Ye Ming returned to his Ye Garden, called Bi Qiong out, and asked, "How to open this box?"
Bi Qiong said: "You, the leader of the Tiangang Sect, are like idiots and want to use brute force to open this 'mystery box'."
"Is it called a mystery box? What is it used for?"
"The mystery box is used to preserve precious things. My lord has a good eye and picked it." As he said that, he took the mystery box and twisted it left and right. There were complicated mechanisms on it.
After struggling for half an hour, the box opened with a "snap". Inside was a bead, the size of an egg, blood red.
"Huh? It's actually a blood-devouring bead." Bi Qiong was surprised. He further explained that the blood-devouring bead is actually the inner elixir condensed by the blood-cultivating person. The soul, experience, and skill of the blood-cultivating person are all in the blood-devouring bead.
Ye Ming: "So, there is a soul in this blood-devouring bead?"
"This bead is clean." Bi Qiong said, "The spiritual thoughts inside have been refined and can be absorbed directly. If the Lord swallows it, he can directly improve his cultivation to a level similar to that of blood cultivation. But this way Once this happens, my lord will also become a blood cultivator."
Ye Ming: "What level will the blood cultivator's strength be?"
"At least not lower than me, and more likely to be higher than me." Bi Qiong said, "But the master is very qualified, so there is no need to take this path."
Ye Ming nodded and put away the blood-devouring bead without intending to use it. If he finds an opportunity, he will sell this thing to get some money to spend.
Bi Qiong and Xi Lai both clamored to take that pill. Ye Ming was helpless. The quantity of Ruyi Bu Yuan Pill was limited, so he had to find a way to get more.
The most direct way is to look for that residual pill. Later, he asked around and heard that Tiandimen had excavated an ancient tomb and found a large number of destroyed pills. However, because the asking price was too high, it didn’t sell well.
Tiandimen operates a Tiandi Treasure Hall, which sells broken elixirs.
Through the teleportation array, Ye Ming came to the Tiandi Continent. The Tiandi Continent is nearly twice as large as the Tiangang Continent, and has more people living on it.
Ye Yuanshi was at the Heaven and Earth Gate, along with his fifty-five disciples. When he came to Tiandi Gate, he naturally had to meet Ye Yuanshi first.
In an inn, Ye Yuanshi came alone, saw Ye Ming, and said, "Dad, why did you come to Tiandi Continent?"
Ye Ming said: "I'm here to sell some nine-star elixirs, exchange them for some heaven and earth coins, and then buy some residual elixirs."
Ye Yuanshi: "Do you want to sell elixirs? Then you have to go to the Heaven and Earth Treasure Hall."
The father and son came to the Treasure Hall of Heaven and Earth. Ye Ming took out the seven-star elixir he had refined. After asking about the price, he felt that it was similar to selling it at Tiangang Gate, so he took the 25,000 nine-star elixirs in his hand. Fifteen thousand coins were sold in exchange for 127 Beijing and 20 billion heaven and earth coins.
After getting the money, Ye Ming first gave Ye Yuanshi a Beijing Heaven and Earth coin, and then asked about Can Dan.
Ye Ming had sold five thousand nine-star elixirs before, and the shopkeeper regarded him as an important guest, so he politely introduced him to an elixir hall.
Inside, there are various kinds of elixirs, but they are all broken, some only have a tenth left, and some have only about half.
Ye Ming glanced at it and found that the appearance of these elixirs was very extraordinary, and they should all belong to the category of earthly divine elixirs. However, after it is broken, the effect will naturally be gone.
Ye Ming frowned deliberately and said, "The effect of this elixir is probably not as good as that of the nine-star elixir."
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "But the price is also cheap, only 80% of the nine-star elixir."
Ye Ming: "The available broken pills are only one-tenth. You don't want 80% of the price of a nine-star pill, right?"
"It's like this. We calculate the money according to the proportion of the original elixir volume. For example, if there is one-half of an elixir left, then we will calculate the 20% discount on the nine-star elixir, and then divide it by two, and you will get a 40% discount on the price. You can take it away.”
When Ye Ming heard this, he thought it was a good deal and said, "I have just become your supreme member, right? How much discount can I get as a supreme member?"
"15% off." The other party said quickly.
Ye Ming nodded: "You count all these residual pills, I want them all."
When the shopkeeper heard this, he was overjoyed. It's been almost a hundred years, but not even a tenth of these residual pills have been sold. I didn't expect this man to buy them all.
Finally, everyone in the hall counted the broken pills. The final result was that if the broken pills were converted into whole pills, there were about 16,000 pills.
Sixteen thousand pieces, based on the 20% discount on the price of the nine-star elixir, plus the 15% discount on Ye Ming's supreme membership, it ends up being another 20 billion heaven and earth coins in the Ninety-Two Capitals.
Ye Ming paid the money and still had thirty-four Beijing Tiandi coins.
He was not going to take these heaven and earth coins to Tiangang Continent for use, otherwise he would lose a lot of money in exchange fees.
So, with these thirty-four Beijing Heaven and Earth coins, he purchased the materials for three more furnaces of divine elixirs.
The previous three furnaces of divine elixirs have been refined, and he is ready to refine some more.
Ye Ming did not plan to stay in the Heaven and Earth Continent for a long time. When he changed things and was about to leave, Ye Yuanshi mentioned one thing: "Dad, I was accepted as a disciple by an authoritative elder. Now I have mastered the Supreme Technique of Heaven and Earth. Dad wants to Don’t want to learn?”
Ye Ming was quite curious about the supreme power of heaven and earth, so he asked a few questions. This supreme skill of heaven and earth is an extremely domineering skill. It is very difficult to practice, even Ye Yuanshi is struggling.
Ye Mingxin said that there was no harm in learning more exercises after all, so he asked Ye Yuanshi to dictate it and he recited it himself for future study.
After such a delay, Ye Ming left Tiandi Continent and returned to Tiangang Continent two days later.
In the past few days since he left, Tiangangmen was looking for him. It turned out that the day after he left, the eight sects had conflicts and disputes over the share of the sacrifice. In the end, the eight gates decided to hold a big competition to determine the shares of each party.
Ye Ming asked the cardinal elders and found out that the eight sects had to "sacrifice" somewhere in the sanctuary every year, and the cost of the sacrifice was very high. It can be said that nearly one-third of the annual income of the Eight Gates is spent on sacrifices, which shows what a heavy burden this is.
Ye Ming once asked why the sacrifice was needed and who it was sacrificed to, but the cardinals and elders were always vague and did not seem to want to mention the existence of the person who was sacrificed.
The one who stirred up trouble this time was the Five Elements Sect. It sounds like a joke. The five major sects of the Five Elements Sect had a conflict when they shared the cost of the sacrifice. In the end, they all agreed that the territory of the Five Elements Sect in the Holy Realm was far smaller than that of the other seven sects, so the cost of the sacrifice should not be shared equally.
After the Five Elements Sect did this, other people with smaller territories also expressed their opinion that it was unfair. For example, the Tiangang Sect, which is located in the Holy Domain, is relatively sequential, and of course they also jump out and scream about injustice.
If one person shouts unfair, everyone will shout unfair. So after the eight leaders discussed it, they decided to hold a big competition to determine the share that each party should bear.
The rule of the competition is that each sect will share a guaranteed 10% of the expenses. In this way, 80% of the cost was settled, and no one had any objections.
The remaining 20% will be decided by the eight sects through a competition to decide which one will bear it.
During the great competition, each sect would send a number of disciples to compete with the other seven sects. A win is worth two points, a tie is worth one point, and a loss is worth no points.
In the end, the sect with the highest score will not bear any additional expenses, the second place will bear half of the remaining expenses, and the third and fourth place will each bear 10 percent. The fifth place will bear 1.5%, and the sixth to eighth places will each bear 20%.
This competition is of great importance. The first place will save one-fifteenth of the annual expenses. The last three will have to spend an additional tenth of their income every year. This subtracts and adds, and the gap is revealed.
Therefore, all sects attach great importance to this competition.
In the Cardinal Hall, Ye Ming finally saw other elite disciples. In addition to him, there were three other elite disciples in the main hall.
Ye Ming has never seen these three people, but they all have strong auras.
Sect leader Zhou Wentian said: "This competition is related to the future of each sect. Even if our Tiangang sect cannot take first place, we must be in the middle."
He continued: "We have seven competitions this time. I discussed it with the elders and decided to send the four of you to participate in the competition."
Speaking of this, he looked at Ye Ming: "Ye Ming, our Cardinal Office unanimously believes that you are the strongest among the four elite disciples at the same level. However, among the other seven sects, there are elite disciples at the Taoist realm. , there are also elite disciples at the Dao Lord Realm. Among the four of you, only you are at the Divine Lord Realm, the other three are two Taoists and one Dao Lord. You must deal with different enemies separately."
"We don't know what level of disciples the other party will send, so it's not yet certain which of you will fight for how many times. We can only adapt accordingly."
Ye Ming knew that this kind of competition was extremely dangerous, and if he lost, he might lose his life. In this competition, it is normal for one or two of the four of them to die.
Zhou Wentian continued: "The competition will begin tomorrow. I will now distribute a violent pill to each person. This violent pill can more than double your strength. However, the side effects are also obvious, and your body and soul will be affected. , even falling out of the ranks of geniuses. Although the side effects are so strong, once you are in danger of life, taking the Violent Pill is a wise choice compared to your own life. "
Ye Ming took the elixir and felt heavy. Although there are no obvious swords and swords between the eight sects, this kind of battle is also cruel. Every year, countless disciples die in the big competition or the small competition.
Inside the Tiangang Sect, there is a restaurant. This restaurant is usually closed. It only opens before the big competition or the small competition, and then prepares a sumptuous feast for free for the Tiangang Sect disciples who have participated in the competition.
Four elite disciples, including Ye Ming, have arrived, and there are only four of them. At this moment, no one else is qualified to sit here.
For some of them, this may be the last drink.
The atmosphere was a little depressing from the beginning. The oldest elite disciple of the Dao Lord Realm raised his glass and said with a smile: "Three junior brothers, I will do it first as a token of respect."
Ye Ming and the other three raised their glasses and finished it in one gulp.
The disciple of Daojun said: "I haven't introduced myself yet. My brother, Chen Xuandu, has been an elite disciple for twenty years. This is considered a long life among elite disciples."
The two Taoist disciples put down their wine glasses, and the one on Ye Ming's left said: "Hua Qianhuan, an elite disciple for thirteen years."
The Taoist Realm disciple on the right: "Wu Pingsheng has been an elite disciple for seven years."