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Duan Shu's cultivation had reached the Nascent Soul Stage, so Qi Liang and the others were very surprised.

"Young Master, before you went into seclusion, you were at least a level 4 of the Aurous Core stage. Now, you're at the early Nascent Soul stage?"

"It's been a long time since I've had a breakthrough. Now that I've made a sudden breakthrough, naturally I'm progressing quickly!"

"Looks like we have to work harder. We are only at the initial level of the Aurous Core stage."

"Hehe, you have to work hard too, Qi Liang. Hurry up and contact Shang Wuji, come here, I have something important to discuss with him."

Qi Liang left. After a while, Shang Wuji arrived.

"Young master, is there anything important you need to summon your subordinate for?"

"I need a large amount of energy crystal pills right now. How many pills do you have left?"

"Young master, we still have 200 million cubic meters of energy crystals and 100 million Tier 7 spiritual pills. If young master is in urgent need, I will send them over immediately. However, we don't have much Ten Thousand Year Freezing Wood left."

Duan Ling Tian smiled. "I've recently prepared 1 million tons of Ten Thousand Year Freezing Wood, it's enough for you to trade."

Duan Meng took out a storage bag and passed it to Shang Wuji. Shang Wuji returned and personally brought a storage bag containing 200 million cubic meters of Energy Crystals and 100 million Tier 7 Energy Pills.

Duan Ru Yue put it away and placed it in the Heavenly Refining Diagram. This was for his avatar to devour. The devouring beast devoured two huge beasts, so the more the better, but the more the better. However, Duan Ru Yue wasn't the only one. After his cultivation level had increased to the Nascent Soul Stage, the effect of consuming a Tier 7 spiritual pill wouldn't be great.

However, he did not have many Tier 8 spiritual energy pills, only ten thousand of them. If he swallowed 100 of them every day, that would be the least amount, it would only take him three months to finish them all. Then he would have to concoct a large amount of Tier 8 spiritual energy pills.

Duan Ru gave him 1 million Tier 7 Spiritual Pills, so that Duan Pu could use them to cultivate higher Tier Heavenly Dragon Grass, which was the main ingredient to concoct Tier 8 Spiritual Pills. Everything else could be bought, only Heavenly Dragon Grass over a thousand years old could only be produced on its own and was hard to find in the market.

Duan Meng quietly went on to arrive at the city. After organizing enough ingredients, he started to refine the Tier 8 Spirit Pill in his manor with the help of Qi Liang, Xiao Fengxian, Hei Yan and Long'er.

The current Duan Ling Tian was proficient in refining Tier 8 spiritual pills. It was no longer difficult for him to refine a Tier 8 spiritual pill. Not only could he refine it, but he could also mass produce it. The only problem was that it would consume a large amount of soul force.

This was because Tier 8 spiritual pills already possessed spiritual intelligence and a pill spirit had already appeared. Each of them had a powerful soul and to Duan Meng, to refine a million Tier 8 spiritual pills, he would need an endless stream of soul power.

As long as there was the energy of the magma, the Ten Thousand Year Freezing Wood would be able to mass-produce the branches and leaves of the cold wood. Thousands of tons of it had been cut down for him to swallow, and the soul force he had encountered was quickly replenished. Duan Can Lian refined more than 2.4 million Grade Eight Qi Pills, and Duan Yi's soul force, not only did it not decrease, it also received limitless nourishment. Right now, Duan Yi's soul force was even stronger, at the time he was able to control 10 throwing daggers, now he could control over 100 daggers.

In order to refine this Grade Eight Spirit Dan, Duan Ru was in his own villa for half a year, and after refining for half a year, besides eating and sleeping, he would also refine pills. The power of Duan Ru was limitless, because Duan Ru Tian's other clone, the Swallowing Beast, would consume energy every day in the Skysplit Tile, which was equivalent to resting. Thus, it didn't matter even if Duan Ru Yue didn't sleep.

However, the few of them couldn't take it anymore. They had no clones, so they still had to eat and sleep. When they met, they could only concoct pills during the day and cultivate during the night. They basically did not sleep. Even if the original body wanted to rest, it could let the avatar rest. If the original body wanted to rest, the original body could cultivate on its own.

It was just a matter of time. If Duan Ru had enough time, he could try to refine a Grade 9 Spirit Pill. Even though Duan Meng didn't have the secret to refining a Grade 9 Spirit Pill, he was confident that as long as he practiced a few more times, he would still have hope.

Of course, if there was a manual for refining it, that would be even better.

In the entire Fire Cloud Empire, only one person could concoct a Tier 8 spiritual pill, and the rest of the alchemists were all Tier 7. Even though there were hundreds of millions of Tier 7 spiritual pills in the Fire Cloud Empire, the number of Tier 8 spiritual pills was extremely rare.

Even if it was the imperial family, they didn't have much left over food. They were naturally eager to get a Tier 8 spiritual pill. Thus, they sent out emissaries to discuss with Duan Meng about whether they could exchange for some Tier 8 spiritual pills.

According to the previous official prices, every level up of the level of the Qi pellet would cost 100 times more. For example, a seventh grade Qi pellet could be exchanged for 100 sixth grade Qi pellets and a sixth grade Qi pellet could be exchanged for 100 fifth grade Qi pellets.

The grade eight elixir that he came across consumed a huge amount of soul power to refine. Even if most people knew how to refine it, they would need a tremendous amount of soul power to refine one grade eight elixir, and that alone would be enough to drain a person's soul completely. From this, it could be seen how difficult it was to concoct a Tier 8 spiritual pill.

Right now, Duan Ling Tian had 2.4 million grade 8 Spirit Dans, which was a huge amount of wealth, but it was still far from enough. He had to consume 100 or more grade 8 Spirit Dans every day, so he wouldn't need many years for these 2.4 million. Of course, Duan Ru would still refine it. If he just sat back and ate, Duan Ru couldn't bear to part with it.

After Duan Ru completed refining, he took out 400 thousand pills and gave them to Qi Liang, Xiao Feng Xian, Hei Yan, and Long'er, 100 thousand pills each, which would be enough if they used them themselves. The four of them weren't like Duan Ru, who had already advanced to the Nascent Soul stage.

"Young Master Duan, our Imperial Family is willing to exchange 150 Grade Seven Spirit Dans for one Grade Eight Spirit Pill."

Duan Ru smiled. "In all of Fire Cloud Empire, I am the only one who can refine a Grade Eight Spirit Dan. If you all were to say it like this, then you don't think much of me. My Grade Eight Spirit Dan is too worthless."

The Imperial Emissary was slightly embarrassed. "Young Master Duan, I was wrong earlier. I gave you 200 pills, so how about it?"

"Interesting, but it's not enough."

"Then I haven't exchanged for a single one."

"Ok, deal, however, I can only give you 100 thousand pills, no more."

"Alright, here are 3 million grade seven spiritual energy pills, we'll take 100 thousand."

The people of the royal clan were very satisfied. They left, and Shang Wuji of the Shang clan also came to discuss the matter with Duan Jidao.

"Young Master Duan, you should know that Shang Zong is most proficient in trading, but his strength is inferior to other sects. A Grade Eight Spirit Pill can create a Qi Cultivating Stage disciple and become a Foundation Establishment Stage disciple. I think Young Master Duan should give them a portion." Helplessly, Duan Ru gave Shang Wuji 100 thousand [Level 8] spirit pills.

No matter what, Shang Zong was his right-hand man, and he could not ignore them.

The head of the Mu Sect, Qi Tian, had also come. Needless to say, he also wanted the level eight spirit pellet, but the Mu Sect was not as big as the Shang Zong, and had many disciples, so they needed at least 500 thousand of them. Duan Jian could only bear with it, gave 500 thousand of them to Qi Tian, and happily left.

Duan Meng himself still had 1.3 million Tier 8 Spiritual Pills, so he took out 300 thousand of them and started the auction in Fire Cloud City's marketplace. In the end, he traded 500 Tier 7 Spiritual Pills for one and got 150 million without Tier 7 Spiritual Pills. Duan Meng thought about it and felt that it was worth it. What he lacked was a Tier 7 spiritual pill. As long as he had a Tier 7 spiritual pill, he would be able to concoct a Tier 8 spiritual pill.