Xiao Clan, Xiao Yan!

Xiao Clan, Xiao Yan! Right now, Xiao Yan's mood was like receiving a red envelope during the New Year—saying he was embarrassed, but secretly wanting it very much.

Princess Yao Ye, also the future queen of the Gama Empire, had sharp eyes and could naturally see through Xiao Yan's inner thoughts at a glance.

She took action directly!

She grabbed Xiao Yan's hand, forcefully placed the Storage Ring and Scroll into his palm, and said, "Yao Ye believes in Master Xiao Yan's abilities and talent. I, on behalf of the royal family, will always welcome Master Xiao Yan's arrival."

Since it had been delivered right to his hands, Xiao Yan coughed lightly twice and said without any politeness, "Then Xiao Yan will thank Princess Yao Ye and Hai Lao for their trust. I will accept this Pill Recipe and Medicinal Herbs for now. In the future, Xiao Yan will definitely refine them and not disappoint Princess Yao Ye's expectations, and will have the pills delivered."

Since others had said so, Xiao Yan had no choice but to accept it respectfully.

Before coming, Xiao Yan had thought that Yao Ye must have something she wanted him to help with, thinking that since he had already accepted a Huangji Fruit from her, helping with a favor was only right. He hadn't expected this.

Yao Ye chuckled and said, "Then Yao Ye will wait patiently for Master Xiao Yan's good news. After it's done, the Gama royal family will have another great reward."

Xiao Yan raised his hand, not saying much more, and returned to the Mittel Auction House to begin his Pill Refining training.

Seeing Xiao Yan spread his fire wings and fly away, the giant Nethersea Flood Dragon said, "This kid is not only skilled in Pill Refining, but I also felt a very powerful force within his body just now."

Jia Xing Tian looked at Yao Ye and said, "I heard that the Mittel Family is even willing to give half of the auction house's assets to Xiao Yan, and even intends to betroth Ya Fei to him, just to keep him."

Yao Ye's beautiful eyes watched the fading flame afterimages in the sky, a strange look flashing within them, and she said, "He's worth the price."

Jia Xing Tian turned his head to look at Yao Ye, glanced at her, and said, "Yao Ye, you're not young anymore."

A dangerous glint flashed in Yao Ye's eyes, and she looked at Jia Xing Tian with a smile, saying, "What does Great-Grandfather want to say?"

"I didn't say anything."

Not long after, Xiao Yan returned to the Mittel Auction House. He did not continue to reside in the Nalan Family.

In the remaining time, Xiao Yan, as he had said, made refining Fifth Grade Pills his top priority every day. He refined pills until his Dou Qi was exhausted and his Soul power was depleted, then began cultivating the Spirit Heart Soul Gathering Art and *Burningincantation* to recover his Soul power and Dou Qi. He spent the remaining time cultivating Dou Techniques.

Having successfully refined a Fifth Grade Pill once, Xiao Yan had gained some experience in refining Fifth Grade Pills. Although he still failed more often than not in the first week, Xiao Yan possessed a Strange Flame, coupled with his powerful fire control and Soul power, allowing him to extract more Medicinal Herbs to squander and waste.

After a week, Xiao Yan had a certain success rate in refining low-level Fifth Grade Pills.

In the second week, Xiao Yan began to challenge mid-level Fifth Grade Pills. After a month, Xiao Yan actually successfully refined a high-level Fifth Grade Dou Wang Pill, and its quality was quite good. Even Guild Leader Fa Ma smiled wryly when he saw it.

He sighed that Xiao Yan's progress was too exaggerated. In just a month, he had gone from successfully refining a Fifth Grade Pill for the first time to being able to refine a Dou Wang Pill, and the quality of the finished product was already not inferior to the Dou Wang Pill refined by him, the Alchemist Guild Leader.

In just a month and a half, Xiao Yan had completely solidified his identity as a Rank 5 Alchemist, and could even refine high-level Fifth Grade Pills with a very high success rate, making him a veritable high-level Rank 5 Alchemist.

In a spacious secret room on the seventh floor of the Mittel Auction House, the soft light illuminated every corner of the room, completely dispelling the darkness.

This secret room was the highest-level secret room in the Mittel Auction House, capable of shielding Soul perception and even withstanding attacks from a Dou Wang. Now, it had become Xiao Yan's dedicated Pill Refining room.

Against the corner of the wall was a flat bed. Xiao Yan sat cross-legged on it, and in front of him were various kinds of Medicinal Herbs, carefully prepared. These Medicinal Herbs were obtained by Xiao Yan and Hai Bo Dong with great effort.

Today, Xiao Yan planned to refine the Rejuvenating Spirit Purple Pill, because in the morning, the Yunlan Sect had sent a letter saying that Nalan Yanran had emerged from the Gate of Life and Death and officially issued a challenge to Xiao Yan! They had even sent out invitations to invite the Gama Holy City's experts to watch, intending to build momentum for Nalan Yanran, their future sect leader!

In short, it was a challenge letter! The letter didn't even mention a time, meaning Xiao Yan could go to the Yunlan Sect whenever he wanted.

"Hai Lao that guy is probably waiting so long that his neck has grown. Although the Rejuvenating Spirit Purple Pill is a high-level Fifth Grade Pill close to the peak, with my current Pill Refining skills, it shouldn't be a problem. If I delay any longer, I'm afraid he'll nag me to death." A hint of a smile hung on Xiao Yan's lips as he recalled how Hai Bo Dong had been probing him these past few days to see if he was confident in refining the Rejuvenating Spirit Purple Pill. He couldn't help but smile.

Xiao Yan lightly tapped his Storage Ring, and a black Pill Refining furnace landed heavily on the ground.

Some say that Pill Refining shouldn't rely on a good Pill Refining furnace, but Xiao Yan scoffed at such words. If that were the case, then why would Alchemists pursue Strange Flames? Everyone could just use ordinary flames.

Xiao Yan believed: If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools.

Having good tools was also part of one's strength!

The Rejuvenating Spirit Purple Pill could indeed allow the Dou Qi remaining in the body due to the seal to return to the Qi Cyclone, thereby restoring strength. But the extent to which it could restore strength depended entirely on the quality of the Rejuvenating Spirit Purple Pill.

Xiao Yan planned to refine a Rejuvenating Spirit Purple Pill of the highest quality for Hai Bo Dong.

"Come on, Mao Wu."

Meow! Mao Wu called out and jumped directly from the void onto Black Demon. Now, whenever Xiao Yan refined Fifth Grade Pills, he would summon Mao Wu. With Mao Wu's void power helping, Xiao Yan could not only discover problems more carefully, but also stop losses in time.

This was a good cat for helping with Pill Refining.

Moreover, in the past month or so, Mao Wu had been eating all the Medicinal Herbs that Xiao Yan had failed to refine every day, and its strength had also increased rapidly, turning it into a veritable Medicinal Herb cat.

Xiao Yan didn't say much more and directly used the fused Strange Flame to refine. The Dou Qi in his body surged out continuously. Before long, the temperature inside Black Demon reached an unbelievable level.

Xiao Yan placed the Medicinal Herbs into the Pill Refining furnace one by one. After the last Medicinal Herb entered the Pill Refining furnace, Xiao Yan's expression gradually became solemn, and he began to refine according to the records in the Pill Recipe.

At this moment, Hai Bo Dong was anxiously waiting in the sixth-floor reception room. Although Hai Bo Dong appeared calm, Ya Fei could tell that he was like a husband waiting outside the delivery room, pretending to be composed while his heart was racing with anxiety.

One could imagine Hai Bo Dong frantically praying for Xiao Yan in his heart, Please don't fail, please don't fail!

Three hours passed, and with a creak, the door to the room was pushed open, and a weary Xiao Yan walked in.

"How is it!" Hai Bo Dong stood up immediately upon seeing Xiao Yan enter, asking anxiously.

Seeing Hai Bo Dong's nervous expression, Xiao Yan couldn't help but smile. He tossed a pill bottle containing a purple pill from his Storage Ring to Hai Bo Dong, saying, "Smooth delivery, both mother and child are safe."

Seeing that Xiao Yan had simply tossed it over, Hai Bo Dong hurriedly caught the pill bottle. He nervously opened it, and a rich purple mist immediately poured out, filling the entire room with a purple haze.

The amount of mist alone was enough to tell that the quality of this pill was extremely high, a perfect refinement! "Can't you change this bad habit of throwing pills around?" Hai Bo Dong said angrily.

"Hurry up and take it. The medicinal power of the Rejuvenating Spirit Purple Pill takes time to refine. I plan to go to the Yunlan Sect first thing tomorrow morning," Xiao Yan said.

"Alright, I'll accompany you to the Yunlan Sect first thing tomorrow morning," Hai Bo Dong laughed heartily, then dashed off with the pill to find a good place to refine its medicinal power.

"Ya Fei, please prepare some people and a more luxurious mode of transportation for me tomorrow. I want to go in style."

"So flamboyant?" Ya Fei was taken aback. Xiao Yan wasn't usually one for ostentation.

"This time, the one going to the Yunlan Sect isn't the Alchemist Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan of the Xiao Clan! I can't let the family lose face."

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