Could He Be a Fifth-Rank Alchemist?

Yao Chen was quite satisfied to have received the twenty million gold coins. As an alchemist, he was never short on money; selling a few high-grade pills at an auction house could easily net him several million.

However, these twenty million gold coins in front of him had been swindled from Jia Liebi.

Spending this money felt the most satisfying of all.

Furthermore, he could fatten his own pockets before wiping out the Jia Lie Clan.

Why wouldn't he do it?

"Very well, I accept," Yao Chen nodded, taking the card containing the twenty million gold coins from Jia Liebi's hand.

He had already transferred the funds to his own account.

After painting a grand picture of the future for Jia Liebi, he left the Miteer Auction House.

Before leaving, he told Jia Liebi, "Clan Leader Jia Lie, go back and wait for news. I will soon refine some Tier 3 pills to help your Jia Lie Clan completely dominate the medicinal market in Wutan City."

"Really? Then thank you so much, My Lord."

Upon returning, Jia Liebi and his son, Jia Lie'ao, were exceptionally excited and thrilled.

But after waiting for a week, they did not receive any news or response from Yao Chen.

The promised pills did not arrive as scheduled; instead, the Xiao Clan's medicinal market had recently begun selling a Tier 3 pill that restored Dou Qi.

It was particularly popular among the nearby mercenary groups, who were willing to pay high prices for it.

Over the past few days, the Xiao Clan's market had become increasingly prosperous, raking in massive profits.

Jia Liebi suddenly realized something was wrong, and it finally dawned on him: had he been swindled by the Xiao Clan?

As of now, the business of their Jia Lie Clan's market had been sold to the Xiao Clan.

He had thought he could pin all his hopes on that alchemist.

As a result, after waiting for so many days, not only had the Jia Lie Clan received no word of any Tier 3 pills, but the Xiao Clan's market was now selling Tier 3 Qi Recovery Pills.

Jia Liebi was on the verge of a breakdown.

He had spent twenty million gold coins, yet not only had he failed to crush the Xiao Clan, but his own market business had also fallen into their hands.

The twenty million gold coins he had spent had gone down the drain.

He suddenly realized a problem: could it be that the alchemist was actually a member of the Xiao Clan to begin with?

If that were the case, hadn't he been set up?

"What do we do, Father? Were we set up by the Xiao Clan? That Tier 4 alchemist might just be one of their people, deliberately scamming us!"

"Now that our market business has been absorbed by the Xiao Clan, I'd say it's ten to one that's exactly what happened!" Jia Lie'ao said, suddenly furious.

"I'm going to the Xiao Clan to settle this. They dare to scam our Jia Lie Clan? They're courting death!"

Just as Jia Lie'ao was about to leave the hall to head to the Xiao Clan, he was stopped by his father, Jia Liebi.

"What is it, Father? We've wasted twenty million gold coins for nothing! A lot of that was borrowed, and the rest came from selling our market business. Are we just going to let it go?"

Jia Lie'ao said angrily. As one of the three great clans of Wutan City, when had their Jia Lie Clan ever suffered such a massive loss?

Jia Liebi's expression was grave. "Even if we've suffered a loss, a Tier 4 alchemist is not someone we can easily offend. If we aren't careful, our Jia Lie Clan could face total annihilation!"

"But Father, can we really just let such a huge matter slide?"

The Jia Lie Clan was already in complete chaos.

Inside Xiao Yan's room.

Only now did Xiao Yan understand what his teacher had been planning all along.

"Teacher, your strategy is brilliant. A 'wolf in sheep's clothing' approach—not only did you get the Jia Lie Clan to willingly sell their market business for us to take over, but you also swindled them out of twenty million gold coins, leaving them severely crippled, unable to manage their cash flow, and plunged into an economic crisis."

"As expected of you, Teacher. You helped the Xiao Clan occupy the medicinal market of Wutan City with such ease."

Xiao Yan exclaimed in admiration.

In the room, Yao Chen saw the look of worship on Xiao Yan's face and smiled slightly.

His attention was on the system panel.

He saw a few lines of text displayed.

[Current Task: Help the Xiao Clan annex the Jia Lie Clan's medicinal market business.]

[Task Reward: One Red Blind Box.]

[Task completed, reward issued.]

[The host currently possesses one Red Blind Box. Would you like to open it immediately? Please choose.]

He looked at the prompt on the system panel.

Yao Chen accepted without a word, immediately choosing to open the red blind box and draw a prize.

"System, open the blind box now."

[Host opened a red blind box and drew a reward: Resurrection Coin x1, Soul Power +13, a scroll of Wind Attribute Profound Tier High-grade Dou Skill.]

Seeing the rewards from the red blind box on the system panel.

Yao Chen was quite satisfied, especially with the Resurrection Coin.

Being able to resurrect himself was the most important thing for him right now.

With his own body, he could fully unleash his Dou Sheng cultivation and strength.

Otherwise, in his current soul state, it was ultimately difficult to exert his full power.

Even possessing Xiao Yan, his current body could not withstand the power of a Dou Sheng's cultivation.

Several months passed, and Xiao Yan's Dou Qi level had already reached the eighth stage of Dou Qi.

He was one step closer to becoming a Dou Zhe, but there was still a considerable distance to break through and advance.

Then one day, a new mission was released on the system panel, asking Yao Chen to complete it.

[Current Mission: Sell a fifth-grade pill and gain Ya Fei's attention.]

[Reward: Orange Blind Box x1.]

[Accept Mission? Please choose.]

An orange blind box?

Yao Chen was very curious about what rewards he could draw from an orange blind box.

As for auctioning a fifth-grade pill, it was not a big problem for Yao Chen. He could casually concoct a few small pills that were fifth-grade.

It was as easy as playing, without any difficulty.

Yao Chen went to the Miteer Auction House and bought some materials to refine the fifth-grade Heavenly Nourishing Gold Pill.

This fifth-grade pill could help cultivators whose bodies had seals or whose strength could not be fully utilized due to serious injuries to recover significantly.

It was similar in effect to the sixth-grade Obstacle Breaking Pill, but because the materials required for its refinement were not as precious.

Therefore, its effect was still slightly inferior to the Obstacle Breaking Pill.

However, the effect was not bad. At least it could restore more than half of the sealed strength.

Yao Chen arrived at the Miteer Auction House, and when Ya Fei heard him mention these medicinal ingredients.

And that they were for refining a fifth-grade pill.

Ya Fei's expression was instantly shocked, and she was stunned in her heart.

"Could it be that this alchemist master in front of me is actually a fifth-grade alchemist? No... that's impossible!"