He found this fragment of the map in a second-hand shop. This shop specializes in selling strange and unusual things. The surrounding cultivators call it a Taobao shop because although the items here are all collected by the shop owner from all over the world, ordinary cultivators may not find them useful, since there are no pills, formations, or magical weapons.
However, some useful little gadgets will always appear among them, and there may be something useful to a certain cultivator. For example, this fragment of a map that records a detailed address is actually of little use to others. Even if a cultivator with a fire spirit root finds it, it may not be of much use. But it is completely different for a superpowered person like Guan Wen.
Others can often find some really nice little gadgets in this shop, and even find some things that are very important to them, which is why this shop is called Taobao shop.
The shop owner, seeing Guan Wen standing there for a long time with the incomplete map in his hand, realized that a customer had come. He slowly walked up to him, stroked his beard, and said, "This customer, have you taken a fancy to this incomplete map in our shop?"
"Uh...not bad, I guess." Guan Wen nodded slowly. "I wonder how much it will cost?"
"One hundred mid-grade spirit stones."
Upon hearing this, the shop owner grinned and held up one finger.
Upon hearing his words, Guan Wen nearly coughed up blood, cursing inwardly.
That damned profiteer must have seen me holding onto this incomplete map and knew I was interested, which is why he immediately raised the price.
One hundred mid-grade spirit stones are equivalent to one thousand low-grade spirit stones, which is actually a very high price in this cultivation world, equivalent to ten or twenty thousand yuan in the world of superpowers.
Logically speaking, this broken map wouldn't even be worth a low-grade spirit stone in the hands of someone who has no use for it; they wouldn't even bother giving it away for free.
However, this guy noticed that Guan Wen seemed very interested in it, so he made an outrageous demand.
"I shouldn't have kept staring at this incomplete map!" Guan Wen felt a pang of regret, but since this guy had already set his sights on him, there was nothing more he could say. After all, even if you talked yourself hoarse, you'd be lucky if this kind of unscrupulous merchant could lower the price by a spirit stone or two.
So he returned the incomplete map to the shopkeeper: "One hundred mid-grade spirit stones is a bit expensive. I'll come back another time."
With that, he turned and left the shop. The shop owner didn't try to stop him. He could tell that Guan Wen was quite interested in the incomplete map. These kinds of things are a matter of mutual consent. If he really liked the map, he would probably buy it even if the price was higher. Otherwise, even if he lowered the price, the other party might not actually pay for it. So the shop owner took the incomplete map and went back behind the counter.
As he left the Taobao shop, Guan Wen looked around and memorized its location.
He planned to earn some money first, and then in a couple of days, disguise himself as a new customer and try to buy the incomplete map.
He wasn't worried that someone else would buy the map fragment, because frankly, no one except a fire-elemental user like himself would be interested in the location it showed.
He continued walking away from the Taobao shop and deeper into the market, but after taking only a couple of steps, he suddenly stopped in front of a shop, quite surprised.
The shop was filled with halos of various colors, some bright and some dim, floating above the shelves.
These halos were vastly different from those of electronic devices; they gave the impression that they could dissipate at any moment. Moreover, even he, a fire-elemental user, felt an inexplicable sense of affinity upon seeing these halos.
It's the Heavenly Martial Ring!
Guan Wen's eyes lit up; he hadn't expected to see the Heavenly Martial Ring here.
The Heavenly Martial Ring is a term used in the world of supernatural abilities; it is a rather unique existence within that world.
This halo is similar to a weapon, and can also be called a cultivation tool.
It can assist in cultivating one's own supernatural energy and improve one's comprehension of supernatural arts. Some Heavenly Martial Rings have special states that can even assist in combat.
It can be said that the Heavenly Martial Ring is a very multifunctional cultivation tool. It can be used for both cultivation and combat. Of course, those who know about the Heavenly Martial Ring understand that its most powerful feature is its ability to increase the speed of learning cultivation techniques.
You should know that during the cultivation of supernatural abilities, there will be something called inspiration. Just like when he cultivated the Crimson Dragon Break in his bedroom, he had an epiphany. That is to say, sometimes people will suddenly have a special understanding of a certain cultivation technique, and then transform it into energy perception within the body. When using these energy perceptions to operate or learn supernatural abilities, the speed can be increased by more than double, and it is even possible to break through some bottlenecks that he could not understand before in an instant.
Such enlightenment is extremely rare. It is very difficult for anyone to obtain this kind of animal during the cultivation process. It can only be obtained by luck. Of course, the longer you invest in learning skills, the easier it is to obtain this kind of enlightenment.
However, the Heavenly Martial Ring, once activated, can directly increase a person's chances of bursting inspiration and the number of times they have sudden enlightenment. In other words, this thing can be used to help break through the bottleneck of learning supernatural abilities, and it can also increase the learning speed of supernatural abilities many times over.
This is extremely abnormal. You have to understand that inspiration and enlightenment are mysterious and elusive things. Even high-level superhumans cannot fathom or master them. But this Heavenly Martial Ring can directly enhance these things exponentially, just like developing the human brain.
Therefore, among cultivation aids, the Heavenly Martial Ring is considered very useful. Even some very powerful high-level superhumans still use the Heavenly Martial Ring to assist in their cultivation.
Of course, among high-level ability users, the Heavenly Martial Ring is also used a lot in combat, but its role in cultivation still occupies the vast majority of importance.
He slowly walked into the shop. In the world of supernatural abilities, one could also buy materials to refine the Heavenly Martial Ring. He had wanted to refine the Heavenly Martial Ring for a long time, but he had never found the opportunity. But who would have thought that he would see it first in this world of cultivation?
Upon seeing Guan Wen enter the shop, the shop owner slowly stepped forward to greet him and asked him which type of divine ring he wanted to buy.
"Divine Ring?" Guan Wen was taken aback upon hearing the boss's words.
Seeing Guan Wen's blank expression, the shopkeeper was a little surprised: "Could it be that this customer doesn't know what a divine ring is?"
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