Wang Yu did not return to his cave abode. Instead, he went straight to the Spirit Goods Pavilion.
By the time he came out again, the Silver Hammer and Golden Ring, the two magical artifacts originally in his Storage Bag, had vanished along with the five-colored glaze. In their place were five hundred spirit stones.
There was no helping it. He had tried selling the two magical artifacts at the little Inner Market several times without success. Now that money was tight, he could only sell them to the Spirit Goods Pavilion for seventy percent of their price.
That was hardly surprising, though. Unlike the shoddy, standard-issue magical artifacts used by rogue cultivators outside, those used by Four Symbols Sect disciples were fine pieces of at least middle grade. Some Inner Disciples who had no shortage of spirit stones even commissioned artifact refiners to make personal magical artifacts tailored to the characteristics of their cultivation methods.
This was one reason sect disciples could easily crush rogue cultivators at the same cultivation realm.
Wang Yu had once been tempted enough to visit the Artifact Refining Hall and ask about the price of a custom magical artifact.
The steward on duty at the Artifact Refining Hall had haughtily told him that commissions for Entry-Tier and higher magical artifacts started at one thousand spirit stones. He would have to provide the Artifact-Refining Materials himself, wait at least a year for his turn, and receive only half his fee back if the refining failed.
Naturally, he had turned around and left upon hearing that, abandoning any thought of commissioning a personal magical artifact from the Artifact Refining Hall.
But if paying someone else to refine a magical artifact was not worth it, what about learning artifact refining himself and making one tailored to his