BTTH : Wandering Soul

But before starting his alchemy training, Xiao Yan had to buy a medicinal cauldron. So he asked Yao Lao if he had any simple medicinal pill which could make a lot of money. So Yao Lao had told him about Foundation Elixir. Yao Lao had came up with it's formula himself. And due to it's mild effect it was very beneficial to everyone regardless of their foundation.

So he had bought ingredients mainly for Foundation Elixir, namely Purple Bluegrass, Bone Washing Flower, and Wood Attribute Monster Core. At night Yao Lao refined 10 Foundation Elixirs. And the next day Xiao Yan disguised himself in black robe and again went to the auction house.

The middle aged man identified Xiao Yan as soon as he entered the inspection room. Without any formalities he placed three jade bottles on the table, in front of the middle-aged man. 

"This is?" Looking confused, the middle aged man carefully picked up the

White Jade bottle and sniffed it. The expression on his face immediately changed and when he looked back at the black robed figure, his gaze had a hint of respect: "Mister, you're an Alchemist?"

"Yes." The aged voice came out again.

"Could I ask, what… pill is within this bottle? What does it do?" Hearing that he was dealing with an alchemist, the middle aged man asked with even more respect.

"Foundation Elixir: It can increase Dou Qi training speed but only useful for people under the Dou Zhe level."

"Oh? It can increase the Dou Qi training speed?" Hearing Yao Lao's words, the expression on the middle aged man changed. Everyone knew that Dou Qi could only be trained following a set formula and since the Qi Paths for individuals are especially weak at this point, if the effects of the medicine were too fierce, then the Qi Paths would burst and the person would die…

"My elixir doesn't have any side effects and the medicinal power is extremely peaceful so it won't cause something like that to happen. You don't need to worry about that happening." As if he could understand what the middle aged man was thinking, the wizened voice calmly explained.

His expression changing once more, the middle aged man carefully placed the White Jade bottle on the table in front of him and respectfully asked: "Mister, could you wait for a second? I need to ask our auction's Gu Ni master to inspect this Elixir!"

"Sure, hurry up." Waving his hand, Xiao Yan did not pretend to be polite and sat in a chair to the side.

The middle aged man quickly nodded and hurriedly left the room.

Sitting on the chair, Xiao Yao remained silent and didn't attempt to speak with Yao Lao. This was someone else's place and being cautious was better than not. Who knew if there were things that could listen in on their conversation.

After waiting in the room for a little while, the middle aged man returned with a green robed elder with slightly whitened hair.

On the chest of the elder were not gold stars but rather something like an alchemy furnace and on the alchemy furnace were two silver lines sparkling with elegance.

"Mister, this is our auction's Gu Ni Master. He's a three small Da Do Shi! At the same time, he's also a second tier Alchemist!" The middle aged man respectfully introduced the newcomer.

Hearing the identity of the elder, Xiao Yan's brow instinctively jumped. This was the first time that he met an alchemist beside Yao Lao. He carefully re-examined the elder.

The elder had a red face and even though the green robe seemed ordinary, there were slivers of light surging across it. Obviously, this robe had some kind of a Monster Core implanted into it. On the elder's commonplace face was an ever present arrogance, something that all Alchemists had.

While Xiao Yan was examining Gu Ni, Gu Ni was also studying the person in front of him. Alchemists weren't like Dou Zhes and Alchemists were highly sought after by various forces. Therefore, when Gu Ni was studying Xiao Yan, he was also trying to guess who the Alchemist was.

The middle aged man carefully picked up the Jade bottle on the table and passed it to Gu Ni…

Taking the White Jade bottle, Gu Ni first sniffed the sweet fragrance while his old eyes closed slightly. Lightly tipping the bottle, a drop of green liquid slowly rolled from the opening of the bottle to land in the middle of Gu Ni's palm.

Staring at the green liquid, Gu Ni whipped out a silver needle and on the tip of the needle showed a slight Dou Qi fluctuation. It quietly slipped into the green liquid and slowly stirred…

With the stirring of the needle, Gu Ni's calm face changed into a serious expression. Moments later, he placed the green liquid back into the jade bottle. When he looked at Xiao Yan again, his arrogant face had a hint of respect. Turning towards the middle aged man, he said: "The elixir is at second tier. Everything that was said before is true!"

Hearing that, the middle aged man let out a relieved breath and excitedly smiled at Xiao Yan: "Mister, do you plan on auctioning this Elixir?"

"Yup, can you auction it as soon as possible?"

Xiao Yan planned to sell only three Foundation Elixir first and use them for advertising to sell the rest. This was more effective way, as he'd get consistent price for all elixirs as opposed to less price due to high number of elixirs sold at once.

"Hehe, that's no problem. Mister, take this and go to the first auction room. Luckily, we're having an auction there right now and your Elixir will be auctioned immediately!" The middle aged man smiled while handing over a pitch black metal card.

"Okay." Taking the metal card, Xiao Yan didn't wait and left the room immediately.