novelraw Chapter 1037 - 1035: Are You Sure?
Chapter 1037 - 1035: Are You Sure?
"Dear guest, what might you be seeking today? Allow me to introduce our products to you," a tall, skinny shop assistant said with a broad smile as he walked up to Lin Feng. It was evident that Lin Feng was the leader of the group, so naturally, the assistant greeted him first.
"No need, we’ll just have a look around," Lin Feng replied with a wave of his hand to the skinny man, speaking indifferently as he began to browse through the displays in the shop.
"Wow, this is so sharp!"
"If I could have a sword like this, that would be wonderful!"
"Yes, the weapons here are really great!"
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Xia Lalan led the children around as well. It was their first time seeing so many weapons, and they were thrilled, commenting on the swords displayed on the shelves. In their eyes, these swords were of very good quality, adorned with cloud patterns and appearing extremely sharp. They would be ecstatic to possess such swords.
Lin Feng quickly finished his round of the store and found that the items were quite ordinary; nothing piqued his interest. Although the weapons looked good on the surface and were made from quality materials, the artifact refiners’ skills were mediocre. There were many flaws, essentially wasting the fine materials. After his inspection, Lin Feng’s interest swiftly dissipated. However, he glanced at the tall, skinny assistant and wondered if the shop might have some truly outstanding items.
"Assistant, do you have anything better here?" Lin Feng casually asked the assistant, interested to see if the shop had any hidden treasures.
"Dear guest, our Myriad Soldier Pavilion is one of the top weapon shops in the market. All our weapons are top quality. All the loose cultivators nearby come to us to buy their weapons, and even the four major families of the Hidden World frequently shop here. If you don’t believe me, ask anyone in the market how good our weapons are. Do none of these weapons meet your standards?" the assistant replied eagerly, promoting the store’s inventory zealously. He even brought over a three-foot-long short sword, trying to sell it to Lin Feng, failing to understand why Lin Feng wouldn’t be impressed by these fine weapons.
"The materials used are indeed decent, but the artifacts themselves are rubbish," Lin Feng shook his head faintly after listening to the assistant’s sales pitch, stating candidly as he had already noticed their mediocre quality. To put it bluntly, he could produce better artifacts using common steel from the Secular World.
"Dear guest, what do you mean by that? Isn’t it a bit harsh to call our products rubbish?" the assistant’s face changed immediately after hearing what Lin Feng said, showing his irritation. The weapons were acknowledged by loose cultivators and prominent families alike; how could they be called rubbish? Was this young man just here to cause trouble?
"It’s not that I’m being harsh; your products are genuinely inferior." Lin Feng replied with a serene smile, making another casual remark. After his comment, he did not wait for the assistant to respond; instead, he gently tapped the short sword held by the assistant.
"Clang!"
A clear, resonant sound signaled the extraordinary material of the short sword. Just as the assistant was about to retort, the sword in his hands suddenly shattered into many pieces and fell to the ground.
Silence fell upon the shop...
Teacher Lin had broken it just like that!
How could this be possible?
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At that moment, the children were dumbfounded, looking at Lin Feng with dizzy minds. They couldn’t figure out how Lin Feng had managed to break it...
It was impossible!
Xia Lalan stared blankly at the pieces of the short sword on the floor, unable to believe her eyes. This was supposed to be a weapon of decent quality, which shouldn’t break even if struck by other weapons. How did Lin Feng manage it? This was utterly unbelievable!
Shattered?
The tall, thin clerk looked at the sword hilt in his hand, then at the pieces of the sword blade on the ground. He was dumbfounded, hadn’t expected such a thing to happen, and now it had been destroyed by the other person— how was he going to explain this to the owner?
"What do you mean?" The thought infuriated the tall, thin clerk, who coldly said to Lin Feng, insisting on compensation for the shortsword today, otherwise he would have to bear the loss, and he didn’t want to make a losing deal.
"I said your stuff is substandard, too many flaws. Do you need me to test a few more?" Lin Feng remained indifferent to the clerk’s anger, calmly spoke, and didn’t take the clerk seriously. In fact, he really didn’t take it to heart, he was just stating facts.
"You... Are you here to cause trouble?" Upon hearing Lin Feng’s words, the clerk’s face turned incredibly ugly. These weapons, placed in the Secular World, belonged to the category of divine weapons, and even in the Hidden World they were considered decent. How could they not meet this young man’s standards!
After hearing Lin Feng wanted to test a few more, he felt like vomiting blood. If a few more were broken, how could he explain it to his boss? Thinking of this, he spoke to Lin Feng in an extremely unfriendly tone, now convinced that this person in front of him was definitely here to cause trouble, otherwise, why would he say such things.
"I really am not here to cause trouble." Hearing the clerk say so, Lin Feng lightly smiled and spoke. He really wasn’t here to cause trouble; frankly, this place wasn’t qualified enough for him to do so.
"Not causing trouble? I think you are exactly here to cause trouble!" The clerk grew even angrier upon hearing Lin Feng’s words, scrutinizing him with an even more hostile tone. After speaking, he snapped his fingers, and suddenly three men emerged from the store, all possessing late-stage Transcendent Realm strength. He now intended to deal with this troublesome young man who dared to cause a ruckus in Myriad Solider Pavilion, completely ignorant of life and death!
"Clerk, we really mean no harm; you’ve really misunderstood!" Xia Lalan, seeing that things were turning sour, immediately stepped forward to explain to the clerk, wanting to clear up the misunderstanding and avoid any trouble in the store.
"You... you all go out. I’m not selling you anything!" Initially, the clerk didn’t pay much attention however, upon seeing Xia Lalan, he was about to say something to her, but then he saw the Xia Family Token on her waist and immediately held back the harsh words he was about to say.
He was just a store clerk, a Loose Cultivator—how could he afford to provoke the Xia Family? Today was just his misfortune, and now he just wanted these people to leave at once.
Hearing the clerk say so, Xia Lalan immediately tugged at Lin Feng’s sleeve, ready to lead Lin Feng and the children out of the store. Lin Feng didn’t object; after all, seeing the state of the store with nothing worthy of attention, he didn’t want to waste time and thus followed Xia Lalan and the children out.
"Is there a better place around here?" As soon as they exited the Myriad Soldier Pavilion, Lin Feng immediately asked Xia Lalan, wanting to know if there was a better place nearby, unable to feel impressed by the mere goods in this place, which he wouldn’t even consider suitable for the children.
"Yes, this market is famous for its Artifact Refining, established thanks to a renowned Artifact Refiner. That shop is called the Artifact Pavilion, and everything inside is genuinely top-notch. The supreme experts from the four Great Families of the Hidden World each take pride in owning a weapon from Artifact Pavilion! But Artifact Pavilion has an unwritten rule: only those above the late-stage Transcendent Realm are qualified to purchase, and the prices are outrageously high; normal top experts simply can’t afford them..."
Hearing Lin Feng say so, Xia Lalan shared everything she knew about Artifact Pavilion. Her grandfather had told her about it before and had even taken her there, so she knew the details very well. Since Lin Feng asked, she decided to tell him.
"Really? Then let’s go take a look there." Upon hearing Xia Lalan’s description, Lin Feng immediately became interested in Artifact Pavilion and wanted to see what the weapons inside were like. If they really were good, working out a way to buy a few wasn’t an impossibility.
"Are you sure?" Xia Lalan was stunned again when she heard Lin Feng’s intention to go to Artifact Pavilion. She couldn’t believe Lin Feng really wanted to go there; she had already detailed the specifics, yet Lin Feng still wanted to visit. If they really went, they couldn’t afford anything—why bother making a fool of oneself?
"I’m sure! Let’s just have a look first." Lin Feng didn’t care about what Xia Lalan said; the requirement for late-stage Transcendent Realm was not an issue for him, and as for the cost, that was even less of a problem. If he wanted, he could have countless Demon Cores.
"Alright then, let’s go have a look." Xia Lalan, hearing Lin Feng say it seriously and not as a joke, since Lin Feng insisted, could only lead him there, lest Lin Feng be unconvinced.
After speaking, Xia Lalan turned around, leading Lin Feng and the children towards the legendary Artifact Pavilion. Xia Lalan and Lin Feng were unaffected, but the children following them were whispering among themselves, curious about the Artifact Pavilion Xia Lalan had described, wondering what it would be like.
The Dixuan Market was quite large, and after walking a few miles, they finally arrived outside the Artifact Pavilion. Xia Lalan stood outside the pavilion, pointing to a building not far away, and said to Lin Feng, "That’s the Artifact Pavilion."
Lin Feng looked up and noticed that the Artifact Pavilion indeed stood out. The main structure was like a towering tower, rising dozens of meters from the ground, the entire building resembling a sword piercing the sky, as if it meant to pierce through the heavens!
Atop this giant sword, two seal characters—Artifact Pavilion—were boldly and mysteriously engraved. At the location of the sword handle, a staircase connected to the ground. However, this staircase looked extraordinary; although there were only five steps, each one a different color and several meters high, what was even more incredible was that these steps were somehow suspended in mid-air!