Mite'er Ya Fei

Mite'er Ya Fei

"I told him I didn't want it, but he insisted on forcing it on me."

Inside the room, Xiao Yuan looked helplessly at the jade box containing Qi Gathering Powder on the table and muttered to himself.

Just as expected, Xun Er did not want the so-called Qi Gathering Powder refined by Pill King Gu He either.

In the end, Father had forced the thing onto him.

Honestly, he really had no use for Qi Gathering Powder.

Because his cultivation method differed from the conventional methods of the Douqi Continent, he did not need to condense any Dou Qi Cyclone.

To him, Qi Gathering Powder was at most relatively abundant energy—Ah! Xiao Yuan suddenly came to his senses. Looking at the Qi Gathering Powder on the table, he could not help but sigh.

"My brain really has rusted. Although this Qi Gathering Powder is used to allow a cultivator at Nine Stages Dou Qi to condense a Dou Qi Cyclone with a one hundred percent success rate, the medicinal power it contains is more than abundant enough for me right now!

"With this thing, I should be able to fill the Five Elements Qi Palace faster, advance to Dou Zhe sooner, and truly step onto the path of cultivating Dou Qi!"

Having figured it all out, Xiao Yuan's eyes burned with passion again, but he did not choose to swallow the Qi Gathering Powder immediately.

After all, with the current strength of his meridians, if he rashly swallowed Qi Gathering Powder meant for someone at Nine Stages Dou Qi, he might turn Opening Dragon Spine into Removing Shrimp Intestine in the blink of an eye!

Speaking of which, according to the Five-Colored Scroll in his soul sea of consciousness, breaking through the five realms of Dou Zhe, Dou Shi, Da Dou Shi, Dou Ling, and Dou Wang did not require the troublesome process of finding special materials of all five attributes like when he had first opened the Qi Palaces.

He only needed to strengthen the Qi Palaces within the liver, heart, spleen, lungs, and kidneys in order of advancement.

The scroll mentioned that the five organs did not exist independently, but formed a complete closed-loop system. Therefore, the Qi Palaces condensed within them were naturally connected. Thus, in the early stages of cultivation, once one palace was opened, the overflowing Dou Qi would naturally break open the remaining Qi Palaces and bring them into balance.

If, during cultivation, one excessively absorbed energy of a single attribute due to some accident, the excess energy could also be circulated into the other palaces through a special cultivation method.

Put abstractly, it could also be viewed as the principle of communicating vessels.

Therefore, if Xiao Yuan wanted to advance to Dou Zhe now, first, he needed to absorb enough energy. One Qi Gathering Powder was definitely not enough. Second, he needed to find the corresponding materials to strengthen the Liver Azure Wood Qi Palace.

Two First Order Wood Attribute Magic Cores and one Azure Wood Vine.

That was another considerable expense!

Xiao Yuan frowned slightly. Over the past three years, although he had earned quite a bit through the market district, most of it belonged to the market district's revenue—public funds that could not be touched.

He himself had earned plenty as well, definitely making him the most well-off among the Xiao Clan's younger generation. But part of that money had gone toward buying Magic Cores, part toward purchasing those special spellcasting materials, and another part toward greasing connections and rewarding subordinates.

As a result, the savings he had accumulated over the past three years had basically all been spent. He had not even been willing to buy the lowest-grade Storage Ring.

Fortunately, the market district was not his only source of income. When it came to making money, someone understood it better than he did! So it was time to pay her a visit.

Looking at the luxurious building before him, Xiao Yuan could not help feeling somewhat sentimental.

This was Wutan City's largest auction house, the Mittel Auction House!

The Mite'er Family behind it was one of the Jia Ma Empire's foremost great families. With a long history, it had developed within the Jia Ma Empire for hundreds of years, and its connections were incredibly intricate. According to certain rumors, this obscenely wealthy family even seemed to have some ties to the Jia Ma Empire's imperial family.

Of course, those ties were not really useful. In any case, the Mite'er Family was destined to become the Xiao Clan's best friend.

And the purpose of his visit was to find the "woman he fancied" whom he had mentioned to Nalan Yanran before.

Mite'er Ya Fei! "Mr. Xiao Yuan!"

The guards at the entrance had seen Xiao Yuan more than once, so not only did they not stop him, they respectfully greeted him.

"Mm, you've worked hard."

Xiao Yuan nodded slightly. After offering a brief word of appreciation, he entered the auction house and skillfully turned into an office on the second floor.

After waiting for a while, Xiao Yuan rose to his feet, picked up the tea set on the table, and prepared to pour himself a cup.

Just then, the door opened.

A beautiful woman in a red dress, with a bewitching figure, walked in. When she saw Xiao Yuan, she froze for a moment before smiling and speaking in a seductive voice that nearly made one's bones go soft.

"Little Brother Xiao Yuan? What brings you to your sister's place today?"

"Big Sister Ya Fei, have some tea first."

Xiao Yuan handed over the cup he had just filled, smiling just as warmly.

"Hehe!"

Ya Fei covered her mouth and chuckled. Then she accepted the cup from Xiao Yuan and drained it in one gulp.

"Your sister just finished hosting an auction and happened to be thirsty. Little Brother Xiao Yuan is truly considerate."

Ya Fei closed the office door behind her and walked over to Xiao Yuan, handing the teacup back to him.

Xiao Yuan took the cup, poured himself another cup of tea, and drank it down before sighing. "I'm merely borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha, but honestly, Big Sister Ya Fei's tea really is soothing."

Hearing this, Ya Fei looked at the handsome young man before her. Compared to when they had first met two years ago, much of his youthful immaturity had faded, and he was gradually showing the charm of a mature man. She could not help spacing out slightly.

He's gotten even more handsome! And he's grown up too—he even dares to tease me like this now.

Yet she did not feel the slightest aversion. After all, the young man before her was indeed very handsome. Over the past two years in Wutan City, Xiao Yuan had been her only friend. It was just a little teasing.

"Alright, tell me. Why did you suddenly come to see your sister?"

Ya Fei sat down on a sofa nearby and asked with a smile.

"Sigh, I'm short on money! I suddenly became able to cultivate last night, so I wanted to get some cultivation resources. After thinking it over, I figured professional matters should be handled by professionals. That's why I came to ask Big Sister Ya Fei for help."

Xiao Yuan grew more serious as he spoke. He walked over, sat beside Ya Fei, and said with a slightly troubled expression.

"Really? Little Brother Xiao Yuan, you can cultivate now?"

Ya Fei was somewhat surprised, but her face immediately filled with joy.

"Then I must congratulate you. What materials do you need? Just tell your sister, and I'll arrange them for you right away."

"They're all listed here. Big Sister Ya Fei, please help me prepare them according to this list. There's no rush. Once they're ready, send someone to notify me, and I'll come find you then."

As he spoke, Xiao Yuan took out a list he had prepared long ago and handed it to Ya Fei.