"Can your auction house handle auctioning this?" Xiao Tian did not answer the young lady Ya Fei's question about whether he had refined it himself.
Hearing Xiao Tian's doubt, the young lady Ya Fei was instantly furious. She gave an angry little snort. "You're looking down on our T. M. Auction House! Whatever else you might say, our T. M. Auction House is the number one auction house in the Jia Ma Empire. But you'll have to wait. We still need to appraise this bottle of spirit liquid."
Seeing that the young lady Ya Fei was about to leave with the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, Xiao Tian spoke up and hurriedly stopped her.
"What is it?" Ya Fei suppressed the anger in her heart.
Xiao Tian chuckled. "Have your auction house's Grandmaster appraise it in front of me, so you don't swap out my spirit liquid."
"You're questioning the reputation of our T. M. Auction House!"
"Not at all. It's you I don't trust."
The young lady Ya Fei nearly exploded with anger and almost wanted to smash the jade bottle, but remembering her purpose in coming to Wutan City, she held herself back.
She was determined to achieve something in Wutan City!
Ya Fei set down the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and went to find the auction house's alchemist.
Before long, the young lady Ya Fei brought over a vigorous old man with a head full of white hair.
As a Five-Star Dou Master, Xiao Tian instinctively sensed that the old man was extremely powerful, at least a Da Dou Shi. He immediately felt a little panicked. Surely his Transformation Technique would not be seen through?
"Kid, relax. Alchemists don't casually probe their enemies with their senses. It's disrespectful! It can easily provoke resentment."
Xiao Tian immediately felt reassured.
"Sir, this is Grandmaster Gu Yue of our auction house. Elder Gu is a Five-Star Da Dou Shi as well as a Second-Rank Alchemist."
Xiao Tian was not surprised. He was only second-rank, after all. As a transmigrator, what sights had he not seen?
"Then please take a look at this bottle of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, Elder Gu."
Gu Yue picked up the jade bottle and sniffed lightly. The delicate, refreshing fragrance brought a flicker of surprise to his eyes. Then he tilted the mouth of the jade bottle and carefully poured out a drop of pale green liquid.
Looking at the pale green liquid flowing in his palm, Gu Yue took out a specially made silver needle. Ripples of Dou Qi emanated from the needle as he gently dipped it into the drop of spirit liquid, then slowly stirred.
Before long, Gu Yue's expression grew solemn. The calm in his eyes vanished as he raised his head to look at the black-robed Xiao Tian, his eyes brimming with respect.
"A second-rank medicinal pill! It seems you are at least a Second-Rank Alchemist, sir!"
At his words, Ya Fei was inwardly astonished. Her little crimson mouth fell open wide enough to swallow five eggs.
The person who had fought her over a tier-one wood-attribute Magic Core was actually a Second-Rank Alchemist!
"Could it be that this person refined that Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid?"
Xiao Tian smiled, his tone calm. "Since the appraisal is done, I'll leave it to you to auction. But could you advance me some gold coins? Also, please auction it as soon as possible."
Grandmaster Gu Yue smiled. "Certainly. We'll add this bottle of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid to the auction list as soon as possible."
"How many gold coins would you like, sir?"
Xiao Tian thought for a moment. "Would ten thousand gold coins be possible?"
"Certainly. Please wait a moment, sir!"
Before long, Xiao Tian left the T. M. Auction House with a gold card worth ten thousand gold coins tucked against his chest, inwardly delighted. The young lady Ya Fei was even the one who saw him off.
"Kid, now you understand the weight an alchemist carries, don't you? Go to the marketplace and keep buying spiritual ingredients."
"Yes, yes, yes! You're amazing, Yao Lao! But this still hasn't let my Xiao Clan sweep the medicinal pill market."
"Hmph! Something like that is far too easy!" Yao Lao grew haughty.