Old Man, Get Up and Get to Work!

"Smart woman?"

Ya Fei froze slightly. Her gaze fell on Xiao Yan's serious little face, and she could not help bursting into peals of laughter, her body trembling beautifully.

The sight was quite a feast for Xiao Yan's eyes.

But as she laughed, her laughter gradually faded when she met Xiao Yan's pair of calm, pitch-black eyes.

"No problem. The other medicinal ingredients on this prescription are all easy enough to acquire.

But the Earth Heart Spiritual Milk will not be so easy to obtain. It is an ingredient used in many high-grade pills, and a single drop is worth thousands of Gold Coins.

If you want it quickly, the price will be even steeper.

If you are willing to wait, the cost of one set of ingredients will only be around three to five thousand Gold Coins. But if you want it soon, I'm afraid it will cost over ten thousand Gold Coins."

"Money is not an issue. Gather these ingredients as soon as possible, and make sure their quality is high enough."

Xiao Yan smiled faintly.

"That can be done, but it is no small sum even for me. Will you be paying, or will the Xiao Family pay?"

Ya Fei nodded, then looked at Xiao Yan with suddenly teasing eyes. She was curious how this little fellow intended to produce such a sum.

Twenty thousand Gold Coins was an astronomical amount for a twelve-year-old boy.

"I have no money."

Xiao Yan suddenly waved his hand lightly, his eyes carrying the same playful look as he watched Ya Fei.

"No money?"

Ya Fei was momentarily stunned.

"At such a young age, you have already learned how to sell me empty promises."

She rolled her eyes lightly.

"Little fellow, no matter how much potential you have, you cannot expect me to sell everything I own to invest in you, can you? That Hundred Year Blood Ginseng alone already cost me dearly."

"Hehe, haven't you always wanted to become the one in power of the Mite'er Family?

Now that you have encountered a promising prospect like me, this is a very important opportunity. Sister Ya Fei, are you sure you do not want to invest a little?"

Xiao Yan's words made Ya Fei, who had been languid and carefree, abruptly straighten her body. Her beautiful eyes fixed tightly on his handsome little face.

"Who exactly are you?"

"I am merely an ordinary little genius."

Xiao Yan grinned. Having been reborn once, he rather enjoyed this inexplicable sort of flair.

"Remember to send the things over as soon as possible, and keep it confidential."

Xiao Yan clasped his little hands behind his back and walked off with the airs of an old man. Then, while Ya Fei was not paying attention, he lightly patted her pert backside.

"You can send a few more sets of the ingredients from that prescription. I can refine the excess into pills as repayment."

Without waiting for Ya Fei to react, he darted off toward the Xiao Family in a flash.

"You!"

Her backside had suddenly been attacked. Ya Fei was initially left blank-faced, and by the time she recovered, Xiao Yan had already run quite a distance away.

"His feathers have not even grown in yet, and he is already this lecherous."

Ya Fei glared in the direction Xiao Yan had departed. Aside from a faint blush on her pretty face, she felt surprisingly little anger.

"What a strange little brat. He must be hiding quite a secret."

After pondering for a moment, Ya Fei returned to the Mittel Auction House. She divided the prescription in her hand into two copies and handed them to two trusted subordinates.

"Go to the warehouse and find five sets of the best ingredients. Deduct the cost from my personal treasury.

As for the Earth Heart Spiritual Milk, get it here as quickly as possible, no matter how much it costs."

Only after giving these instructions did Ya Fei gently close her eyes and wonder why she had allowed a twelve-year-old brat to persuade her.

Five sets of ingredients would likely cost a full fifty thousand Gold Coins. Even her personal treasury only had one or two hundred thousand Gold Coins in liquid funds.

Was it because of his casually fabricated claim of being an Alchemist, or because he had seen through her ambition?

As Ya Fei thought, she actually drifted off to sleep in her recliner. In her hazy dreams, a pair of clear, profound black eyes, tranquil as an ancient well, appeared before her. Ya Fei suddenly opened her eyes from her light sleep.

"His eyes? I actually made such a decision because of a child's eyes.

What a mysterious little fellow."

"Tap, tap, tap."

Xiao Yan ran all the way back to the Xiao Family on his short little legs, only slowing to a stop beneath the shade of a Bamboo Forest.

"How thrilling."

Xiao Yan let out a long breath. In his Previous life, he had done things far more outrageous with Ya Fei, yet that sense of excitement had never been as intense as it was today.

She was an old acquaintance, but this was a new story. The feeling of putting new wine into an old bottle made him, a Dou Emperor who had lived for tens of thousands of years, finally rediscover the feeling of youth.

"Being young is wonderful."

Xiao Yan chuckled, sweeping his gaze over the Bamboo Forest. Then his smile abruptly froze.

Not far away in the Bamboo Forest, a pretty little face was watching him with resentful eyes.

"Xun'er, you are here in this little grove cooling off too?"

Xiao Yan's expression remained calm, but he felt a trace of awkwardness inside. His experiences over tens of thousands of years let him keep a straight face, yet deep down, he felt as though he had been caught cheating.

This is even more thrilling. What is going on?

"Brother Xiao Yan, has that vixen charmed you too?"

Xun'er said mournfully, her little face filled with disappointment.

"Not at all."

Xiao Yan gently shook his head. "I merely discussed some matters with Sister Ya Fei. It will help me recover my cultivation."

"You have only met once, yet you are already calling her Sister Ya Fei this and Sister Ya Fei that."

"Xun'er! Your perspective is too narrow. Sister Ya Fei has helped me seek out several precious medicinal ingredients."

Xiao Yan suddenly put on a stern little face, his expression serious.

Upon hearing this, the disappointment on Xun'er's little face grew even deeper, and a faint mist even began to gather in her eyes.

She had merely called that woman a vixen, yet Brother Xiao Yan was already getting angry at her.

Just then, a warm hand quietly took hold of the girl's small hand. When she looked up, the stern little face had softened.

"Sister Ya Fei is indeed attractive, but when Xun'er grows up, she will certainly be even more captivating than her. In my heart, Xun'er will always come first."

Xiao Yan gazed at Xun'er tenderly. How could a young girl just beginning to understand love withstand such an assault? A rosy flush quickly spread across her fair, pretty face.

"You are awful. Brother Xiao Yan must have cultivated until he damaged his brain.

Ever since you woke up, you have always been doing shameless things. Brother Xiao Yan is such a big pig."

Xun'er hurriedly pulled her hand free and fled with a blushing face.

"Whew, that was close."

Watching Xun'er flee in disarray, Xiao Yan suddenly let out a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the current Xun'er was only a little girl. If it had been Xun'er from tens of thousands of years later, his little tricks would have been exposed long ago.

"But why does this feel more thrilling than fighting those Heavenly Devil Emperors back then?"

Xiao Yan gently shook his head, his gaze seemingly drifting toward a shadow somewhere deep within the Bamboo Forest.

After watching for only a moment, Xiao Yan headed directly toward his room once his body had cooled down.

Only after Xiao Yan left did a worried murmur emerge from that patch of shadow.

"Oh no, could Miss have developed romantic feelings for that little fellow?"

Over the next two days, apart from occasionally exercising his body, Xiao Yan spent most of his time resting.

First, he was enjoying the childish pleasures of his youth, which were rare to experience again. Second, he had been constantly adjusting his physical condition.

After all, this body was simply far too weak at present.

It was not until the third day that Ya Fei sent over a full five sets of medicinal ingredients.

"She actually gathered five sets of ingredients?"

The moment Xiao Yan saw those five sets of ingredients, a ripple finally appeared in his perpetually calm eyes.

He lightly tapped the black ring on his fingertip, and an illusory elderly figure slowly emerged.

Looking at the figure, a thoroughly punchable smile appeared on Xiao Yan's lips.

"Teacher, get up and get to work!"