Peerless Immortal - Chapter 37

Chapter 37: Monkey Tail Sword

The Shang family’s weapons counter was on the third floor. Boss Shang brought Ding Hao up and a girl wearing a dress appeared, Boss Shang introduced, “This is our ordinary weapons manager, Shang Yun.”

The weapons in this store were divided into two kinds, one was for celestials, whereas the other kind was for Innate Stage users. Shang yun was in charge of the ones for Innate Stage users.

Shang Yun smiled and said, “Just leave it to me, I’ll definitely give him a good price.”

That department was not under Boss Shang, he smiled and said, “Master Mi, I’ll head down.” In order to help Ding Hao keep his identity a secret, he did not use the real name.

Ding Hao nodded to him in acknowledgement.

When Boss shang left, Shang yun smiled, “Master Mi, you’re only at Innate Stage level three, so you would normally use moderate grade weapons. However, since you came to this city, you probably aren’t satisfied with that grade of weapons, so I feel like you’re looking for high grade weapons.”

That woman was quite smart, being able to guess Ding Hao’s thoughts just like that.

However, Ding Hao said, “Ordinary high grade weapons are alright, but what I really want is Supreme Treasures.”

“Supreme Treasures?” Shang Yun gaped.

She had thought that Ding Hao looked like a commoner without too much money, and he was only at Innate Stage level three, so he probably only had enough for high grade ordinary weapons.

She could not help but awkwardly say, “We do have a lot of treasures, but the price…”

Ding Hao calmly said, “I obviously can’t afford any weapons meant for celestials, but if it’s something for Innate Stage users, I can still afford it.”

Since he said that, Shang Yun was quite happy as well as she said, “Please don’t blame me for mistaking your intentions, please come in.”

After entering, there were a large amount of various weapons on display.

Compared to the weapons here, the weapons at the outskirts were just trash.

For instance, even if it was both moderate grade willow-leaf sabers, the ones here were much sharper! The metal was much more pure! Even the decorations looked much better! The willow-leaf sabers in the outskirts now looked like low-class goods, even the blades were not even!

Of course, there was a difference in price as well.

Ding Hao nodded to himself, he came to the right place! If two people were to fight with equal strength, but one used the weapons from here and the other from the outskirts, the latter would definitely lose!

After all, to do a good job, an artisan first needs good tools.

Walking past the full weapon racks, they went into a room at the back. Shang Yun invited Ding Hao to sit down and got a servant to pour some tea for Ding Hao before saying, “Might I ask you how much you know of Supreme Treasures?”

Ding Hao had an awkward look on his face before honestly saying he had only heard of them, but never seen any himself. He felt dissatisfied as he said, “Manager what is the meaning of this? Do I need to take some kind of test to buy your goods?”

“I wouldn’t dare.” Shang Yun maintained her smile, causing Ding Hao to lose his anger. She said, “Sir, everyone knows that Supreme Treasures are the pinnacle of ordinary weapons. Higher grade weapons are tools, but the highest grades are treasures! However, there’s no guarantee that just anyone can use the treasures!”

Ding Hao nodded at her words, “Right, I’ve heard of the saying before, but I’ve never heard that Supreme Treasures had requirements for their users.”

Shang Yun said, Sir, Supreme Treasures are very different from normal weapons. The biggest difference is that, even though ordinary weapons don’t use spiritual energy, Supreme Treasures do! That’s why ordinary weapons can be used by anyone, but the treasures need a certain amount of power to be wielded.”

“I see.” Ding Hao nodded in understanding.

Shang Yun was afraid he did not have enough spiritual energy! He was only at Innate Stage level three, and even the Nine Layers Blazing Palms needed spiritual energy. If he even had a Supreme Treasure absorbing his spiritual energy, how much spiritual energy would he have to spare? He might even be out of energy in just a few fists when fighting someone else.

Ding Hao understood and said, “Manager Shang, thank you for your concern. I’ve long considered these points, and you don’t have to worry.”

Using up spiritual energy might be a big problem for others, but to him it was not such a big deal. His yuandan was always bigger than others, and he even had a large amount of spiritual rice on hand, he could raise his level at any time!

Shang Yun was curious at his unworried look. For an Innate Stage level three to not worry about spiritual energy only carried one possibility, this yellow-faced man was a genius! However, how could he only be at Innate Stage level three when he was a thirty to forty year old genius?

She had her suspicions, but Ding Hao was still a customer, so she did not dare ask too much, so she said, “We have quite a few Supreme Treasures here. Could you tell me what sort of weapon you use, or what martial arts are you cultivating and what sort of celestial gene you have? I can help you pick out something that suits you.”

“That…” Ding Hao furrowed his eyebrows, he had thought he could browse the treasures just like how it was outside. Now he knew, the treasures were very expensive, so only three could be taken out at once. If you took too long, people might get impatient.

He was not willing to expose his celestial gene and skills, so he said, “I have a fire element beast gene, and I practice a palm style, just pick out the best for me.”

Shang Yun had seen plenty of customers who were not willing to reveal their own secrets, so she smiled, “You can rest assured, sir, we will definitely keep our customers’ secrets.” She then said, “Please wait here.”

After that, she went into the back room alone.

Ding Hao waited for a while, Shang Yun came back with six fit looking men. Of those men, three carried wooden trays that were wrapped in red cloth, while the other three were in charge of protecting the goods.

After that, the six of them lined up in a row. All six of them were at Innate Stage level three, but they were quite well trained. None of them had any expressions of disrespect even after seeing Ding Hao’s low level.

“Please come over, Master Mi.”

Shang Yun smiled as she asked him over, opening one of the cloths on the tray.

Ding hao looked and saw a very special looking small blade.

It was only half a foot long, but on the hilt of the blade was a tail. The tail was a red colored rope that looked like actual flesh. On the end of the tail was a round handle.

“This…” Ding Hao reached out to touch it, but was stopped by Shang Yun.

“Sir, this is very valuable, so you can only look but not touch.”

Ding Hao said, “How is that thing used?”

Shang Yun waved and said, “Demonstrate.”

The man standing next to the one holding the tray took up the small blade and stood a distance away.

There was a formation set in that location, and it looked like a dancing stage. Walking inside would allow the use of spiritual energy.

The man held the handle and used his spiritual energy. Very quickly, Ding hao saw the blade suddenly float up and start to dance in the air. It looked a little like the flying sword that Liu Yun Kun used before.

“This looks very similar to the flying swords that celestials use!”

Ding Hao looked at it with a shine in his eyes. He did not have the ability to use flying swords right now, but it was not too bad if he could use something like that!

Shang Yun was also very happy with the store’s treasure, she said pridefully, “Peak grade Supreme Treasure, Monkey Tail Sword! Master craftsman Li Wushuang made this a thousand years ago, and it has been passed down for eighteen generations. If not for the fact that Li Wushuang turned to evil practitioners in the Celestial Cultivation Realm, destroying the family in Jiuzhou, this treasure would never have ended up in this realm!”

Ding Hao asked, “How much does this cost?”

“Five spirit stones!”

“Spirit stones…” Ding Hao shook his head bitterly, “Manager Shang, this is way too expensive for me. If all your treasures are priced like this, then I really can’t afford one.”

Shang Yun laughed and said, “This is our signature treasure, and is a legendary object, so obviously it would command an astronomical price. Normal Supreme Treasures are not nearly this expensive.

Ding Hao thought, ‘You must really think highly of me to bring something so valuable immediately. It’s good stuff, but I really can’t afford it!’

“Honestly, even if you had the money, I wouldn’t recommend you buy this.” Shang Yun said, “The higher grade a Supreme Treasure is, the more spiritual energy it consumes. Even this staff of mine can only use the sword for a very short amount of time at Innate Stage level seven…”

As she spoke, the man said, “Manager, I can’t hold it any longer.” After that, the sword dropped on the floor.

Shang Yun asked him over, saying, “Even though I’m at Innate Stage level nine, I can only use this thing for fifteen minutes.”

“Even Innate Stage level nine can only use it for fifteen minutes.” Ding Hao was shocked.

He thought, ‘It looked like I can’t use this thing for now. Even if my yuandan is abnormally large, I’m still just at Innate Stage level three. I’m still a long way away from using this Monkey Tail Sword for an extended amount of time.’

“Then let’s look at some other Supreme Treasures.”

Even though he could not use that Supreme Treasure, Ding Hao already felt the power of Supreme Treasures! One Supreme Treasure could increase a person’s combat ability by a few times! No wonder everyone wanted one, these things are quite powerful.

“Then the next treasure…”

Ding hao was filled with curiosity and anticipation, and he was not disappointed. Shang Yun opened up the next tray and it was a pair of bright red knuckle dusters.

Shang Yun held it up, handing one to Ding Hao, smiling, “The one just now was extremely valuable, so it wasn’t allowed to be touched willy nilly. These things are cheaper, so take a look. I call these things Spirit Storing Gloves.”

The Spirit Filling Gloves looked like gloves for only the fingers. Four fingers could be put in, and a metal ring could be placed on the thumb to hold it in place. Clenching one’s fist would cause four pieces of hard metal to appear in the front of their fist.

Shang Yun introduced, “Master Mi is a fire-type celestial gene who practices fist techniques. I helped pick this out for you. When you wear this and fill it up with spiritual energy, even a Tiger Fist hit would increase by three to five times in strength! These four pieces of metal were made with celestial metals, so one fist can even destroy wooden planks or bend metal plates!”

Ding Hao got very excited looking at it, that was so suited for himself!