As the largest shopping mall and auction house in Wutan City, the Miteer Auction House undoubtedly had an impressive facade. Its splendid and magnificent decoration style was indeed grand and imposing in a small city like Wutan City.
However, Xiao Yan had already seen truly grand spectacles. Looking at this small auction house now, he naturally felt it was only slightly more conspicuous than ordinary buildings.
In his previous life, in the Endless Fire Territory, he had established a commercial center comparable to the Merchant Continent, also using an entire continent as a trading place.
The auction house he established back then was directly built with a palace-type peerless sacred artifact. Those who could enter his auction palace to bid were all Heavenly Sovereign level powerhouses.
After all, those were various divine pills refined by the number one alchemist in the Great Thousand World.
And the auctioneer of that auction was still this smiling, sexy stunner in front of him.
"It's been almost a month. I thought you had run off after swindling my medicinal herbs. If you hadn't come soon, this older sister was about to go to the Xiao family to demand payment."
Ya Fei leaned lazily against the chair, letting her full and exquisite curves stretch out, her beautiful eyes looking at Xiao Yan with a hint more anticipation.
Medicinal herbs worth fifty thousand gold coins were not a small sum for her either. After sending someone to deliver them to Xiao Yan, she had also regretted it.
If she were to be cheated out of these things by a twelve-year-old boy, never mind the loss, just the shame would be immense.
But whenever she had the urge to go to the Xiao family to demand payment, that pair of calm and deep eyes would always come to her mind.
This pair of eyes seemed to possess a magical power, silently erasing all her anxiety.
And today, the owner of these eyes had finally come to settle the debt.
Seeing Ya Fei's lazy appearance, Xiao Yan chuckled and casually tossed a jade box onto the table in front of Ya Fei.
"Open it and see."
"Acting mysterious."
Seeing Xiao Yan like this, Ya Fei lightly pouted her rosy lips, but Xiao Yan's actions indeed made her very curious.
After opening the jade box, two small jade bottles were seen lying quietly inside. The faint medicinal fragrance lingering at the mouth of the bottles entered her nostrils, invigorating Ya Fei's spirits.
"I'm not an alchemist, how would I understand this?"
As if intentionally trying to provoke Xiao Yan, Ya Fei shook her head in disdain.
"This thing is called Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid. It's a second-grade medicinal pill."
Xiao Yan ignored her acting and said淡淡的 (dàndàn de - faintly/lightly): "The effect of this Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid is very simple: it can accelerate cultivation during the Dou Qi stage. Just by soaking in water mixed with the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid, the cultivation speed of Dou Qi can be increased by at least double."
The simple introduction made Ya Fei's originally disdainful expression gradually become solemn. Her beautiful eyes looked at Xiao Yan, carrying a somewhat inexplicable meaning.
Such a spiritual medicine was indeed very tempting for those wealthy families.
One must know that the fastest cultivation speed for a normal person is before the age of thirty. Once past thirty, as the physical condition begins to decline, the cultivation speed will noticeably decrease.
Therefore, many people with cultivation talent would not focus their energy on worldly affairs before the age of thirty, but would cultivate Dou Qi with all their might.
However, during the Dou Qi stage, it is very difficult to accelerate the cultivation speed because the human body at the Dou Qi stage is too fragile. Many medicinal pills that enhance strength cannot be consumed by cultivators at the Dou Qi stage.
And this Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid was able to accelerate a cultivator's cultivation speed during the Dou Qi stage.
If three years could be saved during the Dou Qi stage, then these three years might potentially lead to an increase of six stars after advancing to Dou Zhe in the future.
Why did many families and forces highly value young people who could become Dou Zhe before the age of twenty? It was because only by advancing to Dou Zhe before twenty could one have a greater hope of becoming a Dou Shi or even a Da Dou Shi.
Therefore, the benefits of this Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid for cultivating the younger generation were naturally self-evident.
"Although these two bottles of Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid haven't been auctioned off yet, their value is definitely above those five sets of medicinal herbs."
Ya Fei's beautiful eyes flickered, looking at Xiao Yan's tender little face with a hint of curiosity.
"This is a second-grade medicinal pill. It couldn't have been refined by you, little fellow, right?"
"The current me indeed doesn't have the ability to refine this second-grade medicinal pill."
"No ability now, does that mean you'll have the ability in the future?"
Ya Fei quickly understood the meaning behind Xiao Yan's words. She saw Xiao Yan nod noncommittally, making her heart tremble slightly.
"It seems this little fellow actually has alchemist talent."
After thinking it over, Ya Fei finally concocted a story of a genius youth being taken in as a disciple by an alchemist. Her gaze towards Xiao Yan became even more joyful.
With the talent Xiao Yan had previously shown, as long as he didn't fall, the probability of him becoming a Dou Wang or Dou Huang was probably not small. Even at the very worst, he could probably cultivate to the peak of Dou Ling.
And the alchemist behind him, judging from the clues he had shown, was probably at least third-grade, and even fourth or fifth-grade was not impossible.
Such talent, coupled with a good teacher, and most importantly, such a mature disposition at such a young age – this child's future was simply limitless.
"If I can draw this little fellow to my side, that would be an incredible trump card."
Ya Fei's gaze towards Xiao Yan became increasingly filled with pleasant surprise and importance.
"Big Sister Ya Fei, you look like you're about to eat someone. You don't have any special fetishes, do you?"
Being stared at by Ya Fei like this, Xiao Yan feigned helplessness and clutched his chest.
"Special fetishes?"
Ya Fei was slightly stunned, then burst into giggles.
"Hehe, this older sister is really getting more and more interested in you, little fellow. It seems I really picked up a treasure by coming to Wutan City this time."
"I advise you not to get happy too early. Maybe, you might even fall into this young master's hands."
Xiao Yan couldn't help but tease, making Ya Fei's pretty face blush slightly.
Her beautiful eyes shifted, and her mature, charming, and captivating face quietly drew closer.
"As for falling into your hands, let's talk about that after a few more years. At your age, your hair probably hasn't even fully grown yet, right?"
Looking at that fairy-like face so close to him, Xiao Yan's mouth twitched slightly.
"Damn it, I, the dignified founder of the Endless Fire Territory, the strongest in the Dou Qi Continent, Emperor Yan, the number one in the way of flames, am actually being ridiculed like this by this woman."
Just as Xiao Yan was about to make another mischievous move, wanting to pat that pert buttock again to teach her a lesson, a commotion came from outside the door.
"Get out of the way, I want to see Ya Fei!"
"Do you know who I am? I am an alchemist! You servants dare to block me!"
"Miss Ya Fei, I know you're in there, let me see you quickly!"
Upon hearing this voice, Ya Fei's originally smiling face gradually darkened. After putting away the two bottles of Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid, she then nodded at Xiao Yan.
"I need to deal with a troublesome matter for a moment. You drink some tea first."
"Alright, if you need my help, just call."
Xiao Yan nodded with a smile. For some reason, he felt that the voice at the door sounded a bit familiar, but even with his memory, he couldn't quite recall it.
As Ya Fei opened the door, a young man dressed in white with slightly dark circles under his eyes rushed in recklessly. From the moment he entered, his eyes never left Ya Fei's impressive figure.
The moment he saw this young man, even Xiao Yan couldn't help but be slightly stunned. He looked hard at the young man's face for a couple of seconds before recalling a name he had long forgotten from his previous life.
"Liu Xi??"
(End of this chapter)