Mortal's Purple Sky Cave Heaven

Chapter 433 The Breath-Melting Pill

With his current strength, he is confident that he can overcome the tribulation of two colors of lightning unscathed.

However, although Bingfeng is considered strong among cultivators of the same level, it is still somewhat dangerous for her to undergo the two-colored lightning tribulation.

“Few cultivators from other realms enter the True Dragon Realm, and even those who do are mostly Mahayana cultivators, and they don’t stay long. Therefore, even if there are pills to eliminate the aura of other realms, there probably won’t be many,” Jin Ling thought for a moment and replied.

"Thank you for informing me, Fellow Daoist Jinling. I'll head to Dragon Island now. Would you like to come along?" Nie Zhaonan's face lit up with a hint of joy.

“I just happen to have enough spirit stones to buy the ‘Five Spirit Pills,’ so let’s go and get the pills together this time,” Jin Ling said confidently, raising his head.

Nie Zhaonan couldn't help but glance at it secretly. If he remembered correctly, the Five Spirit Pill was worth a full fifty million spirit stones!

Jin Ling was merely his master's maidservant. Not only did she raise her cultivation to near the peak of the mid-stage Nascent Soul realm in the past two hundred years, but she also gathered enough spirit stones to purchase the 'Five Spirit Pill'.

His master was incredibly generous, or rather, he had too many treasures and was too wealthy, so what he bestowed upon Jin Ling was just a drop in the ocean.

Seeing Nie Zhaonan's appearance, Jin Ling couldn't help but let out a soft hum, instantly feeling extremely comfortable.

The three of them immediately set off, transforming into streaks of light and heading towards the teleportation array.

After a uneventful journey, and after passing through several teleportation arrays, Nie Zhaonan and his companions appeared outside the teleportation hall of Dragon Island, and then headed straight in a certain direction.

In what appears to be an ordinary small town, Manager Wang, with short, black horns on his head, sits in the Treasure Medicine Hall, his gaze occasionally sweeping over the cultivators passing by on the street.

Suddenly seeing Nie Zhaonan and his two companions, his eyes lit up, and he stepped out from behind the counter, greeting them with a joyful expression.

"Fellow Daoist Nie, I haven't heard from you lately. I've been waiting with bated breath." Manager Wang's face was full of joy as he stretched out his hand to lead the three inside and led them to the counter.

Manager Wang was noticeably more polite than when they first met, and there was even a hint of flattery and ingratiation in his tone.

Nie Zhaonan wasn't too surprised. He could easily guess the reason: it was because he had defeated Zhu Wushang of the True Dragon Clan, demonstrating his powerful strength and potential.

He said calmly:

"I have been in seclusion for the past few years and have not gone out. It is normal that the shopkeeper does not know this."

"Seclusion?" Manager Wang scanned Nie Zhaonan with his divine sense, and after seeing his current cultivation level, his expression changed. "Fellow Daoist Nie, you've already reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage so quickly? With your talent, breaking through to the Void Refinement stage should be a piece of cake. In my opinion, it won't be long before you become a Void Refinement cultivator like me."

"You flatter me, shopkeeper," Nie Zhaonan replied with a faint smile.

His breakthrough to the Void Refinement realm was not as simple as Manager Wang had made it out to be. After all, advancing to the Void Refinement realm required the unification of the five elements, and he was still missing the Earth Divine Thunder.

This divine thunder is in Elder Candlelight's possession, and obtaining it would require considerable effort.

"Hmph, Manager Wang, is all you're thinking about is entertaining Fellow Daoist Nie?" Jin Ling suddenly spoke up.

"Fairy Jinling, are you here to buy Five Spirit Pills?" Shopkeeper Wang asked with a smile, his eyes darting around.

“Exactly,” Jin Ling nodded slightly, and with a wave of her hand, a storage bracelet slowly flew out from her sleeve and landed on the counter. “This is fifty million spirit stones.”

Upon hearing this, Manager Wang did not pick up the storage bracelet, but instead looked troubled.

Seeing this, Jin Ling had a bad feeling and asked:

"The Five Spirit Pills are sold out?"

"It's not sold out, but..." Manager Wang hesitated for a moment before continuing:
"Recently, there have been so many customers buying this pill that the supply is falling short of demand. The Five Spirit Pill has increased in price from 50 million spirit stones to 60 million."

"Sixty million!" Jin Ling exclaimed in surprise, her tone indignant.
"The elixirs for breaking through bottlenecks are already extremely expensive, and your Baoyaotang is raising prices even more?"

"This is not something I, as the manager, can decide," Manager Wang explained, the implication of which was clear to everyone present.

Jin Ling looked somewhat displeased, snorted coldly, and reached out to take the storage bracelet into her hand.

At this moment, Bing Feng Qin, who was standing to the side, tilted her head slightly, looked at Nie Zhaonan, and slowly said:

"Brother Nie, you should still have some extra 'Jade Radiance Pills', right? They're useless to keep, so why not give them to Jin Ling?"

“Since you asked, Feng’er, there’s no problem.” Nie Zhaonan glanced at her indifferently, flicked his sleeve, and a pure white jade bottle flew out with a “whoosh” and landed in Jin Ling’s hand in a flash.

"Bingfeng, Fellow Daoist Nie." Jin Ling was somewhat at a loss, unsure of what to say for a moment.

"Jade Radiance Pill? Isn't this the elixir that the True Dragons take? Its medicinal power is much stronger than the Five Spirit Pill. How come Fellow Daoist Nie has this pill?" Manager Wang asked in surprise.

"That's naturally because of my young lady," Jin Ling said with some pride, but she didn't explain further.

"Lady Yue Li, I see." Manager Wang was quite tactful and didn't ask any more questions, but he valued Nie Zhaonan even more.

“I can’t just take your pills for nothing,” Jin Ling said, handing the storage bracelet to Bing Feng. “There aren’t enough spirit stones in here, but I can replenish them soon.”

“There’s no need for that. This pill was made from spiritual herbs from Senior Yue Li’s herb garden. If she knew we sold it to you, Jin Ling, at such a high price, it wouldn’t be good. Fifty million spirit stones are enough.” Bing Feng shook her head, smiled, and casually put away her storage bracelet.

"Yes, Bingfeng, thank you, and thank you Fellow Daoist Nie as well," Jin Ling said gratefully, but when she looked at Nie Zhaonan, she seemed a little awkward.

She had previously intended to compete with Nie Zhaonan to see who was more favored by the young lady, but now that she thinks about it, it was really childish.

Nie Zhaonan simply responded with a faint smile, showing no sign of blame.

How could he not see that although Jin Ling had profound cultivation, perhaps because she had served her master for a long time and rarely interacted with others, her mind was actually similar to that of a teenage girl, and she had no bad intentions.

Despite not being able to close the deal with Jin Ling, Manager Wang remained cheerful and guessed:
"Fellow Daoist Nie, is your purpose in coming here to obtain a pill to break through the bottleneck of the Void Refinement stage?"

“I have already made preparations for breaking through to the Void Refinement stage. This trip is for the upcoming Minor Heavenly Tribulation,” Nie Zhaonan said frankly, shaking his head slightly.

He didn't need any other rare and precious materials to help him break through to the Void Refinement stage. He only needed to gather the Five Elements Divine Thunder, and breaking through to the Void Refinement stage would be a natural thing.

"I almost forgot, fellow Daoist is a flying cultivator, carrying a strong aura from another world. If you don't cleanse your marrow and body, you'll attract a deadly two-colored lightning tribulation." Manager Wang slapped his forehead and muttered to himself.

"From what you've said, shopkeeper, do you have pills that can dispel the aura of other worlds?" Nie Zhaonan asked, his expression shifting. "Of course we do. However, in this True Dragon Realm, very few cultivators can use this pill, and the materials used to refine it are extremely rare. Because of its scarcity, it's quite expensive," Shopkeeper Wang replied.

"what price?"

"The Mixi Pill costs thirty million spirit stones per pill. One pill's effects will last for three hundred years. If you take ten pills consecutively, you can completely eliminate the otherworldly aura from your body." Manager Wang's eyes darted around, and seeing that Nie Zhaonan's expression was calm, he spoke.

"Thirty million!" Jin Ling exclaimed in disbelief. "The Mixi Pill is just an auxiliary pill; it has no effect on improving one's cultivation level whatsoever, yet it costs thirty million spirit stones?"

Nie Zhaonan's expression was also somewhat unpleasant; the price of 30 million spirit stones per stone far exceeded his expectations.

In this way, it would take 300 million spirit stones to completely eliminate the otherworldly aura on one's body!

He has many Daoist partners, and he is not the only one who needs this elixir; there are a total of ten people including him.

A rough calculation would be 3 billion spirit stones!

This price is outrageous!
They're practically leaving no way for anyone to survive.

"The Breath-Soothing Pill, although it cannot directly improve one's cultivation level, is a truly life-or-death pill for those who need it. Without this pill, even if one is lucky enough to survive the first two-colored lightning tribulation, one will perish under the subsequent, even stronger two-colored lightning tribulations." As he spoke, Manager Wang couldn't help but twitch his lips. He also felt that the price was a bit unfair, but what could he do? He was just a clerk.

Letting out a long breath to suppress his displeasure, Nie Zhaonan asked calmly:
"What is the price of the spiritual herbs used to refine the Breath-Resting Pill?"

Manager Wang paused for a moment, then slowly began to speak:

"This shop does not sell the spiritual herbs used to refine the Mixi Pill, nor does it have the formula. I suppose other spiritual herb shops are the same. The Mixi Pill is specially refined by elders in the Integration Stage. It is not impossible to completely eliminate the otherworldly aura on your body. You just need to serve the elders for 30,000 years."

"Thirty thousand years!" Bingfeng was speechless. Her cultivation years were considered long among Nascent Soul cultivators, but it was only a little over ten thousand years.

"The True Dragon Elders all have long lifespans. For them, 30,000 years is not a long time at all; in fact, it's a bit short," Manager Wang explained forcefully.

After hearing all this, Nie Zhaonan finally understood why the Mixi Pill was so expensive: some True Dragon Clan elders wanted to use it to recruit promising cultivators as their subordinates.

But how could he possibly work for someone for 30,000 years? You have to understand, he was only a little over 600 years old at that time.

"Here are sixty million spirit stones. Let's start with two 'Relaxing Pills'," Nie Zhaonan said casually, tossing out a storage bracelet with a wave of his hand.

He really wanted to go to the spirit world at that moment.

After all, the human race's Tianyuan City's elixir for eliminating otherworldly aura—the Dust-Extinguishing Pill—requires only one pill to be taken each year, and only requires continuous use for three hundred years to completely eliminate the otherworldly aura.

The price was only three hundred years as a Qingming Guardian, a hundred times less than the thirty thousand years set by the True Dragon Clan elder.

Nie Zhaonan, who was initially reluctant to become a Qingming Guard in Tianyuan City and be driven by others, now felt much less resistant.

“Alright,” Manager Wang said, taking the storage bracelet in his hand and verifying that the number of spirit stones was correct. He then flipped his hand slightly and put the storage bracelet away.

As his hand returned to its original position, two black jade bottles appeared in his hand, which he handed over without hesitation:

"The Mixi Pill is inside the jade bottle."

After accepting the pills, Nie Zhaonan had no intention of staying any longer. He took Bingfeng and Jinling with him and left gracefully.

"This Fellow Daoist Nie is very powerful. If he were willing to join Elder Huo's ranks, he would definitely have a bright future. It's a pity that he clearly has no such intention." Watching the three figures disappear completely, Manager Wang looked quite regretful and muttered to himself.

On the other side, Nie Zhaonan and Bingfeng did not linger on Dragon Island. After bidding farewell to Jinling, they returned to their cave in Qiyun Mountain without stopping.

In a secret room, Nie Zhaonan's figure vanished without warning and entered the Purple Cloud Cave.

Ice Phoenix, on the other hand, stayed in the cave, cultivating in peace while also serving as a messenger.

After all, once inside the cave, there is a world separating them, making it difficult for Nie Zhaonan to receive messages from the outside world.

However, as the master of the small world nurtured within the cave, she has a close spiritual connection with Nie Zhaonan, through which she can transmit some important information.

Within the Purple Cloud Cave, the spiritual energy was abundant, yet it remained serene.

Deep within the Demon Realm, the aura of true demons surged, eerily strange.

A graceful figure in purple robes, exuding charm, sat quietly cross-legged on a futon. Her figure was slender and captivating.

Unwittingly, she noticed the intense gaze directed at her from behind. Wang Ning's eyelashes trembled slightly, and her beautiful eyes slowly opened, becoming even more profound and captivating.

As soon as Fang Yi stopped the incantation, the person behind him eagerly pressed against him.

"Husband~" Wang Ningzhu pursed her lips slightly, the corners of her mouth turned up, and a beautiful smile appeared on her jade face.

"Ning'er, the first place I came to was here," he said, caressing her delicate body wantonly.

"Don't say that, what if the other sisters hear that?" Hearing the words around her, which revealed their affection for her, Wang Ning was overjoyed.

"Alright, I'll just tell Ning'er quietly. This is a secret between the two of us; I won't tell them."

"Um"

Her snow-white neck arched like a swan's, and a layer of peach blossoms gradually appeared on Wang Ning's delicate skin.

More than half a year later, in a pool of spiritual spring, spiritual energy wafted, and only a delicate body could be vaguely seen bathing in it, with water droplets falling with a 'splashing' sound.

Nie Zhaonan suddenly appeared and grabbed her slender waist.

Yuan Yao naturally did not resist and threw herself into his arms.

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