Peach Blossom Fire

Little Er Ha could increase her experience by eating medicinal dregs.

Now, not only had she grown plump and sturdy from eating, but after half a month of feeding, her long experience bar had also filled by more than three-tenths.

Little Er Ha's experience bar was somewhat different from Feng Wu's. Feng Wu's was a little over one hundred experience points per level at One Star.

Little Er Ha, on the other hand, gained an entire long experience bar of over a thousand points with each rank! As the bar rose, her attributes rose; once the experience bar was full, she advanced!

As long as she had accumulated enough energy, she could advance unconditionally!

Over this half month, plus the initial two days, the medicinal dregs Little Er Ha ate allowed her to build up foundational experience. On top of that, Feng Wu let her out each day to hunt and grow on her own, which was no small gain.

As a result, although Feng Wu had never left the cave and spent his days refining pills, the thirty percent experience Little Er Ha shared with him, combined with his own natural growth, had smoothly brought him to the realm of a Two Star Dou Zhe.

That was because Feng Wu had been busy refining pills and had neglected his cultivation.

After all, he could not experience the kind of effect Xiao Yan had in the original work, where cultivation after exhausting one's Dou Qi and becoming utterly fatigued yielded twice the results with half the effort.

His Dou Qi was simply too enduring. It could not be exhausted.

However, while his Dou Qi never ran out, his Soul Power was repeatedly drained to its limit!

Thus, Feng Wu's Dou Qi cultivation had grown only modestly, nothing remarkable. Yet over this half month, his soul cultivation had made tremendous progress!

Feng Wu's Soul Power was now nearly comparable to the endurance of his Dou Qi.

"Little Er Ha, let's go." Feng Wu did not take Little Er Ha home. Instead, he headed straight for the Mittel Auction House.

The beast flame he wanted should have arrived long ago after more than half a month, right?

"Sir, you've finally come! We haven't seen each other in half a month. Ya Fei has missed you terribly." Ya Fei had sharp eyes. The moment Feng Wu entered the hall, she hurried over like a resentful little lover.

This drew countless gazes throughout the hall!

"Who's that kid in the black robe? What a grand reception. Ya Fei isn't even that warm toward the heads of the Three Great Families, is she?"

"Exactly! She looks like a neglected wife right now! Don't tell me someone has already gotten to my goddess first?"

"Shh—! Cut the crap, are you trying to die? Don't you know that Black-Clothed Man is at least a Rank 3 Alchemist!"

There were those in the hall who envied him, those who were jealous, those who did not dare discuss it, and even those who resented Feng Wu out of "admiration" for Ya Fei!

However, neither Ya Fei nor Feng Wu paid any attention to people who could only gossip. That was the limit of what such people could ever amount to.

"Haha, I fear what Miss Ya Fei misses is the Gold Coins and pills in this old man's pockets, isn't it?" Feng Wu teased.

"You jest, sir. No matter how precious pills are, how could they compare to the person who refines them? Ya Fei truly has missed you!" Ya Fei replied with a soft laugh as she led Feng Wu toward the VIP Room.

Then, changing the subject, she brought up the real matter. "Sir, the beast flame you asked us to prepare arrived a week ago. I wonder...?"

"What rank is it?" Feng Wu replied blandly.

"Rank Five, Peach Blossom Fire." Ya Fei sounded somewhat uneasy as she answered. To be honest, a Rank Five Peach Blossom Fire was indeed quite valuable. It was not cheap!

If Feng Wu did not want it, the Mittel Auction House would not suffer any losses, but for Ya Fei, who had chosen to allocate such a large amount of precious resources, it would still be no small trouble.

After all, transporting such a valuable item to a small place like Wu Tan City meant that the Mittel Auction House had to bear transportation risks as well.

"Rank Five Peach Blossom Fire? Not bad." Feng Wu gave it a word of praise.

Peach Blossom Fire was a relatively rare, excellent, and useful type of beast flame. It existed only within the bodies of the rather rare Rank Five wood-element magical beast, the Kui Wood Beast.

Its greatest characteristic was that, compared to other flames, its nature was relatively gentle. It was also easier to tame.

It was more convenient for an Alchemist to control while refining pills, making it one of the beast flames Alchemists favored most.

Of course, in terms of temperature and destructive power, it was somewhat inferior to other flames of the same rank.

Even so, Peach Blossom Fire was still extremely valuable.

It was probably worth at least more than one finished Fourth Grade pill.

It was a little expensive, and Feng Wu's purse was empty.

The medicinal cauldron and large quantities of medicinal ingredients he had bought earlier had already used up nearly all his funds.

However, Feng Wu had long anticipated this situation and had prepared for it beforehand.

He was not nervous at all and simply told Ya Fei frankly, "Miss Ya Fei, I do indeed want this Peach Blossom Fire. But I no longer have any Gold Coins."

Ya Fei's expression changed after hearing Feng Wu's words, but it changed into a beaming smile.

An Alchemist had no money? What kind of joke was that!

Sure enough, Feng Wu then took out two jade bottles and asked Ya Fei, "I wonder if these can serve as payment instead?"

"As expected, pills!" Just as she had thought, Ya Fei's smile deepened.

To the Mittel Family, money that had become no more than a number was far less valuable than these tangible pill treasures that could strengthen the family's foundation.

When she took the jade bottles and looked inside, Ya Fei's face showed surprise. She cried out softly, "What generosity, sir! Two bottles of Third Grade Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid! I should be the one giving you change!"

Gu Ni had already told Ya Fei about the value of Third Grade Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid. It was Third Grade in rank, but in terms of practicality and value, it was even more precious than ordinary Fourth Grade pills!

No matter how expensive Peach Blossom Fire was, it was worth at most a little over one Fourth Grade pill.

(In the original work, Xue Mei traded a Fourth Grade pill formula for Peach Blossom Fire and was severely overcharged. The main reason was that Peach Blossom Fire looked beautiful, and Xue Mei's eyes had sparkled.)

Therefore, the Third Grade Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid Feng Wu had brought out was worth more than the price.

However, these two bottles of Third Grade Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid had been obtained from Yao Chen in exchange for the favor Xiao Yan owed him, so Feng Wu did not feel the least bit heartache.

Originally, Feng Wu had said Second Grade would be enough. He had planned to use the system to upgrade it himself, but Yao Chen had suddenly become far too enthusiastic and insisted on giving him Third Grade!

Unable to refuse such enthusiasm, Feng Wu could only accept Yao Chen's goodwill.

"Besides the Peach Blossom Fire, I also want two Qi Gathering Powders." Feng Wu ignored Ya Fei. He would never say something like, "No need for change, keep the rest as a tip."

Naturally, he would make the most of everything.

"Two Qi Gathering Powders... together with the Peach Blossom Fire. Sir, I'm afraid the value of two bottles of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid will not be enough. Moreover, Qi Gathering Powder has always been a scarce pill. Procuring it will likely be very troublesome." Ya Fei said with difficulty.

"I know. Then what if I add these?" Feng Wu waved his hand, and the Storage Ring flashed continuously.

A few breaths later, more than two thousand jade bottles filled the VIP Room from wall to wall. Ya Fei's blood raced, and her eyes were dazzled!

"Sir, these are...?" Ya Fei's lovely mouth hung slightly open for a long while, unable to close as she asked Feng Wu in shock. Yet she already had a faint guess in her heart.

"That's right! These are all pills." As though he had seen through Ya Fei's thoughts, Feng Wu pointed at the jade bottles scattered across the floor. "First Grade Healing Pills. Neither more nor less, exactly 2,700 bottles. With these added, the price of two Qi Gathering Powders should be enough, right?"

(Note: Feng Wu did not refine 2,200 bottles in seventeen days. That was the amount produced in one batch, which could be divided into many bottles. Also, in the original work, Xiao Yan made over 1,200 bottles in half a month. The protagonist's Dou Qi is far more enduring than Xiao Yan's, he can refine pills longer, his cultivation technique restores faster, his success rate is higher, and he does not need to meditate to cultivate. This amount is not excessive, right?)