He stood there like a statue, his blood-red pupils seemingly able to pierce through the stone slabs beneath his feet and see into another world beneath them.
"Would you like a Bloody Mary, sir?" A scantily clad woman approached from behind the bar with a seductive smile.
He ignored it, made a grasping motion across the stone slab under the counter, and with a distortion of space, a huge underground passage appeared before him, leading to bottomless darkness.
Everyone in the tavern was stunned, staring blankly at the scene, especially the woman at the bar, whose face instantly turned pale.
She swallowed hard, forcing herself to remain calm, and said, "To enter the Slaughter City, you must first drink this Bloody Mary." With that, she quickly picked up a glass of crimson liquid and pushed it in front of the blood-red figure.
"Filthy things don't deserve to live."
As soon as those cold words were spoken, everyone in the tavern exploded into clouds of blood mist without even a scream, leaving not a trace behind.
Immediately afterwards, he leaped into the passage below, landing in a world completely shrouded in crimson blood.
He glanced at the dilapidated scene around him, his brows furrowing deeply. "The Lord's legacy site has actually been corrupted into this wretched state by that Rakshasa fellow."
Just then, as if receiving some unseen command, he remained silent for a few seconds before slowly speaking, "Understood. Keep everything unchanged and wait for the chosen one to arrive."
After saying that, he took a step towards the city gate of the Slaughter City, but just as he got close to the gate, a cold shout came from behind him.
"Stop!"
Three figures instantly sprang from the shadows, forming a triangle around him. All three were dressed in black armor, wore hideous ghost masks, and reeked of blood; their Soul Power Wave were at least at the Soul Douluo level.
But the red-haired man didn't even turn his head, continuing to walk forward unhurriedly, as if the three people behind him were just three insignificant insects.
"Trespasser! No one is allowed to enter the Slaughter City without having drunk Scarlet Mary!" the leader shouted again, and immediately led two others to pounce on him, their soul power erupting instantly, about to unleash their Soul Skill.
But he just casually swung his hand back.
A streak of crimson sword light flashed past.
The three law enforcement officers who rushed forward froze instantly. Before their ferocity could turn into astonishment, their bodies seemed to be suspended in mid-air.
Immediately afterwards--
"Sizzle!"
Three crisp cutting sounds rang out simultaneously.
Three Soul Douluo -level Slaughter Enforcer were cut in half at the waist before they even had a chance to possess their martial souls or unleash their Soul Skill! Their blood, however, uncontrollably flowed towards the blood-haired man.
In no time, the three law enforcers were reduced to three withered corpses, while the red-haired man walked straight into the Slaughter City without pausing for a moment.
The next morning, Luo Can finally got up from his cozy cozy life and leisurely strolled to the lakeside.
"Phew, if it weren't for the Dragon Pill tempering my body and the Whale Rubber strengthening my physique, I'd probably have been taken down by those two witches together again."
He stretched out a big yawn, his bones cracking with every movement, then took out his fishing rod, flicked his wrist, and the fishing line and float fell steadily into the lake.
Time passed slowly, and five hours flew by in the blink of an eye.
My last cast of the day actually yielded a small hit; I caught another Tang Sect manual.
[Item: Mysterious Jade Hand ]
[Description: A basic body-refining manual of the Tang Sect. Mastering it grants immunity to all poisons and significantly enhances hand defense. It can be used not only as an aid in the use of Hidden Weapon but also as a close-combat weapon.]
Luo Can stroked his chin and chuckled, "At this rate, collecting all the Tang Sect's legacies is just around the corner!"
After storing the manual in his System Space, Luo Can got up and found Tang Ya, who was learning Soul Guidance Array from Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan.
" Xiao Ya, come here for a second," Luo Can called out with a smile.
Tang Ya immediately ran over, tilting her head up to ask, "Master Luo Can, what can I do for Xiao Ya?"
Luo Can gently rubbed her head and said, "Your master's wife and I discussed it last night. We'll take you to meet Tang San in a month. But there's one thing: you absolutely cannot reveal your identity, understand?"
Upon hearing this, Tang Ya's eyes lit up instantly, and she nodded vigorously, assuring him, "Don't worry, Master! I'm very tight-lipped, I promise I won't give anything away!"
"By the way, how's your Mysterious Heaven Skill training going?"
"Hehe, I'm almost at the bottleneck!"
"Not bad, take this Mysterious Jade Hand and practice it well."
"Yes, Master!" Tang Ya took the manual and hugged it tightly to her chest like a precious treasure.
Luo Can then turned to Ye Lingling and said, " Lingling, you've mastered the third form of your Tiger King Mountain-Crushing Fist, haven't you?"
"Mm." Ye Lingling nodded.
Luo Can continued, "From today onwards, you will devote all your time to improving your cultivation level and reach level 30 as soon as possible to prepare for cultivating the fourth form."
"I understand, Master!" Ye Lingling replied immediately, her eyes full of seriousness.
"As for Yanyan, once you've completely absorbed the poison of the Five-Poison Bone-Tempering Liquid, you can begin the second stage of cultivating the Myriad Poison Force," Luo Can said to Dugu Yan beside him.
"Mmm!" Dugu Yan nodded vigorously, her face full of anticipation.
After making arrangements for his three disciples, Luo Can left the Fate Defying Valley and headed straight for the Medicine Hall of the Fate Defying Pavilion.
When he found Yang Wudi, Yang Wudi was tending the alchemy furnace, instructing the disciples of his clan on how to refine pills. Seeing Luo Can approach, Yang Wudi quickly gave a few instructions to his disciples, then strode up to Luo Can and bowed respectfully. " Pavilion Master."
"Hmm." Luo Can nodded and asked directly, "How are the other members of the clan doing with those three types of pills?"
"The current success rate of refining pills is about 50%, the waste rate has dropped significantly, and the output of pills that meet the quality standards has increased by 20% compared to before," Yang Wudi reported truthfully.
"Twenty percent? How many exactly per day?" Luo Can asked again.
"We can reliably produce about thirty a day," Yang Wudi said.
Luo Can nodded. This information wasn't very good; it was far from meeting the daily cultivation needs of so many disciples in the pavilion. However, he didn't say much, nor did he mention any hard requirements. Instead, he took out another Pill Recipe from his Storage Soul Tool and handed it to Yang Wudi.
"This is the Pill Recipe for the Injury Recovery Pill. It has excellent restorative effects, and can quickly heal even injuries at the Soul Ancestor level. I hope you can master the Pill Recipe as soon as possible and refine a batch."
Yang Wudi excitedly took the Pill Recipe, looking down at the proportions of the medicinal ingredients and the refining method. He exclaimed repeatedly, "What a wonderful prescription! It's truly wonderful! Several of the herbs in this prescription are clearly poisonous, but by combining them like this, they can actually unleash their potential and even heal injuries! It's just that some of the main ingredients are extremely rare."
Luo Can patted Yang Wudi on the shoulder and said, "The art of alchemy is profound and complex. You should have seen a kind of pill called Mystic Water Pill in the sect's Exchange Hall, right?"
Yang Wudi nodded immediately, his eyes filled with burning longing. "I've seen it! That pill can actually Cleansing Marrow and Washing Meridians and enhance Innate Soul Power; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a divine pill!"
Luo Can smiled and tossed out a condition that the other couldn't refuse, "When you can double the pill production of the Medicine Hall, I'll reward you with a Mystic Water Pill."