Battle Through the Heavens: His comprehension is extraordinary, shocking Yao Lao from the very begin

Chapter 32 The Ranking of Strange Flames

Inside the auction hall, the excitement continued amidst the alluring laughter of Ya Fei, who covered her mouth as she spoke.

Xiao Yan had originally estimated that the Ice Begonia would cost around 3,000 gold coins, but thanks to its charm, it was auctioned off for 4,000 gold coins.

Silently thanking that great traitor, Xiao Yan left Auction House No. 1 and returned to the Treasure Appraisal Room.

After a while, a series of hurried footsteps came from outside, and two figures pushed open the door and entered.

"Hehe, so this is the owner of the Ice Begonia medicinal herb?" A fragrant breeze wafted by, and a soft, sweet laugh suddenly rang in Xiao Yan's ears, causing his heart to tremble slightly.

Cursing "devil" under his breath, Xiao Yan buried his face deep in his cloak, his gaze shifting slightly to the woman in the red dress standing beside him.

Upon closer contact, Xiao Yan once again experienced the woman's mature charm.

Her pretty face, radiant with a charming smile, framed a pair of long, narrow, watery eyes that seemed to be constantly drawing men in.

His gaze casually drifted over her long, elegant neck, but he was almost drawn in by the deep, snow-white cleavage...

Xiao Yan practically watched them grow up, and he really didn't know what they ate to make such rapid progress.

Nodding slightly, the old apothecary's voice came out dryly: "You're here to pay, right? There's no need for this trouble. Exchange the gold coins for fifteen twenty-year-old purple-leaf orchids, five first-tier wood-attribute magic cores, and prepare a quiet room for me."

Seemingly surprised by the age and requirements of the person in the black robe, Ya Fei covered her red lips with her jade hand and chuckled softly, her full breasts tracing a breathtaking arc.

"Sir, you require medicinal herbs and magic cores. Could you perhaps be an alchemist? Ya Fei rarely sees alchemists without their badges. May I ask your honorable name?"

"What? Young lady, do you have to state your identity to come to this place?" Yao Lao said calmly from under the black robe.

"Hehe, I'm just curious. If the old gentleman doesn't want to talk about it, I certainly wouldn't dare to press him," Ya Fei chuckled.

Peering through the edge of the cloak at the pair of snow-white feet hidden beneath the tight red dress beside him, Xiao Yan felt a pang of helplessness. This Ya Fei was truly a bewitching enchantress. And if she were to wear black stockings...

With the old monster Yao Lao entangled with her, Ya Fei, the cunning fox, was unable to extract any useful information from her.

In the end, Consort Ya had no choice but to give up the idea and smiled as she asked her maid to bring the medicinal herbs and the magic core.

"Prepare another storage ring, a medicine cauldron, 500 Blood-Coagulating Grasses, 600 Bone-Growing Flowers, 500 Poppy Flowers, and 500 Vitality Fruits. This should be much more useful to the auction house than all that nonsense we just talked about."

After getting up and putting away the medicinal herbs, the old herbalist said something to Ya Fei.

Hearing these demands, Gu Ni's eyelids twitched slightly.

Even the lowest-level storage ring costs seventy to eighty thousand gold coins. Although the medicinal herbs are not rare, such a large quantity would still require a full one hundred thousand gold coins.

Furthermore, even the most ordinary medicine cauldron would cost at least tens of thousands of gold coins.

These items combined are worth at least 300,000 gold coins.

Ya Fei was equally shocked; such a large business deal was a rare occurrence, perhaps only once a year in Wutan City.

"Uncle Gu Ni, wasn't it said that this might be someone from a mercenary group? Judging from their last request, they seem to be a fairly strong alchemist." After a slight silence, Ya Fei asked softly.

Realizing he hadn't detected any strength in his opponent, Gu Ni sighed, "It seems their strength far surpasses mine..."

"He's even more skilled than Uncle Gu Ni, so he must be a second-grade or higher alchemist!" Ya Fei exclaimed in astonishment.

At least a third-grade alchemist!

In the Gama Empire, such a person is extremely rare.

"Alchemists are all a bit eccentric. Don't even think about investigating his identity. If you give him a bad impression of the auction house, it's not a wise move to offend a mysterious alchemist of unknown rank."

"The most important thing now is to figure out how to win his favor. Ya Fei knows that." With a slight pout, Ya Fei rested her chin on her hand and sighed softly. Why didn't she have this talent?

Following the maid's lead once again, Xiao Yan soon entered a room that resembled an inn's guest room.

With a flick of his finger, the old apothecary took out the medicinal herb cores, but instead of what he had asked for earlier, he had ten more Bone Cleansing Flowers.

"On the Dou Qi Continent, there are countless medicinal herbs. To concoct pills with different effects, you must select from these countless materials the ones that can neutralize the violent energy in the magic crystal you need to refine."

"This Foundation Establishment Elixir is a formula that I have been experimenting with for many years to develop. If others discover the secret and accidentally refine it, the losses will be enormous."

Xiao Yan shook his head with a wry smile. He was indeed very cautious.

With his palm extended out, Yao Lao paused slightly, and a pale white flame slowly rose up.

This is the Bone Spirit Cold Flame! Xiao Yan looked at the flame with a solemn expression, his heart skipping a beat.

Having just fought Xun'er today, Xiao Yan gained a lot of insights from both the true Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and its offspring flame.

Previously, he only knew about the strange fire, but after seeing the real thing with his own eyes, his understanding of the strange fire deepened.

The idea of ​​creating my own strange fire became increasingly clear.

With his soul perception constantly controlling the temperature of the flame, Yao Lao took the opportunity to glance at Xiao Yan, who was staring curiously at the flame in his palm. After a slight hesitation, he whispered:

"Alchemists can usually distinguish their rank by the color of their flames. The flames of ordinary alchemists are pale yellow, while the higher the rank, the darker the color and the stronger the power."

"Of course, this is a common flame for alchemists. However, in the alchemist circle, in addition to relying on the strength of one's battle qi to catalyze the flame, one can also borrow a flame."

"Stronger alchemists can use the beast fire formed inside magical beasts, while the stronger and more powerful ones can use strange fire."

At this point, the old doctor became extremely serious: "In this vast world, there exist some strange flames of heaven and earth. Perhaps they are the flames carried by the center of a meteorite that fell from the sky, or perhaps they are the lava fire that has been forged for thousands of years deep in a volcano..."

These strange flames are several times more powerful than flames catalyzed by battle qi. When used in alchemy, they can enhance the potency of pills. However, these strange flames of heaven and earth are extremely violent, rarely encountered in normal times, and even if encountered, extremely difficult to bring to one's own use.

The old alchemist looked at his flame with a slightly gleaming expression and said with burning eyes, "The alchemy world of the Dou Qi Continent has compiled a 'List of Strange Flames' that is known to the public. There are twenty-three of them in total."

My flame is the eleventh ranked 'Bone Spirit Cold Flame.' This extraordinary flame can only be encountered in extremely cold and yin places once every hundred years, at the time of the alternation of the sun and moon."

(End of this chapter)