Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

"call......"

"It finally worked."

Inside the underground alchemy laboratory of the prop shop, Yu Li wiped the fine sweat from her fair face and revealed a pure and happy smile.

She had already refined the third-tier magic potion and that special synthetic liquid energy, as instructed by Ye Ge.

Every time Yu Li finished the task Ye Ge assigned her, she would show a happy expression and be happy for a long, long time.

Holding the two sealed test tubes of medicine, Yu Li could already picture Ye Ge receiving them, a satisfied smile on his face, and then gently patting her head...

Maybe... they'll say something else...

'My little childhood sweetheart is amazing! She truly deserves the person I chose.'

"Hmm..." Yu Li thought blankly, her cheeks burning involuntarily, turning red and hot.

Then, clutching her two vials of medicine, she pounced on the bed beside her, burying her burning face in the blankets, and shyly rolling around in bed...

After a while, Yu Li sat up again and went to the lab bench to study the formulation of the medicine once more.

"However, could these raw materials be improved further?"

Yu Li looked at the list of raw material proportions.

The materials used on these lists are all relatively cheap and inexpensive extraordinary materials, so even if a third-tier magic potion is refined, it will still be a relatively low-grade third-tier magic potion.

"Perhaps I could slightly change the ingredients and replace the 'crab bone powder' with the 'heavenly mystic beast bone powder'?"

Yu Li pressed the pen against her lips, lost in thought.

She was confused.

Because in the previous experiments, she had followed the proportions and techniques Ye Ge had taught her.

She has never tried to make any changes on her own.

If the materials need to be changed, the refining method may also need to be changed...

"Um......"

Finally, Yu Li mustered up her courage and decided to give it a try.

She doesn't have any Heavenly Mystic Beast Bones on hand right now, and they are rare items.

However, she didn't plan to ask Ye Ge for it.

At the end of last month, Night Song paid her her first month's salary—five soul crystals and one hundred gold coins.

This amount of money should be enough.

Yu Li searched online for online auction houses and found that several online stores didn't even have the items in stock.

After searching for a long time, I finally found it at an offline auction house.

"Friday, Moyu Auction Center, live auction."

Yu Li silently noted down the address, planning to go there on Friday.

......

Come Friday.

Yu Li arrived at the auction venue, received the list of items to be auctioned at the entrance, and nervously entered the venue.

The Moyu Auction Center is the noble auction center of Asen City. Almost all the people who come here are important figures from noble families, rich second-generation, or high-ranking officials. Everyone here has an extraordinary background and is dressed in extraordinary clothes.

Yu Li felt a little timid. She was like a simple, innocent little rabbit, feeling out of place everywhere she went. So she put on her hood, lowered her head, and walked forward timidly, not looking at anyone.

"Hello...excuse me, where is the auction venue?" Yu Li asked timidly as she approached a service counter. (Image)

"over there."

"OK, thanks......"

At that moment, a man noticed her.

"Huh? Aren't you Yu Li?"

An old man spoke.

Yu Li was surprised to be recognized here. She looked up and found that it was an old professor who taught alchemy at the War Academy. Yu Li had been his assistant in class back then.

"Hello, Professor Li!" Yu Li quickly bowed slightly and greeted him cautiously.

"What are you doing here?" Professor Li was very puzzled. He knew Yu Li's family background and that she shouldn't have the money to spend in a place like this. "This isn't a cheap prop shop for ordinary people. Have you come to the wrong place?"

But that didn't seem to matter. Remembering something, Professor Li said casually in a commanding tone, "By the way, I have an alchemy lab class next week, and I happen to need an assistant. You can be my assistant!"

Yu Li said, "I'm sorry... Professor Li, I... I have already left the academy and no longer work there."

"Oh?" Professor Li raised an eyebrow: "Leaving the academy? What else can you do? Not make money anymore?"

"I...I'm working for someone else right now..."

"other people?"

Professor Li wanted to ask something more, but at that moment a companion pulled him back: "Professor, the auction is about to start, let's go."

Upon hearing this, Professor Li didn't say anything more to Yu Li and left with his companion.

Yu Li breathed a sigh of relief.

After a while, she entered the auction hall and carefully found a seat in the very corner.

After the host said a few words on stage, the auction quickly began.

One by one, exquisite treasures were brought to the stage for auction.

This is a noble auction, so the items auctioned here are naturally all of pink quality or higher and have a certain degree of rarity.

Fortunately, although Heavenly Profound Beast Bones are rare, they are not something that many people need, so there shouldn't be many competitors... right?

Yu Li thought to herself.

"Next item up for auction: Heavenly Profound Beast Bone."

The host smiled and said, "The starting bid is 100,000, which is 10 gold coins. Interested buyers, please place your bids."

100,000...

Such a price would have been unthinkable for Yu Li in the past.

"I'll offer 100,000," Professor Li said, raising his sign first.

Yu Li was taken aback; she hadn't expected Professor Li to bid on something like this.

The host nodded slightly to Professor Li and then said, "One hundred thousand, are there any other buyers willing to make an offer?"

Yu Li gripped her pants tightly with her small hands.

Are we going to compete with Professor Li for this item?

As an extremely introverted and socially awkward person, Yu Li has never been one to compete with others since childhood.

When she was little, she would quietly stand aside when sharing apples with other children, and only after everyone else had finished would she quietly go up and take the apples that others had left over...

However, if we don't fight for it this time, that Heavenly Profound Beast Bone might be very difficult to obtain elsewhere...

Yu Li gently bit her lip and slowly picked up the auction paddle.

"100,000...110,000."