Fighting Against the Odds: I Am the Right Path

Even many residents of Jia Ma Holy City remembered Xiao Yan's face. Several residents who were rescued by Xiao Yan from the crazy natives of Chi Sha City expressed their gratitude to Xiao Yan eagerly. Some merchants even took the initiative to offer items from their stores and insisted that Xiao Yan accept them.

Although Xiao Yan felt somewhat helpless about this, he still accepted them one by one.

These are all good intentions given by the people they have rescued, and refusing them will only make them feel embarrassed.

Because he was frequently thanked by these people on the way, Xiao Yan arrived at the Mitre Auction House a little later than the agreed time.

Arriving at the door of Mitre Auction House, the guard recognized Xiao Yan at a glance and respectfully invited Xiao Yan to enter Mitre Auction House.

Xiao Yan nodded slightly to the guard, entered the Mitre Auction House, and walked a few dozen steps before he saw Ya Fei in the lobby of the Mitre Auction House.

But Yafei's expression at this moment looked very impatient.

Opposite Yafei stood a man who looked like he was trying hard to please Yafei.

Although it was only his back, Xiao Yan still recognized him. This man was the son of the Mu family, Mu Zhan.

"Mr. Mu, I told you I'm very busy today. Can we talk about it later?"

Ya Fei crossed her arms, looking somewhat displeased.

If Ya Fei was just indifferent to Mu Zhan before, now she was really disgusted with this chattering man in front of her.

How I treated him before, hadn't I made it clear enough? Why was he still trying to get close to me?

To be honest, if Mu Zhan wasn't the son of the Mu family, Ya Fei would have asked the guards to throw him out long ago.

Unfortunately, Mu Zhan's family is not much different from the Mitel family, and the Mu family is even superior to Mitel. This identity makes Ya Fei unable to say anything too harsh.

It's so annoying.

Just as Ya Fei was thinking about how to get rid of Mu Zhan, she saw Xiao Yan walking towards her from the corner of her eye. Her eyes suddenly lit up. She stepped in high heels and with her enchanting pair of legs, she came to Xiao Yan in two steps. Before Xiao Yan could react, she put her hand on Xiao Yan's arm.

Then, Ya Fei smiled slightly and said to Xiao Yan in a charming voice with a reproachful look.

"Brother Xiao Yan, you are late~"

"Well?!"

Smelling the familiar fragrance coming from Ya Fei, Xiao Yan's face naturally turned red, and his body instinctively moved slightly away from Ya Fei.

"Sorry, Sister Yafei, I encountered some problems on the way."

As Xiao Yan spoke, he wanted to pull his arm out of Ya Fei's arm, but he tried several times without success. Instead, he rubbed against Ya Fei's sturdy chest, causing Xiao Yan's body to freeze involuntarily. He dared not move at will, and his mind instinctively began to have the erotic fantasies of a teenager.

Yao Chen in the ring saw this scene and shook his head helplessly.

My disciple has really been controlled by this woman. If you had half the stubbornness to stay on the right path, you wouldn't have been controlled by this woman to this extent.

At this time, Mu Zhan also turned around, wondering why Ya Fei was walking behind him. After seeing Xiao Yan, his face suddenly darkened.

Then Mu Zhan turned around and walked to Xiao Yan with steady steps, staring at him intently, his eyes filled with jealousy.

This made Xiao Yan feel a little uncomfortable. Just as he was about to say something, Mu Zhan in front of him suddenly bent down and bowed his head deeply to Xiao Yan.

"Thank you for helping save the lives of many native residents of Chisha City these days. On their behalf, I sincerely thank you."

This scene made Xiao Yan suddenly stunned, and Ya Fei, who was holding his arm, also stared at Mu Zhan blankly.

Originally, Ya Fei had anticipated that Mu Zhan, who was quite fond of her, would attack Xiao Yan first, but with Xiao Yan's ability, he could easily resolve the situation and she would be able to break free from his entanglement.

But he never expected that Mu Zhan, with undisguised jealousy towards Xiao Yan in his eyes, would take the initiative to bow his head and thank Xiao Yan, especially for the indigenous people of Chisha City who were saved by Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan was stunned for a long time, then came to his senses and waved his free hand lightly.

"Mr. Mu, there is no need to be so serious. I just did what I should do. No need to..."

"Those things should have been the responsibility of us soldiers." Mu Zhan interrupted Xiao Yan in a harsh voice, raised his head and looked at him solemnly, "But in the end, you, an irrelevant, had to help. For me, it is a great shame."

"If I don't express my gratitude to you, my pride as a soldier will be gone!"

Mu Zhan is like this, Zheng Sheng said.

At the same time, he really thought so in his heart.

Regardless of whether Xiao Yan was the future son-in-law of the Nalan family or had some other identity, the affairs of the indigenous people of Chisha City should have had nothing to do with him, but Xiao Yan still took the initiative to help, and many people were rescued as a result.

In his heart, Mu Zhan was really grateful to Xiao Yan.

However, one code equals another.

After thanking Xiao Yan, Mu Zhan's eyes once again revealed deep hostility and jealousy when he looked at Xiao Yan. He secretly hated Xiao Yan for being so favored by Ya Fei.

Xiao Yan felt Mu Zhan's jealous gaze towards him and scratched his face in embarrassment.

Although Xiao Yan is very innocent, it doesn't mean that he is really an idiot when it comes to feelings.

The reason why Mu Zhan was so jealous of him was naturally because of Ya Fei who was beside him.

"That. Mr. Mu."

Xiao Yan raised his hand and was about to say something, but Mu Zhan spoke before him.

"I still have security work for the venue. Bye!"

If it was just hostile eyes just now, then the tone of Mu Zhan's words really showed his hostility towards Xiao Yan completely. Then Mu Zhan walked past Xiao Yan and Ya Fei and quickly left the Mitel Auction House.

Looking at Mu Zhan's departing back, Xiao Yan looked helpless. He turned his head to look at Ya Fei and smiled bitterly.

"Sister Yafei, you are bringing hatred to your brother."

"What? Are you dissatisfied?" Ya Fei smiled charmingly, stretched out a slender jade finger, and gently hooked Xiao Yan's chin, "Other men who want to make their sister hate them don't have this opportunity, brother should be happy~"

“Hmm?!!”

When Ya Fei hooked his chin like that, Xiao Yan suddenly felt as if he was electrocuted. He immediately pulled his arm out of Ya Fei's arms and instantly retreated two or three meters. He turned sideways to face Ya Fei in a defensive posture, with a little white steam on his red face. He growled at Ya Fei in panic.

"Sister Yafei! Men and women should not touch each other!!!"

Seeing Xiao Yan's reaction, Ya Fei was stunned at first, then she covered her stomach and laughed heartily.

"Hahaha~~~ My dear brother, your reaction is so cute, isn't it?"

Ya Fei's words were absolutely true. Xiao Yan's extreme and innocent reaction really made her laugh, and she laughed so hard that tears came out.

As for Ya Fei's wanton ridicule, Xiao Yan pursed his lips lightly but could not utter a word.

Not to mention Yafei, even he himself was embarrassed by this reaction, and his face felt hot as if it was on fire.

But can he be blamed for this? Can he be blamed? ! !

Just when Yafei hooked his chin, something that had been suppressed in him finally couldn't help but stand up instantly. His rationality was almost half taken over by instinct. If Yafei teased him a few more times, he was afraid that he would really not be able to control himself.

When Yao Chen in the ring saw this scene, he still felt that Xiao Yan had embarrassed him as usual, but at the same time he also agreed with Ya Fei's words.

Xiao Yan's current appearance is really quite adorable, not to mention Ya Fei, even Yao Chen couldn't help but want to show up and tease him.

Well. Let’s do it this way.

Yao Chen pinched his chin lightly with his jade fingers, he made up his mind, and a sinister smile that was so beautiful that it could not be compared to anyone else appeared at the corner of his mouth.

When I am successfully resurrected in the future, I will tease Xiao Yanzi every day. I will never get tired of it. This child's reaction is really funny~

To be honest, if Xiao Yan knew what Yao Chen was thinking, he would probably feel a little hesitant, wondering whether he should rebuild the body for his teacher.

How can there be a teacher who does not do his job and only thinks about teasing his apprentice every day? Is this teacher really serious? !

Moreover, he was so miserable even when facing Ya Fei. If Yao Chen, whose appearance was several times better than Ya Fei's, teased him like this, Xiao Yan would probably surrender on the spot.

Who can! Stand this?!

"Alright, alright~ I won't tease my brother anymore."

Ya Fei gradually stopped laughing, and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with her jade fingers. She narrowed one eye slightly, looked at Xiao Yan with a smile, and hooked her finger at him.

"Come with me, I'll take you to get what you need."

After saying that, Ya Fei twisted her slender waist like a water snake and walked towards the auction house with her jade legs. Xiao Yan stood there and took several deep breaths. Only after the throbbing in his heart was completely calmed down did he raise his feet and follow her.

But he still kept a distance of nearly three meters from Yafei, and even glanced at her sideways, not daring to look at Yafei's back.

Ya Fei's twisting body seemed to be tempting Xiao Yan, causing Xiao Yan to try his best to empty his mind, for fear that he would accidentally follow his instinct and rush forward to press Ya Fei to the ground.

(Senior Yao, do you have anything like a tranquilizing pill?)

Xiao Yan, who was afraid that he might have done something wrong, turned to his teacher for help in his heart. He felt that if he stayed with Ya Fei for a few more times, he would do something sooner or later.

(Huh? Where do we have that kind of stuff?) Yao Chen curled his lips lightly and responded with a smile, (Xiao Yanzi, your master is not telling you not to be so dependent on pills. You should try to rely on yourself for everything. It’s not good for your future development to always think about taking pills.)

(.)

Hearing his teacher's tone of voice, Xiao Yan twitched his lips, but he didn't know how to refute.

To be honest, if I hadn't been forced into a desperate situation, I would never have taken the initiative to ask Yao Chen for pills.

There is no other way. I have no choice but to follow Jia Xingtian's instructions.

After this matter is completely over, try to see Sister Yafei as little as possible.

Chapter 242 Entering the Venue

Xiao Yan followed Ya Fei to the innermost part of the auction house. Various kinds of medicinal herbs were displayed on the table. According to the knowledge Xiao Yan learned from Yao Chen, these herbs were at least the materials required for third-grade elixirs, and some of them were even used for fourth-grade elixirs.

Next to these medicinal herbs, there is a black square medicine cauldron that looks very heavy. There is a metallic glow on the cauldron, and cloud-like patterns are wrapped around it, making it look very mysterious.

Just by taking a glance at it, Xiao Yan could tell that this medicine cauldron was definitely of great value, at least several levels better than the Twin Snake Cauldron in his hand.

Yao Chen in the ring also deeply agreed with this.

(Wow~ This Miter Auction House is pretty good, they can actually find a medicine cauldron of this level?)

Although it is not as good as his Black Demon Cauldron, the medicine cauldron in front of him is also quite good. At least it is more than enough to match Xiao Yan's current level of alchemy skills.

At this time, Ya Fei slowly turned around and smiled softly at Xiao Yan.

"Brother, please accept all these things."

After hearing this, Xiao Yan was stunned at first, then he came to his senses and instinctively waved his hand to refuse, but was blocked by Ya Fei who had anticipated the situation.

"You are attending the Alchemist Conference on behalf of Miter Auction House this time. Miter Auction House should fully support you. You deserve these. We can't let you work for nothing, right? If that happens, I will feel very guilty."

Ya Fei's words left Xiao Yan speechless, and after a long while he nodded slightly.

"Okay, Sister Yafei, I'll take the herbs, but I don't need the medicine cauldron. I have one."

"The medicine cauldron is very important to the alchemist, especially in such a grand scene." Ya Fei interrupted Xiao Yan again, narrowed one eye slightly, and put a finger on her lips, "When refining medicine normally, you can stop if you feel that the medicine cauldron can't hold on, but this kind of scene is not allowed. Even if you know that the medicine cauldron has reached its limit, the alchemist must hold on."

"In this case, the probability of the cauldron exploding is quite high. There are always a large number of alchemists whose cauldrons explode at every alchemist conference, and a cauldron explosion basically means failure, so a good medicine cauldron is absolutely necessary."

"Of course, if the medicine cauldron in my brother's hand is better than this Xuanyun Cauldron, then I will pretend that I didn't say anything."

Ya Fei's words made Xiao Yan silent.

It can be seen with the naked eye that the Twin Snake Cauldron in his hand and the Xuanyun Cauldron are not on the same level at all.

And what Ya Fei said did make sense. Nalan Jie had already conveyed Jia Xingtian's oral instruction to him, asking him to try his best to make it to the end of the Alchemist Conference.

Furthermore, Xiao Yan was somewhat wary of the exploding cauldron that Ya Fei mentioned.

Being afraid of failure was secondary. Xiao Yan was not afraid of getting hurt by the explosion of the cauldron.

The main reason is that the Twin Snake Cauldron in Xiao Yan's hand was given to him almost for free by Boss Yao. In Xiao Yan's opinion, it was Boss Yao's relic. Xiao Yan had originally planned to give the Twin Snake Cauldron to Xiao Yixian after finding a new medicine cauldron, as a thought for her.

Before that, be sure to keep it well.

After thinking this over in his heart, Xiao Yan nodded, clasped his hands together and said to Ya Fei Zhengsheng.

"In that case, I will be honored to receive it." Xiao Yan looked at Ya Fei with a serious expression, "Just treat the herbs as your appearance fee, but the medicine cauldron is too valuable, just consider it as a temporary loan. After the competition, if you can raise enough money, you will buy it. If not, you will return it immediately."

".Alas~"

Ya Fei crossed her arms and looked at Xiao Yan, whose face was solemn. After a long silence, she sighed deeply.

Originally, Ya Fei was going to give this Xuanyun Ding directly to Xiao Yan.

However, Ya Fei also knew Xiao Yan's temper. During the years she stayed in Wutan City, Ya Fei had already figured out Xiao Yan's character. Although medicinal herbs could be accepted as payment for participating in the competition, Xiao Yan would not take the medicine cauldron for nothing no matter what Ya Fei said.

Thinking of this, Yafei couldn't help but press her brows with a headache.

My sister wouldn't give this tripod to anyone else who wanted it, but it's you. Even if my sister wants to give it to you for free, she has to find ways to do it. It's really speechless.

"I see."

In the end, Ya Fei nodded slightly, which was regarded as her approval of Xiao Yan's words.

Let's just leave it at that for now. When the Alchemist Conference is over, I will think of a way to give this medicine cauldron to Xiao Yan. If that doesn't work, I will just charge him a symbolic amount of money. As long as Xiao Yan feels at ease to accept it, it will be fine.