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“In Great Qian Imperial City, if you want to see a more complete selection, don't even think about it, just go straight to Wanbao Pavilion, which is under the Great Qian Chamber of Commerce and has imperial family involvement.”

Vermilion Bird said to Jiang Ning as they walked.

Jiang Ning hummed in acknowledgment on the surface, but inwardly, he was complaining, “‘Wanbao Pavilion’ is really a name suitable for all kinds of Xuanhuan novels, and it’s also suitable for various places within those books.

Anything that sells Spiritual Artifacts, Medicinal Pills, and the like is called Wanbao Pavilion.”

After walking for a while, when he saw the Wanbao Pavilion here,

Jiang Ning was no longer as shocked as Liu Grandma entering the Grand View Garden.

After all, isn't it perfectly normal for things in Great Qian to be grander and more prosperous than in other places?!

This Wanbao Pavilion was huge.

Jiang Ning looked up and counted, it had three floors in total, but this was just their iconic central pavilion.

What was in front of Jiang Ning was a grand gate, with the five large characters “Great Qian Wanbao Pavilion” written on the plaque, imbued with Dao essence, left by the person who wrote them—a Magic Treasure.

Around it, many people sat cross-legged in front of the courtyard walls on either side of the gate.

Vermilion Bird said with a smile, “Many people come to the Imperial City precisely because of its resources. Take this Wanbao Pavilion, for example; the plaque at its entrance was inscribed by a Mahayana Realm expert.

It contains a trace of the Mahayana Realm expert's Dao essence. If one can comprehend it, they will benefit immensely.

And this is just a small welfare and greeting gift from Great Qian Wanbao Pavilion for those who pass by its entrance.”

She looked at the people around them.

“Every day, people come here to meditate, but to maintain order, Wanbao Pavilion has placed futons on both courtyard walls, in positions where one can see these characters.

There are nine in total, meaning only nine people can stay at the entrance for an extended period simultaneously.

No brawling is allowed at the entrance; other matters are left for the cultivators to handle themselves.”

Jiang Ning looked closely and realized that there were indeed nine people sitting and cultivating here.

At this moment, someone walked up to a cultivator who hadn't yet entered a meditative state, discussing buying the seat with Spirit Stones.

“How incredibly impressive…”

Jiang Ning silently sighed.

Vermilion Bird said with a smile, “Let’s go, let’s go in.”

Jiang Ning followed Vermilion Bird.

After entering the gate, Jiang Ning realized that this could no longer be considered just a shop.

Instead, it was a massive compound.

On either side of the corridor upon entering, there was a Spiritual Sword.

Vermilion Bird explained, “These are two Spiritual Swords, and they have already developed sentience. If anyone attempts to cause trouble in Wanbao Pavilion, these Spiritual Swords will first obstruct them, waiting for the hidden experts within Wanbao Pavilion to appear.”

“Similar to the Hum and Ha Generals?”

“What?”

“Nothing.”

Jiang Ning suddenly realized that this was something not mentioned in the novel, and Vermilion Bird didn't understand it either.

After passing the entrance,

he entered the courtyard.

Jiang Ning was instantly drawn to the various Spiritual Artifacts.

These Spiritual Artifacts were placed on both sides of the corridor, in the middle, and even beside trees and flowers, like decorative items.

Magic Arrays were set up around the Spiritual Artifacts. If someone tried to forcefully Breakthrough and steal a treasure, they would be detected by the hidden experts all around and then killed before they even succeeded.

No one dared to cause trouble at Great Qian Wanbao Pavilion.

Unless they were suicidal or had an incredibly powerful background.

And those with incredibly powerful backgrounds naturally wouldn't resort to theft… Jiang Ning was dazzled.

Everything was truly here.

Vermilion Bird: “After we enter the courtyard, the items on the left are Medicinal Pills, on the right are Spiritual Artifacts, and directly in front of us is the Library Pavilion.

You can go and see what you want.”

Jiang Ning looked at the three-story pavilion in the very center and asked, “What’s inside there?”

“Those are also Cultivation Techniques, Spiritual Artifacts, Medicinal Pills, and other valuable resources, but the items inside are beyond your current purchasing power. You haven’t paid a sufficient deposit, so they won’t let you in.”

Vermilion Bird smiled, “So, you should look at the other things first.”

Jiang Ning took a few more glances at the three-story tall tower.

Then he walked to the right.

“Let’s look at the Spiritual Artifacts first.”

When people offer congratulations during the New Year, they always cup their right fist with their left hand, because the right hand is the one that holds weapons and wields power, and covering it symbolizes good fortune.

Wanbao Pavilion placing the Spiritual Artifact area on the right probably has a similar idea in mind.

Just walking to the room selling Spiritual Artifacts, Jiang Ning saw many good things along the way.

At least Rank Three, with more Rank Four items displayed in the courtyard, and a small number of Rank Five.

With such a foundation, how much money must they earn in a year?

Jiang Ning cursed “capital” bitterly.

The unfortunate thing was that while these Spiritual Artifacts were good, they weren't what Jiang Ning was looking for.

Jiang Ning wanted to buy a soft armor skirt for the young girl for protection, and then replace the soft sword she had.

Along the way, he hadn't seen any soft armor skirts, but he had seen two soft swords, both of Rank Three, which Jiang Ning found a bit underwhelming.

The end of the path led to a long, large room.

Upon entering, Jiang Ning saw that the items inside were significantly better.

There were no Rank Three items to be seen here anymore.

As far as the eye could see, there were Rank Four, Rank Five, Rank Six, and even Rank Seven Spiritual Artifacts.

They were also clearly priced.

Jiang Ning saw a Rank Seven heavy hammer, with over a thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones written beneath it, and quickly averted his gaze.

With the sponsorship of his two “old friends,” he could afford this hammer now.

But if he bought the hammer, he wouldn't be able to buy anything else.

Jiang Ning pondered in his mind: the soft armor should be as high a Rank as possible, preferably Rank Six, and the soft sword wouldn't need to be too good; the young girl wouldn't be able to wield one that was too good.

A Rank Five soft sword would be best, Rank Five would be enough.

Following this idea, he searched.

Jiang Ning quickly found a Rank Five soft sword.

Jiang Ning looked at the price, nearly a hundred Top-Grade Spirit Stones.

“The prices here aren’t actually that high!”

It made sense; the scarcer something was, the more expensive it would be, but in Great Qian Imperial City, a Rank Five Spiritual Artifact wasn't a rarity.

Jiang Ning directly called a maid and asked her to retrieve the Spiritual Sword from the Magic Array.

Holding the Spiritual Sword, its hilt was very smooth and warm, and the sword guard had a “ruyi” style, which was very beautiful.

Most importantly, this soft sword, if no Qi was infused, was extremely flexible, like silk.

It was perfect for a young girl to wear around her waist.

Its sharpness, of course, remained undiminished.

The maid stood by, smiling without speaking.

All the information about this Spiritual Sword was printed within the Magic Array; she didn't need to say anything at all.

“Working” here was relatively easy and gave one Face.

Jobs were also divided into different Ranks.

“Good, this one!”

Jiang Ning asked, “How do I pay the Spirit Stones?”

The maid smiled in a practiced manner, “Senior, do you need to purchase anything else?”

“Yes.”

“Then I can follow Senior. Senior can hand the soft sword to me for safekeeping, and we can settle the bill when Senior leaves.”

“Alright!”