Devouring the Stars: Soul Master

Chapter 254 The Chaos City Lord's Summoning

War Base No. 028, Lord's Hall.

"12300 Mixed Yuan! Is there anyone bidding higher?"

In the center of the hall, a stunningly beautiful, winged Phantom Spirit looked around.

In the end, no one spoke.

"Very good, then this last bottle of Spirit Nourishing Potion belongs to Realm Lord No. 028345923. All Spirit Nourishing Potion has been auctioned off!"

The immortal of the Illusionary Spirit Clan placed the potion in his hand into a metal box and had a servant take it down. Then he spoke to the group of world lords below who looked unwilling.

"Ladies and gentlemen, all the Spirit Nourishing Potions have been auctioned off. Master Bian Que said that he does not have the main ingredient, the Soul Spirit Fruit, so he cannot refine them in a short time."

If you have Soul Fruit, you can ask him to refine it; you only need to pay a certain handling fee.

After speaking, the immortal of the Illusionary Spirit Clan slowly retreated.

The hundreds of thousands of realm lords in the entire realm lord hall all looked worried.

"Sigh, I should have made a decisive move when the auction first started. That Golden Wolf Realm Lord bought a Spirit Nourishing Potion for a mere 500 Chaos Yuan!"

A powerful realm lord who received the news late was so angry that he stamped his feet and pounded his chest. Things had happened too fast. By the time he received the news, more than a dozen items had already been auctioned off.

As powerful realm lords who obtained the Spirit Nourishing Elixir broke through their limits one by one, the price of the Spirit Nourishing Elixir began to soar.

The last one even reached an astronomical price of 12300 Hunyuan!
Many ordinary immortal gods with lifespans exceeding hundreds of millions of years may only have tens of thousands of Hunyuan units of wealth, and on average, they cannot earn even one Hunyuan unit in ten thousand years.

Even in a dangerous place like the battlefield outside the domain, very few people can produce so much Hunyuan.

"There's still a chance! Soul Spirit Fruit! If we can find one, we can ask Master Bian Que to refine it, and then we'll still have a chance to break through to immortality!"

"Yes! I've checked. Soul Spirit Fruits are generally found in ancient battlefields. Although they are extremely rare, they definitely exist in battlefields outside the realm!"

"At least, we have a sliver of hope."

"..."

The realm lords discussed among themselves, and hope rekindled in their eyes.

On the second floor of the Lord's Hall, in a private room, Qin Ming also withdrew his gaze, feeling quite moved.

The incident was something he hadn't anticipated.

Initially, it was auctioned off temporarily outside the Blazing Flame Squad's base.

Because so many people arrived and kept breaking through, the high command of the war base was alarmed and sent a Marquis-level Immortal to the front.

The temporary auction was then moved to the Lord's Hall, where dedicated staff assisted with the auction.

82 bottles of Spirit Nourishing Potion were sold for a total of 28 Hunyuan!
The average price reached an astonishing 3500 Hunyuan!

To be honest, this price exceeds the normal price of Spirit Nourishing Potions, but this is an extraterritorial battlefield!
What we have in abundance is powerful realm lords!

In order to seize one last chance, many hidden realm lords have made their move.

Of course, many of these are purchased by immortal powerhouses. Even if they don't use them themselves, which family doesn't have an outstanding disciple?

……

"Master Bian Que, I have reported your matter to the higher-ups. They will send people to handle it. You can enter the virtual universe."

Across from Qin Ming, a man dressed in white robes with a third eye between his brows, known as the Heavenly Eye King, spoke with a gentle expression.

As one of the high-ranking members of the 028 War Base and a senior member of the intelligence department of Virtual Universe Company, he was also alarmed and immediately approached Qin Ming.

It's normal for people in the base to occasionally break through to the Immortal realm, but it's unusual for more than a dozen Realm Lords to break through in a short period of time.

He would be derelict in his duty if he didn't pay attention to such an unusual event.

Intelligence gathering in external battlefields is equally important. On the one hand, it involves identifying and cultivating outstanding talents on our side, and on the other hand, it involves finding enemy talents and nipping them in the bud.

This applies not only to human races, but also to insectoid races, demon races, and mechanical races.

With the authority of the Heavenly Eye King, he naturally knew that it was almost impossible for the God Kingdom Realm Lord to break through, and only a very few with special opportunities had a slight chance.

But the fact that a single Spirit Nourishing Potion could enable him to break through was simply too shocking.

So he immediately reported to his superior, Shadow Monarch.

Soul Spirit Fruits are indeed extremely rare in the outside world, but the Virtual Universe Company still has some in its collection. If managed well, these can become a group of immortal powerhouses!
Furthermore, it would be foolish not to win over a top-tier pharmacist like Qin Ming.

"Yes, I know!"

Qin Ming sighed inwardly. He hadn't wanted to be too high-profile, but it had caused such a stir.

The Spirit-Nourishing Elixir is indeed mediocre.

He estimated that it would take at least two to three doses of the Spirit Nourishing Potion to restore the soul of an ordinary God Kingdom Realm Lord to the level of a Universe Realm Lord.

However, it couldn't withstand the fact that those who used it were all top-tier realm lords!

What level of realm lords are those who are willing to spend thousands of Hunyuan to buy a single potion?

Those are definitely among the top-tier group of the millions of realm lords!
It is the essence accumulated from battlefields outside the region!

Among them, the Lords of the Divine Kingdoms are the most numerous.

The fact that the Lord of the Divine Kingdom cannot break through to Immortality does not mean that a top-tier Lord cannot be born.

Then, an extremely surprising feedback was generated.

Almost 90% of users experienced a breakthrough immediately after using it!
What kind of insane probability is this?

Because of the existence of the virtual universe, this matter spread like wildfire in the outer battlefields in a very short time. The realm lords of other bases in the seventh battlefield, and even many realm lords in other battlefields, knew about it.

Many people went crazy and headed straight for Base 028.

Even though Soul Spirit Fruits are rare, in the entire outer battlefield, among the hundreds of millions of realm lords, there are always some lucky ones who have Soul Spirit Fruits in their hands.

……

In the virtual universe, at the highest point of Thunder Mountain Island, lies the palace amidst endless currents of air.

The Chaos City Lord, clad in a golden robe, lightly touched the void, and more than a dozen emails appeared in the void. After glancing at them, he frowned slightly, then relaxed.

As the supreme controller of the virtual universe company and the de facto ruler of the Hongmeng, the Chaos City Lord's position is self-evident. Therefore, many important departmental reports are sent to the Chaos City Lord via email for his handling.

"Is it Qin Ming, that little guy? He's only just arrived at the extraterritorial battlefield, and he's already caused such a huge commotion."

82 potions created 73 immortal warriors.

Most of these immortal powerhouses were humans from the divine kingdom.

Furthermore, three of them, after their breakthroughs, were assessed as potentially possessing the combat strength to be ennobled as marquises!

The Lord of Chaos City couldn't help but sigh.

Breaking through grants one the strength to be enfeoffed as a marquis, and there is a high probability that one can become a king in the future. Such potential is something that even the higher-ups should pay attention to!
Over billions of years, the human race has accumulated only about 10 kings!
This figure is only achieved because many kings who were crowned kings fell from grace and were then resurrected.

However, the Spirit Nourishing Potion that Qin Ming prepared made it possible to cultivate in batches!
Moreover, these are the divine beings whom the human race had abandoned in the past, which is of extraordinary significance to the entire human race.

He certainly knew that Qin Ming was a top-notch pharmacist.

The 'soul essence' extracted from the Death Soul Jade is already a high-end resource in the human race's treasure trove, and only a very few top geniuses can use it.

Subsequently, he and several of Qin Ming's senior brothers sent Qin Ming a lot of soul-related materials for his research.

Compared to the essence of the soul, the potion of nourishing spirit is naturally far inferior.

However, for Virtual Universe Company, Soul Fruits are far less scarce than Dead Soul Jade.

If all else fails, we can breed them artificially!
There's always a way if you put in the effort.

"I was pleasantly surprised as soon as I arrived at the battlefield outside the region."

The Lord of Chaos City smiled slightly; he naturally wished for as many such things as possible.

With a thought, the Soul Fruit in the human race's treasure trove was directly defined as a strategic resource and could not be exchanged at will. Then, the Chaos City Lord directly contacted Qin Ming.

Because of the matter of the soul essence, the Lord of Chaos City and Qin Ming maintained contact.

Outside the temple, a blurry figure appeared, then quickly solidified.

"Greetings, Lord of Chaos City."

Qin Ming bowed respectfully.

"Hmm, what's the deal with this Spirit Nourishing Potion?"

The Lord of Chaos asked directly.

"This is a relatively low-end soul potion that I created while cultivating in Chaos City, after comprehending many alchemist secrets and combining them with my Soul River talent."

Qin Ming bowed slightly.

"The effects of the Spirit Nourishing Potion are not actually as powerful as imagined. It's just that most of the users are top-tier beings among the humans of the Divine Kingdom."

They were only one step away from breaking through.

It's just that because of a flaw in their soul, they find it difficult to take that step.

With just a little push, it can break through...

Qin Ming spoke the truth and did not exaggerate the effects of the Spirit Nourishing Potion.

"I see! How difficult is it to refine this Spirit Nourishing Elixir?"

The Lord of Chaos City nodded; this was the same speculation given to him in the email from the intelligence department.

"The rest isn't too difficult! It's just that refining the essence of the soul is something most pharmacists probably can't do. I can provide the formula to the company."

Qin Ming shook his head slightly. Virtual companies also have many top-notch pharmacists, including top-notch soul potion masters.

He dared to take out the Spirit Nourishing Potion because he wasn't worried about anyone noticing anything wrong with it.

Because it is indeed possible to refine and manufacture it using Soul Fruit, although the process is rather complicated.

"The origin of the soul?"

The Lord of Chaos City suddenly realized that the Soul Spirit Fruit, a treasure born from an ancient battlefield, could indeed absorb some scattered soul essence, but it contained a great deal of impurities and was difficult to utilize.

Only Qin Ming!

Having a clone of the River of Souls allows one to easily refine it by controlling the soul.

If other top-tier soul alchemists were to do it, it would be a waste of their time and effort.

As they were talking, the Chaos Temple rippled again, and the figure of the Lord of Darkness appeared.

He looked at Qin Ming with a rather strange expression.

"Didn't you say you planned to keep a low profile and hunt in the outer battlefields?"

Having just arrived at the extraterritorial battlefield, and before even leaving the war base, War Base 028 caused a sensation, even alarming the Lord of Chaos City.

Is this what you call being low-key?
"Teacher, this was an accident!"

Qin Ming gave an awkward smile.

The Spirit Nourishing Potion was just a cover. Who could have imagined that the humans of the Divine Kingdom had accumulated too many peak Realm Lords? He only threw out a tiny spark, which directly caused a raging fire.

"You should focus on your own training and improvement first, and break through to become an immortal!"

The Lord of Darkness spoke.

The emergence of a cosmic ruler among the human race is of greater significance than the immortality of millions or tens of millions.

The fact that too many top-tier special life forms were being nurtured would inevitably lead to a significant increase in the difficulty of breaking through to immortality, something he had anticipated long ago.

Back in Chaos City, Qin Ming's understanding of the laws was already incredibly advanced.

The Ten Fundamental Laws acknowledged this, and the Law of Space further comprehended one of the three profound mysteries: spatial sealing, spatial strangulation, and teleportation.

If it were any other realm lord, they would have already broken through to immortality.

But Qin Ming's side remained completely silent.

"Yes! This disciple understands! However, regarding the Spirit Nourishing Potion, as well as the humans of the Divine Kingdom and the humans of the Secret Realm, this disciple has a small thought, but I don't know if I should say it."

(End of this chapter)