Battle Through the Heavens: Beauties Abound Starting with Yunlan and Her Disciples

169: Section 169It’s fate, all because my harem is too small. I must work harder to get Sister Ya Fei into bed.

Yun Xiancheng looked at the smiling Ya Fei beside him, his resolve firming.

”Little brother, the way you look at me has changed a bit,” Ya Fei said with a slight smile.

”Because I want to hold you, Sister.”

Yun Xiancheng hugged Ya Fei; she didn’t refuse and hugged him back.

”Sister is actually waiting for an auspicious day.” She lightly bit her lip.

”After all... it is an important day.”

Hearing this, Yun Xiancheng kissed her. ”I can wait for you.”

Sixty-five favorability seems to be roughly a state of hesitation.

Yun Xiancheng thought to himself. Of course, it might also depend on the person; the more reserved someone is, the higher the favorability and intimacy required. Having such a reserved Beauty belong to him forever would truly be one of life’s greatest joys.

After a while, a maid’s voice came from outside the door: ”A black-robed Alchemist requests an audience.”

Hearing this, Yun Xiancheng knew it was likely Xiao Yan.

He had asked Medicine Lady to find time to refine a bottle of Foundation Establishment Elixir to sell at the auction, and now she had arrived.

027 The First Pot of Gold

”Old Mister, the appraisal results for your medicinal pill are out. It is indeed at the level of a Tier 2 Pill, and it can indeed be used by those at the Dou Zhi Qi stage.”

Ya Fei solemnly held the jade bottle containing the Foundation Establishment Elixir and placed it before Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan was draped in a black robe, hiding her face within.

Medicine Lady spoke in an aged voice: ”Then arrange the auction quickly.”

”Very well, Old Mister. Our auction will begin shortly. If you are willing, please wait over here for now.” After speaking, Ya Fei prepared to lead Xiao Yan to a private booth in the auction house.

Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment, but since her Senior Brother had recommended they come here, he obviously wouldn’t harm them. Subsequently, she stood up and followed Ya Fei into the booth.

Someone was already sitting in the booth. Because no candles were lit, it was somewhat dim, making it hard to see his face. Sensing someone’s arrival, he stood up and said:

”Hello.”

This voice was very familiar to Xiao Yan. Wasn’t this her Senior Brother’s voice?

Ya Fei lit the candles in the room, and the light revealed Yun Xiancheng’s face. ”Old Mister, please forgive us. This gentleman specifically asked to see you.”

Ya Fei bowed to Xiao Yan in apology. ”No matter.”

Medicine Lady looked helplessly at her own smiling Disciple and spoke. Ya Fei soon left, as she was about to go on stage to host the auction.

After only Xiao Yan and Yun Xiancheng were left in the room, the scene was cold for a few seconds.

”Junior Sister, Master, this is basically our territory. There’s no need to fear eavesdropping or such methods,” Yun Xiancheng spoke first to break the silence.

”So you’ve been acting mysteriously lately because you were hooking up with the auction house’s beautiful auctioneer.”

Medicine Lady spoke slowly, only to see an Ice Lotus appear in Yun Xiancheng’s hand. On the Ice Lotus appeared a Loli Master about ten centimeters tall. The tiny Loli Master sat on Yun Xiancheng’s shoulder.

Stunned at first, she slowly said: ”The view is much higher than from Yaner’s perspective.” Then she coughed lightly:

”What, did you bring the pills your Master refined to help your auctioneer lady boost her sales performance?”

”I’m doing this to solve Yaner’s wallet problem,” Yun Xiancheng explained.

”And incidentally boost my auctioneer lady’s performance.” ”You lustful brat. You’ve certainly managed things quite neatly.” The tiny Medicine Lady jumped up and pinched Yun Xiancheng’s ear.

However, her small hands lacked strength. She hung floating in mid-air until Yun Xiancheng caught her and placed her back on the Lotus Platform.

Xiao Yan had sat down beside Yun Xiancheng at some point, her hand unconsciously grabbing his arm. Hearing this, she also asked:

”Is that sister also Xiao Yan’s sister?”

Ha! That’s more like it. Yanran was a jealous brat at first and took a lot of training to let go, but Xiao Yan is much more sensible. ”Correct, we are all one family.”

Yun Xiancheng pinched the girl’s nose again. It felt quite nice.

The three of them played around for a while. In the auction hall, Ya Fei slowly entered the scene wearing a long white dress, looking like a cluster of Pristine Snow Ice Orchids. There were many people in the auction house now; the clan heads of the three major families of Wutan City had all arrived. Needless to say, they were definitely here for the Black-rank High-grade Cultivation Method.

”Thank you all for attending this auction. Many treasures have been collected for today; please let Ya Fei lead you to witness them.” Since Ya Fei was dressed simply and didn’t show off her figure, the guests at the auction all looked serious. Few were looking at Ya Fei; they were calculating how much cash they could produce, clearly in a business-like mood.

Auctions naturally have small and large items. The things auctioned at the start were cheap goods, with the bidders being middle-class nouveau riche or mercenary groups.

”The next item is—Blood Coagulation Powder. According to our measurements, the healing effect of this Blood Coagulation Powder exceeds the current healing medicines on the market by about fifty percent.”

Ya Fei brought out twenty boxes of the Blood Coagulation Powder that Yun Xiancheng had refined lately and introduced their effects. Each box contained five bottles.

”Starting price for twenty boxes, five thousand gold coins.”

Healing medicine naturally caught the attention of the mercenaries who lived on the edge of a blade.

Notably, the head of the Jiale Family had a bit of a headache hearing this. Had a new Alchemist come to Wutan City?

If it affected the Jia Lie Family’s market layout, it would be terrible.

Being fifty percent better than the medicine on the market meant many things. ”Nine thousand five hundred!”

”Ten thousand!” ”Twelve thousand!”

”Blood Wolf, don’t raise the price on purpose!” ”Bullshit, I need this!”

A group of mercenaries kept raising the price, quickly pulling it up to fifteen thousand gold coins. Now that it exceeded fifteen thousand, the speed at which these mercenaries added to the price slowed down significantly.

During this time, insults were hurled back and forth. It was a true reflection of the auction house’s diverse crowd.

They were still concerned about cost-effectiveness; one hundred and fifty gold coins per bottle was a bit expensive but still within an acceptable range. ”Twenty thousand gold coins!”

The bidder was a mercenary wearing an unfamiliar badge. At this point, the unit price of the healing medicine soared to two hundred gold coins per bottle. ”This mercenary group’s badge is a bit unfamiliar.”

Standing on the stage, Ya Fei looked at the person and thought to herself, but she still maintained her professional smile while presiding over the auction.

The intervention of the unknown mercenary group caused the price of the Blood Coagulation Powder to keep rising. Soon, it reached thirty thousand gold coins.

At this point, the mercenaries were stretched thin and gave up one after another, letting the unknown mercenary group take the Blood Coagulation Powder.

Inside the booth, Yun Xiancheng felt a bit happy seeing the cheap pills he refined casually sell for thirty thousand gold coins. ”The profit for an Alchemist exceeds 1000%. With this kind of profit... I don’t even have to sell the rope to hang myself. This is too comfortable.” Seeing Yun Xiancheng’s expression, the tiny Medicine Lady shook her head helplessly:

”And you’re a Disciple of the Cloud Mist Sect? Getting this happy over thirty thousand gold coins.” Yun Xiancheng explained:

”This is the first pot of gold I’ve earned myself; it has sentimental value.” ”Thirty thousand gold coins is just pocket change.”

Medicine Lady didn’t care for such small change at all.

At this time, a maid brought a tray of peanut snacks.

Yun Xiancheng picked up a peanut and fed it to the tiny Medicine Lady on his shoulder.

”Master should eat more peanuts and just treat me as someone who hasn’t seen the world...”

The peanut was about one-third the size of the tiny Medicine Lady. She was immediately knocked over by the peanut, falling onto Yun Xiancheng’s shoulder.

Seeing her Master’s gluttonous scene, Xiao Yan also took out a handkerchief, covered her small mouth, and laughed softly. ”You two unfilial Disciples!”

The tiny Medicine Lady, pinned down by the peanut, struggled to climb up and then took a small bite of the peanut. ”Hmm, what a nostalgic taste.”

Then she jumped up again, grabbed Yun Xiancheng’s ear, and swung back and forth.

The three of them played in the booth while Ya Fei on stage did her best to promote the products.

But unfortunately, a reserved and conservative auctioneer couldn’t stir up the bidders’ emotions or make them spend more money.

However, Ya Fei, having met her Jade-like Young Master, was in a much better mood than before. At least she didn’t organize the auction with a sour face, so every item sold at least, and there was no need to worry about items failing to sell.

”The next item is a rather interesting medicinal pill.”

Ya Fei brought out the Foundation Establishment Elixir and said to the crowd below with a faint smile:

”This was brought by a mysterious Alchemist. It is a Tier 2 Pill that can accelerate the cultivation of children at the Dou Zhi Qi stage.” After stating the main selling point of the Foundation Establishment Elixir, Ya Fei continued:

”As you know, one cannot use medicinal pills to aid cultivation during the Dou Zhi Qi stage, so one can only rely on slow, grinding work, often taking over ten years to reach the Dou Practitioner stage.”

”But that is too slow. Being one step behind means being behind at every step of cultivation. If one can reach the Dou Practitioner stage a year or two earlier, it will benefit the child’s future.”

Upon hearing this, the eyes of some bidders with outstanding descendants immediately sparked with interest. ”Starting price, eight thousand gold coins!”

028 Sister Ya Fei Should Be the One Keeping Our Family’s Accounts

The auction of the Foundation Establishment Elixir didn’t exceed Yun Xiancheng’s expectations; everything proceeded according to the original story. In the end, it was bought by the Xiao Family head, Xiao Zhan, for forty thousand gold coins, leaving Xiao Yan, who was watching the show, stunned. She hadn’t expected to end up scamming her own father.

”My father-in-law probably bought it for you,” Yun Xiancheng said.

”I can’t let my father down. I’ll continue to train twice as hard after I go back!”

Xiao Yan leaned on Yun Xiancheng’s shoulder and said very seriously, ”I’ll strive to reach the Dou Zhi Qi Seventh Stage before the Clan Competition.”

Yun Xiancheng rubbed the girl’s nose and said, ”Why only the seventh stage?”

The girl had the Foundation Establishment Elixir and the medicinal supplies he gave as an apology; she should at least reach the Dou Qi Eighth Stage. ”You must at least reach the eighth stage. Master, you must keep an eye on Xiao Yan and don’t let her slack off.”

”You’re not in a position to say that, are you? When have I ever seen you cultivate?” Medicine Lady rolled her eyes.

”Then Senior Brother... won’t your cultivation be delayed?”

”Of course it will. I don’t have the resource support from the Cloud Mist Sect here,” Yun Xiancheng said frankly.

”So how does my little Junior Sister plan to compensate her Senior Brother?”

Xiao Yan’s face turned red, but she understood that what Yun Xiancheng said was true. ”Junior Sister has nothing to give.”

She thought about it; she really didn’t have anything! ”Little dummy, you still have yourself.”

Yun Xiancheng rubbed the girl’s cheeks and said, ”My future wife.”

At these words, Xiao Yan’s face immediately turned beet red, and she buried her head in Yun Xiancheng’s back, no longer speaking. The tiny Medicine Lady, having eaten most of the peanuts, felt a bit annoyed hearing this.

”Are my two Disciples going to get together? Wait, they do have a wedding, the Three-Year Agreement, tsk tsk. Young people really know how to play.”

Medicine Lady paused, realizing she was the outsider. Then she awkwardly ate a peanut.

Master Medicine Lady was a bit better than Master Yun Yun; at least she knew her Disciple and his junior sister might get together at any time. Yun Yun still didn’t know her two Disciples had already experienced Joint Ascension to Paradise many times.

The shy little Disciple she fantasized about in her chambers had long since been ridden by her unfilial Disciple Yanran.

The auction process was much like what Yun Xiancheng knew. The Black-rank High-grade Cultivation Method caused a struggle among the wealthy merchants, eventually reaching a high price of five hundred and fifty thousand gold coins.

”It’s almost over. Do you want to stay for dinner?”

”Forget it, Xiao Yan needs to rush back to cultivate. You unfilial Disciple, you’re idle all day; you’re not allowed to lead Yaner astray.” The tiny Medicine Lady declined Yun Xiancheng’s dinner invitation.

”Alright then, see you next time, Master, Junior Sister~”

After the auction ended, Ya Fei entered the booth holding two cards.

”Old Mister, this is the Mittel Family’s VIP card. With this card, in the future, you can enjoy the privilege of having the commission fee at any Mittel Auction House within the empire reduced from five per-”

”cent to two percent.”

”And for your Foundation Establishment Elixir, which sold for forty thousand gold coins, the commission fee is eight hundred gold coins. The rest of the money is in this card.” ”Mm.”

Medicine Lady’s voice still sounded mysterious. ”Old Senior, goodbye.”

Yun Xiancheng said to her respectfully.

”Not bad, you two are quite to my taste.” Medicine Lady said no more, took the money, and left.

”This... is Little Brother Xiancheng’s Alchemist Master?”

Only after they had gone did Ya Fei whisper. ”Yes, she’s very formidable.”

Yun Xiancheng couldn’t help but praise his Loli Master. ”Alchemists are never simple characters.”

Ya Fei nodded in deep agreement and then hugged Yun Xiancheng.

”The first auction after Little Brother Xiancheng came to see me has ended successfully!”

”The transaction turnover was nearly a million, and the profit was nearly a hundred thousand, which is equivalent to ten months of profit from before.” ”Little Brother is my lucky star!”

Yun Xiancheng’s face was sandwiched between two soft mounds. He took a deep breath, smelling the rich scent of Pristine Snow Ice Orchids on Ya Fei. ”This is Little Brother’s money.”

As she spoke, she took out a card. ”No need, Sister should keep it.”

Yun Xiancheng smiled slightly. Instead of taking the card, he took her fair wrist and said:

”We are all one family. With Sister’s ability, you should keep the accounts for our family in the future!” Hearing this, Ya Fei’s face turned red.

”[Ya Fei’s favorability +5, current favorability 70/100]. Did this sentence pierce her heart’s defenses?”

”You, you look like you don’t care about money. It’s not bad for Sister to manage the accounts for our family.” Ya Fei took out a small notebook and wrote something in it.

”Sister still has ten thousand in private savings. Counting Little Brother’s money, our family’s small treasury has nine hundred and ninety thousand gold coins. Sister needs to work harder to increase our small treasury tenfold.”