Chapter 150: Thirty Thousand Pieces

"Caw, caw, caw! The Holy Tree of the Immortal World is indeed the primary wondrous tree of this mortal realm, the sole priceless treasure between heaven and earth, an innate spiritual seed that has existed since the primordial splitting of heaven and earth. Its speed in drawing upon the ambient spiritual qi of the world is not the least bit inferior to that of the Void-Underworld Realm! If you manage to gather all the fragments and restore the Holy Tree of the Immortal World to its original appearance, just how formidable would it become? I fear even the Three Sovereigns of Antiquity, the Primordial Divine Clan, or those Nether Soul Practitioners would no longer be held in any regard, and you could reign supreme across all the heavens!"

"Jue" felt the massive surge of ambient spiritual qi rushing into the "Rivers and Mountains Bottle," and immediately burst into loud caw-like laughter, seeming to heal its injuries by a noticeable margin. Being bathed in such vast quantities of ambient spiritual qi was immensely beneficial to it.

Among the ambient spiritual qi, there were various vital energies beneficial to the human body, such as nine types of pure yang vital energies, some ethereal and light qi, and countless amounts of Supreme Clarity Qi that greatly nourished the spirit. However, since Jue possessed no physical body, it could only absorb the pure yang vital energy, while the rest actually hindered its form.

Yet only masters of the Void-Underworld Realm were capable of absorbing the ambient spiritual qi and then refining it once more to extract the nine types of pure yang vital energies.

Therefore, it could only rely on the ambient spiritual qi to heal its injuries, but could not use it for its own cultivation or to enhance its cultivation level.

The boundless ambient spiritual qi now permeated the Rivers and Mountains Bottle, eventually descending slowly to settle at the bottom of the bottle. Stimulated by the nether soul power, it instantly reacted like moisture encountering freezing cold, condensing into crystal-clear beads the size of thumbs, with the faint, hazy shadow of a tiny infant visible within each. These were actually "Nether Infant Pills."

The so-called Nether Infant Pill offered boundless benefits to anyone who consumed it when it came to refining a Nether Infant.

The Rivers and Mountains Bottle possessed extensive pill-refining functions. As long as there was sufficient vital energy and medicinal herbs, refining pills required almost no effort—far easier than the "White Emperor Glazed Tripod." Especially with Jue having recovered to the Celestial Human Realm, it could refine pills in massive batches, unlike other pill cauldrons which required quenching, material selection, condensation, and various other procedural steps.

Just like last time, nearly four hundred disciples of the Moon-Worship Sect were all refined into his half-step nether power pills in the span of just a few breaths.

A full thousand "Nether Infant Pills" were generated in this single instant.

The ambient spiritual qi continued to pour down through the Holy Tree of the Immortal World, endlessly condensing into pills. New pills were generated at every moment, representing a virtually endless stream of wealth. Given enough time, Jiang Feng could easily become the wealthiest person in the Eastern Nether.

"At this rate, the surplus ambient spiritual qi every day can be refined into more than thirty thousand Nether Infant Pills! Converted into White Sun Pills, that's over three million! In time, what is there that I cannot buy?" Jiang Feng mentally calculated the massive flow of ambient spiritual qi, knowing it was a hundred times stronger than before. Aside from the qi required for his own daily cultivation, the vast remaining wealth was sufficient to support roughly one-tenth of a major sect.

Of course, with the sapling of the Holy Tree of the Immortal World expanding out of thin air, the one to benefit the most was the "Wood Emperor Nether Power."

As Jiang Feng sensed the sapling growing violently, an infinite torrent of wood qi collapsed downward, pouring entirely into the Wood Emperor Nether Power array hidden within his liver. That nether power array suddenly roared fiercely, strands of nether power rubbing against one another and producing violent thunderclaps. This was the First-Wood Divine Thunder!

When the Five Elements Nether Power was cultivated to its absolute pinnacle, it would invariably generate thunder.

First-Wood Divine Thunder, Earth-Wu Divine Thunder, Kui-Water Divine Thunder, Geng-Gold Divine Thunder, Bing-Fire Divine Thunder.

Only by refining a certain type of nether power into a grand array, where it circulated endlessly within the array in a continuous cycle of unceasing refinement until thunder was finally produced, could one achieve true great perfection.

Noticing the changes within his body, Jiang Feng nodded in satisfaction.

"The Holy Tree of the Immortal World is indeed the supreme sacred artifact. If I can acquire other fragments, fuse them into it, and continue to grow it so that it can generate five hundred thousand Nether Infant Pills every day, supplying pills for the entire Feathering Sect will be an effortless feat. I fear even the position of sect master might have to be handed over to me..."

Jiang Feng believed that as long as he could supply five hundred thousand "Nether Infant Pills" every day, Feng Baiyu, the sect master, might actually be inclined to hand the position over to him.

Supplying five hundred thousand "Nether Infant Pills" every day! That was sheer madness. Even supplying five hundred thousand "White Sun Pills" daily would be an extraordinary feat.

However, the probability of successfully cultivating by consuming "White Sun Pills" was far lower than that of consuming "Nether Infant Pills."

A master at the tenth level of the physical body realm, "Metamorphosis," who spent twenty years in bitter cultivation consuming "White Sun Pills," had a fifty percent chance of stepping into the True Nether Realm. Meanwhile, twenty years of bitter practice consuming "Nether Infant Pills" gave a ninety percent chance of breaking through to the True Nether Realm. There was simply no comparison.

"Realizer Fang Yu, I wonder if you still have a large quantity of Nether Infant Pills? If you do, our Xuan Tao Pavilion is willing to acquire them at a high price." Seeing Jiang Feng remain in a daze ever since he collected that massive piece of "Nameless Divine Wood," Thirteen Lady and Green Rosy waited for the span of about an incense stick to pass. Noticing he was still lost in thought, the two exchanged glances and offered a reminder.

"Of course I have a large quantity of Nether Infant Pills. I wonder how you intend to acquire them? Could it be that a single pill can be exchanged for over a hundred White Sun Pills?" Jiang Feng snapped back to his senses, suppressing his raging excitement while maintaining a smile that didn't reach his eyes. "However, I would rather trade them for treasures from your Xuan Tao Pavilion that contain the vital essence of the Five Elements."

"Our Xuan Tao Pavilion naturally possesses treasures of Five Elements vital essence. The two items that appeared earlier hardly count as anything. There are even better ones to come, though today there aren't any fine goods left. If Realizer Fang Yu is interested, you can wait in this Taibai City for ten days. Ten days from now, there will be an even larger treasure auction," Thirteen Lady enticed with great interest. "At that time, supreme-grade white nether sacred artifacts will appear, and even Taibai Venus Stone, Myriadfold Soft-Water Essence, Bing-Fire Thunder-Marsh Sand, Nine-Earth Breathing-Soil Crystal, and Azure Dragon Bodhi Wood—the most supreme treasures of Five Elements vital essence. If Realizer Fang Yu has a vast quantity of Nether Infant Pills on hand, you can acquire them all, and your Five Elements divine powers are guaranteed to reach perfection. Advancing to the sixth level of divine powers, the Unity Realm, will pose no problem at all!"

"You have all five of these items?" Jiang Feng was slightly startled, then asked, "Do you have the Five Elements Spiritual Roots?"

"The Five Elements Spiritual Roots?" Thirteen Lady glanced at Jiang Feng in surprise. "Realizer Fang Yu, you jest. The Five Elements Spiritual Roots are rare treasures of heaven and earth, no less extraordinary than Daoist artifacts. Even if our pavilion possessed them, we would use them to suppress our sect's fortune rather than sell them."

Pausing for a moment, Thirteen Lady added, "If the Realizer can provide over one hundred thousand Nether Infant Pills, our pavilion is willing to acquire them at a rate of one hundred and twenty per pill. If the Realizer can sell one million Nether Infant Pills all at once, our pavilion is willing to acquire them at twice the price!"

"Acquiring them at twice the price!" Jiang Feng drew in a sharp breath, sensing that the Xuan Tao Pavilion must be in urgent need of "Nether Infant Pills."

However, one million "Nether Infant Pills" was no trivial matter. Even at the current speed at which the Holy Tree of the Immortal World absorbed ambient spiritual qi, Jiang Feng would still need over a month to accumulate that amount.

"We shall discuss it then! Since there are no good goods to sell today, I will stroll around elsewhere. If I remember correctly, there seem to be two other major merchant guilds in this Taibai City: the 'Six Paths Alliance' and the 'Nine Cauldrons Pavilion.' I can go take a look when the time comes." Jiang Feng stood up.

The "treasure auction" downstairs was indeed continuing, but there truly were nothing left in the way of fine goods—merely some lower-grade white nether sacred artifacts, at most medium-grade white nether sacred artifacts, along with some rare spiritual herbs, monster skeletons, and so on. These items were good for ordinary True Nether Realm masters, but quite mundane for Celestial Human Realm masters.

Great Mystery Town contained numerous districts. The district Jiang Feng had come to was called "Taibai District," spanning over eight thousand miles in radius with a population of several hundred millions. It could not be considered the largest district. The true central district of Great Mystery Town was called the Xuanhuang District. That was truly a celestial palace among mortals, the number one place under heaven.

In this Great Mystery Town, the three most renowned merchant guilds were the "Xuan Tao Pavilion," the "Six Paths Alliance," and the "Langya Merchant Guild." Boundless rare treasures, infinite magical artifacts, and countless pills circulated daily within these three merchant guilds, either being sold or bought.

"Realizer Fang Yu, please stay your steps!" Seeing that Jiang Feng was about to leave, Thirteen Lady hurriedly called out, a platinum-colored card materializing in her hand. "This is the VIP gold card of our Xuan Tao Pavilion! It comes with numerous privileges. If the Realizer truly possesses a vast quantity of Nether Infant Pills, prioritizing us for the sale is definitely the right choice."

"Very well, ten days from now, I will come back to take a look." To be honest, Jiang Feng was also somewhat interested in the treasures to be auctioned in ten days, especially the "supreme-grade white nether sacred artifacts" Thirteen Lady had just mentioned, which were worth at least tens or hundreds of millions of pills—no trivial matter. As for the treasures of Five Elements vital essence, that Nine-Earth Breathing-Soil Crystal was a far more precious treasure than the Sea God Pearl, and he was determined to buy it this time.

The Holy Tree of the Immortal World could generate over thirty thousand Nether Infant Pills daily, which translated to over three million White Sun Pills. Ten days would amount to nearly forty million! This immense wealth would allow Jiang Feng to astonish anyone with his purchasing power.

Without further ado, Jiang Feng calmly left the VIP room.

"Green Rosy, do you think this person is truly someone who possesses a vast quantity of Nether Infant Pills?" Thirteen Lady watched Jiang Feng's retreating back and furrowed her brows. "Rumor has it that the refining of Nether Infant Pills requires massive amounts of ambient spiritual qi, alongside the coordination of specific medicinal herbs and pill cauldrons. Only the Supreme One Sect, which possesses an immortal artifact, is capable of refining such pills in large quantities. Aside from them, no other immortal sect can do so. I simply cannot believe this person has the ability to refine Nether Infant Pills. Unless behind him stands a master of the Void-Underworld Realm."

She had once suspected this person might be Jiang Feng, but after conducting private investigations, she discovered that Jiang Feng was merely a youth, whereas this person looked to be approaching middle age, which caused her to doubt his true identity once again.

"It's hard to say, but in any case, this person's strength is definitely far beyond this! I used the Universe Mirror to observe him slightly just now, and his nether power capacity is easily at the third stage of the True Nether Realm! Moreover, his nether power is incomparably pure, and his cultivation level is definitely above the fifth stage of the True Nether Realm; it's just that his nether power capacity is slightly smaller."

As she spoke, Green Rosy produced a small orb, upon which numerous silver threads were spinning.

"Let's wait and see. Many mysterious figures arrive every day. Just keep an eye on this one." Thirteen Lady nodded...

Right at that moment, Jiang Feng walked out of the main gates of the "Xuan Tao Pavilion," intending to find a place to properly familiarize himself with the surged growth of the "Holy Tree of the Immortal World," when a voice suddenly echoed from behind him: "Stay your steps!"

He hurriedly turned his head, only to discover a masked woman in red robes—none other than the master from the Exquisite Fortune Land who had purchased the "Sea God Pearl."