Violence Is the Only Way to Communicate!

In the Reception Room, Ya Fei glanced out the window while sizing up Xiao Yan.

She always felt that there was something strange about Xiao Yan.

"Little fellow, you can't wait to break through to Da Dou Shi, can you?"

Yao Lao's chuckling voice rang out in Xiao Yan's heart.

"Yes." Xiao Yan nodded slightly.

When he had killed Liu Xi's two Da Dou Shi guards, he had clearly felt the strain.

"Using Heavenly Flames as Dou Qi means you can't even bring out a tenth of their true power!"

Yao Lao said leisurely, "Once you advance to Da Dou Shi and learn that giant's Secret Technique, you'll understand just how formidable Heavenly Flames are! You may even be able to contend with some powerful Dou Ling, or even Dou Wang!"

Hearing this, Xiao Yan's eyelids twitched as his anticipation for the Beast Flames soon to arrive grew even stronger.

"Young Master Xiao Yan, please wait a moment. The Beast Flames will be brought over shortly!"

Seeing how impatient Xiao Yan was, Ya Fei's alluring eyes revealed a gentle smile.

Seeing that the atmosphere had become somewhat stifling, Ya Fei was about to lighten the mood when a maid rushed in anxiously.

"Where are the Beast Flames?" Ya Fei's Dai Brows furrowed slightly.

"Miss Ya Fei, the Beast Flames... the Beast Flames were intercepted by Elder Lei Ou halfway there!"

The maid said indignantly, "He said these Beast Flames had long since been reserved by someone else and could not be transferred to anyone!"

Smack!

Ya Fei's Jade Hand slammed heavily onto the table, and her pretty face turned livid. "That old man! Those Beast Flames have been sitting in the warehouse for months. Why have I never heard that they were already reserved?"

"Lei Le's grandfather did this?" Xiao Yan asked softly.

Ya Fei rubbed her temples and nodded with a bitter smile. "Young Master Xiao Yan, that old man named Lei Ou holds considerable power in the Mite'er Family. He even surpasses Master Gu Ni by far!"

"It seems his skin has been itching." Xiao Yan set down his teacup with a faint smile.

"That old man is getting more and more outrageous. He even dares interfere with the Mittel Auction House headquarters' business!"

Ya Fei rose to her feet darkly and said to the maid, "Lead the way. I'll go reason with him myself!"

"Reason with me?"

An aged snort came from outside the door. "Hmph, fine! I also want to see what Alchemist crawled out of some hole and dared to injure my Lei Ou's grandson!"

An elderly man in ornate robes with a somewhat sinister face stepped into the Reception Room.

Ya Fei's face was filled with fury. "Elder Lei Ou, what is the meaning of this? Even if you are a family Elder, what right do you have to interfere in the Auction House's affairs?"

"More importantly, you actually dared to intercept goods ordered by an honored guest!"

"Do you want our Mite'er Family's reputation dragged through the mud?"

Seeing that Ya Fei, who had once not even dared lift her head before him, now dared to act so forcefully—

Lei Ou immediately sneered. "Hehe, what an imposing manner! Ya Fei, you're merely a tiny auctioneer from a Mite'er branch. Come speak to me like this after you become an Elder at the Mite'er headquarters!

But I doubt you'll ever get that chance! As a member of the Mittel Auction House, you actually sided with an outsider and injured a member of the Mite'er Family!

Once I return, I will formally propose to the other Elders that you be stripped of your position!"

"You..." Ya Fei's face turned pale with anger.

"You do business, I pay, and you sell the goods. That's only natural, isn't it?" Xiao Yan calmly watched Lei Ou.

Lei Ou cast Xiao Yan a dismissive glance and said indifferently, "Guests are ranked as well. Some honored guests hold extraordinary status, and the Mite'er Family naturally dares not neglect them."

"But some small fry think that having a bit of fame in some backwater makes them superior to everyone else. They don't know their own worth. Naturally, the Mite'er Family does not welcome such guests."

"Beast Flames are valuable goods. If we sell them all to you and a more distinguished guest wishes to buy them later, yet the Mite'er Family has nothing left to offer, it will be the Mite'er Family's reputation that suffers!"

"Sigh."

Xiao Yan shook his head slightly, stopping Ya Fei before she could lose her temper. He said softly, "Some people cannot be reasoned with. Only violence is the only way to communicate with them."

Whoosh!

Xiao Yan flashed forward, appearing before the panicked Lei Ou with flames burning around his right fist.

Thunderclap Palm!

Lei Ou's expression changed drastically. He hurriedly circulated his Dou Qi, trying to block Xiao Yan's punch.

Bang!

Lei Ou smashed violently into the wall. His right palm, flickering with lightning, had been burned black like charcoal.

Whoosh!

Xiao Yan flashed forward again. His raised right foot pointed coldly at Lei Ou's neck.

"Don't!"

Ya Fei cried out in alarm.

No matter what, Lei Ou was her elder, even if he had failed to conduct himself with the dignity of one.

Crack!

Xiao Yan remained unmoved. The force of his descending foot did not lessen in the slightest as he crushed Lei Ou's throat.

Lei Ou was sinister and cunning. If Xiao Yan spared his life, he would most likely seek out Xiao Yan's family afterward.

Xiao Yan had no interest in gambling on that.

"Cough... cough..."

Lei Ou clutched his throat tightly, his eyes full of bewilderment as he looked at Xiao Yan.

Even in his dreams, he had never imagined that his status as a Mite'er Elder would hold no deterrence whatsoever over the youth before him.

Several breaths later.

Lei Ou's head tilted to one side, and his bulging eyes were filled with regret.

"Elder Lei Ou!"

The headquarters guards stationed outside rushed in with horrified expressions, their killing intent erupting.

As Dou Qi howled, it transformed into a nearly tangible spear.

Dou Qi Materialization.

Dou Ling!

"Stop!"

Just as the Dou Ling guard was about to stab Xiao Yan, Ya Fei shouted furiously:

"If you want to die, then go ahead and attack him! His master is a Tier-4 Alchemist!"

The Dou Ling guard froze, staring at Xiao Yan in astonishment.

"Miss Ya Fei, is this true?" The Dou Ling guard dispersed his Dou Qi and asked gravely.

"Absolutely true!"

The Dou Ling guard's expression shifted rapidly. He gave Xiao Yan a deep look, then grabbed Lei Ou's corpse.

"Miss Ya Fei, I will report this matter to the Clan Leader before a decision is made!"

The Dou Ling guard departed like the wind.

Ya Fei smiled bitterly. "Young Master Xiao Yan, you were far too impulsive! Even if your master is a Tier-4 Alchemist, you should have given the Mite'er Family some face!"

Xiao Yan looked entirely calm and untroubled.

"Where are the Beast Flames?"

Seeing that Xiao Yan did not take the matter seriously at all, Ya Fei rubbed her aching head and gestured.

A moment later.

The maid returned carrying a pile of small glazed bottles, each containing a flickering flame.

"There are twenty in total, all Beast Flames from Tier-1 Magical Beasts. As for higher-grade Beast Flames, even the Mite'er headquarters has none in stock."

With a wave of his hand, Xiao Yan stored the bottles in his Storage Ring, unsurprised.

The higher the grade of a Beast Flame, the harder it was to form.

Tier-1 Beast Flames.

They were enough!

"Miss Ya Fei, I won't trouble you any longer." Xiao Yan smiled and walked out of the room.

Watching Xiao Yan's departing back, Ya Fei gently bit her red lips, her gaze somewhat unfocused.

Smack!

Ya Fei lightly patted her forehead to keep herself clear-headed. Worrying too much about a man did not suit her character.

"I hope Clan Leader Teng Shan will show leniency for the sake of his master being a Tier-4 Alchemist."

Ya Fei wrote a letter recounting Lei Le and Lei Ou's insolence.

This was all she could do for Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan returned home.

The moment he entered.

He saw a beautiful woman in academy attire leaning against a large tree.

Even Ya Fei, with all her seductive charm, did not possess such long, sexy legs.

"Xiao Yu?!"