Xiao Ling's face flushed, and he scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed. He checked the time and saw that it was almost noon, so he said, "I'm hungry after my breakthrough. Xun'er, would you like to have lunch with me?"
Xiao Xun'er covered her mouth and laughed a bunch of silver bells, then replied with a smile: "Okay, okay, Xun'er is hungry too."
So the two of them walked towards the restaurant together.
Sitting at the dining table, the two were having a meal.
Xiao Xun'er's eyes rolled, as if she had thought of something, and she said, "Since Brother Xiao Ling has just broken through to the Fighter level, have you prepared your cultivation techniques?"
Xiao Ling did not think much about it, and took out the book "Refining Fire" from the Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlit Night, shook the scroll in his hand, and said: "The most powerful fire attribute technique of the Xiao family is this one."
Taking the martial arts from Xiao Ling's hand, Xiao Xun'er frowned when she saw that it was just a high-level yellow-grade martial arts.
He handed the "Fire Refining" back to Xiao Ling, took out a white scroll from the ring and placed it in front of Xiao Ling, saying: "This is the Xuan-level high-level technique "Fire Manipulation Technique". Brother Xiao Ling, practice this technique."
Looking at the martial arts in front of him, Xiao Ling knew that it was insignificant to Xiao Xun'er, so he did not refuse and put it around his waist.
He said to Xiao Xun'er: "I know that you are from an extraordinary family. This technique may not be important to you. I will accept this gift. Thank you, Xun'er."
Seeing Xiao Ling accept the skills, Xiao Xun'er was in a very good mood and said seriously: "Brother Xiao Ling, Xun'er believes in you. I will wait for you to become the strongest person in the world."
Looking at Xiao Xun'er's serious eyes, Xiao Ling also became serious, with a solemn expression and a confident light in his eyes. He said resolutely: "Don't worry, I will not let you down."
At this time, the sun was shining on the boy's face, and the wind was blowing through his hair. Looking at the high-spirited Xiao Ling, Xiao Xun'er also smiled brightly.
After lunch, Xiao Ling first sent Xiao Xun'er back to the courtyard, and then walked out of the Xiao family, planning to go to the Miter auction house to buy some beast fire.
When he was near the Mitre Auction House, he quickly walked into a dark alley. Xiao Ling put on a black robe, concealed his figure, and slowly walked towards the Mitre Auction House.
Miter Auction House, the largest auction house in Wutan City, also belongs to the richest family in the Gama Empire: the Miter Family.
Crossing the street, arriving in front of the Mitre Auction House, looking at the tall building, Xiao Ling couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "This Mitre Auction House is really luxurious, even the Xiao family pales in comparison."
Under the vigilant gaze of several fully-armed guards at the door, Xiao Ling didn't care and walked straight in without stopping.
As soon as he entered the hall, the heat from the outside world receded like a tide, and instead he felt refreshed and cool. It could be described as a world of ice and fire. This reminded Xiao Ling of the feeling of walking into an air-conditioned room in summer on Blue Star.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 8 Miter Auction House
Looking around the magnificent hall, Xiao Ling found a room with the words "Treasure Appraisal Room" written in a flamboyant style, and then walked towards it.
Walking into the treasure appraisal room, the room was a little empty. Beside the antique tea table, an old man was leisurely reading a book. Xiao Ling used his soul power to sense him a little, but he couldn't tell his cultivation level at all. He didn't know whether he was an ordinary person or his cultivation level was higher than his.
Seeing someone coming in, the elegant old man put down the book in his hand and a friendly smile appeared on his face, "Excuse me, are you planning to identify the treasure?" But his eyes were looking at the figure under the black robe, and when he could not see any clues, he withdrew his gaze.
"Pills." A hoarse voice came from under the black robe. It was impossible to tell the age of the person. This was because Xiao Ling was deliberately concealing it.
Then he patted his belt and took out a white jade bottle from the Twenty-Four Bridges on a Moonlit Night. Inside was the fourth-grade Qi Gathering Powder that Xiao Xun'er had given to Xiao Ling. However, Xiao Ling had already drawn one through the system, so this one was redundant.
"I feel a little sorry for Xun'er this time. I will apologize to her when I have the chance in the future." Xiao Ling muttered to himself.
The old man picked up the jade bottle and was about to check it when Xiao Ling's hoarse voice came.
"What's contained in here is a fourth-grade medicinal pill, the Qi Gathering Powder. Its efficacy can 100% help practitioners break through from the ninth stage of Fighting Qi to the Fighter stage. You should go and find a suitable person to test it." He was familiar with the original work and was too lazy to bother with extras.
"Sir, please wait a moment. I will ask the steward to come and identify it." The old man put down the jade bottle, turned around and left his seat, walking towards the inner room.
Not long after, the old man came back, followed by an old man with gray hair.
Xiao Ling took a quick look at the alchemist's robe, and there were two silver waves on the danwen badge on the chest. He thought to himself: "Could this be Gu Ni from the original book? I wonder if Ya Fei has come to Wutan City at this time. I guess she hasn't, after all, she may not be an adult at this time."
"Sir, this is Master Gu Ni from this auction house. He is a three-star Grand Master and also a distinguished second-grade alchemist."
After Gu Ni sat down, he picked up the jade bottle on the table, examined it carefully, opened the stopper on the jade bottle, and stared into it. Sure enough, it was a mellow fourth-grade elixir, the Qi Gathering Powder.
Putting down the jade bottle, Gu Ni said, "Sir, this is indeed the fourth-grade Qi Gathering Pill. Do you plan to sell it or auction it? If you sell it, the price will be slightly lower, but you can pay directly; if you choose to auction it, the price will be higher, but you have to wait for a while. Our auction house will promote it for a while. After all, the fourth-grade pill is in Wutan City. Apart from the three major families, no other forces can easily buy it."
Touching his chin, Xiao Ling thought for a moment and then said, "Sell it directly. I have limited time. Give me a price quickly."
Gu Ni lowered his head and thought for a while, then said: "If so, the price can only be 300,000 gold coins. If it is not convenient to sell it, it may be a bit troublesome."
When Xiao Ling heard that the old guy wanted to cheat him, he immediately felt displeased. Being familiar with the original work, he knew very well that the price of a Qi Gathering Powder was about 400,000 gold coins. If it was placed in other big cities, the price would definitely be higher.
I, Xiao Ling, and your Mitre family should be friendly, but your Mitre family wants to play tricks on me, Xiao Ling, right?
Xiao Ling tugged at his black robe, lowered his voice, and said to Gu Ni: "Don't treat me as an ignorant person who doesn't understand the market. This Qi Gathering Powder is legitimate, and the minimum price is 400,000 gold coins. If you are sincere in the transaction, you can exchange this fourth-grade Qi Gathering Powder with beast fire of equal value at the auction house. I need beast fire for cultivation right now."
Gu Ni frowned and thought in his heart. At first, he thought that the man in black robe was lucky and got the Qi Gathering Powder by chance, and wanted to sell it in exchange for gold coins. Now it seems that he should be a person who knows the value of things.
"Then use 400,000 gold coins to purchase this Qi Gathering Powder. If you need beast fire, you have to transfer it from other higher-level auction houses. These gold coins can purchase three fourth-level beast fires. As far as I know, fifth-level beast fire seems to be only available at the family headquarters." In order to gain more credit, Gu Ni agreed with all his heart. After all, in this small Wutan city, fourth-grade elixirs are very rare, and he himself is only a second-grade alchemist and cannot refine elixirs of this grade at all.
Hearing the satisfactory answer, Xiao Ling also showed a gentle smile, "That's great, when will the beast fire be delivered? And I don't want the poisonous ones."
"It will take about a week to deliver to Wutan City. Just come to me next week with this token." Gu Ni smiled and took out a golden standard token from his arms and handed it to Xiao Ling.
Taking the token and putting it on his waist, Xiao Ling said with a smile: "Wait for good news, I will come again at noon in a week."
After saying that, he turned around and walked straight outside, and soon disappeared from Gu Ni's sight.
Looking at Xiao Ling's departing back, Gu Ni muttered, "What a weirdo." When his gaze moved to the jade bottle containing the Qi Gathering Powder, his eyes became hot. He picked up the jade bottle and walked towards the inner room. He was determined to keep the pill properly. If anything went wrong, he was afraid that he would be severely punished by the Mitel family.
After walking out of the Miter Auction House, Xiao Ling breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, nothing serious happened. He just needed to wait until next week to get the beast fire. The Burning Art should be able to evolve to the advanced yellow level. He shook his head and stopped thinking about it and headed towards the Xiao family.
As he entered the Xiao family, family members greeted Xiao Ling one after another.
"Cousin Xiao Ling, your aura is getting stronger and your cultivation is improving!"
"Cousin Xiao Ling, have you just returned from outside?"
"Cousin Xiao Ling is getting more and more handsome. Can you come to my room at night to teach me how to practice?"
Xiao Ling did not put on an arrogant attitude, and responded to them very gently. When he heard that a sister invited him to practice in her room at night, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he complained in his heart: "Bah, you are not asking me to teach you how to practice, you are clearly coveting my body, you are despicable!"
Suddenly, Xiao Ling saw a person outside the crowd, walking cautiously towards the back mountain. He looked closely and found it was Xiao Yan. What was he doing so furtively? Wasn't he heading to the place where the women were bathing? Could it be...
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 9 Back Mountain Pond
On the small hill behind the mountain, Xiao Yan was lying on the grass bored, crossing his legs and basking in the sun.
This is his own secret base. He often comes here alone to practice or relax. If he is lucky, he can sometimes even peek at the girls of the tribe taking a bath.
Suddenly, Xiao Yan glanced to the side and found a figure not far away walking towards the pond in the back mountain.
He stood up and took a closer look. "Isn't this Xiao Ning's sister Xiao Yu? She's holding a towel. Is she going to take a shower?"
Xiao Yan perked up. It seemed that Xiao Yu was going to take a shower. She was usually unhappy when she saw her brother, so today she came to see how beautiful his sister was. It seemed that she had come to the right place today.
Climbing up and bending down, Xiao Yan tiptoed towards the edge of the pool. He found a large rock in front of him that could stop him, so he rolled over and hid behind the rock, leaving only one eye staring at Xiao Yu in the pool.
Not far away, Xiao Ling also arrived here. With his soul perception spread out, he quickly found out the current situation.
"It seems that in the original novel, Xiao Yan peeked at Xiao Yu today." Xiao Ling touched his chin and looked in the direction of Xiao Yu.
Next to the pool, Xiao Yu was about to undress, as if she was about to take a bath.
Seeing this, Xiao Yan, who was behind a big rock not far away, couldn't help but swallow his saliva and stared at Xiao Yu, looking unwilling to look away.
Seeing this situation, how could Xiao Ling continue to stand idly by? I, Xiao, am a gentleman and will never allow such a thing to happen before my eyes.
With a flick of his fingertips, a ball of fiery red Dou Qi shot towards Xiao Yan's kidney. Although he had just become a Dou Zhe, Xiao Ling was very adept at controlling the Dou Qi because of his outstanding soul perception. The Dou Qi broke through the air and directly hit Xiao Yan's kidney.
Xiao Yan was staring at Xiao Yu intently, so how could he pay attention to anything else? He heard a "whoosh" sound and suddenly felt a burning sensation in his kidneys, followed by a pain. He couldn't help but cover his kidneys with both hands and screamed.
"Ah~, it hurts so much."
Xiao Yu had just unbuttoned a button when he heard a noise behind him. He quickly stopped what he was doing and turned around in panic. He saw Xiao Yan, who was grinning, with half of his head sticking out from under a large rock.
Seeing this, Xiao Yu had no idea what was going on. He was so angry that his face turned red. He ran towards Xiao Yan with a quick step and fed Xiao Yan a big punch.
"You little thief, you are so young and you don't learn your lesson. You just learned to steal things from others and even learned to peek at others taking a bath."
Xiao Yu, not satisfied, punched Xiao Yan twice more, hitting both kidneys. Xiao Yan covered his kidneys with one hand in pain and ran down the mountain in panic.
Xiao Ling, who was hiding not far away, saw this scene and couldn't help swallowing his saliva, "This woman is really cruel when she gets angry. Never provoke a woman with a bad temper in the future."
Shaking his head and not thinking any more, Xiao Ling watched the two of them leave the back mountain, then he circulated his fighting spirit and ran towards his own courtyard.
"Xiao Yu, I will definitely trample you under my feet. And Xiao Ning, just wait for me."
Xiao Yan ran back to his own courtyard, wrapped in bandages, and sat on the bed with a gloomy face. He set some goals for himself and then began his training for the day.
He would definitely not tell his father, the clan leader, about this matter. Otherwise, if Xiao Zhan knew that his son was planning to peek at Xiao Yu taking a bath, he would definitely teach him a lesson for the sake of the great elder. He could only choose to practice silently and then take revenge after he became strong.
Although cultivation is a boring thing, Xiao Yan, who has traveled to the Douqi Continent for so long, has gradually adapted to it.
"It's almost a breakthrough!"
Feeling the Dou Qi surging in his body, Xiao Yan's face showed some excitement. He focused his mind and prepared to make a breakthrough to the sixth level of Dou Qi in one go.
A week passed in a flash
Xiao Ling, who was practicing in the room, made a hand seal to end his practice, stood up, felt the fighting spirit in his body, shook his head, and sighed: "The low-level yellow-grade skills are really bad. The speed of practicing fighting spirit is slow, and the quality is also relatively poor. I have to use beast fire to slightly improve the level of the skills. If I can't reach the Xuan grade, I can only ask Xun'er for help. Anyway, she is my future wife, and it is not shameful to eat the soft rice of my future wife. I have also learned the suction palm, which is worthy of being a Xuan grade fighting skill. It is very useful." He cleared his mind, walked out of the room, and ran towards the Mitel Auction House.
As he approached the auction venue, he put on a black robe and gloves as usual.
As I walked into the hall, I felt the same cool feeling as before. I looked around and saw no one I knew.
Xiao Ling found a maid and took out the token that Gu Ni gave him last time. "I'm looking for Master Gu Ni from your auction house. Please show me the way."
The maid took the token, looked at it, showed a professional smile, and stretched out her hand, saying, "Sir, please follow me to the VIP lounge and wait for a moment. I will go find Master Gu Ni right away."
The two walked to a lounge, and the maid made a cup of tea and left. Xiao Ling sat down and took a sip of tea. He felt that his fighting spirit had become more active. "As expected of the Mitel Auction House, they are really rich. The tea they serve to guests can even slightly increase their training efficiency."
After a while, Gu Ni came in. When he saw that it was the man in black robe from last time, a smile appeared on his face.
"Sir, the beast fires you need have been prepared for you. They are the Earth Fire from the fourth-level Earth Rock Turtle, the Peach Blossom Fire from the fourth-level Kui Wood Beast, and the Dry Blue Water Flame from the fourth-level Nether Sea Dragon Beast. The first two are 100,000 gold coins, and the latter is 200,000 gold coins. The guardian beast of the Gama Empire's royal family is a sixth-level Nether Sea Dragon Beast." Gu Ni raised his hand and waved, and three porcelain bottles appeared on the table, with the three beast fires in the bottles.
Xiao Ling slightly activated the suction palm, and three porcelain bottles flew to Xiao Ling's hand. He waved his sleeves and put them into his belt one by one, which made Gu Ni stunned.
He was secretly pleased that he was indeed a master of acting smart, and said with a smile: "I believe in the reputation of the Mittel family. I will come to you again next time there is a transaction."
After saying that, he turned around, left the lounge, walked out of the Mitel Auction House, and headed towards the Xiao family.
Returning to the room, he couldn't wait to take out three porcelain bottles and look at the three beast fires.
The Earth Fireworks is yellowish in color, and is a flame with a heavy earth attribute.
The color of peach blossom fire is pink, and a faint fragrance emanates, giving people a friendly feeling.
The Qianlan Water Flame is dark blue and has the most energy and the best quality among the three.
Xiao Ling cleared his mind, adjusted his breathing, and prepared to start absorbing the beast fire.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 10 Absorbing Beast Fire
Looking at the three beast fires in front of him, Xiao Ling hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to refine the peach blossom fire with relatively mild energy first.
He gently unscrewed the cap of the porcelain bottle containing peach blossom fire, raised his hand, and the pink fire fell lightly into his palm. Staring at the beast fire in front of him, Xiao Ling's eyes flashed with a blazing light. With his current strength, it is not only difficult to obtain strange fire, but also difficult to absorb. These beast fires taken from the bodies of magic beasts are undoubtedly the right choice for him who is still weak at present.
Slowly closing his eyes, Xiao Ling formed a cultivation hand seal and sank his mind into his body. He slightly opened his mouth and, relying on the pull of his soul power, carefully introduced the peach blossom fire into his body.
He concentrated all his attention on the cyclone, using his soul perception to quickly wrap the entire cyclone tightly, and then made it rotate at high speed.
As the cyclone continued to rotate at high speed, a space large enough to accommodate the beast fire was cleared out.
Xiao Ling wrapped the Peach Blossom Fire with his soul perception, pulling it through the surrounding Dou Qi blockade, and finally successfully led it into the narrow space.
When the peach blossom fire entered this space, it began to operate in an orderly manner like a sophisticated machine.
The beast fire needs to absorb the fire-attributed fighting spirit in the cyclone to strengthen itself, and the temperature it emits also greatly increases the speed at which the cyclone absorbs the fighting spirit. This is beneficial to both the beast fire and the cyclone.
In the room, Xiao Ling slowly opened his eyes that had been closed for a long time, and his eyes were brighter than before.
After feeling the condition inside his body, he couldn't help but smile. He raised his palm and peach blossom fire instantly appeared on it.
This beast fire seemed to have life and kept beating, but under the control of soul power, it could be used with ease.
Putting away the beast fire in his hand, Xiao Ling looked at the two porcelain bottles in front of him, hesitated again, and finally put them away one by one. After all, his own strength is still insufficient now. To be on the safe side, without the Ice Heart Pill and the Vein Protection Pill, it is better not to rashly swallow the strange fire to advance to the Burning Art.
When Canaan College comes to recruit students next month, I will go to the college to exchange elixirs and beast fire, and directly upgrade the Burning Technique to the Profound Level.
Shaking his head and putting aside all distracting thoughts, Xiao Ling walked out of the room and let out a long sigh: "I will first inform the elders of the family of my plan. If I leave suddenly, it may cause a lot of trouble." Without thinking any more, he rushed towards the place where Xiao Zhan was practicing.
Arriving outside Xiao Zhan's training room, Xiao Ling looked at the guards around him and then walked forward.
"Hello, may I ask if the clan leader is free at the moment? I have something important to discuss with him." Xiao Ling said to the guard.
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