Ye Fan stood at the door of the fourth floor of the Pill Pagoda, looking at the puppet guard, and said with displeasure, “It costs 10,000 spirit stones to enter the fourth floor. Why don’t you just go and rob?”
The puppet guard didn’t even move its eyes, and kept repeating, “Greetings, ten thousand spirit stones. Greetings, ten thousand spirit stones!”
Ye Fan wished he could kick the puppet guard, but, feeling the powerful breath of the puppet guard, Ye Fan held back.
Ye Fan looked at the puppet and knew that the materials used for the puppet were very powerful. Ye Fan couldn’t help but sigh that the cultivator who made the puppet was a money waster. With such good materials, he made such a jerk.
Ye Fan was depressed and paid ten thousand spirit stones to enter the fourth floor of the Pill Pagoda.
On the fourth floor of the Pill Pagoda, there was still a soul power alchemy technique, but it was much more complicated than the first three floors.
After three days, Bai Yunxi changed his face and returned to the area outside the Pill Pagoda.
Outside the Pill Pagoda, there was a huge crowd.
There were too many people and many cultivators had to float on their flying swords in mid-air.
The cultivators around were excitedly discussing something.
“Yeah, this is a big mess.” The Taotie ghost giggled.
Bai Yunxi frowned. Ye Fan had already reached the seventh floor, and there were many forces outside the Pill Pagoda, all waiting for Ye Fan to come out.
“Young Master Bai, you are miserable.” The Taotie ghost said.
Bai Yunxi said inexplicably, “Why do you say that?”
The Taotie ghost giggled and said, “Think about it! Ye Fan has already climbed to the seventh floor. He must have a bright future! At that time, there will be many people who want to marry their daughters and granddaughters to him. At that time, you will have rivals.”
Bai Yunxi: “…”
Bai Yunxi took a deep breath, and the surrounding whispers entered Bai Yunxi’s ears.
“Who’s in there! He actually broke into the seventh floor in one go. Miss Mu Xue also made it to the seventh floor before. However, it took Miss Mu Xue several tries before lighting up the pill diagram on the seventh floor.”
“I was fortunate enough to meet that person before. That person wasn’t wearing the robe of an alchemist. He doesn’t appear to be an alchemist.”
“Not wearing the alchemist’s robe doesn’t necessarily mean he’s not an alchemist. Maybe he’s an alchemist who doesn’t like the alchemist’s robe. How can a layman break into the seventh floor all of a sudden!”
“I heard that Miss Mu Xue was able to enter the seventh floor because of the mutation in her soul power. Could it be that the guy inside also has a mutation of soul power?”
“…”
Mu Xue stood outside the Pill Pagoda, her brows knitted together.
“What a powerful alchemist!” Mu Xue said.
“Miss, you are not worse than him!” Qing Li said.
Mu Xue shook her head and said, “No, I’m not as good as him.”
Mu Xue secretly thought: The alchemy techniques on the walls of the Pill Pagoda were extremely profound. The alchemy technique on each floor must be mastered in order to light up the pill diagram on the pagoda wall.
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It took her half a year to study the alchemy technique on the seventh floor before she could master it. According to Mu Xue’s experience, the techniques on the pagoda walls required extremely high soul power. Cultivators with strong soul power had an advantage. Although her soul power had mutated, when she reached the seventh floor, her soul power felt overwhelmed. However, the cultivator in the Pill Pagoda right now was still not exhausted. Obviously, his soul power was terrifying.
Mu Xue felt that the techniques in the Pill Pagoda were very high-level, and the entire technique was likely to be a holy-level technique. If you could understand such a high-level technique, the benefits would be obvious.
“Miss, do you think it’s an old Nascent Soul monster from the Alchemists Association?”
Mu Xue shook her head and said, “No. Most of the alchemists in the association have already been to the Pill Pagoda. This situation shouldn’t exist.”
Qing Li said with some confusion, “That’s a bit strange.”
“Miss, that guy has gone to the eighth floor.” Qing Li covered her mouth and said.
Mu Xue took a deep breath and said, “Who is this guy?!”
…
It took Ye Fan more than a month to enter the ninth floor, and he earned four million spirit stones. When he got the spirit stones, Ye Fan couldn’t help feeling an unprecedented sense of wealth.
Ye Fan rushed to the tenth floor, while the cultivators who were waiting outside the Pill Pagoda had long been fired up.
People from all major forces gathered here, and even a Nascent Soul cultivator expressed that he would accept Ye Fan as a disciple.
The Taotie ghost was lying on Bai Yunxi’s shoulder and said, “This is big trouble. Your husband will be robbed of his head as soon as he comes out.”
Bai Yunxi bit his lip and did not speak.
“Let’s not talk about his talent in alchemy, but after going through so many floors, your husband’s net worth must be incredible.” The Taotie ghost said.
Bai Yunxi rolled his eyes and thought to himself: Yes! When Ye Fan came out, he would be rich. After being in this world for so long, Bai Yunxi often felt poor, and he had not experienced the feeling of spending money like dirt for a long time.
Ye Fan broke into the tenth floor, and saw there was a turtle puppet at the door of the tenth floor.
“Greetings, one million spirit stones. Greetings, one million spirit stones.”
Ye Fan looked at the puppet guard, bared his teeth, and thought secretly: It was getting more and more excessive. The entry fee was so expensive.
Ye Fan kicked the turtle’s back.
The voice of the turtle puppet suddenly changed, “No spirit stones, get out. Poor ghost, get out!”
Ye Fan: “…”
Thinking of the 10 million reward on the tenth floor, Ye Fan reluctantly paid the spirit stones, but only got 3 million spirit stones and an IOU of 7 million.
Ye Fan looked at the IOU in his hand and trembled with anger.
Ye Fan entered the eleventh floor with black lines all over his head. Fortunately, the puppet guard on the eleventh floor did not ask Ye Fan for spirit stones. Ye Fan was so angry that he didn’t notice that when he entered the eleventh floor, the IOU of seven million became five million.
After lighting up the pill diagram on the eleventh floor, Ye Fan got an IOU for 20 million spirit stones.
Ye Fan endured his anger and entered the twelfth floor, which was not guarded by a puppet.
On the twelfth floor of the Pill Pagoda, spiritual energy floated in the air like mist. As soon as Ye Fan entered it, he felt a strong spiritual energy pouring into his body.
Spiritual energy turning into mist? Ye Fan frowned. It was recorded in the classics that some cultivators absorbed a lot of spiritual energy from spirit stones, and if they couldn’t absorb it all, the spiritual energy would turn into mist. This was a very, very wasteful and very, very shameful thing.
This kind of situation only appeared in ancient times when spiritual energy was abundant. For nearly ten thousand years, few people had seen it.
Ye Fan frowned and looked around, feeling like he was being watched.
…
Outside the Pill Pagoda, a lot of people gathered to watch the fun.
“Senior brother, what are these people looking at?! I heard that 70% of the alchemists in Pill Capital are gathered here. Is this pagoda so beautiful?” Luo Dieyi said with a frown.
Lin Mo shook his head and said, “I don’t know.”
The words of Luo Dieyi and Lin Mo caused the surrounding cultivators to stare.
Luo Dieyi couldn’t help blushing when she noticed that the cultivator next to her was looking at her like a country bumpkin.
Lin Mo watched for a while, got bored, and left.
Because many people in Pill Capital went to watch the fun at the Pill Pagoda, the streets of Pill Capital seemed a little deserted.
“Senior brother, Ye Fan and Bai Yunxi seem to be in Pill Capital too.”
Lin Mo nodded and said, “Yes.”
Not long after Lin Mo arrived in Pill Capital, he discovered that many cultivators were looking for Ye Fan. He heard that the problem was the wood-heart flame that Ye Fan bought. Even if the fire was fused, it could still be forcibly removed. If he was found, the situation would be very dangerous.
Fortunately, Ye Fan seemed to have disappeared without a trace.
“Senior brother, do you think Alchemist Ye is the one in the Pill Pagoda?” Luo Dieyi said through voice transmission.
Lin Mo shook his head and said, “Impossible. Alchemist Ye is only at Foundation Establishment.”
Luo Dieyi nodded, and said, “That’s true. Maybe it’s a secluded Nascent Soul alchemist. The cultivator inside is going to become famous in one fell swoop.”
…
After lighting up the pill diagram on the twelfth floor, a round and chubby little pagoda appeared in front of Ye Fan. The little pagoda flickered with yin and yang fish eyes, looking at Ye Fan curiously.
Ye Fan looked at the little pagoda, frowned, and said, “Are you the pagoda spirit?”
The spire of the little pagoda bent and made a gesture similar to a nod.
“What about the reward for this floor?”
The little pagoda looked at Ye Fan, waved its fleshy little hand, and said gloatingly, “There is no reward for this floor!”
Ye Fan said with a dark face, “No, why not?”
“The reward on this floor is me.” The little pagoda said.
“You?”
The little pagoda nodded and said, “Yes. My previous master asked me to recognize the person who lit up the twelve pill diagrams from the Immortal Pill Sect as my master. However, you are not from the Immortal Pill Sect, and you should understand your strength isn’t up to par.”
The little pagoda looked at Ye Fan with contempt.
Ye Fan frowned with displeasure, “My strength? What’s wrong with my strength?”
The little pagoda was speechless. “What’s wrong? You are actually only at Foundation Establishment, not even Golden Core. However, you can break into this floor with a Foundation Establishment cultivation base, which is really amazing.”
The little pagoda stared at Ye Fan for a while, shook its head, and said with regret, “A nine-colored soul actually threw itself into an eight spiritual roots waste. What a waste!”
Ye Fan said with displeasure, “You don’t know shit! What’s wrong with eight spiritual roots?”
The little pagoda shook its body and said, “En, I don’t understand. In short, it’s impossible for me to recognize you as my master. In my opinion, you should give up on this idea. Of course, if you advance to Nascent Soul, it’s not impossible for me to recognize you as my master. But with your qualifications, if you want to advance to Nascent Soul, you should wait for the next life.”
Ye Fan said with displeasure, “Who cares? I’m too lazy to be your master, but what about spirit stones? You have to give me the spirit stones you owe.”
The little pagoda’s eyes rolled around shiftily and said, “There are no spirit stones.”
“Why not?”
The little pagoda smiled and said, “Well, the landlord’s family has no surplus food! That unworthy descendant of the Immortal Pill Sect, who had no ability and impure mind, actually took me to such a land where birds don’t shit. This continent is far worse than the Central Continent.”
“How did that cultivator bring you here?” Ye Fan asked curiously.
“Ancient teleportation formation! If you want to rely on that formation to return to the Central Continent, don’t even think about it. I also thought so, but that cultivator was a coward. As soon as he came over, he destroyed the teleportation formation on this side.” The pagoda spirit shook its head.
Ye Fan looked at the pagoda spirit and said in confusion, “Do you want to return to the Central Continent?”
“Of course! Look at the cultivators who come in. They are all poor people, and they all use low-grade spirit stones to pay their bills. When I was in the Central Continent, many people paid using middle-grade spirit stones. The taste of middle-grade spirit stones is much better than low-grade spirit stones, but of course, top-grade spirit stones* are the best.”
The pagoda spirit sucked at the pile of spirit stones, and dozens of spirit stones were absorbed into the little pagoda. The body of the little pagoda was bulging, like flatulence. From the windows of the little pagoda, wisps of spiritual energy spewed out.
Ye Fan said with a dark face, “Have you pocketed all the spirit stones?”
It was very difficult for a spiritual weapon to generate a weapon spirit. Most weapon spirits only had a vague sense of consciousness and would obey the owner of the spiritual weapon. However, the pagoda spirit in front of him had a very clear mind, and had obviously mutated.
Looking at the plump pagoda spirit and it spewing spiritual energy, it looked like it had eaten a lot of spirit stones.
The spiritual energy turned into mist. Ye Fan’s eyes widened. Yes, the spiritual energy mist on this floor should be caused by the pagoda spirit, this prodigal son.
If the weapon spirit had a clear sense of consciousness, it would be very difficult to make it recognize a master. Trying to force it might also backlash on the master.
The little pagoda looked at Ye Fan and said with displeasure, “Don’t make it sound so ugly. I just charge a certain labor fee. You know, it is also very hard for me to maintain the operation of such a large pagoda.”
Ye Fan sneered and said, “Where’s your hard work? You only know how to collect money?”
The little pagoda looked at Ye Fan and said, “You don’t understand. There are many people waiting for you outside. If you don’t want to see them, I can do you a favor.”
Ye Fan looked at the little pagoda curiously and said, “Do me a favor? What can you do for me?”
The little pagoda smiled. Ye Fan felt a spiritual force hit him, and then his body flew up and was teleported out of the Pill Pagoda.
***
T/N: *Spirit stones are divided into low-grade, middle-grade, high-grade and top-grade. Higher grade spirit stones have more and purer spiritual energy. Once the spiritual energy is absorbed, the spirit stones turn to dust – that’s why there aren’t enough spirit stones to pay the rewards on the 10th and 11th floors and IOUs were issued lol. The pagoda spirit basically embezzled them. It’s not always specified, but you can assume that while they’re in the Eastern Continent, which has the lowest level of cultivation and available spiritual energy, that everyone uses low-grade spirit stones.
