Martial World's
Ch 65 - Heavy Spear, The Penetrating Rainbow
When they entered the second floor, there were suddenly far fewer people. There was a large room with only a few customers hanging around. A pessimistic middle-aged man wearing a long gray robe was sitting behind a table drinking a cup of tea.
The sales clerk saluted respectfully to the middle-aged man, then walked over and said a few words in his ear.
"Oh? This young hero had to choose a spear shaft that was so heavy?” The middle-aged asked with great interest as he looked at Lin Ming, "How heavy is the spear shaft you are looking for?"
“800 jin.”
“800 jin?” The middle-aged man's eyes emitted a flash of light. “The spear of 800 jin will need at least 4000 jin of strength to use. Can you?"
Lin Ming said, "Even if I cannot freely use it now, I will be able to later."
“How dare! I'll find a spear rod for you.”
The middle-aged man stood up and moved to the side. A moment later, he returned, carrying a long wooden crate. Although he looked as if he was taking light steps, Lin Ming discovered that every step the middle-aged man took on the wood-paneled floor would cause a creaking sound. The wooden panel was unable to withstand the weight of the load the man was carrying.
The wooden crate in his hand was clearly very heavy!
The middle-aged man placed the wooden box on the table and opened the lid. Inside was an eight-foot shaft wrapped in a strip of thick cloth.
The middle-aged man opened the strip of cloth, suddenly revealing a dark purple trunk and a dark red spear head. On the body of the dark purple rod was engraved two characters inscribed in the inscription symbol – “Rainbow Penetrate.”
The two simple words combined with the huge spear shaft made it feel like there was boundless gas flowing out.
What a good spear!
The middle-aged man said, “This spear is named Penetrating Rainbow. The trunk is eight feet long and the head is eight inches long. This is half a treasure. ”
“Mmm? Half treasure?"
The middle-aged man said, "Only the tip of the spear is a treasure, the spear shaft is not, so it is half a treasure."
Lin Ming was suddenly enlightened. The crafting process that went into the spear shaft was complicated; therefore it was too difficult to place an array on it. But the tip of the spear was the same as a sword or blade, so it was easy to set up an array on it and make it a treasure.
But unfortunately, it was impossible to connect his true essence through the spear shaft as it lacked an array, so his strength was greatly reduced.
The middle-aged man said, "Although the spear shaft is not a treasure, but if comparing its toughness, it can be the same as an ordinary low-level human treasure."
The difference between a treasure and an ordinary weapon was that the treasure was inscribed with an array, and thus one could channel their true essence into it. It was not a fact that treasures would be more durable or sturdy than ordinary weapons.
This weapon could not concentrate true essence. During the actual fight, as soon as the martial skills were displayed, the difference between the two would be obvious. The treasure would be a step stronger than ordinary weapons.
The middle-aged man continued, These “Poros spears were forged with dark purple elastic iron, and the tip of the spear was made from the wrought iron cloud vein. Both sides of the spearhead had been mixed with deep and extremely sharp gold. The tip of the spear and the spear shaft originally came as a pair, they were inseparable. Total weight is 820 jins.”
Dark purple elastic iron?
When Lin Ming attended the lecture, he had heard the old man talk about this strange metal. This incredible metal weighs unmatched and also has a high degree of elasticity. It was even used to make a strong bow. With a bow made from it, combined with the veins of a high-level savage beast to make a bowstring, he could easily project an arrow as far as 2000 steps and break through the fine steel plate!
If this dark purple elastic iron was used to make spear rods, even a thick spear shaft would be able to bend into a crescent moon and fracture back with enough force to break the tree. If a martial artist with a strength of 5,000 jin shook him, even a light tremor from the oscillation alone could kill someone.
Even so, dark purple elastic iron was appreciated and loved by many refining experts, as it was too good and suitable as a material to make a powerful spear or bow.
Lin Ming took the spear shaft made of this dark purple elastic iron into his hand. He shook it slightly, and along the spear shaft it began to tremble. But the trembling was not very strong, as Lin Ming's strength was not enough and could not shake the dark purple elastic iron.
Even so, the middle-aged man was suddenly shocked. This young man! What an abnormal power! If he could still shake such a spear, his strength should not be less than 3000 jins! And he was only at the peak of the Second Stage of Body Transformation, how good a physique he had!
Lin Ming made several spear movements with his hands. Even if he could lift an 820 jin spear easily into his hand, he could not swing it with such a high degree of fluidity. If he were to fight with such a weapon, even if Lin Ming had a 'True Primal Chaos Formula' backing him up, it would quickly exhaust his strength.
But Lin Ming was not worried. Soon he would break through his bottleneck, and this burden would be right in his hands.
"How much is this spear?"
“9000 taels of gold!”
9000 ... Lin Ming was not too surprised. This spear is worth the price. The price of the wrought iron treasure cloud vein spear head was 3000 taels of gold and the price of the dark purple elastic iron spear rod was 6000 taels of gold. Both of these prices are absolute bargains.
Lin Ming took out all the gold banknotes he had on him, and even the purple gold VIP cards, and placed them on the counter. The Divine Weapon Hall was part of the chamber of commerce, so the VIP card could give him the benefit of a preferential discount of 10% and cause the price to be 8100 gold taels. Even so, with all the gold Lin Ming had in his body, he still lost 50 taels of gold.
The middle-aged man looked at this VIP card and his eyes became bright. "Young hero, are you someone from Martial Quarters?"
Lin Ming thought about it, hesitated, and said, "No, this is only from my friend in the Martial Quarters."
Even though Lin Ming lightly said this, the middle-aged man knew that this youngster was definitely some important figure of the Martial Quarters; otherwise, it would be impossible for him to have a VIP card, either, especially what was given to him. He said with a smile, “So that's how it is. Since this young hero is an esteemed guest of Martial Quarters, for this spear, 8000 taels of gold is already pretty good.”
"Thank you very much." Lin Ming was not too sentimental. 100 taels of gold, meant nothing, neither to him nor the Hall of Divine Weapons.
The sales clerk tied the gun in a strip of cloth and put it back in the box. Lin Ming carried the box on his back, and after saying goodbye, returned to the back mountains.
Its shaft was made of dark purple elastic iron, and the head of the treasure spear was made of wrought iron cloud vein. The incredible spear was incredible, it only made Lin Ming too excited!
After he arrived at the back mountains, he went to an open space. Since he was carrying an 820 jin spear, as soon as Lin Ming stepped on the grass with his feet, each step made an indentation on the ground.
Feeling the heavy pressure on his back, Lin Ming's heart was filled with waves of heroic pride. He aimed at a large rock, and suddenly the spear split down. There was only the sound of a 'explosion' as the gigantic stone was instantly crushed by that heavy spear. Due to the elasticity of this spear shaft, Lin Ming did not feel the intense trembling in his hands. This is the advantage of dark purple elastic iron. If this was a pure black steel spear rod, then this vibration would cause his thumb and index finger to numb. If the rebound strength was greater, then perhaps his entire hand would be numb.
"Ha! Nice spear!”
Ling Ming recklessly swung his spear. He did not know the spear technique, and only followed the same routine as his fist technique. With an 820 jin spear in hand, his spear dance was a little haphazard. Lin Ming practiced for a quarter of an hour, and gradually felt his arms begin to swell, and his strength somewhat weaken.
"The spear is heavy!"
At this moment, in front of Lin Ming, a bright flame lit up. Hm? Sound transmitting talismans?
Note: next, "Martial Quarters" will be changed to "Marshal's Quarters." We've used the first one, but it seems that it's a typo (because the martial and marshal sounds are basically the same).
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