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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esick Sect? Well, at least it's considered a respectable orthodox sect. Wait a minute— What kind of vibe are you all giving off? Shouldn’t this be a love-struck, romance-obsessed sect? Why does everyone here sound more like demonic cultivators? "Master, today he’s getting married. This disciple wishes to descend the mountain and crash the wedding, then toy with him to death right in front of his wife..." "Elder, I only got into your sect through connections, so why won’t you teach me anything?" "Because I also became an elder through connections." Thankfully, Su Ji was just an outer sect labor disciple. Surely, nothing too crazy would— "Junior Brother, you’ve broken through to Qi Refining. Once you sever your useless spiritual root, you can officially become an outer sect disciple." "The Great Dao is merciless. Don’t let a worthless spiritual root waste your essence and spirit, hindering your cultivation." Is this really the Lovesick Sect? ... Three years later, Su Ji sat in the seat of the Lovesick Sect’s sect master, sighing with emotion. His rise to this position all started when his junior sister adamantly insisted on preserving his "spiritual root." "Mmm... Senior Brother, what’s our relationship now?" "Stop talking. Keep going." "By the way, that newly promoted top-tier sect—didn’t they come to buy our Love Beans?" "One top-grade spirit stone per Love Bean—is that really so expensive?" "I suspect they’ve eaten too many Love Beans." "Now they’re lovesick." Well, this really is the Lovesick Sect after all.
Resolve] Gu Yang was once a true disciple of the Falling Cloud Sect, but after failing to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, his cultivation regressed, his foundation was damaged, his lifespan was nearing its end, and he was about to be demoted to a menial servant. At his moment of despair, he awakened the [Daily Intelligence System]. By refreshing it daily, he could learn about countless hidden opportunities and secrets within the cultivation world! [Today's intelligence has been refreshed] [White Intelligence: One month ago, the Foundation Establishment spiritual item "Profound Ice Spirit Marrow" used by the host to attempt his breakthrough contained a trace of the poison "Bone-Corrobing Spirit-Dissolving Powder".] [Purple Intelligence: Tonight during the Yin hour (3-5 AM), a wisp of "Golden Crow Primordial Flame" will overflow... If this flame is devoured, it can recast the shattered cultivation foundation, fully restore cultivation, and awaken the one-in-ten-thousand—Primordial Supreme Yang Body. [Click to view coordinates]] [Golden Intelligence: Shen Qingyue, a Golden Core elder of the Falling Cloud Sect who possesses the Nine Yin Body, suffers from backlash of cold energy every full moon night, causing her strength to plummet and excruciating pain. Grand Elder Zhao Wuji has secretly bribed Shen Qingyue's personal maid, Hongxiu, and learned the rear gate array node of the protective formation "Clouds and Mist Veiling the Sun Array". Tomorrow late at night, he intends to take advantage of Shen Qingyue's flare-up of the cold poison, when she is weak and unable to resist, to use a secret technique to refine her into a cauldron and force her into a Daoist partnership. [Click to view coordinates]] The cultivation world is a jungle where the strong prey on the weak, and human hearts are as treacherous as ghosts? Sorry, but I can read the script! From then on, relying on his informational advantage, Gu Yang proceeded step by step with careful planning. Seizing opportunities, plundering fortunes. Selling intelligence. Playing rivals against each other. Step by step, he ultimately became the Immortal Emperor!
