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After pondering for a moment, Steward Zhang said, "The first part of Fellow Daoist Shi's artifact-refining booklet only contains introductory material and isn't worth many spirit stones. But the latter part provides a method for refining a high-grade Magic Tool. By the usual rules, depending on the importance of the refining method, its price should be between five and fifty percent of the Magic Tool's value after completion."
"The completed White Bone Soul-Driving Banner would count as one of the poorer high-grade Magic Tools, and it is also a Ghost Path Magic Tool that few people use. Based on the prices of similar Magic Tools in the past, it is only worth thirty mid-grade spirit stones." After saying this, Steward Zhang gestured for Shi Xuan to ask Yu Cheng.
"Senior, because Tidal Market lies between the three islands, with many cultivators coming and going, both Magic Tools and pills are somewhat cheaper here than in other sea regions." Knowing that Shi Xuan was visiting Tidal Market for the first time, Yu Cheng explained with great care. "Generally speaking, an unrefined high-grade Magic Tool costs at least thirty mid-grade spirit stones, while expensive ones can cost over a thousand mid-grade spirit stones. As for Ghost Path Magic Tools, since this is the Three Islands Sea Region and cultivators from the Netherworld Sect and other unorthodox factions rarely come here, Ghost Path Magic Tools cannot fetch much of a price."
Seeing that Yu Cheng's explanation was reasonable, and recalling that he truly had not seen any cultivators from unorthodox factions along the way apart from the teleportation hall, Shi Xuan nodded, accepting this conclusion.
Steward Zhang continued, "In this old man's view, the White Bone Soul-Driving Banner is mainly valuable because of its precious Artifact Refining materials.