Chapter 39 - Priceless
“Once the refined iron takes the form of a sword, it’ll be able to greatly assist you in battle. This is, of course, just one of the many magical functions of this item. Dear guests, have you ever heard of the Deity Sword, owned by the one and only Feng Xifeng, better known as the Master of Swordsmanship, who is also one of the three Wu Kings of Empire Yue. His famous Deity Sword is actually made from refined iron!” Elder Li said glibly after his performance.
“What? Do you mean the legendary Deity Sword? The sword which bright scarlet red light can be seen piercing through the sky from fourteen prefectures away?! Is it really made of refined iron? I heard that its previous master, Master Zeng Yijian, had even cut the peak of a mountain with the Deity Sword, which was obviously quite incredible!”
“The Deity Sword is undeniably stunning with regards to its sharpness. Mr. Li, I still have a question lingering in my mind. As far as I know, the color of the Deity Sword is scarlet red, almost resembling the color of the setting sun. Now, look, the refined iron displayed here is white. How do you explain that?”
Everyone was left bewildered, after this question was asked.
Elder Li beat the silver hammer to regain everyone’s attention, before he solemnly replied: “The Exquisite Pavilion boasts a history of 200 years in this line of business. In these 200 years we’ve never deceived our customers with fake items and we never will. I’m afraid, my dear guest, that you can’t quite see the whole picture of this item. I’ve been informed that fifty years ago, before Feng Xifeng was honored as the Master of Swordsmanship, his Deity Sword used to actually be white. The sword didn’t change its color until twenty years later, when it demonstrated a pale red color. And only at the time when his skill in swordsmanship gradually gained fame, oh, that was probably about ten years ago, did the sword turn into its well known scarlet red color. Some of you may wonder if Master Feng changed between three different-colored swords over these years. Is this true?”
“Is the sword capable of upgrading itself at certain stages? The sword made of refined iron has the exceptional function to change its color as a sign of an upgrade!” Xu Yi suddenly blurted out.
Elder Li slightly nodded his head, full of complacency.
Upon hearing this mind-boggling function, the guests couldn’t restrain their excitement any more, as some of the seats were even cracked because of the impact of qi exerted from their overjoyed emotion.
A weapon with self-upgrading function was by no means a normal item, especially for those cultivators who almost took weapons in as their lovers.
Most of the time, when a cultivator stepped into a higher realm, he had to reluctantly change his original weapon for a new one, one that could match his master’s new abilities. After all, original weapons aren’t able to upgrade their strength alongside their master, so to have a weapon that is able to evolve alongside its master… This was like a dream come true for most cultivators.
On one side, they attached great personal emotions to their weapons, which accompanied them through both the good and the bad times. On the other side, it took quite some time to get familiar with a new weapon. As far as efficiency was taken into consideration, the constant change of your weapon was obviously not a favored choice.
Now, that weapons made of refined iron could overcome the weakness of ordinary weapons, it was, of course, greatly tempting all of the present cultivators.
Moreover, the well-known Deity Sword cemented their confidence in the quality of the refined iron. The guests definitely deeply longed for a weapon of this kind.
As for Xu Yi, he considered it a double blessing to possess both the Long’er Scalp and the refined iron. However, he was still unclear about one thing.
“My apology, I still have one more question. As we all know, weapons are of extreme importance to cultivators, why would anyone sell such a peerless weapon material at an auction?”
For the majority of the guests in this auction room, they were hysterically thrilled when the item, that once only existed in legends, suddenly emerged at this auction.
Xu Yi didn’t wish to dampen anyone’s passion by raising such a question; however, he simply couldn’t stand the annoying puzzlement, that was brooding in his head, anymore. Where other auctioned items, such as the Long’er Scalp (which could be found anew as long as the Long’er didn’t go extinct), could be obtained again relatively easily, this refined iron was an irreplaceable material, one that could only be found by sheer luck.
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