Put Away Your Divine Techniques Now!-Chapter 986 - 290: [Black Market, Black Scheme] (6000)_4

Chapter 986: Chapter 290: [Black Market, Black Scheme] (6000)_4

Looking down, inside the box lay a short knife.

Only three inches long, about the length of a dagger.

The handle and the base appeared to be made of some kind of wood, but the grain had worn smooth.

The blade was sharp, but it clearly bore several rice-sized notches, as if damaged in battle.

At the spots where the notches were, if you looked closely, you could see extremely fine cracks on the blade—it was obvious that this knife had been in fierce combat, had clashed with formidable enemies, and was already damaged.

Most importantly, the blood groove beside the blade was faintly tinged with rust that seemed neither red nor black!

This blood rust seemed to have been wiped, but it had seeped into the blade, impossible to clean completely.

What caught Chen Yan’s attention was...

This knife was a Magical Artifact!

A Magical Artifact that had been battle-damaged!

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Almost instantly, several words surfaced in Chen Yan’s mind.

Stolen goods!

Murder and theft! 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Killing to seize treasure...

In short, the origins of this artifact were definitely not clean!

The rightful owner of a Magical Artifact would certainly cherish it dearly.

Moreover, even if a Magical Artifact were damaged, the owner would repair it.

However, this knife, with its notched blade and hidden cracks, had not been repaired.

Clearly, this vendor was not the owner of the Magical Artifact!

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As thoughts swirled in Chen Yan’s mind, the vendor had already lowered his voice, "There was originally a restriction on it, but it has been removed. It’s very clean to use when you buy it back; you won’t worry about the original mana prohibition bringing trouble."

Chen Yan nodded, then intentionally said indifferently, "I’m not good with knives; do you have anything else?"

"..." The vendor glanced at Chen Yan, closed the box, moved it aside, and opened an even larger box.

This time, the Evil Qi from the box was even thicker.

Upon opening it, there were even more items inside.

There was a Copper Seal, but it was missing a corner, seemingly smashed.

There was a jade ring, but it had at least three visible cracks.

There was also a folded leather banner!

All Magical Artifacts! All damaged, battle-worn Magical Artifacts!

Using his Qi Observation Skill, Chen Yan saw that the leather banner faintly had black qi flowing on it, and what made him frown even more was the obvious bloodstain on it!

It seemed to have been cleaned, but not thoroughly.

Chen Yan secretly exhaled.

This vendor was definitely not a good person!

His mind raced as he spoke indifferently, "How much for that short knife just now?"

The vendor was stunned, not expecting Chen Yan to ask about the first item after seeing more.

The vendor chuckled, sounding confident, and stated a price.

"Fixed price, one thousand coins!"

Chen Yan suddenly felt a chill in his heart!

It wasn’t that this price was too high, but... too low!

That short knife, even if it was a Low-Grade Magical Artifact, if it were new and undamaged, it would be worth at least ten thousand coins!

It should have been made with an Iron Essence blade and a hilt of Yin Water Wood, both are Upper Grade Dharma Artifact Materials.

Plus, it should have at least two Spells hidden in it, one to increase sharpness and another to enhance spirituality, allowing the owner to operate it with Divine Sense.

Just this single item, if new, would be worth ten thousand coins without question! If slightly cheaper, eight to nine thousand, others would eagerly snatch it!

Even if it were old and damaged, repairing it would cost only a thousand or two coins.

Offering a price of a thousand?

Are they doing charity?

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No, this is not a good omen!

Chen Yan’s mind stirred, and a thought flashed swiftly past; he realized... he was being targeted!

Someone had their eyes on him, seeing him as an outsider fat sheep, setting a trap to slaughter him!

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