"Smart woman?"
Ya Fei was slightly stunned. Her gaze fell on Xiao Yan's serious little face, and she couldn't help but giggle, her body swaying enchantingly.
This charm was quite a feast for Xiao Yan's eyes.
However, as she laughed, her laughter gradually stopped when she met Xiao Yan's pair of calm, pitch-black eyes.
"No problem, but the other medicinal herbs on your prescription are very easy to obtain.
However, that Earth Core Spiritual Milk is not so easy to get. It's a material for refining many high-grade medicinal pills, and one drop is worth thousands of gold coins.
If you want to get it quickly, the cost will be even greater.
If you take it slow, the cost of this set of medicinal herbs is only about three to five thousand gold coins, but if you want to get it quickly, it might require tens of thousands of gold coins."
"Money is not a problem. Get these materials together as soon as possible, and make sure the quality of the materials is high enough."
Xiao Yan smiled faintly.
"Alright, but this amount of money is not a small sum for this older sister. Will you pay for it yourself, or will the Xiao family pay?"
Ya Fei nodded, her eyes suddenly looking at Xiao Yan mischievously. She was very curious how this little fellow would come up with such a sum of money.
Twenty thousand gold coins was an astronomical figure for a twelve-year-old boy.
"I don't have money."
Xiao Yan suddenly waved his hand gently, his eyes also looking at Ya Fei playfully.
"No money?"
Ya Fei was slightly stunned.
"So young, yet you've already learned to draw empty promises for your older sister."
She rolled her eyes lightly.
"Little fellow, even if you have potential, you can't expect me to invest in you by selling everything I own. That one stalk of hundred-year-old blood ginseng has already made me bleed."
"Hehe, haven't you always wanted to become the person in power in the Miteer family?
Now that you've encountered a potential stock like me, it's a very important opportunity. Is Big Sister Ya Fei sure she doesn't want to invest a little?"
Xiao Yan's words made the originally lazy and casual Ya Fei suddenly straighten her body, her beautiful eyes staring intently at that handsome little face.
"Who on earth are you?"
"I'm just an ordinary little genius."
Xiao Yan chuckled. Having been reborn once, he rather liked this inexplicable tone.
"Remember to send the things to me as soon as possible, and keep it confidential."
Xiao Yan walked over with his small hands behind his back, acting like an old man. Suddenly, while Ya Fei wasn't paying attention, he lightly patted her pert buttock.
"You can send a few more sets of that medicinal formula. I can help you refine the extra ones into medicinal pills as a reward."
After saying that, before Ya Fei could react, he bolted and ran back towards the Xiao family.
"You!"
Her buttock was suddenly attacked. Ya Fei was stunned for a moment. By the time she reacted, Xiao Yan had already run some distance.
"His hair hasn't even fully grown yet, and he's already so lecherous."
Ya Fei's beautiful eyes stared in the direction Xiao Yan had left. Apart from her slightly flushed face, she surprisingly didn't feel much anger.
"Strange little brat, he must have a considerable secret."
Ya Fei pondered for a moment, then returned to the Miteer Auction House. She divided the medicinal formula in her hand into two copies and handed them to two trusted subordinates.
"Go to the warehouse and find five sets of the best medicinal herbs. Deduct the amount from my personal treasury.
This Earth Core Spiritual Milk, get it as quickly as possible, no matter how much it costs."
After giving these instructions, Ya Fei gently closed her eyes, wondering why she had been persuaded by a twelve-year-old brat.
Gathering these five sets of medicinal herbs would probably cost a full fifty thousand gold coins. Even her private treasury only had about one to two hundred thousand gold coins in liquid funds.
Was it because of the alchemist story he casually made up, or because he revealed her ambition? Ya Fei thought like this and actually dozed off in the recliner. In her daze, a pair of clear, deep, and calm pitch-black eyes appeared in her dream. Ya Fei, who was lightly asleep, suddenly opened her eyes.
"Eyes? I actually made such a decision because of a child's eyes.
What a mysterious little fellow."
"Tap, tap, tap."
Xiao Yan ran all the way back to the Xiao family on his short legs, only stopping when he found a shady spot in a bamboo forest.
"How exciting."
Xiao Yan let out a long sigh of relief. In his previous life, he had done even more outrageous things with Ya Fei, but the thrill was never as intense as it was today.
Though they were old acquaintances, it was a new story. The feeling of old wine in a new bottle made him, an old Dou Di who had lived for tens of thousands of years, finally regain the feeling of youth.
"It's great to be young."
Xiao Yan chuckled, his gaze sweeping across the bamboo forest, but his smile suddenly froze.
Not far away in the bamboo forest, a pretty little face was looking at him with a resentful gaze.
"It's Xun'er. Are you also cooling off in this little grove?"
Xiao Yan's expression was calm, but there was a hint of unnaturalness in his heart. Tens of thousands of years of experience made his expression as usual, but deep down, he felt like he had been caught cheating.
"Even more exciting, what's going on!"
"Brother Xiao Yan, has that vixen captivated you too?"
Xun'er's small face was resentful, and she spoke with some disappointment.
"Not at all, not at all."
Xiao Yan gently shook his head and said: "I was just discussing some matters with Big Sister Ya Fei. This will help me recover my cultivation."
"You just met once, and you're already calling her Big Sister Ya Fei."
"Xun'er! You're being narrow-minded now. Big Sister Ya Fei helped me by finding several precious medicinal herbs for me."
Xiao Yan suddenly put on a stern little face, his expression serious.
Hearing this, the disappointment on Xun'er's small face became even more intense, and there were even faint signs of mist welling up in her eyes.
He had only called her a vixen, and her brother was already angry with her.
Just then, a warm palm quietly grasped the young girl's small hand. Looking up, the stern little face had softened.
"Big Sister Ya Fei is indeed very attractive, but when Xun'er grows up, she will definitely be even more captivating. In my heart, Xun'er is always number one."
Xiao Yan looked at Xun'er with gentle eyes. How could a young girl whose heart was just beginning to flutter withstand such an offensive? A blush soon spread across her fair, pretty face.
"Annoying, Brother Xiao Yan must have damaged his brain from cultivating.
Ever since he woke up, he's always doing hooliganish things. Brother Xiao Yan is such a big pig trotter."
Xun'er flusteredly pulled her small hand away and fled with a blushing face.
"Phew, that was close."
Watching Xun'er flee in disarray, Xiao Yan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, the current Xun'er was just a little girl. If it were the Xun'er from tens of thousands of years later, his little tricks would have been exposed long ago.
"But, how come this feeling is even more exciting than fighting those Heavenly Demon Emperors back then?"
Xiao Yan gently shook his head, his gaze vaguely looking towards a certain shadow deep in the bamboo forest.
After staring for only a moment, when he had cooled down, Xiao Yan directly walked towards his room.
Only after Xiao Yan left did a worried whisper come from that shadow.
"Oh no, could it be that Miss has developed romantic feelings for this little fellow?"
For the next two days, apart from occasionally exercising, Xiao Yan spent most of his time resting.
Firstly, it was a rare opportunity to enjoy this childhood innocence. Secondly, he had been adjusting his physical condition.
After all, this body was currently too weak.
It wasn't until the third day that Ya Fei sent someone over with a full five sets of medicinal herbs.
"She actually gathered five sets of medicinal herbs?"
The moment he saw these five sets of medicinal herbs, a ripple finally appeared in Xiao Yan's perpetually calm eyes.
He gently patted the black ring on his fingertip, and an illusory, aged figure slowly emerged.
Looking at this figure, a mischievous smile appeared on Xiao Yan's lips.
"Teacher, get up and work!"
(End of this chapter)