"This is a brand-new mid-grade speed artifact, made from the belly hide of a [Green Wind Soaring Serpent], an exotic beast rarely seen even in the Wilderness. Spiral sand, demonic tree bark, and various other materials have been incorporated into it, along with an inscribed low-grade formation, the [Lightbody Formation]. It can greatly increase your running speed and agility."
"What's more, it was personally crafted by a master of the Treasure Artifact Pavilion, so its quality is guaranteed. It is an essential artifact for chasing enemies and escaping danger!"
"The opening bid is one hundred and fifty low-grade spirit stones, with each increase no lower than five low-grade spirit stones. The bidding begins now. Please place your bids!"
Speed artifacts were uncommon because the magical power and spiritual sense of an ordinary cultivator in the middle stage of the Qi Refining Realm could control, at most, two low-grade artifacts or one mid-grade artifact simultaneously.
If they activated a mid-grade speed artifact at full power, they would find it almost impossible to spare the capacity to attack or defend with another artifact.
That was extremely dangerous.
They could only rely on talismans for protection!
But talismans could not sustain their effects indefinitely, and linking their use required careful timing. Moreover, using each talisman was tantamount to scattering spirit stones-far too wasteful.
Thus, most middle-stage Qi Refining Realm cultivators chose mid-grade defensive or offensive artifacts. That market demand, in turn, influenced supply-
Leaving few artifact refiners willing to specialize in this direction.
As a result, "speed-enhancing boot artifacts" were scarce, and some refiners simply chose to study the more valuable and popular Flying Vessels instead.
One key reason Flying Vessels were so popular was that spirit stones could supply the power they needed. They required only a little spiritual sense to control,