"Yao Lao, are you a ghost king?"
Yao Lao laughed and scolded him, "Ignorant brat! This is Bone Spirit Cold Flame, one of the world's Heavenly Flames! Eleventh on the Heavenly Flame Ranking!"
The Heavenly Flame Ranking! Xiao Tian had long since forgotten the rankings from the original timeline. Seeing this Heavenly Flame now, he could not help marveling inwardly. It really was outstanding.
Seeing Xiao Tian's covetous look, Yao Lao could not help laughing. "Kid, you'll have a Heavenly Flame of your own someday, perhaps even one ranked higher."
"Really? Yao Lao, don't fool me just because I don't know much."
"Enough. Watch closely and see how I refine Qi Gathering Powder!"
It had to be said that Yao Lao truly deserved to be called a big shot in alchemy. Xiao Tian recalled how, in his previous life, big shots drove Ferraris one-handed. Now here was Yao Lao refining Qi Gathering Powder one-handed.
The three whole stalks of Purple Leaf Orchid Grass and the Bone Cleansing Flower were each swiftly burned into spiritual liquid by the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, then suspended a short distance in the air by a transparent force.
"Xiao Tian, this is how Soul Power is used!"
Xiao Tian nodded.
"Xiao Tian, what I'm refining now is Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, something superior to Qi Gathering Powder! This formula was developed through special methods and countless adjustments to the proportions of spiritual ingredients!"
Afterward, Yao Lao easily refined the hardest and most troublesome ingredient, the wood-attribute rank-one Magic Core, into spiritual liquid, then blended in the spiritual liquids set aside nearby.
"Xiao Tian, remember this: refining Magic Cores requires extremely precise control of the heat, and you must judge the right heat according to their different attributes. You'll have to experience this yourself. Anything I say would be wasted words."
"Uh."
Before long, smelling the medicinal fragrance drifting through the air, Xiao Tian could not help feeling refreshed. He felt the Dou Qi inside him increase ever so slightly!
"Xiao Tian, the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid is ready! What do you think of this batch's color and luster?"
"Take it. Sell it all, exchange it for more spiritual ingredients, and refine some yourself."
Looking at the two portions of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, Xiao Tian could not help getting yuan signs in his eyes. After putting away the jade bottles, he immediately picked up his black robe and, with practiced movements, vaulted out of the Xiao Clan grounds.
I wonder how many gold coins a portion of Qi Gathering Powder can sell for in this era? The Xiao Clan's rise depends on me, Xiao Tian, for now! Hmph, hmph! Jia Lie Clan, you want to plot against my Xiao Clan? I'll make sure you can't sell your pills even till the day you die.
"Mittel Auction House."
Xiao Tian looked at the sign on the enormous, luxurious building before him. Fate had brought him here after all-like hell it had! This was the only place he could come to auction things!
"I need to auction some pills."
The beauty at the reception desk immediately perked up. "Sir, please follow me to the VIP room and rest for a moment. I'll fetch the manager for you."
Xiao Tian sipped fruit tea and ate pastries in the VIP room. When he saw the eighteen-year-old beauty Ya Fei appear with her graceful figure, he inwardly choked.
"It's you!"
"It's you!"
When enemies met, their eyes blazed all the fiercer! Ya Fei's tone instantly turned icy, her face covered in frost.
"What do you want to auction?"
Xiao Tian sighed inwardly. A beauty really is a beauty. Even when she's angry, she's beautiful.
Taking out a bottle of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, Xiao Tian smiled. "Have a look."
The instant Ya Fei saw the color and luster of the spiritual liquid in the jade bottle, her expression changed drastically. "Qi Gathering Powder?"
Ya Fei did have genuine knowledge and ability, after all. Though she was not an alchemist, she was widely knowledgeable. She opened the spiritual seal on the jade bottle and smelled the fragrance of the spiritual liquid that surged out. It seeped into her heart, stimulating the activity of the Dou Qi within her and increasing it considerably.
"But it doesn't quite seem like Qi Gathering Powder, either."
"This! Did you refine this spiritual liquid?" Ya Fei was deeply shocked. There were few in Wutan City who could refine Qi Gathering Powder. After all, this sort of spiritual liquid required at least the abilities of a Second-Rank Alchemist to refine!