"Sir, I am Gu Ni, chief Alchemist of the Mittel Auction House. This bottle of elixir can certainly be auctioned, but I suggest waiting another two days. It is simply too precious. If you give us two days to promote it, it will definitely fetch a better price." Gu Ni hurried over to Xiao Ni, his face full of respect.
"I do not mind. Just tell me its starting price." Xiao Ni spoke in an aged, indifferent voice.
He had studied voice acting in his previous life, so changing his tone and pitch was no difficult task. The voice he was imitating now was Yao Lao's.
"We will set the starting price at one hundred and fifty to two hundred thousand Gold Coins. What do you think?" Gu Ni asked respectfully.
"That will do. I will return in two days." Xiao Ni replied blandly, then strode away without waiting for Gu Ni to speak.
"Ah, I had wanted to give this sir a VIP card." Gu Ni sighed helplessly. Forget it. I can have Ya Fei give him one the next time we meet.
"What a pity. I had wanted to meet Ya Fei." After leaving the Mittel Auction House, Xiao Ni swiftly entered an empty alley, took off his black robe, and stored it in a storage space the system had opened within his body. Never mind. Next time.
He only had one thousand Gold Coins on him now, so he would never go to an auction just to catch a glimpse of Ya Fei. That would be far too shabby. His principle was simple: either he did not attend auctions at all, or he bought the auction's most prized item. Of course, if one of his own items was being auctioned, he could go and join the fun.
In any case, he had already obtained all the Heavenly Flames. Most auction items no longer held any appeal for him. Even though his strength was low and he could only unleash around two percent of the Heavenly Flames' power, it would still be difficult for anyone below a Three-Star Dou Master to kill him.
Though he was not invincible, he still had three Dou King Trial Cards. Each could last ten minutes. There were many places in the Jia Ma Empire where he could walk unchallenged. What was a tiny Wutan City worth?
That said, the system's early rewards were so generous that he was worried there might be no rewards left in the middle and later stages.
Forget it. As long as the system gave him enough powerful items to make him an unrivaled expert, it did not matter if the rewards stopped later.
"Bathing in Foundation Elixir really feels great." After returning to the household, Xiao Ni poured the last bottle of Foundation Elixir into a wooden tub and soaked in it for a full two hours. Although his Dou Qi had only become slightly denser, Xiao Ni was already quite satisfied.
After all, he was now a Six-Star Dou Practitioner. Further breakthroughs would not come so easily. Perhaps Xun'er and Xiao Yan could make another breakthrough within two days, but he would need at least two months.
"Hm?" Xiao Ni suddenly frowned. He sensed four people cautiously approaching his room outside. They mean no good!
Xiao Ni did not believe these people had come to do anything decent. They had pulled plenty of pranks on him before. If he had not reacted quickly, he would have embarrassed himself countless times.
In fact, he had noticed someone watching him when he entered the room. Those guys had held back for two whole hours. Were they finally about to act? What kind of prank did they want to pull on him this time?
"Brother Ning, that trash Xiao Ni has been soaking in his room for two hours. Is he really planning to stay trash for the rest of his life?"
"With his talent, he will probably find it hard to become a Dou Zhe even if he cultivates his whole life. What else can he do besides give up on himself?"
The two youths mocked Xiao Ni in low voices. Xiao Ning, standing between them, suddenly halted. With a grave expression, he said, "Three years ago, he directly broke through three stages of Dou Qi and passed the coming-of-age ceremony. His door is tightly shut now, and there is even a faint strange fragrance coming from inside. I suspect he is secretly cultivating with some special method."
"I think I smelled this scent outside Xiao Yan's room yesterday too," the third youth said softly.
"Xiao Yan?" Xiao Ning shot the third youth a surprised glance, then quickened his pace and strode over to pound heavily on Xiao Ni's door. "Xiao Ni, I know you are in there. Get out here!"
"Xiao Ning, you brought so many people here. Are you trying to tear down my room?" Xiao Ni spoke lazily, with no intention of opening the door for him.
As one of the most hated people in the Xiao Household during the early days, Xiao Ning was naturally someone Xiao Ni had no desire to speak with. As for the future, that would depend on Xiao Ning's behavior.
"You are hiding sneakily in your room, so you must be up to no good! I suspect you are cultivating some kind of evil technique. Open the door at once!" Xiao Ning snapped.
Xiao Yan at least restrained himself somewhat before him, but Xiao Ni showed him no respect at all. If Xiao Ni had not always been protected by Xun'er, he would have crippled him long ago!
The talk of an evil technique was merely an excuse he had made up. He simply wanted to see what Xiao Ni was doing. If it benefited cultivation, he would definitely demand a large share of it.
"Since you already know I am cultivating an evil technique, why would I possibly open the door for you?" Xiao Ni replied along Xiao Ning's line of reasoning.
"You!" Xiao Ning was enraged by Xiao Ni's retort. He stomped his foot and threatened, "If you still refuse to open the door, I will break in!"
"Then go ahead and try." Xiao Ni still refused to yield. He hoped Xiao Ning would kick down his door so that he could extort him for a hefty sum afterward.
As he thought this, Xiao Ni had already dried himself and put on his clothes.
"Fine, I will!" Xiao Ning could endure no longer. His fist, packed with dense Dou Qi, shot out violently. Several savage cracks appeared on Xiao Ni's door, and half a breath later, it shattered into pieces. "Xiao Ni, what evil technique are you cultivating?"
Bursting into the room, Xiao Ning questioned Xiao Ni. Out of the corner of his eye, he soon spotted the clear water in the wooden tub, which had turned a dark bluish-green.
"Brother Ning, why is his bathwater blue? He really is cultivating an evil technique!" The first youth confidently pointed at the wooden tub.
"Xiao Ni, you actually cultivated an evil technique in secret. Do you want to bring shame upon the Xiao Household?" The second youth continued to fan the flames.
"Xiao Ni, how do you explain this?" Xiao Ning stared coldly at Xiao Ni and demanded an answer.
He believed Xiao Ni's breakthrough three years ago was most likely related to that bluish-green liquid. As for those two idiots, if they thought Xiao Ni was cultivating an evil technique, then so be it.
"There is nothing to explain. Since you have already discovered it, there is no need for me to keep pretending. Watch closely. This evil technique of mine is called—the Blood-Sucking Palm!" Xiao Ni stretched lazily. As his voice fell, his hand suddenly clawed at the air.
"Urgh!"
In the next instant, a violent gust swept through the room. The third youth groaned as an inexplicable force dragged him before Xiao Ni. Dozens of droplets of blood floated out of his body, and his face instantly turned much paler.
Half a breath later, Xiao Ni withdrew the Siphon Palm. The third youth rolled his eyes resentfully before fainting dead away.
What the hell? He had not said a single word after entering the room, so why had Xiao Ni singled him out? All three of them had spoken. Why did Xiao Ni not suck their blood instead?
"Did you see that clearly?" Xiao Ni fixed Xiao Ning with a gloomy stare, already calculating how much compensation he would make Xiao Ning pay.
At its peak, the Siphon Palm could draw out a person's blood. Xiao Ning, the strongest of the four, was only at the Eighth Stage of Dou Qi. If Xiao Ni wished, he could drain all their blood within ten breaths.
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