Chapter 1431: Eighth Layer of Heaven-responding Realm

However, although Su Yun and the others felt that after consuming this Life-devouring Pill, it was almost impossible for a person to survive and break through to the seventh layer of the Heaven-responding Realm.

But considering that even though the side effects are huge, many who have no hope of breaking through the Pill Gathering Realm would certainly be willing to buy this Life-devouring Pill to gamble big.

The few of them thus no longer dwelled on this issue.

Thinking this, Su Yun nodded and said: "Mr. Xiao Yan, rest assured. Although this Life-devouring Pill has a flaw in lifespan, in this world there is never a shortage of people who would risk their lives for spiritual liquid and strength. Moreover, those small forces lacking Lower Three Tribulation cultivators to hold them down certainly also have many willing to take this pill to cultivate a Lower Three Tribulation cultivator to enhance their strength."

"Therefore, this pill still has a considerable market, and I will also do my best for Mr. Xiao Yan to sell these medicines at a good price."

Upon hearing this, Lin Feng also lightly nodded, then suddenly smiled and continued: "Of course, I also have a longevity-increasing pill called the Azure Longevity Pill. Its effect is to extend the lifespan of Heaven-responding Realm early-stage and below cultivators by ten years!"

"Although a cultivator can only have it effective the first time in their life. But I think, even so, if we combine this pill's lifespan with that of the Life-devouring Pill, we can make these two medicines more valuable."

As someone who has previously sold these two pills, he naturally knows clearly how to increase their value.

"A lifespan-increasing pill?!"

And just as the former finished speaking, Su Yun was instantly shocked by this news beyond words.

"This... Mr. Xiao Yan, it turns out you had already planned how to sell this Life-devouring Pill?"

Soon, after she reacted, she looked at the "Xiao Yan" before her with a face full of astonishment.

After all, she is not stupid; this Azure Longevity Pill and Life-devouring Pill are almost a perfect pair!

Now that the former has simultaneously refined these for herself, it seems the other party had already decided to give her the Azure Longevity Pill and Life-devouring Pill to sell together.

However, although she understood in her heart, she couldn't help but say: "This Life-devouring Pill can directly elevate a Pill Gathering Realm cultivator to the Second Tribulation of the Lower Three Tribulations, but it has the flaw of only ten years of lifespan after consumption. Yet the Azure Longevity Pill, this lifespan-increasing pill, just happens to add ten years of lifespan to a cultivator, perfectly compensating for that flaw."

"These two pills can be said to be a match made in heaven!"

As for the fact that it is only effective the first time taken, Su Yun simply ignored it.

After all, it's obvious that this kind of pill could not possibly remain effective forever.

Therefore, it can only be used once, which fits the characteristic of lifespan-extending pills!

At the same time, upon hearing the woman's words, Lin Feng immediately nodded with a calm expression: "That's right, so I will sell them together. Now all those pills are inside, a total of one thousand pills; how to handle them well is up to you."

"I will certainly do my best!"

Upon hearing this, Su Yun immediately expressed her stance.

After all, the former is a Heaven-responding Realm powerhouse; they cannot afford to offend him, and they also need his pills to boost their trading house's reputation.

Therefore, this must absolutely not be offended!

Upon hearing this, Lin Feng immediately nodded and waved his hand: "In that case, you may retreat first; I am going to cultivate now."

"In that case, I will take my leave."

Seeing the former order them to leave, Su Yun did not linger further, immediately performed a respectful wanfu salute, and then left with the two elders.

"Over seventy thousand low-grade spiritual liquid? Not bad, should allow me to regain some strength."

And after the former left, Lin Feng immediately tossed the storage bag that Su Yun had given him earlier.

Immediately after, he slightly opened his mouth, and then a faint light flickered to life on the storage bag.

"Whoosh whoosh"

Subsequently, a large amount of white low-grade spiritual liquid instantly spewed out from the storage bag and shot straight into Lin Feng's mouth.

As for the latter, he quickly mobilized the strange fire within his body, continuously refining those spiritual liquids.

And under the tempering of the strange fire, the breaths of others within those spiritual liquids were instantly burned away.

Next, after being refined, those streams of incredibly pure vital energy continuously entered Lin Feng's body.

At the same time, his strength was also gradually rising.

After all, he was once a Dou Emperor powerhouse, so at this stage, cultivation bottlenecks do not exist for him.

Therefore, as long as he has sufficient vital energy, he can immediately boost his strength.

Compared to a true cultivator of this realm, he is faster by an unknown multiple.

"Boss, I actually wanted to say earlier: with our Elegant Blue Trading House's current strength, we simply cannot safely sell these pills. After all, some of these pills have heaven-defying effects comparable to low-grade spiritual pills. Even after you learned of their heaven-defying nature, you still agreed to the other party to handle these pills for them; if anything were to happen, we couldn't bear the responsibility!"

Meanwhile, while Lin Feng in the room was earnestly restoring his cultivation, the two elders on their way back to the trading house were somewhat worried and inquired.

After all, these pills lack enough powerful figures to suppress and deter other forces.

It's likely that if they announce today they possess these things, tomorrow the pills will be seized.

"Hehe, no problem. Earlier I had already secured about half a month's time. During this period, relying on this Life-devouring Pill, we have already been able to produce quite a few strong individuals. By the time we announce this news, we will also exchange from other trading houses some powerful talismans or other means for temporary strength enhancement. Thus, even if others know what we hold, they certainly would not be willing to risk taking it."

Upon hearing this, Su Yun broke into a confident, charming smile.

After hearing the former's words, one elder's eyes lit up, and he suddenly realized: "Boss, you mean to first cultivate a batch of Lower Three Tribulation death warriors, then give each of them some powerful talismans and a means of temporary strength enhancement that spares no cost. Using these fearless death warriors, akin to single-use talismans of Lower Three Tribulation strength, to intimidate those jackals?"

"Exactly, by then I won't believe they would be willing to sacrifice their current strong members for these things!"

Speaking to this point, the gentle smile on Su Yun's beautiful face vanished instantly, turning solemn: "By then I want to see, even if they have the capability to destroy my Elegant Blue Trading House, given our time to destroy these pills and the possible loss of our sect's middle-ranking strength, would they be willing to take this risk?"

After hearing the former's plan, the two elders also lightly stroked their beards, feeling this method is indeed feasible.

However, the other elder immediately frowned and reminded: "Boss, while I cannot deny that your method is indeed feasible, if we carry this out, we will not only need to use spiritual liquid to fill the gap of the pills consumed by the death warriors, but also give their families considerable rewards to ensure their willing loyalty. Furthermore, purchasing the equipment for these death warriors is another huge expense."

"In that case, the foundation of our Elegant Blue Trading House would likely be drained completely, not a hair left!"

As he spoke on, the elder's face also became extremely solemn.

After all, the former's method is essentially a grand gamble.

Betting that before and after this incident, our Elegant Blue Trading House will gain great fame and attract many customers.

Then, using these things to restore the spiritual liquid cash flow, avoid a broken capital chain, to ensure the trading house can continue operating!

As soon as these words were spoken, the silent elder's stroking of his beard paused.

Then his brows furrowed tightly, likewise feeling deeply torn.

After all, this matter is putting everything of the trading house on the gambling table.

To undertake a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering grand gamble for them!

"Hehe, the two elders need not worry about this matter; although it seems like a grand gamble staking everything we have, it is actually a heavenly road leading to brilliance!"

Speaking to this point, Su Yun's red lips curled up, then she clenched her fists, her tone extremely excited as she said: "We, we must seize this great opportunity and step onto this broad road!"

"After all, although this matter will consume all the wealth of our Yunlan Trading House, once it's over, without saying anything else, by using the Life‑Devouring Pill and the Azure Longevity Pill to produce a considerable number of Second‑Stage Lower Tribulation experts, even if we temporarily halt the trading house and rely solely on the merchant‑route business, we can still earn a large amount of spirit fluid each year."

"By then, I dare not say this will definitely let everyone achieve a meteoric rise, but it will certainly give us far more options than merely relying on that immobile storefront in the city to make money, so this plan—our Yunlan Trading House may not reap huge profits, but it is absolutely guaranteed to at least make a small gain!"

As she spoke, a flush of fervor also appeared on Su Yun's pretty face.

If we could have a group of Second‑Stage Lower Tribulation experts, then whether they engage in merchant trade or escort duties, which of these couldn't earn more than relying on that immobile "dead" storefront we have now?

Moreover, we can also take advantage of what we have in hand to reserve some Yuan‑Increasing Pills that can help our Lower Tribulation cultivators break through to the Ascendant Heaven Realm; once things settle, we will try taking them to break through. And once we succeed, our Yunlan Trading House will truly soar!

Having said that, Su Yun immediately smiled at the two elders, awaiting their reply.

This... this.

After hearing the former's plan, the two elders were momentarily lost for words.

Who would have thought that our own shopkeeper, in such a short time, had already devised such a far‑reaching plan!

However, after the two of them thought it over carefully, they felt that what he said was not bad.

As long as their trading house's strength improves, a group of Lower Tribulation experts will never have to worry about going hungry in Spirit‑Withered City.

A group of Lower Tribulation experts is already enough to form several merchant caravans or escort teams.

Even if they just ply the trade routes, buying and selling goods between the surrounding areas to profit from price differences, they could live quite well.

Otherwise, they could rely on the trading house's greatly increased strength to establish a new escort agency and engage in escort work.

Furthermore, if the three of them, who are Peak Lower Tribulation cultivators, could also rely on that Yuan‑Increasing Pill to advance to the Ascendant Heaven Realm,

even if only one of them succeeds, it would still be a heaven‑defying change of fate.

Upon thinking this through, the two elders immediately clasped their hands and said, "We will follow the shopkeeper's orders!"

"Since you both say that, let's hurry back and put it into practice. After all, without sufficient strength, I would not feel safe holding these pills."

Seeing the two agree to her plan and having cleared all obstacles to its execution, Su Yun's eyes sharpened as she looked ahead and murmured.

Hearing this, the two elders nodded, and the three of them swiftly returned to the trading house.

"What a pity, the spirit fluid is still too little—seventy thousand low‑grade spirit fluid can only restore me by one layer of strength!"

At the same time, Lin Feng in the room also gradually stopped his spirit‑fluid refining motion.

Because at this moment, the seventy thousand low‑grade spirit fluid stored in his spatial bag has been completely absorbed by him.

However, seventy thousand low‑grade spirit fluid converts to seventy drops of medium‑grade spirit fluid.

This amount of spirit fluid would require a cultivator who has just entered the Ascendant Heaven Realm to refine day and night for seven months to produce.

Yet it only raised him from the seventh to the eighth layer of the Ascendant Heaven Realm!

And this is still based on his already being near the peak of the seventh layer.

Of course, this progress is also based on his previously being a higher‑level expert, which is how he obtained it.

Otherwise, an ordinary Ascendant Heaven Realm cultivator would likely still be unable to break through after absorbing it!

Moreover, a normal Ascendant Heaven Realm cultivator cannot possess Lin Feng's speed of absorbing spirit fluid.

Those seventy thousand spirit fluid, if absorbed by others, would likely take at least around three months!

"Forget it, breaking through one layer is fine; anyway, I have now mastered the method of modifying pills and can still refine pills to consume for advancement. After all, I still possess the body of a demonic beast."

Immediately afterward, Lin Feng, recalling his previous great success in modifying pills, decided then to go outside to refine pills for a breakthrough.

Although this way, the speed is not as fast as selling pills and then absorbing the obtained spirit fluid to advance.

After all, pills fundamentally rely on maximizing the extraordinary abilities of various medicinal ingredients to achieve functions such as healing injuries, granting breakthrough opportunities, extending lifespan, and so on.

Purely comparing energy amounts, pills are certainly inferior to the spirit fluid obtained by selling them.

But unfortunately, Spirit‑Withered City is not a big place, so the quantity of pills that can be absorbed is limited.

So Lin Feng also doesn't have many options; he can only temporarily rely on consuming pills to advance.

As for going to the so‑called Five Great Holy Lands or the Six Great Demon Sects' territories to conduct large‑scale pill dumping and then exchange for spirit fluid to advance,

this is extremely likely to attract the attention of those sect's strongmen, and might even provoke Upper Tribulation cultivators.

Therefore, before reaching a certain strength, I had better keep a low profile.

After all, the Xiao Ling and Little Nine in his hands are very likely to draw the covetous gaze of other Upper Tribulation experts; he cannot go waste their trump cards!

After all, you also don't know what trump cards the other side has on their own turf.

Being overly arrogant could easily lead to a great loss!

And Lin Feng, being a man of his word, as soon as the thought arose in his mind, his body immediately stood up and walked out, then flew away from Spirit‑Withered City once again.

Not long after Su Yun and Lin Feng met, the Yunlan Trading House began to advertise widely that it possessed pills capable of helping Peak Lower Tribulation cultivators break through to the Ascendant Heaven Realm, as well as pills that allow Pill‑Gathering Realm cultivators to swiftly advance directly to the Second Stage of the Lower Tribulation.

What's more, driving some cultivators into frenzy, the Yunlan Trading House even claimed to have longevity‑extending pills.

Furthermore, even early‑stage Ascendant Heaven Realm cultivators can use this pill to prolong their lives!

Once this news got out, under the promotion of Su Yun and others, it spread rapidly throughout Spirit‑Withered City and to human settlements within tens of thousands of li around!

As for the places that learned of this news, they instantly erupted in an uproar.

Extending lifespan is straightforward—around here, people basically cannot find such items.

Therefore, those who feel their lifespan is nearing its end will surely covet this item intensely and swear to obtain it.

As for the remaining two strength‑enhancing pills, which one is not capable of defying heaven and changing fate, saving dozens or even hundreds of years?

So, how many people in Spirit‑Withered City and the surrounding major cities, who consider their own wealth still adequate, would not want to trade for these?

Under the drive of longevity and strength, a large number of cultivators rushed swiftly to the Yunlan Trading House, wanting to purchase these pills!

However, what made many people anxiously scratch their heads was

the Yunlan Trading House actually refuses to sell these pills to individuals and other forces!

As for the sales method, an auction will be held soon, at which other trading houses can also participate.

At that time, the Yunlan Trading House will auction off these pills in batches, with the highest bidder winning.

As for those who want to buy medicinal pills, they can first rest in the city for a while, and later purchase them from other trading houses.

Of course, as for forces they cannot afford to provoke, such as the Lingku City Lord's Mansion, Su Yun still took some medicinal pills there.

After all, they still dare not provoke this colossal entity that possesses a Heaven-Uniting Realm expert.

As for the surrounding trading houses, upon hearing this news they were instantly shocked.

They never expected that the Yunlan Trading House would actually take out this big piece of meat and share it with them and others!

However, after they calmed down and carefully analyzed the situation, they soon understood Su Yun's scheme.

Regarding this, although they knew it was the Yunlan Trading House, due to lack of strength they had no choice but to take out this piece of meat and share it with everyone.

But faced with this profit delivered to their doorstep, the trading houses inside Lingku City and those in several surrounding cities still came running eagerly.

After all, as merchants, they know that treasures related to strength and lifespan are never hard to sell.

If they take these medicinal pills back, their trading house can directly achieve both fame and profit!

Therefore, faced with such great benefits, how could they not come running eagerly?

Of course, during this period, there were also many forces wanting to make a big move.

They directly robbed the Yunlan Trading House and took those precious medicinal pills!

However, Su Yun and her group had long been prepared for this.

On the day the medicinal pill news was released, they directly brought out many newly emerged Lower Three Tribulation experts to show themselves.

This action not only made others believe the rumor even more, but also caused those with ulterior motives to retract their fangs.

Meanwhile, as the days passed, they finally arrived at the day when the Yunlan Trading House would hold its auction.

At the venue that day, at least a hundred trading houses sent representatives or persons-in-charge to attend in person.

Moreover, throughout the auction, the participants became increasingly excited, launching into extremely fierce competition right from the start.

After all, nobody is stupid; for such high-profit, easy-to-sell treasure pills, they certainly want to stock up as much as possible.

Therefore, this auction was destined to be 'cruel' from the beginning.

However, regarding this auction, Su Yun and her group were extremely satisfied.

After all, this time they successfully mobilized the major trading houses' determination to stock up.

After one auction, they not only avoided the price drop problem caused by mass dumping of medicinal pills, but also raised the price slightly.

Such a price, one would think, is also enough to satisfy 'Xiao Yan'! (End of chapter)