The Great Elder of the Holy Lion Clan straightened his body, arched his paws, and a trace of helplessness flashed across his large and mighty lion head as he sighed softly.
During the recent discussions, he had already mentioned many conditions of the Holy Lion Clan, but unfortunately, Ling Mu remained unmoved.
However, he also knew that the Holy Lion Clan was not considered very powerful among the peak races of the Ancient Immortal Heavens, and he didn't have too much hope of attracting the Pill God Hall this time.
Moreover, this trip was not without its gains. He had already obtained a batch of pill quotas from the Pill God Hall. As long as the resources were transported, they could be exchanged for pills.
Afterward, the Great Elder of the Holy Lion Clan conjured clouds beneath his lion paws and flew out of the Northern Yang Realm.
"That's the forty-ninth one," Ling Mu said, shaking his head slightly as he watched the departing figure.
Since the Pill God Hall concluded the auction, these Great Elders of the peak races had not left.
Instead, they competed to meet with him, offering various benefits and conditions, intending to make the Pill God Hall their affiliated force.
Ling Mu naturally rejected this.
However, since the Ancient Immortal Heavens were ultimately controlled by these peak forces, and considering the resources they controlled, Ling Mu also left other avenues open, such as exchanging resources and medicinal herbs for pills.
This method had been repeatedly tested and proven effective by the Pill God Hall when facing many civilizations in the Heaven Void Realm. Conservative estimates showed that the Pill God Hall could pocket three and a half shares of the four shares of medicinal herbs sent by these peak races, using them to support the Immortal Court.
"Hall Master, there are two Chaos Half-Immortals outside the hall claiming to be from the Gu family of the Black Mire Heavens, requesting an audience," a Pill God Hall guardian respectfully reported as Ling Mu returned to the Pill God Hall.
"Black Mire Heavens?" Ling Mu frowned slightly. The Pill God Hall's main area of activity was only in the Ancient Immortal Heavens, and he was not clear about the location of the Black Mire Heavens.
"Let them in," Ling Mu said after thinking for a moment.
"Yes," the Pill God Hall guardian withdrew.
Soon, Gu Hun and Gu Yan walked in.
"May I ask, senior, are you a high-level Quasi-Immortal Pill Saint of the Pill God Hall?" Gu Hun took a deep breath, feeling the terrifying aura emanating from Ling Mu, and said respectfully, not daring to be negligent.
"I am. What brings you here to find me?" Ling Mu nodded slightly, as this was not a secret.
"It's like this, Pill Saint, my brother and I want to request a pill!" Gu Hun said in a deep voice.
"What pill?"
"A Yuan Void Quasi-Immortal Pill! I wonder if Pill Saint can refine it?" Gu Hun was very nervous, afraid of receiving a refusal from Ling Mu. They had been searching the heavens for it and were nearing despair. The Pill God Hall's auction of a Yuan Void Quasi-Immortal Pill had given them a glimmer of hope, but if it was a relic from an ancient era and not recently refined, it would be over.
"I can," Ling Mu nodded.
Hearing this, Gu Hun and Gu Yan exchanged glances, their bodies trembled, and joy was evident on their faces.
"However, the Yuan Void Quasi-Immortal Pill... this kind of pill is extraordinary!"
"You're not using it yourselves, are you?"
Ling Mu tapped the table rhythmically with his index finger, his eyes narrowed slightly.
The Yuan Void Quasi-Immortal Pill was a pill for treating injuries to the Great Dao. Generally speaking, only Chaos True Immortals could use it. The two Chaos Half-Immortals in front of him only had Seventh-Rank cultivation, far from reaching the Chaos True Immortal realm, and they had no injuries. Furthermore, judging from their travel-worn appearance...
Ling Mu could tell at a glance that these two pill seekers had extraordinary identities.
"To be honest, Pill Saint, this pill is indeed not for our use, but for our family's Chaos Great Luo True Immortal ancestor," Gu Hun said truthfully.
"Oh?"
Chaos True Immortals had nearly infinite vitality, and many injuries could heal on their own. For them to resort to external forces meant that their injuries had reached an unbearable level...
A trace of understanding flashed in Ling Mu's eyes.
"The Yuan Void Quasi-Immortal Pill has long been lost to time. Those who know how to refine it in the entire Chaos are extremely rare. Since you have come here from the Black Mire Heavens, you must know this, right?" Ling Mu said calmly.
"Pill Saint is truly insightful," Gu Hun and Gu Yan exchanged glances, a trace of bitterness appearing on their faces.
Seeking pills always came at a price. The Pill God Hall's Pill Saint was clearly increasing the value of the Yuan Void Quasi-Immortal Pill with these words.
"My ancestor is a late-stage Chaos Great Luo True Immortal. If Pill Saint can refine a hundred Yuan Void Quasi-Immortal Pills, our Gu family can promise to give half of our family's resources to Pill Saint!" Gu Hun took a deep breath and said respectfully.
The ancestor's injuries were becoming more and more serious. Now that they had found a Pill Saint who could refine the Yuan Void Quasi-Immortal Pill, he would naturally not waste time haggling. Half of the Gu family's wealth was the result of discussions among the entire Gu family's high-level members. Compared to the ancestor's safety, these external possessions were not worth mentioning.
Moreover!
The ancestor was their Gu family's pillar of support.
If anything were to happen to him.
All of the Gu family's resources would fall into the hands of others. How could they bear to part with them?
"Oh?" Ling Mu's pupils constricted, and an incredulous expression appeared on his face.
His intention was only to increase the value of the Yuan Void Quasi-Immortal Pill, but he didn't expect the other party to be willing to invest so heavily.
Half of the resources of a family with a late-stage Chaos Great Luo True Immortal powerhouse!
"I'll do it!" Ling Mu took a breath.
"Pill Saint, this is the deposit," Gu Hun handed a Grand Thousand World ring shimmering with immortal light to Ling Mu, containing seven universes of resources, with many small worlds within, of extremely high value.
Soon.
Ling Mu began refining the pills.
Before that, he also reported the matter to Xuan Ming.
"The Gu family of the Black Mire Heavens, interesting."
"Once the Ancient Immortal Heavens are unified, I will collect this resource, and by the way..." A strange light flashed in Xuan Ming's eyes. He had already received the coordinates of the Black Mire Heavens and the Gu family's promise, waiting only for the unification of the Ancient Immortal Heavens to proceed.
Taking a slight breath, Xuan Ming prepared to refine and merge the Chaos World.
During this time, as the Immortal Court's exploration deepened, the number of Chaos Worlds that could be found became fewer and fewer, and Xuan Ming's workload began to decrease daily.
"It seems that it won't be long before I need to go to the Ancient Immortal Heavens," Xuan Ming's gaze fell on the uninhabited Heavenly Palace. The Ancient Immortal Human Race, the Green Ghost Race, the Dark Ghost Race, and the Holy Soul Race were all his pawns.
Once the Chaos Worlds in the unexplored areas were searched.
The territories of these four peak races in the Ancient Immortal Heavens would be his next refining targets.
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"Ah!" In the uninhabited Heavenly Palace, Immortal Maiden Shen Yue couldn't bear it any longer and threw her pillow fiercely into a corner of the Heavenly Palace. A red-robed woman, unable to avoid it, was knocked unconscious on the spot.
"Finally, it's a little quieter!" Immortal Maiden Shen Yue rubbed her brow, a smile appearing on her face.
As a dignified Chaos True Immortal, even if her cultivation was restricted, how could she not deal with an ordinary being? She was simply worried about the forces here.
But since they were taking advantage of her and constantly harassing her, she could only take action.
However, the smile on her face quickly disappeared.
"Huh? She actually fainted just now. It must have been an illusion. Next, I'll continue to secretly monitor Immortal Maiden Shen Yue's every move." The red-robed woman scratched her head and continued to input voice into the red sand jade talisman in her hand.
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Chapter 478: The Gu Family Patriarch's Disdain, The Immortal Court Has Ten Chaos Great Luo True Immortals Seated
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"This ......"
Looking at the red-robed woman who was almost fully resurrected and continued to whisper in the corner of the Heavenly Palace, oblivious to everyone else, Immortal Maiden Shen Yue opened her mouth, somewhat dumbfounded.
She couldn't understand.
Was there something wrong with this red-robed woman's brain!
"Damn it, I'm so angry." Immortal Maiden Shen Yue took a deep breath and covered her head with the immortal silkworm quilt again.
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Ancient Immortal Heavens, Pill God Hall!
The refining of high-level Quasi-Immortal Pills was not easy.
Even Ling Mu, who had merged with the Dao Integration Pill Immortal's inherited memories.
Could only achieve a full batch of pills per furnace, but could not shorten the time it took for the pills to form.
Therefore, refining a hundred Yuan Void Quasi-Immortal Pills would take a long time.
The days passed bit by bit.
In the blink of an eye, more than seven hundred years had passed.
In the secret chamber of the Pill God Hall, a dense immortal pill aura permeated the entire secret chamber. The immortal furnace slowly opened, and five immortal pills, as if they had spirits, rushed out of the immortal furnace, hanging down hundreds of millions of strands of immortal energy, dancing in the secret chamber, incomparably magical.
"A hundred Yuan Void Quasi-Immortal Pills, finally refined," Ling Mu put the last five pills into a jade box, a smile appearing on his face.
The pills in this jade box were worth half of the accumulated resources of a family with a late-stage Chaos Great Luo True Immortal powerhouse throughout their entire lives.
Heaven knew how massive the resources within were.
"My brother and I, on behalf of the Gu family, express our sincere gratitude to Pill Saint," On the other side, Gu Hun and Gu Yan had been waiting for a long time, and seeing the jade box in Ling Mu's hand, they were excited and respectfully saluted.
"It's nothing, we're just taking what we need," Ling Mu waved his hand.
"Pill Saint, now that we have obtained the pills, my brother and I will immediately return to the Black Mire Heavens without staying any longer. We bid farewell here."
"If nothing unexpected happens, after our ancestor's injuries are healed and we have dealt with family matters, we will be able to send over the promised half of the resources," Gu Hun said respectfully.
Then, unable to hide their eagerness, they flew out of the Northern Yang Realm with Gu Yan.
After they left, Ling Mu didn't idle either.
During these seven hundred years, the medicinal herbs from the various peak races had basically been transported, and his main energy had been focused on the Yuan Void Quasi-Immortal Pills, which had caused these pills to be put on hold. Fortunately, the various peak races did not require a specific time, and he had enough time to refine these pills.
Ling Mu's gaze fell on the piled-up great medicines, separating one-eighth of them, preparing to use them to refine the pills needed by the peak races.
The higher the grade of the pills, the more difficult they were to refine.
Ordinary high-level Quasi-Immortal Alchemists, such as that Tianhe Pill Saint from the Nine Saint Heavens, only had a one-to-two pill formation rate for four portions of medicinal herbs.
But Ling Mu, who had merged with the Dao Integration Pill Immortal's memory inheritance.
Was already well-versed in this kind of pill below the true immortal pill, and the pill formation rate was almost 100%.
The peak races of the Ancient Immortal Heavens gave Ling Mu four portions of medicinal herbs according to the proportion given to Tianhe Pill Saint, and the Immortal Court naturally made a huge profit.
