Chapter 1432: The Ill‑Tempered City Lord's Residence

"Mr. Xiao Yan, this is the spiritual liquid sold from the pills this time, a total of 4,860,000 drops of low‑grade spiritual liquid; some customers received mid‑grade spiritual liquid, please review."

After the auction ended, Su Yun immediately rushed to the inn with four others, and then, trembling, she took out five low‑grade storage bags from her bosom and said in a quivering voice.

After all, for such a massive amount of spiritual liquid, even after living several hundred years, it's still her first time seeing it!

Four million eight hundred sixty thousand drops of low‑grade spiritual liquid, when fully converted to mid‑grade, still amount to over four thousand eight hundred drops.

But a newly entered Responding Heaven Realm cultivator, refining continuously day and night for a month, can at most extract only about ten drops of mid‑grade spiritual liquid.

And for this quantity of spiritual liquid, a newly entered Responding Heaven Realm cultivator would need to refine for roughly forty years to possibly achieve it!

But the problem is, the realms below the Responding Heaven Realm differ.

If you do not advance to the higher Heaven‑Combining Realm within three hundred years, Heaven and Earth will unleash a thunder tribulation to try to eliminate you, a wasteful, useless "trash".

So that the Qi in your body returns to Heaven and Earth for others to use!

Therefore, if a cultivator, after advancing to the Responding Heaven Realm, still has no intention of strengthening, and spends forty years foolishly refining spiritual liquid every day,

He will probably only be able to enjoy a carefree life for about two hundred years thereafter.

When the three‑hundred‑year deadline arrives, the thunder tribulation will instantly strike him to ash and dust!

After all, this thunder tribulation is no joke; without some strength and means, a weak Responding Heaven Realm cultivator simply cannot withstand it.

Of course, a Responding Heaven Realm cultivator who trains normally to improve strength, although the first tribulation is milder, about eighty percent can pass it safely.

But the second thunder tribulation's power increases dramatically!

Roughly sixty percent of Responding Heaven Realm cultivators will be crippled by this tribulation.

As for the third tribulation, its power suddenly spikes.

Below the Heaven‑Combining Realm, almost no one can endure it!

Thus, up to now, the mortality rate is ninety‑nine point nine percent.

Of course, when facing a thunder tribulation, don't think your background will let you rely on your family or sect elders for help.

Because if the heavenly thunder tribulation senses multiple people at its core,

Its power will increase by a multiple corresponding to the strongest one's strength!

If the strongest cultivator is X times stronger than the weakest, the tribulation's power adds that multiple plus the weakest's strength.

Seeking help to resist the tribulation under such a multiplier merely raises the chance of an extra death.

Ahem, returning to the point, when Lin Feng heard that his thousand pills had sold a full 4,860,000 drops of low‑grade spiritual liquid, a flash of delight instantly crossed his eyes.

With such a massive amount of spiritual liquid, if he were to refine additional pills to match,

It should be enough to restore his strength to the Heaven‑Combining Realm of the Douqi Continent!

Thinking of that, Lin Feng's mouth twitched into a grin.

He then extended his palm, drawing the five storage bags Su Yun handed over into his hand, and said, "Not bad, I'm very satisfied with this price; you handled this matter well."

While pocketing the bags, he added, "I'm in a good mood this time; since your merchant house handled this for me without profiting much spiritual liquid, I can give you a reward—provided what you ask for isn't excessive, I'll agree."

"Serving Mr. Xiao Yan is the honor of our merchant house; how could I dare ask you for anything," she said.

Upon hearing that, Su Yun's expression showed no surprise; instead, she awkwardly bowed.

At the same time, the two elders behind her hurriedly bowed as well, saying, "The shopkeeper is right; we had an agreement beforehand, and our merchant house takes no fee for this pill sale. Now, we cannot accept your goods."

Seeing the three of them so panicked, Lin Feng lightly stroked his chin with his palm.

After a long pause, he finally spoke slowly, "You're so nervous—could it be because of the two Responding Heaven Realm cultivators who came with you?"

"Uh…"

Hearing his question, Su Yun and the others instantly felt extreme fear and panic.

After all, they suddenly arrived here with two clearly hostile individuals.

Who can guarantee that Xiao Yan won't lose his temper and, in a rage, blast the three of them to ash?

But if they had dared to refuse earlier, they wouldn't have had to wait for Xiao Yan to flare up.

Because the people from the Lord's Residence would have killed the three of them outright!

And thinking of this, Su Yun couldn't help but curse, "Damn… the Lord's Residence! I sent you so many items before the auction started, you clearly guaranteed you wouldn't get involved. Yet as soon as the auction ended, those two bastards slipped behind us here and threatened us to bring you in."

However, the two who came with them had clearly grown impatient long ago.

Hearing the conversation turn to themselves, they immediately stepped forward and casually bowed, saying, "We are the Second Elder and Fourth Elder among the Five Great Elders of the Lord's Residence. We come by the Lord's command to invite this master to return with us, please."

"Bang!"

Mid‑sentence, one of them casually swung, blasting the door straight out.

And although their words sounded like an invitation, there was not the slightest hint of courtesy toward Lin Feng.

"Oh, your 'invitation' from Lingku City seems interesting; I haven't even set out yet, and you already give me a warm welcome. If I go to the Lord's Residence, you'll surely capture me outright, then forcibly search me for Qi‑Boost Pill, Life‑Devouring Pill, and Azure Longevity Pill formulas, and even force me to reveal their refining methods!"

Glancing at the blasted door, Lin Feng narrowed his eyes slightly and said calmly,

Hearing that, one of the two who felt slighted stepped forward with a cold snort, "Hmph, your pills are indeed fine, especially the longevity pill. Such formulas are highly prized by the pretentious alchemists in the south, rarely seen elsewhere."

"But since you've made your point clear, let me tell you, our Lord has discovered that the pills you refine are of extraordinary quality and that you possess many formulas hard to find on the market. So we'd like you to come over for a talk. Of course, I advise you to obediently hand over a scroll of spirit‑pill formula that can boost Heaven‑Combining Realm strength to our Lord, or else when he gets angry, you'll be in trouble!"

As soon as the first finished speaking, the other quickly added, "Of course, we've already investigated; none of the major forces nearby have any exceptionally powerful alchemists who have left their sects or families. Seeing you sell pills covertly, fearing others to notice, it seems you're merely a lucky recipient of a deceased senior's inheritance."

"So don't think you can raise any banners; we're not fools. We can't just grab an unknown alchemist, which is why we didn't specifically send this woman to find you. We've been gathering your information all along. Now, you'd better come with us honestly."

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