Getting Rich Overnight

Leaving the auction house, he arrived at the Appraisal Room. The middle-aged man stood up the moment he saw Xiao Dongchen and respectfully withdrew.

Before long, two familiar figures pushed open the door and entered. They were Ya Fei and Master Gu Ni.

"Sir, we meet again. Your pills fetched the high price of 1.24 million gold coins as soon as they went up for auction. Congratulations."

Ya Fei swayed over with a graceful twist of her waist, her lovely face blooming with a smile.

"Not bad. Consider it that I owe your auction house a favor. Give me the money. I've been rather busy lately."

Xiao Dongchen nodded impassively, then held out his hand for the money.

He knew perfectly well that the finale, the Wind Scroll Technique, should have been the focus of the entire auction and fetched a high price. But in order to curry favor with him, a high-level alchemist, the Mite'er Family had forcefully built up the hype around his pills. Otherwise, whether those few pills could have sold for even a million gold coins would have been hard to say.

Seeing that slender, fair palm, Ya Fei was briefly stunned. Then she smiled seductively, pressed her delicate, pale hand against his, and gently rubbed along his palm.

"Sir, don't be in such a hurry. The procedures still take some time. You don't have money right now, but do you want me instead? Hehe."

One hand covered her red lips as she laughed, while the other caressed his palm. Ya Fei's beautiful eyes shimmered, her gaze rippling gently.

Last time, she had suspected the black-robed man's age. So she had learned the obscure Bone-reading Technique and boldly teased him face-to-face. With that touch, she discovered that he was a young hunk. How could she not tease him a little?

His palm was being stroked back and forth by her jade-like hand, and the silky sensation made Xiao Dongchen's heart tremble. Added to that, the mature and alluring Ya Fei deliberately leaned close and spoke in a provocative tone. He could not help cursing inwardly, You little temptress, you're playing with fire.

It seemed he had been exposed. As expected, he was no match for these old hands who had spent their lives in Wu Tan City. He was still too young!

No, he had to salvage his dignity!

"Thank you for your favor, Miss Ya Fei. To be frank, I truly am feeling rather impatient at the moment."

"If I round down the auction proceeds to one million, could I become the beauty's guest behind the curtains?"

Playing at ambiguity, were they? He would deliberately provoke her all the way. Was she scared or not?!

With this godly hand of his, how would she respond?

A smile slowly formed at the corner of Xiao Dongchen's lips. He tilted his head slightly, awaiting her reaction.

"Uh—"

Instinctively withdrawing her hand, Ya Fei's tender cheeks swiftly flushed an enticing red. Despite her vast experience, she had truly never heard words so crude and straightforward.

Did he think twenty thousand gold coins could buy her? If she were merely an ordinary auctioneer, she might actually have been tempted...

Looking at the figure shrouded in a black robe, Ya Fei's brows knitted faintly. Her gaze met Gu Ni's, but seeing his detached expression, she cursed inwardly. Then she lightly bit her red lip and spoke with a touch of bashfulness.

"Sir, you truly are vigorous for your age!"

"However, aren't you being a little too impatient? If you wish to become my guest behind the curtains, we'll need to spend more time together and get to know each other first."

Raising his brows, Xiao Dongchen smiled and shook his head. Smart people truly left no openings in their words.

She had rejected him while also offering him a chance to get closer, keeping the initiative firmly in her own hands. Did this other world also have this whole "slow to warm up" and "let's see how you perform" routine? What a headache!

If he really were some pure-love warrior, wouldn't she have him wrapped around her finger?

"Fine, I understand. Miss Ya Fei, you're no fun. Just give me 1.2 million. We can talk about the rest later."

Xiao Dongchen waved a hand and spoke coldly, returning to his earlier unruly demeanor.

At that moment, a maid entered from outside and respectfully handed a black-gold card to Ya Fei.

"Sir, these are your gold coins. Please keep them safe."

Ya Fei could naturally see his displeasure, but she could only maintain her professional smile as she passed the card to him.

"I'm leaving. Goodbye!"

Snatching the card, Xiao Dongchen shook out his black robe, turned, and left. He soon vanished from their sight.

Watching that suddenly aloof back, Ya Fei could not help smiling bitterly. The little fellow was not only hot-blooded, but also quite temperamental. She wondered how the teacher behind him had disciplined him.

Naturally, she would never believe that a young man could be a fourth-grade alchemist, unless there truly was an ancient soul within his body.

"Sometimes, being too smooth isn't a good thing. By doing this, I fear he won't come again next time."

Gu Ni sighed softly, sounding somewhat regretful.

"He simply doesn't want to play anymore. If fate wills it, we'll meet again."

Ya Fei replied faintly, her expression distant. At her age, if she truly kept flirting with a young man, it would be somewhat improper.

She still had principles, unless...

Smack! Smack! Smack!

Xiao Dongchen knocked on the door to Xiao Yan's residence, then called out in a drawn-out voice, "Little Yan, open up! Your brother's here!"

Splash!

The youth rose from a wooden basin filled with pale green liquid, threw on two garments to cover his lean, muscular body, and hurried over to open the door.

Looking at Xiao Dongchen standing in the doorway, Xiao Yan scratched his head and gave an awkward, somewhat foolish grin. "Brother Chen, how did it go? Did you sell the goods?"

Glancing slightly inside, Xiao Dongchen curled his lips and said with a teasing expression, "Training again? You work so hard. One day, I'll take you to find a couple of pretty older sisters so you can enjoy yourself. Work and rest should be balanced!"

Xiao Yan's mouth twitched, and a strange expression came over his face. After pondering for a moment, his brows suddenly rose.

"I knew it, you're not an honest man. Men turn bad when they have money. One little test, and you've shown your true colors. Do you think I'd still dare give you money?"

Before Xiao Yan could react, Xiao Dongchen put on a heartbroken expression, gritting his teeth as though disappointed beyond measure.

Xiao Yan froze for a moment, completely dumbfounded. So the suggestion had come from him, yet Xiao Yan was the only one being treated as inhuman, while Xiao Dongchen had somehow seized the moral high ground?

This guy had gotten so rich. Could he be planning to embezzle money too?!

"Well, I'm a good person. Really."

Xiao Yan pointed to himself, blinking with an innocent expression.

"Sigh, forget it. If I didn't still need you to crush a Dou Wang in three years, I would definitely continue testing you morally."

After speaking solemnly, Xiao Dongchen's face broke into an excited grin.

"Hehe, brother, do you know we've struck it rich?"

"Do you know how valuable those Spirit-Nourishing Pills were? Just five of them sold for a total of 1.2 million gold coins. That much gold could pile up into a small mountain. Tsk, tsk."

"If I hadn't acted decisively and put on such an impressive show, the Mite'er Auction House wouldn't have given me so much face."

Xiao Dongchen spoke animatedly, revealing a mysterious smile.

"How much?!"

Hearing this, Xiao Yan was instantly shocked. He leaped a meter into the air on the spot, his eyes wide with disbelief.

After all, all the pocket money he had saved since childhood only amounted to two thousand gold coins. That was the fruit of ten years of effort!

Good heavens, pills were this valuable?!

Legendary creatures like alchemists really were no joke. They really were all filthy rich!

Wait, there had originally been nine of those pills. He had even taken a few of them several days ago.

Damn, he hadn't been eating pills at all. He had been swallowing gold coins by the mouthful!

Damn it, how had these pills become something he couldn't afford to eat? Should he eat them in the future or not? What a dilemma!

"What dilemma? Eat them. Eat the big ones!"

"You pay for the materials, I'll refine the pills. What are you scared of?"

Yao Lao rolled his eyes and could not help speaking. This brat only cared about money; his horizons could not open up at all!

"Take it. Sweet dreams."

Without further nonsense, Xiao Dongchen tossed over the black-gold card, then turned and left, thoroughly whetting the youth's appetite.

He knew Xiao Yan probably would not be able to sleep tonight!

Sigh, money truly harmed people deeply!