Chapter 42

Ban Yilou was practically fuming with anger.

He really wanted to tell Tang Zheng two words: "Not selling!"

The martial arts techniques in the inner chamber of the Treasure Pavilion were sold one by one, each with a unique number, and there were no pirated copies.

A family like the Tang Family Castle, if they bought a set, would certainly treasure it and pass it down through generations!

But what did this guy say?

He wouldn't practice it, just buy it to look at!

He spoke so casually, but if he bought one, someone else would inevitably miss out. Was he trying to buy others' martial arts techniques so that others couldn't buy them?

Unfortunately, the Treasure Pavilion had its own rules, and it wasn't as simple as Ban Yilou saying "not selling" to not sell!

Why shouldn't he sell something that was right there on the shelf?

"Seeing ghosts." Ban Yilou blew his beard, set up a ladder, and started climbing up and down.

He took down one volume of martial arts techniques after another and placed them aside.

He managed the Treasure Pavilion every day and basically remembered the type and location of each set of martial arts techniques clearly.

While Tang Zheng waited for him to find the martial arts techniques, he kept looking at the shelves of handwritten martial arts techniques.

By covering his perception over them, he could indeed feel a faint star power fluctuation on each handwritten martial arts technique, which was very different from the engraved versions.

However, upon closer inspection, the damage was even worse than what Ban Yilou had described.

His set of "Dagger Techniques" having the first three volumes was almost the most complete set, with no exceptions!

Half of the martial arts techniques on the shelves had only a few scattered volumes, and very few started from the first volume. The other half had only a single volume sitting there alone.

Cases like "Invisible and Formless Sword (Volume 3)" and "Heavenly Craft Lute (Volume 5)" where most of the volumes were missing were extremely common.

Just as Tang Zheng was about to look away, his peripheral vision caught a few words— "Blood Shadow Escape Technique (Volume 3)"!

"Blood Shadow Escape Technique?" Tang Zheng suddenly remembered the martial arts technique he found on the female assassin from the Tang Family Castle.

That female assassin, despite being severely injured, could escape using this set of martial arts techniques!

The blood-red meteor in the night sky, Tang Zheng could never forget.

That speed was even faster than his own steps!

"Old Ban, Old Ban!" Tang Zheng quickly called Ban Yilou over.

"What's wrong?" Ban Yilou saw him looking at the handwritten martial arts techniques. "There shouldn't be anything suitable for you there."

"No, no, no," Tang Zheng pointed to the "Blood Shadow Escape Technique." "This martial arts technique, only the third volume?"

"Since only the third volume is here, that's all there is..." Ban Yilou looked carefully. "Oh... it's a step-by-step martial arts technique that doesn't limit weapons, which is indeed rare."

"I have the first volume of this set!" Tang Zheng said. "But it has already been used."

The biggest advantage of handwritten martial arts techniques was the star power guidance, teaching step by step!

However, a used handwritten martial arts technique basically lost this guiding effect.

"Repair the guiding array of the handwritten martial arts technique?" Ban Yilou put the martial arts technique back on the shelf. "That's not something just anyone can do! As far as I know, all the handwritten martial arts techniques in the Treasure Pavilion are repaired by the same person..."

"Oh?" Tang Zheng asked. "Who? Where?"

"You don't need to think about it, it's very far away, and not easy to meet—Miss Wen from the Wen Family!" Ban Yilou waved his hand. "Besides, your set of martial arts techniques is missing the second volume, so it's basically useless."

"Okay, I understand." Tang Zheng casually took the third volume of "Blood Shadow Escape Technique" and placed it with the stack of martial arts techniques Ban Yilou had found.

Ban Yilou looked at the stack of books and his face twitched.

Martial arts techniques related to daggers were relatively few compared to other martial arts techniques. Among the tens of thousands of sets of martial arts techniques, sword techniques were the most numerous, and there were only about two hundred sets related to daggers. Adding the requirement that the first life palace must be the Sun or the Moon, it reduced the number by nine-tenths!

Even so, in the end, they still managed to bring out over twenty sets.

"Finished? Just these?" Tang Zheng looked at the stack of martial arts techniques and asked.

"We don't have many dagger martial arts techniques here!" Ban Yilou said these two words with gritted teeth.

"Where are there more?" Tang Zheng asked, not letting up.

"Yin Mountain!" Ban Yilou said angrily.

A set of martial arts techniques worth two or three dozen purple gold was something anyone would consider carefully, consult various opinions, and then discuss with family and friends for a few days before deciding to buy.

But this damn old man...

He wanted over twenty sets at once, and he still thought it was too few!

"Don't worry about the money for me!" Tang Zheng said with a smile.

"Grass! I'm worried about these books!!" Ban Yilou blew his beard and shouted.

Ban Yilou suddenly felt very painful and didn't want to talk to him anymore, so he buried his head in calculating the prices.

But after calculating, he felt even more painful.

The cheapest set cost four taels of purple gold, the most expensive set was as high as 120 taels of purple gold, and most were around two or three dozen taels. In total, it would cost 680 taels of purple gold!

"Do you really want them?" Ban Yilou really hoped he didn't have enough money.

"Yes, I want them." Tang Zheng had brought seven pieces of purple gold today, equivalent to over a thousand taels of purple gold, plus the over a hundred taels left from last time. He had already spent over three hundred taels on snacks and other things, so he would still have over a hundred taels left after buying these martial arts techniques.

He didn't pay attention to Ban Yilou's face, which was about to collapse, and turned to the weapons section with a smile.

...

The inner chamber of the Treasure Pavilion had more martial arts techniques than the outer chamber, but not more weapons.

There were basically only one or two, or two or three, of each of the eighteen types of weapons.

However, compared to the outer chamber, which had entire shelves of swords, the weapons here were clearly more refined.

There were also not many daggers, only three in total.

The first one was a pure black dagger that felt almost weightless in the hand. Tang Zheng casually swung it a couple of times, and there was not a single sound.

"This dagger is called 'White Absolute,' suitable for three-star users, with a star power resonance rate as high as 74." Ban Yilou introduced.

"Star power resonance rate?"

"The quality of a weapon is all about this resonance rate. A weapon with a high resonance rate allows star power to easily extend, while a weapon with a low resonance rate is very difficult to use!"

"Okay." Tang Zheng nodded and caressed the array engraved on the dagger. "Who made it?"

"..." Ban Yilou's face stiffened. "Hundred Refinements Workshop."

Tang Zheng hummed. "Three-star, I can't use it."

Saying that, he picked up the second dagger.

This dagger was completely transparent, made of an unknown material. Although it wasn't light, it felt very good in the hand and was suitable for one-star users.

"Okay, this one is 'Falling Silence,' suitable for one-star users, with a star power resonance rate of 69, which is not low."

"Nice," Tang Zheng glanced at the price. "Only 115 taels of purple gold?"

"..." Ban Yilou's worldview was already a bit shaken.

"Who made it?"

"Hundred... Refinements... Workshop!" Ban Yilou's teeth were grinding.

Tang Zheng shook his head and his gaze fell on the third dagger.

The third dagger didn't need much consideration; it was only usable at five stars, so Ban Yilou didn't even introduce it.

But Tang Zheng asked with interest, "Who made this one?"

"Get lost!" Ban Yilou didn't want to say "Hundred Refinements Workshop" again.

"Ha ha ha ha," Tang Zheng patted the old man's back to help him calm down. "Okay, I understand."

"Understand what?"

"Buy weapons, just go to Hundred Refinements Workshop!"

Old Ban had a strange look on his face. "You want to go to Hundred Refinements Workshop?"

Tang Zheng blinked. "What's the problem?"

"No... no problem... no problem at all!" A gleam of schadenfreude flashed in Ban Yilou's eyes. "Hundred Refinements Workshop is on the left side of East Street. They open early in the morning and close at noon. If you want to go, remember to get there early tomorrow!"

"..." Tang Zheng looked at Ban Yilou's face and felt there was definitely a problem.

"Is there anything else you need?" Ban Yilou suddenly felt much better and asked with a smile.

"No."

"Then take your time... oh no, take your time, I'm an old man and won't see you out!" Ban Yilou happily led him out of the inner chamber, his light, quick steps not at all like those of an old man.

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