"Yes."
Xuan Jin's response was just one word.
Gu Ni frowned, finding this Young Master a bit arrogant.
"May I ask, Young Master, what grade of Alchemist are you? Do you have an Alchemist Guild badge?"
"No." Xuan Jin shook his head again.
Xuan Jin indeed didn't have a low-grade badge; the badge in his storage ring was a Seventh-Grade Alchemist badge issued by the Pill Tower.
At this, Gu Ni's expression completely darkened.
"Hmph, no badge, yet you dare to call yourself an Alchemist? Young Master, the Mitter Auction House is not a place for you to speak recklessly!"
Ya Fei, who was beside him, felt a bit awkward and was about to smooth things over.
But Xuan Jin smiled.
He didn't argue with Gu Ni, but simply sat upright in the chair, and an invisible, immense power spread from his body.
This was not Dou Qi pressure, but pure Soul Power.
Gu Ni felt his head suddenly sink, as if pressed by a great mountain, and his Soul trembled.
He looked at Xuan Jin in horror, the arrogance on his face instantly replaced by terror.
This level of Soul Power, he had only felt it from the President of the Alchemist Guild headquarters in the Jia Ma Empire!
That person was a genuine Peak fifth-rank pill Alchemist!
Although Ya Fei was not an Alchemist, she also felt an inexplicable palpitation, as if her mind was firmly controlled by the other party.
She looked at Xuan Jin, and her originally charming eyes were now filled only with deep shock.
Xuan Jin retracted his Soul Power.
The oppressive feeling in the entire reception room instantly vanished.
Gu Ni gasped for breath, his whole body drenched in cold sweat. He looked at Xuan Jin, no longer daring to show any hint of disrespect.
"Senior... Senior..."
His voice trembled, and even his form of address changed.
Xuan Jin still maintained his calm and composed demeanor.
"Now, am I qualified?"
"Yes! Yes! Senior, you jest!"
Gu Ni quickly bowed, his attitude respectful to the extreme.
Ya Fei took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down.
She knew that she might have encountered an extraordinary individual.
A mysterious expert so young, yet possessing Soul Power comparable to a fifth-grade Alchemist.
"Young Master Xuan, I apologize for any offense earlier, please forgive me." Ya Fei said apologetically, while secretly glaring at Gu Ni.
Xuan Jin waved his hand.
"No matter."
He looked at Ya Fei and directly stated his purpose.
"I need a quiet Alchemy room, and I need your help to auction a batch of Medicinal Pills for me."
"Of course, no problem!" Ya Fei immediately agreed, "But may I ask what grade of Medicinal Pills Young Master intends to auction?"
Xuan Jin did not answer directly.
"Find a quiet room, and the two of you can just watch me perform Alchemy from the side."
On-site Alchemy?
Ya Fei and Gu Ni exchanged glances again, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes.
This mysterious Young Master Xuan was going to prove his strength in front of them!
"Alright! Young Master Xuan, please follow me!"
Ya Fei no longer hesitated, personally leading the way and taking Xuan Jin to the auction house's most confidential Alchemy room.
She had a premonition that today she would witness a true Genius, a Genius far beyond the imagination of the Jia Ma Empire.
Deep within the Mitter Auction House, a secret chamber constructed from special rock.
This was the most central area of the auction house, normally only Great Master Gu Ni was qualified to use it.
Ya Fei personally pushed open the heavy stone door for Xuan Jin.
"Young Master Xuan, it is absolutely quiet here, and no one will disturb you."
Xuan Jin nodded and stepped inside.
In the center of the secret chamber, a bronze Medicine Cauldron was placed, with shelves full of various medicinal ingredients beside it.
Gu Ni followed behind, his expression a bit constrained.
He had completely lost his previous arrogance; instead, he was like an apprentice about to observe a Senior's Alchemy, both nervous and expectant.
Xuan Jin glanced at the bronze Medicine Cauldron and shook his head.
With a flick of his hand, an ancient Medicine Cauldron, dark red all over and covered with star patterns, appeared out of thin air and landed in the center of the secret chamber.
"Boom!"
The Medicine Cauldron landed with a dull thud, causing the entire secret chamber to tremble slightly.
An ancient and profound aura permeated the air.
"This... this is..."
Gu Ni's breathing suddenly caught, his eyes fixed on the dark red Medicine Cauldron.
Although he couldn't identify the origin of this Medicine Cauldron, he could feel that his own bronze cauldron was simply scrap metal in front of this one!
Ya Fei also felt that extraordinary aura; she covered her red lips, her heart churning with shock.
Xuan Jin ignored their astonishment.
He walked to the Medicine Cauldron, flicked a finger, and a wisp of deep blue flame leaped into the cauldron.
Sea Heart Flame!
The temperature in the secret chamber suddenly soared, and the air rippled.
"This... could this be... a Heavenly Flame?!" Gu Ni genuinely cried out this time, his voice changing pitch.
If the Medicine Cauldron had only shocked him, the appearance of the Heavenly Flame completely overturned his understanding.
Heavenly Flame was a treasure that Alchemists dreamed of; Pill King Gu He of the Jia Ma Empire, it was said, had been searching for a Heavenly Flame for years, but often in vain.
Yet this young man in front of him actually possessed a Heavenly Flame!
Ya Fei was speechless, her mind a blank.
Xuan Jin did not pause; with a thought, the medicinal ingredients he had already prepared in his storage ring flew into the Medicine Cauldron, categorized, like swallows returning to their nest.
His movements were fluid and seamless, without the slightest delay.
Refining, Fusion, forming the pill... every step was as precise as a textbook.
The deep blue Sea Heart Flame was as docile as a kitten in his hands, and the control of the heat was exquisite to the extreme.
Soon, a rich medicinal aroma permeated from within the cauldron.
"These are... qi gathering powder ingredients! No, they're older! And purple heart barrier breaking pill!"
Gu Ni's eyes widened, muttering to himself.
He could tell that Xuan Jin was simultaneously refining multiple Medicinal Pills!
Multitasking, and each one was a fourth-grade Medicinal Pill!
How was this possible!
Immediately after, Xuan Jin added another batch of medicinal ingredients.
The moment that batch of ingredients entered the Medicine Cauldron, an even more immense energy fluctuation than before spread out.
The energy in the entire secret chamber became volatile.
"Windwalk Pill! Restoration Pill! And... oh my goodness! Those are dou ling pill ingredients!"
Gu Ni's voice trembled.
fifth-rank pill!
These were fifth-rank pills!
A Domain he could never reach in his entire life was as simple as kneading dough in the hands of this young man!
Although Ya Fei didn't understand Alchemy, she could read Gu Ni's expression.
From Gu Ni's ghost-seeing look, she could guess just how astonishing the events unfolding before them truly were.
Time passed by minute by minute... "Pill complete!"
Xuan Jin let out a low shout and clapped his hands in the air towards the Medicine Cauldron.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Several streaks of light shot out from the mouth of the cauldron, were caught by him, and placed into pre-prepared jade bottles.
A rich pill aroma instantly filled the entire secret chamber.
Xuan Jin put away the Medicine Cauldron and the Heavenly Flame, then handed the jade bottles to Ya Fei.
"Please handle the auction of these."
Ya Fei mechanically took the jade bottles; they felt warm in her hand. She felt as if she was holding not Medicinal Pills, but a fortune capable of shaking the entire Jia Ma Empire.
Xuan Jin looked at her and continued:
"I came to Wutan City for a journey, and to search for some rare flowers and herbs, or ancient artifacts."
"Miss Ya Fei can release a message. If anyone can present something that satisfies me, I can make a move and refine a Medicinal Pill for him, anything below fifth-grade is fine. If it's truly to my liking, even a sixth-grade, it's not impossible."
"As for the remuneration, I only need half of the profits from the auction."
"Sixth-grade! He said sixth-grade! Could this Young Master Xuan be a Sixth-Grade Alchemist?" Ya Fei was endlessly shocked.
If this message were released... she could almost foresee that the entire Wutan City, no, the entire northeastern province of the Jia Ma Empire, would go crazy for it!
She suppressed the excitement in her heart and bowed deeply to Xuan Jin.
"Young Master Xuan, rest assured, Ya Fei will handle this matter perfectly!"
She waved her hand and called a trusted maid, whispering a few words in her ear.
Upon hearing, the maid's face also filled with horror. She dared not delay for a moment and immediately turned and hurried away.
Gu Ni, beside them, was already too shocked to speak. What had he just witnessed?
He had seen fluid, multi-tasking Alchemy, where fourth-grade and fifth-rank pills were refined effortlessly by this Great Master. Where on earth did this Genius come from?