Chapter 334: Xiao Yan was killed, goodbye to Ya Fei
Just as Xiao Yan was struggling over whether to run away, hurried footsteps were heard outside the door, and the maid walked in holding a wooden box.
"Sir, all the herbs on the list are here, totaling 300,000 gold coins. You are a third-rank alchemist. According to the rules of our auction house, you can enjoy a 10% discount. You only need to pay 270,000 gold coins." The maid gently put down the wooden box and opened it carefully.
"Uh..." Xiao Yan looked at the medicinal herbs in the wooden box and couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth. The medicinal herbs were indeed fine and of good quality, but the price was too high for Xiao, to even have less than 50,000 gold coins on him.
As if she had noticed something, the maid asked hesitantly, "Master Alchemist, is there any problem with these herbs?"
"No, no problem." Xiao Yan's face turned red. As the saying goes, a penny can make a hero fall. He had never been so embarrassed in his life. He laughed dryly and asked, "Excuse me, can I use the elixir as collateral?"
"Pills?" The maid was stunned for a moment and looked Xiao Yan up and down again. She found that except for the third-grade alchemist robe on the outside, his other clothes seemed too "plain", which made her doubt the authenticity of Xiao Yan's identity as a third-grade alchemist.
However, after taking a closer look at Xiao Yan's face, a strange color flashed across his eyes imperceptibly.
"What kind of elixir do you want to pawn?" the maid asked solemnly.
"The first-grade pill is the power-storing pill, the second-grade pill is the bone-growing pill, and the third-grade pill is the energy-recovering pill." Xiao Yan took out three jade bottles from his storage ring. Back in the Monster Mountain Range, his pills were almost all used up. These were the first to third-grade pills he refined during the assessment of the alchemist.
The maid opened the bottle stopper doubtfully and examined it one by one. After confirming that it was a pill, she bowed slightly and said, "Please wait a moment. I need to ask for your instructions."
As she spoke, the maid turned and walked out of the room.
On the other hand, when the maid walked out of the reception room, Ya Fei was sitting elegantly on the bed, staring at the black robe inlaid with gold hanging on the hanger. This was the robe that Xiao Se changed into when he stayed overnight here last time. She took it for dry cleaning and hung it in the room.
Ya Fei stood up and gently stroked her gold-lined robe. A hint of resentment and a faint longing flashed across her beautiful eyes. She murmured in a low voice, "You bad guy, you said you would be back soon, but you were gone for more than a year. Have you forgotten me?"
At this moment, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the room, followed by a knock on the door.
"Come in." Ya Fei frowned and said in a cold voice.
The door of the room was pushed open, and the maid walked in. She lowered her head and said respectfully, "Miss Yafei."
"What's the matter?" Ya Fei asked indifferently.
"There is a third-grade alchemist in the reception room who wants to use a few bottles of first- to third-grade pills as collateral to buy medicinal materials." The maid responded, still lowering her head. She knew what to look at and what not to look at.
"Do you need to report such a small matter to me? I have trained you for so long in vain." Hearing the maid's words, Ya Fei's face turned cold and she said impatiently.
"Miss Yafei, that person looks a bit like Xiao Yan, who you once asked me to pay attention to, so I came to inform you as soon as possible." The maid trembled slightly and said nervously.
"Oh? Xiao Yan?" Hearing this, Ya Fei became interested, and a strange color flashed across her eyes. She still had a certain impression of this good-for-nothing boy from Wutan City. Later, Xiao Se even specifically asked her to keep an eye on his whereabouts for some time.
Although the other party had the help of the soul of a Dou Zun strong man in his previous life, it only took him less than three years to grow from a third-level Dou Qi master to a third-grade alchemist. He is indeed a genius.
"Okay, you go out first, I'll be there later." Yafei waved her hand.
"Yes, Miss Yafei." The maid bowed slightly, left the room, and closed the door.
After the maid left, Ya Fei opened her red lips slightly, and her charming face revealed a charming and evil smile. She murmured in a low voice: "Speaking of which, it seems that the enemy doesn't like Xiao Yan, so I'll trick him a little bit."
At the same time, a young man in gorgeous clothes came to the headquarters of Mittel Auction House.
This is a young man with an almost perfect face. His black eyes are clear and his long black hair is casually draped over his shoulders without giving people a sense of incongruity. He looks like the most talented person in the world, handsome, noble, and elegant.
As soon as the boy appeared, he instantly attracted the attention of many people around him.
"I'm finally back. I said goodbye to Fei'er in a hurry last time. I hope she won't be angry." Looking at the dark crowd in front of him, Xiao Se sighed softly and said helplessly.
"Even if you are angry, it's what brother deserves. Who told you to abandon sister Yafei for more than a year? You must apologize to her when you meet later." In his heart, Long Kui's laughter suddenly sounded.
"Don't worry, I will compensate her." Xiao Se licked his lips and walked in. He should compensate Ya Fei properly and go to bed to compensate her.
"Haha, you must be the young third-grade alchemist who wants to use elixirs in exchange for medicinal materials. Sorry for the long wait."
On the second floor of the auction house, in the reception room where Xiao Yan was, a delicate voice that could make one's bones numb rang out, and the graceful figure of Ya Fei walked in.
Xiao Yan frowned, and after seeing who was coming, he looked a little surprised.
"You are Ya Fei?" Looking at Ya Fei's extremely charming and perfect figure, Xiao Yan swallowed his saliva and asked subconsciously, while cursing in his heart: Fairy!
Unlike before, in recent years, since her relationship with Xiao Se became closer, Ya Fei's clothes have become more conservative, from the red tight cheongsam at the beginning to the brocade robe later, and finally to the current slim red dress. Except for the part above the neck and the hands, the whole body is almost wrapped tightly. Even so, Ya Fei's extremely hot figure still deeply attracts men's hearts.
"Oh? It seems that sir knows Yafei. But don't think that if you try to get close to her, Yafei will give you more discounts." Yafei covered her red lips, pretended to be surprised, and chuckled.
"Of course, of course. With Miss Yafei's fame, everyone in the entire imperial capital knows her." Xiao Yan's eyes dodged slightly and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed that the other party did not recognize him. He did not want to expose his identity and be discovered by the Nalan Family before the three-year agreement.
"Ms. Yafei, take a look at how much money this third-grade elixir can deduct?" Xiao Yan raised his hand and pointed at the three jade bottles on the table.
Ya Fei then sat down at the table opposite Xiao Yan, bringing a gust of fragrant wind that made Xiao Yan's lower body tremble.
Xiao Yan's abnormal behavior naturally did not escape the eyes of Ya Fei, who was good at observing people's words and expressions. She felt a touch of disdain in her heart and thought to herself, he is really a little pervert who has never seen the world. But then again, it seems that her enemy is not much better. He confirmed the relationship on the same day and ate her up on the same day.
"Mr. Alchemist, the first-grade Power-Accumulating Pill is worth three hundred gold coins, the second-grade Bone-Growing Pill is worth twenty thousand gold coins, and as for the Recovery Pill, although it is a third-grade pill, its materials are not precious and the difficulty of refining is also low, so it can only be worth fifty thousand gold coins, a total of seventy, three hundred gold coins. In total, you still owe one hundred and ninety-nine thousand seven hundred gold coins." Ya Fei checked them one by one, and after confirming that the pills were correct, a hint of cunning flashed across her beautiful eyes without a trace.
"Only worth 70,300 gold coins?" Xiao Yan was somewhat stunned. When he was in Wutan City, he had sold two bottles of foundation-building spirit liquid for more than this price.
"Mr. Alchemist, please don't blame me if I have said something wrong. There are no less than ten third-grade alchemists in my Mitre Auction House, and these pills are easy for them to refine. In other words, Mitre Auction House usually does not accept pills of third grade or below. We are giving you this price out of a friendly attitude." Yafei said with a smile.
Hearing Ya Fei's words, Xiao Yan couldn't help but twitch his lips, and thought to himself: "Teacher, this woman is too dark."
"This is a businessman. But what he said is not wrong. There is no need for the Mitre Auction House headquarters to purchase these low-level pills from you. Any item on the first floor is more expensive than yours." Yao Lao said helplessly.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan nodded, lightly touched the storage ring, and took out the remaining pills and gold coins from it.
"The balance on the gold card is 45,000 gold coins, the bag contains 200 gold coins, and the blood coagulation powder is worth 150 gold coins. The total is 75,200 gold coins. After deductions, you still need 124,500 gold coins." Ya Fei estimated the things on the table in no time.
"Damn, how come this woman is faster than a calculator?" Xiao Yan cursed in his heart, suppressed the pain, and took out the only bottle of blood-colored liquid from the storage ring.
"What is this?" Ya Fei asked in surprise. She could feel the pure fire energy inside, but she had never seen such a pill before.
"The fourth-grade pill Burning Blood is only effective for those who cultivate Fire-attributed Dou Qi. For those with Water-attributed Dou Qi, it is undoubtedly equivalent to poison. Applying it to the body can accelerate the consumption of Dou Qi in the body. At the same time, it can also accelerate regeneration. In the stalemate of continuous consumption and regeneration, the strength will gradually increase." As Xiao Yan said this, his heart was bleeding, because this was his only remaining bottle of Burning Blood. If it wasn't for refining the Three-Pattern Qingling Pill, he would never have taken it out even if he was beaten to death.
"Please wait a moment, this still needs to be inspected. If it is real, Miter Auction House is willing to offer 200,000 gold coins to buy it. Of course, you can also choose to auction it." Ya Fei called the maid, and the maid carefully picked up the burning blood from the table and walked out of the reception room to inspect it.
"No need, I'm in a hurry." Xiao Yan waved his hand.
After a while, the maid came in with the burning blood and whispered something in Yafei's ear.
Ya Fei's expression changed slightly, and she stood up and said, "This elixir is undoubtedly of the fourth grade. Ai Li will settle the bill for you later. Ya Fei has something else to do, so I'll leave in advance."
As soon as she finished speaking, Ya Fei turned into a ghost and disappeared into the room.
"What a fast speed!" Xiao Yan was shocked. He never expected that this beautiful and profiteer woman in front of him possessed such strength.
"Tsk tsk. This little girl is not simple. She is less than 25 years old, but she has the strength of a mid-level Dou Ling. In a small place like the Jia Ma Empire, she is considered a rare talent." In Xiao Yan's ears, Yao Lao's sighing sounded in his heart.
Hearing this, Xiao Yan took a deep breath. Although he was less than eighteen years old, he knew that he had no chance of reaching this level before the age of twenty-five, unless he obtained the Strange Fire.
After a while, Xiao Yan and the maid completed the handover procedures, then bought some materials for refining the Burning Blood, spent most of the gold coins on him, and walked out of the reception room.
Just as he was about to go downstairs, he saw two familiar figures hugging each other at the corner of the stairs. One of them was Miter Yafei, whom he had just met, and the other one made Xiao Yan stunned and angry, Xiao Se, who married the queen of the snake tribe Medusa a year ago.
Compared to a year ago, the bleak atmosphere has become even more unfathomable.
"You bad guy, you've been gone for so long, don't you like me anymore?" Yafei snuggled in Xiao Se's arms and sobbed.
"How could I not miss you? Didn't I come to find you the first thing I did when I returned to the Jia Ma Empire?" Xiao Se glanced at Xiao Yan who was standing at the stairs and rubbed Ya Fei's head.
"Hmph, wait and see how I deal with you later." Ya Fei also discovered Xiao Yan. She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and her face instantly returned to charm. She turned sideways and took Xiao Se's arm, raised her head, looked at Xiao Yan at the stairs, and said with a smile: "Mr. Alchemist, I'm sorry to embarrass you. Have you made the deal?"
"Yeah." Xiao Yan nodded, without looking at the two of them, he clenched his fists tightly and slowly walked down the stairs.
Whenever he stood in front of Xiao Se, he always felt an inexplicable sense of humiliation, especially when he saw Xiao Se getting close to a woman, he gritted his teeth.
It was like this when he was with Medusa, and it is still like this now with Yafei. Each of them is the most beautiful woman in the world, but now she is nestled in Xiao Se's arms.
Why? It is obvious that he, Xiao Yan, is the Xiao family's number one genius, so why is the situation so different?
Walking past Xiao Se, Xiao Yan subconsciously glanced at Xiao Se, still with that expression of indifference, as if nothing happened, just like the way he looked at the other person when his talent had not disappeared. Now that the roles were reversed, Xiao Yan felt a huge gap in his heart.
At this moment, Xiao Yan swore in his heart that sooner or later, he would trample Xiao Se under his feet and make this invisible person of the Xiao family "beg for mercy" to him as he did in the past.
Watching Xiao Yan's unwilling figure walking away, Ya Fei leaned close to Xiao Se's ear and whispered, "It seems that this former number one genius in Wutan City has a deep hostility towards you!"
"Don't pay attention to him, he's just a clown." Xiao Se hugged Ya Fei like a princess.
"What are you doing? It's still daytime." Being suddenly hugged, Yafei's pretty face turned red and she said coquettishly.
"Fei'er, your husband misses you so much, don't you miss me?" Xiao Se said with a smile.
"I do." Yafei put her jade hands around Xiao Se's neck and buried her pretty face in his arms.
Xiao Se smiled slightly, his figure flashed, and he disappeared into the corridor in an instant.