Gale Bi Lie's Bad Luck

When Feng Wu cast his gaze toward Xiao Yan below, Xiao Yan's senses proved equally sharp, and he looked up toward the private box as well.

"Little Yanzi, looks like you've run into someone on the same path." Yao Chen's voice sounded in Xiao Yan's mind.

"What do you mean?"

"That man is Feng Wu." Yao Chen said calmly, "He isn't simple. In such a short time, he's already reached the ninth stage of Dou Qi, at Major Completion. Just one step away from condensing his qi into a vortex, and he can become a Dou Zhe."

"Feng Wu?" Xiao Yan was startled. When he looked back toward the private box, Feng Wu nodded at him before slowly retreating to his seat.

Of course, Feng Wu knew Yao Chen could determine his identity from his aura.

But that was precisely Feng Wu's purpose.

Some things were easier to handle when laid openly on the table.

Ya Fei continued the auction below, every frown and smile teasing the nerves of the bidders and driving the prices to one climax after another.

Watching Ya Fei below as she hinted, questioned, and cast out smiles, Feng Wu could not help but praise her inwardly. This woman was born for this line of work.

He watched as Ya Fei auctioned off a Magic Crystal with a market value of only four hundred Gold Coins for the high price of eleven hundred.

And the buyer had paid willingly, still looking utterly dazed even now.

"Terrifying. How did I ever manage to take advantage of this woman before?"

Soon after Xiao Yan arrived, before the next auction item was brought out, a maid entered through the side curtain and whispered something into Ya Fei's ear.

"The good stuff is coming!" Feng Wu sat up straight and waited for Ya Fei's introduction.

She casually clapped her hands, setting off a ripple through the room. The atmosphere, which had only just calmed somewhat, rose to another climax at Ya Fei's gesture.

"Hehe, everyone, the auction house has just received a new item for auction. I believe you will all be interested." Once she had stirred up the mood again, Ya Fei said with a smile.

With a wave of her jade-like hand, an attendant hurriedly brought up a jade tray. Resting upon it was a small white jade bottle.

"This is a Rank 2 Pill." Ya Fei carefully picked up the white jade bottle, and her seductive voice caused the auction hall to fall briefly silent.

A moment later, a burst of noise erupted. On the Dou Qi Continent, the most sought-after items were the various pills refined by Alchemists.

Ya Fei made no attempt to restrain the crowd and simply allowed the excitement to continue fermenting.

Still, there were those in the hall who understood that even pills of the same rank came in different varieties.

The patriarchs of the Three Great Families, along with several others seated at the very center of the hall, remained quite composed.

In the end, it was Gale Bi Lie, who loved showing off and saving face the most, who could not hold back and asked, "Miss Ya Fei, it isn't another batch of Rank 2 Rejuvenation Pills this time, is it? They're useful, sure, but I still have more than a bottle left in my hands.

"If you keep selling them, they'll be everywhere soon!"

Feng Wu glanced down at Gale Bi Lie, and his eyelid twitched.

Well, well. He actually looked down on his Rejuvenation Pills? What a lack of respect. Feng Wu silently marked another cross against Gale Bi Lie in his heart.

But Feng Wu was not someone who waited until later to settle a grudge. He rose directly from his seat, leaned over the railing, and shouted, "What blind fool is looking down on this old man's pills? You dare say my Rejuvenation Pills are everywhere?"

Using Dou Qi to compress his vocal cords and alter his voice, Feng Wu spoke in an aged tone.

Ya Fei had been about to explain things to the bidders when Feng Wu beat her to it.

After a quick calculation, Ya Fei decisively chose not to risk offending Feng Wu over Gale Bi Lie and abandoned any thought of smoothing things over.

She merely gave a deep bow in Feng Wu's direction, using her attitude to confirm his identity.

"I..." Gale Bi Lie, who had been ready to curse after being interrupted, immediately choked on his words and swallowed them back down.

His expression was even more strained than constipation, his face turning a miserable shade of green.

Gale Bi Lie might have acted arrogantly, but he was no fool.

As one of the leading powers, the Gale Family had no idea how many pairs of eyes watching from behind, waiting for him to make a mistake.

Not to mention that Xiao Zhan and Ouba Pa, those two old fellows beside him, were both watching with ill intent.

Offending an Alchemist of at least the Second Grade at such a time was absolutely not a wise move.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Gale Bi Lie forced a smile onto his face, afraid that even the slightest expression might displease Feng Wu. He said respectfully, "Old sir, this matter was my fault, Gale Bi Lie's fault. I accept the punishment!"

Slap! Before the shocked eyes of everyone in the hall, Gale Bi Lie went all out and slapped himself across the face. Then he said, "I wonder if this satisfies you, sir? My Gale Family is willing to resolve your displeasure by any means. If we could earn your friendship, senior, that would be more than we could ask for!"

Gale Bi Lie spoke to Feng Wu with a sincere expression.

Even Feng Wu could not help raising his opinion of Gale Bi Lie in secret. How could someone who became the head of a clan be an idiot?

This was clearly the mindset of a ruthless hero!

He could bend and stretch as needed, and he even wanted to use this chance to befriend Feng Wu. What a big heart!

Thinking of Gale Bi Lie's actions in the original story, he truly deserved that assessment. It was only that he had encountered Xiao Yan's rise and been born at the wrong time.

Otherwise, by that point, Wu Tan City would inevitably have ended up with the Gale Family standing alone above all others.

"Unfortunately, this time, there isn't just Xiao Yan. There is also me, Feng Wu," Feng Wu thought.

"Didn't you say my pills were everywhere? Tell me, are you buying these two bottles of Rejuvenation Pills or not?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Feng Wu flicked two jade bottles toward Gale Bi Lie below, then simply looked down at him.

"Buy! Buy! I'll buy them!" Gale Bi Lie hurriedly reached out and caught the two bottles of Rejuvenation Pills. At this moment, he had to agree to whatever Feng Wu said.

He also pulled out a Gold Card and handed it to a nearby clansman, instructing, "Hurry. Send these twenty thousand Gold Coins to senior!"

Gale Bi Lie was willing to spend heavily, choosing to pay more than half again above the current market price in exchange for peace.

But!

"Wait! Did I say one bottle of my Rejuvenation Pills was worth only ten thousand Gold Coins?" Feng Wu's calm voice drifted down from above.

Gale Bi Lie froze for a long while before rearranging his expression and respectfully asking, "Then what price does sir believe these Rejuvenation Pills should command?"

Yet beneath his sleeves, Gale Bi Lie's fingernails were already digging tightly into his palms. Today, he had truly lowered his head again and again!

"Not expensive. Fifty thousand Gold Coins per bottle! What do you think?"

The staggering price sent the entire hall into an uproar, even among those merely watching the spectacle.

Gale Bi Lie's face twisted despite himself. "Sir, isn't that price a little too high?"

It was not that Gale Bi Lie could not afford that much. But if he paid it, the Gale Family would essentially have no chance at the Profound Rank High Grade cultivation technique they sought.

On one side was the Wind Scroll Skill, which could break the predicament of the three great families of Wu Tan City, where only his own family possessed merely a Mysterious Rank Low Grade cultivation technique.

On the other was Feng Wu's exorbitantly priced pills. If he refused to buy them, he would have to endure the wrath of an Alchemist of at least the Second Grade.

For a time, Gale Bi Lie was caught in a dilemma.