The last auction item was a thousand-year Left Arm Soul Bone. Its appearance immediately ignited the auction house. Both mercenaries and noble lords emptied their coffers to start bidding. Before long, the price of this Soul Bone was driven up to 600,000 Gold Soul Coins.
Ning Bei clicked his tongue in amazement, but also felt a hint of disdain. With the Soul Bones given by the Silver Dragon King, he wouldn't even glance at this thousand-year Soul Bone.
In the end, this Soul Bone was obtained by a noble for the price of 700,000 Gold Soul Coins. Seeing some desperate individuals around him looking at him with ill-concealed intentions, the noble called his guards and hurried towards the backstage.
It seemed he wanted to complete the transaction early so he could leave immediately. Some mercenaries, seeing this situation, exchanged glances and silently withdrew from the auction house.
Ning Bei took in everything from his high vantage point, and sighed inwardly that Soul Bones truly deserved the name of Treasure of the Blood River. Once someone was discovered to possess a Soul Bone, it would inevitably stir up a storm of bloodshed, even if it was just a thousand-year Soul Bone that he didn't even value.
After the auction ended, Ning Bei connected with the person in charge of the chamber of commerce and requested them to send the Phantom Dream Butterfly directly back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He didn't want to release the Pill Tower and collect the Soul Beast in front of so many people.
After wandering around the city for a while, Ning Bei returned to the sect. Ning Fengzhi summoned him to his study.
"Bei'er, I heard you bid on a Phantom Dream Butterfly? You and Yanzi are still young, do you need to use such a thing?"
Ning Bei looked at Ning Fengzhi, who was full of concern, with a face full of black lines.
"Father, you misunderstood. I just took a fancy to the little butterfly's ability and wanted to enrich the combat methods of my Soul Beast team."
Ning Fengzhi suddenly understood, seemingly grasping Ning Bei's meaning.
"You want to cultivate it to the level of a thousand or ten thousand years, and then see if its illusion ability can help you in battle?"
"That's right. In my opinion, the Phantom Dream Butterfly is not without the potential to cultivate to a higher level. It's just that its strength in its infancy is too weak, and there are too many natural enemies, which leads to its numbers being too small, so it's impossible to find a sample."
Ning Fengzhi looked at Ning Bei with satisfaction. As long as he didn't put all his thoughts on that aspect, he would still support his son's ideas.
"Then you can try it. Anyway, even if the effect is not good, there will be no loss. Of course, don't delay your own cultivation."
"I understand, Father."
Finding the Phantom Dream Butterfly that had been sent to the sect, Ning Bei used the Pill Tower to collect it and walked towards his residence.
Arriving at his room, Ning Bei released it again. He saw a miniature version of a girl, with a pair of iridescent wings, staring at Ning Bei with her ignorant big eyes.
Then, as if frightened, she flew quickly towards the bottom of the bed to hide.
"Still a coward, but I have a way to deal with you."
Ning Bei placed the Pill Tower outside the gap under the bed. The fragrance of the pills drifted in through the gap.
In just a few seconds, the timid butterfly girl reappeared in Ning Bei's sight, her big eyes staring intently at the Pill Tower, unable to look away.
As Ning Bei expected, Soul Beasts simply couldn't resist the temptation of the pill fragrance. Sure enough, the little guy was almost drooling.
Her small wings fluttered slowly, and she came to the edge of the Pill Tower, hugging the tower and rubbing her small face against it.
He poked the small body with his hand, but there was no reaction.
"Good fellow, you don't know what fear is at all."
Seeing this, Ning Bei had no choice but to take back the Pill Tower. The little guy was stunned in place when she saw the rare treasure disappear, and tears seemed to be flowing from her eyes.
After a while, she realized that Ning Bei was still by her side, and immediately prepared to hide under the bed again.
"Wait, if you hide again, you won't get any more pill fragrance in the future."
He didn't expect the little guy to understand her words, but he still threatened her habitually.
But something unexpected happened. After the Phantom Dream Butterfly heard Ning Bei's words, its body trembled slightly, then it stopped in the air and looked back at him with a wronged expression.
"Huh? You can understand my words?"
The little fellow nodded timidly, clasping its small hands together, looking very nervous.
Seeing this, Ning Bei thought to himself that humanoid Soul Beasts were indeed not to be underestimated. This level of intelligence alone was enough to be praised.
"Little fellow, relax, I won't hurt you. You've already felt the benefits of the Pill Tower. How about living inside from now on?"
Seeming to realize that Ning Bei really had no malicious intent, it relaxed a little and nodded its little head, agreeing to the home Ning Bei had arranged.
Seeing the little fellow agree, Ning Bei smiled with satisfaction.
"Very good, little fellow, now use your ability on me, okay? I want to see what level this illusion is."
Upon hearing this, the Phantom Dream Butterfly's wings began to glow, and its eyes stared straight at Ning Bei.
The world around Ning Bei became dim. After a few seconds, the world brightened again, and several figures appeared beside him.
"Cough, cough."
Those figures almost caused Ning Bei's Dao heart to become unstable.
Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue (in female attire), Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing appeared beside Ning Bei in turn, dressed very scantily, as if they couldn't afford enough fabric!
Knowing that these were all illusions, Ning Bei silently felt the strength of the illusion. He shook his head slightly, and the furnishings of the room reappeared before his eyes.
"The strength is really not high. My mental power has been strengthened by the Autumn Water Dew. If I'm really prepared, these illusions will have negligible impact on me."
However, Ning Bei was not disappointed. He had already prepared himself when he decided to buy it. He was just waiting to see what it would be like when it reached the thousand-year and ten-thousand-year cultivation levels.
"Little fellow, not bad. I roughly understand your strength. You must cultivate well in the Pill Tower from now on, understand? Otherwise, I'll let A Zhu play with you. Oh, right, I'll give you a name, let's call you Xiao Die."
Xiao Die looked at Ning Bei blankly. It understood cultivating well, but who was A Zhu?
Seeming to read its thoughts, Ning Bei smiled mischievously. With a flash of the Pill Tower, A Zhu's figure appeared in the room.
When Xiao Die saw such a large Man-Faced Demon Spider, it was so frightened that its soul almost left its body. It even forgot to run away, fell to the ground, and began to tremble.
Its grandmother once said that its grandfather was eaten by a Man-Faced Demon Spider.
A Zhu was a little confused when she was summoned, but when she suddenly saw the tiny creature in front of her, tears involuntarily flowed from the corners of her mouth. Her eight spider legs moved slightly as she walked towards Xiao Die.
Seeing this scene, the Phantom Dream Butterfly became even more frightened, and snot and tears gushed out.
Ning Bei watched this scene with amusement. It seemed that for spiders, little butterflies were indeed a delicacy. Seeing that the little fellow was scared out of its wits, he quickly stopped the Man-Faced Demon Spider's actions.
"Alright, A Zhu, don't scare it. From now on, the little fellow will also be our companion."
"Hiss, hiss."
The Man-Faced Demon Spider seemed a little dissatisfied after understanding Ning Bei's thoughts and protested.
You want me to be teammates with a plate of food?
Understanding A Zhu's dissatisfaction, Ning Bei didn't care.
"It's indeed very weak now, but who knows what will happen in the future? Alright, go back. I'll give you a few more Soft Bone Rabbits to eat next time. Forget about this little fellow."
After soothing the little one for a while, he took both Xiao Die and A Zhu back into the Pill Tower, of course, keeping them separate.
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