First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 17 Inner Armor [Heart Protector]

"I have reached the Body Tempering Seventh Stage cultivation base," Shen Mo thought to himself. "The mission reward is not bad either, ten Zhu Guo fruits are enough to compensate for fifteen Spirit Stones."

Zhu Guo is a kind of spiritual medicine that enhances one's vitality, although its medicinal effect is not as good as some precious elixirs. But among low-grade spiritual medicines, it is considered precious.

With ten Zhu Guo fruits, along with the Yang-boosting powder he usually refines, Shen Mo felt that these spiritual medicines were enough to support his cultivation base until he reached the Body Forging Realm Ninth Stage, without worrying about spiritual medicines anymore.

Moreover, the most important thing was that this mission was not dangerous. It was just about killing Demonic Beasts in someone else's house. With the assistance of the Zhao family, even if there were any unexpected situations that he couldn't handle, it was unlikely to be life-threatening. At most, he could just run away.

"I'll take this mission," Shen Mo quickly accepted the mission.

"Buzz!"

He reached his hand towards the light curtain of the spiritual platform, and the spiritual platform trembled.

In the next moment, a mission manual appeared out of thin air.

After carefully storing the mission manual, he went to the window of the deacon in charge of outer disciple affairs to register before leaving.

"I've accepted the training mission, but before setting off, I still need to make some preparations!"

As he pondered, he crossed the mountain gate square and hurried back to his residence without stopping for a moment.

"I'll sell all the spiritual pills I refined this month and buy some magical items and talismans for self-defense."

For the first time going out, he had to make sufficient preparations!

He quickly put all the spiritual pills into his Qiankun bag and went to the market.

Lingjiang Sect, Dedao Lane.

This time, he didn't go to the market in Jiyun Town before leaving the mountain. After all, there were no commissions for transactions within the sect, and it was also close by.

He wasn't in a hurry to sell these spiritual pills. They could be sold within two days.

The mission Shen Mo accepted had a three-day time limit. As long as he arrived at the destination within three days of accepting the mission, he wouldn't be late.

Yong'an Town was only over a hundred miles away from the sect. If he used the light body talisman to travel at full speed, he could arrive in about an hour, so he had plenty of time.

"Selling Yang-boosting powder, Qi-replenishing pills, and small Peiyuan pills!"

After setting up the stall sign, customers quickly came to buy.

The market was quite crowded today, and the spiritual pills Shen Mo was selling were selling fast.

Unexpectedly, by the afternoon, almost all of them were sold out.

The Yang-boosting powder and Qi-replenishing pills were all sold out, and there were only three small Peiyuan pills left.

And the income was neither too much nor too little, exactly sixty low-grade Spirit Stones.

"Closing the stall, let's go see the items I need!"

Shen Mo didn't have the idea of closing the stall only after selling the last three small Peiyuan pills.

With over sixty Spirit Stones in his pocket, he wandered around the market.

"Senior brother, how much are you selling this inner armor for?"

After wandering around, he finally stopped in front of a stall of an inner disciple.

"One hundred low-grade Spirit Stones," the inner disciple said without looking up.

"One hundred Spirit Stones." Upon hearing this price, Shen Mo immediately turned to leave.

"My inner armor is a genuine Profound Grade treasure, already beyond ordinary artifacts, a real magical item. Wearing this armor not only greatly enhances one's defense, but also has the special effect of [Dust-free]. It allows the wearer to remain untainted by dust and impurities. One hundred low-grade Spirit Stones is not an unreasonable price."

Seeing Shen Mo about to leave, the inner disciple raised his head and quickly explained.

"Profound Grade inner armor is naturally worth the price. However, I am short on Spirit Stones and cannot afford so many."

Shen Mo honestly revealed his financial situation.

"I don't have any money." The person hearing this glanced at him and casually asked, "Do you urgently need to buy inner armor?"

"I just accepted a training mission and need to go out to fight and kill Demonic Beasts. Since it's my first time training, I want to buy some life-saving items."

"But Profound Grade Magical Items are too expensive. I should look for a lower-grade one."

With his current financial situation, he couldn't afford these Magical Items.

Not to mention someone like him, an outer disciple, even some Inner Sect disciples who had recently advanced and didn't have enough accumulation in the Qi Gathering realm might not be able to afford them.

"How many Spirit Stones do you have?"

"I'm interested in a Profound Grade middle-grade body cultivation technique, but I'm still lacking thirty Spirit Stones. I've been selling things for half a month and still haven't gathered enough. If you're willing, I have an inner armor here that I can sell to you at a cheap price."

As he spoke, he took out a slightly worn and broken purple inner armor from a sheepskin scroll under the stall.

"This inner armor is also a Profound Grade lower-grade Magical Item called Heart-Protecting Armor, produced by Elder Xu from the Forge Hall. Its defense is not bad."

"I've been wearing it for many years and it's always with me. However, last month, it was damaged during a beast tide in Linqiang Mountain."

A broken Profound Grade lower-grade inner armor?

Curiously, Shen Mo took the inner armor and felt it for a while before asking, "This inner armor is quite damaged. How much has its defense decreased?"

"I asked Elder Xu and tested it myself. It has roughly decreased by forty percent, but in terms of protective effect, it is still far superior to ordinary items that are not even of the same grade. If you want it, I can sell it to you for thirty lower-grade Spirit Stones."

Thirty lower-grade Spirit Stones.

"I'll take it."

After hesitating for a moment, Shen Mo made up his mind to buy it.

After handing over the Spirit Stones, Shen Mo put the inner armor into his bag.

Next, he went to Tianfu Hall, which sold talismans in Dedao Alley.

This shop was an industry of the internal Talisman Forge Hall of the Linqiang Sect.

The talismans sold here were produced by disciples of the Talisman Forge Hall and sold through intermediaries.

"What kind of talisman do you want?"

"Something for self-preservation."

There were many talismans here, of various types.

But Shen Mo didn't have much desire for offensive talismans. Instead, he focused on finding something to increase his chances of survival.

Only by staying alive could he output damage!

"Something for self-preservation?"

The disciple guarding Tianfu Hall took out a talisman from the counter that was engraved with the appearance of a mountain. "The Rock-Solid Talisman, this talisman is of the first rank and has extremely strong defensive capabilities. Just activate it and you will obtain the illusion of being protected by a rock. It can last for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. Its protective power can roughly defend against all attacks below the Qi Gathering realm. Even a full-force strike from a Qi Gathering early stage cultivator can be resisted for the most part."

"Take a look and see if it's enough for your self-preservation."

"How many Spirit Stones?"

Shen Mo's eyes lit up when he saw this talisman.

"One lower-grade Spirit Stone for each."

The disciple in the green robe waved his finger.

"I'll take it." Shen Mo took out five Spirit Stones and bought it.

"Do you need any other talismans?" Seeing Shen Mo's enthusiasm, the disciple in the green robe started promoting again.

After some introduction, another talisman caught Shen Mo's interest.

The Earth Escape Talisman.

It was also a first rank talisman.

Unlike the Rock-Solid Talisman, which was a defensive talisman, the Earth Escape Talisman was a means of escape and movement.

(End of this chapter)