Chapter 95 - Consolidation Pills and the Dark Web (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“Greetings, young master,” both of them said at once.

Lu Xuan nodded and said, “Not bad. Decently talented. You can go into isolation in peace with the two of them taking your place. I’ll guide them a little while they serve under me. Level Five isn’t good enough, after all. They’ll only be of use when they are, at least, Level Six Martial Arts Legends.”

All three of them were very agitated when they heard what Lu Xuan said, especially Shi Danze and Ding Zhuxuan, whose agitation was written all over their faces. Unlike most people within the country, both of them had been in Southeast Asia, which had been rather tumultuous before. As such, they knew very well the gap between Martial Arts Legends and the usual Baodan Grandmasters.

While Martial Arts Legends were definitely not National Guardians, they were still capable of solidifying a nation’s fate, and they were also far above the usual formidable ones.

Their clan had been such that just their master alone, as a Martial Arts Legend, had proven enough for them to be famous and stand their ground in Southeast Asia.

“Thank you, Young Master!” Zhang Hongyang said.

Lu Xuan went on to brand their souls with his own mark without any problems. One thought from him would be all that was needed to kill both of them.

However, both of them had apparently known of such a procedure from their master, Zhang Hongyang, and they both were there because they were willing to accept such an arrangement.

Lu Xuan began to seriously think of ways to enhance their powers after taking Zhang Hongyang’s disciples into his fold.

Zhang Hongyang was well-established, and his mental strength was already powerful enough. He only lacked a form of discipline to materialize said powers, which was why Zhang Hongyang had been able to make the breakthrough so easily.

His disciples, in contrast, were far below him. Making a breakthrough would be quite difficult in their case.

The simplest and most effective way to do it was through alkahestry—enhancing their powers through the use of pills. That was also the best way to boost Lu Xuan’s parents’ training as well.

He had no need to worry about adverse effects in the future after feeding them pills, as pills were just pills, and the thing that caused future instability would be the instability of the mind brought forth by the sudden enhancement of power, not the pill themselves.

While Lu Xuan’s ability to craft such pills were limited at the moment, it was fortunate that Shi Danze, Ding Zhuxuan, as well as his own family members were all actually very weak at the moment, which meant that they had no need for pills that were especially high in quality.

“Consolidation pills will do, then. Stuff for stabilizing the foundation and consolidating the basis. Nothing works better at foundational stages than consolidation pills.”

Lu Xuan came to a conclusion before long.

In an era where the existence of cultivators was not yet made public, buying cultivation treasure ingredients was not easy, unlike how one could easily order items online.

However, Lu Xuan immediately thought of a place where he was able to make such purchases.

The dark web.

Unlike the part of the internet known by the public, the dark web was a place that all manner of shady deals and happenings took place around the clock.

It was a place unknown to common people. Even if they heard of such a place now and then, they had no idea how to get to it, but none of that proved to be trouble for Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan had gotten on the dark web more than once in his past life, after all.

It was a completely different world altogether.

Lu Xuan got into the dark web without trouble. To put it precisely, the login page of the dark web was a place that would send the user to different websites according to their unique needs.

In contrast to usual websites, the dark web was a place where all manner of information regarding assassination contracts was to be found. There was even a bounty for the president of the United States—which was currently the most powerful country in the world—listed on the hit lists.

Other than that, there was also human trafficking information to be found, and there were all sorts of men and women being sold there.