Extraction

"Sir, this is a VIP Card from our Mittel Auction House. As long as you hold this VIP Card, you will receive VIP treatment at all Mittel Commerce Association establishments, whether auction houses or other venues. In addition, the fee charged on any items you sell will be reduced from five percent to two percent."

VIP Card!

In his previous life, this should have belonged to Xiao Yan. Compared to Ya Fei's earlier nonsense, this VIP Card was far more practical. He reached out and accepted it.

Seeing Xiao Han's fair, tender hand, Ya Fei was startled. Behind that aged, hoarse voice was a young man's hand.

Just who was this person?

Ya Fei became even more curious about Xiao Han.

At that moment, a maid entered from outside and handed a card to Ya Fei. Ya Fei accepted it, then smilingly passed it to Xiao Han. "Sir, the pills sold for a total of sixty thousand gold coins. After deducting the two percent handling fee, the rest is all in here."

"Mm." Xiao Han gave a muffled grunt, taking the green card from Ya Fei's hand. "Can I leave now?"

"Hehe, of course. But sir, if you have any pills to auction in the future, do remember to favor Ya Fei!" Ya Fei let out a charming, melodious laugh, her smile carrying a strange magical allure.

"Mm." Xiao Han answered indifferently. In that instant, his heart trembled again. This seductress is flirting again. One day, I'll push you down and have my way with you.

Through the window, Ya Fei watched Xiao Han's retreating figure disappear. The smile faded from her face as she lazily leaned back in her chair. After pondering for a moment, she asked, "Uncle Guni, is he really an Alchemist?"

"Yes." Guni nodded and respectfully replied, "And his alchemy is even better than mine. Not to mention this Divine Foundation Establishment Pill, I cannot even refine Top Grade pills. Not even if I had the formula."

"Could you tell where he came from?" Ya Fei asked with a frown, propping her chin on her hand.

"I cannot." Guni shook his head. How could he not be curious about that Alchemist's identity?

"Oh, should we send someone to follow him?" Thinking of everything that had happened just now left Ya Fei feeling stifled. With all her abilities, she had failed to draw any useful information from Xiao Han.

"I advise you not to do that. Alchemists have very strange temperaments. High-level Alchemists are even more unpredictable. That Alchemist wore a Mask and a black robe precisely to conceal his identity. He does not want others to know who he truly is. If he notices he is being followed, we may instead make an enemy of an Alchemist. That would not be good for our Mittel Auction House! And, Miss, have you forgotten the Cheke Family that was famous throughout the Gamma Empire several decades ago?" Guni urgently reminded her.

Several decades ago, there had been a great family in the Jia Ma Empire.

That great family had been renowned throughout the Jia Ma Empire. Aside from the Jia Ma Imperial Family, likely no other family had dared contend with it.

Yet that family had been exceptionally foolish and set its sights on Pill King Gu He's pill formula. In the end, Gu He had called upon four Dou Wang experts and wiped that once-mighty family out completely. Even the Jia Ma Imperial Family at the time had not dared interfere too much afterward.

The root of it was that Alchemists could refine pills that rapidly increased cultivation. Many experts were also more than willing to have an Alchemist owe them a favor.

An Alchemist himself was not frightening. What was frightening was an Alchemist's ability to rally others.

Glancing at the somewhat panicked Guni, Ya Fei helplessly shook her head and smiled bitterly. "Uncle Guni, I was only saying it. Do you really think I would be foolish enough to send someone after him? It's just that I don't understand why he wants to target another Alchemist."

Remembering what Xiao Han had instructed yesterday, Ya Fei found it utterly baffling.

Of course, no matter how hard she racked her brains, she would never imagine that Xiao Han possessed a system, and that only by disrupting the Storyline could he level up quickly.

"Xiao Yan runs even faster than a rabbit!"

After leaving the auction house, Xiao Han discovered that Xiao Yan had already departed.

"Master, someone is following you."

As he walked along the street, System Xiao Ai suddenly spoke.

"Someone is following me?" Xiao Han was slightly stunned. He looked behind him but found no suspicious figures.

Could it be someone from the Mittel Auction House?

The thought flashed through Xiao Han's mind and vanished.

Ya Fei was mature and seductive. She did not seem like some brainless pretty vase.

Who was it?

Xiao Han quickly took a few steps forward, then entered a deep alley. Using the terrain as cover, he hid behind a protruding wall.

Sure enough, before long, a figure followed him into the alley.

"It's you!" Xiao Han looked at the person in surprise.

The person was shrouded head to toe in a black cloak, with no features visible. He was none other than Xiao Yan in disguise.

"You are the one who refined that Divine Foundation Establishment Pill, correct?" Old Man Yao's deep voice came from within the black cloak.

"Yes." Xiao Han nodded, his own voice equally low and hoarse.

Bzzz! Bzzz! Bzzz!

Wave after wave of invisible fluctuations surged from Xiao Yan's body. Like layers of ocean waves, they swept toward Xiao Han.

"Hm?"

Old Man Yao's startled voice sounded from within the black cloak.

After releasing his soul power to probe, Old Man Yao discovered a powerful aura surrounding Xiao Han. All the soul power he had sent out was completely blocked.

After suffering this setback, Old Man Yao's tone grew solemn. "Who exactly are you? How do you possess the Foundation Establishment Pill formula?"

"Want to know?" Xiao Han's laugh, processed through the Cat Face Mask, sounded especially eerie. At the same time, he began moving closer to Xiao Yan.

Seeing Xiao Han approach, Xiao Yan instinctively became wary. His head beneath the black robe gave a slight nod. "Mm."

"I originally did not intend to tell you. Fine, since you want to know, it is not impossible to tell you!" Xiao Han said as he approached Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan was wrapped in a black robe, leaving nowhere to make a move. He added, "But you must shake hands with me!"

"Shake hands?" A trace of surprise appeared in Old Man Yao's aged voice.

"Yes." Xiao Han nodded, a smug smile appearing beneath his black robe.

"What kind of request is that?" Old Man Yao instinctively grew wary at Xiao Han's sudden demand.

"Forget it. It's only a handshake, yet you have no sincerity at all. If you do not even dare shake my hand, why should I tell you why I have this pill formula?" Xiao Han slowly turned around and walked away as though angered.

One step!

Two steps!

Three steps!

When Xiao Han took the fourth step, Old Man Yao's voice came from behind him. "Fine. I'll shake your hand!"

Old Man Yao had dominated the Battle Qi Continent for decades. What storms had he not seen? It was only a handshake. He refused to believe the other party could pull any trick.

Yet in the next second, Old Man Yao began to regret it.

He saw a fair, tender hand extend from beneath the black robe.

"You..."

Old Man Yao instinctively became alert. That fair, tender hand had produced an aged voice. Could it be that the other party also had an old master attached to him?

Old Man Yao wanted to pull back his hand, but it was already too late. Xiao Han's hand had clasped his.

"Extraction!"