Chapter 23: Flame Competition

  When Ye Xuan and Liu Yizhu arrived at the auction hall, Luo Sangyuan was busy dealing with the physical objects of the auction. Seeing them come in, Luo Sangyuan smiled and came over to greet them, saying: "Young Master Ye, Miss Liu, congratulations to you both! The magic crystal has been sold for 2,000 small Xuan Dan, I really didn't expect it to sell for such a price."

  Ye Xuan bowed and thanked him, saying: "Thank you, Director Luo!"

  Luò Lóng Yuàn waved his hand and said, "I didn't help much either. The total number of Small Mystic Pills sold at the auction was 2,000. Our auction house will take a commission of 10%, which is 200 Small Mystic Pills. You can get a total of 1,800 Small Mystic Pills."

  Ye Xuan's heart skipped a beat when he heard the commission for the two hundred small Xuan Dan, two hundred small Xuan Dan, enough for himself to use for several months, no wonder the auction house was so profitable. However, thinking that there were still eighteen hundred small Xuan Dan left, his mind was at ease.

  At this time, Luo Xuan ordered the Chamber of Commerce personnel to bring over a Qiankun bag and hand it to Ye Xuan. Ye Xuan's Xuanli lightly swept through it, and inside were exactly 1,800 small Xuan Dan. Ye Xuan smiled in his heart and handed the Qiankun bag over to Liu Yizhu for safekeeping.

  Ye Xuan once again bowed and thanked Luo Songyuan, then happily walked out of the Four Directions Auction House with Liu Yizhu.

  The two had just walked out of the auction house when they saw a figure standing on the street, staring at Ye Xuan with a pair of sharp eyes. It was the old man in green who had just bid 2,000 small xuan dan for the magic crystal at the auction house. The old man's gaze swept across Ye Xuan's body.

  Ye Xuan felt the malicious gaze, but he didn't seem to want to provoke trouble, so he pulled Liu Yizhu and walked forward.

  "Little friend, is this magic crystal yours for auction?" The old man in green clothes blocked Ye Xuan's way and asked.

  "Elder, I don't understand what you're talking about," Ye Xuan said with a foolish expression.

  "Heh heh, little friend, I've already inquired about it earlier. You don't need to be afraid, Gong is only refining a dan and needs a few pieces of magic crystal. Does the young friend still have any magic crystal? Gong will absolutely not treat you unfairly!" The old man in green clothes said with a smile, but his words were accompanied by an invisible pressure.

  "Sorry, we only have that one piece of magic crystal. Magic crystals are such rare materials, and we obtained it by chance." Ye Xuan said with a frown.

  "Since that's the case, Gong didn't insist on it either. Just now you saw it, this magic crystal is only worth a thousand small Xuan Dan. If not for that white-bearded old man interfering earlier, it wouldn't have been possible to bid up to two thousand. Little friend, hand over what shouldn't belong to you!" At this time, the green-robed elder didn't have his previous smile, revealing his true intentions.

  "Old fellow, what do you mean? The price was added by yourself, if you think it's expensive, you can give up!" Ye Xuan felt an inexplicable disgust towards the unreasonable old man.

  Ye Xuan had just finished speaking when the old man in green robes moved his foot and grabbed Ye Xuan's arm.

  "Hmph, little doll, don't toast without drinking or you'll be punished with a drink. Some things can't be taken lightly." As he spoke, his body began to emanate an intense aura.

  Yexuan took one look at this aura and knew that his strength was definitely above the Xingxuan boundary. Yexuan's face couldn't help but turn solemn.

  At this time, a figure suddenly appeared from the second floor of the auction house and flew towards Ye Xuan. The figure quickly attracted many people's attention, after all, only a strong practitioner in the Ri Xu realm could fly in the air, which was rare in Xihe City.

  The figure appeared in front of Ye Xuan in the blink of an eye, and when Ye Xuan took a closer look, it was actually Kong Daoshi. Ye Xuan spoke up: "Ye Xuan pays his respects to Master Kong!"

  Kong Daoshi still had a smiling expression, stroking his beard and saying: "Ye Xiao, I heard someone here said that this old man is interfering arbitrarily?" After finishing, he glanced at the old man in green clothes.

  At this time, the old man in green also had a hint of surprise, but more was hatred. Just now at the auction house, he had endured it, and now he came to interfere again, which made the old man in green angry. He said gloomily: "Old man, don't think that just because you are a Dayuan boundary powerhouse, you can interfere with things at will. I, Gong Mou, am not afraid of you."

  "Yeh Xiao You, being a guest from my Four Directions Auction House, should also receive the two thousand Xuan Dan. Are you trying to break the rules right in front of the auction house?" Kong Da Shi felt a strong dislike for the old man in green clothes.

  "Presumptuous! I'd like to see if you have the qualifications to say that!"

  The old man in the green robe moved as soon as he was unhappy, his legs striding forward, and a black flame suddenly surged out of his hand, with a palm carrying a powerful force rushing towards Kong Dashi's chest, apparently wanting to give Kong Dashi a fatal blow.

  "Ri Xuan's fire is indeed a master of alchemy! Kong Da Shibo truly has an eye like a torch!"

  The second floor of the auction house had a window open, and two figures were visible in the window. They were Luo Songyuan and Dongfang Yan, and it was Dongfang Yan who spoke up.

  Ye Xuan was also shocked. He had been in this world for some time and upon seeing the black flames, he immediately thought of an alchemist.

  Only to see Master Kong still calm and composed, looking at his tranquil face, it seemed as if he had expected the old man in green's actions.

  When the old man in green clothes' palm was three inches away from Kong Daoshi, Kong Daoshi's hand under his white sleeve moved, and a shallow yellow flame burst out. Compared with the black flame of the old man in green clothes, the yellow flame contained more terrifying power, even Ye Xuan, who was not far away, felt a strong scorching sensation in the air.

  Bang!

  Two flames collided violently together.

  "Splash, splash, splash!"

  Black flames and yellow flames showed strong repulsion, but the yellow flames were more ferocious, constantly devouring the black flames.

  "Ah! Kong Daoshi has actually broken through to 3rd rank artifact refinement master!"

  At the moment when Lou Shuangyuan and Dongfang Yan saw the yellow flame, both of them widened their eyes. As a craftsman relies on spiritual power to cultivate spiritual fire, each level of spiritual fire has a different color. From first-level craftsmen to seventh-level craftsmen, the colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, seven different colors in total.

  The cultivation of the fire of the mind is different from the cultivation of the mysterious air. Each upgrade is quite difficult, and each level has extremely strict requirements for controlling mental power. A strong fire of the mind can refine special materials into powerful and even spiritual treasures.

  Each rank has a world of difference, for example, the second-rank artifact forged by a second-rank artifact craftsman can be auctioned off at a price below 500 small Xuan Dan. However, if a third-rank artifact craftsman were to forge a third-rank artifact, the lowest price would be at least 5,000 small Xuan Dan. Forging artifacts is not a hundred percent successful, and the higher the rank of the artifact, the greater the chance of failure, which results in the high price of artifacts.

  So when Luo Xuan and Dongfang Yan saw that Kong Daoshi was now a third-grade artifact refiner, they were both shocked and speechless. At this time, some cultivators on the street also saw it with their eyes wide open, in this small place of Xihuo City, seeing alchemists and artifact refiners competing with flames was as rare as snow in June, a rare and wonderful sight.

  Bang!

  The black flame palm was no match for the yellow flame of Kong Daoshi, and the old man in green clothes was shocked back dozens of meters by the impact of the yellow flame palm.