Chapter 1430: New Edition Yuan-increasing Pill and Life-devouring Pill

After confirming the effectiveness of the reformed medicinal pill, Lin Feng basically spent the following several days in alchemy.

During this period, Xiao Ling and Xiao Jiu were both sent out to urge the growth of medicinal herbs and capture test subjects for the medicinal pills.

For this reason, for a time, the surrounding bandits and thieves also suffered misfortune.

Before Xiao Jiu's terrifying speed and powerful physique, how could these bandits and thieves, whose strength was at most the Lower Three Tribulations realm, withstand this girl's attack?

After all, Xiao Jiu was previously a Nine-star Fighting Saint powerhouse; converting that, on the Hundred Sources Continent, it corresponds to a cultivator of the ninth layer of the Heaven-uniting Realm, which is one major level above the Heaven-responding Realm.

Under these circumstances, even if this girl's vital energy and strength have weakened now.

But relying on her previous strength, the powerful physique she left behind still completely crushes cultivators below the Heaven-uniting Realm.

In contrast to Xiao Jiu running around everywhere, Xiao Ling could only boredly stay in place to urge the growth of medicinal herbs.

After all, who made her a Strange Fire, capable of moving the flame of living spirits to urge the growth of medicinal herbs?

When three days later, Lin Feng returned to the inn where he resided, Su Yun immediately brought people rushing to find him at the door.

Upon seeing him sitting calmly at the wooden table, she sat beside him and couldn't help but say helplessly: 'Mister Xiao Yan, you've finally returned; if you were any later by a few days, we would have thought you were missing.'

However, while speaking, her body subtly leaned straight into Lin Feng's embrace.

This appearance, as if fearing that he would not do her harm.

Lin Feng, seeing this, ignored her action, smiled slightly, and then said: 'The earlier experiment with the medicinal pills wasted some time, but I haven't actually been late, right?'

'We dare not offend you, a Heaven-responding Realm powerhouse; whatever you say goes.'

Hearing this, Su Yun gave him a helpless, charming glance.

Next, she took a cloth bag from her plump waist and placed it on the wooden table in front of her.

'Mister Xiao Yan, the Wind-dispelling Pills and Marrow-refining Pills you gave earlier total sixty pieces; we have sold them all these days, earning seventy thousand lower-grade spirit fluid. Please count them.'

Speaking, Su Yun pushed the storage bag toward Lin Feng, her expression also becoming somewhat tense.

Because she could not now be certain whether he was satisfied with the price at which they sold these items.

Thinking of this, she added again: 'Senior, although selling medicinal pills singly can fetch over thirteen hundred lower-grade spirit fluid, this time, due to the large-scale sale, the price will accordingly drop somewhat.'

'It's fine; I can understand that.'

Upon hearing this, Lin Feng took the storage bag and casually waved his hand, indicating he didn't mind.

As soon as his words fell, he threw out a storage bag and then explained: 'These are a hundred Supreme Mundane Pills, which include healing, temporary combat power enhancement, and strength-increasing medicinal pills; moreover, I have already labeled them.'

'Among these, the Yuan-increasing Pill and Life-devouring Pill have the highest value; taking the Yuan-increasing Pill gives a certain probability to help a Peak Upper Three Tribulations cultivator directly break through to the Heaven-responding Realm. As for the Life-devouring Pill, a Gather Dan Realm cultivator who takes it will have their strength soar, and as long as they can safely pass the Heavenly Tribulation, that cultivator can directly rise all the way to a Lower Three Tribulations Second Stage cultivator.'

'What?!'

After hearing his explanation, Su Yun uncontrollably stood up.

As for the two elderly men behind him, their eyes lit up even more.

A rich, fervent color instantly burst forth from their eyes!

Immediately afterward, the three of them gazes unanimously focused on the storage bag on the table.

If what he said is true, then with these Yuan-increasing and Life-devouring Pills, one can save a Lower Three Tribulations cultivator over a dozen years or even decades, directly breaking through the bottleneck, or even breaking through their own talent limit to advance to the Heaven-responding Realm; the other can directly allow a Gather Dan Realm cultivator to leap over the Lower Three Tribulations First Stage and step into the Second Tribulation.

'Their value is probably unimaginable!'

After all, in Spirit-withered City, a Lower Three Tribulations First Stage cultivator is already a middle-tier force that most powers want to win over.

As for Second and Third Tribulation cultivators, they are even more like the hidden trump cards of second-tier forces such as their Rhythm Blue Auction House.

That is to say, a foundational Gather Dan Realm cultivator need only take one pill and safely pass the Heavenly Tribulation.

Then they can immediately defy fate and change their destiny, becoming a Lower Three Tribulations Second Stage powerhouse in Spirit-withered City revered by the vast majority of ordinary people!

Of course, the most important point is that if this Life-devouring Pill is given to a young Gather Dan Realm cultivator who already possesses some talent.

Then it can save them a hundred to several hundred years, and combined with the Yuan-increasing Pill, it can directly increase their success rate in assaulting the Heaven-responding Realm without limit, thereby allowing large-scale cultivation of Heaven-responding Realm cultivators.

Even if luck is good, among these people there might even appear one who, in the interstices of the great powers of the East Region, can independently establish a sect and become a Heaven-uniting Realm powerhouse!

Thinking of this, Su Yun's throat involuntarily moved a few times, and then she exclaimed in shock: 'Mister Xiao Xiao Yan, you weren't joking with me just now, were you?'

'How come, in your eyes, I am just someone who likes to joke with you?'

Upon hearing this, Lin Feng immediately frowned slightly, somewhat displeased.

Because he knows that if he performs well in speaking.

These unscrupulous merchants will likely think they can easily deceive him, thus pulling various little tricks.

So, in many matters, he will also feign displeasure to intimidate a few people.

'Mister Xiao Yan, please forgive me; I did not mean this intentionally, it's just that medicinal pills with such effects are truly exceedingly rare on the market. Therefore, I momentarily couldn't react; please don't blame me.'

Seeing Lin Feng displeased, Su Yun hurriedly sat beside him, leaning against him, speaking in a voice that was both alluring and gentle.

Moreover, while speaking, her pair of big killers, as if activated with auto-tracking, went straight to clamp onto his arm beside her.

However, Lin Feng, regarding Su Yun whose enthusiasm suddenly surged several notches, did not have much of a reaction.

While subtly avoiding her, he then added: 'However, according to my experiments, the Yuan-increasing Pill's probability of helping a Peak Lower Three Tribulations cultivator break through to the Heaven-responding Realm is somewhat low, under twenty percent; however, the success rate for a Lower Three Tribulations First Stage cultivator advancing to the second stage, or a Second Tribulation cultivator advancing to the Third Tribulation, exceeds fifty percent.'

'Furthermore, failure also has no side effects; it's just that due to drug resistance, thereafter taking this medicinal pill will no longer be effective.'

Upon hearing this, the fervor in Su Yun and the two others' eyes slightly eased, but they remained extremely interested in the Yuan-increasing Pill.

Next, Su Yun softly smiled: 'This doesn't matter; such medicinal pills, even those I have seen before, could not be made perfect. Even so, it does not in the slightest affect the value of those medicinal pills. Therefore, according to my estimation, once these Yuan-increasing and Life-devouring Pills appear, they will surely still be able to cause a sensation throughout Spirit-withered City.'

'Even further, if Mister Xiao Yan is not in a hurry, give me ten days to half a month of promotion time, then I will refine more of such pills, widely invite other trading houses from this city and surrounding cities to come here, hold an internal small auction at the venue, and distribute these pills to other trading houses for sale; perhaps we could earn even more spirit fluid!'

While speaking, a flash of brilliance suddenly passed through Su Yun's eyes.

As the operator of a trading house, she naturally understands the ins and outs of this.

Such medicinal pills that can directly enhance a person are, at least in Spirit-withered City and its surrounding small places, extremely rare in the market.

If other trading houses learn that they have a large stock of such medicinal pills and are willing to trade with them.

One can easily imagine that those trading houses, in order to earn a profit margin and boost their own trading house's reputation, will surely come begging like lapdogs to have them sell.

Furthermore, when they promote these two kinds of pills, they can also indiscriminately promote everywhere.

In this way, their Yunlanxin Trading House also gained fame.

At the same time, that large quantity of pills can also be sold at a high price to various major trading houses!

After all, if they concentrate all those pills for sale within Spirit-Withered City.

In that case, the price will definitely drop.

After all, the number of people in the city who can afford such high-priced pills is limited.

Upon learning that they hold a large quantity of such pills, they will surely try to join forces to drive down the price!

As for shipping them elsewhere to sell, with pills of such enormous value, they lack the strength to dispatch a large number of strong escorts.

Without sufficient strong escorts, those pills are very likely to be seized by bandits in the end.

Then, unable to compensate, the Heaven-Responding Realm expert named Xiao Yan, in a fit of anger, directly wiped out their Yunlan Trading House.

But if they instead distribute the Yuan-Increasing Pills and Life-Devouring Pills directly to peers elsewhere, the situation would be completely different!

On one hand, they can transfer the risk of transporting the pills to other trading houses; on the other hand, they can prevent these forces within the city from joining forces to suppress prices.

After all, these forces in your city can rely on various connections to thrive in Spirit-Withered City, but once they go onto someone else's turf, how could they continue to call the shots?

"Ten days or half a month, then it's up to you; as long as the price is right, I don't care how you handle these pills."

Upon hearing that, Lin Feng waved his hand indifferently.

After all, as long as the profit doesn't decrease, he couldn't be bothered to manage how these people sell their pills.

Upon seeing the other party agree, Su Yun's eyes flashed with delight, and she seized the moment to say: "In that case, I will return and immediately take care of this, Mister Xiao Yan; you just wait to receive the spiritual liquid."

While speaking, the woman's hand also reached out naturally and took the storage bag on the table.

But after Su Yun took the storage bag, her brows furrowed slightly, she hesitated a moment, then she asked somewhat nervously: "Mister Xiao Yan, although I know the effects and drawbacks of the Yuan-Increasing Pill, the Life-Devouring Pill has the characters 'devouring life' in its name—does it also have some drawbacks?"

"Of course, I'm not questioning your pill formula; I just find it hard to believe that a pill could directly elevate a Gathering Pellet Realm cultivator to the second level of the Lower Three Tribulations without any side effects—such a heaven-defying effect that even these spiritual pills cannot achieve."

As she spoke, worried that he might become angry, she hurriedly and affectionately linked her arm with his, her face showing a hint of nervousness.

"Not bad, the Life-Devouring Pill indeed has some drawbacks, but you were in a hurry earlier talking about how to sell the pills, so I didn't get a chance to mention them."

Upon hearing this, Lin Feng didn't get angry; instead, he lightly nodded and continued: "As for the drawbacks, this pill lives up to its name—it enables a cultivator to leap straight to heaven, turning an ordinary person into a revered expert in Spirit-Withered City in a single bound, because all of this requires exchanging the user's life."

"After my tests, I found that once someone takes this pill, their lifespan will be reduced to only ten years."

That's right; after Lin Feng's optimization and modification, taking this pill now leaves the user with about ten years of life, rather than the original three years!

However, through his research, he discovered that this more-than-tripling of lifespan is not entirely due to his own modifications.

In fact, his contribution accounts for only a small part.

Much more likely, it's because the vital energy of the Hundred Source Continent is far more potent.

Resulting in cultivators of this world having better physiques and longer lifespans!

After all, on the Hundred Source Continent, cultivators at the first tribulation of the Lower Three Tribulations, corresponding to the Battle Spirit to early Battle King levels on the Battle Qi Continent, have lifespans of roughly five hundred years.

That's more than a half higher than the Battle Spirit cultivators on the Battle Qi Continent!

Therefore, the Life-Devouring Pill only undergoes such changes after arriving in this world.

"What? After taking the Life-Devouring Pill, a cultivator has only ten years of lifespan left?!"

Upon hearing that, Su Yun and her two companions' expressions changed instantly, and their hearts sank with disappointment.

Even so, the Life-Devouring Pill's effect is still extraordinarily heaven-defying.

However, compared to before knowing the side effects, the pill's value has already dropped by more than half!

However, seeing their expressions, Lin Feng smiled and waved his hand: "Don't be too disheartened; if the user successfully advances to the seventh level or higher of the Heaven-Responding Realm within ten years, the pill's effect will vanish, and during that period the user can also employ various heavenly treasures and pills to extend their life."

"Uh"

Upon hearing that, Su Yun and her two companions couldn't help but twitch the corners of their mouths.

"Seventh level of the Heaven-Responding Realm—do you even want to hear what you're saying?"

"Breaking through from the Lower Three Tribulations to the seventh level of the Heaven-Responding Realm within ten years—only the top geniuses of the Day Source Sect and the Symbol Gate could achieve such rapid progress."

"As for others, even if they cultivate desperately every day,"

"In ten years, advancing from the second tribulation of the Lower Three Tribulations to the second level of the Heaven-Responding Realm would already be a genius so rare that one might not find one among ten million people." (End of chapter)