Advance Preparations (Please Follow Along, This Newbie Is in the First Round of PK)

"I will have a proper word with the Spirit Feather Sect about this matter."

"Fellow Daoist Qin need only ensure that the Beast Fang Rice can be harvested on time."

"As for everything else, there is no need to worry too much."

Gu Qingzhao's voice was clear and cool as a spring, her words carrying an unquestionable authority.

Hearing this, Qin Ming finally felt reassured and let out a deep breath.

He had not expected Gu Qingzhao not only to refrain from blaming him, but to apparently have a way to resolve the matter.

After finishing his conversation with Gu Qingzhao,

Qin Ming did not hurry back to the Secluded Cool Abode.

Instead, he went downstairs to find Manager Liao.

"I want to buy a magic item. Do you have any recommendations, Manager?"

Manager Liao's eyes lit up at the prospect of business. Plastering on a smile, he said warmly, "Fellow Daoist Qin, what type of magic item are you looking for? Our store can provide anything you need."

"An offensive magic item, preferably one suited for a body-refining cultivator." Qin Ming pondered briefly before replying.

Manager Liao was taken aback, but did not ask further questions.

He immediately smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Qin, please follow me to the Artifact Refining Pavilion on the fifth floor."

The fifth floor of Juxuan Pavilion.

This entire floor was devoted to selling and purchasing all manner of magic items.

As soon as Manager Liao and Qin Ming came upstairs, a clerk hurried over to receive them, guiding Qin Ming past the dazzling array of counters while making introductions.

"A mid-grade magic item, the Frost Sword. Its slashing power is exceptionally sharp, and it comes with an ice attack. Price: three hundred and fifty Spirit Stones."

"A mid-grade magic item, the Azuresteel Blade. Forged from century-old cold iron and produced by the Blazing Fire Weapon Forge. Price: four hundred Spirit Stones."

"A mid-grade magic item, the Blazing Fire Hammer."

After making a round, Qin Ming interrupted, "Do you have any Superior-Grade Magic Items?"

Manager Liao's face immediately flushed with color. His spirits soared, and he promptly ordered his subordinates.

"Did you hear him? Bring out the treasures we keep at the bottom of the chest. Stop dawdling."

A moment later,

three exquisitely wrapped long wooden boxes were placed before Qin Ming.

Manager Liao opened one of them, revealing a jet-black spear within.

"A Superior-Grade Magic Item, the Dragon Spine Spear. The spearhead and shaft are forged as one, crafted from Fire Cloud Gold Crystal. Every thrust carries a flame attack, and it possesses extremely strong armor-piercing effects."

"Price: nine hundred Spirit Stones."

Manager Liao gave an eloquent introduction, watching Qin Ming's reaction with some uncertainty.

"Go on," Qin Ming said with a nod.

"This next one is the Superior-Grade Magic Item Boulder Greatsword. It is forged from Extraterrestrial Meteorite Iron, exceptionally tough, and weighs a thousand jin. Price: one thousand Spirit Stones."

Looking at the enormous sword before him, which was a full two sizes larger than even Yang Guo's, Qin Ming could not help clicking his tongue.

"The last item."

Manager Liao opened the long wooden box, and a Black Long Saber came into Qin Ming's view.

"A Superior-Grade Magic Item, the Blackwind Blade, forged from wind-attributed materials produced in lands of yin balefulness."

"But..." Manager Liao suddenly stopped halfway through his sentence.

Qin Ming frowned. "But what?"

"There is a prerequisite for using this saber: a cultivator's vital energy and blood must be sufficiently vigorous, otherwise it is extremely difficult to wield and control." Manager Liao gave an awkward smile and explained, "If one's physique is somewhat weak, one may even suffer a backlash from its Sha Qi."

Qin Ming reached out and picked up the Blackwind Blade. At once, a domineering surge of Sha Qi swept in through his arm.

He merely exerted a little strength, circulating the Vital Energy Force within his body through his arm.

The Blackwind Blade's Sha Qi, which had been incomparably ferocious just moments before, seemed to have encountered its natural bane and swiftly shrank back.

In an instant, it became incomparably obedient.

Manager Liao's smile froze, and he was immediately left slack-jawed.

"How many Spirit Stones for this Blackwind Blade?"

"Th-this... I never expected Fellow Daoist Qin to be a body-refining cultivator. Never mind others—if Fellow Daoist Qin wants it, one thousand two hundred Spirit Stones will do." Manager Liao hurriedly answered.

At those words, Qin Ming's mouth twitched slightly.

What did precision sales mean?

He happened to have just over thirteen hundred Spirit Stones left in his Spirit Stone bag.

"Can you lower the price?" Qin Ming asked directly.

Manager Liao smiled awkwardly. "Fellow Daoist Qin, you know that our pavilion has always been fair to young and old alike. These twelve hundred Spirit Stones are already the lowest price."

"How about this? I'll make the decision myself and give Fellow Daoist Qin a copy of the Blood Ignition Saber Technique as well. It happens to pair perfectly with the Blackwind Blade, and it is worth one hundred Spirit Stones."

"When Fellow Daoist Qin buys things at our pavilion, you enjoy a twenty percent discount, so you can save quite a few Spirit Stones." Manager Liao spoke with utmost sincerity.

"Deal."

Qin Ming gritted his teeth. Now that he had offended Jiang Kun's group, he urgently needed a suitable magic item to protect himself.

With no other choice, he could only suffer Heavy Bleeding.

As for the spoils from killing Daoist Ruan and the other four last time, they were all low-grade magic items. He had no use for them now and could only find an opportunity to dispose of them.

But selling them here was definitely not an option.

"Fellow Daoist Qin, that will be one thousand and eighty Spirit Stones." Having closed another major deal, Manager Liao's delight overflowed from his face.

Qin Ming efficiently counted out the Spirit Stones and paid him.

He accepted the Blackwind Blade Manager Liao handed over and stored it in his Storage Bag.

The transaction was complete.

"Fellow Daoist Qin, shall we go downstairs and have a cup of tea together?" Manager Liao invited politely.

Qin Ming shook his head. "No, I have urgent business to attend to."

"Then let me see Fellow Daoist Qin out."

The two went downstairs to the first-floor hall.

Inside the first-floor restaurant.

"Manager!"

"Do you buy demon beast corpses?"

"They're all mid-stage first-rank beasts. There are five or six of them."

"Ptooey!"

Just as Qin Ming was about to leave, two cultivators came bustling in from outside, shouting boisterously into the building.

The speaker was a bald middle-aged cultivator. After speaking, he casually spat a glob of phlegm onto the floor.

The cultivators dining in the restaurant all turned to look upon hearing this.

Though they found it somewhat disgusting, not one of them dared step forward to say anything.

After all,

someone capable of killing five or six mid-stage demon beasts in one go was no ordinary person.

Both men wore leather Dharma Robes and looked travel-worn. They were likely demon beast hunters who spent all year roaming outside.

"Of course we do! Please, two fellow Daoists, come inside." Manager Liao had just come downstairs when more business arrived at his door, and his grin nearly reached his ears.

"Fellow Daoist Qin, business has come calling, so I won't see you out. Come by the shop another day for a drink, and I'll arrange a table of fine wine for you."

Qin Ming nodded. "No matter. Manager, go attend to your business."

With that, he stepped out of Juxuan Pavilion.

Back at the Secluded Cool Abode,

Qin Ming impatiently took out the Blackwind Blade and began to wield it.

Wherever the blade passed, a terrifying Sha Qi wailed through the air.

"As expected of a Superior-Grade Magic Item. What a fine saber!" Qin Ming lovingly stroked the blade's body, unable to put it down.

He then opened the Blood Ignition Saber Technique and began reading it. Cultivating this saber technique likewise required powerful vital energy and blood as support, and the technique contained seven forms in total.

Once mastered, the first form alone could unleash eighty-one saber strikes in an instant! Wherever the blade passed, it could ignite one's vital energy and blood, forming immensely powerful flaming saber radiance.

It was an essential skill for traveling abroad!