"Sister Ya Fei, do you think I have the ability to help you?"
Chu Xiao didn't answer directly, instead asking a question. With a wave of his hand, he put away the Thunderous Imperial Flame and picked up his teacup.
"Of course," Ya Fei sat back down, leaning slightly forward with her arms on the table, revealing a hint of her cleavage, her eyes filled with admiration. "An eighteen-year-old Fourth Rank Alchemist, this talent surpasses even King of Pills Gu He at the same age. Chu Xiao, your future is limitless."
"If you learned to this Rank on your own, your talent is unimaginable. If you have a teacher, then your teacher is very likely even more powerful than King of Pills Gu He."
"No matter which situation it is, you can easily help me. The question now is, what can I do for you?"
As she spoke, Ya Fei moved her body closer to Chu Xiao, bringing with her a waft of fragrance.
"Aren't you afraid I'm deceiving you, Sister Ya Fei?" Chu Xiao countered.
"Not at all," Ya Fei winked playfully. "Putting everything else aside, your talent as an eighteen-year-old Dou Master is certainly real, and it's completely worth me and the Mittel Family investing in you. I just hope that when you become successful in the future, Chu Xiao, you won't forget to help your elder sister out~"
Young man, of course, I'm not afraid. You have no secrets from me.
Your inner thoughts are completely within my grasp.
"I like talking to smart people like you, Sister," Chu Xiao took a sip of tea and got straight to the point with Ya Fei. "The Mittel Auction House should be in the intelligence business, right?"
"What information does Chu Xiao want to investigate?" Ya Fei's beautiful eyes sparkled like a spring pool.
"No, I hope you find an opportunity to spread news to the Jia Lie and Ao Ba Families," Chu Xiao's answer surprised Ya Fei.
"Tell them that I'm not a newly Advanced Dou Master, but a Seven-Star Dou Master, and that I will accept the Yun Lan Sect Sect Master Yun Yun's invitation to become her disciple," a smile appeared on Chu Xiao's face. "With your ability, Sister Ya Fei, it should be easy to make the two Families extremely wary of me, and wish to eliminate me as soon as possible, right?"
Ya Fei instantly understood.
Chu Xiao was asking her to incite the Jia Lie and Ao Ba Families to harbor killing intent towards him.
Dogs that have already betrayed once won't get another chance to acknowledge a master. If they don't want the Xiao Family to rise, they must spare no effort to hunt down the Xiao Family's promising younger generations.
A threat like Chu Xiao must be eliminated in its infancy.
"I understand," Ya Fei's face blossomed into a smile. "Once it's settled, I'll confirm the time with you and sell your whereabouts to them at a high price, making it convenient for them to set up an ambush."
It was truly effortless talking to a smart person. Chu Xiao smiled and nodded, continuing, "This is a small collaboration to deepen our relationship. Besides this, there's also a major collaboration: I need a large quantity of medicinal ingredients for refining First Rank Medicinal Pills."
"In a few days, I'll also need some medicinal ingredients for refining Second and Third Rank Medicinal Pills. We can have a long-term cooperation for a while."
Upon hearing this, Ya Fei's face bloomed into a charming smile, "Chu Xiao, give me a list, and I will definitely help you get it all, my dear brother."
Chu Xiao took out a pre-written list from his storage ring and handed it to Ya Fei.
Among the ten First Rank Pill Formulas he inherited, several had excellent healing and Dou Qi recovery effects, far surpassing those circulating on the market, yet their cost could be saved.
By refining a large quantity of such Medicinal Pills, the Xiao Family Manor could become the only Family Manor in Utan City.
"Now that we've discussed business, I'll be leaving. I still have a lot of things to handle," Chu Xiao put down his empty teacup and slowly stood up.
"Don't forget this," Ya Fei touched her chest, as if pulling a card from within. "From now on, you are our Mittel Family's most Advanced VIP. With my status within the Family, I can only issue one for now; any more would require consulting the Family."
"I won't let down your high regard, Sister Ya Fei," Chu Xiao took the card and put it into his storage ring, inadvertently touching Ya Fei's finger.
At the same time, he placed a fragment of a Small World node on her, sending it deep into her Sea of Consciousness.
The spatial node was a new ability he had mastered through the Small World after breaking through to the Great Dou Master Rank.
Inside the Small World, he could exit through these spatial nodes, provided he could sense them.
With his current Soul Power, he could only perceive spatial nodes within a hundred zhang radius; beyond that, it was only a directional sensing.
This meant that, through the Small World and spatial nodes, he could achieve instantaneous movement up to a hundred zhang, a power that only Dou Zong experts could master. He would not encounter any Bottleneck in terms of hardware when breaking through to the Dou Zong Rank.
However, with his current Soul Rank, aside from himself being a spatial node, he could only condense two spatial nodes.
But he still unhesitatingly gave one to Ya Fei, and the other he prepared for Xun Er.
After binding the notebook replica, he could clearly sense the location of all replica owners.
If he contemplated the notebook, he could even know the situation within a one-zhang radius around the replica owner, similar to a radar view, including spatial nodes.
This meant that, by combining the notebook with spatial nodes, he could instantly appear beside Xun Er and Ya Fei from any location on the Dou Qi Continent.
If one day he encountered danger or was trapped while exploring a ruin, or was pursued by enemies, he could use the spatial nodes on them and the notebook's binding and sensing function to achieve long-distance instantaneous movement.
Besides this, another reason was that the notebook replica owners would become the protagonists of the stories he fabricated, having more significant roles.
Giving them a safety guarantee, lest he accidentally mess them up.
"Goodbye, Sister Ya Fei."
As his voice faded, Chu Xiao's figure disappeared.
Ya Fei had originally wanted to say a few more words, but seeing this, she had to hold them back, muttering, "Being a Great Dou Master with an Advanced Profound Rank Fighting Skill is amazing, isn't it?"
Twisting her alluring steps, she came to the next room and asked with a smile, "Sister, when are you planning to go find Chu Xiao?"
"That depends on your efficiency," Yun Yun sat there gracefully, her posture and movements elegant and beautiful.
"If I go find him right after he comes out of seclusion, it might arouse his suspicion."
"As a Sect Master, I cannot appear cheap when taking a disciple on behalf of my master. Making him wait for a period of time is more befitting my status."
"The most important point is that if I appear before he deals with the Jia Lie Family and Ao Ba Family, it will make it difficult for you to trick people."
The content of Chu Xiao and Ya Fei's conversation was selectively recorded in the notebook by the latter.
Therefore, as long as one was a replica owner, they already knew the specific plans of the two.
"To show my Pay attention to on him, I'll go now," Ya Fei shook her head and sighed. "I'm just destined to work hard and run errands for others."
"That's still much better than me," Yun Yun also sighed. "The Elder Council, the Mo Family, and Yan Ran's matters need my attention. My master also seems to be acting strangely."
"The most important thing is that Chu Xiao said there's nothing wrong with destroying the Yun Lan Sect, and that it would even be doing a good deed, which makes me feel like a sword is hanging over my head, ready to fall at any moment."
If the Yun Lan Sect were to be destroyed merely because of its enmity with the Xiao Family, she could act preemptively to resolve issues like the Mo Family, the Elder Council, and the Three-Year Agreement.
But judging by Chu Xiao's words, there was a necessary reason for the Yun Lan Sect to be destroyed.
"Once you meet him, he'll probably continue, and then you'll know," Ya Fei comforted Yun Yun.
Compared to her, Yun Yun was indeed in a more difficult position now.
"What could be the reason that would make him disregard you, his first ambiguous kiss, and still want to destroy the Yun Lan Sect?"
Yun Yun: "..."