Ya Fei

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Appearance

Ya Fei is a mature, striking woman whose poised elegance and deliberately seductive presence make her a focal point in public settings. Xiao Dongchen describes her as possessing an Innate Bewitching Saint Physique 17.

• Usually appears in refined, figure-hugging clothing, including a fiery red gown at the Xiao Household’s coming-of-age ceremony 21.
• Has peach-blossom eyes, a slender waist, and a confident, graceful bearing 17 21.
• Her composed, worldly image contrasts with the shy, girlish reactions she displays around Xiao Dongchen after their partnership develops 29 30.

Personality

Ya Fei is commercially ambitious, socially perceptive, and highly skilled at using charm without surrendering control. When the disguised Xiao Dongchen consigns Spirit-Nourishing Pills, she quickly recognizes the value of cultivating a relationship with a presumed high-ranking alchemist rather than probing recklessly into his origins 17.

Her flirtation is often strategic, whether she is driving bids during an auction or testing Xiao Dongchen’s intentions. However, after recognizing him as the mysterious “old gentleman,” her confidence is increasingly mixed with embarrassment, curiosity, and genuine attraction 18 20 29.

Abilities & Skills

Auctioneering and Commercial Negotiation

Ya Fei manages high-value sales through presentation, supply control, and precise reading of buyers.

• Hosted the Spirit-Nourishing Pill auction, using her stage presence to intensify bidding among Wu Tan City’s wealthy buyers and major clans 18 19.
• Oversaw the sale of five top-grade third-grade Spirit-Nourishing Pills for a total of 1.24 million gold coins 20.
• Secured a purchase agreement for one hundred third-grade pills at 120,000 gold coins each, promising payment within three days 29.
• Intended to report a higher purchase cost to the auction house, allowing her to gain roughly two million gold coins in profit and professional credit 29.

Social Insight

Ya Fei carefully assesses influential people while maintaining plausible deniability.

• Noticed the mismatch between the disguised pill seller’s elderly voice and youthful hands 17.
• Used the Bone-reading Technique to confirm that the black-robed “old gentleman” was actually young 20.
• Identified Xiao Dongchen as that same seller through their handshake during the pill-sale agreement 29.
• Suspected that Xiao Dongchen’s strength, Heavenly Flames, and techniques pointed to an ancient or exceptionally powerful background 22 26.

Relationships

• Xiao Dongchen — Business partner and mutual flirtation target. Ya Fei handled his pill auctions, later formed a large-scale sales agreement with him and Xiao Yan, and discovered that he was the black-robed “old gentleman” she had previously met 17 20 29 33.
• Xiao Yan — Commercial partner through the sale of his refined pills. She presents his twelve-million-gold-coin transaction to the Xiao Household and recognizes the value of his growing alchemical ability 29 31 32.
• Master Gu Ni — Auction-house colleague and appraiser. Gu Ni recognizes the quality of the Spirit-Nourishing Pills and supports befriending their mysterious consignor 17 20.
• Xiao Zhan — Respected client and leader of the Xiao Household. Ya Fei congratulates him on Xiao Yan’s progress and delivers payment from the pill agreement to the household 23 31 32.
• Xiao Xun’er — A source of tension around Xiao Dongchen. Xun’er watches Ya Fei’s interactions with him suspiciously and becomes jealous of her attention toward him 21 22.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Spirit-Nourishing Pill Auction

Ya Fei is summoned to assess and auction Xiao Dongchen’s disguised consignment of Spirit-Nourishing Pills. She accepts the arrangement, grants him a VIP card with a reduced service fee, and later hosts the auction that turns the five pills into a major contest among Wu Tan City’s elite 17 18 19.

After the auction earns 1.24 million gold coins, Ya Fei tests the disguised seller with open flirtation. She avoids committing to Xiao Dongchen’s direct proposition while leaving the possibility of future familiarity open 20.

Pill-Sales Partnership

When Xiao Yan needs further funds for cultivation and alchemy, Ya Fei is invited to the Xiao Household to negotiate a permanent sales arrangement. She accepts one hundred third-grade pills—fifty Spirit-Nourishing Pills and fifty Spirit Tempering Pills—at 120,000 gold coins each 28 29.

The transaction earns twelve million gold coins for Xiao Yan and exposes Ya Fei’s importance as the intermediary connecting the Xiao Household’s emerging pill business with the wider Mite’er commercial network 31 32.

Growing Interest in Xiao Dongchen

After realizing that Xiao Dongchen was the young man behind the black-robed alchemist persona, Ya Fei becomes noticeably unsettled by their prior exchanges and more personally interested in him 29. She turns his attempt to end their meeting into an invitation to drink together, then later attempts to seduce him at Clearwind Grand Restaurant 30 33.

Her attempt fails when Xiao Dongchen senses Ling Ying secretly observing them and abruptly leaves, though the encounter leaves Ya Fei offended and confused by his restraint 33.

Trivia

• Ya Fei’s first auction of a top-grade Spirit-Nourishing Pill sells for 240,000 gold coins to Murong Yunhai 18.
• She publicly reveals that the Xiao Household’s young master sold one hundred third-grade pills for 12 million gold coins, a sum twenty times the household’s annual profit 31.
• Her handshake with Xiao Dongchen exposes his connection to the disguised “old gentleman” because she recognizes his hands 29.