62: Startling boat, blue wings

"Using the feathers of a second-tier Storm Bird and adding Wind-Sighing Iron, one can refine a Medium Grade Magical Artifact called the Gale Wings."

Zheng Cheng pondered for a moment before slowly saying, "The refining fee would be around three hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones. However, the speed of the Gale Wings is only about the same as a Flying Heaven Talisman..."

After speaking, he gave Su Ling a meaningful look.

Su Ling fell silent upon hearing this. The cost of one Flying Heaven Talisman was twenty Spirit Stones.

It could last for two hours and cover two hundred miles.

Compared to Yun Qingluan's Nether Sparrow, the speed difference was not just a little bit.

Of course, the Nether Sparrow Flying Heaven Hairpin was a peak-grade flying Magical Artifact, so it was normal for it to be fast.

Seeing him silent, Zheng Cheng smiled and continued, "Fellow Daoist, you must have earned quite a few Spirit Stones from selling Talismans over these past two months. This humble Daoist suggests that it would be better for you to directly buy a High Grade flying Magical Artifact."

Su Ling wasn't surprised at all that Zheng Cheng knew about his stall.

As one of the top shops in the Thousand Star Market, the Treasure Pavilion's inventory covered Cultivation Techniques, Medicinal Pills, Magical Artifacts, Talismans, Array Maps, as well as various Heaven And Earth Treasures and cultivation resources.

Any movement in the market likely couldn't be hidden from their eyes and ears.

And what Zheng Cheng said was exactly what Su Ling was considering.

He no longer hesitated and asked, "I wonder what kind of flying Magical Artifacts Senior has here?"

"With Fellow Daoist's wealth, this humble Daoist won't embarrass himself by bringing out artifacts below Medium Grade."

Zheng Cheng laughed heartily, stood up, and cupped his hands. "Please wait a moment, Fellow Daoist. I shall go and retrieve the treasures now."

"I'll have to trouble Senior then."

Su Ling stood up to return the gesture and nodded.

Shortly after Zheng Cheng left, a Qi Refining servant entered carrying a tray of spirit fruits and respectfully placed them before Su Ling.

This change in attitude made him shake his head inwardly.

The first time he came, he hadn't even been able to get a cup of tea.

This time, he was first served tea, followed by spirit fruits.

The shift in attitude before and after was truly something to sigh about.

Su Ling didn't care much and casually picked up a grape-like spirit fruit and began to eat.

Truth be told, the fruit's flesh was delicious and the juice was sweet.

It was indeed much tastier than those pesticide-sprayed grapes from his previous life.

A moment later, Zheng Cheng returned to the VIP room carrying three boxes.

"Please take a look, Fellow Daoist."

After sitting down, Zheng Cheng lined up the boxes and opened the one on the far left.

Inside the box lay an extremely exquisite small boat.

"The flying cloud boat, a High Grade flying Magical Artifact. It is primarily made of Flying Cloud Wood, supplemented by Wind-Facing Stone and Cloud-Patterned Steel, and refined with the bones and feathers of a Cloud-Floating Bird. It can fly four hundred miles in two hours."

Zheng Cheng held up the flying cloud boat, pointing to various parts of the hull as he introduced it. "If magic power is infused, it can burst with thirty percent extra speed for a short time."

The moment the box was opened, Su Ling had activated his Immortal Eye of Treasure Appraisal.

Zheng Cheng's description was basically consistent with the feedback from the Immortal Eye of Treasure Appraisal.

Four hundred miles in two hours was equivalent to a speed of 100 kilometers per hour.

It was almost the same as the flying speed of an ordinary Core Formation Cultivator.

"What is the price?"

Zheng Cheng extended his palm and waved it slightly, smiling. "Five thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones."

Su Ling didn't express an opinion but instead looked at the other two boxes.

Zheng Cheng didn't mind. He set down the flying cloud boat and directly opened the middle box.

"The startling swan boat, a peak-grade flying Magical Artifact. It uses the bones of the Third-tier Demon Beast, the Startling Swan Bird, as its keel, with Clear Spirit Wood and Cloud-Mist Iron Essence as the main body. It uses a Startling Swan Demon Core as the formation eye to draw the array and feathers as the array lines. It can reach a thousand miles in two hours!"

"Not only that, the defensive array of the startling swan boat cannot be shaken in the slightest by any attack below the Core Formation stage!"

"The price is thirty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones."

After Zheng Cheng finished his introduction, he gently placed the startling swan boat in front of Su Ling and took a leisurely sip of his tea.

However, the corner of his eye was constantly observing Su Ling.

Having verified the information with his Immortal Eye of Treasure Appraisal, Su Ling was very tempted.

The speed of this startling swan boat was not at all inferior to Yun Qingluan's Nether Sparrow Flying Heaven Hairpin.

Furthermore, it also featured defensive capabilities, greatly increasing the safety of the passenger.

The Nether Sparrow relied on the Divine Soul to carry a Cultivator in flight, but it showed little in terms of defense.

From this point alone, the startling swan boat was much better than the Nether Sparrow.

With Su Ling's current wealth, he could fully afford to buy the startling swan boat.

With the remaining four thousand-plus Spirit Stones, he could continue buying Talisman paper and ink and earn it back by next month.

However, even though Su Ling was very tempted at this moment, he didn't immediately state his position.

Instead, he continued to look at the last box.

"Haha, I suppose Fellow Daoist is very curious about what this last treasure is!"

Zheng Cheng shook his head and gave an embarrassed smile. "To be honest, it's a bit shameful. I only brought out this treasure in the slim hope that someone might take a fancy to it..."

As he spoke, Zheng Cheng didn't keep him in suspense and directly opened the brocade box.

A pair of wings, brownish-green throughout with faint gold threads appearing, emerged in the box.

"The green feather wings. The specific refining method is unknown."

"Unknown?"

Su Ling couldn't help but blink his eyes upon hearing this.

Were these green feather wings not a Magical Artifact refined by the Treasure Pavilion?

What was even stranger was that the Immortal Eye of Treasure Appraisal didn't immediately provide any information prompts.

"The green feather wings, according to the appraisal of the Artifact Refining Great Masters at the Treasure Pavilion headquarters, are at least of the Low Grade flying Magic Treasure rank."

Zheng Cheng sighed slightly, picked up the small green feather wings, and twirled them between his fingertips. "They only cost fifty thousand Spirit Stones."

"At least... Senior, you should tell me what the flaws are!"

Su Ling curled his lip and said calmly.

Fifty thousand Spirit Stones to buy a Magic Treasure, and a flying one at that.

This price was simply too low; the difference from the market price was at least double.

If someone said there was no catch to these green feather wings, Su Ling wouldn't believe it for a single hair.

"I'm sure Fellow Daoist has noticed that the green feather wings are refined from the wings of a flying Yao Beast. As for which specific species, even the Artifact Refiners of our shop couldn't identify it."

Zheng Cheng circulated his magic power and infused it into them. The green feather wings flickered with spiritual light and rapidly grew to a size of ten feet. "To be honest with you, the flying speed of these green feather wings only reaches five hundred miles in two hours, and the consumption of magic power is indeed quite high. With my own magic power reserves, I can only maintain them for three hours."

"So slow?"

Su Ling blurted out in surprise, "They're not even as good as the startling swan boat. How can they be a Magic Treasure?"

Zheng Cheng withdrew his magic power, and the green feather wings returned to their original form. He placed them back into the brocade box and said with a sheepish smile, "As everyone knows, a Magic Treasure must be imprinted with Divine Sense to be stored within the body after refining. They also possess a certain degree of spirituality and can change according to one's thoughts without needing manual magic power control... The green feather wings possess all of these characteristics."

"The downsides are that the consumption is huge, and the speed doesn't match the function, right?"

Su Ling rolled his eyes, but his mind was spinning rapidly.

The fact that the Immortal Eye of Treasure Appraisal hadn't reacted yet wasn't because something had gone wrong again.

It was likely that the true grade of these green feather wings far exceeded that of a Magic Treasure.

Perhaps they were a Spiritual Artifact that had hidden its own spiritual light.

Su Ling believed in the ability of the Immortal Eye of Treasure Appraisal, so he really wanted to buy the green feather wings.

But fifty thousand Spirit Stones was still a lot of pressure for him.

Moreover, if he chose the flawed green feather wings over the startling swan boat... anyone would become suspicious of him!

Even if he didn't buy them now, coming back to the Treasure Pavilion later to buy the green feather wings would similarly arouse suspicion.

This was an opportunity, but also a massive risk.