A few days passed. One day, when Xiao Yan walked past the meeting hall, he heard his father's furious scolding coming from inside. Startled, Xiao Yan leaned over and quietly peeked in through the gap in the door.
"Damn it, that old bastard Jia Lie Bi is too arrogant, he actually dares to steal business so brazenly!”In the hall, Xiao Zhan was angrily smashing the table with a livid face. The tea in his cup splashed all over the table.
"Right now, the Xiao Clan's markets have suffered a great loss in the flow of people. The remaining merchants in the markets have also been thrown into panic. Quite a number of people have already sneaked into the Jia Lie Clan's markets. If this continues, in another half a month…our markets will probably close down.”The Second Elder, who was seated below, had a dark expression on his face as he gnashed his teeth and spoke.
"Why don't…I bring some of the clan's elites to secretly kill that tier one alchemist?”The third elder's eyes revealed a fierce glint as he spoke in a dense voice.
"Currently, that alchemist has at least two Da Dou Shis guarding him. How can it be so easy?”Xiao Zhan waved his hand and said helplessly.
"But if this continues, our losses will be too great. The profits from the market in Wu Tan account for the majority of our clan's income.”The third elder said unwillingly.
The corner of Xiao Zhan's mouth twitched. At this moment, he couldn't think of any other way.
"Damn it, let's endure for a few more days. If the Jia Lie Clan still doesn't know how to restrain themselves, then don't blame us for fighting to the death!”Licking his lips, Xiao Zhan gripped the back of his chair tightly. A fierce light flashed in his eyes.
Outside the door, Xiao Yan frowned when he heard this. A tier one alchemist? It seemed that the clan was in trouble. He would help the clan.
Xiao Yan quietly slipped out of the clan and headed to the nearest small market of the Jia Lie Clan.
The location of the Jia Lie Clan's small market was a little remote. Normally, there was very little human traffic. However, when Xiao Yan walked into the market, the extremely crowded crowd on the street and the deafening noise caused him to be stunned.
On the spacious street, there were many people. Some bare-chested men were shouting loudly as they desperately squeezed into the crowd. From the faint smell of blood emitted from these men, most of them should be mercenaries who had bled from their blades. They often fought with death, so they had an almost paranoid love for healing medicine. After all, when venturing deep into dangerous places, a little healing medicine might be able to save their companions 'lives.
Standing at the entrance of the market, Xiao Yan could see some mercenaries carrying small wooden boxes as they squeezed out of the crowd and ran out of the market with faces full of joy.
"That box should contain the 'Rejuvenation Potion', right?”Xiao Yan softly muttered as he dashed into the street. After which, he used all his strength to squeeze into the crowd. He spent a hundred gold coins to buy a box of 'Spring Rejuvenation Powder' at a counter.
Carrying the box, Xiao Yan once again squeezed out of the crowd. Only then did he heavily sigh in relief. Carrying the box and walking out of the market, Xiao Yan opened the lid of the box, revealing ten small bottles inside. The material of the bottles was crude. Clearly, they were made from the lowest grade jade. Using this kind of container to contain medicine, it was extremely difficult to completely preserve the medicinal strength.
He opened the bottle cap, revealing the light green liquid inside. An extremely thin medicinal smell spread out.
"Teacher, is this also considered a healing medicine?”Xiao Yan was somewhat stunned by the thinness of the medicinal strength contained in the medicinal water and could not help but ask in his heart.
"Yes, it can be considered the lowest grade healing medicine. It can have some healing effects. This kind of simple healing medicine is not too difficult to refine. However, because healing medicines are not rare and are sold at a very low price, only some tier one alchemists will have the leisure to refine them.”
"It's indeed very cheap. 100 gold coins for 10 bottles, so each bottle is only 10 gold coins.”Nodding his head slightly, Xiao Yan hesitated for a moment before asking,"Teacher, do you have a prescription for a better healing medicine?”
"A lot, but those pills are too low-level, so I rarely refine them.”"You want to refine it for the Xiao clan?" Yao Lao paused for a moment before casually saying. Alright, since you've already become a Dou Zhe, it's time for you to try out some medicine.”
"Eh? I'll refine it?" Xiao Yan was a little startled when he heard this.
"Don't tell me you want me to do something like this?”Yao Lao snappily replied before instructing,"First, go to the auction house and look for a slightly better medicinal cauldron. In addition, you still need to buy a large number of primary medicinal ingredients. The initial stage of an alchemist relies on burning medicine to gain experience.”
Xiao Yan randomly threw the box in his hand into a ditch by the side. After which, he swiftly walked toward the Primer Auction House in the middle of the city.
Before reaching the auction house, Xiao Yan once again changed into a bloated black cloak in a secluded place. Only then did he slowly approach the auction house.
Xiao Yan's attire was already familiar to all the members of the Primer Auction House. Therefore, when they saw the black-cloaked human figure slowly approaching from afar, someone swiftly entered the auction house and informed Ya Fei and Gu Ni.
Hearing the report from their subordinates, Ya Fei and Gu Ni simultaneously dropped the things they were doing and quickly appeared at the entrance of the auction house. Finally, they smiled and led Xiao Yan into the waiting hall.
"I came here this time to ask you to help me get a slightly better medicinal cauldron.”He picked up the teacup beside him and took a sip. An old voice came from under the black robe.
Ya Fei, who knew the other party's identity, was not surprised by this request. She smiled and nodded. She waved her hand and called over a female servant. She whispered a few instructions into her ear and waved her hand to dismiss her.
"Ke ke, old mister really came at the right time. This morning, the auction house has just received a medicinal cauldron that is made from Flame Essence. This cauldron was forged by the famous Grandmaster He Er of the Jia Ma Empire. Not only does it have a certain amplification effect on Dou Qi flames, but it also contains some rare metals that can increase the success rate of refining medicine. Recently, this kind of medicinal cauldron has become very popular among the Jia Ma Empire's alchemists.”Ya Fei smiled as she spoke. Her eyes moved, causing one's soul to be shaken.
"Yes." The old voice contained some satisfaction. After a slight hesitation, he once again said,"Prepare another low grade 'Spatial Ring' for me. Additionally, five hundred stalks of Blood Clotting Grass, six hundred Bone Growing Flowers, five hundred Poppy Flowers, five hundred Vitality Fruits…"
Hearing all these requests, Gu Ni's eyelids twitched slightly. Even the lowest grade storage ring would cost seventy to eighty thousand gold coins. Although the medicinal ingredients at the back were not rare, such a large amount would still require a hundred thousand gold coins. Also, if the Flame Essence Cauldron that Ya Fei mentioned was auctioned off, it would at least be sold for a hundred and fifty thousand gold coins. It would definitely be difficult to obtain these items without three hundred thousand gold coins.
Ya Fei was also stunned by these materials. After all, the current auction house was not owned by her alone. Most of the profits had to be handed over to the headquarters. Although it was not impossible to privately transfer three hundred thousand, it would definitely be discovered by the higher-ups.
The back of her teeth gently bit her red lips. After weighing the benefits that she could bring, Ya Fei softly laughed,"Old sir, everything will be ready in an hour.”
" Ke ke, alright…" The faint old voice revealed a satisfied laugh in front of Ya Fei for the first time.
Under the black robe, a fair hand took out a blue jade card from his bosom and placed it on the table. Yao Lao smiled and said,"I know that the money in here isn't enough to buy the things I bought earlier…How about you guys add the ingredients for a set of qi gathering elixir and I'll buy one for you?”
Ya Fei's enchanting pretty face was slightly startled. Immediately, joy surged into it. She was shocked by this sudden surprise until she was unable to recover. A moment later, Ya Fei's pretty face finally calmed down. She exchanged glances with Gu Ni, whose face was also filled with joy. She said in a somewhat nervous soft voice,"Thank you, Old Mister."
After sitting quietly for nearly an hour, a pretty maid finally walked in from outside the door. She held a small silver plate in both hands, and in the small plate, there was a light red ring.
Ya Fei received the silver plate and dismissed the female servant. She personally handed it to Xiao Yan and said with a smile,"Old mister, the medicinal cauldron and medicinal ingredients you need are all in the Spatial Ring.”
Xiao Yan extended his hand and picked up the Storage Ring from the silver plate. He rotated it in his palm and nodded slightly. Yao Lao's voice was also emitted at the right time,"Yes, I will bring the qi-gathering elixir to you after it is successfully refined.”
Ya Fei's beautiful eyes contained a joy as she hurriedly nodded.
"Alright, you don't have to send me off. I'll go out myself.”
Waving his hand, Xiao Yan casually put the Storage Ring on his finger. After which, he walked out of the waiting room without even turning his head back. As he did not want to owe too many favors, he also kept the blue jade card on the table.
Ya Fei bit her red lips as she watched the figure disappear behind the door. She took a step forward and kept the blue jade card in her hand. After pondering for a moment, she softly asked,"Uncle Gu Ni, does one need to be at least a tier four alchemist to concoct the qi gathering elixir?”
Nodding his head, Gu Ni sighed,"This time around, it seems that I have really misjudged. However, the Jia Ma Empire only has a mere twenty something tier four alchemists. Why have I never heard of this black robed person before?"”
Ya Fei gently shook her head. A strange light flowed within her pretty eyes as she softly muttered,"A tier four alchemist…if there is a chance, we must rope him in!”
"Uncle Gu Ni, the success rate of refining the qi gathering elixir doesn't seem too high, right?”Ya Fei asked.
"Mn, it's said that even Pill-King Grandmaster Gu He's success rate in refining the Qi Gathering Powder is only around seventy percent. An ordinary tier four alchemist might only have a success rate of less than fifty percent.”Gu Ni said in a low voice.
" But this old mister seems to be able to successfully refine it in one try…" Ya Fei frowned slightly and said.
" Who knows, maybe he is lucky…" Gu Ni shook his head and didn't care too much about it. After all, when an alchemist was refining pills, a large part of it was luck. If he was lucky, he might not fail a few times in a row.
"Could it be that he…is not just a tier four alchemist?”Ya Fei hesitated for a moment before speaking.
"Ke ke, how is that possible? There are only a handful of tier 5 alchemists in the Jia Ma Empire. When one reaches that level, even the empire and the Misty Cloud Sect would treat them as distinguished guests. Why would they come to our place to auction off medicinal pills?”Gu Ni laughed.
Ya Fei nodded slightly when she heard this. She sighed softly and laughed bitterly,"Looks like I still do not have enough experience. That hesitation earlier has likely caused this mysterious alchemist to have a good impression of us.”
"You can't be blamed for this. Even I don't dare to give away such a large amount of money in one go. It's already very good that you can do this. As for our relationship, we can slowly build it up in the future.”Gu Ni comforted.
Ya Fei smiled bitterly and nodded. She lazily sat on the chair, revealing her curves. She blinked her long and narrow eyes and softly said with some doubt,"What does he want to do with so many low-grade medicinal herbs?”
"Those medicinal herbs all have the effect of stopping bleeding and growing bones. I think he should be planning to refine healing medicine.”After pondering for a while, Gu Ni frowned and said with some doubt: "But with his status, why would he refine these cheap healing pills?”
Ya Fei's pretty eyes narrowed when she heard this. Her long jade-like finger gently tapped on the table. A moment later, she suddenly paused and softly said,"Looks like this old mister seems to take good care of the Xiao clan…"
Frowning, Gu Ni was surprised,""Are you saying that he wants to refine healing medicine for the Xiao family?”
"Recently, I heard that the Jia Lie Clan has invited a first grade alchemist. The cheap 'Spring Rejuvenation Powder' has already stolen over half of the popularity of the city's market. If the Xiao Clan doesn't take any measures, I'm afraid that they will end up in an awkward situation where no one is in the market.”Ya Fei's eyes moved as she faintly smiled and said,"Last time, that old mister said that if there was a chance, he would cooperate with the Xiao family. Moreover, he bought so many healing medicinal herbs at this time. His goal seems to be self-evident.”
"Heh, looks like the Xiao Clan has really clung onto a big thigh this time. The Jia Lie Clan is in trouble.”Listening to Ya Fei's analysis, Gu Ni grinned. His face was filled with envy. To be able to obtain the help of a Grade Four Alchemist was not a treatment that other families could receive.
Nodding her head slightly, Ya Fei laughed softly,"Recently, we should also have more contact with the Xiao family. It's gratifying to add icing on the cake, but sending charcoal in the snow will make it easier to strengthen the relationship between the two sides.”
Gu Ni nodded his head in agreement. The Xiao family, which had the support of a grade four alchemist, was already worthy of their attention.
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