The effects of diligent cultivation were also significant. Although Ning Bei's Soul Power level hadn't increased much, only reaching level 56, his Soul Power was completely solidified, without a trace of instability. He could now devote his time to fully increasing his Soul Power level.
A Bao had stayed in the Pill Tower's fifth level for nearly a full year, finally successfully transforming into a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast. Its sharp claws could inspire fear even without attacking. Its entire body had grown a full size larger, and now it stood about nine meters tall.
The Demon Eye Magic Tree and the Emerald Swan, because they lived together on the fourth level, shared the effects of the pill fragrance equally. Currently, their cultivation had reached 3,000 years and 4,500 years respectively.
The Man-Faced Demon Spider, living alone on the third level, didn't have much different treatment than the other two beasts, currently possessing a cultivation of just over 5,000 years.
Next, Ning Bei would switch its level with A Bao's, leaving the other two beasts' positions unchanged. When the Man-Faced Demon Spider reached ten thousand years, it could gain the ability to conceal itself, undetectable even by the mental power of experts. Also, the Spider God Possession ability was quite practical, burning one year of cultivation per second to greatly increase its strength and speed. The consumed cultivation could be recovered by lying in the Pill Tower for a few days.
At that time, it would be of great help to the entire team.
The number of pills Ning Bei manufactured also slowly increased with his cultivation, bringing in hundreds of thousands of Gold Soul Coins in revenue each month.
If he now went all out to manufacture first-grade Wound Recovery Pills, Spring Return Pills, and Power Storage Pills, he could produce thousands of them every day.
At the same time, the manufacturing efficiency of the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid had also greatly increased. It could now supply hundreds of the sect's eligible children at the same time. When these children reached the age of six, they would bring a batch of good seedlings with innate Soul Power of level 5 or higher to the sect. This rate of success was even more terrifying than the Spirit Hall.
In the First Prince's mansion, Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, pondered while looking at the jade bottle in her hand.
She opened the jade bottle and sniffed it, a faint, refreshing medicinal fragrance wafting out.
"It's this liquid in the jade bottle that can increase the children's innate Soul Power?"
The Snake Spear beside her nodded, affirming the effect of the medicinal liquid.
"This was secretly obtained by our spies. It is said that the children of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect use this medicinal liquid to soak their bodies every day."
"Can the formula for this medicinal liquid be obtained?"
"I'm afraid not. The formula is the highest-level secret in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Not to mention our spies, even those senior elders can't access it."
Qian Renxue's fingers tapped the table from time to time, the wrinkles on her brow refusing to disappear.
"In other words, even if we get the medicinal liquid, it won't have any effect? This kind of medicinal liquid should be effective only with long-term soaking?"
A trace of embarrassment flashed across Snake Spear's face.
"Young Master, as it stands, that is indeed the case."
"Hmph, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is really amazing, they can even come up with this kind of medicinal liquid? We must find a way to get it. Within a few decades, this thing can increase the Spirit Hall's backbone strength by more than double. Keeping it in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is just a waste of resources. They don't have the ambition to dominate the continent anyway."
"Understood, Young Master, I will find a way."
"Mm."
Ning Bei, who had experienced a full year of hard cultivation, decided to relax.
Nothing to do today, so he decided to stroll around the brothel... cough, Seven Treasure City.
It just so happened that there was an auction today, and Ning Bei planned to scout out some interesting items. His little treasury was already overflowing anyway, so he might as well spend some to create currency circulation.
Anyway, it would all end up in his own pocket in the end.
He didn't bring Xiao Tao on this trip, fearing that the girl would drag him to browse clothing stores.
He arrived at the entrance of the chamber of commerce alone. After showing his token to the guard, the summoned manager respectfully invited him to the same private room as last time.
It was still as clean and luxurious as ever, and, well, the legs were also very white.
Under the maid's excellent service, the auction kicked off.
Ya Fei's long-unseen figure also appeared on the stage.
After an opening speech, the auction items were unveiled one by one.
Unsurprisingly, Ning Bei's first and second-grade pills were still wildly snapped up by the mercenaries. After all, they were consumables, and if they felt good after use, they would have to buy more.
However, Ning Bei was a little disappointed with the auction items this time. They were either jewelry and clothing that noble lords were interested in, or maids and medicines, none of which he lacked.
It wasn't until the auction was nearing its end that a cart was pushed onto the stage, and Ning Bei became slightly interested after listening to Ya Fei's introduction.
"The next auction item is a hundred-year-old Phantom Dream Butterfly. This kind of Soul Beast has the function of hypnosis and hallucination, and a hundred-year-old Phantom Dream Butterfly is quite rare! They basically become food for various insect-type Soul Beasts within ten years."
After introducing the product, the red cloth covering the cart was lifted, and a butterfly with colorful wings appeared in the crystal display case.
The butterfly was about half a meter long and was shrinking into a corner of the box.
What was peculiar was that the main body of this butterfly actually resembled a human body.
It was just dozens of times smaller than a normal human, only the size of a palm.
In Ning Bei's memory, among the Soul Beasts, apart from those that transformed, only the Snow Empress in the far north had a human-like form as its main body, and they were all special existences.
This Phantom Dream Butterfly was only a hundred years old, so it obviously couldn't reach the level of transformation.
Ning Bei had also learned about this kind of Soul Beast in the illustrated book. Its ability was to create illusions, but a ten-year-old Phantom Dream Butterfly could only be used to add some romantic atmosphere, so it was very popular among noble lords.
A hundred-year-old one probably wouldn't be much stronger, otherwise it wouldn't have been caught here.
But Ning Bei possessed the Pill Tower. If he cultivated this Dream Butterfly to the level of a thousand or ten thousand years, then this hallucinatory ability would be very promising.
As a humanoid Soul Beast, Ning Bei didn't believe that it didn't have the potential to cultivate to a higher level, but because the Phantom Dream Butterfly with a low age had really indescribable combat power, and the taste of Dream Butterflies seemed to be quite good for mantis and spider-like Soul Beasts, which led to its scarcity.
To take a step back, even if the ten-thousand-year-old Phantom Dream Butterfly didn't have much ability, Ning Bei would only lose some Gold Soul Coins, which was almost zero cost for him.
Just as Ning Bei was thinking, Ya Fei on the stage began the auction of the Phantom Dream Butterfly.
"This Phantom Dream Butterfly has a starting price of 5,000 Gold Soul Coins, and each increase must not be less than 1,000. Distinguished guests, you can start bidding."
"6,000 Gold Soul Coins."
"7,000"
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"16,000 Gold Soul Coins"
It had to be said that there were many perverts among the nobles. Before long, this hundred-year-old Phantom Dream Butterfly was bid up to 16,000 Gold Soul Coins, and the trend was getting more and more intense.
As expected, the price was pushed up to 23,000 Gold Soul Coins before stopping.
"Okay, VIP number 92 bid 23,000 Gold Soul Coins, is there a higher bid?"
"23,000 Gold Soul Coins once."
"23,000 Gold Soul Coins twice."
Seeing that no one was bidding anymore, Ning Bei in the box beckoned to the maid beside him.
"Oh! The VIP in Box No. 1 has bid 30,000 Gold Soul Coins, truly generous."
"30,000 Gold Soul Coins once."
"30,000 Gold Soul Coins twice."
"30,000 Gold Soul Coins three times."
Congratulations to the VIP in Box No. 1 for obtaining this century-old Phantom Dream Butterfly.
Amidst the grumbling of the nobles below, Ning Bei won the ownership of the butterfly.
He curled his lip and complained:
"A bunch of old perverts, only knowing how to waste natural resources."
However, while Ning Bei was complaining, he didn't notice the maid beside him looking at him with disdain.
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