Forging Immortality through the Dao Seed

In front of the magic artifact shop.

Zhang Jing slowly approached, all the while sizing up the building.

Although it was called a pavilion, it was actually a store, slightly bigger than their medicine shop in Yong'an City.

Of course, one sold artifacts, the other sold medicinal herbs.

The two naturally could not be compared.

Just as he was about to enter,

Zhang Jing suddenly heard a dispute coming from inside the artifact shop.

Bang! Bang!

The table was banged so loudly it echoed.

"Uncle, there's a problem with this artifact you sold. There's a prohibition spiritual power pattern inside that's unconnected. Why won't you compensate me with spirit stones? Three spirit stones, be quick about it, consider it as me suffering a loss buying this broken artifact of yours at a high price."

The voice sounded somewhat immature, but it was full of resistance and accusation against the dishonest merchant!

"Ah, little cutie, even if you want to earn spirit stones, you cannot just fleece your Uncle Chen like this."

A somewhat helpless voice sounded.

"Tell me, how many times has it been this month? The artifact was fine when sold, but the second day it's in your hands it's sure to break, if it's not here there's a problem, then there's a problem somewhere else."

"What's even more annoying is that every time I just finish compensating you with spirit stones, hey, what do you know, the next day you're out with a perfectly intact artifact selling it at a stall."

"It's all just a coincidence, nothing more."

The immature voice retorted, but the voice gradually grew quieter, clearly lacking confidence.

In the end, they could only dejectedly say: "Today is a big loss for me! One spirit stone, just compensate me with one spirit stone."

"Impossible..."

...

Seeing that the door was not closed, and the dispute inside seemed to show no sign of stopping, Zhang Jing decided not to wait any longer and walked directly into the artifact shop.

Ji Bochang followed closely behind him.

Step by step—

As the footsteps of Zhang Jing sounded, there was immediate silence inside.

He then felt two gazes, front and back, focused on him.

"Shopkeeper, how do you sell your artifacts?" Zhang Jing had a hint of a smile on his face as he faced the two gazes head-on, casually asking.

The layout of the artifact shop completely came into view.

Two sides of display shelves, filled with all kinds of artifacts, with explanations for each artifact including its level, effect, material, price, etcetera.

It seemed very detailed.

However, Zhang Jing didn't feel any spiritual power fluctuations from these artifacts, so it seemed they were not real artifacts, but just models for customers to view and select.

In the middle was a counter.

At this moment, a middle-aged man and a girl around fifteen or sixteen years old stood on both sides of the counter.

Apparently, the ones arguing inside just now were these two.

Seeing customers coming, the shopkeeper hurriedly came out from behind the counter.

"This fellow Daoist, all our artifacts are displayed on the shelves on both sides, you can have a look first. If you find something to your liking—Young Master Ji, what made you come today?"

The shopkeeper was halfway through his talk when he noticed Ji Bochang standing behind Zhang Jing and quickly greeted him with delight.

Seeing this, Ji Bochang waved his hand with an expression that showed no sign of emotion and said, "Manager Chen, I'm here today to accompany Brother Zhang in buying artifacts, he's your main customer, don't get it backward."

"Haha, so it should be, so it should be." Saying so, Manager Chen quickly turned around and bowed to Zhang Jing in front of him, saying apologetically, "It was my mistake just now, I hope Young Master Zhang won't mind. What artifacts do you want to buy, do you have any requirements, feel free to mention it."

But it was at this time.

"Uncle Chen, I'm leaving first." The half-grown girl said to the shopkeeper softly, holding a knife-shaped artifact and quickly left.

The shopkeeper waited until the girl disappeared before turning his attention back to Zhang Jing, saying regretfully:

"Young Master Zhang, please forgive me, my niece is a bit shy."

Without exposing the shopkeeper,

Zhang Jing focused all his attention on the artifacts, asking, "Shopkeeper, how do you sell your defensive artifacts?"

Yes, defensive artifacts!

After much pondering, Zhang Jing ultimately decided to prioritize buying defensive artifacts.

After all, one only has one life.

He had the Mysterious Jade Token to rely on, as long as he didn't die, the future would surely be bright.

Of course, it also had a lot to do with the fact that the middle-grade dharma door, Five Elements of Nature Water Element Injection, had reached level one, with the new skill characteristic—Spirit River of Five Laws.

"Defensive artifacts?" The shopkeeper thought for a while, then asked, "May I ask what level of artifact Young Master Zhang wants? To be honest, I only have low-grade defensive artifacts here, I don't know if it meets your requirements?"

"What low-grade defensive artifacts do you have?"

Zhang Jing's interest was immediately piqued.

"Please come with me."

After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he led Zhang Jing to a display case and began to introduce each artifact in detail.

"This artifact is called the 'Golden Light Shield', it has the Diamond Brilliant Light restriction within it. When defending against an opponent's attack, the Golden Light Shield will emit dazzling golden lights to disturb the enemy's view. Young Master Zhang, are you satisfied with it?"

"Haha, not bad, not bad." Zhang Jing stiffly nodded.

In other words, this shield also glows when it's hit.

It's just downright ridiculous, using this is asking for a fast death.

Which genius master made such a peculiar artifact? No wonder the artifact's explanation on top of it was covered in a layer of dust.

"This artifact is called the 'Hundred Tricks Cloak'..."

"This artifact is called..."

After a great deal of deliberation and selection, Zhang Jing finally chose a low-grade artifact named the Cloud Water Shield, which seemed to have a normal function and matched his spiritual power in terms of property.