On the path to immortality, I can see destiny.

Chapter 28 Youxuan Mirror

After listening to the black-haired man's explanation, Zhao Fan became curious about the quality of the magical artifacts forged using the refining techniques of the Suyang Sect.

He casually picked up a mid-grade magic weapon longsword and looked at the dark-skinned man before speaking.

"Can I try it?"

The dark-skinned man smiled and nodded in acknowledgment.

"sure."

With permission granted, Zhao Fan rapidly channeled spiritual energy into his hand, causing the longsword to float in the air and move swiftly under Zhao Fan's control.

Whether it was due to psychological suggestion or because this dark-skinned man had truly learned something from the Suyang Sect, it's unclear.

When he was controlling the flying sword, he felt that the flow of spiritual energy was exceptionally smooth, without the slightest stagnation.

However, the sharpness and offensive effectiveness of this flying sword were quite average, far inferior to that of the golden spear.

This lowered Zhao Fan's opinion of the flying sword considerably.

After trying it once, Zhao Fan retrieved his flying sword and placed it back on the stall.

"Fellow Daoist, what type of patterns does your flying sword have?"

When the burly man heard Zhao Fan ask this question, he scratched his head somewhat awkwardly.

"This flying sword has ten patterns and has just entered the mid-grade level."

Zhao Fan was not surprised by this answer, because he could indeed sense that this flying sword was rather ordinary among mid-grade magic weapons.

"Just entered the mid-grade? I'm afraid it's not worth sixty spirit stones."

Zhao Fan spoke up.

Zhao Fan's impression of this magical artifact was that it was very ordinary and had nothing special about it.

After saying that, Zhao Fan looked at the burly man, thinking to himself that the burly man was definitely going to say something to raise the price of his magic weapon.

"Fellow Daoist is right, it is indeed not worth sixty spirit stones."

The burly man showed no intention of raising the price; instead, he readily admitted that his magic weapon was not worth sixty spirit stones.

This was unacceptable to Zhao Fan, who had originally wanted to find a reason to negotiate the price.

I racked my brains for a long time to come up with an explanation, but it was completely useless.

Seeing that Zhao Fan didn't speak, the burly man continued.

"If you really want it, then name your price. If it's reasonable, I'll sell it to you."

Seeing that the big man seemed honest, Zhao Fan didn't rush to buy anything. Instead, he thought for a moment and then asked a question.

"I wonder what the difference is between a mid-grade magic weapon with ten patterns and a mid-grade magic weapon with fifteen patterns."

Upon hearing this, the burly man was somewhat puzzled. How could this young man not even know such a simple thing?

He thought for a moment, organized his thoughts, and then began to speak.

"The power of a magical artifact depends mainly on two things: its material and its mystical patterns."

"The materials are simple; generally, the better the materials, the more powerful and expensive it is."

"And the mystic patterns are equivalent to endowing magical artifacts with abilities."

"For a magical artifact to gain power, it needs to be inscribed with corresponding mystic runes."

"For example, the simplest wind blade is composed of three different mystic patterns: wind rising, wind moving, and wind dispersing."

"With these three types of mystic runes, the magical artifact can unleash wind blade attacks."

"A typical low-grade magic weapon is composed of three to nine mystic patterns."

"The most basic low-grade magic artifact has only the simplest Xuanwen circuit, and its effect is extremely mediocre."

"Further up, there will be Xuanwen loops with four Xuanwen patterns, Xuanwen loops with five Xuanwen patterns, and at the highest level, a Xuanwen loop can be composed of nine Xuanwen patterns."

"Of course, the Nine Mystic Pattern Circuit can also be split into three different Three Mystic Pattern Circuits, which can give the magic weapon three different abilities, and can also be combined in different ways from three to nine."

"When the number of profound patterns exceeds nine and reaches ten, it is considered a mid-grade magic weapon."

"Like this sword, it is composed of three different mystic runes, and the effect it gives is relatively average."

"A mid-grade magic weapon with fifteen patterns is already considered excellent. In terms of both power and function, it is much stronger than a mid-grade magic weapon with ten patterns."

The black man's explanation left him no room for embarrassment whatsoever.

However, the explanation was indeed very detailed, and Zhao Fan listened very attentively.

"Thank you for informing me, fellow Daoist."

Zhao Fan nodded slightly, feeling a bit more favorably disposed towards this honest uncle.

The dark-skinned man shook his head slightly.

"It's nothing, just some basic common sense."

"With your strength, fellow Daoist, this ten-patterned magic weapon is indeed not very suitable."

"If the price of that fifteen-patterned magic artifact isn't too high, fellow Daoist, you might consider buying it."

"However, the most important thing in cultivating is to refine elixirs. If you have limited spirit stones, you should consider cultivation first and then consider magic tools."

As the dark-skinned man spoke, he also started to chatter on and on.

Even to Zhao Fan, a complete stranger, she thoughtfully shared her experiences.

This left Zhao Fan somewhat bewildered. After the two previous incidents, he no longer believed that there could be such kind and good people in the world.

"I see you also collect pills, fellow Daoist. I wonder what kind of pills you collect and how much they cost?"

After listening to the burly man ramble on for a while, Zhao Fan finally asked about the pills.

The main reason he came to this stall was because he saw the words "buying elixirs" on the sign.

"I only accept mid-grade first-level cultivation pills, and the price of the pills is half a spirit stone higher than the market price."

Upon hearing the words "elixir," the burly man immediately perked up and quoted a price.

"Fellow Daoist, are you really so willing to give?"

This price was somewhat beyond Zhao Fan's expectations.

"My son has just broken through to the fifth level of Qi Refining and needs these pills to improve his cultivation. Although I don't have any special skills, it would be good if I could help him acquire some pills and improve his cultivation a little."

The dark-skinned man began to explain softly, his tone filled with pride and joy for his son.

With such a high price, Zhao Fan was naturally happy to trade with him.

So, he casually took out the remaining nine Qingling Pills from his storage bag.

"I have nine Cleansing Spirit Pills here. How about exchanging them for a mid-grade magic weapon from you, fellow Daoist?"

The black man readily agreed to this exchange condition.

"That's wonderful, that's wonderful."

"Fellow Daoist, you may choose any of these mid-grade magic artifacts. However, the best one among them is this Netherworld Mirror."

The burly man seemed worried that Zhao Fan would suffer a loss, so he specifically reminded Zhao Fan which magic weapon was better.

"This Netherworld Mirror is an eleven-patterned magic artifact with two effects: a defensive light barrier and invisibility. It is a magic artifact that combines defense and concealment."

Listening to the black-clad man's explanation, Zhao Fan naturally picked up the Netherworld Mirror, took out a spirit stone from his storage bag and placed it in his hand, then injected spiritual power into the Netherworld Mirror to activate its invisibility function.

As a pale blue light shone down, the spirit stone in Zhao Fan's hand was covered.

Zhao Fan could not see the spirit stone at all with his naked eye.

Even with divine sense, one cannot detect the appearance of the spirit stone; one can only feel the fluctuation of spiritual energy in one's palm.

Zhao Fan was very satisfied with the effect of this magical artifact and immediately decided to switch to it.