Chapter 1389: The Sucker

"W-What did you say? A Nine Revolutions Heaven Stealing Pill?"

The moment Yuwen Changkong shouted those words, the entire hall fell into dead silence. You could hear a pin drop. Then, like a single stone splashing into a raging sea, the area outside the Dan Ding Grand Hall instantly erupted into chaos, as if boiling oil had been poured over it!

"Has that guy lost his mind? He is actually willing to take out a Nine Revolutions Heaven Stealing Pill."

"Defying the heavens and stealing fate! That pill can add a hundred years of life essence, and even Great Emperor experts can use it to break through their realms. That kind of pill is priceless!"

One inner sect disciple after another stared at Yuwen Changkong in disbelief. From a certain perspective, the value of this pill was nearly three times that of the Yin-Yang Soul Jade.

Setting everything else aside, the mere promise of a hundred additional years of life essence was enough to drive anyone mad with desire.

Even Great Emperor level experts rarely lived beyond a thousand years. Gaining another hundred years of life was already an astonishing figure.

Ling Feng's eyelids twitched. He had not expected Yuwen Changkong to be carrying such a treasure.

The moment the words left his mouth, Yuwen Changkong almost regretted it. Without exaggeration, the Nine Revolutions Heaven Stealing Pill was the most precious item he possessed. He had nearly traded his life to obtain it. Once the timing was right, he could rely on this pill to charge straight into the Great Emperor realm.

Even if he ultimately failed to take that step, consuming the pill would grant him another hundred years of life essence, giving him more time to seek another breakthrough.

If Ling Feng had not pushed him past his limit, he would never have acted on impulse and put this pill up for bidding.

Seeing the shocked looks all around him, Yuwen Changkong forced down the pain in his heart and said through gritted teeth, "Well. A Nine Revolutions Heaven Stealing Pill in exchange for the Yin-Yang Soul Jade! What do you say?"

𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

A faint curve appeared at the corner of Ling Feng's lips. He swept his gaze across the crowd and said calmly, "If no one else wishes to continue bidding, then the trade is settled."

Yuwen Changkong felt as though his heart was bleeding. He turned to look around, yet no one raised another bid.

Even the elders were not fools. Compared with the Yin-Yang Soul Jade, the Nine Revolutions Heaven Stealing Pill was even more tempting to them.

After all, it was something that could grant a hundred years of life essence!

Three breaths later, Ling Feng nodded and announced loudly, "Very well. The deal is done!"

Ling Feng picked up the Yin-Yang Soul Jade from the table, leapt forward, and landed before Yuwen Changkong. He said lightly, "Senior Brother Yuwen, is it? You really did win the Yin-Yang Soul Jade. I admire your resolve. I truly do!"

Yuwen Changkong clenched his fists tightly. He had the urge to end himself on the spot. The looks in everyone's eyes were clearly those of people watching a fool throw his fortune away!

Still, since he had already put on this act, he had no choice but to carry it through to the end.

"

Hehe

. It is only a Nine Revolutions Heaven Stealing Pill. I can afford it!"

Yuwen Changkong clenched his teeth together. With trembling hands, he took out the Nine Revolutions Heaven Stealing Pill and completed the exchange, one hand passing the pill and the other taking the jade. Anyone could see that his palms were shaking!

Even so, with so many eyes watching, he naturally did not dare to go back on his word. He forced down the urge to weep. In any case, he was only paying this price on behalf of the Unrivaled Young Emperor for the time being.

Once the Unrivaled Young Emperor obtained the Yin-Yang Soul Jade, he would naturally reward him accordingly. When he thought it through that way, he would not suffer too great a loss.

With that thought, Yuwen Changkong felt slightly more at ease. He handed the Yin-Yang Soul Jade to Fairy Qingping and said in a low voice, "Fairy, Changkong has fulfilled his duty and successfully secured the Yin-Yang Soul Jade."

Fairy Qingping glanced at Yuwen Changkong without speaking. She then turned her head and cast a long, deep look at Ling Feng. With a soft snort, she turned and left.

Yuwen Changkong was momentarily stunned and hurried after her. Just moments ago, this woman had been eager to obtain the Yin-Yang Soul Jade. Why had her attitude suddenly become so strange?

As this thought surfaced, a bad feeling rose in Yuwen Changkong's heart.

Could it be that he had truly become the sucker in this deal and lost everything for nothing?

As Fairy Qingping departed, the inner sect elders and disciples also began to disperse.

A few elders even tried to approach Ling Feng in private to negotiate for the Nine Revolutions Heaven Stealing Pill. To someone at the Spiritual Sea Realm like Ling Feng, this pill was of no immediate use. Taking it only to gain a hundred years of life essence would be a terrible waste.

Ling Feng smiled faintly and, with a swift stroke of his brush, wrote down the pill formula for the Nine Revolutions Heaven Stealing Pill. He did not sell the pill itself. He sold the formula instead and made another substantial profit.

To him, the formula was nothing more than words on paper. The materials required to refine the pill were extremely rare, and he had no intention of gathering them. For these old fellows, however, gaining another hundred years of life was worth any price. Since their cultivation realms were already difficult to advance, even spending ten or twenty years searching for the materials would still be a worthwhile trade.

Through the pill formula alone, Ling Feng obtained another king-tier divine skill along with thirty thousand contribution points. In one stroke, he had completed nearly a third of the journey toward one hundred thousand contribution points.

After the crowd dispersed, Ling Feng and his group returned to his sky-tier Mingjian Tower.

The Yin-Yang Soul Jade, that dangerous hot potato, had finally been dealt with on the surface. The next step was to consider how to earn even more contribution points.

After the auction ended, Xu Xinghe offered Ling Feng a brief congratulations before leaving. Their relationship, after all, was not especially close.

"Senior Sister Li, how are the task assignments going? Although we just obtained thirty thousand contribution points, earning another seventy thousand within half a year will still be difficult."

The previous A-rank mission, where Ling Feng captured the enemy leader alive, had yielded fifty-thousand contribution points. Missions of that level were usually assigned directly by the upper echelons of the sect and were rarely available for open acceptance.

Even when they did appear, they were quickly snapped up by long established teams.

Below the A-rank, completing a B rank mission rarely yielded more than ten thousand contribution points, and the rewards only grew more meager from there.

Li Fei bit her lip and took out a bronze token inscribed with many lines of text.

"I picked up twelve missions this time. If everything goes smoothly, it should be enough to reach one hundred thousand contribution points, but it will take longer. Probably three or four months."

Ling Feng took the mission token and glanced at it, then frowned. "Four months for one hundred thousand. If that is the case, Senior Sister, you will not have enough contribution points left to exchange for an Earth Emperor Token."

"It is fine. I do not have much hope of competing for a spot in Sunset Ancient City anyway. I can use my contribution points first to help you apply for the inner sect assessment."

Li Fei waved her hand and smiled gently.

"That will not do!"

Ling Feng frowned. That would mean Li Fei was sacrificing her time entirely for his sake. Debts of gratitude were the hardest to repay, and he had no intention of owing her such a heavy favor.

"Brother Ling. Are you taking on sect missions?"

At that moment, Lin Mu came over as well, his face alight with excitement. "I have been keeping an eye on sect missions these past few days too. I was hoping to help you gather enough contribution points to advance to the inner sect. If you want to earn them all in one go, there is a simple way. Just take a super A rank mission. As long as the completion rating is high enough, a single super A rank mission can bring in more than three hundred thousand contribution points!"