In the Black Skull Tomb, in the Black-Corner Region.
Inside the Eagle Protector's room, Xiao Fan was listening to his instructions.
"That's all I have to tell you, boy. I have matters to attend to next, and I'll be leaving for a while. Stay here during that time." The Eagle Protector sat upright in his chair, a gleam of satisfaction flashing through his eyes as he watched Xiao Fan listen to his lecture.
"Yes! If there are no further instructions, may I take my leave?" Xiao Fan bowed slightly and spoke softly.
The Eagle Protector waved dismissively, a complicated light flashing through his eyes. To him, Xiao Fan was merely a minor matter. His return this time was what truly mattered. According to the information he had received, someone was already planning to strip him of his position as protector. Damn it, if it hadn't been for what happened back then...
After leaving the Eagle Protector's room, Xiao Fan stopped by the Black Skull Tomb's mission office. He casually accepted a mission to assassinate a hall master at a medicine shop in Black Seal City, then returned straight to his room.
Sitting cross-legged on his bed, Xiao Fan closed his eyes and considered whether he had overlooked anything. Only after finding no flaws in his plan did he breathe a sigh of relief. He then took two perfectly round, pale-purple pills from his Storage Ring.
"Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills..."
The Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill stood at the pinnacle of fourth-tier pills, even rivaling some fifth-tier pills. When taken by someone at the Da Dou Shi realm, it could raise their strength by one star. A Da Dou Shi who took two Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills in succession could gain two stars without any lingering side effects.
*I'll raise my strength