Chapter 201: Six Times the Protein Content
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
As the free-trading session started, Fang Ning decided to try something funny… No. He was just planning to test out how popular Sir System’s products were.
He discussed with the System to see if it was willing to trade something.
The System said, “Of course we are trading our pills. Those high-level monsters that I’m facing are bigger than me, so I will need to heal myself when I am losing the battle. For that, I will need more high-quality herbs to create better blood-enriching pills.”
Fang Ning thought about those video games that he played and asked, “Do you have those pills that increase both offense and defense, something that can temporarily push your power-level to Lake-level once eaten?”
The System replied, “If you can get your hands on the recipe then I can learn it and produce the perfect version of the pill. As of now, I don’t have any. All I have are those that heal injuries, souls-strengthening, as well as conditioning pills. The old monks will need to give me their recipe if they want me to make those Limit Breaking Pills.”
Fang Ning hesitated and said, “Leave this to Anderson and Zheng Dao. Give them daily missions for gathering recipes. Those alliances, the Buddhist Association, and the Truth Department will surely have a lot of those. Unfortunately, their technique is worse than Azure Mountain. Their pills are ineffective due to their low efficiency.”
In the end, they decided to try trading using a potent blood-enriching pill. This was their way of announcing the Venerable One’s involvement in the business of supplying rare cultivation ingredients to all the masses.
System Notification, [The System has consumed 1,000 Experience Points and high-quality vitality herbs to create the potent blood-enriching pill. Effect: Slightly rejuvenates damaged meridians, improves vitality, and enhances physical fitness when taken regularly.]
“This just in, the Venerable Dragon God has decided to sell one specially cultivated rejuvenating medicine from the Dragon Clan, the Nine Transformations Rejuvenating Pill. This pill is refined using our realm’s finest ingredients such as Ginseng, Poria, Lucid Ganoderma, Velvet Antler, Fleeceflower Root, Trogopterus dung, Bear Gall, Notoginseng, and other top-quality medical herbs. Due to its low cultivation success rate, the starting price will be ten servings of all the ingredients. Its effects are… Everyone is invited for this auction.”
The reaction it received was different compared to the pills that Azure Mountain put up for auction. As soon as the auction started, the agent representing the Truth Department and the vice president of Tian Qi Energy LTD, Chen Xiang, immediately placed his bid.
He was not an idiot. The Truth Department had instructed previously to support the Venerable Dragon God regardless. Besides, according to previous years, the Azure Mountain would’ve asked for fifteen to twenty servings of required ingredients to create the same pill.
And if they were to cultivate such pills themselves, they would require at least thirty servings. Plus, the success rate will only be around 3%. Basically, it will be similar to trying to hit the jackpot…
They were no match against the System, who could make it all the time so long as it had the Experience Points needed.
Hundred Herbs Clan followed with their own bid, with an increase of 1% on what Vice-President Chen had bid.
They weren’t afraid of angering the Truth Department with their bid. Their business was on reverse engineering, and through this bid, they would have expanded their supply of pills. Plus, they also had a business partnership with the Truth Department when it came to supplying pills.
Those from the alliances and Buddhist Association saw what was happening and refused to place a follow-up bid. They knew that challenging the Truth Department would be biting off more than they could chew.
The Truth Department gave up in the end, and the pill was given to the Hundred Herbs Clan.
They had no idea that even if they did successfully reverse engineered the pills, they could never create a pill with the same efficacy as the one produced by Sir System. The refining process was a secret that belonged to the Dragon Clan…
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The Bodhisattva Spirit King was cultivating in isolation inside the Spirit King Cave somewhere in Spirit Valley. Elder Gui Da and Elder Gui Liu, as well as Zhu Hongying, Ma Da, Lu Er, Niu Si, and the others were waiting in the main hall.
Nobody from the Association of Spirit King attended the trading ceremony. Besides avoiding meeting anyone from the Azure Mountain, they also had something important to attend to. This was the first time the Insect Mother was going to lay its first insect egg.
This would be the first egg it laid after it trained in the Spiritual Insect Reincarnation Technique with Bodhisattva Spirit King.
The fair and large Insect Mother was inhaling all the white smoke emanating from the Bodhisattva Spirit King, but this time there was no return of anything.
After a moment, its tummy suddenly retracted forcefully, and out came a white insect egg.
The insect egg was emitting a pure aura of benevolence compared to before when it received the energy from the Insect Demon. The eggs that were produced back then were filled with a killer instinct.
“You worked hard, Insect Mother,” the Bodhisattva Spirit King was delighted when he sensed the energy emitted by the insect egg. It was a suitable specimen for his Spiritual Insect Reincarnation Technique.
“Let’s not delay any further. I will now summon a merciful soul over and carry out the first reincarnation,” he said with compassion, “If this reincarnation fails, I will activate the Spirit Assembling Technique. By then you will need to train by yourself momentarily.”
Insect Mother replied, “Merciful Bodhisattva. In the past, the Insect Demon would throw them away once they failed.”
The Insect Mother remembered the time it was with the Insect Demon. Their training with the Insect Demon was efficient, and it would take around one month for it to master this technique with it.
However, with the compassionate Bodhisattva, it took them half a year. Every time they failed the Spirit King would perform his Spirit Assembling Technique. After that, he would need three days to recover his energy.
It could understand the Bodhisattva’s intention to summon kind souls for this blessed opportunity. After all, the meaning behind the first Insect Spirit was much bigger than itself; if they succeeded, they would be granting that spirit the status of a God, like the Adam and Eve of insects.
The Bodhisattva was not suitable for experimental research.
‘However, it was better this way. I feel safe and I have no worry about the Bodhisattva turning his back against me… This peace of mind wasn’t with me when I was with the Insect Demon.’
As the Insect Mother thought, a voice appeared next to her.
“So hungry…”
Through this voice, the Insect Mother realized the Bodhisattva had successfully summoned a spirit. Just when it was about to praise the Bodhisattva, knowing the Bodhisattva loved to be praised by others…
It was shocked by what happened next.
‘This spirit is so strong!’
The people outside started to stir; those that were on guard outside had also sensed the spirit. However, they could only remain outside. Without Bodhisattva’s permission, no one was allowed to enter the chamber.
In front of both the Insect Mother and the Bodhisattva, a white spirit started to appear.
This spirit had the appearance of a little girl at around fourteen to fifteen years old… She was sniffing around, as if she were trying to find some food.
The energy that was emitted from her was stronger than the Bodhisattva Spirit King, possibly even stronger than the Aachman that Fang Ning had met.
The Bodhisattva Spirit King saw this and said in shock, “I never knew that I could summon such a strong spirit. Is this spirit some kind of universe-shocking monster? Impossible. This realm will never allow the presence of such a strong powerhouse above the permitted limit…”
Just as he was confused by the appearance of the spirit, the spirit realized their presence.
“Eh, there is a big fat insect here. It’ll be delicious after I roast it…”
The Insect Mother was shocked, as the little girl started sprinting towards it. It immediately moved its elephant-like body.
The Bodhisattva Spirit King recovered and sprang into action immediately, stopping the spirit. He said to the spirit calmly, “Friend. You are still in your spirit form, so you will not be able to eat anything physical. How about I supply you with some magical energy?”
“No. I can only inhale that energy. I can’t bite it. It’s tasteless. I want to eat roasted insects…”
“Bodhisattva, save me.”
The Bodhisattva Spirit King will not permit the summoned spirit from killing the Insect Mother. It would destroy all his training, plus he will never allow his partner to be killed in front of him.
However, the spirit was too strong. He estimated that even with the help of the Venerable Dragon God, Tianjing Fawang, and Master Ma performing the Four Symbols Sealing Formation, it will be useless and they would all be murdered by this spirit…
As he thought about this he frowned. He saw how the spirit had already rushed to the side of the Insect Mother started and inspecting it… The spirit must be investigating the protein content, which is almost six times more than a normal steak…
He could read the spirit’s mind and felt helpless. He said to the spirit immediately, “I know a technique called the Spiritual Insect Reincarnation Technique. I can help you return to a physical state with the ability to taste and feel full. Is that okay with you?”
The little girl turned her head and replied, “If you lie to me, you will need to help me in roasting this huge insect.”
The Bodhisattva Spirit King nodded, “I never lie.”
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As Fang Ning was expanding his business in the Treasure Trading Convention and snatching the Azure Mountain’s customers, his old rival was also rising in secret.
Deep down the earth, at least ten thousand meters below, where magma was present.
In it was a giant cave, with a pool of magma in the center. The cave was like a huge magma well.
However, the cave felt cool even with the magma boiling at thousands degree. It felt like spring, and it was comfortable.
The well was separated into two, partitioned by a thick stone wall.
Both parts of the pond had a few pipes that emerged from the magma.
On one side, the magma was flowing in from the pipes, and on the other side, magma was flowing out.
Although the magma level never changed, the temperature was higher at one side compared to the other.
Underneath the magma pond was a U-shaped connector. magma that was cooled entered the pipe and was reheated by the magma level beneath it, flowing to the other side afterwards.
As for how the magma would return to the pond after going to the other side, it was all through the power of a certain force.
This area was a large facility that harnessed heat energy from the Earth’s core.
Outside the magma well, a group of greater rats were observing the facility.
Few lamps were installed on the walls around the cave. The lamps were emitting white lights and the cave was brightly lit.
Elder Ancestor Bai looked at the facility and laughed. “Twenty years we’ve worked on this. At last, it is time to reap the harvest.”
“Congratulations, Elder Ancestor Bai. The Greater Rat Clan has finished laying its foundation, and the humans will no longer have the ability to destroy what we have done.”
Bai Shixin was the first to congratulate Elder Ancestor Bai.
“Haha, this is the result of our camaraderie. Without your trickery, the Truth Department would’ve stopped us from building this long ago… The humans already have their own geothermal generator. Using our natural talent, along with the opportunity to recover our vitality and all the techniques we have, we will soon turn all the magma into our own power source…” Elder Ancestor Bai was delighted. He was full of pride as he stroked his chin, his guard not as high up as it once was.
“The sacrifice made by Shiping and the others gave us such a huge accomplishment. We finally completed our foundation today. With this renewable energy, our next step should be to focus on building farms and factories underground. Our aim is to build a nation belower the surface. Shixin, any updates on your wife?”
Bai Shixin realized the elder ancestor was giving him a chance to impress. How could it be possible that the elder ancestor had no idea of the progress of the underground farm?
However, as he asked about his wife, he looked sour.
He gave a cough and replied, “I am keeping tabs on that, elder ancestor. Jing Er has successfully experimented on many suitable plants for our work using the soilless cultivation techniques created by the humans. The plants are full of nutrition and they grow rapidly. The required fertilizers can also be produced from the soil and rock after we build the underground factories. All we need to do is overcome the electricity problem as well as buy in some plant growing lights before we can put them into production.”
“Very good,” Elder Ancestor Bai praised. “I received word from my informant at the Treasure Trading Convention. They say that someone was selling a pill that can help in treating the meridian injuries. I am sending someone to get that for you. I believe it can help in recovering the old injuries that you obtained last year.”
Bai Shixin immediately thanked him, “Thank you, elder ancestor. I am nothing by myself. All of this is the result of the hard work of all our brothers. Around a hundred thousand greater rats were killed or injured just by trying to dig this cave, and we will suffer more losses in the future. We have to give them credit.”
The greater rats around them felt thankful as they heard him.
Among those Adventist, some of them were looking in disdain and jealousy.
Bai Shixin was a useless piece of trash that they could just kill with a flip of their hands, yet he was trusted deeply by the elder ancestor. Everyone was taking him as a joke, yet he was still as active as before, and even further loved by the ancestor… However, rumor had it that recently he was not having a good time. Due to his involvement in the project, he no longer was as strong as before. By then, he was waiting to be killed.