Miteer Auction House

"Younger Brother Xiao Jin, you haven't come to see Big Sis in quite a while." In the Miteer Auction House's reception room, Xiao Jin and Xun'er had yet to see anyone when they heard a voice capable of making their bones go weak.

Before long, a fragrant breeze wafted into their noses, and a seductive figure suddenly entered their view.

Upon hearing that voice, Xun'er immediately puffed out her cheeks like an angry little squirrel and glared fiercely at Ya Fei.

She then cautiously glanced at Xiao Jin. Only after discovering that his expression remained unchanged did she imperceptibly let out a sigh of relief.

A proper smile hung on Xiao Jin's face. "Big Sis Ya Fei, you're teasing me again."

"Tsk, sometimes Big Sis wonders if Younger Brother Xiao Jin might actually like men." The corners of Ya Fei's lips drooped slightly, and a trace of resentment unconsciously entered her voice.

Xiao Jin: "???"

She's slandering me! She's slandering me!

Meeting Xiao Jin's puzzled gaze, Ya Fei continued, "You clearly have a great beauty like Big Sis devoted to you, and you even have a childhood sweetheart beside you who would make even Big Sis envious and jealous. So how is Younger Brother Xiao Jin's heart still as hard as a rock?"

Xun'er's face flushed slightly. Although she disliked Ya Fei, she had to admit that this woman had indeed done something good.

But before she could celebrate, she heard Xiao Jin say righteously, "Big Sis Ya Fei, some jokes can't be made carelessly. Xun'er is my younger sister. If you disrespect her, I really will get angry."

Some jokes were fine when made in passing, but others concerned a girl's reputation.

He was a grown man, so it didn't matter to him, but Xun'er was a girl. Could one make jokes like that carelessly?

Ya Fei was rendered speechless, while Xun'er grew even angrier.

Ya Fei: "Why don't you look at your little childhood sweetheart and see whether she thinks what I said just now was disrespectful?"

Xun'er: "Brother Xiao Jin is such a big idiot!"

The two women, one older and one younger, began grumbling inwardly. They had already cursed Xiao Jin thoroughly in their hearts.

Seeing that Ya Fei had fallen silent, Xiao Jin assumed his warning had worked. He then continued, "Big Sis Ya Fei, I've prepared this month's pills."

After speaking, he brushed his finger across his Storage Ring, and a pile of porcelain bottles appeared on the table.

"There are five hundred Tier 1 Medicinal Hemostasis Pills here, along with another thirty Tier 1 Medicinal Energy Accumulation Pills."

Ya Fei rolled her charming eyes. Only when discussing serious business do you get this excited, huh?

Xiao Jin was naturally excited. Every time he supplied pills to the Miteer Auction House, he earned a substantial reward.

If Wutan City weren't too small and its purchasing power insufficient, he would directly provide pills of a higher tier.

With his current strength, he could already refine Tier 5 Medicinal Pills in batches.

After Ya Fei put away the pile of low-tier pills, he took out another porcelain bottle. "This is the Tier 4 Medicinal Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill that Gu Ni commissioned me to refine last time. I've brought its effects to the absolute limit. It's enough to help him advance to Da Dou Shi."

A Tier 4 Medicinal Pill—and one capable of helping a cultivator break through a realm at that—was worth far more than functional pills like the Hemostasis Pill.

Compared with the Qi Gathering Powder, which was also a Tier 4 Medicinal Pill, its price was only higher, never lower.

A Qi Gathering Powder cost roughly two hundred thousand gold coins, while this Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill cost a full fifty percent more. It definitely couldn't be bought for less than three hundred thousand.

What was even more ridiculous was that without his connection with Ya Fei, Gu Ni wouldn't even have been able to find a way to commission someone to refine a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill.

That was what made Alchemists so terrifying. Aside from using pill refinement to accumulate enormous wealth, they could also build connections through pills.

For example, Xiao Jin had refined a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill for Gu Ni this time. If he needed Gu Ni's help in the future, could Gu Ni still refuse?

However, Gu Ni had provided all the materials for this pill's refinement, so Xiao Jin had only charged a five-thousand-gold-coin crafting fee.

Even that was a friendly price given for Ya Fei's sake.

Ya Fei accepted the pill and a Crystal Card Xiao Jin handed over. She clapped her hands to summon a servant, then gave him the card and said, "Deposit Young Master Xiao Jin's share from his last auction into this card."

After giving all the instructions, she looked back at Xiao Jin. A seductive smile once again appeared on her face.

"Younger Brother Xiao Jin, Big Sis broke through again."

Xiao Jin raised an eyebrow. When this woman had come last month, she had only just broken through to Seven-Star Dou Grandmaster, hadn't she?

He hadn't expected her to break through again in just one short month.

It seems the high-tier pill I provided to improve her aptitude back then wasn't wasted.

The Glazed Body Sculpting Pill could improve one's aptitude, temper the body, widen the meridians, and completely change Ya Fei's predicament as a cultivation cripple.

It was precisely thanks to this pill that Ya Fei's cultivation had advanced by leaps and bounds.

One had to know that the strongest people publicly recognized in Wutan City were merely Xiao Zhan and Jia Liebi, both Five-Star Dou Grandmasters.

With Ya Fei's current cultivation, she could probably suppress Xiao Zhan and Jia Liebi by herself.

The current Ya Fei was no longer merely a vase with an empty pretty face.

Xun'er grew even more upset. She had already fallen short of Ya Fei in appearance, and now she couldn't compare with her in cultivation either.

Of course, that wasn't to say Xun'er wasn't beautiful. It was simply that she was not yet fifteen and still had tremendous room to grow.

Once she matured, her appearance certainly wouldn't be inferior to Ya Fei's.

But Ya Fei was already in her twenties, the most beautiful age for a woman.

For the still-growing Xun'er to compete with Ya Fei in appearance was truly asking too much of her.

After congratulating Ya Fei a few times, Xiao Jin noticed that Xun'er's mood was somewhat low. Therefore, he didn't exchange many more pleasantries and directly took Xun'er back to the Xiao Clan.

Watching Xiao Jin's departing back, Ya Fei let out a soft sigh.

"Ah, Little Sister Xun'er is really having a hard time." She gently shook her head, then revealed a faint smile. "But who told Little Sister Xun'er to be Younger Brother Xiao Jin's childhood sweetheart? The task of making him realize his feelings can only be entrusted to you. Once Younger Brother Xiao Jin catches on, Big Sis will have her chance."

Clearly, this woman had a fine scheme in mind.

She intended to leave the hardest work to Xun'er and simply reap the benefits.

Of course, as the price of reaping the benefits, she was destined not to monopolize Xiao Jin.

But Ya Fei didn't care. For this little man who had changed her fate, she was willing to give everything she had.

On the way back to the Xiao Clan, Xiao Jin asked in confusion, "Is Xun'er feeling unwell?"

Xun'er raised her head and forced out a smile. "No, I'm not. Why would Brother Xiao Jin ask that?"

Xiao Jin scratched his head. "It's just that you seemed pretty happy earlier, but then you suddenly stopped talking. I thought you might be feeling unwell."

Girls always have a few of those days each month.

Even though Xiao Jin was a hopelessly straightforward man, he still knew basic physiological knowledge.

Xun'er's mood improved considerably. Regardless of the reason, Xiao Jin's ability to keenly notice the change in her mood proved that he had placed her in his heart.

Forget it. I'll take it one step at a time. As long as I can stay together with Brother Xiao Jin, that's enough.