When Su Tong went up to the second floor, he immediately smelled the scent of elixir.
"There's actually someone concocting pills here on the second floor?"
Su Tong looked towards the distance, where some people were watching.
In the middle was a person concocting pills.
The scent of elixir was coming from the pill furnace in the middle.
The pill concoctor was an old man with all white hair.
At the moment, he had his eyes closed as he controlled the pill furnace.
Strands of spiritual power fluctuations spread around him.
"Such strong spiritual power!"
Su Tong could feel that the old man's spiritual power was very strong.
Su Tong was also curious and went to watch from the side.
This was the first time Su Tong had seen someone concocting pills.
Thinking of this, Su Tong spread out his spiritual power.
He then observed the old man concocting pills up close.
Inside the pill furnace, there was already a round pellet floating.
It seemed like it had been concocting for some time already.
At this point, the pellet had taken shape. All that was left was to let it slowly nurture and mature.
"This fire...doesn't seem to be a small spiritual fire, but rather some kind of beast fire!"
After sensing for a while, Su Tong realized the fire was not ordinary.
It wasn't a fire conjured from spiritual power.
If the fire was all from spiritual flames, it would consume a huge amount of spiritual power.
No pill concoctor below the eighth rank could withstand it.
One pellet would likely cost a pill master his life.
So when Su Tong saw it was beast fire, he was curious but not surprised.
He was just curious how the pill concoctor controlled the beast fire.
If possible, Su Tong wanted to try it himself.
Not for any particular reason, just because it seemed fun.
Boom!
Just then, the old man slapped the pill furnace, and the lid flew off.
He used his spiritual power to control the pellet and make it fly out.
Then the old man put it into a small white jade bottle.
After putting the pellet in the bottle, the old man handed it to a woman next to him.
The woman looked around forty years old.
But her figure and looks were still good.
It seemed she had taken good care of herself.
"Thanks for your hard work, Mr. Tai!"
The woman smiled slightly and took the small white jade bottle from the old man's hands.
The old man waved his hand, then sat down to rest on a chair.
"Sorry to keep you all waiting. This pellet is called the Dingling Pill, a fifth-grade pellet. No need for me to explain the effects. And it was concocted by fifth-grade pill master Tai Yancai..."
At this point, the woman spoke up, her voice spreading across the entire second floor.
"Dingling Pill?"
Su Tong was familiar with this pellet.
The Dingling Pill helped stabilize spiritual power when breaking through from the Returning Void Realm to the Spiritual Void Realm.
This prevented failures due to unstable spiritual power during the breakthrough.
Of course, even with the Dingling Pill, breakthroughs were not 100% guaranteed to succeed.
Aside from unstable spiritual power, there were many other factors affecting breakthroughs to the Spiritual Void Realm.
The Dingling Pill only helped with one of the factors.
Even so, the price of the Dingling Pill was not low.
It could barely be considered a fifth-grade pellet.
"The starting bid is 1,000 Hidden Spirit Pellets!"
At this time, the woman also announced the price.
"1,000 Hidden Spirit Pellets is decent, but the final price will surely exceed that!"
Su Tong did not make a bid.
With his current strength at the Spiritual Void Realm, he had no need for it.
"1,100 Hidden Spirit Pellets!"
"1,200 Hidden Spirit Pellets!"
"1,300 Hidden Spirit Pellets!"
As soon as the woman announced the price, people started bidding.
Su Tong watched from the side.
"1,800 Hidden Spirit Pellets!"
Soon, the price was raised to 1,800 Hidden Spirit Pellets.
"This pill master earns money quickly!"
This was the first time Su Tong had seen a pill master earn money.
The price had almost doubled with just one pellet.
But the price had clearly not yet peaked.
"2,500 Hidden Spirit Pellets!"
Just then, someone directly called out a high bid.
2,500 Hidden Spirit Pellets to buy one Dingling Pill was rather high.
Su Tong looked over and saw it was a middle-aged man.
From his aura, he was clearly at the peak of the Returning Void Realm.
"No wonder he wants to buy a Dingling Pill. He's trying to break through to the Spiritual Void Realm."
Su Tong knew this middle-aged man had likely been suppressing his cultivation for a long time.
Without sufficient confidence, he didn't dare attempt breaking through to the Spiritual Void Realm.
Breakthrough attempts carried a certain amount of risk.
There was a high chance of failure, but failure was not the scariest outcome.
What was truly frightening was the possibility of having one's cultivation regress after a failed breakthrough attempt.
And the most terrifying possibility was immediately going berserk or even dying after failing to break through to the Spiritual Void Realm.
Because this realm was not easy to break through, many people made sufficient preparations before attempting it.
Unless they really could not suppress their cultivation any longer, most would seek out pills to increase their chances of success.
Clearly, this middle-aged man was doing the same.
"2,500 Hidden Spirit Pellets, will anyone make a higher bid?"
At this time, the woman asked.
"May I ask if pets can consume this Dingling Pill?"
Just then, Su Tong spoke up softly.
Rustle!
Instantly, all eyes turned to Su Tong.
Giving pets Dingling Pills to consume?
Was this guy mad?
Even the old pill master who concocted the Dingling Pills opened his eyes and glanced at Su Tong.
His brows furrowed slightly, as if unable to see through Su Tong's cultivation level.
"If the pet is at the peak of the Returning Void Realm, consuming a Dingling Pill can also help stabilize its spiritual power and increase the chances of breaking through to the Spiritual Void Realm!"
Although she felt Su Tong was causing trouble, the woman in charge of the auction still explained to him.
"Oh, pets can consume it too? Then I'll bid 2,600 Hidden Spirit Pellets!"
Su Tong nodded and spoke.
His words left everyone dumbfounded.
Was there really someone crazy enough to spend 2,600 Hidden Spirit Pellets to buy a Dingling Pill for his pet to consume?
The middle-aged man who had just bid 2,500 stared gloomily at Su Tong. "2,700 Hidden Spirit Pellets!"
"2,900 Hidden Spirit Pellets!"
Su Tong raised the price again, directly adding another 300 Hidden Spirit Pellets.
He hadn't originally planned to make a purchase, but he noticed an embroidered pattern on the middle-aged man's robe.
It was a blurry image of some evil spirit bound by chains.
Su Tong had seen this pattern before.
It was the emblem of the Evil Spirit Sect he had come here to investigate!
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't think I'm that capable, I'm just trying my best to stay alive. I've been kind all my life, never did anything bad, yet worldly suffering spared me not one bit. The human world is a nice place, but I won't come back in my next life. A kind young man, who wanted to just get by singing, but through repeated deceits and betrayals, has gone down an irredeemable path.
shall grant"] ["Inscribing the glory of our race upon tombstones"] ["All that is threatened, I shall protect"] How his younger sister sees her brother: A brother who only makes eye contact once a day, mostly fading into the background as he tinkers with who-knows-what in his room all day. Their life paths should have remained largely separate. Until one day. Su Qi created an equipment card for his never-met "online girlfriend." His sister fell into silent contemplation upon receiving the "white stockings." [Card can be upgraded] [Upgrade by fulfilling any of the following conditions] [Condition ①: Consume one hundred higher-tier cards] [Condition ②: Complete one 'Heart-Pounding Adventure'] What constitutes a Heart-Pounding Adventure? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Beginner Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to admire it.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Easy Level): Equip the card, invite 'Su Qi' to touch it, and analyze the equipment's texture.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Entry Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to...] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Challenge Level): Freely combine the words 'Brother' 'Out' 'Brother' 'Me' 'Please' into a complete sentence...] "Please help me analyze both teams' mistakes in this match, brother..." His sister exhaled in relief—surely... surely there couldn't be anything more difficult? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Suicide Mission Level): Sneak a peek at the names of the galgames in 'Su Qi's' hidden E-drive folder]
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