin..." Shi Hu said a little unconvinced.
"Shi Hu, from now on, Mr. Qin's words are my words. This will not happen again!" Xiao Qing, who was always kind to his subordinates, suddenly looked gloomy. He looked at Shi Hu sternly and said in a cold voice.
"Yes, Miss!" Shi Hu was frightened when he saw Xiao Qing suddenly get angry, and he bowed quickly.
"Ignorance is not a crime! It's not that serious." Qin Ziling smiled and gently patted Xiao Qing's shoulders, then said to Shi Hu: "Brother Shi Hu, although I don't know much about magic weapons, I still have some vision. Since your young lady is going to buy a magic weapon for your mother, you should buy a better one."
"Sir, what do you mean by this? My Xuanbing Blade is..." Shang Jia's face darkened slightly when he heard this, and he said with a hint of displeasure on his face.
"Your Xuanbing Blade has an icy attribute, which does increase its power. But the cold air keeps dissipating, and I'm afraid it won't be used much before it's scrapped. It's not right to spend a thousand taels of gold on a defective product, don't you think?"
Qin Ziling didn't point out the flaws of the Xuanbing Knife just now. He originally wanted to save some face for the merchant, but the merchant was shameless and actually questioned him with an unhappy look on his face. Qin Ziling was too lazy to save face for him.
"You are just a martial artist, what nonsense are you talking about? My Xuanbing Blade is made by a famous craftsman, how could it be..." Shang Jia's face became even uglier when he heard this, and he couldn't help but blurt out a scolding.
This is Zhanjian Town, backed by the Golden Sword Sect. No one dares to cause trouble here. Even though Qin Ziling and his group seem to have some important background, he is not afraid.
Qin Ziling didn't wait for Shang Jia to finish his words, and grabbed Shang Jia through the air. A trace of invisible water energy condensed into a virtual claw, and grabbed the Xuanbing Knife.
As his true power was activated, runes on the Xuanbing Blade suddenly flashed, and it turned into a nearly one-meter-long sword that hung in the air. The sword was shining with cold light and was chilling.
"See? Those runes are carved a little roughly, and the icy energy is constantly flowing away." Under the shocked and awed gazes of everyone, Qin Ziling pointed to a few flashing runes on the knife, said lightly, and withdrew his hand.
When a magic weapon has no owner, any Qi Refiner can activate it as long as they input true energy, but it will not be so easy to use and its power will be much smaller.
Once a magic weapon has been sacrificed and refined, it will be connected to the mind of the Qi Refiner and no one else can force it to activate it.
The Xuanbing Blade returned to its original shape and fell lightly back into the brocade box.
The store was quiet.
Not to mention Yun Xiwu Niang and the other two, Xia Yan, and Shang Jia, even Xiao Qing, who already knew that Qin Ziling was a Qi Refiner, was surprised and shocked.
Xiao Qing only knew that Qin Ziling was a wood-type Qi-refining master, but she didn't expect that he also practiced water-type Taoism at the same time, and even reached the realm of true strength!
As for Yun Xiwu and others, they were even more shocked!
Especially Yun Xiwu, she is a Qi Refiner at the True Power level, so she can naturally feel that the True Power Qin Ziling just released casually is much stronger than her pure True Power!
"Let's go look somewhere else." Qin Ziling patted Xiao Qing's shoulders again and said softly.
Originally, with Qin Ziling's low-key personality, he was unwilling to show off in front of others, but looking at the attitude of the Shi Hu brothers, being too low-key would inevitably lose face for Xiao Qing.
Moreover, Yun Xiwu's family of three, like Xia Yan, are Xiao Qing's real team. From another perspective, they are actually his team, so they should be revealed a little.
Of course, the most crucial thing is that Qin Ziling’s strength has skyrocketed and he is full of confidence. The cultivation of the water element’s true power realm is only a small part of his true strength.
Xiao Qing nodded and said "hmm", then walked out of the store side by side with him, only occasionally looking at Qin Ziling with a complicated look.
She thought she knew her elder brother Qin very well, but it turned out that it was far from enough.
It was not until Qin Ziling and Xiao Qing stepped over the threshold side by side that Yun Xiwu and others suddenly woke up and hurriedly chased after them. The remaining merchants stared stupidly at Qin Ziling's departing back, with cold sweat on their foreheads.
The market in Zhanjian Town is not big, with only two streets horizontally and vertically.
But after walking down the street, Qin Ziling discovered why so few people practiced Qi-refining, and why the old Taoist priest in Wuhe would go down the path of fraud, murder and robbery.
This is not just a matter of spiritual roots, talent, methods and techniques. I'm afraid the most crucial issue is money.
Here, any spiritual medicine or any pill starts at one hundred taels of silver. With one hundred taels of silver, one can buy a lot of blood-replenishing meat for a martial artist. Even ten pills of Yiyuan Hall's best pill, the Yuan-replenishing Pill, can be bought!
As for the magic weapons, it goes without saying that the starting price is basically ten thousand taels of silver. Not to mention ordinary people, even a veteran martial artist like Zuo Le would almost go bankrupt if he bought a magic weapon.
Of course, thanks to his disciple Qin Ziling, Zuo Le now has several groups of exotic beasts raised in the back mountain of Shuiyue Villa, so his wealth must be much richer than before.
"Money, companions, magic and land, money comes first! If I can't hunt exotic beasts and collect spiritual medicine, even if I have a high talent, I probably won't be able to progress so fast. Those exotic beasts and spiritual medicines are worth a lot of money!
Fortunately, the wealthy woman , otherwise the ten thousand taels of silver I brought would only be enough to buy a bag of magical rice for my mother!"
Standing in front of a spiritual rice shop, watching Xia Yan hand over ten thousand taels of silver and the shopkeeper hand over a small bag of Qingwu spiritual rice, Qin Ziling's feelings became more profound.
Green Mist Spirit Rice contains wood-type spiritual energy and is the most gentle daily tonic food for those who practice wood-type skills.
But the price is also extremely expensive, requiring 10,000 taels of silver to buy 20 kilograms.
However, for the sake of his mother, Qin Ziling would be willing to spend, let alone 10,000 taels, but he couldn't help feeling sad about the cost of refining Qi.
Xiao Qing didn't know that Qin Ziling bought the spiritual rice for his mother. He thought he bought it for himself as a tonic. So after buying a bag of green mist spiritual rice, he remembered that Qin Ziling also practiced water-based skills, so he immediately told Xia Yan to go to the spiritual rice shop next door and buy twenty kilograms of purple mist spiritual rice.
Although Qin Ziling knew that the meat of a third-grade exotic beast he ate was probably worth tens of millions of taels of silver, and he didn't know how much the exotic beast he ate was worth this year, he didn't feel bad eating it after all because he had killed it himself.
But now, seeing that in the blink of an eye, 20,000 taels of silver notes flowed out of Xia Yan's hands lightly, it was hard not to feel a little distressed.
As for Yun Xiwu and her mother and son, there is no need to say more!
After all, Xiao Qing was the eldest elder of the Xiao family who had seen a lot of money, and all this money was spent on Qin Ziling, so he didn't feel sorry .
"Aunt Yun, can this spiritual rice only grow in spiritual fields?" Qin Ziling asked after leaving the spiritual rice shop.
"Yes, Mr. Qin, spiritual rice can only grow in spiritual fields, and it also needs to be taken care of by Qi Refiners who can simply activate talismans. Ordinary people cannot take care of it.
Because it is necessary to spread spiritual rain to the spiritual valley, gather earth spiritual energy, kill insects with Gengjin energy, etc., these can only be done by a Qi Refiner at least in the True Realm." Yun Xiwu replied, his attitude was much more respectful than before.
"No wonder this spiritual rice is so expensive. But speaking of spiritual fields, doesn't Fangqiao City have any? I don't think I've ever heard of anyone talking about it." Qin Ziling continued to ask.
“Yes, there are some, but Fangqiao County is a place with poor mountains and bad water. There are very few spiritual fields, which are under the control of the government. Except for a part of the annual output that goes to the Guangou Mansion, the rest of the output must be handed over to the state capital. That’s why Mr. Qin has never heard of it.
It's different here in Qinghe County. There are spiritual veins and spiritual fields everywhere, and there are Qi-refining sects and Qi-refining families. Moreover, the Biyun Sect is one of the two major Qi-refining sects in Xiyun Province, and the Qi-refining sect is quite powerful.
Therefore, the government can only control a part of the spiritual fields, and there are still many spiritual fields in the folk that belong to various forces, which is why the Qi-refining families and sects sell spiritual rice. "Yun Xiwu replied.
"I see." Qin Ziling nodded, and as he spoke, the group turned into another street.
Most of the shops on this street sell weapons and magical tools.
Xiao Qing spent eight hundred taels of gold to buy Yun Xiwu a Xuanbing Knife.
It was the same Xuanbing Blade, but this one had a restrained chill. Apart from the fact that it was exceptionally clear and shiny when the sunlight shone on it, it looked quite ordinary in other aspects. It was unlike the previous one that emitted chill as soon as the brocade box was opened.
But once true power was input into this black ice knife, it immediately burst out with astonishing chill. Its quality was much higher than the previous one, and its price was 200 taels of gold cheaper.
Qin Ziling also bought a magic weapon, but this magic weapon was a set, called Water Cloud Sword Formation.
There are twelve of them, each as big as a finger, with misty sword symbols on their surface.
Once these twelve sword talismans are deployed, thick fog will appear in the sky and earth, and twelve flying swords will be hidden in the fog, making it difficult to guard against.
It is said that these twelve Shuiyun swords were made by a Qi Refiner using the feathers of a fourth-grade exotic bird, the Feiyun Eagle, infused with Kuishui elite and some other materials, which took a lot of effort and time.
The Qi Refiner originally thought that this magic weapon engraved in the cloud and mist maze could not only deceive people's eyes, but also hide twelve water-based flying swords in the cloud and mist maze, making it impossible to defend against. It can be said that its power is comparable to that of a magic weapon, and it will surely be very popular with buyers and sold at a high price.
The result was contrary to expectations. Although the Water Cloud Sword Formation was powerful, it required a very high level of control.
Not to mention the Qi Refiners at the True Power Realm, even for the True Yuan Realm, one has to at least reach the middle True Yuan stage, or even a great Qi Refiner at the late True Yuan stage to be able to control it with ease.
However, a great Qi Refiner in the middle or late stage of Zhen Yuan is definitely a big shot in Xiyun Province. They usually possess magic weapons, but they look down on the Shuiyun Sword Formation, which is quite energy-consuming to operate and the level of these magic weapons.
Therefore, the Shuiyun Sword Formation, which was almost as powerful as a magic weapon, became a useless existence.
But Qin Ziling also cultivated his soul, and his soul and intention had reached the level of distraction. This Water Cloud Sword Formation was just right for him, so he bought it without hesitation.
And the price was not expensive, two thousand taels of gold, which was only two and a half times the price of the Xuanbing Sword that Yun Xiwu bought. It could be said that he got a bargain.
The first time he visited the Qi Refining Market, he found a bargain, which made Qin Ziling in a good mood and he became more interested in strolling around.
It's a pity that the market town of Zhanjian Town is only two streets wide, and because it is located at the foot of Jinjian Mountain, which has mineral veins, the disciples of the Jinjian Sect specialize in Gengjin Taoism and the art of killing. They are not only good at hammering weapons, but also practice weapon attacking techniques on a regular basis. Therefore, many people come here to buy famous swords and sharp knives. Over time, the majority of shops in this Zhanjian Town are actually weapon shops.
As they were about to reach the last store, Qin Ziling didn't see anything that excited him to buy.
"It's another weapons store. It seems there's no need to go in." Xiao Qing glanced at the last store and said.
Qin Ziling smiled when he heard this and was about to nod when he saw a black sword in the corner of the weapon shop that looked particularly thick and hard. He couldn't help but feel a little moved and said, "Since we're here, let's go in and take a look."
After saying that, Qin Ziling took the lead and walked into the store.
The store has a large facade, with two rows of weapon racks neatly arranged on each side, on which are placed knives, guns, swords, halberds, spears, axes and other weapons. The sunlight shines in obliquely, and the sharp blades flash coldly, giving people a murderous feeling.
Probably because this store has a bad location and sells weapons, it doesn't have much business. When Qin Ziling came in, there was no one in the store.
The boss was listlessly wiping a long knife with a piece of cloth. When he saw Qin Ziling and his group come in, his eyes fell on the tall and burly bodies of the Shilong and Shihu brothers. His eyes suddenly lit up, and he put the long knife in his hand on the counter and hurried out to greet them.
“Dear guests, the weapons here are all made by the disciples of the Golden Sword Sect’s Weapon Refining Hall. Each weapon has not only been tempered through thousands of hammers, but also added with the blood of exotic beasts during the tempering process. They are far from comparable to the weapons sold in those blacksmith shops in the secular world.
Many martial artists, even great martial artists, come to our store to buy weapons. These two guests are obviously strong and powerful martial artists with abundant blood and energy. If they can be equipped with our weapons, they will definitely be even more powerful and invincible!" The store owner boasted as soon as he came up.
"Hehe, shopkeeper, you have a good eye, but my brother and I already have weapons." Shi Long said, pointing to his back where only the handle of the knife was exposed.
The shop owner then discovered that the potential buyer in his mind was indeed carrying a weapon on his back, and he was immediately disappointed .
At this moment, a voice came to the shop owner's ear: "Shop owner, bring me that big knife."
The shop owner looked in the direction of the voice and saw that Qin Ziling was pointing at the big sword that had been placed in the corner for who knows how many years. He quickly retracted his gaze, then looked Qin Ziling up and down, shook his head and said, "Sir, you can't use that sword. If you really like swords, you can pick one from this weapon rack."
"Oh, why?" Qin Ziling couldn't help but feel curious when he heard that.
He felt an inexplicable heaviness when he looked at the knife from afar, which made him a little interested. Unexpectedly, the shop owner said that he couldn't use it.
"Do you know how heavy that knife is? A full six hundred pounds! I'm afraid these two martial artists who look so strong and powerful would have a hard time lifting it. Even if you can lift it, how can you perform sword skills?" replied the shop owner.
