Two Purple Jade Flowers

“The Alchemist Yi Fei is fond of a beautiful lady, Sir.”

“That’s nonsense. We tested so many times. The Alchemist Yi Fei didn’t even take a quick glance at the beautiful ladies out there.”

"Oh ..." An employee of the Association tried to think of an explanation. "Not a beautiful woman in general, but this one in particular, Sir.” When words could not explain, he then showed the magical photo-taking mirror—taken by one of the watchmen—for everyone in the meeting to see together.

Everyone in the room watched the footage in the mirror with curiosity.

Xueming was not interested in the auction that took place. But then when he saw a person appearing in the lounge on the opposite side, Xueming's behavior changed. He stood up and stared at the opposite room of the Li family continuously.

"That's a beautiful woman known to have engaged to the Li family heir ... Young Master Li Biao, right?" Said Fei Yi Yin.

“Yes, Sir. Her name is Mu Jinlan, and…”

“Don’t mumble. Keep going.”

"The first time she stepped into the Purple Jade City, people in the city praised her beauty as comparable to the two Purple Jade Flowers, Sir.” The people of the Association were well aware of Fei Yi Yin's behavior of doting on his daughter.

"Comparable to the two Purple Jade Flowers." Having heard that, Fei Yi Yin laughed and stared at Mu Jinlan in the mirror with deliberative eyes. “The beauty of this young girl is bright and pure but hidden with some sadness. Realistically speaking, her beauty is considered astounding. but still a half step inferior to the Purple Jade Flowers.” While Fei Yi Yin spoke, everyone was all ears, and no one dared to interrupt him.

"Good... good!" Fei Yi Yin suddenly slapped the table ... BANG. "This time, I, ... Fei Yi Yin, will bet all my chips on this." Then, he wrote a letter, handed it to his servant, ordered his servant behind him with a loud and clear voice. “Take this to Fei Xiang and tell her that her father has an important mission for her to help."

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In the special lounge for Xueming, now he stood up and stared attentively at the man aged 17-18 who sat at the side of Mu Jinlan because he knew very well who was behind the Yong siblings, as well as the assassins that were sent to kill him. It could not be anyone else but this man ... Li Biao.

Xueming was not interested in Mu Jinlan as the watchman understood. But the guy misunderstood probably because at first, Li Biao was sitting in the room, Xueming was not interested. But when Mu Jinlan entered the room, he had a strange reaction. He also tried to stare into the room without taking his eyes off. That was because Xueming had never seen Li Biao's face clearly before. He only knew that this villain was Mu Jinlan's fiancée.

As the auction went on fiercely, the entire dome suddenly fell silent that Xueming couldn’t help being surprised and having to lean far over to see what happened.

Even the beautiful butterflies do not dare to fly, the flowers to bloom. This was a compliment to the beauty of the Two Purple Jade Flowers. The fierce auction had to be stopped midway ... when one of the two Purple Jade Flowers appeared. The people turned calm altogether for fear of appearing rude in front of this beautiful woman.

Fei Xiang, the only daughter of the leader of the merchant association, Fei Yi Yin, was incomparably gorgeous. Her face was like that of a goddess. Her eyes were big, raven black. Every body part was perfect like heaven-made, not more or less. Her figure was tall and elegantly slender, with a graceful gesture. Each of her moves was so delicate, thus attracting attention and compassion from those who meet her that it was hard to take their eyes off her.

Moreover, Fei Xiang was known as a beautiful woman with talent. At the age of only sixteen, the young girl was able to step up to become a certified basic-level alchemist issued by the alchemist association of the central region’s capital as well.

Fei Xiang walked through the crowd and bowed humbly to the people on the way several times, realizing that it was impolite to use a shortcut to cut through and cause the auction to halt. But the more tender she expressed her sweetness, the longer the auction was halted. Nevertheless, no one bothered complaining because her presence only added more youthfulness to the young and old men in this auction dome. Even Li Biao had Mu Jinlan on his side, he couldn't help standing up to see Fei Xiang's beauty past the edge of the glass partition.

After Fei Xiang did a reverent bow, the young girl was not interested in other people and walked straight toward a special guest lounge to do the mission assigned by her father. Consequently, the attention of all people turned to the person in that special lounge with envy, and, of course, that person was none other than Xueming disguised as an alchemist named... Yi Fei.

The gossiping went around loudly after Fei Xiang had disappeared into the special lounge. Li Biao also stared at Xueming's lounge before turning to one of his lackeys and ordering him to secretly find out who the man in the room was, that Fei Xiang went to meet, and why the merchant association gave such priority to him, that they assigned Fei Xiang, the gorgeous lady, to welcome him in person.

Xueming also looked at Fei Xiang, no different from the other young men, and his heart fluttered because the beauty of the girl was even more than Mu Jinlan. She might be comparable to Ning Xian, the girl Xueming had met in a deserted cave. But her gracefulness and attractiveness were more captivating than those of the young Ning Xian who was many years younger. When he saw that Fei Xiang was walking slowly towards his own lounge, he cursed himself for his careless response earlier because he didn't think that being an alchemist would be so great that the merchant association had to value him this much.

But before he could pound his chest in frustration, he heard a knock on the door.

“Alright, come what may.” Xueming recited, “You are the Alchemist Yi Fei. When the 15,000 gold coins arrive, you can run away.”

(What Xueming did not know was that the merchant association had not given the money to him. It was because he had informed them that he would join the auction. Therefore, the Association provided a special guest room to him and would give the money to him after deducting from his payment during the auction.)

“Please come in, Little Miss.” After having made up his mind, Xueming spoke in a monotone.

"Thank you, Elder. My name is Fei Xiang, daughter of the leader of the merchant association.” Fei Xiang opened the lounge door and came in to give a reverent bow to Xueming with a sweet smile.

…Oh God, she is so gorgeous. What should I do?

Xueming was still a fifteen-year-old boy, after all. Even if he tried to avoid the love issue, it was hard to resist the lady with the beauty comparable to the Two Purple Jade Flowers. His heart was now full of joy.

"Hmm ..." Xueming moaned in his throat. "I’m ... Yi Fei." Now he tried to control himself not to be enthralled by the beauty in front of him, thus making his words as short and blunt as possible.

“I learned from my father that you, Elder Yi, are an alchemist.” She said with her face and eyes smiling all the time before moving over to sit on the opposite side of Xueming.

As she lowered herself to sit, the sensuous scent suddenly flew through Xueming's nose. This made Xueming need even more concentration for self-control. "Yes ... that’s right."

“That's great because I’m also an alchemist, but my skills are still weak.” She said while presenting him a certificate from the Medicine Alchemist Association.

…Oh, shit! Fei Xiang is an alchemist.

"Ah ...." Xueming gasped. "Excellent ... so excellent." He uttered with a relaxed expression, but sweat was pouring out and drenched his entire back.