Taking Pills

Ning Fan: "..."

Weige, Shenbao... why were the names of the pills in the Yin Yang Divine Sect so bizarre? And they even came with elaborate background stories.

It left him entirely speechless.

"Your current state is not entirely suited for the Shenbao Pill. You may continue to take it, of course, but if you consume the Weige Pill, your performance during dual cultivation will increase manifold."

Lingxu Fairy raised a delicate brow.

"Mn..."

"I suppose that works. I only wonder how many Weige Pills Her Highness the Saintess is willing to trade for the Beast Soul Bone in this disciple's hands?"

Ning Fan mused for a moment before speaking.

Since he had brought the Beast Soul Bone into the Yin Yang Tower, he had always intended to exchange it for cultivation resources. Now that Lingxu Fairy wanted to trade for it using Weige Pills, it might not be a bad choice.

"As many as you need," Lingxu Fairy replied.

"As long as you hand the Beast Soul Bone over to this seat, I will cover every pill you require for dual cultivation."

"Deal," Ning Fan agreed.

To him, the value of the Beast Soul Bone was not fixed. If he met someone willing to pay a steep price, he could naturally trade it for treasures of equivalent worth. But if he failed to find the right buyer, he would only be left with a regrettable bargain.

Ning Fan had previously considered exchanging his resources for dual cultivation pills with other disciples.

But dual cultivation pills were a tricky matter.

Most people would not carry a massive surplus of them on their person, making it incredibly troublesome for Ning Fan to buy a sufficient quantity from a single individual.

If a lack of pills became a bottleneck in his cultivation, he figured it was much better to just hand the Beast Soul Bone to Lingxu Fairy and secure his entire supply in one go.

"Here."

Seeing him agree, Lingxu Fairy flipped her fair hand, revealing a pristine white jade bottle. It was small, likely holding no more than a dozen pills.

"Is this all?"

Ning Fan was slightly dissatisfied.

"If it is not enough, this seat can provide more at any time. After all... after all..."

Lingxu Fairy bit her lower lip.

"Fair enough."

Ning Fan accepted the small porcelain bottle, tipped a single pill into his palm, and tossed it into his mouth.

The pill instantly dissolved into a warm current, sliding down his throat and spreading into his limbs and bones.

In an instant.

Ning Fan felt all lingering fatigue swept from his body. His blood-Qi surged with newfound vigor, and his movements grew far more intense.

"Wait-wait a moment, disciple Ning Fan!"

Lingxu Fairy's voice trembled.

Suddenly.

A sharp pang of regret struck her heart. She had traded the Weige Pill to Ning Fan, but the one who had to 'endure' the consequences was her!!

But how could the thoroughly invigorated Ning Fan stop now? He threw himself into his cultivation with soaring enthusiasm.

"..."

Lingxu Fairy clenched her teeth, doing everything in her power to suppress the sounds threatening to escape her lips. But this suppression only allowed the agonizing 'difficulty' to accumulate.

When the tension finally reached its breaking point, a sound slipped out.

"Hnn-"

"Di... disciple Ning Fan. For this, this seat will not let you off... hnn."

"..."

Ning Fan had already reached the most critical juncture of their cultivation. Even in the face of Lingxu Fairy's threats, his rhythm did not slow in the slightest.

Finally.

The dual cultivation process reached its absolute peak. Ning Fan and Lingxu Fairy's spiritual power converged, their Yin and Yang perfectly harmonized, blending seamlessly like water and milk.

As their spiritual power separated and returned to their respective bodies, Ning Fan was astonished to find that his cultivation realm had advanced even further!!

-Profound Extreme Realm, seventh layer!

"The Beast Soul Bone..."

Lingxu Fairy's languid voice drifted over. A hazy white light had already enveloped her. In just a few moments, she would be sent back to her original location.

"Here." Ning Fan flipped his palm, producing two fragments of bone.

"Two pieces?"

Lingxu Fairy asked, her tone tinged with confusion.

"Yes, two pieces. However, both of these Beast Soul Bones contain the same Treasure Art. They must be comprehended together," Ning Fan explained.

"I see."

Lingxu Fairy gave a slight nod, a flush of deep satiation lingering on her face. She extended her snow-white arm and accepted the Beast Soul Bones from him.

Unwilling to speak further, she ceased her resistance against the white light. Her graceful figure began to fade.

"Wait!"

Ning Fan called out suddenly.

"Saintess, you have yet to answer this disciple's previous question. Did Your Highness manage to find any information regarding the Tianxuan Holy Land and Ye Honglian?"

"No. How much time do you think has passed?"

Lingxu Fairy's indolent voice echoed back.

"..."

Ning Fan pondered for a moment and realized she was right. It felt like two separate dual cultivation sessions to him, but from a temporal perspective, less than an hour had passed in the outside world. It was entirely reasonable that Lingxu Fairy hadn't had the time to investigate.

Buzz-

The white light expanded, and Lingxu Fairy's figure vanished completely. A moment later, Yun Qingyao materialized in her place.

"Husband, your realm has advanced again," Yun Qingyao said, her voice carrying a trace of excitement.

"Mn."

Ning Fan gave a slight nod.

He had consumed three thousand Spirit Stones both times. The first batch had pushed him from the fifth layer of the Profound Extreme Realm to the sixth, and the second had just elevated him from the sixth to the seventh.

Logically, breaking through to the seventh layer should have been far more difficult and demanded vastly more Spiritual Qi. So why had the exact same expenditure of Spirit Stones yielded this result?

-The key lay in the Yin Yang Qi.

The Yin Yang Qi lingering behind the barriers on the Yin Yang Tower's second floor was far denser and purer than on the first. It was only with the profound augmentation of this Yin Yang Qi that Ning Fan's realm could surge upward so rapidly.

Without the Yin Yang Qi, three thousand Spirit Stones wouldn't have even been enough for him to break through from the third layer of the Profound Extreme Realm to the fourth, let alone anything higher.

Huu-

Ning Fan took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.

The Peak Competition-or more accurately, the Yin Yang Tower itself-was truly a massive Fated Chance. If a disciple possessed sufficient talent, a mere few days inside the Yin Yang Tower could allow them to skyrocket in power, leaping from the middle stages of the Profound Extreme Realm to the late stages, or perhaps even touching the Earth Extreme Realm.

It was no wonder that every disciple in the Yin Yang Divine Sect flocked to the Peak Competition.

"Let's go, my wife,"

"We still have several more floors to conquer!" Ning Fan said.

"Mn."

Hand in hand, Ning Fan and Yun Qingyao stepped down from the bed and approached the barrier. With a casual punch, Ning Fan shattered the formation from the inside.

As they stepped out into the open hall, Ning Fan flipped his palm.

A pill rested quietly in his hand.

-The Shenbao Pill.

Dual cultivation naturally relied upon innate talent and strenuous effort, but even with an abundance of both, a little medicinal assistance was always welcome.

Shenbao, Weige...

Ning Fan wanted them all!!!

Stepping out of the barrier, Ning Fan was met with a distinct sense of quiet emptiness. The reason was simple-he and Yun Qingyao had claimed their barrier relatively late.

As part of the first wave of disciples to reach the second floor, they should have held the absolute initiative. However, Ning Fan's battle with Personal Disciple Qingbo had thoroughly squandered that head start.

While Ning Fan and Yun Qingyao were busy dual cultivating, the rest of the disciples had been fiercely competing. That had been the peak of the second floor's chaos.

Now that their session was over, the dust had largely settled. The victors had already claimed their chambers and begun their own dual cultivation.

Of course.

Fewer fights didn't mean total peace. There were still scattered disciples brawling over the remaining barriers or trying to break into occupied ones, but the scale of the conflict paled in comparison to the utter frenzy of the first floor.

"Let's go. We'll take a look at the third floor."

"..."

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