Chapter 50: Selling the Blade

Early the next morning, Old Xie carried that large blade to the living room. The Old Steward Krishchen was already waiting there. Old Xie directly threw the blade to the Old Steward and said, “Find a piece of cloth to wrap it well, then we will go find the person in charge of the Auction House. I want to entrust him to auction it!”

“Ah~” The Old Steward was immediately dumbfounded when he heard this. He looked at the large rusty blade full of rust in his hand and almost fainted. He hurriedly and anxiously said, “Young Master, please don’t joke. Take this blade to auction? Wouldn’t that be smashing our own signboard?”

“Why? Do you dare to look down on Master Thunder’s work?” Old Xie smiled playfully.

“Master Thunder?” The Old Steward scratched his scalp and said, “Sorry Young Master, I have lived for over 70 years and have seen a lot, but I seem to have never heard of any Master Thunder?”

“Haven’t you heard now?” Old Xie glanced at him with a smile, then reached out to take the precious blade, smiled, and said, “Fine, let me show you Master Thunder’s work!”

Saying that, Old Xie came to the courtyard, waved his hand, and slashed at an Angel sculpture on the right side of the steps. That was a white marble sculpture one meter high and one foot thick, very hard. But after Old Xie slashed past, with just a light sound, the sculpture was cut off at the waist and fell directly to the ground.

“Ah!” Seeing this, the Old Steward couldn’t care less about feeling sorry for the sculpture and said in surprise, “What a sharp weapon !”

“Look, not even a rolled edge. Impressive, right?” Old Xie proudly showed the blade edge to the Old Steward. Sure enough, it was still a smooth line, as if what it had just cut was not stone, but tofu.

“Impressive. Just with this sharpness and hardness, it is absolutely not inferior to the works of a Dwarven Master!” The Old Steward nodded and said. But then he immediately said with a bitter smile, “However, there is too much rust! How about I grind it a bit? Otherwise, it’s so ugly, who would want it?”

“What do you know?” Old Xie said disdainfully, “This is not rust. It is refined Red Brown Stone. I spent a lot of effort to make it look like this!”

“Ah? On purpose?” The Old Steward immediately asked in puzzlement, “Why do that?”

“First, this ugly appearance easily makes your enemies lose their vigilance, or even develop a heart of contempt, and thus be easily calculated by you. Second, this is also to protect and hide the Mithril Magic Array on the blade. With this layer of Red Brown Stone, no one can see that this is a Magic Weapon!” Old Xie then smiled cunningly, “Think about it, when the other party thinks you are holding a piece of trash, but this trash blade suddenly releases an attack magic, what kind of scene would that be?”

“Seems like a very insidious look!” The Old Steward wiped the cold sweat from his head, and then asked curiously, “Young Master, is this really a Magic Weapon that can release attack magic?”

“Nonsense, look!” Old Xie said, waving his hand casually. A white Lightning immediately descended from the sky and directly struck the courtyard, turning a large patch of flowers and plants into charcoal.

“Lightning Strike~” The Old Steward immediately shouted in shock, “Heavens, this, how is this possible? Is that a Legendary Item in your hand?”

Actually, it was no wonder the Old Steward was surprised. On this Continent, examples of weapons possessing their own Spells were shockingly rare. The reason was simple. To make a weapon possess a Spell, one had to inscribe a Magic Array and use Mithril to cast it. But the problem was that Magic Arrays were too hard to draw. Under normal circumstances, they could only be inscribed on large pieces like Armor and Shields. For ordinary swords, due to the small area, it was very difficult to inscribe.

Moreover, whether Armor or Shields, the Magic Array could be drawn inside to get the best protection. But weapons were used to hit people. If the quality was a bit poor, they were prone to damage. And the Magic Array was too delicate. Even a little damage would make it lose its effect. So under normal circumstances, no one would be willing to waste precious Mithril on weapons.

And the so-called Magic Weapons here were at most mixed with some magic materials during casting, so that the sword would produce additional damage like burning, freezing, or electric shock after hitting the enemy. Of course, the power of this kind of damage was relatively small, but the additional effects of these attribute attacks were quite good. For example, freezing could slow people down, and electric shock would produce paralysis, so they were still somewhat useful.

Besides these, there were also some top-quality weapons that possessed different Spells, but those were all extremely rare weapons. Generally, they were left by famous Legendary Experts in history, so they were called Legendary Items.

And Old Xie’s blade possessed Lightning Strike. Although this was just a Level 2 Lightning magic, it was extremely useful in actual combat. Perhaps the attack power of Lightning Strike was not very high, but its speed was extremely fast. General agile Warriors couldn’t dodge it. And once hit, it was like a thunderbolt from the sky. Not only would one suffer the damage of Lightning, but it would also produce dizziness and paralysis effects. Although the dizziness time might be very short, for a Warrior with rapid movements, it was enough to kill the other party several times during the dizziness. Just relying on this point, this blade could be considered a treasure. That was why the Old Steward suspected this was a Legendary Item.

Old Xie smiled slightly and said, “This is Master Thunder’s work, not some Legendary Item yet. However, I think its power is not weaker than a Legendary Item. You know, it possesses three powerful Spells: Lightning Strike, Chain Lightning, and Lightning Cage!”

Chain Lightning was a Level 3 Spell, hitting a string at a time. The Old Mage used it often, so no need to explain in detail. As for the Lightning Cage, it was a single-target attack Level 4 Spell. It could trap a person directly in a cage made of Lightning, unable to move and could only be slaughtered. It was also a very perverted control plus damage skill.

The Magic Arrays of these three Spells were each more complex than the last. Only Old Xie had the strength to inscribe them all on the small blade body. If it were someone else, even the Old Mage wouldn’t have this ability.

“Heavens, three Spells, a Legendary Weapon is nothing more than this, right?” The Old Steward Krishchen had directly fallen into a petrified state.

“Hehe~” Old Xie felt very vain about the Old Steward’s shock, and then said, “Why are you still standing there? Why don’t you go prepare? We should set off.”

“Yes, yes~” The Old Steward then woke up from the shock, hurriedly agreed, turned around to call the carriage and prepare the package.

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About half an hour later, Old Xie and the Old Steward came to a very magnificent building in the business district. The gold signboard on it read, Rukansas Auction House.

As the property of the Steven Family, the people here naturally did not dare to neglect Old Xie, the Young Master who was the first in line for succession. When the Manager heard he was coming, he hurriedly came out to welcome him personally. Then he respectfully led the two into the Manager’s office, offered seats and tea, and was extremely attentive.

This Manager named Xuezang was about fifty years old, with an image of shrewdness and capability. Although enthusiastic, he did not behave humbly. He was measured in his advances and retreats, neither humble nor arrogant, which easily made people have a good impression. Old Xie was also very satisfied with him.

Old Xie was a man without nonsense. After sitting down, he immediately went straight to the point and said, “I came this time because I have something I want to entrust you to auction!” Saying that, he signaled the Old Steward slightly with his hand.

The Old Steward immediately stepped forward, placed the large blade wrapped in black cloth on the table, and then opened it for the Manager to see.