Chapter 168 Improving Qualifications
Ya Fei is a very shrewd businessman, Xiao Yan is destined to bleed a lot today. But Xiao Yan is also mentally prepared.

Ya Fei was seen pacing back and forth in the room, her facial expressions constantly changing, as if she was thinking about how Xiao Yan should repay her.

Xiao Yan saw Ya Fei walking around the room and knew that she wanted to maximize her benefits, so he did not disturb her.

"How about you help me improve my qualifications?..." Ya Fei pondered for a long time, then said seriously.

"You...what did you say? Say it again!" Xiao Yan thought there was something wrong with his ears! Help her improve her qualifications, can qualifications be improved just by saying so?
A person's aptitude is determined at birth, and of course there are some elixirs that can improve aptitude. However, those elixirs are too precious, such as the Yin Yang Xuan Long Dan and Yi Shi Dan refined by Yao Lao.

The Yin Yang Xuan Long Dan is a seventh-grade elixir that can make a person stand up again after being broken. The Yi Shi Dan is an eighth-grade elixir that can improve a person's cultivation physique and thus enhance their qualifications.

Ya Fei wanted to use this favor to exchange for a seventh-grade or even eighth-grade elixir. Xiao Yan thought she must be crazy and dreaming.

Seeing Xiao Yan's reaction, Ya Fei smiled bitterly, knowing that her request was a bit excessive.

"I used to think that as long as I managed my business well, I could change my destiny, but later I found out that I was wrong. In the Douqi Continent, strength is always respected. Without strength, everything is false. Unfortunately, my aptitude is too poor. Even if I practice hard and take elixirs to help me, my lifetime achievement will at most be a great Doushi." Ya Fei said with a melancholy look on her face.

Seeing Ya Fei’s melancholy face, coupled with Ya Fei’s recent abnormal behavior, Xiao Yan finally felt that something was wrong.

Recalling the somewhat strange stranger next to Yafei during the family adult test.

"It seems that the Mitre family has discovered something. However, judging from Ya Fei's reaction, the Mitre family should be trying to curry favor with the Xiao family and have only good intentions towards the Xiao family." Xiao Yan thought to himself.

The Mittel family is a business family and does not have much affection for the royal family, and even has some aversion to them.

Merchants value profit, so as long as they can see benefits from Xiao Yan, they will naturally want to cooperate wholeheartedly and curry favor with the Xiao family.

After figuring everything out, Xiao Yan slowly breathed a sigh of relief, but an idea emerged in his mind.

As the saying goes, you are not afraid of thieves stealing, but you are afraid of thieves missing you.

Xiao Yan will become stronger and stronger in the future, and as his strength grows, the possibility of being exposed will also increase.

But Xiao Yan couldn't always live like a rat, hiding his identity and living underground! Xiao Yan would be so frustrated.

It was not a big deal to always have a family holding back, and the family was probably already being targeted, and as soon as Xun'er left, those people would take action. But they would not take action directly, but would borrow the power of others to take action.

Isn't this what happened in the original novel? When the Yunlan Sect went to the Xiao family to cause trouble, Xiao Zhan was secretly abducted?

For the sake of that piece of jade, they were willing to destroy even the eight ancient clans, and when they became ruthless, they would not even spare their own people. What was the small Xiao family to them!

"It seems like I have to go back and discuss this with my father!" Xiao Yan already had a plan in mind.

"Xiao Yan!" Ya Fei saw that Xiao Yan was in a daze after hearing what she said, and couldn't help but remind him.

"Do you really want to improve your qualifications?" Xiao Yan looked at Ya Fei and said seriously.

"Do you have a solution?" Ya Fei looked at Xiao Yan in shock. She had only made a random request and had not held much hope. "I have an immature idea, but you will have to suffer a lot. Very, very hard!" Xiao Yan said calmly.

"As long as I can improve my qualifications, I'm not afraid of any hardship!" Ya Fei said excitedly.

"But why should I help you? Although you have helped us a lot. However, improving qualifications is equivalent to defying the will of heaven. Your previous help to the Xiao family is not enough. Moreover, if such a thing is really successful and once it spreads, I will be in big trouble. Why should I believe you?" Xiao Yan said with a faint smile.

"This..." Ya Fei naturally knew what it meant to improve qualifications. Her previous help to the Xiao family was far from enough.

"As long as you help me improve my qualifications and strength, I will take control of the Mitre family in the future and will obey you directly. I think with your talent, you will achieve great success in the future and will definitely form a force at that time. As long as you form a force, the Mitre family will be the first to join, and with your identity as a pharmacist, it should not be difficult for you to get some drugs to control me, right?" Ya Fei was determined to improve her strength.

Xiao Yan was slightly stunned after hearing what Ya Fei said. He didn't expect that Ya Fei would even give up her personal freedom in order to improve her qualifications and strength.

"Why? Haven't you always wanted to change your destiny? Is there no difference between obeying me and obeying the Mitel family?" Xiao Yan felt confused.

"Because you are strong! It is right for the weak to obey the strong. Those people in the Mittel family are not worthy of controlling me. And the most important thing is that I really don't want to marry someone I don't like." Ya Fei said seriously.

"You are such a smart woman! I have to say you have successfully convinced me!" Xiao Yan chuckled.

"You agreed?" Yafei said excitedly.

“Although I agreed, if you fail the test or can’t bear it halfway, don’t blame me.” Xiao Yan took a deep breath and said.

"Of course! But I can definitely do it!..." Ya Fei said with a gleam of determination in her eyes.

"Okay, since you are so confident, let's give it a try!" Xiao Yan nodded and walked to a candlestick.

Ya Fei saw Xiao Yan walking towards the candlestick and frowned slightly, not knowing what Xiao Yan wanted to do.

Xiao Yan said, "See this candle flame? If you place your palm on the candle flame and burn it for three minutes, you will pass the test!"

After finishing speaking, Xiao Yan walked aside and waited for Ya Fei to make a decision.

"Put your palms on the candle flame for three minutes. Wouldn't that roast your palms? " Xiao Yan's words stunned Ya Fei.

If a person accidentally touches a candle flame, he or she will subconsciously withdraw his or her hand. This is an instinctive reaction. But putting one's palm on the fire to warm it requires great willpower.

As for why he used candlelight to test Ya Fei, it was because Xiao Yan's method of improving his aptitude was to use strange fire to help Ya Fei burn her tendons, body, and refine the fighting spirit in her body.

To put it bluntly, it was the tempering of the body by the strange fire. Xiao Yan had personally experienced the pain of tempering the body with the strange fire, so he naturally knew what it felt like. It was much more uncomfortable than roasting one's palms over candle flame.

If Yafei can't even pass this test, then what's the point of talking about qualifications?

How can you defy the will of Heaven? Without great perseverance and the spirit of enduring hardship, how can you defy the will of Heaven? You'd better forget it!
(End of this chapter)