Qi Gathering Pill

Chu Yang secretly examined his Qi Gathering Pill for a while, then turned and saw Ya Fei's group heading into the inn.

Chu Yang abruptly turned around and hurried after them.

"Miss Ya Fei, please wait!"

Chu Yang called out as he caught up with the auction house group.

Ya Fei immediately turned around. In that instant, she was certain she had never seen Chu Yang before.

Ya Fei could tell that Chu Yang had just called her name.

"Yes." Chu Yang readily admitted it.

After all, he had come to find Ya Fei!

"May I ask who you are, sir?"

Having seen her share of the world, Ya Fei did not display the impatience ordinary women might show when pestered by a strange man. Moreover, perhaps due to a businesswoman's instincts, she immediately sensed that the unfamiliar young man before her meant no harm.

Since he had called her by name, he must already know that she was in charge of the Miel Auction House.

"I..." Chu Yang answered honestly, "I have a treasure I wish to sell to Miss Ya Fei."

"Oh?"

Ya Fei thought to herself that her guess had indeed been correct.

"What kind of treasure is it?"

As Ya Fei spoke, she carefully observed Chu Yang's expression. If he had malicious intentions, she could simply have someone take him to the inn.

However, Chu Yang seemed completely unconcerned with what others might think. He directly revealed the Qi Gathering Pill he had purchased from the system store.

In an instant, a rich medicinal fragrance invigorated everyone present.

At that moment, Ya Fei stared intently at the Qi Gathering Pill in Chu Yang's palm, as though her eyes had been nailed to it.

"A medicinal pill—"

Quite a few people could no longer suppress their excitement and cried out softly.

That was right, it was a medicinal pill! Ya Fei had auctioned quite a few medicinal pills before, so how could she fail to recognize one?

"Is this... Qi Gathering Powder?" Ya Fei had once auctioned Qi Gathering Powder, and she felt that this pill resembled it.

However, she remembered that Qi Gathering Powder did not have pill patterns. Yet the pill before her seemed to bear pill patterns, and its fragrance was even stronger than that of Qi Gathering Powder!

"Miss Ya Fei, you guessed half right." Holding the pill in his hand, Chu Yang said smugly, "This is no ordinary Qi Gathering Powder. It is the ancestor of Qi Gathering Powder—the Qi Gathering Pill!"

"Wow—"

"Whoa!"

"Is this kid talking nonsense, or...?"

For a time, the onlookers began discussing it heatedly.

The Qi Gathering Pill in Chu Yang's hand was like a stone thrown into a thousand rippling waves!

Could what he said be true? Ya Fei's gaze remained fixed on the pill in Chu Yang's palm. As the chief auctioneer of Wutan City's auction house, she had heard of the renowned Qi Gathering Pill, though she had never actually seen one.

Still, she was deeply suspicious. How could this young man, who did not look like an alchemist at all, possess a Qi Gathering Pill? Yet if it was a fake, then judging by its fragrance alone, she found it difficult to doubt it.

Seeing that Ya Fei seemed stunned for the moment, Chu Yang, eager to get money and solve his own problems, began boasting about his "product" while the iron was hot. "Everyone knows that Qi Gathering Powder allows those at the ninth stage of Dou Qi to break through into a Dou Zhe with ease."

As Chu Yang spoke, he clearly saw many people in the crowd nodding, naturally acknowledging that his words were true.

Chu Yang immediately continued, striking while the iron was hot, "But the ancestor of Qi Gathering Powder, the Qi Gathering Pill, can help one break through into a Dou Zhe without needing to reach the ninth stage of Dou Qi first. Even someone at the sixth stage or above can use it!"

"Ah—"

"Are you bragging?"

The crowd erupted in an uproar, but an elder's voice softly said, "I've heard a legend that the Qi Gathering Pill is indeed that incredible. But nowadays, it seems that no alchemist in the Jia Ma Empire can refine a Qi Gathering Pill. They can only refine Qi Gathering Powder."

"Gasp!" someone beside the elder said. "Not even Pill King Gu He can refine a Qi Gathering Pill?"

"That's what they say."

After that, their voices gradually faded away until they could no longer be heard.

In truth, Ya Fei had also heard of the Qi Gathering Pill. She knew that in the present Jia Ma Empire, it seemed to exist only in legend.

Perhaps outside the Jia Ma Empire, there were alchemists capable of refining Qi Gathering Pills.

Then this young man before her... he must have come from beyond the Jia Ma Empire! Had he brought this Qi Gathering Pill from some distant country?

Perhaps he was not boasting. Perhaps what he said was true!

Ya Fei had some understanding of the matter: if Qi Gathering Powder could help someone at the ninth stage of Dou Qi break through into a Dou Zhe, then it was only natural that the superior Qi Gathering Pill could help someone at the sixth stage of Dou Qi or above achieve the same breakthrough!

After all, Ya Fei was a sharp-minded businesswoman. At once, she smiled beautifully, her eyes bright and alluring. Perhaps this young man before her was a fat sheep delivered right to the Miel Auction House's door!

Perhaps he was an alchemist! Even if this Qi Gathering Pill had not been refined by him personally, it might have been made by his teacher, or perhaps by the faction behind him...

For a moment, Ya Fei's thoughts ran wild.

As a transmigrator who had lived two lives, Chu Yang could tell at a glance that Ya Fei had taken the bait.

Just as he was about to press his advantage and take Ya Fei down in one stroke, he never expected her to surrender without a fight!

"Young Master, our Mier Auction House will buy your pills!" Ya Fei said hurriedly, as though afraid Chu Yang might change his mind. "This Qi Gathering Pill is worth one hundred thousand Gold Coins!"

"Whoa—"

The crowd stirred. One hundred thousand Gold Coins was enough for an ordinary person to live on for several years.

Chu Yang was inwardly stunned. He had never expected Ya Fei to be so generous.

Perhaps it was because he was still a novice alchemist with no experience dealing with people. He seemed to have forgotten that on the Dou Qi Continent, alchemists were all absurdly wealthy. Taking out one hundred thousand Gold Coins at once was nothing out of the ordinary to them.

However, Chu Yang's expression quickly returned to calm. Like a seasoned alchemist, he said in an indifferent tone, "Since Miss Ya Fei is being so generous, it would be disrespectful for me to refuse! From now on, just call me Chu Yang. We already know each other, so calling me 'Young Master' makes us seem distant."

Ya Fei had not expected Chu Yang to have such a way with words. She immediately laughed heartily in agreement, and they completed the transaction with money and goods exchanged at the same time.

Carefully taking the Qi Gathering Pill from Chu Yang, Ya Fei placed it in the pill case specially used by the Mier Auction House. She became solemn for a moment, as though she were making a pilgrimage. She did not realize that this was because she had already begun to regard Chu Yang with great importance.

However, even so, someone beside Ya Fei quietly reminded her, "Ya Fei, this Qi Gathering Pill still hasn't been inspected!"