Ya Fei

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Appearance

• Build: Tall and voluptuous, with a slender waist and long legs 10 50.
• Hair: Wine-red; worn tied behind her head during her appearance in Jia Ma Holy City 10 50.
• Facial features: Willow-leaf eyebrows, foxlike eyes, and an expressive, frequently smiling face 10 21 50.
• Clothing: A black dress accented with golden patterns, black stockings, and black high heels 10 50.
• Voice and bearing: A melodious voice and mature, alluring manner that immediately draw the auction audience’s attention 11.

Personality

Ya Fei combines commercial ambition with polished hospitality. She recognizes that adding eleven third-tier pills to a well-attended auction will strengthen Mittel’s influence in Wutan City and give her another achievement when she returns to headquarters in the Imperial Capital. Her courteous treatment of promising cultivators also reflects a willingness to cultivate valuable connections early 11 20.

In private, she enjoys teasing Xiao Yu, particularly when he becomes bashful. Her affection is not limited to flirtation: news of his departure leaves her wistful, and she instinctively straightens his collar before asking him to visit again 21.

Abilities & Skills

Auctioneering

Ya Fei understands the purchasing power and rivalries of Wutan City’s bidders, confidently expecting to sell rare pills for more than their ordinary worth 12.

• Builds anticipation by explaining an item’s rarity and practical benefits before announcing its price 11 12.
• Times the opening of bidding rather than rushing through a silent audience 12.
• Uses her voice and stage presence to sustain interest and secure respectable prices across the auction 11.
• Earns direct praise from Xiao Yu after returning 885,000 gold coins in proceeds 13.

Negotiation and Client Relations

She persuades the mysterious alchemist to auction his pills rather than sell them directly, then seeks his future business 11 13.

• Arranges a private viewing room and personally handles the post-auction payment 11 13.
• Orders staff to escort both Xiao Yu and the white-robed alchemist directly to the VIP room, using portraits to ensure recognition 21.
• Offers Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan assistance with purchases at Mittel 20.

Procurement and Pill Knowledge

Ya Fei can obtain costly alchemical resources through her contacts, though she is not an alchemist herself 21.

• Calls in considerable favors and pays a substantial price to acquire the Origin Condensation Pill formula from the Imperial Capital’s Alchemist Guild 21.
• Supplies medicinal ingredients and a refining fee of 700,000 gold coins for the commission 21.
• Understands the significance of upgrading a third-tier pill to the fourth tier, despite her limited knowledge of the refining process 21.

Story Role / Major Arcs

The Third-Tier Pill Auction

Ya Fei first meets Xiao Yu while he is disguised as a white-robed alchemist claiming to be his own teacher. Gu Ni has already told her about Xiao Yu and his supposed mentor. She recommends auctioning the visitor’s eleven pills during an event that has attracted Wutan City’s leading figures for the Wind Scroll Technique 10 11.

After auctioning Xiao Yan’s Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, she introduces the third-tier pills as eleven separate lots. The four Spirit Ascension Pills draw especially fierce competition among the city’s major clans 11 12.

Ya Fei personally gives the disguised Xiao Yu a Crystal Card containing 885,000 gold coins from the auction. Before he leaves, she asks him to give Mittel priority when selling more pills 13.

Xiao Clan Coming-of-Age Ceremony

Ya Fei attends the Xiao Clan’s ceremony with Gu Ni and praises both Xiao Yan’s recovered talent and Xiao Yu’s apparent cultivation progress. This is her first time seeing Xiao Yu without his alchemist disguise 19.

After his retest reveals Four-Star Dou Zhe strength, she predicts that the Xiao Clan could produce a Dou Huang within twenty years. Xiao Zhan formally introduces her to Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Xun’er; she asks the two young men to call her “Sister Ya Fei” and invites them to visit Mittel 20.

Origin Condensation Pill Commission and Farewell

Ya Fei commissions Origin Condensation Pills from the supposed teacher. Xiao Yu later delivers two bottles under his own identity, reporting that they contain ten pills: nine third-tier pills and one fourth-tier pill. The upgraded pill greatly exceeds her expectations and makes the commission particularly valuable to her 21.

During the same visit, Xiao Yu announces that he will leave Wutan City to gain experience with his teacher. Ya Fei supports his decision but admits she will miss him. She escorts him outside, straightens his collar, and asks him to return when he has time 21.

Appearance in Jia Ma Holy City

Xiao Yu encounters Ya Fei again at the Mittel Auction House in Jia Ma Holy City while seeking ingredients and cultivation resources. She is greeting visitors in the main hall when he recognizes her and instinctively calls out, “Sister Ya Fei?” The supplied passage ends before her response 50.

Relationships

• Xiao Yu — Valued client and an increasingly affectionate acquaintance. She calls him “Little Yu” and enjoys teasing him; she does not know that he and the white-robed alchemist are the same person 10 20 21.
• Gu Ni — Colleague responsible for Mittel’s pill department. He appraises the pills while she handles their sale and social negotiations 10 11 20.
• Xiao Zhan — Xiao Clan patriarch and business contact. She occasionally attends his invitations and praises the prospects of his clan’s younger generation 19 20.
• Xiao Yan — Introduced to her after the coming-of-age ceremony; she extends the same familiar form of address and invitation to Mittel that she offers Xiao Yu 20.

Notable Quotes

“Hehe, two future experts certainly deserve my courtesy.” 20

“Little brother, when you have time in the future, come visit me often, all right?” 21