Alchemy Master

Chapter 231, A Hasty Retreat

Translator: Silavin

In the adjacent VIP room.

“Brother Haotian, who is that man? I really hate him.” Feng Qianxue frowned, the displeasure in her eyes unconcealed, openly showing through.

For any girl, being stared at by a strange man would naturally cause aversion, which was quite normal.

This was something even Qin Yichen had not anticipated.

“Qianxue, be good. Actually, I don’t like that fellow either, however, his formula for the Fire Gathering Pill is indeed excellent. It might be extremely beneficial for awakening your Martial Soul. Once we get that formula, we’ll leave this place.” Ouyang Haotian spoke with a sunny smile, carrying himself with grace as he spoke to Feng Qianxue, going along with her wishes.

“Brother Haotian, you’re so good to me…” Feng Qianxue nodded obediently, unaware that when Ouyang Haotian heard these words, goosebumps rose on his skin beneath his robes.

As time slowly passed, the auction was also approaching its end.

Qin Yichen did not get the Earth Flame Fruit, even if it appeared at the auction, he would not compete with Feng Qianxue for it. Even if he did compete, he absolutely could not win against her.

After another item was auctioned off at a high price, the auction finally reached its final highlight.

“Next up is the last item of this auction…” The beautiful woman on the auction platform swept her gaze across the audience, speaking in an alluring voice, frequently casting flirtatious glances at several spots in the venue.

*Whoosh!* As soon as her words fell, deafening clamour echoed throughout the huge auction venue. The noisy commotion seemed as if it would break through the auction house’s ceiling and soar straight to the clouds.

On the auction platform, the beautiful auctioneer’s gaze swept across everyone’s faces with a provocative smile, before she said with a bright smile. “Everyone, this is our Golden Treasure Pavilion’s final item of this auction, the formula for the Fifth Grade Pill ‘Life Recovery Pill’!”

“Life Recovery Pill!?”

As the item appeared on the auction platform, it instantly caused the entire noisy auction venue to fall into silence. Countless burning gazes were fixed firmly on that scroll on the auction platform.

One urgent breath after another sounded like bellows, whooshing continuously.

The Life Recovery Pill could quickly heal the injuries of Spirit Realm experts, this pill was definitely a huge temptation for Spirit Realm experts.

Moreover, being a Fifth Grade Pill Formula, it was definitely enough to attract many Alchemy Masters who were obsessed with the Dao of Alchemy. With such a Pill Formula in hand, whether they needed Martial Artists or Alchemy Masters, would they still need to worry about their Family’s rise being difficult?!

“Starting bid, 100,000 silver coins!”

The woman’s calm voice echoed throughout the venue, that high starting price immediately caused countless people’s faces to twitch.

Just the starting price alone put it beyond the reach of many medium and small Forces.

“115,000!”

“120,000!”

Following the auctioneer’s words, deafening bidding voices continuously resounding throughout the auction venue.

Those with the financial power to compete for this item were only those from the top Forces of the Feather Lake Dynasty. If not, they were all people who were backed by huge financial groups.

The continuously rising price made countless people’s eyes burn with desire, their hearts filled with covetousness and envy.

In just a few minutes’ time, the price of this Life Recovery Pill Formula had already approached 200,000 silver coins.

At this point, Chen Feng also gave up bidding. Even he could not easily produce so many silver coins. While Qin Yichen beside him had not even raised his head once, as if he had no interest in this thing, which countless people wanted to obtain.

The competition for this Life Recovery Pill Formula continued for over a quarter hour, and the bidding finally gradually approached its end. In the final stage, the price had reached the astronomical sum of 300,000 silver coins!

The person who made this high bid was the Feather Lake Dynasty’s Royal Family Business Alliance. Obviously, in terms of financial power, there were no Force that could compare with them in the Feather Lake Dynasty.

“500,000!”

Just as the beautiful auctioneer was about to bring down the hammer, a calm voice came from the VIP room next to Qin Yichen.

The speaker was Ouyang Haotian.

“Fi…five hundred thousand?!”

“Ah… what kind of Force does this speaker belong to?”

Opening with a bid that directly raised the price by 200,000, this was clearly showing an intention to obtain the Pill Formula in an overwhelming manner. It also indirectly warned those bidding against him that he was not short of money…

Those from the Business Alliance, after hearing Ouyang Haotian’s voice, seemed to know his identity and showed some apprehension. They were too afraid to not call out another bid for a long time.

Countless people were extremely surprised by the Business Alliance’s reaction, but Qin Yichen was not surprised at all.

It seemed like Ouyang Haotian had dealt frequently with the Business Alliance to collect Fire Attribute medicinal herbs, and once they knew of his identity, they certainly would not dare to compete with him.

Moreover, the Business Alliance wanted this formula mainly to prevent other Forces in the country from obtaining it and threatening the Business Alliance’s position. Meanwhile, if Ouyang Haotian obtained this formula, it obviously would not cause any impact on their Business Alliance.

Finally, after the Life Recovery Pill Formula was auctioned off, the Golden Treasure Pavilion’s auction also came to a close.

As soon as the auction ended, Ouyang Haotian brought Feng Qianxue to the VIP room where Qin Yichen was.

“Young Friend, name your price for that Heaven Fire Gathering Pill Formula.” After entering the VIP room, Ouyang Haotian spoke very directly.

However, Qin Yichen’s eyes were still firmly fixed on Feng Qianxue, until a trace of disgust appeared in her eyes. It was only then did he suddenly come back to his senses.

At this moment, to Feng Qianxue, he was nothing more than a stranger. He had not expected to see Feng Qianxue again, and even less expected that his unintentional behaviour would cause her aversion.

“I’ll trade you the Life Recovery Pill Formula for the Heaven Fire Gathering Pill Formula, how about it?”

However, Ouyang Haotian showed no anger at Qin Yichen’s impolite gaze, instead he smiled as he spoke to Qin Yichen.

“Brother Haotian, how can you trade the Pill Formula you just got at auction with him? I don’t want his Heaven Fire Gathering Pill Formula, let’s just quickly go.” But as soon as Ouyang Haotian’s words fell, Feng Qianxue beside him could not help but speak up, the disgust in her tone towards Qin Yichen was completely unconcealed.

Obviously, she had taken Qin Yichen for someone trying to take advantage of Ouyang Haotian.

*Heh heh…* Seeing Feng Qianxue’s attitude, Qin Yichen could only give a bitter laugh. He took out a scroll from his bosom, casually placed it on the table in the VIP room, and then withdrew.