The Destiny Villain Starting from Battle Through the Heavens

"Please rest assured, this elixir has been personally appraised by Master Gu Ni of our auction house and has been confirmed to be an extremely rare second-grade elixir."

Faced with everyone's doubts, Ya Fei replied calmly, "If any customer bids for this item but finds it useless after returning home, they can come directly to the auction house to find me, and our auction house will pay double the compensation."

Seeing that Ya Fei had already put it this way, no one had any objections.

"The starting bid for this bottle of Foundation Building Elixir is 8,000 gold coins, and each bid must be at least 100 gold coins higher. You may place your bids now."

Ya Fei smiled and glanced at everyone before finally settling on the heads of the three major families.

Ya Fei knew very well that Xiao Zhan and his group were the main force in this competition.

Xiao Zhan, who dotes on his useless son, would definitely not let go of the Foundation Establishment Elixir.

"Eight thousand five hundred!"

"Nine thousand!"

"Ten thousand..."

As expected, Ya Fei was not disappointed. With everyone bidding against each other, the price of the Foundation Establishment Elixir quickly exceeded 30,000 gold coins.

"forty thousand!"

Seeing that the time was almost right, Xiao Zhan suddenly spoke up, making the final decision.

"Clan Chief Xiao truly dotes on his son, actually spending nearly half a year's income of the Xiao family to buy this bottle of Foundation Establishment Elixir. I am truly impressed."

Seeing this, Jia Liebi, who was sitting not far from Xiao Zhan, couldn't help but sneer, "But now that Clan Chief Xiao has spent so many gold coins, it seems he doesn't intend to compete with us for that item."

"snort!"

Xiao Zhan didn't say anything more, he just snorted coldly with an ugly expression.

In fact, the patriarchs of the three major families gathered together to compete for the most valuable item in this auction—the Wind Sweep Technique!

The Wind Sweep Technique is a high-level Xuan-rank technique, a level higher than the Xiao family's top-tier technique, the Mad Lion's Fury.

If the Xiao family could obtain the Wind Sweep Technique, the overall strength of the entire family would be greatly enhanced.

However, in Xiao Zhan's eyes, the interests of his son were more important than the interests of the entire family, so he was willing to give up the Wind Sweep Technique in order to acquire the Foundation Establishment Elixir.

Perhaps it was precisely because of Xiao Zhan's blatant favoritism that the Xiao family members disliked Xiao Yan so much.

After all, outsiders didn't know that Xiao Yan's cultivation talent could be restored. In the eyes of the Xiao family members, Xiao Zhan's behavior was tantamount to abusing his power for personal gain.

"Clan Chief Xiao Zhan has offered 40,000 gold coins. Is there anyone else bidding?"

Looking at the silent auction hall, Ya Fei smiled and raised the gavel, saying, "Since no one is bidding, this bottle of Foundation Establishment Elixir belongs to Xiao..."

"Forty-one thousand!"

Before Ya Fei could finish speaking, a somewhat abrupt voice suddenly rang out, drawing everyone's attention.

When the crowd saw that the person who had spoken was none other than Empress Nalan, dressed in a purple-gold robe, they immediately showed a variety of expressions, including surprise, anger, and even a desire to see more drama unfold.

Xiao Zhan unconsciously clenched his fists, suppressing his anger as he said, "Young Master Nalan, you're already a one-star Dou Zhe, there's no need for you to fight me for this Foundation Establishment Elixir, is there?"

That's incorrect.

Nalan Sheng shook his head with a playful expression, and casually put his arm around Little Fairy Doctor's slender waist, saying, "Although I have already broken through to the Dou Zhe level, my newly acquired maid's cultivation is only at the eighth level of Dou Qi. The Foundation Establishment Elixir is perfect for her cultivation."

"Besides, this is an auction, and naturally, the highest bidder wins. It can't be that if Chief Xiao takes a liking to something, others can't bid higher, can they?"

"Well said!"

Seeing this, Jia Liebi clapped his hands with a smile and said, "Young Master Nalan truly lives up to his reputation as a young talent from the capital, willing to spend tens of thousands of gold coins just to win a smile from a beautiful woman. This young lady is very fortunate!"

When the others heard what Jialiebi said, they looked at Little Fairy Doctor with undisguised envy.

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The little fairy doctor, whose slender waist was being embraced by Nalan Sheng in public, blushed slightly but did not try to explain.

Although Xiao Yixian and Nalan Sheng had only known each other for less than two months, she had already secretly fallen for him after spending time together.

Who could blame Nalan Sheng for not only being handsome and wealthy at a young age, but also for not minding Xiao Yi Xian's afflicted poisonous body?

Seeing that Nalan Sheng insisted on competing with him for the Foundation Establishment Elixir, Xiao Zhan's expression darkened, and he coldly snorted, "Forty-five thousand!"

"fifty thousand!!!"

Nalan Sheng ignored Xiao Zhan's words and instead raised the bidding price by another five thousand gold coins.

"You..."

Xiao Zhan, who almost couldn't help but swear, ultimately swallowed the curse that was on the tip of his tongue and glared angrily at Nalan Sheng: "Fine, you win. This clan leader doesn't want this bottle of Foundation Establishment Elixir!"

[Great! That fool Nalan Sheng snatched the Foundation Establishment Elixir, thankfully Father didn't buy it.]

Upon seeing this scene, Xiao Yan couldn't help but cheer in his heart.

You should know that the cost of a bottle of Foundation Establishment Elixir is less than a thousand gold coins. But unexpectedly, Nalan Sheng, that foolish son of a landlord, was willing to spend fifty thousand gold coins to buy it.

If it were Xiao Zhan who spent so many gold coins to buy the Foundation Establishment Elixir, Xiao Yan definitely wouldn't be so happy; instead, he would be somewhat amused and exasperated.

Moreover, once the three elders of the Xiao family learn of this, they will surely nag on and on.

"50,000 gold coins for the first time!"

"Fifty thousand gold coins, second time!"

"Fifty thousand gold coins, for the third time!"

With a smile, Ya Fei raised the auction gavel and tapped it three times slowly: "Congratulations to Young Master Nalan for successfully bidding on this bottle of Foundation Establishment Elixir."

[Ding! Host has intercepted the Foundation Establishment Elixir of the destined male protagonist, reward: 200 Villain Points!]

As soon as Ya Fei finished speaking, a pleasant system notification sounded in Nalan Sheng's ears.

The reason Nalan Sheng competed with Xiao Zhan for the Foundation Establishment Elixir was because he wanted to take the opportunity to accumulate some villainous points.

Otherwise, Little Fairy Doctor could have easily improved her cultivation by taking poison, and there would have been no need for her to buy Foundation Establishment Elixir.

The result did not disappoint Nalan Sheng. Doing so could indeed increase the villain value, even though the bottle of Foundation Establishment Elixir originally belonged to Xiao Yan.

"The next treasure to be auctioned is the grand finale of this auction!"

Consort Ya raised her jade hand and waved it, and another beautiful and slender maid walked onto the auction stage carrying a silver tray.

On the silver tray was a black scroll about a foot long.

"This scroll contains a low-level Xuan-rank combat technique called Absorb Palm."

Ya Fei pointed to the black scroll and explained, "This fighting technique is a non-attribute fighting technique. It doesn't have any special requirements on the cultivator's fighting spirit attribute, so basically everyone can cultivate it."

If this fighting technique is mastered, it can lift a thousand-pound boulder from a distance, and it can also forcibly pull the blood out of an enemy's body during combat.