"Defective?" Seeing the black iron staff inside the narrow box, I frowned. For some unknown reason, the end of the iron staff seemed to have been shaved down by a sharp object, causing it to become extremely pointed. It looked almost like a sword staff!
Even though it was defective, the quality of this magic staff was still quite high. Its black shaft was covered in linked runes, and by relying on a great many formations, it had actually retained the level of a magic treasure. As for the shaved-off section, I could even use it as a sword. After all, the head of the staff was round, so it wouldn't hinder me when swinging it.
Looking closely at the staff's head, I saw the face of a female ghost. It did look rather frightening, but things from the ghost path had always looked like this, so I didn't find it excessive. It was just that after losing most of its formation links, this thing had forcibly reached the level of a magic treasure with what remained. It was truly terrifying.
"You saw at a glance that it was defective. If you still claim you aren't an appraiser, I'll sweep you out with a broom." The shopkeeper not only didn't find my words offensive, he was quite pleased with them. It seemed he had decided I was an appraiser, so before I could speak, he continued, "If this thing weren't defective, it probably wouldn't be an ordinary magic treasure. Old Luo from the Golden Immortal Path said it was seized during an earth-shaking battle. Since the ghost path had declined, it had been left sitting in the warehouse all this time."
"It's not bad, but if one isn't from the ghost path, it's probably hard to use, right?" I hadn't