Wang Ba could not help feeling somewhat dazed.
Ever since he had been forced to join the Heavenly Gate Sect, he had known full well that it was a demonic sect that devoured people without spitting out their bones.
But in truth, he had never understood this clearly enough.
In the nearly four years since joining, he had devoted himself to cultivation and raising chickens, never truly integrating into the Heavenly Gate Sect.
As a result, he had never truly encountered the savage side of demonic cultivators.
Now, at last, he felt it keenly.
Inside the bright red, translucent pill, an infant wailed helplessly.
Beside it, however, the shopkeeper's smug voice rang out:
"Leaving everything else aside, just one main ingredient for these Blood-Dan Seeds-a baby girl with a pure-yin fate across all four pillars-is extremely difficult to collect. It was only because we captured a batch of mortals a couple of years ago, made them copulate on special days, then cut open their bellies to extract the infants on yin days at yin hours... that we obtained a batch of suitable baby girls. After sending them to the Alchemists of the Mystic Dao of Alchemy, we were fortunate enough to obtain these few pills..."
Some of those present knew the effects of Blood-Dan Seeds, while others did not. At these words, a trace of pity immediately appeared on their faces.
The shopkeeper took in everyone's expressions, but continued without betraying anything:
"Ordinarily, these pills are only supplied to cultivators within the sect or Heterodox Dao cultivators who have rendered meritorious service. Their potency far exceeds other pills of the same tier, yet they contain no pill toxins. As long as the supply holds, you can take them without restriction!"
The cultivators whose faces had held a trace of pity