After leaving the auction house, Xiao Yan wandered around for a while before quietly entering a secluded alley from a deserted spot.
Taking off his cloak, Xiao Yan complained in a low voice, "Teacher, you almost exposed me."
"Heh heh, didn't you want that too, deep down?" From within the ring, Yao Lao's teasing laughter rang out.
Shaking his head helplessly, Xiao Yan truly felt a bit guilty towards his father. Both times he went to auction elixirs, he had indirectly deceived his father. Tossing the cloak he held in his hand, he softly murmured, "Later, when I have time, I'll try to cooperate with the Xiao family a bit, consider it a small compensation for father."
Clutching the medicinal ingredients in his hands, Xiao Yan tucked them all into his chest, then carefully left the alley and hurried back to the Xiao family.
Because Xiao Zhan and the others had not yet returned, the family compound was a bit deserted. The guards at the gate, seeing this young master whose reputation had greatly risen, dared not obstruct him in the slightest. They offered a fawning smile, allowing him to rush in.
Hurrying back to his room, Xiao Yan carefully took out the ingredients he held in his arms like treasures and gently placed them on the table.
Completely dry and yellow, with five leaves as black as ink, this was the Ink Leaf Lotus. The five leaves represented its age; one leaf grew every ten years.
The Snake Vine Fruit was a round, emerald green fruit, about half the size of a fist. When held to the nose, one could smell a sweet scent. This fruit grew near the lair of a fifth-tier snake-shaped magical beast and was difficult to obtain. Because snakes are pure Yin, this fruit also tended towards Yin and cold. It was often used in alchemy to neutralize fiery medicinal properties.
The Spirit Gathering Grass was no different from ordinary grass leaves, except that at its tip, there was a faint luminescence. The stronger the luminescence, the more abundant the pure energy contained within it.
The two blue-colored water-attribute magic cores, placed on the table, emitted a faint chill, making the tabletop damp. This showed how rich the water-attribute energy contained within them was.
His keen eyes swept over the various ingredients. Xiao Yan urgently whispered, "Teacher, the ingredients are all here. Can we start refining now?"
"What's the rush? The medicinal ingredients here won't run away. During alchemy, you cannot be disturbed. It's still early. What if someone accidentally disturbs us? Wasting ingredients is a small matter, but what if I'm exposed?" From within the ring, Yao Lao said, not angrily, "Let's refine them tonight."
Hearing this, Xiao Yan shook his head in annoyance, took a breath, carefully put the ingredients away in the cabinet, and then lay on the bed, waiting for night to fall.
Xiao Yan had been lying on the bed for half an hour when the door to his room was roughly kicked open with a "Bang."
A pair of alluring long legs entered the room. Xiao Yu's eyes scanned the room, then she looked at the startled Xiao Yan and coldly snorted, "Young master, do you need someone to invite you to eat?"
Startled by the sudden sound, Xiao Yan stared at Xiao Yu, who was holding her ample chest with both hands, for a long time, cold sweat breaking out on his back. "Damn it, damn it! Good thing I didn't let Teacher refine the elixir just now. This idiotic woman..."
Recalling the consequences if the alchemy process were interrupted, Xiao Yan shivered and swallowed, looking at Xiao Yu with a slowly rising anger in his heart.
Xiao Yan’s mouth twitched. He slowly inhaled a breath of cold air, the fear in his heart instantly turning into rage: “You stupid woman, don’t you understand manners? Don’t you knock before entering a room? You stupid woman, you stupid woman! Do you have any upbringing at all?”
Staring blankly at Xiao Yan, who for the first time revealed such an ugly, angry expression, Xiao Yu found it somewhat amusing. However, upon hearing Xiao Yan’s curses, her face hardened. She bit her lip lightly, moving her seductive long legs, and charged straight at Xiao Yan: “You little bastard, so what if I kicked your door? From now on, I’ll kick your door every day!”
Seeing Xiao Yu gnashing her teeth and rushing over, intending to teach him a lesson, Xiao Yan’s face also turned green. He raised his hand and clenched it suddenly: “Suction Palm!”
A powerful suction force burst forth from Xiao Yan’s palm. Xiao Yu had just rushed to the side of the bed, and caught off guard, she was directly thrown onto the bed by Xiao Yan’s explosive suction force.
After entering the ninth stage of Dou Qi, the suction force produced by Xiao Yan’s Suction Palm seemed to be much stronger. At least before, it would certainly not have been so easy to lift a person’s weight.
His heart was also slightly surprised, but at this moment, that surprise was overshadowed by anger. Xiao Yan flipped his body, pinning down Xiao Yu’s seductive long legs, and sat heavily on her smooth lower abdomen. As his body lowered, his two palms quickly restrained Xiao Yu’s hands.
Being pinned down by Xiao Yan in such a position, Xiao Yu’s head felt a little embarrassed. After only a moment, a layer of alluring pink blush appeared on her face. She struggled violently, gnashing her teeth and cursing angrily: “You little bastard, get off me!”
With his hands tightly restraining Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan also found himself a little breathless from her struggles. After a while longer, he suddenly broke free with a strong movement, and with a flip of his hand that held Xiao Yu, he instantly flipped her face down.
With her body face down, Xiao Yu’s jade thighs and plump buttocks, along with her seductive long legs, formed an extremely alluring curve.
Having no leisure to appreciate the perfect curve, Xiao Yan gritted his teeth, raised his hand, and without hesitation, slapped it down towards that high, shapely bottom.
“Pa!”
A crisp sound, carrying a hint of ambiguity, slowly echoed in the room.
“Damn it, this young master will teach you not to come in without knocking!”