165 Provocation (1/2)

”How are there so many people with an eye for treasure?”

After checking the situation out, Wang Baole felt incredulous, especially upon discovering that some people were posting messages on the Spirit Intranet to purchase Crossed Dharmic Artifacts.

”Crossed Dharmic Artifacts?” Wang Baole instantly realized that they were talking about the Dharmic Artifacts that he was selling upon hearing the term. He did not continue listing the remainder of his trashy Dharmic Artifacts on the Spirit Intranet as he was still suspicious of what was happening. He planned to observe the situation for a few more days, as he felt that it was ridiculous that the popularity of the Crossed Dharmic Artifacts has grown so quickly.

However, upon observation, the results were completely not what Wang Baole had expected. In the days that followed, the term 'Crossed Dharmic Artifact' was increasingly mentioned by users of Upper Academy Island's Spirit Intranet.

At the same time, the number of people who wanted to purchase the items visibly grew. Most of them had never heard of the term 'Crossed Dharma Artifact' prior to this, but curiosity got the better of them, which led them to find out more about it. Very quickly, they became aware of the items' origin and inevitably grew surprised. They had strong desires to purchase one for themselves but were unable to buy them anywhere…

This made the Crossed Dharmic Artifact even more mysterious.

If that was the case, the commotion would have died down quickly without causing much fanfare. However, very soon, a recorded video of Shi Nan and Li Fei's battle was put up on the Spirit Intranet by someone, which immediately created shock waves among many the moment it was published.

”This Dharmic Artifact is so unbelievably hardy!”

”This is obviously not a flying sword but a shield! An extremely strong and resistant shield!”

The effect of the video was akin to the ripples in the water created when one tossed a small rock into the pond. If more time passed, everything would have returned to normalcy. However, even before this ripple was attenuated, a disciple who was quick to purchase one of the Crossed Dharmic Artifacts put up another video.

”Look here, everyone! This is the flying sword that I have just bought! Don't be fooled by how tattered it seems, for you would never expect how shockingly fast it is!”

In one of the videos, a disciple from the Combat Pavilion agitatedly threw out a flying sword that looked as if it was about to disintegrate. As the sword flew out, it instantly vanished, creating a sonic boom but did not leave behind any visible tracks. However, even by looking at it in action through the video, one could still feel that at the instant the flying sword flew out, its speed was already out of the world!

In the short time needed to take a few breaths, the sword returned in a flash. The sonic boom was even louder, creating a strong gust of wind swept around the disciple. As the dust settled, the disciple stood there agitatedly, holding the sword that had just flown out.

However, from the video, one could clearly see that the sword had become more damaged than before.

”Did you see that? The speed of this sword instantly trumps all the other Dharmic Artifacts. What do you think? What's more, this sword only cost me seven hundred Spirit Stones!” The disciple laughed heartily, with an extremely happy look on his face as he had picked up a treasure for cheap.

The video immediately created a bigger commotion around the Crossed Dharmic Artifacts, which made those who already had their attention on the Crossed Dharmic Artifacts even more tempted. Even those who originally had not been following the trend began to curiously find out more about it after watching the video. In the days that followed, similar videos also emerged one after another!

Every Dharmic Artifact that appeared in the videos had some astonishing and wondrous features. The way to go about using it depended on the user. What was more iconic was that every Dharmic Artifact of this type was marked with a cross!

The Crossed Dharmic Artifacts became an instant hit, creating a huge commotion among the masses.

However, Wang Baole did not continue selling the Dharmic Artifacts during this critical period. That made the first batch of the Crossed Dharmic Artifacts limited products. No matter how much one desired it, they could not buy it.

The concept of 'that which is rare is dear' immediately boosted people's attention on the Crossed Dharmic Artifacts. At the same time, resale transactions of the Crossed Dharma Artifacts were also taking place. The prices involved were all shockingly exorbitant.

Everything that happened shocked Wang Baole himself. Looking at all the posts on the Spirit Intranet requesting for purchase of the Crossed Dharmic Artifacts, he lowered his head and looked at all the trashy Dharmic Artifacts in his storage bag, and his eyes slowly lit up.

Perhaps all these… are not trash after all?

Wang Baole thought about it and listed the second batch of trashy Dharmic Artifacts in order to ride the rising popularity of the items. Just as that happened, another post suddenly appeared on the Spirit Intranet!

That post was a video, where an arrogant-looking disciple from the Dharmic Armament Pavilion slowly peeled open the flying sword before him, as if he was carrying out a dissection.

”My fellow Daoists, I have heard about these Crossed Dharmic Artifacts from others, and many people have come forward to ask me about my thoughts on them. Therefore, I bought one of them at a high price out of curiosity. Initially, I was filled with excitement, but after checking them out, heh…” The Armament Soldier laughed condescendingly, as he was seen to swiftly disassembled the flying sword in the video.

Before long, all that was left of the flying sword was the Spirit Kernel. Looking at the inscriptions on the Spirit Kernel, the Armament Soldier shook his head disappointingly.

”Based on my analysis, this Dharmic Artifact is a piece of trash! Almost all of its functions are being sacrificed, with only a few of them being specifically strengthened. What's the point of that? This is simply a dishonest practice that is out to cheat people of their money.